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| US10190761B1 |
Adapters for existing light fixtures
A retrofitted light fixture can include a power source that delivers primary power. The retrofitted light fixture can also include at least one light fixture component of an existing light fixture, where the at least one light fixture component, as part of the existing light fixture, was directly coupled to the power source. The retrofitted light fixture can further include an adapter coupled to the power supply and the at least one light source, where the adapter comprises a controller, where the adapter receives the primary power from the power source, where the controller delivers power to the at least one light fixture component based on instructions. |
| US10190760B2 |
LED light fixture for use in public transportation facilities
LED lighting systems, mounting configurations, and light fixtures are disclosed for original and retrofit configurations. Some configurations mount the light fixture with a mounting bracket that allows for the removal and replacement of the light fixture in about the same time as a traditional light bulb change. Some configurations provide for fuse removal and replacement without the need to dismount the light fixture from its mounting bracket or without the need to open the housing of the light fixture to access the fuses. Some configurations use a battery backup system and self-check methods with LED light fixtures configured for public transportation applications. |
| US10190756B2 |
Flexible signaling device having rubberlike elongate diffuser
A flexible signalling device is disclosed comprising a housing manufactured from a rigid material and comprising a flat bottom and a rounded top, an electronic circuit positioned within the housing and comprising at least one LED arranged along a light emitting edge of the housing, a battery and a user actuatable switch for selectively energizing the at least one LED, a lens covering the at least one LED, and a solid elongate light diffuser manufactured from a non-opaque flexible rubberlike material. The housing and the light diffuser combine to form a unitary elongate ellipsoid when viewed from above and further wherein the at least one LED is arranged to emit light through the lens and into the diffuser along a length thereof. |
| US10190750B1 |
Troffer luminaire with an arched lens
A troffer luminaire includes a housing and a door attached the housing. The door includes a first end plate and a second end plate. Disposed between the first and second end plates are a first reflector that has a first flange and a second reflector that has a second flange. The edges of a flexible lens are disposed in the first flange and the second flange, respectively. |
| US10190745B2 |
Lamp assembly for use in a headlamp
A lamp assembly for mounting in a headlamp comprising a heat sink having a printed circuit board landing area for receiving a printed circuit board and a light source landing area for receiving at least one light source. The lamp assembly also comprises a light guide and a bracket for detachably mounting on the heat sink. The bracket is adapted to engage and secure the light guide in a predetermined position on the heat sink, the at least one light source and the printed circuit board a unsealed in the heat sink. |
| US10190744B2 |
Vehicular marker lamp using planar light emitter
Provided is a vehicular marker lamp including a planar light emitter; and a lens including an incident portion formed on a surface facing the planar light emitter. A plurality of cross-sectionally triangular prisms are arranged in the incident portion in a state where the vertexes of triangular prisms face the planar light emitter side. Each of the prisms includes an incident surface formed on one surface in the arrangement direction to make a light from the planar light emitter is incident and a light-shielding portion formed on a surface opposite to the incident surface to shield incidence of the light from the planar light emitter. |
| US10190741B2 |
Lens for lighting device for motor vehicles
Lens for a lighting device of a motor vehicle includes a rear face designed to be oriented toward a light source of the lighting device, and a convex front face designed to be oriented toward the roadway being illuminated. The lens has a median vertical plane designed to be substantially orthogonal to the roadway, the front face having a first zone of diffusion with microstructures adapted to diffuse the light emitted by the light source, the first zone of diffusion extending in the median vertical plane. The front face furthermore includes at least two second zones of diffusion each one having microstructures adapted to diffuse the light emitted by the light source, the two second zones of diffusion being situated on either side of the median vertical plane. The microstructures of the two zones of diffusion have a depth absolutely greater than the depth of the microstructures of the first zone of diffusion. |
| US10190740B2 |
Light source unit and vehicle front lamp using the light source unit
A light source unit includes a light source module, a heat sink including a light source arrangement portion on which the light source module is arranged and a plurality of heat dissipation fins that are plate-shaped and arranged in a first direction such that main surfaces thereof face each other, a drive circuit for controlling driving of the light source module, and a circuit cover configured to cover the drive circuit. The light source arrangement portion is provided on an anterior surface side of the heat sink, the plurality of heat dissipation fins are provided on a posterior surface side of the heat sink, and the circuit cover is attached to the heat sink such that at least two ventilation holes are present in a spatial region framed by a part of the heat sink that is on the posterior surface side and the circuit cover. |
| US10190739B2 |
Lamp
A lamp includes a base unit and a shade unit. The base unit includes a case body, push button and rotary switches, and an interconnect member connected to the rotary switch. The shade unit includes a shade body connected to the interconnect member, a light module and a connect member. The shade unit is slidable along the interconnect member between a switch-on position, where the connect member is spaced apart from the pushbutton switch so that the light module is switched on and the shade body is rotatable to rotate the rotary switch to adjust brightness of the light module, and a switch-off position, where the connect member abuts against the pushbutton switch so that the light module is switched off. |
| US10190735B1 |
LED driver circuit and method
The present invention provides an LED driver circuit, comprising a voltage converter electrically connected to a power supply and an LED string, wherein the voltage converter provides a fixed voltage to the LED string; and a current-based light-adjusting unit electrically connected to the voltage converter, wherein the current-based light-adjusting unit controls the amplitude of the current flowing through the LED string, in an analog manner and based on a duty cycle of a pulse width modulation signal. |
| US10190734B2 |
Adjustable length articulated LED light fixtures
First and second modules carrying LED circuit boards are interconnected by an interconnection mechanism which enables the modules to both pivot and move linearly with respect to one another such that the distance and angle between the modules may each be varied. |
| US10190725B2 |
Load support apparatus
The present load support apparatus comprises an object support apparatus 10 includes a regulating device 60 that regulates movement of a support frame unit 13 with respect to a fixed frame unit 12. The regulating device includes a fixed-side slit 62 that is formed at a side frame 18, 19 of the fixed frame unit, a movable-side slit 63 that is formed at a guide frame 28, 29 of the support frame unit, and a regulating member 61 that is inserted through the slits. The regulating member is engaged with a movable-side engaging portion 71 at the movable-side slit and a fixed-side engaging portion 72 at the fixed-side slit and the regulating member is locked between the fixed-side engaging portion and the movable-side engaging portion. |
| US10190722B2 |
Unbonded flexible pipe for transporting an abrasive material, associated method and associated use
The pipe includes at least one tubular sheath delimiting a passage for circulation of the abrasive material, at least one tensile armor layer externally positioned with respect to the tubular sheath, the armor layer including a plurality of filiform armor elements. It further includes a protective internal layer positioned inside the tubular sheath in the circulation passage, the protective internal layer including an elastomeric matrix and a longitudinal reinforcement assembly embedded in the matrix. |
| US10190718B2 |
Accumulator assembly, pump system having accumulator assembly, and method
An accumulator assembly for a pump system at a well site is arranged to fluidically connect to a flow line between a blender and a fracturing pump of the pump system. The accumulator assembly includes a pressurizable tank configured to contain pressurized fluid; and, a control valve fluidically connected between a discharge end of the tank and the flow line. The control valve opens and fluidically connects the tank to the flow line when a pressure on the flow line is less than a target pressure, and the control valve closes and fluidically blocks communication between the tank and the flow line when the pressure on the flow line is greater than or substantially same as the target pressure. |
| US10190716B1 |
Heated hose with improved power feedthrough
A heated hose has pressure housings at or near its inlet and outlet. Heat is provided by an electric resistance heater located within the flow channel of the hose. Power feedthroughs in the pressure housings provide fluid-tight electrical power and return connections to the heater. The power feedthroughs may comprise a generally cylindrical body having a central axial bore. A conductor pin is situated within the central axial bore in spaced apart relation thereto creating an annulus. The annulus may be filled with an insulating material such as a ceramic. The power feedthroughs are retained within bores in each of the pressure housings. The bores have a circumferential groove in their inner walls which hold a seal such as an O-ring in sealing engagement with the outer surface of the generally cylindrical body of the power feedthrough. |
| US10190715B2 |
Fluid pipe device
A fluid pipe device is provided, which includes a pipe member forming a flow channel for flowing a fluid; a heating member for generating heat to heat the pipe member; a metal heat transfer member abutting against the heating member and conducting the heat to the pipe member; and a terminal member electrically connecting the heating member and the heat transfer member. The heat transfer member includes a first heat transfer member and a second heat transfer member, and at least one of the first heat transfer member and the second heat transfer member forms the terminal member at one portion, and the first heat transfer member is provided in the pipe member in such a way as not to be exposed inside the flow channel of the pipe member. |
| US10190709B2 |
Systems and methods of coupling pipes
Disclosed are systems and methods of coupling plain end pipes. One system includes a coupling sleeve having opposing upper and lower ends and a plurality of axially extending slots defined in each end, wherein the upper end is configured to receive an end of a first pipe and the lower end is configured to receive an end of a second pipe, an upper sliding ring disposed about the coupling sleeve and axially movable in a first direction to force the upper end into gripping engagement with an outer surface of the first pipe, and a lower sliding ring disposed about the coupling sleeve and axially movable in a second direction to force the lower end into gripping engagement with an outer surface of the second pipe. |
| US10190707B2 |
Coupling and circumferential groove shape
Pipe elements have circumferential grooves. The grooves have a first side surface contiguous with a first floor surface. The first side surface and the first floor surface together subtend a first 90° circular arc when viewed in cross section. The grooves also have a second side surface contiguous with a second floor surface. The second side surface is in spaced relation to and in facing relation with the first side surface. The second side surface and the second floor surface together subtend a second 90° circular arc when viewed in cross section. A third floor surface is contiguous with both the first and second floor surfaces and is a flat surface. A coupling used to connect the pipe elements has arcuate projections which engage the grooves of the pipe elements. The arcuate projections have a semi-circular cross section. Relief grooves are positioned adjacent to each arcuate projection. |
| US10190706B2 |
Flame resistant hose assembly and method therefore
A flame resistant hose assembly is disclosed. The hose assembly comprises a tubular inner layer and a flame resistant layer. The tubular inner layer has an interior radial surface and an exterior radial surface and defines a longitudinal axis. The flame resistant layer is disposed about and covers the exterior radial surface of the tubular inner layer. The flame resistant layer is formed from a flame resistant material comprising a polymeric binder and expandable graphite in an amount of from about 5 to about 40 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the flame resistant material. The flame resistant layer expands when heated to a temperature of about 220° C. or greater and maintains a post-expansion coverage of the exterior radial surface of the tubular inner layer of greater than about 95%. |
| US10190702B2 |
MEMS based solenoid valve
The electronically switchable MEMS valve includes a housing formed from soft magnetic material and defining a fluid flow path therethrough. A magnetic field generating member is mounted within the housing and connected to a source of electrical power. A MEMS valve portion is mounted within the magnetic field generating member, has a valve closing member movably mounted therein, and defines a portion of the fluid flow path therethrough. The valve closing element is movable between a closed position wherein the fluid flow path is blocked, and an open position wherein the fluid flow path is not blocked. When an electric current is removed from the magnetic field generating member, the valve closing element is configured to move to and remain in the one of the closed position and the open position to which the valve closing element is the closest when the electric current is removed. |
| US10190700B2 |
Rotary actuator, and beverage filling system
In a rotary actuator comprising a housing containing a piston and having a cover and a base, thread-like guide grooves in the piston, a shaft having a transverse axis and being rotatable about an axis of the rotary actuator which transverse axis engages into the guide grooves, and torque support engaging into guides in the piston, which torque supports are anchored in the housing, wherein the transverse axis on both ends comprises bushes contacting raceways of the guide grooves, each bush is cambered and each raceway is configured with an undercut corresponding to the cambering. |
| US10190694B2 |
Flow control mounting assembly for a valve
A valve mounting system includes an upper plate including an upper inlet, an upper outlet, and an upper exhaust. A lower plate includes a lower inlet, a lower outlet, and a lower exhaust that are aligned with the upper inlet, the upper outlet, and the upper exhaust, respectively to define an inlet, an outlet and an exhaust, respectively. A spoon moves about an axis to control a flow of fluid through an opening. The opening is one of the inlet, the outlet and the exhaust. |
| US10190692B2 |
Flexible metal seal assembly
A flexible metal seal assembly for isolating one or more fluids in an operative region of a machine comprises a first flexible metal seal and a second flexible metal seal arranged in series, allowing the additional exertion of a spring bias. The inner surface of the first flexible metal seal is restrainably and hermetically attached to the outer surface of a metallic coupler, while the outer surface of the second flexible metal seal is restrainably and hermetically attached to the inner surface of the metallic coupler. Amongst other applications, the assembly may be used in a valve seal, or in an engine fuel pump, where it serves to isolate lubricating oil from fuel, or one fluid from a region, where one fluid may be present on an actuator that reciprocates within the second flexible metal seal or outside of the first flexible metal seal. |
| US10190691B2 |
Sealing device
A sealing device between a shaft hole formed on a housing and a rotary shaft, is provided with a rotating seal member fixed to the rotary shaft that rotates integrally with the rotary shaft, and a fixed seal member fixed to an inner surface of the shaft hole. The fixed seal member has a lip contacting the rotary shaft and an axial dust lip contacting the rotating seal member. The rotating seal member is formed by a rigid body, and an opening is formed on the rotating seal member connecting to a space defined by the rotary shaft, the lip and the axial dust lip of the fixed seal member, and the rotating seal member. A deformation member is disposed on the opening of the rotating seal member that has higher elasticity than the rotating seal member, which blocks the opening, and deforms based on the pressure in the space. |
| US10190688B2 |
Elastomeric gel body gasket having a substantially incompressible skeleton, a method of making and using the same
Gaskets, including aircraft gaskets, are disclosed, the gaskets having an elastomeric gel body and substantially incompressible skeletons. The bodies may be pliable and deformable and, in one example, may be comprised of a two-part chemically cured polyurethane that sets up as a gel after mixing with the web so that it is fully integral with the web and so that there is substantially no air bubbles or air pockets left in the web. The web may be a regular shaped web and made of nylon. |
| US10190687B2 |
Methods of forming superelastic seals
A superelastic metal seal for use in a downhole tool, wherein the superelastic metal seal may be formed from a superelastic Ni—Ti alloy. The superelastic Ni—Ti alloy may be prestrained with a permanent strain. Superelasticity may be imparted to the superelastic Ni—Ti alloy through a thermal treatment process or through prestraining the superelastic Ni—Ti alloy. The superelastic Ni—Ti alloy may exhibit superelastic behavior. The superelastic Ni—Ti alloy may not exhibit shape memory behavior. |
| US10190685B2 |
Park control system for a vehicle transmission
A vehicle includes a prime mover in communication with an input shaft of a transmission, an output shaft of the transmission in communication with a final drive and drive wheels, a park actuator system internal to a housing of the transmission and a park control system mounted to an external surface of the housing of the transmission with a pivot shaft extending through the housing that connects to the park actuator system to selectively place the park actuator system in one of a park configuration and an out of park configuration. |
| US10190684B2 |
Method and apparatus to control a continuously variable transmission
A powertrain system including an internal combustion engine rotatably coupled to a continuously variable transmission (CVT) is described. A method for controlling the CVT includes determining minimum and maximum CVT input speeds in response to an accelerator pedal position, and monitoring vehicle speed and a CVT input speed. A target CVT input acceleration rate is determined based upon the vehicle speed, and a desired speed ratio is determined that is responsive to the target CVT input acceleration rate. The CVT is controlled based upon the desired speed ratio. |
| US10190680B2 |
Automatic transmission control apparatus
There is obtained an automatic transmission control apparatus that makes it possible that even when an abnormality occurs in a sensor for detecting a motor rotation angle or the like, control of an automatic transmission is appropriately performed. Inputted first, second, and third detection signals are compared with one another; it is determined that at least two detection signals, out of these detection signals, that coincide with each other are normal and another detection signal is abnormal; then, based on the result of the determination, switching of the ranges of the automatic transmission is controlled. |
| US10190677B2 |
System and method for determining starting tendency of driver
A system of determining starting tendency of a driver may include: a vehicle speed sensor detecting a vehicle speed an accelerator pedal position sensor detecting an accelerator pedal position, and a controller receiving information on input variables including the accelerator pedal position, the vehicle speed from the accelerator pedal position sensor or the vehicle speed sensor, determining a short term driving tendency, a long term driving tendency, and a starting tendency of the driver based on the information, and controlling an engine or a transmission according to the short term driving tendency, the long term driving tendency, and the starting tendency, in which the controller continuously determines the short term driving tendency of the driver for a predetermined time and determines the starting tendency of the driver from a predetermined number (n) of the short term driving tendencies of the driver. |
| US10190676B2 |
Working vehicle
A working vehicle, including: an HST pedal which operates an HST; a damper arm which interlocks with an HST pedal rotation-shaft of the HST pedal; a damper attached to the damper arm; and a transmission case, wherein the transmission case has a first transmission case swelling part swelling to at least one side with respect to a left-and-right direction, and the damper is arranged behind the first transmission case swelling part. |
| US10190675B2 |
Shifter assembly
A shifter assembly selects a first mode and a second mode of a transmission for a vehicle. The shifter assembly includes a housing and a shift lever movably coupled to the housing and pivotable relative to the housing. The shift lever includes a body and a cap defining an aperture and being coupled to the body. The cap is rotatable relative to the body between a first and a second orientations. The shift lever further includes a toggle device partially received by the cap in the aperture with at least a portion of the toggle device being moveably coupled to the body between a rest and a depressed positions. The shift lever further includes an element mounted to the toggle device and rotatable with the cap between the first and the second orientations. The shift lever further includes a sensor system configured to interact with the element to detect rotation of the cap between the first and the second orientations. |
| US10190674B2 |
Drive apparatus
A drive apparatus includes a housing, an electric motor arranged in the housing, and a worm gear mechanism arranged in the housing. The worm gear mechanism includes a worm gear arranged on a rotor shaft of the electric motor and a gearwheel in engagement with the worm gear and fixedly connected to an output shaft so as to rotate with the output shaft. The electric motor is axially mounted in the housing with one axial end via a stop element and with the opposite axial end via an axial clamping element. The axial clamping element has a spring element, a separate floating holding element, and a separate elastomer element. The holding element is arranged axially between the spring element and the elastomer element. |
| US10190673B2 |
Active oil management system for axles
An apparatus for regulating lubricant having a carrier housing including a lubricant sump. A ring gear disposed within the carrier housing, wherein the ring gear is partially disposed in the lubricant sump. A lubricant catch is disposed in the carrier housing, and a reservoir is disposed outside of the carrier housing. A first conduit is disposed between the lubricant catch and the reservoir. A second conduit is disposed between the reservoir and the lubricant sump. A valve is in fluid communication with the reservoir and the lubricant sump. |
| US10190672B2 |
Gearbox lubrication system
According to one embodiment, a rotorcraft includes a body, a rotor blade, a drive system that can be operated to rotate the rotor blade, and an emergency valve control unit. The drive system contains a first gearbox assembly, a second gearbox assembly, a first lubrication system that can deliver lubricant to the first gearbox assembly, and a second lubrication system that can deliver lubricant to the second gearbox assembly. The drive system also contains an emergency valve that can be opened to deliver lubricant from the first lubrication system to the second gearbox assembly. The emergency valve control unit can instruct the emergency valve to open. |
| US10190667B2 |
Power transmission interrupting device and limited-slip differential
A power transmission interrupting device includes: an interrupting member that is restrained from rotating relative to the first rotating member, has engaging teeth engaging with a second rotating member, and is movable in an axial direction between a coupling position at which the engaging teeth engage with the second rotating member and an uncoupling position at which the engaging teeth do not engage with the second rotating member; and a moving mechanism that moves the interrupting member in the axial direction. The moving mechanism has an annular electromagnet, a yoke, and a moving member. The moving member has a cylindrical part facing an inner circumferential surface or an outer circumferential surface of the electromagnet, and an annular cover extending from one end of the cylindrical part in a radial direction and covering one of axial end faces of the electromagnet. |
| US10190664B2 |
Transmission drive unit of a seat adjusting device
A transmission drive unit of a seat adjusting device, comprising an electrical drive motor (2), a spindle drive (3) comprising a spindle (30) which is able to be driven by the drive motor (2), a nut (31) which is connected to a first seat component, and a housing (4), wherein the housing (4) is produced from a plastic material, the housing (4) comprises a first interface (5) for attaching to a second seat component, and the housing (4) comprises a first bearing surface (7) for bearing the spindle (30) of the spindle drive (3). |
| US10190662B2 |
Variator for work vehicle drivetrain
A high efficiency work vehicle drivetrain contains a variator having an inline dual planetary configuration. The work vehicle drivetrain includes an engine, an auxiliary power takeoff (PTO) shaft coupled to the engine and rotatable about a primary power path axis when driven by the engine, and the variator assembly. The variator assembly includes a variator motor and a variator gearbox. The variator gearbox contains a planetary gear system, which is coupled to the variator motor and to the auxiliary PTO shaft. The planetary gear system is rotatable about a planetary axis, which is coaxial with the primary power path axis. |
| US10190660B2 |
Reversible rotation gearbox and applications thereof
A gearbox includes a planetary gear assembly, a first gear assembly, and a second gear assembly. The first gear assembly is engaged to provide a first rotational input to the planetary gear assembly when an input shaft is rotating in a first direction and is disengaged when the input shaft is rotating in a second direction. The second gear assembly provides a second rotational input to the planetary gear assembly when the input shaft is rotating in the first direction and provides a third rotational input to the planetary gear assembly when the input shaft is rotating in the second direction. |
| US10190659B2 |
Bicycle chain
An outer link plate for a bicycle chain is provided. The outer link plate has an interior surface configured to face another counterpart outer link plate in an assembled state and an exterior surface opposite to the interior surface. The outer link plate has an outer perimeter, and first and second end portions including respective first and second openings each having corresponding parallel center axes. An intermediate portion is provided interconnecting the first end portion and the second end portion. The intermediate portion has an axially recessed portion formed along the outer perimeter on the exterior surface, the intermediate portion having a pair of intermediate edges formed along the outer perimeter, the axially recessed portion being formed on at least one of the intermediate edges and including a chamfered portion connecting the at least one of the intermediate edges to the exterior surface of the outer link plate. |
| US10190653B2 |
Vibration absorber system
A mass damper system is provided with a damper mass carrier with at least one damper mass movable relative to the damper mass carrier and at least one stop. The damper mass moves within a predetermined movement region when a rotational movement of the damper mass carrier exceeds a predetermined limit speed. The predetermined movement region has a first movement region portion bounded at one end by an initial position in which the damper mass is free from a deflection in circumferential direction and by a limit position in which the damper mass has undergone a deflection, and a second movement region portion is defined at one end by the limit position and at the other end by a stop position in which the damper mass has come in contact with the stop. |
| US10190652B2 |
Damped automotive driveline component
A damped automotive driveline component can be propshaft, a bar shaft, a torque tube housing, a power transfer unit (PTU) housing, or a final drive unit (FDU) housing, among other possibilities. The component is equipped with a dampener in order to dissipate vibration experienced during use of the component. The damper includes metal wire strands. Relative movement among the metal wire strand is believed to damp the vibrations. |
| US10190651B2 |
Multi-stage damping assembly
An assembly for multi-stage damping comprising a damping unit 20 including a decoupler 36 defining an annular zone 70 surrounding a circular zone 68. The annular zone 70 extends inwardly from an outer ring 38 to define a ring shape for flexing with the circular zone 68 in a first mode 72 to maximize the potential volume of displacement between a first chamber 30 and a second chamber 32. Additionally, the assembly provides for flexing the annular zone 70 independently of the circular zone 68 in a second mode 74 to decrease the potential volume of displacement of the decoupler 36 between the first chamber 30 and the second chamber 32. The decoupler 36 includes a plurality of rings 38, 46, 54 extending axially from a first surface 40 and a second surface 42 for defining an axial travel limit for the annular zone 70. |
| US10190649B2 |
Friction material
This friction material contains a fiber base material, a friction modifier and a binder. The content of copper in the friction material is not more than 0.5 mass % in terms of elemental copper, and the content of the binder is at least 10 mass %. Furthermore, the friction material contains calcium hydroxide and zinc, and has a pH of at least 11.7. |
| US10190648B2 |
Actuating device for an electromechanically actuatable vehicle brake
An actuating device is specified for an electromechanically actuatable vehicle brake. The device comprises a multi-stage transmission unit, which is arranged between a driving electric motor and a driven drive element of the vehicle brake, wherein at least one stage of the transmission unit is embodied as a spur-gear transmission, and at least two stages of the transmission unit are coupled by means of a double gearwheel, the rotational axis of which extends parallel to the rotational axis of the electric motor. The transmission unit has at least one intermediate stage which is embodied as a spur-gear transmission and into which at least one stage, embodied as a spur-gear transmission, of the transmission unit is integrated. |
| US10190640B2 |
Bearing with integrated shunt
A bearing assembly having an inner ring, outer ring, and a plurality of rolling elements and an integrated electrically conductive element, such as an electrical shunt system manufactured of bundled or braided conductive filaments.The bearing integrated electrical shunt system consists of a fixed ring and an integrated electrically conductive element, such as bundled carbon fiber filaments, that contact a rotating ring. The integrated electrical conductive element can be integrated with the bearing seal. |
| US10190637B2 |
Sealed bearing assembly
A sealed bearing assembly includes seal members each including a seal lip with multiple protrusions, and being arranged such that oil passages are defined between the seal lip and a seal sliding surface which is configured to slide circumferentially relative to the protrusions such that the oil passages communicate with a bearing internal space and an exterior of the bearing, and prevent passage of foreign objects having particle diameters larger than a predetermined value therethrough. The seal lip and the seal sliding surface are arranged such that, when the bearing rotates, lubricating oil in the oil passages is pulled into spaces between the seal lip and the seal sliding surface such that a fluid lubricating condition is created between the seal lip and the seal sliding surface, due to a wedge effect. |
| US10190636B2 |
Cover for a bearing housing and a support assembly for rotating shaft associated
A support assembly for movable shafts including a bearing for receiving the movable shaft, a bearing housing having an annular housing, in an internal seat that is mounted to the bearing, and a lid to close fluid tight an opening of the seat for the bearing, the cover is made in one piece in a polymeric material and has a portion that is coupled on a radially outer lateral surface for housing the annular element and that is provided with an annular sealing lip which extends frontally projecting from a front edge of the coupling portion, which is made of the same polymeric material of the cover and which is elastically deformable in the radial direction from the inside towards the outside. The annular sealing lip being coupled with interference with a portion of the radially outer conical lateral surface housing the annular element. |
| US10190635B2 |
Electric machine with improved bearing lubrication
An electric machine includes a rotatable hollow shaft having a first side and an opposite second side. The hollow shaft has an oil collecting area in which an internal diameter of the hollow shaft is greater than an internal diameter of the hollow shaft on the second side of the hollow shaft. A first bearing is arranged on the first side of the hollow shaft and has a fluid connection to the oil collecting area. |
| US10190631B2 |
Sliding engine component
A sliding engine component may include a sliding surface, and the sliding surface may include a plastic polymer-based layer disposed on a metallic substrate. The plastic polymer-based layer may have a composition including a plastic polymer-based material having distributed throughout the polymer-based material a thermochromic material configured to change color irreversibly when thermally activated by heating beyond a threshold thermal treatment condition. The polymer-based material may be cured. |
| US10190624B2 |
Spacer device, toroidal roller bearing and method
A spacer device for roller elements of a toroidal roller bearing includes an inner ring and an outer ring. The toroidal roller bearing allows for axial and angular displacement between the inner and outer rings. The spacer device comprises a first roller element-contacting surface and a second roller element-contacting surface on opposite sides thereof. First and second roller-contacting surfaces are arranged to separate two adjacent roller elements in a tangential direction of the toroidal roller bearing when the spacer device is in use. Each of the first and second roller element-contacting surfaces has a concave shape adapted to conform to respective convex contacting surfaces of the roller elements. The spacer device comprises end members that have projections that extend outwards from first and second roller-contacting surfaces and which are arranged to extend at least partly over the ends of two adjacent roller elements when the spacer device is in use. |
| US10190617B2 |
Blind fastener
A blind fastener device for fastening at least two workpieces, including a sleeve, an expander having a tensioning section, a locking section, and an expansion section, and a nut. A portion of the expander passes through the sleeve to cooperate with the nut so that relative rotation of the expander and nut draws the expander's distal end toward the sleeve's proximal end thereby drawing a portion of the expansion section of the expander into a structural region located on the sleeve and expanding at least a portion of the sleeve's structural region, and drawing a portion of the locking section past the sleeve's distal end toward the sleeve's proximal end and deforming at least a portion of the sleeve's distal end to a locked state. The sleeve may be configured as a multi-section sleeve having a sleeve retainer to locate the sections in a predetermined relationship. |
| US10190616B2 |
Roof cover fastener
A roof cover fastener may include a cover plate having a planar body with a perimeter. A central aperture may be disposed centrally in the body. A first annular rib may be formed into the body and may encircle the central aperture. A second annular rib may be formed into the body and may encircle the first annular rib. A first channel may separate the first annular rib from the second annular rib. A medial aperture may be disposed in the channel between the first annular rib and the second annular rib. The fastener may also include an auger element having a first end and a second end. A head may be coupled to the first end, and a tip may be coupled to the second end. A thread crest with a thread root may extend from the second end towards the first end. |
| US10190615B2 |
One piece screws for, and methods for making and using, blind side fasteners and systems with free spin feature
A fastener with a freely translatable collet body, which at least partially translates within an auxiliary structure, and further comprise a captive threaded screw for rotationally engaging with the collet body to transform rotational movement into translational movement through substantial arresting of collet body rotation by way of an anti-rotation means. The screw comprises a free-spin feature that functionally, but not physically, decouples a drive tool from the collet body. |
| US10190608B2 |
Actuator
An actuator comprising: an inner cylinder received in an outer cylinder and a piston received in the inner cylinder that extends from the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder, the piston being slideable relative to the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder in response to the application of fluid pressure to cause the piston to extend further from the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder; and an auxiliary drive mechanism operable to cause the inner cylinder to extend from the outer cylinder, wherein the piston moves together with the inner cylinder relative to the outer cylinder. |
| US10190605B2 |
Nacelle for an aircraft turbojet engine provided with a hydraulic roto-linear actuator of a thrust reverser and of a variable-section nozzle
The present disclosure concerns a nacelle for an aircraft turbojet engine that includes a thrust reverser having a cowl displaceable between a deployed position and a stowed position, a fixed structure, and a secondary nozzle. The nozzle includes panels movable in rotation, and hydraulic actuators for sequenced actuation of the cowl and panels. The actuators include a body mounted on the fixed structure, and a rod mounted in the body and is linked to the cowl and panels via a device for transmitting movement of the actuator to the panel. An actuation system having a hydraulic control device controls the displacement of the rod of the actuator. The actuator further includes a device for alternately displacing the rod in translation relative to the body to cause translation of the cowl, or in rotation relative to the body to cause rotation of the nozzle panel. |
| US10190600B2 |
Pressure increasing system and method of increasing gas pressure
A pressure increasing system includes a plurality of stages of compressors configured to compress carbon dioxide to a pressure higher than a critical pressure; intermediate coolers cooling the carbon dioxide discharged from a compressor in a preceding stage; a subcooler provided between a seventh stage compressor in the final stage and a sixth stage compressor in a preceding stage and cools the carbon dioxide; a bypass line through which the carbon dioxide in the inlet of the seventh stage compressor is extracted, depressurized and supplied to the subcooler as a refrigerant; a flow rate adjusting valve provided on the bypass line; and a control unit configured to regulate a degree of opening of the flow rate adjusting valve so that at least one of a temperature and a pressure of the carbon dioxide in the inlet of the seventh stage compressor remains constant. |
| US10190599B2 |
Drive shaft for remote variable vane actuation
A gas turbine engine includes an actuator, a harmonic drive driven by the actuator, an engine case containing a multiple of variable vanes, a firewall transverse to the engine case, a first temperature on one side of the firewall and a second temperature on the other side of the firewall, the first temperature different than the second temperature and a drive shaft driven by the harmonic drive, the drive shaft extends through the firewall to operate the multiple of variable vanes. |
| US10190598B2 |
Intermittent spigot joint for gas turbine engine casing connection
A gas turbine engine casing apparatus includes annular first and second annular cases connected by a spigot joint. The spigot joint includes an annular projection of the first annular case fitted into an annular recess of the second annular case. A plurality of circumferentially spaced apart scallops are formed on one of surfaces of the annular projection or of the annular recess, and are located in selective circumferential locations adjacent respective enhanced stiff areas of the first and second annular cases. |
| US10190594B2 |
Vacuum pump
The present disclosure relates to a vacuum pump including a bearing and a lubricant supply system for lubricating the bearing. The lubricant supply system includes: a lubricant reservoir comprising a reservoir matrix for receiving a lubricant; a lubricant transfer arrangement in contact with the reservoir matrix for transferring lubricant from the reservoir matrix to the bearing, the lubricant reservoir including a reservoir enclosure for locating the reservoir matrix in position relative to the lubricant transfer arrangement; wherein the lubricant reservoir includes a plurality of contact regions at which the reservoir matrix is in contact with the reservoir enclosure for locating the reservoir matrix in position relative to the lubricant transfer arrangement and a plurality of spacing regions between respective contact regions at which the reservoir matrix is spaced apart from the reservoir enclosure for receiving gas and lubricant foam caused by outgassing in the lubricant in the reservoir matrix. |
| US10190591B2 |
Automatic blower control
A blower unit controller and an HVAC system are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the blower unit controller includes: (1) an input configured to receive motor operating parameters, (2) an output configured to provide a motor speed control signal to an inverter, (3) a memory configured to store a mathematical model of airflow produced by a blower motor, the mathematical model being configured to relate a motor speed to the motor operating parameters and (4) a processor configured to produce the speed control signal based on the mathematical model. |
| US10190584B2 |
Electric pump
An electric pump includes a motor unit including a stator, a rotor core disposed inside the stator and a shaft coupled to the rotor core; a first pump unit and a second pump unit which are coupled using the shaft as a coaxial axis; a first housing in which a motor housing receiving the motor unit and a pump housing including a first pump accommodating part are integrally formed, the first pump unit being inserted in the first pump accommodating part; a second housing coupled to the first housing to cover the first pump accommodating part and including a second pump accommodating part in which the second pump unit is inserted; and a cover unit coupled to the second housing to cover the second pump accommodating part. |
| US10190582B2 |
Systems and methods for collecting high frequency data associated with a pump by utilizing an FPGA controller
A system for monitoring a pump, while the pump operates at a worksite, is disclosed. The system includes one or more sensors, wherein each of the one or more sensors is associated with the pump and is configured to collect high frequency data associated with the pump. The system further includes a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) controller configured to receive the high frequency data from the one or more sensors and is also configured to generate low frequency data based on the high frequency data. The system further includes a low frequency controller configured to receive the low frequency data from the FPGA controller and configured to transmit the low frequency data to a monitor. |
| US10190581B2 |
Controlling fluid operations for machine systems
Enhanced tools and techniques are disclosed for performing post-lubrication fluid operations and other fluid maintenance operations on the fluid system of a machine. A control module may be provided for initiating post-lubrication fluid operations for regulating temperature of engine components. |
| US10190579B2 |
Reciprocating compressor
A balance weight includes a main weight portion extending over a range defined by a circular-arc circumferential edge centered at a rotational shaft hole side and a pair of virtual end surfaces located on the circular-arc circumferential edge on both sides of the rotational shaft hole, a pair of extension weight portions extending from the pair of virtual end surfaces to an opposite circular-arc side of the rotational shaft hole from the circular-arc circumferential edge, the rotational shaft hole provided at the main weight portion so as to be located on a central side of the circular-arc circumferential edge, a crank shaft attachment protrusion, a crank shaft hole provided at the crank shaft attachment protrusion radially eccentrically with respect to the rotational shaft hole, and a pair of spaces formed between positions on both sides of the crank shaft attachment protrusion and the pair of extension weight portions, respectively. |
| US10190577B1 |
Hoistable induction and cooling unit for wind turbine maintenance
A maintenance tool and method for detaching mechanically-connected components of a drive train in a wind turbine is disclosed. The method involves positioning the maintenance tool below a hoist and hoisting only the lift assembly portion of the maintenance tool into a nacelle of a wind turbine. Connecting the lift assembly portion to a power source in the nacelle and extending at least two induction cables from an induction generator disposed on the lift assembly portion to wrap at least a portion of a component of the mechanically-connected components. Then operating the induction generator to pass alternating current through the induction cables and inductively heat the wrapped component such that thermal expansion creates a clearance between the mechanically-connected components thereby assisting in separating the mechanically-connected components. |
| US10190574B2 |
System and method for controlling generation output quantity of a wind power plant using dust detector
A method of controlling a wind power plant having a plurality of wind power generators includes monitoring the generation state of the wind power plant, analyzing the generation quantity reduction factor of a wind power generator if that generator has a reduced generation output quantity, and individually controlling the generation output quantity of that wind power generator based on the analyzed generation quantity reduction factor so that the generation output quantity is increased. |
| US10190564B2 |
Method for actuating a spark gap
A method for actuating a spark plug, in which the spark plug is assigned a first ignition coil and second ignition coil. Triggered by a start signal, the primary winding of the first ignition coil is charged, and the primary winding of the second ignition coil is charged with a delay D, for which 0≤D, by supplying a direct current, wherein, while each primary winding, is charged, the respective secondary winding is blocked; the primary current supplied to the primary windings is measured; after a period T, the primary winding of the first ignition coil is discharged, and with the delay D the primary winding of the second ignition coil is discharged; the secondary current flowing through the spark plug is measured; thereafter the primary windings of the first and second ignition coil start to be charged alternately when the secondary current falls below a threshold; the primary windings are discharged alternately when the primary current reaches an upper threshold; the above steps are repeated until the duration of discharge between two electrodes of the spark plug 1 reaches a predefined value Z. |
| US10190561B1 |
System and method for rapid engine start
A method of rapid starting an internal combustion engine includes determining that the engine is stopped and detecting an engine start request. The method also includes enabling a starter assembly having a brushless electric motor including a stator and a rotor and configured to drive a pinion gear, and engaging the pinion gear with the engine flywheel. The method also includes determining a present angular position of the rotor relative to the stator configured to generate a first rotor torque. The method additionally includes applying an electrical current to the motor, in response to the determined angular position of the rotor, to turn the rotor to a predetermined starting angular position configured to provide a second torque that is greater than the first torque. Furthermore, the method includes commanding the motor to spin the rotor and thereby apply the second torque via the pinion gear to start the engine. |
| US10190559B2 |
Hybrid vehicle engine starter control systems and methods
A system includes an electric machine coupled to an engine and configured to start the engine from an inactive state. A controller executes a first control algorithm while output speed of the electric machine is less than a first speed threshold, and also executes a second control algorithm while the output speed is greater than the first speed threshold and less than a second speed threshold. Additionally, the controller is programmed to execute a third control algorithm while the output speed is greater than the second speed threshold. The first control algorithm includes operating the electric machine using trapezoidal current control with pulse width modulation. The second control algorithm includes operating the electric machine using six-step voltage control with a variable phase advance angle. The third control algorithm includes operating the electric machine using six-step voltage control with a predetermined fixed phase advance angle. |
| US10190556B2 |
System and method for lubricating a cryogenic pump
A cryogenic LNG fuel system is provided that includes a tank for storing LNG and a LNG fill system including a LNG inlet passage for directing a flow of LNG into the tank. A cryogenic pump is in fluid communication with the tank and includes a pumping element at least partially immersed in the LNG for directing the LNG out of the tank and a seal. A lubricant system is provided that includes a lubricant reservoir and a lubricant inlet passage in communication with the lubricant reservoir and the LNG inlet passage. The lubricant system is adapted to introduce the lubricant into the flow of LNG in the LNG inlet passage such that at least a portion of the lubricant is entrained in the LNG in the LNG inlet passage and carried into the tank. |
| US10190555B2 |
Electromagnetic valve
It is important not to form the partial bump in the collision structural part, however the fixed core and the movable core are relatively inclined due to an accumulation of tolerances and therefore even if each collision structural part of the fixed core and the movable core in formed in a flat shape, the fixed core and the movable core are contacted with not the whole of the collision structural parts but a part of the collision structural parts at the moment of the collision. In a case in which the collision structural part is formed in a ring shape or an intermittent ring shape, the fixed core and the movable core are contacted with each other at outer peripheral parts. Thus, when the fixed core and the movable core are collided with each other, a high stress is applied to the outer peripheral parts contacted first. Accordingly, the shape of the outer peripheral parts of the collision structural parts is important, however since such a part, which is a tiny protruding shape, requires high processing accuracy, to reduce stress occurred during collision while keeping productivity is difficult. In the present invention, an R-shaped part and a flat part are provided in order from an outer peripheral side of a collision structural part. Further, the R-shaped part and the flat part are connected in a tangent manner. |
| US10190554B2 |
Fuel supply device
In a fuel supply device for separating raw fuel into high-octane fuel and low-octane fuel and supplying the fuel, to arrange the structural components compactly and to facilitate sealing against fuel vapor, the fuel supply device (1) includes: a raw fuel tank (2) for storing raw fuel; a separator (6) provided inside the raw fuel tank to separate the raw fuel into high-octane fuel that contains a greater amount of components with high octane numbers than the raw fuel and low-octane fuel that contains a greater amount of components with low octane numbers than the raw fuel; and a high-octane fuel tank (5) provided inside the raw fuel tank to store the high-octane fuel separated from the raw fuel by the separator. |
| US10190548B2 |
Heat shielding structure for intake system for engine of motorcycle
A cylinder of an engine of a motorcycle is tilted frontward. A throttle unit is provided above the cylinder, and a heat shielding sheet is provided between the cylinder and the throttle unit. The throttle unit includes a fuel injection device, and the heat shielding sheet extends between the fuel injection device and the cylinder. |
| US10190545B2 |
Fuel-saving device
A fuel-saving device for treating a fuel includes at least one pyroelectric element to be in contact with the fuel. The at least one pyroelectric element includes a high molecular polymer substrate and a plurality of polarized pyroelectric particles dispersed in the polymer substrate. The polarized pyroelectric particle has infrared absorption peaks at wavenumber ranging from 430 cm−1 to 980 cm−1 and from 1600 cm−1 to 2700 cm−1. |
| US10190543B2 |
Method of operating internal combustion engine having increased rich limit for dedicated EGR cylinder
A method of providing internal EGR to an engine having at least one dedicated EGR cylinder. The main (non dedicated) cylinders are operated with internal EGR, in addition to external EGR from the dedicated EGR cylinder. The dedicated EGR cylinder has separate valve control so that it need not be operated with internal EGR, thereby allowing it to be operated at a richer air-to-fuel ratio. |
| US10190539B2 |
Inlet flow restrictor
A hypersonic vehicle has a body, a control surface, and a hypersonic air-breathing engine. The engine includes a converging inlet having a fixed cowling having a first cross-sectional area and a throat having a second cross-sectional area. A flow restrictor is movable between a stowed position and a fully deployed position. The flow restrictor has a third cross-sectional area that is smaller than the first cross-sectional area, such that a consistent gap is formed between a periphery of the flow restrictor and an inner surface of the cowling with the flow restrictor in the fully deployed position and the difference between the first cross-sectional area and the third cross-sectional area is approximately equal to the second cross-sectional area. |
| US10190533B2 |
Internal combustion engine and method for coating internal combustion engine components
An internal combustion engine includes a component configured to be subjected to combustion gasses, the component includes a substrate presenting a surface and a coating applied to the surface of the substrate. The coating includes an insulating layer applied to the surface having a plurality of microspheres and a sealing layer bonded to the insulating layer and seals against the insulating layer. |
| US10190532B2 |
Air intake structure for vehicle engine
An air intake structure for a vehicle engine includes: a variable flap rotatably provided in an intake air passage so as to control a cross-sectional area of intake air flow; a port plate provided to a downstream of the variable flap, and generating displacement in cooperation with the variable flap; a driving unit supplying a driving force for generating displacement of both the variable flap and the port plate; and a controller determining a rotation angle of the variable flap in accordance with an operating range of an engine, and controlling the rotation angle of the variable flap by driving the driving unit. |
| US10190529B1 |
Marine engines having cylinder block cooling jacket with spacer
A marine engine has a cylinder block having a plurality of cylinders. A cooling jacket is formed in the cylinder block and is configured to convey cooling fluid alongside the plurality of cylinders. The cooling jacket has a top end and a bottom end. A ledge is formed in the cylinder block. The ledge radially extends into cooling jacket at a location between the top end and the bottom end. A spacer is disposed in the cooling jacket and supported by the ledge so that the spacer remains spaced apart from the bottom end, thereby maintaining a lower cooling passage between the spacer and the bottom end. |
| US10190528B2 |
Opposed piston engine cylinder with carbon scraper
Technology is provided for a cylinder with a carbon scraper for use in an opposed piston engine. The cylinder includes a cylinder body having first and second piston bores extending along a central axis for reciprocation of corresponding first and second pistons therein. A chamber bore is located between the first and second piston bores and first and second annular grooves are located on opposite ends of the chamber bore. The chamber bore extends between and is inclusive of a top-dead-center position of a top land of each of the first and second pistons. The first and second piston bores have a piston diameter and the chamber bore has a chamber diameter smaller than the piston diameter. For example, the chamber diameter can be between about 0.004 and about 0.020 inches smaller than the piston diameter. |
| US10190526B2 |
Alternating current drive for actuators
A method for providing consistent actuator events for each of a plurality of consecutive actuator events of an electromagnetic actuator, includes applying a first bi-directional current waveform for a first actuator event and applying a second bi-directional current waveform for a second actuator event immediately subsequent to the first actuator event. The first bi-directional current waveform includes applying current in a first direction when the actuator is commanded to an actuated position and applying current in a reversed second direction when the actuator is commanded to a rest position. The second bi-directional current waveform includes applying current in the reversed second direction when the actuator is commanded to an actuated position and applying current in the first direction when the actuator is commanded to a rest position. |
| US10190525B2 |
Method of calculating an angular position of a crankshaft during a fuel injection event
A method of calculating an angular position of a crankshaft at the occurrence of a fuel injection event includes integrating a first polynomial function, and integrating a second polynomial function. The integrated second polynomial function is then divided by the integrated first polynomial function to calculate the angular position of the crankshaft at the occurrence of the fuel injection event. The calculated angular position of the crankshaft at the occurrence of the fuel injection event may then be correlated to an absolute angular position of the crankshaft, relative to a Top Dead Center position of the crankshaft. The calculated angular position of the crankshaft at the occurrence of the fuel injection event may be used to adjust the injection timing of future fuel injection events. |
| US10190516B2 |
Method of feedforward turbocharger control for boosted engines with multi-route EGR
An engine includes an exhaust gas recirculation system with a high pressure exhaust gas recirculation loop and a low pressure exhaust gas recirculation loop, and an air charging system. A method of controlling the air charging system includes monitoring an actual exhaust gas recirculation rate, operating conditions of a compressor and turbine in the air charging system. A compressor flow is determined based on a target exhaust gas recirculation rate, a target intake manifold pressure and the actual exhaust gas recirculation rate. A power requested by the compressor is determined based on the compressor flow, the target intake manifold pressure, and the monitored operating conditions of the compressor. A power to be generated by the turbine is determined based upon the power requested by the compressor. A turbine flow is determined based upon the power to be generated by the turbine and the monitored operating conditions of the turbine. A system control command is determined based on the turbine flow and the monitored operating conditions of the turbine. The air charging system is controlled based on the system control command. |
| US10190514B2 |
Purge device, and internal combustion engine provided with the same
A purge device includes a canister; a purge passage configured to extend from the canister and be connected to an upstream side of a compressor of a supercharger in an intake passage; a supply unit configured to supply purge gas to the upstream side of the compressor in the intake passage during supercharging; a throttle configured to be provided in a portion of the intake passage connected with the purge passage and limit an inflow of gas from the purge passage; a sensor configured to detect internal pressure downstream of the supply unit in the purge passage; and a control device configured to determine that a passage end of the purge passage deviates from the intake passage, in a case where a detection value obtained by the sensor during the operation of the supply unit is lower than a predetermined pressure. |
| US10190513B2 |
Control method of engine system
An engine system includes an intake passage, a non-deactivation exhaust passage, a second exhaust manifold, a first turbocharger including a first turbine rotated by exhaust gas flowing via the first exhaust manifold, a second turbocharger including a second turbine rotated by exhaust gas flowing via the second exhaust manifold, an exhaust outlet, a main intake circulation passage in communication with the intake passage via a compressor of the first turbocharger such that supercharging air is supplied to the intake passage, a sub intake circulation passage in communication with the main intake circulation passage via a compressor of the second turbocharger such that supercharging air is supplied to the main intake circulation passage, and a deactivation valve disposed on the sub intake circulation passage between the compressor of the second turbocharger and the main intake circulation passage so as to selectively open/close the sub intake circulation passage. |
| US10190511B2 |
Method and system for a vehicle
A method for running a vehicle (100) that includes a combustion engine (101) which can selectively be connected to a driveshaft (104, 105). When the vehicle (100) is in motion and is approaching a downgrade, determining whether the engine (101) can be disconnected from the driveshaft (104, 105) for at least a first period of time (T1), and disconnecting the driveshaft (104, 105) for at least the first period of time (T1); and the engine (101) also is switched off for the first period (T1). A system that performs the method and a vehicle that performs it are disclosed. |
| US10190510B2 |
Fuel storage apparatus
A fuel storage apparatus includes a fuel tank, a heat exchanger, a fuel pipe, and a medium pipe. The heat exchanger performs heat exchange between fuel inside the fuel tank and a heat exchange medium. The fuel pipe is provided inside the fuel tank and delivers the fuel to the heat exchanger. The medium pipe is provided outside the fuel tank and delivers the heat exchange medium to the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a first joint and a second joint. The first joint is provided inside the fuel tank and is connectable to the fuel pipe. The second joint is provided outside the fuel tank and is connectable to the medium pipe. |
| US10190508B2 |
Filter pre-fill detection system and method
A system for detecting a pre-fill status of a fuel filter in a fuel system includes a monitoring mechanism structured to monitor a fluid property of the fuel system indicative of priming. A control mechanism is coupled with and structured to received data from the monitoring mechanism, and outputs a signal responsive to a time to prime the fuel system that is indicative of a filter pre-fill state. |
| US10190507B2 |
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, one or more valves of a set of first exhaust valves coupled to the second exhaust manifold may be deactivated in response to select engine operating conditions, while maintaining active all valves of a set of second exhaust valves coupled to the first exhaust manifold. The select engine operating conditions may include one or more of a deceleration fuel shut-off condition, a part throttle condition, and a cold start condition. |
| US10190505B2 |
Housing for driving an apparatus for a turbine engine
A gearbox to be attached to a turbine engine to drive at least one apparatus annexed to the turbine engine, the gearbox including a housing; a power take-off member capable of engaging with a radial shaft of the turbine engine; at least one kinematic chain located inside the housing and capable of transmitting the rotational movement of the power take-off member to at least one rotatable shaft of an apparatus. The kinematic chain includes a first end and a second end. The power take-off member is linked to the kinematic chain by a gear having convergent axes and located between the first end and the second end of the kinematic chain. |
| US10190497B2 |
Counter-rotating low pressure turbine without turbine exhaust case
A gas turbine engine comprises a compressor section, a combustor section downstream of the compressor section, and a turbine section downstream of the combustor section. A mid-turbine frame includes an outer case portion and is configured to support the turbine section. At least one shaft defines an axis of rotation, and the turbine section comprises an inner rotor directly driving the shaft. The inner rotor includes an inner set of blades. An outer rotor is positioned immediately adjacent to the outer case portion and has an outer set of blades interspersed with the inner set of blades. The outer rotor is configured to rotate in an opposite direction about the axis of rotation from the inner rotor. A gear system is positioned downstream of the combustor section, is mounted to the mid-turbine frame, and is coupled to the outer rotor to drive the at least one shaft. |
| US10190488B2 |
Method for producing a variable turbine geometry
A method for producing a variable turbine geometry of a charging device may include inserting at least two guide blades into a blade mounting ring. The method may then include jointly machining at least two of the guide blades, in the mounted state, on respective end side of the at least two guide blades facing away from the blade mounting ring in order to produce a final shape of the end sides. |
| US10190487B1 |
Systems and methods for a bi-valved variable inlet device
Methods and systems are provided for a variable inlet device of a compressor. In one example, a compressor may include the variable inlet device arranged within an inlet conduit of the compressor. The variable inlet device may be adjustable to control the gas flow through the compressor, the variable inlet including a pair of semi-cylindrical shells that are pivotable, about a set of hinges, between an open and closed position. |
| US10190484B2 |
Control apparatus for internal combustion engine
A control apparatus for controlling an internal combustion engine in which a first compressor and a second compressor are arranged in parallel in an intake passage may be configured, in a situation where supercharging by the second compressor is required at a time of a request to increase the engine torque, to start supercharging by the second compressor upon the elapse of a delay time that is started when the power of the first compressor is increased to a designated power value or more using an exhaust energy adjustment device. |
| US10190483B2 |
Method of controlling a pressure ratio in a flow of compressed combustion air
A method of controlling an engine system, having both an electric driven compressor and an exhaust driven turbocharger for compressing a flow of combustion air for an internal combustion engine, includes defining a total pressure ratio target for the flow of combustion air, and defining a distribution factor to calculate a first portion of the total pressure ratio target and a second portion of the total pressure ratio target. The sum of the first portion of the total pressure ratio target and the second portion of the total pressure ratio target is equal to the total pressure ratio target. The electric driven compressor is controlled to provide the first portion of the total pressure ratio target, and the exhaust driven turbocharger is controlled to provide the second portion of the total pressure ratio target. |
| US10190481B2 |
Minimum power consumption for cool down diagnostic based on cylinder deactivation
A diagnostic system for an engine of a vehicle includes a temperature determination module, a comparison module, and a fault indication module. The temperature determination module receives an indication of whether one or more cylinders within the engine are deactivated and selects a first temperature threshold based on the indication. The comparison module selectively determines whether a temperature of engine coolant is less than the first temperature threshold. The fault indication module diagnoses a fault in response to the comparison module determining that the temperature of the engine coolant is less than the first temperature threshold. |
| US10190476B2 |
Electromagnetic valve and internal combustion engine cooling system with electromagnetic valve
A solenoid valve (1), in particular for closing a bypass in a coolant circuit of an internal combustion engine, with an energizable winding (3) and an armature (2) that is adjustable in the direction of a core by energizing the winding, which armature (2) force-loads a valve plunger (8) with energized winding (3) in the direction of a closing position, in particular against the spring force of a resetting spring (18), wherein when the armature (2) is energized a pin (12) which is adjustable together with the armature for adjusting the valve plunger (8) in the direction of the closing position is provided, by way of which the valve plunger (8) by way of adjusting the armature (2) upon energization can be force-loaded in the direction of the closing position, and which is spring force-loaded by a pressure limiting spring (13) in the direction of the closing position of the valve plunger (8) and which by way of the valve plunger (8) upon an axial valve plunger movement of the valve plunger (8) out of its closing position is adjustable for opening the solenoid valve (1) despite the armature (2) that is adjustable in the direction of the core (6) against the spring force of the pressure limiting spring (13). |
| US10190472B2 |
Systems and methods for sensing particulate matter
Systems and methods are provided for sensing particulate matter in an exhaust system of a vehicle. In one example, a system includes a tube with a plurality of gas intake apertures on an upstream surface, the tube having a horseshoe shape with a rounded notch on a downstream surface and a plurality of gas exit apertures positioned along a length of the rounded notch and a particulate matter sensor positioned inside the tube. In another examples, a system for sensing particulate matter comprises a first outer tube with a plurality of gas intake apertures on an upstream surface, a second inner tube position within the first outer tube and including a plurality of gas intake apertures on a downstream surface and an opening at a bottom surface for discharging exhaust gasses to an exhaust passage, and a particulate matter sensor positioned within the second inner tube. |
| US10190471B2 |
Exhaust-gas after-treatment device
Disclosed is an exhaust-gas after-treatment device for an internal combustion engine, in particular for a ship's diesel internal combustion engine that is operated with heavy oil, including: a housing through which exhaust gas flows; exhaust-gas purification chambers formed in the housing, which chambers hold catalysts and/or particulate filters in order to purify the exhaust gas; and muffler chambers formed in the housing, which chambers have a defined depth for muffling sound in the flow direction. The exhaust-gas purification chambers and the muffler chambers are arranged spatially in series and parallel to one another on the flow side. |
| US10190468B2 |
Sensor element and exhaust gas sensor having a sensor element
A sensor element includes a sensor arrangement and a heating arrangement. The sensor arrangement can be heated by the heating arrangement. The heating arrangement has an electrically conductive heating structure which is at least partially electrically insulated from the sensor arrangement by electrical insulation having an electrically insulating material. The electrically insulating material has gas-tight sintered particles which have forsterite particles, spinel particles, or a mixture of forsterite particles and spinel particles. Such particles may have an average size D50 of less than or equal to about 200 nm. |
| US10190467B1 |
Exhaust turbosonic generator for vehicles
Described is a turbosonic generator for generating electricity for a vehicle and for attenuating sound from the vehicle's internal combustion engine. The turbosonic generator comprises a turbosonic generator housing, a driveshaft, a ventilated tube enclosing the driveshaft, the ventilated tube comprising first and second ends, the first end formed through a first end partition of the turbosonic generator housing and comprising an inlet for receiving exhaust gasses from a vehicle engine, and the second end sealed for preventing the exhaust gasses from escaping through the second end, the ventilated tube further comprising exhaust orifices for allowing the exhaust gasses to escape the ventilated tube, and means, coupled to a first end of the driveshaft, for producing electricity as the exhaust gasses cause the driveshaft to rotate. |
| US10190461B2 |
Exhaust gas control system for internal combustion engine and control method for internal combustion engine
In an exhaust gas control system for an internal combustion engine, addition valves which add an additive toward a first selective reduction NOx catalyst are provided in an exhaust passage on both of an upstream side and a downstream side of the SCR catalyst. In a case where a flow rate of exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust passage is equal to or lower than a predetermined flow rate, the additive is added from both addition valves to allow ammonia to be adsorbed onto the first selective reduction NOx catalyst. |
| US10190458B2 |
Storage tank for aqueous urea solution in a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a storage tank (1) in a motor vehicle for receiving an aqueous urea solution for the SCR of nitrogen oxide in the exhaust gas. The storage tank (1) comprises a tank body which forms a storage volume (2) for the urea solution. The storage tank (1) furthermore comprises a filling pipe for filling the storage volume (2) and means for venting the storage volume (2) during the refuelling, wherein the filling pipe (3) has a filling head (9) at a remote end, and the filling head (9) forms an orifice stub (10). The orifice stub (10) defines an orifice (11) for receiving a fuel pump nozzle. Said orifice stub furthermore has an external thread for receiving a complementary union thread of a refuelling cylinder for refuelling by the gas displacement method. The orifice stub forms at least one secondary air opening when the refuelling cylinder is attached, and therefore, when a refuelling cylinder is attached, a sealing seat is bridged by the refuelling cylinder and refuelling by the gas displacement method is possible even if counterflow venting through the filling tube (3) does not take place. |
| US10190456B2 |
Oil removal apparatus
An object of the present invention is to suppress conduction between an anode and a cathode caused by condensed water in an oil removal apparatus in which oil particles are trapped in a filter disposed between the anode and the cathode. A bipolar electrode having an anode and a cathode that extend in a flow direction of blow-by gas, and a filter formed from an insulator and disposed between the anode and the cathode of the bipolar electrode are housed in a case. Further, when the oil removal apparatus is installed in a vehicle, the bipolar electrode and the filter are disposed in the case so as to be arranged in a horizontal direction, and a space through which the blow-by gas flows is formed between a lower inner wall surface of the case, and the bipolar electrode and filter. |
| US10190454B2 |
Motorcycle supercharger
An impeller for pressurizing an intake air of an engine is provided on a left side end portion in a supercharger rotary shaft of the supercharger. The power from the engine is transmitted to a second sprocket, which is provided on a right side end portion of an input shaft of a speed increaser, through a chain to thereby allow the supercharger to drive. The second sprocket is removably fitted to the input shaft by means of a bolt. The supercharger rotary shaft, the input shaft, the second sprocket and the bolt are all accommodated in a supercharger casing. The supercharger casing has a right side end face formed with an access opening through which access can be made to the second sprocket and the bolt from an axial direction. |
| US10190453B2 |
Valve for vehicle transmission oil cooler bypass
A valve for a vehicle may include a housing including a first inflow hole, a second inflow hole, a first exhaust hole, and a second exhaust hole, an inner body inserted in the housing and having a fixing groove, a fixing rod fixed to the fixing groove, a movable member slidably engaged to the lower end portion of the fixing rod to upwardly or downwardly move along the fixing rod according to a temperature of the transmission oil being flowed in the inside of the housing, a relief member including a penetration hole, wherein the lower end portion of the movable member is selectively movable therein, and slidably mounted in the lower end portion of the inner body, a first elastic member interposed between the movable member and the relief member, and a second elastic member interposed between the inner body and the relief member. |
| US10190452B2 |
Engine lubrication structure and motorcycle
An engine lubrication structure supplies oil from an oil pump to individual components of an engine in which a balancer shaft is disposed parallel with a crank shaft in a crank case, the engine includes a turbocharger which compresses intake air using exhaust gas of the engine; a main gallery which supplies oil to a bearing of the crank shaft and a bearing of the balancer shaft and a sub-gallery which supplies, to individual components of the engine, oil that has been supplied to the bearing of the balancer shaft are provided in the crank case; and an oil passage which supplies oil to the turbocharger is connected to the sub-gallery. |
| US10190451B2 |
Compression-release engine brake system for lost motion rocker arm assembly and method of operation thereof
A compression-release brake system is provided that includes a lost motion exhaust rocker assembly, an actuation piston, and a reset device. The actuation piston includes an actuation piston body that is slidably received by the rocker arm to define a piston cavity in the rocker arm and is movable between piston retracted and extended positions. The actuation piston is configured to be operatively associated with the exhaust valve to permit unseating of the exhaust valve from the seated state. An actuation piston check valve is configured to move between closed and open positions to permit hydraulic fluid flow through an actuation piston communication port to the piston cavity. The reset device includes a reset check valve and a reset pressure control spring for applying a biasing force to the reset check valve to urge the reset check valve toward an open position. |
| US10190446B2 |
Valve train assembly
A valve train assembly includes a valve bridge assembly. The valve bridge assembly includes: a valve bridge; a first cavity formed towards a first end portion of the valve bridge; and a hydraulic lash adjuster (HLA) disposed within the first cavity, the HLA for engaging a first valve stem. The valve train assembly further includes: a pivotally mounted first rocker arm for engaging the valve bridge and to pivot in response to a rotating first cam to cause a first valve lift event in an engine cycle. The first rocker arm includes: a rocker arm cavity formed within an end portion thereof; and a control capsule disposed within the rocker arm cavity, wherein the control capsule is configurable in an ON configuration and an OFF configuration. |
| US10190444B2 |
Cam follower roller device with washer
The cam follower roller device providing a tappet body extending along an axis, an insert mounted in the tappet body, a pin mounted at least on the insert and a roller mounted on the pin. The device further provides a retaining washer mounted into a bore of the tappet body so as to axially retain the insert inside the tappet body. The tappet body provides retention means, cooperating with the washer to axially retain the washer relative to the tappet body. The retaining washer is axially interposed between the insert and the retention means. |
| US10190443B2 |
Steam accumulator comprising a latent heat accumulator and a steam thermocompressor
The present invention relates to a method for decoupling the provision of electricity and high-pressure steam of a combined heat and power plant which has the primary purpose of providing process steam, i.e. which is heat-led. |
| US10190441B2 |
Triple flange arrangement for a gas turbine engine
A flange arrangement for a gas turbine engine includes a case flange between a forward flange and an aft flange. |
| US10190439B2 |
Frangible mounting arrangement and method for providing same
A frangible mounting arrangement between a bearing and a bearing support in a gas turbine engine comprises a plurality of frangible bolts connecting mounting flanges of the bearing and the bearing support. The bolts are disposed on a circle. A distance on the circle between a first pair of adjacent bolts is greater than a distance on the circle between a second pair of adjacent bolts. The bolts are configured to break when subjected to a breaking load above a predetermined value. The breaking load results from at least one of a bending moment and a shear load on the mounting flanges. When subjected to the breaking load, the first pair of adjacent bolts breaks before the second pair of adjacent bolts. A method of providing a frangible mounting arrangement between a bearing and a bearing support is also provided. |
| US10190437B2 |
Test bench for an aircraft turbojet engine, with shutters
A test bench for an aircraft turbojet engine is provided. The test bench comprises a U-shaped configuration with a passage in the form of an elongated corridor, an inlet duct, and an outlet duct. The corridor comprises a fixing zone with a fixing arm for holding a turbojet engine during testing. The passage furthermore has an upstream shutter with vertical pivoting air guides and a downstream shutter with an inflatable balloon in a collector tube. In the event of fire, the shutters close to confine the turbojet engine in order to suffocate the fire rapidly. A method for managing a fire in a test bench with a passage is also provided. Shutters are placed in the passage, where they deploy. |
| US10190435B2 |
Turbine shroud with abradable layer having ridges with holes
Turbine and compressor casing abradable component embodiments for turbine engines vary localized porosity or abradability through use of holes or dimple depressions of desired polygonal profiles that are formed into the surface of otherwise monolithic abradable surfaces or rib structures. Abradable porosity within a rib is varied locally by changing any one or more of hole/depression depth, diameter, array pitch density, and/or volume. In various embodiments, localized porosity increases and corresponding abradability increases axially from the upstream or forward axial end of the abradable surface to the downstream or aft end of the surface. In this way, the forward axial end of the abradable surface has less porosity to counter hot working gas erosion of the surface, while the more aft portions of the abradable surface accommodate blade cutting and incursion with lower likelihood of blade tip wear. |
| US10190430B2 |
Turbine engine, such as a turbojet or a turboprop engine
A turbine engine, a turbojet, or a turboprop engine, including an annular combustion chamber defined by an inner shell and an outer shell, a turbine distributor arranged downstream of the combustion chamber, with a downstream end of the outer shell and/or of the inner shell of the chamber including a radial rim arranged opposite a radial rim of an upstream end of the distributor, a sealing mechanism including at least one strip extending between the rims to provide a seal between the combustion chamber and the distributor. The sealing strip extends axially and circumferentially between the rims and bears sealingly against free ends of the rims. |
| US10190428B2 |
Universal seal
A seal for a gas turbine engine includes a top, a bottom, a left side, a right side, a back and a front. The back is parallel to the front and the left side is parallel to the right side such that a non-square shape is formed by the intersection of the back, the left side, the front and the right side. The top includes a first vane mating surface and the bottom includes a second vane mating surface. |
| US10190426B2 |
Stator sector for a turbine engine, and a method of fabricating it
A sector for a turbine stator includes vanes made of composite material, each including an airfoil extending between first and second ends. The sector has first and second platforms made of composite material, the first platform having openings in which the first ends of the vanes are engaged, and the second platform having openings in which the second ends of the vanes are engaged. The openings in the first platform present dimensions greater than the dimensions of the first ends of the vanes engaged in the openings so as to leave clearance between the first end of each vane and the opening. Each vane first end engaged in an opening presents dimensions that are less than the dimensions of the airfoil so as to define a shoulder extending around the first end. The shoulder presents dimensions that are greater than the dimensions of the openings in the first platform. |
| US10190425B2 |
Flow splitting first vane support for gas turbine engine
A gas turbine engine includes an engine static structure that has a fluid port. A turbine vane is supported relative to the engine static structure and includes a cooling passage. A flow splitter is provided between the engine static structure and the turbine vane. The flow splitter is configured to divide a flow upstream from the flow splitter into a first fluid flow provided to the fluid port and a second fluid flow provided to the cooling passage. |
| US10190420B2 |
Flared crossovers for airfoils
An airfoil according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an airfoil section having an external wall and an internal wall. The internal wall defines a reference plane extending in a spanwise direction along a surface of the internal wall, a first cavity and a second cavity separated by the internal wall, and a plurality of crossover passages within the internal wall and connecting the first cavity to the second cavity. Each of the plurality of crossover passages defines a passage axis. The passage axis of each of the plurality of crossover passages is arranged at a radial angle relative to a localized region of the reference plane such that the radial angle of at least some of the plurality of crossover passages differs in the spanwise direction. |
| US10190414B2 |
Round internal combustion engine
A round internal combustion engine (10) comprising: a stationary toroidal combustion chamber (44); a first (24A) and a second (24B) shaft member, each for connecting thereof to at least one piston (26A1, 26A2, 26B1, 26B2) disposed within the stationary toroidal combustion chamber (44); and a positioning mechanism (60), for changing angular positioning and velocity between the first (24A) and second (24B) shaft members, for increasing and decreasing a distance between the pistons (26A1, 26A2, 26B1, 26B2) of the shaft members (24A, 24B), the positioning mechanism (60) comprising: at least one rotatable wheel (28i, 28ii, 28iii) disposed eccentrically (58) within the first shaft member (24A); and at least one rotatable connecting-rod (56i, 56ii, 56iii) disposed between the first (24A) and second (24B) shaft members, for directly connecting an eccentric anchor (36A) of the at least one rotatable wheel (28i, 28ii) to an eccentric anchor (36B) of the second shaft member (24B). |
| US10190410B2 |
Methods of acoustically communicating and wells that utilize the methods
Methods of acoustically communicating acoustically within a wellbore and wells that utilize the methods are disclosed herein. The methods generally utilize an acoustic wireless network including a plurality of nodes spaced-apart along a length of a tone transmission medium. In some embodiments, the disclosure includes methods of conserving power in the acoustic wireless network. |
| US10190408B2 |
System, apparatus, and method for drilling
A system, apparatus and method for monitoring a drilling operation includes receiving a signal via a first pair of antennas positioned on a surface of the earthen formation. The signal received by the first pair of antennas has a first signal characteristic. The method includes receiving the signal via a second pair of antennas positioned on the surface at a different location than that of the first pair of antennas. The signal received by the second pair of antennas has a second signal characteristic. The method includes identifying which of the first signal characteristic and the second signal characteristic of the signal received by the respective first and second pairs of antennas is a preferred signal characteristic. The method can include decoding the signal received by one of the first and second pairs of antennas that has received the signal with the preferred signal characteristic. |
| US10190404B2 |
High quality visualization in a corrosion inspection tool for multiple pipes
A method includes conveying a pipe inspection tool including one or more sensors into a wellbore having at least one pipe, transmitting an excitation signal from the pipe inspection tool and measuring response signals with the sensors, and processing the response signals to obtain measured responses. A map of the pipe is then generated based on the measured responses, where the map is divided into pipe ranges extending along the length of the pipe and each pipe range corresponds to a percentage of metal loss in the pipe. A photorealistic image is assigned to each pipe range based on the percentage of metal loss, and a two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) image is then generated as a combination of each photorealistic image. The 2D or 3D image is then graphically visualized. |
| US10190403B2 |
System and method for predicting and visualizing drilling events
Predicting and visualizing drilling events. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including: receiving data indicative of location of a first wellbore; identifying an offset well, the offset well within a predetermined distance of the first wellbore, the identifying by the computer system based on the data indicative of location of the first wellbore; reading data associated with the offset well, the reading by the computer system; generating a value indicative of probability of occurrence of a drilling event based on the data associated with the offset well; plotting the value indicative of probability of occurrence of the drilling event associated with a direction relative to the first wellbore, the plotting on a display device coupled to the computer system; and then adjusting a drilling parameter of the first wellbore based on the value indicative of probability of occurrence of the at least one drilling event. |
| US10190402B2 |
Controlling a bottom-hole assembly in a wellbore
Techniques for controlling a bottom hole assembly (BHA) include determining a first candidate BHA control signal; generating an input to a BHA control, the input comprising a perturbation signal superimposed on the first candidate BHA control signal; controlling the BHA using the input to the BHA control; determining a change in an objective value as a function of the perturbation signal, based on a received downhole sensor measurement; and generating, based on the change in the objective value, a second candidate BHA control signal. |
| US10190401B2 |
Method for the stimulation of the near-wellbore reservoir of a horizontal wellbore
A wellbore (1) surrounded by a formation has a horizontal section provided with a non-cemented perforated liner (3), thereby forming an annular space (4) between the liner and the formation. The annular space is divided into zones (zone 1, zone 2, zone 3) isolated from each other by means of respective external packers (6, 7, 8) arranged externally on the liner. Selective access to the zones is provided by means of an internal pipe (9) arranged inside the liner and provided with internal packers (10, 11, 12) corresponding to the respective external packers. For each of the zones, the internal pipe is provided with a valve (14, 15, 16) providing access between the inside of the internal pipe and the corresponding zone. Stimulation of the near-wellbore is performed by pumping acid or the like reactive fluid through the internal pipe into the wellbore and is performed simultaneously in adjacent zones of the annular space. |
| US10190399B2 |
Traveling valve assembly and method therefor
A traveling valve assembly adapted to be coupled to a southern end of a pump plunger wherein the traveling valve has an elongated body and two ball valves, one positioned at the northern end of the traveling valve and another positioned at the southern end of the traveling valve. The traveling valve prevents pumped fluid that has slipped downwardly past the pump plunger from continuing to slip further down into the pump barrel. The traveling valve captures that pumped fluid that has slipped downwardly so that it may be produced upwardly through the pump. |
| US10190397B2 |
Closure device for a surge pressure reduction tool
A closure device is provided to close a surge pressure reduction tool disposed in a deviated wellbore. The closure device may include a tubular body, a fin, and a rupture disk disposed in the tubular body. The closure device may be pumped downhole to close the tool. |
| US10190393B2 |
Drill string mountable wellbore cleanup apparatus and method
A drill pipe mountable wellbore cleaning tool apparatus is of an improved configuration that enables attachment to a drill pipe joint having first and second connector end and a cylindrically shaped portion between the connector ends. The drill pipe joint with attached debris cleaning tool or tools is made part of a drill string. The apparatus includes a support sleeve mounted to the drill pipe joint between the connector ends. The support sleeve abuts without invading the integrity of the cylindrical portion. Centralizers are attached to the opposing ends of and are overlapping a portion of the support sleeve. The support sleeve carries one or more debris cleaning tools in between the centralizers to remove debris from a wellbore. At least one locking clamp is attached to the cylindrical portion next to a said centralizer, which prevents the support sleeve from moving longitudinally along the drill pipe joint. |
| US10190392B1 |
Landfill gas wellhead monitoring and control system
An automated landfill gas wellhead monitoring and control system includes a field monitoring and control system (FMCS) that receives landfill gas condition data and that controls an automated gas control valve on a wellhead as a function thereof. A remote monitoring control system (RMCS) is in communication with the FMCS and provides other data obtained from sources outside of the landfill. This additional data is used by the FMCS to control the gas control valve and the system provides a preventative configuration based on a predicted condition. |
| US10190387B2 |
Method of sealing a well
A method of sealing a well comprises creating one or more openings in a tubing installed in a wellbore, in a location for a well seal; using a wireline to locate a stinger in that location; setting the stinger in that location; and forming a seal in the well in that location, by injecting sealant through said stinger. |
| US10190385B2 |
Downhole tools comprising sealing elements composed of elastomer and anhydrous acid particles
Downhole tools, and methods and systems related thereto, comprising a body; and at least one sealing element composed of an elastomer and anhydrous acid particles, and wherein at least a portion of the sealing element hydrolytically degrades in a wellbore environment. The anhydrous acid particles hydrolyze to form an acid that accelerates degradation of the sealing element. |
| US10190384B2 |
Drilling stripping element
A stripping element for rotary flow control diverters used in the oil and gas industry can include a stiffening member formed of a first harder material than a deformable member formed of a second softer material over-molded to the stiffening member. The stiffening member can include apertures that provide for the second softer material of the deformable member to be displaced through the apertures when a pipe of a drill is displaced through the stripping element. The stiffening member can include multiple members that stiffen the deformable member to prevent the deformable member from bending into the stripping element when a pipe of a drill is displaced through the stripping element. The multiple members can be displaced out in a direction away from the pipe of the drill when the pipe of the drill is displaced through the stripping element to prevent the stripping element from being compromised. |
| US10190379B2 |
Inner drilling riser tie-back connector seal
An improved seal disposed at an interface of a main body of an inner drilling riser tie-back connector (ITBC) and a subsea wellhead is provided. The seal comprises a main body portion formed of a pair of opposed inwardly projecting fingers having a saw-cut profile at their ends and an outwardly projecting lever arm disposed adjacent to and at an outward angle to one of the opposed inwardly projecting fingers. Under loading the outwardly projecting lever arm imparts a bending moment to the seal, which enhances the seal created between the ITBC and the subsea wellhead and reduces the torque required to disengage the internal tie-back connector. |
| US10190376B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling a downhole device
Apparatus for controlling a downhole device in a well, comprises a body having a control slot engaging a pin. Movement of the pin relative to the control slot switches the device between active and inactive states. The slot has at least one loop and at least one elongated axial track spaced around the body with respect to the at least one loop. The pin can move in the at least one elongated axial track between different configurations of the pin and slot which correspond to active and inactive configurations of the downhole device. Each of the at least one elongated axial track is connected to one of the at least one loop via a deviate branch track, and the control slot has no separate, dedicate return path for returning the pin from the deviate branch track to the elongated axial track. |
| US10190374B2 |
Vertical pipe handling system and method
A system includes a cage having a pipe rack configured to store a tubular in a vertical orientation, such that a longitudinal axis of the tubular is substantially perpendicular to a horizontal plane. The system also includes a first robotic pipe handler configured to transition the tubular from a horizontal orientation, in which the longitudinal axis of the tubular is substantially parallel to the horizontal plane, to the vertical orientation. The first robotic pipe handler transitions between a raised position and a lowered position about a first handler axis. |
| US10190373B2 |
Bottom-hole feeding mechanism
A bottom-hole feeding mechanism comprising: a cylinder (1), a screw spindle (2) engaging with the cylinder (1) by means of a non-stopping splined screw pair (3), a first piston (6) received within the cylinder (1) and coupled with the screw spindle (2) and a hollow rod (8), an axial spindle (4) arranged along the cylinder (1) axis and engaging the cylinder (1) by means of an axial splined pair (5), a second piston (7) rigidly coupled with the axial spindle (4) and engaging the inner surface of the cylinder (1) and the outer surface of the hollow rod (8), wherein the hollow rod (8), the first piston (6), the second piston (7) and the cylinder (1) form a closed chamber (9) comprising a throttle (10), hydraulic channels (11) on the body of a valve (21), and a float (12). |
| US10190372B2 |
Energy transmission efficient drill string coupling
A drill string and a threaded coupling region for a drill string include threaded male and female ends that are optimized to maximize energy transmission efficiency for percussion drilling. The coupling includes a male spigot to be received within a female sleeve, such that an axial length of the overlap of the spigot within the sleeve is less than an outside diameter of the sleeve. |
| US10190367B2 |
Spline insert for a downhole tool
An expandable tool includes a body and a recess extending at least partially through the body from an outer radial surface of the body. A spline insert may be at least partially positioned in the recess and coupled to the body. The spline insert may include a single spline or multiple splines. A cutter block or other expandable member may be at least partially positioned in the recess. The cutter block or other expandable member may include a spline on a side surface thereof, which spline may be engaged with the one or more splines of the spline insert. Engagement between one or more splines of the spline insert and spline of the cutter block or other expandable member may allow the expandable member to move radially outward from a retracted position to an expanded position, and vice versa. |
| US10190366B2 |
Hybrid drill bits having increased drilling efficiency
An earth-boring drill bit is described, the bit having a bit body having a central longitudinal axis that defines an axial center of the bit body and configured at its upper extent for connection into a drill string; at least one primary fixed blade extending downwardly from the bit body and inwardly toward, but not proximate to, the central axis of the drill bit; at least one secondary fixed blade extending radially outward from proximate the central axis of the drill bit; a plurality of fixed cutting elements secured to the primary and secondary fixed blades; at least one bit leg secured to the bit body; and a rolling cutter mounted for rotation on the bit leg; wherein the fixed cutting elements on at least one fixed blade extend from a center of the bit outward toward a gage region of the bit but do not include a gage cutting region, and wherein at least one roller-cone cutter portion extends from substantially the drill bit's gage region inwardly toward the center of the bit, an apex of the roller-cone cutter being proximate to the terminal end of the at least one secondary fixed blade, but does not extend to the center of the bit. |
| US10190364B2 |
Horizontal blind and method for manufacturing horizontal blind
A weft of each rung of a ladder cord is formed of two weft threads, an intersecting portion is formed in the weft threads, a slat is inserted between the intersecting portion and one of warp threads of the ladder cord, and a lifting and lowering cord is inserted between the weft threads at a location between the intersecting portion and another of the warp threads. |
| US10190352B2 |
Window regulator
This window regulator 1 is provided with a guide rail 31, a carrier plate 32, an ascending-side cable 33, and a descending-side cable 34. The carrier plate 32 has an ascending-side end holder 79 that houses an end 33a of the ascending-side cable 33, and a descending-side end holder 71 that houses an end 34a of the descending-side cable 34. The ascending-side end holder 79 is provided such that the ascending-side cable 33 is outside the guide rail 31. The descending-side end holder 81 is provided such that the descending-side cable 34 is on the guide rail 31. When the carrier plate 32 ascends and descends, the carrier plate 32 ascends and descends along the edges of the guide rail 31. Therefore, in the window regulator, abnormal noise can be suppressed. |
| US10190348B2 |
Systems and methods for a refueling request
Methods and systems are provided for opening a refueling door. In one example, a method may include gradually opening the refueling door in proportion to a fuel tank depressurization rate. |
| US10190347B2 |
Hinge protector
A hinge covers, guards, or protectors configured for use during painting. The hinge protector for a hinge has a pair of hinge plates and a knuckle. The hinge protector may have an inner cylinder portion, an outer cylinder portion, a pivot rotatably coupling the inner cylinder portion to the outer cylinder portion at one end. The inner cylinder portion and the outer cylinder portion may define an opening for receiving the knuckle of the hinge. |
| US10190345B2 |
Suction cup child restraint lock for sliding doors/windows
A child restraint device for preventing children from opening sliding doors or sliding windows, the device having a suction cup on each end of a handle, the suction cups being adapted to be attached to sliding door or sliding window panes that are disposed in different planes. |
| US10190341B2 |
Door outside handle
A door outside handle is provided. The door outside handle includes a first base to which a handle lever connected with a handle grip is coupled; a second base which is coupled with a hinge portion of the handle grip and formed to be separated from the first base, and performs pivotal movement toward the inside of a door with respect to the first base when a crash occurs; and a connection member connecting the first base and the second base together and facilitating the pivotal movement of the second base. |
| US10190338B2 |
Electromechanical lock assembly
A lock assembly (10) includes a first member (12) and a second member (14) including complimentary shaped protrusions (13) and recesses (15) that mate with one another. A locking assembly is housed in the first member (12). The locking assembly includes an electromechanical actuator (18) with a shaft (20) and a locking element (22) arranged to move along the shaft (20) between a locked position and an unlocked position. The locking element (22) is formed with a recess. In the locked position, a locking bolt (16) passes through both first and second first member (12)s and a latch member (26) is received in the notch (28) but is not received in the recess of the locking element (22) so that the locking element (22) prevents movement of the latch member (26) and the locking bolt (16). In the unlocked position, the latch member (26) is received in the recess of the locking element (22), thereby permitting movement of the locking bolt (16). |
| US10190328B2 |
Construction support
A construction support having an outer tube extending in a longitudinal direction, and an inner tube arranged therein, extending in the longitudinal direction, adjustable in relation to the outer tube in the longitudinal direction and having an outer thread. The outer tube is an uneven rolled tube and provided with at least one guide groove during roll-production. The guide groove extends in the longitudinal direction and is open in the radially inward direction. The inner tube is a round tube and has at least one guide element protruding radially outwards that engages in the radially inwardly open guide groove such that the inner tube is interlockingly anti-rotationally arranged in the circumferential direction in the outer tube. An adjustment nut is arranged in a longitudinal end region of the outer tube in a captive manner such that it is rotatable in the circumferential direction. |
| US10190326B2 |
Scaffold with scaffold holder receptable and use of an aperture in a scaffold pole
A facade scaffold includes an inner pole, an outer pole and a scaffold cross-bar between the inner and outer poles. A hollow pole portion of the inner pole has a first receiving through-aperture for a coupling for the attachment of a scaffold holder. A maximum distance between the first receiving through-aperture and a top side of the scaffold cross-bar is no more than 300 mm. The first receiving through-aperture is arranged below the top side of the scaffold cross-bar, or is realized above the top side of the scaffold cross-bar as a first elongated hole. The longitudinal axis of the first elongated hole is aligned parallel to the pole longitudinal axis of the hollow pole portion. The invention simplifies and accelerates the operation of assembling a scaffold holder on a scaffold and for a two-pole scaffold holder allows a passage height under the scaffold holder to be increased. |
| US10190322B2 |
Interlocking arch tile
Tiles having a matrix of interconnected vaults on its underside surface provides space for flow of heated or conditioned air, passages for electrical service conduits and wiring, or passages for drainage. In particular, each tile may comprise a solid rigid body having a substantially planar upper surface and thickness substantially less than upper surface linear dimensions. The underside surface has a set of concavities forming a matrix of vaults bounded and interconnected by archways. Each archway is characterized by a rise dimension that is less than a span dimension. The matrix of vaults defines a set of pendentives at each vault corner whose load-bearing bases are all substantially coplanar with one another so as to contact a supporting subfloor. Edges of the tile body have corresponding alternating laterally projecting extensions and indentations for forming (with some desired leeway) mortise-and-tenon joints between adjacent tiles. |
| US10190318B2 |
Gutter and bracket assembly
A gutter bracket assembly comprises a gutter bracket comprising a back portion, an intermediate portion extending frontwardly from the back portion, a first flange extending outwardly from the intermediate portion, and a second flange extending outwardly from the intermediate portion. The gutter bracket assembly further comprises a gutter having a back coupled with the back portion of the gutter bracket, a bottom extending frontwardly from the back, and a front extending upwardly from the bottom, wherein the front comprises a first protrusion and a second protrusion, which form a first and second cavity. The first flange of the gutter bracket engages the second cavity of the gutter and the second flange of the gutter bracket engages the first cavity of the gutter. |
| US10190316B2 |
One-piece and two-piece shingle repair patch
A shingle patch for repairing damaged asphalt shingles including a base member having a notched portion or a thin sheet of material associated with one end thereof for sliding under the existing shingle located immediately above the damaged shingle, a sealant covering at least a portion of the notched portion or thin sheet of material and the bottom surface of the base member for attaching the base member to the damaged shingle, and color granules associated with at least a portion of the top surface of the base member. A nail may be embedded in the base member to further secure the shingle patch to a damaged shingle. An additional two-piece shingle patch is provided wherein the base member is further separated into two separate parts, an upper base member and a lower base member, the lower base member including the notched portion or a thin sheet of material. |
| US10190314B2 |
Anchoring assembly for anchoring a liner of a cured lining material, a ferrule suitable for use with the anchoring assembly, an anchoring mounting assembly further comprising a ferrule holder and the use of the anchoring assembly
An anchoring assembly for anchoring a liner of a cured lining material arranged to be applied in liquid form to a metal object provided with the anchoring assembly, the anchoring assembly including an elongated mounting pin and a ferrule provided at a first end thereof, wherein the pin is arranged to be mounted at the first end to the metal object, the anchoring assembly further including a plurality of spaced anchor fins connected to the pin at a second end and extending radially outward relative to the pin, wherein the ferrule includes a radially outwardly extending place holder part arranged to be held by a ferrule holder during mounting of the pin at the first end to the metal object. |
| US10190313B1 |
Construction block system
A construction block system including primary blocks 15, primary half blocks 115, base blocks 215, base half blocks 315 and column blocks 415 that cooperate to erect vertical structures using leveling and alignment tools at the base and between rows of blocks. Alignment and leveling tool 80 permits the leveling of the first row with respect to a supporting surface S and also immobilizes tool 80. The longitudinal outer walls 20; 40; 120; 140; 220; 240; 320; 340; 420 and 440 include outwardly extending rectangular walls 25; 45; 125; 145; 225; 245; 325; 345; 425; and 445 that coact with each other leave a space between abutting blocks for cementitious substances to further bind the structure. Tool 80 rests on surface S and includes two parallel rails receivable within cooperating and aligned channels on the base and column blocks. Tools 80 includes an elongated rigid member receivable within abutting blocks horizontal surfaces and serves to align and strengthen the structure. |
| US10190312B2 |
Sound absorbing material, a method for production of the same and device for cutting apertures in the sound absorbing material
Sound absorbing material for use in rooms inside buildings. The material comprises a continuous polymeric film (11) having smooth surfaces, said film having a thickness (t) of about 0.1 to 0.3 mm. The film is provided with numerous substantially parallel discontinuous microslits (12) with a degree of perforation of from 0.3-3%. The microslits are cut with laser devices to produce a highly smooth and level surface. The film is tensioned in a frame (16) with a level film surface or curved film surface. |
| US10190308B2 |
Roof truss assembly
The present invention comprises a structure for coverage formed by various structural elements, in particular a main element comprising one piece (stringer), said stringer (1) comprising in its basic embodiment a steel plate approximately 1-2 mm thick, conformed in a characteristic way by a tool in a continuous process, said shape essentially longitudinal, comprising several holes (5, 7) and pairs of fins (9), also known as shields in your extension, arranged modularly in a characteristic fashion in a basic pre-determined pattern, the piece (stringer) (1) being capable of being made in several lengths, being connected to one another by connecting plates (6) of characteristic geometry. |
| US10190306B2 |
Anti-oscillation valve
An anti-oscillation valve for and in a trap primer to restrict the flow of water from the supply line to an upper chamber of the trap primer and to facilitate the flow of water from the upper chamber to the supply line. The anti-oscillation valve having a body with a water supply bore provided therethrough. The bore includes portions defining an inlet and an outlet. First and second bore shoulders are formed in the bore. A filter screen is retained in engagement with the first bore shoulder. An anti-oscillation valve disc freely rests on the second bore shoulder and is retained between the first bore shoulder and the second bore shoulder. The anti-oscillation valve disc includes a valve disc orifice defined through and communicating the inlet with the outlet. |
| US10190304B2 |
Liquid-contact activated musical instrument
Devices, systems, and methods that make music in response to be contacted by a stream of liquid are disclosed. A music making device may include a sensor to detect when a stream of liquid is substantially in contact with the sensor. The sensor may produce an indicator signal at or around the time the liquid substantially contacts the sensor. A circuit may generate an electrical pulse in response to detecting the indicator signal. The electrical pulse may be coupled to a speaker which converts the electrical pulse into sound. |
| US10190303B2 |
Kinetic trapway
A toilet having an outlet trapway that is movable during a flushing cycle includes a toilet bowl having an opening adjacent its lower end and a conduit linked to the opening so as to be able to swivel between a first upwardly directed position which forms a trap for the toilet, and a second less upwardly directed position which can be reached during the flushing cycle to facilitate evacuation of the toilet bowl. The toilet further includes an actuator that moves the conduit between the first and second positions during the flushing cycle in response to a condition of a water supply for the toilet. The water supply comprises a water tank, and the condition of the water supply is a level of water in the water tank. |
| US10190300B2 |
Two-way adjustable toilet flapper valve and assembly
An improved flapper valve has an elastomeric surrounding flapper valve top. A separate inverted dome-like structure, or cone, which is the ballast, is included for insertion into the flapper valve top. The improved flapper valve further includes a ring-like upper structure and a cap-like bottom structure. The ring-like upper “vent band” structure rotates about the cone relative to an air outlet aperture defined in the cone to control air flow from the cone. The bottom cap-like “adjuster” structure also rotates about the bottom of the cone to control water flow into the cone, also via apertures in both structures. Used together, the upper and bottom structures can minimize water consumption by the toilet. Further, the adjuster structure includes means for discretely changing settings with indicia to indicate to the user what the current setting is and means for maintaining that setting as may be desired or required. |
| US10190296B2 |
Plumbing apparatus
The present invention provides an apparatus for speeding the draining of a bathing vessel, and is particularly suitable for speeding the draining of walk-in bath tubs. The apparatus can be concealed in a corner of the walk-in bathtub and comprises an actuation mechanism to open and close the draining outlet which needs minimal force to be actuated, making it especially suitable for use by elderly people. The apparatus can also incorporate a security by-pass drain to avoid overfilling of the bathtub. The apparatus can be installed in most or all standard bathrooms with few adaptations. |
| US10190295B2 |
Faucet
The faucet includes a detector including: a frequency analyzer to convert a sensor signal into a frequency domain signal, and extract, by use of a group of individual filter banks with different frequency bands, signals of the individual filter banks from the frequency domain signal; a recognizer; and a database device, for storing sample data. The recognizer performs a recognition process of detecting a detection object based on detection data containing a frequency distribution of signals based on the signals of the individual filter banks. The recognizer performs the recognition process based on comparison between the detection data and the sample data. |
| US10190290B2 |
Lock assembly for a wear member
A lock assembly for locking a wear member to excavation equipment, the assembly comprising first and second bodies configured to be assembled together, one body substantially positioned over the other, in an assembled condition to form a lock extending along a longitudinal axis, the first and second bodies each comprising at least one interengaging formation, the, or respective ones of the, interengaging formations on the bodies being configured to interengage when the bodies are in the assembled condition to form one or more couplings that resist lateral displacement of the bodies with respect to each other under loads applied transverse to the longitudinal axis of the assembled lock to the side of the first and second bodies. |
| US10190289B2 |
Systems and methods for determining wear of a ground-engaging tool
A method for monitoring wear of a ground-engaging tool associated with a machine in relation to productivity of the machine is disclosed. The ground-engaging tool defines an inner cavity and a first wall. The method includes receiving a first characteristic signal associated with the first wall from a first sensor, the first sensor operatively associated with the first wall. The method further includes receiving one or more productivity metrics associated with the machine from a performance monitoring system, the performance monitoring system operatively associated with the machine. The method further includes determining a first dimension of the ground-engaging tool based on the first characteristic signal, determining a first wear metric of the ground-engaging tool based on the first dimension, and correlating the first wear metric and the one or more productivity metrics. |
| US10190287B2 |
Industrial machine component detection and performance control
An industrial machine that includes a plurality of components, an identification tag reader, an actuator, and a controller. The plurality of components is installed in the industrial machine and each of the plurality of components includes an identification tag. The identification tag reader is receives a signal from each of the plurality of identification tags, and each signal received from the plurality of identification tags is specific to a respective one of the plurality of components. The controller identifies the plurality of components that is installed in the industrial machine based on the signals from each of the plurality of identification tags, compares the identified plurality of components to a predetermined list of components that are expected to be installed in the industrial machine, and modifies an operational setting of an operating parameter when the identified plurality of components does not match the predetermined list of components. |
| US10190284B2 |
Boom for a working machine with a partition inside the boom
A boom for a working machine, the boom including a main body formed by connecting upper parts of a left and right pair of sidewall parts to each other through a top wall part, and connecting lower parts of the left and right side wall parts to each other through a bottom wall part, the boom being provided with a partition inside the main body and in a longitudinal middle of the main body. A hydraulic hose is inserted in a hole within the partition. The partition includes a lower plate part that is welded to the bottom wall part, as well as a vertical plate part that is raised from the lower plate part and welded to the sidewall parts. The hose hole is formed from the vertical plate part to the lower plate part via a bending part between the vertical plate part and the lower plate part. |
| US10190283B2 |
Apparatus and method for coupling a work tool to an arm assembly of a machine
An apparatus for coupling a work tool to an arm assembly of a machine includes a first plate and a second plate fixed to the work tool, the second plate being spaced apart from the first plate along a first direction. An external surface of the first plate defines a forward recess and an aft recess, and an external surface of the second plate defines a forward recess and an aft recess. A concavity of each of the forward recess of the first plate, the aft recess of the first plate, the forward recess of the second plate, and the aft recess of the second plate facing a second direction, the second direction being transverse to the first direction. |
| US10190282B2 |
Pile driving assembly and a follower
A pile driving assembly for installing a pile in an underwater bottom comprises a tubular pile and a hammer for driving the pile into an underwater bottom. The assembly is provided with a soil remover for removing soil inside the pile. The soil remover is located below the hammer and remote from a lower end of the pile in assembled operating condition. |
| US10190278B2 |
System and method for controlling a jack up vessel
A system is disclosed including but not limited to a jack up processor in data communication with each of one of a plurality of gearbox motors over a first unidirectional data link for sending speed reference data to the plurality of gear box motors on the jack up rig leg to raise and lower a jack up rig leg; and a second unidirectional data link for load data from a sensor on each one of the gear box motors at the controller from the plurality of gearbox motors on the jack up rig leg. A method is disclosed for using the system. |
| US10190276B2 |
Docking system with joint supports
A set of components that can be used to construct a structurally sound dock are disclosed. The components can be extruded and the components are shaped such that interconnected components provide support for the other components thereby alleviating weak points due to welded only joints. A fascia channel provides additional strength by including structures that improve the vertical and horizontal strength of the fascia channel. HDPE plastic inserts and sheaves provide sound dampening for metal to metal contact points. Other components include a corner connector, a post system and a hinge system. |
| US10190275B1 |
Pavement sweeper with conveyor lift-out drop-in system
A mechanized broom-type sweeper vehicle (10) includes a conveyer (14) having two laterally extending pintle-like stub shafts (14-5) with the conveyor (14) received in a cradle (20) that includes split pillow blocks that each receive a respective one of the stub shafts (14-5). The conveyor (14) can be readily lifted from the vehicle (10) by removing structures superposed above the conveyor (14), disconnecting various mechanical and electrical connection removing the cap portion of each pillow-block, and thereafter lifting the conveyor (14) from the vehicle with an overhead crane. In a similar manner, a repaired or replacement conveyor (14) can be lowered via a crane into the cradle (20) with the stub shafts received within the pillow blocks and the caps reinstalled. The use of a top-side removal and a top-side installation technique reduces the time (and associated costs) for the removal and replacement of a conveyor (14) to as little as four hours or less. |
| US10190272B2 |
Vehicle distance advise systems
A vehicle distance advise system includes a first housing section including a first reflective strip and a first warning device connected to the first reflective strip, and a second housing section removably connected to the first housing section. The distance advise system may be connected to a vehicle and then set-up to alert other vehicle drivers of the presence of an immobilized vehicle. |
| US10190270B2 |
Slewing assembly for a cold planer
A slewing assembly for providing a rotational movement of a loading conveyor pivotally supported on a cold planer is provided. The slewing assembly includes a frame-side structure and a conveyor-side structure. The slewing assembly includes a shaft pin disposed about a vertical axis, and pivotally connecting the frame-side structure and the conveyor-side structure. The slewing assembly also includes an actuator arrangement configured to generate a controlled bi-directional rotational movement of the shaft pin. The slewing assembly further includes a spline arrangement formed on the shaft pin and configured to transfer the controlled bi-directional rotational movement of the shaft pin as a controlled bi-directional rotational movement of the conveyor-side structure. The controlled bi-directional rotational movement of the conveyor-side structure provides the rotational movement of the loading conveyor, about the vertical axis, with respect to the frame. |
| US10190268B2 |
Concrete screeding system with boom mounted screed head
A concrete screeding device for screeding uncured concrete placed at a support surface includes a screed head having a grade setting device and a vibrating member, and an extendable and retractable boom. A base end of the boom is attached at a base structure and the screed head is supportable at a distal end of the boom. The boom is extendable so as to position the screed head at a distance of at least 20 feet from the base structure, and the screed head is movable between its extended location and the base structure to screed the concrete placed at the support surface. |
| US10190264B2 |
Multi-functional railway fastening component adjustment system
A multi-functional railway fastening component adjustment system is disclosed. The system may include a railway component adjuster. The railway component adjuster may include adjustment tools pivotally coupled with a tool bracket. The railway component adjuster may be configured to selectively engage railway fastening components from different addressing positions of the adjustment tools at least in part by pivoting to a selected addressing position. The railway component adjuster may be adapted to hold the one or more adjustment tools in the selected addressing position to make a component adjustment to the railway fastening component with the adjustment tools. The component adjustment may include movement of the railway fastening component with respect to a rail of a railway. |
| US10190263B2 |
Soft through air dried tissue
A process for manufacturing tissue including providing a first pulp mix, delivering a wet-end additive to the first pulp mix at a first point in the process, forming a tissue web comprising the first pulp mix after the first point in the process, monitoring the tissue web for breaks and preventing delivery of the wet-end additive to the first pulp mix at the first point in response to detecting a break in the monitoring step. In an exemplary embodiment, a switching valve is used to control delivery of the wet-end additive to the first pulp mix. |
| US10190260B2 |
Fluff pulp and high SAP loaded core
A fluff pulp is provided, which comprises softwood fibers; and 3 to 35% by weight of hardwood fibers. A fluff is also provided, which comprises the fiberized or shredded fluff pulp. A core is also provided, which comprises the fluff and at least an SAP. Processes for making and using the fluff pulp, fluff, and core are provided, and products made thereby. |
| US10190258B2 |
Doctor blade holders and doctor blade holder systems including planar elements with three dimensional fabric reinforcement materials
A planar element is disclosed for use in a papermaking system. The planar element is suitable for use as a doctor blade or a top plate and includes a three-dimensional composite structure including elongated elements extending in at least three orthogonal directions, and a resin in which the three-dimensional composite structure is embedded. |
| US10190256B2 |
Device and method for producing a strand or a cable
A device for producing a strand or a cable, in particular a wire strand or wire cable, which device includes a rotatable arrangement for feeding cords to a twisting point, at which the cords are to be twisted with one another, and an installation for heating at least one of the cords. The heating installation is rotatable jointly with the feed arrangement. The heating installation is designed to heat a cord provided for forming a center strand or a cable core and/or cords for forming outer strands, and preferably has burner for fuel and/or an electrically operated heater. |
| US10190254B2 |
Skin material
A skin material (1) includes a cellular heat-insulating layer (3) and a coloring layer (4) which are sequentially stacked on a fibrous substrate (2) and has protrusions and recesses on a front face (6). The cellular heat-insulating layer (3) has a softening temperature of 110 to 250° C. A contact cool feeling (Qmax) of the front face (6) of the skin material (1) is 0.30 W/cm2 or less both before and after a heat treatment for 2400 hours at 70° C. |
| US10190239B2 |
Textile part, composite material element with textile part, and production method for the same
A textile part is configured for producing a composite-material element (11) or a composite-material body (12). The textile part (10) has a reinforcing system (15) including reinforcing warp threads (16) and reinforcing weft threads (17), and a binding system (25) with binding warp threads (27) and binding weft threads (26). The reinforcing system (15) has at least one first portion (20), into which the reinforcing threads (16, 17) are interwoven with one another directly for binding to facilitate withstanding high mechanical. The reinforcing system (15) also has at least one second portion (21), in which the reinforcing threads (16, 17) form binding-free crossover locations (22) preferably laid on one another in a drawn-out state to constitute a laid structure surrounded by the binding threads (26, 27). The laid structure of the reinforcing system (15), ensures particularly good draping and deformation capability at this location of the composite material. |
| US10190238B2 |
Bale opener
A bale opener for the take-off of fiber tufts from fiber bales includes a take-off tower, which is arranged on a horizontal drive or a rotating frame, and a take-off arm. The take-off arm is held on the take-off tower in a guide so as to be vertically adjustable. A single lifting spindle having a longitudinal axis in the movement direction of the take-off arm is provided for the vertical adjustment of the take-off tower. The lifting spindle is fastened on the take-off tower and the take-off arm is connected to the lifting spindle via a nut. |
| US10190236B2 |
High strength and high modulus ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers
The present disclosure relates to a compact polymer gel consisting of disentangled ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (dis-UHMWPE), at least one nucleator, at least one filler and at least one fluid medium. The present disclosure also provides a process for the preparation of the compact polymeric gel and fibers from the compact polymeric gel of both low and high denier values. The fibers prepared in accordance with the present process have tensile strength ranging from 2.5 to 13 GPa, tensile modulus ranging from 100 to 270 GPa. |
| US10190228B2 |
Copper electroplating baths and electroplating methods capable of electroplating megasized photoresist defined features
Copper electroplating baths and methods enable the plating of photoresist defined megafeatures at high current densities which have substantially uniform morphology and reduced nodule development. The copper electroplating baths include a mixture of heterocyclic nitrogen containing copolymers which provide megafeatures having a good % TIR and % WID balance. |
| US10190224B2 |
Anti-explosion gas generator for health use
An anti-explosion gas generator for health use is provided. The anti-explosion gas generator for health use includes an electrolysis device for electrolyzing water to produce a gas mixture of hydrogen and oxygen. The gas generator for health use further includes a gas mixing system coupled to the electrolysis device for receiving the gas mixture. The gas mixing system mixes the gas mixture with water vapor, an atomized medicine, a volatile essential oil or a combination thereof to produce a health gas. The health gas is provided for being inhaled by a user. |
| US10190223B2 |
Gas generator
The present invention provides a gas generator and comprises an electrolytic cell and a water-blocking device. The electrolytic cell is used for electrolyzing electrolyzed water to generate a gas with hydrogen. The electrolytic cell has an outlet for outputting the gas with hydrogen. The water-blocking device is set on the outlet for preventing the electrolyzed water from flowing out when the electrolytic cell is tilted by a tilt angle. The gas pathway of the invention will be closed by the water-blocking device when the gas generator is toppled, thereby preventing the electrolyte-rich electrolyzed water from flowing out. |
| US10190213B2 |
Deposition of metal borides
A method for depositing a metal film onto a substrate is disclosed. In particular, the method comprises pulsing a metal halide precursor onto the substrate and pulsing a decaborane precursor onto the substrate. A reaction between the metal halide precursor and the decaborane precursor forms a metal film, specifically a metal boride. |
| US10190212B2 |
Bromine-sensitized solar photolysis of carbon dioxide
There is described a process for depositing carbon on a surface, comprising, while contacting a mixture of CO2 and Br2 with a polar substrate presenting apposed surfaces, exposing a sufficient area of said mixture in the region of said apposed surfaces to light of sufficient intensity and frequency to result in deposition of carbon on at least some of said apposed surfaces. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US10190210B2 |
Near-field transducer having at least one secondary atom
Devices having an air bearing surface (ABS), the device including a near field transducer, the near field transducer having a peg and a disc, the peg having a region adjacent the ABS, the peg including a plasmonic material selected from gold (Au), silver (Ag), copper (Cu), ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), aluminum (Al), or combinations thereof; and at least one other secondary atom selected from germanium (Ge), tellurium (Te), aluminum (Al), antimony (Sb), tin (Sn), mercury (Hg), indium (In), zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), silver (Ag), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), and combinations thereof, wherein a concentration of the secondary atom is higher at the region of the peg adjacent the ABS than a concentration of the secondary atom throughout the bulk of the peg. Methods of forming NFTs are also disclosed. |
| US10190207B2 |
Evaporation method
An evaporation method includes: evaporating evaporation material and forming evaporation material particles towards one or more transfer substrates by means of an evaporation source, so as to form an intermediate material layer on a surface of the transfer substrate; heating the one or more transfer substrates to evaporate the intermediate material layer located on the transfer substrate towards a target substrate, a temperature of the heated transfer substrate being less than a temperature of the evaporation source. There is further disclosed an evaporation device. |
| US10190206B2 |
Dual phase magnetic material component and method of forming
A magnetic component having intermixed first and second regions, and a method of preparing that magnetic component are disclosed. The first region includes a magnetic phase and the second region includes a non-magnetic phase. The method includes mechanically masking pre-selected sections of a surface portion of the component by using a nitrogen stop-off material and heat-treating the component in a nitrogen-rich atmosphere at a temperature greater than about 900° C. Both the first and second regions are substantially free of carbon, or contain only limited amounts of carbon; and the second region includes greater than about 0.1 weight % of nitrogen. |
| US10190201B2 |
Method of producing a copper-nickel-tin alloy
A spinodal copper-nickel-tin alloy with a combination of improved impact strength, yield strength, and ductility is disclosed. The alloy is formed by process treatment steps including solution annealing, cold working and spinodal hardening. These include such processes as a first heat treatment/homogenization step followed by hot working, solution annealing, cold working, and a second heat treatment/spinodally hardening step. The spinodal alloys so produced are useful for applications demanding enhanced strength and ductility such as for pipes and tubes used in the oil and gas industry. |
| US10190199B2 |
Method of alloying reactive components
Metal ingots for forming single-crystal shape-memory alloys (SMAs) may be fabricated with high reliability and control by alloying thin layers of material together. In this improved method, a reactive layer (e.g., aluminum) is provided in thin flat layers between layers of other materials (e.g., copper and layers of nickel). When the stacked layers are vacuum heated in a crucible to the melting temperature of the reactive layer, it becomes reactive and chemically bonds to the other layers, and may form eutectics that, as the temperature is further increased, melt homogeneously and congruently at temperatures below the melting temperatures of copper and nickel. Oxidation and evaporation are greatly reduced compared to other methods of alloying, and loss of material from turbulence is minimized. |
| US10190195B2 |
Alloy powder for overlay welding, and weld overlay alloy member and engine valve obtained using the same
According the present invention, an alloy powder for overlay welding that prevents generation of gas defects in a weld overlay alloy in order to improve the toughness and wear resistance of the weld overlay alloy is provided. The alloy powder is an alloy powder for overlay welding on a steel surface containing nitrogen, which is characterized in that it contains 30% to 45% by mass of Mo, 10% to 30% by mass of Ni, 0.2% to 0.6% by mass of C, and 0.30% to 2.0% by mass of Al, with the balance made up of incidental impurities and Co. |
| US10190193B2 |
Leaching of minerals
A method for treating a mineral composition containing iron, arsenic or other Group VA compounds comprises milling the mineral composition to a particle size of P80 of less than 25 μm and leaching the mineral composition in the presence of lime and/or limestone and a soluble alkali complexing agent and in the presence of an oxygen containing gas at a pH in the range of from 3.5 to 6. |
| US10190184B2 |
Method for producing a profile and a manufacturing system for producing a profile
A method for producing a profile includes method steps of: providing a workpiece; shaping the workpiece; joining the workpiece; coating the workpiece; heating the workpiece; and at least partially hardening the workpiece; wherein the coating method step is carried out temporally after the joining method step and temporally before the heating method step. |
| US10190174B2 |
Ulcerative colitis (UC)-associated colorectal neoplasia markers
Embodiments provide methods and compositions related to detecting neoplasia in ulcerative colitis patients by detection and analysis of the methylation state of miR-1, -9, -124, miR-137 and/or miR-34b/c in samples from UC patients. |
| US10190173B2 |
Recurrent gene fusions in prostate cancer
Recurrent gene fusions of androgen regulated genes and ETS family member genes in prostate cancer are described. Compositions and methods having utility in prostate cancer diagnosis, research, and therapy are also provided. |
| US10190170B2 |
Maker for diagnosing HER2 inhibitor resistant cancer, diagnostic kit comprising same, and method for diagnosing HER2 inhibitor resistant cancer
The present invention relates to a composition for detecting a marker for diagnosing an HER2 inhibitor-resistant cancer, a diagnostic kit including same, and a method for detecting the marker. More particularly, the present invention relates to a composition for detecting a maker for diagnosing an HER2 inhibitor-resistant cancer, a diagnostic kit including same, and a method for detecting the marker, wherein the present invention allows presence and absence of resistance to an HER2 inhibitor, which is typically prescribed to an HER2-positive cancer patient, in an HER2-positive cancer patient to be determined in an easier manner with remarkably high reliability. |
| US10190169B2 |
Biomarker identification
Disclosed are method and apparatus for identifying biomarkers and in particular for identifying biomarkers for use in making clinical assessments, such as early diagnostic, diagnostic, disease stage, disease severity, disease subtype, response to therapy or prognostic assessments. In one particular example, the techniques are applied to allow assessments of patients suffering from, suspected of suffering from, or with clinical signs of SIRS (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome) being either infection-negative SIRS or infection-positive SIRS. |
| US10190167B2 |
Methods and systems for inferring bovine traits
Methods, compositions, and systems are provided for managing bovine subjects in order to maximize their individual potential performance and edible meat value, and to maximize profits obtained in marketing the bovine subjects. The methods and systems draw an inference of a trait of a bovine subject by determining the nucleotide occurrence of at least one bovine SNP that is identified herein as being associated with the trait. The inference is used in methods of the present invention to establish the economic value of a bovine subject, to improve profits related to selling beef from a bovine subject; to manage bovine subjects, to sort bovine subjects; to improve the genetics of a bovine population by selecting and breeding of bovine subjects, to clone a bovine subject with a specific trait, to track meat or another commercial product of a bovine subject; and to diagnose a health condition of a bovine subject. Methods are also disclosed for identifying additional SNPs associated with a trait, by using the associated SNPs identified herein. |
| US10190165B2 |
Honeycomb tube
A honeycomb tube with a planar frame defining a fluidic path between a first planar surface and a second planar surface. A fluidic interface is located at one end of the planar frame. The fluidic interface has a fluidic inlet and fluidic outlet. The fluidic path further includes a well chamber having an well-substrate with a plurality of wells. The well chamber is arranged in the planar frame between the first or second surface and the well-substrate. |
| US10190164B2 |
Method of making a paired tag library for nucleic acid sequencing
The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for making paired tags and paired tag libraries. |
| US10190161B2 |
Apparatus and method for nucleic acid sequencing based on nanowire detectors
An apparatus for nucleic acid sequencing includes: a base-detection device in a detection site, the base-detection device being configured to detect bases of a portion of a nucleic acid strand at the detection site; and a conveying device, configured to extend the nucleic acid strand and to cause the extended nucleic acid strand to slide through the detection site along a path. The base-detection device includes a plurality of field-effect nanowire detectors, arranged along the path and each including a respective nanowire and nucleic acid probes, which are defined by respective base sequences and are fixed to the respective nanowire. |
| US10190156B2 |
Methods and systems for using built-in standard curve to measure molecular numbers of biological components
Methods and devices are disclosed, which perform absolute quantification assay of functional components of biological specimens. The present application relates to manufacture built-in standard curve(s) and computational analysis. The present application further relates to methods for the measurements of such biological components, for example, biochips, PCR arrays, microarrays, and ELISA array. |
| US10190149B2 |
Kit and method for measuring the activity of deoxynucleoside kinase
The present invention relates to a kit comprising a DNA-dependant DNA polymerase and at least one natural deoxynucleoside and to a kit comprising a DNA-dependent DNA polymerase and a detection system comprising a DNA template molecule, a DNA primer molecule, and a fluorescent moiety capable of being displaced from, or bound to, dsDNA synthesized by said DNA-dependent polymerase. It further relates to A method for measuring deoxynucleoside kinase activity in a sample characterized by; (i) contacting the sample, in a container, with a reaction mix comprising a DNA-dependent DNA polymerase, at least one deoxynucleoside and a detection system comprising a DNA template molecule, a DNA primer molecule, and a fluorescent moiety capable of being incorporated in, displaced from, or bound to dsDNA synthesized by said DNA dependent polymerase; (ii) incubating said container; (iii) measuring the signal from the fluorescent moiety; and correlating the signal from the fluorescent moiety to the deoxynucleoside kinase activity in the sample. |
| US10190147B1 |
Fast detection of the presence of a target microbe in a liquid sample
A system is provided that includes a tray having a number of compartments for holding liquid samples and partitioning the liquid samples from one another. The liquid samples are prepared by adding an indicator configured to produce a characteristic change in light from the liquid samples when a target microbe metabolizes the indicator while the liquid samples are incubated. The system also includes a light sensor for sensing light from the liquid samples held in the tray while the plurality of liquid samples is incubated. The system further includes a processor coupled with the light sensor and configured to analyze the light from the liquid samples while the liquid samples are incubated to detect the characteristic change in light from one or more of the liquid samples if the target microbe is present in the liquid samples. |
| US10190139B2 |
Method for lactic acid production using Monascus strains modified for lactic acid production
Tools and methods for producing organic acids using strains of Monascus which are tolerant to high organic acid concentrations at low pH. |
| US10190132B2 |
Recombinant influenza virus-like particles (VLPs) produced in transgenic plants expressing hemagglutinin
A method for synthesizing influenza virus-like particles (VLPs) within a plant or a portion of a plant is provided. The method involves expression of influenza HA in plants and the purification by size exclusion chromatography. The invention is also directed towards a VLP comprising influenza HA protein and plant lipids. The invention is also directed to a nucleic acid encoding influenza HA as well as vectors. The VLPs may be used to formulate influenza vaccines, or may be used to enrich existing vaccines. |
| US10190131B2 |
Method for producing polyunsaturated fatty acids
The invention relates to a method for producing eicosapentanoic acid, docosapentanoic acid and/or docohexanoic acid in transgenic plants. According to said method, the plant is provided with at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for a polypeptide with a Δ6 desaturase activity, at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for a polypeptide with a Δ6 elongase activity, at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for a polypeptide with a Δ5 desaturase activity, and at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for a polypeptide with a Δ5 elongase activity, the nucleic acid sequence coding for a polypeptide with a Δ5 elongase activity being modified in relation to the nucleic acid sequence in the organism from which the sequence originates, such that it is adapted to the codon use in at least one type of plant. For the production of docosahexanoic acid, at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for a polypeptide with a Δ4 desaturase activity is also introduced into the plant. |
| US10190130B2 |
Polysaccharide synthases
The present invention relates generally to polysaccharide synthases. More particularly, the present invention relates to (1,3;1,4)-β-D-glucan synthases. The present invention provides, among other things, methods for influencing the level of (1,3;1,4)-β-D-glucan produced by a cell and nucleic acid and amino acid sequences which encode (1,3;1,4)-β-D-glucan synthases. |
| US10190129B2 |
Increasing levels of nicotinic alkaloids in plants
Four genes, A622, NBB1, PMT, and QPT, can be influenced for increasing nicotinic alkaloid levels in Nicotiana plants, as well as for synthesizing nicotinic alkaloids in non-nicotine producing plants and cells. In particular, overexpressing one or more of A622, NBB1, PMT, and QPT may be used to increase nicotine and nicotinic alkaloid levels in tobacco plants. Non-nicotine producing cells can be engineered to produce nicotine and related compounds by overexpressing A622 and NBB1. |
| US10190128B2 |
Kits comprising plus-sense single stranded RNA viral vectors and methods for producing polypeptides using the kits
The present invention relates to kits comprising plus-sense single stranded RNA viral vectors, as well as mixtures of these vectors and uses thereof, and methods for producing in a plant, or plant tissue, or plant cell simultaneously two or more polypeptides using the kits and vectors. |
| US10190123B2 |
Engineering of multi-carbon substrate utilization pathways in methanotrophic bacteria
The present disclosure relates to genetically engineered methanotrophic bacteria with the capability of growing on a multi-carbon substrate (e.g., glucose) as a primary or sole carbon source and methods for growing methanotrophic bacteria on the multi-carbon substrate. |
| US10190121B2 |
Aptamers against EGFR and therapeutic uses thereof
The invention relates to novel aptamers, in particular aptamers which are capable of binding to EGFR. The invention also relates to cancer cell binding complexes comprising said aptamers and the use of said cancer cell binding complexes in the treatment of cancer. |
| US10190120B2 |
Zn-DPA complex compounds and siRNA delivery systems containing the same
Provided herein are a novel Zn-DPA complex compound and an siRNA delivery system including the same as a transporter, the Zn-DPA complex compound including: a phosphate-directing functional part of zinc (II)-dipicolylamine (“Zn-DPA”); a cell membrane-directing functional part; and a linker part that links the phosphate-directing functional part and the cell membrane-directing functional part. The Zn-DPA complex compound has low toxicity and efficiently delivers siRNA to cells, thereby useful in various ways for various studies and diagnosis and treatment of diseases, which use siRNA. |
| US10190119B2 |
Mitochondrial phosphate carrier targets for treating soft-tissue calcification
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating soft-tissue calcification by targeting SLC25A24 and/or SLC25A3. |
| US10190117B2 |
Double-stranded antisense nucleic acid with exon-skipping effect
Disclosed are double-stranded antisense nucleic acid complexes that can efficiently alter the processing of RNA in a cell via an antisense effect, and methods for using the same. One method comprises contacting with the cell a double-stranded nucleic acid complex comprising: a first nucleic acid strand annealed to a second nucleic acid strand, wherein: the first nucleic acid strand comprises (i) nucleotides independently selected from natural DNA nucleotides, modified DNA nucleotides, and nucleotide analogs, (ii) no regions that have 4 or more consecutive natural DNA nucleotides, (iii) the total number of natural DNA nucleotides, modified DNA nucleotides, and nucleotide analogs in the first nucleic acid strand is from 8 to 100, and (iv) the first nucleic acid strand is capable of hybridizing to RNA inside of the cell; and the second nucleic acid strand comprises nucleotides independently selected from natural RNA nucleotides, modified RNA nucleotides, and nucleotide analogs. |
| US10190116B2 |
Modulation of exon recognition in pre-mRNA by interfering with the secondary RNA structure
The invention relates to oligonucleotides for inducing skipping of exon 55 of the dystrophin gene. The invention also relates to methods of inducing exon 55 skipping using the oligonucleotides. |
| US10190109B2 |
Methods for obtaining positive transformants of a filamentous fungal host cell
The present invention relates to methods for obtaining positive transformants of a filamentous fungal host cell, comprising: transforming a tandem construct into a population of cells of the filamentous fungal host a tandem construct and isolating a transformant of the filamentous fungal host cell comprising the tandem construct. The present invention also relates to such tandem constructs, filamentous fungal host cells comprising such tandem constructs, and methods of producing multiple recombinant proteins. |
| US10190107B2 |
Modified β-galactosidase
The present invention has a purpose of providing a technique for increasing the heat resistance of a β-galactosidase. According to the present invention, in a reference β-galactosidase amino acid sequence which shows a 90% or more identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, proline is substituted for one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of the following amino acids: (1) an amino acid corresponding to lysine at position 166 of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, (2) an amino acid corresponding to glycine at position 307 of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, and (3) an amino acid corresponding to alanine at position 833 of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4. |
| US10190102B2 |
Laccase variants with improved properties
This application relates to laccase variants and uses thereof as eco-friendly biocatalysts in various industrial processes. More in particular, the disclosure relates to a polypeptide with laccase activity comprising an amino acid sequence that is more than 80% identical to the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the polypeptide comprises a non-polar amino acid, preferably an amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of proline, alanine, glycine and valine at a position corresponding to amino acid 113 of SEQ ID NO: 1. |
| US10190101B2 |
Production of lactic acid from organic waste or biogas or methane using recombinant methanotrophic bacteria
The present disclosure provides for production of lactic acid from organic waste or biogas or methane using recombinant methanotrophic bacteria. In one embodiment, the recombinant methanotrophic bacterium includes a heterologous nucleic acid encoding for lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) enzyme. In a further embodiment, the capacity of the recombinant methanotrophic bacterium for producing lactic acid over basal level is increased by overexpression or/and down-regulation or deletion of specified genes. In another embodiment, a process for producing lactic acid from organic waste using the recombinant methanotrophic bacterium is disclosed. The present disclosure provides a cradle to cradle environment-friendly and commercially viable solution for managing organic waste. |
| US10190098B2 |
AAV vectors produced by insect cells comprising REP52 and REP78 coding sequences with differential codon biases
The present invention relates to production of proteins in insect cells whereby repeated coding sequences are used in baculoviral vectors. In particular the invention relates to the production of parvoviral vectors that may be used in gene therapy and to improvements in expression of the viral rep proteins that increase the productivity of parvoviral vectors. |
| US10190096B2 |
Methods for generating stem cell-derived β cells and uses thereof
Disclosed herein are methods for generating SC-β cells, and isolated populations of SC-β cells for use in various applications, such as cell therapy. |
| US10190094B2 |
Methods and compositions related to induced sensory neurons
This invention provides methods of generating induced sensory neurons (iSNs) from non-neuronal cells such as fibroblasts. The invention also provides methods of using iSNs in various therapeutic or non-therapeutic applications, e.g., methods to identify agents or cellular modulations that enhance iSN formation from non-neuronal cells. |
| US10190092B2 |
Procurement of placental stem cells
Methods and solutions for the preservation and procurement of placental stem cells. A method for collecting stem cells from a placenta includes draining cord blood from the placenta and collecting the drained cord blood in a first collection. The drained placenta is perfused with a first perfusion solution including a placental preservative base solution and a vasodilator. The placenta is perfused with a second perfusion solution including placental preservative base solution, a stem cell releasing agent, an antibiotic, and an anticoagulant, and a predetermined amount of time is allowed to elapse as the first and second perfusion solutions perfuse the placenta. The first and second perfusion solutions, which contain stem cells from the placenta, are then collected in a second collection. |
| US10190089B2 |
Modular system and method for detecting microorganisms
A modular automated system for sample processing and/or detection of microorganisms is provided. The modular system includes modules that perform at least one function in the process of detecting microorganisms in a culture device, such as collection of multiple samples, sample loading, sample preparation, sample incubation, and detection of microorganisms in samples. An exemplary embodiment of a modular sample processing and/or detection system can include an automated loading module, a liquid processing module, modular incubator, a second automated loading module, a reader module, and a collector. |
| US10190083B2 |
Method and device for patterning an interface
A device for interfacing coatings, the device comprising at least one well each comprising an elastomeric bottom surface. At least one slit is formed on the elastomeric bottom surface. At least one removable divider is removably inserted into the at least one slit, whereby at least one gap is created and the at least one well is divided into at least two compartments. A designated coating is lined on the elastomeric bottom surface of each of the at least two compartments. Removal of the at least one removable divider then causes the at least one gap to close, allowing for the designated coatings lined on the elastomeric bottom surface of each of the at least two compartments to interface with each other. |
| US10190082B2 |
Multiwell plate
A mulitwell plate having a plurality of picowells on the bottom of the wells of the plate as well as methods of producing the mulitwell plate are provided. Provided is also a method of handling living cells by providing an ordered array of living cells immobilized in a non-fluid matrix, contacting the living cells with a stimulus; and detecting a response to the stimulus. The present invention is also of a method of producing an ordered array of living cells. |
| US10190078B2 |
Detergent
An automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising: a) from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of a cleaning surfactant selected from the group consisting of an anionic surfactant, a zwitterionic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, and mixtures thereof; b) from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of a cleaning amine. |
| US10190076B2 |
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. |
| US10190074B1 |
Composition comprising cholesterol
Disclosed is a process for producing a cholesterol concentrate including the steps of (a) distilling a fish oil having no more than 2% free fatty acids in an admixture with an auxiliary fluid in a vacuum distillation column to obtain a first distillate and a first residue; and (b) distilling the first distillate in a vacuum distillation column to obtain a second distillate and a second residue, wherein the second residue includes the cholesterol concentrate. |
| US10190068B2 |
Giant electrorheological fluid surfactant additives
GER fluids are improved by the addition of a polar molecule additive. By addition of a polar molecule additive, yield stresses under electric field are improved by over 50% while the current density is reduced to less than a quarter of the original GER. The reversible response time still remains the same, and the sedimentation stability is greatly enhanced. The zero field viscosity of the modified GER fluid remains the same as that of the original GER fluid without the additive. The improved GER characteristics improve general functionality as an electrical-mechanical interface, attendant with applications to car clutches, fluid brakes, and vehicle shock absorbers. |
| US10190067B2 |
High performance environmentally acceptable hydraulic fluid
A novel hydraulic (e.g., a biohydraulic) fluid which has high performance attributes is disclosed herein. Such a novel hydraulic fluid includes a contribution of a range of 10% up to about 85% by weight of at least one of: natural esters, synthetic esters, polyols, a vegetable oil, 1% up to about 40% by weight of polyalphaolefin (PAO), 1% up to about 40% by weight of polyalkylene glycol (PAG), and mixtures thereof, and wherein up to about 10% by weight quantity of one or more additives are introduced to provide desired properties that include at least one of: a high viscosity index, a low pour point, a hydrolytic stability, and an oxidative stability, as part of the hydraulic fluid contribution. |
| US10190066B2 |
Method and system for biomass hydrogasification
The present invention provides a system and method for producing hydrocarbons from biomass. The method is particularly useful for producing substitute natural gas from forestry residues. Certain disclosed embodiments convert a biomass feedstock into a product hydrocarbon by fast pyrolysis. The resulting pyrolysis gas is converted to the product hydrocarbon and carbon dioxide in the presence of hydrogen and steam while simultaneously generating the required hydrogen by reaction with steam under prescribed conditions for self-sufficiency of hydrogen. Methane is a preferred hydrocarbon product. A system also is disclosed for cycling the catalyst between steam reforming, methanation and regeneration zones. |
| US10190062B2 |
Bitumen processing and transport
Methods for preparing, converting, and/or transporting bitumen are provided. Asphaltene prills, prilling processes, and converted bitumen suitable for transport are disclosed. One method for preparing bitumen for transport comprises: separating asphaltene from the bitumen to generate a deasphalted oil and asphaltene; separating the asphaltene into a first asphaltene fraction and a second asphaltene fraction, the first asphaltene fraction being less soluble in deasphalted oil and the second asphaltene fraction being more soluble in deasphalted oil; and forming an asphaltene prill comprising an inner core comprising the second asphaltene fraction and an outer layer comprising the first asphaltene fraction. Asphaltene prills disclosed herein may comprise an inner core comprising an asphaltene fraction having more solubility in deasphalted oil, and an outer layer comprising an asphaltene fraction having less solubility in deasphalted oil. Methods for the transport of bitumen via a pipeline are disclosed. |
| US10190061B1 |
Processing of oil by steam addition
The invention relates to injecting steam into crude oil for several benefits, primarily of which is to remove salt by transferring the salt into the condensed water from the steam. Steam transfers salt via a different transfer mechanism and therefore doesn't require the high shear mixing of conventional water injection systems. As such, steam injection through a variety of procedures, is more efficient at gathering salt into water that itself is easier to remove from the crude oil. |
| US10190053B2 |
Pyrolysis of lignin
One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of modifying thermoplastic properties of lignin rich biomass to reduce agglomeration during any subsequent pyrolysis. The method comprises providing a lignin rich biomass and treating the lignin rich biomass with an alkali metal hydroxide or an alkaline earth metal hydroxide under conditions effective to reduce agglomeration, during any subsequent pyrolysis, compared to when the lignin rich biomass is not subjected to said treating. Also disclosed is a method of fast pyrolysis using the product of this method of modifying the thermoplastic properties of lignin rich biomass. |
| US10190049B2 |
Mesogenic media and liquid crystal display
The invention relates to mesogenic media comprising one or more bimesogenic compounds, one or more nematogenic compound, one or more chiral compound and a compound of formula I, R11-A11-(Z12-A12)m-AG I in which, the parameter A11, A12, Z12 and R11 have one of the meanings as given in claim 1, and to the use of these mesogenic media in liquid crystal devices and in particular in flexoelectric liquid crystal devices, as well as to liquid crystal devices comprising a liquid crystal medium according to the present invention. |
| US10190044B2 |
Method for producing β-sialon fluorescent material
A method for producing a β-sialon fluorescent material can be provided. The method includes preparing a composition containing silicon nitride that contains aluminium, an oxygen atom, and europium, heat-treating the composition in a rare gas atmosphere or in a vacuum, and contacting the heat-treated composition with a gas containing elemental fluorine. |
| US10190041B2 |
Encapsulated porous proppant
The present disclosure describes proppant materials encapsulated with a polymer encapsulation layer. Proppant particles are formed with a core having relatively larger inner pores and a shell having relatively smaller shell pores. The shell pores and/or inner pores can be loaded with a treatment product, such as a methanogenic microbial consortium capable of converting coal into methane. The polymer encapsulation layer surrounds the shell and provides for sustained time-release of the treatment product when the proppant material has been delivered to a subterranean formation. |
| US10190035B2 |
Phenol-alkoxylate co-solvent surfactant composition
Provided herein are, inter alia, compositions including a surfactant and a phenol-alkoxylate co-solvent useful in enhanced oil recovery. The compositions and methods provided herein are particularly useful for oil recovery under a broad range of reservoir conditions (e.g. high to low temperatures, high to low salinity, highly viscous oils). |
| US10190032B2 |
Viscoelastic surfactants in mixed brines
Wellbore fluids may include at least one viscoelastic surfactant, a first brine solution including one or more water soluble monovalent cation salts, and a second brine solution including one or more water soluble divalent cation salts in an amount effective to increase the viscosity of the wellbore fluid. The wellbore fluid may be injected into a wellbore as a gravel packing agent, to enhance the thermal insulation of a production tubing or transfer pipe surrounded by at least one annuli, or to reduce fluid loss. |
| US10190031B2 |
Thermally conductive interface composition and use thereof
A thermally conductive interface composition is interposed between a heat generating component and a heat dissipating component. To meet escalated heat dissipation for performance demanding devices, a thermally conductive interface composition comprises (A) A linear alkenyl organopolysiloxane containing a silicon-bonded alkenyl-terminated group or groups, (B) A branched alkenyl organopolysiloxane containing at least two silicon-bonded alkenyl groups, (C) thermally conductive fillers in a ternary particle size mixture, (D) An organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least two Si—H terminated groups, (E) An addition reaction catalyst, (F) A hydroxy group-containing siloxane, (G) Alkoxy group-containing siloxanes. |
| US10190030B2 |
Treated geothermal brine compositions with reduced concentrations of silica, iron and lithium
This invention relates to treated geothermal brine compositions containing reduced concentrations of lithium, iron and silica compared to the untreated brines. Exemplary compositions contain concentration of lithium ranges from 0 to 200 mg/kg, concentration of silica ranges from 0 to 30 mg/kg, concentration of iron ranges from 0 to 300 mg/kg. Exemplary compositions also contain reduced concentrations of elements like arsenic, barium, and lead. |
| US10190027B2 |
Hot melt adhesive
The object of the present invention is to provide a hot melt adhesive which is less likely to cause stringing and has excellent thermal stability, and further has excellent adhesion, in particular adhesion to a paper substrate. The present invention relates to a hot melt adhesive comprising: (A) a polar functional group-modified polymer, (B) a butyral resin, (C) an olefin-based polymer, and (D) a tackifier resin. |
| US10190025B2 |
Adhesive composition for polarizing plate
An adhesive composition for a polarizing plate of the present invention comprises, on the basis of 100 parts by weight of a polymerizable component: the polymerizable component comprising (A) approximately 50-90 parts by weight of an epoxy group-containing compound and (B) approximately 10-50 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylate monomer; (C) approximately 1-7 parts by weight of a photoacid generator; and (D) approximately 0.1-7 parts by weight of at least one between a photosensitizer and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the epoxy group-containing compound (A) comprises: (A1) approximately 50-95 parts by weight of an alicyclic epoxy group-containing compound; and (A2) 1 to approximately 50 parts by weight of an aromatic group-containing epoxy group-containing compound, on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the epoxy group-containing compound (A), and the mass ratio of the alicyclic epoxy group-containing compound (A1) to the aromatic group-containing epoxy group-containing compound (A2) can be approximately 3:1 to approximately 95:1. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention can provide: an adhesive composition for a polarizing plate, having all the properties of sufficient initial curing, adhesion and reliance; and a polarizing plate and an optical display device comprising the same. |
| US10190022B2 |
Antifouling composition, antifouling sheet, and method for manufacturing antifouling sheet
Provided is an antifouling composition including a polysilazane-based compound (A) and a both terminal carboxy-modified silicone (B), the content of the component (B) being from 0.01 to 10 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the component (A), and the antifouling composition serves as a sheet-like antifouling layer-forming material. The antifouling composition is able to form a sheet-like antifouling layer having favorable surface state and curability and also having excellent water repellency such that even when a tilt angle is small, water droplets can be slipped off. |
| US10190021B2 |
Floor coating compositions and flooring material
There is provided a floor coating composition used for coating of a floor, which has improved performance and durability without a boundary between the cured and uncured areas. Also provided is a floor coating composition for flooring material, which contains components (A) to (E) below as essential components: component (A): a bifunctional (meth)acrylate compound not having an alicyclic structure; component (B1): a trifunctional or more urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer; component (B2): a hexafunctional or more urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer other than the component (B1); component (C): a melamine (meth)acrylate; component (D): metal oxide nanoparticles; and component (E): an active energy ray polymerization initiator. The amount of component (A) contained is more than 24 weight % and less than 50 weight %, the amount of component (B1) contained is more than 10 weight % and less than 35 weight %, and the amount of component (C) contained is not less than 10 weight % and less than 20 weight %, and component (E) contains a hydrogen abstraction photopolymerization initiator. |
| US10190013B2 |
Stain composition
A stain composition comprising at least one anti-ticking agent, at least one colorant, and at least one surfactant configured to at least partially suspend the hydrous aluminum silicate in a carrier liquid. |
| US10190009B2 |
Ink composition, ink jet recording method using same, and colored material
An aqueous black ink composition that contains a colorant represented by formula (1) and one or more colorants (B-a) to (B-t). The ink composition is stable even when stored for a long period of time, has a low chroma and tint-free neutral black-to-gray color even when printing a deep color or light color, has a high printed image density, exhibits no change in hue when printed on different media, and produces a black recorded image having particularly excellent recorded image color development properties, light resistance, ozone gas resistance and moisture resistance. |
| US10190006B2 |
Inks for inkjet printers
Method for decorating green or fired ceramic bodies by inkjet printing including the use of a ceramic inkjet ink which is prepared by milling a ceramic inorganic pigment in an organic medium in the presence of a dispersing agent which is the reaction product of a polyethyleneimine and a 12-hydroxystearic acid and ε-caprolactone co-polyester, until the average particle size of the pigment is between 0.1 and 0.8 μm. |
| US10190001B2 |
IR reflective surface treatment
A water-based solvent-free and IR reflecting surface treatment composition is disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the composition includes: (1) a base comprising (a) 30 to 60% by weight of an acrylic resin; (b) 1 to 10% by weight of an alkyd resin; (c) 0.1 to 2% by weight of a polyolefin; (d) 0.1 to 1% by weight of an ammonium salt; (e) less than 0.1% by weight of a preservative; (f) water such that base reaches 100 % by weight; and (2) a paste comprising (i) metal oxides having a mean particle size between 0.05 and 5 μm; and (ii) a polymeric binder. |
| US10189998B2 |
Doped nickel oxide interfacial layer
Photovoltaic devices such as solar cells, hybrid solar cell-batteries, and other such devices may include an active layer disposed between two electrodes. The active layer may have perovskite material and other material such as mesoporous material, interfacial layers, thin-coat interfacial layers, and combinations thereof. The perovskite material may be photoactive. The perovskite material may be disposed between two or more other materials in the photovoltaic device. Inclusion of these materials in various arrangements within an active layer of a photovoltaic device may improve device performance. Other materials may be included to further improve device performance, such as, for example: additional perovskites, and additional interfacial layers. |
| US10189994B2 |
Use of a wax-modified, air rectified asphalt in built up roofing asphalt compositions
A composition and method for making a heat stable, low application temperature Built Up Roofing Asphalt (BURA) is provided. The composition comprises a wax-modified, air rectified asphalt conforming to Type 3 BURA and, in some embodiments, Type 4 BURA specifications. |
| US10189991B2 |
High temperature melt processable semi-crystalline poly (aryl ether ketone) containing a (4-hydroxyphenyl) phthalazin-1 (2H)-one comonomer unit
Compositions and methods for a melt processable semicrystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) incorporating phthalazinone and 4,4′-biphenol as comonomer units are described herein. The polymers are resistant to and insoluble in common organic solvents and liquids as well as in aggressive organic solvents such as chloroform and chlorinated liquids. The polymers are melt processable via techniques such as extrusion, injection molding, and compression molding. The semicrystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) containing phthalazinone comonomer units have properties which make them suitable for manufacturing high temperature resistant molded systems and other articles. |
| US10189990B2 |
Poly(phenylene ether) composition and article
A composition includes specific amounts of a poly(phenylene ether), a polystyrene-poly(ethylene-butylene)-polystyrene triblock copolymer, an organophosphate ester, and compound that improves adhesion to potting silicone sealant. The adhesion promoter can be a phenolic compound, a hydroxysilyl-terminated polydiorganosiloxane, or a combination thereof. The composition is particularly useful for molding parts of photovoltaic junction boxes that utilize potting silicone sealant as an internal electrical insulator. |
| US10189985B2 |
Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) polymers with low polydispersity index (PDI) and carbon fibers made therefrom
A method for synthesizing polyacrylonitrile (PAN) polymer with a narrow molecular weight distribution is disclosed. The preferred PAN polymer has a PDI (Mw/Mn) of about 2 or less. Such PAN polymer is synthesized by controlled/living radical polymerization using a special RAFT (Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer) agent. Also disclosed is a method for producing carbon fibers from PAN polymer with low PDI. |
| US10189984B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composition and molded article
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article manufactured thereofrom. In accordance with the present invention, a thermoplastic resin composition providing higher chemical resistance with respect to a blowing agent while providing the same impact strength, gloss, and vacuum moldability as existing resin compositions when used to produce an inner case of a refrigerator, and a molded article manufactured from the same are provided. |
| US10189983B2 |
Curable resin composition, resin mold for imprinting, method for photo imprinting, method for manufacturing semiconductor integrated circuit, and method for manufacturing fine optical element
A curable resin composition comprising: a fluorinated urethane(meth)acrylate represented by formula (1), wherein, R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, x and y each independently represents 1 or 2, and n represents an integer within the range of 1 to 10; R3 and R4 each independently represents the hydrogen atom when x and y are both 1; R3 represents the hydrogen atom and R4 represents the methyl group when x is 1 and y is 2; R3 represents the methyl group and R4 represents the hydrogen atom when x is 2 and y is 1; and R3 and R4 each independently represents the methyl group when x and y are both 2. |
| US10189973B2 |
LCP derivative/soft magnetic ferrite composite material and preparation method therefor
The present invention provides an LCP derivative/soft magnetic ferrite composite material, which is prepared by complexing and assembling an LCP derivative as a host and soft magnetic ferrite particles as a guest. The present invention also provides a method for preparing the composite material. The composite material of the present invention has high stability and is not easily dissociated, and has high customized magnestic permeability, dielectricity, thermal stability, environmental resistance, and chemical resistance; and the preparation process of the composite material meets the energy-saving and emission reduction requirements. Therefore, the composite material has a wide industrial application prospect. The composite material of the present invention can be widely applied to the wireless communication field, the aviation, spaceflight and military fields, the microwave and radio frequency component application field, the automotive electronic component field, and the like. |
| US10189972B2 |
Molding material
A molding material having from about 10 weight percent to about 25 weight percent of an amorphous thermoplastic resin, from about 3 weight percent to about 25 weight percent of aluminum oxide, boron nitride or aluminum silicate and from about 65 weight percent to about 87 weight percent of iron oxide. |
| US10189971B2 |
Flexible sheet, thermally conductive component, electrically conductive component, antistatic component, heating element, electromagnetic wave shield, and method of producing flexible sheet
A flexible sheet comprising a composite sheet, the composite sheet comprising a binder and an aggregate containing a plurality of carbon nanotubes that is disposed in the binder, wherein the aggregate is formed as a waveform structure travelling along a single direction in a plane of the composite sheet, is provided. The disclosed flexible sheets may be used as thermally conductive components, electrically conductive components, antistatic components, electromagnetic wave shields, and/or heating elements, in addition to other possible uses. |
| US10189970B2 |
Method for granulating polymers and product produced by this method
A granulation method that can be used to obtain a polymer from “post-consumer” materials, and a motor vehicle part made from polymers produced by recycling used polymers. |
| US10189969B2 |
Silica-based organogels via hexahydrotriazine-based reactions
Silica-based organogels, including aerogels, incorporating hexahydrotriazine and/or hemiaminal species are described. These organo-silica gel materials can have applications as insulating materials. In a particular example, an aerogel includes silica groups and a hexahydrotriazine moiety with at least one nitrogen atom that is covalently linked to a silica group. Methods of making such silica-based organogels are also described. |
| US10189964B2 |
Methods for preparing open-celled polyurethane foams, systems for use therein, and open-celled polyurethane foams produced thereby
Disclosed are methods and systems for preparing open-celled polyurethane foams by a discontinuous box foam process in which (a) a polyurethane foam-forming composition is deposited into a container having a gas-permeable base and (b) the polyurethane-foam forming composition is allowed to form an open-celled polyurethane foam in the container. In these methods and systems, the gas-permeable base is heated before, during, and/or after step (a) and heating is continued during at least a portion of step (b). |
| US10189962B2 |
Heat-shrinkable polyester film
A heat-shrinkable polyester film comprising ethylene terephthalate as a main component, containing not less than 0 mol % and not more than 5 mol % of a monomer component capable of serving as an amorphous component relative to the total of a polyester resin component, and having a main shrinkage direction in a lengthwise direction, wherein the heat-shrinkable polyester film satisfies heat shrinkage characteristics of the width direction and the lengthwise direction and the molecular orientation angle difference which is a difference between a molecular orientation angle of an edge of one end in the width direction and a molecular orientation angle of an edge of the other end. |
| US10189954B2 |
Synthesis of antimicrobial silsesquioxane-silica hybrids
One-pot synthetic methods are disclosed for synthesizing curable, antimicrobial silsesquioxane-silica hybrids by hydrolytically co-condensing a tetraalkoxysilane with two different trialkoxysilanes. Particles are also disclosed that are substantially spherical and have an ordered lamellar internal structure. In addition, polymers prepared from the curable, antimicrobial silsesquioxane-silica hybrids and co-monomers are disclosed. |
| US10189952B2 |
Degradable thiol-ene polymers
A thiol-ene polymeric material is disclosed. The material is produced by the photopolymerization of reactants having thiol and olefin moieties. The material can incorporate encapsulated components, including cells. Additionally, the material can be derivatized by reacting the polymeric material with components such as proteins. |
| US10189948B2 |
Isatin copolymers having intrinsic microporosity
A copolymer including a repeating unit represented by (I) wherein: Y is selected from: a carboxylic acid, sulfonic, phosphorous acid and phosphoric acid and their corresponding salt or ester; imino, amide, nitrile, hydrogen, hydroxyl and alkyl comprising from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from: hydrogen, alkyl groups comprising from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R1 and R2 may collectively form a ketone group or a 9, 9′-fluorene group, and R3 and R4 may collectively form a ketone group or a 9, 9′-fluorene group; R5 and R6 are independently selected from: a bond and an alkylene group comprising from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R7 is selected from: hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl and heteroaryl groups comprising from 1 to 8 carbon atoms which may be unsubstituted or substituted with carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid and phosphoric acid and their corresponding salt or ester, imino and amide; and X and X′ are independently selected from: a carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid and phosphoric acid and their corresponding salt or ester, imino and amide; nitrile, hydrogen, alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and alkoxy having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms. |
| US10189945B2 |
Method for producing light-coloured TDI-polyisocyanates
The invention relates to polyisocyanates comprising urethane groups, based on toluylene diisocyanate, to a method for their production, and to their use as the polyisocyanate component in one- and two-component polyurethane coatings. |
| US10189944B2 |
Surface modification method and surface-modified elastic body
Provided are methods for surface-modifying a rubber vulcanizate or a thermoplastic elastomer, the methods forming a surface with a chemically fixed lubricant instead of resin coating which has drawbacks, such as that the coating is, for example, removed or peeled during the movement within a vessel, whereby the lubricity is reduced. The present invention relates to a method for surface-modifying an object of a rubber vulcanizate or a thermoplastic elastomer, the method including step 1 of forming polymerization initiation points on a surface of the object, and step 2 of radically polymerizing a deliquescent monomer starting from the polymerization initiation points by irradiation with ultraviolet light having a wavelength within the range of 300 to 400 nm, to grow polymer chains on the surface of the object. |
| US10189940B2 |
Process for providing polymers comprising hexagonal boron nitride
Provided herein are polymer (e.g., PET) compositions comprising exfoliated hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), methods of preparing and methods of using thereof. The methods for preparing the polymer (e.g., PET) compositions include providing a reactant mixture comprising exfoliated hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and a first monomeric or oligomeric reactant, and polymerizing the first monomeric or oligomeric reactant. Also provided are containers (e.g., bottles) prepared using the polymer (e.g., PET) compositions comprising exfoliated h-BN. |
| US10189939B2 |
High performance extended pot life epoxy hardeners
A method for curing an epoxy resin by adding to the epoxy resin a compound having formula (I) wherein X is a difunctional group selected from the group consisting of C2-C20 alkyl, C5-C20 cycloalkyl, C6-C10 aryl, C8-C20 aryl alkyl, C4-C20 heteroalkyl or C10-C20 aryl heteroalkyl. |
| US10189937B2 |
Fine powder-coated amine and composition containing same
This invention relates to a fine powder-coated amine comprising a solid amine having a melting point equal to or higher than 50° C. and a mean particle size equal to or smaller than 20 μm. The fine powder-coated amine has an amount of heat in the second absorption peak measured by a differential scanning calorimeter equal to or less than 220 J/g, and the surface of the solid amine is coated with fine powder having a mean particle size equal to or smaller than 2 μm. |
| US10189936B2 |
Block copolymer, dispersant, and pigment dispersion composition
Provided is a block copolymer with an acid group that, when used as a dispersant, can provide a dispersion composition having excellent dispersion stability, a dispersant containing the block copolymer, and a pigment dispersion composition using the dispersant. The block copolymer is an ABA block copolymer including an A block and a B block and has the feature that its acid value is 30 to 250 mgKOH/g and the B block contains a structural unit derived from a vinyl monomer with an acid group. |
| US10189931B2 |
Graft polymer and method for producing same
Provided are: a graft copolymer which can be safely and stably produced with simple operation, while maintaining the characteristics of an amine, and which is lower in the introduction cost than conventional graft copolymers; and a method for producing the graft copolymer.A polyamine graft polymer that is obtained by polymerizing a polyamine derivative, which is obtained by reacting a polymer compound (a) having at least one amino group with a compound (b) having at least one epoxy group, with an ethylenically unsaturated monomer (c). A method for producing a polyamine graft polymer, which comprises a step for adding, for polymerization, an ethylenically unsaturated monomer (c) and a radical polymerization initiator to a polyamine derivative, which is obtained by reacting a polymer compound (a) having at least one amino group with a compound (b) having at least one epoxy group, in a polar solvent. |
| US10189922B2 |
Very low density polyethylene produced with single site catalyst
Provided herein are VLDPE polymer compositions suitable for use in the manufacture of flexible films or sheets. In one embodiment, the copolymer comprises a polyethylene VLDPE resin with Mz/Mw of greater than 2, CDBI50 of greater than 55 and a single melting peak in DSC measurement. The polymer compositions disclosed herein may be suitable for use in the manufacture of films with improved balance of film toughness, processability and sealability in monolayer and multi-layer film structures. |
| US10189921B2 |
Radical polymerisation of ethylene initiated by a couple of organic peroxides with high productivity
The invention relates to a process for manufacturing polyethylene or an ethylene copolymer, comprising a step of radical polymerization or copolymerization of ethylene in the presence: of a first peroxide polymerization initiator chosen from the diperketal peroxide compounds of formula: in which the R1, R2, R3, R6, R7 and R8 groups consist of substituted or unsubstituted, linear, branched or cyclic C1-C10 alkyl groups, of a second initiator, other than said first initiator, also consisting of a diperketal peroxide of formula (I). |
| US10189917B2 |
Fluorinated catalyst supports and catalyst systems
Catalyst systems and methods for making and using the same. A method for making a catalyst support includes forming a mixture of a support material and a fluoride donor. The mixture is added to a fluidized bed reactor. The mixture is fluidized to form a fluidized bed with a height to diameter ratio of at least about 2.3. The mixture is calcined to decompose the fluoride donor, forming a fluorinated support. |
| US10189916B2 |
Transition metal compound and catalyst composition including the same
The present disclosure provides a novel transition metal compound having excellent structural stability together with polymerization reactivity, and thereby is useful as a catalyst in preparing an olefin-based polymer, particularly, a low density olefin-based polymer, and a catalyst composition including the same. |
| US10189915B2 |
Polymerization process
Provided is a method of forming a polymer, comprising (a) providing a reaction mixture comprising (i) one or more vinyl monomers, (ii) one or more pH-sensitive inhibition systems, (iii) one or more initiators, and (iv) water; (b) establishing conditions in said reaction mixture such that a free radical polymerization of said vinyl monomer occurs at a location, and (c) after steps (a) and (b) and prior to completion of said free radical polymerization, changing the pH of said reaction mixture to increase the rate of generation of said free radical polymerization at the location of said free radical polymerization. |
| US10189912B2 |
Carrier immunoglobulins
Disclosed is an isolated antigen binding protein, such as but not limited to, an antibody or antibody fragment. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising the antigen binding protein, isolated nucleic acid encoding it, vectors, host cells, and hybridomas useful in methods of making it. In some embodiments the antigen binding protein comprises one to twenty-four pharmacologically active chemical moieties conjugated thereto, such as a pharmacologically active polypeptide. |
| US10189906B2 |
Antibody that binds CD269 (BCMA) suitable for use in the treatment of plasma cell diseases such as multiple myeloma and autoimmune diseases
The invention relates to antibodies or antibody fragments that bind CD269 (BCMA), thereby disrupting the interaction between CD269 and its native ligands (BAFF and APRIL), and their use in the treatment of plasma cell-mediated diseases such as multiple myeloma and autoimmune diseases. |
| US10189901B2 |
Methods for improving cardiac function by administering an antibody that activates APLNR
The present invention provides apelin receptor (APLNR) modulators that bind to APLNR and methods of using the same. The invention includes APLNR modulators such as antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, which inhibit or attenuate APLNR-mediated signaling. The invention includes APLNR modulators such as antibodies, or antibody fusion proteins thereof, that activate APLNR-mediated signaling. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments or antibody fusion proteins are fully human antibodies that bind to human APLNR with high affinity. The APLNR modulators of the invention are useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with APLNR signaling and/or APLNR cellular expression, such as cardiovascular diseases, angiogenesis diseases, metabolic diseases and fibrotic diseases. |
| US10189896B2 |
Antibody to GDF8 and uses thereof
The disclosure provides novel molecules related to growth and differentiation factor-8 (GDF8), in particular epitopes specific to GDF8 and other specific antagonists of GDF8 in particular anti-GDF8 antibodies or antigen binding protein or fragment thereof which may inhibit GDF8 activity and signal in vitro and/or in vivo. The disclosure also provides for an immunoassay used to detect and quantitate GDF8. The disclosure also provides methods for diagnosing, preventing, ameliorating, and treating GDF8-associated disorders, e.g., degenerative orders of muscle, bone, and insulin metabolism. Finally, the disclosure provides pharmaceuticals for the treatment of such disorders by using the antibodies, polypeptides, polynucleotides, and vectors of the invention. |
| US10189892B2 |
Fermentation process for antibody production
A feedback control mechanism for a fermentation of yeast cells to make recombinant proteins uses a respiratory quotient measurement which adjusts the levels of oxygenation and/or fermentable sugar feed. The feedback control mechanism permits well controlled cultures that produce good amounts of product while avoiding toxic accumulation of ethanol. Additionally, recombinant proteins so produced have excellent qualitative properties, such as excellent homogeneity and proper inter-subunit assembly. |
| US10189889B2 |
Viral vectors encoding recombinant FVIII variants with increased expression for gene therapy of hemophilia A
The present disclosure provides, among other aspects, codon-altered polynucleotides encoding Factor VIII variants for expression in mammalian cells. In some embodiments, the disclosure also provides mammalian gene therapy vectors and methods for treating hemophilia A. |
| US10189888B2 |
Viral vectors encoding recombinant FVIII variants with increased expression for gene therapy of hemophilia A
The present disclosure provides, among other aspects, codon-altered polynucleotides encoding Factor VIII variants for expression in mammalian cells. In some embodiments, the disclosure also provides mammalian gene therapy vectors and methods for treating hemophilia A. |
| US10189887B2 |
Polypeptides and uses thereof for reducing CD95-mediated cell motility
The present invention relates to polypeptides and uses thereof for reducing CD95-meditated cell motility. In particular, the present invention relates to a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence having at least 70% of identity with the amino acid sequence ranging from the amino-acid residue at position 175 to the amino-acid residue at position 191 in SEQ ID NO:1. |
| US10189883B2 |
Therapeutic uses of modified FGF-21 polypeptides
Modified FGF-21 polypeptides and uses thereof are provided, for example, for the treatment of diseases associated with fibrosis. Modified FGF-21 polypeptides are disclosed that contain an internal deletion and optionally replacement peptide, optionally modified with at least one non-naturally-encoded amino acid, and/or optionally fused to a fusion partner. |
| US10189882B2 |
Methods for treating myelodysplastic syndromes and sideroblastic anemias
In certain aspects, the present disclosure provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and/or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans. In some embodiments, the compositions of the disclosure may be used to treat or prevent sideroblastic anemias and myelodysplastic syndromes or one or more complications associated sideroblastic anemias and myelodysplastic syndromes. |
| US10189880B2 |
T cell receptors directed against Bob1 and uses thereof
The technology relates in part to compositions and methods for inducing an immune response against a Bob1 antigen. Provided are methods for treating hyperproliferative diseases by inducing an immune response against a Bob1 antigen; the immune response may be induced using a Bob1 polypeptide fragment, or by specifically targeting Bob1-expressing cells using T cell receptors directed against Bob1. |
| US10189878B2 |
Ebolavirus pre-hairpin intermediate mimics and methods of use
Ebolavirus is a highly lethal filovirus that causes hemorrhagic fever in humans and non-human primates. With no approved treatments or preventatives, the development of an anti-ebolavirus therapy to protect against natural infections and potential weaponization is an urgent unmet global health need. The design, biophysical characterization, and validation of peptide mimics of the ebolavirus N-trimer (“N-trimer mimics”) are described herein. |
| US10189877B2 |
Tetravalent dengue vaccine
The invention provides a recombinant polypeptide comprising the EDIII domain of each of Dengue virus serotype DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4 linked to the N-terminal of HBsAg. |
| US10189875B2 |
Anti-cancer peptide and use thereof
Provided are a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and the use thereof. Cancer can be effectively prevented or treated by application of the peptide. |
| US10189874B2 |
DNA gridiron compositions and methods
Novel compositions and methods for engineering wireframe architectures and scaffolds of increasing complexity by creating gridiron-like DNA structures (FIG. 1). A series of four-arm junctions are used as vertices within a network of double-helical DNA fragments. Deliberate distortion of the junctions from their most relaxed conformations ensures that a scaffold strand can traverse through individual vertices in multiple directions. DNA gridirons, ranging from two-dimensional arrays with reconfigurability to multilayer and three-dimensional structures and curved objects, can be assembled according the methods presented herein. |
| US10189866B2 |
Lithium secondary battery, electrolyte solution for lithium secondary battery, and additive for electrolyte solution therefor
Provided are a lithium secondary battery having improved initial capacity and excellent cycle property, an electrolyte solution for the lithium secondary battery, and an additive for the electrolyte solution for the lithium secondary battery. The lithium secondary battery includes positive and negative electrodes both having a lithium-ion intercalation/de-intercalation ability, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution contacted with the positive and negative electrodes. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains lithium hexafluorophosphate and a boroxine compound represented by (RO)3(BO)3 liquefying at 25° C. R(s) each independently represent an organic group of a linear chain alkyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms. Herein, the chain alkyl group may have a branch, and when the branch is included, the number of carbon atoms of the chain alkyl group constructing a linear portion thereof is 3 or more. |
| US10189863B2 |
5,6-dihydro-4H-benzo[b]thieno-[2,3-d]azepine derivatives
There are provided 5,6-dihydro-4H-benzo[b]thieno-[2,3-d]azepine derivatives which are useful in the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and for the prevention of disease associated with RSV infection. |
| US10189859B2 |
Derivatives of 6-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,4-triazin-5-amine
The instant disclosure relates to (among other things) compounds that are derivatives of 6-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,4-triazin-5-amine. The compounds provided possess unique effects and differences over other phenyltriazines known in the art. |
| US10189857B2 |
Positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4
Disclosed herein are substituted 8-aminothieno[3,2-e][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine-7-carboxamide compounds, which may be useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4). Also disclosed herein are methods of making the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. |
| US10189855B2 |
Prodrugs of fumarates and their use in treating various diseases
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), wherein: R1 is unsubstituted C1-C6 alkyl; La is substituted or unsubstituted C1-C6 alkyl linker, substituted or unsubstituted C3-C10 carbocycle, substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle comprising one or two 5- or 6-member rings and 1-4 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl comprising one or two 5- or 6-member rings and 1-4 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; and R2 and R3 are each, independently, H, substituted or unsubstituted C1-C6 alkyl, or substituted or unsubstituted C6-C10 aryl; or alternatively, R2 and R3, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl comprising one or two 5- or 6-member rings and 1-4 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle comprising one or two 5- or 6-member rings and 1-4 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating neurological diseases, such as multiple sclerosis. |
| US10189854B2 |
Substituted pyrimidine compounds
The invention relates to novel substituted pyrimidine compounds of general formula (I) in which the chemical groupings, substituents, variables and indices are as defined in the description, and to their use as medicaments, in particular as medicaments for the treatment of conditions and diseases that can be treated by inhibition of the PDE4 enzyme. |
| US10189853B2 |
Conformationally restricted 4-substituted-2,6-dimethylfuro[2,3-d]pyrimidines as anti-tumor agents
The present invention provides conformationally restricted 4-substituted 2,6-dimethylfuro[2,3-d]pyrimidine compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. Preferably, the compounds exhibit dual inhibition of microtubule assembly and receptor tyrosine kinases. Methods of treating cancer comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one conformationally restricted 4-substituted 2,6-dimethylfuro[2,3-d]pyrimidine compound to a patient is disclosed. |
| US10189852B2 |
Process for improved oxymorphone synthesis
Processes for preparing oxymorphone are provided. Said processes encompass a step which is a hydrogenation of an 14-hydroxymorphinone salt in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid and/or a glycol. |
| US10189850B2 |
CDK inhibitors
Compounds of formulae I, II or III, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful as CDK inhibitors. |
| US10189849B2 |
CDK inhibitors
Compounds of formulae I, II or III, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful as CDK inhibitors. |
| US10189847B2 |
Oxime ester compound and photopolymerization initiator containing said compound
An oxime ester compound represented by general formula (I), wherein R1to R8 are as defined in the description, and n is 0 or 1; a photopolymerization initiator containing the compound; a photosensitive composition, alkali-developable photosensitive resin composition, and colored alkali-developable photosensitive resin composition containing the photopolymerization initiator; and a cured product of these compositions are provided. The compound is useful as a high-sensitivity photopolymerization initiator that has good stability and low sublimability and that efficiently absorbs, and is activated by, near-ultraviolet light, e.g., at 365 nm. |
| US10189837B2 |
Crystalline (8S,9R)-5-fluoro-8-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl)-8,9-dihydro-2H-pyrido[4,3,2-de]phthalazin-3(7H)-one tosylate salt
Provided herein are (8S,9R)-5-fluoro-8-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl)-8,9-dihydro-2H-pyrido[4,3,2-de]phthalazin-3(7H)-one tosylate salt forms, including crystalline forms, and methods of their preparation. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a (8S,9R)-5-fluoro-8-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl)-8,9-dihydro-2H-pyrido[4,3,2-de]phthalazin-3(7H)-one tosylate salt are also provided, as are methods of using (8S,9R)-5-fluoro-8-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl)-8,9-dihydro-2H-pyrido[4,3,2-de]phthalazin-3(7H)-one tosylate salt to treat a disease or condition, such as a cancer. |
| US10189834B2 |
Imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-2-one compounds and their use in treating cancer
The specification generally relates to compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, where Q, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have any of the meanings defined herein. The specification also relates to the use of such compounds and salts thereof to treat or prevent ATM kinase mediated disease, including cancer. The specification further relates to crystalline forms of compounds of imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-2-one compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and salts; kits comprising such compounds and salts; methods of manufacture of such compounds and salts; intermediates useful in the manufacture of such compounds and salts; and to methods of treating ATM kinase mediated disease, including cancer, using such compounds and salts. |
| US10189829B2 |
Inhibiting agents for Bruton's tyrosine kinase
Provided are compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods for their use and production. |
| US10189827B2 |
Retinoic acid receptor antagonists as chaperone-mediated autophagy modulators and uses thereof
Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for selectively activating chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA), protecting cells from oxidative stress, proteotoxicity and lipotoxicity, and/or antagonizing activity of retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARα) in subjects in need thereof. |
| US10189826B2 |
Heterocyclic compounds and methods of use
This disclosure provides compounds and methods of using those compounds to treat metabolic disorders and hyperproliferative disorders, including administration of the compounds in conjunction with hormone receptor antagonists. |
| US10189823B2 |
Neprilysin inhibitors
In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having the formula: where X, Ra, Rb, R2, and R7 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are prodrugs of compounds having neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds; methods of using these compounds; and processes and intermediates for preparing these compounds. |
| US10189822B2 |
Heterocyclic modulators of lipid synthesis
Compounds that are fatty acid synthesis modulators are provided. The compounds may be used to treat disorders characterized by disregulation of the fatty acid synthase function by modulating the function and/or the fatty acid synthase pathway. Methods are provided for treating such disorders including viral infections, such as hepatitis C infection, cancer and metabolic disorders. |
| US10189816B2 |
Substituted pyridines as inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus replication
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I), including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, methods for making the compounds and their use in inhibiting HIV integrase and treating those infected with HIV or AIDS. In the compounds of formula (I), R1 is selected from hydrogen, alkyl, or cycloalkyl; R2 is selected from tetrahydroisoquinolinyl and is substituted with 1 R6 substituent and also with 0-3 halo or alkyl substituents; R3 is selected from azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, piperazinyl, morpholinyl, homopiperidinyl, homopiperazinyl, or homomorpholinyl, and is substituted with 0-3 substituents selected from cyano, halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, and haloalkoxy; R4 is selected from alkyl or haloalkyl; R5 is alkyl; R6 is selected from Ar1, (Ar1)alkyl, (chromanyl)alkyl, cyanocycloalkyl or (dihydrobenzodioxinyl)alkyl; and Ar1 is phenyl substituted with 0-5 substituents selected from cyano, halo, alkyl, cycloalkyl, haloalkyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, (hydroxy)alkoxy, (alkoxy)alkoxy, phenoxy, benzyloxy, carboxy, phenyl, and cyanocycloalkyl. |
| US10189814B2 |
Arylmethoxy isoindoline derivatives and compositions comprising and methods of using the same
Provided are 4′-arylmethoxy isoindoline compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, stereoisomers, and prodrugs thereof. Methods of use, and pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds are disclosed. |
| US10189811B2 |
Method for preparing the anhydrous crystalline form of isoniazid-derived hydrazone, thus produced cristalline polymorph of the anhydrous form, use thereof for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, parkinsonism and other neurodegenerative disorders, and pharmaceutical composition
The present invention relates to the method for preparing the anhydrous crystalline form of isoniazid-derived hydrazone (8-hydroxyquinoline-2-carboxaldehyde isonicotinoyl hydrazone), to the thus produced polymorph and to the use thereof for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and parkinsonism, inter alia, and to a pharmaceutical composition. |
| US10189810B2 |
Pyrazolyl-substituted pyridone compounds as serine protease inhibitors
There are provided inter alia pyrazolyl-substituted pyridone compounds, which exhibit biological activity, e.g., inhibitory action, against serine proteases, including thrombin and various kallikreins. There are additionally provided pharmaceutical compositions. There are additionally provided methods of treating and preventing certain diseases or disorders, which disease or disorder is amenable to treatment or prevention by the inhibition of serine proteases, including thrombin and various kallikreins. |
| US10189807B2 |
Tetrahydrothiophene-based GABA aminotransferase inactivators
Tetrahydrothiophene and related heterocyclic analogs and related methods for GABA aminotransferase inactivation. |
| US10189801B1 |
Method for synthesizing tetrahydroisoquinoline thiazolidine
The present invention relates to a method for synthesizing tetrahydroisoquinoline thiazolidine, which can be conducted under a relatively mild reaction condition and can rapidly synthesize tetrahydroisoquinoline thiazolidine. |
| US10189798B2 |
Antimicrobial compounds, methods of making the same and articles comprising them
The present disclosure pertains to antimicrobial compounds that include silver (Ag) and an s-triazine ring with substitutions at nitrogen or carbon atoms of the s-triazine ring. In one example, the antimicrobial silver s-triazine may be readily incorporated in a variety of compositions and devices in both medical and non-medical settings. In another example, the said compounds may possess broad spectrum antimicrobial activity against bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microbes. |
| US10189794B2 |
Heteroaryl compounds and uses thereof
The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same. |
| US10189793B1 |
Method for preparing azoxystrobin
The present invention provides a process for preparing azoxystrobin, which is performed by reacting 2-cyanophenol or a salt thereof with a compound represented by formula I under the catalysis of a trimethylamine catalyst to obtain the azoxystrobin represented by formula II, which allows the yield of the product azoxystrobin to reach 98% or more, the yield of separated product to reach 95% or more and the post-processing to be simple. The trimethylamine catalyst can be recycled and reused in synthesizing the target product azoxystrobin, which not only reduces the cost but also reduces the total nitrogen and COD in wastewater. The advantages regarding of cost and environmental protection of the method according to the present invention are significant and thus the method is suitable for industrial production. |
| US10189791B2 |
Pyridyl analogs of 1-(2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9(11)dien-28-oyl) imidazole
Pyridyl analogs of 1-(2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9(11)-dien-28-oyl) imidazole and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same are provided. |
| US10189786B2 |
Antibacterial compounds
Disclosed are compounds of formulae (I) and (II) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the variables, R, R1, R2, R3, Y, Z, X, R12, R17, R18, R19, Y1, Z1, X1, and X2 are defined herein. These compounds are useful for treating Gram-negative bacteria infections, such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterial infections. |
| US10189783B2 |
Polyfunctional compounds
The present invention relates to a an imide compound according to anyone of formulas Ia, Ib, Ic, or Ie wherein R1 is H or a C1-C20 optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; both R2 and R5 are a COOH group or one of R2 and R5 is a COOH group while the other substituent is H, methyl or ethyl group; R3 and R4 are independently H, or C1-C20 optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; R6 is H or a methyl group; R7 and R8 are independently H, methyl or ethyl. |
| US10189777B2 |
Benzenesulfonamido and related compounds for use as agonists of RORγ and the treatment of disease
The invention provides benzenesulfonamido and related compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of promoting RORγ activity, increasing the amount of IL-17 in a subject, and treating cancer using such benzenesulfonamido and related compounds. |
| US10189774B2 |
High penetration prodrug compositions of mustards and mustard-related compounds
The invention provides compositions of novel high penetration compositions (HPC) or high penetration prodrugs (HPP) of mustards and mustard-related compounds, which are capable of crossing biological barriers with high penetration efficiency. The HPPs are capable of being converted to parent active drugs or drug metabolites after crossing the biological barrier and thus can render treatments for the conditions that the parent drugs or metabolites can. Additionally, the HPPs are capable of reaching areas that parent drugs may not be able to access or to render a sufficient concentration at the target areas and therefore render novel treatments. The HPPs can be administered to a subject through various administration routes, e.g., locally delivered to an action site of a condition with a high concentration or systematically administered to a biological subject and enter the general circulation with a faster rate. |
| US10189773B2 |
In-vivo gelling pharmaceutical pre-formulation
Provided herein are in vivo gelling pharmaceutical pre-formulations forming biocompatible hydrogel polymers that are polymerized in vivo and kits comprising at least one nucleophilic compound or monomer unit, at least one electrophilic compound or monomer unit, and optionally at least one therapeutic agent. The biocompatible hydrogel polymer is bioabsorbable and releases the therapeutic agent at a target site, avoiding systemic exposure. |
| US10189770B2 |
Production method of highly unsaturated fatty acid ethyl ester
The present invention provides a method of producing/purifying highly unsaturated fatty acids and/or derivatives thereof while suppressing deterioration of a silver salt aqueous solution, in production/purification of highly unsaturated fatty acids and/or derivatives thereof using the aqueous solution of silver salt. The present invention also contacts or mixes a mixture having a peroxide value (POV) of 10 or smaller with an aqueous solution of silver salt, in a method of purifying highly unsaturated fatty acids and/or derivatives thereof from a mixture comprising highly unsaturated fatty acids and/or derivatives thereof. |
| US10189768B2 |
Process for hydrogenolysis of alpha-hydroxy esters or acids using a heterogeneous catalyst
The present invention relates to a method for hydrogenolysis of alpha-hydroxy esters or acids, comprising reacting the alpha-hydroxy ester or acid in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst. The present invention also relates to a method for producing propionic acid ester, and the use of any of the methods for the production of propionic acid esters, such as alkyl propionate. |
| US10189767B2 |
Process for manufacturing succinic acid from a fermentation broth using nano filtration to purify recycled mother liquor
A process for manufacturing succinic acid as obtained by fermentation is provided including crystallizing the succinic acid from an aqueous solution, separating the crystals from the mother liquor, treating the mother liquor by nanofiltration and recycling the treated mother liquor to the crystallization step. This process exhibits a high yield in terms of succinic acid crystals recovery and allowing to achieve a final product with a low content of saccharides. |
| US10189766B2 |
Process for producing 2-ethylhexanal helping to improve yield
A process for producing 2-ethylhexanal involves performing reaction using a reaction tank equipped with a gas-introducing mixer having extracting, exhausting, and stirring functions in the presence of a palladium on carbon catalyst having a carbon carrier with lower impurity content and higher specific surface area for hydrogenation, and introducing hydrogen gas evenly into reaction liquid; resulted in that the process minimizes operational pressure for hydrogenation and increases a yield of 2-ethylhexanal at least up to 98.0%. |
| US10189764B2 |
Hydrogenation of oxygenated molecules from biomass refining
The present disclosure relates to methods, processes, and systems for utilizing the dehydrogenation of 2-butanol for hydrogen consuming reactions of biomass or biomass-derived molecules. |
| US10189758B2 |
Method for producing hydrofluoroolefin
To provide a method for producing a hydrofluoroolefin, wherein formation of an over-reduced product having hydrogen added to an aimed hydrofluorolefin and an over-reduced product having some of fluorine atoms in the aimed product replaced with hydrogen atoms, as by-products, is suppressed.A method for producing a hydrofluoroolefin, which comprises reacting a specific chlorofluoroolefin with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst supported on a carrier, to obtain a specific hydrofluoroolefin, wherein the catalyst is a catalyst composed of particles of an alloy containing at least one platinum group metal selected from the group consisting of palladium and platinum, and gold, and the proportion of the gold at the surface of the alloy particles is from 5 to 30 mass % per 100 mass % in total of the platinum group metal and the gold at the surface of the alloy particles. |
| US10189757B2 |
Chromia based fluorination catalyst
A chromia-based fluorination catalyst comprising at least one additional metal selected from zinc, nickel, aluminum and magnesium in which from 0.1 to 8.0% by weight of the catalyst is in the form of one or more crystalline compounds of chromium and/or one or more crystalline compounds of the at least one additional metal. The catalyst can be used in processes for producing a fluorinated hydrocarbon. |
| US10189756B2 |
Adiabatic plug flow reactors and processes incorporating the same
The present invention provides adiabatic plug flow reactors suitable for the production of chlorinated and/or fluorinated propene and higher alkenes from the reaction of chlorinated and/or fluorinated alkanes and chlorinated and/or fluorinated alkenes. The reactors comprise one or more designs that minimize the production of by-products at a desired conversion. |
| US10189755B2 |
Oligomerization of ethene in supercritical mode
The disclosure describes the oligomerization of supercritical ethene. An essential aspect of the invention is that of mixing ethene with an inert medium and setting the conditions in the reaction such that both ethene and the inert medium are supercritical. This is because the solubility for ethene in the inert medium is greater in the supercritical state, such that more ethene is dissolved in the supercritical inert medium than in a liquid solvent. The process regime in the supercritical state therefore enables the use of a much higher proportion of ethene in a homogeneous mixture of ethene and inert medium than is possible on the basis of the thermodynamic solubility restriction in a purely liquid hydrocarbon stream. In this way, the space-time yield is distinctly enhanced. Since a greater amount of ethene can be passed into the reactor, it is possible as a result to better exploit the apparatus volume compared to a liquid phase process. The inert medium used may, for example, be isobutane. |
| US10189751B2 |
Fluid ionized compositions, methods of preparation and uses thereof
Disclosed herein are fluid ionized compositions, such as fluid calcium cyanamide fertilizer compositions, methods of preparation and uses thereof. In some examples, a fluid composition includes a mixture of about 40 to 20 parts of dissolved acid or acid-formed approximately neutral pH nitrogen plant nutrient compounds (such as urea ammonium nitrate and H2O) and about 1 to about 5 parts of a mixture of insoluble or weakly soluble high pH calcium-formed plant nutrient compounds (such as calcium cyanamide and H2O). The disclosed compositions and methods stabilize the compositions' contained active nutrient ions and digested carbon. The disclosed compositions and methods facilitate controllable site-directed delivery of the contents of the compositions. The compositions and methods are effective for microbes nourishment plant fertilizing, soil amending, heavy metals leaching inhibition, and digesting organic proteinaceous excreta. The compositions are stable, easily calibrated, and non-clogging for soil injection, spray and irrigation water delivery to target sites. |
| US10189743B2 |
Enhanced strengthening of glass
Apparatus, systems and methods for improving strength of a thin glass member for an electronic device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the glass member can have improved strength by using multi-bath chemical processing. The multi-bath chemical processing allows greater levels of strengthening to be achieved for glass member. In one embodiment, the glass member can pertain to a glass cover for a housing of an electronic device. |
| US10189738B2 |
Bushing with ribbed tip plate
A bushing system may include a bushing that is configured to receive a molten material. The bushing may include a plate defining a first plurality of apertures through which the molten material flows. The plate may include a longitudinal axis, as well as a first side wall and a second side wall disposed on a side of the plate opposite the first side wall. The first side wall and the second side wall may extend at an upward angle from the plate. The plate may also include a plurality of ribs extending along at least a portion of the plate. The bushing system may also include a tip plate coupleable with the bushing. The tip plate may be configured to receive the molten material from the bushing and may define a second plurality of apertures through which the molten material flows to form fibers. |
| US10189735B2 |
White, opaque, β spodumene glass-ceramic articles with inherent damage resistance and methods for making the same
Crystallizable glasses, glass-ceramics, IXable glass-ceramics, and IX glass-ceramics are disclosed. The glass-ceramics exhibit β-spodumene ss as the predominant crystalline phase. These glasses and glass-ceramics, in mole %, include: 60-75 SiO2; 10-18 Al2O3; 5-14 Li2O; and 4.5 B2O3. The glass-ceramics also have a Vickers initiation crack threshold of at least about 25 kgf. |
| US10189733B2 |
Heating system for desalination
A heating system for desalination. One system includes a desalination system configured to receive a brine and to produce desalinated water from the brine. The system also includes a power production system having an engine configured to provide power to the desalination system. The power production system does not include combined cycle power production. The system also includes a heating system driven by the power production system and configured to provide heat for heating the brine. |
| US10189729B2 |
Method and apparatus for preventing mold growth in the reservoir of a food waste recycling appliance
A method and apparatus for operating a food waste recycling appliance includes a food waste recycling container, a condensate reservoir, a first fluid pathway fluidly coupling the food waste recycling chamber and the condensate reservoir, and a fan moving air from the food waste recycling chamber to the condensate reservoir along the first fluid pathway to define a first airflow. |
| US10189727B2 |
Fluid purification methods, devices, and systems
A fluid purification system has cells whose purifying capability can be regenerated. Some of the cells are arranged in series to reach a high level of purification. An automatic valve network is controlled to cycle the cells in a way that levels the loads on each, thereby maximizing the service interval for replacing expired cells, enabling all of the cells to be replaced at the same time after having each contributing approximately equally to the purification load, and operated such that at any one time, at least one cell is regenerated so as to enable continuous up-time. |
| US10189723B2 |
Multi-media stratified filtration
According to various aspects and embodiments, a system and method for treating a feed stream comprising hydrocarbons, suspended solids, and an aqueous-based liquid is provided. The systems and methods may utilize a stratified multi-media bed that includes at least one layer of a composite media comprising a mixture of a cellulose-based material and a polymer. According to certain aspects, contacting the feed stream with the stratified multi-media bed comprises coalescing and filtering the feed stream. According to at least one aspect, the systems and methods include a draft tube positioned within the stratified multi-media bed that may be utilized for backwashing the layers of filter media. |
| US10189720B2 |
Water purifying cartridge and pitcher-type water purifier
The present invention relates to a pitcher-type water purifier, comprising: a pitcher body including a cylindrical casing having a bottom and a partition for partitioning the inside of the casing; a pitcher lid liquid-tightly closing an opened top end of the pitcher body; and a water purifying cartridge detachably attached to an opened attachment part in the partition. |
| US10189716B2 |
Zeolite monolith and method of making the same, composite with zeolite monolith and method of making the same, and method for incorporating two or more zeolite monoliths
A method of manufacturing a porous monolithic zeolite structure including the steps of; taking a porous monolithic substrate; forming one or more zeolites on the substrate; and substantially or completely removing the substrate. |
| US10189714B2 |
Operation of fluidized bed reactors by optimizing temperature gradients via particle size distribution control
A method of improving the operation of polysilicon fluidized bed reactors is disclosed. The present disclosure is directed to the optimization of axial temperature gradients in gas-solid fluidized bed systems. Varying the width of the particle size distribution in the reactor alters the temperature gradient within the reactor, thereby providing a means of a better control of internal temperature profiles and hence better reactor performance. |
| US10189713B2 |
Method for producing carbon nanotube dispersion liquid, method for producing composite material composition, method for producing composite material, composite material, and composite-material shaped product
Provided is a method for efficiently producing a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid in which less-damaged carbon nanotubes are highly dispersed. The method for producing a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid includes: (A) obtaining a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid by applying a shear force to a coarse dispersion liquid that includes carbon nanotubes having a specific surface area of 600 m2/g or more to whereby disperse the carbon nanotubes, wherein the step (A) includes at least one of applying a back pressure to the carbon nanotube dispersion liquid and cooling the carbon nanotube dispersion liquid. |
| US10189710B2 |
Method of purifying phosphoric acid
A method of purifying phosphoric acid solution produced in wet process using nanofiltration. The claimed method contains the following: (a) providing wet phosphoric feed (b) subjecting the said feed to a first nanofilter (c) produce sulfate solids (d) removing the solids (e) subjecting a second nanofilter. |
| US10189707B2 |
Embedded structures for high glass strength and robust packaging
A sensor device is constructed to maintain a high glass strength to avoid the glass failure at low burst pressure, resulting from the sawing defects located in the critical high stress area of the glass pedestal as one of the materials used for construction of the sensor. This is achieved by forming polished recess structures in the critical high stress areas of the sawing street area. The sensor device is also constructed to have a robust bonding with the die attach material by creating a plurality of micro-posts on the mounting surface of the glass pedestal. |
| US10189703B2 |
Multi-chamber transducer module, apparatus including the multi-chamber transducer module and method of manufacturing the multi-chamber transducer module
A transducer module, comprising: a supporting substrate, having a first side and a second side; a cap, which extends over the first side of the supporting substrate and defines therewith a first chamber and a second chamber internally isolated from one another; a first transducer in the first chamber; a second transducer in the second chamber; and a control chip, which extends at least partially in the first chamber and/or in the second chamber and is functionally coupled to the first and second transducers for receiving, in use, the signals transduced by the first and second transducers. |
| US10189702B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of forming microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) package
A semiconductor device has a first semiconductor die and a modular interconnect structure adjacent to the first semiconductor die. An encapsulant is deposited over the first semiconductor die and modular interconnect structure as a reconstituted panel. An interconnect structure is formed over the first semiconductor die and modular interconnect structure. An active area of the first semiconductor die remains devoid of the interconnect structure. A second semiconductor die is mounted over the first semiconductor die with an active surface of the second semiconductor die oriented toward an active surface of the first semiconductor die. The reconstituted panel is singulated before or after mounting the second semiconductor die. The first or second semiconductor die includes a microelectromechanical system (MEMS). The second semiconductor die includes an encapsulant and an interconnect structure formed over the second semiconductor die. Alternatively, the second semiconductor die is mounted to an interposer disposed over the interconnect structure. |
| US10189697B2 |
Big bottle format dispenser
A big bottle format dispenser includes a housing in the form factor of a large bottle, the housing defining an outer reservoir. An inner reservoir is carried within the housing. The inner reservoir is filled with an alcoholic beverage, and the outer reservoir is not filled with an alcoholic beverage. An illumination means within the dispenser illuminates the inner reservoir, which in some embodiments is constructed in the form factor of, or contains portions in the form factor of, a company name, logo, symbol, or other branding indicator. |
| US10189695B2 |
Keg cover
A keg cover removably joins to a top rim of a keg and covers the bung and the entirety of the top surface of the keg. When installed, the keg cover protects the top surface of the keg from contamination, and provides a stable stacking surface so that a second keg may be safely stacked on top of the keg to which the keg cover is joined. The keg cover further creates one or more storage spaces between the top surface of the keg and the keg cover to hold tap handles and other desired items. |
| US10189687B2 |
Electric winch device and mobile crane
An electric winch device causes an operative part to perform an operation for hoisting work by winding up or letting out a rope connected to the operative part, the electric winch device including: a winch drum having an axis, provided on the mobile crane to be rotatable about the axis and wound with the rope therearound; a plurality of motors located on one side of the winch drum in an axial direction in which the axis of the winch drum extends, and arranged side by side in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction; a gear mechanism which combines torques output from the plurality of motors; and a transmitting part which transmits a resultant of torques combined by the gear mechanism to the winch drum to rotate the winch drum to thereby cause the winch drum to wind up or let out the rope. |
| US10189686B2 |
Pneumatic and manual clutch of power winch
A pneumatic and manual clutch of a power winch provides an option of controlling the clutch by a manual or pneumatic method. The pneumatic control method just needs to connect a pump connector of an air pump to a pneumatic connector of the clutch properly to start or stop the air pump even when a user is standing at a position far from the power winch and the clutch can be turned on and off by starting or stopping the air pump. Either a cable or wireless remote control can be used to start or stop the air pump, to provide a very convenient operation. |
| US10189685B2 |
Winder cable guard
A winder cable guard includes a generally flat plate that is attached to an inwardly facing surface of the outer support bearing in a winder mechanism. The plate is sized and configured to fit within and seal the clearance gap between the outer end of the winder drum and the outer support bearing. This prevents a cable being wound onto the winder drum from slipping or falling into the gap. The potential for jamming and/or breakage of the lift cable is thereby reduced. |
| US10189680B2 |
Landing-door door lock device
The present invention relates to a landing-door door lock device. The following problem is solved: the position of a lock ball of a general landing-door door lock device is not adjustable, and adjustment is complicated when there is a deviation between positions of the lock ball and a door knife. The device includes a primary lock and a secondary lock, the primary lock includes a bottom plate and a locking arm, a counter weight is mounted on the locking arm, a moving ball is fixed onto the counter weight, a fixed ball is mounted on the bottom plate, the secondary lock includes a buckle plate, the locking arm is connected onto the bottom plate through a rotary shaft, an arc-shaped hole is opened on the counter weight, a shaft sleeve is sheathed on a shaft of the fixed ball, the shaft sleeve penetrates into the arc-shaped hole, a front end of the buckle plate is provided with a first lock hook, the locking arm is correspondingly provided thereon with a lock column, and the first lock hook is buckled on the lock column. The present invention has the following advantages: the rotary shaft and the fixed ball are disposed separately, the positions of the fixed ball and the moving ball can be adjusted left and right, when there is a deviation between positions of the lock ball and the door knife of the landing-door door lock device on different floors, it is not necessary to adjust the position of the door lock of the whole floor, so adjustment is simple, and a problem of poor contact occurring in electrical contacts on the door lock is also avoided. |
| US10189679B2 |
Elevator car power supply
A ropeless elevator system includes a vertically extending first lane, a vertically extending second lane, and a transfer station extending between and in communication with the first and second lanes. An elevator car is disposed in and is constructed and arranged to move through the transfer station and the first and second lanes. A propulsion system of the elevator system propels the elevator car through at least the first and second lanes and carries a supplemental DC energy storage device for providing supplemental energy to the elevator car during normal operation. A wireless power transfer system of the elevator system is configured to periodically charge the DC energy storage device. |
| US10189675B2 |
Fully adjustable brake controller without need of DC-link
An adjustable brake controller of an elevator brake including a DC bus, first terminals for connecting the brake controller to a first magnetizing coil, second terminals for connecting the brake controller to a second magnetizing coil, a first controllable power switch coupled between the first terminals and the DC bus, the first controllable power switch being configured to supply electric power from the DC bus to the first magnetic coil responsive to a first control signal, a second controllable power switch coupled between the second terminals and the DC bus, the second controllable power switch being configured to supply electric power from the DC bus to the second magnetizing coil responsive to a second control signal, and a controller configured to generate the first and the second control signals for controlling the first and second power switches, respectively, with a brake open mode and a brake holding mode. |
| US10189673B2 |
Method and apparatus for applying liquid nutrients between parallel rows of standing crops
Liquid nutrients are continuously applied to rows of standing crops by pulling a drag hose from a reel located at one end of a field and between two crop rows with a boom having a forward end pivotally connected to an applicator mounted on a tractor and a rearward end supported by a wheel. The boom carries a supply line having a rearward end connected to the drag hose and a forward end connector to the applicator having the same length as the boom. At the opposite end of the field, the tractor and applicator turn 180° while the boom passes over the applicator. The tractor returns down a second plurality of rows back to the first end of the field while the reel simultaneously retracts the hose between the two rows of crops. The reel is moved to a third plurality of rows the steps are repeated. |
| US10189671B2 |
Device and method for the subsequent processing of printed products
A device and method for the processing of printed products with one or more transport systems for transporting the printed products between processing stations comprises a transport path lighting system that is divided into segments, wherein the type of illumination of such a segment is with respect to its color, intensity and/or variation in time defined by certain properties of the product located in this section or its production history. |
| US10189667B2 |
Post-processing apparatus and image forming apparatus including same
A post-processing apparatus for post-processing paper discharged from an image forming apparatus comprises: a paper discharging roller for conveying both first and second paper sequentially discharged from an image forming apparatus to an intermediate loading part; a main paddle part for conveying the first and second paper loaded on the intermediate loading part to a compiling region; a reverse roller for conveying, together with the main paddle part, the first and second paper to the compiling region; and a binding part for processing the first and second paper conveyed to the compiling region, the paper discharging roller allows the first paper to stand by on a standby path, and conveys the first and second paper to the intermediate loading part in a state in which the leading end of the first paper protrudes further than the leading end of the second paper. |
| US10189663B2 |
Print media transport apparatus
In an example, a print media transport apparatus comprises a plurality of pallets having a self-propulsion mechanism, and being to support print media. The pallets may circulate on an endless track comprising a printing zone, a descending zone and an ascending zone. A controller may control the self-propulsion mechanisms of the pallets such that a pallet on the descending zone is at least partially supported by another pallet which is ahead on the track, and a pallet on the ascending zone is at least partially driven by pallet which follows on the track. |
| US10189662B2 |
Medium supplying apparatus
A medium supplying apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit executes: a first control in which, in a case where a double feed detecting sensor detects a double feed of media, rotation drive of a separator roller is stopped, and a retard roller is caused to convey the media to an upstream side in a conveying direction; and a second control in which, after the execution of the first control, the rotation drive of the separator roller is restarted, and, in a case where the double feed detecting sensor detects a double feed of the media, a conveying load applied is set to be higher than that at the time of detecting the double feed before the execution of the first control, the rotation drive of the separator roller is stopped, and the retard roller is caused to convey the media to the upstream side in the conveying direction. |
| US10189661B1 |
Vacuum wheel with separate contact and vacuum surfaces
A vacuum wheel for transporting a substrate includes a fixed conduit that is connectable to a suction source. A vacuum surface on a circumference of the vacuum wheel includes vacuum openings that are distributed around the circumference, such that rotation of the wheel causes the vacuum openings to successively fluidically connect to the fixed conduit. When suction is applied to the fixed conduit, suction is applied to one or more of the vacuum openings that are currently fluidically connected to the fixed conduit. At least one contact surface on the circumference of the vacuum wheel is adjacent to, and extends outward beyond, the vacuum surface. When suction is applied to the vacuum openings, the substrate is drawn toward the vacuum surface so as to contact the contact surface without contacting the vacuum surface, creating a friction force that enables transport of the substrate when the wheel rotates. |
| US10189654B2 |
Test device for establishing, verifying, and/or managing accuracy
A test device is disclosed for verifying the accuracy of a pick and place process. The test device includes a surface configured to receive components, and a ferromagnetic layer located under the surface. A system is further disclosed including the test device and a plurality of components each including a magnetic element, the plurality of components configured to be received by a plurality of pockets of the test device. A method of picking and placing a component onto the test device is further disclosed. |
| US10189645B2 |
Positive-drive spiral conveyor
A spiral conveyor for positively driving a conveyor belt along a helical path. The spiral conveyor includes a rotating cylindrical tower with parallel drive members extending from the bottom to the top of the tower on its periphery. Each drive member includes an outwardly protruding ridge that varies in height from the bottom to the top of the tower. The variations in height facilitate the belt's entry onto and exit from the tower and robust, positive driving engagement with the inside edge of the belt along the majority of its path along the tower. |
| US10189640B2 |
Container having generally L-shaped slotted tracks to facilitate movement of dunnage
A container for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse has guides containing generally L-shaped slotted tracks having horizontal and vertical portions. A plurality of dunnage supports extend between the tracks. Dunnage is suspended by the dunnage supports. The dunnage supports have narrowed portions engaged with the slotted tracks. |
| US10189639B2 |
Tea display and storage device
A Tea Display and Storage Device includes a front and back cover, a centralized spine with pages bound to it, a plurality of tea bag holders on each page to carry individual tea bags and a fastener to keep the Tea Display and Storage Device closed when not in use. The covers and the tea bag holders contain an absorbent layer to keep the tea bags fresh. Each tea bag holder can either be open to allow easy removal of tea bags, or be closed to seal the tea bag against the page. The seal on the tea holder can be a tongue and grove system, magnets or a type of adhesive strip. To aid in identification of the tea bag in each holder, the teabag holder can be clear or if the holder is opaque, a name tag can be attached to the holder. |
| US10189638B2 |
Easy pouring packaging pouch
The present invention discloses a packaging pouch for a viscous content, the pouch comprising a flexible multilayer laminate, said laminate comprising an inner layer in contact, in use, with the content of said pouch, the pouch comprising a top region and a bottom region and one or more cross-seal(s), said pouch comprising a tearable venting means in the bottom region. |
| US10189635B2 |
Adjustable tilting packaging box for liquid crystal module
An adjustable tilting packaging box is provided for holding a liquid crystal module. A supporting rack is arranged in the box for carrying the liquid crystal module thereon and is connected to a support element for being mounted on a bottom of the box. The support element includes an adjustment mechanism connected to a side of the supporting rack and includes a support pillar having a lower end selectively positionable on a plurality of levels provided on an end of the pull rod having an opposite end extending outside the box, such that a movement of the pull rod allows different ones of the levels to support the support pillar thereon so as to change a position of the supporting rack to thus change an angular position of the liquid crystal module. |
| US10189634B2 |
Method and apparatus for assembling and packaging cupcake bouquets for transport
The present invention relates to a cupcake holder for secure transport. In one embodiment, the cupcake holder comprises a vase, a mount for mounting a plurality of cupcakes, attached to the vase, a plurality of support pins attached to the mount, projections of pairs of the support pins of configured to support a cupcake; and at least one skewer corresponding to each of the plurality of cupcakes, inserted through each of the cupcake into the mount. |
| US10189627B2 |
Autonomous anti-pollution liquid container for isotope analysing of earth science area
An autonomous anti-pollution liquid container for isotope analysis of earth science area, consisting of an outer protective sleeve (1), a liquid storage main body part (2), a stabilizer storage mechanism (3), a main body base part (4), a control display part (5), a main body inner cover mechanism (6) and a neutralizer storage and releasing mechanism (7). The autonomous anti-pollution liquid container for isotope analyzing of earth science area has multiple functions of heating, refrigerating, heat preservation and the like, can monitor temperature and liquid amount in real time, and can autonomously operate to quickly neutralize and scrap a hazardous chemical agent in an emergency, thereby avoiding leakage of a hazardous article and environmental pollution, and making a logistics process safe and reliable. |
| US10189626B2 |
Package handling system
Disclosed is a package handling system comprising: an indicator designed to display a mishandling indication upon application of a force in excess of a predetermined threshold force. |
| US10189624B2 |
Tray-shaped article having smooth edges and amenable to multiple film sealing methods
The disclosure relates to forming shaped thermoplastic articles having smooth peripheries. Many thermoplastic articles have sharp edges formed upon molding or cutting the article from a feedstock sheet. Such sharp edges can damage thin plastic films or flesh which they contact, and smoothing the edges is desirable. Described herein are methods of forming a smooth periphery for such sharp-edged articles by rolling over the sharp edge. The smoothing operation is performed by forming a deflectable flange including a bend region separated from the potentially sharp peripheral edge by a spacer, deflecting a portion of the deflectable flange, and softening at least one bent portion of the deflectable flange to yield a smooth periphery upon cooling. |
| US10189620B1 |
Combination locking puzzle gift box
A combination locking puzzle gift box consisting of a drawer, a cover, and a plurality of dials. When an unlocking code word is positioned beneath a marker on the cover, the drawer maybe be freely inserted or withdrawn from the cover assembly. In a locked state, the unlocking code is rotated away from beneath the marker and the drawer is locked in place and may not be withdrawn from the cover, thereby securing an item held within. |
| US10189617B2 |
Dispensing device for a drink bottle
A formulation dispensing device can include a cartridge receptacle to accommodate and/or secure a beverage ingredient cartridge and permit contents within the cartridge to flow into a bottle or beverage container. Additionally, a formulation dispensing device can include a drink through valve that can permit mixed contents from a beverage container to flow through the drink through valve and be consumed. For example, the formulation dispensing device can include ingredients that can be added to a range of different drinks, including sports drinks, dietary drinks, and as a critical life supporting drinks in humanitarian situations. The formulation dispensing device can also include a lid configured to pivot between open and closed positions and can seal the dispensing device which allows the beverage container to be inverted during consumption without leakage through the first aperture. |
| US10189616B2 |
System and methods for the production of personalized drug products
A system and method for determining an optimal combination drug product for a particular patient includes a processor that receives patient information and determines an optimal combination drug product based on the received information. A system which can provide information regarding predicted events or pathologies based on received patient information and guidance on subsequent steps to ameliorate, treat or intervent. A drug production device includes a plurality of drug containers, each of which are coupled to a drug dispensing channel. A controller controls the dispensing of drug through each channel, and a combination drug product is produced from the dispensed drugs. A combination drug product includes a plurality of discrete units of a first drug, and a plurality of discrete units of a second drug. A transdermal patch includes a plurality of drug compartments, each containing a quantity of drug product, and a controller for controlling the release of drugs from each compartment. Feedback loop elements can enable iterations to optimized personalized doses. |
| US10189610B2 |
Sterilizable PVC-free closures
The present invention relates to compositions (compounds) which can be used as seal material in vessel caps under sterilization conditions. More specifically, the invention relates to such compositions that are suitable for vessel caps or vacuum caps that can be unscrewed, such as cam screw caps and in particular Press-on/Twist-off® caps, and that demonstrate a reduced migration of undesirable substances. |
| US10189601B2 |
Adjustable pallet
A pallet for transporting a plurality of differently shaped parts is disclosed. The pallet including a rectangular base having a planar top surface, the top surface having a plurality of holes arranged thereon in a round staggered configuration, a bottom support connected to the underside of the rectangular base, each ski located along the underside of an edge of the rectangular bed, four rectangular pillars located at the four corners of the rectangular base and extending upwardly. |
| US10189593B2 |
Machine and method for packaging articles
A machine for packaging articles includes a frame; a feeder feeding film to a packaging station to wrap articles. A sealing unit includes at least two sealing elements movable relative to each other between a spaced-apart position and a close-together position where the two sealing elements cooperate to seal the film interposed between them. First and second mechanisms having first and second motors move the sealing unit. The second motor is operatively coupled to at least one of the two sealing elements. The first and/or the second mechanisms include at least one articulated arm, respectively. A control unit is operatively connected to the first motor and to the second motor to drive them in proper relationship to move the two sealing elements relative to each other and relative to the frame according to a predetermined law of motion. |
| US10189588B2 |
Bundling article with elastic loop and cooperating tag
A bundling article includes a stretchable portion and a tag portion. The stretchable portion includes a fastening opening having a first width. The tag portion overlaps the stretchable portion at an overlap area, wherein the stretchable portion and the tag portion are bonded together at the overlap area. The tag portion includes a notch, the notch including two opposed shoulders separated by a second width. The second width is substantially equal to or greater than the first width. |
| US10189586B2 |
Process for single-step forming and filling of containers
A process for the manufacturing and filling of plastic containers, the process comprising the steps of: positioning a preform with relation to a mold assembly of two or more components, the preform generally being fabricated from a plastic and being provided with a longitudinal axis and presenting a stretchable portion and a non-stretchable portion; stretching the preform along its longitudinal axis; injecting a fluid into the interior volume of the preform, the fluid being under such pressure as to cause the preform to plastically deform until achieving the desired size and shape; and releasing the container from the mold assembly and sealing the container, and in which at least a portion of the stretchable portion of the perform is at a temperature below its vitreous transition temperature (Tg) and, preferably, at ambient temperatures. |
| US10189582B1 |
Elastically deployable panel structure solar array
An elastically deployable panel structure for space solar array applications includes a support structure having a first stowed configuration and a second deployed configuration. The stowed configuration has elastic strain energy that powers deployment of the support structure. The elastically deployable panel structure does not include a boom. Longitudinal edges of the support structure may be curved downward to form an open cylinder when in the deployed configuration. The support structure is configured to be operable as a mounting surface for solar cell arrays. |
| US10189575B2 |
Aircraft engine assembly comprising rear engine attachments in the form of shackles
An aircraft engine assembly including a set of rear engine attachments comprising a first shackle hinged on a bracket secured to the engine and on a bracket made as one piece with one of the two side panels, the shackle being oriented along a vertical direction, a second shackle hinged on a bracket secured to the engine and on a bracket made as one piece with the other one of the two side panels, the second shackle being oriented along the vertical direction, and a third shackle for transversally transmitting loads, inclined relative to the vertical direction and hinged on a bracket secured to the engine and on a bracket secured to the primary structure. |
| US10189573B2 |
Off-wing slide raft
An inflatable evacuation device may comprise a ramp portion and a slide portion extending from the ramp portion. A releasable support strap may be coupled between the ramp portion and the slide portion. A release assembly may be coupled to the releasable support strap. The release assembly may be configured to release a tension in the releasable support strap between the ramp portion and the slide portion. |
| US10189571B2 |
Module for an aircraft cabin with a seat fastened to a door
A module for an aircraft cabin and an aircraft with a passenger cabin and such a module where the module includes a door to open the module, and a seat that is fastened to the door. The seat can be a vehicle attendant seat, and the module can be a lavatory. The rear side of the module can nestle against the pressure bulkhead in the tail of the aircraft. The module can include another module directly adjacent to its side, e.g., a galley module. |
| US10189567B2 |
Identifying camera position of a UAV in flight utilizing real time kinematic satellite navigation
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining a position of a camera affixed to a UAV in flight when the camera captures a digital aerial image. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods utilize real time kinematic satellite navigation techniques to identify a position of a UAV. Moreover, the disclosed systems and methods precisely determine the time that a camera captures a digital aerial image together with an attitude of the UAV at the time of capture to calculate a location of a camera at the time of capture. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods can utilize the determined position of the camera together with the captured digital aerial image to generate a three-dimensional representation of a site. |
| US10189566B2 |
3D coverage mapping of wireless networks with unmanned aerial vehicles
A method for three-dimensional (3D) coverage mapping of a coverage area of a cell site using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) includes causing the UAV to fly about the coverage area at one or more elevations; causing the UAV to take measurements of wireless performance during flight about the coverage area; and utilizing the measurements to derive a 3D coverage map of the coverage area. |
| US10189562B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle and operations thereof
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with improved reliability. According to one aspect of the invention, interference experienced by onboard sensors from onboard electrical components is reduced. According to another aspect of the invention, user-configuration or assembly of electrical components is minimized to reduce user errors. |
| US10189560B2 |
Landing gear platform
A landing gear platform is positionable between rearward and forward tires on one side of an aircraft landing gear and rearward and forward tires on the opposite side of the aircraft landing gear. The platform includes a pair of chocks that engage between the rearward and forward tires on the one side of the aircraft landing gear and the rearward and forward tires on the opposite side of the aircraft landing gear and prevent the tires from rotating. A panel spans over the tops of the pair of chocks. A top surface of the panel can be reached by a worker using a stepstool, enabling the worker to stand on the top surface of the panel when performing work on the landing gear above the rearward and forward tires of the aircraft landing gear. |
| US10189559B2 |
Rotor speed control using a feed-forward rotor speed command
Examples of rotor speed reduction using a feed-forward rotor speed control command are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a processing device, flight command indicative of a change in a flight characteristic of an aircraft comprising a rotor; generating, by the processing device, a change in load factor based on the flight command; generating, by the processing device, a change in rotor speed based on the change in load factor; generating, by the processing device, a rotor speed command based on the change in rotor speed to a flight controller to cause the aircraft to change a rotor speed of the rotor; and changing, by the processing device, the rotor speed of the rotor responsive to the rotor speed command. |
| US10189558B2 |
Optimized nacelle profile and plenum shape for boundary layer ingestion active laminar flow control
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a nacelle of an aircraft, comprising a surface that is profiled such that during cruise flight operation lines of constant static pressure of a boundary layer around the nacelle in a given region are substantially contained within a plane that is normal to an engine axis. |
| US10189557B2 |
Passenger aircraft with a downwardly foldable wing tip device
A passenger aircraft including a wing (1) and a wing tip device (3). The wing tip device (3) is moveable between a flight configuration for use during flight and a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations. In the ground configuration the wing tip device is folded downwardly from the flight configuration such that the span of the aircraft is reduced. The wing tip device (3) is connected to the wing along a hinge (9) defining a hinge line (11). The hinge (9) may be arranged to prevent the wing tip device (3) rotating upwardly beyond the flight configuration. The hinge line (11) may be orientated at an angle to the flight direction such that the wing tip device (3) presents a larger frontal area when it is in the ground configuration than when it is in the flight configuration, such that aerodynamic forces urge it to rotate about the hinge line (11) away from the ground configuration and towards the flight configuration. |
| US10189551B2 |
Display controller
To display a multidimensional code representing unique information of an outboard motor, a display device ensures switchably displaying the multidimensional code representing identical information by a plurality of display patterns where ease of reading is mutually different. A multidimensional code creating unit converts the unique information of the outboard motor into the multidimensional code and creates the multidimensional codes by two patterns. That is, a first multidimensional code creating unit creates a multidimensional code for a display pattern that represents the unique information of the outboard motor by the predetermined count of N (one or plural) multidimensional codes. A second multidimensional code creating unit creates a multidimensional code for a display pattern that represents the unique information of the outboard motor by the multidimensional code by reducing an information volume represented by one multidimensional code and increasing the count of multidimensional codes more than the predetermined count N. |
| US10189549B2 |
Renewable power generation farm for fishing work
There is provided a renewable power generation farm for fishing work, the farm comprising: a plurality of mutually connected floating ships, wherein each ship is configured to generate an energy using solar and wind power, wherein each ship comprises: a main elongate floating structure; a wind-based energy generation device secured to the main elongate floating structure; a transverse beam extending perpendicularly to a longitudinal direction of the main structure; a longitudinal beam extending in a parallel manner to the longitudinal direction of the main structure; connection beams connecting both opposing ends of the transverse beam and both opposing ends of the longitudinal beam respectively; auxiliary pillars vertically extending through the both ends of the transverse beam and the longitudinal beam respectively; solar-based energy generation devices disposed at top ends of the auxiliary pillars respectively; and auxiliary elongate floating structures disposed at bottom ends of the auxiliary pillars passing through the ends of the transverse beam. |
| US10189545B2 |
Cleat and cleat fairing for a boat
A cleat for a boat includes a cam mounted to the boat, where the cam has a rotatable toothed surface for pressing against a line. The cleat also includes a guide mounted to the boat adjacent the cam, where the guide has a surface for directing the line above a top of the cam. In addition, the cleat has a slot formed in the surface of the guide, which permits the line to be moved into opposition with the rotatable toothed surface of the cam. |
| US10189544B2 |
Stepped cambered planing hull
Various embodiments are disclosed for a stepped cambered planing hull for a boat including a swept back cambered planing surface having a non-linear distribution of camber. The non-linear distribution of camber along the swept back cambered planing surface may enable stepped cambered planing hulls having high deadrise (i.e., greater than 15 degrees). The stepped cambered planing hull may include a shaped hydrofoil that generates further hydrodynamic lift by piercing the free surface wake produced by the swept back cambered planing surface. The stepped cambered planing hull may have external bottom surfaces adapted at the after-body and transom to accommodate a distinctive profile of the free surface wake produced by the swept back cambered planing surface. The stepped cambered planing hull may include an adjustable interceptor blade to regulate hydrodynamic lift at low speeds or to ensure an optimal dynamic trim angle in a wide range of speeds. |
| US10189543B2 |
Electric motorcycle with improved motor performance
An electric motorcycle includes an electric motor, a motor controller for controlling the operation of the electric motor, a gearbox that can be of a used or new fuel engine-based vehicle and rotatable by the electric motor, and a main drive shaft coupled between the electric motor and the gearbox. Subject to the optimal power transmission performance of the gearbox, the electric motor is capable of producing the most appropriate driving speed in the starting state or any of a variety of travelling states, achieving optimal output efficiency and significantly reducing power consumption and enhancing endurance. |
| US10189542B2 |
Bicycle rear derailleur
A bicycle rear derailleur is provided, which includes a base adapted to be mounted on a bicycle frame, a movable member, a linkage assembly pivotally connected to and between the base and the movable member, a pivot shaft provided within and pivotally rotatable relative to the movable member, a chain guide fixed to an end of the pivot shaft, a restriction assembly provided on the pivot shaft, and a friction assembly provided within the movable member to provide a rotational friction on the restriction assembly. Whereby, the chain guide is pivotally awing toward a first direction by a force; when the chain guide swings toward a second direction which is opposite to the first direction by another force, it is forced by a swing resistance. |
| US10189541B2 |
Electrically assisted bicycle
An electrically assisted bicycle includes an electric motor which applies a walk-push assisting torque to a rear wheel of the bicycle when a rider propels the bicycle by pushing it while walking, and a motor controller configured or programmed to execute a first mode in which the electric motor applies no torque to the rear wheel, a second mode in which the electric motor applies to the rear wheel a stay assisting torque which causes the electrically assisted bicycle to stay in a position where the rider wants to stay, and a third mode in which the electric motor applies the walk-push assisting torque to the rear wheel, wherein the first mode, the second mode, and the third mode are able to be selected by using an operator able to be operated by the rider. |
| US10189539B2 |
Master cylinder device for a hydraulic disk brake
A master cylinder for a hydraulic brake comprises a compensating chamber, a cylinder in which a piston is movably disposed, a pressure chamber disposed in the cylinder and connected to the compensating chamber through at least one connecting opening, and a gasket for interrupting the connection between the pressure chamber and the compensating chamber. The gasket seals the compensating chamber and the pressure chamber against the environment. |
| US10189537B2 |
Brake for bicycle
A brake for a bicycle includes a base, first and second arm assemblies. The first and second arm assemblies are pivoted to the base. The first arm assembly has a first end portion, for connection of a brake line a second end portion for frictionally contacting a brake side of a wheel rim. The second arm assembly is pivoted to the base and corresponds to the first arm assembly. The second arm assembly has a third end portion, a fourth end portion and a second abutting portion which is arranged on the third end portion. The second abutting portion is located correspondingly above the first abutting portion and interferable with the first abutting portion in a pivoting direction of the first abutting portion. The fourth end portion is swingable toward the brake side to clip the other brake side of the wheel rim. |
| US10189535B1 |
Motorcycle display unit system and method
Devices, systems and methods for providing rider control assemblies for adjusting and displaying pressure and height settings for vehicle air suspension devices, such as on adjustable air shocks and air struts, used in vehicles such as motorcycles. The assemblies can have a protruding eyelet portion that can be mounted to existing control panel clamps on motorcycle handlebars. The assemblies can have two part housings attached to one another by waterproof gaskets placed in opposite facing channels. |
| US10189534B2 |
Suspension control for a human-powered two-wheeled vehicle and method
A chassis controller and method for controlling the damping of a human-powered two-wheeled vehicle having a controllable shock absorber and a control device and a memory device. A sensor device acquires measurement data sets relating to a relative movement of two connecting units of the shock absorber with respect to one another. A filter device pre-processes the measurement data sets. Multiple data sets are stored in the memory device. A data set, derived from a measurement data set acquired with the sensor device during the relative movement of the connecting units is stored and an analysis device analyzes a stored data set. A filter parameter set is determined based on the analysis, and a control data set is derived with the filter parameter set. The control device controls the shock absorber with the control data set. |
| US10189533B2 |
Electric scooter
A scooter having a front wheel and a rear wheel. A steering assembly includes a steering tube and a handlebar. A rear foot brake is configured to apply a braking force to at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel. A deck is configured to support the weight of a person. A frame is configured to support the deck. The frame comprises a plurality of frame members arranged to form at least two or more vertical planes on one or both lateral sides of the scooter. In some configurations, the rear foot brake is linked to a front brake and configured to actuate the front brake of the front wheel and apply a braking force to the rear wheel simultaneously. |
| US10189532B2 |
Bicycle operating device
A bicycle operating device comprises a base member, an operating unit, and a support shaft. The operating unit includes a rotatable member rotatable relative to the base member about a first rotational axis to control a bicycle component. The operating unit has a first operating unit end supported by the base member and a second operating unit end opposite to the first operating unit end along the first rotational axis. The support shaft extends in a direction non-parallel to the first rotational axis and couples the second operating unit end to the base member. The support shaft has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The first end and the second end are supported by the base member. |
| US10189526B2 |
Structure for front part of saddled vehicle
A front structure for a saddle-riding vehicle includes a meter unit, a meter covering for covering at least an area forwardly of the meter unit, and a windshield disposed forwardly of the meter covering. When viewed from lateral side, the windshield is disposed having been rearwardly upwardly tilted. The windshield has a rear surface is of a curved shape in which a region from its opposite side end portions to an intermediate portion is bulged forwardly. The meter covering has a front wall so shaped as to have a forwardly protruding shape effective to divert sunlight, coming from rear and subsequently reflected from the windshield, away from the focal point of the reflected sunlight. |
| US10189521B2 |
Assembly platform
A flow production system, in particular an assembly and/or production line includes a conveyor for conveying a workpiece along a conveying direction of the flow production system. A platform for use in flow production includes a guiding device and a processing device, wherein the platform is designed to be moved into and out of the flow production substantially as a whole. A method for operating a flow production system or a platform includes guiding a workpiece along the platform with the guiding device and processing the workpiece with the processing device during guiding. |
| US10189511B1 |
Vehicle body barrier
A vehicle body barrier has a vertical support, a first non-movable board and a second non-movable board. The vertical support is configured to be received in a vehicle body. The first non-movable board is fixedly attached to the vertical support. The second non-movable board is fixedly attached to the vertical support and is vertically spaced from the first non-movable board. The movable board is movably connected to the first non-movable board between a primarily offset position and a primarily overlapping position. The movable board is disposed between the first and second non-movable boards in the primarily offset position. |
| US10189508B2 |
Two-track vehicle
A two-track vehicle having a chassis on the lower face of which a component is arranged that is sensitive to scraping the road surface, the outer contour jutting out downward from the lower face of the chassis in the direction of the road surface by an offset variable and the component being covered by a base portion of a cover element to protect the component from scraping the road surface. At least one edge portion of the base portion of the cover element is laterally extended in a vehicle transverse direction, the edge portion forming a scraper stop that juts out downward from the cover element base portion in a direction onto the road surface by a vertical offset so that, when the lower face of the vehicle scrapes the road surface, the cover element base portion remains substantially out of contact with an interference contour on the road surface. |
| US10189507B2 |
Vehicle body front structure
A vehicle body front structure includes a front bulkhead. The front bulkhead includes a right side stay made of a resin and connected to a right front side frame, a right upper side beam made of a metal and extending from the right side stay to a right upper member, an upper beam made of a metal and detachably connected to the right upper side beam, and a hood lock device provided on the upper beam. The right end of the upper beam is connected in a state in which it clamps the right side stay in a vehicle body longitudinal direction. |
| US10189501B2 |
Parking assist apparatus and parking assist method
A parking assist apparatus includes a parking range identification unit that identifies a current parking range using vehicle speed information and steering angle information acquired from a vehicle along with movement of the vehicle, a display control unit that causes an image indicating the identified current parking range to be displayed in such a manner as to be superimposed on a vehicle-surroundings image, an estimated movement range calculation unit that, when no vehicle speed information can be acquired in a process of a gradual reduction in vehicle speed, calculates an estimated movement range of the vehicle using deceleration of the vehicle based on vehicle speed information acquired before a time when no vehicle speed information can be acquired, and the steering angle information, and an estimated movement range display unit that displays, around the image indicating the current parking range, an image indicating the calculated estimated movement range. |
| US10189494B2 |
Cart monitoring system with wheel assembly capable of visually signaling cart status
A system for monitoring shopping carts or other human-propelled carts includes wireless access points that communicate on a wireless network with wheel assemblies of the carts. The system is capable of monitoring a path followed by a cart in a store or building, and using the path (optionally together with other criteria) to determine whether to authorize the cart to exit. For example, if a shopping cart fails to pass through a checkout lane of a store, the system may perform an action that blocks or inhibits the shipping cart from exiting the store. The wheel assemblies may include LEDs or other visual indicators that alert store personnel when a wheel assembly is in a particular state. |
| US10189493B2 |
Carrying arrangement for carrying a medical apparatus
Carrying arrangement for carrying apparatuses, in particular medical apparatuses, having a base carrier on which at least three roller elements are arranged in order to move the carrying arrangement with respect to a floor surface. The roller elements are each rotatable about first axes of rotation (D). At least one of these roller elements is pivotable about a pivot axis (S) with respect to the base carrier. The axes of rotation (D) and the pivot axis (S) extend in different directions. At least one supporting element is arranged at least indirectly on the base carrier. The supporting element does not contact the floor in a first position of the carrying arrangement with respect to the floor surface and the supporting element contacts the floor in a second position of the carrying arrangement with respect to the floor, the second position being pivoted with respect to the first position. |
| US10189492B2 |
Running gear
The present invention relates to a running gear having a carrier plate and a first roller, a second roller and a third roller, which are arranged on the carrier plate. Simplified handling and/or increased stability of the running gear is produced if the first roller can rotate about a first rolling axis running parallel to a plane of extent of the carrier plate and the second roller can rotate about a second rolling axis running parallel to the plane of extent and the third roller can rotate about a third rolling axis running parallel to the plane of extent. The invention further relates to an arrangement having at least two such running gears, wherein at least two such running gears are connected to each other. |
| US10189482B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for personalized settings for driver assistance systems
A system, apparatus and method for controlling operation of a vehicle. Driver assistance system (DAS) data may be used for controlling one or more function of the vehicle via a driver assistance system. Driver profile data (DPD) is generated and/or received that includes training data from sensor monitoring of a driver's usage characteristics for at least one feature of a vehicle type during a driver-controlled mode of vehicle driving. The DPD is processed with the DAS data to determine if the DPD conform to a tolerance parameter of the DAS data. A driver profile data file may be created by overwriting the portions of the DAS data with the DPD conforming to the tolerance parameters. One or more functions on the vehicle may be controlled via the driver profile data file using the driver assistance system during one of a semi-autonomous and fully autonomous mode of operation. |
| US10189480B1 |
Apparatuses, systems and methods for determining distractions associated with vehicle driving routes
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for determining vehicle driver distractions. More particularly, apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for determining distractions associated with vehicle driving routes based on postures of vehicle occupants. |
| US10189479B2 |
Methods and apparatus for vehicle operation analysis
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to monitor and evaluate vehicle operator behavior. An example method includes processing, using a particularly programmed processor, image data obtained with respect to a vehicle to identify an object in the image data. The example method includes measuring, using the mobile device, a geographic location of the vehicle. The example method includes determining, using the mobile device, an operating state of the vehicle. The example method includes analyzing the object in the image data, the geographic location, and the operating state of the vehicle to determine a behavior of the vehicle. The example method includes generating a score for a driver associated with the vehicle by comparing the behavior of the vehicle with a reference behavior, the reference behavior quantified by one or more driving metrics. The example method includes outputting the score. |
| US10189477B2 |
Hybrid vehicle
In a hybrid vehicle including an engine, an electric motor configured to give braking force to the vehicle, a battery configured to exchange electric power with the electric motor, a hydraulic brake configured to give braking force to the vehicle, and an electronic control unit configured to execute regeneration cooperative control such that braking force is given from the engine, the electric motor, and the hydraulic brake to the vehicle based on a driver's brake-on operation, when an open end voltage of the battery is equal to or greater than a first predetermined voltage, the regeneration cooperative control is limited. |
| US10189471B2 |
Shovel and shovel control method
A shovel is provided that includes a lower running body, an upper turning body pivotally mounted on the lower running body, an engine mounted on the upper turning body, a motor generator driven by the engine, a power storage device for storing electric power generated by the motor generator, an electric motor for supplying regenerative electric power to the power storage device, a selective reduction catalyst system for purifying exhaust gas by injecting a reducing agent stored in a reducing agent storage tank into an exhaust pipe of the engine, an abnormality detection unit for detecting an abnormality of the selective reduction catalyst system, and a control device that performs abnormality determination on the selective reduction catalyst system based on a detection result of the abnormality detection unit. The control device continues to control the electric motor before and after the abnormality determination. |
| US10189469B2 |
Method of controlling a powertrain of a vehicle
A method of controlling a powertrain of a vehicle includes opening and/or closing one or more of a first switching device, a second switching device, a third switching device, and engaging and/or disengaging at least one of a pair of actuators for a starter mechanism or a motor/generator clutch. Many different control modes are provided for the powertrain by changing the operation of a motor-generator between a motor or a generator, and changing the electrical connections between a first energy storage device, a second energy storage device, an auxiliary electric system, the starter mechanism, and the motor-generator. |
| US10189467B2 |
Control apparatus of hybrid vehicle
A control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle has an abnormal sound generation condition determination unit that determines whether or not a drive state of the hybrid vehicle satisfies an abnormal sound generation condition of a gear train, and a pressing processor that executes a pressing process to apply a pressing torque to suppress generation of abnormal sound from a first rotary electric machine to the gear train of a transmission mechanism when the abnormal sound generation condition is satisfied and to not apply the pressing torque when the abnormal sound generation condition is not satisfied. A pressing torque setting unit sets a pressing torque to be applied by the first rotary electric machine to a torque in a direction to suppress an engine cam torque that may rotate an engine output shaft during a period in which the engine is stopped. |
| US10189461B2 |
Control device for hybrid vehicle
A control device is configured to, in a case that an internal combustion engine is made to start up before travel start of a vehicle in a parked state, when an auxiliary battery has at least a predetermined value of battery voltage, make the internal combustion engine start up after executing fuel heating processing for heating fuel by glow plugs to which electric power is transmitted, or when the battery voltage of the auxiliary battery is less than the predetermined value, execute the fuel heating processing after executing charge processing for charging the auxiliary battery using a main battery and then start up the internal combustion engine. |
| US10189460B2 |
Methods and system for operating a vehicle transmission
Systems and methods for operating a hybrid vehicle driveline that includes an engine and a motor are presented. In one example, the systems and methods include one or more speed control modes where torque output of a motor is adjusted responsive to different control parameters in the different control modes. |
| US10189456B2 |
Vehicle brake system and method of operating
A brake system comprises a master cylinder, a first brake cylinder, a second brake cylinder, an electronically-controlled pressure generating unit distinct from the master cylinder, a first hydraulic circuit in selective fluid communication with the master cylinder and the first brake cylinder, a second hydraulic circuit in selective fluid communication with the master cylinder and the second brake cylinder, and a controller. In a first mode, the controller is operable to actuate the electronically-controlled pressure generating unit to deliver hydraulic fluid pressure to the first brake cylinder and the second brake cylinder proportional to an input. In a second mode, the controller is operable to actuate the electronically-controlled pressure generating unit to deliver hydraulic fluid pressure to the first hydraulic circuit and the first brake cylinder and the master cylinder is in communication with the second hydraulic circuit to deliver hydraulic fluid pressure to the second brake cylinder. |
| US10189453B2 |
Coasting guidance timing and drive force adjustment
Methods, systems, and apparatus for adjusting coasting guidance and control. The coasting guidance system includes a user interface for displaying coasting information. The coasting guidance system includes an electronic control unit coupled to the user interface and configured to determine a location of a stop event. The electronic control unit is configured to determine a braking location and a target speed based on the location of the stop event. The electronic control unit is configured to determine an ideal coasting location based on the braking location and determine an actual coasting location. The actual coasting location is where the driver begins coasting. The electronic control unit is configured to control a deceleration drive force of the vehicle to decelerate the vehicle to the target speed at the braking location based on the braking location, the actual coasting location and the ideal coasting location. |
| US10189451B2 |
Return-to-park spring
A parking mechanism in a vehicle is controlled to rotate, which engages and disengages a pawl with a spoke or gear of a wheel to selectively hold the wheel against rotation in park. A spring is connected to the parking mechanism at a first end, and is connected to the transmission housing or a stop block at a second end. The first end of the spring is a closed loop, such as a helix shape that extends over 360 degrees over a loop axis. The second end of the spring is open-ended, such as a hook. After attaching the first end of the spring to the park mechanism, but prior to attaching the second end, a valve assembly can be mounted as well as the stop block. After those components are assembled in place, the second end of the spring can simply hook into place. |
| US10189450B2 |
Sensor cleaning system for vehicles
A device for cleaning a sensor can include a first valve, a second valve, a set of fluid nozzles, and a housing structure. The housing structure includes a first channel to enable fluid to move from the first valve to the set of fluid nozzles, a cavity, a second channel to enable air to move from the second valve to the cavity, and a slit opening to enable air to move from the cavity to outside the housing structure. |
| US10189444B2 |
Windscreen wiper arm
A windscreen wiper arm, particularly for automobiles, includes a mounting head mountable on a drive shaft and an arm member pivotally connected to the mounting head by means of a pivot pin. The arm member has a substantially U-shaped cross-section near the pivot pin comprising two side walls. A part of the mounting head extends between the side walls and beyond the pivot pin. Protrusion/groove features are provided on the part and the side walls for limiting a pivot angle of the arm member. The protrusion/groove means comprise at least one groove and at least one protrusion cooperating with the groove, the protrusion is movable in the groove between a first position corresponding with a wiping position of the arm member and a second position corresponding with a mounting position of the arm member. The part is provided with opposite abutting surfaces for abutting against the side walls. The protrusion extends laterally inwardly from one of the side walls into the groove being provided on one of the abutting surfaces abutting against that respective side wall. The groove has a width larger than a width of the protrusion. |
| US10189440B2 |
Webbing take-up device
A webbing take-up device includes: a spool that takes up webbing worn by an occupant and is rotated in a pull-out direction due to the webbing being pulled out; a base lock that is provided capable of rotating integrally with the spool and is restricted from rotating in the pull-out direction of the spool in vehicle emergency; a pawl that is rotated together with the spool and that, by being displaced to an engaged position, engages with a winding ring and transmits rotation force of the spool to the winding ring; and a trigger ring that is provided capable of being displaced in a rotation circumferential direction of the spool with respect to the spool and includes a pawl-abut portion, abutting the pawl and displacing the pawl to the engaged position when the spool is rotated in the pull-out direction with respect to the lock section. |
| US10189436B2 |
Ergonomic safety belt latch plate
A latch plate for a vehicle safety belt includes a latch plate tongue element and a grip element. The grip element includes a gripping portion that is held on a plane that is offset from a plane defined by the latch plate tongue element. The gripping portion plane may be parallel to the plane defined by the latch plate tongue element. The gripping portion may be held at a plane defining an included angle to a plane defined by an associated safety belt webbing element when the latch plate tongue element is secured to a safety belt buckle element. |
| US10189435B2 |
Vehicular restraint device for animals
An animal restraint device restrains an animal relative to a vehicle seat having two lower anchors laterally spaced apart at a rear bottom of the seat and an auxiliary anchor separate from the lower anchors. The harness includes a chest panel and a plurality of straps for securement about the torso of the animal. Two lower tethers are securable between the harness and the two lower anchors of the vehicle. An upper retractable tether can be secured between a separate upper connector on the harness and the vehicle. In one embodiment, a retractable tether assembly is coupled between the harness and an anchor on the vehicle typically used for anchoring the upper tether of a vehicle child restraint seat. In another embodiment, an adapter allows the seatbelt of the vehicle to be used as the upper retractable tether. |
| US10189434B1 |
Augmented safety restraint
An augmented safety restraint system includes a first restraint operable to secure a first passenger. The first restraint has an exposed surface facing away from a body of the first passenger. A gesture-sensing device is disposed on the exposed surface of the first restraint and is operable to receive an input from the first passenger. |
| US10189431B2 |
Vehicle occupant protection device
A vehicle occupant protection device includes: an airbag structured as a single bag that is configured to cover a head area of a vehicle occupant, the airbag being stowed at a headrest or seatback of a vehicle seat, the airbag receiving a gas supply and inflating and expanding toward a seat front side, and the airbag including a front inflation portion that is configured to be inflated at the seat front relative to the head area and a left and right pair of side inflation portions that are connected to the front inflation portion and configured to be inflated at seat sides relative to the head area; and an opening portion that is provided at the airbag, is configured to cover the head area from the seat front side or a seat side, and is openable after the inflation and expansion of the airbag. |
| US10189430B2 |
Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat includes a seat back, and an airbag that deploys in the seat back. The airbag deploys in the seat back in such a way that, after having deployed, the airbag elastically supports an upper body of an occupant and elastically receives an impact force applied to a back surface of the seat back. After having deployed, the airbag has such a shape that a deployment amount, in a front-back direction, of the airbag near a side of the seat back is greater than that near a center of the seat back. |
| US10189428B1 |
Mounting assembly for mounting a bumper assembly and a radiator assembly to a vehicle, a vehicle frame, and a vehicle
The disclosed subject matter relates to a mounting assembly for connecting a bumper assembly and radiator assembly to a vehicle. The mounting assembly can include a first frame member extending along a vertical direction of the vehicle, a transverse frame member extending in a transverse direction of the vehicle and connected to the first frame member, a bumper bracket configured to connect the connector member of the bumper assembly to each of the first frame member and the transverse frame member. The bumper bracket can include a flange extending in the transverse direction of the vehicle, and the flange can be configured to engage the radiator assembly if the radiator assembly is mounted on the vehicle. |
| US10189426B2 |
Method and apparatus for operating FPGA board in driverless vehicle
The present application discloses a method and apparatus for operating a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) board in a driverless vehicle. The method according to a specific embodiment includes: collecting driving scenario information on a driving scenario of the driverless vehicle; determining, based on the driving scenario information, a speed at which the driverless vehicle executes a computing operation in the driving scenario; comparing the speed with a speed threshold; switching a working mode of the FPGA board in the driverless vehicle executing the computing operation to reduce power consumption of the FPGA board, in response to the speed being lower than the speed threshold. This embodiment implements the adaptive adjustment of the working mode of the FPGA board, thereby reducing the overall power consumption. |
| US10189422B2 |
Wire harness
A wire harness which electrically connects high-voltage devices includes a conductive path that is used as a trunk cable, a branch cable that branches from the trunk cable, and a branch connecting portion which connects the trunk cable with the branch cable, wherein the trunk cable has a trunk cable-side conductor exposed portion where a cover of the trunk cable lying in a predetermined position of the trunk cable is removed, the branch cable has a branch cable-side conductor exposed portion where a cover of the branch cable lying a predetermined position of the branch cable is removed, the trunk cable-side conductor exposed portion is connected with the branch cable-side conductor exposed portion at the branch connecting portion, and the branch connecting portion has an insulating and waterproofing portion which functions as an insulating portion and a waterproofing portion. |
| US10189419B2 |
Cargo carrier and method of using same
A cargo carrier attachable to a trailer hitch receiver, the cargo carrier comprising a hitch adapter mountable to the trailer hitch receiver; a mounting element; and a cargo receiving portion secured to the mounting element. The mounting element includes a movable element and an actuator, the movable element being removably mountable to the hitch adapter, the movable element being selectively movable relative to the cargo receiving portion between lower and upper positions, the actuator being operatively coupled to the movable element for moving the movable element between the lower and upper positions. |
| US10189418B2 |
Adjustable and sliding ladder rack apparatus
A vehicle equipment rack having a first cross member and a second cross member. A first roller coupled with an outboard end of the first cross member. A second roller coupled with an outboard end of the second cross member. A first arm in rolling engagement with the first roller. A second arm in rolling engagement with the second roller. A drive tube rotatably coupled with the first and second cross members. A first pivot arm coupled with the drive tube, the first pivot arm rotatably coupled with the first arm. A second pivot arm coupled with the drive tube, the second pivot arm rotatably coupled with the second arm. The first arm including a base member. The base member having an aperture disposed through a surface thereof. A first linear actuator disposed in the base member, wherein a portion of the first linear actuator is disposed through the base member aperture. A first bracket disposed on a surface of the base member. The first bracket coupled with the first linear actuator. A sliding member slideably coupled with the base member. A second bracket coupled with the sliding member. The second arm including a third bracket disposed on a surface of the second arm, and a fourth bracket coupled with the second arm. |
| US10189416B2 |
Storage compartment for a vehicle interior trim
A storage compartment for an interior trim of a vehicle including a storage-compartment bottom, which transitions at an inner corner region into a side wall raised up from the storage-compartment bottom and which is lined with an insertion mat, which forms a support surface for at least one small object, in particular coins. The insertion mat at least partially bounds at least one free deformation chamber. In the event of manual application of pressure to the support surface, for example by fingertips, the insertion mat is deformed with curvature into the deformation chamber and an undercut, accessible to the fingertips, for reaching below the object is formed between the deformed support surface and the object. |
| US10189415B2 |
Storage assembly
A storage assembly comprises a first portion including a shaft and a second portion including a shaft hole. The first portion is rotatably connected to the second portion via the shaft received in the shaft hole and moveable from the first rest position to the second rest position through an intermediate position. The shaft of the first portion has a stop portion protruded radially and the shaft hole is configured to contact the stop portion in the first rest position and the second rest position and to space apart radially from the stop portion in the intermediate position. |
| US10189413B2 |
Adjustable tambour cargo deck for a vehicle
Methods and apparatus are provided for adjusting the cargo area of a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a support structure having a track system. The track system includes a first track portion defining a first cargo floor position, a second track portion defining a second cargo floor position and a third track portion defining a cargo floor storage position. A tambour cargo deck is supported by the track system, and movable from the first or second cargo floor position to the cargo floor storage position, and movable from the cargo floor storage position to the first or second cargo floor position. In this way, the cargo area can be increased or decreased as desired. The method comprises sliding the tambour cargo deck from the first cargo floor position to the storage position and sliding the tambour cargo deck from the storage position to the second cargo floor position. |
| US10189412B2 |
Stow-away tailgate
A closure assembly for a vehicle includes a closure hingedly connected to a vehicle-rearmost portion of a cargo area and adapted to pivot into a receiver provided in a portion of the cargo area. The receiver may be provided in a portion of a cargo area load floor or in a portion of a cargo area sidewall. The closure may include a bottom hinge and/or a side hinge, adapted to pivot the closure both vehicle-rearwardly and vehicle-forwardly. A cover may be provided to hide the closure in the stowed configuration. |
| US10189407B2 |
Method of making a mirror substrate for an interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle
A method of making a mirror substrate for a vehicular mirror assembly includes providing a glass substrate and fixturing the glass substrate at a fixture to support the glass substrate. A rotatable grinding wheel is presented to the front perimeter portion of the glass substrate and the front perimeter portion of the glass substrate is ground to establish a ground rounded surface about and around the periphery of the glass substrate. After grinding the front perimeter portion of the glass substrate to establish the ground rounded surface, a rotatable polishing wheel is presented to the ground rounded surface and the ground rounded surface is polished to establish a polished rounded surface about and around the periphery of the glass substrate. The polished rounded surface provides a smooth transition between the front surface of the glass substrate and a rear portion of the circumferential perimeter edge of the glass substrate. |
| US10189404B2 |
Vehicle lighting device
Disclosed is a vehicle lighting device intended to improve convenience and safety. A vehicle lighting device includes a light disposed in a vehicle interior, a controller controlling the light, and a detecting unit detecting position or motion of a detecting object by detecting a detection object at a plurality of positions, and the controller controls the light when the position or motion of the detection object is detected by the detecting unit. |
| US10189399B2 |
Integration of depth map device for adaptive lighting control
A light system includes at least one time-of-flight image sensor configured to generate at least one zone distance measurement. At least one control unit is configured to receive the at least one zone distance measurement and to generate at least one control signal based on the at least one zone distance measurement. At least one light unit is configured to adapt an output of the light unit based on the at least one control signal. |
| US10189397B2 |
Luminance regulation in edge regions
According to the present disclosure, a method for operating an illumination apparatus is provided. The method has at least two light-emitting devices, which are arranged next to one another separated by a gap and each have a multiplicity of light-emitting elements, by individually driving all light-emitting elements of each light-emitting device, measuring a gap width of the gap and/or a luminance in the gap, and controlling or regulating in each case a luminance of one or more of the light-emitting elements which are arranged directly at the gap in dependence on the gap width and/or on the luminance in the gap. |
| US10189394B2 |
Vehicle gutter spout cover
A vehicle gutter spout cover comprising: a receptacle with a generally smooth outside surface; an orifice located on the receptacle and configured to allow the receptacle to slide over and enclose at least a portion of a gutter spout; and an adjustable length connecting means attached to the receptacle. A vehicle gutter spout cover system comprising: a vehicle; at least one gutter located on the vehicle; at least one gutter spout in fluid communication with the gutter; a receptacle with a generally smooth outside surface; an orifice located on the receptacle and configured to allow the receptacle to slide over and enclose at least a portion of the gutter spout; an adjustable length connecting means attached to the receptacle; and a vehicle cover configured to cover a vehicle and the gutter spout, with the receptacle generally enclosing at least a portion of the gutter spout. |
| US10189390B2 |
Split wing armrest dual pawl latch mechansim
A latch assembly for a vehicle armrest may include a pair of pawls fixed on opposite sides of a coupler, each pawl including a projection on each end thereof, and a pair of paddles each engaging one of each pawls and configured to cause inward translation of at least one of the pawls in response to an actuation at one of the paddles, wherein an inward translation of one pawl causes, via the coupler, an inward translation of the other pawl to disengage the projections from a console. |
| US10189387B2 |
Fastening tape with flexibility in the lateral direction and associated methods
A fastening tape has flexibility in a lateral (width) direction of the fastening tape. The fastening tape includes a body, a plurality of fasteners, and a plurality of transverse walls. The plurality of fasteners and the plurality of transverse walls extend in an upward direction from a top surface of the body. The plurality of fasteners are arranged in rows extending in the lateral direction. Each transverse wall includes a transverse wall width, and at least some of the plurality of transverse walls are arranged in the rows of the plurality of fasteners and connect fasteners in the rows fasteners. The fastening tape includes at least one slit within or adjacent at least one of the transverse walls, which increases flexibility in the lateral direction of the fastening tape. |
| US10189386B2 |
Seat belt cover
A seat for a motor vehicle includes a seat base, a seat back extending upwardly from a rear portion of the seat base, a seat belt, a portion of the seat belt stored in the seat back, an emergency locking retractor in an outboard side of the seat back, the seat belt being threaded through the emergency locking retractor, and a cover covering the emergency locking retractor and the portion of the seat belt stored in the seat back. The cover may include a first cover piece covering a first side of the emergency locking retractor and the portion of the seat belt stored in the seat back and a second cover piece covering a second side of the emergency locking retractor and the portion of the seat belt stored in the seat back. |
| US10189384B2 |
Stamping method and components produced thereby
A method for producing vehicle seat components involves working a semifinished blank in a cutting manner. The method can be carried out easily and at low cost and makes it possible to produce components that require little reworking and also provides a vehicle seat component that is both suitable for reducing crash energies by deformation and has an adequate wear resistance. The method includes local heating of the semifinished blank in the region of an intended cutting line of the vehicle seat components to be cut out and cutting out the vehicle seat components from the semifinished blank along the cutting line during or shortly after the heating. |
| US10189382B2 |
Vehicle seat assembly
A vehicle seat assembly having a seat portion, a tether wire and a tether cover assembly. The seat portion has a passenger receiving surface with at least a portion of the passenger receiving surface coinciding with a first plane. A resilient cushioning material of the seat portion defines a recessed area open to the passenger receiving surface. The tether wire for securing child seat is located within the recess. The tether cover assembly has a housing defining a door opening, a first door and a second door installed within the recessed area. The first and second doors are pivotal about respective first and second pivot axes for movement between respective closed positions concealing the tether wire, and open positions exposing the tether wire. In their respective closed positions the first and second doors coincide with or are parallel to the first plane. |
| US10189380B2 |
Child-seat mounting system
A vehicle-seat mounting system, for securing a child seat in a vehicle, including a collapsible vehicle seat comprising a vehicle seat back configured to be movably connected to a vehicle-seat base. The system also includes a vehicle-seat-back securing structure being connected to, or part of, a rear of the vehicle seat back. The vehicle-seat-back securing structure is configured and arranged at the rear of the vehicle seat back to mate securely with child-seat securing structure corresponding in size and shape to the vehicle-seat-back securing structure. In various embodiments, the technology includes (i) parts of the vehicle seat, such as a kit including the vehicle-seat-back securing structure, (ii) the child seat, or (iii) parts thereof. |
| US10189378B2 |
Motor vehicle seating arrangement
A motor vehicle having a motor vehicle seating arrangement mounted on a floor of the motor vehicle is disclosed in which a utility item in such as a central seat is supported by two spaced apart outer seats so that no floor engaging support is required for the central seat. Advantageously, the central seat is slidingly supported by the pair of outer seats so as to permit one of the outer seats to be slid forward to improve access to a row of seats mounted to the rear of the motor vehicle seating arrangement without moving the central seat or the other outer seat. |
| US10189376B2 |
Actuator for a vehicle seat, and vehicle seat
An actuator (110, 210) for a vehicle seat (1) includes a housing (11), a motor (12) which is fixed to the housing and includes a motor shaft (12a), a transmission (13) connected to the motor shaft, an actuator output drive (14) which is connected to the transmission, and a control unit (21). The actuator output drive includes an output element moveable towards an end position from a starting position by rotating the motor shaft in a first direction and in a reversed direction—in the direction of the starting position from the end position. A carriage (15) is driven, upon movement of the output element. A position sensor detects a position of the carriage. An actuator (210) for a vehicle seat is provided, in which a position sensor (28) detects an effect of gravity on the actuator. A vehicle seat (1) with one such actuator (110, 210) is provided. |
| US10189370B2 |
Electrical source control apparatus for converter switch temperature control
An electrical source control apparatus has a selecting device for selecting one switching element from at least two switching elements each of which constitutes predetermined arm element whose switching state should be changed to perform the electrical power conversion, when the electrical power converter performs the electrical power conversion with either one of the first and the second electricity storage apparatuses; and a controlling device for controlling the electrical power converter to change a switching state of the selected one switching element while keeping a switching state of another one switching element in an ON state, the selecting device newly selects the one switching element to reduce a difference between temperatures of the at least two switching elements each of which constitutes predetermined arm element. |
| US10189366B2 |
Battery system
[Task] To accurately estimate a distribution of concentration of lithium in an active material.[Means for Solution] A battery system has a lithium-ion secondary battery (1) and a controller (300). The lithium-ion secondary battery (1) employs a two-phase coexistence type positive electrode active material (141b). The controller (300) calculates a distribution of concentration of lithium in an active material (141b, 142b) of the lithium-ion secondary battery, through the use of a diffusion equation in which a boundary condition is set. The controller corrects a diffusion coefficient that is used in the diffusion equation, in accordance with history data indicating a charge/discharge state of the lithium-ion secondary battery to the present time. |
| US10189363B2 |
Electric vehicle roadway charging system and method of use
Techniques for electric vehicle systems, and in particular to electric vehicle charging systems and associated methods of use are provided. In one embodiment, a system for charging an electric vehicle comprises an electrical storage unit, an external power source, a charging panel, and a vehicle controller configured to determine if the electrical storage unit requires charging and configured to determine if conditions allow for deployment of a charging panel. |
| US10189361B2 |
Charging and discharging current quantity display device for electric vehicle
An electric vehicle (1) provided with a power-feed unit (14) having charging ports (141and 142) and a battery (11) which is charged by means of electric power supplied from an external power supply, by way of the power-feed unit (14), is provided with: a current sensor (15) which detects a charging current quantity or a discharging current quantity flowing to or from the battery (11); a current quantity display unit (143) which comprises a plurality of display bodies (143a to 143d) arranged on the power-feed unit (14), and which displays the magnitude of a current quantity (i) by varying the lighting state of each indicator (143a to 143d); and a current quantity display control unit (16) which controls the lighting state of each of the display bodies (143a to 143d) in accordance with the current quantity detected by the current sensor (15). |
| US10189360B2 |
Electric charging system
In an electric charging system, an electric charger and an electric vehicle is connected via a charging cable, and charging power is provided to a battery of the electric vehicle via the charging cable. The electric charger calculates a voltage drop based on a supply current Is of the electric charger and an electric resistance of the charging cable. The electric charger compares a supply voltage of the electric charger with a determination value, and, if the supply voltage reaches the determination value, determines that the battery is charged to a fully-charged state. The determination value is updated by adding the voltage drop to a preset determination base value so as to take the voltage drop of the charging cable into account. |
| US10189359B2 |
Transmitting notification messages for an electric vehicle charging network
An electric vehicle charging station network server which manages a plurality of charging stations receives subscriber notification message preferences for a subscriber (e.g., electric vehicle operator) which indicate one or more events of interest that the subscriber wishes to receive notification messages for. A set of one or more contact points associated with the subscriber is also received. The server authorizes the subscriber to use one of the plurality of charging stations. The server receives data associated with the subscriber from that one of the charging stations which indicates that a charging session has been established for an electric vehicle associated with the subscriber. The server detects an event of interest for the subscriber and transmits a notification message for that event to at least one of the set of contact points associated with the subscriber. |
| US10189354B2 |
Battery system, and method for operating said battery system
The invention relates to a method for operating a battery system (1) comprising a plurality of battery cells (8) and a battery management system for monitoring and controlling the battery cells (8), wherein the battery management system has a main controller (2) and a first measurement chain (34) and a second measurement chain (36) with in each case a plurality of measurement chips (40, 42) which are designed to redundantly detect measurement data from the battery cells (8) and in each case to carry out diagnoses and state of charge compensation of the battery cells (8). In this case, it is provided that the battery system (1) has a control channel by means of which a hierarchy state of the two measurement chains (34, 36) is defined, wherein, in the event of the breakdown of one of the measurement chains (34, 36), the battery system (1) is changed over to a mode with reduced availability and the hierarchy state is adjusted to the effect that the other measurement chain carries out the detection of the measurement data, the diagnoses and the state of charge compensation. A computer program and a battery management system which are designed to carry out the method and also a battery system (1) and a motor vehicle, the drive system of which is connected to a battery (16), are also specified. |
| US10189345B2 |
Control of internal combustion engine and rotating electrical machine for vehicle
In a vehicle, a first rotating electrical machine, is connected to first wheels via a clutch, and second rotating electrical machines are connected to second wheels or the first wheels without going through the clutch. A power control device allocates electric power to the second rotating electrical machines with higher priority over the first rotating electrical machine when adding additional power to power of an internal combustion engine, thereby generating power of the second rotating electrical machines with higher priority over power of the first rotating electrical machine. |
| US10189341B2 |
Top of a convertible vehicle comprising panel bows
A convertible top having a top cover and a cover linkage adjustable between a closed position and a storage position and which has a linkage arrangement on each of its two sides linkage arrangement pivotably mounted on a respective main bearing, which is fixed to the vehicle, via a main multi-joint arrangement comprising two main links, a rear bow realized as a panel bow mounted on each of the bilaterally arranged linkage arrangements via a rear link arrangement. The two bilaterally arranged rear link arrangements can each be actuated by a drive lever, which drives the respective rear link arrangement starting from the closed position in a first opening phase while the main multi-joint arrangement is static and drives the respective rear link arrangement in the opposite direction of the respective main multi-joint arrangement in a second opening phase. |
| US10189337B2 |
Composite liftgate
A composite liftgate including an inner panel construction having strengthening channel structure in combination with a ribbing. Structural steel reinforcements are bonded to the inner panel where additional strength is needed. Where the extra structure is needed, a minimum amount of steel is used and the structural reinforcement is bonded in place using adhesive. A plurality of access doors are provided that are removable for easier maintenance and repair. |
| US10189336B2 |
Glazing unit comprising a profiled clip-fastening bead having a hole
A vehicle glazing unit includes a glazed element having an outer face, an edge face and an inner face, the glazing unit including, along at least a part of a bottom edge, a profiled bead including a groove for clip-fastening a covering piece on the profiled bead, the profiled bead including, as seen in cross section, an inner leg situated beneath the inner face of the glazed element, wherein the inner leg includes, at least in a bottom part of the profiled bead, at least one hole passing through the inner leg, the hole having a length of between 2.0 and 50.0 mm and a width of between 2.0 and 10.0 mm. |
| US10189328B2 |
Vehicular pump apparatus and vehicular bracket
A bracket (11) has an annular portion (12) provided with a trapezoidal convex portion (13) extending from an inner peripheral edge (12C) to outer peripheral edge (12D) of the annular portion. The convex portion has a top region (13A), an outer wall-side falling region (13B), and an inner wall-side falling region (13C). The annular portion and one vehicle body mounting portion (17) are connected to each other through a non-linear connecting portion (20), and the annular portion and the other vehicle body mounting portion (18) are connected to each other through a non-linear connecting portion (21). This structure makes it possible to increase the moment of inertia of area of the annular portion and to increase the flexural rigidity of the bracket. Further, it is possible to suppress a problem that the connecting portion (20) and the connecting portion (21) become nodes of vibration. |
| US10189315B2 |
Pneumatic tire
The pneumatic tire having a vehicle inner/outer orientation when mounted on a vehicle includes: protrusions provided on a vehicle inner side on a tire side portion in a tire circumferential direction; and a plurality of recesses provided on a vehicle outer side on a tire side portion, wherein the height of projection of the protrusions from the tire side portion is more than 4 mm and not more than 10 mm, the protrusions are formed elongated and the bending rigidity in a lateral direction satisfies a range not less than 0.1 MPa·mm4 and not more than 10,000 MPa·mm4. |
| US10189313B2 |
Tire comprising an improved tread
Tire comprising a tread (40) extending between an outboard axial edge (45) and an inboard axial edge (46), over a width L, in which the tread comprises at least 4 circumferential ribs (411-414) separated by grooves (421-423), in which the circumferential rib (411) adjacent to the outboard axial edge of the tread extends from the outboard axial edge over a width of at least 0.6·L and comprises a portion (411a) with a width of at least 0.1·L made from a first rubber composition and an axially adjacent second portion (411b) made from a second rubber composition, the first rubber composition having values for the elastic modulus at 300% deformation, the Shore A hardness and the complex modulus G* at 60° C. which are respectively comprised between 1.1 and 2.1 times, 0.95 times and 1.20 times, and 1.00 times and 2.10 times the corresponding values of the second rubber composition. |
| US10189306B2 |
Rear hub and bicyclic axle
A rear hub for mountain bikes includes a hub body and a sprocket carrier rotatably provided on a hub axle. The hub body is coupled with the sprocket carrier via a freewheel mechanism. By providing a decoupling mechanism, it is possible to decouple the sprocket carrier from the hub body. |
| US10189305B2 |
Bicycle front wheel hub with torque tube
A hub for a bicycle, including a hub body, and a torque tube disposed in the hub body. A first mating element is disposed at a first end of the torque tube and a second mating element is disposed at a second end thereof. Each of the first mating element and the second mating element includes an anti-rotation hub feature, and the torque tube transfers torque between the first mating element and the second mating element. |
| US10189304B2 |
Hub for a bicycle
The present invention relates to a hub for a bicycle, having a hub axle, a hub sleeve which is mounted rotatably on the hub axle via a bearing arrangement, a driver which is mounted rotatably on the hub axle via a bearing arrangement and is coupleable to the at least one hub sleeve in a torque-transmitting manner, wherein the bearing arrangement has at least one axially inner bearing and at least one axially outer bearing. At least one fastening element is provided, which fixes at least the inner bearing of the bearing arrangement in its predetermined position on the hub axle by a local or sectional enlargement of the cross section of the hub axle. |
| US10189296B2 |
Instrument, such as a writing pen, make-up pen, tool or toy and method for using such an instrument
An instrument includes a body, at least two modules, each separate from the one or other modules, including an operative portion and being movable relative to the body and, for each module, a mechanism for guiding the translation and rotation of the module along the body, the module being movable relative to the body, successively in translation parallel to a first axis and in rotation about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis and which is rigidly connected to the body, between an inoperative configuration in which the operative portion of the module is housed inside the body and a use configuration in which the operative portion of the module projects from the body. The two modules or two of the modules are arranged on either side of a single arm of the body, which extends along the first axis from a base to an end of the body. |
| US10189295B2 |
Layer element
A method for manufacturing a partially demetallized layer element comprises the steps of: supplying a layer element having a carrier substrate with a face that has at least one first and one second region, wherein the first region has a first structure which is different from a second structure of the second region, and at least one metal layer is arranged on the face of the carrier substrate; and removing the metal layer by exciting surface plasmon polaritons by means of electromagnetic radiation in the first region having the first structure. A layer element and an apparatus for carrying out the method are provided. |
| US10189294B2 |
Arrays of individually oriented micro mirrors for use in imaging security devices for currency and brand authentication
A visual display assembly useful as an authentication or anti-counterfeiting element. The assembly includes a substrate and, on a surface of the substrate, an array of micro mirrors receiving ambient light. Each mirror includes a reflective surface to reflect the ambient light so as to display an image that appears to float in a plane, which is spaced a distance apart from the surface of the substrate. The image includes a plurality of pixels, and the array of micro mirrors includes for each of the pixels a set of the micro mirrors each having a reflective surface oriented to reflect the ambient light toward a point on the plane corresponding to one of the pixels. Each of the sets of the micro mirrors includes a plurality of the micro mirrors, and the reflected ambient light each set of micro mirrors intersects to illuminate or write a pixel of an image. |
| US10189292B2 |
Method for the surface application of a security device to a substrate
A method for applying a security device (e.g., a micro-optic security thread) to a fibrous web during manufacture is provided. By way of the inventive method, the security device is preferably applied onto the fibrous web at or near a couch roll or similar tool of a paper machine when the fibrous web constitutes a sufficiently consolidated, fully formed wet web. Papers made in accordance with the inventive method, when subjected to the Circulation Simulation Test, showed minimal damage at the paper/security device interface. Moreover, the surface-applied security devices showed acceptable levels of intaglio ink adhesion, and the papers had higher cross-direction (CD) tensile strength and much less show-through on opposing sides thereof. |
| US10189289B2 |
Tape including label part and attachment part separable therefrom and tape cartridge accommodating the same
A tape includes a release sheet, a main label portion, and a subordinate label portion. The release sheet has an elongated rectangular shape having a length in a first direction greater than a length in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The main label portion is affixed to the release sheet and contains a fold line extending in one of the first direction and the second direction. The subordinate label portion is affixed to the release sheet and is arrayed with the main label portion in one of the first and the second directions. The subordinate label portion is separate from the main label portion, or is integrally connected to the main label portion through a portion having a width smaller than that of the subordinate label portion. |
| US10189281B2 |
Digital thermal binder and power printing
A method of forming a digital print on a surface (2) by applying powder of dry ink (15) including colorants (7) on the surface, bonding a part of the dry ink (15) powder to the surface (2) by a digital heating print head (80) such that the digital print is formed by the bonded dry ink colorants (7) and removing non-bonded dry ink (15) from the surface (2). |
| US10189279B2 |
Liquid discharge apparatus and medium flattening method
A medium flattening method, when a medium is transported by being adhered to an adhesive layer which is on a surface of a transport belt, includes detecting a presence or absence of floating being generated in the medium on the transport belt using a sensor, executing a process for flattening to flatten the floating in the medium in the case where the floating exists, and transporting the medium, where the floating is eliminated using the process for the flattening, to a liquid discharge region of a liquid discharge section. The executing of the process for the flattening includes executing the process for the flattening with regard to the medium and liquid discharge with regard to the medium in parallel. |
| US10189278B1 |
High-turnaround, closed-loop, direct to garment printing
In one embodiment, a high-speed, closed-loop fabric printer comprises a plurality of consecutive stations that can be managed by a single operator. In particular, shirts or other fabric garments may be individually loaded and secured on a pallet by an operator, and the loaded pallets may then cycle through a plurality of unmanned stations positioned along a contiguous path (e.g., oval). The stations may be configured for pretreating the fabric surface, drying and pressing the pretreated fabric with heat, and then inkjet printing a selected image, among others. In this manner, a “wet-to-dry-to-wet” direct to garment (DTG) printing process may thus be achieved, along with optimal controls for maximum adaptability. Furthermore, due to the closed-loop design, a recently printed fabric product returns to the operator to be unloaded at the position in which a new unprinted fabric is loaded, allowing for increased throughput and minimal operator requirements. |
| US10189276B2 |
Tape printing device
A tape printing device that is vertically long and can be operated by being handheld includes a main key operating portion configured with a plurality of groups of keys 215, 217, and 219 on a front surface, in which, among the plurality of groups of keys 215, 217, and 219, a group of keys 215 having a high frequency of operations is disposed at a position near a gravity center portion in a longitudinal direction, and the groups of keys 217 and 219 having a low frequency of operations are disposed at a position distant from the gravity center portion in the longitudinal direction. |
| US10189275B2 |
Treatment segment with a coupling section and device for printing containers
A treatment segment for printing on containers includes a coupling section for securing the treatment segment on a revolving and drivable transport element such that the treatment segment can be exchanged. The treatment segment has either a retention-and-centering unit for securing a container on the treatment segment or a receiver for retaining and releasing a retention-and-centering unit. The coupling section is a component of a support structure that runs, at least in sections, in an interior of the treatment segment enclosed by a housing. The housing is retained, at least indirectly, on the support structure. |
| US10189273B2 |
Head unit having nozzle chips arranged side by side and liquid jetting apparatus including the same
A head unit includes: nozzle chips which are arranged side by side in a first direction, each of the nozzle chips having a jetting surface and nozzles aligned in a predetermined direction parallel to the jetting surface and crossing both of the first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a holder configured to hold the nozzle chips from a side opposite to the jetting surface; and a fixing plate to which the nozzle chips are fixed and which is arranged on a side facing the jetting surface of each of the nozzle chips, wherein the holder has first walls arranged in the second direction so as to sandwich the nozzle chips therebetween; each of the first walls has first projections formed on an end surface thereof facing the fixing plate; and the first projections make contact with the fixing plate. |
| US10189271B2 |
Non-foaming aqueous particle-free inkjet ink compositions
Colorless or colored coatings can be ink jetted onto a substrate using an aqueous particle-free inkjet ink composition that has a viscosity of less than 5 centipoises, and that includes a combination of an anionic polyether polyurethane and an anionic acrylic polymer or anionic styrene-acrylic polymer, in a total amount of less than or equal to 20 weight %. The composition can be colorless (free of colorants) or it can contain a suitable colorant to provide a color image. The composition also includes a defoamer that has a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance value of at least 3 and up to and including 5, and which is present in an amount of at least 0.15 weight % and up to and including 1 weight %. Such composition can be used in inkjet printing methods including recirculation apparatus and methods, and can be provided as part of an ink set. |
| US10189270B2 |
To calibrate a printer
An apparatus to calibrate a printer. The apparatus comprises a controller to: control deposition of white printing material on media, the white printing material having an opacity of at least 55%; control deposition of non-white printing material on the white printing material; receive data for at least one sensed characteristic of the non-white printing material; and calibrate the printer using the received data for the at least one sensed characteristic of the non-white printing material. |
| US10189266B2 |
Liquid ejection apparatus
A liquid ejection apparatus is disclosed. One apparatus includes a nozzle through which fluid is ejected or purged, and a pressure regulating valve arranged upstream of the nozzle. The pressure regulating valve is configured to open in response to an open/close pressure differential of the fluid across the pressure regulating valve. The pressure regulating valve is configured to controllably regulate the open/close pressure differential. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to, when a suction pump is being operated to perform a first purging operation comprising creating a first negative pressure through suctioning by the suction pump to purge the fluid through the nozzle, control the pressure regulating valve to set the open/close pressure differential of the pressure regulating valve to a first value. |
| US10189261B2 |
Liquid discharge apparatus and method for wiping liquid discharge head
A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a wiper; a wiping surface for wiped with the wiper; a plurality of nozzles provided in the wiping surface; a piezoelectric element for discharging inks from the nozzles; and a carriage unit and a cleaning unit configured to cause the wiper and the wiping surface to relatively move. In a moving direction of the wiper with respect to the wiping surface, a distance between a side of the wiping surface on an upstream side in the moving direction and the nozzle disposed on the most upstream side is shorter than a distance between a side of the wiping surface on a downstream side in the moving direction and the nozzle disposed on the most downstream side. |
| US10189258B2 |
Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method
An inkjet recording apparatus and an inkjet recording method are provided that facilitate designing of units for subsequent treatment in terms of their shapes and/or positions, while suppressing variability in image quality resulting from subsequent treatment. Two or more recording heads are disposed in a staggered arrangement in X and Y directions. The paired units for subsequent treatment are disposed in parallel to each other along the X direction, and the recording heads are interposed between these units. The length of each of the units for subsequent treatment in the X direction is greater than or equal to the ink-dischargeable extent in the X direction of the recording heads in one scan. The recording heads are arranged, so that nozzle groups, from which the droplets of the same color are discharged, are disposed symmetrically with respect to an intermediary line between the paired units for subsequent treatment. |
| US10189257B2 |
Print bar structure
In one example, a print bar structure includes a beam having two flanges connected by a web and a planar surface along a longitudinal edge of each flange, a printhead mounting structure attached to the beam along the planar surfaces to mount a printhead, and a fluid flow structure positioned between the flanges to carry printing fluid to the printhead mounting structure. |
| US10189251B2 |
Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet recording method
Heating is stopped in between recordings in a first recording mode where the time between recordings is relatively long, while heating is continuously performed in between recordings in a second recording mode where the time between recordings is relatively short. |