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| US10161783B2 |
Flow sensor bit for motor driven compressor
According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for prognostic for flow sensor is provided. The method includes receiving a first input, the first input related to an input power of a motor for driving a compressor, and receiving a second input, the second input related to a temperature differential of the compressor. The method also includes calculating an estimated airflow based on the first input and the second input, and exporting data associated with the first input, the second input, and the estimated airflow. |
| US10161782B2 |
Liquid consumption tracker
Provided is a sensor operative to track changes in a liquid level of a hand-held liquid container, the sensor comprising: an ultrasonic liquid-level sensor configured to indicate a liquid level of a liquid in a hand-held liquid container, wherein the ultrasonic liquid-level sensor is capable of indicating the liquid level when the surface of the liquid is less than 20 centimeters away from the ultrasonic liquid-level sensor; a radio transmitter; and a processor configured to draw power from a portable power source, receive liquid-level indications from the ultrasonic liquid-level sensor, and cause the radio transmitter to transmit data indicative of changes in the liquid level. |
| US10161779B2 |
Liquid level sensor measuring a characteristic indicative of inductive coupling
A sensor for determining liquid level in a liquid reservoir can include a primary inductor and a secondary inductor to be associated with sides of the reservoir that changes shape as a volume of liquid changes or is displaced within the liquid reservoir. The sensor can include an electrical power source to inductively couple the primary inductor and the secondary inductor. The liquid level sensor can include an inductive coupling measurement device associated with the primary inductor and/or the secondary inductor to measure a characteristic indicative of the inductive coupling of the primary inductor and the secondary inductor (e.g., a distance between inductors). As liquid volume changes and the reservoir deforms, the inductors move relative to each other and a voltage change occurs to determine a liquid level in the reservoir. A sensor kit is provided. |
| US10161778B2 |
Adjustable sight gauge and drum breather assembly and method of inspecting fluid level with same
An adjustable fluid level verification device and method for use on equipment and containers. The device is connected to bung receivers or mounting holes on the equipment or container, and the device is adjustable to enable mounting on bung receivers that are misaligned or set at an out-of-standard distance. |
| US10161777B2 |
Water meter with magnetically driven flow restriction valve
A utility flow meter including a valve having a pressure vessel providing a flow path from a meter inlet to a meter outlet through the valve is magnetically driven. The meter includes a valve member positioned within the valve in the pressure vessel for movement between an open position allowing normal flow through the flow meter and a flow restriction position in which flow through the flow meter is limited to less than the normal flow and an electrically operable control device for controlling movement of the valve member including a dry-side magnet assembly and a wet-side magnet assembly. The electrically operable control device receives command signals to rotate the dry-side magnet assembly to move the valve member and thereby increase or decrease flow through the metering chamber. |
| US10161776B2 |
Method for equipping a Coriolis mass flowmeter with electric connections
A method (1) for at least partially equipping a Coriolis mass flowmeter (2) with electric connections (3), wherein the Coriolis mass flowmeter (2) at least has at least one measuring tube (5a, 5b), at least one actuator receptacle (6a, 6b) attached to the measuring tube (5a, 5b) and at least one sensor receptacle (7a-7d) attached to the measuring tube (5a, 5b) as structural parts and such a Coriolis mass flowmeter (2) can be implemented for achieving smaller production tolerances, higher accuracy and reliability in production and operation in that the electric connections (3) are applied on at least one structural part of the Coriolis mass flowmeter (2) by means of a mechanical printing method. |
| US10161769B2 |
Sensor device, in particular for use in a motor vehicle
A sensor device (10) for use in a motor vehicle includes a housing (11) for receiving a sensor element (1). The sensor element (1) has contact surfaces (21 to 23) electrically conductively connected with electrical plug connections (27) arranged in the housing (11), in the region of contacts (24 to 26), wherein the sensor element (1) is applied with force by a housing element (13), in the direction of the contacts (24 to 26) for the purposes of electrical contacting. A support in the form of a 3-point contact is formed between the sensor element (1) and the housing (11). The sensor element (1) has at least two measuring devices (5, 6), and the at least two measuring devices (5, 6) have three contact surfaces (21 to 23) that form the 3-point contact. |
| US10161765B2 |
Capacitive sensor, the associated evaluation circuit and actuator for a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a capacitive sensor, the associated evaluation circuit and an actuator for a motor vehicle having the above-mentioned sensor for detecting the distance, speed, or position of an object, having a reference capacitance and two measuring capacitances, wherein a square-wave voltage is applied to the reference capacitance and the measuring capacitances via a resistor and a pulse which has a variable period and represents a measure of the particular measuring capacitance is obtained with the aid of a switching stage. |
| US10161757B2 |
User-controlled alternative routing
A user may indicate a preference of a route when alternative routes are available between an origin and a destination. The mapping system may enable a user to identify a region, a point or a set of points to help control, guide or otherwise influence the determination of a route favored by the user. While the identified region, point or set of points may be included in the route, the identified region, point or set of points need not necessarily be included in the route. |
| US10161754B2 |
Driving assistance system and driving assistance method
A driving assistance system has a driving information acquisition unit that acquires any of an amount of operations by a driver, a vehicle behavior, a state of the driver, and information regarding the environment surrounding a vehicle as driving information, a vehicle location information acquisition unit that acquires vehicle location information, a statistical information generation unit that generates statistical information by statistically processing the driving information as a time-series pattern, an information associating unit that associates the statistical information with the vehicle location information at the time of the acquisition of the driving information, an information reference unit that references and reads the statistical information based on the location information acquired by the vehicle location information acquisition unit, a driving assistance unit that performs driving assistance based on the statistical information read by the information reference unit, and a communication unit. |
| US10161749B1 |
Optimizing water quality sensor placement for water distribution systems
In one example embodiment, an analysis application is used to optimize water quality sensor placement in a water distribution network by implementing a two-part optimization solution procedure, involving building an impact database, and determining an optimized water quality sensor location set using the impact database. The optimized sensor location set may indicate locations that maximize a length of pipes where water quality variations are detectable by at least one water quality sensor. Pipe wall reaction coefficients may be used as calibration parameters, with water quality indicated to be detectable at a possible sensor location when a change in its pipe wall reaction coefficients leads to a change in water quality at the possible sensor location that is greater than a threshold. |
| US10161748B2 |
Ultrasonic measurement apparatus and ultrasonic probe
An ultrasonic measurement apparatus includes: a first phasing addition circuit that receives electric signals output from a plurality of reception ultrasonic elements, shifts the plurality of electric signals in a time axis direction to combine the plurality of electric signals, and outputs a composite signal; a second electro-optical conversion unit and a second light emitting unit that receive the composite signal, convert the composite signal into an optical signal, and output the optical signal; an optical cable through which the optical signal is transmitted; and a second light receiving unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit that receive the optical signal and converts the optical signal into an electric signal. The second light emitting unit outputs the optical signal after the first phasing addition circuit outputs the composite signal. |
| US10161745B2 |
Real-time-measurement projection device and three-dimensional-projection measurement device
Provided is a real-time-measurement projection device which can measure a distance to a changing target object in real time, and, particularly, can appropriately perform projection and mapping on a changing target object. A real-time-measurement projection device includes a projection device that projects pattern light including a pattern image onto a projection target, an imaging device that electronically acquires a captured image of the projection target irradiated with the pattern light for each pixel for a predetermined exposure time, and a calculation device that calculates a distance to each point of the projection target by contrasting data of the captured image with data of the pattern image, in which the imaging device temporally deviates a start point and an end point of the predetermined exposure time for each pixel. |
| US10161744B2 |
Three-dimensional measurement device
A three-dimensional measurement device includes a light source and grid that irradiate a measurement object; a luminance controller that changes luminance levels of the light; a phase controller that changes phase levels of the light pattern; a camera that takes an image of the measurement object; and a processor that three-dimensionally measures a first measurement object area based on different image data taken by radiating a first light pattern in different phases; determines a relationship between a gain and offset determined according to an imaging condition based on the different image data; and three-dimensionally measures a second measurement object area based on two different image data taken by radiating a second light pattern in two different phases by using a gain and offset regarding each pixel determined according to a luminance value of each pixel in the two different image data and the determined relationship. |
| US10161743B2 |
Measuring probe and measuring probe system
A measuring probe for measuring a screw groove of a relatively movable ball screw includes a light source, an objective lens formed to correspond to the screw groove of the ball screw, arranged to be opposed to the screw groove of the ball screw in a non-contact manner, and configured to emit light from the light source to the screw groove of the ball screw, and a line sensor configured to detect an interference pattern generated by reflected light from the screw groove of the ball screw and reflected light on a surface of the objective lens. This enables high-accuracy measurement of a specified area of a shape of a side surface of a relatively movable work in a non-contact manner. |
| US10161742B2 |
Range finder
A system and method for measuring a height of objects on a moving surface comprising providing a linear image sensor positioned transverse to a direction of travel of the moving surface, and at least one light source positioned collinear to the linear image sensor and proximate to an edge of the moving surface so that the light source projects a unique patterned light sequence across a width of the moving surface, detecting a transverse shift in a portion of the unique patterned light sequence with respect to the direction of travel of the moving surface as an object passes through the unique patterned light sequence, determining an amount of shift of the portion of the unique patterned light sequence, and determining a height of the object based on the portion of the unique patterned light sequence shift. |
| US10161741B2 |
System for detecting a contrasted target
A method and a system for the optical detection, with hyperacuity, of a contrasted target, allowing the detection of the relative position of said target in relation to said detection system and therefore the acquisition and the pursuit of such a target. One or more embodiments is applicable to the field of autonomous robotic systems, especially for the positioning of drones or robots on a target. |
| US10161738B2 |
OCT swept laser with cavity length compensation
An optical coherence tomography system utilizes an optical swept laser that has cavity length compensator that changes an optical length of the laser cavity for different optical frequencies to increase the length of the laser cavity for lower optical frequencies. Specifically, a spectral separation between longitudinal cavity modes of the laser cavity is shortened or alternatively lengthened as a passband of a cavity tuning element sweeps through a scanband of the swept optical signal. In some examples, the compensator is implemented as two gratings. In others, it is implemented as a chirped grating device. |
| US10161733B2 |
Pressure bulkhead structure with integrated selective electronic switch circuitry, pressure-isolating enclosure containing such selective electronic switch circuitry, and methods of making such
Pressure-isolating bulkhead structures with integrated selective electronic switches circuitry are provided. The pressure-isolating bulkhead structure may be a single unit having the integrated electronic switch circuitry, as well as an electrical connector that includes at least one of a wire and a pin contact. Such integrated selective electronic switch circuitry may be fashioned within a self-contained, inner pressure-isolating enclosure body. Such inner pressure-isolating enclosure body may be produced about the selective electronic switch circuitry such that the inner pressure-isolating enclosure body and switch circuitry are produced as a unit, which can be easily placed within a variety of bulkhead structures, and subsequently within a perforating gun. |
| US10161732B2 |
Tactical magnetic ammunition magazine
The Tactical Magnetic Ammunition Magazine provides several unique capabilities for the modern tactical law enforcement or military operator. It has a finger grip located on the forward face of the magazine to allow the shooter to use the magazine as an additional ergonomic gripping location to hold heavier firearms such as rifles. It can quietly be attached to both standard MOLLE vests and forearm gauntlets using magnetic attachment between magnets built into the magazine housing along with magnetic strips separately attached to the MOLLE vest or gauntlet in locations allowing the tactical operator to minimize his reloading time while maintaining noise discipline. The Tactical Magazine Ammunition Magazine further contains a hexagonal closed loop at the bottom end of the magazine to be used both as a shock absorber when firing the firearm in the prone position as well as an ergonomic means to hold the magazine when removing it from the vest or gauntlet to load into the firearm. |
| US10161731B2 |
Sound emitting trackable arrow
A sound emitting trackable arrow having an elongated cylindrical shaft that includes an insert member attached at one end and a nock member attached to the other end. A wireless tracking component may be coupled with either the insert member or the nock member, with the wireless tracking component fully enclosed inside the shaft. The wireless tracking component includes a plurality of electronic components which enable it to emit an audible sound in response to receiving an alert signal wirelessly and emit a signal strength value wirelessly which enables a real time proximity determination. A discrete, remote tracking device that is adapted to provide a user interface and to communicate wirelessly with the wireless tracking component is also provided. The remote tracking device is operative to continually maintain and display a determination of the approximate distance of the arrow and selectively cause the arrow emit an audible sound. |
| US10161730B2 |
Explosive device simulator
Embodiments disclosed herein provide an Explosive Device Simulator (EDS). Embodiments of the Explosive Device Simulator may include two or more chemical components that are non-explosive when separated from each other within the EDS, but which form an explosive mixture or substance when combined. Because the individual chemical components are non-explosive, the Explosive Device Simulator may be stored, transported and handled safely for long periods of time and without increased security, protective measures, or special training. Further, the chemical components may be chosen such that the Explosive Device Simulator creates a realistic explosion (e.g. loud and bright), but which produces minimal concussive forces and is therefore safer to use as a training aid. |
| US10161729B1 |
Portable IED training device
An IED detection training device can include a barrel which can be adapted to receive a blank ammunition cartridge. A housing can be connected to the barrel, and a firing pin having a tab extending from the firing pin can be disposed in the housing. A spring can surround the firing pin, and a sleeve having a slot can surround the sleeve so that the firing pin tab is disposed in the sleeve slot. A lever can be pivotably attached to the housing so that the lever selectively engages the tab. A pull ring can also be pivotably attached to the housing, to selectively engage the lever. Pivoting of the pull ring can cause pivoting engagement of the lever and disengagement of the tab, which can further cause the spring to move the firing pin forward to strike the ammunition blank cartridge. |
| US10161726B2 |
Firearm ammunition case insert
A firearm ammunition cartridge comprises a case having a substantially tubular body portion, an open leading end, and a trailing end defining a primer port. An insert is received within the case and extending along the body portion. The insert has an exterior surface conforming to an interior surface of the body portion and a central cavity extending along an axial dimension of the insert. The central cavity opens to the primer port at the trailing end of the case and to a leading end of the insert. A quantity of gunpowder is disposed within the central cavity, and a projectile is received and retained within the leading end of the case. The gunpowder is confined to a chamber comprising at least a portion of the central cavity between said case trailing end and the projectile. |
| US10161724B2 |
Shaped-charge liner with fold around opening
A shaped-charge liner for a shaped-charge assembly is provided. The shaped-charge assembly includes a housing, a liner, and explosive material between the housing and the liner. The liner includes an apex portion that has an opening and that defines a fold around the opening. The explosive material supports the apex portion. |
| US10161723B2 |
Charge case fragmentation control for gun survival
A method for forming a perforation is disclosed. The method comprises positioning a perforating gun at a desired location in the formation. The perforating gun comprises a gun body and a charge carrier. The method further comprises disposing one or more shaped charges within the charge carrier. The one or more shaped charges comprise an outer case, an inner liner, and an explosive material retained between the outer case and the inner liner. The outer case of the shaped charge comprises one or more predefined fracture lines. The method further comprises detonating at least one shaped charge, wherein detonating the at least one shaped charge forms one or more perforations in the formation. |
| US10161720B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for making an object appear transparent
A cloaking device includes object-side and image-side curved cloaking region boundaries with outward facing mirror surfaces and inward facing opaque surfaces. A cloaking region is bounded by the inward facing opaque surfaces of the object-side and image-side curved CR boundaries. An object-side curved reflection boundary with an inward facing mirror surface is positioned proximate to the object-side curved cloaking region boundary and an image-side curved reflection boundary with an inward facing mirror surface is positioned proximate to the image-side curved cloaking region boundary. Light from an object located on the object-side of the cloaking device and obscured by the cloaking region is redirected around the cloaking region by the outward facing mirror surfaces of the object-side and image-side curved cloaking region boundaries and the inward facing mirror surfaces of the object-side and image-side curved reflection boundaries. |
| US10161718B2 |
Scope mount apparatus for manipulating the magnification of an optical scope
A scope magnification adjustment apparatus for use with an optical scope. A scope mount is mounted to a optical scope by means of scope rings. A series of gears is used to rotate a twist ring on the scope to increase or decrease magnification of the optical scope. A mount gear positioned on the mount may be rotated using a lever, power drive, or worm drive mechanism. The rotation of the mount gear rotates a scope gear positioned around the scope and connected to the twist ring on the scope. As the gears rotate, the twist ring rotates and manipulates the magnification. |
| US10161717B2 |
Long range archery scope
A scope may include an adjustment dial, which may be moved among a plurality of positions to configure the scope to compensate for projectile drops. The adjustment dial may be labeled with dial-calibration data, which may include one or more distance indicators and/or one or more windage hold-off indicators. The scope may be attached to a gun, bow or crossbow and the dial-calibration data may be at least partially generated using ballistics performance data based on shots, bullets, arrows or bolts fired by the gun, bow or crossbow. The dial-calibration data may be at least partially generated using shooting conditions. A system and method for generating customized adjustment dials can incorporate ballistics, projectile, and/or shooting conditions into program. The system and method can also include a derived distance calculation module, which may be configured to use a distance to a target and actual shooting conditions to calculate a derived distance. |
| US10161715B2 |
Gun holster transport system
The subject matter described herein includes a gun holster transport system. The gun holster transport system comprises a wrapping member for wrapping at least partially around itself to form an aperture for receiving a barrel holding portion of a gun holster. The wrapping member forms first and second arms extending axially from the barrel holding portion and which are positionable on opposite sides of a butt of a gun. The first and second arms each form lock-receiving apertures for receiving a lock positionable behind the butt of the gun to prevent withdraw of the gun from the gun holster. |
| US10161714B1 |
Accessory container and replaceable cover system
An accessory container and replaceable cover system having a container comprising an inside surface and an outside surface, wherein the inside surface defines a cavity configured to retain at least a portion of an accessory; a cover adapted to be selectively attached to and fit about at least a portion of the outside surface of the container, and two or more apertures formed in the cover so as to provide at least one aligned, overlapping aperture when the cover is wrapped about the container; an attachment element adapted to be selectively connected to the container; and a fastener, wherein the fastener passes through the at least one aligned, overlapping aperture in the cover and at least one aligned aperture in the attachment element, and wherein the fastener releasably holds the cover on the container and releasably holds the attachment element on the container. |
| US10161713B1 |
Locking mechanisms for and methods of securing firearm components in the stock, butt, and/or grip of a collapsible firearm
Locking mechanisms for and methods of securing firearm components in the shoulder stock or butt and/or handgrip of a collapsible firearm. In one example, the locking mechanism may include one or more locking members and a locking mechanism. In another example the locking mechanism may include a cylinder lock. The locking mechanism is configured to secure one or more firearm components in place within a storage compartment of the shoulder stock or butt and/or handgrip of the collapsible firearm, and/or to secure an endcap of the collapsible firearm to the shoulder stock or butt and/or handgrip, thereby rendering the storage compartment a locked container, with the one or more firearm components locked therein. |
| US10161705B2 |
Magazine floorplate with one or more retaining clips for a firearm
A shooting rest is disclosed herein. The shooting rest may include a magazine floor coupling configured to couple to a bottom portion of a firearm magazine. The shooting rest also may include one or more removable retaining clips configured to maintain the magazine floor coupling to the bottom portion of the firearm magazine. |
| US10161704B1 |
Firearm adapter configured to mount to a firearm frame
A universal firearm adapter configured to mount to the frame of a firearm. The adapter easily, quickly, accurately, securely, concentrically and repeatably, with or without tools, attaches a suppressor or suppressor adapter to the frame or rail system of a firearm. The adapter includes a rail attachment configured to attach to a plurality of dimensionally inconsistent frames/rails and a bore alignment assembly. Moreover, the adapter is configured to axially align the adapter bore with the barrel bore regardless of the dimensional and axial inconsistencies of the barrel and its bore. The bore alignment assembly preferably includes a suppressor mount axially aligned with the adapter bore thereby ensuring that the suppressor is axially aligned with the bore of the barrel. |
| US10161703B2 |
Integrated structure of barrel and air storage pipe of air gun
An integrated structure of a barrel and an air storage pipe of an air gun is provided. The air storage pipe is fixedly connected with a first connecting member and a second connecting member. The barrel is fixedly connected between the first connecting member and the second connecting member. The air storage pipe, the first connecting member, the second connecting member and the barrel cooperate to form an air storage area. The air storage area is located between the first connecting member and the second connecting member and communicated with an inflation head through an air supply passage disposed in the second connecting member. The layout of the air storage pipe and the barrel is more reasonable to prolong the service life of the air gun and to enhance the shooting accuracy. |
| US10161696B2 |
Slide assister system for a firearm
A slide assist system for a firearm having a frame and a reciprocating slide is disclosed. The slide assist system contains an elongated body having a first end pivotally connected to the reciprocating slide, and an opposed free end, the elongated body being movable between a stowed position in which the elongated body extends along the reciprocating slide and a deployed position in which the free end extends away from the reciprocating slide. |
| US10161695B2 |
Coil cleaning system
A cleaning apparatus comprising a first fluid delivery system configured to eject a first fluid through a first nozzle toward a surface to be cleaned; a second fluid delivery system configures to eject a second fluid through a second nozzle toward the surface to be cleaned, wherein the second fluid comprises a compressed gas at a pressure greater than 345 kilopascals (50 pounds per square inch); a housing configured to partially surround and mount the first and second nozzles; a connector configured to couple the first fluid delivery system to a first fluid source; and a connector configured to couple the second fluid delivery system to a second fluid source. |
| US10161694B2 |
Method for guiding a device for the high-pressure cleaning of heat exchanger tubes
Some embodiments are directed to a method for guiding a high-pressure cleaning device for cleaning the inside of heat exchanger tubes, wherein the human eye has been replaced by an acquisition device, enabling to obtain images, making the automatic detection of tubes to be cleaned possible, with the possibility of remote visualization. |
| US10161693B2 |
Aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchangers, and method of producing the same
An aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchangers, containing 0.5 to 1.5 mass % of Si; more than 1.0 mass % but not more than 2.0 mass % of Fe; 0.4 to 1.0 mass % of Mn; and 0.4 to 1.0 mass % of Zn, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, wherein a metallographic microstructure before braze-heating is such that a density of second phase particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of less than 0.1 μm is less than 1×107 particles/mm2, and that a density of second phase particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of 0.1 μm or more is 1×105 particles/mm2 or more, wherein a tensile strength before braze-heating, TSB (N/mm2), a tensile strength after braze-heating, TSA (N/mm2), and a fin sheet thickness, t (μm), satisfy: 0.4≤(TSB−TSA)/t≤2.1, and wherein the sheet thickness is 150 μm or less; and a method of producing the same. |
| US10161692B2 |
Tailored heat transfer characteristic of fuel cell coolers
The thermal profile of one or more fuel cells (10) cooled by coolant flowing in coolant flow passageways (30, 31, 33, 34, 37-41, 45-50) is tailored by providing selected material (65, 68) adjacent a portion (33b) of the coolant passageway; the selected material has a different thermal transfer characteristic than material surrounding other portions of the coolant passageway. The material may be more insulative or more conductive. The material may be wrapping (65), such as shrink wrap, about a coolant tube, or it may be altered material (68) in a molding material. |
| US10161688B2 |
Heat storage apparatus, method for storing heat, and method for producing heat storage apparatus
A heat storage apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a heat storage material and a member. The heat storage material forms a clathrate hydrate by cooling. The member has a surface with a plurality of holes. In the case that the lattice constant of the clathrate hydrate is denoted by L and the outside diameter of a cage included in the clathrate hydrate is denoted by D, the plurality of holes are spaced at intervals of 1L to 10L, and each of the plurality of holes has a hole diameter of 1D to 20D. |
| US10161683B2 |
Dry cooling system for powerplants
An indirect dry cooling system suitable for steam condensing applications in a power plant Rankine cycle in one embodiment includes an air cooled condenser having a plurality of interconnected modular cooling cells. Each cell comprises a blower and tube bundle assemblies each including inlet headers, outlet headers, and plurality of tubes extending between the headers. In one embodiment, the tube bundle assemblies may be shop fabricated as a unit to form an A-frame or V-frame cell construction The tubes may be finned. Steam circulating in a closed flow loop on the tube side from a steam turbine is cooled in each cell by ambient air blown through the tube bundles, thereby forming liquid condensate. The condensate is collected and returned to the Rankine cycle for reheating to form steam to drive the turbine. |
| US10161681B2 |
Melting process having sheathing that can be pushed through
The invention relates to methods and devices for melting furnaces, conveying paths and conveying means for the melt, the melt product and for any type of discharges from a melting furnace and transportation means for the melt, with an extended service life, which in the case of a complete screen, that is to say in the optimum situation, may also be infinite, and/or with increased purity of the melt. This is achieved by the pushing-through or rotating-through of screens, clinkers, coatings, linings, etc., that is to say solid materials which are situated between the melt or melt product or the discharges and the materials situated behind the same which counteract the pressure of the melt, of the melt product or the discharges, for example walls. Here, new pieces of the screens etc. may be added at one free end, and used or worn pieces of the screens can be removed or withdrawn at another free end. |
| US10161678B2 |
Multi-pass lumber kilns
Embodiments provide a multi-pass kiln with two or more chambers, an entrance and an exit at a proximal end of the kiln, and a reciprocal flow path extending through the kiln from the entrance to the exit. Lumber charges traveling along the reciprocal flow path may travel in a first direction along one side of the heated second chamber before traveling in a substantially opposite second direction along the opposite side of the second chamber. The distal end of the kiln may be substantially sealed, and a pressure differential between the distal end and the proximal end may draw moist heated air from the heated chamber toward the exit and entry to preheat and/or condition lumber charges traveling through the first chamber. |
| US10161676B2 |
Process and apparatus for the low-temperature fractionation of air
The process and the apparatus serve for the low-temperature fractionation of air in a distillation column system, which has at least one separating column. Feed air is compressed in a main air compressor. Compressed feed air is cooled in a main heat exchanger. Cooled feed air is introduced into the distillation column system. At least one product stream is drawn off from the distillation column system, heated in the main heat exchanger and drawn off as a gaseous end product. At least one process parameter is set by a basic controller. The control of the process parameter is set by a combination of an ALC control and an MPC controller. This involves the ALC control outputting a first target value to the MPC controller. |
| US10161672B2 |
Domestic refrigeration appliance having a multipart support cage for a food receiver-container
A domestic refrigeration appliance has a receiver space for food, which is defined by walls of an internal container. An extension device is arranged on the internal container and is able to be pushed into and pulled out of the receiver space relative to the internal container. A container for receiving food is able to be removably positioned on the extension device. The extension device has a support cage for the container which, viewed in the width direction of the domestic refrigeration appliance, has a base plate and retaining elements arranged thereon on opposing sides and separate from the base plate as lateral cage walls. The retaining elements are configured as suspension elements for the releasable suspension in a non-destructive manner of the support cage on extension rails of the extension device) separate from the support cage. |
| US10161669B2 |
Attachment arrangement for vacuum insulated door
A refrigerator includes an insulated cabinet structure and a cooling system. A door assembly includes a perimeter structure that is movably mounted to the insulated cabinet structure and an outer door that is movably mounted to the perimeter structure whereby the outer door can be moved between open and closed positions relative to the perimeter structure when the perimeter structure is in its closed position The outer door may comprise a vacuum insulated structure including porous core material disposed in a cavity of the outer door. |
| US10161666B2 |
Cool air path damper assembly with elastic anti-freezing member
A refrigerator having a cool air path damper assembly that can remove dew from the damper housing when the cool air path damper opens and closes. The damper assembly has an anti-freezing pad attached to its upper surface. An elastic anti-freezing member is inserted into the anti-freezing pad. The elastic anti-freezing member moves with the damper when the damper switches between an open and a closed state. During such a motion, the elastic anti-freezing member sweeps through the interior surface of the housing and thereby removes moisture from the interior surface. This can prevent ice formation on the damper due to rapid temperature drop when the damper opens. |
| US10161665B2 |
Refrigerator cooling system having secondary cooling loop
A refrigerator cooling system and method provides cooling to one or more features of a refrigerator by employing a secondary cooling loop that utilizes the excess cooling capacity of an evaporator to selectively provide supplemental cooling to the features when a thermal demand arises. |
| US10161662B2 |
Method and apparatus for reheat dehumidification with variable speed outdoor fan
An HVAC system includes an indoor unit having a return air duct and a supply air duct in an enclosed space. The HVAC system includes an outdoor unit having a variable-speed condenser fan. A first temperature sensor is disposed in at least one of the return air duct, the supply air duct, or an enclosed space. A controller is operatively coupled to the first temperature sensor, and the variable-speed condenser fan. The controller is configured to determine whether at least one of over-cooling or over-heating of air in the enclosed space is occurring. Responsive to a determination that at least one of over-cooling or over-heating of air in the enclosed space is occurring, the controller adjusts a speed of the variable-speed condenser fan. |
| US10161655B2 |
Refrigeration apparatus
Refrigeration apparatus R that includes a refrigerant circuit composed of compressor 11, gas cooler 28, electric expansion valve 39, and evaporator 41 includes: electric expansion valve 33; tank 36; split heat exchanger 29; electric expansion valve 43; electric expansion valve 47; auxiliary circuit 48; main circuit 38; low-pressure sensor 51; and control apparatus 57, in which control apparatus 57 regulates the pressure of the refrigerant after the refrigerant flows out of tank 36 but before flows into electric expansion valve 39 to be a first constant pressure when the pressure detected by low-pressure sensor 51 is smaller than a specified pressure, and regulates the pressure of the refrigerant to be a second constant pressure smaller than the first constant pressure when the pressure detected by low-pressure sensor 51 is larger than the specified pressure. |
| US10161649B2 |
Optimizing operations of multiple air-conditioning units
A method operates a set of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) units by optimizing jointly operations of the set of HVAC units subject to constraints to determine times of switching each HVAC unit ON and OFF and by controlling each HVAC unit according to the corresponding times of switching. The operation of each HVAC unit is represented by a continuous function. The constraints include a complementarity constraint for each HVAC unit, such that the complementarity constraint for the HVAC unit defines a discontinuity of the operation of the HVAC unit at corresponding times of switching. |
| US10161648B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes a touch panel having a detection region and a transparent electrode sheet disposed in such a manner that at least a part of the transparent electrode sheet overlaps the detection region of the touch panel and including a transparent sheet, an operation electrode, and a detection electrode. The operation electrode and the detection electrode are made of a transparent conductive material and are disposed on the transparent sheet. The operation electrode is located outside the detection region in a state where the transparent electrode sheet overlaps the touch panel. The detection electrode is electrically connected to the operation electrode and is located inside the detection region in the state where the transparent electrode sheet overlaps the touch panel. |
| US10161647B2 |
Air-conditioning apparatus
Provided is an air-conditioning apparatus capable of performing a cooling and heating mixed operation, including: a heat source unit including a compressor; a plurality of indoor units; a relay unit; a first relay unit-side bypass pipe configured to cause a part of refrigerant, which is discharged from the compressor and flows into the relay unit, to flow between a heat source unit-side heat exchanger and an indoor unit-side heat exchanger; a second relay unit-side flow rate control device provided to the first relay unit-side bypass pipe; and a controller configured to control an opening degree of the second relay unit-side flow rate control device so that, in an operation in which the heat source unit-side heat exchanger functions as an evaporator, a discharge temperature of a discharge refrigerant discharged from the compressor is equal to or lower than a heat-resistant temperature of the compressor. |
| US10161644B2 |
Apparatus for both humidification and air cleaning
Provided is a humidification and air cleaning apparatus. The humidification and cleaning apparatus includes: a water tank storing water; an air wash inlet disposed in the water tank and communicating the inside of the water tank with the outside thereof; a water tank humidification medium covering the air wash inlet, formed of a material absorbing water, and humidifying air passing the air wash inlet; a watering housing disposed inside the water tank, suctioning water of the water tank thereinto, pumping the suctioned water to an upper side when rotating, and spraying the pumped water; and a watering motor providing a torque to the watering housing. Here, the water tank humidification medium is spaced from water stored in the water tank and is wetted by water sprayed from the watering unit. |
| US10161642B2 |
System for over-molded PCB sealing ring for TEC heat exchangers
A thermoelectric-based air conditioning system is provided. The system includes at least a first supply air channel and a separate second supply air channel disposed in a housing. The system also includes a first thermoelectric cooler (TEC) assembly forming at least a portion of the first supply air channel and configured to independently condition air within the first supply air channel. The system further includes a second TEC assembly forming at least a portion of the second supply air channel and configured to independently condition air within the second supply air channel. The system includes a printed circuit board (PCB) for each of the first and second TEC assembly, wherein each of the PCSs are configured to provide an electrical connection between a first TEC and a second TEC with each of the first and second TEC assemblies. The system further includes a mold substrate configured to over-mold the first and second TECs of the first and second TEC assemblies. |
| US10161640B2 |
Multi-zone variable refrigerant flow heating/cooling unit
An air conditioning that includes a housing. The housing encloses a mode control unit that switches a zone coil associated with a zone from a cooling mode to a heating mode by switching from a cooling medium to a heating medium flowing through the zone coil. The zone coil receives the heating or cooling medium and conditions incoming air from a supply fan to be exhausted in a zone associated with the zone coil. A variable refrigerant flow cooling/heating unit provides a cooling medium or a heating medium at varying rates to control a temperature of a zone. |
| US10161630B2 |
Systems and methods for testing flue gas cleaning systems
A sampling assembly includes a vessel that is configured to receive a flue gas stream at a predetermined temperature and a regent product. The sampling assembly also includes an agitator positioned within the vessel. The agitator is configured to rotate within the vessel to cause a chemical reaction to induce formation of particulate matter. The sampling assembly further includes a sensor coupled to the agitator. The sensor is configured to measure a variable operating parameter of the agitator, wherein a change in value of the variable operating parameter is indicative that the particulate matter agglomerates at the predetermined flue gas stream temperature. |
| US10161629B2 |
Gas torch head including burner tube thereof being replaceable
A gas torch head includes a main body, a burner tube releasably inserted into the main body, and a retainer configured to secure the main body and the burner tube together selectively. The retainer is mounted on one of the main body and the burner tube and is movable between a first position engaging with the other of the main body and the burner tube and a second position disengaging from the other of the main body and the burner tube, respectively. |
| US10161628B2 |
Radiant burner
A radiant burner for treating an effluent gas stream from a manufacturing process tool may include: a combustion chamber having a porous sleeve through which combustion materials pass for combustion proximate to a combustion surface of the porous sleeve; and a plenum surrounding the porous sleeve supplying the combustion materials to the porous sleeve, the plenum being configured to provide the combustion materials with varying stoichiometry along a length of the porous sleeve. This approach of varying the stoichiometric ratios of the combustion materials correspondingly varies the heat generated by those combustion materials along the length of the porous sleeve. By varying the stoichiometry of the combustion materials to compensate for variations in the heat generated within the combustion chamber along the length of the porous sleeve, a more uniform temperature can be achieved along the length of the porous sleeve within the combustion chamber. |
| US10161627B2 |
Modulating burner with venturi damper
A modulating burner apparatus includes a burner and a blower placed upstream of the burner. A venturi is placed upstream of the blower. A damper valve is placed upstream of the venturi. The damper valve has an open position and a restricted position. A smaller gas valve and a larger gas valve are communicated with the venturi. A controller is operably associated with the system to select a position of the damper valve and to select the appropriate one of the gas valves so as to provide a low output operation mode and a high output operation mode, which in combination provide an overall turndown ratio of at least 25:1. |
| US10161625B2 |
Combustor having a nonmetallic body with external electrodes
A combustor may include a nonmetallic combustor body configured to hold a combustion reaction. The combustor may include and one or more electrodes disposed outside the nonmetallic combustor body and configured to apply electrical energy to the combustion reaction. The combustor may include a power supply operatively coupled to the one or more electrodes. |
| US10161623B2 |
Illuminated board
A buoyant illuminated board having a board assembly with a deck, a bottom, first and second lateral sides, and at least one aperture. An electrical system has a power source, and at least one light source within the at least one aperture. A hatch assembly has a lid, and a housing that defines a cavity. The electrical system further comprises a controller, an amplifier, and a battery charger connector that are housed within the hatch assembly along with the power source. The at least one aperture may be elongated to define a channel. The at least one light source is a bulb, a light, a lamp, a light-emitting diode, a light-emitting diode strip, or rope lighting. The board assembly also has an exterior cover that covers the at least one light source within the at least one aperture, and may have a battery charger to recharge the power source. |
| US10161612B2 |
Ambient light monitoring in a lighting fixture
A lighting fixture employing a solid-state light source and an ambient light sensor is disclosed. The solid-state light source is placed within a light source housing and configured to emit light through a lens assembly that covers an opening into a mixing chamber provided within the light source housing. In one embodiment, the ambient light sensor is located within mixing chamber with the solid-state light source. In another embodiment, the ambient light sensor is located outside of the mixing chamber. In either embodiment, the ambient light sensor may be recessed within a waveguide, which aides in controlling the sensor distribution beam for the ambient light sensor. The sensor distribution beam essentially defines an area from which light reflected off of a task surface is accurately monitored via the ambient light sensor. The direction of the sensor distribution beam and the light emitted from the ambient light sensor may generally coincide. |
| US10161609B2 |
Track lighting system
A system comprising track-mounted luminaires and track. In some embodiments, electrical power for illumination is accessed by a luminaire through electrified railing recessed within a relatively narrow slot of the track. In some embodiments, a mount is provided separately from and/or additional to the power slot; for example, a magnetic mount. Optionally luminaires are orientable to select a direction of illumination, while secured by the magnetic mount. The track is optionally mounted flush and/or recessed with a mounting surface such as a ceiling and/or wall. In some embodiments, a recessed surface of the track is formed with an arc. Optionally luminaires conform with the curvature of the arc. Additionally or alternatively, the track is at least partially masked and/or decorated, for example by plastering and/or a face plate. |
| US10161608B2 |
Hidden lighting under a shelf
A lit shelf system comprising a shelf having a front face, a lighting face extending horizontally, a dark face opposite the lighting face and a groove. The groove has a front wall extending to a front edge about the lighting face and a rear wall extending to a rear edge about the lighting face. The front wall is closer to the front face than the rear wall and the front wall extends further from the dark face than the rear wall. The lit shelf system further comprises a light source mounted in the groove and being for lighting a space about the lighting face. The light source extends between the front wall and the rear wall past the rear edge but not past the front edge. |
| US10161604B2 |
LED lighting system with centrally held longitudinally extending LED lamps and method thereof
An LED lighting system having at least one longitudinally extending LED lamp with a sole LED lamp holder on each of the at least one longitudinally extending LED lamps is presently disclosed. An LED lamp mount is configured to connect, and unconnect, with the LED lamp holder and hold and energize each of the at least one longitudinally extending LED lamps. The LED lamp mount is configured for mounting the LED lighting system. Also presently disclosed is a method for installing a lighting system. |
| US10161598B2 |
Light fixture comprising light sources, lenslets and a retro-reflector
An illumination device comprising a plurality of light sources emitting light along an optical axis, the light sources comprises a converting material capable of converting light into other wave lengths. An optical gate is arranged along the optical axis and a light collector is arranged between the light sources and the optical gate. The light collector comprises a plurality of lenslets adapted to collect light and to convert the collected light into a plurality of light propagate through the optical gate. An optical projecting system collects and projects at a part the light beams along the optical axis. A retro-reflector is arranged between the light collector and the plurality of light sources and is configured to reflect at least a part light back to the converting material of at least one of the light sources. |
| US10161597B2 |
Lighting system and selective retro-reflection apparatus
A lighting system and a selective retro-reflection apparatus are provided. The lighting system includes a lamp, a reflector configured to reflect light emitted by the lamp, a projection lens configured to emit the reflected light of the reflector in a predetermined direction, and a selective shield apparatus disposed between the projection lens and the reflector and provided on a path of light directed upward among the light reflected from the reflector to selectively shield the light directed upward, wherein the selective shield apparatus includes a panel and a selective shield portion supported by the panel, positions of the panel and the selective shield portion are fixed, and a state in which the selective shield portion transmits the light is changed according to whether power is supplied. |
| US10161595B2 |
Collimation system for an LED luminaire
An automated luminaire with an array of light sources configured in a plurality of primary TIR optics with central light blocks. The light blocks are configured to block or redirect light beam at angles likely to cause undesirable light spill. |
| US10161594B2 |
Wall lamp
The invention discloses a wall lamp, including a plurality of light-emitting units, a lens board, and a plurality of lens units. The plurality of lens units are mounted on one side of the lens board, and a plurality of mounting grooves are provided on the other side. The plurality of mounting grooves are provided corresponding to the plurality of lens units for accommodating the light-emitting unit. The lens unit includes a main lens surface facing the light-emitting unit. The main lens surface including a first plane, the second plane and the third plane. The main lens surface includes two planes inclined to the ground, and the light emitted by the light-emitting units cooperating with the lens is projected to the ground under the action of the main lens surface, so that the light energy can be effectively utilized and saved. |
| US10161591B2 |
Thin wall internal reflection light optic
An example lamp optic comprises a light guide (100) to receive light from a light source (108) and generate a light beam via internal reflection. The light guide includes a proximal end (104) to receive the light and a distal end (106) to emit the light beam. An optical axis (OA) extends from the proximal end to the distal end, and a transverse axis (TA) extends perpendicular to the optical axis. A surface of the distal end has a stepped portion (110) including a central surface (112) substantially parallel to the transverse axis and centered on the optical axis, and linear steps (114) extending in opposing directions from the central surface parallel to the transverse axis and along the optical access towards the distal end. Each linear step includes an optical face (116) extending perpendicular to the optical axis and a transverse face (118) extending perpendicular to the transverse axis. |
| US10161589B2 |
Projection lens and vehicle headlamp having the same
A projection lens on a vehicle headlight includes a light incident surface and a light emitting surface facing away from the light incident surface. The light emitting surface includes a diffusing surface and a rough surface. A number of strips protrude from the diffusing surface. The strips are parallel to each other and have curved cross sections, and are configured for diffusing the light passing through the diffusing surface. The rough surface is positioned above and connected to the diffusing surface to form a horizontal connecting line, thereby allowing the rough surface to scatter the light passing through the rough surface in all directions. |
| US10161587B2 |
Lighting module and device with reduced size for automobile vehicles
Module for emitting at least one light beam along an optical axis for automobile vehicles. The module includes at least a first and at least a second light sources, at least a first and at least a second optical collectors designed to collect the light emitted by the at least a first and the at least a second light sources, respectively, and for redirecting the light collected in convergent directions. At least one of the at least a first and the at least a second light sources is oriented in such a manner as to emit light in an overall direction of emission moving away from the optical axis. The collector associated with the or with said oriented light sources have at least partially an asymmetrical configuration elongating the collector along the optical axis. |
| US10161577B2 |
Electrical connection of control circuit card to power supply in LED luminaire assembly
A light emitting diode (LED) luminaire device includes an LED housing with one or more LED modules. The device also includes a control circuit that is electrically connected to each of the LED arrays. The device includes a body with a power supply, and a contact surface that is electrically connected to the power supply. The body is separable from the LED at the contact surface. Electrical contacts are electrically connected to one of either the control circuit or the contact surface; and a landing pads are electrically connected to the other of either the control circuit or the contact surface. The contacts and landing pads are positioned to align to each other and provide one or more conductive paths between the power supply and the control circuit when the LED housing is connected to the body. |
| US10161561B2 |
Linkage rod including limited-displacement flexible mechanism
A linkage rod including a limited-displacement flexible mechanism has structural robustness and allows easy reduction in weight and size, simple production and easy operation. The linkage rod including at least one limited-displacement flexible mechanism, wherein the limited-displacement flexible mechanism comprises at least one limited-displacement flexible joint which comprises: a flexible member; and at least one bend limitation section which is arranged in parallel with the flexible member so that the bend limitation section limits a bend of the flexible member. |
| US10161559B2 |
Systems and methods associated with an auxiliary support for a display device
Examples of the present disclosure relate to methods and systems associated with an auxiliary support for a display device. More particularly, embodiments are related to a hinged auxiliary support that is configured to be positioned between the display device and a display stand. |
| US10161558B2 |
Lifting device
A lifting device for holding a display is provided. The lifting device has a slim appearance, wherein a width of a frame of the lifting device is 5-30 mm. The lifting device holds the display on a working surface through a plurality of constant force springs. |
| US10161556B2 |
High temperature insulated pipelines
An insulated high-temperature transport conduit for use in undersea environments. The conduit comprises a continuous steel pipe having at least a first layer of thermal insulation provided over its outer surface. The first layer of thermal insulation comprises a polymer composition having a thermal conductivity of less than about 0.40 W/mK and long-term heat resistance at continuous operating temperatures within the range from about 150° C. to above about 205° C. The first thermal insulation layer comprises a polymer composition comprising a polymer selected from the group consisting of one or more fluoropolymers, hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR), and a blend of one or more fluoropolymers with HNBR. The conduit may further comprise second and third layers of insulation on top of the first layer, along with a corrosion protection coating underlying the first thermal insulation layer. |
| US10161555B2 |
Coated expandable-contractible flexible pipe
There is provided a coated expandable-contractible flexible pipe capable of properly securing the anti-corrosive performance without damaging a coating even in the case where the coated expandable-contractible flexible pipe coated with the coating oscillates or expands/contracts. The coated expandable-contractible flexible pipe includes: an expandable-contractible flexible pipe having a pair of joints to be connected to a fluid pipe and a connecting pipe for connecting the joints to each other, the pair of joints being mutually oscillatable and expandable/contractible; and a resin or rubber coating that coats the expandable-contractible flexible pipe. The coating includes a joint coating portion in close contact with the joint, a pipe coating portion in close contact with the connecting pipe 3, and a looseness portion formed between the joint coating portion and the pipe coating portion so as to allow the oscillation or expansion of the expandable-contractible flexible pipe. |
| US10161552B2 |
Coaxial fluid connector
A fluid connector for removably joining two lines includes a male element and a complementary female element, which each include a body defining an inner passage and an outer passage, a male drawer, which is axially movable inside the outer passage between an uncoupled position of the connector, where it tightly closes off a distal mouth of the outer passage, and a coupled position, where it does not oppose the passage of fluid in the mouth and wherein the male or female body delimits a connecting passage between the outer passage of the female element and the outer passage of the male element during the coupling of the elements and which connecting passage extends between at least one distal opening and at least one proximal opening, which each emerge in one or the other of the outer passages. |
| US10161549B2 |
Alky-one gasket
A method is provided for forming a gasket for sealing opposing flange surfaces of a pipe having corrosive fluid flowing therethrough. The method comprises defining a gasket profile incorporating a serrated profile core having a flange extending radially inward therefrom. A deformable pillow extends radially inward from the serrated profile core, to define a gasket intermediate portion about the flange, and a gasket inner portion radially inward from the flange. The deformable pillow material and thickness are selected such that upon compression to a thickness no less than the core thickness, the gasket inner portion exhibits a stress level sufficient to preclude corrosive liquid flowing through the pipe from passing radially outward beyond the gasket inner portion, and the gasket intermediate portion exhibits a stress level sufficient to preclude gas and liquid flowing through the pipe from passing radially outward beyond the gasket intermediate portion. |
| US10161548B2 |
Pipe coupler
A pipe coupler may include a first coupling member and a second coupling member. The first coupling member may be configured to hold a portion of a first pipe. The second coupling member may be configured to hold a portion of a second pipe coupled to the first pipe. The first coupling member and the second coupling member may be coupled to each other to connect the first pipe to the second pipe in a direction substantially perpendicular to a coaxis of the coupled first and second pipes. Thus, a leakage of the fluid through a combining portion between the first and second coupling members may be suppressed. |
| US10161547B2 |
Device and method for forming pipe elements
A combination of roller tools is used to cold work a pipe element and impart a desired shape to the sidewall. The roller tools are movably mounted on a frame. Segments of the roller tools align with one another during operation. The roller tools are used in a method of roll forming wherein the sidewall of the pipe element is compressed between the rollers. |
| US10161545B2 |
Chemical dispense system with reduced contamination
An apparatus includes a production tool and a pipe connected to the production tool. The pipe includes an inner pipe formed of a metal-free material, an outer pipe encircling the inner pipe, and an inlet connected to a channel between the inner pipe and the outer pipe. The apparatus further includes a chemical supply system connected to the pipe. The chemical supply system is configured to supply a chemical through a channel encircled by the inner pipe to the production tool. |
| US10161538B2 |
Valve device
A valve device includes a float body and a valve body provided in an upper portion of the float body to obliquely move. The valve body includes a seal portion that closes a valve opening formed in a case when the float rises, an engaging portion serving as a linkage portion with respect to the float body, and an abutting portion that abuts on a vicinity of the valve opening when inclining obliquely. An area of the abutting portion in the horizontal direction is made smaller than that of the seal portion such that the abutting portion laterally protrudes from the seal portion. |
| US10161534B2 |
Multiple flow rate hydrant
A hydrant for selectively valving and delivering fluid under pressure to a plurality of different fluid outlets. The hydrant housing has at least one fluid inlet and multiple fluid outlets. A valve operating shaft is mounted for axial rotation in the hydrant housing and positioned transversely to a valve seat having a first set of valve ports therethrough annularly arranged on a first circumference about the shaft, and a second set of valve ports are provided through the valve seat and annularly arranged on a concentric second circumference of different diameter than the first circumference about the shaft. A valve actuator disk secured for rotation with the operating shaft slidably engages the valve seat in a rotary fashion to selectively valve the valve ports open and closed in selected combinations with rotation of the shaft to preselected positions of rotation. |
| US10161531B2 |
Dust and abrasive materials gate valve with an angled valve seat
A dust and abrasive materials gate valve with an angled valve seat and pivotably mounted valve gate allows for a broad seal area around the periphery of the valve seat, which may be closed tightly by a wedging action due to increasing force applied by the valve actuator. The valve seal is thus not formed along a single, linear surface as in traditional gate valves and the force applied by the valve gate to the seat facilitates closing even if there is wear along the sealing surfaces. Due to the relatively large open area around the periphery of the valve gate just before closing or immediately upon opening, the velocity of particles in pressurized systems is reduced and erosion reduced accordingly. |
| US10161530B2 |
Valve assembly
A rotary valve is disclosed. The valve comprises a drive shaft, a rotor coupled to the drive shaft, a least one bearing surface coupled to the rotor, a stator adjacent to the rotor, at least one solid bearing surface coupled to the stator, and at least one ring bearing surface coupled to the stator. |
| US10161522B2 |
Sealing ring
A seal assembly having a sealing ring, including at least one dynamically stressed sealing lip (1) and a buffer seal (2), which is arranged adjacent to the sealing lip (1) at an axial distance (3) therefrom, wherein the buffer seal (2) is made of an electrically conductive material, and wherein the sealing lip (1) and the buffer seal (2) are adjacent to and in contact with a surface (5) to be sealed of a first machine element (6) to be sealed, wherein the first machine element (6) to be sealed is arranged adjacent to a second machine element (8) at a radial distance (7) therefrom, wherein the sealing ring (1) is arranged in the a gap (9) formed by the radial distance (7), wherein the first (6) and second machine elements (8) are in contact with the buffer seal (2) in an electrically conductive manner. |
| US10161521B2 |
Apparatus to protect sealing surfaces of thief hatches
Apparatus to protect sealing surfaces of thief hatches are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a base attachable to a tank around an aperture in the tank. The example apparatus further includes a spacer supported by a support surface of the base. The example apparatus also includes a cover selectively moveable between a closed position covering the aperture and an open position providing access to the aperture, the spacer separating the cover from the base. |
| US10161520B2 |
Hydraulic control system of automatic transmission for vehicle provided with idle stop and go system
A hydraulic control system of an automatic transmission for a vehicle provided with an idle stop and go (ISG) system includes a mechanical hydraulic pump driven by a torque of an engine, the mechanical hydraulic pump pumping a fluid stored in an oil pan, a regulator valve, a manual valve, a linear solenoid valve for controlling the hydraulic pressure supplied from the manual valve through the second hydraulic line and for supplying the controlled hydraulic pressure to a third hydraulic line, a switch valve, and an electric hydraulic pump driven by electric energy for pumping the fluid stored in the oil pan through a fifth hydraulic line and for feeding the pumped fluid to a sixth hydraulic line connected to the fourth hydraulic line. |
| US10161519B2 |
Electronic parking lock apparatus
In an electronic parking lock apparatus, a relative rotation angle of an electric motor of an actuator is detected by a relative rotation angle sensor, an absolute rotation angle of the electric motor is calculated according to the relative rotation angle and reference rotation position information obtained by a rotation end limiting portion that limits a rotation end of a rotating component. An absolute rotation angle of the rotating component is detected by using an absolute rotation angle sensor, and the working status of the parking lock is determined according to the absolute rotation angle. The rotation end limiting portion used for obtaining the reference rotation position information of the relative rotation angle sensor and a detected component used for enabling the absolute rotation angle sensor to work to obtain the absolute rotation angle are provided in the same rotating component. |
| US10161518B2 |
Park control system for a vehicle transmission
A transmission for a vehicle includes an electro-mechanical park actuator mechanism that provides motive force to an actuator rod of a park actuator, a default to park mechanism that is internal to the transmission housing, and an electromechanical park inhibit mechanism that is internal to the transmission housing. |
| US10161511B2 |
Automotive transmission control device
Provided is an automotive transmission control device in which a shift range signal can be generated as accurately as possible and control of vehicle travel can be maintained even when a signal input port for a computation device develops a fault. The automotive transmission control device according to the present invention: is provided with three input ports for receiving shift range signals; and provisionally determines the shift range state by the majority decision of the input ports, estimates the shift range state on the basis of the travel state of the vehicle, and performs a final determination of the shift range state by using both the provisional determination and the estimation. |
| US10161507B2 |
Automatic transmission for vehicle
In a non-forward range, the same gear position as a forward first gear position is established in a stepped transmission. A hydraulic controller includes a second linear solenoid valve and third linear solenoid valve that respectively supply hydraulic pressure to a second clutch and first brake, and a selector valve that is provided in an oil passage upstream of the second and third linear solenoid valves and that switches between a state where hydraulic pressure is supplied to the oil passage and a state where supply of hydraulic pressure is cut off. When the non-forward range is set or when a vehicle is moving backward, the selector valve cuts off supply of hydraulic pressure to the oil passage. Thus, when there is a failure in the second or third linear solenoid valve, it is possible to suitably establish a gear position wherein the vehicle is not allowed to move backward. |
| US10161504B2 |
Backlash adjustment system and method
In accordance with an example embodiment, a wrist includes a frame, ring gear rotatable about a ring axis, and motor assembly with a pinion subassembly and motor with an output shaft. The pinion subassembly includes an internal spline and pinion connected to opposite sides of an internal shaft and rotatable about a pinion axis, and motor and frame bolt patterns. The motor is fastenable to the pinion subassembly at a plurality of motor-pinion indices via the motor bolt pattern. The pinion subassembly is fastenable to the frame mount at a plurality of pinion-frame indices via the frame bolt pattern so as to mesh the pinion with the ring gear and allow the output shaft to drive the ring gear via the internal spline, internal shaft, and pinion. The distance between the ring axis and the pinion axis varies for the plurality of pinion-frame indices. |
| US10161499B2 |
System and process for removing hardened lubricant from an enclosed gearbox
The invention relates to a system and process for removing hardened lubricant, contaminants and other debris from an enclosed gearbox of an actuator in the gas, oil, and power industries that allows the oil or gas pipeline to continue to operate uninterrupted during servicing. The system operates at a low pressure and includes two pumps: an upstream pump that pumps a non-corrosive mineral oil-based cleaning agent into the gearbox; and a downstream pump that pulls off the pressure from within the gearbox as part of the circulation of the flush system. The system and process are further provided with a clean tank for storing an influent cleaning agent, a waste tank for storing an effluent cleaning agent, and a circulation tank used during the flush circulation process. The system and process may also include a rotatable mounting assembly that is secured to the gearbox of the actuator. |
| US10161497B2 |
Method for avoiding or reducing chatter vibrations
The present invention relates to a method for avoiding or reducing chatter vibrations in a drivetrain of a motor vehicle having an automated transmission with which two transmission stages are engageable simultaneously, wherein in particular when driving in a first transmission stage a different transmission stage is specifically engaged, synchronized and/or disengaged, in order to deliberately select the natural frequency of the drive train as a function of the operating point in order to reduce or avoid chatter vibrations. |
| US10161495B2 |
Controlled relative radius of curvature forged bevel gears with involute section
Mating bevel gears generally include a pinion gear having a body that rotates about an axis and a side gear having a body that rotates about an axis that intersects the axis of the pinion gear. Pinion gear teeth of the pinion gear have a side that defines a curvature with an involute section through which a pitch line extends and a parabolic shape between the pinion gear teeth. Side gear teeth of the side gear have a side that defines a curvature with an involute section through which a pitch line extends and a parabolic shape between the side gear teeth. The curvatures on the pinion and the side gear teeth cooperatively define a controlled relative radius of curvature section except where the involute sections are located. The controlled relative radius of curvature section defines a sum of values of radius of curvature at a point of contact between the curvatures of the pinion gear teeth and the side gear teeth. The sum has a constant or decreasing value. |
| US10161493B2 |
Axle assembly with retaining member for securing differential bearing adjusters to axle housing
A power transmitting component that includes a housing, a case, a bearing, a bearing adjuster, and a retaining member. The housing defines a bearing bulkhead and an aperture, the aperture being disposed about a first axis. A pinion is coupled to the housing for rotation about a second axis that is not coincident with the first axis. A ring gear is coupled to the differential case and is meshed with the pinion. A bearing supports the case for rotation relative to the housing about the first axis. A bearing adjuster is disposed within the aperture and abuts the bearing. The retaining member is formed of a polymeric material and couples the bearing adjuster to the bearing bulkhead such that the bearing adjuster is non-rotatably and axially fixed to the housing and a preload is applied to the bearing in a direction along the first axis. |
| US10161490B2 |
Control equipment
Control equipment for generating a rotational travel motion from a rotational drive motion includes a drive shaft, an intermediate body, a reference body, and an output body that are movable relative to each other. The control equipment includes a first transmission and a second transmission, which is different from the first transmission. The first transmission transforms a rotational movement of the drive shaft relative to the reference body into a linear motion component of the intermediate body relative to the reference body, and the control equipment has a displacement line along which the intermediate body moves via the linear motion component of the intermediate body relative to the reference body. The second transmission transforms the linear motion component of the intermediate body relative into a rotational movement of the output body relative to the reference body. |
| US10161488B1 |
Pulley apparatuses and cable retention devices
A pulley apparatus includes a pulley wheel, support member, and retention member configured to prevent a cable from inadvertently entering gaps defined between the support member and the pulley wheel. The retention member extends inwardly from the support member towards the pulley wheel to overlap at least a portion of the gaps. A cable retention device includes the retention member and can extend inwardly from the support member and overlap at least a portion of the gap. The retention member can include a sloped surface for funneling the cable toward the pulley wheel and a bottom surface to overlap the gap. |
| US10161484B2 |
Multi-speed planetary transmission
A multi-speed transmission including a plurality of planetary gearsets and a plurality of selective couplers to achieve at least nine forward speed ratios is disclosed. The plurality of planetary gearsets may include a first planetary gearset, a second planetary gearset, a third planetary gearset, and a fourth planetary gearset. The plurality of selective couplers may include a number of clutches and a number of brakes. The multi-speed transmission may have four planetary gearsets and six selective couplers. The six selective couplers may include four clutches and two brakes. |
| US10161481B2 |
Device with two interlocked gear trains
A gear device, wherein it comprises at least: a shaft provided with a sun gear; at least two coaxial rings with internal teeth, namely at least one first ring and at least one second ring having at least one first annular segment and at least one second annular segment; and planets engaging with the sun gear, the first ring, and the segments of the second ring, which segments mesh with a particular toothed relationship. |
| US10161472B2 |
Air spring component
An air spring component includes at least two parts, which have corresponding joining areas. The joining areas are connected to one another in an adhesive-bonded manner in an inert atmosphere. The air spring component can be a rolling piston, a supplementary volume container for the rolling piston or an air spring pot. |
| US10161471B2 |
Suspension systems and methods of operating same
Suspension systems include a gas spring and gas damper assembly that is adapted for operation in first and second conditions. In the first condition, the assembly provides spring and damping functionality across a first range of travel. In the second condition, the assembly provides actuator functionality with a second range of travel that is substantially less than the first range of travel. A pressurized gas system is in fluid communication with the assembly. A control system is in communication with the assembly and the pressurized gas system. The control system is operative to actuate one or more control devices to transfer pressurized gas and thereby transition the assembly from between the first and second conditions. Methods of operating such as suspension system are also included. |
| US10161469B1 |
Slot expanding energy attenuator
Methods and apparatus are provided for a shock attenuation device configured for use in conjunction with a body movably mounted to a structure along a stroking direction to attenuate shock loads associated with a high energy impact event on the structure. The device includes an elongated metal frame with left and right sides symmetrically disposed about a longitudinal slot extending from proximate a first end of the frame to a second end. The frame is mountable to one of the body and structure in an orientation causing the longitudinal slot to align with the stroking direction. A mandrel mountable to the other one of the body and structure is positioned in the frame at one end of the slot. The mandrel has width and length dimensions measured in the plane of the frame, wherein a maximum width of the mandrel is greater than a width of the slot. |
| US10161468B2 |
Two-stage stiffness type elastomer combined device
The present invention provides a two-stage stiffness type elastomer combined device, including at least one small-stiffness elastic element and a large-stiffness elastic element, wherein the small-stiffness elastic element is arranged in an elastomer pre-compression device and is serially arranged with the large-stiffness elastic element under the action of a pre-compression load F1. The device has combined stiffness being hard at first and then becoming soft and is used as an elastic axle box suspension device of a railway vehicle, effectively solving the contradiction that a linear snaking critical operation speed of the vehicle and curve passing performance of the vehicle cannot be compromised. The device can also be applied to a variety of occasions requiring combined stiffness being soft at first and then becoming hard of an elastomer damping device between related members of the railway vehicle, so as to buffer the wheel rail impact of the vehicle, improve the dynamic performance of the vehicle and guarantee the operation safety of the vehicle to perfect the operation quality of the railway vehicle. |
| US10161466B2 |
Brake device
The brake device includes a coupling member configured to couple one end portions of a pair of link arms to each other, the coupling member being extendable and contractable; and an adjuster configured to cause the coupling member to extend. The adjuster includes: an extension mechanism having an extension shaft provided with a male thread and an extension nut provided with a female thread configured to be screwed with the male thread; and a resistance imparting portion configured to impart resistance to the rotation of the extension nut. The resistance imparting portion includes: a sliding contact portion having an end gap, the inner circumference of the sliding contact portion being in sliding contact with the outer circumference of the extension nut; and a coil spring configured to impart a frictional force to the extension nut by biasing the sliding contact portion in the direction of closing of the end gap. |
| US10161463B2 |
Driving force transmitting apparatus
A driving force transmitting apparatus is provided which enables rotational resistance of rotating members to be suppressed while sufficiently supplying lubricant to a friction clutch. A driving force transmitting apparatus includes a clutch drum having a cylindrical portion, an inner shaft having an end housed in the clutch drum, a friction clutch having outer clutch plates that rotate along with the clutch drum and inner clutch plates that rotate along with the inner shaft, a piston that presses the friction clutch, and a housing in which a first housing chamber housing the friction clutch is formed and in which a storage chamber storing lubricant scooped up by rotation of the clutch drum is also formed. The lubricant stored in the storage chamber returns to the first housing chamber through an inner circulation path leading to inside the clutch drum and an outer circulation path leading to outside the clutch drum. |
| US10161460B2 |
Hot upset solid shaft sub-assembly
A solid shaft sub-assembly includes a solid shaft having a first portion and a second portion, and a yoke including an inner wall defining an aperture to receive the solid shaft. The aperture has a non-circular first cross-sectional profile, and the solid shaft first portion is positioned within the aperture and is deformed such that the first portion is formed with a second cross-sectional profile complementary to the first cross-sectional profile to axially and torsionally couple the solid shaft to the yoke. |
| US10161458B2 |
Structure for coupling rotary actuator to driven body
To provide a structure for coupling a rotary actuator to a driven body whereby vibration and noise are reduced and assembly, disassembly, and maintenance after attachment to another device are made easy. This structure comprises the following: support parts laid out opposite a frame; a driven body positioned between said support parts; a shaft that holds said driven body and acts as a rotary shaft; and a rotary actuator coupled to said shaft. One end of the shaft is rotatably supported by one of the support parts, and the other end of the shaft is supported by being coupled to the rotary actuator through the opposing frame by being fitted into a tubular recess formed in the output shaft of the rotary actuator. A protrusion that is formed on the rotary actuator and cushioned in the direction of rotation is fitted into an engagement hole in the frame so as to affix the rotary actuator to the frame. |
| US10161453B2 |
Support assembly for movable shaft in particular for machinery for the food industry
A supporting assembly including a bearing, a bearing housing having an annular element housing and a base for fixing, and a cover for close fluid tight an opening of the housing element; the cover being cup-shaped and including an annular coupling portion to a radially outer lateral surface for housing the annular element. The coupling portion provided radially on the inside with at least a pair of teeth projecting radially towards the inside of the lid; the lateral surface of the annular element housing provided with an annular seat for the teeth of the lid, including: an annular groove disposed axially spaced with respect to a front edge of the housing element; axial grooves equal to the number of teeth present and that radially interrupt the front edge; and a bottom wall provided with a plurality of alternating troughs and projections arranged offset circumferentially with respect to the axial grooves. |
| US10161446B2 |
Plain self-centering bearing
A mechanical assembly includes two mechanical parts rotatable relative to each other. A first part is provided with a cylindrical cavity, a second part (34) has at least one cylindrical portion engaged in the cylindrical cavity of the first part, and a gap separates the cylindrical portion and the wall of the cylindrical cavity so as to allow relative movement in rotation between the first part and the second part (34). A lubricant distribution network (37, 38) is configured for feeding the gap with a fluid lubricant so as to form a fluid bearing. A first surface (34s) selected from the inside surface of the cylindrical cavity of the first part and the outside surface of the cylindrical portion of the second part is provided with at least two lubricant admission orifices. |
| US10161445B2 |
Bearing of a lever, which is provided with a pivot arm, in relation to a pressure piece
A bearing is described that has a first race on a lever side that is curved in a partially cylindrical manner. The bearing has a second race on a pressure piece side that is curved in a partially cylindrical manner. Rolling elements are present that roll on both the first and second races and are grouped together in a bearing cage. A radial projection, which is fixed in terms of rotation relative to the second race and forms a stop which limits the mobility of the bearing cage in one circumferential direction, is present. A pocket or opening, which is arranged in the first race or extends partially into the first race, is also present. |
| US10161443B2 |
Bearing shoe for supporting a rotor journal in a turbine engine
A rotor journal support system (10) configured to allow for a bearing shoe (16) to properly align to the rotor (14) while keeping the bearing shoe (16) constrained during handling, installation, and operation limit is disclosed. The rotor journal support system (10) may be configured to enable limited movement of a bearing shoe (16) such that when the rotor journal (14) is installed, the bearing shoe (16) is properly aligned with the rotor journal (14), thereby requiring less torque to turn the rotor journal (14) from a stop than when the bearing shoe (16) is misaligned. The rotor journal support system (10) may include bearing shoe supports (88) extending radially outward from the bearing shoe (16). The bearing shoe support (88) may include an outer bearing surface (100) having at least a partial spherical shape configured to bear against the aligning ring (24). In this position, the bearing shoe support (88) enables the bearing shoe (16) to be moved in any direction other than circumferentially and radially outward. |
| US10161442B2 |
Air foil bearings having multiple pads
In one embodiment, an air foil bearing includes an outer bearing sleeve and multiple inner pads provided within the bearing sleeve, each pad including a top foil and an inner elastic structure that supports the top foil within the bearing sleeve, wherein each pad has an offset ratio that is greater than 0.5. |
| US10161437B2 |
Retaining element
A retaining element that is detachably securable to a connector that is securable to a threaded bushing embedded in the bottom of a camera housing for preventing the connector screw from loosening in the threaded bushing. The retaining element has a connecting section, a spacer section and a rear-engagement section. The connecting section detachably secures the retaining element to the connector screw. The spacer section adjoins the connecting section and extends along the bottom of the camera housing when the connector screw, with the retaining element secured thereto, is screwed into the threaded bushing. The rear-engagement section adjoins the spacer section and extends at an angle relative to the spacer section. The rear-engagement section engages behind a wall of the camera housing, in particular the rear wall that adjoins the bottom of the camera housing. |
| US10161430B2 |
Stabilized panel fastener
A panel fastener includes a screw that is captivated to a ferrule and urged toward a retracted position by a spring which operates between the screw head and the ferrule. When the screw is in the retracted position, a collar of enlarged diameter on the screw occupies the area adjacent an internal annular captivation ring of the ferrule. The screw includes a flange that bears directly against the captivation ring providing a stop to prevent removal of the screw. The spring is preferably a coil spring that is operative against an outer flange of the ferrule. |
| US10161426B2 |
Transmission and transmission clutch system
A transmission includes a case, a clutch pack, a piston. The case defines a bore that transitions along a step from a first to a second diameter. The piston is disposed within the bore. The piston has first and second seals that engage the case along the first and second diameters, respectively. The piston defines a chamber that is encompassed by the piston, the case, the first seal, and the second seal. The piston is configured to engage a clutch pack when hydraulic fluid is channeled into the chamber. |
| US10161423B2 |
Fluid power distribution and control system
A fluid power system comprises a pump with multiple independently variable outlets (11, 12, 13, 14), each of which is capable of delivering fluid in individually controllable volume units and a plurality of hydraulic loads (15, 16, 18, 20). A system of switching valves is configured to create fluid connections between the pump outlets and the loads. A control system commands both the pump and the switching valves, so as to create valve state combinations to satisfy load conditions as demanded by an operator. The number of pump outlets (11, 12, 13, 14) connected to one or more of the loads (15, 16, 18, 20) is changeable to satisfy the flow required of the load due to the operator demand, each pump outlet being commanded to produce a flow depending on the status of other outlets connected a load to which the outlet is connected and the operator demand for that load. |
| US10161422B2 |
Multi-pressure hydraulic supply system for an automatic transmission
A pressurized fluid supply system for a vehicle transmission is provided. The fluid supply system has a pump with at least high and low pressure outputs that supplies high and low pressure components via a directional valve. The pressurized fluid supply system minimizes the parasitic loss upon a vehicle engine. |
| US10161415B2 |
Electric pump
An electric pump may comprise a pump portion including an impeller, a motor portion configured to activate the pump portion, and a housing configured to contain the pump portion and the motor portion. The motor portion may comprise a rotor configured to activate the impeller, a stator configured to rotate the rotor, a control circuit configured to control a rotation of the rotor, a resin portion configured to cover the stator, and a heat transferring portion contacting the control circuit and the housing, thermal conductivity of the heat transferring portion being higher than thermal conductivity of the resin portion. |
| US10161402B2 |
Motor vehicle vacuum pump having a switchable clutch
A motor vehicle vacuum pump includes a pump rotor, a coupling element, and a clutch arrangement. The clutch arrangement locks or releases the coupling element to/from the pump rotor so that the coupling element rotates together with or is released from the pump rotor. The clutch arrangement comprises a bolt holder connected to the pump rotor or to the coupling element to rotate therewith, an axially displaceable guide body, and a catch body connected to the coupling element or to the pump rotor to rotate therewith. The bolt holder comprises a bolt guide and a bolt body displaceable therein. The guide body is assigned to the bolt holder and comprises a guiding surface inclined with respect to an axial plane. The bolt body is forced radially into a locking position via the guiding surface. The catch body has a catch depression wherewith the bolt body engages in the locking position. |
| US10161398B2 |
Variable displacement oil pump
In a variable displacement oil pump, a drain chamber 36 partitioned with respect to first and second control oil chambers 31, 32 and which serves to generate a biasing force in a concentric direction based on a pump drain pressure directly introduced from a drain port 22a is interposed between first control oil chamber 31 which serves to generate a biasing force in the concentric direction in which a volume variation quantity of a plurality of pump chambers PR for a cam ring 15 based on a control pressure as a main gallery pressure introduced from an internal combustion engine and second control oil chamber 32 which serves to generate the biasing force in an eccentric direction in which the volume variation quantity of the plurality of pump chambers PR is increased for cam ring 15 based on the control pressure. |
| US10161392B2 |
Electromagnetic vibratory pump
Disclosed is an electromagnetic vibratory pump, comprising a first C-shaped winding and a first magnet. The first C-shaped winding comprises a first coil and a first electromagnetizable member. The first coil covers the first electromagnetizable member, which comprises a first main body, a first leg and a second leg. The legs are connected to the first main body, and the distance between the legs is reduced from a first width to a second width from the first main body. The first magnet swings in a circular tangential direction. A point of tangency of the circular tangential direction is configured apart from the first leg and the second leg respectively by a first minimum distance. The first minimum distance is less than a half of the second width. The first magnet is driven by the first magnetic line of force to move in the first circular tangential direction, and the first magnet is driven by the second magnetic line of force to move in the second circular tangential direction. |
| US10161391B2 |
Shape memory haptic actuator device
A haptic actuator and method for manufacturing the same. The haptic actuator may include a slider having first interlocking sliding features and a first engagement surface; and a base having second interlocking sliding features and a second engagement surface. The second interlocking sliding features may be configured to engage with the first interlocking sliding features. The haptic actuator may also include a shape memory alloy disposed between the first engagement surface and the second engagement surface; and a pair of ohmic contacts disposed through the base and are in direct contact with the shape memory alloy. The shape memory alloy may contract and causes displacement of the slider relative to the base from a first position to a second position in response to a current applied to the shape memory alloy through the pair of ohmic contacts. |
| US10161390B2 |
Bidirectional shape memory device
A resistively heated shape memory polymer device is operated using resistive heating to heat the shape memory polymer device. The resistively heated shape memory polymer device is made by providing a wire that includes a resistive medium. The wire is coated with a first shape memory polymer. The wire is exposed and electrical leads are attached to the wire. In one embodiment the shape memory polymer device is in the form of a clot destruction device. In another embodiment the shape memory polymer device is in the form of a microvalve. In another embodiment the shape memory polymer device is in the form of a micropump. In yet another embodiment the shape memory polymer device is in the form of a thermostat or relay switch. |
| US10161383B2 |
Methods of operating a wind turbine
Methods of operating a variable speed wind turbine as a function of a wind speed, the wind turbine having a rotor with a plurality of blades, and one or more pitch mechanisms for rotating the blades. The method comprising a sub-nominal zone of operation for wind speeds below the nominal wind speed and a supra-nominal zone of operation for wind speeds above the nominal wind speed. In the supra-nominal zone, the blades are pitched so as to maintain the rotor speed substantially constant, and a tip speed ratio of the wind turbine is substantially continuously being determined and wherein an instantaneous minimum pitch angle is substantially continuously being determined based on the instantaneous tip speed ratio, and the blades are never pitched below the instantaneous minimum pitch angle. The disclosure further relates to a wind turbine suitable for carrying out such methods. |
| US10161382B2 |
Induced-flow wind power system
A high efficiency induced-flow wind power system engages and converts both potential (to-pull) and kinetic (to-push) wind energies to effective airflow power, delivering induced (accelerated) airflow power in a controlled flow field to a turbine/rotor, impelling a 360-degree torque on the turbine/rotor and, as a result, extracting (converting) more than 80% of the combined effective wind power to mechanical power. The induced push-pull effect results in higher efficiency wind-to-mechanical power extraction (conversion). The induced-flow wind power system can be coupled with (i) an electrical generator, inverter/converter for generating AC and DC power, (ii) pressurized vessel for effective energy storage (iii) a pressurized structure, such as an air supported structure, to ensure its structural integrity. The Induced-Flow Wind System embodiment comprises: a passive-flow nozzle, an active-flow nozzles and a turbine encased in housing interposed within the flow field of the active-flow nozzle and coupled with an electrical generator or a compressor. |
| US10161381B2 |
Rotor blades having thermoplastic components and methods for joining rotor blade components
Rotor blades and methods for joining blade components of rotor blades are provided. A method includes positioning an insert between and in contact with a first blade component and a second blade component. At least one of the first blade component or the second blade component includes a thermoplastic resin. The insert includes a thermoplastic resin and an energy absorptive pigment. The method further includes heating the thermoplastic resin of the at least one of the first blade component or the second blade component and the thermoplastic resin of the insert. The method further includes cooling the thermoplastic resin of the at least one of the first blade component or the second blade component and the thermoplastic resin of the insert. The heating step and the cooling step join the first blade component, the second blade component and the insert together. |
| US10161378B2 |
Energy recovering equipment as well as a method for recovering energy
Disclosed is an energy recovering system having a first pump for pumping a fluid from a first lower level at a first lower potential energy to a second higher level corresponding to a second higher potential energy, and a turbine being located at a third level corresponding to a third potential energy being smaller than said second higher potential energy, wherein the turbine is fluidly connected to the first pump by a connecting pipe such that the fluid can be fed by the first pump via the connecting pipe from the first lower level and via the second higher level to the turbine located at the third level, where the turbine is connected to the first pump in such a way that a recovery-energy recovered from the fluid by passing through the turbine (T) is used for a drive of the concurrently operating first pump. |
| US10161369B2 |
Injector built-in ignition device, internal combustion engine, gas burner, and ignition device
The object is to provide an injector with a built-in ignition device that can achieve downsize of device as a whole without changing significantly the structure of a fuel injection device. The injector with the built-in ignition device comprises an ignition device 3 and a fuel injection device 2. In the ignition device 3, an electromagnetic wave oscillated from an electromagnetic wave oscillator MW is boosted by a booster that is constituted by a resonance structure, a potential difference between a ground electrode 51 and a discharge electrode 31 is increased, and a discharge is caused. In the fuel injection device 2, a valve body part of a nozzle needle 24 is moved toward or away from a valve seat (orifis) 23a, and thereby, the fuel injection control is performed. Then, the resonance structure is formed by a dielectric member 30 that is connected to the electromagnetic wave oscillator and formed on the surface of a fuel injection pipe 21, and an inner wall surface 50a of a mounting port 50 for an injector of a cylinder head 5. A discharge electrode 31 is a projection that is formed on the surface of the fuel injection pipe 21, and a discharge is caused by making a position of the wall surface of the mounting port 5 that is closest to the discharge electrode 31 as a ground electrode 51. |
| US10161368B1 |
Outboard motor powerhead section and fuel delivery system having low-profile fuel rail
An outboard motor powerhead section includes an engine having vertically stacked cylinders. The engine includes intake passages extending through the cylinder head to the cylinders. A fuel rail extends along a vertical center axis alongside the cylinder head. Receiver cups are coupled to the fuel rail and vertically spaced from one another such that each receiver cup is associated with a respective cylinder. Each receiver cup has a respective connector passage providing fluid communication between the fuel rail and receiver cup. Fuel injectors are respectively coupled to the receiver cups. Each fuel injector has an inlet end located in a respective receiver cup and extends along a center axis toward a nozzle end that extends into a respective intake passage. A cowl covers the engine. The vertical center axis of the fuel rail is located relatively more inboard with respect to the engine than is at least one connector passage. |
| US10161363B1 |
Fuel preheater for internal combustion engine
The fuel preheater for an internal combustion engine is a system for preheating fuel vapor prior to its injection into an internal combustion engine for combustion thereof. In the fuel preheater for an internal combustion engine, a portion of the exhaust from the internal combustion engine is used to transfer heat to a mixture of the fuel vapor, environmental air and recycled exhaust. The preheating of the fuel vapor and the addition of nitrous oxide from the recycled exhaust increases combustion efficiency of the fuel and enhances overall performance of the internal combustion engine. |
| US10161359B2 |
Compressed natural gas filter for natural gas vehicle
A filter assembly for a vehicle can be configured to be in fluid communication with a source of compressed natural gas and coolant for an engine. The filter assembly, when so arranged, filters the compressed natural gas and routes the coolant there through to warm the filter assembly. |
| US10161358B2 |
Twin target thrust reverser module
A nozzle assembly for a dual gas turbine engine propulsion system includes a housing mountable proximate to a first bypass passage of a first gas turbine engine and a second bypass passage of a second gas turbine engine, first and second upper doors, and first and second lower doors. Each of the first and second upper doors and the first and second lower doors are pivotally mounted to the housing for movement between a stowed position and a deployed position in which airflow through the first and second bypass passages is redirected relative to respective centerline axes of the first and second gas turbine engines. |
| US10161354B2 |
Composite combustion engine
A combustion engine is provided that includes an engine block with a fiber material in a resin. The engine block defines a piston bore and a bore liner positioned within the piston bore and includes a substrate and a coating positioned on an interior surface of the substrate. An exterior surface of the substrate defines a retention feature. |
| US10161353B2 |
Piston for engine
A piston for an engine is provided, that makes it possible to improve supply of engine oil to a recessed part thereof. The piston includes a resin coating film and a recessed part on a surface of a skirt part. In the piston, resin coating films are distributed in a patchy fashion on the surface of the skirt part. The recessed part is formed by the surface of the skirt part, between adjacent surfaces of the patchy resin coating films and by the adjacent resin coating films, forming a net-like groove. An outer-edge resin coating film, extending in a piston movement direction, is provided at the ends, in a piston circumferential direction of the skirt part. |
| US10161349B2 |
Method and system for fuel system control
Methods and systems are provided for increasing a lift pump voltage to a high threshold voltage responsive to a DI pump efficiency being below a threshold efficiency, and increasing a lift pump voltage to a first threshold voltage less than the high threshold voltage responsive to a main jet pump fuel reservoir level being less than a first threshold reservoir level. The approach increases fuel jet pump performance and thereby reducing engine stalls induced by fuel vaporization, while maintaining DI pump efficiency and fuel economy. |
| US10161348B1 |
Method and system for fuel control in a vehicle propulsion system
A fuel system for a vehicle propulsion system includes a fuel temperature determination module that determines a temperature of a fuel, a fuel pressure determination module that determines a pressure of the fuel, a prime determination module that determines whether the determined fuel temperature is above a vaporization temperature on a predetermined distillation curve and the fuel pressure is below the predetermined distillation curve at the determined fuel temperature, and a controller programmed to command operation of a fuel pump in response to the prime determination module determining that the determined fuel temperature is above a vaporization temperature on the predetermined distillation curve and the fuel pressure is below the predetermined distillation curve at the determined fuel temperature. |
| US10161345B2 |
Control of airflow in a uniflow-scavenged, two-stroke cycle, opposed-piston engine during transient operation
Control of airflow in a uniflow-scavenged, two-stroke cycle, opposed-piston engine during transient operation includes monitoring at least one operating parameter of the engine to recognize a transition to a transient state of engine operation. If a transient state of operation is detected, fuel injection and airflow into to the cylinders of the engine are controlled to optimize combustion and limit emissions. Airflow into cylinders of the engine may be controlled by increasing a scavenging ratio of the engine or by increasing a trapping efficiency of the engine. |
| US10161336B2 |
System and method for determining valve operation
Systems and methods for determining operation of a cylinder deactivating/reactivating device are disclosed. In one example, degradation of the cylinder deactivating/reactivating device is based on intake manifold oxygen concentration. |
| US10161335B2 |
Operating methods for internal combustion engines
The present disclosure relates to internal combustion engines. The teachings thereof may be embodied in a method for determining a torque reserve for an internal combustion engine during a change of an operating state. The method may include: operating the internal combustion engine in the first operating state; determining a rotational speed; determining a torque; determining an air mass setpoint value based on the rotational speed and the torque in the second operating state; calculating a torque setpoint value depending on the rotational speed and the air mass setpoint value in the first operating state; and determining a torque reserve for the transition from the first operating state to the second operating state using based on the torque and on the torque setpoint value. |
| US10161333B2 |
Controlling an internal combustion engine
A method and device for controlling a supercharged internal combustion engine is disclosed. An oxygen charge of a catalytic converter of the internal combustion engine is determined. A valve overlap of the internal combustion engine is increased from a lower valve overlap value to an upper valve overlap value. Increasing the valve overlap and/or for at least one phase of the increase, a control value for increasing an air-fuel ratio in at least one cylinder of the internal combustion engine is reduced as a function of the determined oxygen charge. |
| US10161332B2 |
Systems and methods for a split exhaust engine system
Methods and systems are provided for operating a split exhaust engine system that provides blowthrough air and exhaust gas recirculation to an intake passage via a first exhaust manifold and exhaust gas to an exhaust passage via a second exhaust manifold. In one example, an air-fuel control method for the engine system may include flowing air from the intake manifold through a plurality of engine cylinders to a junction of the exhaust passage and a bypass passage in response to a condition, the junction positioned along the exhaust passage between first and second emission control devices. The method may further include flowing exhaust gas to the first emission control device while flowing the air to the junction. |
| US10161328B2 |
Managing skip fire phase transitions
Methods and controllers for dynamically altering the phase of a firing sequence during operation of an engine are described. The described methods and controllers are particularly useful in conjunction with dynamic skip fire operation of the engine. |
| US10161327B2 |
Engine system for vehicle
An engine system for a vehicle may include an engine including a plurality of cylinders connected to a crankshaft, a Cylinder Deactivation (CDA) apparatus provided to at least one cylinder among the plurality of cylinders of the engine, a first flywheel mounted on the crankshaft, a second flywheel having a rotation center formed eccentrically with respect to the crankshaft by being disposed at a position corresponding to the cylinder including the CDA apparatus, and a clutch provided to the crankshaft to selectively transmit a torque of the crankshaft to the second flywheel during operation of the CDA apparatus. |
| US10161324B2 |
Systems and methods for a split exhaust engine system
Methods and systems are provided for operating a split exhaust engine system that provides blowthrough air and exhaust gas recirculation to an intake passage via a first exhaust manifold and exhaust gas to an exhaust passage via a second exhaust manifold. In one example, a method may include decreasing gas flow from the first exhaust manifold to the intake passage, upstream of a compressor, where a first set of exhaust valves are exclusively coupled to the first exhaust manifold, in response to a condition of the compressor. Further, the method may include increasing gas flow from the first exhaust manifold to an exhaust passage coupled to a second exhaust manifold coupled to a second set of exhaust valves, in response to the decreasing gas flow. |
| US10161323B2 |
Boost-assisted purge flow techniques for evaporative emissions systems
A vapor canister of an evaporative emissions (EVAP) system is configured to store fuel vapor evaporated from a liquid fuel housed in a fuel tank of a vehicle. A boost line is connected between a high-pressure side of a boost system of an engine and the vapor canister, a boost pressure control valve is disposed in-line along the boost line and configured to control an amount of boost pressure provided to the vapor canister, and a set of purge lines are connected between the vapor canister and at least one of the engine, an induction system of the engine, and an exhaust treatment system of the engine. A controller is configured to control the boost pressure control valve to control the boost pressure provided to the vapor canister to control an amount of fuel vapor forced from the vapor canister through at least one of the set of purge lines. |
| US10161310B2 |
Hydrocarbon film protected refractory carbide components and use
A turbine power generation system with enhanced stabilization of refractory carbides provided by hydrocarbon from high carbon activity gases is disclosed. The disclosure also includes a method of using high carbon activity gases to stabilize hot gas path components. |
| US10161306B2 |
Natural gas engines to reduce NOx emissions
A chambered sparkplug carrier and a natural gas engine management system are provided for reducing NOx emissions of pre-chambered combustion natural gas engines. A method for retro-fitting a pre-chambered combustion natural gas engine with a chambered sparkplug is also described. |
| US10161305B2 |
Turbocharger
A circular ring-shaped shroud plate is arranged between a scroll passage and a turbine chamber. The shroud plate has a through-hole that penetrates therethrough in a direction along an axis of a turbine shaft. A variable nozzle is supported in an openable/closable manner on the shroud plate by a shaft inserted through the through-hole. A gap between the shroud plate and a turbine housing in the direction along the axis is partitioned into a first space that communicates with an outlet of exhaust gas that faces the through-hole and is provided upstream of a turbine wheel with respect to the flow of exhaust gas, and a second space that communicates with the scroll passage, by a disc spring that is so arranged as to surround the turbine wheel. |
| US10161304B2 |
Turbocharger system
A turbocharger system is provided having a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel connected by a shaft; a conduit configured to deliver a flow of lubricant to a bearing which supports the shaft, the conduit being provided with a valve; a sensor configured to monitor a speed of rotation of the shaft; and a controller configured to operate the valve to substantially stop the flow of lubricant to the bearing in response to detection of deceleration of the shaft and the speed of the shaft dropping below a threshold. |
| US10161301B2 |
Exhaust device for supercharged engine
An exhaust device is configured to flow exhaust gas to be discharged from each of cylinders of an engine body. The engine body includes the cylinders arrayed in a row. The exhaust device includes an exhaust passage extending in the cylinder array direction; an exhaust outlet portion connected to an end of the exhaust passage in the cylinder array direction; a supercharger disposed at an end of the engine body in the cylinder array direction, and connected to the exhaust outlet portion; a lateral exhaust pipe connected to the supercharger, and disposed along a lateral surface of the engine body in the cylinder array direction; and an exhaust gas purification device disposed midway in the lateral exhaust pipe. |
| US10161293B2 |
Cooling system for internal combustion engine
An engine cooling system (2) includes a first passage (11) communicating a radiator (8) with a jacket inlet (7) of a water jacket of an engine, a second passage (13) communicating a jacket outlet (12) of the water jacket with the radiator, and a third passage (16) communicating a part of the second passage with a part of the first passage located between the radiator and the water pump. To allow the cooling water temperature circulating in a water jacket of an engine to be detected accurately, a water temperature sensor (72) is provided in a part of the second passage intermediate between the part of the second passage where the third passage branches off and the jacket outlet. |
| US10161287B2 |
Exhaust pipe structure having variable confluence portion
An exhaust pipe structure having a variable confluence portion may include a first pipe to discharge exhaust gas generated by engine cylinders disposed in a first line, a second pipe to discharge exhaust gas generated by engine cylinders disposed in a second line, a confluence pipe provided with a first end connected to the first pipe for communication with the first pipe and a second end connected to the second pipe for communication with the second pipe, and a valve plate disposed in the confluence pipe and selectively opened and closed, in which the confluence pipe may include a main connection tube disposed at the first end of the confluence pipe and an entry confluence tube and a sub-entry confluence tube branched off from a middle of the confluence pipe and disposed at the second end of the confluence pipe. |
| US10161281B2 |
Exhaust purification system and control method thereof
The present disclosure provides an exhaust purification system including: an engine; a lean NOx trap (LNT) mounted on an exhaust pipe and enable to absorb nitrogen oxide (NOx) contained in an exhaust gas at a lean air/fuel ratio, or to release the absorbed NOx at a rich air/fuel ratio; a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst provided downstream of the LNT so as to reduce the NOx contained in the exhaust gas; a controller to perform denitrification (DeNOx) by using the LNT and/or the SCR catalyst based on a driving condition of the engine; a first oxygen sensor disposed between the engine and the LNT to detect an oxygen amount in the exhaust gas; a second oxygen sensor disposed between the LNT and the SCR catalyst to detect an oxygen amount in the exhaust gas exhausted from the LNT; and an air injection device selectively injecting air into the exhaust pipe. |
| US10161280B2 |
Method for influencing a fluid flow
A method for influencing a fluid flow in a fluid line is provided. The fluid line has a wall and a honeycomb body arranged in the fluid line with a fluid inlet side and a fluid outlet side. The honeycomb body has a honeycomb structure with a cross section area and with ducts through which the fluid flow can flow from the fluid inlet side to the fluid outlet side. The honeycomb body has an outer boundary. The honeycomb structure has a circumferential outer zone close to the boundary and a central zone arranged within the outer zone. The outer zone includes at most 70% of the cross section area. The method includes providing the fluid flow upstream of the honeycomb body, entry of the fluid flow into the honeycomb body, and at least partial redirection of the fluid flow outwards in a radial direction. |
| US10161275B2 |
Compact muffler having multiple reactive cavities providing multi-spectrum attenuation for enhanced noise suppression
A reactive muffler having multiple structures tuned to multiple frequency ranges or characteristics, and thus providing attenuation over a band of frequencies broader than a conventional reactive muffler. The present invention provides such a muffler by providing structures internal to the muffler skin that define multiple different volumes/cavities, each of which is tuned to provide distinctly different attenuation characteristics. In effect, the inventive muffler acts as multiple distinctly different mufflers providing distinctly different noise attenuation, though packaged within a single muffler skin/body. |
| US10161272B2 |
Valve opening and closing timing control apparatus
A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes: a driving side rotor synchronously rotating with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven side rotor disposed coaxially with the driving side rotor and synchronously rotating with a camshaft; a fluid pressure chamber formed on at least one of the driving side and driven side rotors, and partitioned into advance angle and retard angle chambers; a bolt member disposed coaxially with a rotary axis of the driven side rotor, connecting the driven side rotor and the camshaft, and provided with a cylindrical portion; a partition body provided with a press-fit portion, and partitioning the cylindrical portion into first and second flow passages; a valve body opening and closing the first flow passage; and a valve housing body accommodating the valve body. |
| US10161270B2 |
Rankine cycle pump and recuperator design for multiple boiler systems
A waste heat recovery system for an engine is disclosed. In one example, the waste heat recovery system includes an expander, a first heat exchanger system, and a second heat exchanger system. The expander is configured to convert waste heat from a working fluid into mechanical energy. The first heat exchanger system is in fluid communication with the expander, the first heat exchanger system disposed upstream of the expander. The second heat exchanger system is in fluid communication with the expander and is disposed upstream of the expander and arranged in parallel with the first heat exchanger system. |
| US10161267B2 |
Turbomachine test bench with active noise control
A test bench for turbomachine comprising: an installation zone for turbomachine; an active system for attenuating the noise emissions produced by the turbomachine. The active system includes an attenuation zone with emitters such as loudspeakers; a first microphone placed downstream of the turbomachine; and a second microphone placed downstream of the attenuation zone. The system reduces the turbomachine waves on the basis of the measurements from the first microphone and from the second microphone. The invention also proposes a method for attenuating the noise emissions from the turbomachine tested in the test bench. |
| US10161265B2 |
Bearing device for turbocharger, and turbocharger
A bearing device for a turbocharger according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a rotational shaft; a journal bearing device including a compressor-side journal bearing and a turbine-side journal bearing; a bearing housing including a compressor-side bearing supporting portion, a turbine-side bearing supporting portion, and a bearing housing main body; and a lubricant oil guide member extending along a circumference direction of the rotational shaft, at an outer circumference side of at least one of the compressor-side bearing supporting portion and the turbine-side bearing supporting portion. When a virtual line extending vertically downward from a rotational center CL of the rotational shaft is defined as a reference line VL in a state where an oil discharge port is orientated downward, the lubricant oil guide member extends from the reference line VL along the circumference direction toward each of one side and another side of the reference line VL over a predetermined angle θ about the rotational center CL of the rotational shaft. |
| US10161260B2 |
Vane lever arm for a variable area vane arrangement
A variable area vane arrangement includes a stator vane including a shaft having an axis. The vane arrangement also includes a vane lever arm that rotates the stator vane about the axis. The vane lever arm includes a base, a first tab and a second tab. The base is arranged laterally between the first tab and the second tab. The first tab laterally overlaps the base. The second tab includes an aperture and laterally overlaps the base and the first tab. The shaft extends through the aperture and is connected to the base. |
| US10161258B2 |
Boas rail shield
A seal assembly includes a seal arc segment that defines radially inner and outer sides with the radially outer side including radially-extending sidewalls. A radially inner surface joins the radially-extending sidewalls. The radially-extending sidewalls and the radially inner surface define a pocket. A rail shield has radially-extending walls lines the radially-extending sidewalls. |
| US10161257B2 |
Turbine slotted arcuate leaf seal
A gas turbine engine arcuate leaf seal assembly includes arcuate leaf seal extending radially and circumferentially between adjacent first and second turbine components. Upper and lower leaf seal portions of leaf seal are in radially spaced apart arcuate upper and lower grooves in the first and second turbine components respectively. The seal includes an arcuate body and a circumferential retention tab extending radially away from body and disposed in a notch in a wall of grooves. Seal may have a thickness between 3 mils and 35 mils and/or torsional stiffness between 0.015 and 0.15 lb/in. Turbine components may be radially adjacent turbine nozzle upper and lower components. The upper or lower component may be made of a ceramic matrix composite material. Annular cooling air plenum including flow cavities in inner support ring segments may be in lower component and in flow communication with hollow fairing airfoils. |
| US10161254B2 |
Structural guide vane sonic shape and inspection
A method of forming a guide vane is disclosed. The method includes forming a vane blank with sufficient material to fabricate the guide vane in accordance with any one of a plurality of different vane classes. The vane blank is inspected for material inconsistencies, and material is removed from the vane blank to form a desired guide vane in accordance with one of the plurality of vane classes. The inspection process includes disregarding at least one material inconsistency in a region of the vane blank that is removed to form the guide vane. |
| US10161252B2 |
Blade flow deflector
A blade assembly including a blade which includes a lift generating section with a first profiled body defined between a pressure surface and a suction surface. The first profile body extends from a first leading edge to a first trailing edge with a first chord extending form the first leading edge to the first trailing edge and being perpendicular to the radial direction. A plurality of flow deflectors extend along either the pressure surface or the suction surface within the lift generating section of the blade. The plurality of flow deflectors define a second profile body extending between a second leading edge and a second trailing edge with a second chord extending between the second leading edge and the second trailing edge. The second profile body defines an outer surface extending vertically from a base portion of the plurality of flow deflectors such that the base portion is configured to be disposed on the respective pressure surface or suction surface along which the plurality of flow deflectors extend therefrom. |
| US10161245B2 |
Anisotropy and dip angle determination using electromagnetic (EM) impulses from tilted antennas
Transient responses of a tri-axial resistivity tool corresponding to an electromagnetic (EM) impulse are derived. A transient response of a directional resistivity tool (DRT) corresponding to the EM impulse is derived based on the transient responses of the tri-axial resistivity tool. A theoretical late time transient response of the DRT is derived based on the transient response of the DRT. The late time transient response of the DRT is measured. An anisotropy, a horizontal conductivity, and a dip angle are determined based on the measured late time transient response and the theoretical late time transient response. |
| US10161243B2 |
System and method for a benchmark pressure test
A method for determining the presence of a leak in a pressure system. The method including receiving pressure data of the pressure system after shut-in of the pressure system, determining a pressure slope and a pressure curvature based on the pressure data, and generating a failing indication as a result of the pressure slope being above a predetermined threshold and the pressure curvature indicating that the slope is constant or increasing in absolute value. |
| US10161242B2 |
Column flow testing
System and method for monitoring frac fluid flow through a column bed includes preparing a vessel (112, 440) with a column including a filtering member (120, 420), a column bed (114, 414) simulating a downhole environment, and a frac fluid (116, 416). Frac fluid (116, 416) is flowed through the column bed (114, 414) at an acceleration exceeding gravity for a predetermined period of time. The amount of liquid that flows through the column bed (114, 414) and that is recovered after the predetermined period of time is then determined. |
| US10161237B2 |
Identification of proppant in subterranean fracture zones using a ratio of capture to inelastic gamma rays
Methods are provided for determining the location and height of a fracture in a subterranean formation using pulsed neutron capture (PNC) logging tools. The methods include obtaining a pre-fracture data set, hydraulically fracturing the formation with a slurry that includes a liquid and a proppant in which at least a portion of the proppant is tagged with a thermal neutron absorbing material, obtaining a post-fracture data set, comparing the pre-fracture data set and the post-fracture data set to determine the location of the proppant, and correlating the location of the proppant to a depth measurement of the borehole to determine the location and height of the propped fracture. |
| US10161235B2 |
Hydraulic fracturing in highly heterogeneous formations by resisting formation and/or sealing micro-fractures
Well completion technology for resisting imbibing frack fluid into an inner surface of a frack comprises pumping a frack fluid into the wellbore to form a fracture in a formation surrounding a wellbore. In one example, formation of transverse micro-fractures extending transverse to the fracture is resisted to resist absorption of the frack fluid into the formation through the inner face of the fracture, or into existing transverse micro-fractures or transverse micro-fractures formed by the pumping of the frack fluid. In another example, a sealer is added to a frack fluid to sealing or coating an inner face of the fracture with the sealer. In another example, micro-particles with a size less than 100 microns are added to the frack fluid. |
| US10161228B2 |
Method for managing a multi-lateral snaky well
An apparatus and a method of formulating an empirical correlation model that estimates inflow performance relationship (IPR) of a snaky well. The model provisions for determining inclination and azimuth direction of the snaky well. A plurality of grid models is simulated for a predetermined well bottom-hole pressure. The grid models are validated by comparing the response of each grid to the response of a horizontal well. Sensitivity analysis is performed to determine the impact of the snaky well parameters on the IPR of the snaky well. Additionally, regression analysis is performed based on the sensitivity analysis in order to determine Vogel based quadratic coefficient that estimates the IPR of the snaky well. A transformation of the snaky well parameters is performed in order to determine a sum of squared errors, whereafter a linear weighting of the transformed parameters is computed to determine a correlation parameter of the empirical model. |
| US10161226B2 |
Safety protection apparatus for personnel on oil drilling derricks
A safety apparatus for personnel on an oil drilling rig includes a cylindrical quick disconnect switch having a receptacle and a plunger. The receptacle has an open circuit pair of electrical wires. The plunger is configured to attach to a derrick man. The plunger and the receptacle are configured to mate when the plunger is inserted into the receptacle and to remain frictionally mated until pulled apart. The mating results in closing the circuit between the pair of electrical wires. |
| US10161224B2 |
Hot water recycle for paraffin cleanout
Paraffin deposits from downhole tubing, pumps and valves are removed by hot water and recycling the hot water to allow continual intermittent cleaning throughout the lifespan of the well. Heated water travels down the hollow rod annulus, entering the hollow rod string through ports at the bottom, temporarily heating both strings to melt and mobilized paraffin to enable intermittent pumping paraffin and debris to surface. |
| US10161223B2 |
Use of superabsorbent polymers for pressure control and diversion applications
A method of hydraulically fracturing a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore comprises: providing a diverting fluid comprising a carrier fluid, a first superabsorbent polymer and a second superabsorbent polymer, the second superabsorbent polymer having a shape, or a composition, or a combination thereof different from that of the first superabsorbent polymer; injecting the diverting fluid into the subterranean formation; and injecting a fracturing fluid into the formation after injecting the diverting fluid. A viscosity modifying agent can be present in the diverting fluid. Superabsorbent polymers can also be used to develop a temporary filter cake at the formation face to reduce or eliminate the fluid leakoff out of the wellbore. |
| US10161216B2 |
Well abandonment system and method
A system and method for well abandonment, comprising installing a first steel plate comprising a hole having a pipe section attached above the hole, wherein a coupler may be installed to house a stopper which is then positioned below the surface casing having a second steel plate, the capping plate, affixed to the top of the surface casing. The stopper system then acts to prevent the exchange of wellbore fluid into the environment while allowing for proper venting of casing strings by pressure actuating the stopper system against the cap. The coupler further provides for attachment of various gas sampling or other monitoring equipment in for purposes of detection of leaks or other analytical objectives. |
| US10161215B2 |
Apparatus for use in well abandonment
A plug (1) for plugging wells, and in particular oil and gas wells, is provided. The plug (1) has a plug body formed from an outer metal tube (2) of a reduced thickness. The plug also has reinforcement means (4), attached to an inner surface of the outer tube (2), that give the plug a cross-sectional structural strength that is at least equivalent to that of a thicker metal tube. The plug has a central heater receiving void located along the axis of the plug to enable a plug deployment heater to be received therein. Also provided is a plug assembly (10) with a variable cross-sectional area in a plane perpendicular to the plane in which the assembly is deployed during the plugging of underground conduits. |
| US10161210B2 |
Hydraulically actuated wellhead hanger running tool
Various tools for installing components in a wellhead housing are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a wellhead hanger running tool. The running tool includes a piston and a locking segment both disposed in a body of the running tool. The piston and the locking segment are positioned with respect to one another so as to allow the locking segment to be selectively driven by the piston to secure the running tool to a wellhead hanger received by the running tool. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed. |
| US10161206B2 |
Method for drilling a well in continuous circulation and device for intercepting and redistributing fluid used in this method
A method for drilling a well in continuous circulation and a device for intercepting and redistributing fluids for this drilling method wherein said device comprises a main chamber (5) communicating with a first auxiliary chamber (6) and with a second auxiliary chamber (7), in which during the direct drilling flow (F1) mode, said auxiliary chambers (6,7) are placed in fluid communication with each other. |
| US10161204B2 |
Treatment of heavy oil cuttings for disposal
The present disclosure is directed to stabilized drill cuttings and a process to stabilize the drill cuttings recovered from drilling a well. The cuttings are mixed with an emulsifier and waxy binding agent and then passed through a centrifuge to separate the stabilized drill cuttings from liquid. The stabilized drill cuttings can then be disposed in a suitable landfill. The stabilized cuttings may also be processed to remove oil and/or bitumen from them, prior to disposal. |
| US10161203B2 |
Split carrier block and method
Methods and apparatuses for mounting and/or removing carrier blocks from coiled tubing injector chains are needed. The carrier blocks are operable for supporting coil tubing grippers. The method and/or apparatus utilizes an assembled coiled tubing injector head chain assembly and/or mounting or removing the carrier blocks with respect to the coiled tubing injector head chain assembly. |
| US10161200B2 |
Heave compensation system
A drilling system comprises a drilling vessel comprising a rig floor, a derrick extending from the rig floor of the drilling vessel along a longitudinal axis. The derrick comprises a first end disposed at the rig floor and a second end longitudinally spaced from the first end, and a heave compensation system disposed at the second end of the derrick. The heave compensation system comprises a support structure comprising a first laterally extending frame coupled to the second end of the derrick, and a second laterally extending frame spaced from the first frame, a crown block coupled to the support structure and a transport assembly coupled to the second frame of the support structure. The transport assembly comprises a first lifting lug and a cylinder assembly supported by the first frame, wherein the cylinder assembly is releasably coupled with the crown block and configured to longitudinally displace the crown block relative to the support structure in response to a heave movement of the vessel. The transport assembly is configured to releasably couple with the cylinder assembly via a cable extending through the first lifting lug, and to support the weight of the cylinder assembly in response to the cylinder assembly being lowered from the first lifting lug to the rig floor through an internal volume of the derrick. |
| US10161195B2 |
Low stress rope socket for downhole tool
In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a low stress rope socket for a downhole tool is disclosed. The rope socket includes a core, a groove cut in a helix shape on the core, and a rope wrapped around the core and inserted in the groove. The slickline attachment affixed to an uphole end of the core to attach the rope to the core. Additionally, the rope socket includes a housing surrounding the rope and the core. The housing secures the rope to the groove. The rope socket further includes a transition affixed to a downhole end of the core. The transition aligns the rope with an axis of symmetry of the socket. A portion of the rope downhole from the rope socket carries no load. |
| US10161193B2 |
Plug for downhole logging tool
A plug for use in a downhole tool collar allows a seal between the inside and outside of the collar. The plug provides an electromagnetically transparent window through which the signals from the measurement device may propagate to or from the surrounding formation. The plug assembly includes an inner retainer, an outer retainer, and a plug. The inner retainer may be inserted into the inside of a slot formed in the collar. The inner retainer may have a concave inner surface to match the cylindrical inner surface of the collar. Likewise, the outer collar may be inserted into the outside of the slot, and may have a convex outer surface to match the cylindrical outer surface of the collar. The plug may fit into slots in the inner and outer retainers and be held in place within the slot. |
| US10161190B2 |
Drill bit seal and method of using same
A seal for a rolling cutter drill bit is provided. The seal has a ring shaped seal body having an inside diameter and an outside diameter, and a mud lobe and a grease lobe extending from the inside diameter of the seal body. The seal body has an asymmetrical, longitudinal cross-section such that, when positioned in a seal groove of the drill bit and compressed therein under downhole pressure, the mud lobe is maintained in contact with a seal land of the seal groove. The seal body may be provided with a garter spring and/or a textured pattern. |
| US10161188B2 |
Dynamic seal tube for a down hole hammer drill
The present invention is directed to a dynamic seal tube for use in pressurized fluid-driven down hole hammer drills. The dynamic seal tube is a tube that slides within the bore of the piston and the anvil portion of the drill bit and co-operatively acts to release different volumes of pressurized fluid from the lower chamber when the piston is in different predetermined positions. |
| US10161182B2 |
System for biasing sheet of material to gather in predetermined direction
A system for biasing or encouraging a sheet of material to gather in one direction when one edge of the sheet of material is moved toward an opposite edge of the sheet of material is provided. A plurality of strips of material may extend along a face of the sheet of material and may be laminated to the face of the sheet of material. The plurality of strips of material may overlap each other and may define stiffened regions extending along the overlapped interface between the plurality of strips of material. When the covering is moved from an extended position to a retracted position, the sheet of material may gather in loops of material that may have apexes defined at or adjacent the overlapped interfaces of the plurality of strips of material. |
| US10161181B1 |
Expandable barrier with matching panels and corner pet door
A barrier for a home is disclosed. The barrier includes two portions that are quickly slideable relative to each other to take expanded and contracted forms. The barrier includes a metal frame and wood panels engaged in the metal frame. Each of the two portions includes at least one wood panel such that, when the barrier portions are slid to and away from each other, the wood panels slide to and away from each other. The barrier includes a corner pet door that opens in the expanded or contracted forms. |
| US10161179B2 |
Three-dimensional prefabricated flashing scaffolding system
A three dimensional scaffold formed of mesh, or semi-porous material is designed to be inserted into and to surround an opening in the exterior structure of a building to receive a fenestration product such as a door, a vent, a window and a skylight. The three dimensional scaffold is pre-formed into three-dimensional shapes that include corners, returns, back-dams, and optional head flaps that provide a scaffold and backing for the application of a fluid applied water/weather-proofing material. The separate fluid applied waterproofing/weatherproofing may be applied by spray, brush or roll and can be asphalt, rubber, plastic or other fluid applied material. The scaffolding may be formed out of mesh, or other semi-porous fiberglass, metal, plastic, synthetic or other material that can be formed into three dimensional shapes. When combined with a fluid applied weather/waterproofing, the scaffolding provides a superior, continuous, reinforced weather/water-proofing system to protect openings and fenestrations in buildings. |
| US10161177B1 |
Anti-pinch moonroof and associated method
A motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a moonroof, a roof rail, a wire adjacent the roof rail, and a roof rack selectively attachable to the roof rail. The roof rack includes a magnet. Further, the vehicle includes a controller configured to deactivate the moonroof when a current flowing through the wire is disturbed by the magnet. A method is also disclosed. |
| US10161173B2 |
Device for damping movement
A device for damping movement, in particular, of a movable furniture part, having a bearing housing, is proposed. According to the invention, a movement absorber is mounted so as to be movable on the bearing housing and a rotary element is mounted so as to be rotatable, comprising gearbox means by way of which a movement of the movement absorber is convertible to a rotary movement of the rotary element, wherein the bearing housing has a chamber into which at least a plunger portion of the rotary element reaches, wherein a damping fluid is present in the chamber. |
| US10161167B2 |
Lockable latching device
A lockable latching device includes a body defining a cavity and having a central longitudinal axis, and a plunger disposed within the cavity. The plunger has a first end and a second end and is translatable along the axis between an open position and a closed position. The device includes an annular rotator disposed along the axis and configured for rotating the plunger about the axis. The device also includes an annular latch abutting the rotator that is transitionable between an unlocked state and a locked state. The device includes a first element operably connected to the latch and formed from a first shape memory alloy and a second element operably connected to the latch and formed from a second shape memory alloy. |
| US10161166B2 |
Handle chassis with snap lock datum locator for vehicle door assembly
Vehicle door handle chassis, motorized vehicles with door handle chassis, and methods of constructing and methods of using handle chassis are disclosed. Presented herein, for example, is a handle chassis for a motor vehicle door assembly. The door assembly includes a door handle and a support structure with a chassis aperture and at least one ramped tab. The handle chassis includes a rigid chassis body with a handle aperture that receives therein a portion of the door handle such that the door handle secures to the chassis body. One or more flexible hooks project from the chassis body. Each flexible hook is configured to insert into a receiving end of the chassis aperture, flex in a first direction while moving over a respective ramped tab towards a securing end, and thereafter flex in a second direction into a respective securing slot to thereby fasten the chassis to the support structure. |
| US10161165B2 |
Portable suitcase with electronic combination locking device
A portable suitcase with an electronic combination locking device includes a suitcase body, a suitcase cover, a pair of lock hooks installed to the suitcase cover, a pair of first openings formed on the suitcase body for accommodating the lock hooks, a first locking device installed on an outer top surface of the suitcase cover, and a set of numeric keys and first buttons installed on the first locking device; a second locking device installed onto the suitcase body, a second button device installed onto the second locking device and disposed opposite to the first button, and a pair of latch mechanisms for receiving the actuation of the second button device, and the first locking device receives a correct unlock password to release the lock of the first button, and the second button device receives the actuation of the first button to detach the latch mechanism from the lock hook. |
| US10161161B2 |
Enclosing wallboard firm-connection device
An enclosing wallboard firm-connection device includes an enclosing wall, a column body and a door. The column body is mounted on the enclosing wall, the door is mounted on the column body. The enclosing wall consists of enclosing wallboards, a lower end cap is mounted at lower end of the enclosing wall, a connecting piece is mounted on the lower end cap. The enclosing wallboards are inserted into the connecting piece, bumps are arranged at upper ends of the enclosing wallboards, grooves are formed in lower ends of the enclosing wallboards. The enclosing wallboards are combined together. The fence is mounted at upper end of the enclosing wall, protection strips are mounted on upper and lower edges of the fence, the connecting piece is mounted at upper end of the protection strip, and an upper end cap is mounted at upper end of the connecting piece. |
| US10161158B2 |
Combination umbrella and cover
Disclosed herein is a large umbrella configured to solve several existing deficiencies. The umbrella is configured for ease of operation, requiring very little effort for operation. This is achieved, in part, by use of a specially designed actuator arm used in conjunction with at least one pulley and counterbalanced weight system. Moreover, the umbrella canopy and framework is configured to allow the entire canopy to be lowered while remaining fully extended, so as to form a cover for a table into which its center pole is situated. Additionally, the umbrella canopy can be constructed with an extendible skirt. When unfurled, the skirt can extend the canopy cover so as to form an enclosure that fully surrounds the table, table legs, and chairs, for example. |
| US10161155B2 |
Seismic protective structure for board partitions
A seismic protective structure (100) for protecting a board partition (190). The protective structure (100) comprises a first stud (110), a second stud (120), and a wedge (140). The first stud (110) is mounted against a neighboring wall (150) and the second stud is being positioned spaced from the first stud so that a protective board (130) is mounted on the first stud and the second stud. The structure also comprises a wedge (140) mounted and positioned against the second stud (120) such that the protective board (130) mounted on the first (110) and second stud (120) is pushed at least partly out of the plane of the board partition (190) by the wedge (140) when a given level of seismic stress is appearing. |
| US10161148B2 |
Inflatable spa
An inflatable spa is disclosed having improved strength. A water cavity of the inflatable spa may receive massaging air bubbles and/or jetted water. |
| US10161141B2 |
Load distribution structures for raised floor data center
Load distribution structures are provided for a raised floor tile(s) of a raised floor data center. The load distribution structure, which resides adjacent to an opening in the raised floor tile(s), such as a cutout in the raised floor tile(s), to facilitate supporting a frame load, includes a frame load distributor and an edging bracket. The frame load distributor resides on the raised floor tile adjacent to the opening in the raised floor tile(s), and distributes, at least in part, the frame load on the raised floor tile(s). The edging bracket couples to the frame load distributor to, at least in part, hold the frame load distributor in fixed position on the raised floor tile(s). The edging bracket extends, at least in part, into the opening in the raised floor tile to secure the frame load distributor in fixed position relative to the opening in the raised floor tile(s). |
| US10161139B2 |
Mechanical locking system for floor panels
Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system that may be locked with a vertical displacement of a first panel against a second panel. The locking system includes a flexible strip that during locking bends upwardly or downwardly. The locking system includes a first and a second joint edge section with different locking functions. One section provides a horizontal locking and another section provides a vertical locking. |
| US10161136B2 |
Autonomous roofing removal machine
An autonomous guided roofing material removal machine is provided. |
| US10161134B2 |
Water directing apparatus
The present invention provides apparatuses that allow water from canales to be captured and communicated with water collection systems for storage or dispersal. Embodiments of the present invention accommodate existing canales with minimal or no modification to the canale or building or roof structure. Example embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus with a catchment portion defining a volume that accepts water from a canale and communicates water to a collection system (where a collection system can communicate with a storage system or a dispersal system). The catchment portion is mounted to the canale using an attachment portion of the apparatus such that water from the canale enters the catchment portion, but such that excess water can overflow the catchment portion and fall to the ground. |
| US10161131B2 |
Housing construction system
A wall surfacing system for providing a secondary ceiling or wall covering structure adjacent a primary structure. The system provides a plurality of elongated structural support rails, each of these support rails have a coupling web with a bearing surface for attachment to the primary structure, a coupling mechanism, and a portion integrally formed with and connecting the coupling web to the coupling mechanism. A plurality of generally planar surface panels are provided. Each panel has an integral interlocking member configured to mate with the coupling mechanism on the support rail. The elongated support rails are secured to primary structures, thereby extending the surface panels to form an aesthetically pleasing covered surface. |
| US10161130B2 |
Pre-fabricated, portable building with removable roof assembly
A pre-fabricated, portable building comprises a structural support framework formed from interconnected beams defining an interior space therebetween. A floor panel on which the structural support framework is securely positioned. Connection assembly units are mounted to one or more sections of the structural support framework. A removable roof assembly is connected to each one of the connection assembly units on the structural support framework. The removable roof assembly is engineered to be installed or removed while maintaining a maximum height of the interior space without altering dimensions of the structural support framework. |
| US10161127B2 |
Fitting for channel framing
A fitting for use with channel framing including an outer surface and a fitting groove formed in the outer surface includes a base comprising an inner face, an outer face, and sides extending between the inner face and outer face. The base is configured for insertion into the fitting groove of the channel framing. A spring member is mounted on the base and disposed generally above the outer face of the base. The spring member is configured to engage the outer surface of the channel framing when the base is inserted into the fitting groove. The base and the spring member form a clamp for securing the fitting in the fitting groove. |
| US10161123B2 |
Ventilated toilet assembly
Disclosed herein is a unique ventilated toilet assembly. The toilet assembly includes a base with a central opening, the opening defining a toilet bowl. The toilet assembly includes a first annular ring above the base, the first annular ring having means for delivering water to the toilet bowl and a second annular ring surrounding the first annular ring. The second annular ring having side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, the walls defining a conduit for exhausting air through the second annular ring and the second annular ring having exhaust ports for exhausting air from the toilet bowl. The ventilation member includes the combination of the second annular ring, the conduit, and the exhaust port for exhausting air working cooperatively to capture and remove waste air from the toilet bowl. |
| US10161121B1 |
Adjustable assembly for increasing mechanical advantage in actuating a drain stopper
An adjustable pop-up drain stopper assembly is provided comprising a push rod gear and pivot rod gear, both of which are housed in an enclosure. The push rod and pivot rod gears rotate about respective axles in the enclosure. The push rod gear and the pivot rod gear both have a lever arm extending through respective windows in the enclosure and are connected to a push rod and a pivot rod, respectively, of a sink. Teeth at arcuate ends of the push rod and pivot rod gears engage each other such that, when the push rod gear is rotated about its axle, the pivot rod gear rotates a corresponding amount about its axle. In use, when the push rod is raised or lowered, the motion is transferred by way of the gears to the pivot rod which, in turn, lowers or raises a pop-up stopper at the sink drain opening. |
| US10161119B2 |
Faucet with wand
The present invention provides a faucet with a wand that has a geometric orientation of the wand and/or a geometric relationship between components of the faucet. |
| US10161117B2 |
Coupling structure for easy installation and separation of faucet
Provided is a coupling structure for easy installation and separation of a faucet. The coupling structure includes a connection body which is connected to a water supply pipe at one side and has a coupler at an opposite side. A connection pipe formed in the faucet is fitted to the coupler such that the faucet is coupled to the connection body to allow the faucet to be supplied with water and to discharge the water. A grab ring is formed in the coupler, and an actuation ring is installed in the connection pipe so as to be moved forward and backward. When the actuation ring is moved forward, the actuation ring expands the grab ring to allow the connection pipe to be separated from the coupler. Easy installation of the faucet enhances convenience in construction. Easy separation of the faucet, when necessary, enhances convenience in maintenance. |
| US10161107B2 |
Construction machine
A housing case (16) is provided on a revolving frame (5) at a position on a front side from a fuel tank (12). The housing case (16) is constituted by including a case-fixing bracket (17) having a left leg part (18), a right leg part (19), and amounting platform (20) across a reducing agent tank (14), a lower accommodating case (21) arranged by surrounding the case-fixing bracket (17), and an upper accommodating case (23) located on an upper side of the lower accommodating case (21). Atop surface part (21E) of the lower accommodating case (21) and a lower surface (23B) of the upper accommodating case (23) are connected to the mounting platform (20) of the case-fixing bracket (17). As a result, the lower accommodating case (21) and the upper accommodating case (23) can be firmly mounted on the revolving frame (5) through the case-fixing bracket (17). |
| US10161101B2 |
Construction machine
A construction machine includes a cooling fan (10) and a shroud (11). The cooling fan (10) sends air drawn in via a radiator (30) to an engine. The shroud (11) is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the cooling fan and forms a passage for air to be drawn in via the radiator. The construction machine includes a tank (12) and a cover (14B). The tank (12) is disposed superior to an upper end portion of the radiator and stores cooling water to be supplied to the radiator and the engine. The cover (14B) is disposed openably in an opening (14A) formed in a top surface plate (11B) of the shroud. The tank (12) is disposed at a position adjacent to the shroud (11) on a side closer to the engine side than the cover (14B) is. |
| US10161095B2 |
Device and method for assembling a structure
The invention relates to a device for assembling a structure constructed from components, in particular a wind turbine. The device includes a lift placed on a surface for the purpose of placing a component on an available support structure, wherein a boom of the lift is provided with a main hoisting cable with a hoisting tackle for releasable attachment of the component for lifting to the boom. The boom further includes a guide device for the hoisting tackle, the guide device is connected to the boom for displacement along a longitudinal axis of the boom using a displacing device, and the guide device is configured to limit movement of the hoisting tackle in at least one direction. The invention likewise relates to a method which makes use of the invented device. |
| US10161091B2 |
Location marker
A location marker is disclosed, apt for use at work sites, crime scenes, sporting events, or as a traffic control or warning device. The location marker consists of a body having and at least one upright and a base supporting the upright from below, the upright being provided with an alerting feature to alert an observer or intended recipient about a message the alerting feature intends to convey; the body including biasing means configured to urge the upright into an erect orientation after being momentarily knocked over such that the alerting feature is almost always displayed, with the upright in the erect configuration. |
| US10161090B2 |
Method for launching/constructing bridge using assembly of precast bottom plate and concrete-filled steel tube truss girder
A method for launching/constructing a bridge using assembly of a precast bottom plate and a concrete-filled steel tube truss girder, wherein a CFT truss girder and a precast bottom plate are provisionally assembled, thereby forming a segment, and then a plurality of segments are successively launched, thereby constructing a bridge. |
| US10161089B2 |
Method for dismounting and mounting or changing a milling unit of a center rotor type milling machine, center rotor type milling machine comprising a dismountable and mountable milling unit, and transport unit for a milling unit
The present invention relates to methods for dismounting and mounting a milling unit of a center rotor type milling machine, to center rotor type milling machines comprising a mountable and dismountable milling unit, as well as to a transport unit. |
| US10161088B2 |
Transition on the fly
A system is provided for varying the width of a molded concrete slab on the fly as the slab is being molded. Position and height of the paving machine relative to an external reference system are determined and controlled using at least two 3D stringless reference objects. An additional sensor provides a signal corresponding to a frame width and thus a concrete slab width, and an actuator controls the frame width actively as the paving machine advances. |
| US10161086B2 |
Illuminated paver
An illuminated paver comprises a body including a top part having a decorative outer surface and a separate bottom part attached to the top part. The body houses a light source to be electrically connected to an associated external power source. An inner surface of at least one of the top part and the bottom part includes a plurality of strengthening ribs extending between the top and bottom parts of the body. The strengthening ribs are configured to reflect light emitted from the light source so as to randomly disperse light passing through the decorative outer surface. An electrical cord wrap is provided on an outer surface the bottom part and includes a plurality of cord receiving recesses. |
| US10161074B2 |
Laundry washing machine with automatic detergent dispensing and/or rinse operation type selection
A laundry washing machine and method utilize weight, fluid level and fluid property sensors to dynamically select a load type, control a wash cycle and control an amount of detergent dispensed during a wash cycle. |
| US10161070B2 |
Device and method for thermal bonding of a textile web
The invention relates to a device and a method for the bonding of a textile web, whereby the textile web is guided over an idler drum into a bonding plant, led around a through-air drum and over a cooling drum and then led out again, whereby heated fresh air flows through the web and the through-air drum and the exhaust air is extracted from the bonding plant. According to the invention, it is intended that cooling air is directed onto the web ahead of the detachment point of the web from the through-air drum onto the web. |
| US10161069B2 |
Stuffers for purses, boots and the like
A stuffer for clothing articles such as bags and purses is disclosed. One embodiment the purse stuffer is a sheet of an elegant, double quilted fabric that is stitched together to form a foldable stuffer. In one embodiment, the stuffer may be folded along one or more perpendicular folding stitch lines. In another embodiment, the stuffer may be folded along one or more, preferably four, parallel folding stitch lines. The stitch lines and the folding along increases the effect of the padding so as to form stuffers of varying sizes and shapes with a single construction. The various embodiments may be manufactured in different sizes to accommodate different size purses or bags. |
| US10161068B2 |
Method for producing towel ultra-long looped piles
A method for producing a towel with ultra-long looped piles is provided. First, a looped pile| is woven by using three weft yarns when weaving a towel, a fixed connecting structure for fixedly connecting looped piles is disposed outside every two looped piles| or every three looped piles, and the fixed connecting structure is formed by fixedly connecting 3 to 5 weft cotton yarns. Water soluble weft yarns are disposed between the every two looped piles| or the every three looped piles, and the water-soluble weft yarns are used as weft yarns for separating and fixedly connecting adjacent to looped piles. Then, the water-soluble weft yarns are dissolved in a dyeing and finishing process, so that the original two looped piles| or three looped piles| form one looped pile, thereby increasing the length of a looped pile, so that the towel is fluffy and soft in hand feeling, and is not easily damaged when being hooked. |
| US10161067B2 |
Fabric for use in composite materials and method for producing said fabric and a composite material body
A fabric (10) for use in composite materials having a reinforcing system (11) made of reinforcing warp threads (13) and reinforcing weft threads (14), which are placed on top of one other in two different reinforcing layers (16), (17). A binding system (12) of binding warp threads (20) and binding weft threads (21) is formed from a binding yarn (30) with a lower yarn count than the reinforcing yarn (15). The reinforcing system (11) is enclosed between the binding warp threads (20) on the one side and the binding weft threads (21) on the other side, and thus, held in place at binding points (22). At each binding point (22), a binding warp thread (20) is guided and held between a stationary warp thread (25) and a regular warp thread (24) of a warp thread pair (23) of binding warp threads (20). Between two adjacent binding points of a warp thread pair (23), the stationary warp thread (25) and the regular warp thread (24) have intersecting points (26). |
| US10161066B2 |
Multi-component elastic yarn, textile fabrics and method of making and apparatus thereof
The invention discloses a multi-component elastic yarn comprises two fiber rovings and two core filaments, wherein each core filaments is elastic, low-elastic or inelastic filaments or any combination thereof. The invention also discloses preparation method and apparatus. The multi-component elastic yarn of the present invention is featured by smooth surface, low hairiness, fiber does not falling off easily, high strength and good wearing resistance. The textile fabrics made from the present yarn have a smooth surface, low hairiness, good wearing resistance, high tensile and tear strength, soft and smooth hand feeling and high elastic recovery rate. The apparatus of the present invention has strong applicability, is easy to maintain and high cost-effective. |
| US10161063B2 |
Polyolefin-based elastic meltblown fabrics
Disclosed herein is a process for forming a multilayer construction, and the multilayer constructions including at least one layer of an elastic meltblown fabric, the process comprising extruding one or more polyolefin polymer (e.g., a propylene-α-olefin copolymer) having a MFR from less than 90 dg/min through at least one die having a plurality of nozzles to form a plurality of continuous fibers, at least one die operating at a melt pressure from greater than 500 psi (3.45 MPa) to form at least one elastic meltblown fabric, and adhering the at least one elastic meltblown fabric to at least one extensible fabric. |
| US10161062B2 |
Composition comprising an engineered defect concentration
A composition comprising an engineered defect concentration comprises a metal oxide single crystal having a polar surface and a bulk concentration of interstitial oxygen (Oi) of at least about 1014 atoms/cm3. The polar surface comprises a concentration of impurity species of about 5% or less of a monolayer. A method of engineering a defect concentration in a single crystal comprises exposing a metal oxide single crystal having a polar surface to molecular oxygen at a temperature of about 850° C. or less, and injecting atomic oxygen into the single crystal at an effective diffusion rate Deff of at least about 10−16 cm2/s. |
| US10161058B2 |
Ga2O3-based single crystal substrate, and production method therefor
Provided are a Ga2O3-based single crystal substrate including a Ga2O3-based single crystal which has a high resistance while preventing a lowering of crystal quality and a production method therefor. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the production method includes growing the Ga2O3-based single crystal while adding a Fe to a Ga2O3-based raw material, the Ga2O3-based single crystal (5) including the Fe at a concentration higher than that of a donor impurity mixed in the Ga2O3-based raw material, and cutting out the Ga2O3-based single crystal substrate from the Ga2O3-based single crystal (5). |
| US10161057B2 |
Manganese/nickel composite oxide particles and process for producing the manganese nickel composite oxide particles, positive electrode active substance particles for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries and process for producing the positive electrode active substance particles, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery
The present invention provides a precursor of positive electrode active substance particles for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries which have a high discharge voltage and a high discharge capacity, hardly suffer from side reactions with an electrolyte solution, and are excellent in cycle characteristics, positive electrode active substance particles for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, and processes for producing these particles, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The present invention relates to positive electrode active substance particles for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries having a spinel structure with a composition represented by the following chemical formula (1), in which the positive electrode active substance particles satisfy the following characteristic (A) and/or characteristic (B) when indexed with Fd−3m in X-ray diffraction thereof: (A) when indexed with Fd−3m in X-ray diffraction of the positive electrode active substance particles, a ratio of I(311) to I(111) [I(311)/I(111)] is in the range of 35 to 43%, and/or (B) when indexed with Fd−3m in X-ray diffraction of the positive electrode active substance particles, a gradient of a straight line determined by a least square method in a graph prepared by plotting sin θ in an abscissa thereof and B cos θ in an ordinate thereof wherein B is a full-width at half maximum with respect to each peak position 2θ (10 to 90°) is in the range of 3.0×10−4 to 20.0×10−4; and Li1+xMn2−y−zNiyMzO4 Chemical Formula (1) wherein x, y, z fall within the range of −0.05≤x≤0.15, 0.4≤y≤0.6 and 0≤z≤0.20, respectively; and M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, Co, Zn, Sb, Ba, W and Bi. |
| US10161051B2 |
Electrochemical reduction of CO2 at copper nanofoams
This invention includes a catalytic copper electrode is selected from the group comprising copper nanofoam, copper aerogel, and copper nanoparticles. Particular note is made of the catalytic copper electrode having at least about 5 times and preferably about 10 times the electrochemically accessible surface area as determined by the Randles-Sevcik equation at 50 mV/s. particular note is made of the catalytic coper electrode being a copper nanofoam electrode.This invention further includes a method for the reduction of CO2 by the steps of (i) providing a membrane divided electrochemical cell comprising an anode in a first cell compartment, a catalytic-copper electrode in a second cell compartment containing an aqueous electrolyte in contact with the anode and cathode; (ii) introducing CO2 to said second cell compartment (iii) exposing said CO2 to said catalytic-copper electrode at a step potential between about −0.8 and preferably about −1.0 and about −1.8 V versus the reference electrode; (iv) electrochemically reducing said CO2 and solution by the catalytic-copper electrode in the second cell compartment; (v) thereby producing propylene and (vi) extracting said propylene from said second compartment. |
| US10161045B2 |
Method for metalizing polymer substrate and polymer article prepared thereof
A method for metalizing a polymer substrate and a polymer article prepared by the method are provided. First, a polymer substrate having a base polymer and at least one metal compound dispersed in the base polymer is provided. Then, a surface of the polymer substrate is irradiated with an energy beam such that a water contact angle of the surface of the polymer substrate is at least 120°. The surface of the polymer substrate is then subjected to chemical plating. |
| US10161044B2 |
Polymer product and method for selectively metallizing polymer substrate
A polymer product with a metal layer coated on the surface thereof is provided. The polymer product includes a polymer substrate and a metal layer formed on at least a part of a surface of the polymer substrate. The surface of the polymer substrate covered by the metal layer is formed by a polymer composition comprising a polymer and a doped tin oxide. A doping element of the doped tin oxide comprises niobium. The doped tin oxide has a coordinate L* value of about 70 to about 100, a coordinate a value of about −5 to about 5, and a coordinate b value of about −5 to about 5 in a CIELab color space. |
| US10161043B2 |
Fine interference pigments containing glass layers on metal, glass and ceramic surfaces and method for production thereof
A process for providing a substrate having a metal, glass or ceramic surface with a vitreous layer comprising an interference pigment. The process comprises comminuting an interference pigment having at least one dielectric interference layer by a wet grinding process; dispersing the comminuted interference pigment into a silicate-containing suspension to obtain a coating composition; applying the coating composition to the surface by a wet coating process; and densifying the coating composition at a temperature of not more than 650° C. |
| US10161041B2 |
Thermal chemical vapor deposition system and operating method thereof
A thermal chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system includes a bottom chamber, an upper chamber, a workpiece support, a heater and at least one shielding plate. The upper chamber is present over the bottom chamber. The upper chamber and the bottom chamber define a chamber space therebetween. The workpiece support is configured to support a workpiece in the chamber space. The heater is configured to apply heat to the workpiece. The shielding plate is configured to at least partially shield the bottom chamber from the heat. |
| US10161037B2 |
Condensation on surfaces
A uniform external field can enhance condensation on a superhydrophobic surface. Jumping droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces accumulate a positive charge which promises the manipulation and control of jumping behavior using external electric fields. |
| US10161036B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus
The present invention may include: a tube providing an interior space in which substrates are processed; a substrate support portion stacking a plurality of substrates in the interior space of the tube in multi-level; a gas supply portion supplying a process gas to the plurality of substrates; an exhaust portion disposed to face the gas supply portion to absorb the process gas; and a flowage adjustment portion having spray openings formed along a circumference of the tube between the gas supply portion and the exhaust portion to spray an adjusting gas, and may be capable of controlling the amount of process gas supplied to an upper surface of the substrate by adjusting the flowage of process gas. |
| US10161035B2 |
Apparatus and method for purging gaseous compounds
A processing chamber is described having a gas evacuation flow path from the center to the edge of the chamber. Purge gas is introduced at an opening around a support shaft that supports a heater plate. A shaft wall around the opening directs the purge gas along the support shaft to an evacuation plenum. Gas flows from the evacuation plenum through an opening in a second plate near the shaft wall and along the chamber bottom to an opening coupled to a vacuum source. Purge gas is also directed to the slit valve. |
| US10161025B2 |
Methods for constructing parts with improved properties using metallic glass alloys
Described herein are methods of constructing a part having improved properties using metallic glass alloys, layer by layer. In accordance with certain aspects, a layer of metallic glass-forming powder is deposited to selected positions and then fused to a surface layer (i.e. layer below) by suitable methods such as laser heating or electron beam heating. The deposition and fusing are then repeated as need to construct the part, layer by layer. In certain embodiments, one or more sections or layers of non-metallic glass-forming material can be included as needed to form a composite final part. In certain aspects, the metallic glass-forming powder may be crystalized during depositing and fusing, or may be recrystallized during subsequent processing to provide selectively crystalized sections or layers, e.g., to impart desired functionality. In other aspects, non-metallic glass-forming materials may be deposited and fused at selected positions, e.g., to provide selective shear banding to impart improved ductile properties and plasticity. In yet other aspects, the metallic glass-forming powder or metallic glass material and non-metallic glass-forming material are deposited and fused to form a foam-like, bellow or similar structure, which is able to crumple under high stress to absorb energy under impact. |
| US10161024B2 |
Method for producing an ultra high strength material with high elongation
The invention relates to a method for producing an ultra high strength material with high elongation by work hardening an essentially nickel-free austenitic material and then subjecting the material to heat treatment in the temperature range between 200° C. and <1,100° C. within a period from 10 s to 10 minutes. |
| US10161019B2 |
Metallic fastener member having light gold color, and fastener provided therewith
A metallic fastener member has a specific color of light gold and also has high strength, discoloration resistance and high workability to withstand practical use. A metallic fastener member including a base material of a copper alloy having composition containing 1 to 30% by mass of Zn and 1 to 11% by mass of Ni, the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein the metallic fastener member has a Vickers hardness of Hv 120 or more and less than Hv 220. |
| US10161018B2 |
Bulk platinum-phosphorus glasses bearing nickel, palladium, silver, and gold
The disclosure provides Pt—P metallic glass-forming alloys and metallic glasses comprising at least two of Ni, Pd, Ag, and Au and optionally Si as well as potentially other elements, where the weight fraction of Pt is between 74 and 91 percent, and where the at least two of Ni, Pd, Ag, and Au contribute to increase the critical rod diameter of the alloy in relation to a Pt—P alloy free of Ni, Pd, Ag, and Au or a Pt—P alloy comprising only one of these elements. In embodiments where the PT850 hallmark is satisfied, alloys according to the disclosure are capable of forming metallic glass rods with diameters in excess of 3 mm, and in some embodiments 30 mm or larger. |
| US10161015B2 |
Heat treatment method and method of manufacturing machine part
A heat treatment method includes the steps of: measuring a hot section temperature; measuring a cold section temperature; adjusting a temperature of a workpiece; and determining quenching timing for the workpiece. The step of adjusting a temperature includes the steps of: heating the workpiece by high energy heating; and controlling heating based on the hot section temperature. In the step of determining quenching timing, the quenching timing is determined based on the hot section temperature and the cold section temperature so as to achieve a predetermined solid-dissolved state of carbon on a TTA diagram in the entire workpiece. The TTA diagram is derived by a calculation formula obtained by conducting a regression analysis of a result of an experiment performed for examining a relation between the solid-dissolved state of carbon and each of a heating temperature and a heating time of steel. |
| US10161014B2 |
Laser hardened crankshaft
A method of crankshaft laser hardening includes grinding one or more surfaces of a green crankshaft to produce a green ground crankshaft and to define journal geometry thereon prior to hardening of the surfaces to avoid loss of compressive stresses associated with grinding a hardened crankshaft. The method also includes laser hardening the surfaces of the green ground crankshaft to induce compressive stresses. |
| US10161007B2 |
Methods and systems for detecting biological components
Methods for the detection of components from biological samples are provided. In certain aspects, the methods may be used to detect and/or quantify specific components in a biological sample, such as tumor cells (e.g., circulating tumor cells). Systems and devices for practicing the subject methods are also provided. |
| US10161005B2 |
Method for detecting telomerase via washing-free anchored-extension and telomeric-binding amplification, and kit
Provided is a new method for telomerase amplification—washing-free anchored-extension and telomeric-binding amplification (WATA). The method comprises: utilizing an anchored telomerase primer to conduct telomere TTAGGGG sequence (“G sequence”) extension; hybridizing with a template probe having a universal PCR primer sequence and six units of telomere CCCTAA sequence (“C sequence”) on the extended G sequence; removing the uncombined template probe via an enzyme digestion reaction; and the template probe combined with the G sequence conducts PCR reaction, the amplification product being a peculiar DNA fragment of a fixed length. |
| US10161004B2 |
Diagnostic miRNA profiles in multiple sclerosis
The invention relates to methods for diagnosing multiple sclerosis with miRNA markers. Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) can be challenging in patients with atypical presentations and during a first neurological deficit possibly related to inflammatory demyelination. Towards the identification of biomarkers for diagnosis of MS, a comprehensive analysis of miRNA expression patterns was obtained. Significantly deregulated miRNAs were identified, which have previously not been related to MS according to the microRNA disease database. These miRNAs could potentially serve as future diagnostic biomarkers for MS and help in diagnosis, monitoring disease activity, and evaluation of treatment responses in patients with MS. |
| US10161001B2 |
Nanochannel arrays and their preparation and use for high throughput macromolecular analysis
Nanochannel arrays that enable high-throughput macromolecular analysis are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of preparing nanochannel arrays and nanofluidic chips. Methods of analyzing macromolecules, such as entire strands of genomic DNA, are also disclosed, as well as systems for carrying out these methods. |
| US10161000B2 |
Hydroxymethyl linkers for labeling nucleotides
The invention provides methods and compositions, including, without limitation, algorithms, computer readable media, computer programs, apparatus, and systems for determining the identity of nucleic acids in nucleotide sequences using, for example, data obtained from sequencing by synthesis methods. The methods of the invention include correcting one or more phenomena that are encountered during nucleotide sequencing, such as using sequencing by synthesis methods. These phenomena include, without limitation, sequence lead, sequence lag, spectral crosstalk, and noise resulting from variations in illumination and/or filter responses. |
| US10160989B2 |
System and method of co-cultivating microalgae with fungus
One of the most important technical barriers for algal biofuel is the substantial harvesting and extracting cost. The present invention includes a system and method for the pelletization of single cell microalgae through co-cultivation with filamentous fungi to enable the low cost separation of microalgae from liquid medium and to significantly increase the biomass and lipid yield. The approach represents a simple and straightforward method to significantly reduce the cost for algae-based biofuel production and enable the economically viable algae biofuel production. |
| US10160988B2 |
Expression sequences
An isolated nucleic acid encoding a leader, which has a specific sequence, an isolated leader peptide encoded by such nucleic acid, an expression cassette comprising such nucleic acid encoding a leader operably linked to a nucleic acid sequence encoding a POI, a recombinant yeast host cell or a vector comprising such expression cassette, a method of producing a POI in such yeast host cell, and further the use of the specific nucleic acid for the secretion of a POI from a host cell and/or to increase the secretion of a POI from a host cell. |
| US10160986B2 |
Chemoenzymatic synthesis of heparin and heparan sulfate analogs
The present invention provides a one-pot multi-enzyme method for preparing UDP-sugars from simple sugar starting materials. The invention also provides a one-pot multi-enzyme method for preparing oligosaccharides from simple sugar starting materials. |
| US10160985B2 |
Transaminase biocatalysts
The present disclosure relates to polypeptides having transaminase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides. |
| US10160984B2 |
Method for producing phospholipid-containing composition, and phospholipid-containing composition
A method for producing a phospholipid-containing composition which includes 10% by weight or more of phosphatidylserine based on the whole phospholipid-containing composition, a content of a polyunsaturated fatty acid being from 10 to 40% by weight based on the total amount of constituent fatty acids, the method including the following steps (1) and (2) in this order, and the following steps (3) and (4) in this order inexpensively and stably supplies a phospholipid-containing composition which includes phosphatidylserine to which a large amount of the polyunsaturated fatty acid is bonded at the 2-position thereof. Step (1): performing an esterification reaction of a polyunsaturated fatty acid with lysophospholipid using phospholipase A2 (PLA2) to obtain phospholipid. Step (2): adjusting an activity of PLA2 in the phospholipid to 10 U/g (phospholipid) or less after the step (1). Step (3): performing a base exchange reaction of a mixture including the phospholipid and serine in the presence of phospholipase D (PLD) to form a phospholipid-containing composition which includes phosphatidylserine. Step (4): separating the composition. |
| US10160983B1 |
Engineered imine reductases and methods for the reductive amination of ketone and amine compounds
The present disclosure provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered imine reductases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered imine reductases, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds. |
| US10160980B2 |
Artificial photosynthesis systems and methods for producing carbon-based chemical compounds
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to artificial photosynthesis. In one aspect a system includes a photoanode chamber including a photoanode assembly, a photocathode chamber including a photocathode assembly, an electrical connection electrically connecting the photoanode assembly and the photocathode assembly, a membrane separating the photoanode chamber and the photocathode chamber, and a microorganism disposed in the photocathode chamber. The photoanode assembly is operable to oxidize water to generate oxygen, protons, and electrons. The membrane is permeable to the protons and operable to allow the protons to travel to the photocathode chamber. The electrical connection provides electrons to the photocathode assembly. The microorganism comprises a metabolic pathway to reduce carbon dioxide and to generate a carbon-based compound using the electrons or hydrogen formed by two protons. |
| US10160977B2 |
Super-enhancers and methods of use thereof
The present invention relates in some aspects to super-enhancers and related compositions, methods, and agents that are useful for modulating expression of cell type-specific genes that are required for maintenance of cell identity (e.g., embryonic stem cell identity) or maintenance of a disease state (e.g., cancer). |
| US10160970B2 |
Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of filovirus infections
The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of filovirus infections. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of treating filovirus infection in a subject in need thereof comprising administering the subject with a therapeutically effective amount of at least one oligonucleotide comprising the sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 to SEQ ID NO:15. |
| US10160964B2 |
Methods for extracellular vesicle isolation and selective removal
Disclosed is a method for the isolation of extracellular vesicles, including exosomes, from a liquid sample, the method comprising the steps of: adjusting the pH of a liquid sample comprising extracellular vesicles to a preselected, binding pH; contacting the liquid sample with silicon carbide, wherein at the preselected, binding pH, the extracellular vesicles bind to the silicon carbide; and eluting the bound extracellular vesicles from the silicon carbide. The liquid samples can comprise bodily fluids. Further disclosed is a method for producing a liquid sample, substantially depleted of extracellular vesicles, including exosomes. |
| US10160962B2 |
Purification of cystathionine beta-synthase
This invention provides chromatographic methods for the purification of a cystathionine β-Synthase (CBS) protein, particularly truncated variants thereof and compositions and pharmaceutical compositions prepared therefrom. |
| US10160961B2 |
Factor VII polypeptides that are modified and uses thereof
Nucleic acid encoding modified factor VII polypeptides, vectors and cells containing the nucleic acid, uses of the nucleic acids, methods of making the encoded polypeptides, and methods of treatment are provided. The encoded modified FVII polypeptides include Factor VIIa and other forms of Factor VII. Among the encoded modified FVII polypeptides provided are those that have altered activities, typically altered procoagulant activity, including increased procoagulant activities. |
| US10160959B2 |
TRPV1 modulatory gene product that affects TRPV1-specific pain behavioral responses identified in a functional screen of an HSV-based cDNA library
The invention provides a method for ameliorating chronic pain signaling involving transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1) by expressing PP1α in neurons. The invention also provides HSV vectors for expressing PP1α within neurons and compositions comprising such vectors. |
| US10160958B2 |
Variant forms of urate oxidase and use thereof
Genetically modified proteins with uricolytic activity are described. Proteins comprising truncated urate oxidases and methods for producing them, including PEGylated proteins comprising truncated urate oxidase are described. |
| US10160954B2 |
Engineered physical alignment of stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
Provided are devices and methods of preparing a population of cardiomyocytes by aligning undifferentiated pluripotent cells on a nanosacale textured surface. |
| US10160953B2 |
Method for culturing skeletal muscle for tissue engineering
The invention provides a nutrient medium composition and associated methods for lengthening the useful life of a culture of muscle cells. Disclosed is a method of culturing mammalian muscle cells, including preparing one or more carriers coated with a covalently bonded monolayer of trimethoxy-silylpropyl-diethylenetriamine (DETA); verifying DETA monolayer formation by one or more associated optical parameters; suspending isolated fetal rat skeletal muscle cells in serum-free medium according to medium composition 1; plating the suspended cells onto the prepared carriers at a predetermined density; leaving the carriers undisturbed for cells to adhere to the DETA monolayer; covering the carriers with a mixture of medium 1 and medium 2; and incubating. A cell nutrient medium composition includes Neurobasal, an antibiotic-antimycotic composition, cholesterol, human TNF-alpha, PDGF BB, vasoactive intestinal peptides, insulin-like growth factor 1, NAP, r-Apolipoprotein E2, purified mouse Laminin, beta amyloid, human tenascin-C protein, rr-Sonic hedgehog Shh N-terminal, and rr-Agrin C terminal. |
| US10160952B2 |
Method for manufacturing an immune cell-containing composition, and a cancer-treating composition
To provide a method in which mononuclear cells are differentiated into a good balance of NK cells, NKT cells, and T cells, and said cells are made to proliferate. The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an immune cell-containing composition, said method including the following steps: a first step in which mononuclear cells are cultured in a medium containing anti-CD16 monoclonal antibodies and either IL-2 and/or IL-15; and a second step, after the first step, in which culturing is performed under conditions that make the mononuclear cells preferentially differentiate into cytotoxic T cells. This method may also include a third step, after the second step, in which culturing is performed in a medium containing anti-CD16 monoclonal antibodies and either IL-2 and/or IL-15. |
| US10160948B2 |
Pluripotent embryonic-like stem cells, compositions, methods and uses thereof
The present invention relates to pluripotent stem cells, particularly to pluripotent embryonic-like stem cells. The invention further relates to methods of purifying pluripotent embryonic-like stem cells and to compositions, cultures and clones thereof. The present invention also relates to a method of transplanting the pluripotent stem cells of the present invention in a mammalian host, such as human, comprising introducing the stem cells, into the host. The invention further relates to methods of in vivo administration of a protein or gene of interest comprising transfecting a pluripotent stem cell with a construct comprising DNA which encodes a protein of interest and then introducing the stem cell into the host where the protein or gene of interest is expressed. The present also relates to methods of producing mesodermal, endodermal or ectodermal lineage-committed cells by culturing or transplantation of the pluripotent stem cells of the present invention. |
| US10160947B2 |
Device for lysing biological species and method implemented by said device
A device and method for lysing biological species present in a fluid includes implementing a rough surface against which the objects to be lysed are crushed by a shearing motion. A device for mechanically lysing biological species has a first and second wall mounted movable relative to each other, between an initial position in which the walls are separated from each other, and a lysing position in which the first wall presses against the second wall. The first and second walls also are mounted shearingly movable relative to each other in the lysing position. At least one of the first or second walls has a rough bearing surface against the other wall and has a mean surface roughness parameter Ra of between 0.2 μm and 10 μm, and preferably between 0.2 μm and 3 μm. |
| US10160941B2 |
Photobioreactor
A photobioreactor system may include a one or more fluidly connectable tubes for growing or producing microorganisms or biomass such as microalgae. The system may include either a single tube loop or an array of tubes. A first fluid may be held in the tube or tubes, and an inlet port may be provided for introducing a second fluid into the tube or tubes. The tube or tubes may be arranged vertically so that the second fluid rises through the tube or tubes. An outlet port may be provided at the top of the tube or tubes to remove the second fluid. The second fluid may be recirculated through the system via inlet and outlet lines as well as a pump and a replaceable reservoir for holding the second fluid. Where there is an array of tubes, a single inlet and outlet line may be sued for each tube. |
| US10160940B2 |
Automatic wine stirrer incorporating a ferromagnetic stir bar and method for aerating wine
An automatic wine stirrer is adapted for aerating wine contained in an open vessel. The wine stirrer comprises a housing, and a fan assembly operatively mounted within the housing. The fan assembly comprises a rotatable hub, a plurality of fan blades attached to the hub, and an electric motor. At least one magnet is carried by the fan assembly. When the rotatable hub is substantially stopped, the magnet attracts and holds a ferromagnetic stir bar located inside the wine vessel. When the rotatable hub starts, the magnet rotates relative to the housing thereby rotating the stir bar and substantially swirling the wine contained in the wine vessel. |
| US10160938B2 |
Semiconductor element cleaning solution that suppresses damage to tantalum-containing materials, and cleaning method using same
According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a cleaning method for removing a photoresist and dry etching residue on a surface of a semiconductor element having a low-k film and a material that contains 10 atom % or more of tantalum, wherein the cleaning method is characterized by using a cleaning solution that contains 0.002-50 mass % of hydrogen peroxide, 0.001-1 mass % of an alkaline earth metal compound, an alkali, and water. |
| US10160937B2 |
Aqueous solution containing combination of complexing agents
Aqueous formulation with a content of (A) and (B) in the range of 40% to 60%, containing (A) a complexing agent selected from methylglycine diacetic acid (MGDA) that is at least partially neutralized with alkali metal, and at least one complexing agent other than MGDA selected from (B) glutamic acid diacetic acid (GLDA) that is at least partially neutralized with alkali metal, and, optionally, (C) a polymer being selected from polyamines, the N atoms being partially or fully substituted with CH2COOH groups, partially or fully neutralized with alkali metal cations, and, optionally, (D) at least one alkali metal salt of an organic acid, said acid being selected from mono- and dicarboxylic acids, wherein the weight ratio of complexing agent (A) to complexing agent (B) is in the range of from 10:1 to 1:10. |
| US10160932B2 |
Methods for producing a high protein corn meal from a whole stillage byproduct and system therefore
The present invention relates generally to corn dry-milling, and more specifically, to methods for producing a high protein corn meal from a whole stillage byproduct produced in a corn dry-milling process for making ethanol and a system therefore. In one embodiment, a method for producing a high protein corn meal from a whole stillage byproduct includes, in a corn dry-milling process for making ethanol, separating the whole stillage byproduct into an insoluble solids portion and a thin stillage portion. The thin stillage portion is separated into a protein portion and a water soluble solids portion. Next, the protein portion is dewatered then dried to define a high protein corn meal that includes at least 40 wt % protein on a dry basis. |
| US10160931B2 |
Use of isomerically pure or highly isomer-enriched cis- or trans-(2-isobutyl-4-methyl-tetrahydropyran-4-yl)acetate
The present invention relates to the use of isomerically pure or highly isomerically enriched cis- or trans-(2-isobutyl-4-methyltetrahydropyran-4-yl) acetate for use as aroma chemicals. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of isomerically pure or highly isomerically enriched cis- or trans-(2-isobutyl-4-methyltetrahydropyran-4-yl) acetate and the products obtainable by this process. The invention further relates to a fragrance or aroma substance composition which comprises isomerically pure or highly isomerically enriched cis- or trans-(2-isobutyl-4-methyltetra-hydropyran-4-yl) acetate, a method for imparting, and/or boosting an odor or taste of a product, and also perfumed or aromatized products which comprise isomerically pure or highly isomerically enriched cis- or trans-(2-isobutyl-4-methyltetrahydropyran-4-yl) acetate. |
| US10160928B2 |
Demulsifiers for oil soluble polyalkylene glycol lubricants
A composition contains a propylene oxide/butylene oxide copolymer with an ethylene oxide/propylene oxide copolymer where the propylene oxide/butylene oxide copolymer has a concentration of propylene oxide moieties in a range of 25-75 wt % based on total of propylene oxide and butylene oxide moieties, the ethylene oxide/propylene oxide copolymer has a concentration of ethylene oxide moieties that is greater than zero and up to 60 wt % based on the total weight of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide moieties, and wherein the concentration of the ethylene oxide/propylene oxide copolymer is greater than zero and one wt % or less based on the total weight of propylene oxide/butylene oxide and ethylene oxide/propylene oxide copolymers and the ethylene oxide/propylene oxide copolymer is a reverse copolymer or a random copolymer. |
| US10160927B2 |
Lubricating oil composition
Lubricating composition comprising (i) base oil and (ii) a Verkade base compound having the formula (1): wherein R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from hydrogen and saturated or unsaturated, straight chain or branched, C1-C22 alkyl groups. The lubricating composition of the present invention exhibits improved base number retention and oxidative stability, particularly in the presence of a biofuel such as fatty acid alkyl ester. |
| US10160925B2 |
Method of controlling the supply and allocation of hydrogen gas in a hydrogen system of a refinery integrated with olefins and aromatics plants
A method of controlling the supply and allocation of hydrogen gas in a hydrogen system of a refinery integrated with olefins and aromatics plants to convert crude oil into petrochemicals. The method includes one or more supply sources that provide hydrogen at individual rates, purities, pressures and costs, multiple consumption sites that consume hydrogen at individual rates, purities and pressures and an interconnecting hydrogen distribution network. The method further includes the integration of hydrogen consuming process units with hydrogen producing process units in which hydrogen recovered from the effluents from the hydrogen consuming process units and hydrogen recovered from the hydrogen producing process units are re-used in the hydrogen consuming process units. |
| US10160921B2 |
Process for removing oxygenates from hydrocarbon streams
A system for removing oxygenates from a hydrocarbon stream includes a caustic wash unit comprising a plurality of caustic wash loops, and a hydrogenation reactor. The hydrogenation reactor is configured to receive a first gaseous stream from a first caustic wash loop of the plurality of caustic wash loops and pass a second gaseous stream from the hydrogenation reactor to a second caustic wash loop of the plurality of caustic wash loops, wherein the hydrogenation reactor comprises a sulfided catalyst. |
| US10160919B2 |
Process and apparatus for reducing thermal shock in a hydrocarbon steam cracking furnace
A method and apparatus of reducing thermal shock in one or more radiant tubes of a pyrolysis furnace is provided. The apparatus is a furnace comprising a blower and blower bypass conduit providing separate fluid communication paths for flue gas from the convection section to a natural draft flue gas stack. The method comprises the steps of: redirecting at least a portion of the flue gas through the blower bypass conduit when a blower shut-off event is indicated as well as reducing the firing rate of the furnace. |
| US10160916B2 |
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 thermal medium-circulated heat exchanger type reactor comprises: a tube unit configured such that synthesis gas is supplied to a cobalt catalyst layer filled with the cobalt metal foam catalysts each including a metal foam coated with cobalt catalyst powder to conduct a reaction; a shell unit configured to cover the tube unit such that thermal medium oil having a predetermined temperature is circulated to control reaction heat generated from a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction; and an electric heater provided at the circumference of the shell unit to heat a cobalt catalyst layer to reduce and pretreat the cobalt catalyst layer. |
| US10160915B2 |
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for recycling fischer-tropsch water and fischer-tropsch tail gas
A method of producing reformed gas as part of a Fischer-Tropsch (“FT”) hydrocarbon synthesis is disclosed, including the steps of superheating at least a first portion of an FT tail gas produced as a by-product of an FT synthesis process, and forming a mixed gas by injecting at least a portion of an FT water stream, produced as a by-product of an FT synthesis process, into the superheated FT tail gas to form a mixed gas. The mixed gas is used as a feed to a front end of a syngas preparation unit. The amount of at least a portion of the FT water stream is selected to keep the mixed gas at least mostly and preferably entirely in a vapor phase. In some embodiments, a water-gas shift reactor converts the mixed gas to a converted mixed gas upstream of the front end. Other methods, apparatuses and systems are disclosed. |
| US10160911B2 |
Exhaust system for a biochar kiln
An example exhaust system for a biochar kiln includes a chimney of the biochar kiln. The example exhaust system for a biochar kiln also includes a first forced air inlet on the chimney to draw smoke through the chimney during a preheating stage to prime the chimney. The example exhaust system for a biochar kiln also includes a second forced air inlet operatively coupled with the chimney. The second forced air inlet activated to increase airflow when air naturally occurring in a smoke stream in the chimney is insufficient, the second forced air inlet deactivated when there is sufficient air. |
| US10160910B2 |
Alignment film and liquid crystal display device
An alignment film includes a copolymer containing a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (1), wherein X1 and X2 may be the same as or different from each other and are each represented by any one of several formulas; and Y is represented by any one of several formulas |
| US10160909B2 |
Liquid crystalline medium
The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having negative dielectric anisotropy (Δε), which is distinguished by the fact that it has a value for the ratio γ1/Δn2 in the range 6-45 with a clearing point of >60° C. and a Δε of ≤−2.3. Media of this type are particularly suitable for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB, PA LCD, FFS or IPS effect. |
| US10160908B2 |
Method of soil conditioning by application of water-soluble or water-swelling polymer
Method of soil conditioning which consists in applying a water-soluble or water-swelling polymer to the soil, characterized in that: the polymer is prepared as a polymer-concentrated liquid, the preparation of obtained in this way is applied to the surface of a support rotating about its axis of revolution in order to form droplets which are spread on the soil. |
| US10160906B2 |
Masked cation exchange lithography
We describe a method for patterning of colloidal nanocrystals films that combines a high energy beam treatment with a step of cation exchange. The high energy irradiation causes cross-linking of the ligand molecules present at the nanocrystal surface, and the cross-linked molecules act as a mask for the subsequent cation exchange reaction. Consequently, in the following step of cation exchange, the regions that have not been exposed to beam irradiation are chemically transformed, while the exposed ones remain unchanged. This selective protection allows the design of patterns that are formed by chemically different nanocrystals, yet in a homogeneous nanocrystal film. |
| US10160905B2 |
Blue-green light-emitting phosphor, light-emitting element, light-emitting device, and white-light-emitting device
An object of the invention is to provide a blue-green light-emitting phosphor having excellent high-temperature property and excellent light-emitting properties such as brightness and half width. The phosphor is constituted of a plurality of alkaline earth metal elements including a barium element, phosphoric acid and a halogen element, and Eu as an activator, in which the molar ratio of the barium element to the total content of the alkaline earth metal elements is larger than 60% and smaller than 95%, and upon irradiation with a near-ultraviolet ray, the blue-green light-emitting phosphor is excited to thereby emit blue-green visible light. |
| US10160904B2 |
Volatile surfactant treatment for subterranean formations
A method of treating a treatment zone of a well, the method comprising: (A) forming a treatment fluid comprising: (i) a continuous gas phase comprising a gas; and (ii) a surfactant, wherein the surfactant has the following characteristics: (a) a normal boiling point less than 500° F. (260° C.) without significant thermal decomposition; and (b) providing a dynamic surface tension of less than about 40 dynes/cm for a 0.1 wt % solution, or having an HLB (Griffin) in the range of about 2 to about 20, or both; wherein the surfactant is dispersed in the gas; and (B) introducing the treatment fluid into the treatment zone. |
| US10160901B2 |
Oil-swellable, desolvated polymer gels and methods of using the same for preventing loss of non-aqueous wellbore fluids to the subterranean formation
An oil-swellable gel lost circulation material (LCM) formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine is provided. The LCM may include gel pieces cut from gel strands formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine. The oil-swellable gel LCM composition may be formed by mixing an elastomeric polymer solution with a crosslinker amine and heating the mixture to form a crosslinked gel. The gel may be extruded through a die having orifices into a non-solvent and allowed to desolvate in the presence of the non-solvent. The gel strands may be dried and cut into gel pieces to form an LCM. The resulting LCM may swell when introduced to a loss circulation zone in the presence of a non-aqueous fluid such as a drilling mud or component of a drilling mud. |
| US10160899B2 |
Method of treating water-swellable minerals in a subterranean formation with a stabilizing compound with a cationic group and hydrophobic portion
A treatment fluid for treating a portion of a water-sensitive subterranean formation comprising: a base fluid; and a stabilizing compound, wherein the stabilizing compound reduces or eliminates swelling of a water-swellable mineral of the portion of the water-sensitive subterranean formation, and wherein the stabilizing compound comprises: (A) a cationic functional group; and (B) a hydrophobic portion. A method of treating a portion of a water-sensitive subterranean formation comprising: introducing a treatment fluid into a wellbore, wherein the wellbore penetrates the subterranean formation, wherein the portion of the subterranean formation comprises a water-swellable mineral. |
| US10160896B2 |
Delayed-release additives in a degradable matrix
A wellbore treatment fluid comprising: a base fluid; and an extruded substance comprising: a degradable matrix; and an additive, wherein the degradable matrix provides a time-delayed release of the additive into a wellbore fluid for a desired period of time. A method of treating a portion of a well comprising: introducing the treatment fluid into the well; and causing or allowing at least a portion of the degradable matrix to degrade, wherein degradation of the degradable matrix releases at least some of the additive into the wellbore fluid. |
| US10160895B2 |
Coolant composition, method of operating internal combustion engine using the same, and use of the same
A coolant composition includes: a viscosity improving agent; at least one alkali metal compound selected from the group consisting of alkali metal salts and alkali metal hydroxides; and a base composed of water and/or at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol, a trihydric alcohol, and a glycol monoalkyl ether, wherein the viscosity improving agent is a compound represented by a formula of R1O—(R2O)m—SO3M, where R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 16 to 24 carbon atoms, R2 represents an ethylene group or a propylene group, m represents an average addition molar number of R2O and a number from 0.5 to 10, and M represents a cation or a hydrogen atom, and a kinetic viscosity of the coolant composition is 8.5 mm2/sec or higher at 25° C. and is 2.0 mm2/sec or lower at 100° C. |
| US10160894B2 |
Non-spherical silica sol, process for producing the same, and composition for polishing
Provided is a non-spherical silica sol containing non-spherical silica fine particles dispersed in a dispersion medium, the non-spherical silica fine particles having an average particle diameter in a range of 3 to 150 nm as measured by dynamic light scattering, a minor-diameter/major-diameter ratio in a range of 0.01 to 0.8, and a specific surface area in a range of 10 to 800 m2/g, and also having a plurality of wart-like projections on the surfaces thereof, and a process for producing the non-spherical silica sol. The non-spherical silica fine particles contained in the non-spherical silica sol have a unique structure different from the structure of ordinary non-spherical silica fine particles. |
| US10160885B2 |
Hand-tearable double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape
A double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape includes a support base member having a hand tearable property, a first acrylic adhesive layer on one surface of the support base member, and a second acrylic adhesive layer on another surface of the support base member. The first acrylic adhesive layer has a thickness t1 that is 5 μm or more and 50 μm or less, the second acrylic adhesive layer has a thickness t2 that is greater than the thickness t1 of the first acrylic adhesive layer and is 20 μm or more, the second acrylic adhesive layer has gel fraction X2 that is 20 mass % or more and 75 mass % or less, and the second acrylic adhesive layer has adhesive force greater than adhesive force of the first acrylic adhesive layer. |
| US10160881B2 |
Curable composition for inkjet and method for producing electronic component
Provided is a curable composition for inkjet applied by an inkjet method, that has a long pot life even in the environment in an inkjet device warmed to 50° C. or higher and excellent insulation reliability by the cured product after curing despite containing a compound having a cyclic ether group. The composition for inkjet according to the present invention is applied by an inkjet method, and cures by heat addition, the composition for inkjet according to the present invention contains a compound having a cyclic ether group and a curing agent, and the curing agent is a reaction viscous product obtained by reacting dicyandiamide with a functional group-containing compound having a functional group reactive with the dicyandiamide. |
| US10160880B2 |
Amphoteric polymer composition
The present invention relates to a composition comprising an amphoteric polymer having pendant acid groups, or salts thereof, and pendant mono- or dialkylamino ethylene oxide groups or alkylammonium ethylene oxide groups characterized by either of the following formulas: where R1-R3 and X− are as defined herein. The composition of the present invention improves hiding efficiency for coating compositions formulated using associative rheology modifiers, binders, and titanium dioxide. |
| US10160879B2 |
Aqueous latex and dispersion of inorganic pigment particles comprising the same
The present disclosure relates to an aqueous latex and a process for the preparation thereof. In particular, the present disclosure relates to an aqueous latex useful as a spacing extender for inorganic pigment particles. The present disclosure also relates to a dispersion of inorganic pigment particles comprising the aqueous latex and to an aqueous coating composition comprising the aqueous latex and inorganic pigment particles. |
| US10160878B2 |
Aqueous coating composition
An aqueous coating composition having acceptable heat-age stability and providing the resultant coating film with good washability. |
| US10160877B2 |
Stable aqueous dispersions comprising complexed starch
This invention relates to a stable aqueous disersion suitable for application to different substrates and especially to paper substrates for producing a barrier layer against compounds of the saturated and aromatic hydrocarbon type. The said aqueous dispersion are characterised in that they comprise destructurized starch in a complexed form. The present invention refers also to the use of said aqueous dispersion as a coating composition for paper based substrates, as microencapsulant of fragrances and as film-forming component for paints. |
| US10160875B2 |
Aqueous coating composition and process of making the same
A low VOC aqueous coating composition capable of providing coating films with balanced properties of low gloss and good stain resistance. |
| US10160873B2 |
Organoclay compositions having quaternary ammonium ion having one or more branched alkyl substituents
An organoclay composition where a phyllosilicate clay is exchanged with quaternary ammonium ions having a formula of [NR1R2R3R4]+ wherein at least one of R1, R2 and R3 is a mixture of branched alkyl groups. |
| US10160868B2 |
Sulfonate-functional coatings and methods
A coating composition is described comprising: (i) a zwitterionic compound comprising sulfonate-functional groups and alkoxysilane groups and/or silanol-functional groups; (ii) alcohol and/or water; and (iii) a tetraalkoxysilane, oligomers thereof, lithium silicate, sodium silicate, potassium silicate, silica, or combinations thereof, along with coated articles and methods of using. |
| US10160861B2 |
Coumarin dyes and conjugates thereof
The present invention describes novel 7-alkylamino-3-(thienyl) coumarin fluorescent dyes of formula (I) These dyes are water soluble, can be excited by the 405 nm excitation source and exhibit a large Stokes shift (≥80 nm). Furthermore, the dyes possess a reactive group for the labeling of biomolecules or other analytes. |
| US10160858B2 |
Golf ball
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having an excellent spin performance on approach shots under a wet condition. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and a cover covering the spherical core, wherein the cover is formed from a cover composition containing (A) a polyurethane and (B) a polyrotaxane as a resin component, and wherein (B) the polyrotaxane has a cyclodextrin, a linear molecule piercing through the cyclic structure of the cyclodextrin, and blocking groups located at both terminals of the linear molecule to prevent disassociation of the cyclodextrin, and at least a part of hydroxyl groups of the cyclodextrin is modified with a caprolactone chain via —O—C3H6—O— group. |
| US10160857B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composition and molded article made therefrom
A thermoplastic resin composition including a polylactic acid and organic-inorganic composite particles, wherein the composite particles include an inorganic nanoparticle core and a coating layer formed on the core, wherein the coating layer includes a copolymer, and a molded article made therefrom. |
| US10160855B2 |
Non-painting metallic polypropylene resin composition
A metallic polypropylene resin composition is provided herein. The metallic polypropylene resin composition provides appearance characteristics that are similar to those provided by painting, but without painting. The metallic polypropylene resin composition of the present invention has excellent physical properties such as scratch resistance, and thus may be applied to molding methods, such as a molded in color (MIC) method. The resin composition is useful as a material for automobile interior and exterior parts, as wells as electric and electronic products, which can be molded by the MIC method. |
| US10160854B1 |
Hydrogel materials
A dual reactivity crosslinking agent of formula I having at least two different reactive sites, and hydrogel materials prepared from at least two monomers with different rates of free-radical polymerization reactivity. The crosslinking agent includes at least one free-radical reactive site for vinyl-containing monomer and at least one free-radical reactive site for meth(acrylic)-containing monomer. The hydrogel materials are useful in the manufacture of biocompatible medical devices, for example, hydrogel materials having desirable physical properties useful as contact lens materials. |
| US10160852B2 |
Polymer blend, a film or sheet made therefrom, articles made from the film or sheet or pipe and method of preparing a film or sheet
A polymer blend comprising from 20 to 90 parts by weight, based on the total weight of the polymer blend, polyvinyl chloride resin; and from 10 to 80 parts by weight, based on the total weight of the polymer blend, a flexible acrylic polymer is provided. Also provided are films or sheets or pipe made from the polymer blend, a capstock made from the film and a method for preparing a film. |
| US10160849B1 |
Propylene-based copolymer composition for pipes
The present disclosure relates to a polyolefin composition comprising, in some embodiments: A) 90.0-99.0 wt % of a propylene homopolymer; B) f1.0-10.0 wt % of a propylene/ethylene copolymer composition comprising: b1) 14-52 wt % of a propylene homopolymer or a propylene/ethylene copolymer; b2) 48-86 wt % of a propylene ethylene copolymer comprising an ethylene derived units content of 20.0-55.0 wt %; wherein the resulting polyolefin composition has a melt flow rate (MFR; ISO 1133, 230° C., 5 kg) of 0.2-4.0 g/10 min; the sum of A+B equals 100% by weight and the sum of b1+b2 equals 100% by weight. |
| US10160846B2 |
Optical film, and polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device employing same
The inventions are an optical film containing cellulose acylate and a compound having a structure denoted by General Formula (A) described below, and a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device employing the optical film. L represents n-valent connecting group, n represents an integer of greater than or equal to 2, and A represents a heterocyclic group denoted by General Formula (I). R1, R3, and R5 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group. Here, any one of R1, R3, and R5 is bonded to L. |
| US10160845B2 |
Methods of making compounds and mixtures having antidegradant and antifatigue efficacy
Methods of making antidegradant compounds are disclosed in which a p-phenylenediamine is reacted with a diol to obtain mixtures comprising the antidegradant compounds. |
| US10160842B2 |
Protein-containing foams, manufacture and use thereof
The invention relates generally to protein-containing polyurethane foams, methods and compositions for making the polyurethane foams, and articles comprising the polyurethane foams. |
| US10160837B2 |
Nanolevel dispersion of nanoparticles in hydrophobic materials
According to one embodiment, a method of dispersing nanoparticles into a destination material includes providing a plurality of nanoparticles suspended in a carrier, adding a solvent to the plurality of nanoparticles suspended in a carrier, removing at least some of the carrier to yield the plurality of nanoparticles suspended in the solvent, mixing the nanoparticles suspended in the solvent with a destination material, and removing at least some of the solvent from the mixture of nanoparticles suspended in the solvent and the destination material. |
| US10160835B2 |
Self-healing polymers and applications thereof
A self-healing polymer includes metal ions and a polymer network including polymer chains cross-linked through coordination bonds with the metal ions. Each polymer chain includes ligands within a backbone of the polymer chain, and the ligands include metal ion coordination sites. |
| US10160834B2 |
Low viscosity polyorganosiloxanes comprising quaternary ammonium groups, methods for the production and the use thereof
The present invention provides a polyorganosiloxane compound having a low viscosity, a process for the manufacture of such polyorganosiloxane compounds, polyorganosiloxane compositions comprising said polyorganosiloxane compound and another polyorganosiloxane compound which is different from the polyorganosiloxane compound, aqueous emulsions comprising the polyorganosiloxane compound, and a method of surface treatment using the polyorganosiloxane compound. |
| US10160833B2 |
Synthesis and use of aramid nanofibers
Dissociation of a macroscale version of an aramid fiber leads to the nanofiber form of this polymer. Indefinitely stable dispersions of uniform high-aspect-ratio aramid nanofibers (ANFs) with diameters between 3 and 30 nm controlled by the media composition and up to 10 μm in length are obtained. ANFs can be processed in transparent thin films using layer-by-layer assembly (LBL) with superior mechanical performance. |
| US10160823B2 |
Phenolic resin obtained by polycondensation of formaldehyde, phenol and lignin
A lignin-phenol-formaldehyde resin, which is obtained by polycondensation of formaldehyde, phenol and lignin in the presence of a basic or acidic catalyst, is characterized in that the lignin is a lignin that is not chemically modified at the available functional groups. This lignin has a low molecular mass and includes available functional groups chosen from the group including aliphatic hydroxyls and phenolic hydroxyls. The degree of substitution by weight of phenol with the lignin is between 50% and 60%. The weight proportion of the lignin and of phenol in the resin is equal to the weight proportion of phenol in a lignin-free phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resin. |
| US10160821B2 |
Controlled radical polymerization in water-in-water dispersion
The present invention relates to a method for preparing an aqueous dispersion of water-soluble polymers, which comprises a step (E) of radical polymerization, wherein the following are brought into contact in an aqueous medium (M) in which the synthesized polymer is not soluble: at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer which is soluble in the aqueous medium (M); at least one source of free radicals; and a reactive stabilizer which comprises: a polymer chain (CP) which is soluble in the medium (M), a group (G) providing the radical polymerization of step (E) with a living and controlled nature, such as, for example, a group carrying a thiocarbonylthio —S(C═S)— group. |
| US10160820B2 |
Fluoropolymers
The invention relates to novel linear, semi-crystalline fluoropolymers containing 0.5 to 25 mole percent of at least one vinyl ester monomer unit. At least 40 mole percent of the vinyl ester monomer units are present in the copolymer as single monomer units (not diads or triads or greater) between two fluoromonomer units. The invention also relates to a process for forming the fluoromonomers/vinyl ester copolymer. The fluoropolymer of the invention may be used in applications benefiting from a functional fluoropolymers including as a binder, or for use in forming hydrophilic membranes and hollow fibers. |
| US10160816B2 |
Procatalyst for polymerization of olefins
The present invention relates to a procatalyst comprising the compound represented by Formula (A), preferably the Fischer projection of formula (A) as an internal electron donor. The invention also relates to a process for preparing said procatalyst. Furthermore, the invention is directed to a catalyst system for polymerization of olefins comprising the said procatalyst, a co-catalyst and optionally an external electron donor; a process of making polyolefins by contacting at least one olefin with said catalyst system and to polyolefins obtainable by said process. The invention also relates to the use of said procatalyst in the polymerization of olefins. Moreover, the present invention relates to polymers obtained by polymerization using said procatalyst and to the shaped articles of said polymers. |
| US10160812B2 |
Bispecific HER2 antibodies
The present invention relates to anti-HER2 binding molecules (e.g., antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof), derived HER2-binding molecules (e.g., bispecific anti-HER2 antibodies), and antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) that bind the extracellular domain of the HER2 receptor. Also provided are pharmaceutical formulation comprising the disclosed compositions and method for the treating diseases associated with HER2-mediated signal transduction. |
| US10160808B2 |
Anti-VLA1 (CD49A) antibody pharmaceutical compositions
Formulations of anti-VLA-1 antibodies are described. |
| US10160804B2 |
Antagonists of IL-6 to prevent or treat cachexia, weakness, fatigue, and/or fever
The present invention is directed to therapeutic methods using antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for IL-6 to prevent or treat cachexia, fever, weakness and/or fatigue in a patient in need thereof. In preferred embodiments these patients will comprise those exhibiting (or at risk of developing) an elevated serum C-reactive protein level. In another preferred embodiment, the patient's survivability or quality of life will preferably be improved. |
| US10160802B2 |
Anti-malarial compositions
This disclosure provides antibodies that are useful for preventing and/or treating malaria. The epitope to which the antibodies bind is in close proximity to the conserved proteolytic cleavage site of P. falciparum circumsporozoite protein (CSP), and the antibodies provided in this disclosure can prevent cleavage and inhibit P. falciparum sporozoites from invading the liver. |
| US10160800B2 |
Antibodies to α-synuclein and uses thereof
The invention provides antibodies that specifically bind human α-synuclein with a high affinity and reduces α-synuclein spreading in vivo, recombinant polypeptides comprising said antibodies or antigen-binding fragment thereof and methods for generating such polypeptides, as well as compositions and methods for generating α-synuclein antibodies, and methods of using α-synuclein antibodies for the treatment of diseases of the central nervous system, in particular alpha-synucleinopathies. |
| US10160797B2 |
Antibodies against Clostridium difficile toxins and methods of using the same
Monoclonal antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to Clostridium difficile (C. difficile ) toxin A or toxin B and methods of using the same to detect or treat C. difficile infections and/or C. difficile -associated disease. C. difficile is a gram positive, anaerobic bacterium that causes gastrointestinal disease in humans. The bacteria are transmitted through feces and spread to food and other surfaces when people who are infected do not thoroughly wash their hands. |
| US10160795B2 |
Neutralizing antibodies to Ebola virus glycoprotein and their use
Neutralizing antibodies and antigen binding fragments that specifically bind to Ebola virus glycoprotein are disclosed. Nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, vectors and host cells are also provided. Methods for detecting Ebola virus using the antibodies and antigen binding fragments are disclosed. The antibodies, antigen binding fragments, nucleic acids, and vectors, can be used, for example, to prevent and/or treat Ebola virus infection in a subject. |
| US10160794B2 |
Chimeric antigen receptor
The present invention provides a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising: (i) a B cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-binding domain which comprises at least part of a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL); (ii) a spacer domain (iii) a transmembrane domain; and (iv) an intracellular T cell signaling domain. The invention also provides the use of such a T-cell expressing such a CAR in the treatment of plasma-cell mediated diseases, such as multiple myeloma. |
| US10160787B2 |
Conformationally-preorganized, miniPEG-containing gamma-peptide nucleic acids
Described are γ-PNA monomers, methodology for synthesizing them, and methodology for synthesizing PNA oligomers that incorporate them. |
| US10160784B2 |
Antibody purification process
A method of purifying a target antibody includes contacting a cell culture harvest or a protein preparation including at least one target antibody with at least one fatty acid having 7 to 10 carbon atoms to form a mixture, contacting this mixture with allantoin, and then separating solid materials to provide a solution comprising the target antibody. Solid materials can be removed by filtration, sedimentation or centrifugation, and the fatty acids can be enanthic, caprylic, pelargonic, nonenoic or capric acid. The invention is also directed to kits used to facilitate this method of antibody purification. |
| US10160782B2 |
Methods for preparing deoxycholic acid
The present invention discloses method for preparing deoxycholic acid (DCA) or an ester thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Said compounds may be applied to remove a fat deposition. |
| US10160780B2 |
Compound extracted from husk and fruit stem of Xanthoceras sobifolia and its extracting method and use thereof
This invention relates to the compound extracted from husk and fruit stem of Xanthoceras sobifolia and its extracting method and use thereof. Its chemical structure is as below: A method on its extraction: grinding the husk and fruit stem of Xanthoceras sobifolia into particles, extracting the particles with solvents, filtrating, reclaiming the solvent and collecting the concentrated solution, passing the collection through macroporous resin, eluting it by solvent, reclaiming the solvent to get the enriched solution, drying the solution to form a brown solid which called total saponins; then dissolving the total saponins in water, extracting by normal butyl alcohol, having the extraction dried to obtain brown powder, chromatographing the powder resolved solution by silica gel column repeatedly, receipting the gradient elution with 100:(35˜60) chloroform:methanol, reclaiming the eluted solution, refining and re-crystallize the left solution, will obtain the white raphide which is the invention compound—Xanthoceraside. It is verified that the compound can be used to make medicine to treat brain diseases and tumors, and to make health food to prevent and cure brain diseases and tumors. |
| US10160776B2 |
Method for acquiring one or a plurality of recyclable materials from seeds
A method for acquiring at least one or a plurality of recyclable materials, in particular phytic acid, from a native material quantity containing phytic acid or phytate is provided. The method involves providing a native, reduced material quantity containing phytic acid and/or phytate made from seeds containing phytic acid. The reduced material quantity is pre-treated in order to obtain a flowable alkaline, preferably alcoholic-alkaline mash. A solid phase, which has phytic acid and/or at least one phytate, is separated from the mash. Phytic acid and/or at least one phytate is isolated from the solid phase. |
| US10160773B2 |
Method for inducing cytotoxicity in cancer cells
A method for treating a proliferative disease, disorder, or condition comprising administering a gold(III) complex such as [Au(npen)Cl2]Cl.2H2O (1) or [Au(npen)2]Cl3 (2); the complexes, and methods for making them. |
| US10160771B2 |
Hepatitis C virus inhibitors and uses thereof in preparation of drugs
A series of hepatitis C virus (HCV) inhibitors and compositions and applications thereof in the preparation of drugs for treating chronic HCV infection. Especially, a series of compounds that are used as NS5A inhibitors, and compositions and uses thereof in the preparations of drugs. |
| US10160769B2 |
Compositions comprising thienopyrimidine and thienopyridine compounds and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure relates generally to thienopyrimidine and thienopyridine compounds and methods of use thereof. In particular embodiments, the present disclosure provides compositions comprising thienopyrimidine and thienopyridine compounds of Formula 3: and methods of use to inhibit the interaction of menin with MLL1, MLL2 and MLL-fusion oncoproteins. |
| US10160767B2 |
Rapamycin derivative, and a preparation method, pharmaceutical composition and use thereof
The present invention pertains to the field of pharmaceutical chemicals, and relates to a rapamycin derivative of Formula I, and a preparation method, pharmaceutical composition and use thereof. The compounds of the present invention overcome the defects of rapamycin in terms of water solubility and metabolic properties, and some of the compounds have an in vitro anti-tumor activity superior to rapamycin, have less toxicity to normal cells than rapamycin, and have very good druggability. |
| US10160766B1 |
Benzopyranyl tetracycle compound and pharmaceutical composition having excellent anti-inflammatory effect comprising the same
The present invention relates a novel compound represented by the following Formula 3 or Formula 5, and a pharmaceutical composition having superior anti-inflammatory effect comprising the above. The above compound inhibits the translocation of HMGB1 form nucleus to cytosol, and then has remarkable effect of treating or preventing inflammatory disease, especially sepsis. |
| US10160762B2 |
6-alkyl dihydropyrazolopyrimidinone compounds as PDE2 inhibitors
The present invention is directed to 6-alkyl dihydropyrazolopyrimidinone compounds of formula (I) which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypo-function or basal ganglia dysfunction. |
| US10160761B2 |
Solid forms of isoquinolinones, and process of making, composition comprising, and methods of using the same
Solid forms of chemical compounds that modulate kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, and compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, are described herein. Also provided herein are processes for preparing compounds, polymorphic forms, cocrystals, and amorphous forms thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. |
| US10160760B2 |
Compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR kinase
The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and solid forms of the compounds of this invention.The compounds of this invention have formula I-A or I-B: wherein the variables are as defined herein. |
| US10160757B2 |
Synthetic methods for preparation of (S)-(2R,3R,11bR)-3-isobutyl-9,10-dimethoxy-2,3,4,6,7,11b-hexahydro-1H-pyrido[2,1-a]isoquinolin-2-yl 2-amino-3-methylbutanoate di(4-methylbenzenesulfonate)
Provided herein are processes for the preparation of (S)-(2R,3R,11bR-3-isobuty-9,10-dimethoxy-2,3,4,6,7,11b-hexahydro-1H-pyrido[2,1-a]isoquinolin-2-yl 2-amino-3-methylbutanoate di(4-methylbenzenesulfonate), or a solvate, hydrate, or polymorph thereof. |
| US10160751B2 |
Inhibitors of the renal outer medullary potassium channel
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I); and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are inhibitors of the ROMK (Kir1.1) channel. The compounds may be used as diuretic and/or natriuretic agents and for the therapy and prophylaxis of medical conditions including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, heart failure and chronic kidney disease and conditions associated with excessive salt and water retention. |
| US10160749B2 |
Substituted indol-5-ol derivatives and their therapeutical applications
The present invention relates generally to the use of compounds to treat a variety of disorders, diseases and pathologic conditions and more specifically to the use of substituted indol-5-ol derivatives to modulate protein kinases and for treating protein kinase-mediated diseases. |
| US10160747B2 |
Compounds and methods for kinase modulation, and indications therefor
Disclosed are compounds of Formula I(b): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate, a tautomer, an isomer or a deuterated analog thereof, wherein Ring A, Ring HD, J, each T, R3, R4, R5, each R7, and m are as described in any of the embodiments described in this disclosure; compositions thereof; and uses thereof. |
| US10160744B2 |
Quinoline compounds suitable for treating disorders that respond to the modulation of the serotonin 5-HT6 receptor
The present invention relates to quinoline compounds of formula I wherein the variables are defined as in the claims and the description. The invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing such compounds, to their use as modulators of the 5-HT6 receptor, their use for preparing a medicament for the prevention or treatment of conditions and disorders which respond to the modulation of the 5-HT6 receptor, and to methods for preventing or treating conditions and disorders which respond to the modulation of the 5-HT6 receptor. |
| US10160737B2 |
Process for producing polyvalent glycidyl compound
A polyvalent glycidyl compound is produced from a compound having one or more 2-alkenyl ether groups and two or more 2-alkenyl groups using a hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution as an oxidizing agent to oxidize the 2-alkenyl ether groups and the 2-alkenyl groups. A 2-alkenyl ether compound having two or more (un)substituted 2-alkenyl groups and one or more (un)substituted 2-alkenyl ether groups is oxidized using a hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution as an oxidizing agent in the presence of a tungsten compound and a quaternary ammonium salt as catalysts and of phosphoric acid as a co-catalyst, while controlling the pH of the reaction solution to 1.0-4.0 using an acid other than phosphoric acid. During the oxidation, the step of adding the hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution to the reaction solution and the step of adding the acid other than phosphoric acid thereto are alternately repeated at intervals two or more times. |
| US10160732B2 |
MIF inhibitors
Compounds of Formula (I′), and the use of the compounds of Formula (I′) as inhibitors of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF). The use of compounds of Formula (I′) or pharmaceutical compositions thereof and method of using them, for treating disorders, diseases or conditions related to MIF. |
| US10160725B2 |
Compound, production method therefor, and use of said compound
The present application provides novel compounds having anti-cancer or anti-Helicobacter pylori activity, pharmaceutical compositions and method for producing and using the novel compound. |
| US10160723B2 |
Substituted 3-haloallylamine inhibitors of SSAO and uses thereof
The present invention is related to the preparation and pharmaceutical use of substituted 3-haloallylamine derivatives as SSAO/VAP-1 inhibitors having the structure of Formula I, as defined in the specification: The invention also relates to methods of using compounds of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivatives thereof, for the treatment of a variety of indications, e.g., inflammatory diseases, ocular diseases, fibrotic diseases, diabetes-induced diseases and cancer. |
| US10160721B2 |
Salt and photoresist composition containing the same
A salt represented by formula (I): wherein Q1 and Q2 independently each represent a fluorine atom or a C1-C6 perfluoroalkyl group, R1 and R2 independently each represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom or a C1-C6 perfluoroalkyl group, z represents an integer of 0 to 6, X1 represents *—C(═O)—O—, *—O—C(═O)—, *—O—C(═O)—O— or —O—, where * represents a binding site to —C(R1)(R2)— or —C(Q1)(Q2)-, A1 represents a C2-C36 divalent hydrocarbon group in which a methylene group can be replaced by an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a carbonyl group or a sulfonyl group and in which a hydrogen atom can be replaced by a substituent, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and Z+ represents an organic cation. |
| US10160717B2 |
2-(3-(aminomethyl)-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexyl)propane-1,3-diamine, a process for its production and use
A compound of the structural formula 1A process for producing 2-(3-(aminomethyl)-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexyl)propane-1,3-diamine by A) reacting isophorone nitrile and malononitrile to afford the intermediate 2-(3-cyano-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexylidene)malononitrile, and B) hydrogenating 2-(3-cyano-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexylidene)malononitrile in the presence of at least one catalyst. In another embodiment, the hydrogenation in step B) of the process is performed at 20-120° C. and at 20-300 bar. |
| US10160713B2 |
Dehydration of alpha-substituted carboxylic acids in the presence of water at high pressures
The present invention describes a process for dehydrating alpha-substituted carboxylic acids in the presence of water at high pressures while avoiding by-products. |
| US10160709B2 |
Glycol ether process
A process for the preparation of glycol ethers by providing a diethylene glycol ether column bottoms mixture comprising triethylene glycol ether, tetraethylene glycol ether, and glycol ether catalyst; separating, in a stripping column, the column bottom mixture into a triethylene glycol ether vapor overhead and a liquid bottoms; and separating, in an evaporator, the liquid bottoms into a residue containing about 80% to about 90% tetraethylene glycol ether and an evaporator overhead comprising at least about 60% tetraethylene glycol ether. |
| US10160707B2 |
Process for preparing 3-chloro-2-vinylphenol
The present invention describes a novel process for preparing 3-chloro-2-vinylphenol which, owing to the chemoselectivity achieved, also allows direct conversion into (3-chloro-2-vinylphenyl)methane-sulphonate. |
| US10160703B2 |
Process to manufacture 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane (HCFC-244bb)
The invention provides an improved process to manufacture 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane (HCFC-244bb) by reacting 2-chloro-3,3,3,-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233xf) with hydrogen fluoride, in a liquid phase reaction in the presence of hydrogen chloride and a liquid phase fluorination catalyst. The hydrogen chloride is added into the reaction from an external source at a pressure of about 100 psig or more. The HCFC-244bb is an intermediate in the production of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene-1 (HFO-1234yf). |
| US10160702B2 |
Process for the purification of a cracking gas stream in an oil scrub column
A process for removing a petroleum spirit fraction and also an oil fraction from a cracking gas stream in an oil scrub column, wherein, the ratio of the amount of substance of the petroleum spirit fraction recycled into the benzene section at the top per unit time to the amount of substance of the cracking gas introduced into the oil section per unit time is in a range from 1:16 to 1:10, preferably 1:12 to 1:10. |
| US10160696B2 |
Heat management in ethylene oligomerization
The oligomerization of ethylene using a chromium catalyst having a heteroatomic ligand may be used to provide oligomerization products that are selective towards hexene and/or octene. However, such processes also typically produce some polymer as an undesirable by product. The present invention is directed towards improvements in the selective oligomerization of ethylene. |
| US10160695B2 |
Synthesis of meta-substituted [18F]-3-fluoro-4-aminopyridines by direct radiofluorination of pyridine N-oxides
Disclosed herein are methods for the fluorination aromatic N-heterocyclic N-oxides that comprise at least one leaving group. The N-oxides may be reduced to the fluorinated aromatic N-heterocyclic amine analogs. This novel fluorination approach may be successfully applied for synthesizing aromatic N-heterocyclic compounds labeled with 18F. |
| US10160688B2 |
Fracture-resistant layered-substrates and articles including the same
Embodiments of a layered-substrate comprising a substrate and a layer disposed thereon, wherein the layered-substrate is able to withstand fracture when assembled with a device that is dropped from a height of at least 100 cm onto a drop surface, are disclosed. The layered-substrate may exhibit a hardness of at least about 10 GPa or at least about 20 GPa. The substrate may include an amorphous substrate or a crystalline substrate. Examples of amorphous substrates include glass, which is optionally chemically strengthened. Examples of crystalline substrates include single crystal substrates (e.g. sapphire) and glass ceramics. Articles and/or devices including such layered-substrate and methods for making such devices are also disclosed. |
| US10160687B2 |
Lithium silicate glass ceramic and glass with tetravalent metal oxide
Lithium silicate glass ceramics and glasses containing specific oxides of tetravalent elements are described which crystallize at low temperatures and are suitable in particular as dental materials. |
| US10160682B2 |
Inhibtion of silica scale using hydrophobically-modified alkylene oxide urethane copolymer
A method for inhibiting silica scale formation in an aqueous system by adding a hydrophobically-modified alkylene oxide urethane copolymer anti-scalant to the water used in the aqueous system. |
| US10160676B2 |
Dechlorination compositions, compressed solids formed therefrom, and methods of preparing the same
A dechlorination composition for dechlorinating water includes at least one alkali metal sulfite, at least one borate, at least one hydrogenated vegetable oil, and at least one saccharide. The dechlorination composition can also include at least one colorant, at least one stearate salt, and at least one halide salt. The dechlorination composition can be formed into a compressed solid. Methods of preparing compressed solids of dechlorination compositions are also disclosed. |
| US10160675B1 |
Process for filtering and treating an MTBE-contaminated aqueous liquid
A process for decontaminating a contaminated aqueous liquid comprising methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE) involving pretreating the contaminated aqueous liquid with chlorine and/or a hypochlorous acid salt and irradiating the aqueous liquid with an ultraviolet wavelength to produce a radical molecular species that degrades the MTBE. MTBE is degraded into at least one degradation byproduct including tert-butyl formate (TBF), tert-butyl alcohol (TBA), acetone, carbon dioxide, and water. |
| US10160673B2 |
Method for flocculating algae using polymers including tannin
A method for separating dispersed algae from an aqueous system is provided. The method includes adding to the aqueous system a polymer including tannin to form flocculated aggregates, and separating the flocculated aggregates from the aqueous system. A method for pretreating water comprising dispersed algae in an algae biofuel production system is also provided. The method includes adding to the water a polymer including tannin to form flocculated aggregates, and separating the flocculated aggregates from the water. |
| US10160672B2 |
Mobile flowback and produced water re-use system
A mobile water re-use system can include a chemical treatment apparatus, at least one weir tank in fluid communication with the chemical treatment apparatus, and two or more settling tanks in fluid communication with each other and at least one of the settling tanks in fluid communication with the weir tank. The weir tank can have a first end, a second end, an internal chamber, and a plurality of baffles that induce turbulent flow of fluid through the internal chamber. The settling tanks can provide, promote, facilitate, result in, and/or induce laminar flow of fluid through at least a portion of the internal chamber. Weir tanks, settling tanks, and method of treating flowback and produced water are also described. |
| US10160670B2 |
Methods and systems for polarization control
Disclosed are methods to predict the occurrence of polarization and the design and operation of electrochemical systems to maintain a current density below the limiting current density and avoid instability. |
| US10160667B2 |
Inductively coupled dielectric barrier discharge lamp
A dielectric barrier discharge lamp assembly for a fluid treatment system. The lamp assembly can include an inductive secondary, first and second electrodes coupled to the inductive secondary, and a lamp including a dielectric barrier interposed between the first and second electrodes. The dielectric barrier can define a discharge chamber including a discharge gas, and one of the first and second electrodes can extend within the discharge chamber. The inductive secondary can be adapted to receive power from a nearby inductive primary to promote a dielectric barrier discharge in the discharge chamber. The resulting dielectric barrier discharge can generate ultraviolet light for the treatment of air or water, or for other applications. |
| US10160663B2 |
Method for purifying water and water treatment system therefor
A method for purifying water involves heating impure water in a first reboiler, a second reboiler and a combustion steam generator to ultimately produce about 3 parts by weight of clean water and about 1 part by weight of clean steam for every 4 parts by weight of the impure water. A water treatment system includes a gas-fired combustion steam generator that is operable to produce a hot steam stream. A reboiler is connected in receiving communication with the gas-fired combustion steam generator to receive the hot steam stream. A separator is connected with the reboiler and is operable to separate an output stream from the reboiler. |
| US10160661B2 |
Portable, dual-orifice filtered water dispenser
A portable water-filtering and storage dispenser is provided with twin orifices at top and bottom, the top orifice for dispensing water to a user for consumption, the bottom orifice for receiving water for filtration and storage. Water received via the bottom orifice is filtered by a dome filter and keyway insert. Both orifices are sealable with detachable caps for threadably mating with the body of the dispenser. |
| US10160659B2 |
Titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material, preparation method thereof, and application thereof in photocatalytic treatment of hydrogen sulfide
A preparation method of a titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material includes the following steps: (1) using polystyrene nanospheres with particle size of 180 nm as a template, tetrabutyl titanate as a precursor, to prepare hollow titanium dioxide by calcining; (2) subjecting said hollow titanium dioxide to carboxylation modification to prepare carboxylated titanium dioxide; and (3) dispersing said carboxylated titanium dioxide in ethanol, using chromic nitrate nonahydrate as an assembly agent and trimesic acid as a crosslinking agent to carry out layer-by-layer self-assembly so as to prepare the titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material. |
| US10160654B2 |
Ultrahard nanotwinned diamond bulk material and method for preparing the same
The present invention relates to ultrahard nanotwinned diamond bulk materials and synthetic method thereof. In particular, the present invention discloses a diamond bulk material containing high density of nanocrystalline twins and synthetic method thereof, in which a nanotwinned diamond bulk is synthesized from particles of nanospherical onion-like carbon without diamond core (preferably with a size of 5-70 nm) as raw materials by using high temperature and high pressure synthesis. As compared with the prior art, the nanotwinned diamond bulk obtained according to the present invention has a much higher hardness than that of single crystal diamond and that of ultrahard polycrystalline diamond. The nanotwinned diamond bulk has wide prospects in various applications, including geological drilling, machining fields such as high speed cutting and precision and ultra-precision machining, abrasives, drawing dies, and special optics as well as other fields. |
| US10160651B2 |
Dispersion and method for the production thereof
Dispersion and method for the production of same. In one embodiment, the dispersion consists of a dispersing liquid and at least one solid substance that is distributed in the dispersing liquid. In order to obtain a dispersion with particularly good properties, it is provided that the dispersing liquid has an aqueous and/or non-aqueous base, that the at least one solid substance is formed of graphite and/or of carbon nanomaterial and/or of coke and/or of porous carbon, and that the at least one solid substance is distributed homogeneously and stably in the dispersing liquid. A method for the production of such a dispersion is provided such that the dispersion is produced by applying a strong accelerating voltage. In addition, various advantageous uses of such a dispersion are indicated. |
| US10160650B2 |
Method for making a three dimensional object
The present invention relates to a method for making a three dimensional carbon structure and also to a sintered article comprising pyrolyzed carbon particles. The method comprises sintering a powdered organic material, preferably using selective laser sintering, to form a sintered three dimensional structure having a desired shape. The sintered structure is then pyrolyzed to form the final carbon structure. The method is particularly useful in the production of biomedical implants such as bone scaffolds and joint replacements. In some embodiments, the powdered organic material is lignin which provides a renewable and highly cost effective starting material for the method of the present invention. |
| US10160649B2 |
Processes for synthesizing nanocrystals
A process of synthesizing Ga—Se nanocrystals is provided, the process including: contacting a first precursor containing gallium with a second precursor containing selenium to obtain a Ga—Se single precursor; and reacting the Ga—Se single precursor in a solvent in the presence of a ligand compound, and optionally with a third precursor including an element (A) other than gallium and selenium, to prepare a Ga—Se nanocrystal represented by Chemical Formula 1: GaSexAy [Chemical Formula 1] wherein x is about 1.1 to 3, and y is about 0.1 to 4. |
| US10160648B2 |
Colloidal semiconductor metal chalcogenide nanostructures
This invention generally relates to metal chalcogenide nanostructures, methods for their preparation and methods of use. A method is disclosed that transforms zinc chalcogenide nanowires into nanorods or quadrilateral nanostructures in an anneal step. Particular embodiments comprise ZnO nanostructures. |
| US10160646B2 |
Waste heat recovery apparatus and waste heat recovery method
Provided is a waste heat recovery apparatus including a first heat exchanger, a reformer and a reformer feed pre-heater sequentially disposed on or in the waste gas exhaust pipe from the upstream to the downstream thereof, wherein the waste gas temperature at the upstream of the waste gas exhaust pipe is higher than that at the downstream. In an embodiment, the reformer can be a hydrogen-generation reformer, and the generated hydrogen is introduced into the burning equipment for use. In such manner, the waste heat can be effectively utilized, and the carbon deposition issue inside the burning equipment can be fixed. A waste heat recovery method is also provided. |
| US10160644B1 |
Manufacturing method of MEMS sensor
A manufacturing method of a MEMS sensor includes a step of, by irradiating a first hole formed in a second layer on a semiconductor substrate with a focused ion beam for a first predetermined time, forming a first sealing film, which seals the first hole, on the first hole, and a step of, by irradiating a second hole formed in the second layer with a focused ion beam for a second predetermined time, forming a second sealing film, which seals the second hole, on the second hole. At this time, each of the first predetermined time and the second predetermined time is a time in which thermal equilibrium of the second layer is maintainable, and the step of forming the first sealing film and the step of forming the second sealing film are performed repeatedly. |
| US10160643B2 |
Wafer-level package with enhanced performance
The present disclosure relates to a wafer-level package that includes a first thinned die, a multilayer redistribution structure, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The first thinned die includes a first device layer formed from glass materials. The multilayer redistribution structure includes redistribution interconnects that connect the first device layer to package contacts on a bottom surface of the multilayer redistribution structure. Herein, the connections between the redistribution interconnects and the first device layer are solder-free. The first mold compound resides over the multilayer redistribution structure and around the first thinned die, and extends beyond a top surface of the first thinned die to define an opening within the first mold compound and over the first thinned die. The second mold compound fills the opening and is in contact with the top surface of the first thinned die. |
| US10160640B2 |
Mechanisms for forming micro-electro mechanical system device
A method for forming a micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) device is provided. The method includes bonding a semiconductor substrate with a carrier substrate through a dielectric layer and patterning the semiconductor substrate into multiple elements. The method also includes partially removing the dielectric layer to release some of the elements such that the released elements become one (or more) first movable element and one (or more) second movable element. The method further includes bonding a cap substrate with the semiconductor substrate to form a first closed chamber containing the first movable element and a second closed chamber containing the second movable element. In addition, the method includes opening the second closed chamber and sealing the second closed chamber after vacuumizing the second closed chamber such that the second closed chamber has a reduced pressure smaller than that of the first closed chamber. |
| US10160639B2 |
Semiconductor structure for MEMS Device
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor structure for a MEMS device. In some embodiments, the structure includes an interlayer dielectric (ILD) region positioned over a substrate. Further the structure includes an inter-metal dielectric region. The IMD region includes a passivation layer overlying a stacked structure. The stacked structure includes dielectric layers and etch stop layers that are stacked in an alternating fashion. Metal wire layers are disposed within the stacked structure of the IMD region. The structure also includes a sensing electrode electrically connected to the IMD region with an electrode extension via. The structure includes a MEMS substrate comprising a MEMS device having a soft mechanical structure positioned adjacent to the sensing electrode. |
| US10160638B2 |
Method and apparatus for a semiconductor structure
A semiconductor structure may include a first device having first surface with a first bonding layer formed thereon and a second device having a first surface with a second bonding layer formed thereon. The first bonding layer may provide an electrically conductive path to at least one electrical device in the first device. The second bonding layer may provide an electrically conductive path to at least one electrical device in the second device. One of the first or the second devices may include MEMS electrical devices. The first and/or the second bonding layers may be formed of a getter material, which may provide absorption for outgassing. |
| US10160635B2 |
MEMS device and process for RF and low resistance applications
MEMS device for low resistance applications are disclosed. In a first aspect, the MEMS device comprises a MEMS wafer including a handle wafer with one or more cavities containing a first surface and a second surface and an insulating layer deposited on the second surface of the handle wafer. The MEMS device also includes a device layer having a third and fourth surface, the third surface bonded to the insulating layer of the second surface of handle wafer; and a metal conductive layer on the fourth surface. The MEMS device also includes CMOS wafer bonded to the MEMS wafer. The CMOS wafer includes at least one metal electrode, such that an electrical connection is formed between the at least one metal electrode and at least a portion of the metal conductive layer. |
| US10160630B1 |
Liquid drawing apparatus
A liquid drawing apparatus includes: a main body; a first infusion pipe and an air intake adjustment unit provided on a side of the main body at two different positions; an installation seat and an annular flange disposed at a bottom part of the main body; and a second infusion pipe mounted on the installation seat in such a manner that the second infusion pipe has a portion extending into the main body, wherein the annular flange encloses an outer periphery of the installation seat, wherein the installation seat includes a disc plate having a lower surface and a plurality of protrusions formed thereon, a mounting sleeve is extending axially and downwardly from the disc plate, and a plurality of resilient leaves are formed on an external surface of the mounting sleeve to define at least one air flow passage. |
| US10160629B2 |
Electric personnel lift device
An electric personnel lift device that includes a base assembly having a frame and two columns that are laterally spaced apart and mounted to the frame is disclosed. Each of the two columns has a lift cylinder device mounted in the respective column and extending upward. The electric personnel lift device further includes a height adjustable platform assembly having an operator platform and two laterally spaced apart handrail assemblies connected to the operator platform. The height adjustable platform assembly is connected to an upper end of a movable portion of each lift cylinder device and is slidably coupled to the columns, wherein the height adjustable platform assembly is movable between at least a lowered position and a raised position. |
| US10160626B2 |
Lifting device for automobiles
Lifting device for an automobile having hydraulic pistons for lifting and lowering which are guided in hydraulic cylinders positioned in a shaft which is positioned underground. A support which can be furnished by a plate is fixed at a free end of the hydraulic pistons. A receiver is hingedly mounted on the support and the receiver can be swiveled about a swivel axis which extends perpendicular to a plane and essentially horizontal in practice. A bearing having the pivot axis is fixedly mounted on the support. |
| US10160625B2 |
Conveyance system and conveyance method of conveyance system
A conveyance system includes a robot and a suspending device. The robot moves and conveys a workpiece in a horizontal direction. The suspending device includes a suspending mechanism, a lifting unit, and a support mechanism. The suspending mechanism suspends the workpiece, and the lifting unit lifts up and down the workpiece. The support mechanism supports the suspending mechanism such that the suspending mechanism is movable in the horizontal direction. |
| US10160621B2 |
Pallet conveyor
A pallet conveyor (70), in particular a people conveyor, comprises a plurality of pallets (8) interconnected to form an endless pallet band which is moveable in a conveying direction, and a pallet chain (50) drivingly coupled to the pallet band. The pallet chain (50) comprises a plurality of pallet chain links (42; 44); the pitch of the pallet band is larger than the pitch of the pallet chain (50); and each pallet is (8) non-rotatably connected to or integrally formed with at least one of the pallet chain links (42; 44). |
| US10160618B2 |
Elevator evacuation system configured to account for prioritized evacuation
A method for evacuating people with an elevator system. The method including identifying an evacuation mode in the elevator system; determining the amount of people in each building floor to be evacuated by a normal evacuation service of the elevator system and whether there exists at least one person to be evacuated who is entitled to a prioritized evacuation service; calculating an estimated evacuation waiting time for each floor to be evacuated by the normal evacuation service, wherein the calculation takes into account that the at least one person allowed to the prioritized evacuation service is evacuated first; and causing display of the estimated evacuation waiting time iii each building floor to be evacuated by the normal evacuation service. |
| US10160613B2 |
Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet feeder
A sheet feeder, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a sheet loader on which a sheet is loaded, a sheet feeding body to feed the sheet from the sheet loader, and a sheet separator disposed to contact the sheet feeding body. The sheet is fed at a first average sheet feeding speed at which the sheet feeding body is in contact with the sheet separator without holding the sheet with the sheet separator. The sheet is fed at a second average sheet feeding speed at which the sheet feeding body is holding the sheet with the sheet separator. The first average sheet feeding speed is set smaller than the second average sheet feeding speed. |
| US10160612B2 |
Sheet conveying apparatus
Provided is a sheet conveying apparatus that includes a conveying unit capable of changing its posture through rotation, and forms a sheet conveyance path capable of conveying a sheet without fail regardless of which posture the conveying unit is in. A first conveying unit is capable of being in a first posture and in a second posture by rotating from the first posture. In a case where the first conveying unit is in the first posture, a sheet conveyance path is formed in which the first conveyance path, the second conveyance path, and the third conveyance path are connected in this order. In a case where the first conveying unit is in the second posture, a sheet conveyance path is formed in which the first conveyance path and the third conveyance path are connected in this order. |
| US10160604B2 |
Metering device with storage container and discharge device
A metering device having a storage container and a discharge device. The storage container has an inlet opening, a perpendicular central axis, and an outlet opening. The discharge device is arranged so as to be rotatable about an outlet axis of the outlet opening of the storage container, said outlet axis running at a distance to the central axis of the storage container, and the outlet opening of the storage container corresponds to the loading point of the discharge device. |
| US10160603B2 |
Singulating vibration feeder
The problem of singulating oblong articles (1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b) that are unloaded in an arbitrary orientation onto a conveyor has been solved in that the conveying trough (4) is divided into a central, lower part (5) and surrounding upwards-and-outwards extending parts (6, 7), whereby the central part (5) vibrates with a longitudinal amplitude that is higher than that of the upwards-and-outwards extending parts (6, 7) at the same frequency. |
| US10160600B2 |
Conveyor belt
The present technology provides a conveyor belt. An upper cover rubber and a lower cover rubber are respectively disposed above and below a core layer so as to sandwich the core layer, which core layer is composed of a plurality of steel cords extending side by side in parallel. The outer diameter of the steel cords is not less than 0.35 mm and not greater than 6.0 mm, and the side-by-side pitch P of the steel cords is greater than 0.35 mm and not greater than 7.0 mm. The steel cords are embedded extending in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt. |
| US10160598B2 |
Method for arranging coils in a warehouse
An arrangement of coils of varying widths and diameters in a warehouse having an automated crane wherein: the coil axes are parallel; the coils are arranged in lines, the coil widths in each line falling within a first predetermined range associated with the line, the coil diameters in each line falling within a second predetermined range associated with the line and the coil axes in each line being orientated perpendicularly to said each line; the lines define (i) rows of coils; (ii) a bottom layer of coils; and (iii) one or more upper layers of coils; each upper layer coil is supported by a pair of lower layer coils in a line; the first and second predetermined ranges associated with the line in which said each coil is arranged are the same as those associated with the line in which the supporting coils are arranged. |
| US10160594B2 |
Capsule for the preparation of a beverage from liquid supplied by a device
A capsule for preparing a beverage and connectable to a machine for supplying sanitized liquid to the capsule is disclosed. The capsule includes a product compartment and a spout that includes a housing and a fluid connector adapted to be fluidly connected to the machine and to supply liquid inside the product compartment. |
| US10160591B1 |
Aerosol valves for soluble compressed gas propellants
A valve housing for use in an aerosol valve is provided. The valve housing includes a tail piece and an upper edge or crown having at least one filling slot defined therein. The tail piece defines a first minimum filling area therethrough, while the at least one filling slot defines a second minimum filling area. The housing has a ratio of the first minimum filling area to the second minimum filling area being between 1 to 0.5 and 1 to 4. |
| US10160589B2 |
Biosensor strip dispensing apparatus and strip cartridge used by being coupled thereto
Disclosed are a biosensor strip dispensing apparatus and a strip cartridge used by being coupled thereto. The present invention enables opening of a dispensing hole and dispensing of a strip to be performed simultaneously by an open plate and a dispensing plate which move by being interlocked with each other, and thus the present invention can form a biosensor strip dispensing apparatus which enables a strip to be easily dispensed when using the strip, has a great strip protection effect due to sealing of the inner part of a body, and has a compact size. In addition, the present invention enables a strip to be upwardly pressed by an up-and-down elastic unit, while adjusting the elastic force upwardly applied by a friction elastic unit so that the amount of change in a frictional force applied between the uppermost strip and a protrusion is reduced, and thus, the present invention can form a strip cartridge by which a strip is easily dispensed. |
| US10160588B2 |
Dispensing cartridge
A dispensing cartridge may be improved by the inclusion of an actuator and an agitator. Specifically, activation of the actuator may move the agitator within the cartridge to agitate the items and to direct one of the items into a position for dispensing. Concurrently, activation of the actuator may move a cap of the cartridge to align a dispensing hole with the position for dispensing, thereby allowing for the dispensing of a single item. |
| US10160587B2 |
Metered fluid dispensing system
A fluid dispensing device having a flexible fluid pouch and a dispensing assembly, the dispensing assembly having a top piece and a bottom piece, the top piece having a flexible actuator including a flexible dome and a flexible flange extension, the bottom piece having a bottom portion of a pump chamber, a pump chamber inlet, a chamber inlet valve, and a bottom portion of an outlet valve, the top piece and the bottom piece mated together to form a pump chamber and an outlet valve, the device configured to allow bidirectional fluid flow through either or both inlet and outlet valves, and to dispense a volume of fluid that is less than the volume of the pump chamber. The flexible pouch may have a single opening or two openings. In the case of a single opening, the entire dispensing assembly is in the interior of the pouch. In the case of two openings, only the flexible dome extends to the exterior of the pouch. The outlet valve is configured so that the more pressure that is applied to the flexible fluid pouch, the more tightly the outlet valve seals. |
| US10160586B2 |
Package film with biaxially oriented film and pattern connection layer
A package film comprising a biaxially oriented film and pattern connection layer is described. The package film comprises an exterior layer comprising a biaxially oriented film. The biaxially oriented film is a biaxially oriented nylon film or a biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate film. The package film also comprises an interior layer comprising a sealant film, and a pattern connection layer positioned between and directly adjacent each of the exterior layer and the interior layer. The pattern connection layer comprises a solvent-based adhesive or a water-based adhesive. The package film has a secant modulus greater than 120,000 psi and an elongation at break of less than 150%. The package film is adapted to form an evacutable storage bag. Various embodiments of the package films are also described. |
| US10160585B2 |
Inflatable structure for packaging and associated apparatus and methods
An inflatable structure may be formed from a single piece of flexible film. The inflatable structure may include quilting seals which divide the inflatable chamber. The inflatable structure may include a one-way valve including an internal valve opening, a channel, and an external valve opening. A locator aperture positioned in the channel may be surrounded by a valve position-retention seal. A corresponding inflation device fills the inflatable structure with air and may do so without requiring heat sealing or insertion into the one-way valve. The inflation device may include a mechanical registration device configured to engage the locator aperture and position the one-way valve at a desired position with respect to an outlet of a source of pressurized air. The inflation device may detect when the inflatable structure is filled with a desired amount of air and automatically shut off the source of pressurized air. |
| US10160583B2 |
Co-injection molded dispensing components
A present application relates to a dispensing component for use with an urn liner. The dispensing component includes a spout formed of a polyethylene material and a flexible tube formed of a thermoplastic elastomer material. The spout and tube are formed together as a single component in a mold by co-injection of the polyethylene material and the thermoplastic elastomer material. |
| US10160580B2 |
Layered materials comprising aluminum foil and tubes made therefrom
Multi-layer laminate materials, which include an aluminum foil layer having particular tensile strength properties, are described. The aluminum foil layer in combination with other layers provides important benefits in manufacturing operations, such as filling tubes made by forming a cylinder from the laminate materials and heat sealing the side and end edges. These benefits are obtained in many cases without the need to increase foil weight or layer thickness. The laminate materials preserve the flexibility of conventional tubes, for example toothpaste tubes, as required to dispense products from a tube opening with the application of manual squeezing forces. |
| US10160577B2 |
Liquid-dispensing device comprising a protective cap
A liquid-dispensing device including a cap for protecting a liquid-dispensing opening, the protective cap being provided with a pad for absorbing residual liquid, made of an absorbent material, the absorbent pad being fastened to a support made of a more resistant material than the absorbent pad, the support being furthermore fastened in the protective cap. |
| US10160573B2 |
Packaging system
Described herein are packaging systems having a receptacle and one or a plurality of expandable members that are configured to move from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. In some variations the expandable member includes one or a plurality of folded pieces of material (e.g., tissue paper or fabric (e.g., tulle)), which are attached to the receptacle. In the expanded configuration, the expandable member(s) obscure an object (e.g., a gift) placed within the receptacle without closing the receptacle. |
| US10160572B2 |
Bag for carrying out dilution series, receiving device, dispenser, method for carrying out dilution series, use of bags for carrying out dilution series and dilution series system
A bag (1) for carrying out dilution series comprises at least one receiving area (2) for the addition of sample and/or dilution liquid, and at least one mixing area (3) for collecting and mixing sample and dilution liquid. The at least one mixing area (3) is closed in a liquid-tight manner on at least three sides, and the receiving area (2) delimits the mixing area (3) on one side. |
| US10160570B2 |
Dry goods filtering storage container
A dry goods filtering storage container comprising dry goods container comprising a removable top portion, a body portion, a one or more chambers, a height, a width, a depth, a first side, a second side, a front side, a back side, a top, a bottom, a one or more hinged closures and a one or more lid apertures. Said one or more hinged closures are capable of selectively covering said one or more lid apertures. Said one or more chambers comprising a one or more upper chambers and a one or more lower chambers. Said one or more upper chambers are separated by a one or more horizontal dividers. Said one or more horizontal dividers having a plurality of divider apertures. Said dry goods filter storage container holds dry goods of varying sizes. Said one or more chambers being separated by a one or more vertical dividers. Said removable top portion comprises a one or more hinged closures. |
| US10160568B2 |
Pallet container
A pallet container having eight side walls, a bottom piece, two leg flaps that are used to automatically deploy the container from a flat, collapsed position, and a series of inside folds and outside folds. The pallet container is constructed from one or more blanks made of cardboard. The blanks used to make the pallet container may have different configurations. The pallet container has an open and a closed position and can be converted from one position to the other by a single person without the need of special tools or equipment. A cardboard blank for making the pallet container is also disclosed. |
| US10160566B2 |
Resealable beverage container
A resealable beverage container comprising: a cylindrical body having an open first end portion and a closed second end portion; a radially inwardly extending ledge disposed circumferentially at the open first end portion; a neck section disposed upward from the ledge terminating in an upper edge in an outward curled seal lip defining a pour opening; neck section having a generally cylindrical central upper part having a first diameter; a first set of lug channels formed inward to first diameter about central upper part for cooperation with a removable cap closure member covering the pouring opening and including a top wall and a cap body shaped to extend downward from top wall around the central upper part, cap body terminating in a generally circular lower rim; and a set of lugs inward within cap body to a second diameter less than first diameter to be received in lug channels to retain cap closure member onto neck portion. |
| US10160563B2 |
Modules for manufacturing systems and modular manufacturing systems
A modular manufacturing system for wrapping and bundling or case packing rolled product. The modular manufacturing system includes a first end and a second end, a first module comprising a first piece of equipment, a second module comprising a second piece of equipment, and a third module comprising a third piece of equipment. The first piece of equipment comprises a wrapper. The second piece of equipment comprises a bundler. The third piece of equipment comprises a case closer. The first, second, and third modules are three of a plurality of additional modules arranged in a series configuration for metered product flow of the rolled product from the first end to the second end. |
| US10160560B2 |
Carbonation preservation device
The present disclosure provides a carbonation preservation device that attaches to the mouth of an open container holding carbonated liquid. More specifically, the present invention relates to a device for preventing loss of carbonation from a carbonated liquid stored within a container by purging the trapped air above the remaining liquid within the container and replacing it with carbon dioxide or mixture of gases. When in place, the carbonation preservation device purges the air and other gases from the volume above the remaining carbonated liquid and fills the volume with a gas, such as carbon dioxide, or a mixture of gases, in order to pressurize the container and prevent the escape of carbon dioxide from the remaining carbonated liquid in the container. |
| US10160558B2 |
High speed vertical film wrapping and sealing machine
A selectively reconfigurable wrapping machine [A] for sequentially wrapping upright products. An infeed conveyor carries products to a wrapping station module where a tube of shrink-wrap material, pulled from rolled storage [B], is formed about the products by a film directing and tracking module generally designated [C] by use of a film plow [D]. Marginal edges of the shrink-wrap material are joined by a selectively configurable bottom seal module [E] which pulls the tube in to form a selectively positionable longitudinal bottom seal. A film sealing and cutting module [G] has opposed sealing heads [G2L, G2R] carried to face each other with fixed angular orientation such that the heads travel with products in the tube for a distance as it moves giving sealing dwell time for nonstop operation. A microprocessor-driven control system provides user setup controls. |
| US10160556B2 |
Satellite electric propulsion power supply unit and system for managing the electric propulsion of a satellite
A satellite electric propulsion power supply unit comprises: an internal source of electrical power; an external input adapted to receive an electrical power supply from an external source of electrical power; a first external output and a second external output adapted to deliver as output, respectively, a first electrical power supply and a second electrical power supply; a first selector element and a second selector element such that: the first selector element is equipped with a first internal input connected to the internal source and with two outputs: the first external output and an internal output connected to a second internal input of the second selector element; and the second selector element is equipped with an output corresponding to the second external output and with two inputs: the external input and the second internal input. |
| US10160551B2 |
Translucent illuminated evacuation slide
An inflatable evacuation slide is provided. The slide may comprise a slide surface with a tubular member coupled to the slide surface. The tubular member may comprise a translucent material defining a chamber internal to the tubular member. A light source may be directed into the chamber and configured to illuminate the tubular member from within the chamber. |
| US10160550B1 |
Ice detection and real time ice estimation using innovative sensor data learning approaches
Systems and methods for aircraft ice detection and mitigation. The system for aircraft ice detection and mitigation may comprise a controller, and a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the controller, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the controller, cause the controller to perform operations comprising receiving, by the controller, a video signal from a first data, mapping, by the controller, the video signal to a discriminative feature space in response to a mapping function, generating, by the controller, a first extracted feature in response to the mapping function and the discriminative feature space, generating, by the controller, a behavioral model in response to the first extracted feature, and determining, by the controller, an icing condition of the aircraft in response to the extracted feature and the behavioral model. |
| US10160548B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for anti-icing of speed measurement probes
A de-icing system is provided that includes a member, a coil, and a power supply. The member includes an anti-icing portion. The coil is inductively coupled to the anti-icing portion of the member. The power supply is coupled to the coil, and is configured to provide voltage to the coil. The coil emits electromagnetic energy responsive to power supplied by the power supply. Responsive to the electromagnetic energy, eddy currents are generated in the anti-icing portion that provide heating of the anti-icing portion. |
| US10160545B2 |
Ram air heat exchanger
A heat exchanger to exchange heat between a ram air flow and a liquid flow includes a plurality of ram air layers that direct air, wherein each ram air layer is a single pass layer including a plurality of ram air fins in fluid communication with the ram air flow, and a plurality of liquid pass layers, wherein each liquid pass layer is a five pass layer including a plurality of liquid pass fins in fluid communication with the liquid flow, and each of the plurality of liquid pass layers is disposed adjacent to at least one ram air layer of the plurality of ram air layers. |
| US10160543B2 |
Active cooling panel for a vehicle galley
An active cooling panel apparatus comprises a first surface including a thermally conductive material, a second surface generally parallel with the first surface, and at least one separator separating the first surface and second surface and defining a fluid flow channel between the first surface and the second surface, the fluid flow channel guiding fluid to flow from an inlet port, through the fluid flow channel, and out through an outlet port. |
| US10160538B2 |
Self-tightening rotor
Systems, methods, and devices for propelling self-propelled movable objects are provided. In one aspect, a rotor assembly for a self-propelled movable object comprises: a hub comprising a first fastening feature; a drive shaft comprising a second fastening feature and directly coupled to the hub by a mating connection of the first and second fastening features, wherein the drive shaft is configured to cause rotation of the hub such that the mating connection of the first and second fastening features is tightened by the rotation; and a plurality of rotor blades coupled to the hub and configured to rotate therewith to generate a propulsive force. |
| US10160535B2 |
Fuse pin model differential or exclusion feature
A fastening system having differentiable components includes a first bushing with a first mating feature to be inserted within a first receiver. A first fuse pin with a second mating figure and being configured to shear upon the application of a first predetermined load is configured to be inserted into the first receiver and mate with the first mating feature of the first bushing. The first and second mating features correspond and permit the insertion of the first fuse pin into the first bushing within the first receiver to selectively connect components. The first bushing may prevent the complete insertion of a second fuse pin having a third mating feature into the first receiver. A second bushing having a fourth mating feature may permit the complete insertion of the second fuse pin into the second bushing positioned within a second receiver. |
| US10160528B2 |
Handling device for an installable and retrievable subsea apparatus
A handling device (1) for an installable and retrievable subsea apparatus (2) to engage a docking device (3) on a subsea installation, the docking device (3) having a pair of engagement members (4, 5). The device (1) is provided with a top member (6) and a pair of engagement arms (7, 8) depending therefrom to extend along the outside of the apparatus (2). Each of the arms (7, 8) at a free end thereof is provided with a hook (7′, 8′) configured to engage in releasable way the engagement members (4; 5). A rotatable handle (9) is located above the top member (6) and has an integral or linked stem (10) which extends through the top member (6) and is pivotally linked to a top region of the apparatus (2). The handle (9) is able to operate the engagement arms (7, 8) relative to the engagement members (4,5). |
| US10160525B2 |
Hydrofoil-based apparatus
Disclosed is an apparatus, optionally mounted on a stand up paddle board, or surfboard, to lift the board above the water surface and support the board in a stable position above the water surface while a rider standing on the board and maintaining a speed in the water via paddling. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a strut; a fuselage connected to said strut; a back foil portion connected to an aft end of said fuselage wherein the back foil portion includes two back wings extending outwardly from said aft end of said fuselage; and a forward foil portion connected to a fore end of said fuselage wherein the forward foil portion includes two front wings extending outwardly from said fore end of said fuselage and wherein the forward foil portion has a maximum thickness located at first distance from the fore edge of the forward foil portion. |
| US10160518B2 |
Portable buoyant platform
Disclosed is a portable platform with a plurality of panels configured to have a folded state and an extended state, wherein the platform is buoyant in water. The platform is configured to provide a substantially horizontal surface above a water surface when in the extended state and placed in a body of water. A first one of the plurality of panels is a support panel that may include a heat resistant support plate on which a barbecue or stove may be placed and/or secured. A second one of the plurality of panels has an aperture configured such that the barbecue fits through the aperture when the platform is in the folded state. A third one of the plurality of panels that is a cover panel that enables the platform to enclose the barbecue when in the folded state. The cover panel may have a heat resistant protective plate and the protective plate on the cover panel may have a recess to accommodate the barbecue when the platform is in the folded state. |
| US10160514B1 |
Bicycle crankset
A bicycle crankset, which is adapted to connect to a chain, includes a chainring, a spider, and a crankarm. The chainring has teeth on an edge thereof to engage the chain and a chainring axis through a center thereof. The spider has spider arms to detachably connect to the chainring and a connecting bore. The spider has a core axis through a center of the connecting bore, and the core axis is kept a predetermined distance away from the chainring axis to form a deviation. The crankarm has an engaging member to engage the connecting bore of the spider. Tips of the teeth of the chainring move in a noncircular path when the crankarm is exerted to drive the chainring to turned, and the noncircular path is adjustable by shifting a location of the connecting bore which change the deviation. |
| US10160512B2 |
Bicycle rear suspension system
A bicycle may include a front triangle and a rear suspension system that couples the front triangle to a rear wheel and is dampened by at least one shock absorber. The rear suspension system includes a six-bar linkage having two ternary links separated from each other by one or more binary links, such that the two ternary links do not share a common joint. One of the ternary links may comprise a chain stay. In some examples, the other ternary link may comprise the front triangle. In some examples, the other ternary link may comprise a rocker arm coupling a seat stay link to the shock absorber. |
| US10160509B2 |
Motorcycle
An air cleaner is disposed at the front part of an intake space below a seat. A battery box containing a battery is disposed on the rear side relative to the air cleaner in the intake space. The battery box is disposed with a rearward tilt and on the intake upstream side of the air cleaner and a corner part of the battery box at the lower front end thereof is disposed close to the air cleaner with the intermediary of a slight gap. The battery in the battery box is located in a flow of intake air sucked into the air cleaner and is efficiently cooled. The battery box includes an opening wherein part of the outer surface of the battery and a degassing part face the opening. An anti-diffusion cover part, continuous with an edge of the opening, covers the degassing part. |
| US10160505B1 |
Variable-compliance, slip-resistant foot for legged mechanisms
An example implementation may involve a robot foot having a bottom surface and an edge portion extending around at least a portion of a perimeter of the foot, where the edge portion meets the bottom surface at the perimeter, where the edge portion surrounds a volume extending from the bottom surface of the foot to a top surface of the edge portion, and where the edge portion of the foot is composed of a first material. The foot may also include an interior portion located adjacent to the edge portion, where the interior portion of the foot fills the volume, and where the interior portion is composed of a second material that is more compliant than the first material. |
| US10160501B1 |
Roof panel reinforcement
A vehicle includes a lower roof bow and an integrally-formed roof panel. The lower roof bow extends transversely between roof rails and defines a lower channel wall. The integrally-formed roof panel has longitudinal rails and an upper roof bow. The longitudinal rails extend parallel to the roof rails. The upper roof bow is secured to the lower roof bow. The upper roof bow includes an upper channel wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior surface is spaced from the lower channel wall to define a channel therebetween. The exterior surface defines an exterior surface of the vehicle. |
| US10160500B2 |
Vehicle roof
A vehicle roof includes a roof panel part made of a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) material; and a plurality of center roof rail parts made of the CFRP material and bonded to the roof panel part to each other in a diagonal direction, thereby reducing a weight and increasing a stiffness of the vehicle roof. |
| US10160495B2 |
Vehicle body structure
A vehicle body structure having left and right side frames located on both sides in a vehicle width direction, each side frame including an end on an external force acting side that receives a collision load in a vehicle longitudinal direction acting from outside of a vehicle, and an end on an opposite side of the end on the external force acting side. The side frames are provided with a plurality of fragile portions on left and right sides. The plurality of fragile portions include at least left and right first fragile portions located at the ends on the external force acting side, and left and right second fragile portions located on sides of the ends on the opposite side. An area of each of the left and right first fragile portions is set to be larger than each of areas of the left and right second fragile portions. |
| US10160491B2 |
Extruded metal sub-frame for a vehicle
A sub-frame assembly supports a pair of wheels on a vehicle. The base may be an extrusion having a matrix of panels extending in a vertical direction. The sub-frame assembly has control arm brackets disposed on opposing ends of the base and attachment towers extending above the brackets providing attachment points to connect portions of an independent suspension to the vehicle and support a pair of wheels. The base, control brackets and attachment towers may be individual modular pieces. Left and right hand control brackets and attachment towers may be provided by respective unitary support pieces attached to opposing ends of the base. The unitary support pieces may be extrusions having panels extending in a transverse direction, nonaxial to the base. The base, control arm brackets and attachment towers, alternatively, may be provided by a single unitary extrusion having a matrix of panels extending in a transverse direction. |
| US10160487B1 |
Dump truck
A dump truck has a the holding mechanism that is provided at a lower part of a king pin and that is for holding the suspension arm from below, and the holding mechanism includes: a snap ring protruded from an outer peripheral surface of the king pin and disposed in a peripheral direction of the king pin; a bolt attached detachably at a lower end of the king pin; and a holder fixed to the king pin by the bolt and having a supported surface opposed to the snap ring from above and along the peripheral direction. |
| US10160486B2 |
Steering system and method for controlling steering system
A steering system includes a fixing part connected to a frame, a wheel part into which a part of the fixing part is inserted to perform a relative motion and on which a wheel is provided, and a sensor provided between the wheel part and the fixing part and measuring an error angle of the wheel part with respect to a preset initial position of the wheel part. |
| US10160480B2 |
Pulley assembly having idler, power assist system having pulley assembly, and method
A pulley assembly including a drive pulley, a driven pulley, a flexible belt configured to connect the drive pulley to the driven pulley, an idler including a bearing and an idler pulley, the idler pulley engaged with the belt, the idler rotating about a first longitudinal axis, and an axial trap within the pulley assembly configured to restrict longitudinal movement of the idler along the first longitudinal axis. |
| US10160478B2 |
Rotating electrical machine
A frame of an electric motor opens in one end. A heat sink, to which a control substrate is connected, closes an opening of the frame. A stator is positioned on an inner circumferential surface of the frame to be movable in an axis of rotation direction. A fastening bolt penetrates through the heat sink and a motor cover to fasten to the frame, thereby holding the stator between a pressing portion formed on the heat sink and a stepped portion formed on the inner circumferential surface to fix the stator to the frame. A disc spring is interposed between a front bearing that retains a rotor shaft and a spring retainer formed in the heat sink, and the rotor shaft is biased in the axis of rotation direction by a biasing force from the disc spring. |
| US10160475B2 |
Steering column device
In a steering column device, a locking shaft is disposed on a vehicle front side relative to an operating shaft for an operating lever in parallel to the operating shaft. On the locking shaft, a cam member is disposed which is configured to press a locking member against a locked member via a guiderail in such a direction as to engage the locking member with the locked member. On the other hand, on the operating shaft, a linking member is disposed which is configured to bring the cam member into a state where the locking member and the locked member are disengaged from each other when the operating shaft is moved to an unlock position. |
| US10160472B2 |
Steering column with stationary hub
A steering column assembly is provided. The assembly includes a column shaft rotatable about an axis and configured to couple to a steering wheel rim and a hub support configured to be non-rotatably coupled to a support structure of the vehicle. A stationary hub is coupled to the hub support, the steering wheel rim being rotatable relative to the stationary hub. |
| US10160468B1 |
Two-wheeled vehicle dolly and method of moving same
A dolly comprising a front segment and a rear segment, each with wheels at both ends thereof, wherein the wheels are movable between lowered and lifted settings, at least two connecting members between the front segment and the rear segment, and at least one towing ring on the front segment. |
| US10160461B2 |
Drive assist system and non-transitory computer-readable medium
A drive assist system that includes circuitry that obtains information including at least one of acceleration/deceleration information and direction-of-travel information from a memory that stores at least one of the acceleration/deceleration information provided in relation to at least one of a set of a plurality of sections of a road and the direction-of-travel information provided in relation to at least one of the set of the plurality of sections of the road; obtains location information of a vehicle; and performs at least one of a acceleration/deceleration drive assist with regard to acceleration and/or deceleration of the vehicle based on the location information and the acceleration/deceleration information, and a direction drive assist with regard to a direction of travel of the vehicle based on the location information and the direction-of-travel information. |
| US10160457B1 |
Vehicle occupant monitoring using infrared imaging
Methods and systems for monitoring vehicle occupants using infrared and other sensors are disclosed. The systems may use infrared sensor data to identify each vehicle occupant using biometric signatures (such as heartbeat or facial recognition). Vehicle occupant characteristics may be determined that include skeletal characteristics of the occupants. Further monitoring of the occupants using sensor data may occur until an abnormal situation is detected. Abnormal situations may include medical emergencies, driver impairment, security threats, or similar situations requiring correcting action. The system may then determine and implement an appropriate response to the abnormal situation. Such responses may include generating alerts, adjusting vehicle environmental controls, taking control of operation of the vehicle (such as an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle), or initiating wireless communication with an outside party, such as an emergency service. |
| US10160454B2 |
Sensor arrangement for detecting a state of a road with at least two ultrasound sensors arranged apart from one another, driver assistance system, motor vehicle and associated method
The invention relates to a sensor arrangement (3) for detecting a state of a road (11), with a sensor device (9) which is designed to detect an impact of water (12) on a wheel arch lining (13) of a motor vehicle (1) while the motor vehicle (1) is travelling on the road (11), and with a control device (7) for detecting the state of the road (11) on the basis of the impact of the water (12) detected by means of the sensor device (9), wherein the sensor device (9) has a first and a second ultrasound sensor (4, 5) which are designed in each case to receive an ultrasound signal and which are furthermore designed in each case to detect the impact of the water (12) on the wheel arch lining (13), wherein the first and the second ultrasound sensor (4, 5) are arranged apart from one another on or in the wheel arch lining (13). |
| US10160449B2 |
Cruise control device
A cruise control device of a vehicle including an engine and a multistep automatic transmission, includes an acceleration operation part, a driving-force operation part, and a control part that carries out acceleration control in which a driving force is brought close to a target driving force by changing a throttle-valve opening of the engine at least to bring the driving force close to a demand driving force. The control part carries out the acceleration control in a target gear shift stage fixed mode that is a control mode in which the acceleration control is carried out in a state where change of a gear shift stage is forbidden after changing the gear shift stage from a current gear shift stage that is a gear shift stage at present to a target gear shift stage that is a gear shift stage required for obtaining the target driving force at a stretch. |
| US10160444B2 |
Vehicle
A vehicle includes an electric power storage device, an electric motor, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control charging and discharging of the electric power storage device such that a state of charge becomes a target state of charge, to determine whether or not a degree of deterioration of the electric power storage device due to unevenness in salt concentration is equal to or larger than a predetermined degree, when the degree of deterioration is equal to or larger than the predetermined degree and the state of charge is equal to or less than a predetermined requested state of charge, to set the target state of charge such that the target state of charge increases monotonically, and to set an increase amount or an increase rate of the monotonic increase to be larger as the degree of deterioration is larger. |
| US10160441B2 |
Power controller of hybrid vehicle
A power controller of a hybrid vehicle includes: a first drive motor that drives any one of a front wheel and a rear wheel of a vehicle; an engine that drives the one wheel or the corresponding other one of the front wheel and the rear wheel of the vehicle through a clutch; a generator that is driven by the engine; and a voltage transformer that steps down generated electric power supplied to the first drive motor and a battery from the generator. The power controller limits passing power of the voltage transformer according to the temperature of the voltage transformer, and connects the clutch when the passing power of the voltage transformer is limited. |
| US10160439B2 |
Power efficiency control mechanism for a working machine
A control system for a working machine that includes a power consumer (14) includes a prime mover (12), an energy storage unit (24) for storing energy, an auxiliary power unit (20) for generating power or consuming power, the auxiliary power unit (20) having a first connection (20a) coupled to the prime mover (12) and a second connection couplable to the energy storage unit (24). A controller (18) operatively coupled to the prime mover (12) and operatively couplable to the power consumer (14) is configured to estimate a required power of the power consumer (14), and to command the prime mover (14) to operate at an optimal operating point that produces the estimated required power. Based on a relationship between power output capability of the prime mover and power consumption of the power consumer, the controller (18) is configured to at least one of command that excess power capacity from the prime mover be provided to the auxiliary power unit for storage in the energy storage unit, or command that energy stored in the energy storage unit be provided to the auxiliary power unit to drive the power consumer. |
| US10160436B2 |
Autonomous ready vehicle
A system and method for interfacing an autonomous or remote control drive-by-wire controller with a vehicle's control modules. Vehicle functions including steering, braking, starting, etc. are controllable by wire via a control network. A CAN architecture is used as an interface between the remote/autonomous controller and the vehicle's control modules. A CAN module interface provides communication between a vehicle control system and a supervisory, remote, autonomous, or drive-by-wire controller. The interface permits the supervisory control to control vehicle operation within pre-determined bounds and using control algorithms. |
| US10160428B2 |
Trailer break-away switch
A trailer break-away switch comprises an electromechanical means to energize a towed trailer brake in the event of unintended decoupling of the trailer from the towing vehicle. When in normal operation, the trailer break-away switch operates as a normally open switch between the stored energy source (the battery) on the trailer and the trailer brake system. In the event of unintended decoupling of the trailer from the towing vehicle, a pin is pulled from the trailer break-away switch, which activates the switch. Activating the switch allows electrical power to be connected to the trailer brake system. In some cases, the switch directly connects a trailer battery to the electromagnetic coils of the electric brakes. |
| US10160422B2 |
Method for responding to movement in and around a locked vehicle
A device for responding to movement in or around a vehicle. In one example, the device comprises a radio frequency (RF) transmission circuit, a radio frequency (RF) transmission circuit, and a controller that is electrically coupled to the RF transmission circuit and RF reception circuit. The controller times the generation of control signals to create detection envelopes. The controller also determines motion within the detection envelopes, and generates an output based on the detection envelope that motion was determined within. |
| US10160419B2 |
Belt ratcheting system with dual rollers and adjustable release buckle
A ratcheting belt system with opposed rollers and quick release capability provides two opposed rollers which frictionally allow a tightening belt of a safety harness, cargo securement system, between themselves compressively, via a manually operated ratcheting handle such that the excess length of belt distal to the active portion used for securement is passed through the system substantially parallel to the active portion of belt, and need not be contained on a spool. A ratchet mechanism prevents back-out of the belt through the buckle, a manually operated lever provides for opening of the rollers away from each other and easy, quick exit of the driver, passenger, or cargo from securement. |
| US10160418B2 |
Front vehicle-body structure
An impact absorbing member is provided below a fascia upper member (upper-face forming member) which forms an upper face of a front end portion of a vehicle. The impact absorbing member comprises a front side part which includes a front wall portion, a top wall portion, and a rear wall portion so as to have a U-shaped cross section opening downward and a flat-plate shaped rear side part which extends rearward from a lower end of the rear wall portion. A rear end portion of the rear side part is held at a radiator shroud as a vehicle-body-side member, and the rear side part is configured to slant obliquely forward and downward. |
| US10160417B2 |
Rotatably supported airbag
An assembly includes a base having a pinion. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the base. The assembly includes a rack configured to engage the pinion. The assembly includes a pyrotechnic device configured to move the rack relative to the base and cause the rack to engage the pinion and rotate the base upon actuation of the pyrotechnic device. |
| US10160413B2 |
Vehicle and control method thereof
A vehicle includes: an input unit configured to receive an execution command for speech recognition; a calculator configured to calculate a time in which the vehicle is expected to arrive at an obstacle existing on a road on which the vehicle travels; and a speech recognition controller configured to compare the calculated time in which the vehicle is expected to arrive at the obstacle to a time in which a voice command input is expected to be completed to determine whether to perform dynamic noise removal pre-processing. |
| US10160411B2 |
Vehicle electrical systems
In a vehicle electrical system, a method supplies a number of consumers of the system, which consumers are classified with different safety classifications, the differently classified consumers being supplied power from either one or more of a plurality of electrical subsystems according to their classifications or lack of classification. |
| US10160410B2 |
System and method for supplying auxiliary power to an electrified vehicle
A power supply system for an electrified vehicle according to an exemplar aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a primary power source and an auxiliary power source configured to selectively supply power in place of or in addition to the primary power source. At least one electrical connector is configured to connect the auxiliary power source to the power supply system. |
| US10160409B2 |
Engine stop-start auxiliary battery disconnect detection
A system for controlling an automatic engine stop-start system of a vehicle includes a controller, an engine configured to be automatically stopped and started in response to a signal from the controller, a primary power source electrically coupled to the controller, and an auxiliary power source electrically coupled to the controller. A power control relay is electrically connected between the primary power source and the auxiliary power source and is configured to be selectively activated to isolate the auxiliary power source from the primary power source such that only the auxiliary power source is configured to supply power to the controller. The controller is configured to determine if the auxiliary power source is electrically disconnected from the vehicle when the power control relay is activated. |
| US10160400B2 |
Laser scanning device for mounting on the roof rack of a vehicle
The invention relates to a laser scanning device for mounting on the roof rack of a vehicle, comprising a base support, which is configured as an “X”, can be mounted on a roof rack and on which a laser scanning module that spans the fork of the “X” can be fixed. |
| US10160393B2 |
Vehicle article carrier system having stretch rails with stowable cross bars
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle article carrier apparatus for securing articles above an outer body surface of a vehicle. The apparatus may make use of a pair of low profile support rails fixedly secured generally parallel to one another on the outer body surface. A pair of cross bars may be configured to be coupled to the support rails in a stowed orientation extending parallel to the support rails, so as to be generally not visible from a side of the vehicle, and an operative orientation extending perpendicularly between the support rails and elevationally above the support rails for supporting articles thereon. |
| US10160389B2 |
Cargo screen assembly, method of operating the same and method of releasing the same
A cargo screen assembly for opening or closing an upper portion of a cargo space defined between a rear seat and a back door of a vehicle, the cargo screen assembly may include a cargo screen rail mounting groove formed horizontally in a rear surface of the rear seat of the vehicle, a plurality of side trims protruding rearward from respective opposite end portions of the rear surface of the rear seat, and a plurality of cargo screen rails configured to be inserted into the respective side trims or the cargo screen rail mounting groove. |
| US10160388B2 |
Load floor assembly including a multi-open position mechanism
A load floor assembly includes a storage bin including a bin body. The bin body defines an open inner cavity. The load floor assembly further includes a load floor movably coupled to the storage bin between a fully open position and a closed position. Further, the load floor is movable among a plurality of partially open positions. The load floor assembly further includes a multi-open position mechanism movably coupling the load floor to the storage bin. The multi-open position mechanism include a first link movably coupled between the storage bin and the load floor, a second link movably coupled between the storage bin and the load floor, and an elastic member coupled between the storage bin and the load floor to allow the load floor to remain stationary relative to the storage bin in the plurality of partially open positions. |
| US10160387B2 |
Locating system for vehicle load floor panel measurement
A compression molded vehicle floor panel includes a main body formed by compression molding and having a first side and an opposed second side, and at least one separately formed measurement locating member at least partially encapsulated in the main body during the compression molding. The measurement locating member defines a cavity having an open end at the first side of the main body. The cavity is configured to receive a locator pin of a measurement fixture to locate the compression molded vehicle floor panel in the measurement fixture for measurement of the compression molded vehicle floor panel. |
| US10160385B2 |
Vehicle rearview mirror
A vehicle rearview mirror is mounted in an accommodation casing of a vehicle and contains: an electric direction control assembly, a connection plate, a first reflector lens, and a reflector lens assembly. The electric direction control assembly includes a fixing seat and a movable sheet. The connection plate is disposed on the movable sheet away from the fixing seat and includes a first contacting portion and a coupling portion, the first contacting portion has a first plane away from the electric direction control assembly, and the coupling portion has a second plane away from the electric direction control assembly, wherein the second plane is lower than the first plane. The first reflector lens is secured on the first plane of the first contacting portion, and the reflector lens assembly includes a second contacting portion, a universal connector, and a second reflector lens. |
| US10160384B2 |
Mirror actuator for vehicle
A mirror actuator for a vehicle includes a housing and a cover disposed, when the mirror actuator is assembled, at an upper side of the housing. The cover has a cover rail formed therein. An adapter plate has a rotatable shaft which, when the mirror actuator is assembled, is seated on the cover rail and rotatable around a first axis of rotation. A pivot clip, when assembled to the cover, is rotatable around a second axis of rotation, surrounds the rotatable shaft, and affixes the adapter plate on the cover rail. |
| US10160382B2 |
Trailer backup assist system
A trailer backup assist system of a vehicle includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior and rearward of the vehicle. An image processor is operable to process image data captured by the camera. With a trailer connected at the rear of the vehicle, the image processor is operable to determine an angle of the trailer relative to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. A user input is operable by a user to select a general direction or zone of travel of the trailer during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle. Responsive to the determined trailer angle and the selected zone of travel, the trailer backup assist system is operable to control the steering of the vehicle to drive the vehicle and trailer rearward such that the trailer travels generally towards a region encompassed by the selected direction or zone of travel. |
| US10160380B1 |
Enhanced informational vehicle puddle lamp assemblies
This disclosure details vehicle puddle lamp assemblies and methods for illuminating the puddle lamp assemblies in a manner that provides a visual indication of a vehicle interior temperature. An exemplary vehicle puddle lamp assembly includes a control module configured to control the puddle lamp assembly to selectively project an illuminated pattern onto a ground surface adjacent to the puddle lamp assembly. The illuminated pattern provides the visual indication of the vehicle interior temperature. |
| US10160377B2 |
LED fog lamp
A fog lamp for use in an automobile includes a plurality of reflectors each sharing a common focus point, a light emitting diode array positioned at the common focus point, and a circular, non-optic window. The window fits through a standard-sized opening in an automobile fascia substantially two inches in diameter. The reflectors include a central reflector, a pair of lateral reflectors surrounding the central reflector and angled toward a center axis of the fog lamp, and a pair of converging reflectors surrounding the lateral reflectors and angled more sharply toward the center axis of the fog lamp. The central reflector and lateral reflectors produce beams of reflected light through the outer circumference of the window. The converging reflectors produce beams of reflected light converging at a secondary focus point within the fog lamp and transmitting through the window. |
| US10160371B2 |
Vehicle rack
A vehicle rack for hauling one or more personal recreational vehicles is provided. A vehicle rack may be adjustable to allow one or more personal recreation vehicles to be stored above a vehicle's cargo area allowing the vehicle to also tow a trailer. |
| US10160368B2 |
Height adjustable carrier system with ramp
A carrier system and method for assisting in handling cargo of a vehicle. A carrier container includes an interior storage space surrounded by a front side facing the rear of the vehicle, rear, left, right, and bottom sides, and an open top that allows access to the interior storage space with a lid that closes and opens the top. A carrier support structure mounted to the carrier container is inserted into the hitch of the vehicle and holds the top surface of the container flush with the cargo bed of the vehicle. The lid is opened to deploy a ramp stored inside which is anchored to the container so that it is flush with the top surface of the container and reaches the ground. The lid is closed and a bridge plate commonly hinged with the lid is deployed over any gap between the cargo bed and the container top, providing a continuous surface between the cargo bed and the ground for use by pets for ingress and egress of the vehicle and for handling cargo. |
| US10160357B2 |
Seat assembly having improved trim appearance and method and tool for making the same
A seat assembly having improved trim appearance is provided as well as a method and mold tool for making the seat assembly. In certain embodiments, the seat assembly has at least one narrow trench having a substantially constant width of up to 5 mm, which provides for better tolerances when installing a trim cover on the cushion and provides improved appearance and comfort. In certain embodiments, the mold tool has at least one tool insert that is configured to create the at least one narrow trench with a substantially constant width in the cushion. |
| US10160353B2 |
Belt-guide clip for a child seat
According to the present disclosure, a juvenile vehicle seat is adapted to be installed on a vehicle passenger seat of a vehicle. Safety belt straps included in the vehicle are used to retain the juvenile vehicle seat in place on the vehicle passenger seat. |
| US10160352B2 |
Motor vehicle seat and motor vehicle with such a motor vehicle seat
A motor vehicle seat includes a reclining or pivotable backrest, on which an electrical load is arranged and a transmission device for transmitting signals and/or power between the electrical load and a vehicle-side device. Signals and/or power can be contactlessly transmitted by the transmission device. |
| US10160348B2 |
Starting control device for electrically driven vehicle
A starting control device is provided for an electrically driven vehicle having an electric motor and an internal combustion engine as drive sources and a transmission shifts and transmits an output of the electric motor to a drive wheel. The starting control device is configured to suppress an abrupt increase in the rotation of the electric motor at the time of an EV start of the vehicle from a released state of a starting dog clutch. In the electrically driven vehicle, an EV start is carried out by transmitting the output of the first motor/generator (MG1) to the drive wheel via a starting dog clutch that is meshingly engaged. The output of the first motor/generator is limited until the starting dog clutch comes into a meshed state in which the transmission transmits drive power at the time of start from a released state of the starting dog clutch. |
| US10160347B2 |
Electric motor vehicle and operating method for an electric motor vehicle
The disclosure concerns an operating method for an electric motor vehicle with at least one electrical machine as the traction motor and with an operating element for preselecting a coasting function, wherein, if the coasting function is preselected by the driver, under predetermined conditions the operating mode is automatically changed into a coasting mode, in which neither a drive torque nor a drag torque is exerted on the wheels of the vehicle. According to the disclosure, the predetermined conditions include the conditions that the gas pedal is in a neutral position and that the current speed of the vehicle is at or is greater than a preset value. Under the predetermined conditions the operating mode is automatically changed into the coasting mode by bringing the drive train of the vehicle into a state in which the at least one electrical machine is consuming no electrical energy. |
| US10160345B2 |
Method for operating a motor vehicle and motor vehicle
A method for operating a motor vehicle, which is driven by an electric motor. The motor vehicle has a high-voltage power system, to which the electric motor is connected, with a high-voltage battery that is operated in an operating temperature range, for which purpose, a temperature control mechanism utilizing a circulating coolant, and having a heating mechanism for the coolant and a cooling mechanism for the coolant is assigned to the high-voltage battery, to satisfy a power deficiency which indicates that a braking power required by recuperation of the electric motor exceeds the on-demand power currently in the high-voltage power system that can be demanded for charging the high-voltage battery. |
| US10160342B2 |
Dynamic adjustment of battery current limits based on usage
A method for dynamically adjusting a battery current limit in a system having a battery pack includes determining a battery pack current as a charge current flowing into or a discharge current flowing from the battery pack, and also calculating a time-windowed average current for each of the charge current, the discharge current, and an RMS current of the battery pack. The battery current limit may be dynamically adjusted when any or all of the calculated time-windowed averages exceeds a corresponding calibrated control threshold. The battery current limit is a window-specific current limit that is greater than the calibrated control threshold and less than a static/fixed current limit for the battery pack. A system includes the battery pack, a sensor operable for measuring a current inflow/outflow to/from the battery pack, and a controller programmed to dynamically adjust the battery current limit using the above method. |
| US10160339B2 |
Smart grid management
A control system for a power grid includes a grid load availability evaluator that determines, for a selected time interval, an amount of electrical energy from a power grid that can be used to charge rechargeable electric vehicles by a plurality of charging segments positioned along transportation routes in a transportation network and a switching fabric to regulate, over the selected time interval, the electrical energy provided by the charging segments in accordance with the determined amount of electrical energy from the power grid that can be used to charge rechargeable vehicles. |
| US10160334B2 |
Power conversion device and machine equipped with power conversion device
Provided is a power conversion device capable of selectively suppressing harmonic noise in a frequency band and a machine equipped with the power conversion device. The power conversion device includes a switching element (13), a switching signal generation unit (23, 24) for generating a switching control signal for controlling the turning on/off of the switching element (13), and a control unit (18), and is characterized in that the switching control signal generation unit (23, 24) generates the switching control signal including a combination of a pair of symmetrical pulse waveforms having on and off periods that are interchanged with respect to a repeated cycle. |
| US10160327B2 |
System and method for assisting the start of an electrically powered vehicle
A system and method for assisting the start of an electrically powered vehicle comprising a battery and processing means configured to: a) receive a sequence of voltage measurements by a sensor connected between the high voltage terminals of the battery and a chassis, b) compare the sequence of voltage measurements received from the sensor with previously established voltage patterns, wherein each voltage pattern is formed by a sequence of voltage values, and wherein each voltage pattern is associated to an insulation resistance value, c) select the voltage pattern whose voltage values are closest to the voltage values of the sequence of voltage measurements received from the sensor, d) establish the insulation resistance value of the battery from selected voltage pattern, and e) enable starting of the vehicle if the insulation resistance value obtained exceeds a predetermined insulation resistance threshold value that ensures the insulation of the battery. |
| US10160325B2 |
Vehicle power control method and system for jump-start
A vehicle power control method for jump-start uses a vehicle control system that includes a low voltage DC/DC converter for converting a voltage of a high voltage battery to a low voltage to be output and a junction box for connecting the low voltage DC/DC converter to an auxiliary battery and load. The vehicle power control method includes a jump-start preparation step in which when the auxiliary battery is in a discharge condition, a first relay, which connects or disconnects the junction box to or from the auxiliary battery, is turned off and a second relay, which connects or disconnects the junction box to or from a jump-start power supply connection terminal, is turned on; and a jump-start completion step in which, after a vehicle starts by a power inputted through the jump-start power supply connection terminal, the second relay is turned off, and the first relay is turned on. |
| US10160323B2 |
Vehicle instrument panel having three-dimensional illumination effect
A vehicle instrument panel having a three-dimensional illumination effect includes a transparent ring having a three-dimensional circular shape, at least one primary scale formed in a front surface of the transparent ring, the at least one primary scale being spaced apart from an adjacent primary scale by a predetermined distance, a reflecting plate for changing a direction of travel of LED light along the transparent ring, generated below the transparent ring, in clockwise and counterclockwise directions, and a prism unit including at least one prism for reflecting a portion of the LED light traveling along the transparent ring toward the at least one primary scale at a predetermined angle. |
| US10160320B2 |
Head-up display and vehicle
A head-up display includes a display device that displays an image toward a vertically downward direction, a first mirror that reflects the image to output reflected light toward a vertically upward direction, and a second mirror that reflects the reflected light from the first mirror to output reflected light toward a vertically upward direction. A vehicle includes the head-up display, and a windshield that reflects the reflected light emitted from the head-up display. |
| US10160317B2 |
Vehicle speed control apparatus and vehicle speed limiting apparatus
A vehicle's accelerator pedal depression amount is detected; a speed limit of a road on which the vehicle is traveling is determined; a start of a lane change is estimated; an upper-limit speed is determined each time when the speed limit changes; and the travelling speed is controlled to not exceed the upper-limit speed even if the accelerator pedal depression amount increases to cause the speed of the vehicle to exceed the upper-limit speed. The speed of the vehicle is controlled, until a predetermined timing, to not exceed the upper-limit speed determined before the start of a lane change is estimated, if (i) the start of a lane change is estimated, and (ii) a reduction in the speed limit is determined. After the predetermined timing, the speed of the vehicle is controlled to not exceed the currently determined upper-limit speed. |
| US10160314B2 |
Motor vehicle with disconnectable all-wheel drive system
A vehicle with a primary driveline that is configured to distribute rotary power to a first set of vehicle wheels and a power transmitting device that can be selectively operated to transmit rotary power to a secondary driveline. The power transmitting device has an input member, which is driven by the primary driveline, and an output member that is selectively coupled to the input member to receive rotary power therefrom. The secondary driveline comprises a differential, a pair of shafts, and a side shaft coupling that selectively interrupts power transmission between the differential and one of the shafts. |
| US10160312B2 |
Refueling portion structure
A movement permitting section is provided at a nozzle guide 22 at an interior of an inlet pipe 14. When a stopper 24 receives pushing force toward a fuel tank side from a refueling nozzle 18, the movement permitting section deforms so as to permit movement of the stopper 24 toward a radial direction outer side of the nozzle guide 22 or toward a fuel tank side. |
| US10160310B2 |
Air flap device having a plurality of air flaps with air flap movement ending sequentially
An air flap device for a motor vehicle, having an air flap member with a flow-through opening and having a plurality of air flaps, which protrude into the flow-through opening or pass through it and which are each mounted on the air flap member so that they can move between a blocking position as a working position and a feed-through position as another working position, wherein each air flap in its blocking position interferes with flow through the flow-through opening as intended to a greater extent than in the feed-through position, wherein the air flap device has, as one operating position, a closed position, in which each air flap of the plurality of air flaps is in the blocking position as the working position associated with the closed position, and has an open position as another operating position, in which each air flap of the plurality of air flaps is in the feed-through position as the working position associated with the open position, the air flap device having a drive device for supplying a driving force for the movement of the air flaps between the blocking position and the feed-through position and a coupling device for transfer of the driving force supplied by the drive device to the air flaps, the coupling device is coupled to the plurality of air flaps such that at least some of the air flaps, because of an adjustment operation of the air flap device into a target operating position, reach their target working positions associated with the target operating position at different points in time. |
| US10160305B2 |
Hybrid drive device
A hybrid drive device includes: a first one-way clutch; a second one-way clutch; a first power transfer path through which power can be transferred from a rotor to wheels; and a second power transfer path which is composed of an engine rotation transfer member, the first one-way clutch, and a coupling member, through which power can be transferred from an internal combustion engine to an oil pump, and which intersects the first power transfer path at an intersection portion. An engagement element, the first one-way clutch, and the second one-way clutch are disposed on one side of the first power transfer path. |
| US10160302B2 |
Dynamically adjustable engine mounts for a motor vehicle
A vehicle includes a chassis, and a drivetrain supported by the chassis. The drivetrain includes a prime mover and a transmission mechanically linked to the prime mover. At least one dynamically adjustable engine mount connects the drivetrain to the chassis. The at least one dynamically adjustable engine mount includes a selectively adjustable parameter. One or more sensors is associated with the vehicle. The one or more sensors is operable to detect one or more vehicle parameters. A control system is operatively connected to the at least one dynamically adjustable engine mount and the one or more sensors. The control system is operable to alter the selectively adjustable parameter of the at least one dynamically adjustable mount to substantially isolate the chassis from lateral shudder of the drivetrain in response to the one or more vehicle parameters. |
| US10160300B2 |
Vehicle soft top support bracket system
A support bracket assembly configured to couple to a vehicle body and support a collapsed articulating frame of a vehicle soft top assembly is provided. The support bracket assembly includes a support bracket having a main body portion having a slot formed therein and configured to couple to the vehicle body, and a receiving portion coupled to the main body portion and configured to receive at least a portion of the collapsed articulating frame therein. A strap is configured to be inserted through the slot and wrapped around the collapsed articulating frame to facilitate securing the collapsed articulating frame within the receiving portion and preventing relative movement of the collapsed articulating frame when the vehicle is in motion. |
| US10160297B2 |
Retractable trailer enclosure system
A retractable trailer enclosure system includes a flexible cover, rotatable winding spindle moveable by way of a spindle guide assembly. The spindle guide assembly includes a drive assembly actuable to rotate the spindle, a shuttle assembly mounting a spindle end and a guide track assembly which guides the shuttle assembly in reciprocal movement along both a vertical cover deployment/retraction path, and laterally along a spindle storage path. |
| US10160294B1 |
Dashboard-mounted retractable sunscreen
The dashboard-mounted retractable sunscreen is a sunscreen that may be deployed from a housing mounted in the area of a vehicle dashboard. To deploy the sunscreen, a shade is pulled from within the housing by grasping a hook on the top of the shade and pulling up. The same hook is used to hold the shade in place by passing the hook over the vehicle's rearview mirror. When no longer needed, the shade may be easily retracted back into the housing by separating the hook from the rearview mirror and lowering the hook towards the housing. Springs in each side of the housing enable the shade to wrap itself around a central rod within the housing. Width adjustment knobs on each end of the housing help hold the housing in place by pressing against the vehicle's left and right ‘A’ pillars. |
| US10160292B2 |
Underbody cover assembly
An underbody cover assembly includes an upper member for receiving and housing a component that includes a first flange extending around a circumference of the upper member defining a component space. The component is disposable in the component space. The upper member also includes at least one mounting location having a hole for receiving a fastener there through for mounting the upper member to a body member. The underbody cover assembly also includes a lower member connected to the upper member for covering an air outlet that includes a U-shaped second flange extending inwardly around a circumference of the lower member, a screen with a plurality of apertures for blocking debris from entering the air outlet, and a seal disposed on a distal edge of the second flange for providing a seal between the lower member and the body member. |
| US10160289B2 |
Air conditioning device for vehicle
A air conditioning control device is configured to estimate whether or not the temperature of refrigerant on a high-pressure side in a heat pump device is equal to or lower than a predetermined low temperature and to switch a flow path switching device to an air-heating start-up mode when it is estimated that the temperature of refrigerant on the high-pressure side in the heat pump device is equal to or lower than the predetermined low temperature and switch the flow path switching device to a normal air-heating mode when it is estimated that the temperature of refrigerant on the high-pressure side in the heat pump device is higher than the predetermined low temperature. |
| US10160286B2 |
Structure for arranging heat-generating electric component in automobile
A structure for arranging a heat-generating electric component in an automobile has a heat-generating electric component, and a duct extending from an air conditioning unit. The heat-generating electric component and the duct are disposed between a seat and a floor surface of the automobile. An air outlet hole is formed in the heat-generating electric component, through which air on an inside of the heat-generating electric component is discharged to cool the inside. An exit of the duct is disposed near the air outlet hole of the heat-generating electric component. |
| US10160285B2 |
Air-conditioning apparatus for vehicle
An airflow direction plate elongated in a direction perpendicular to a direction of an air flow from an indoor fan is disposed between the indoor fan and an air supply duct opening. The airflow direction plate has air vents arranged in a longitudinal direction, inclined plates each disposed to a corresponding one of the air vents and having different angles of inclination corresponding to positions of the air vents, and an acoustic material disposed on a surface facing the indoor fan. An indoor unit has a first air passageway allowing the air from the indoor fan to flow in the longitudinal direction of the airflow direction plate for a detour to the air supply duct opening and a second air passageway allowing the air from the indoor fan to flow into the air vents along the inclined plates. |
| US10160284B2 |
Air conditioner of vehicle
An air conditioner of a vehicle includes a cooling line forming a cooling path of air, having an evaporator disposed therein, and discharging cooled air. A heating line forms a heating path of air, has a condenser that is disposed in the heating path and is connected with the evaporator, and discharges heated air. |
| US10160282B2 |
Hydro-mechanical suspension for vehicle
The suspension comprises a mechanical spring interposed between an unsprung mass (UM) and a sprung mass (SM) of the vehicle, a shock-absorber interposed between the unsprung mass (UM) and the sprung mass (SM), in parallel with the mechanical spring, a hydraulic linear actuator, an accumulator, a tank (T) containing an incompressible working fluid and a hydraulic circuit for hydraulically connecting, the hydraulic linear actuator, the accumulator and the tank (T) with each other. A single reversible pump (P) is arranged along the third hydraulic line. A reversible electric motor (M) drives the pump (P) in either direction, and a plurality of valves (V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, VS) control the flow of the working fluid between the accumulator, the tank (T) and the hydraulic linear actuator. |
| US10160275B2 |
Suspension member for a motor vehicle and method of making same
A suspension member having an arm member and a ball joint section. The ball joint section having an opening receiving a press fit ball joint. The material of the ball joint section having a smaller material thickness than the material of the arm member. The ball joint section connected to the arm member. |
| US10160271B2 |
Pneumatic tire
The pneumatic tire according to the present technology includes: one or more mechanical fastener members (A) disposed on the tire inner surface, which is one member of the pair of mechanical fasteners that can be separated into two members (A), (B) and that can be engaged with each other and which is secured to the tire cavity side, and the mechanical fastener members (A), (B) include a lock mechanism for locking the engagement. |
| US10160270B2 |
Wheel position specifying device
A vehicle is mounted with a pulse detecting unit that detects rotation of a wheel as pulses, a wheel rotation number storage unit that stores the number of pulses in correspondence with time, and a wheel position specifying device that specifies on which of the plurality of wheels the tire state detecting device arranged on each wheel is arranged. The wheel position specifying device includes a reception unit that receives a transmission signal, including a time required for the wheel to make a predetermined number of rotations, transmitted from each tire state detecting device, and a specifying unit that specifies the wheel on which each tire state detecting device is arranged from a difference of the number of pulses counted during the time included in the transmission signal and the number of pulses while the wheel makes the predetermined number of rotations. |