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| US10309759B2 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting excitation voltage of fingerprint detection chip
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for adjusting an excitation voltage of a fingerprint detection chip and a fingerprint detection chip. The method for adjusting an excitation voltage of a fingerprint detection chip includes: S1, transmitting an excitation signal to the metal ring by the signal transmitting unit, so as to detect a capacitance value of a coupling capacitance formed between the plurality of detection units in the second detection area and the metal ring; or enabling the metal ring grounded, and applying an excitation signal to the plurality of detection units in the second detection area by the signal transmitting unit, so as to detect a capacitance value of a coupling capacitance formed between the plurality of detection units in the second detection area and the metal ring; and S2, adjusting an excitation voltage of the first detection area according to the capacitance value of the coupling capacitance formed between the plurality of detection units in the second detection area and the metal ring. |
| US10309755B1 |
Spin stabilized projectile for smoothbore barrels
The Spin-stabilized Projectile for Smoothbore Barrels would provide for improved accuracy and a flatter trajectory in comparison tot current Foster design projectiles or statically stabilized finned projectiles. The method achieved for spin stabilization here can easily be up-scaled for larger caliber artillery projectiles for when a spin-stabilized projectile is desired from a smoothbore weapon. |
| US10309751B2 |
Small arms shooting simulation system
A shooting simulation system and method for training personnel in targeting visual and non-line-of-sight targets. The firearm simulation system has a plurality of participants each having a firearm and each being equipped to transmit their location to a remote computer server for storage and use with other transmitted data to determine which participant was a Shooter and which participant was the Shooter's target and for determining a simulated hit or miss of the target and assessing the simulated damage to the target. |
| US10309749B2 |
Multiple knob turret
An optic device turret for adjusting the optical element of the optic device with at least two knobs that are each movable between a first position wherein the knob is not rotatable and a second position wherein the knob can be rotated. The access to and rotation of both knobs can be accomplished without the use of tools. The rotation of each knob adjusts the optical element. A spiral cam mechanism is engaged with the turret to define a maximum and minimum adjustment of the optical element. A rotation indicator displays the amount a knob has been rotated. |
| US10309746B1 |
Windowed ejection port cover
A windowed ejection port cover having an ejection port cover body; a window aperture formed through the body; a window element, wherein the window element is formed so as to be at least partially received within the window aperture; and a window coupling element utilized to attach or couple at least a portion of the window element within at least a portion of the window aperture. |
| US10309745B2 |
Mobile turret weapon delivery system
This invention relates to mobile turret adapted for use with lightweight semi-automatic or automatic weapons, said mobile turret comprising: a foldable base platform, wherein said foldable base platform comprises a seat and a tripod; a collapsible turret arrangement, wherein collapsible turret arrangement comprises a plurality of lever systems for adjusting the height, a first handle control, a second handle control, a rod connector, a trigger connector, and a reload magazine slide; an expandable periscope, wherein said expandable periscope comprises movable tube part for adjusting the height of said expandable periscope; and a holster in which different light weight semi-automatic or automatic weapon can be attached. The mobile turret has many advantages such as easy to carry, light weight, quickly assembled/operable, the operator can hide behind the protection or in the trenches, and will increase firepower to overwhelm and destroy the enemy. |
| US10309743B2 |
Triggering mechanism for hybrid primer cartridges
Methods to trigger the Hybrid primer cartridge in electro-mechanical and full electric mode using modified locking chamber with electric power contacts that can supply the modified bolt with very high-voltage electric power supply where the contacts are sufficiently insulated to avoid any leakage. Modified bolt with power contacts on the locking lugs such that when in locked position it can receive power from the chamber's power supply contacts and apply the electric power to the electrode pins of the hybrid primer through the contacts on the face of the bolt. An electric switch that is controlled by the movement of the hammer or striker converting the mechanical movement to simultaneously control the electrical triggering of the primer thereby eliminating need for microprocessor or microcontroller units. A hybrid hammer device which has high-voltage power pulse supply and return contact points surrounded with adequate electrical insulation wherein one of the contacts may be such that it acts like an electrical switch which will be closed when the hammer strikes the hybrid firearm firing pin and bolt. A bolt which can receive the power from the hybrid hammer through the contacts in the aft or through the insulated firing pin contacts. |
| US10309742B1 |
Firearm enhancing trigger connector
A firearm enhancing trigger connector having a torso with first and second edges. The torso has a guide lip mount extending from the torso beyond the first edge at a first predetermined angle. The guide lip mount has a guide lip positioned at a second predetermined angle approximately 65-80 degrees with respect to the second edge. The guide lip mount further has a control tab extending therefrom at a third predetermined angle from the first edge. The torso further has a first connector leg. The first connector leg has a reset tab. The torso also has a second connector leg and an elongated debris slot. |
| US10309739B2 |
Bolt carrier and bolt for gas operated firearms
An improved bolt and bolt carrier with integral gas key having an extension nozzle threadedly secured and pinned to the gas key for use with a direct gas operated firearm is provided. The extension nozzle is designed to receive a portion of the host firearms gas operating system. The firing pin retaining pin is oriented so as to expose its widest profile to the firing pins annular flange, increasing its service life. The bolt has a plurality of lugs extending from its forward end and an extractor recess. The extractor recess is constructed to accommodate an enlarged extractor claw while not undercutting the bolt lugs adjacent thereto. The extractor engages approximately 57% more of a seated ammunition cartridges rim as compared to some prior art AR15/M16 type extractors used with automatic firearms chambered in 6.8SPC. The result is an improved bolt and bolt carrier which provides for increased operational reliability. |
| US10309738B1 |
Firearm mountable ammunition case catcher
A cartridge case catcher and associated methods. The cartridge case catcher is configured to catch cartridges ejected from an action of a firearm. The cartridge case catcher includes a mount for mounting to the firearm. The cartridge case catcher includes a receptacle having a case compartment sized for carrying cases ejected from the action. A mouth of the catcher provides access to the case compartment. A pivot connection connects the receptacle to the mount. The receptacle is movable with respect to the mount about the pivot connection between an operational orientation to receive cases ejected from the firearm action and an access orientation in which the receptacle permits access to the action of the firearm. |
| US10309736B2 |
Shell loading system for firearm
A shell loading system for a firearm in one embodiment includes a barrel, receiver, reciprocating slide and bolt assembly, tubular magazine, tilting carrier operable to receive and feed shells from the magazine into the action, a spring-biased carrier latch laterally moveable to engage the carrier, and a pawl pivotably mounted on the carrier. A carrier latch disconnect is movable between an unblocking and blocking position that prevents engagement of the carrier latch with carrier. To prevent bouncing of the carrier after firing a shot, a first detent feature on carrier assembly automatically engages a second detent feature in the receiver as the carrier returns downward from an upward position when the action is cycled by discharging the firearm. The detent features automatically disengage when the slide moves rearward to permit normal operation of the carrier when cycling the action. |
| US10309731B2 |
Compliant heating system comprising a compressive seal expansion joint
A compliant heating system includes a dynamic component including a heat exchanger; a pressure vessel shell encompassing at least a portion of the heat exchanger; and a compressive seal expansion that connects the dynamic component and the pressure vessel shell. |
| US10309726B2 |
Hinged baffle for autoclave that deploys at a target temperature during a run cycle
Apparatus and methods for operating an autoclave. One embodiment includes a baffle located in an autoclave during a run cycle of the autoclave. A release mechanism secures the baffle in a retracted position during the run cycle, and automatically releases the baffle to a deployed position during the run cycle, when a temperature inside of the autoclave reaches a target temperature, to alter airflow within the autoclave. |
| US10309725B2 |
Immersion heater for molten metal
The invention relates to a device for heating molten metal by the use of a heater that can be immersed into the molten metal. This immersion heater includes an outer cover formed of one or more materials resistant to the molten metal in which the immersion heater is to be used, and a heating element inside of the outer cover, where the heating element is protected from contacting the molten metal. |
| US10309724B2 |
Dryer and method for drying flat materials
A dryer for flat materials, in particular panels, films or sheets, wherein a porous gas-permeable metal plate is provided for arranging at a distance from the flat material which is to be dried, wherein an arrangement is provided for delivering a gaseous fluid through the metal plate, and wherein the metal plate is of a metal foam. |
| US10309720B2 |
System and method for argon recovery from a feed stream comprising hydrogen, methane, nitrogen and argon
A system and method for argon and nitrogen extraction from a feed stream comprising hydrogen, methane, nitrogen and argon, such as a low-pressure tail gas of an ammonia production plant is provided. The disclosed system and method provides for a rectification system wherein an argon depleted gaseous stream and a methane rich liquid stream are produced and subsequently combined in whole or in part prior to vaporization. Nitrogen and argon containing streams may also be produced from the rectification system. An argon stripping column arrangement is also disclosed where residual argon is removed from the methane-rich fuel gas and recycled back to the feed stream. |
| US10309719B2 |
De-superheater system and compression system employing such de-superheater system, and method of producing a pressurized and at least partially condensed mixture of hydrocarbons
A compressed vaporous discharge stream is de-superheated in a de-superheater system. The de-superheater system comprises a de-superheater heat exchanger configured to bring at least a portion of the compressed vaporous discharge stream in indirect heat exchanging contact with an ambient stream. A de-superheater bypass line comprising an temperature-controlled valve is configured to selectively bypass the de-superheater heat exchanger. A combiner is configured downstream of the de-superheater heat exchanger for rejoining the bypass portion with the portion of the compressed vaporous discharge stream that has passed through the de-superheater heat exchanger. A mixer is configured downstream of said combiner, to receive and mix the rejoined stream, and discharge the rejoined stream into a de-superheater discharge conduit as a de-superheated stream. |
| US10309718B2 |
Small-scale hydrogen liquefaction system equipped with cryocooler
Disclosed is a small-scale hydrogen liquefaction system using cryocoolers. The system includes: a pre-cooling heat exchanger for pre-cooling gaseous hydrogen using liquid nitrogen; a first cryocooler that primarily cools the gaseous hydrogen, pre-cooled by the pre-cooling heat exchanger; a heat exchanger attached to a cold head of the first-cryocooler; an n-th cryocooler (wherein n is a natural number equal to or greater than two) that is connected in series with the first cryocooler and cools the gaseous hydrogen, primarily cooled by the first cryocooler, to a liquefaction temperature of 20.3 K; a condensation plate arranged to be in contact with the n-th cryocooler to liquefy the gaseous hydrogen, cooled to the temperature of 20.3 K by the n-th cryocooler; and a low-temperature chamber providing an accommodation space to accommodate the pre-cooling heat exchanger, the first cryocooler, and the n-th cryocooler. |
| US10309715B2 |
Refrigerator
Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator may include a main body having a storage space configured to store food, a door configured to selectively open and shield or close the storage space of the main body and including a first accommodation groove on one side and/or end and a second accommodation groove on another side and/or end, and a handle in or on a front side of the door, configured to be held by a user and including a first portion rotatably fixed or attached to a pivot in the first accommodation groove and a second portion in the second accommodation groove or withdrawn from the second accommodation groove by rotation of the first portion. The second portion is capable of being fixed or attached to a fixing member in the second accommodation groove when the second portion is withdrawn from the second accommodation groove. |
| US10309713B2 |
Scheduling defrost events and linking refrigeration circuits in a refrigeration system
Methods, devices, and systems for scheduling defrost events and linking refrigeration circuits in a refrigeration system are described herein. One method includes receiving, by a computing device, a number of defrost events per day for a refrigeration circuit, a duration for each of the number of defrost events, a start time for an initial one of the number of defrost events, and a maximum number of concurrent defrost events for the refrigeration system, determining, by the computing device, a defrost event schedule for the refrigeration circuit based on the number of defrost events per day, the duration for each of the number of defrost events, the start time for the initial one of the number of defrost events, and the maximum number of concurrent defrost events, receiving, by the computing device, an adjustment to the determined defrost event schedule, and updating, by the computing device, the defrost event schedule based on the adjustment. |
| US10309702B2 |
Control valve
An expansion valve includes a shaft one end side of which connects to a power element and the other end side of which connects to a valve element, the shaft transmitting the drive force, generated by the power element in a direction of axis line, to the valve element, and a sliding mechanism that applies a sliding resistance to the actuation of the valve element. The sliding mechanism is configured such that the magnitude of the sliding resistance affected to the valve element is varied by the position of the valve element in the direction of axis line in the body. |
| US10309699B2 |
Electric compressor and method for controlling same
An electric compressor and a method of controlling the same, the electric compressor including a detection unit for detecting a phase of refrigerant in the electric compressor, a connection unit wound at a position adjacent to a passage of a housing for movement of a refrigerant in the electric compressor, and a control unit for performing control according to the phase of refrigerant by differently controlling power applied to the connection unit in response to data detected by the detection unit. The method including aligning a position of a rotor after an electric compressor is turned on, determining whether a refrigerant is in liquid phase or in gas phase, preheating the refrigerant by applying power to the electric compressor according to the phase of refrigerant, and controlling the electric compressor such that the electric compressor is normally operated after the refrigerant is preheated. |
| US10309684B1 |
Air flow director
The air flow director is configured for use with a grille associated with an HVAC system. The air flow director attaches directly to the grille. The air flow director changes the direction of the air flow through the grille in a traverse direction and a lateral direction. The traverse angle of the deflection of the air flow is adjustable. The lateral angle of the deflection of the air flow is adjustable. The air flow director can be rotated around both a lateral axis of rotation and a traverse axis of rotation without being disconnected from the grille. The air flow director comprises a first triangular panel, a second triangular panel, a deflection panel, and a fastener. The first triangular panel, and the second triangular panel are attached to the deflection panel. The fastener attaches the deflection panel to the grille. |
| US10309681B2 |
Fabric air outlet device
An air conditioning element of a woven or non-woven fabric includes a wall provided with at least a first array of through holes for distributing air, wherein the following relations apply to the through holes constituting the first array: the twofold value of the square root of the quotient between the value of the inlet area of a through hole and the value π is less than or equal to the value of the wall thickness of the element in the region adjacent to the through hole and the center line of the through hole intersects the inlet plane of the through hole at an angle α=60° through 89°, more preferably 80° through 88°, most preferably 83° through 87°. |
| US10309680B2 |
Thermal break air-conditioner tank
The present invention relates to a thermal bridge break air-conditioner tank, comprising a framework and a wall panel, wherein the framework is assembled from three-ways connectors, rims, and a middle beam assembly, the three-ways connectors and the rims being plastically integrally formed structures; a thermal bridge break structure made of a PVC material is connected to outer sides of the three-ways connectors and the rims; the framework is formed as a cubic structure; the wall panel is assembled from a panel and a plurality of external sheet metal parts, and the wall panel is disposed in the framework by shape-fitting. The air-conditioner tank according to the present invention has a good thermal bridge break performance, and meanwhile simplifies the assembling and connecting between components. |
| US10309679B2 |
Method of and system for minimization of condenser-fan cycling for low ambient temperature
A method of controlling a heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system includes measuring an ambient temperature and determining whether the ambient temperature is below a threshold temperature value. Responsive to a determination that the ambient temperature is below the threshold temperature value, measuring a condenser-fan cycle time of the HVAC system and setting a speed of the compressor based on the measured condenser-fan cycle time. |
| US10309678B2 |
Air conditioning system
An air conditioning system includes an air conditioner run by electric power, a storage battery, a demand receiver, an air-conditioning controller and a control selector. The storage battery charges electric power and supplies stored electric power to the air conditioner. The demand receiver receives a demand pertaining to a power consumption of the air conditioner during a predetermined period. The air-conditioning controller performs air-conditioning restriction control, which is preset when there is a need to restrict operation of the air conditioner in order to satisfy the demand, even when electric power is supplied from the storage battery to the air conditioner in the predetermined period. The control selector enables selection of the air-conditioning restriction control from among a plurality of control patterns. |
| US10309677B2 |
HVAC system air filter diagnostics and monitoring
A system and method for monitoring a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) system of a building is provided. A monitoring server, located remotely from the building, receives operating parameter data from a monitoring device at the building that measures an operating parameter of the HVAC system. The monitoring server generates a plurality of data clusters from the operating parameter data, each data cluster corresponding to operating parameter data generated during steady-state operation of the HVAC system. The monitoring server calculates an average operating parameter value for each data cluster. The monitoring server calculates normalized operating parameter values based on normalizing the average operating parameter values for the data clusters over a predetermined normalization time period. The monitoring server compares the normalized operating parameter values with a threshold. The monitoring server determine whether an air filter of the HVAC system needs to be replaced based on the comparison and generates a notification based on the determination indicating that the air filter needs to be replaced. |
| US10309676B2 |
Air-source heat pump air conditioner
An air-source heat pump air conditioner includes a first heat pump including a first refrigeration cycle that is formed by a first air-conditioning heat exchanger, a first heat-source heat exchanger, a first compressor, and first refrigerant flowing therethrough; a second heat pump including a second refrigeration cycle that is formed by a second air-conditioning heat exchanger, a second heat-source heat exchanger, a second compressor, and second refrigerant flowing therethrough; and an air conditioner control device configured to control the first heat pump and the second heat pump to operate at least one of the first refrigeration cycle and the second refrigeration cycle for a space to be air conditioned, the air-conditioning air containing outside air, return air, and other air that exchange heat with the first circulating refrigerant and the second circulating refrigerant in the first air-conditioning heat exchanger and the second air-conditioning heat exchanger. |
| US10309673B2 |
Air anomaly alarming method, device and storage medium
An air anomaly alarming method, an air anomaly alarming device and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: air composition information of an indoor environment is acquired; the air composition information of the indoor environment is compared with corresponding air composition information in a pre-acquired air change pattern; and an alarming message is sent to preset target equipment when a difference between the air composition information of the indoor environment and the corresponding air composition information in the air change pattern is greater than a first preset air threshold value. |
| US10309671B2 |
Systems and methods for heating and cooling a facility
Improved systems for heating and cooling a space may include a heating and cooling unit for providing heating and cooling functions mounted inside a housing assembly and a display unit mounted to the housing assembly. A control unit may be coupled to the heating and cooling unit and the display unit. The control unit may be operative to cause an image or video associated with heat be displayed on the display unit when the heating and cooling unit is in the heating mode of operation and to cause an image or video associated with coolness be displayed on the display unit when the heating and cooling unit is in the cooling mode of operation. The control unit may be coupled to a server that enables remotes operation of the system via a client application. Other implementations also may be provided. |
| US10309670B2 |
Radiation receiving sensor and air conditioner, electronic cooker, and transport device including the same
A radiation receiving sensor includes an infrared receiver including a plurality of infrared receiving devices that receive infrared radiation, a lens that allows infrared radiation to enter the infrared receiver, a rotator that rotates the infrared receiver and the lens about a part of the lens, and a cover member that faces the infrared receiver through the lens and that has translucency. |
| US10309665B2 |
Gas enclosure assembly and system
The present teachings relate to various embodiments of an hermetically-sealed gas enclosure assembly and system that can be readily transportable and assemblable and provide for maintaining a minimum inert gas volume and maximal access to various devices and apparatuses enclosed therein. Various embodiments of an hermetically-sealed gas enclosure assembly and system of the present teachings can have a gas enclosure assembly constructed in a fashion that minimizes the internal volume of a gas enclosure assembly, and at the same time optimizes the working space to accommodate a variety of footprints of various OLED printing systems. Various embodiments of a gas enclosure assembly so constructed additionally provide ready access to the interior of a gas enclosure assembly from the exterior during processing and readily access to the interior for maintenance, while minimizing downtime. |
| US10309663B1 |
Condensation control system and related method
A system and related method are disclosed for controlling condensation in a space. The system includes a fan and one or more sensors for sensing environmental conditions such as temperature and relative humidity associated with the space and/or objects within the space. For instance, the sensors may sense a surface temperature of an object within the room. The system also includes a controller capable of receiving measurements from the sensor(s) and controlling the fan based on the sensed information. The system may additionally include a heater and/or a damper for transferring outside air into the space, either of which may be controlled by the controller based on the measurements. |
| US10309656B2 |
Fireplace system, heat exchanger and method
A fireplace system can comprise a firebox and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger may be in fluid communication with ambient air and may comprise an inlet configured to draw air into the front of the heat exchanger. Operation of a fireplace system comprising a heat exchanger may produce airflow through the heat exchanger by natural convection. The airflow through the heat exchanger may reduce heat transmission from the firebox and the fireplace system. |
| US10309654B2 |
Structure for cooling gas turbine engine
In a structure for cooling a gas turbine engine, an open flange part encircling a fuel supply hole formed in a combustor includes a conical portion enlarging in a conical shape toward an outside of the combustor and a flat portion extending radially outward in a flat plate shape from an extremity of the conical portion, and a nozzle guide includes a cylindrical portion covering an outer periphery of a fuel nozzle for supplying fuel to the fuel supply hole and a bottom flange portion being bent radially outward from a corner portion at an extremity of the cylindrical portion and supported in a floating state on the flat portion. A cooling hole for supplying air that cools the open flange part and the nozzle is formed in the corner portion of the guide, and a direction of the cooling hole is inclined toward an axis of the nozzle. |
| US10309650B2 |
Ceramic heater
A ceramic heater of the invention includes a ceramic structure; a heat-generating resistor embedded in the ceramic structure; and a feeder line embedded in the ceramic structure so as to be connected, at one end thereof, to the heat-generating resistor. The feeder line is made of metal, and metal grains of a center region of the feeder line are greater in grain size than metal grains of an outer periphery region of the feeder line. Even if a crack developed in the outer periphery region of the feeder line propagates through grain boundaries in the outer periphery region and comes near the center region, propagation of the crack through the interior of the center region can be suppressed. |
| US10309648B2 |
System and method for active cooling of a grate bar for an incinerator of a waste-to-energy plant
A cooling system for a grate bar of an incinerator of solid materials is provided includes a feed grate having a plurality of grate bars, at least one of the grate bars including a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end and a second end, a first aperture in the body and a second aperture in the body, and an internal passageway defined within the body and fluidly connecting the first aperture to the second aperture, the first aperture arranged to receive a gas therethrough into the body, and the second aperture arranged to provide an egress for the gas out of the body. The cooling system further includes a manifold duct fluidly coupled to the second aperture for receiving the gas from the second aperture. The gas is independent of the primary combustion air of the incinerator. |
| US10309647B2 |
Biomass combustion burner, biomass-mixed fired boiler, and biomass fuel combustion method
The present invention provides a biomass combustion burner applied to a pulverized coal-fired boiler to burn biomass fuel, a biomass-mixed fired boiler that reduces an amount of CO2 derived from fossil fuels, and a method for burning biomass fuel using the foregoing. The biomass combustion burner includes a biomass fuel jet nozzle having a fuel jet port that jets biomass fuel conveyed by primary air; a secondary air nozzle having a secondary air jet port that surrounds the fuel jet port; and a tertiary air nozzle having a tertiary air jet port that surrounds the secondary air jet port. The biomass fuel jet nozzle includes a fuel concentration adjusting section that changes a biomass fuel stream into a swirl flow to thereby make a fuel concentration higher on an outer circumferential portion side; and a degree-of-swirl adjusting plate that reduces a degree of swirl of a jetting fuel stream. |
| US10309646B2 |
Membrane catalytic heater
A portable catalytic combustion heater, wherein fuel vapor (11) and air (10) are supplied to a catalyst (6) which promotes the flameless combustion of fuel and releases that. The fuel is supplied as a liquid, passes through a selectively permeable membrane (8) such that fuel vapor exits the membrane and is fed to the catalyst (6). Additional features include porous supports and means of enhancing and diminishing the catalytic rate of combustion and controlling the heat output. |
| US10309645B2 |
Gas supply manifold and gas combustion device provided with the same
A cover member of a gas supply manifold has a bent rising wall portion that is formed by bending a part of the cover member so as to rise in an opposite direction of a main body. The bent rising wall portion is in a form of a loop surrounding the entire circumference of a gas supply flow path and an area around the gas supply flow path. Such configuration increases the rigidity of the cover member and prevents large distortion of the cover member and leakage of gas from the gas supply flow path. As a result, the thickness of the cover member is reduced and the weight and the production cost of the gas supply manifold are also reduced. |
| US10309643B2 |
Structure for seismic isolation, steel support structure, and method for seismic isolation of existing steel support structures
A structure for seismic isolation 10 provided on a structure plane 17 including a pair of left and right columns 5, 5 spaced apart in a horizontal direction, and a pair of upper and lower beams 7A, 7B spaced apart in a vertical direction, wherein the structure for seismic isolation comprises: a seismic isolation device 11 provided in a middle of each of the column 5, 5 to be displaced toward the beam 7A; and a horizontal rigid bearing element that is provided between an area in which the seismic isolation device 11 is provided and the beam 7B and that includes a connection beam 13 connecting the pair of columns 5, 5 and vertical braces 15L, 15R. |
| US10309633B2 |
Mouth activated light device
A device is described that can include a first housing and a second housing. The first housing can encompass a first tact switch. The second housing can be attached to and be continuous with the first housing. The second housing can encompass a second tact switch, a battery and one or more light emitting diodes. The first tact switch can be electrically connected to the battery and the one or more light emitting diodes. The second tact switch can be electrically connected to the battery and the one or more light emitting diodes. The battery can be further connected to the one or more light emitting diodes. Each of the first tact switch and the second tact switch can be activated upon being pressurized by an external force upon a portion of the first housing or the second housing, respectively, to activate the one or more light emitting diodes. |
| US10309628B2 |
Lighting means support for a strip light luminaire
The invention relates to a lighting means support (10) for a strip light luminaire, comprising: at least one spring element (20) for detachably connecting the lighting means support (10) to a strip light rail (1) of a strip light luminaire; wherein the at least one spring element (20) comprises at least one latching element (22) which can be brought into engagement with a correspondingly formed latching element or a correspondingly formed wall section (2) of the strip light rail (1) in order to latch the lighting means support (10) to the strip light rail (1) in such a way that movement of the lighting means support (10) counter to an insertion direction of the lighting means support (10) into the strip light rail (1) is prevented. The invention further relates to a strip light luminaire having at least one lighting means support (10) according to the invention. |
| US10309627B2 |
Light fixture retrofit kit with integrated light bar
Retrofit systems and methods are disclosed for lighting installations, and in particular, to retrofit systems and methods used to retrofit troffer-style lighting installations with LED light sources. Retrofit systems can be used with different light fixtures, but those described are particularly adapted for use with troffer-style fixtures. These retrofit systems can provide the same amount of light as traditional light fixtures already do, for example 1600-4000 lumens or more. The retrofit systems can be used with many different light sources but are particularly well-suited for use with solid state light sources or light engines, such as those utilizing LEDs. Some embodiments of the present invention comprise a mechanical mounting system for installing an LED light engine within an existing lighting system housing or pan, such as a troffer pan, without penetrating the ceiling plenum. |
| US10309626B2 |
Lighting system
A lighting system and related methods are disclosed herein. The lighting system may have a mounting fixture and a light fixture. The mounting fixture is configured to engage a mounting surface. The light fixture is configured to engage the mounting fixture and has a driver configured to drive a light source. A first fastener having a movable elongated member is configured to removably couple the light fixture to the mounting fixture in an extended configuration. A second fastener having a quick connect feature is configured to removably couple the light fixture to the mounting fixture in a retracted configuration. |
| US10309624B2 |
Light-emitting arrangement and light-emitting system
Described is an arrangement and system for precise angular and directional positioning of light-emitting diodes (LED). An LED component includes a base body with a light-emitting region, a first connector, and a second connector, where the connectors are electrically conductively connected to the light-emitting region. The base body includes at least two fixing regions and the connectors each include a bending portion and a contact area for surface mounting. Each of the bending portions is arranged between the base body and the contact area. A supporting frame includes a plinth region to align the supporting frame on a surface and includes an outwardly open recess, a support region to receive a component in the supporting frame and at least two fixing elements to fix the component above the support region. A base area of the plinth region and a base area of the support region enclose an acute angle. |
| US10309621B2 |
Automobile LED headlamp
An automobile LED headlamp, comprising a stem, an LED module and a heat dissipation module, wherein, the LED module is mounted on the stem; the heat dissipation module comprises a fixing element and a plurality of heat dissipation strips, the fixing element is fixedly connected to one end of the stem, each of the heat dissipation strips is fixed to the fixing element, and each of the heat dissipation strips is distributed radially. The arrangement of the heat dissipation module is configured to enhance the heat dissipation capability, each heat dissipation strip is fixed on the fixing element in a annular and radial distribution, the heat dissipation area is maximized, the air convection speed is faster, and the heat dissipation is accelerated. |
| US10309619B2 |
Special effects system for generating a midair laser blast illusion
A special effects apparatus for generating an illusion of a moving beam of light in midair. The apparatus includes a light source, such as a laser light source outputting colored light, generating a beam of light that is aimed along a linear light travel path. The apparatus further includes a dynamic light receiving assembly, and this assembly includes: an elongated support rod; a light receiving element attached to a first end of the support rod; and a driver coupled to a second end of the support rod opposite the first end of the support rod. The driver rotates the support rod about the second end at a high rotation rate, and the light receiving element moves along an arcuate travel path that intersects the linear light travel path of the beam of light. The arcuate travel path of the light receiving element and the linear light travel path are coplanar. |
| US10309618B2 |
Illuminating device
An illuminating device includes: first lenses individually corresponding to LEDs; a light control member including light transmission channels individually corresponding to the first lenses and a light blocker surrounding the light transmission channels; and second lenses individually corresponding to the light transmission channels. Each first lens includes a light concentrator for producing concentrated light by concentrating light emitted from a corresponding LED, and a reflector surrounding the light concentrator to produce reflected light by reflecting light emitted from the corresponding LED in a direction across the concentrated light. Each first lens outputs illumination light including the concentrated light and the reflected light produced from the corresponding light emitting diode. Each light transmission channel transmits the illumination light output from a corresponding first lens. The light blocker prevents transmission of the illumination light emitted from each first lens. Each second lens refracts the illumination light transmitted by a corresponding light transmission channel. |
| US10309614B1 |
Light directing element
Light directing elements, methods, and systems are disclosed. An example light directing element may comprise an elongated body having a first end, a second end and an exterior surface, the elongated body being transparent or translucent to permit transmission of light axially and radially therethrough, a light emitter disposed at the first end of the elongated body, and a diffuser including at least one reflective element disposed within the elongated body, wherein the diffuser is configured to redirect axially emitted light from the light emitter radially towards the exterior surface and wherein the diffuser expands in cross-section towards the second end. |
| US10309613B2 |
Method and apparatus for horticultural lighting and associated optic systems
A method and apparatus for a horticultural light for use in a horticultural facility that projects either a substantially uniform target illuminance onto a flat surface or an increasing target illuminance onto a flat surface that increases as the beam angle increases with respect to the optical axis. The horticultural light uses a refractor to receive the raw light distribution from one or more LEDs and then distributes an optically varied distribution having a minimized intensity at centerbeam with an increasing beam intensity as the beam width increases. |
| US10309610B2 |
Light apparatus with film layer to blend with surrounding body member
A light apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a light surrounded by a vehicle member, a film on a substrate layer to form a lens for the light, and a support comprising a first structure positioned behind the light and one portion of the lens and a second structure positioned behind a remaining portion of the lens. In one example, the light apparatus comprises a daytime running light and turn signal assembly. In one example, the apparatus and a method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, configuring a control to deactivate the light such that the assembly has a same appearance as the vehicle member. |
| US10309607B2 |
Lighting system
A lighting system includes a light source such as a laser, a scanning system such as a micro-mechanical mirror, and a converter element such as a phosphor. A redirection element is arranged in the optical path and has a discontinuity so that light is redirected to spaced apart locations on the converter element from adjacent locations on either side of the discontinuity. The redirection element increases the light's angular range. The lighting system may have a lens to project a desired pattern of light on the converter element forwards. A controller may control the scanning system to produce the desired pattern of light. The lighting system may adapt the pattern of light. The lighting system may be used in automotive applications. |
| US10309604B2 |
Headlamp with secured view
A lighting device for a vehicle may include: a lamp part configured to irradiate light; an inducing lens part configured to guide the light irradiated from the lamp part, and having a cut surface formed thereon; an adjusting lens part formed at the front of the inducing lens part, and configured to adjust the direction of the light moved through the inducing lens part; and a light scattering part formed on the cut surface so as to prevent glare caused by light incident on the cut surface. |
| US10309603B2 |
Dual-function low-high beam lighting module for a motor vehicle
A lighting module for a motor vehicle headlight intended to produce a low beam having an at least partly oblique cut-off. This same module further comprises an additional lighting function making it possible to generate a high type beam, the dimensions of the lighting module remaining identical. The light sources of the two respective low and high beam functions are arranged in a vicinity of the focus of an optical portion of the module such that the lighting module remains compact. |
| US10309599B2 |
Modulated resonator generating a simulated flame
An artificial flame apparatus produces a simulated flame using a plume of mist that is illuminated around, about, and through an artificial wick. A mist may be produced by a transducer, such as an ultrasonic transducer that is in contact with liquid from a liquid reservoir. The rate of mist exiting the housing may be modulated to produce a more realistic looking artificial flame. A light source is configured to illuminate the mist and/or the artificial wick. The artificial wick may be in the shape of a wick or flame and may include a light source. One or more light sources may be configured as the artificial wick. The light intensity, color and rate of change of light may be modulated to produce a more realistic looking artificial flame. A standing wave tube may vary the rate of mist exiting one or more enclosure openings in the tube enclosure. |
| US10309597B2 |
Solar or wind powered assembly
An assembly comprising at least one electrical device; the at least one electrical device being mounted to a support; at least one solar element for creating electric power from solar power; at least one energy storage device for storing electricity generated by the solar element; at least one wind impacting surface operatively associated with the support; at least one energy converter for generating electric power from the wind; and at least one shaft operatively connected to the at least one energy converter and the support. Optionally, the energy converter comprises at least one motor which operates to rotate the support; the at least one motor being operatively connected to the at least one battery for storing electric power therein. |
| US10309596B2 |
Lighting apparatus including primary and secondary illumination sources and circuit controlling the same
A lighting apparatus is provided that is able to illuminate despite the loss of a primary source of power. In implementation, a controller is provided for determining if a loss of normal power has occurred so that a first source of illumination cannot function. In that case, a second power source is provided to supply energy to a second source of illumination. Further, the first and second sources of illumination may use the same switch such that a users inconvenience is minimized. |
| US10309590B2 |
Solar disk light with swivel mount
A tiltable solar disk light has a solar light disk body comprising a disk-shaped housing which houses solar cells, LEDs, a rechargeable battery, a pushbutton switch, and driver electronics configured to deliver power to the LEDs from the battery when the switch is in the ON position and the solar cells are not detecting ambient light and to cut off power to the LEDs when the switch is in the OFF position or the solar cells are detecting ambient light. The disk body is tiltably and rotatably supported in a frame, on a pair of pegs extending from the housing, with enough clearance space about the disk body to permit tilting and rotating within the frame. A landscape spike is optionally connected to the frame by curved arms configured to define a clearance gap between the spike and the frame to permit the disk body to tilt within the frame about the axis of rotation formed by the pegs. |
| US10309584B2 |
Multi-directional pivot apparatus with locking mechanism
The present invention is a device that is intended to secure objects to a pole or bar of various shapes and sizes while securely supporting an object. The object being supported may be a cup holder, cellphone holder or other mobile device holder, a flashlight holder or other object. The device provides an adjustable mounting clamp and an extension arm that are capable of pivoting in multiple directions and locking in each direction that it may pivot. |
| US10309583B2 |
Support mechanism for a construction machine
A construction machine includes a frame. The machine includes an engine mounted on the frame. The machine includes a milling tool rotatably mounted on the frame and configured to be selectively coupled to the engine. The machine also includes a conveyor removably mounted on the frame. The machine further includes a support mechanism mounted on the frame. The support mechanism includes a track member secured to the frame. The support mechanism also includes at least one carriage member movably mounted on the track member. The support mechanism further includes an attachment member secured to the at least one carriage member and the conveyor. The attachment member is configured to be selectively unsecured from the conveyor. The support mechanism is configured to move at least a portion of the conveyor relative to the construction machine. |
| US10309582B2 |
Supporting module
Disclosed is a supporting module for a display device, which includes a fixing seat, a pivot lever, a slider and a spring. The pivot lever and the slider constitute a screw transmission mechanism with a varied helix angle. The lifting and lowering of the display device can cause screw motion between the pivot lever and the slider and thus induces the linear movement of the slider according to the axial advance of the varied helix angle. Accordingly, the displacement of the slider causes different degrees of deformation in the spring, resulting in different spring resilience forces on the slider. By the screw transmission mechanism with the varied helix angle, different spring resilience forces can be further converted into different resistance torques to provide appropriate supporting force in coordination with the variation of the gravity torque of the display device. |
| US10309578B2 |
Quick release pivot module and supporting device
A quick release pivot module is provided for connecting with a display and a supporting frame. The supporting frame includes a first joint, whereas the quick release pivot module includes a pivot structure and a quick release structure. A second joint and a first connector are pivotally assembled in the pivot structure, so that the first connector can pivot with respect to the second joint. The quick release structure has a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion connected with the first joint and the second joint, respectively. When the second engaging portion is engaged with the first engaging portion, the second joint of the quick release pivot module is fastened to and the first joint of the supporting frame. On the contrary, when the second engaging portion is disengaged with the first engaging portion, the second joint is adapted to being detachable from the first joint. |
| US10309577B1 |
Switch arm for piggable pipeline connector
An extended switch arm for a piggable pipeline connector for directing a pig to a particular pipeline and a method of manufacturing the same. The extended switch arm may comprise a switch arm, an upper plate attached to the top of one end of the switch arm, and a lower plate attached to the bottom of the end of the switch arm and aligned with the upper plate. A switch arm extension may pivotally attach between the upper and lower plates via a pin, allowing the switch arm extension to pivot from side to side relative to the switch arm as the switch arm is moved from one side of the pipeline connector to the other, essentially blocking access by the pig to one pipeline or the other without providing any sharp angles or other surfaces upon which the pig could become caught. |
| US10309576B2 |
System and method for pipe insertion in a pipeline
A system and method for pipe insertion in live gas mains includes isolating a section of the gas main and taking measurements of service line connection points. This data is then used to prepare a pipe to be inserted into the gas main by drilling holes and applying fittings at the appropriate locations. The prepared pipe is then inserted into the gas main and the service lines are connected to it without the need to excavate the street over each service connection. The inserted pipe is then fluidly connected to the cut ends of the gas main and gas flow is routed through the newly inserted pipe and the attached service lines, while gas continues to flow through the original portions of the gas main that still remain in service. |
| US10309574B2 |
Systems and methods for leak detection and sealing
Systems and methods for detecting and sealing a leak in a low-pressure transportation system including a low-pressure environment having a wall with an outer and an inner surface and an interior, and a hole passing through the wall that defines the leak in the low-pressure transportation system. The systems and methods including at least two sensors provided within the interior of the low-pressure environment that are structured and arranged to detect the leak, a controller in communication with the at least two sensors, a membrane deployer in communication with the controller, and a sealing membrane deployable by the membrane deployer and structured and arranged to provide a pressure-tight seal over the hole on the outer surface of the wall to seal the leak. |
| US10309571B2 |
Pipe structure and aircraft
The present invention provides a pipe structure including: a pipe through which a gaseous body having a higher temperature than a temperature of a surrounding atmosphere flows; a cover that covers an outer peripheral portion of the pipe, and defines a plurality of vents from which the gaseous body leaking from the pipe flows out; and a guide member that guides the gaseous body flowing out from the vent toward a line-shaped sensor that passes a position corresponding to each of the plurality of vents, and is sensitive to a temperature or a concentration of a gaseous body outside the cover. |
| US10309570B2 |
Connection device, pipes incorporating same for fluid transmission piping of an aircraft or a spacecraft, and method for manufacturing said device
A connection device is suitable for connecting two tubes to one another, and optionally to a fluid tank for fluid transmission piping of an aircraft or a spacecraft Also disclosed are pipes incorporating said tubes and said device; and a method for manufacturing said device. The device includes an injection-molded tip that has at least one angled or inwardly curved area and is made of a composite material with a thermoplastic matrix reinforced by a reinforcement system including carbon fibers. The tip has a median longitudinal mold parting plane (P). The carbon fibers extend so as to be oriented along the tip, which incorporates mechanical and vibratory stiffening means which are integrally molded with the tip and lie in said parting plane or symmetrically relative to said plane in said at least one area and/or immediately near said area. |
| US10309568B2 |
Mechanical branch outlet
A mechanical branch outlet including: a housing having an outer surface and an inner surface and defining an outlet bore extending between the outer surface and the inner surface; and an insert having a first end and a second end, the outlet bore of the housing sized to receive the second end of the insert and retain the first end of the insert. |
| US10309565B2 |
Anchoring arrangement for a protective sleeve
An anchor of an anchoring arrangement for a protective sleeve which locates, in use, over a conduit assembly, the conduit assembly including a conduit end connector configured to engage and fasten an end of a conduit to a conduit connection assembly. The anchor comprises a mounting element which is configured, in use, to be removably mountable on and around at least a portion of the conduit end connector, the mounting element having an outer side; and at least one fastening groove formed in and extending around the outer side of the mounting element. Each fastening groove is configured to receive, in use, a portion of a co-located protective sleeve and at least one securing element such that the securing element captures a portion of a co-located protective sleeve between the securing element and the mounting element within a cooperating fastening groove. |
| US10309560B2 |
Multi-layer pressure actuated extendable hose
A multi-layer pressure actuated extendable hose for use in transporting fluids between a source location and an output location includes an extendible hose comprising a biasing element, a sealing layer, and a reinforced cover layer. The sealing layer forms a sealed conduit for transporting the fluids, and the reinforced cover layer on the outside provides radial and longitudinal strength for the sealing layer. The hose can be operated by increasing internal pressure within the hose relative to ambient pressure. When the hose is pressurized by a fluid source, the internal pressure of the hose overcomes the retracting force of the biasing element and the hose extends. When the fluid source is turned off or disconnected from the hose, internal pressure is reduced and the biasing element exerts a tension force on the hose causing the hose to retract. |
| US10309559B2 |
Duct and method for manufacturing same
Provided is a duct that does not cause defective molding and has a highly sound absorption inner surface which can effectively suppress noise. A duct includes a tubular duct main body and a sound absorption member disposed on the inner surface of the duct main body. The duct has at least one of configurations (1) to (3): (1) the duct main body has a sandwiching part having a pair of opposite wall surfaces, and a side edge of the sound absorption member is sandwiched between the wall surfaces of the sandwiching part; (2) the sound absorption member is pasted to the inner surface of the duct main body with a resin film therebetween; and (3) the sound absorption member and duct main body have parts which are not fused to each other. |
| US10309558B2 |
Bent product
[Problem] To provide a bent product from an integrally extrusion molded body without the loss of lightweight properties or the like. [Solution] A bent product (10) that is formed by bending an integrally extrusion-formed body and has: a metal core material (20) provided with a tube-shaped peripheral wall (21) and a first partition wall (23) that extends in the longitudinal direction of the tube shape and divides the inner space of the peripheral wall in the direction of the major axis of the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the tube shape; and a covering layer (40) that is formed on the outer surface of the core material and contains at least a thermoplastic resin. The thickness (t) of the peripheral wall is 0.8-2.3 mm, and a reinforcing means is provided to the inner space side of the peripheral wall at a section (25) thereof to the inside of the bend. |
| US10309554B2 |
Clamp device for cable tray assembly
A clamp device includes a clamping plate having a first side portion that is sized and shaped for reception into a channel defined by a bottom channel portion of one of the rails of the cable tray. The clamping plate has a second side portion configured for fastening to a cable tray support such that the bottom channel portion of the rail is clamped between the clamping plate and the cable tray support. The use of the clamp device increases the load-bearing capacity of the cable tray assembly over an identical cable tray that does not include the clamping plate. |
| US10309553B1 |
Hose clamp assembly
A hose clamp assembly for use with an agricultural machine that help to route hoses or other elongate routed components about the agricultural machine. The hose clamp assembly may include a first clamp block having first and second outer walls, with at least a first set of openings formed in one of the first and second outer walls. Additionally, the first clamp block may further include a second set of openings formed into the other of the first and second outer walls. The first clamp block may be secured to the agricultural machine, to a mounting bracket, or to a lock plate. Additionally, the hose clamp assembly may have a second clamp block having third and fourth outer walls. The second clamp block may have a third set of openings formed therein, as well as a fourth set of openings. The clamp blocks may be mounted to one another. |
| US10309549B2 |
Valve device, fluid control apparatus, and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus
A valve device has a valve main body and a tube fitting that has an air passage for supplying operation air into the valve main body. An upper lid portion of a cap is formed with a fitted hole provided with a projection. The tube fitting has a fitting portion to be fitted into the upper lid portion. The fitting portion is formed with, on an outer circumference thereof, a fitting groove to which the projection is fitted, and has a tip end portion located closer to a tip end side than the fitting groove. |
| US10309541B2 |
Guide element for a valve actuator and actuator provided with said guide element
Disclosed is a guide element, for supporting and guiding a pin (P) of a glyph in a slot along a sliding direction. The guide element includes a central body (10) provided with a seat adapted to house a portion of the pin (P) and at least one lateral portion (10, 30) which has a sliding surface (21, 31) adapted to slide in contact with a respective lateral wall of the slot. The central body (10) and the at least one lateral portion (20, 30) are configured to rotate relative to each other about an axis (X) parallel to the sliding direction. |
| US10309538B2 |
Device and method for attaching seal elements
A device for attaching seal elements in a recess, particularly in an installation groove designed in a flow machine, is disclosed. At least one fixing body is arranged between a seal carrier element and a clamping body assigned to the seal carrier element, where the fixing body is integrally connected to the seal carrier element and the clamping body by bar-like connections that can be detached when subjected to a force. In addition, at least one plastic deformable structure is designed on the fixing body. An attachment method as well as a production method for the device is also disclosed. |
| US10309537B2 |
Linerless pressure vessel by centrifugal forced weaving and method for manufacturing thereof
A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a linerless pressure vessel can be used for manufacturing a high pressure tank, by spinning of continuous fiber in a centrifugal direction. |
| US10309533B2 |
Shift controller for vehicle
A shift controller for a vehicle includes a shift switching unit, a rotation restricting element, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to: acquire a count value corresponding to a degree of rotation of an actuator; set a rotational position of the actuator when the count value does not change by restricting rotation of the actuator using the rotation restricting element as a reference position of the actuator corresponding to the predetermined shift position; and interrupt setting the reference position of the actuator and restart setting the reference position of the actuator when the rotation of the actuator is restricted and a supply voltage to the actuator is equal to or lower than a predetermined first voltage determination value or a variation in the count value while the rotation of the actuator is restricted is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. |
| US10309530B2 |
Automatic transmission
An automatic transmission where the control portion controls the adjustment solenoid valve so that the circulation hydraulic pressure equals to a second circulation hydraulic pressure higher than the first circulation hydraulic pressure when the rotational speed difference between the output rotational speed of the fluid transmission device and the rotational speed of the driving source is more than the predetermined rotational speed. |
| US10309528B2 |
Vehicular hydraulic control device and vehicular hydraulic control method
The present invention is configured such that: in a stopped state of an electric oil pump (M/O/P), control of the electric oil pump (M/O/P) is started such that, when a driver has the intention of demanding drive force, a discharge pressure takes on a target hydraulic pressure (PTh) determined in accordance with the demanded drive force from the driver; and a pressure regulation target value of a line pressure regulation valve (101) is set to a value that is higher than or equal to the target hydraulic pressure (PTh). Thus, it is possible to provide a vehicular hydraulic control device capable of suppressing hunting in line pressure (PL) when the line pressure (PL) is regulated so as to take on the target hydraulic pressure (PTh). |
| US10309527B2 |
Continuously variable transmission and system and method of control based on a zeroed-out wheel slip
A continuously variable transmission (CVT), a transmission control system, and a method is provided. The control system is configured to determine a measured wheel speed of two driven wheels and a first driving wheel, calculate a first driving wheel expected speed based on the driven wheel measured speeds, a track width, and a wheel base, and calculate an actual wheel speed difference between the first driving wheel measured speed and the additional wheel measured speed. The additional wheel can be either of the driven wheels or a second driving wheel. The control system is also configured to calculate a theoretical wheel speed difference between the first driving wheel expected speed and the additional wheel measured speed, calculate a zeroed-out wheel slip based on the difference between the actual wheel speed difference and the theoretical wheel speed difference, and determine whether the zeroed-out wheel slip exceeds a predetermined threshold. |
| US10309521B2 |
Driving-force distribution device
A driving-force distribution device is provided that can supply lubricant to an above-positioned pinion gear among a pair of pinion gears even when rotation of a differential case of a differential mechanism stops in a two-wheel-drive mode of a four-wheel-drive vehicle. A driving-force distribution device mounted on a four-wheel-drive vehicle includes a differential mechanism and a clutch mechanism. The differential mechanism includes a differential case, a pinion shaft, a pair of pinion gears, and a pair of side gears. In the pinion shaft, a flow passage is formed through which a lubricant is allowed to flow from the below-positioned pinion gear among the pair of pinion gears toward the above-positioned pinion gear in the two-wheel-drive mode in which the pair of pinion gears rotate in opposite directions with the differential case not rotating. The lubricant is supplied to the flow passage by rotation of the below-positioned pinion gear. |
| US10309520B2 |
Snubber with scoop feature for automotive transmission
A snubber for an automotive transmission includes a generally flat surface configured to limit radially-outward movement of a drive member that transfers torque from a transmission gearbox output to a differential input. A mouth of the snubber is fluidly coupled to an internal cavity that capturing transmission fluid as the fluid is moved around due to movement of the drive member. A wing of the snubber extends from the generally flat surface toward the drive member. The wing has a hollow interior fluidly coupled to the internal cavity. A concave outer surface is located outside of and adjacent to the mouth. The concave surface deflects a portion of the fluid, preventing that portion from entering the mouth. This increases the flow of fluid away from the drive member which can lead to drag. |
| US10309518B2 |
Gear unit and a method for heating lubricant oil of a gear unit
A gear unit comprises shafts (101, 102) for connecting to an external mechanical system, at least one gear stage (103) between the shafts, a lubricant oil room (104) for storing lubricant oil, an oil channel (105) for transporting the lubricant oil from the lubricant oil room to the at least one gear stage, and an immersion heater (106) for heating the lubricant oil flowing in the lubricant oil room towards an inlet of the oil channel. The gear unit further comprises a mechanical flow guide (108) located in the lubricant oil room and configured to modify flow of the lubricant oil flowing towards the inlet of the oil channel so as to increase flow velocity of the lubricant oil on the surface of the immersion heater. The increased flow velocity on the surface of the immersion heater makes it possible to use higher heating power without damaging the lubricant oil. |
| US10309516B2 |
Measuring system and measuring method for detecting variables on planetary carriers of a planetary gear train
A measuring system for detecting variables on planet carriers of a planetary gear train having a plurality of planetary gear stages includes a first sensor which is arranged on one of the planet carriers of one of the planetary gear stages for detecting the variables of a planet gear rotationally connected to the at least one of the planet carriers. An electronics configured for arrangement on the planetary gear train is operably connected to the first sensor for supply of the first sensor with electrical energy. |
| US10309515B2 |
Bicycle rear sprocket
A bicycle rear sprocket comprises a sprocket body, a plurality of sprocket teeth, a shifting facilitation recess, and an upshifting facilitation projection. The plurality of sprocket teeth extends radially outwardly from the sprocket body. The shifting facilitation recess is to facilitate a shifting operation in which a bicycle chain is shifted between the bicycle rear sprocket and a smaller rear sprocket adjacent to the bicycle rear sprocket without another sprocket between the bicycle rear sprocket and the smaller rear sprocket. The upshifting facilitation projection is provided in the shifting facilitation recess to support the bicycle chain in an upshifting operation in which the bicycle chain is shifted from the bicycle rear sprocket to the smaller rear sprocket. |
| US10309514B2 |
Noise, vibration, and harmonics reducing sprocket technology
A number of variations may include a sprocket using one or more slot(s) and/or compressive or elastic material in order to lower the NVH. A number of variations may include a sprocket which isolates the vibrations created by the impact of the chain with the sprocket so that the vibrations are prevented from traveling into the shaft. |
| US10309511B2 |
Support structure for rotating member
In a support structure for a rotating member, in which a support body supporting a rotating member so as to be rotatable around a predetermined axis is provided with a spherical support face that is recessed toward a side opposite to the rotating member, and a back face of the rotating member is rotatably and slidably supported on the support face, the back face of the rotating member is formed as a convexly curved face that is curved so that portions on opposite sides of the axis each protrude toward the support face when viewed in a cross section containing an entirety of the axis. In order for the back face to be supported on the support face via an apex portion of the convexly curved face, a radius of curvature of at least the apex portion is set smaller than a radius of curvature of the support face. |
| US10309507B2 |
Transmission arrangement
A transmission (GA) for an axle drive (1) of a motor vehicle includes a drive shaft (AN), two output shafts (AB1, AB2), at least four shafts (W1, W2, W3, W4), a differential, and two interconnected planetary gear sets (PS1, PS2). The drive shaft (AN) is a hollow shaft, and the drive shaft (AN) is coaxial with at least one of the two output shafts (AB1, AB2). The differential (D) is arranged, at least partly, within a cylindrical volume. An outer shell surface of the cylindrical volume is defined by an inner shell surface of a sun gear (SO2) of the second planetary gear set (PS2). A diameter of inner shell surface corresponds to an inner diameter of the sun gear (SO2) of the second planetary gear set (PS2). |
| US10309503B2 |
Preloading device for a roller screw mechanism guided in rotation
A linear actuator comprises a roller screw mechanism guided in rotation with respect to a structure by two angular-contact ball bearings, the roller screw mechanism comprising rollers interposed between an endless screw and two tapped rings which are joined together in rotation and free in translation. Each tapped ring is secured to an inner ring of a ball bearing. The linear actuator further comprises a single preloading device capable of applying load between two outer rings of the angular-contact ball bearings respectively, thereby simultaneously allowing the loading of the roller screw mechanism and the rotational guidance of the roller screw mechanism with respect to the structure. |
| US10309502B2 |
Power steering device
A first member (81) including a first opening portion that opens to one side in a circumferential direction around an axis of a rack shaft corresponding to a rotation axis of a nut, and a second member (82) including a second opening portion that confronts the first opening portion, and that opens to the other side in the circumferential direction, are molded so that a first insertion portion (71) and a second insertion portion (72) are inclined along a lead angle of a ball circulation groove with respect to a connection portion (73), and the first and second openings are joined in an abutted state, thereby forming a tube (44). |
| US10309501B2 |
Friction roller-type transmission
A sun roller of a friction roller-type transmission includes a movable sun roller element (23) capable of moving in an axial direction. Furthermore, the sun roller is provided with a loading cam mechanism which is formed along the circumferential direction of an input shaft (12), the loading cam mechanism having a first cam surface (75), a second cam surface (77) arranged facing the first cam surface (75) and secured to the input shaft (12), rolling elements (63) held between the first and second cam surfaces (75, 77), and an annular holding device (51), and the loading cam mechanism axially displacing the movable sun roller element (23). The holding device (51) has an inside-diameter-surface guiding part (81) for positioning the holding device relative to the input shaft by being fitted over the input shaft, the guiding part being provided to the inside diameter surface. |
| US10309499B2 |
Drive roller
A roller (1) having a rigid reinforcement (4) defining a hub (5) for rotation of the roller about an axis of rotation X and a plurality of bars (6) regularly arranged around the hub (5) and extending parallel to the axis X. The roller further has bushings (10), each engaged on a respective one of the bars (6) and each comprising an outer rigid ring (11) surrounding a bushing body (12) made of deformable material. |
| US10309496B2 |
Belt drive and method for monitoring such a belt drive
A belt drive and a method for the monitoring thereof allows conclusions to be drawn regarding loads to which the belt has been subjected over its past usage period. The method includes a rotatably mounted disc and a belt which is deflected at the disc. The belt and the disc are equipped with a marking and are positioned with respect to each other such that the markings are directly opposite each other in a trigger position when the belt circulates around the disc. The trigger position is recorded by a monitoring device, which emits a signal when the markings are located in the trigger position. The number of signals triggered over a time period is recorded. The loads to which the belt or the disc have been subjected during the time period is determined while taking into consideration relevant influencing variables. |
| US10309495B2 |
Multi-speed transmission
The present disclosure provides a multiple speed transmission having an input member, an output member, a plurality of planetary gearsets, a plurality of interconnecting members and a plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms. The plurality of planetary gear sets includes first, second and ring gears. The input member is continuously interconnected with at least one member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets, and the output member is continuously interconnected with another member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets. At least eight forward speeds and one reverse speed are achieved by the selective engagement of the five torque-transmitting mechanisms. |
| US10309494B2 |
Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicle
A planetary gear train includes input and output shafts; first to fourth planetary gear sets respectively having first to third, fourth to sixth, seventh to ninth, and tenth to twelfth elements, respectively; a first shaft connected with the second and twelfth elements, and selectively connected with the input shaft, a second shaft connected with the sixth element, and selectively connected with the input shaft, a third shaft connected with the eighth element and the output shaft, a fourth shaft connected with the first, fourth, and tenth elements, a fifth shaft connected with the third, fifth, and ninth element, at least one additional shaft selectively connecting a corresponding element to a transmission housing, wherein the corresponding element is an element of the first or second planetary gear sets that is not interconnected. |
| US10309491B2 |
Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicle
The present disclosure provides a planetary gear train of an automatic transmission including: input and output shafts, first to fifth planetary gear sets respectively having first to third, fourth to sixth, seventh to ninth, tenth to twelfth, and thirteenth to fifteenth rotational elements, a first shaft connected with the second and fifth rotational elements and the input shaft, a second shaft connected with the fourteenth rotational element and the output shaft, a third shaft connected with the ninth and thirteenth rotational elements, a fourth shaft connected with the tenth and fifteenth rotational elements, a fifth shaft connected with the first, sixth, and seventh rotational elements, a sixth shaft connected with the third rotational element, a seventh shaft connected with the eighth and eleventh rotational element, an eighth shaft connected with the fourth rotational element, and a ninth shaft connected with the twelfth rotational element. |
| US10309488B2 |
Energy chain device with at least one drive device for long travel paths
An energy chain device includes at least one energy chain for guiding lines, cables, hoses or the like between a fixed and a movable connection region so as to form a curved region between a moved strand and a stationary strand. Each energy chain has a number of links which are connected to one another in a flexible manner and are formed by link plates which are arranged parallel to one another and transverse webs which connect the link plates. The energy chain device further includes at least one drive device which is operatively connected to the moved strand, and a control unit which is connected to the drive device so as to transmit signals and is connectable so as to transmit signals to a control device of a device which is connectable to the movable connection region. |
| US10309486B2 |
Centrifugal pendulum absorber including a geared roller
A centrifugal pendulum absorber is provided. The centrifugal pendulum absorber includes a flange; a first mass slidably attached on a first axial side of the flange; a second mass slidably attached on a second axial side of the flange; and a roller received in slots formed in the flange, the first mass and the second mass. The roller is geared to the flange and at least one of the first and second masses. A method of forming a centrifugal pendulum absorber is also provided. The method includes gearing a roller to a flange of the centrifugal pendulum and to a mass slidably attached to an axial side of the flange. The roller is received in slots formed in the flange and the mass. |
| US10309483B2 |
Damper device
A damper device with a first intermediate element; a second intermediate element; a first elastic body that transmits torque between the input element and the first intermediate element; a second elastic body that transmits torque between the first intermediate element and the output element; a third elastic body that transmits torque between the input element and the second intermediate element; a fourth elastic body that transmits torque between the second intermediate element and the output element; and a fifth elastic body that transmits torque between the first intermediate element and the second intermediate element. |
| US10309480B2 |
Hydraulic damper for a mount assembly
A hydraulic damper for a mount assembly includes a housing and a subassembly. The housing defines a cavity and is integrally formed to include a plurality of retention features. The subassembly is at least partially disposed in the cavity and is secured relative to the housing by the plurality of retention features. At least one of the plurality of retention features and the subassembly is elastically deformable in a radial direction from an initial diameter to an elastically deformed diameter such that the subassembly is sized to axially pass by the plurality of retention features in the initial diameter for insertion of the subassembly into the housing and the plurality of retention members radially extend over the subassembly in the elastically deformed diameter to secure the subassembly relative to the housing. |
| US10309476B2 |
SBR composition for torsional damper, and torsional damper
An object of the present invention is to provide an SBR composition for a torsional damper in which the SBR composition has a good physical property balance of high load-bearing properties, low CS properties, and the kneadability and roll processability of a rubber material, and to provide a torsional damper. The object is achieved in such a manner that the SBR composition for the torsional damper comprises at least: (a) an SBR polymer having a combined styrene content of 10 wt % to 50 wt %; (b) carbon black comprising FEF grade carbon black and HAF grade carbon black blended at a ratio of FEF:HAF=1:3 to 3:1; (c) a crosslinking system including sulfur, a sulfur-donating compound, and an organic peroxide compound; and (d) a co-crosslinking agent, wherein 60 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of the carbon black as total parts by weight of the FEF grade carbon black and the HAF grade carbon black is blended based on 100 parts by weight of the SBR polymer, 0.4 part by weight to 2.5 parts by weight of the sulfur is blended based on 100 parts by weight of the SBR polymer, the sulfur-donating compound is blended at 0.625 time to 12.5 times the blending amount of the sulfur, the organic peroxide compound is blended at 1.25 times to 12.5 times the blending amount of the sulfur, and 4 parts by weight to 16 parts by weight of the co-crosslinking agent is blended based on 100 parts by weight of the SBR polymer. |
| US10309474B2 |
Automated finishing station for a brake pad
An automated station (1) for the finishing of brake pads (4) comprises at least one rotary finishing tool (2) for finishing a friction layer (22) of the brake pad (4), a workhead (3) to pick, retain and release the brake pad (4), a handling unit (6) to move the workhead (3) along a programmable path comprising a pass over the rotary finishing tool (2) and a guide (5) having a mouth (27) which is passed through by the workhead (3) in order to start the finishing pass along the length of the programmable route, the guide (5) contacting the workhead (3) to define, along at least one direction (A; C), the relative position between the workhead (3) and the brake pad (4) during the finishing carried out by the rotary finishing tool (2). |
| US10309471B2 |
Electric caliper brake
Disclosed herein is an electric caliper brake. Then electric caliper brake which includes a carrier provided with a pair of pad plates movably with respect to a disk, and a caliper housing slidably installed on the carrier and provided with a cylinder in which a piston is movably provided by braking oil pressure, includes a spindle member which is installed to penetrate a rear portion of the cylinder and rotates by receiving a rotational force from an actuator, and a power converting unit including a nut member which is screwed with the spindle member and is disposed in the piston, moves forward and backward in accordance with the rotation of the spindle member so as to press the piston; a filling member coupled to the nut member in the piston; and an anti-rotation surface provided on at least one plane on an outer circumferential surface of the filling member so that the filling member is coupled to the piston in a limited rotation state. |
| US10309470B1 |
Brake caliper assembly having a retainer bracket
A brake caliper assembly having a housing assembly, a brake pad assembly, a pad shield, and a retainer bracket. The retainer bracket may include at least one protrusion that may engage an abutment surface of the pad shield to limit the axial displacement of the retainer bracket relative to the pad shield. |
| US10309464B2 |
Fixed constant velocity universal joint
A fixed type constant velocity universal joint includes an outer joint member having eight curved track grooves, an inner joint member having eight curved track grooves, eight torque transmission balls, and a cage configured to hold the torque transmission balls in pockets. A curvature center of each of the track grooves of the outer joint member and a curvature center of each of the track grooves of the inner joint member are offset from a joint center by an equal distance to opposite sides in the axial direction. The joint has grease sealed therein. Initial pocket gaps between the pockets and the balls each have a positive value. The grease has an initial consistency equivalent to consistency number 1 or 2, and a mixture stability of from 390 to 440. |
| US10309459B2 |
Ball bearing for a turbocharger
An angular ball bearing for a turbocharger, including an outer ring and a cage, along the circumference of which rolling element pockets are arranged and at the end face of which a cage guide surface runs, the cage guide surface together with a surface on the inner circumference of the outer ring forming a sliding surface pair. The sliding surface pair forms a transition region at the sliding surface pair end facing the rolling element pockets such that—when the cage and the outer ring are positioned in an axially parallel manner, the spacing between the surfaces which form the sliding surface pair increases in a monotonous manner, said increase growing continuously. The progression of the spacing achieves a reduction of the wear susceptibility. |
| US10309457B2 |
Sliding member
To provide a sliding member which has hardness that is suitable for the circumstance, to which heavy load is applied, and which is excellent in abrasion resistance property.The sliding member contains a sliding layer for slidably supporting a body to be slid, shot blasting being performed on a surface of the sliding layer, and a sliding surface formed on a surface of the sliding layer, the sliding surface having an uneven configuration with arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of 1.0 μm through 2.5 μm, 10-point average roughness (Rz) of 5.0 μm through 10.0 μm, and surface hardness (Hv) of 220 through 250. |
| US10309456B2 |
Bearing
A bearing can include a generally cylindrical sidewall, a flange extending radially from the generally cylindrical sidewall, and a feature extending radially from the generally cylindrical sidewall at a location disposed a distance from the flange. An assembly can include the beating and a structure having an opening with a relief portion adapted to receive the feature. |
| US10309455B2 |
Squeeze film damper bearing device
A squeeze film damper bearing device includes an inner race that is fitted around an outer periphery of a rotating shaft, an outer race that is supported on an inner periphery of a bearing retaining member via an annular space, a plurality of rolling bodies that are disposed between the inner race and the outer race, and an oil supply source that supplies oil to the annular space via an oil passage so as to form a squeeze film. The device further includes an open/close valve that opens and closes the oil passage. When a rotational speed of the rotating shaft reaches a predetermined rotational speed, the open/close valve is controlled so as to change oil pressure of the squeeze film, thus changing vibration characteristics of the rotating shaft. |
| US10309454B2 |
Squeeze film damper bearing device
A squeeze film damper bearing device includes an inner race that is fitted around an outer periphery of a rotating shaft, an outer race that is supported via an annular space on an inner periphery of a bearing sleeve provided on a bearing retaining member, the annular space forming a squeeze film, and a plurality of rolling bodies that are disposed between the inner race and the outer race. The bearing sleeve is formed from a plurality of sleeve elements that are divided in a peripheral direction, and the plurality of sleeve elements move in a radial direction so as to be capable of changing a height in the radial direction of the annular space. |
| US10309450B2 |
Foil bearing, method for setting a gap geometry of a foil bearing, and corresponding production method of a foil bearing
A foil bearing includes a bearing back, a foil arrangement, and a setting mechanism. The bearing back includes a passage opening configured to receive a shaft, such that a gap is formed between the shaft and the bearing back. The foil arrangement defines a first inner circumference and includes a first segment-shaped foil arranged in the gap adjacent to the bearing back, a second segment-shaped foil arranged in the gap adjacent to the first segment-shaped foil, and a third segment-shaped foil arranged in the gap between the shaft and the second segment-shaped foil. The setting mechanism is configured to set the first inner circumference. |
| US10309448B2 |
Pivoting bearing for two connecting rods in at least one reciprocating piston
A pivoting bearing is provided for two connecting rods in a reciprocating piston of an internal combustion engine having two crankshafts which are driven via the reciprocating piston and the connecting rods. The pivoting bearing is received by piston bores of the piston and has gudgeon pin bores for mounting gudgeon pins for gudgeon pin eyes of the connecting rods. The pivoting bearing has radial bearing regions which are provided with the pin bores, are arranged on both sides of a center longitudinal axis of the reciprocating pistons, and delimit the gudgeon pin eyes in a manner which forms an intermediate space. To optimize the pivoting bearing, the bearing regions of the pivoting bearing are configured as cylinder bodies with a cup-like cross section, of which each cylinder body has a base wall and a bearing ring shell. The base walls of the two cylinder bodies extend at a spacing from one another, and the bearing ring shells which surround the base walls are guided away from the base walls in opposite directions. A plurality of connecting stubs run between the base walls in such a way that two connecting stubs are arranged on a side of the pivoting bearing, which side faces a piston crown, and extend at a relatively small spacing from ring sections of the gudgeon pin eyes, and in such a way that the connecting stubs and the ring sections have lubricating structures for lubricating connecting rod bearings of the connecting rods. |
| US10309443B1 |
Multiple-hole rope thimble
A multiple-hole rope thimble with a body, a plurality of holes, and a perimeter groove. The holes can be arranged linearly or non-linearly arranged and can be the same or different sizes. The hole wall is curved toward the center of the hole to eliminate any sharp edges that can damage a rope. The groove extends completely around the perimeter of the body. A rope fits into the groove and is secured around the thimble by a splice or a knot. Optionally, the rope is secured by a thread extending through an aperture in the partition between holes. |
| US10309441B2 |
Fastener and fastener assembly having improved vibrational and tightening characteristics
A fastener assembly is provided. The fastener assembly includes an insert having a radial circumference. An annulus extends from the insert and defines an annular end distal from the insert. The annulus further defines a radial cutout section along a length thereof for providing a flex point. The annulus is configured for being radially compressed by a blind hole of a working surface upon tightening of a nut. A nut is positioned adjacent the insert on an end distal the annulus, and a threaded bolt extends from the nut and through the annulus, wherein the bolt is configured to be accepted by the blind hole. |
| US10309425B1 |
High flow capacity well fluid extraction jet pump providing through access
A hydraulically-retrievable, reversible flow operation jet pump threadably attached to a tubing string which is powered by fluid supplied through the tubing string. A pump housing, or container, of the jet pump includes a hollow cylinder with an internal diameter closely matching that of the attached tubing string. A jet pump assembly is retainably, scalably disposed within the pump housing. A jet pump reducing nozzle-mixing chamber-diffuser assembly is retainably disposed within the carrier. Power fluid pumped through the nozzle-mixing chamber-diffuser assembly conventionally draws in objective fluid in which the jet pump is immersed, and transports it out of the pump to the desired receiving station. The jet pump assembly can be oriented in either of two directions within the pump housing, for selected fluid direction flow. |
| US10309423B2 |
Mechanically actuated safety compliant fan finger guard structures and methods
A fan guard and method of use thereof. The fan guard includes a first lattice, the first lattice comprising a first lattice protrusion, a second lattice, the second lattice comprising a second lattice protrusion and an inclined portion, a catch, a tensioning element, a first end of the tensioning element operably attached to the first lattice protrusion, a second end of the tensioning element operably attached to the second lattice protrusion, the tensioning element applying a rotational force to the second lattice in a first direction, a bezel, the bezel including a bezel extension that extends substantially perpendicularly from a face of the bezel, wherein the bezel extension is configured to rotate the catch and an inclined plane extending from the face of the bezel. |
| US10309422B2 |
Blower
A blower fan includes a plurality of blades radially extending from a boss provided at the rotary center and spaced apart from each other in the rotational direction, and a ring portion connecting outer peripheral ends of the blades in a ring shape. An inner peripheral wall surface of an end part on an air-flow downstream side of a cylindrical portion is disposed on the outside in a radial direction of the rotary shaft in the blower fan, with respect to an end part on the air-flow downstream side of the ring portion. The end part on the air-flow downstream side of the cylindrical portion is positioned outward in the radial direction of the rotary shaft, as toward the air-flow downstream side. Thus, the blower can prevent the backflow air from being swirled, thereby reducing noise. |
| US10309416B2 |
Seal system for centrifugal pumps having axially split casings
Disclosed invention is an improved sealing system for axially split, centrifugal pumps. The improved sealing system eliminates the need for a gasket between casing halves. In the improved sealing system, a fluid tight seal is provided by an elastomeric cord positioned within a groove carried by the flange of at least one half of the axially split pump casing. |
| US10309415B2 |
Exhaust-gas turbocharger
An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a compressor housing (2); a turbine housing (3); and a bearing housing (4) which has a compressor-side flange (5) and which has a turbine-housing-side flange (6). The turbine-housing-side flange (6) is produced from a material which corresponds in terms of its mechanical and thermal properties to the material of the turbine housing (2). |
| US10309414B2 |
Gas turbine engine airfoil
An airfoil for a turbine engine includes an airfoil that has pressure and suction sides that extend in a radial direction from a 0% span position at an inner flow path location to a 100% span position at an airfoil tip. The airfoil has a curve that corresponds to a relationship between a trailing edge sweep angle and a span position. The trailing edge sweep angle is in a range of 10° to 20° in a range of 40-70% span position. The trailing edge sweep angle is positive from 0% span to at least 95% span. The airfoil has a relationship between a leading edge dihedral and a span position. The leading edge dihedral is negative from the 0% span position to the 100% span position. A positive dihedral corresponds to suction side-leaning. A negative dihedral corresponds to pressure side-leaning. The trailing edge sweep angle is positive from 0%-95% span. A positive-most trailing edge sweep angle is within the range of 10° to 20° in the range of 40-70% span position. The airfoil is a fan blade for the turbine engine. |
| US10309413B2 |
Impeller and rotating machine provided with same
An impeller with a disc that rotates about an axis, and blades a plurality of which are disposed in the circumferential direction of the disc with intervals therebetween. A defined blade angle of the blade has a prescribed gradual increase region and gradual decrease region from the center towards the outside, and at the center of an inflection region of the gradual increase region and of the gradual decrease region, provided is a partial gradual decrease region having a smaller blade angle decrease amount than the blade angle increase amount of the gradual increase region. |
| US10309411B2 |
Rotator
A rotator may be configured to be accommodated in a casing of a pump for sucking a fluid into the casing and discharging the fluid outside of the casing. The rotator may comprise an insert portion configured to insert a rotating shaft and one or more communicating openings. The one or more communicating openings may be disposed in a vicinity of the insert portion, and pierce the rotator in a direction along the rotating shaft. The rotator may be made of resin. A flow direction of the resin located around the insert portion and the one or more communicating openings may extend at least in the direction along the rotating shaft. |
| US10309403B2 |
Eccentric bush assembly structure of scroll compressor
An eccentric bush assembly structure of a scroll compressor, in which an orbiting scroll is eccentrically coupled to a rotary shaft of a drive motor, including a bush body rotatably coupled to the orbiting scroll while being pinned to the rotary shaft of the drive motor by an eccentric shaft, the bush body having a friction prevention groove formed in a surface facing a tip surface of the rotary shaft so as not to come into frictional contact with the tip surface. |
| US10309400B2 |
Volumetric compressor
A two-stage rotary compressor for gas, in particular air. The compressor comprises a bottom plate and a head enclosing between them two compression stages. The compressor is characterized in that an interconnection device is arranged between the two compression stages, said device being suited to establish a communication “in series” or “in parallel”, to be selected by the manufacturer, between said two compression stages. |
| US10309398B1 |
Passage arrangement for cooling, lubricating and reducing the size of rotary machines
A fluid-moving rotary device that has a drive mechanism whose rotational axis is aligned with a rotational axis of a driven component and another component that rotates about an axis offset from rotational axis of the driven component. The drive mechanism is located on a fluid inlet side of the components and is cooled by the fluid entering the device. |
| US10309396B2 |
Positive displacement pump including an unloading device
A transfer pump configured to move a hydraulic fluid in a hydraulic fluid management system of a hydraulic system of a vehicle including a transmission. In one embodiment, the transfer pump moves the fluid from a differential case to a hydraulic reservoir coupled to the transmission. The transfer pump is a positive displacement pump including an unloading device, such as a sealing plate, that is resiliently biased against the pump during a normal operation but is moved away from the pump upon the application of a pilot pressure. The result is an open chamber for the pump gears to turn without developing pressure, to thereby reduce parasitic losses. |
| US10309395B2 |
Method and apparatus to manufacture a progressive cavity motor or pump
A stator and a method of manufacturing at least a portion of a progressive cavity motor or pump include disposing a cylindrical shell within a cylindrical housing, disposing a stator mold within the cylindrical shell, disposing an elastomeric material between the stator mold and the cylindrical shell, removing the stator mold from within the elastomeric material, thereby forming an elastomeric material layer having a stator profile within the cylindrical shell, and removing the cylindrical shell from within the cylindrical housing, thereby forming a cartridge having the elastomeric material layer disposed within the cylindrical shell. |
| US10309390B2 |
Control unit for hydraulic variable displacement pumps and variable displacement pump with a control unit
Control device for hydraulic variable displacement pumps operated in an open hydraulic circuit and adjustable in their displacement volume by means of a servo control device. The control device comprises a control piston with two control edges to which pressure can be applied by means of pressurized pressure fluid from a variable displacement pump, the control piston being mounted in a housing so that it shifts longitudinally. The housing of the control piston comprises an inlet for the connection of a high pressure line of a variable displacement pump, an outlet which can be connected to a tank and a servo connection which can be linked to a servo cylinder, whereby a link between the inlet and the servo connection can be made via a first control edge. It is possible to create a link between the servo connection and the outlet via a second control edge. |
| US10309387B2 |
Peristaltic pump
A peristaltic pump comprises a tube to transport a material in a transport direction and a conveying screw, which is configured to cause a transport of the material by causing a successive squeezing of the tube along the transport direction. |
| US10309386B2 |
Solid state pump using electro-rheological fluid
The systems and methods described herein are directed towards a solid state pumping system that utilizes an electric field applied across a channel formed within the solid state pump to move electro-rheological (ER) fluid from an inlet fluidly coupled to a first end of the channel to an outlet fluidly coupled to a second end of the channel. The solid state pumping system may include first, second and third plate with the second plate disposed between the first and third plate. The second plate may include a channel having first and second circuits coupled to opposing sides of the channel. In an embodiment, in response to a voltage applied thereto, the first and second circuits can provide an electric field voltage across the channel such that in response to the electric field voltage the ER fluid moves from the first end to the second end of the channel. |
| US10309382B2 |
Variable displacement swash plate compressor
A piston compressor may prevent excessive oil from accumulating in a crank chamber while securing the supply of oil to a swash plate. In a piston compressor in which an oil separation passage is formed in a shaft and a crank chamber communicates with a suction chamber through the oil separation passage, a supply passage opens at a region of a cylinder block opposed to a swash plate to allow a working fluid introduced from a discharge chamber into the crank chamber to be supplied to the swash plate and a bypass passage allowing the crank chamber to constantly communicate with the suction chamber is provided to prevent the accumulation of excessive oil in the crank chamber regardless of the operation condition. The bypass passage communicates with the crank chamber at a region positioned in the outer side of a rotation trajectory of the swash plate in the radial direction. |
| US10309381B2 |
Downhole motor driven reciprocating well pump
A submersible well pump assembly has a pump housing with a pump discharge on upper end. A pump barrel is located within the pump housing, defining an annular passage between the barrel and the pump housing. A plunger is reciprocally carried in the barrel. A motor mounted below the pump housing and operatively couples to the plunger causes the plunger to reciprocate between an upstroke and a down-stroke. A valve and porting arrangement directs well fluid in the barrel below the plunger into the annular passage and out the discharge during a down stroke of the plunger. The valve and porting arrangement admits well fluid into the barrel below the plunger during the up stroke of the plunger. A connecting rod extends between the motor and the plunger. The connecting rod is in tension during the down-stroke. |
| US10309380B2 |
Rotary axial piston pump
RAPPs comprise a housing, a swash plate with an inclined surface, and a rotor assembly positioned adjacent the swash plate. The swash plate and/or the inclined surface are ceramic. The rotor assembly comprises a rotor-drum having at least one cylinder bore having a piston disposed therein, wherein the piston has a ball-shaped end. A slipper is interposed between the swash plate and the rotor-drum, and includes a socket joint for accommodating the piston ball-shaped end therein. A plastic material may be disposed within the socket joint. The slipper has a ceramic interface surface in contact with the inclined surface. A stator plate is positioned in the housing, and a rotor plate is interposed between the stator plate and the rotor-drum. The stator plate has a ceramic interface surface in contact with the rotor plate. The rotor plate has a ceramic interface surface in contact with the stator plate. |
| US10309379B2 |
Vibration energy harvester
A vibration energy harvester includes: a pair of electrodes provided so as to face opposite each other, with at least one of the pair of electrodes allowed to move; and an ion gel provided between the pair of electrodes, which is formed by using an ionic liquid, wherein: as an external vibration causes the electrode to move along a direction in which a distance between the pair of electrodes changes, power is generated through a change in an area of an electric double layer formed on two sides of an interface of each electrode and the ion gel. |
| US10309371B2 |
Smooth pitch control for propellers and rotors
A rotor hub provides transfer of centrifugal force while permitting angular motion about a pitch axis, having an outer member and an enveloped concentric inner member with a hollow end part, the two members joined by two spaced radial bearings and each having two diametrically opposed windows that are aligned such that a beam transverse to the pitch axis passes through all four windows, transferring the centrifugal force from the outer member through a small elastomeric thrust bearing within the hollow part to an end cap of the inner member. |
| US10309370B2 |
Vane device for generating of electricity
A vane device includes vane units, coupling modules around a shaft body, and connection units. Each coupling member has two brackets each of which has an insertion hole. Each connection unit is disposed between the brackets and has a rotary member, and two pin members threadedly inserted into the rotary member and projecting outwardly from the rotary member to extend into the insertion holes. When the rotary member is rotated, the pin members are moved toward each other so that the pin members are released from the insertion holes, or moved away from each other so that the pin members are respectively inserted into the insertion holes and each connection unit detachably connects one of the vane units to one of the coupling modules. |
| US10309368B2 |
Power generation apparatus utilizing water current energy
To an installation base fixed to the seabed surface, a vertical cylindrically shaped rotating body is attached to be able to rotate. Mounting frames are attached in a radially manner from the outer circumference of the rotary body. At the top side positions of the mounting frames, pressure receiving plates of flat plate shapes, of a specific gravity slightly smaller and lighter than seawater, and giving rise to buoyancy are attached by butterfly joints to be able to pivot. Further, stoppers and stoppers stopping the pressure receiving plates to within an angular range from slightly below the horizontal or 4° to the substantially vertical or 90° are provided. The rotation of the rotary body is increased to turn the power generator. |
| US10309362B2 |
Starter device for an internal combustion engine and handheld work apparatus having an internal combustion engine and said starter device
A starter device for an internal combustion engine has an entrainer for coupling to the engine. The entrainer and an actuator of the starter device are mounted rotatably about a rotational axis. A damper spring is arranged between and operatively connects the entrainer and the actuator to each other. The starter device has at least one stud, on whose outer periphery the damper spring is mounted. The damper spring is a hinge spring wound from a spring wire. The cross section of the spring wire is rounded on the inner side of the spring wire. At least a portion of the cross section runs linearly on the outer side of the spring wire. |
| US10309360B2 |
Valve assembly for an injection valve and injection valve
A valve assembly for an injection valve is disclosed, including a valve body with a cavity, a valve needle axially moveable in the cavity, the valve needle being fixedly connected to a retaining element which extends in radial direction and is arranged in an axial region of the valve needle facing away from the fluid outlet portion, and an armature being able to slide on the valve needle and acting on the needle by way of the retaining element. A conical spring is arranged between the retaining element and a top side of the armature facing the retaining element, biasing the armature away from the retaining element. |
| US10309356B2 |
Fuel injection device
A gap forming member has: a plate portion that is placed on an opposite side of a needle, which is opposite from a valve seat; and an extending portion that is formed to extend from the plate portion toward the valve seat, while an opposite end part of the extending portion, which is opposite from the plate portion, is contactable with a movable core. A first wall surface of the gap forming member, which is a wall surface opposed to an outer wall of the flange, is slidable relative to the outer wall of the flange, and a second wall surface of the gap forming member, which is a wall surface opposed to an inner wall of a stationary core, forms a radial gap, which is a gap in a radial direction, between the second wall surface and the inner wall of the stationary core. |
| US10309355B2 |
Saddle-ride type vehicle
In a saddle-ride type vehicle in which an intake device is arranged at a position covered by a fuel tank from above, the intake device including: an air cleaner; a connecting tube having an upstream end thereof connected to the air cleaner; a throttle device including a throttle valve and connected to a downstream end of the connecting tube; and a resonator, a curved portion bulged upward and curved in a chevron shape is formed in the connecting tube, and the resonator arranged between the fuel tank and the connecting tube is connected to the connecting tube on the air cleaner side further than a top portion of the curved portion as seen in a side view of the vehicle. |
| US10309348B2 |
Motor vehicle heat exchanger system
A motor vehicle heat exchanger system includes a closed circuit for a working medium and an evaporator for evaporation of the working medium. The evaporator includes at least two evaporator cassettes having an exhaust gas channel formed between the evaporator cassettes. Each evaporator cassette includes a capillary structure and a liquid side and a vapor side. A medium feed is provided on the liquid side for liquid working medium. Each evaporator cassette includes a vapor collector. |
| US10309347B2 |
Evaporative emissions control canister purge system
An evaporative emissions control system includes an evaporative emissions control canister, a first fuel vapor return conduit including a first end fluidically connected the evaporative emissions control canister and a second end connectable to an internal combustion (IC) engine. A first valve is fluidically connected to the first fuel vapor return conduit. A second fuel vapor return conduit includes a first end portion fluidically connected to the first fuel vapor return conduit and a second end portion configured to be arranged in a vehicle fuel tank. A second valve is fluidically connected to the second fuel vapor return conduit at the second end portion in the vehicle fuel tank. A vapor return system includes a pump fluidically connected to the second valve in the vehicle fuel tank. |
| US10309343B2 |
Split sleeve hidden door thrust reverser
A system for a thrust reverser of an aircraft includes a primary sleeve and a secondary sleeve having cascades. The secondary sleeve is coupled to a set of blocker doors. The sliding motions of the primary sleeve and the secondary sleeve are not directly coupled when each moves between its stowed and deployed positions. The sliding motion of the primary sleeve may begin at a different time and continue at a different rate from the sliding motion of the secondary sleeve. |
| US10309342B2 |
Actuator control system and method for gas turbine engine
A system for controlling actuators within a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes an electronic engine controller, a plurality of actuators, and a central control unit. The central control unit includes an actuator control unit electrically coupled to the electronic engine controller and a plurality of actuator control modules. Each of the actuator control modules is electrically coupled to each of the plurality of actuators. A method is also disclosed. |
| US10309340B2 |
Thrust reverser of a turbojet engine nacelle, comprising control cylinders of movable cowls and a variable secondary nozzle
A thrust reverser of a bypass turbojet engine nacelle is disclosed, which includes movable cowls that move backwards with respect to a fixed front structure to uncover thrust reverser cascades and a variable secondary nozzle connected to the movable cowls by guide means allowing an axial sliding of the system which controls the movement of this variable secondary nozzle, wherein it includes cylinders bearing on the front structure for controlling reversal means of the displacement direction connected to the movable cowls, which move the variable secondary nozzle backwards when these cylinders output a forward stroke, as well as blocking devices which connect the secondary nozzle to the movable cowls when this nozzle is deployed. |
| US10309336B2 |
Control device for fuel injection valve
The present invention determines whether multi-stage injection control is operating normally or abnormally, and carries out a failsafe of multi-stage injection control as necessary. The present invention, which solves the problem described above, has means such as the following. The invention is provided with fuel injection valves provided respectively to each cylinder, an opened/closed valve detection means for detecting either one or both of an open valve state and a closed valve state of the fuel injection valves on the basis of the drive currents or drive voltages of the fuel injection valves, and a detection execution determination means for determining a detection execution time period including the detection start timing and the detection end timing of the open valve state or closed valve state; detection interference such as overlapping detection with another cylinder and overlapping of open valve detection and closed valve detection being preventable, and risks such as erroneous detection being reducible. |
| US10309333B2 |
Control apparatus and method for after-treatment system regeneration
A method and apparatus is provided for regenerating an after-treatment device associated with an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. A lambda error control provides a lambda error signal based upon a measured lambda value and a predetermined lambda value indicative of rich operation. An after-injection map provides an after-injection preset based upon a speed and a torque of the internal combustion engine. A main injection map provides a torque-making main injection preset based upon the speed of the internal combustion engine and the torque of the internal combustion engine. A controller is configured to provide an after-injection quantity signal based upon the after-injection preset, the lambda error signal and a main injection quantity signal based upon the main injection preset and the lambda error signal such that the measured lambda value is maintained within a regeneration range. |
| US10309332B2 |
Exhaust gas purification system for internal combustion engine
When the air fuel ratio dither control is carried out, an air fuel ratio of a mixture in each of one or more lean cylinders and one or more rich cylinders is controlled in a feedback manner based on an average value of a detected value of an air fuel ratio sensor, so that an average value of an air fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into the three-way catalyst becomes a predetermined target exhaust gas air fuel ratio. At this time, the air fuel ratio dither control is carried out, by setting at least a cylinder with the highest gas impingement intensity in a cylinder group of an internal combustion engine as the one or more lean cylinders. |
| US10309327B2 |
Control device for internal combustion engine
A control device for an internal combustion engine includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to execute temperature rise processing in which a temperature of a catalyst is raised by an air-fuel ratio of at least one of a plurality of cylinders being controlled to a rich air-fuel ratio, an air-fuel ratio of each of the other cylinders being controlled to a lean air-fuel ratio, and a fuel being ignited, and allow the temperature rise processing to continue, by allowing the fuel injection to continue while prohibiting the ignition of the fuel, in a case where the fuel cut request is present and the temperature of the catalyst is equal to or higher than the threshold during the execution of the temperature rise processing. |
| US10309326B2 |
Evaporated fuel processing apparatus for internal combustion engine
Disclosed is an evaporated fuel processing apparatus for an internal combustion engine including: a canister; and a purge passage supplying purge gas including evaporated fuel separated from the canister to an intake system therethrough; characterized in that the evaporated fuel processing apparatus further comprises a pulsation pump supplying the purge gas to the intake system by using a pumping action responding to intake pulsation generated in an intake passage of the internal combustion engine. The pulsation pump includes: a first chamber; a communication passage communicating with the first chamber and the intake passage; an elastic body being deformed depending on pressure fluctuation of the first chamber; a second chamber formed so as to surround the elastic body; a suction port provided with a check valve allowing inflow of gas into the second chamber, and a discharge port provided with a check valve allowing outflow of gas from the second chamber. |
| US10309324B2 |
Fuel property estimation device
This fuel property estimation device is used in an internal combustion engine that uses a mixed fuel of three kinds of fuel and includes a first sensor that outputs a signal responsive to a physical property of the fuel in a fuel route and a second sensor outputs a signal responsive to an oxygen concentration of exhaust gas. This device measures a physical property value of the mixed fuel based on a first sensor signal, and calculates an air-fuel ratio value at stoichiometric combustion state using feedback of a second sensor signal. This device estimates a composition ratio of the mixed fuel based on the measured physical property value and the calculated air-fuel ratio value by referring to a relationship between the composition ratio of the mixed fuel and the physical property value and a relationship between the composition ratio of the mixed fuel and a theoretical air-fuel ratio value. |
| US10309321B2 |
Acceleration control method through throttle dualization and vehicle using the same
An acceleration control method through throttle dualization may include detecting a signal of an accelerator pedal scope (APS) by pressing of an accelerator pedal while a vehicle travels determines, by an electronic controller, whether the APS is rapidly changed, performing a first throttle response mode in which acceleration control is performed using a current intake manifold pressure when the APS is not determined to be rapidly changed, and performing a second throttle response mode in which acceleration control is performed using a target intake manifold pressure when the APS is determined to be rapidly changed. |
| US10309320B2 |
Method for regulating a gas turbine
A method for regulating a gas turbine wherein the fuel quantity supplied to the burners of the gas turbine is regulated using a target value for the corrected turbine outlet temperature. A stable operation of the gas turbine is to be allowed with a particularly high degree of efficiency and a high output at the same time. The target value for the corrected turbine outlet temperature is set using a value which characterizes the combustion stability in the burners, wherein the target value for the corrected turbine outlet temperature is set additionally using the surrounding temperature. Furthermore, the target value for the corrected turbine outlet temperature is set only below a specified surrounding temperature using the value which characterizes the combustion stability in the burners. |
| US10309314B2 |
Finned ignitor grommet for a gas turbine engine
A heat shield for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a cold side opposite a hot side, the cold side defines a grommet that surrounds an igniter aperture, the grommet includes a multiple of fins. |
| US10309310B2 |
Two spool gas generator with improved air porting
In a featured embodiment, a gas turbine engine has a first compressor rotor driven by a first turbine rotor, and a second compressor rotor driven by a second turbine rotor. The second compressor rotor is upstream of the first compressor rotor and the first turbine rotor is upstream of the second turbine rotor. An air mixing system taps air from a location upstream of the first compressor rotor for delivery to an environmental control system. The air mixing system receives air from a first air source and a second air source. The first air source includes air at a first pressure upstream of the first compressor rotor. The second air source includes air at a lower second pressure. At least one valve controls a mixture of air from the first and second sources to achieve a predetermined pressure for the environmental control system. |
| US10309301B2 |
Constant-volume combustion engine
The invention relates to a constant-volume combustion engine (10; 110; 210), in particular a reciprocating engine for generating mechanical energy by the expansion of a gas or a hot gas from the combustion of a gas mixture or gas-fuel mixture, having at least one piston/cylinder unit, the piston (14; 114; 214) of which is connected to a piston rod (20; 120; 220), wherein said piston rod (20; 120; 220) is drivingly connected to at least two crankshafts (30, 40; 130, 140; 230a, 230b, 240), the first crankshaft (40; 140; 240) being mounted, such that it can rotate eccentrically, on the second crankshaft (30; 130; 230a, 230b), which is parallel thereto and is rotationally coupled thereto. |
| US10309300B2 |
Electric rotor fit onto a turbomachine shaft
By relieving the shaft of an electronically-controlled turbocharger (ECT) in a central region of where a rotor of an electric machine couples with the shaft eases assembly of the electric machine onto the shaft. On either side of the relieved section, the fit between the shaft and the rotor may be a slip fit or an interference fit. Alternatively, the rotor is relieved in a central section. In some embodiments, the shaft is welded to the rotor. In yet other embodiments, the outside of the shaft and the inside of the rotor are threaded with a nut or a pin to secure the shaft to the rotor or the rotor itself has threads to engage with threads on the shaft. Such arrangements ease assembly and allow adjustment of dynamic characteristics of the rotor system. |
| US10309297B2 |
Method and systems for a turbocharger
Various methods and systems are provided for a detecting surge of a turbocharger in an engine system. In one example, system includes a turbocharger including a compressor coupled to a turbine and a controller and sensor system configured to detect a surge event of the turbocharger based on at least one of a rate of change of a pressure measured by sensors downstream of the compressor and a measured rate of change of turbine speed, store operational data associated with the surge event in memory of the controller, and determine a performance of the turbocharger based at least in part on one or more of a cumulative number of detected surge events, a magnitude of detected surge events, or associated operational data. |
| US10309296B2 |
Synergistic induction and turbocharging in internal combustion engine systems
Synergistic induction and turbocharging includes the use of one or more throttles in close proximity to each cylinder intake valve to control air flow in each intake port delivering air to combustion cylinders in an internal combustion engine system. A turbocharger may also be affixed in close proximity to each cylinder exhaust valve to enable a synergistic combination of hyper-filling cylinders with combustion air and immediate harvesting of exhaust gas by adjacent turbochargers. In some implementations the turbochargers may be low-inertia turbochargers. The combination of individual throttles per intake port and a turbocharger in close proximity to each cylinder enables faster ramp-up of an engine in the early stages of acceleration. Various implementations thus provide improved fuel economy and improved engine performance in tandem, instead of one at the expense of the other. |
| US10309289B2 |
Heat storage system
A heat storage system including a heat storage device that stores heat and transfers heat to engine coolant passing through the heat storage device. A coolant flow control system directs coolant through the heat storage system. A control module configures the coolant flow control system to direct coolant to bypass the heat storage device such that the heat storage device does not heat the coolant when temperature of the engine is above the predetermined temperature. |
| US10309287B2 |
Inferential sensor
A system and an approach for determining various pressures or flows in an internal combustion engine, such as a pressure adjacent a recirculation exhaust gas flow through a controlled valve of an engine. Also, among the sensors accommodated in the system, is a pressure sensor sensing a pressure in an intake manifold of the engine. |
| US10309285B2 |
Exhaust gas control system for internal combustion engine
An exhaust gas control system for an internal combustion engine, before execution of a filter regeneration process, executes a pre-regeneration process that is a process of raising a temperature of a filter to a second target temperature lower than a first target temperature and increasing the concentration of NO2 contained in exhaust gas flowing into the filter for a predetermined period. The first target temperature during execution of the filter regeneration process in the case where a speed of change in a detected value of a differential pressure sensor during execution of the pre-regeneration process is high is set so as to be lower than the first target temperature in the case where the speed of change is low. |
| US10309283B2 |
Exhaust device of engine
An exhaust device of an engine is provided, which includes an exhaust port formed in a cylinder head and connected to an exhaust aperture of a cylinder, an exhaust manifold disposed on a side surface of the cylinder head and formed with a first exhaust passage, an exhaust path constituting part disposed on a side of the exhaust manifold opposite from the cylinder head, and formed with a second exhaust passage, a catalyst disposed on a downstream side of the exhaust path constituting part, an upstream gasket disposed between the side surface of the cylinder head and an upstream connecting member of the manifold, and a downstream gasket disposed between a downstream connecting member of the manifold and an exhaust-manifold-side connecting member of the exhaust path constituting part. The upstream gasket has a larger thermal resistance in an exhaust gas flow direction than the downstream gasket. |
| US10309282B2 |
Reducing agent supply device and method for controlling reducing agent supply device
A reduction-causing agent supply device includes a tank to store a reduction-causing agent, a pumping unit to pump the reduction-causing agent, a reduction-causing agent supply passage to supply the reduction-causing agent, an injection nozzle to inject the reduction-causing agent into an exhaust pipe, a drawing-back unit to draw the reduction-causing agent toward the tank, and a controller. After stop of an engine, the controller performs: reduction-causing agent drawing-back process of drawing the reduction-causing agent toward the tank and introducing exhaust gas from the injection nozzle into the reduction-causing agent supply passage; and gas discharge process of supplying the reduction-causing agent to compress the exhaust gas inside the reduction-causing agent supply passage, discharging the compressed exhaust gas from the injection nozzle, and closing a valve of the injection nozzle before the reduction-causing agent reaches the injection nozzle. |
| US10309281B2 |
Coordinated engine and emissions control system
A system for reducing environmentally harmful emissions from an internal combustion engine. The system may incorporate an exhaust after-treatment device. The exhaust after-treatment device may use selective catalytic reduction to remove certain emissions from the exhaust of the engine. Urea solution may be inserted into the exhaust emissions, which is decomposed to ammonia to become a reduction agent for reduction of NOx in the emissions. The engine may be managed by a controller and the exhaust after-treatment device may be managed by another controller. These controllers may be cascaded, or be managed by a third controller that provides hierarchical or coordinated control of engine performance and emissions reduction. The engine and the exhaust after-treatment device may be modeled to aid in designing and building a system for coordinated control of an actual engine and a selective catalytic reduction after-treatment device. The controllers may be predictive model controllers. |
| US10309280B2 |
Gas introduction for urea solution freeze protection
A selective catalytic reduction solution having urea, water and gas bubbles contained within the solution. In particular, the solution has a urea content that is present in an amount greater than 31% (m/m) mass fraction of material and gas bubbles in the solution in an amount between about 7% to about 9% of the volume of solution when the solution is at a pressure of about 1 bar absolute. When the selective catalytic reduction solution is pressurized to a range between 6 bar and 7.5 bar, the gas bubbles are in a range between about 1.33% to about 1.07% of the solution when the solution is pressurized. The presence of the gas bubbles provides an expansion volume for the urea solution, if the urea solution begins freezing due to cold temperatures. |
| US10309279B2 |
Exhaust gas purification device and corresponding control process
A device includes a power source, at least one exhaust gas purification member having an upstream face and a downstream face, and a heating member placed in front of and at a distance from the upstream or downstream face. The heating member comprises a frame and a plurality of elongate heating elements surrounded by a peripheral part of the frame. Each heating element has first and second ends, with at least one of the first and second ends being electrically connected to the power source with the other end being connected to the frame. Each heating element is, between the first and second ends, connected only to at least one other of the heating elements. The heating elements are in contact with one another by respective points of contact, two points of contact of two different heating elements in contact with one another being at the same electric potential. |
| US10309278B2 |
Method for desulfurization of selective catalytic reduction devices
Described herein is a desulfurization method for desulfurizing a SCR device treating an exhaust gas. The desulfurization method includes injecting a reductant into the exhaust gas upstream from or into the SCR device and increasing a temperature of the exhaust gas. |
| US10309277B2 |
Tank for dry sump lubrication system
A tank for a dry sump lubrication system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The tank includes a body having a first portion, a second portion, and defines an inner chamber. The tank also includes a filter housing integrally formed with the first portion and disposed inside the inner chamber. The filter housing is configured to receive a filter. Further, the body and the filter housing are formed by a blow molding process. |
| US10309276B2 |
On-engine fluid monitoring system
A monitoring system for monitoring fluid parameters in a lubrication system of an engine may include an input conduit configured to be in fluid communication with the lubrication system at a first location upstream of an oil cooler of the lubrication system. A monitoring device may be in fluid communication with the input conduit. An output conduit may be in fluid communication with the lubrication system at a second location downstream of the oil cooler. The output conduit may include a flow restrictor configured to provide a desired pressure and flow of a fluid to the monitoring device via the input conduit. |
| US10309275B2 |
Control device for oil pump
A control device for a variable-capacity oil pump provided in an engine using alcohol-containing fuel includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to: (i) estimate an alcohol concentration in oil of the engine, and (ii) correct a capacity of the oil pump to be increased in a correction condition as compared with a case where the correction condition is not established when the correction condition is established. The correction condition is that an estimated alcohol concentration is a predetermined concentration or more and a temperature of the oil is a predetermined temperature or more. |
| US10309272B2 |
Control method and system for stability of intermediate phase continuously variable valve timing system
A control method for stability of an intermediate phase Continuously Variable Valve Timing (CVVT) system may include comparing an oil temperature of the intermediate phase CVVT system with a predetermined value, and interrupting an operation of controlling the CVVT system when the oil temperature is lower than the predetermined value, comparing an engine RPM with a predetermined value, and interrupting the operation of controlling the CVVT system when the engine RPM is lower than the predetermined value, and comparing an operating current of the CVVT system with a predetermined management value A when the operation of controlling the CVVT system is not interrupted. |
| US10309268B2 |
Adjustable camshaft
An adjustable camshaft may include an inner shaft and an outer shaft disposed coaxial therewith. A first cam may be connected non-rotatably to the inner shaft, and a second cam may be connected non-rotatably to the outer shaft. At least two bearing elements may be connected fixedly to the outer shaft. The first cam may be disposed between the at least two bearing elements. The at least two bearing elements may fix the first cam in an axial direction relative to the outer shaft, and the at least two bearing elements via the first cam may fix the inner shaft in the axial direction relative to the outer shaft. |
| US10309265B2 |
DOHC-type internal combustion engine
In a DOHC-type internal combustion engine in which a pair of intake valves and a pair of exhaust valves are disposed around a plug hole, and two pairs of rocker arms are respectively interposed between intake-side and exhaust-side camshafts and the intake valves and the exhaust valves, first and second support portions of one pair of the rocker arms are disposed between the intake valves and the exhaust valves in a direction orthogonal to axes of the intake-side and exhaust-side camshafts and around the plug hole, and the third and fourth support portions of an other pair of the rocker arms are disposed outside a region between the intake valves and the exhaust valves in the direction orthogonal to the axes of the intake-side and exhaust-side camshafts. |
| US10309264B2 |
Roller finger follower
A vehicle roller finger follower may include a main body including a supporting portion and a wall portion having one end portion integrally extending in a width direction of the supporting portion at both sides; and a pallet portion formed toward an outside in the width direction of the main body at the other end portion of the wall portion, wherein the wall portion has a mounting hole to mount a bearing, and a connection portion is formed at a lower portion of the wall portion at a position corresponding to the mounting hole. |
| US10309263B2 |
Rocker arm and method of manufacturing the rocker arm
Providing a rocker arm which can ensure the durability while reducing the inertial mass. The rocker arm (10) includes a valve abutment part (15) pressing a valve (80). The valve abutment part (15) includes a receiving wall (14) abutting against an end surface of a stem end (81A) of the valve (80) in a pressing state and a pair of sidewalls (13) protruding from both side ends (14A) of the receiving wall (14) so as to be opposed to each other and disposed along and in proximity to a side peripheral surface of the stem end (81A) of the valve (80). At least protruding distal ends of the sidewalls (13) each have a smaller thickness than adjacent portions and serve as a thinner portion (23). |
| US10309262B2 |
Complex supercritical CO2 generation system
The present invention relates to a complex supercritical CO2 generation system capable of increasing the heat exchange efficiency to improve a system output. According to the present invention, a complex generation system of a bottoming cycle and a topping cycle is configured, a flow rate of a cold side outlet of a bottoming cycle recuperators provided in parallel is branched to be supplied to a recuperator of a topping cycle provided in series, thereby increasing heat exchange efficiency of the topping cycle. |
| US10309254B2 |
Nozzle segment for a gas turbine engine with ribs defining radially spaced internal cooling channels
A nozzle segment for a gas turbine engine may generally include an airfoil having an exterior surface defining a pressure side and a suction side extending between leading and trailing edges. The airfoil may define an open internal volume within its interior for receiving a cooling medium. The open internal volume may include a primary internal cavity and a plurality of internal cooling channels in flow communication with the primary internal cavity. The primary internal cavity may extend within the interior of the airfoil from a location adjacent to the leading edge to a forward end of each of the internal cooling channels. The internal cooling channels may extend within the interior of the airfoil from the primary internal cavity towards the trailing edge. In addition, the internal cooling channels may be spaced apart radially by a plurality of ribs extending within the interior of the airfoil. |
| US10309252B2 |
System and method for cooling turbine shroud trailing edge
A shroud segment that includes a body including a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first side edge, a second side, and a pair of opposed lateral sides. A first lateral side is configured to interface with a cavity having a cooling fluid, and a second lateral side is oriented toward a hot gas flow path. The shroud segment includes at least one channel disposed within the body, wherein the at least one channel includes a first portion extending from upstream of the trailing edge towards the trailing edge in a first direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge, a second portion extending from the trailing edge to upstream of the trailing edge in a second direction from the trailing edge to the leading edge, and a third portion extending from upstream of the trailing edge towards the trailing edge in the first direction. |
| US10309251B2 |
Interlocking rotor assembly with thermal shield
A rotor assembly includes a first rotor, a second rotor mounted on the first rotor and co-rotatable there with, and a thermal shield interlocked with the second rotor for co-rotation there with. |
| US10309249B2 |
Control apparatus for a gas-turbine aeroengine
A control apparatus for a gas-turbine aeroengine having discriminator that discriminates normality of a low-pressure turbine rotational speed sensor adapted to detect the low-pressure turbine rotational speed and a high-pressure turbine rotational speed controller that establish a first value as an upper limit value of a high-pressure turbine rotational speed and controls the high-pressure turbine rotational speed based on the established upper limit value, and is configured to change the upper limit value to a second value lower than the first value when the low-pressure turbine rotational speed sensor is discriminated not to be normal, whereby engine output (thrust) determined by the low-pressure turbine rotational speed can be controlled to a desired value while restraining the high-pressure turbine rotational speed to not greater than the first value, and low-pressure turbine overspeed at the time of a mishap such as engine fan blade breakage can be reliably prevented. |
| US10309248B2 |
Variable geometry system turbocharger
A variable geometry system turbocharger includes an annular heat shield plate which shields heat from a turbine wheel side. The heat shield plate is integrally provided at a central part of a side surface of a bearing housing opposed to a back surface of a turbine disk. A first seal ring is provided between an inner peripheral surface of a first nozzle ring and an outer peripheral surface of the heat shield plate. A second seal ring is provided between an inner peripheral surface of a second nozzle ring and an outer peripheral surface of a protrusion of a turbine housing. |
| US10309245B2 |
Gas turbine and operating method thereof
Provided is a gas turbine capable of achieving high-speed startup of the gas turbine through quick operation control of an ACC system during startup of the gas turbine, improving the cooling efficiency of turbine stationary components, and quickly carrying out an operation required for cat back prevention during shutdown of the gas turbine. Included are a pressurizing device (40) connected to a branching channel (42) branching from the discharge side of a compressor (11) and capable of carrying out an operation for introducing and pressurizing air independently from the compressor (11); a temperature-control-medium supply channel (43) that guides compressed air pressurized at the pressuring device (40) to a turbine-cooling-medium channel (50) provided in stationary components of a turbine (13); and a temperature-control-medium return channel (44) that guides the compressed air that has passed through the turbine-cooling-medium channel (50) to the discharge side of the compressor (11) such that the flows are combined, and the pressurizing device (40) is operated at startup of the gas turbine and in preparation immediately before startup to carry out temperature-raising and cooling by letting the compressed air flow in the turbine-cooling-medium channel (50). The pressurizing device (40) is operated during shutdown of the gas turbine to exhaust the high-temperature gas remaining in the turbine (13). |
| US10309243B2 |
Grooved blade outer air seals
A blade outer air seal for a turbomachine includes a base portion configured to attach to a turbomachine housing, a thermal coating disposed on the base portion, and at least one groove defined in an external surface of the thermal coating. The groove can be machined. A method of manufacturing a blade outer air seal includes disposing a thermal coating on a base portion, and machining at least one groove into the thermal coating. The method can also include using an automated force sensing and vision sensing equipped robotic system. |
| US10309232B2 |
Gas turbine engine with stage dependent material selection for blades and disk
A gas turbine engine includes a shaft defining an axis of rotation and a fan driving turbine configured to drive the shaft. The fan driving turbine comprises a plurality of stages that are spaced apart from each other along the axis. Each stage includes a turbine disk comprised of a disk material and a plurality of turbine blades comprised of a blade material. The disk material and the blade material for one of the plurality of stages is selected based on a location of the one stage relative to the other stages of the plurality of stages. |
| US10309228B2 |
Impingement insert for a gas turbine engine
The present disclosure is directed to an impingement insert for a gas turbine engine. The impingement insert includes an insert wall having an inner surface and an outer surface spaced apart from the inner surface. A nozzle extends outwardly from the outer surface of the insert wall. The nozzle includes an outer surface and a circumferential surface. The insert wall and the nozzle collectively define a cooling passage extending from the inner surface of the insert wall to the outer surface of the nozzle. The cooling passage includes an inlet portion, a throat portion, a converging portion extending from the inlet portion to the throat portion, an outlet portion, and a diverging portion extending from the throat portion to the outlet portion. The cooling passage further includes a cross-sectional shape having a semicircular portion and a non-circular portion. |
| US10309226B2 |
Airfoil having panels
An airfoil includes an airfoil section that defines an airfoil profile. The airfoil section includes a panel that forms a portion of the airfoil profile and a core structure to which the panel is secured. |
| US10309225B2 |
Actuator for use in a rotor blade
A rotor blade includes an actuator comprising an electric motor having a rotary drive shaft, a bearing for mounting the rotary drive shaft along an axis extending along the length of the rotor blade, and a lubrication system for lubricating the bearing. The lubrication system includes a sump closer to the tip of the blade than the bearing, and a pump for pumping lubricant from the sump to the bearing. |
| US10309223B2 |
Rotational imbalance reduction
Various embodiments include apparatuses and systems for controlling rotational imbalance of a rotary element. In one embodiment, a rotational imbalance reduction apparatus includes at least one heating element for heating a location on a rotary element, a pulsing element configured to pulse actuate the heating element in synchronization with a multiple, fraction, or mixed fraction of the frequency of rotation of the rotary element, and a control system coupled with the pulsing element and the heating element, the control system actuating the heating element and the pulsing element to apply heat to the location of the rotary element in pulses synchronized with the multiple, fraction, or mixed fraction of the frequency of rotation of the rotary element. |
| US10309221B2 |
End coupling for a rock bolt
An end coupling for a rock bolt having a shaft having an external thread, the coupling having an axis and the coupling comprising a body having a leading end and a trailing end spaced apart along the axis, a first passage portion extending along the axis from the leading end; a second passage portion extending along the axis from the trailing end; the first passage portion including a first thread portion to threadingly engage the external thread on the shaft of the rock bolt; the second passage portion including a drive receiving portion arranged to be engaged with a drive inserted into the second passage portion via the trailing end to impart rotation to the coupling about the axis. |
| US10309220B2 |
Fastener and method of sealing passage
A fastener for fastening adjacent portions of a structure requiring fastening is described. The present fastener enables delivery of grout or a sealing composition into a passage between or adjacent the portions of the structure or between adjacent parts of the structure. The portions of the structure may include tubbing rings and segments thereof. The fastener includes an inlet and at least one outlet. The inlet and at least one outlet are connected by a channel. Grout or sealing composition can be delivered into the inlet where it flows through the channel, outwardly through the at least one outlet and into the passage requiring sealing. A method of sealing a passage in a formation using the fastener is also described. |
| US10309219B2 |
Method for determining characteristics of a gas-oil transition zone in an uncased well
In order to determine characteristics of a gas-oil transition zone in a gas capped oil reservoir, samples of a reservoir fluid from a gas and an oil part of the reservoir are taken. To configure an equation of state of hydrocarbon mixtures, reservoir temperature and pressure are measured in places where the samples of the reservoir fluid are taken and densities and compositions of the samples are determined. Porosity, water saturation and total hydrogen content of a saturated rock are measured along the wellbore and a volume and a hydrogen content of hydrocarbon phases are determined. Using the equation of state, density and composition of the hydrocarbon phases are computed and a specific hydrogen content in gas and oil along the wellbore is determined. Gas and oil saturation distribution along the wellbore is determined from the determined specific hydrogen content, determined hydrogen content of the hydrocarbon phases and the measured porosity. |
| US10309218B2 |
Dielectric contrast agents and methods
Contrast agents and methods for use in geological applications are provided. Contrast agents can be a nanopolymorph material, such as titania nanotubes, and have a low-frequency dielectric permittivity. Methods of identifying one or more subterranean features during geological exploration are provided. Methods of identifying a ganglion of bypassed oil are provided. Methods of illuminating subterranean fractures in hydraulic fracturing are provided. |
| US10309214B2 |
System and method for performing distant geophysical survey
A downhole drilling tool is adapted to be placed in a borehole formed in the earth. The downhole drilling tool has mounted thereto at least one of a transmitter for generating and a receiver for sensing at least one component of an electromagnetic field within a distant earth region. The tool also has a device configured to acquire subsurface data from the at least one component of the electromagnetic field; and a device configured to calculate a resistivity distribution of the distant earth region from the subsurface data. A geophysical survey is performed with a downhole drilling tool by transmitting at least one component of an electromagnetic field through the distant earth region; acquiring subsurface data from the at least one component of the electromagnetic field; and calculating a resistivity distribution of the distant earth region from the subsurface data. |
| US10309212B2 |
Energetic cocrystals for treatment of a subterranean formation
The present invention relates to energetic cocrystals, and to methods for using the same for treatment of a subterranean formation. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation, the method including obtaining or providing a composition including energetic cocrystals. Each energetic cocrystal independently includes an energetic compound and a secondary material. The method also includes placing the composition in a subterranean formation. |
| US10309207B2 |
Methods of controlling well bashing
Methods of preventing or minimizing communication between adjacent wells include providing a treatment fluid including a conformance chemical, a diverting agent, and a hydraulic cement, introducing the treatment fluid into a first well adjacent a second well, allowing the conformance chemical, the diverting agent, and the hydraulic cement to block fractures in the first well to prevent or minimize communication between the first well and the second well, stimulating the second well after blocking the fractures, and recovering a formation fluid from the first well, the second well, or both. |
| US10309202B2 |
Fracturing treatment of subterranean formations using shock waves
Applying shock waves using a plasma pulse generation system or other comparable systems, including an acoustic/pressure oscillatory system, would help to enhance the complexity of the far field hydraulic fracture during fracturing shale formation. It would also help in avoiding pre-mature screen out. The critical factor to maximize the desired results is to apply the shock waves at the correct time. By combining shock wave technology with the newly developed fracturing pressure data analysis, it is possible to achieve maximum results. |
| US10309200B2 |
Sealless downhole system with magnetically supported rotor
A fluid module includes a fluid rotor configured to rotatably drive or be driven by fluid produced from a wellbore. A first shaft is coupled to the fluid rotor. The first shaft is configured to rotate in unison with the fluid rotor. A thrust bearing module includes a thrust bearing rotor. A second shaft is coupled to the thrust bearing rotor. The second shaft is configured to rotate in unison with the thrust bearing rotor. The second shaft is coupled to the first shaft. An electric machine module includes an electric machine rotor. A third shaft is coupled to the electric machine rotor. A third shaft is configured to rotate in unison with the electric machine rotor. The third shaft is coupled to the second shaft. The third shaft is rotodynamically isolated from the first shaft and the second shaft. |
| US10309198B2 |
Pipe coupling
A coupling system between tubular members such as tubing, pipes, casing and liner for location in a well bore in which the ends of each tubular have cooperating profiled sections. The profiled sections are arranged coaxially and a radially applied force is applied to form a metal to metal sealed connection. At least one profiled section includes a projection, the projection containing an overhang to the surface of the tubular member, the overhang locking with the opposing profile when the force is applied to provide a coupling with increased burst and collapse rating. Embodiments are provided of arrangements of overhangs such as oppositely directed overhangs and interlocking overhangs. |
| US10309197B2 |
System and method for autonomous downhole power generation
An autonomous downhole power generation system includes a power generation device configured to be disposed in an annular space around a portion of a production tubing. The power generation device is switchable between a power generation mode and a bypass mode. The system further includes a power storage device electrically coupled to the power generation device and configured to store power generated by the power generation device, and a control processor communicatively coupled to the power generation device. The control processor switches the power generation device between the power generation mode and the bypass mode based on a preprogrammed operational protocol. |
| US10309196B2 |
Repeatedly pressure operated ported sub with multiple ball catcher
A ball seat is integrated with a movable biased sleeve. Sleeve movement against its bias moves a diverter from a position outside the through passage to a position across the main passage such that any balls that drop down will be directed by the diverter into an annular retention volume. In treatment of the formation for fluid loss the movement of a seat with the seated ball opens lateral ports for delivery of sealing material and moves the diverter. Smaller balls are then introduced to close lateral ports above the seated ball so pressure can be built to shift the sleeve and extrude the first ball. Once the seated ball blows through, the smaller balls come through the seat and are all diverted to an annular capture volume. The device is resettable for multiple operations. Fluid flow cessation closes lateral ports and opens a through passage retracting the diverter. |
| US10309193B2 |
Valve apparatus having dissolvable or frangible flapper and method of using same
A bridge plug for use in a wellbore having an anchoring system to grip the inner surface of the surrounding wellbore, as well as a sealing system or packing element to seal against the inner surface. A hinged flapper permits flow of fluid in one axial direction through a central through bore, but can selectively contact against a seat to create a fluid pressure seal and prevent fluid flow through said central through bore in an opposite axial direction. The flapper can be manufactured of frangible material and/or dissolvable material, permitting selective removal of the flapper when desired. |
| US10309180B2 |
Translocating wedge design for pressure-retaining seal
High pressure seals for pressure control fittings are disclosed, where such pressure control fittings are located at a wellhead, for example. Embodiments of cam lock seals, a spring-driven ball race seal and wedge seals are disclosed. |
| US10309177B2 |
Cryogenic core collection
A system and method for collecting a core sample. The system includes an outer cylindrical tube, a drive head, a drive shoe, a cooling chamber housed inside the outer cylindrical tube, insulation, a core sample liner, an inlet tube, and outlet tube. The drive shoe further comprises a first, second, and third step, the first step configured to receive the insulation, the second step configured to receive the cooling chamber, the third step configured to receive the core sample liner, wherein the first step has a diameter larger than the second step and the second step has a diameter larger than the third step. The method includes drilling a hole in the ground with a drilling tool, enclosing a core sample by a core sample liner, freezing the core sample via a cooling liquid, retrieving the drilling tool at a surface of the ground, and removing the core sample encased in the core sample liner from the cooling chamber. |
| US10309176B2 |
Pump down conveyance
A cable that includes outer cable jacketing located about a conductor layer. The conductor layer includes cable elements that are resistant to compression and a plurality of compression-resistant members. |
| US10309162B2 |
Techniques for coating pipes
An insulating insert is positioned around a field joint of a pipeline to insulate the field joint. The insert has a longitudinal series of annular or part-annular filler segments of insulating material, curved about a longitudinal axis, that are each joined to one or more adjacent segments of the series by at least one link. The links may be webs, rods, or articulated links. The links are flexible relative to the segments to facilitate bending of the insert along its length by enabling relative angular displacement between adjacent segments of the series. |
| US10309159B2 |
Ground working tool with replaceable teeth
A ground working tool comprises a tooth holder (70) and a replaceable tooth (30), the tooth holder (70) comprising a recess (74) for receiving at least part of a tooth (30), the recess (74) having an upper surface (80) and an opposed lower surface (78), at least one projection (92, 94) of hard material extending from the upper surface or the lower surface of the recess of the tooth holder (74), the tooth (30) comprising a distal part (32) for engaging or working the ground or earth during use and a proximal part (34), the proximal part (34) of the tooth (30) being received within the recess (74) of the tooth holder (70), the proximal part (34) of the tooth having an upper surface (33) and a lower surface (35), the tooth (30) having at least one recess (60, 62) on the upper surface or the lower surface of the proximal part thereof, the at least one recess (60, 62) being of complementary size and shape to the at least one projection (92, 94) of hard material in the recess of the tooth holder such that the at least one projection is positioned within the at least one recess of the tooth when the tooth is fully inserted in the recess of the tooth holder. |
| US10309156B2 |
Cutting structures for fixed cutter drill bit and other downhole cutting tools
A cutting tool may include a tool body, blades extending from the tool body, and primary cutting elements and backup cutting elements are on each of blades. The backup cutting elements may be behind and at approximately the same radial distance from the axis of the tool body as a corresponding primary cutting element, where the primary cutting elements include cutting elements having a first non-planar shape and the backup cutting elements include cutting elements having a second, different non-planar shape. |
| US10309155B2 |
Steering head
A steering head for use with a casing, the steering head having a generally cylindrical body with a first body end with a lead edge, a second body end with a rear edge, and a body surface extending from the lead edge to the rear edge, an outer tube with an internal side generally facing the body surface, the outer tube extending from the first body end to the second body end, and a steering flap disposed on an external side of the outer tube having a first flap face facing radially inwardly and a second flap face facing radially outwardly. A biased hinge is secured to both the outer tube and the steering flap, the biased hinge being operative to retract the steering flap into a retracted position from an extending position. |
| US10309154B2 |
Height actuated self-activating safety gate
Embodiments described herein relate to a self-extending/retracting gate for a platform. In one embodiment, safety gate includes a housing that extends laterally from a back support attached to the platform. The gate includes a sliding member that is operable to retract at least partially into the housing toward the back support to substantially conceal the sliding member within the housing and provide an opening beyond the housing for users to access the platform and to extend from an opening of the housing away from the back support to block access to the platform while the housing supports the sliding member. The gate includes a gate movement assembly within the housing between a rear portion of the sliding member and the back support. The gate movement assembly is operable to cause the sliding member to extend from the housing and retract into the housing according to a height of the platform. |
| US10309153B2 |
Support system for rolled material
A support system for moving a rolled material between a rolled configuration and an extended configuration. The support system may include a roller having a longitudinal axis, a housing supporting the roller, and a cradle extending along a first longitudinal length of the roller. The cradle may include a base removably coupled to the housing and a contact member supported by the base. |
| US10309152B2 |
Control assembly for a roller blind
A control assembly for a roller blind, the assembly including a chain wheel adapted to be driven by an operating chain; a drive bush; and a locking pin, wherein at least one of the chain wheel and drive bush includes a coupling element which in use couples the chain wheel to the drive bush such that axial displacement of the drive bush results in a corresponding axial displacement of the chain wheel, but that relative rotational displacement between the chain wheel and the drive bush is permitted through an arc defined between a pair of opposed stops which are carried by the other of the chain wheel and the drive bush; and wherein the locking pin passes axially through the chain wheel and the drive bush, the locking pin including at one end thereof a pair of opposed legs and at least one leg includes a locking lug adapted to engage a stop surface of the drive bush. |
| US10309151B2 |
Automatic auto-sensing flood protection roller shutter with auto-locating reinforced column
An automatic auto-sensing flood protection roller shutter with auto-locating reinforced column includes a door plate composed of a plurality of door panels, at least one reinforced column automatically movable by a motor to a reinforcing position behind the door plate when the door plate is lowered upon sensing a flood, and a bolt and bolt driving device for securing the at least one reinforced column in the reinforcing position. |
| US10309149B2 |
Containment device comprising a dry curtain
A containment device including a dry curtain, adapted to be deployed for the containment or re-containment of a discharge area, such as an opening, e.g. a door, in response to an explosion. The device includes a ballast bar in the lower portion of the curtain, the ballast bar including cylinders of high-density foam alternated with cylinders of compressible low-density foam. |
| US10309148B2 |
Polycarbonate honeycomb core door and method of making same
A structural panel includes a shell having spaced first and second exterior panels and frame members adjacent edges of the panels, and at least one polymeric sheet disposed between the exterior panels and bonded to an adjacent exterior panel. The polymeric sheet is made of a thermoplastic material and has a plurality of openings through its thickness spaced apart by flat wall portions of the polymeric sheet. Stiffeners are disposed between the polymeric sheets and are secured by polymeric end caps. The end caps are made of a thermoplastic material and have a plurality of openings through their thickness for receiving the stiffeners. A foam insulation material fills substantially all the space between the polymeric sheets, stiffeners, and frame members in the shell interior. At least one blast- or ballistic-resistant core layer may be disposed adjacent the at least one polymeric sheet. |
| US10309140B2 |
Guide rail fitting structure and window regulator
A guide rail fitting structure includes a guide rail, a fitting body, and an insert inserted into the fitting body. The guide rail is fitted into the fitting body. The fitting body includes a fitting section fitted onto an end of the guide rail, and an insertion hole into which the insert is inserted from outside the fitting body. The fitting section is fitted onto the guide rail such that the insert is at least partially covered with the guide rail, the insert gets into a detachment inhibitive state, and the insert in the detachment inhibitive state is visible through an opening on an outer surface of the fitting body. This configuration allows easy assembly. |
| US10309138B2 |
Adjustable path guide for movable partition assemblies
A movable partition system that can include branched overhead rails where movable panels, such as glass doors, wall panels, are guided along the branched overhead rails by path guides positioned with the overhead rails. The guide paths are shaped and aligned within the overhead rails to provide a smooth transition at the junction between overhead rails. The combination is suitable for use with both right-angle and oblique angle branched overhead rails. |
| US10309131B2 |
Capacitive proximity sensor and door handle device comprising the capacitive proximity sensor
The resonance frequency of an LCR resonance circuit is f1 and the determination voltage signal is V1, when an object is not in the proximity of a sensor electrode. The resonance frequency of the LCR resonance circuit is f2 and the determination voltage signal is V2, when a human body is in proximity of the sensor electrode 22. The resonance frequency of the LCR resonance circuit is f3 and the determination voltage signal is V3, when water is in the proximity of the sensor electrode. The LCR resonance circuit has the relationship f1>f2>f3. A control unit controls a high-frequency signal S0 so as to satisfy the relationship V2>V1>V3, and a human body or water being in the proximity of the sensor electrode is distinguished. |
| US10309130B2 |
Motor vehicle door lock
The invention relates to a motor vehicle door lock which is equipped with a body-side lock housing and a hood-or-door-side locking bolt or vice-versa. The invention also relates to a locking and/or opening device. According to the invention, the locking and/or opening device engages on the outer side on the lock housing for the adjustment thereof with respect to a fixed base element in the course of a closing/opening process. |
| US10309128B2 |
Changeable lock cover
Improvements to a changeable lock-cover are disclosed herein. The lock-cover operates with a combination or with a separate version/configuration for a key type lock. Minor geometry differences can be accommodated with the housing that can be made out of a hard plastic or a flexible material that conforms around the lock. The retention of the housing is with magnets, snaps or other temporary securing mechanism. A person can pull apart the closure to mover the cover to another lock or to change the cover to a different color or style. The face or indicia can take a number of different configurations including, but not limited to letters, colors, faces, insignias, moving components, lights, pictures and others. The mechanism that retains the cover together is stronger than the mechanism that holds to face or indicia onto the housing. |
| US10309127B2 |
Door lock mechanism for actuation of the locking slide of a disconnector on a control box, and a corresponding control box arrangement
A door lock mechanism for actuation of the locking slide of a disconnector on a control box, includes a setting mechanism, that may be disposed between a locking position and a released position and that is pre-loaded toward the locking position, wherein the setting mechanism comprises a shaft that is pivoted around a rotation axis, wherein the shaft comprises at a first end a first lever that may be coupled with the locking slide of a disconnector, and wherein the shaft comprises at a second end opposing the first end a second lever having an actuating bolt so that upon pivoting the second lever the first lever conducts a respective pivoting; and a locking nose to be mounted at the inside of a control box door wherein the locking nose comprises starting from its tip an approach slope turning into a catch that turns into a contour slope so that upon closing the control box door the actuating bolt is guided along the contour slope in direction of the release position and against the pre-load. |
| US10309125B2 |
Electronic lock with door orientation sensing
Door sensor hardware is provided that automatically senses the orientation of a door. The door sensor hardware includes electronic circuitry and sensor(s). The sensor(s) determine a current orientation of a door (open, closed, ajar), recent movement, door swing speed, and door acceleration. The door sensor hardware is in communication with at least remote device. The remote device includes a user display to facilitate calibration of the door sensor hardware by a user. The remote device also provides the user with the door orientation as determined by the door sensor hardware. |
| US10309121B2 |
Eave structure and tent frame having same
Disclosed are eave structures and tent frames with integrated eave structures. A tent frame includes supporting poles, an upper frame coupled with the supporting poles, and two or more eave structures. An eave structure includes an eave pole, and a sleeve member disposed at a connector coupled with a supporting pole. The eave pole has a first end portion pivotally connected with an oblique pole of the upper frame, and a second end portion slidably coupled with the sleeve member. The eave structures can be folded and unfolded together with the supporting poles and the upper frame. When unfolded, the eave poles of the eave structures extend beyond the upper frame. |
| US10309118B2 |
Apparatus for generating waves in a swimming pool
A wave-making apparatus for use in a swimming pool comprises a motor that may be powered at least in part by the flow of water from a swimming pool pump. When water from the pump flows through an inlet in the motor housing, it rotates a turbine within the housing, which in turn rotates a cantilever arm about a central axis of the turbine. A distal end of the cantilever arm is attached, e.g., by a tether or other device, to a buoy or float at the surface of the water such that rotation of the cantilever arm pulls the float down periodically, creating perpetual swimming pool waves. |
| US10309116B2 |
Device for lifting and transporting sheet material
A device for lifting and transporting sheet material includes a base portion; wheels on which the base portion is supported; a mast that extends upwardly from the base portion; a boom that extends from a first end outwardly from the mast to a second end; a supporting head that is configured to support sheet material; and a pivot coupling at the second end of the boom. The pivot coupling is arranged to couple the supporting head to the boom, and enable the supporting head to be rotated about a pivot axis between a first position in which sheet material supported by the supporting head is in a generally transverse orientation relative to the boom, and a second position in which the angle between sheet material supported by the supporting head and the boom is reduced. |
| US10309114B1 |
Hand held building tools
The present invention is directed generally to tools that are made, at least in part, more durable, particularly one or more working surface(s) of the tools. For example, various tools such as trowels, knives, and scrapers may be made having at least a portion of their blades heat treated to make at least their working edges more durable and extend their useful lives. For example, in various embodiments, a putty knife, taping knife, or scraper blade may have at least one working surface or edge that has been at heat treated while an area of the blade where a handle is permanently attached is not heat treated. |
| US10309108B2 |
Pillar for supporting a modular structure, beam intended to be supported on pillars of this type, and structure comprising said pillars and beams
Precast concrete column (1) for the support of structural modular floor, preferably dry assembled, comprising in its upper part a capital for the support (2) of beams (3), having the support capital (2) a square or quadrangular plan in such a way that four sides (21, 22, 23, 24) are defined for the support of the beams (3), in which each of the sides (21, 22, 23, 24) comprises concave recesses (4) of sides parallel to the axis of the beams (3) that define convex protrusions (5) which sides comprise bearing surfaces (6) such that when laying a beam (3), which ends are complementary to said recesses (4), the bearing forces have directions contained in a plane (41, 42, 43, 44) perpendicular to the axis of the beam (3), having said directions a horizontal component. The invention also refers to a beam complementary to this column and to slab segments, as well as to a structure provided with said columns, said beams and optionally also said slab segments. |
| US10309106B2 |
Insulation tile and method for its manufacture
The insulation tile comprises a first planar surface, a second planar surface and side surfaces defining the surfaces, and a casting compound layer as well as an insulation material layer, which is manufactured from thermal insulation material, the compression strength of which is at least 10 kPa. The casting compound layer forms the first planar surface of the insulation tile and the insulation material layer forms the second planar surface of the insulation tile. Furthermore, the insulation material layer of the insulation tile comprises grooves in the area of the planar surface which will be against the casting compound layer. The insulation tile according to the invention can be used in floor, roof and wall structures. |
| US10309102B2 |
Modular wall system
A wall panel of a moveable and demountable frameless wall panel system that is secured between a floor of a room and a ceiling rail secured to a ceiling of the room. The wall panel includes a frameless panel, an upper clamp assembly, a ceiling track configured to be removably inserted into the ceiling rail, a lower clamp assembly, a first height adjustment mechanism secured to the lower clamp assembly, a second height adjustment mechanism, and a bottom floor channel receiving the first height and second height adjustment mechanisms. |
| US10309092B2 |
High-rise architectural structure and maintenance method therefor
To ensure maintenance operations for an architectural structure using a mast climber without any limitation on the stability of a mast and locations where a mast can be erected. A side wall 101 of an architectural structure 100 is fitted with a fixing member 130 at a level higher than the ground 500. The fixing member 130 is fitted with fixture studs 132. A mast 200 is erected on the fixing member 130 with its lower end secured to the fixture studs 132. A climbing work platform 210 that travels up and down the mast 200 is fixed to the mast 200. A worker performs maintenance operations on the climbing work platform 210. |
| US10309090B2 |
Ring grit remover
A grit removal unit for a wastewater system including a grit removal chamber with a substantially annular vertical wall. A horizontal annular ring above the chamber bottom extends inwardly from the annular vertical wall, with an influent channel extending into the chamber beneath the ring and an effluent channel above the rim and extending out of the chamber. The influent and effluent channels both have inner side walls with a curved portion, with both curved portions extending through an arc of at least 90 degrees within the chamber annular vertical wall. |
| US10309088B2 |
Urinal apparatus and urinal unit
There is provided a urinal apparatus including: a water supplying device configured to supply water to a bowl section of a urinal; a water sprinkling device including a sprinkling hole configured to sprinkle water to a space inside the bowl section; and a human body sensing device configured to sense use of the urinal. The water sprinkling device not sprinkling the water from the sprinkling hole when the human body sensing device has transitioned from a human body non-sensing state to a human body sensing state. |
| US10309085B1 |
Hair and detritus catching device
A hair and detritus catching device with one or multiple offset layers of prongs that can be positioned in any drain pipes and can be easily removed for cleaning or replacement. It is out of sight for normal usage and allows water to flow through easily while preventing hair and detritus from clogging up the drain pipe. It can be attached to a stopper or other connection mechanisms suitable for the type of drain, in order to allow for normal opening and closing operation of the drain. |
| US10309084B2 |
Tub spout assembly
A tub spout assembly is configured to be supported within the overflow opening in the sidewall of a bathtub. The tub spout assembly illustratively includes an overflow body defining an overflow passageway, and an inlet tube supported by the overflow body and defining an inlet passageway. A spout is fluidly coupled to the inlet tube and defines a spout outlet to dispense water from the inlet tube into the bathtub. A spout cover illustratively receives the spout and includes an inner wall defining at least one opening. The at least one opening is illustratively in fluid communication with the overflow passageway and the inlet passageway. Illustratively, a diverter assembly is supported by the spout and is configured to selectively open and close fluid communication between the inlet passageway to the spout outlet. |
| US10309079B2 |
Hydraulic control system for work machine
An object of the present invention is to provide a hydraulic control system for a work machine that is capable of reducing the loss caused by flow division while reducing a decrease in the speed of a hydraulic actuator due to a combined operation. The hydraulic control system for a work machine includes a first hydraulic actuator, one hydraulic pump, a second hydraulic actuator, and another hydraulic pump. The hydraulic control system further includes operating instruction detection means and pump flow control means. The operating instruction detection means detects that operating instructions are issued to the first hydraulic actuator and the second hydraulic actuator. The pump flow control means individually adjusts the delivery flow rate of the one hydraulic pump and the another hydraulic pump in accordance with operation amounts designated by the operating instructions for the first and second hydraulic actuators. When the first and second hydraulic actuators are simultaneously operated, the pump flow control means increases the delivery flow rate of the one hydraulic pump to a higher rate than when the first hydraulic actuator is operated and the second hydraulic actuator is not operated. |
| US10309078B2 |
High capacity filter element end cap
A removable and replaceable end cap that selectively lockingly engages a seat ring of a filter housing. The end cap may include a flange that compresses a gasket member between the end cap and the seat ring to form a fluid tight seal therebetween. The end cap may include cam locking grooves that may each receive insertion of a protrusion of the seat ring, and which are structured for at least rotational displacement about the received protrusion as the end cap is rotated between locked and unlocked positions relative to the seat ring. The end cap may also include an opening that accommodates the passage of a fluid to a filter element. The filter element, which may be coupled to the end cap, may be adapted to remove particulate or contaminate from the received fluid. |
| US10309075B2 |
Method and apparatus for increasing the force needed to move a pile axially
The subject invention pertains to a method and apparatus for inducing a lateral load for the purpose of increasing the force needed to lift a pile and/or increasing the downward and/or lateral load bearing capacity of a pile. The pile can be a driven or pushed displacement pile, a driven or pushed non-displacement pile, any type of bored pile, or any combination. In an embodiment, the subject invention can enhance pile performance by increasing (prestressing) permanently the lateral pressure between a pile and its surrounding soil. The subject invention can provide directional displacement through induced lateral loading of installed piles. Embodiments of the subject invention can incorporate embedded lateral loads in one or more piles. |
| US10309071B2 |
Floatable modular protective harbor structure and method of seasonal service extension of offshore vessels in ice-prone environments
Modular structure for protecting an offshore vessel in a body of water from forces of ice features comprising a protective harbor wall, a flotation support, a pile, and a telescoping connection. The telescoping connection is operatively coupled to the protective harbor wall and the flotation support and constructed and arranged to axially move the protective harbor wall between a retracted position and a raised position. The protective harbor wall is constructed and arranged to enclose a harbor space and to counteract the forces of ice features. The flotation support supports the protective harbor wall and is constructed and arranged to change net buoyancy of the modular protective structure to submerge the structure such that the flotation support is positioned on a seabed. The pile is constructed and arranged to be partially disposed in the seabed to maintain the position of the flotation support on the seabed. |
| US10309069B1 |
Street sweeper
An industrial street sweeper attachment removably attaches to a prime mover with a quick coupler and has a forward debris collecting hopper mounted on the front of a rotary brush compartment having a floating sweeping brush therein. The debris collecting hopper is hingedly attached to the brush compartment and has a linkage therebetween having a lifting arm and a lifting hydraulic cylinder which can remotely lock the debris collecting hopper to the brush compartment to receive swept debris from the rotary sweeping brush and can be remotely lifted to an open position for discharging debris. |
| US10309068B2 |
Prefabricated bridge including steel abutments
A supported bridge including a prefabricated bridge including a deck and a plurality of girders. The deck is supported above the plurality of girders. The supported bridge further includes, a first and second abutment extending underneath the plurality girders in a direction transverse to the spanwise direction. The transverse abutments are mounted beneath the plurality of girders. The first steel abutment is located toward a first end of the prefabricated bridge and the second steel abutment is located toward a second end of the prefabricated bridge. Each abutment includes a beam and a bottom plate. The beam includes an upper flange, a lower flange, and a web connecting the upper flange and lower flange. The bottom plate is mounted on a bottom surface of the lower flange and has a width that is at least 1.5 times as great as a width of the lower flange. |
| US10309067B2 |
Rotor deployment mechanism for a machine
A machine having a ground-engaging rotor may include a first swing arm and a second swing arm. A first end of the first swing arm may be pivotably coupled a frame of the machine at a first pivot and its second end may be coupled to the rotor. A third end of the second swing arm may be pivotably coupled the frame at a second pivot and its fourth end may be coupled to the rotor. A torsion bar and a crossbeam may both be coupled to the first swing arm and the second swing arm. At least one actuator may also be coupled to the crossbeam such that activation of the at least one actuator rotates the first swing arm about the first pivot, and the second swing arm about the second pivot, and deploy the rotor. |
| US10309062B2 |
Method and device for manufacturing a fibre moulding and a fibre moulding manufactured using these
A method and a device for manufacturing a fiber molding for drinks packaging containers having an improved structure and surface quality. The method includes the following steps: dipping of a forming wire arranged on a toolholder into a pulp slurry, lifting of the toolholder in order to move the covered forming wire completely out of the pulp slurry, compressing of the fiber material in an area of the circumferential edge of the forming wire through inflating of a circumferential collar, relaxing of the pressure in the collar, and removing of the fiber molding. A device for manufacturing of a fiber molding is also provided. |
| US10309060B2 |
Paper composition
A paper product may include high energy thermomechanical pulp (TMP), low energy TMP, and microfibrillated cellulose. The paper product may also include inorganic particulate material. A papermaking composition suitable for making the paper product, a process for preparing the paper product, and use of microfibrillated cellulose may include high energy TMP, low energy TMP, and microfibrillated cellulose, and optionally inorganic particulate material. The microfibrillated cellulose may have a fiber steepness of from about 20 to about 50 in the paper product. |
| US10309057B2 |
Methods for liberating trichome fibers form portions of a host plant
Improved processes for liberating trichome fibers from non-seed portions of a trichome-bearing host plant are provided. The processes include one or more steps for disassociating trichome fibers that are already separated from leaves, stems, and still-attached fibers so that the separated trichome fibers can be collected and not lost through a waste stream. |
| US10309056B2 |
Method for heat transfer onto textiles and expansible multilayer complex therefor
The invention relates to a method allowing the heat transfer of a multilayer complex (1) onto the front face of a textile material (13), said multilayer complex comprising a layer (5) containing polyurethane and a superimposed expansible layer (6) containing a gelled vinyl polychloride plastisol and a non-expanded heat-expansion agent. To this end: the multilayer complex is placed on the visible front face of the textile material, the polyurethane-containing layer being the furthest away from the textile material so as to form, after the transfer, a visible decorative layer on the front face of the textile material; and temperature and pressure conditions are applied so as to cause the adhesion of the multilayer complex to the visible front face of the textile material and the simultaneous expansion of the expansible layer. A three-dimensional edge effect can be obtained using different color layers. |
| US10309055B2 |
Method and apparatus for creating an image on fabric
Exciting and flashy images are created on a garment with a method that includes the steps of selecting a stretch fabric having a front side and a back side. A front side of the fabric is dyed with a solid color. A back side of the fabric is dyed with a knock out image. The knock out image is visible when the stretch fabric is stretched and is not visible when the stretch fabric is in a relaxed state. In one case, the fabric is part of jersey and when the player stretches the fabric an image becomes visible. In another case, the image expands or seems to glow. This provides a dynamic flashy image that is exciting to advertisers and fans alike. |
| US10309053B2 |
Steam iron
A steam iron includes: a heating body having a heater; a vaporizing chamber on an upper surface side of the heating body; and a lid covering the upper surface side of the heating body. The steam iron further includes: a base on a lower surface side of the heating body; a steam jet hole provided in the base; and a steam passage for guiding the steam generated by the vaporizing chamber to the steam jet hole. The steam passage has a first heating passage and a second heating passage on the upper surface side of the heating body, and a heating chamber and a base passage on the lower surface side of the heating body. The steam passage guides the steam after passing through the heating chamber to the base passage via the second heating passage so that the steam is jetted from the steam jet hole. |
| US10309050B2 |
Laundry treating apparatus
A laundry treating apparatus may include a tub, a drum provided within the tub to accommodate laundry, flow path units provided on the drum to provide moving paths of water, an agitation unit provided within the drum so as to be rotatable and moving at least a part of water within the drum to the flow path units during rotation, and filter units to filter water moving along the flow path units. Each of the filter units includes a body configured to provide a storage space of foreign substances, an inflow part to introduce water in the flow path unit into the body, a filter provided on the body to filter water introduced into the body and then to discharge filtered water to the drum, and discharge parts provided on the body to discharge water containing foreign substances in the tangential direction of a rotating trajectory of the drum. |
| US10309049B2 |
Water purifying module self-cleaning method and washing machine using same
Disclosed are a water purifying module self-cleaning method and a washing machine using the method. The water purifying module self-cleaning method comprises: starting a water purifying module self-cleaning program to feed water into a washing machine to reach a preset level; and repeating a heating rinsing program and a clear water replacement rinsing program in sequence until detecting that the water purifying module is clean, wherein the heating rinsing program comprises a washing water heating step, a membrane rinsing step, a standing step and a membrane air washing step. The water purifying module self-cleaning method can peel off impurities, macromolecular particles and the like from the surface of a filter system (5) of a water purifying module, thus ensuring the water purifying effect of the water purifying module and effectively prolonging the service life of the water purifying module. |
| US10309046B2 |
Seam structure for fabric
The invention provides a seam structure for fabric and a sewing method which are aesthetically superior and by which pieces of fabric can be sewn together smoothly, without a sewn-on portion protruding at the reverse surface of a garment that comes in contact with the skin, and without fabric edges being exposed at the front surface of the garment.On the upper face of one piece of fabric 2, there extends, along an edge 2a of the fabric, a stitch 5 that is formed as a result of a part of a needle thread 6 passing through the fabric to reach a lower face thereof through stitch holes 4 that are provided at regular intervals; on an upper face of another piece of fabric 3, there are arrayed, along an edge 3a of the fabric, a plurality of rings 7 that are formed as a result of protrusion of an annular leading end of the needle thread 6 having passed through the stitch holes 4 of the one piece of fabric 2 and through the lower faces of the two pieces of fabric; and a first looper thread 8, which runs in a zigzagging manner on the fabric upper faces towards the other piece of fabric 3 so as to entwine two needle threads that pass through the stitch holes 4 of the one piece of fabric 2, and the rings 7 that protrude beyond the other piece of fabric 3, are linked by a second looper thread 9, to yield a seam structure for fabric in which the two pieces of fabric are joined in a state where respective edges thereof are connected to each other. |
| US10309044B2 |
Method for providing semi-finished tubular manufactured articles to be closed by stitching at an axial end thereof for the production of socks, and semi-finished tubular manufactured article obtained with the method
A method for providing semi-finished tubular manufactured articles to be closed by stitching at an axial end thereof for the production of socks, comprising a step of providing the body of the tubular manufactured article and a step of providing an end portion of the tubular manufactured article which comprises: —a step of providing an intermediate band connected to the body of the manufactured article and thinner than the thickness at least of the rows of knitting of the body of the manufactured article which are connected to the intermediate band; —a step of providing an end edge thicker than the thickness of the intermediate band; the height of the intermediate band, proximate to the regions that constitute the lateral ends of the two flaps of the end portion to be overlapped in order to stitch the axial end to be closed of the tubular manufactured article, is lower than the height of the remaining part of the intermediate band. |
| US10309039B2 |
Multifilament, monofilament, non-woven or tape
A multifilament, a monofilament, a non-woven or a tape, each having 1 to 2000 Denier per filament and a draw ratio of 1:2 to 1:11 and each made of a composition containing the components (A) a polyolefin, (B) for example a compound of the formula (B-1-a-1), (C) for example a compound of the formula (C-1-b-1), wherein b1 is a number from 2 to 20, and optionally (D) one or more inorganic and/or organic pigments. |
| US10309038B2 |
Crystal of nitride of group-13 metal on periodic table, and method for producing the same
An object of the present invention is to provide a crystal of a nitride of a Group-13 metal on the Periodic Table which has good crystallinity and has no crystal strain, and to provide a production method for the crystal. The crystal of a nitride of a Group-13 metal on the Periodic Table of the present invention, comprises oxygen atom and hydrogen atom in the crystal and has a ratio of a hydrogen concentration to an oxygen concentration therein of from 0.5 to 4.5. |
| US10309037B2 |
Method for producing III-N templates and the reprocessing thereof and III-N template
The present invention relates to the production of III-N templates and also the production of III-N single crystals, III signifying at least one element of the third main group of the periodic table, selected from the group of Al, Ga and In. By adjusting specific parameters during crystal growth, III-N templates can be obtained that bestow properties on the crystal layer that has grown on the foreign substrate which enable flawless III-N single crystals to be obtained in the form of templates or even with large III-N layer thickness. |
| US10309032B2 |
Targeted heat exchanger deposit removal by combined dissolution and mechanical removal
This invention relates to compositions and methods for the at least partial dissolution, disruption and/or removal of deposit, such as scale and other deposit, from heat exchanger components. The heat exchanger components can include pressurized water reactor steam generators. In accordance with the invention, elemental metal is added locally to the surface of the deposit and/or anodic or cathodic current is applied locally to the deposit surface to destabilize or weaken the deposit. Subsequently, mechanical stress is applied to the weakened deposit to disrupt and remove the deposit from the surface of the heat exchanger component. |
| US10309030B2 |
Plating method and plating apparatus
A plating method includes holding a substrate with a substrate holder while bringing a sealing member into pressure contact with a peripheral portion of the substrate to form an enclosed internal space in the substrate holder; performing a first-stage leakage test of the substrate holder by producing a vacuum in the internal space and checking whether pressure in the internal space reaches a predetermined vacuum pressure within a certain period of time; and if the substrate holder has passed the first-stage leakage test, performing a second-stage leakage test of the substrate holder by closing off the internal space after producing the vacuum therein and checking whether a change in the pressure in the internal space reaches a predetermined value within a certain period of time. |
| US10309027B2 |
Method for producing dispersions of nanosheets
The present invention provides a method for producing a solution of nanosheets, comprising the step of contacting an intercalated layered material with a polar aprotic solvent to produce a solution of nanosheets, wherein the intercalated layered material is prepared from a layered material selected from the group consisting of a transition metal dichalcogenide, a transition metal monochalcogenide, a transition metal trichalcogenide, a transition metal oxide, a metal halide, an oxychalcogenide, an oxypnictide, an oxyhalide of a transition metal, a trioxide, a perovskite, a niobate, a ruthenate, a layered III-VI semiconductor, black phosphorous and a V-VI layered compound. The invention also provides a solution of nanosheets and a plated material formed from nanosheets. |
| US10309026B2 |
Stabilization of metallic nanowire meshes via encapsulation
Techniques for mechanically stabilizing metallic nanowire meshes using encapsulation are provided. In one aspect, a method for forming a mechanically-stabilized metallic nanowire mesh is provided which includes the steps of: forming the metallic nanowire mesh on a substrate; and coating the metallic nanowire mesh with a metal oxide that encapsulates the metallic nanowire mesh to mechanically-stabilize the metallic nanowire mesh which permits the metallic nanowire mesh to remain conductive at temperatures greater than or equal to about 600° C. A mechanically-stabilized metallic nanowire mesh is also provided. |
| US10309024B2 |
Electroplating apparatus and process for wafer level packaging
An apparatus for continuous simultaneous electroplating of two metals having substantially different standard electrodeposition potentials (e.g., for deposition of Sn—Ag alloys) comprises an anode chamber for containing an anolyte comprising ions of a first, less noble metal, (e.g., tin), but not of a second, more noble, metal (e.g., silver) and an active anode; a cathode chamber for containing catholyte including ions of a first metal (e.g., tin), ions of a second, more noble, metal (e.g., silver), and the substrate; a separation structure positioned between the anode chamber and the cathode chamber, where the separation structure substantially prevents transfer of more noble metal from catholyte to the anolyte; and fluidic features and an associated controller coupled to the apparatus and configured to perform continuous electroplating, while maintaining substantially constant concentrations of plating bath components for extended periods of use. |
| US10309021B2 |
Method for preparing an electrolyte and an electrolyte replenishment system during aluminum electrolysis process
The disclosure provides a method for preparing an electrolyte and an electrolyte replenishment system during an electrolytic process. The method includes the following steps: Step A: placing aluminum in a reactor, vacuumizing the reactor and feeding an inert gas, heating the reactor to 700-850 degrees centigrade, and adding one or more of potassium fluozirconate, potassium fluoborate, sodium hexafluorozirconate and sodium fluoroborate; and Step B: stirring the reactants for 4-6 hours and extracting the upper molten liquid to obtain an electrolyte replenishment system during an aluminum electrolysis process. The disclosure has the following beneficial effects: when used in the aluminum electrolysis industry, the electrolyte system provided herein can be directly used as an aluminum electrolyte or a replenishment system in an electrolyte without changing existing electrolysis technology to significantly reduce an electrolysis temperature during an aluminum electrolysis process. |
| US10309014B2 |
Method of cleaning a plasma processing device
A method of cleaning a chamber of a plasma processing device with radicals includes creating a plasma within a remote plasma source which is separated from the chamber, the plasma including radicals and ions, cleaning the chamber by allowing radicals to enter the chamber from the remote plasma source while preventing the majority of the ions created in the remote plasma source from entering the chamber, detecting a DC bias developed on a component of the chamber during cleaning; and using the detected DC bias to determine an end-point of the cleaning and, on determination of the end-point, to stop the cleaning. |
| US10309010B2 |
Cobalt-containing compounds, their synthesis, and use in cobalt-containing film deposition
Cobalt-containing compounds, their synthesis, and their use for the deposition of cobalt containing films are disclosed. The disclosed cobalt-containing compounds have one of the following formulae: wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and linear, cyclic, or branched hydrocarbon groups; provided that (a) R1≠R2 and/or R3 when R1 and R2 and R3 are a hydrocarbon group; (b) R1 and R2 are a hydrocarbon group when R3 is H; or (c) R1 is a C2-C4 hydrocarbon group when R2 and R3 are H. |
| US10309008B2 |
Window film and preparation method thereof
A window film is disclosed. The window film includes: a flexible transparent base material; a first metal target material film, disposed on the surface of the flexible transparent base material; a first high refractive index compound film, disposed on the surface of the first metal target material film; a first metal oxide film, disposed on the surface of the first high refractive index compound film; a first silver-containing metal film, disposed on the surface of the first metal oxide film; a second metal target material film, disposed on the surface of the first silver-containing metal film; and a second high refractive index compound film, disposed on the surface of the second metal target material film. The window film has better adherence, and is less likely to peel off. In addition, the window film also has better oxidation resistance, and is less likely to be oxidized. Furthermore, the window film also has a better optical effect and heat insulation effect. |
| US10309007B2 |
Apparatus for sputtering and operation method thereof
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a sputtering apparatus including a magnetron structure configured to erode a target according to a predetermined erosion rate profile symmetric to a central axis of the magnetron structure. The predetermined erosion rate profile includes a first peak rate in proximity to the central axis; and a second peak rate located at about from 0.7 to 0.75 of a radius of the target from the central axis. |
| US10309006B2 |
Methods for directed irradiation synthesis with ion and thermal beams
A method for fabricating structures includes on a substrate includes providing a set of control parameters to an ion beam source and to a thermal source corresponding to a desired structure topology. The method also includes using directed irradiation synthesis to form nano structures and/or microstructures in a first surface area of the substrate by exposing the substrate surface to an ion beam from the ion beam source and to thermal particles from the thermal source. The ion beam having a first area of effect on the substrate surface, and the thermal particles having a second area of effect on the substrate surface, each of the first area of effect and the second area of effect including the first surface area. |
| US10309005B2 |
Deposition device and deposition method
A deposition device according to one embodiment includes a processing container. A mounting table is installed inside the processing container, and a metal target is installed above the mounting table. Further, a head is configured to inject an oxidizing gas toward the mounting table. This head is configured to move between a first region that is defined between the metal target and a mounting region where a target object is mounted on the mounting table and a second region spaced apart from a space defined between the metal target and the mounting region. |
| US10309002B2 |
Coating methods and a template for use with the coating methods
A method for coating a component is provided. The coating method includes providing a component having at least one aperture with an aperture geometry formed in a surface thereof, positioning a filler material within the at least one aperture, the filler material extending away from the surface of the component a distance greater than a reduced coating thickness and less than an applied coating thickness, applying at least one coating over the surface of the component and the filler material to form an applied coating having the applied coating thickness, removing a portion of the applied coating to provide the reduced coating thickness and expose the filler material, and removing the filler material to extend the at least one aperture having the aperture geometry through the applied coating. Another coating method and a template for use with the coating methods are also provided. |
| US10309001B2 |
Aluminum alloy for microporous hollow material which has excellent extrudability and grain boundary corrosion resistance, and method for producing same
An aluminum alloy for microporous hollow shape material use constituted by an aluminum alloy which has excellent corrosion resistance and extrudability which keeps down the content of Cu which poses a problem in intergranular corrosion resistance, which maintains the natural potential noble, which adds transition metals which do not obstruct the extrudability is provided, that is, an aluminum alloy which has a chemical composition which contains, by mass %, Fe: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10% or less, Cu: 0.15 to 0.32%, Mn: 0.08 to 0.15%, Zr: 0.05% or less, Ti: 0.06 to 0.15%, Cr: 0.03% or less, and balance: Al and unavoidable impurities and has an amount of gas in the alloy billet of 0.25 cc/100 g or less, and a method of production of an aluminum alloy which, produces a DC cast billet. |
| US10309000B2 |
Method for preparing aluminum-copper-iron quasicrystal and silicon carbide mixed reinforced aluminum matrix composite
The present invention relates to a method for preparing an aluminum-copper-iron quasicrystal and silicon carbide mixed reinforced aluminum matrix composite, where the aluminum-copper-iron quasicrystal and silicon carbide mixed reinforced aluminum matrix composite is prepared with an aluminum alloy serving as a matrix and with aluminum-copper-iron quasicrystal and silicon carbide serving as reinforcement agents via smelting in an intermediate-frequency induction melting furnace through the process of intermediate-frequency induction heating, vacuumizing, bottom blowing argon, and casting molding in view of low hardness and low tensile strength of aluminum matrix materials. The prepared aluminum-copper-iron quasicrystal and silicon carbide mixed reinforced aluminum matrix composite has a hardness of 80.3 HB which is improved by 50.64% and tensile strength of 285 Mpa which is improved by 60.42%, and corrosion resistance thereof is improved by 40%. |
| US10308996B2 |
Hot stamping steel and producing method thereof
Disclosed is a steel composition for hot stamping that comprises carbon (C) in an amount of about 0.22 to about 0.25 wt %, silicon (Si) in an amount of about 0.2 to about 0.3 wt %, manganese (Mn) in an amount of about 1.2 to about 1.4 wt %, titanium (Ti) in an amount of about 0.02 to about 0.05 wt %, chromium (Cr) in an amount of about 0.11 to about 0.2 wt %, boron (B) in an amount of about 0.005 to about 0.01 wt %, zinc (Zr) in an amount of about 0.005 to about 0.02 wt %, niobium (Nb) in an amount of about 0.01 to about 0.05 wt %, tungsten (W) in an amount of about 0.1 to about 0.5 wt %, iron (Fe) constituting the remaining balance of the steel composition, all the wt % based on the total amount of the steel composition. |
| US10308994B2 |
Seamless steel tube for fuel injection
A seamless steel tube has a particular composition and a structure with an average prior γ grain size of 150 μm or less in an axial cross-section after cold drawing and heat treatment. The structure retards the growth of a fatigue crack. The steel tube has a tensile strength TS of 500 MPa or more and good internal pressure fatigue resistance and is suitable for use as a fuel injection tube under high injection pressures. The composition of the steel tube may further contain at least one of Cu, Ni, Cr, Mo, and B; at least one of Ti, Nb, and V; and/or Ca. |
| US10308992B2 |
Method and system for selectively softening hot stamped parts by induction heating
A method and system are disclosed for treating a press hardened part by induction heating localized areas of the part to have reduced hardness. The method and system monitor an ambient temperature, cycle time, outgoing part property requirements, and outgoing part hardness in local areas. A time value and temperature value are set by a computer system for a plurality of induction heaters. A local area of the part is induction heated to soften the part in localized areas. The hardness of the localized areas is tested after induction heating. |
| US10308987B2 |
3.4 kb mitochondrial DNA deletion for use in the detection of cancer
A method for detecting cancer in an individual comprising detecting a deletion in the nucleic acid sequence between residues 10743 and 14125 in mitochondrial DNA, obtaining a biological sample from the individual, extracting the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from the sample, quantifying the amount of mtDNA in the sample having a deletion in the nucleic acid sequence between residues 10743 and 14125 of the mtDNA genome, and comparing the amount of mtDNA in the sample having the deletion to at least one known reference sample. |
| US10308986B2 |
Cancer diagnosis, treatment selection and treatment
The present invention provides assays, methods and systems for selecting an effective therapy for a subset of cancer patients having cancer cells with increased expression of BML and FANCI genes and/or having copy number increase in chromosome location 15q26 in the cancer cells and for treatment of such patients with the effective therapy of cancer patients based on the personalized cancer cell expression profile. |
| US10308985B2 |
Methods for diagnosing risk of renal allograft fibrosis and rejection
Disclosed herein is a method for diagnosing a renal allograft recipient's risk for developing fibrosis of the allograft and allograft loss. The method includes determining the expression levels of certain microRNAs, which have been determined to be predictive of an allograft recipient's risk. Also disclosed herein is a method of treating a renal allograft recipient to inhibit fibrosis of the allograft and allograft loss, as well as kits for use in the methods disclosed herein. |
| US10308984B2 |
Internal control nucleic acids for amplification
Nucleic acids sequences that can be used for nucleic acid amplification, for example quantitative nucleic acid amplification, are provided herein. |
| US10308982B2 |
Spatially encoded biological assays
The present invention provides assays and assay systems for use in spatially encoded biological assays. The invention provides an assay system comprising an assay capable of high levels of multiplexing where reagents are provided to a biological sample in defined spatial patterns; instrumentation capable of controlled delivery of reagents according to the spatial patterns; and a decoding scheme providing a readout that is digital in nature. |
| US10308980B2 |
Methods and biomarkers for analysis of colorectal cancer
The present invention relates to methods and biomarkers (e.g., gene expression biomarkers) for detection of colorectal cancer in biological samples (e.g., tissue samples, biopsy samples, stool samples, blood samples, plasma samples, serum samples). In some embodiments, methods and biomarkers of the present invention find use in detection of colon cancer and in providing a prognosis to colorectal cancer patients. |
| US10308975B2 |
Substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazines as luciferase substrates
Described are substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine compounds, which are coelenterazine analogs, kits comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds for the detection of luminescence in luciferase-based assays. Also described are methods for making the compounds, such as a method using aminopyrazine acetophosphonates as synthesis intermediates. |
| US10308974B2 |
Compounds and methods for detection of enzymes that remove formyl, succinyl, methyl succinyl or myristoyl groups from epsilon-amino lysine moieties
Provided is a compound that comprises the structure: where SIG is a signaling molecule and R3 is a formyl, a succinyl, a methyl succinyl, or a myristoyl. Also provided is a kit is provided that comprises the above compound, with instructions for determining the presence of the enzyme. Additionally, a method is provided for determining whether a sample has an enzyme that removes a succinyl, a methyl succinyl, a formyl, or a myristoyl moiety from an ε-amino of a lysine. Also provided is a method of determining whether a molecule inhibits an enzyme that removes a succinyl, a methyl succinyl, a formyl, or a myristoyl moiety from an ε-amino of a lysine. |
| US10308973B1 |
Real-time imaging method of NAPDH-dependent metabolic activity in cell and use thereof
Provided is a real-time imaging method of NAPDH-dependent metabolic activity in a cell and a use thereof, and more particularly, an imaging method capable of measuring concentration gradient and change in an intracellular coenzyme using a mutant of metagenome-derived blue fluorescent protein (mBFP) in real-time and an application method thereof. In particular, the method of imaging and quantifying the coenzyme contained in various biological samples may be performed by improving fluorescence in a short time even under anaerobic conditions, without adding a substrate required for coenzyme measurement or conversion without destroying cells, and without consuming the time required for formation of a special structure (fluorophore) for generating fluorescence unlike the existing quantitative systems. In particular, provided is a stable quantitative/imaging technique that is directly applicable to biological samples having various complex compositions without signal interference caused by impurities by removing an inherent enzymatic activity of mBFP. |
| US10308971B2 |
Microorganism for expressing a human membrane protein
The invention relates to an isolated, genetically modified, living non-mammal organism, having increased HMG-CoA-reductase activity compared to the wild type, and having reduced C24-methyltransferase and/or delta22-desaturase activity compared to the wild type. The invention is characterized in that the organism has increased dehydrocholesterol-delta70-reductase activity compared to the wild type. The invention further relates to different uses of such an organism, to a test kit comprising such an organism, and to a membrane extract of such an organism. |
| US10308966B2 |
Nucleic acids encoding engineered imine reductases
The present disclosure provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered imine reductases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered imine reductases, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds. |
| US10308962B1 |
Microorganisms for the production of insect pheromones and related compounds
The present application relates to recombinant microorganisms useful in the biosynthesis of unsaturated C6-C24 fatty alcohols, aldehydes, and acetates which may be useful as insect pheromones, fragrances, flavors, and polymer intermediates. The C6-C24 fatty alcohols, aldehydes, and acetates described herein may be used as substrates for metathesis reactions to expand the repertoire of target compounds and pheromones. The application further relates to recombinant microorganisms co-expressing a pheromone pathway and a pathway for the production of a toxic protein, peptide, oligonucleotide, or small molecule suitable for use in an attract-and-kill pest control approach. Also provided are methods of producing unsaturated C6-C24 fatty alcohols, aldehydes, and acetates using the recombinant microorganisms, as well as compositions comprising the recombinant microorganisms and/or optionally one or more of the product alcohols, aldehydes, or acetates. |
| US10308953B2 |
Plants having increased tolerance to herbicides
The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants. |
| US10308952B2 |
Drought resistance in plants: UPL4
The present invention relates to a new method for increasing drought resistance of a plant. The method encompasses the impairment of the expression of a gene or genes in said plant. In comparison to a plant not manipulated to impair the expression of said gene(s), the plants display improved drought resistance. Also provided are plants and plant product that can be obtained by the method according to the invention. |
| US10308948B2 |
Method of increasing expression of nucleic acid molecules in plants using multiple transcription units
A method of increasing expression of a product encoded by a nucleic acid molecule is provided where in one embodiment multiple plant transcription units comprising a promoter and the nucleic acid molecule are provided. In another embodiment multiple plant transcription units are provided where each promoter is different from the other. In an embodiment the multiple plant transcription units may comprise two, three, four or more plant transcription units. In another embodiment the promoter may be selected from an embryo promoter. Another embodiment provides the promoter may be a globulin promoter. A further embodiment provides the product encoded may be selected from hepatitis b, aprotinin, or a cellulase. Still further embodiments provide the product may be selected from the cellulases E1 and CBH1. |
| US10308947B2 |
Methods and compositions for multiplex RNA guided genome editing and other RNA technologies
The invention includes materials and methods to generate numerous small RNAs from one polynucleotide construct (synthetic gene) to facilitate RNA-guided multiplex genome editing, modification, inhibition of expression and other RNA-based technologies. The synthetic gene/polynucleotide construct encodes polycistronic RNA components separated by tRNAs, and preferably also includes regulatory components such as a promoter or terminator to form an expression cassette. Once transcribed in a cell, the transcript is processed by the cell to multiple RNA molecules by the endogenous tRNA processing system. The system can be used for any RNA based gene manipulation method including RNA-mediated genome editing, artificial microRNA mediated gene silencing, small RNA mediated genetic manipulation, double-stranded RNA mediated gene silencing, antisense mechanisms and the like. |
| US10308943B2 |
Compositions with improved intravitreal half-life and uses thereof
Provided herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of retinal diseases. The compositions and methods include a therapeutic agent conjugated to a vitreous component binding moiety. The vitreous component binding moiety may be an aptamer or a small molecule that binds to a structural component of the vitreous humor (e.g., hyaluronic acid, collagen or vitronectin). |
| US10308942B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating autoimmune disorders by targeting Kv1.3 ion channels with functionalized lipid-derived nanovesicles
Synthesis and pharmaceutical compositions of antibody-functionalized nanovesicles encapsulating ion channel knockout siRNA, and methods of treating autoimmune diseases associated with increased expression and/or hyperactivity of T cells by selectively targeting memory T cells with the nanoparticles, which deliver their siRNA cargo into the cytosol of the TM cell thus reducing ion channel expression and decreasing Ca2+ influx. |
| US10308941B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting gene expression of factor XII
RNA interference (RNAi) triggers for inhibiting the expression of Factor XII (F12) gene through the mechanism of RNA interference are described. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more F12 RNAi triggers together with one or more excipients capable of delivering the RNAi trigger(s) to a liver cell in vivo are also described. Delivery of the F12 RNAi trigger(s) to liver cells in vivo provides for inhibition of F12 gene expression and treatment of angioedema, including hereditary angioedema (HAE) and venous thromboembolism (VTE), and diseases associated with angioedema. |
| US10308936B2 |
miR-96-5p inhibitor and a screening method for the inhibitor
The present invention provides novel medical means to facilitate glutathione (GSH) synthesis in the brain. These means are miR-96-5p inhibitor increasing GSH expression in the brain and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the miR-96-5p inhibitor and having a preventive and/or therapeutic performance to a disease caused by decrease of GSH amount or depression of GSH activity. |
| US10308934B2 |
Compositions for modulating Ataxin 2 expression
Disclosed herein are antisense compounds and methods for decreasing Ataxin 2 mRNA and protein expression. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, or ameliorate Ataxin 2 associated diseases, disorders, and conditions. Such Ataxin 2 associated diseases include spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2), amyotropic sclerosis (ALS), and parkinsonism. |
| US10308932B2 |
Method for expressing, secreting and transferring functional microRNAs/siRNAs and application thereof
The present invention relates to a microparticle comprising a functional microRNA/siRNA and application thereof. Specifically, disclosed is a use of a functional microRNA and/or siRNA, which is used to prepare a composition applied to a mammal. After the composition is applied, the microparticle is formed in a first part in an animal, and transported to a second part, which thereby improves physiological status of the second part or heals a disease of the second part. The second part is different from the first part. The use is beneficial for optimizing a dosing manner of the functional microRNA and/or siRNA. |
| US10308929B2 |
Method of preparing biological material
This invention pertains to a method of preparing biological material from a biological sample selected from the group consisting of blood and sputum samples. The method includes the step of altering at least one constitutive characteristic of the biological sample in the presence of a capturing scaffold by adding a lysis buffer containing a solubilising agent and a detergent to the biological sample, for simultaneously inhibiting coagulation of the biological sample; lysing the biological sample to release the biological material from the biological sample, thus making the biological material available; and capturing at least one fraction of the biological material on the capturing scaffold. |
| US10308928B2 |
System for generating high concentration factors for low cell density suspensions
Acoustophoretic devices and methods for concentrating targeted biological cells in a reduced volume using multi-dimensional acoustic standing waves are disclosed. The methods include flowing a mixture of a host fluid and the biological cells through an acoustophoretic device. The acoustophoretic devices include an inlet, an outlet, and a flow chamber having an ultrasonic transducer-reflector pair. Biological cells, such as T cells, are separated from a host fluid for utilization in allergenic or autologous cell therapies. The disclosed devices and methods are capable of concentrating biological cells to at least 100 times their original cell concentration. The disclosed methods and devices are further capable of decreasing an original feed volume to a final concentrated volume that is less than one percent of the original feed volume. |
| US10308927B2 |
Processing of a modified foot-and-mouth disease virus P1 polypeptide by an alternative protease
Polynucleotide constructs that express an engineered foot-and-mouth disease (FMDV) P1 precursor protein and a non-FMDV TEV protease and methods for safe and efficient recombinant production of FMDV antigens and immunogens. Recombinant production of FMDV antigens avoids the need to culture highly-infectious FMDV, while conventional culture methods for producing FMDV antigens rely on the native FMDV 3C protease which exerts toxic effects on host cells. The inventors have developed a new system that efficiently and safely processes FMDV P1 precursor without the FMDV 3C protease, thus avoiding the toxic effects associated with use of the 3C protease. The invention is also directed to the FMDV antigens and virus-like particles produced by this system as well as to FMDV vaccines, diagnostics and other biologics. |
| US10308926B2 |
Stablized EZH2 peptides
Provided herein are polypeptides containing stabilized therapeutic peptides related to enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), histone lysine N-methyltransferase. Also provided are compositions containing these polypeptides and methods of using such peptides in the treatment of cancer that include administering to a subject one of the polypeptides. |
| US10308920B2 |
Hydrolases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them
The invention provides hydrolases, polynucleotides encoding them, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one aspect, the invention is directed to polypeptides, e.g., enzymes, having a hydrolase activity, e.g., an esterase, acylase, lipase, phospholipase (e.g., phospholipase A, B, C and D activity, patatin activity, lipid acyl hydrolase (LAH) activity) or protease activity, including thermostable and thermotolerant hydrolase activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, and making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The hydrolase activities of the polypeptides and peptides of the invention include esterase activity, lipase activity (hydrolysis of lipids), acidolysis reactions (to replace an esterified fatty acid with a free fatty acid), transesterification reactions (exchange of fatty acids between triglycerides), ester synthesis, ester interchange reactions, phospholipase activity and protease activity (hydrolysis of peptide bonds). The polypeptides of the invention can be used in a variety of pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial contexts, including the manufacture of cosmetics and nutraceuticals. In another aspect, the polypeptides of the invention are used to synthesize enantiomerically pure chiral products. |
| US10308919B2 |
Method for preparing ascorbic acid-2-phosphate using a recombinant strain
The present invention provides a recombinant strain, construction method thereof and a method for producing acid phosphatase using the recombinant strain. In the invention, the phosphatase gene is obtained from Pseudomonas aeruginosa by a molecular biology method, the constructed expression plasmid is transformed into E. coli BL21 (DE3). The purified enzyme and whole cells were used for the conversion of ascorbic acid to ascorbic acid-2-phosphate. Ascorbic acid-2-phosphate can be efficiently produced by controlling the ratio of substrates. When the conversion reaction is performed at pH 4.5 under 40° C. for 8 h, the output of ascorbic acid-2-phosphate reaches 54.8 g/L, the conversion is 42.9% and the space time yield is 6.9 g/L/h. |
| US10308916B2 |
Omega-transaminase mutants with activity improvements toward ketones and methods for producing optically pure amines
Provided is an omega-transaminase mutant with improved activity using a point mutation in an active site of an omega-transaminase. Specifically, provided is a method for improving activity and extending a substrate spectrum of omega-transaminase by introducing a point mutation into a wild-type omega-transaminase rendered by replacing tryptophan at position 58 with the other amino acid. |
| US10308915B2 |
Genes and uses thereof, methods for synthesizing odd numbered medium chain aliphatic aldehydes and methods for synthesizing even numbered medium chain aliphatic hydrocarbons
Provided are genes, coding proteins and uses thereof, gene elements, genes and uses, gene elements, methods for synthesizing odd numbered medium chain aliphatic aldehydes, for synthesizing odd numbered medium chain aliphatic alcohol and for synthesizing even numbered medium chain aliphatic hydrocarbons. Provided is method for producing odd numbered aliphatic alcohols in Escherichia coli. An α-dioxygenase from rice is used without additional deoxidization and energy supply from cells. The α-dioxygenase can also be used for synthesizing aliphatic alcohols with different proportions of C11 to C15 by co-working with different thioesterases. |
| US10308905B2 |
Method of removing phenols from a liquid
A method of removing a phenol contaminant from a beer or wine comprising contacting the beer or wine with a surface comprising a phenol contaminant effective removing amount of a poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone). |
| US10308904B2 |
Food and beverage fermentation device
A food and beverage fermentation device including a hollow tapered body, a lip, a base, and at least one aperture. The hollow tapered body may have a wide end and an opposing narrow end adapted to be received by a container. The lip may be located along the wide end and adapted to rest upon a rim of the container. The base may extend across an inner region defined by a wall of the hollow tapered body. At least one aperture extending through the wall. |
| US10308902B2 |
Microencapsulation of detergent components
The present invention provides a microcapsule composition produced by crosslinking of a polybranched polyamine, which is used for stabilizing non-enzymatic detergent components. |
| US10308897B2 |
Alkaline sanitizing soap preparations containing quaternary ammonium chloride agents
Anti-microbial compositions for cleaning and sanitizing skin are disclosed. The anti-microbial compositions preferably comprises at least one quaternary ammonium chloride active and results in low irritation cleansing and sanitizing products that allow more frequent application. |
| US10308895B2 |
Synergistic perfuming composition
The present invention relates to the field of perfumery and more precisely it concerns a perfuming composition, and the consumer articles associated therewith, showing an improved impact of fragrance intensity and/or modulating fragrance character. The perfuming composition of matter comprises a β-thio carbonyl profragrance derivative and specific perfuming terpenes derivatives. |
| US10308889B1 |
Lubricity additives for fuels
Fuel additive compositions that include synergistic mixtures of one or more neutral lubricity additives and one or more monoacidic lubricity additives to provide wear and/or friction reduction in fuels. |
| US10308886B2 |
Development of a novel high temperature stable scavenger for removal of hydrogen sulfide
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods that are useful in removing, lowering the amount of, or otherwise controlling hydrogen sulfide and mercaptans. The compositions and methods can be used in any industry where hydrogen sulfide poses problems, such as when dealing with crude oil based, natural gas based, and/or coal based products. The present disclosure provides compositions and methods that can reduce the amount of or eliminate hydrogen sulfide in a variety of mediums. |
| US10308885B2 |
Direct incorporation of natural gas into hydrocarbon liquid fuels
The present invention provides a method of incorporating a gaseous hydrocarbon into a liquid hydrocarbon. The method comprises steps of exposing a gaseous hydrocarbon to non-thermal plasma generated using a reduced electric field with an E/N ratio in a range of from about 10 to about 30 Td to activate the gaseous hydrocarbon, and contacting the activated gaseous hydrocarbon with the liquid hydrocarbon to incorporate the gaseous hydrocarbon into the liquid hydrocarbon. The method provides the advantages of low energy consumption and relatively low capital expenditure. |
| US10308884B2 |
Heavy marine fuel oil composition
A process for reducing the environmental contaminants in a ISO8217 compliant Feedstock Heavy Marine Fuel Oil, the process involving: mixing a quantity of the Feedstock Heavy Marine Fuel Oil with a quantity of Activating Gas mixture to give a feedstock mixture; contacting the feedstock mixture with one or more catalysts to form a Process Mixture from the feedstock mixture; separating the Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil liquid components of the Process Mixture from the gaseous components and by-product hydrocarbon components of the Process Mixture and, discharging the Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil. The Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil is compliant with ISO 8217A for residual marine fuel oils and has a sulfur level has a maximum sulfur content (ISO 14596 or ISO 8754) between the range of 0.05% wt. to 0.50% wt. The Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil can be used as or as a blending stock for an ISO 8217 compliant, IMO MARPOL Annex VI (revised) compliant low sulfur or ultralow sulfur heavy marine fuel oil. A device for conducting the process is also disclosed. |
| US10308883B2 |
Process for desulfurizing cracked naphtha
A process for desulfurizing a cracked naphtha containing organic sulfur compounds: a) feeding the cracked naphtha to a distillation column comprising a bottom reboiler; b) fractionating said cracked naphtha into a light naphtha fraction and a heavy naphtha fraction which is removed as bottoms from the distillation column; c) feeding the heavy naphtha fraction and hydrogen to a hydrodesulfurization unit containing a hydrodesulfurization catalyst to produce a desulfurized heavy naphtha effluent. The process further includes providing heat to the distillation column by an intermediate reboiler powered with a heat source having a temperature lower than that one of the bottom reboiler. |
| US10308877B2 |
Process for production of aromatics via pyrolysis of lignin-comprising material
This invention relates to a process for the conversion of a feedstock comprising a lignin-comprising material, comprising the steps (a) to (c): (a) charging the feedstock to a fluidized bed reactor; (b) pyrolyzing at least part of the feedstock in the fluidized bed reactor while introducing a carrier gas into the reactor, to produce pyrolysis vapors; (c) reacting at least part of the pyrolysis vapors coming from step (b) in a second reactor comprising a catalyst, to produce hydrocarbon products comprising aromatics. |
| US10308875B2 |
Flame retardant polycaprolactone
A process for forming a flame retardant polymer, as well as the flame retardant polymer, are disclosed. A flame retardant polymer is a polymer that can be resistant to thermal degradation and/or thermal oxidation. A flame retardant polymer can be mixed or otherwise incorporated into a standard polymer to give flame retardancy to the standard polymer. The flame retardant polymers can include polycaprolactone functionalized with flame retardant substituents. The flame retardant substituents can include halides, substituted phosphoryl, and substituted phosphonyl. |
| US10308872B2 |
Composite marking based on chiral liquid crystal precursors and modifying resins
Disclosed is a substrate which has thereon a marking or layer comprising a cured chiral liquid crystal precursor composition which does not contain any salt that would change the position of a selective reflection band exhibited by the cured composition. A modifying resin made from one or more polymerizable monomers comprising an average of at least one ether functionali typer polymerizable group is disposed between the substrate and the marking or layer and in contact with the marking or layer in one or more areas thereof. The modifying resin changes the position of a selective reflection band exhibited by the cured chiral liquid crystal precursor composition on the substrate in the one or more areas. |
| US10308869B2 |
Liquid containing polymer marker, use of a polymer marker as authentication tool, and method and device for detecting a polymer marker dissolved in a liquid
The present invention relates to markers for liquids that can be used to authenticate the origin and genuineness of a liquid, preferably a bulk liquid such as fuel. For this purpose, the present invention teaches the use of a polymer capable of forming a semiconducting polymer particle (pdot) in the liquid in small amounts. The invention encompasses a liquid comprising a) a polymer that is capable of forming a semiconducting polymer particle (pdot), the concentration of the polymer being 10 ppm by weight or less, and b) an organic substance in an amount of 90% by weight or more. The invention furthermore envisages the use of such a polymer as an authenticating marker in a liquid, preferably a fuel, and a method for authenticating the genuineness and/or origin of a liquid comprising a polymer capable of forming a semiconducting polymer particle (pdot), comprising the steps i. concentrating, isolating and/or extracting the polymer capable of forming a semiconducting polymer particle (pdot); ii. aggregating the polymer or the polymer obtained in Step i. to form semiconducting polymer dots (pdots); iii. irradiating the formed pdots with electromagnetic radiation capable of exciting the pdots to emit electromagnetic radiation by fluorescence and/or phosphorescence, and iv. observing the electromagnetic radiation emitted in response to the exciting irradiation of step iii. |
| US10308867B2 |
Fluid composition and method for stimulation in the field of oil and gas production
A fracturing carrier fluid for fracturing a subterranean formation contains at least one linear or branched hydrofluorocarbon ether compound having a boiling point, at a pressure of 1 atmosphere, of between 0° C. and 90° C. A fracturing fluid contains the fracturing carrier fluid and proppants. A method for fracturing a subterranean formation uses the fracturing fluid. |
| US10308860B2 |
Compositions and methods for filter cake removal
Compositions for removing filter cake from a subterranean borehole and methods for degrading filter cake and filter cake removal are provided. The composition contains an encapsulated peroxygen (e.g., acrylic resin coated ammonium persulfate), a surfactant (e.g., nonionic surfactant), and optionally an unencapsulated peroxygen. The method (e.g., a one-step method) involves contacting the filter cake with the composition, and allowing the composition to remain in contact with the filter cake for a period of time sufficient to degrade the filter cake. The reaction of the composition with the filter cake results in acidic conditions, thereby eliminating any need for follow up acid treatments. The composition is stable enough to effectively remove filter cake at temperatures up to 250° F. or greater. Through filter cake removal, the method provides for increased flow, production, and/or recovery of oil and gas hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation. |
| US10308858B2 |
Biodegradable anti-accretion additive for water-based drilling fluids
The use of gelatin-based copolymers containing at least one grafted side chain formed from ethylenically unsaturated compounds as an anti-accretion additive is proposed for water-based drilling fluids in the development, exploitation and completion of underground mineral oil and natural gas deposits and in deep wells. These copolymers are water-soluble and have good biodegradability. |
| US10308852B2 |
Antistatic resin composition and polyolefin antistatic fiber for container and pipe for organic solvent
Provided are: an antistatic resin composition for containers and pipes of organic solvents, which has long-lasting and sufficient antistaticity and whose antistatic performance is not impaired even when the composition is in contact with an organic solvent for a long period of time; and a container and a pipe for organic solvents, which include the same.The antistatic resin composition for containers and pipes of organic solvents contains 3 to 25 parts by mass of at least one polymer compound (E) with respect to 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin, wherein the polymer compound (E) has a structure in which a diol, an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, a compound (B) which includes at least one group represented by the following Formula (1) and has hydroxyl groups at both ends, and an epoxy compound (D) having two or more epoxy groups are bound via ester bonds: —CH2—CH2—O— (1). |
| US10308849B2 |
Adhesive composition and structure comprising at least one layer of said composition
An adhesive composition including predominantly one or two polyamide(s) having units chosen from: at least one unit denoted A having an average number of carbon atoms per nitrogen atom, denoted CA, ranging from 4 to 8.5, advantageously from 4 to 7; at least one unit denoted B having an average number of carbon atoms per nitrogen atom, denoted CB, ranging from 7 to 10, advantageously from 7.5 to 9.5; and at least one unit denoted C having an average number of carbon atoms per nitrogen atom, denoted CC, ranging from 9 to 18, advantageously from 10 to 18, and to the use thereof. |
| US10308848B2 |
Plywood article
This disclosure provides a plywood article that is pre-cured or cured. The plywood includes a first wood veneer, a second wood veneer disposed opposite the first wood veneer and an adhesive composition disposed between the first wood veneer and the second wood veneer. The adhesive composition is either cured or not cured. Prior to cure, the adhesive composition consists essentially of an isocyanate component and Kaolin. After cure, the cured adhesive composition consists essentially of a self-polymerization product of the isocyanate component and the Kaolin. The Kaolin is present in an amount of from greater than 10 to 50 weight percent based on a total weight of the adhesive composition. Moreover, each of the first and second wood veneers independently has a moisture content of from 0 to 45 weight percent. |
| US10308845B2 |
Adhesive tape featuring adhesive with continuous polymer phase
An adhesive tape containing an adhesive comprising at least one polymer optionally a tackifier resin at least one reactive resin, the adhesive comprising at least 104 parts of the at least one reactive resin per 100 parts of polymer and tackifier resin at least one initiator and/or curing agent and/or accelerator where the adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive, the at least one polymer being present as continuous polymer phase in the uncured state of the pressure sensitive adhesive. |
| US10308842B2 |
Pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, pressure-sensitive adhesive film, and method of manufacturing organic electronic device using the same
Provided are a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, a pressure-sensitive adhesive film, and a method of manufacturing an organic electronic device using the same. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition that may effectively block moisture or oxygen penetrated into an organic electronic device from an external environment, and exhibit reliability under harsh conditions such as high temperature and high humidity and excellent optical characteristics, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive film including the same are provided. |
| US10308839B2 |
Asphalt additive compositions and methods of making and using thereof
A composition useful as an asphalt additive includes a plurality of substrate particles and a coating layer disposed on the particles, the coating layer including a solid elastomer. A method of producing an asphalt additive includes mixing an emulsion comprising an elastomer with a plurality of substrate particles. Another composition useful as an asphalt additive includes a plurality of substrate particles substantially coated with a first coating layer and a second coating layer, the first coating layer including a solid elastomer. An asphalt mix includes the asphalt additive composition, aggregate, and a binder. |
| US10308838B2 |
Moisture curable compositions
A moisture curable composition comprises: (A) a polymer containing reactive hydroxyl or hydrolysable groups bonded to silicon which groups are reactive in the presence of moisture; (B) a crosslinking agent comprising at least two groups reactive with the silicon-bonded hydroxyl or hydrolysable groups of polymer (A); (C) one or more reinforcing and/or non-reinforcing fillers; and (D) a silane having the structure (R1)m(Y1)3-mSi—Z1-G1-Z2—Si(R2)q(Y2)3-q. R1 and R2 are alkoxy groups containing from 1 to 6 carbons, Y1 and Y2 are alkyl groups containing from 1 to 8 carbons, Z1 and Z2 are alkylene groups having from 1 to 12 carbons, G1 is a chemical group containing a heteroatom with a lone pair of electrons, and m and q are independently 1, 2 or 3. Silane (D) is present in an amount of from 15 to 30% by weight of the composition and functions as a cure catalyst. |
| US10308834B2 |
UV curable coating compositions containing aliphatic urethane acrylate resins
Described in preferred embodiments are UV curable coating compositions including a unique blend of aliphatic urethane acrylate resins. Also described are coated articles and methods for their production involving the use of the coating compositions. |
| US10308833B2 |
Curable polyurethane coating composition and method of preparing the same
A curable coating composition having satisfactory low temperature curing property and fast drying speed while maintaining the flexibility and impact resistance of coating films, and also providing the coating films with good anti-corrosion property and good adhesion to a steel substrate; and a process of preparing the curable coating composition. |
| US10308830B2 |
Fluoropolymer composition
The invention pertains to a fluoropolymer composition comprising: —at least one fluoropolymer [polymer (A)]; —at least one benzoxazine compound [compound (B)] of formula (I), wherein each of Ra, equal to or different at each occurrence, is H or a C1-C12 alkyl group; Rb is a C1-C36 hydrocarbon group, possibly comprising heteroatoms, optionally comprising at least one benzoxazine group; j is zero or an integer of 1 to 4; each of Rc, equal or different at each occurrence, is a halogen or a C1-C36 hydrocarbon group, possibly comprising heteroatoms, optionally comprising at least one benzoxazine group; —at least one aromatic polyimide polymer [polymer (PI)]; —at least one organic solvent [solvent (S)], and to a method for coating a surface, specifically a metal surface, with a fluoropolymer, using said fluoropolymer composition. |
| US10308829B2 |
Moisture-and peroxide-crosslinkable polymeric compositions
Crosslinkable polymeric compositions comprising a polyolefin having hydrolyzable silane groups, an organic peroxide, and optionally a silanol condensation catalyst. Such crosslinkable polymeric compositions are crosslinkable via a combination of peroxide crosslinking and moisture curing. Such crosslinkable polymeric compositions can be employed in the production of various articles of manufacture, such as coated conductors. |
| US10308828B2 |
Reactively assisted ink for printed electronic circuits
An ink contains particles containing metal that reacts during sintering to produce an electrically conductive line or area having a diffusivity that is less than the diffusivity of the metal before the reaction. Resulting electronic circuits therefore exhibit longer useful lives, compared to conventionally inkjet printed circuits. |
| US10308826B2 |
Stretchable ink composition
A stretchable ink composition comprising a polyester; a polyurethane elastomer; water; a co-solvent; an optional surfactant; and an optional colorant. |
| US10308820B2 |
Paint system containing anti-fouling metal oxide and fumed silica
A paint system contains an anti-fouling metal oxide and a fumed silica, wherein the fumed silica has a BET surface area of 150 to 400 m2/g, a tamped density of 100 to 300 g/l and a thickening of less than 500 mPas. |
| US10308817B2 |
Anticorrosion layer and process for production thereof
The invention relates to a protection layer which is used as anticorrosion layer on corrosion-prone substrates, especially corroding metals, alloys and other materials, especially on steel, and as a basecoat for the application of further porous layer systems or as a topcoat, and to the process for production thereof and to use on a coated substrate for protection against corrosion and specifically for use against microbially induced corrosion (MIC), wherein the anticorrosion layer comprises a high-density protection layer on a corrosion-prone substrate, containing pre-condensed layer-forming alkoxysilane precursors, wherein the molecules of the pre-condensed layer-forming alkoxysilane precursors are formed from monomer units selected from the group of the triethoxysilane precursors, wherein the molecules of the pre-condensed layer-forming alkoxysilane precursors are crosslinked with one another, and wherein the high-density protection layer has a layer thickness of at least 50 μm. |
| US10308812B2 |
Flakes with undulate borders and method of forming thereof
The invention provides a plurality of substantially same planar pigment flakes, each formed of one or more thin film layers. Each flake has a face surface and a flake border delimiting the face surface; the flake border undulates in the plane of the flake. The flakes have a pre-selected shape, may have a symbol or a grating thereon. A method of manufacturing of these flakes including the steps of: (a) providing a substrate having a plurality of one-flake regions and a plurality of depressions or protrusions disposed therebetween and not extending into the one-flake regions, (b) coating the substrate with a releasable coating, and (c) removing the releasable coating and breaking it into the flakes; wherein two adjacent of the one-flake regions are separated by at least three of the depressions or protrusions for facilitating the breaking of the releasable coating into the flakes. |
| US10308809B2 |
Method for preparing coated binder units
A method and apparatus for preparing a plurality of coated binder units are disclosed. A coated binder is divided into a plurality of coated binder units by applying a pair of dividing elements to the coated binder and applying a welding element. |
| US10308808B2 |
Organic silicone resin composition and pre-preg, laminate, copper-clad laminate, and aluminum substrate that use the composition
The present invention relates to an organic silicone resin composition and a prepreg, a laminate, and an aluminum substrate that use the composition. The organic silicone resin composition comprises in terms of parts by weight: 100 parts of a condensation-type silicone resin, 0.0001-2 parts of a catalyst, and 0.001-10 parts of an additive. The organic silicone resin composition has the advantages of high heat resistance, halogen-free and phosphorus-free flame retardancy, improved peel strength with copper foil, and low coefficient of expansion, and is applicable in manufacturing the pre-preg, the laminate, and the aluminum substrate for used in a high-performance printed circuit. |
| US10308807B2 |
Dissolvable rubber
A degradable elastomeric material that is formed from a composite blend of elastomeric particles in a continuous degradable binder. The degradable binder is generally a water-soluble binder which has a temperature dependent solubility in water and brine systems. Such degradable elastomers are particularly useful in the fabrication of degradable oil tools, among other applications. |
| US10308806B2 |
Resin composition and uses thereof in high frequency circuit boards
The present invention discloses a resin composition, comprising an unsaturated thermosetting modified polyphenylether resin and an MQ organosilicon resin containing unsaturated double bonds and having a three-dimensional network structure and hydrolytically condensed from monofunctional siloxane unit (M unit) and tetrafunctional silica unit (Q unit). The present invention further discloses a high-frequency circuit substrate prepared from the aforesaid resin composition and the uses of the aforesaid resin composition in the art. The high frequency circuit substrate of the present invention has a high glass transition temperature, a high thermal decomposition temperature, a high interstratified adhesive force, a low dielectric constant and a low dielectric loss tangent, and are very suitable as the circuit substrates of high frequency electronic equipments. |
| US10308800B2 |
Processing aid
The invention provides a processing aid enabling short-time disappearance of melt fracture occurred in extrusion-molding a melt-fabricable resin at a high shear rate, a great reduction in extrusion pressure, and production of molded articles with good appearance. The processing aid contains a polymer containing a fluorine-containing elastomeric polymer segment and a fluorine-containing non-elastomeric polymer segment. |
| US10308798B2 |
Composition based on recycled polyethylene from cable waste
The invention is related to a polyethylene composition characterized in that it comprises a base resin and an inorganic mineral filler which is present in the composition in an amount of 1 to 50 wt % in respect to the weight of composition, wherein said base resin comprises: a) a first crosslinked polyethylene (PEX) having a gel content (measured according to ASTM D 2765:2006) in the range of 5% to 80% in respect to the weight of crosslinked polyethylene (PEX), said crosslinked polyethylene (PEX) being obtained from recycled wastes and b) a second polyethylene (PE) selected from virgin polyethylene and recycled polyethylene, or mixtures thereof. The invention is further related to a process for production of said polyethylene composition, and use of the polyethylene composition. |
| US10308796B2 |
Composition for low temperature use containers
A modifier for forming sub-ambient temperature use containers includes (a) from 20 wt % to 40 wt % of a block composite, the block composite including (i) an ethylene-propylene copolymer, (ii) an isotactic polypropylene polymer, and (iii) a block copolymer, (b) from 40 wt % to 60 wt % of a polyolefin copolymer, the polyolefin copolymer being derived from ethylene and at least one of a C3 to C10 alpha-olefin, having a melt index from 100 g/10 min to 1500 g/10 min, according to ASTM D1238 and at 190° C./2.16 kg, and having a density from 0.860 g/cm3 to 0.900 g/cm3, and (c) optionally, from 0 wt % to 30 wt % of at least one of a first additional copolymer that has a refractive index from 1.490 to 1.510 and a second additional copolymer that is miscible with polypropylene. |
| US10308795B2 |
Heterophasic polypropylene with improved stiffness/impact balance
Heterophasic polypropylene composition with an advantageous, respectively stiffness/impact balance and its use. |
| US10308794B2 |
Copolymer composition for semiconductive cable layer
Described herein are polymer compositions useful as a semiconductive layer suitable for cables. The polymer compositions include (a) a heterophasic copolymer of propylene, (b) a polar copolymer having a polar comonomer having polar groups, (c) a solid conductive filler, and optionally (d) a polyolefin functionalised with a mono- or polycarboxylic acid compound or a derivative of a mono- or polycarboxylic acid compound, wherein said compostion is not crosslinked by the addition of a crosslinking agent. Also described herein is a process for producing the polymer compositions as well as the use of the compositions thereof. |
| US10308784B2 |
Thermochemical process for recovering fiberglass reinforced plastics waste matter
The invention relates to a pyrolysis process carried out in the presence of a controlled carbon dioxide environment that allows recovering both the organic portion and the inorganic portion (glass fibers) of a fiberglass-reinforced plastic waste, at an organic yield recovered even higher than 95% by weight and with a suitable for manufacturing new articles, in particular fiberglass-reinforced plastic articles, which provides a profitable to the disposal in dump areas. In particular, the recovered organic products can be mixed as such, at a percentage as high as 20% and more, with a fresh unsaturated polyester resins that is normally used to manufacture common fiberglass-reinforced plastic articles, without worsening its features with respect to articles made starting from fresh resin alone. The glass fibers, which are fully recovered in a combustion treatment after the pyrolysis, are reused fully replacing the corresponding virgin glass fibers, since they are unbroken and perfectly clean in a final step of the process. |
| US10308777B2 |
Pyrolized organic layers and conductive prepregs made therewith
Pyrolized organic layers and conductive prepregs made therewith are provided. |
| US10308774B2 |
Polycarbonate containing compounds and methods related thereto
Disclosed herein are crosslinked polycarbonates, composition thereof and methods thereof. The crosslinked polycarbonates can be prepared from allyl or epoxy polycarbonates. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| US10308771B2 |
Coating compositions and coatings for adjusting friction
An alkoxysilane functionalized polysiloxane polymer can be prepared from a mixture of reactants including: a) a polysiloxane polymer having two or more reactive functional groups selected from -A-NH2, -A-OH, -A-N═C═O, -A-COOH, or combinations thereof; and b) at least one alkoxysilane having a functional group that is reactive with the reactive functional groups on the polysiloxane polymer. The alkoxysilane functionalized polysiloxane polymer can be combined with additional components to form a coating composition. |
| US10308770B2 |
Silicone composition crosslinking catalysts
The invention relates to a crosslinkable composition X, comprising: at least one organopolysiloxane compound A comprising, per molecule, at least two C2-C6 alkenyl radicals bonded to silicon atoms; at least one organohydrogenopolysiloxane compound B comprising, per molecule, at least two hydrogen atoms bonded to an identical or different silicon atom; at least one catalyst C which is a complex corresponding to the following formula: [Fe(L1)2] in which: the symbol Fe represents iron at degree of oxidation II; the symbols L1, which may be identical or different, represent a ligand which is a β-dicarbonylato anion or the enolate anion of a β-dicarbonylated compound; optionally at least one adhesion promoter D; and optionally at least one charge E. The invention also relates to the use of the previously described catalyst C as silicone composition crosslinking catalyst, to a silicone composition crosslinking method, wherein it comprises heating the composition X to a temperature of between 70 and 200° C., and to the resulting crosslinked silicone material Y. |
| US10308769B2 |
[(2-ethoxy-5-trans-1-propen-1-yl)-phenoxyl]-terminated compounds
A compound according to formula (I) can be part of a heat-curable resin composition based on polymaleimide resin systems comprising such compound as co-monomer: wherein D is an x-functional group; and x is an integer ≥2; with the proviso that the x-functional group D is not a polycarbonate with an average molar mass in the range of 15000 g/mol to 150000 g/mol. A crosslinked resin is obtainable by curing such composition. The compounds can be used in structural adhesives, matrix resins for fiber prepregs, moulding compounds, and structural and/or electrical composites. |
| US10308765B2 |
Porous/nanoporous PHT
Methods of forming nanoporous materials are described herein that include forming a polymer network with a chemically removable portion. The chemically removable portion may be polycarbonate polymer that is removable on application of heat or exposure to a base, or a polyhexahydrotriazine (PHT) or polyhemiaminal (PHA) polymer that is removable on exposure to an acid. The method generally includes forming a reaction mixture comprising a formaldehyde, a solvent, a primary aromatic diamine, and a diamine having a primary amino group and a secondary amino group, the secondary amino group having a base-reactive substituent, and heating the reaction mixture to a temperature of between about 50 deg C. and about 150 deg C. to form a polymer. Removing any portion of the polymer results in formation of nanoscopic pores as polymer chains are decomposed, leaving pores in the polymer matrix. |
| US10308762B2 |
Bimetallic catalytic complexes for the polymerisation of carbon dioxide and an epoxide
The present invention provides a novel catalyst of formula (I): wherein M is selected from Zn(H), Co(II), Mn(II), Mg(II), Fe(II), Cr(III)—X or Fe(III)—X, and the use thereof in polymerizing carbon dioxide and an epoxide. |
| US10308760B2 |
Polycarbonate resin composition and molded article
The invention is to provide a polycarbonate resin composition having excellent light resistance, transparency, hue, heat resistance, thermal stability, and mechanical strength. The invention relates to a polycarbonate resin composition which includes a polycarbonate resin at least containing structural units derived from a dihydroxy compound having the portion represented by the following general formula (1) as part of the structure thereof, the polycarbonate resin composition giving a molded object which has a haze of 12 or less as measured in accordance with a specific manner. (The case where the portion represented by the general formula (1) is part of —CH2—O—H is excluded). [Chem. 1] CH2—O (1) |
| US10308759B2 |
Aliphatic polycarbonate polyol compositions
The present invention encompasses CO2-based polycarbonate polyols that do not degrade from the chain ends to form cyclic carbonate. Importantly, the inventive polyol compositions retain —OH end group functionality desirable for thermoset applications. |
| US10308757B2 |
Fast curing high glass transition temperature epoxy resin system
A two-component curable epoxy resin system having an epoxy component containing a unique combination of two or more epoxy resins with at least one of the epoxy resins being an epoxy novolac type resin. The composite made from such resin system exhibits high glass transition temperature. |
| US10308756B2 |
Polymerizable composition for optical material and use thereof
Provided is a polymerizable composition for an optical material including (A) an amine having two or more secondary amino groups, (B) an isocyanate having two or more isocyanato groups, and (C) a thiol having three or more mercapto groups, in which the ratio (a/b) of the molar number a of amino groups in the amine (A) with respect to the molar number b of isocyanato groups in the isocyanate (B) is in the range of 0.10 to 0.60. |
| US10308752B2 |
Block copolymer
A block copolymer includes a polystyrene block including a styrene unit, and a polyalkyl (meth)acrylate block including an alkyl (meth)acrylate unit. The block copolymer includes an organic group that is bound to at least one end of a main chain of the block copolymer and that comprises a hetero atom. A polymerization initiation end of the block copolymer includes a structure derived from an alkyl lithium. The organic group included in the block copolymer includes a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom, a phosphorus atom, a tin atom, or a combination thereof, or is represented by formula (1). R1 represents a single bond or a divalent organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic linear hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms, or the like. |
| US10308751B2 |
Block copolymer
A block copolymer, a method for preparing a block copolymer, a resin composition, and a film are provided. The block copolymer can be useful in inhibiting complete separation of the hard segment even under a severe high-temperature condition by increasing the chemical cross-linking density around the hard segment without causing an increase in glass transition temperature of the hard segment, thereby maintaining high-temperature durability. |
| US10308748B2 |
Lignin-containing polymers
Click reactions may be used to bond polymers to lignin by taking advantage of lignin's terminal hydroxyl and thiol groups via an alkyne-azide click reaction or a thiol-alkene or thiol-alkyne click reaction. By selecting functional polymers, these methods may be used to synthesize lignin-containing polymer materials with an array of different properties, such as self-healing polymers. |
| US10308745B2 |
Copolymer and medical device, separation membrane module for medical use, and blood purifier including the same
A copolymer has blood compatibility and antithrombotic properties of greatly suppressing protein adhesion to be usable even when in contact with a biological component such as blood for a long period of time, and a medical device uses the copolymer. The copolymer is characterized by including a hydrophilic unit and a hydrophobic unit, wherein the hydrophobic unit contains at least one type of a carboxylic acid vinyl unit, and the number of carbon atoms at the terminal of a side chain of the carboxylic acid vinyl unit is 2-7. |
| US10308740B2 |
Amorphous propylene-ethylene copolymers
A low molecular weight copolymer is provided comprising propylene and ethylene, wherein the low molecular weight copolymer has a softening point in the range of 90 to 140° C., wherein the low molecular weight copolymer has a needle penetration that is equal to y, wherein y is defined by the following formula: y≤−0.000000262249x6+0.000172031278x5−0.046669720165x4+6.701746779438x3−537.286013331959x2+22,802.983472587x−400,204.018086126 wherein x in the above formula is the softening point of the low molecular weight copolymer, and wherein the low molecular weight copolymer has a molecular weight polydispersity index of about 3 to about 25, a crystallinity of about 18% to about 30% measured by X-Ray diffraction, and a Brookfield viscosity in the range of about 1000 to about 4000 cp at 190° C. measured by ASTM D 3236. Adhesive compositions comprising the low molecular weight copolymer are also provided. |
| US10308739B2 |
Method for preparing polyvinyl chloride by suspension and polymerization, and feeding device
The present invention provides a production method of polyvinyl chloride by suspension polymerization and a feeding apparatus. This method comprises: Step 1: injecting a vinyl chloride monomer and water at 25-98° C. into a reaction vessel to obtain a water suspension, closing the reaction kettle, repeatedly and cyclically performing vacuum-pumping and cleansing with nitrogen, stirring and evacuating oxygen in the reaction kettle; Step 2: adding a first suspension agent and a second suspension agent into the reaction kettle, and then adding a nanopowder and an initiator composite, to carry out the polymerization reaction; Step 3: adding cold water to terminate the polymerization reaction upon the pressure in the reaction kettle is reduced to 3.5 bar or less; Step 4: evacuating and vacuumizing the reaction kettle, and then filtering, washing and drying the resulted polymer, to obtain polyvinyl chloride. The present invention also provides a feeding apparatus used for the above production method. Polyvinyl chloride produced by the method of this invention has good performance and can meet the requirements of physical and chemical properties and applicability for most applications. |
| US10308736B2 |
Polyethylene polymers and articles made therefrom
Metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene polymers and articles made therefrom are provided. |
| US10308733B2 |
Systems and methods related to the production of polyethylene
Disclosed herein is a method comprising the steps of: a) producing a hydrocarbon stream from syngas via a Fischer-Tropsch reaction, wherein the hydrocarbon stream comprises a first C2 hydrocarbon stream comprising ethane and a first ethylene product; b) separating at least a portion of the first C2 hydrocarbon stream from the hydrocarbon stream; c) separating at least a portion of the first ethylene product from the first C2 hydrocarbon stream, thereby producing a second C2 hydrocarbon stream; d) converting at least a portion of the ethane in the second C2 hydrocarbon stream to a second ethylene product; and e) producing polyethylene from at least a portion of the second ethylene product. |
| US10308731B2 |
Method for feeding an antistatic compound to a polymerization reactor
A method for feeding an antistatic compound to a polymerization reactor comprising the steps of: a) dispersing, under mixing conditions, a catalyst powder and an antistatic compound in an oil, so as to form a suspension of catalyst powder and antistatic compound in said oil; b) successively adding, under mixing conditions, a molten thickening agent to said suspension from step a), while maintaining said suspension at a temperature such that said thickening agent solidifies on contact with said suspension; c) transferring the product obtained from b) to a polymerization reactor. |
| US10308729B2 |
Reactor systems and processes related thereto
A process for separating components of a reactor off gas is provided. A related reactor system is also provided. The reactor system may include a high pressure tubular reactor and/or an autoclave reactor and may be used for the production polyolefin polymers. |
| US10308728B2 |
Method of production of modified conjugated diene rubber
A method of production of a modified conjugated diene rubber including a first step of polymerizing a monomer containing at least a conjugated diene compound by using a polymerization initiator in an inert solvent so as to obtain a conjugated diene polymer having an active end, and a second step of causing a compound represented by a following formula (1) to react with the active end of the conjugated diene polymer having an active end: wherein, in formula (1), each of R1 to R3 independently is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R4 is a hydrocarbon group containing an aromatic ring and having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, R5 is an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and “n” is an integer of 0 to 10. |
| US10308726B2 |
Crosslinked polymer, hydrogel or water-based fracturing fluid comprising the same, and methods of making and using thereof
The invention provides a crosslinked polymer, a hydrogel, a water-based fracturing fluid comprising the same, and methods of making and using thereof. The crosslinked polymer of the invention is represented by formula (I), wherein * denotes a combining site with a polymer starting material and *′ denotes an optional combining site with the polymer starting material, wherein the combining sites denoted by * and *′ may be located in the same polymer molecule, or in different polymer molecules, but there are at least two combining sites located in different polymer molecules; X1 and X2, which may be the same or different, are independently an oxy (—O—) or imino (—NH—) group; X3 is an oxy (—O—) or imino (—NH—) group when *′ denotes a combining site with the polymer starting material, or X3 is a halogen, NH2 or OH when *′ isn't a combining site with the polymer starting material. The crosslinked polymer of the invention can be used in water-based fracturing fluid, in personal care products, household care products and pet care products, in reusable hydraulic fracturing flowback fluid, in gel explosives or in fire extinguishing mortar. |
| US10308725B2 |
Chelate compounds and their synthetic methods
A chelate compound wherein a chelate-forming moiety is attached to a base compound having an amino group and at least a part of the amino group is in the form of a halide salt. A specific example of the halide salt is hydrochloride. As the base compound, a chitosan having a glucosamine skeleton is preferred. Also, chitosan beads are usable. The chelate compound is produced by reacting the base compound having an amino group with an aldehyde group of an aromatic cyclic compound, aromatic cyclic compound having at least a functional group capable of forming a chelate and the aldehyde group, to form a Schiff base, reducing the Schiff base with a reducing agent and then treating with a hydrohalogenic acid (hydrochloric acid). |
| US10308724B2 |
Very high molar mass dextrans
The subject matter of the invention is dextrans which have between 95% and 99% of α-1,6 glucosidic bonds, a weight-average molar mass Mw at least equal to 0.7×109 g.mol−1, and a dispersity index D of between 1.3 and 3. The invention also relates to a dextran saccharase which makes it possible to produce such dextrans, and to a method for producing said dextrans. |
| US10308720B2 |
Multivalent and multispecific DR5-binding fusion proteins
The disclosure relates generally to molecules that specifically engage death receptor 5 (DR5), a member of the TNF receptor superfamily (TNFRSF). More specifically the disclosure relates to multivalent and multispecific molecules that bind at least DR5. |
| US10308718B2 |
Anti-sortilin antibodies and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure is generally directed to compositions that include antibodies, e.g., monoclonal, chimeric, humanized antibodies, antibody fragments, etc., that specifically bind on or more epitopes within a Sortilin protein, e.g., human Sortilin or a mammalian Sortilin, and use of such compostions in preventing, reducing risk, or treating an individual in need thereof. |
| US10308715B2 |
Antibody targeting osteoclast-related protein Siglec-15
To provide a method of detecting abnormal bone metabolism by using a gene strongly expressed in an osteoclast; a method of screening a compound having a therapeutic and/or preventive effect on abnormal bone metabolism; and a pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing abnormal bone metabolism. Provision of a method of detecting abnormal bone metabolism by using the expression of human Siglec-15 gene as an index; a pharmaceutical composition containing an antibody which specifically recognizes human Siglec-15 and has an activity of inhibiting osteoclast formation; and the like. |
| US10308708B2 |
Antibodies that neutralize botulinum neurotoxins
This disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to and typically neutralize botulinum neurotoxins (e.g., BoNT/A, BoNT/B, BoNT/E, etc.) and the epitopes bound by those antibodies. The antibodies and derivatives thereof and/or other antibodies that specifically bind to the neutralizing epitopes provided herein can be used to neutralize botulinum neurotoxin and are therefore also useful in the treatment of botulism. |
| US10308700B2 |
GLP-1 derivatives
The invention relates to a derivative of a GLP-1 peptide, which peptide has two Lys residues, namely a first and a second Lys residue, and a maximum of eight amino acid changes as compared to GLP-1(7-37) (SEQ ID NO: 3), which derivative comprises two protracting moieties attached to the epsilon amino group of said first and second Lys residue, respectively, via a linker, wherein the protracting moiety is selected from Chem. 15: HOOC—(CH2)x—CO—*, and Chem. 16: HOOC—C6H4—O—(CH2)y—CO—*, in which x is an integer in the range of 10-16, and y is an integer in the range of 8-12; and the linker comprises a first linker element *—NH—CH(CH2OH)—CO—*. A preferred linker is gGlu-Ser-Ser-Gly-Ser-Ser-Gly (SEQ ID NO: 2). The derivative of the invention has a very good potency, and a very good binding to the GLP-1 receptor. The invention also relates to the pharmaceutical use of the derivative, for example in the treatment and/or prevention of all forms of diabetes and related diseases. |
| US10308693B2 |
Antimicrobial peptides
The invention provides a peptide comprising: a core amino acid sequence, which is identical or similar to the amino acid sequence of a member of the Cecropin family. The invention further provides a nucleic acid sequence encoding the peptide and a vector comprising said nucleic acid. The invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising said peptide or said nucleic acid.The invention further provides methods of treating an infection, overcoming inherent or acquired resistance of a microorganism to an antibiotic agent or disinfecting a wound, the methods comprises administering the peptide to a subject in need thereof. |
| US10308692B2 |
Variants of GAL2 transporter and their uses
The present invention relates to polypeptides which are Gal2 variants comprising at least one amino acid substitution at a position corresponding to M435, and optionally further amino acid substitution(s). The present invention further relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding the polypeptides and to host cells containing said nucleic acid molecules. The present invention further relates to a method for the production of bioethanol and/or other bio-based compounds, comprising the expression of said nucleic acid molecules, preferably in said host cells. The present invention also relates to the use of the polypeptides, nucleic acids molecule or host cells for the production of bioethanol and/or other bio-based compounds, and/or for the recombinant fermentation of biomaterial containing pentose(s), preferably D-xylose and/or L-arabinose. |
| US10308690B2 |
Mutated immunoglobulin-binding polypeptides
The invention discloses a polypeptide with improved alkaline stability, which polypeptide comprises a mutant of a B or C domain of Staphylococcus Protein A (SpA), as specified by SEQ ID NO 1 or SEQ ID NO 2, or of Protein Z, as specified by SEQ ID NO 3, comprising at least the mutation wherein the glutamine residue at position 9 has been mutated to a tryptophan, leucine, glutamic acid, valine or lysine. The invention also discloses multimers of the polypeptide, as well as separation matrices comprising the multimers or polypeptides. |
| US10308689B2 |
Dengue virus (DV) polypeptide sequences, T cell epitopes and methods and uses thereof
Dengue virus (DV) peptides, including T cell epitopes, structural and non-structural (NS) polypeptide sequences, subsequences and modifications thereof, nucleotide sequences encoding such peptides, and compositions including such peptides and encoding nucleotide sequences, and cells expressing such peptides, are provided. Such DV peptides, nucleotide sequences and compositions, can be used to elicit, stimulate, induce, promote, increase, enhance or activate an anti-DV CD8+ T cell response or an anti-DV CD4+ T cell response. Such peptides, nucleotide sequences and compositions can also be used for and in methods of vaccination/immunization of a subject against Dengue virus (DV) (e.g., to provide protection against DV infection and/or pathology), and for treatment of a subject in need thereof, for example, treatment of the subject for a Dengue virus (DV) infection or pathology. |
| US10308686B2 |
Gamma-AApeptides with potent and broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity
The present invention is directed to a novel class of antimicrobial agents called γ-AApeptides. The current invention provides various categories of γ-AApeptides, for example, linear γ-AApeptides, cyclic γ-AApeptides, and lipidated γ-AApeptides. γ-AApeptides of the current invention are designed to exert antimicrobial activity while being stable and non-toxic. γ-AApeptides also do not appear to lead to the development of microbial resistance in treated microorganisms. Thus, the disclosed γ-AApeptides can be used for the treatment of various medical conditions associated with pathogenic microorganisms. |
| US10308685B2 |
Inhibitory peptides of viral infection
Disclosed are methods of treating and/or inhibiting a viral infection in a subject. The methods include administering a therapeutically effective amount of heparin-binding peptide. Also disclosed herein are methods for blocking viral binding to a cell. Further disclosed are anti-viral compositions for administration to a subject infected with a virus. Administration of the anti-viral composition inhibits viral infection of the subject. |
| US10308683B2 |
Bicyclic lipolantipeptide, preparation and use as antimicrobial agent
The invention relates to a new bicyclic lipolantipeptide, representing a new class of lantipeptide, and salts thereof, their preparation from a culture of a Microbacterium arborescens, and their use as antimicrobial agent in the prevention and treatment of infections in humans, animals or plants. |
| US10308677B2 |
Coupling method for peptide synthesis at elevated temperatures
An improved method for coupling carboxylic acids and amines is disclosed that includes the steps of combining a hyper-acid sensitive linker connecting an amine and a resin, a carboxylic acid, a carbodiimide, an activator additive, and a base, and carrying out the activation and coupling at a temperature greater than 30° C. |
| US10308676B2 |
Methods of making onapristone intermediates
Methods and systems for making intermediates in the synthesis of onapristone are provided. Aspects include the photoconversion of onapristone synthesis intermediates using a narrow band frequency light source. |
| US10308674B2 |
Process for preparing high-purity L-arabinose by using arabic gum as raw material
The present invention discloses a process for preparing L-arabinose from Gum Arabic comprising the steps of catalytical hydrolysis of L-arabinose from gum arabic followed by the purification steps including neutralization using alkali, adsorption bleaching, electrodialysis desalination, adsorption separation of impurities and crystallization, with the absolute purity of L-arabinose up to 98% and the recovery as high as 25%˜29% of material weight. The disclosed process has such advantages as low cost, environmental-friendliness and simple operation, showing promising in industrial production. |
| US10308673B2 |
Synthesis and use of precursors for ALD of tellurium and selenium thin films
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes for forming Te-containing thin films, such as Sb—Te, Ge—Te, Ge—Sb—Te, Bi—Te, and Zn—Te thin films are provided. ALD processes are also provided for forming Se-containing thin films, such as Sb—Se, Ge—Se, Ge—Sb—Se, Bi—Se, and Zn—Se thin films are also provided. Te and Se precursors of the formula (Te,Se)(SiR1R2R3)2 are preferably used, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are alkyl groups. Methods are also provided for synthesizing these Te and Se precursors. Methods are also provided for using the Te and Se thin films in phase change memory devices. |
| US10308672B2 |
Method for producing monomer for single-stranded nucleic acid molecule
A compound represented by formula (3): or an enantiomer thereof can be obtained by comprising: reacting a compound represented by formula (1): or an enantiomer thereof with 6-hydroxyhexanoic acid in a solvent in the presence of an additive such as 1-hydroxybenzotriazole and a condensing agent, and then mixing the resultant reaction mixture, water, and a base such as alkali metal hydroxide to produce a compound represented by formula (2): or an enantiomer thereof; and reacting the compound represented by formula (2) or an enantiomer thereof with 2-cyanoethyl-N,N,N′,N′-tetraisopropylphosphorodiamidite in a solvent in the presence of a coupling activator. |
| US10308668B2 |
Tricyclic benzoxaborole compounds and uses thereof
Compounds of Formula II, wherein X is selected from chloro, fluoro, bromo and iodo, R1 and R2 are each independently selected from H, —CH3, —CH2CH3, —CH2CH2CH3, or —CH(CH3)2; compositions containing them, their use in therapy, including their use as anti-mycobacterial agents, for example in the treatment of a mycobacterial infection in a mammal, and methods for the preparation of such compounds, are provided. |
| US10308662B2 |
Thienopyranones as kinase and epigenetic inhibitors
The invention relates to methods of treating diseases including but not limited to, cancer, non-cancer proliferative disease, sepsis, autoimmune disease, viral infaction, atheroscleosis, Type 1 or 2 diabetes, obesity, inflammatory disease, or Myc-depenent disorder including by modulating biological processes by the inhibition of PI3 kinase and/or bromodomain protein binding to substrates comprising the administration of a compound(s) of Formula I-IX (or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof) as defined herein. |
| US10308661B2 |
Macrocyclization reactions and intermediates and other fragments useful in the synthesis of halichondrin macrolides
The invention provides methods for the synthesis of a halichondrin macrolides through a macrocyclization strategy. The macrocyclization strategy of the present invention involves subjecting a non-macrocyclic intermediate to a carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction (e.g., an olefination reaction (e.g., Homer-Wadsworth-Emmons olefination), catalytic Ring-Closing Olefin Metathesis, or Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi reaction) to afford a macrocyclic macrolide. The invention also provides compounds useful as intermediates in the synthesis of a halichondrin macrolides and methods for preparing the same. |
| US10308655B2 |
Method of treating Crohn's disease comprising a TLR2 antagonist
The present disclosure relates to a novel small molecule TLR2 antagonist, and particularly, to 19 novel TLR2 antagonists, a pharmaceutical composition, including the antagonists, for preventing or treating inflammatory diseases, and a TLR4 regulator.The novel TLR2 antagonists according to the present disclosure can be effectively used as a preparation for oral administration by having low molecular weight and high oral bioavailability, and can be useful in pharmaceutical compositions for preventing or treating inflammatory diseases since the secretion of IL-8 is effectively inhibited and in vivo cytotoxicity is not induced. In addition, the novel TLR2 antagonists according to the present disclosure can be used as a TLR4 regulator. |
| US10308654B2 |
Preparation and use of kinase inhibitor
Disclosed are a preparation method for a kinase inhibitor and a use thereof. The kinase inhibitor is a compound represented by formula (I) wherein the groups are defined as described in the description. The compound of formula (I) has a kinase inhibitory activity and therefore can be used for the preparation of medicines for treating kinase activity-related diseases. |
| US10308653B2 |
Diazepane derivatives and uses thereof
The present disclosure provides compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically compositions thereof. Compounds of Formula (I) have been found to bind bromodomains and/or bromodomain-containing proteins (e.g., bromo and extra terminal (BET) proteins). Also provided are methods, uses, and kits of the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for inhibiting the activity (e.g., increased activity) of bromodomains and/or bromodomain-containing proteins and for treating and/or preventing in a subject diseases associated with bromodomains or bromodomain-containing proteins (e.g., proliferative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, viral infections, fibrotic diseases, neurological diseases, metabolic diseases, endocrine diseases, and radiation poisoning). The compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits are also useful for male contraception. |
| US10308648B2 |
Inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinase 7 (CDK7)
The present invention provides novel compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, and compositions thereof. Also provided are methods and kits involving the compounds or compositions for treating or preventing proliferative diseases (e.g., cancers (e.g., leukemia, melanoma, multiple myeloma), benign neoplasms, angiogenesis, inflammatory diseases, autoinflammatory diseases, and autoimmune diseases) in a subject. Treatment of a subject with a proliferative disease using a compound or composition of the invention may inhibit the aberrant activity of cyclin-dependent kinase (e.g., CDK7), and therefore induce cellular apoptosis and/or inhibit transcription in the subject. |
| US10308647B2 |
Fused imidazole derivatives as IDO/TDO inhibitors
The present application relates to compounds and methods for the modulation (e.g., inhibition) of the enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and/or tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO/TDO), and methods of treating diseases and disorders in which IDO/TDO plays a role. The present application provides compounds of Formula (I) or (II): |
| US10308644B2 |
Heterocyclic compounds as immunomodulators
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I), methods of using the compounds as immunomodulators, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds are useful in treating, preventing or ameliorating diseases or disorders such as cancer or infections. |
| US10308643B2 |
Heterocyclic compound
The present invention provide a heterocyclic compound having a HDAC inhibitory action, and useful for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and/or inflammatory diseases, graft versus host disease, cancers, central nervous diseases including neurodegenerative diseases, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and the like, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound.The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof. |
| US10308637B2 |
Therapeutic inhibitory compounds
Provided herein are heterocyclic derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds that are useful for inhibiting plasma kallikrein. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of diseases wherein the inhibition of plasma kallikrein inhibition has been implicated, such as angioedema and the like. |
| US10308634B2 |
Substituted indazoles, methods for the production thereof, pharmaceutical preparations that contain said new substituted indazoles, and use of said new substituted indazoles to produce drugs
The present application relates to novel substituted indazoles, to processes for preparation thereof, to the use thereof alone or in combinations for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and to the use thereof for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially for treatment and/or prophylaxis of endometriosis and endometriosis-associated pain and other endometriosis-associated symptoms such as dysmenorrhoea, dyspareunia, dysuria and dyschezia, of lymphoma, rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis (especially psoriatic spondyloarthritis and Bekhterev's disease), lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, macular degeneration, COPD, gout, fatty liver disorders, insulin resistance, neoplastic disorders and psoriasis. |
| US10308629B2 |
1H-pyrrol-3-amines
Compounds of formula (I) as described herein, processes for their production and their use as pharmaceuticals. |
| US10308628B2 |
Heterocyclic compounds and methods for their use
The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds useful for antagonising angiotensin II Type 2 (AT2) receptor. More particularly the invention relates to compounds of formula (I), as described herein, compositions containing them and their use in methods of treating or preventing disorders or diseases associated with AT2 receptor function including neuropathic pain, inflammatory pain, conditions associated with neuronal hypersensitivity, impaired nerve conduction velocity, cell proliferation disorders, disorders associated with an imbalance between bone resorption and bone formation and disorders associated with aberrant nerve regeneration. |
| US10308627B2 |
Benzodiazepine derivatives as CCK2/gastrin receptor antagonists
The invention relates to benzodiazepine derivatives of formula (A) useful as CCK2/gastrin receptor antagonists, their preparation and their use in the treatment or prevention of disorders associated with CCK2/gastrin receptors, disorders caused by or associated with hypergastrinaemia, and gastric acid-related disorders. |
| US10308625B1 |
Extraction of cannabidiol
The invention is methodology of producing a variety of cannabis derivatives such as THC, CBD, Delta-11, and budder. The technique involves the steps of: grinding a whole cannabis plant, including the root ball thereof, freezing the ground plant, soaking the frozen ground plant in a selected solvent, and, removing the solvent, thereby producing desired derivative of cannabis. Solvents include coconut oil, olive oil, vegetable oils, avocado oil, and seed oils. |
| US10308624B2 |
Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of 2-aryl chromenes and related phosphoramidite ligands and catalyst compounds
Methods to access 2-aryl chromene compounds via an asymmetric catalytic process. |
| US10308619B2 |
Substituted triazines and a method for producing same
The present invention provides aromatic 4,6-bis-trichloromethyl-s-triazin-2-yl compounds of formula (I), a process for producing para-disubstituted benzonitriles as precursor to give compounds of formula (I) and a process for the production thereof. |
| US10308614B2 |
Therapeutic compounds and uses thereof
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and salts thereof, wherein: R1-R4 have any of the values defined in the specification, and compositions and uses thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of BRG1, BRM and/or PB1. Also included are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using such compounds and salts in the treatment of various BRG1-mediated disorders, BRM-mediated disorders and/or PB1-mediated disorders. |
| US10308613B2 |
Fluoroalkylating agent
Problem to be SolvedIt is intended to provide an industrially preferable fluoroalkylating agent and use thereof.SolutionThe present invention provides a fluoroalkylating agent represented by the general formula (1) wherein R1 is a C1 to C8 fluoroalkyl group; R2 and R3 are each independently a C1 to C12 alkyl group or the like; Y1 to Y4 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or the like; and X− is a monovalent anion. A compound of the general formula (3): R4—S—R1 having an introduced C1 to C8 fluoroalkyl group is easily obtained by reacting a compound of the general formula (2): R4—S—Z wherein R4 is a hydrocarbon group or the like; and Z is a leaving group, with the compound of the general formula (1). |
| US10308610B2 |
Inhibitor compounds of phosphodiesterase type 10A
The present invention relates to compounds which are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase type 10A and to their use for the manufacture of a medicament and which thus are suitable for treating or controlling of medical disorders selected from neurological disorders and psychiatric disorders, for ameliorating the symptoms associated with such disorders and for reducing the risk of such disorders. wherein X1 is CH or N, X2 is C—R5 or N, Y is O or S, R1 is inter alia C2-C8-alkyl, C2-C8-alkenyl, C1-C4-fluoroalkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C5-C8-cycloalkyl carrying a fused benzene ring, or a moiety Z1—Ar1; R2 is a radical of the formula CR21R22R23 or phenyl or 5- or 6-membered hetaryl having 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms as ring members which are selected from O, S and N, where phenyl and monocyclic hetaryl are unsubstituted or may carry 1, 2 or 3 identical or different substituents Ra, R3 is inter alia hydrogen, C1-C8-alkyl, C2-C8-alkenyl, C1-C4-fluoroalkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, etc, or R2 and R3 together with the nitrogen atom, to which they are bound form an optionally substituted saturated 5- to 7-membered heterocyclic ring which, in addition to the nitrogen atom, may have 1 or 2 further heteroatoms or heteroatom containing groups selected from the group of O, N, S, SO and SO2; R4 is inter alia C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-fluoroalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl or Z4—Ar4; R5 is inter alia hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-fluoroalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-fluoroalkoxy, —Z5—Ar5, —O—Z5—Ar5, etc; where Z1 to Z5, Ar1 to Ar5, Ra, R21, R22 and R23 are as defined in the claims. |
| US10308607B2 |
Fucosidase inhibitors
The present disclosure relates, in general, to compounds useful as inhibitors of fucosidase enzymes, and to methods and compositions for the treatment of tumors or cancers, such as liver disorders and liver tumors (e.g., hepatocellular carcinoma), with a compound as disclosed herein. |
| US10308605B2 |
Proton pump inhibitors
A proton pump inhibitor containing a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein X and Y are the same or different and each is a bond or a spacer having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in the main chain, R1is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted thienyl group, an optionally substituted benzo[b]thienyl group, an optionally substituted furyl group, an optionally substituted pyridyl group, an optionally substituted pyrazolyl group, an optionally substituted pyrimidinyl group, an acyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group or a nitro group, R5 and R6 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, which has a superior proton pump action and shows an antiulcer activity and the like after conversion to a proton pump inhibitor in the body, or a salt thereof, or a prodrug thereof is provided. |
| US10308602B2 |
Organoselenium compounds, method for producing same, and pharmaceutical uses thereof in particular as antitumor agents
The invention relates to a selenium compound. Said selenium compound has formula (I), where R1=alkyl; R2=H, R4C(=0), R4OC(=0), a-aminoacyl, CH3SeCH2CH2CH(NH2)C(=0), CH3SeCH2CH2CH(OH)C(=0); X=OH, OR3, NH2, NR4R5, α-amino acid, CH3SeCH2CH2CH(COOH)NH—, CH3SeCH2CH2CH(COOH)0-; R3=alkyl; R4=alkyl, aryl; R5=H, alkyl, aryl; R4 and R5 which can together form a 5- or 6-membered cycloalkyl radical which can comprise a heteroatom; provided that when X=NH-terbutyl, R2≠C(=0)CH3. Said compound can be used as a pharmaceutical substance, in particular as an antitumour substance. |
| US10308599B2 |
Isothiocyanate functional surfactants, formulations incorporating the same, and associated methods of use
An isothiocyanate functional surfactant, wherein the protonated form of the surfactant includes the structure of formula (IA): wherein R1 includes the structure of formula (IIA), (IIIA), or (IVA), wherein X includes an integer ranging from approximately 0 to approximately 20, wherein R2 comprises a linear or branched aliphatic group containing approximately 8 to approximately 25 carbon atoms, and wherein R3 comprises an aliphatic or aromatic group containing approximately 1 to approximately 20 carbon atoms and at least one—N═C═S group. |
| US10308591B2 |
Preparation of (R,R)-fenoterol and (R,R)- or (R,S)-fenoterol analogues and their use in treating congestive heart failure
This disclosure concerns the discovery of (R,R)- and (R,S)-fenoterol analogs which are highly effective at binding β2-adrenergic receptors. Exemplary chemical structures for these analogs are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions including the disclosed (R,R)-fenoterol and fenoterol analogs, and methods of using such compounds and compositions for the treatment of cardiac disorders such as congestive heart failure and pulmonary disorders such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. |
| US10308589B2 |
Ethyl benzyl quaternary amines of amido amines for improved antifungal properties
A zwitterionic surfactant of formula wherein R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl and alkenyl; having from 6-22 carbons; branched or linear, cyclic or acyclic and n is from 1-8. |
| US10308588B2 |
Synthesis of amides and amines from aldehydes or ketones by heterogeneous metal catalysis
A mild and efficient synthesis of primary amines and amides from aldehydes or ketones using a heterogeneous metal catalyst and amine donor is disclosed. The initial heterogeneous metal-catalyzed reaction between the carbonyl and the amine donor components is followed by the addition of a suitable acylating agent component in one-pot, thus providing a catalytic one-pot three-component synthesis of amides. Integration of enzyme catalysis allows for eco-friendly one-pot co-catalytic synthesis of amides from aldehyde and ketone substrates, respectively. The process can be applied to asymmetric synthesis or to the co-catalytic one-pot three-component synthesis of capsaicin and its analogues from vanillin or vanillyl alcohol. A co-catalytic reductive amination/dynamic kinetic resolution (dkr) relay sequence for the asymmetric synthesis of optically active amides from ketones is disclosed. Implementation of a catalytic reductive amination/kinetic resolution (kr) relay sequence produces the corresponding optically active amide product and optical active primary amine product with the opposite stereochemistry from the starting ketones. |
| US10308586B2 |
Use of composition comprising titanium or zirconium alkoxide or aryloxide in aromatic carbonate preparation process
The invention relates to a process for preparing an aromatic carbonate, comprising reacting a dialkyl carbonate or an alkyl aryl carbonate with an aryl alcohol or an alkyl aryl carbonate, resulting in an aromatic carbonate which is an alkyl aryl carbonate or a diaryl carbonate. |
| US10308584B2 |
Methods of making (alk)acrylic esters in flow reactors
A method of making an (alk)acrylic ester in a microflow reactor. |
| US10308582B2 |
Process for making acrylic acid from dextrose
A process is described for making acrylic acid from dextrose, which comprises fermenting dextrose; removing solids from the resulting fermentation broth; removing lactic acid from the clarified broth by extraction into an organic solvent; separating out the lactic acid-loaded organic solvent while recycling at least a portion of the remainder back to the fermentation step; reacting the lactic acid with ammonia to provide a dehydration feed comprising ammonium lactate while preferably recycling the organic solvent; carrying out a vapor phase dehydration of the ammonium lactate to produce a crude acrylic acid product; and purifying the crude acrylic acid by distillation followed by melt crystallization, chromatography or both melt crystallization and chromatography. |
| US10308581B2 |
Method for producing acetic acid
There is provided a method allowing industrially efficient production of high quality acetic acid having a good potassium permanganate test value and a low impurity content without a large cost.The method for producing acetic acid according to the present invention has a carbonylation reaction step, an evaporation step and a lower boiling point component removal step, and wherein with heating of the evaporator, (i) an acetaldehyde concentration in the aqueous phase of an overhead condensate in a lower boiling point component removal column is controlled to not less than 2340 ppm by mass; and/or (ii) a methyl acetate concentration in the aqueous phase is controlled to less than 19.0% by mass and/or; (iii) a methyl acetate concentration in the organic phase of the overhead condensate in the lower boiling point component removal column is controlled to less than 38.0% by mass, and then at least a portion of the aqueous phase is treated in the acetaldehyde separation and removal step to recycle a residual liquid after the acetaldehyde separation and removal to the reaction vessel and/or the acetaldehyde separation and removal step and/or other processes. |
| US10308576B2 |
Method for methanol synthesis
In a process for methanol production from synthesis gas, which comprises the steps of providing a make-up gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide, in which the content of carbon dioxide is less than 0.1 mole %, mixing the make-up gas with a hydrogen-rich recycle gas and passing the gas mixture to a methanol synthesis reactor, optionally via a sulfur guard, and subjecting the effluent from the synthesis reactor to a separation step, thereby providing crude methanol and the hydrogen-rich recycle gas, the customary addition of carbon dioxide to the make-up gas is replaced by addition of water in an amount of 0.1 to 5 mole %. This way, a CO2 compressor is saved, and the amount of poisonous sulfur in the make-up gas is markedly reduced. |
| US10308574B2 |
Reduction catalyst and chemical reactor
According to one embodiment, a reduction catalyst includes a current collector including a metal layer; and organic molecules including a quaternary nitrogen cation, which are bonded to the metal layer. The organic molecules are represented by any of the following general formulae I to V. |
| US10308572B2 |
Process for compound transformation
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for methods of using a catalytic system to chemically transform a compound (e.g., a hydrocarbon). In an embodiment, the method does not employ grafting the catalyst prior to catalysis. In particular, embodiments of the present disclosure provide for a process of hydrocarbon (e.g., C1 to C20 hydrocarbon) metathesis (e.g., alkane, olefin, or alkyne metathesis) transformation, where the process can be conducted without employing grafting prior to catalysis. |
| US10308570B2 |
Method for dehydrogenating a hydrocarbon stream with a bimetallic catalyst
A method of oxidative dehydrogenating a butane-containing hydrocarbon stream by contacting the same with a bimetallic catalyst in the presence of an oxidant, wherein the bimetallic catalyst comprises nickel and bismuth on a titanium carbide catalyst support. Various embodiments of the method of oxidative dehydrogenating the butane-containing hydrocarbon stream and the bimetallic catalyst are also provided. |
| US10308569B2 |
Process for preparing 1,3-butadiene from n-butenes by oxidative dehydrogenation
The invention relates to a process for preparing butadiene from n-butenes, comprising the steps of: A) providing an input gas stream a comprising n-butenes, B) feeding the input gas stream a comprising n-butenes and a gas containing at least oxygen into at least one oxidative dehydrogenation zone and oxidatively dehydrogenating n-butenes to butadiene, giving a product gas stream b comprising butadiene, unconverted n-butenes, water vapor, oxygen, low-boiling hydrocarbons and high-boiling secondary components, with or without carbon oxides and with or without inert gases; Ca) cooling the product gas stream b by contacting with a cooling medium in at least one cooling zone, the cooling medium being at least partly recycled and having an aqueous phase and an organic phase, Cb) compressing the cooled product gas stream b which may have been depleted of high-boiling secondary components in at least one compression stage, giving at least one aqueous condensate stream c1 and one gas stream c2 comprising butadiene, n-butenes, water vapor, oxygen and low-boiling hydrocarbons, with or without carbon oxides and with or without inert gases; D) removing uncondensable and low-boiling gas constituents comprising oxygen and low-boiling hydrocarbons, with or without carbon oxides and with or without inert gases, as gas stream d2 from the gas stream c2 by absorbing the C4 hydrocarbons comprising butadiene and n-butenes in an absorbent, giving an absorbent stream laden with C4 hydrocarbons and the gas stream d2, and then desorbing the C4 hydrocarbons from the laden absorbent stream, giving a C4 product gas stream d1, E) separating the C4 product stream d1 by extractive distillation with a butadiene-selective solvent into a stream e1 comprising butadiene and the selective solvent and a stream e2 comprising n-butenes; F) distilling the stream e1 comprising butadiene and the selective solvent into a stream f1 consisting essentially of the selective solvent and a stream f2 comprising butadiene, wherein stage Cb) comprises at least two compression stages Cba) and at least two cooling stages Cbb) configured in the form of quench columns, the cooling in the cooling stages being effected by direct contacting with a biphasic cooling medium having an aqueous phase and an organic phase. |
| US10308563B2 |
Process for producing ethylene oligomers
The present disclosure relates to a process for producing ethylene oligomers and more particularly, to a process for oligomerizing ethylene by recycling butene, hexene, and octene in an ethylene oligomerization reaction with a catalyst system including a transition metal or transition metal precursor, a ligand with a backbone structure expressed by the following Chemical Formula 1, and a co-catalyst. [Chemical Formula 1] R1—O—Y—O—R2 or R1—OC(═O)—Y—C(═O)OR2 Herein, R1, R2 are each independently hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, heterohydrocarbyl, or substituted heterohydrocarbyl, and Y represents a group connecting O or C(═O)O and is hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, hetero hydrocarbyl, or substituted heterohydrocarbyl. According to the oligomerization method of the present disclosure, in the distribution of the produced α-olefins, C10″-C12″ α-olefins care highly distributed, the produced α-olefins have a remarkably high purity. |
| US10308553B2 |
Structural lightweight concrete with superior thermal insulation
A structural lightweight concrete composition comprising cement, a fine aggregate such as sand, a natural coarse aggregates, such as limestone, scoria or perlite or mixtures thereof, a synthetic coarse aggregate comprising a polymeric material, such as polypropylene beads, an industrial waste byproduct in the form of fine particles, such as silica fume or heavy oil ash, a superplasticizer, such as a polycarboxylate ether and water demonstrating lower thermal conductivity and sufficient compressive strength. Concrete products made therefrom and methods for producing such products are also provided. |
| US10308551B2 |
Rubber composite and process for obtaining same
This disclosure provides a rubber composite for use in a variety of applications, and methods for its preparation. |
| US10308549B2 |
Chemically strengthened glass and method for producing same
A chemically strengthened glass having a compressive stress layer formed in a surface layer thereof according to an ion exchange method, in which a surface of the glass has polishing flaws, the glass has a texture direction index (Stdi) of 0.30 or more, a hydrogen concentration Y in a region to a depth X from an outermost surface of the glass satisfies the following relational equation (I) at X=from 0.1 to 0.4 (μm), and a surface strength F (N) measured by a ball-on-ring test is (F≥1400×t2) relative to a sheet thickness t (mm) of the glass: Y=aX+b (I) in which meanings of respective symbols in the equation (I) are as follows: Y: hydrogen concentration (as H2O, mol/L), X: depth from the outermost surface of the glass (μm), a: −0.300 or more, and b: 0.220 or less. |
| US10308544B2 |
Gas reclamation system for optical fiber production
A method of producing an optical fiber is provided that includes the steps of flowing a first gas into an optical fiber draw furnace. The first gas is passed through a heated section configured to contain and heat a glass source from which the optical fiber is drawn, passing the first gas through a muffle which defines a capture chamber. A portion of the first gas is removed through at least one reclaim port operatively coupled to the capture chamber. A second gas flows into a gas screen at a rate configured to substantially recover a pressure drop associated with removing the portion of the first gas. |
| US10308540B2 |
Systems and methods for processing organic compounds
The present disclosure relates to a novel process to control odors from manure by digesting the manure into Methane. Embodiments may comprise a two stage anaerobic digestion process to digest the wastes and remove the nutrients from the wastewater. The initial anaerobic digestion is carried out in a closed vessel to capture any gassed released and otherwise proceeds as current practices are. The wastewater from the first stage digestion is then pumped into a second reaction vessel. This vessel reproduces the conditions that produce natural gas (methane) in the geologic setting, with high temperatures and high pressures. |
| US10308525B2 |
Suspended-matter removing method utilizing biofilm and suspended-matter removing apparatus utilizing biofilm
A suspended-matter removing method and a suspended-matter removing apparatus are disclosed that require no sludge treatment facility, and inexpensively provide filtrate satisfying a water quality standard. The suspended-matter removing method includes: feeding a protrusion element to a filter layer formed by filling a solid filter material, adding a protrusion to a surface of the solid filter material; after feeding protrusion element, determining whether a protrusion has been added to the surface of the solid filter material, and when it is determined that the protrusion has been added, reducing a feeding amount of the protrusion element as compared with when adding the protrusion; forming a biofilm on the surface of the solid filter material; and passing water to be treated containing suspended matters through the filter layer having the solid filter material added with the protrusion in a state in which the feeding amount of the protrusion element is reduced. |
| US10308522B2 |
High Q modified barium magnesium tantalate for high frequency applications
Disclosed are embodiments of a barium magnesium tantalate including additional components to increase the Q value of the material. In some embodiments, complex tungsten oxides and/or hexagonal perovskite crystal structures can be added into the barium magnesium tantalate to provide for advantageous properties. In some embodiments, no tin is used in the formation of the material. |
| US10308507B2 |
MEMS gap control structures
Provided herein is a method including forming a cavity in a first side of a first silicon wafer. An oxide layer is formed on the first side and in the cavity. The first side of the first silicon wafer is bonded to a first side of a second silicon wafer, and a gap control structure is deposited on a second side of the second silicon wafer. A MEMS structure is formed in the second silicon wafer. The second side of the second silicon wafer is eutecticly bonded to the third silicon wafer, and the eutectic bonding includes pressing the second silicon wafer to the third silicon wafer. |
| US10308500B2 |
Multilayer MEMS cantilevers
The present invention relates to a cantilever or membrane comprising a body and an elongated beam attached to the body. The elongated beam includes a first layer comprising a first material, a second layer comprising a second material having an elastic modulus different to that of the first material, a third layer comprising a third material having an elastic modulus different to that of the first material, where the first layer is sandwiched between the second layer and the third layer. |
| US10308496B2 |
Liquid dispensing tap, particularly for dispensing liquids with higher densities from rigid vessels
A tap (1) is disclosed for delivering liquids, particularly for delivering high- and medium-density liquids from rigid vessels, comprising: a body (3); stem means (9); and elastic actuating means (11) of the stem means (9); air inlet/outlet means (13, 25, 28) in the body (3) and inside the vessel; valve means (7) for passing air; non-return valve means (26) placed between the air inlet and outlet means (13, 25, 28) and the vessel interior and adapted to be guided and driven by the pressure difference between outside the tap (1) and inside the vessel; anti-counterfeiting and protecting means (A); supporting means (E); and an integrated glass (D). |
| US10308493B2 |
Drink filling system
A drink filling system including: a bottle molding section; a sterilizing section that sterilizes a molded bottle; a rinsing section that rinses the bottle; a filling section that fills and seals the bottle; and a conveying unit that conveys the bottle from the molding section through to the filling section. A chamber covers a portion extending from the sterilizing section to the filling section, and an atmosphere shut-off chamber is provided between a sterilizing section chamber and a rinsing section chamber. An exhaust unit is provided for the atmosphere shut-off chamber and/or the sterilizing section chamber, a clean air supply unit is provided for a filling section chamber so that a clean air flows from the filling section chamber into the atmosphere shut-off chamber through the rinsing section chamber or further flows into the sterilizing section chamber, and the air-flow flowing therein is exhausted by an exhaust unit. |
| US10308489B2 |
Industrial truck comprising means for suppressing and reducing vibrations
Embodiments include an industrial truck comprising a chassis, which is supported by at least two front wheels and by at least one rear wheel, a mast for a load-carrying apparatus, wherein the front wheels are rotatably arranged on wheel arms that protrude forwards from the mast support region of the chassis, and configured for suppressing and reducing vibrations, wherein at least one of the wheel arms, is split into at least two wheel arm portions, which are mounted by a bearing arrangement so as to be able to perform movements relative to one another, wherein relative movements of the wheel arm portions are influenced, in order to suppress or reduce vibrations. |
| US10308487B2 |
Measurement system for determining support force
A support force measurement apparatus for determining a support force on a support element of a support structure of a movable working machine. The measurement apparatus has at least one measurement element and a support leg. The measurement element is connected to a deformation body capable of being deformed with an effect of the support force, so as to form a sensor and send a signal proportional to the support force. The support leg has the sensor and is movably connected to the support element. The support element comprises a cable connection, and the cable connection is constructed in a manner of guiding electrical energy and is used for sending the signal proportional to the support force to an analysis apparatus in a machine. The support element in the support leg and the sensor are provided with electromagnetic interfaces. |
| US10308483B2 |
Drag rollers for escalators, moving walkways, and other conveyors
Conveyors and people movers, such as escalators and moving walkways, for instance, may include a support member belt comprised of a plurality of support members guided on rails. The support members may be, for example, steps of an escalator or pallets of a moving walkway. Each support member may be secured to a pair of drag rollers that travels along the rails. Further, each support member may include a roller spindle that is held rotationally conjointly in or on a body of the support member. Between the roller spindle and the body of the support member, there may be a plug-in connection by way of which the roller spindle is maintained against an undercut under bias of a latching device. |
| US10308481B2 |
Elevator door and method for opening an elevator door having two sliding door panels
Car door (1) comprising: two sliding door panels (2, 3); two profiles (6, 7), each of which is arranged below one of the two door panels (2, 3), the profiles (6, 7) being partially counter-shaped so as to slide with respect to one another therefore while the door (1) is opening they move towards one another to compose a sill (5). |
| US10308478B2 |
Elevator system recognizing signal pattern based on user motion
An elevator system includes a destination control system and an input system. An elevator car is called by an identification-device of a passenger being read by the input system. The destination control system is designed to recognize a signal-pattern that is produced by the passenger moving the respective identification device relative to parts of the input system. The destination control system is programmed to process different programs depending on the signal-pattern. Furthermore, a method for biasing elevator movements of such elevator systems is disclosed. |
| US10308476B2 |
Elevator control system having controller in communication with power provider
An elevator control system includes an elevator group system including one or more elevators and an elevator group controller configured to control operation of the one or more elevators. The system includes at least one of an external elevator management system and an external power provider connected via a data communications link to the elevator group controller. The elevator group controller is configured to transmit to the at least one of the external elevator management system and the external power provider elevator operation information, and the at least one of the external elevator management system and the external power provider is configured to transmit to the elevator group controller elevator operation control information based on the elevator operation information. The elevator group controller is configured to then control operation of the one or more elevators based on the elevator operation control information. |
| US10308473B2 |
Automatically coiling pipes in spool form with a constant internal pressure
A machine for coiling pipes (1) in spool form, includes a structure (10) supporting a rotating reel (11), a feeder unit for feeding a pipe (1) to the reel (11) in a longitudinal direction (X-X), a device (12) for cutting the pipe (1), a measuring unit (20) for measuring the length of the pipe (1), arranged upstream of the cutting device (12), in the longitudinal direction (X-X). The machine includes a device for hermetically sealing the pipe arranged in a zone of the machine situated upstream in the direction of feeding of the pipe towards the reel of the means for fastening to the reel and upstream of the cutting device in the same direction of feeding. |
| US10308472B2 |
Carbon fiber precursor fiber bundle, production method and production device therefor, and carbon fiber and production method therefor
A carbon fiber precursor fiber bundle which permits easy bundling of a plurality of small tows into one bundle, is provided with a dividing capability to divide into the original small tows spontaneously at the time of firing, and is suitable for obtaining a carbon fiber that is excellent in productivity and quality. A carbon fiber precursor fiber bundle that has a degree of intermingle of 1 m−1 or less between small tows, consists of substantially straight fibers without imparted crimp, a tow of which straight fibers has a moisture content of less than 10% by mass when housed in a container, and has a widthwise dividing capability to maintain a form of a single aggregate of tows when housed in a container, taken out from the container and guided into a firing step, and to divide into a plurality of small tows in the firing step by the tension generated in the firing step. |
| US10308470B2 |
Blade and post-processing apparatus
Disclosed is a blade for a saddle folding unit that can saddle-fold a sheet. At the edge of a folding side of the sheet in the blade, a protrusion portion protruding in a pushing direction of the blade is provided. |
| US10308468B1 |
Drywall banjo tools for applying joint tape
Method and apparatus are disclosed for drywall banjo tools for applying joint tape. An example drywall banjo for applying joint tape includes a banjo body. The banjo body includes a panel and side walls protruding from outer edges of the panel to define a cavity that is configured to contain joint compound mud. The side walls include a first side wall that extends between an inlet and an outlet. The example disclosed drywall banjo also includes a sloped mound configured to couple to and project away from the first side wall within the cavity. The sloped mound is configured to guide the joint compound mud within the cavity toward the joint tape travelling between the inlet and the outlet to enable the joint compound mud to uniformly collect on a side of the joint tape. |
| US10308466B2 |
Post-processing apparatus including a pushing member
A post-processing apparatus includes a storing unit that stores plural recording media for performing post-processing, a pushing member that pushes trailing ends of the recording media stored in the storing unit toward an ejection port, and a controller that controls the pushing member to stop at a position at which the pushing member supports a recording medium that is transported. |
| US10308459B2 |
Medium wind-up apparatus
A medium wind-up apparatus includes a reel-out motor, which is a driving source that winds up a medium, a control portion that controls the reel-out motor on the basis of a torque limit value, which regulates an upper limit of an output torque of the reel-out motor, and a reel-out side detection portion that detects a rotation speed of the reel-out motor, in which the control portion changes the torque limit value on the basis of the detected rotation speed. In this case, it is preferable that the control portion increase the torque limit value in a case in which the detected rotation speed falls below a first threshold value, and that the control portion reduce the torque limit value in a case in which the detected rotation speed exceeds a second threshold value, which is larger than the first threshold value. |
| US10308458B2 |
Image forming apparatus
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus which includes: a feeding portion configured to feed a sheet; an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet; a conveying portion configured to stop the sheet fed by the feeding portion at a predetermined position and to convey the sheet to the image forming portion in accordance with a timing of forming the image by the image forming portion; a type discriminating portion configured to discriminate whether a type of the sheet to be fed belongs to a first sheet type group including plain paper or to a second sheet type group including coated paper; and a controlling portion configured to control feeding of the sheet, wherein the controlling portion is configured to change a sheet feeding start timing of the feeding portion in accordance with the type discriminated by the type discriminating portion. |
| US10308457B2 |
Capacitive sensing for paper tray
A capacitive sensing system based on projected self-capacitance is suitable for use in printing systems/products to sense paper tray status. In example embodiments, a capacitive sensing system is adapted for sensing the condition/characteristics of paper in the paper tray, such as paper size, stack height and page count and paper dielectric. The capacitive sensing system can be configured with one or more shielded capacitive sensors incorporated into the paper tray, and oriented relative to the paper according to the paper condition/characteristic sensed. |
| US10308456B2 |
Sheet supplier
A sheet supplier, including: a tray including a sheet support surface; a sheet supply roller configured to supply an uppermost one of sheets; a rotational member configured to contact a lowermost one of the sheets; a presser configured to press the supply roller relative to the rotational member; and a supporter configured to support the rotational member by a contact portion such that the rotational member is rotated by a movement of the lowermost sheet and to limit a movement of the rotational member caused by a force of the lowermost sheet in a sheet supply direction; wherein, where static friction coefficients between the supply roller and the uppermost sheet, between the sheets on the support surface, between the rotational member and the lowermost sheet, and between the rotational member and the contact portion are respectively defined as μ2, μ3, and μ4, the following expressions are satisfied: μ1>μ4>μ2, μ3>μ4. |
| US10308454B2 |
Sheet conveying apparatus
A sheet conveying apparatus, including: a sheet container; a roller; an arm rotatably supporting the roller; and a presser plate for pressing sheets in the container, wherein distal and basal portions of the presser plate define a bend angle when bent, the bend angle being an angle defined on one side of the presser plate farther from the arm, the bend angle being maintained at an obtuse angel in a first-amount loaded state of the container, and wherein a contact angle of the arm and the sheets at a contact position thereof is smaller than a maximum angle from a maximally loaded state to the first-amount loaded state, the maximum angle being an angle defined by: the basal portion in the maximally loaded state; and the arm whose roller contacts the presser plate in the maximally loaded state when assumed that the sheets are not loaded on the presser plate. |
| US10308452B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes a stacking unit, an access detecting unit, a malfunction detecting unit, a counting unit, and a process deciding unit. The stacking unit receives, as stacked, a recording material. The access detecting unit detects an access to the stacking unit by an operator. The malfunction detecting unit detects that a conveyance malfunction of the recording material has occurred on a conveying path guiding the recording material supplied from the stacking unit. The counting unit counts, after the access detecting unit detects an access to the stacking unit by the operator in a state that the malfunction detecting unit does not detect that the conveyance malfunction has occurred, the number of the conveyance malfunction detected by the malfunction detecting unit. The process deciding unit decides a process to address the conveyance malfunction based on the number of the conveyance malfunction counted by the counting unit. |
| US10308449B2 |
Shuttle bar for transport of railcar pallets, freight-handling device, and freight-handling method
A shuttle bar (20) for a freight-handling device for transferring cargo from road to rail and vice versa using horizontal transverse loading, for moving a railcar pallet of a freight car to a loading platform and vice versa, wherein the shuttle bar (20) includes lifting mechanism for raising and lowering of the railcar pallet from or onto a railcar undercarriage of the freight train as well as from or onto the loading platform, wherein the shuttle bar (20) includes a bar base frame (30), a lifting bar (31), and a lifting-bar drive device (32) for raising and lowering the lifting bar (31) relative to the bar base frame (30), as well as a freight-handling device for combined freight transport with such shuttle bars, and a freight-handling method. |
| US10308448B2 |
Shingle with reinforced nail zone and method of manufacturing
A method of making a laminated shingle is provided. The method includes coating a shingle mat with roofing asphalt to make an asphalt-coated sheet, adhering a reinforcement member to a portion of the asphalt-coated sheet, covering the asphalt-coated sheet, and optionally covering the reinforcement member, with granules to make a granule-covered sheet, dividing the granule-covered sheet into an overlay sheet and an underlay sheet, wherein the overlay sheet has a tab portion normally exposed on a roof and a headlap portion normally covered-up on a roof, the headlap portion having a lower zone adjacent the tab portion and an upper zone adjacent the lower zone, and wherein the reinforcement member is adhered to the lower zone of the headlap portion and laminating the overlay sheet and the underlay sheet to make the laminated shingle. |
| US10308446B2 |
Handling system with independent and coordinated shuttle, for industrial automation
A handling system with independent and coordinated shuttles for industrial automation, of the LSM moving coils drive type, wherein multiple shuttles with on-board coils act on a rail with permanent magnets in an independent but coordinated way, synchronous and/or asynchronous with respect to each other, with a high level of speed, precision in positioning and versatility of use. The system is particularly suitable for the automated machining of flat semi-finished products such as photovoltaic cells, printed circuits and other circuit boards or for the transport and filling of containers such as phials or flacons. |
| US10308440B2 |
System and method for managing speed of cold planer conveyor belt
A system and method for determining and controlling a speed of a conveyor belt configured for transferring material from a source of the material to a haul vehicle includes a motor and associated head pulley shaft operatively coupled to a conveyor belt head pulley configured for driving the conveyor belt. The motor is connected to a conveyor belt tensioner block configured to enable adjustment of a tension in the conveyor belt, and the head pulley shaft is rotatably supported within the conveyor belt tensioner block. A speed ring gear is mounted on the head pulley shaft and located at least partially within a bore through the conveyor belt tensioner block. A speed sensor is mounted on the conveyor belt tensioner block in a position radially outward from teeth of the speed ring gear as the speed ring gear and head pulley shaft rotate within the bore through the belt tensioner block. The speed sensor is configured to generate signals indicative of the speed of rotation of the head pulley shaft and speed ring gear. A system controller determines a speed of the conveyor belt from the speed of rotation of the head pulley shaft and speed ring gear, and controls the speed of the conveyor belt to control an amount and rate of transfer of material along the conveyor belt from the source of material to the haul vehicle during a time period. |
| US10308439B2 |
Chain monitoring system
A monitoring and feedback system may provide real-time feedback on the bearings in the chain of a proofer/oven conveyor system. The system may detect a bearing seizure before any damage can occur to the track and/or may provide for improper lubrication detection. Accordingly, a chain section or a bearing may be pulled out of the conveyor system for repair/replacement, thereby prolonging the life of the conveyor system as a whole, including the conveyor chain and bearings. |
| US10308437B2 |
Conveyor device having a linear drive and height-adjustable carriers for conveying objects
The invention relates to a device for moving objects, comprising a plurality of individually-movable conveyor movers (29) for conveying the objects, a track system (21) for said conveyor movers (29) in which the conveyor movers (29) can be moved along at least one predetermined track in a conveyor direction (T), and a control device for controlling the movements of said conveyor movers in the track system (21), the conveyor movers (29) each comprising at least one runner (27) that interacts with said track system (21), at least one carrier (29) for objects and, mounted on said runner (27), at least one retainer (31) for the carrier (29), said carrier (29) being adjustable relative to the runner (27) between a lower conveyor position and an upper functional position and thus being guided by the retainer (31). |
| US10308432B2 |
Insert for wire mesh belts
A wire mesh belt for use as a conveyor. The wire mesh belt has a plurality of links which are interlocked to form the wire mesh belt. First straight portions, second straight portions and bent portions of the links form passages which extend across the length of each link. A longitudinal axis of each link extends generally transversely to a longitudinal axis of the wire mesh belt. Support inserts are provided in the passages of respective links. The cooperation of the support inserts with the links provides support to the wire mesh belt to minimize the deformation of the wire mesh belt. |
| US10308431B2 |
Flexible conveyor belt wrapper
A flexible composite conveyor belt, such as for use as a belt wrapper in overlying combination with a metal belt in cooking or heating operations. The belt includes a protrusion attached to a flexible substrate. The protrusion includes an engagement surface adapted to secure the protrusion to a portion of the underlying metal belt to drive the belt at a same speed as the conveyor belt. Protrusions on opposing ends of the belt negate the need for conventional lacing in securing the ends of the belt together. |
| US10308427B2 |
Lid system for a front load dumpster
A lid system for a front load dumpster is provided. The lid system provides a container assembly, an upper frame assembly having a curved lid, and a lower frame assembly, wherein the container assembly may rotate relative to the lower frame assembly and the upper frame assembly in a forward direction and an opposing rearward direction, while the upper frame assembly may rotate relative to the lower frame assembly only in the rearward direction so that the curved lid opens during dumping when the container assembly is in an upended condition, but the upper frame assembly and its curved lid may remain locked in a closed configuration when the container assembly is in an upright condition, before and after the dumping. |
| US10308426B2 |
Trash bag apparatus
A trash bag apparatus for trash bags having a main body, front and rear panels, detachable cutout sections that may be perforated and a flip section that provides a user access to the trash bags within the trash bag apparatus. The detachable cutout sections, when detached, enable dispensing of trash bags from the apparatus. The trash bag apparatus also contemplates a number of mounting holes that align with the holes of trash bags and bars or mounting structures of trash bag receptacles. |
| US10308422B2 |
Foldable RCS container
A container may have a floor, a ceiling, a first side wall, and a second side wall, a first end wall, and a second end wall. The first side wall, the second side wall, the first end wall, and the second end wall may be formed from a container wall for reducing an effective radar cross section of the container. The first side wall and the second side wall in a longitudinal direction of the container mid-height between the floor and the ceiling may be foldable inward into the interior of the container. The first side wall may include a first cladding board that is permeable to radar rays and reduces the effective radar cross section of the container. The first cladding board may have a reflective agent that reflects radar rays and can be aligned to be at least partially inclined relative to a plane of a main extent of the first cladding board. |
| US10308402B2 |
Spout stopper and packaging container
Provided are a spout stopper that prevents a decrease in sealing performance to a cap without deterioration of liquid-shutting-off performance of a stopper body, and a packaging container using the spout stopper. The spout stopper includes: a stopper body including a cylindrical side wall; and a cap to be mounted from an upper end side that is one end of the side wall. A projection is formed at an upper end edge of the side wall so as to project outward from the side wall, and a top surface at an upper end of the side wall is in surface contact with a predetermined contact surface inside a cap over an entire circumference thereof in a state where the cap is mounted on the side wall. |
| US10308396B2 |
Method of producing a packaging container with a closure and release mechanism
An apparatus and method for manufacturing a container with a closure-release mechanism. The process in particular relates to thermoforming a plastic sheet to form a container with a clam shell locking system in order to facilitate a secure closure and easy opening packaging container. The clam shell locking arrangement comprises a post which is secured in an aperture when the container is in closed state. The post is a projection or protrusion in a vertical or nearly vertical sidewall of the cover of the thermoformed package and fits securely into the aperture, which is a cut-out made in the outer, and optionally also the inner, wall segments of the vertical or nearly vertical surfaces of the base section of the thermoplastic containers. |
| US10308392B2 |
Packing box
Problem to be SolvedProvided is a packing box that enables to easily release a slit lock in which slits of an insertion piece of an openable lid engage with side flaps connected to openable lid side edge portions of lid side members, even if the interior of a box body of the packing box is tightly filled with a product.SolutionThe top face lid (540) of the packing box (500) includes a part that can be torn along the tear inducing line (543) extending from the flap opposing edge (541) of the top face lid to the front end edge (542) of the top face lid (540), and the part is held and torn along the tear inducing line (543) by a human hand and is raised up with respect to the top face lid (540) to form the slit lock release gripping piece (544) that can be used for releasing engagement created by the slit lock engaging structure (LK), so that the engagement by the slit lock engaging structure (LK), which is the engagement between the insertion piece (550) and the side flap (530) in the slit (SL22) on the side in the lateral direction of the insertion piece (550) where the slit lock release gripping piece (544) is formed, can be easily released even if the interior of the box body of the packing box is tightly filled. |
| US10308386B2 |
Medicine dispensing apparatus
A medicine dispensing apparatus fills a vial having a polygonal cross-sectional shape with medicines to dispense the medicines. The apparatus contains a stocker, a first vial transporting unit, a vial orienting unit, a labeling unit, a second vial transporting unit, a medicine filling unit, and a vial discharging window. The stocker stores the vial. The first vial transporting unit transports the vial from the stocker to the labeling unit. The vial orienting unit adjusts an orientation of the vial. The labeling unit labels the vial. The second vial transporting unit transports the vial from the labeling unit to the medicine filling unit. The medicine filling unit fills the vial with the medicines. The second vial transporting unit further transports the vial from the medicine filling unit to the vial discharging window, where the vial is discharged through the vial discharging window. |
| US10308385B2 |
Method and apparatus for compacting product
A method for compacting a slug of product and apparatus for accomplishing the same. The invention describes collecting weighed product in an intermediate settling device to form a compact slug of product. The device can comprise a single settling chamber or can comprise multiple settling chambers which are axially rotatable. The slug can be compacted by jostling and/or vibrating the settling device. Thereafter, the product is discharged to a packaging apparatus. Because the product in the final package is denser, a smaller package can be utilized reducing manufacturing and shipping costs. |
| US10308377B2 |
Propellant tank and loading for electrospray thruster
Methods and apparatus of adding propellant to a thruster assembly are described. A first end of a beaker is disposed in an opening of the tank, where the beaker contains propellant and the first end of the beaker includes a breakaway bottom. The thruster assembly and beaker are placed in a first environment, where the first environment is substantially a vacuum and/or an environment composed substantially of gases that can be absorbed by the propellant. A plunger in the beaker is depressed to cause the breakaway bottom of the beaker to break and the propellant to flow into the tank of the thruster assembly. The thruster assembly is removed from the first environment and the beaker is removed from the opening. A cap is added to complete the assembly. The assembly contains a vent to allow gases to escape the interior of the tank. |
| US10308373B2 |
Lobed nut cap
The present invention proposes a cap having a collar portion with three or more contact regions arranged to contact the end of a fastener around which the collar portion is provided, the collar portion having a lobed shape in cross-section such that an outwardly projecting lobe extends between each neighboring pair of contact regions. An advantage of this lobed arrangement is that the cap can tolerate relatively large manufacturing tolerances at the fastener end. For example, the cap may be for fitting over a nut or fastener head, with the contact regions of the cap being arranged to contact corresponding contact regions on a cylindrical collar base portion of the nut or fastener head. The diameter of this cylindrical collar portion may not be well controlled, so that the manufacturing tolerance is high. The lobed shape of the cap base ensures that the contact regions will always provide a good frictional engagement with the nut, whether the cylindrical collar is undersized, oversized, or at its nominal diameter. |
| US10308364B2 |
System and method for air conditioning at least one partial region of an airplane
A system for air conditioning at least one partial region of an aircraft includes an air providing device for providing air to be supplied to a region of the aircraft to be ventilated at a desired temperature and pressure. A supply air duct is connected at a first end to the air providing device. A second end of the supply air duct is connected to an air inlet which opens near the floor into the aircraft region to be ventilated. A control device is set up to ensure that the air provided by the air providing device enters the aircraft region to be ventilated via the air inlet at such a speed that the air is distributed near the floor in the aircraft region to be ventilated and rises at heat sources present in the aircraft region to be ventilated. |
| US10308363B2 |
Seat footrest
A seat footrest includes a footpad having a supporting plate under a cushioned top side, an arcuate member mechanically coupled to the plate by a first end and pivotally coupled to a seat frame by a second end. The arcuate member is adapted for pivoting the footpad between a stowed position and one or more deployed positions. A lock pin is provided for releasably inserting into a first notch of the arcuate member for securing the footpad in the stowed position and one or more additional notches of the arcuate member for securing the footpad in the one or more deployed positions. A first biasing member is adapted for initiating deployment of the footpad upon release of the lock pin from the first notch, and a second biasing member is adapted for completing deployment of the footpad by raising the footpad to the one or more deployed positions. |
| US10308361B2 |
Disposable modular reservoir
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to a reservoir (40) that is easily removed from a grey water flush system. The reservoir is made modular so that rather than removing an entire reservoir/pump/circuitry system, the reservoir (40) can be separately removed from the system. The reservoir can also be made disposable, which can save cleaning and refurbishment costs. This can also increase turn-around time for maintenance of the system. |
| US10308356B2 |
Axial springs for rotor hub assembly
A rotor hub assembly for a rotorcraft includes a yoke forming a bearing bore. The yoke has a teetering axis extending through the bearing bore. The rotor hub assembly includes a flapping bearing disposed in the bearing bore. The flapping bearing is operable to regulate teetering of the yoke about the teetering axis. The rotor hub assembly includes an axial spring abutting the flapping, thereby reducing movement of the flapping bearing along the teetering axis. |
| US10308351B2 |
Aircraft landing gear and a locking mechanism therefor
Aircraft landing gear comprising a locking assembly including a pair of spaced-apart bearing pads and a lock member. The lock member is moveable between a locked position in which it engages the bearing pads to prevent pivotal movement of a steerable axle, and an unlocked position in which the member is disengaged from the bearing pads such that movement of the axle can occur. The lock member has a guide surface on either side for guiding the member and bearing pads into alignment during movement of the member from the unlocked to the locked position. The guide surface comprises a first inclined portion for moving the member towards alignment with the bearing pads and a second inclined portion, spaced apart from the first portion, for moving the member into alignment with the bearing pads such that the member and bearing pads are aligned in a movement comprising two stages. |
| US10308350B2 |
Active flow control systems and methods for aircraft
Example active flow control systems and methods for aircraft are described herein. An example method includes supplying pressurized air to a plurality of nozzles. The nozzles arranged in an array across a control surface of an aircraft, and the nozzles are oriented to eject the pressurized air in a substantially streamwise direction. The method further includes activating the nozzles to eject the pressurized air in sequence to create a wave of air moving in a spanwise direction across the control surface. |
| US10308349B2 |
Controlled flight of a multicopter experiencing a failure affecting an effector
According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for operating a multicopter experiencing a failure during flight, the multicopter comprising a body, and at least four effectors attached to the body, each operable to produce both a torque and a thrust force which can cause the multicopter to fly when not experiencing said failure. The method may comprise the step of identifying a failure wherein the failure affects the torque and/or thrust force produced by an effector, and in response to identifying a failure carrying out the following steps, (1) computing an estimate of the orientation of a primary axis of said body with respect to a predefined reference frame, wherein said primary axis is an axis about which said multicopter rotates when flying, (2) computing an estimate of the angular velocity of said multicopter, (3) controlling one or more of said at least four effectors based on said estimate of the orientation of the primary axis of said body with respect to said predefined reference frame and said estimate of the angular velocity of the multicopter. The step of controlling one or more of said at least four effectors may be performed such that (a) said one or more effectors collectively produce a torque along said primary axis and a torque perpendicular to said primary axis, wherein (i) the torque along said primary axis causes said multicopter to rotate about said primary axis, and (ii) the torque perpendicular to said primary axis causes said multicopter to move such that the orientation of said primary axis converges to a target orientation with respect to said predefined reference frame, and (b) such that said one or more effectors individually produce a thrust force along said primary axis. |
| US10308348B2 |
Unmanned moving vehicle piloting method and unmanned moving vehicle watching device
An unmanned moving vehicle piloting method and an unmanned moving vehicle watching device enabling it to pilot an unmanned moving vehicle, while keeping in visual contact with the vehicle from the vicinity of the vehicle from a third person viewpoint. In the vicinity of an unmanned moving vehicle, a watching aircraft is positioned, which is an unmanned aerial vehicle and includes a single or a plurality of rotors and image capturing means capable of capturing an image of surroundings of the watching aircraft and is able to stand still at one point in the air and piloting the unmanned moving vehicle, while viewing a third person viewpoint image captured by the watching aircraft. Moreover, the watching aircraft includes accompanying flight means for causing the watching aircraft to fly automatically, following movement of an unmanned moving vehicle. This enables the manipulator to concentrate solely on piloting the unmanned moving vehicle. |
| US10308333B2 |
Submersible warming device
An embodiment of a submersible warming garment comprises a closed fluid loop including a warming conduit disposed in thermal communication with a chamber containing a catalyst and a cooling conduit disposed within a wearable garment. A pump moves the fluid through the warming conduit, where heat is gained, to the cooling conduit, where heat is surrendered to a human wearing the garment, and back to the pump. An actuated valve on a container of fuel and an actuated valve on a container of oxygen are controlled using a controller to provide a combustible mixture into the chamber where the mixture reacts in the presence of a catalytic member to generate heat and combustion by-products. The combustion by-products, including carbon dioxide and water, are one of adsorbed and absorbed by a carbon dioxide scrubber and a reusable water storage medium. A fan moves the by-products into the scrubber and water storage medium. |
| US10308331B2 |
Survival platform
A survival platform, comprising two flexible outer sheets (4, 5), the outer sheets each having a circumference (2) and being sealed together at their circumferences (2) to define a void (18) therebetween, the survival platform further comprising an inner flexible sheet (6) interposed between the outer sheets (4, 5) and dividing the void (18) into two sub-voids (18a, 18b), and means (8) for inflating the survival platform by introducing a gas into the void to increase a gas pressure therewithin, in which the inner sheet (6) is arranged such that, should one of the outer sheets (4, 5) be breached at a breach, the gas pressure within the void will tend to force the inner sheet (6) through the breach, thereby to block the breach and reduce the level to which gas escapes through the breach. |
| US10308325B2 |
Mooring unit for mooring a ship
Mooring unit for mooring a ship comprising a base, an arm mounted on the base, and a hook supported by the arm for connecting a mooring line of the ship, wherein the arm is movable between a retracted position and an extended position, and wherein the unit comprises an actuating device for moving the arm from the extended position to the retracted position, wherein the arm is mounted on a first part of the base and wherein the first part of the base is rotatably mounted on a second part of the base that is rotationally fixed, to enable rotation of the first part of the base around a vertical axis perpendicular to the horizon. |
| US10308324B2 |
Porch mounted variable reluctance measurement technology tendon tension monitoring system
The invention relates to floating platform mooring and involves an improved platform mounted tendon tension monitoring system with porch-mounted variable reluctance measurement technology sensors configured. The variable reluctance measurement technology sensors of this system are optimized for porch mounting. The porch-mounted tendon tension monitoring system can also be configured such that the porch-mounted optimized variable reluctance measurement technology sensors are replaceable. Sensors may be replaced to extend the desired useful lifetime of a tendon tension monitoring system or in the event that a sensor happens to malfunction. A plurality of variable reluctance measurement technology sensors can be configured in sensor packs at the corners or at other locations where tendon tension monitoring can be useful for a floating platform. |
| US10308323B2 |
Reconfigurable anchor system for watercraft
An anchor system for watercraft includes: a hub including a receiving contour; a skirt removably securable to the hub along a receiving contour of the hub, wherein: the skirt at least partially surrounds an inner recess and includes a gap such that such that the skirt is not circumferentially continuous; and the skirt is configurable in an open position and a closed position, wherein when the skirt is in the open position the gap is wider than when the skirt is in the closed position. The inner recess of the skirt has a radius that is larger than a complementary radius of the receiving contour of the hub when the skirt is in the open position. When in the closed position, the radiuses are substantially the same, such that the skirt is secured to the hub when the skirt is in the closed position. |
| US10308319B1 |
Control device with adjustable communication period and method for adjusting communication period
A control device with adjustable communication period is configured for an electromechanical gear shifter of a bicycle. The control device comprises a master controller and a trigger sensor. The master controller sends a broadcast signal with a first period when the master controller is in a working mode. The master controller sends the broadcast signal with a period selected from an idle period set when the master controller is in an idle mode. The trigger sensor is in communicable connection with a master controller, and the trigger sensor detects a trigger state to send a trigger signal. The master controller switches to the working mode when the master controller receives the trigger signal. The master controller switches to the idle mode selectively when the master controller does not receive the trigger signal. |
| US10308318B2 |
Bicycle derailleur
A bicycle derailleur is basically provided with a base member, a movable member and an electric actuator. The base member is configured to rotate together with a bicycle sprocket apparatus about a rotational axis of the bicycle sprocket apparatus. The movable member is movable relative to the base member to displace a bicycle chain. The electric actuator is configured to electrically actuate the movable member. |
| US10308316B2 |
Rear wheel sprocket arrangement for a bicycle
A rear wheel sprocket arrangement for a bicycle comprises a plurality of sprockets comprising at least seven (7) coaxially arranged sprockets having different numbers of teeth, wherein an entire gear range of the sprocket arrangement is at least three-hundred fifty percent (350%), and wherein an average percentage gear stage step lies within a range of fifteen percent (15%) to thirty percent (30%). |
| US10308313B2 |
Bicycle operating device
A bicycle operating device comprises a base member and an operating member. The base member includes a hydraulic-unit attachment part to which a hydraulic unit is to be attached, and a first end portion to be mounted to a handlebar. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The operating member includes a first wire attachment part to which a first wire end of a control wire is to be attached. |
| US10308312B2 |
Suspension assembly for a cycle
A trailing link multi-bar suspension assembly for a cycle having improved stability includes a first arm having a first arm fixed pivot and a first arm shock pivot. A shock link has a shock link fixed pivot and a shock link floating pivot. A shock absorber has a first shock mount and a second shock mount. A wheel carrier has a wheel carrier first pivot and a wheel carrier second pivot spaced apart from one another, and a wheel mount that is adapted to be connected to a wheel. A control link has a control link floating pivot and a control link fixed pivot, the control link floating pivot being pivotably connected to the wheel carrier second pivot, and the control link fixed pivot being pivotably connected to the first arm control pivot. |
| US10308309B2 |
Control device for a bicycle and bicycle comprising such a device
A control device for a bicycle, has a first body adapted to be attached to a bicycle handlebar, at least one control member of at least one bicycle component, and a second body, distinct from the first body, connected to the first body to increase a grip surface of the control device and/or to vary the relative position of the at least one control member with respect to the handlebar of the bicycle, so as to adapt the control device to the size of the cyclist's hand. |
| US10308304B2 |
Arm rest assembly for a motorcycle and methods therefor
An arm rest assembly for a motorcycle is provided having a housing that receives a shaft of the arm rest. A user-operated button is movable between a first position to prevent vertical movement of the support relative to the housing, and a second position to permit vertical movement of the support. A locking mechanism is operable to secure a second sleeve of the assembly to a first sleeve of the assembly to prevent relative movement between the first sleeve and the second sleeve. |
| US10308300B2 |
Seat attachment structure of saddle riding vehicle
A seat attachment structure of a saddle riding vehicle in which, in a state a first end side of a seat, on which an occupant sits, in a forward/rearward direction of a vehicle body is locked to the vehicle body, a second end side of the seat in the forward/rearward direction of the vehicle body is coupled to the vehicle body, the seat attachment structure of the saddle riding vehicle includes a seat attachment member configured to couple a second end side of a seat to a vehicle body, and the seat attachment member includes vehicle body-side connecting sections swingably attached to the vehicle body while having an axis extending along a vehicle width direction as a swing axis, and seat fixing sections to which the second end side of the seat is attached. |
| US10308299B2 |
Methods and systems for controlling movement of load transporting apparatuses
Systems and methods for moving at least one load transporting apparatus may include the load transporting apparatus(es) configured to move in at least one direction, at least one feedback sensing device disposed on and/or within the load transporting apparatus where the sensing device obtains movement measurements of the load transporting apparatus, a first location to receive a pre-determined input, a second location to receive the movement measurement(s), and a processing circuit to compare the movement measurement(s) to the pre-determined input. In a non-limiting embodiment, a pre-loading system may prepare the load transporting apparatus for movement prior to moving or lifting a load by depressing at least one component of the load transporting apparatus. |
| US10308298B2 |
Track shoe pad structure assembly
A track shoe pad structure assembly is connected to a track chain of a caterpillar vehicle. The track shoe pad structure assembly includes a track shoe pad, a reinforcing unit and an elastic element. The track shoe pad is for connecting to the track chain and includes a notch. One side of the reinforcing unit is detachably connected to the notch, and the reinforcing unit includes a base frame disposed on the track shoe pad and at least one supporting rib disposed on one side of the base frame which is located away from the track shoe pad. The elastic element is detachably connected to the other side of the reinforcing unit, and the elastic element includes at least one recessed trough for containing the supporting rib. |
| US10308296B2 |
Rubber track unit for vehicle
A track unit may include one or more bogies arranged between front and rear guide wheels. The bogies are provided with wheel pairs that are rotatably arranged about a longitudinal axis of the bogie itself, and capable of adapting individually to transversal oscillations caused by the terrain. The bogies can furthermore be equipped to adapt to longitudinal oscillations as well, by the longitudinal portion of the bogie being rotatable about a transversal axis. The track unit may also be equipped with a cutter, non-rotatably mounted on one or both outer faces of the rear guide wheel, in a position where said wheel is in direct contact with the track, the cutter configured to cut crop material transported upwards between the rear guide wheel and the track when the track unit moves forward. |