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| US10385806B2 |
Solid propellant grain
A solid rocket propellant grain having rocket propellant and a membrane in contact with the rocket propellant. The membrane includes a highly heat conductive pattern which affects the propellant burning rate through localized conductive heat transfer from the combustion zone and into the uncombusted propellant. Different geometries for the thermally conductive pattern produce different combustion results. |
| US10385805B2 |
Thrust vectoring nozzle
A variable geometry exhaust nozzle arrangement includes a plurality of hingable exhaust petals defining a perimeter of an exhaust duct and an annular ring slidably engagable against a radially outer surface of each petal. The annular ring is coupled to a plurality of circumferentially spaced actuator arrangements, each including first and second circumferentially spaced parallel actuator arms pivotably coupled to the annular ring at a first end and to a slide arrangement at a second end. Each slide arrangement is mounted for linear sliding movement relative to the annular ring, such that sliding movement of each slide arrangement causes pivoting of the first and second actuator arms to thereby translate the annular ring in one or both of a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction. |
| US10385804B2 |
Single cylinder internal combustion engine
In a single cylinder internal combustion engine in which a plug hole is provided striding between a cylinder head and a head cover, and an intake side camshaft and an exhaust side camshaft are disposed at positions sandwiching the plug hole therebetween, a long hole portion formed long in a direction orthogonal to axes of the camshafts is formed as a part of the plug hole. A part of a plurality of cam holder attaching bolts used for fastening the cam holder to the cylinder head are disposed within the long hole portion. A breather chamber disposed around the long hole portion is formed between the head cover and a breather plate attached thereto. |
| US10385803B2 |
Shaft assembly
A shaft assembly may include two or more Poka-Yoke bearing caps, each Poka-Yoke bearing cap having a pair of reference bores offset from a central axis of the bearing cap by differing offset distances, and each bearing cap defining a semi-circular recess that is positioned so as to align in use a central axis of the semi-cylindrical recess in the bearing cap with an axis of rotation of a shaft rotatably supported by the bearing cap. The differing offsets of the reference bores prevent the bearing cap from being assembled in a reversed orientation. To ensure that each bearing cap can only be fitted in one position, a center spacing between the first and second reference bores of each bearing cap is different to the center spacing used for other bearing caps used to support a single shaft. |
| US10385802B2 |
Piston of internal combustion engine
A piston of an internal combustion engine includes a crown surface, a first cavity, and a second cavity. The crown surface forms an internal wall surface of a combustion chamber. The first cavity is a depression provided in the crown surface. The second cavity is a depression provided inside the first cavity. The first cavity includes an upstream portion located upstream of the second cavity in a flow direction of a tumble flow flowing along the crown surface and a downstream portion located downstream of the second cavity in the flow direction. The upstream portion extends further in the flow direction than the downstream portion. |
| US10385798B2 |
Control apparatus for internal combustion engine
An object of the present invention is to cause diesel combustion to occur with reduced smoke in an internal combustion engine using a fuel having a relatively high self-ignition temperature. A control apparatus performs first injection at a first injection time during the compression stroke, causes spray guide combustion to occur, and starts to perform second injection at such a second injection time after the occurrence of the spray guide combustion and before the top dead center of the compression stroke that causes combustion of injected fuel to be started by flame generated by the spray guide combustion, thereby causing self-ignition and diffusion combustion of fuel to occur. In an operation range in which the engine load is higher than a predetermined load, the apparatus performs third injection at such a third injection time before the first injection time during the compression stroke that causes the fuel injected by said third injection to be burned by self-ignition or diffusion combustion after the start of the second injection. |
| US10385786B2 |
Throttle valve for an internal combustion engine provided with a conditioning circuit
A throttle valve for an internal combustion engine provided with a valve body, a tubular feeding duct defined in the valve body, a throttle plate, and an actuating device which controls rotation of the throttle plate. The actuating device includes an electric motor and an actuating device conditioning circuit defined in the valve body. The conditioning circuit includes a tube made of a first material able to conduct heat, and the valve body is entirely made of a second metal material and is provided with a seat for housing the tube, in which is provided a layer of a structural and heat-conducting resin, interposed between the seat and the tube. |
| US10385785B2 |
Air inlet for a gas turbine engine
A radial air inlet for a gas turbine engine. The air inlet has an inlet duct defined between two axially-spaced radially-extending annular walls and has a plurality of circumferentially-spaced axially-extending struts extending between the annular walls adjacent a radially-outer portion of the air inlet. At least one of the struts has an internal passage extending between a first opening in a forward end of the strut and a second opening in an aft end of the strut, the first and second openings being axially spaced apart. A transmission shaft extends through the internal passage of said strut. |
| US10385780B2 |
Integrated dual fuel delivery system
The present invention relates to dual fuel delivery system for a gas turbine. A dual fuel delivery system for a gas turbine includes a main fuel line having a main fuel oil conduit and a main fuel gas conduit, wherein the main fuel gas conduit encloses, at least partially, the main fuel oil conduit; and a first fuel divider having a first fuel oil divider connected to the main fuel oil conduit and a first fuel gas divider connected to the main fuel gas conduit, wherein the first fuel gas divider encloses, at least partially, the first fuel oil divider. |
| US10385779B2 |
System for cooling exhaust gas with absorption chiller
A gas turbine system includes a gas turbine engine configured to combust a fuel and produce an exhaust gas. An exhaust duct assembly is coupled to the gas turbine engine and is configured to receive the exhaust gas. An absorption chiller is fluidly coupled to the exhaust duct assembly and is configured to receive a take-off stream of the exhaust gas. The absorption chiller is configured to use the take-off stream to drive at least a portion of an absorption cooling process to generate a cooled take-off stream of exhaust gas. The exhaust duct assembly is configured to receive the cooled take-off stream of exhaust gas from the absorption chiller and to mix the cooled take-off stream with exhaust gas present within the exhaust duct assembly to cool the exhaust gas. |
| US10385778B2 |
System and method for an improved inlet silencer baffle
A system includes a silencer baffle which mounts in a fluid conduit along a fluid flow path, where the silencer baffle includes a plurality of baffle sections. At least two baffle sections of the plurality of baffle sections couple together via mating interlock structures, and at least one baffle section of the plurality of baffle sections has first and second baffle portions which couple together via mating joints. |
| US10385775B2 |
Combustion engine
A combustion engine comprising a radial compressor in flow communication via a flow passage with an annular compressor-combustor array radially outward of the radial compressor. Both the radial compressor and compressor-combustor are co-axial with, and rotatable around, a central axis. |
| US10385774B2 |
Split compressor turbine engine
A turbine engine includes a first compressor and a second compressor fluidly parallel to the first compressor. A reverse flow combustor is fluidly connected to the first compressor and the second compressor. A first turbine and a second turbine are fluidly connected in series, and fluidly connected to an output of the reverse flow combustor. |
| US10385770B2 |
Check valve for connecting rod of variable compression internal combustion engine and connecting rod with the check valve
A check valve for a connecting rod for a variable compression internal combustion engine with at least one hydraulic chamber arranged in the connecting rod and connectable with a supply connection or a tank through the check valve, the check valve including a valve housing; and a valve closure element that is axially movable in the valve housing along a longitudinal valve axis, wherein the valve closure element is applicable to a valve seat and arranged in the valve housing secured against separation from the valve housing, wherein a pin shaped separation prevention element is provided which secures the valve closure element in the valve housing and limits a stroke of the valve closure element. |
| US10385768B2 |
Outboard motor unit and marine vessel including plurality of engines and shared supercharger
An outboard motor unit includes a first outboard motor including a supercharger that is located inside a first cowling and supplies compressed air to a first engine, a second outboard motor including a second cowling and a second engine housed in the second cowling, and an air passage through which the air compressed by the supercharger of the first outboard motor is supplied to the second engine of the second outboard motor. |
| US10385767B2 |
Format-specific bids based on goal-oriented targeting of content
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for determining bids for campaigns. The method comprises receiving an indication from a sponsor to create a video campaign and presenting a user interface for the sponsor to designate a goal for the video campaign. The goal is expressed in terms of a balance between maximizing any views versus engaged views. Engaged views arise when a user indicates their desire to view a video content item or where the user performs one or more actions related to the video content item while or after viewing the video content item. The method further comprises receiving a sponsor selection of a goal, receiving a maximum bid to be applied to all video campaign formats, automatically determining an adjusted maximum bid for each format based on the maximum bid and sponsor goal selection, and storing the campaign. |
| US10385766B2 |
Adjustment ring assembly for variable turbine geometry turbochargers
An adjustment ring (50) is configured to facilitate vane (30) position adjustment in a variable turbine geometry turbocharger (1), and is formed of an assembly of one or more first ring portions (60) that are formed of a first material, and one or more second ring portions (61) that are formed of a second material. The first material has different material properties than the second material. In some embodiments, high-wear portions of the adjustment ring (50) can selectively and cost-effectively be formed of wear-resistant material while remaining portions are formed of a conventional material. A cost-effective method of manufacturing multi-piece adjustment rings (50) is described. |
| US10385764B2 |
Turbocharger with a waste gate valve
A turbocharger includes a waste gate valve, a compressor with a turbine, a turbine housing which houses the turbine, a bypass channel with an opening cross-section, a bypass channel portion formed in the turbine housing, an actuator housing with a separate coolant channel, an electric motor arranged in the actuator housing, a transmission with an output shaft, the transmission being arranged in the actuator housing and being provided as a worm wheel gear unit, and a control body coupled to the output shaft of the transmission. The bypass channel bypasses the turbine. The actuator housing is removably secured to the turbine housing. The control body controls the opening cross-section of the bypass channel. |
| US10385763B2 |
Exhaust system of internal combustion engine
An exhaust system includes an electronic control unit that is configured to control a turbo bypass valve to be in a fully closed state and control an opening degree of a wastegate valve to a first predetermined opening degree during execution of fuel cut control, and maintain the turbo bypass valve in the fully closed state and control an opening degree of the wastegate valve to a second predetermined opening degree when a boost request is not made for the internal combustion engine at the end of the fuel cut control. An area of inflow of bypass gas on an upstream side end surface of the three-way catalyst when the opening degree of the wastegate valve is controlled to the first predetermined opening degree is in a different position from when the opening degree of the wastegate valve is controlled to the second predetermined opening degree. |
| US10385761B1 |
Automated system for flushing one or more motors
An automated flushing system includes a base having a flow inlet, flow outlets and a flow manifold, the system also including solenoid valves and a pressure switch mounted upon the manifold. The flow manifold includes a main flow channel connected to the flow inlet, and auxiliary flow channels interconnecting the main flow channel with respective ones of the flow outlets so as to provide flow communication in parallel to the flow outlets from the main flow channel. Each solenoid valve extends into a respective auxiliary flow channel and is actuatable between an activated status and a deactivated status to allow and block flow communication of liquid through the respective auxiliary flow channels to a flow outlet. The pressure switch in flow communication with the flow inlet is configured to sense that the pressure of liquid entering the flow inlet is above a preset minimum before initiation of automated flushing system operation. |
| US10385760B2 |
Cooling circuit for a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a cooling circuit (1) which comprises a first cooling loop I designed to provide thermal control of a first member and at least one second cooling loop II, III designed to provide thermal control of a second member; moreover, the cooling circuit (1) comprises a single degassing tank (6) in fluid connection with the first loop and with the at least one second cooling loop II, III and an isolating valve (70, 700) inserted between the degassing tank (6) and the at least one second cooling loop II, III designed for selectively blocking the flow between the degassing tank 6 and the at least one second cooling loop II, III. |
| US10385759B2 |
Cooling system for internal combustion engine
A cooling system includes: a first coolant passage; a second coolant passage; a pump; a radiator; a third coolant passage; a connection switching mechanism that switches between a forward flow connection state and a reverse flow connection state; a fourth coolant passage; a fifth coolant passage; and a shutoff valve configured to open/shut off the fifth coolant passage. The radiator is disposed at a location at which coolant flowing from a second end of the first coolant passage into a fourth end of the second coolant passage is not cooled in the reverse flow connection state, and coolant flowing out from the second end of the first coolant passage and the fourth end of the second coolant passage is cooled in the forward flow connection state. |
| US10385755B2 |
Method for manufacturing a catalytic converter housing arrangement with at least one sensor carrier for an exhaust system of a vehicle
A method is provided for manufacturing a catalytic converter housing arrangement with at least one sensor carrier for an exhaust system of a vehicle. The method includes the steps of: a) providing at least one sensor carrier sheet metal blank (42); b) forming at least one sensor mounting opening (48) in the sensor carrier sheet metal blank (42) by flow drilling such that a length (L) of the opening is greater than a thickness (D) of the material of the sensor carrier sheet metal blank (42) before step b) is carried out; and c) preparing an internal thread in the at least one sensor mounting opening (48) for providing a sensor carrier. |
| US10385747B2 |
Exhaust gas purification system for internal combustion engine, internal combustion engine, and exhaust gas purification method for internal combustion engine
An exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine includes an oxidation catalyst device on an upstream side in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine and a lean NOx trap catalyst device on a downstream side, a controller which controls the exhaust gas purification system is configured to, when a temperature-rising control of an exhaust gas in a regeneration control is performed to recover a purification ability of the exhaust gas purification system, perform a control that changes a measurement position of a control temperature which is a control amount of a feedback control in the temperature-rising control, according to an excess air ratio or an oxygen concentration of the exhaust gas passing through the exhaust passage. |
| US10385745B2 |
Exhaust purifying device for internal combustion engine
An exhaust purifying device provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine comprises: a column-shaped honeycomb carrier; a cylindrical case member adapted to house the honeycomb carrier; a holding member provided between the honeycomb carrier and the case member to surround the outer circumference of the honeycomb carrier; buffer members provided on a peripheral edge of the edge surface of at least one side of an inflow side edge surface and an outflow side edge surface of the honeycomb carrier so as to regulate the movement of the honeycomb carrier in the central axis X direction; and setting members secured to the case member to regulate the movement of the buffer members by allowing their position regulation parts to contact the buffer members; wherein the buffer members are provided, on the outer circumferential sides, with recesses into which the position regulation parts of the setting members are fitted. |
| US10385741B2 |
Oil system with clog resistant oil filter
Systems are provided for an oil system including a filter with a large surface area. In one example, a system may include an oil filter with a prismatic shape. This shape may include a filter surface area greater than an inlet area of an oil port and the filter surface area may also be located a distance away from the oil port. |
| US10385736B2 |
Combined cycle power plant and start-up method of the same
There is provided a combined cycle power plant in which a high-pressure steam turbine and an intermediate-pressure steam turbine can operate in a state where amounts of thermal effect thereof are close to a limit value, and capable of reducing start-up time. A combined cycle power plant includes: an exhaust heat recovery boiler that includes a high-pressure superheater which superheats steam for a high-pressure steam turbine, and a reheater which reheats steam for an intermediate-pressure steam turbine; bypass pipes through which steam bypasses the high-pressure superheater and the reheater; bypass valves that regulate flow rates of steam which flows through the bypass pipes; and a bypass controller that controls the bypass valves such that a difference between thermal effect-amount margins of the turbines is decreased. |
| US10385733B2 |
Method for starting a steam turbine system
A method for starting a steam turbine system having a steam generator, a steam turbine which is connected to the steam generator and includes at least two turbine stages that, at the time of starting the steam turbine system, have different outlet temperatures, a condenser connected to the steam turbine and a consumer driven by the steam turbine, in which the steam generated in the steam generator is used to start the steam turbine, wherein, until the steam generated in the steam generator reaches a predetermined temperature that at least corresponds to the temperature requirement of the turbine stage with the higher outlet temperature, only the turbine stage with the lower outlet temperature is operated, and in that the turbine stage with the higher outlet temperature is brought on-line only once the predetermined temperature has been reached. |
| US10385729B2 |
Cylindrical air guide in a turbine engine
An air/oil separator for a gas turbine engine includes a drive shaft having a central axis extending in an axial direction, a free vortex chamber mounted radially around the drive shaft, a separation chamber coupled with the free vortex chamber in the axial direction opposite to the drive shaft, and a rotatable outlet shaft radially rotatable and having an inlet end coupled with the separation chamber opposite to the free vortex chamber, an outlet end, and a hollow interior chamber therebetween. The hollow interior chamber has an inner circumference extending in the axial direction a cylindrical air guide extending coaxially therein. The cylindrical air guide has a nonporous cylindrical main body, an upstream end fixedly coupled with the inlet end of the rotatable outlet shaft, and a downstream end coaxially disposed within the outlet end of the rotatable outlet shaft. |
| US10385713B2 |
Seal assembly for gas turbine engines
A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a seal housing that extends about an axis. The seal housing defines an annular groove. A contacting-type seal is at least partially received in the annular groove. The seal includes a seal member and a seal carrier that extends about and mechanically attaches to an outer diameter of the seal member. The seal member defines an annular seal face that is moveable along the axis to abut against a seal seat. The seal member includes a first material, and the seal carrier includes a second, different material. |
| US10385712B2 |
Support assembly for a gas turbine engine
A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a first member including a first seal land for contacting a first structure. A second member includes a second seal land for contacting a second structure and a third seal land for contacting a third structure. The first member and the second member form a pivotable connection. |
| US10385706B2 |
Rotary assembly for a turbomachine
The invention relates to a rotary assembly for a turbomachine, comprising: a disk (16) having an external periphery exhibiting an alternation of slots (22) and of teeth (20), vanes (14) extending radially from the disk (16), the roots (24) of which are engaged axially and retained radially in the slots (22) of the disk, upstream and/or downstream of the disk, an annular sealing flange (52) of cavities (36) formed radially between, respectively, the roots of the vanes and the bottoms of the slots of the disk, said flange comprising an external part (56) arranged axially facing the upstream and/or downstream ends, respectively, of the teeth of the disk and of the roots of the vanes. According to the invention, the assembly further comprises an intermediate ring (66) which is arranged axially between the flange (52) and the teeth (20) of the disk, and also comprises a seal (70) which is arranged axially between, on the one side, the intermediate ring (6) and, on another side, the teeth (20) of the disk and the vane roots (24). |
| US10385703B2 |
Fan blades with protective sheaths and galvanic shields
Light weight fan blades for turbofan jet engines are disclosed. The fan blades may be fabricated from an aluminum alloy. To enhance the hardness of the leading edge of the fan blade, a titanium sheath may be attached to the leading edges of the fan blades. To prevent galvanic coupling between the titanium and the aluminum, a polymeric liner may be disposed between the protective titanium sheath and the aluminum fan blade. The liner may be fabricated from a polymer material, such as a polyimide or another high performance polymer. |
| US10385702B2 |
Turbomachinery rotor blade
A turbomachinery rotor blade is provided having an aerofoil body, and a hole penetrating the aerofoil body from a suction surface to a pressure surface thereof. The hole is suitable to receive a lacing wire. The blade further has a protrusion from the suction or pressure surface. The protrusion extends in a downstream direction from a downstream side of the hole and/or extends in an upstream direction from an upstream side of the hole, thereby disturbing the suction or pressure surface to locally thicken the aerofoil body adjacent the hole. The maximum radial extent of the protrusion in the radially outward direction of the blade is radially coterminous with the outboard side of the hole, and the maximum radial extent of the protrusion in the radially inward direction of the blade is radially coterminous with the inboard side of the hole. |
| US10385694B2 |
Enhanced PDM performance testing device
A method for evaluating load performance of a rotor/stator test coupon, advantageously within a sealable test chamber comprising test fluid. In some embodiments, the test coupon comprises at least a partial length of a PDM stage, and in others the test coupon comprises a splined rotor/stator. The method includes rotating either the rotor section or the stator section, wherein such rotation actuates corresponding rotation of the other of the rotor section and the stator section. A braking torque is applied to the actuated one of the rotor section and the stator section such that load performance of the test coupon may be evaluated. Embodiments include selectively applying non-linear torque to load the test coupon, and evaluating load performance of the test coupon with reference to relative angular positions of the rotor section and the stator section over time. |
| US10385691B2 |
Skip and crosshead
A conveyance system for moving a conveyance along a mine shaft during shaft construction, comprising: a first guide section; a second guide section located along the mineshaft in series with the first guide section, the conveyance being movable along the first guide section; and a head section for receiving the conveyance, the head section cooperating with the first guide section to enable the conveyance to travel from the second guide section along the first guide section when received by the head section. |
| US10385690B2 |
Shank chisel and fixing assembly for a shank chisel
The present invention relates to a shank chisel with a chisel head and a chisel shank, wherein the chisel shank has a securing element receptacle in which a securing element is arranged. In order to be able to make simple installation of the shank chisel in a chisel holder possible in a safe and maintenance-optimized manner of operation, it is provided according to the invention that a clamping element is adjustable relative to the chisel shank in such a manner that at least one part of the outer contour of the securing element is changed. The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding fixing assembly for a shank chisel in a chisel holder. |
| US10385688B2 |
Wear monitoring system for milling drum
A milling drum is disclosed for use with a cold planer. The milling drum may have a cylindrical body, a flighting plate affixed to an outer surface of the cylindrical body, a base block affixed to the fighting plate and having a first bore, a tool holder disposed in the first bore of the base block and having a second bore, a cutting tool disposed in the second bore of the tool holder, and a paddle affixed to the outer surface of the cylindrical body adjacent the fighting plate. The milling drum may further have a first transmitter coupled to the cutting tool, and a second transmitter coupled to the tool holder. |
| US10385687B2 |
Determining the imminent rock failure state for improving multi-stage triaxial compression tests
Methods and apparatus for evaluation of an earth formation including evaluating a core sample obtained from the formation. Methods include using a change in measurements of at least one stress parameter of the core sample, such as radial strain, axial stress, and acoustic emission counts, over time responsive to an applied stress to estimate imminent rock failure in the core sample. This may include estimating the imminent rock failure using differences between portions of a curve generated based on the measurements. A method employing calculating a rate of change between a plurality of measurements of at least one stress parameter of the core sample over time responsive to an applied stress; and determining a point of imminent failure using the rate of change in the plurality of measurements of the at least one stress parameter is also included. |
| US10385680B2 |
Systems and methods for operating electrically-actuated coiled tubing tools and sensors
Electrically-operated downhole tools are run into a wellbore on a coiled tubing string which includes tube-wire that is capable of carrying power and data along its length. During operation, a downhole tool is provided power from surface using the tube-wire. Downhole data is provided to the surface via tube-wire. |
| US10385673B2 |
Fluid driven commingling system for oil and gas applications
A fluid management system positioned in a wellbore for recovering a multiphase stream from the wellbore. The system comprising a downhole separator configured to produce a carrier fluid having a carrier fluid pressure and a separated fluid having a separated fluid pressure, an artificial lift device configured to increase the carrier fluid pressure to produce the turbine feed stream having a turbine feed pressure, a turbine configured to convert fluid energy in the turbine feed stream to harvested energy, the conversion fluid energy from the turbine feed stream to harvested energy produces a turbine discharge stream having a turbine discharge pressure less than the turbine feed pressure, and a pressure boosting device configured to convert the harvested energy to pressurized fluid energy, the conversion of harvested energy to pressurized fluid energy produces a pressurized fluid stream having a pressurized fluid pressure greater than the separated fluid pressure. |
| US10385669B2 |
Apparatus and method for servicing a well
A blender apparatus is disclosed having a chassis, a mixer positioned on the chassis, and a transfer pump positioned on the chassis. The mixer has a mixer housing defining a first mixer inlet, a second mixer inlet, and a mixer outlet. The first mixer inlet receives a liquid component, and the second mixer inlet receives a dry component. The mixer pressurizes at least the liquid component within the housing and discharges the liquid component through the mixer outlet at a first pressure above hydrostatic pressure. The transfer pump has a pump housing defining a pump inlet, a pump outlet and is devoid of an inlet configured to receive a dry component through a gravity feed. The transfer pump receives the liquid component through the pump inlet, pressurizes the liquid component within the pump housing, and discharges the liquid component through the pump outlet at a second pressure above hydrostatic pressure. |
| US10385661B2 |
Sacrificial screen shroud
A method and apparatus including a screen assembly that includes a screen having a plurality of openings and a sacrificial shroud disposed over a portion of the openings and disposed to erode under flow of formation fluid through the screen. The shroud is configured to erode more quickly than the screen over which it is disposed, thereby altering the erosion zone of the screen over time and prolonging the life of the screen. |
| US10385650B2 |
Frac plug apparatus, setting tool, and method
An improved frac plug apparatus and method for setting a plug in a downhole. In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises an inner cone shaped member having a first end and a second end, the inner cone shaped member having a generally increasing outer diameter from the first end, and an expandable outer sleeve having a first end and a second end, the first end of the expandable outer sleeve adapted to receive the first end of the inner cone shaped member and the second end of the expandable outer sleeve having a plurality of fingers joined at their tips at predetermined break points. In use, upon receiving the first end of the inner cone shaped member further into the expandable outer sleeve, the fingers of the expandable outer sleeve are adapted to break at their tips at their predetermined break points and expand outwardly to engage a surface of the downhole. |
| US10385647B2 |
Swellable rubber compositions
This disclosure relates to swellable compositions, such as those, for example, comprising super absorbent polymers. |
| US10385646B1 |
Sealed grease head and top drive guide
The top drive guide assists with insertion of the drill string through the inner barrel and a rubber found in the RCD. The top drive guide aligns the drill string with the inner barrel and rubber for insertion through the inner barrel and the rubber. The top drive guide positions the drill string within the rubber for rotation of the inner barrel with the drill string. The contact of the drill string with the rubber caused by the top drive guide rotates the inner barrel with the drill string. The top drive guide may be used either in a low pressure head or a high pressure head. The sealed grease head provides a grease compartment with no oiler or oil lines. The grease compartment is sealed by a top seal and a bottom seal that seals between the inner barrel and the outer barrel. |
| US10385643B2 |
Fracturing manifold systems and methods
A fracturing system is provided. In one embodiment, the fracturing system includes a fracturing manifold for routing fracturing fluid to multiple wells. The fracturing manifold can be coupled via fluid conduits to fracturing trees installed at the wells. In some cases, a fracturing tree is coupled to the fracturing manifold by a pair of goat heads in fluid communication with each other via at least one rigid fluid conduit. The fracturing manifold can include a trunk line that provides fracturing fluid to multiple outlet branches, which can include valves for controlling flow of fracturing fluid to wells downstream of the valves. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed. |
| US10385642B2 |
Method of lowering an apparatus
A method of lowering an apparatus (1) through a body of water comprising lowering a guiding element (25) and a weight (27) through the body of water, the lower end of the guiding (element 25) being attached to the weight (27) such that the guiding element (25) is under tension and is maintained in a generally vertical orientation when in its lowered position, and lowering the apparatus (1) through the body of water while being guided by the guiding element. |
| US10385637B2 |
Stop collar
Stop collars may be fixedly mounted on a liner or other tubular member. The stop collar comprises a first sleeve and a second sleeve. The sleeves are adapted to extend around the outer circumference of the tubular member and are engaged by threaded connections. The sleeves provide opposing inner thrust surfaces. The collar further comprises a radially expandable gripping member disposed between the opposing thrust surfaces. The sleeves may be drawn together by rotation about the threaded connection to cause the thrust surfaces to bear on the gripping member and expand the gripping member radially inward into frictional engagement with the tubular member. |
| US10385634B2 |
Drill rod handler
A drill rod handler provides rods to be used to form a drill string in on-shore drilling operations. The drill rod handler includes side arms which are moveable to encourage drill rods to roll towards or away from a center line of the drill rod handler. A working arm is arranged to grasp a centrally located drill rod, and to raise it from a horizontal to a vertical configuration. The working arm may then slew to correctly position the drill rod at the correct location for use. |
| US10385632B1 |
Casing grapple
A tubular is automatically gripped below an upset end or coupling and released mechanically or with the use of pressure or other devices such as motors and or gear arrangements. A mandrel connects to a traveling block and/or top drive and enables selective supporting and releasing of an “upset end” tubular (casing, tubing or drill pipe) by changing the load carrying element as well as sealing element, this allows supporting while running or pulling, filling, flow back and/or circulation. |
| US10385630B2 |
Riser tensioning system
A riser tensioning system for providing a tensioning to a riser connected to a floating installation via a tension ring. The riser tensioning system includes at least one riser tensioner assembly. Each of the at least one riser tensioner assembly includes a riser tensioning cylinder comprising a cylinder rod, at least one sheave, and a wireline with a first end and a second end. The first end is fixed to the tension ring, and the second end is fixed to the cylinder rod. The wireline extends between the tension ring and the cylinder piston via the at least one sheave. |
| US10385628B2 |
Wear sleeve, and method of use, for a tubing hanger in a production wellhead assembly
Wear sleeves and methods of using and installing such sleeves within a tubing hanger in a production wellhead assembly. A method includes positioning a wear sleeve around a polished rod and within a tubing hanger in a production wellhead assembly, the wear sleeve defining a production fluid passage. A wear sleeve includes an outer part with pin threading sized to fit uphole facing box threading in an internal bore of a tubing hanger; an inner part defining a polished rod passage, the inner part comprising sacrificial material; a keyway defined on an uphole facing surface of one or both the outer part and the inner part; and a production fluid passage defined in use by one or more of the outer part or the inner part. |
| US10385625B2 |
Sucker rod apparatus and method
Sucker rods include end fittings having an outer wedge portion proximate to an open end, an inner wedge portion proximate to a closed end, and an intermediate wedge portion between the outer and inner wedges. Each wedge includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, and an angle between the leading and trailing edges. The triangular configuration, length of the leading edge, the length of the trailing edge, and size of the angle in each wedge portion cause distribution of force, such that compressive forces distributed to the rod proximate the closed end exceed compressive forces distributed to the rod proximate the open end. |
| US10385623B2 |
Cutting elements for earth-boring tools and earth-boring tools including such cutting elements
Cutting elements, earth-boring drill bits having such cutting elements and related methods include a cutting element having a superabrasive table positioned on a substrate, and at least one recessed surface in a cutting face of the superabrasive table. |
| US10385621B2 |
Drill bit for pulling material through pilot-channel
The present disclosure describes various embodiments, as well as features and aspects thereof, of an improved drill bit assembly for a percussion boring system. More specifically, one non-limiting embodiment of an improved drill bit assembly for a percussion boring system comprises a bit and a product engagement member. The bit comprises a slant faced head and at least one exhaust port. The product engagement member comprises a product coupling portion and at least one fluid restriction portion. This improved drill bit assembly is such that, when the product engagement member is detachably engaged with the slant faced head of the bit, a first portion of the fluid stream expelled from the bit is directed substantially forward of the slant faced head and a second portion of the fluid stream is directed substantially rearward from the slant faced head. |
| US10385613B2 |
Tank car access ladder
A portable ladder having a pair of elongate stiles spaced from one another and each having first and second ends, and extending in a first direction; and a plurality of rungs each extending between the elongate stiles transverse to the first direction and having opposed ends one of each attached to each of the elongate stiles and each of the plurality of rungs being spaced from one another along the first direction, the rungs being arcuate in shape between the opposed ends. |
| US10385612B2 |
Door curtain anti-dropping device having latching pin locking mechanism
A door curtain anti-dropping falling device for a rolling door is provided. The device comprises a worm connected to the output shaft of the door operator, a drive shaft driving the winding shaft, a worm wheel having plural oblique elongated grooves and fixedly mounted on the drive shaft and meshes with the worm, a driven wheel having plural oblique elongated holes and is driven by the worm to move synchronously with the worm wheel, a limiting disk for restricting the driven wheel from moving axially, and plural latching pins extending through the elongated holes and received in the elongated slots. Under the normal operation of the door operator, the latching pins are retained in the center positions of the elongated holes and grooves. When the worm wheel are excessively worn and dislocated from the driven wheel, the latching pins lock the worm wheel and stop the winding shaft from rotating. |
| US10385609B2 |
Method and device for producing thermoplastic spacers
When producing insulating glass including at least two panes of glass (1) and at least one spacer of thermoplastic material arranged between the panes of glass, to seal the beginning (4) and the end (5) of the strand (2) of thermoplastic material the thermoplastic material is compressed with the aid of jaws placed against the side faces of the strand. In the region of the joint thus formed between the beginning and the end of the strand forming the spacer, the width of the strand is reduced with the aid of a compression die with a convexly curved active face such that a depression is created. This depression has the effect that, after the assembly of an insulating glass blank, placing a second pane of glass onto the free edges of the strand produces an opening that allows a pressure equalization during the subsequent compression of the insulating glass blank. |
| US10385600B2 |
Horizontal garage door assembly
A horizontal garage door assembly includes a plurality of panels, which are pivotally connected at adjacent side edges. A top rail receives the plurality of panels and includes a first straight portion, a curved portion, and a second straight portion. A motor is positioned at a first end of the first straight portion, a tensioning mechanism is disposed on a first panel, a gear mechanism is positioned at a second end of the first straight portion. A connecting band connects the motor, the gear mechanism, and the tensioning mechanism to form a loop along a length of the top rail. The motor drives the connecting band such that the plurality of panels moves between a closed position, in which the plurality of panels is substantially received in the first straight portion, and an open position, in which the plurality of panels is substantially received in the second straight portion. |
| US10385598B2 |
Tip for geared hinge
A tip is provided for a geared hinge including a first leaf, a second leaf and a cap enclosing complementary meshed edges of the first and the second leaves, at least one of the first leaf, the second leaf and the cap defining a channel. The tip includes a body with a depending tongue constructed and arranged for complementary engagement in the channel, an angled upper end projecting vertically from the tongue, the upper end including an inclined surface extending from a top portion to the tongue, the inclined surface defining an overhang extending on at least one side of the tongue for covering the channel. |
| US10385595B2 |
Door handle assembly for a motor vehicle
A vehicle door handle includes a sensor assembly for detecting an operation request. The door handle is fixed and actuates an electric lock. The sensor assembly includes a first capacitive sensor arranged in the door handle and oriented towards an inner side of the handle. It monitors a first handle section gripped when actuating the handle. Second and third sensors are arranged along an axial extension of the handle. The second sensor is oriented towards an outer side of the handle and monitors a touching from the outer side in a second handle section. The third sensor is oriented towards the inner side of the handle and monitors a touching from the inner side. The electronic control and evaluation device generates an opening signal when both the capacitive sensor detects a gripping of the door handle and the second sensor and the third sensor simultaneously each detect a touching. |
| US10385593B2 |
Remote control for vehicles
A remote control device for a vehicle includes an interior handle coupling lever that rotates in accordance with manipulation of an interior manipulating handle, an exterior handle coupling lever that rotates in accordance with manipulation of an exterior manipulating handle, and a switch device. The switch device includes an interior manipulation detector for detecting rotation of the interior manipulating handle, an exterior manipulation detector for detecting rotation of the exterior manipulating handle, and wiring members each having a detector connection terminal and an external connection terminal connected to the interior manipulation detector or the exterior manipulation detector. The remote control device further includes a body and a housing. The body accommodates the interior manipulation detector, the exterior manipulation detector, and the wiring members and has a connector portion enclosing all of the exterior connection terminals for the wiring members. The housing covers the body. |
| US10385588B2 |
Electric lock and clutch mechanism thereof
An electric lock includes a base, a driving module, a handle and a clutch member. The base has a first inclined surface. The driving module includes a driving member rotatable relative to the base and having a second inclined surface abutting against the first inclined surface, and a motor configured to drive the driving member to rotate. The handle is rotatably mounted to the base, and has a plurality of pushing structures. The clutch member includes a main body abutting against the driving member, and a pushed structure formed on the main body. Wherein, when the motor drives the driving member to rotate relative to the base along a first rotating direction, the driving member pushes the clutch member to move toward the handle, such that the pushing structure is configured to abut against the pushed structure to push the clutch member to rotate when the handle is rotated. |
| US10385584B2 |
Modular security system for above-ground structures
A system of modular components for on-site assembly of a shelter for an above-ground structure to protect the structure from blast, wind, fire or other physical hazards. A pyramidal shelter with triangular or rectangular base is formed by joining side panels to each other. Each side panel includes a triangular frame covered, except at access hatch, observation port and door openings, with either steel plate or diamond steel mesh to which blast-resistant, fire-resistant or other kinds of coatings or panels are applied. A corner anchor assembly to support each corner of a shelter has a lower plate, an overlying split plate, and a pair of upstanding, anchor rods attached to the split plates for insertion into hollow, lower portions of side beams of adjacent side panels. The corner anchor assemblies facilitate expansion of an assembled shelter by addition of more modular components. |
| US10385577B2 |
Device for dismountably connecting two intersecting formwork beams
The invention relates to a device for dismountably connecting two intersecting formwork beams, which comprises a single-component elastic structure with two intermediate arms joining together respective areas for pressing the two beams together in support areas, and which can longitudinally slide over one of the beams until it reaches the other beam, the device being elastically deformed by means of pressure or impact thereon, so as to clamp or hold both beams and press them together. |
| US10385575B2 |
Method of planning scaffolding for construction of an industrial plant
The invention is directed to a method for the construction of an industrial plant, in particular a petroleum refinery, by means of scaffolding units, each of which will be assembled from individual scaffolding components, comprising the following steps: Providing a 3D-construction plan in which building structures of the industrial plant are recorded; Drawing of scaffolding units to be used for the construction of the industrial plant in the 3D construction plan of the industrial plant including modifying of the 3D construction plan with respect to at least one building structure of the industrial plant for use of a predetermined scaffolding unit; Building of the industrial plant according to the modified construction plan and by use of the scaffolding units drawn in the 3D construction plan. The method according to the invention, allows for a significant reduction of scaffolding costs incurred during the construction of any industrial plant. The cost saving effects of the method according to the invention can be further increased by modifying the construction plan, wherever possible, for the use of the predetermined scaffolding units which may be of different or equal design. |
| US10385574B2 |
Lateral arm awning system and method of operation
A lateral arm assembly and method of operation includes first and second articulating arms comprising first and second ends, the first ends of the articulating arms are mounted upon assembly to a support surface at separate lateral locations. The first ends each comprise separate pivoting mounting structures for forming a first pivotal connection with the first and second articulating arms. The lateral arm assembly also comprises a roller tube having spaced lateral ends supporting respective end brackets that provide a second pivotal connection to the second ends of the articulating arms. The roller tube supports a canopy coupled to a roller shaft, wherein one of the end brackets further supports a device that drives the roller shaft for furling and unfurling the canopy. |
| US10385572B2 |
Sheet material for roofing with water-based adhesive back coating
A sheet material for roofing to be installed on a roof under an overlayment comprising a closed-weave woven having a top side and a back side; a thermoplastic layer affixed on the top side; and a water-based adhesive coating affixed on the back side. The sheet material is manufactured as a roll in which the thermoplastic layer isolates the water-based adhesive coating from an immediate environment when the sheet material is in a roll form. |
| US10385571B2 |
Seam clips and roof decking systems utilizing the seam clips
Embodiments of the present invention relate to standing seam clips (e.g., panel clips and perimeter clips) that allow for improved horizontal movement of decking panels while reducing or preventing the issues associated with the binding of the standing seam clips that result in damaged roofs when the roof panels expand and contract due to temperature changes of the roof panels during heating and cooling cycles. |
| US10385568B2 |
Clip for acoustical wall or ceiling mount
The present disclosure provides a clip for securing a support channel in an acoustical ceiling mount and a building construction having a wall, flooring, or ceiling assembly that displays improved acoustic characteristics. The clip includes a body having a penetration-resistant base, a channel interface extending outwardly from a portion of the base configured to engage the support channel, and an opening in another portion of the base, a grommet engaged in the opening of the body, and an insert engaged in the grommet. The channel interface includes at least a first slot configured to receive a channel fastener to secure the support channel to the clip. The clip may be operatively coupled with a support channel and disposed in a building construction between the support channel and a finished interior element. |
| US10385565B2 |
Helically packaged expansion joint seal system prepared for change in direction
A foam-based expansion joint seal system packaging which facilitates transport and reduces the need for internal splices. |
| US10385563B2 |
Anchoring rail for anchoring in concrete
The invention relates to an anchoring rail with a substantially C-shaped cross section for anchoring in concrete. The anchoring rail includes a cross sectionally substantially U-shaped base body, two free limbs and at least one anchor. The base body includes a base and two side walls. The two free limbs are arranged opposite the base of the base body. The at least one anchor is arranged on the base. Between the free limbs, a slot is formed in the longitudinal direction of the anchoring rail. The anchoring rail has at least one thickened portion on the base body. |
| US10385562B2 |
Building panel assembly and method of manufacturing
The invention comprises building panel assemblies for use in the construction of new homes, commercial buildings and extensions of one or more storeys. There is provided a rectangular structural insulated panel (SIP) (10), which comprises a pair of spaced-apart containment boards (12′, 12″) an inner insulating core (13) and a low profile peripheral external rigid frame (14), preferably of metal, e.g. steel, extending around the entire periphery of the spaced-apart boards (12′, 12″), the insulating core (13) having spaced-apart slots (16), which also extend around the entire periphery of the panel. |
| US10385561B1 |
Automatic purifier switch cover
An automatic purifier switch cover comprises a protective shield configured to be used in conjunction with the Cogswell™ Toilet Air Purifier. The switch cover shields the motion detector of the Cogswell™ Toilet Air Purifier from activation when the toilet is not in use. |
| US10385558B1 |
Extender for toilet flush activator
An extender for a push-button and/or motion sensor toilet flush actuator, has a fulcrum member for mounting on a rim of a tank of the toilet and a sleeve for slidably receiving a rigid extension rod, which has an angular bend between the first rod end and the second rod end. An extender head is connected to one end of the rigid extension rod is adapted to engage the flush actuator. A lever arm is connected to the other end of the rigid extension rod for operation of the extender by a user's upper extremity, so that when the user applies pressure to the second lever end of the lever arm, the rigid extension rod moves to allow the extender head to engage the flush actuator. |
| US10385553B2 |
Flow control system
A fluid flow control system having a fluid inlet configured to be operatively coupled to a fluid source, a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the fluid inlet such that fluid may exit the system therethrough, a proximity sensor for detecting the position of an object within a region adjacent the sensor, and a flow control device configured to regulate fluid flow between the inlet and outlet in response to object detection by the sensor, wherein the flow control device varies the fluid flow proportional to the detected distance of an object from the sensor. A water flow control system for use in a shower environment is also provided, as well as a shower control system, methods for controlling water flow based on sensing of the presence and location of an object, and methods for reducing water consumption. |
| US10385548B2 |
Lock assembly for an excavator wear member
A lock assembly for an excavator wear assembly, the lock assembly a locking pin having at least one dowel extending outwardly therefrom. The lock assembly also includes a retaining member having a seat and a cavity and a biasing member located within the cavity of the retaining member. The biasing member is adapted to exert a biasing force on the dowel to releasably retain the dowel within the seat of the retaining member. |
| US10385546B2 |
Work vehicle
A lift cylinder is attached to a center part of a vehicle body in a vehicle width direction. The lift cylinder causes a work implement to move up and down. A supporting member is attached to the center part of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction and extends upward from the vehicle body. An imaging device is supported by the supporting member and captures images of a region in front of the vehicle body. A penetrating part is formed in the supporting member. The lift cylinder is disposed through the penetrating part. |
| US10385544B2 |
Method and device for controlling main control valve of construction machinery
In a method of controlling a main control valve in construction machinery, a first joystick signal for controlling a first control valve device and/or a second joystick signal for controlling a second control valve device are received from one joystick. While one of the first and second control valve devices operates, whether or not a joystick signal for controlling another of the first and second control valve devices is inputted is determined. A weighted value is applied to a threshold of valve operation initiation with respect to a joystick displacement to determine a raised threshold of valve operation initiation. If the inputted joystick displacement satisfies the raised threshold of valve operation initiation, a valve stoke corresponding to the inputted joystick displacement is calculated and outputted. |
| US10385543B2 |
Construction management system, construction management method, and management device
A construction management system includes: an object detecting unit mounted on a work machine and configured to detect an object in a construction site and output information on the object; a shape detecting unit configured to output shape information indicating a three-dimensional shape of the object by using the information on the object detected by the object detecting unit; an information attaching unit configured to attach, to the shape information, time information indicating a time when the object is detected; and a management device configured to generate current state information on the construction site on the basis of the shape information to which a latest piece of the time information is attached. |
| US10385540B2 |
Portable power supply system for an electrically driven work machine and a work machine equipped with such a power supply system
A portable power supply system supplies a remotely controlled, electrically driven work machine with electrical power. The work machine includes continuous tracks and is equipped with a maneuverable arm that carries a tool at its free end. An electric motor is connected to a hydraulic pump and supplies the machine with a hydraulic medium. The work machine is connected under normal operation to a primary source of power via an electrical cable. The primary source of power includes a fixed alternating current electricity distribution grid at the location. In order to be able to supply the current that is required it includes a DC energy-storage arrangement that, including a secondary source of power, can store energy and, when necessary, supply energy in electrical form. A coupling arrangement makes it possible to choose between connecting the motor to the primary or the secondary source of power. |
| US10385537B1 |
Vacuum-assisted hole digger
A vacuum-assisted hole digger includes a central vacuum tube extending at an upper end from a handle assembly to a digger head assembly attached at a lower end, the digger head including a scraper blade assembly within a housing formed of an orifice plate and saw blade. The orifice plate attaches to the central vacuum tube, an extraction aperture formed in the orifice plate opening into the tube. Air entry apertures formed in the orifice plate outside of the vacuum tube have a total area smaller than the area of the evacuation aperture, which obtains enhanced airflow rates through the digger housing upon connection of the upper vacuum tube opening with a vacuum source. The blade edges of the scraper blade assembly abrasively engage the soil face when digging in a manner that obtains reduction in soil particle size and enhances soil particle airflow entrainment. |
| US10385532B2 |
Timber pole foundation structure
A foundation for supporting a structure above. The foundation comprising a first layer of poles parallel and spaced apart from each other, and a second layer of timber poles parallel and spaced apart from each other, at an angle to the first layer. The first layer on top of, and fastened to, the second layer. Compared to prior art foundations, the foundation is versatile, light weight, easy and quick to install and can be disassembled and re-used. |
| US10385528B2 |
Security barrier apparatus
Security barrier apparatus (10) comprising a support (12, 14) and a barrier member (18, 20) movable relative to the support between a stowed position and a deployed position, the support (12, 14) having an upper part (16) for positioning substantially at ground level. The barrier member (18, 20) has at least two telescopic posts one within the other, the inner post (20) being lowermost in the deployed position. A linkage is provided between an outer post (18) and the inner post (20). In use, motion of the outer post (18) between the stowed position and the deployed position causes corresponding motion of the inner post (20). |
| US10385523B2 |
Moldboard retention system for a milling machine
A milling machine includes a frame, a ground-engaging rotor assembly coupled to the frame, and a rotor chamber surrounding the ground-engaging rotor assembly. The rotor chamber includes a moldboard having a top, a bottom, and two sides positioned between the top and the bottom, and the moldboard further having an open position and a closed position. The rotor chamber also includes at least one movable pin secured to the moldboard, the pin being movable by an in-line actuator between a pin extended position and a pin retracted position. Further, the rotor chamber includes a rotor chamber frame wall having an opening located to receive the pin when the pin is in the extended position and the moldboard is in the closed position, and the receiving of the pin in the rotor chamber frame wall opening secures the moldboard from movement. |
| US10385519B2 |
Systems and methods for construction of electrically conductive concrete slab with protection from current leakage
Systems and methods for a conductive concrete slab having protection against one or more of surface current, ground fault current, and current leakage. A method includes, but is not limited to, introducing an electrical insulation base layer to a ground surface; introducing a plurality of electrodes to the electrical insulation base layer; and casting conductive concrete over the plurality of electrodes and the electrical insulation base layer. An electrical insulation top layer can also be applied to mitigate one or more of surface current and ground fault current. |
| US10385512B2 |
Laminate production method
A method for producing an impregnated article comprising a cellulose layer which is impregnated with a melamine resin in order for a core impregnation to be formed is characterized in that a layer of a liquid medium having a moiety of isocyanate groups is applied to the top face and/or the bottom face of the core-impregnated cellulose layer. |
| US10385510B2 |
Seamless press felt with intermediate elastic carrier layer
A seamless press felt is provided having inner and outer base fabric layers, which can be woven or non-woven, having an MD length and CD width, each including at least a first array of MD oriented yarns and being formed as a continuous unbroken tube structure. An elastic intermediate yarn assembly with parallel and regularly spaced CD yarns, each bonded to an elastic carrier material, is formed as a continuous unbroken tube structure, and is “socked” between the inner and outer base fabric layers. The elastic intermediate yarn assembly has an MD length that is from 1% to 10% less than the MD length of the press felt prior to assembly and is elastically stretched during assembly between the inner and outer base fabric layers. At least one batt layer needled through the inner and outer base fabric layers and the elastic intermediate yarn assembly to fornt he press felt. |
| US10385509B2 |
Unitary deflection member for making fibrous structures having increased surface area and process for making same
A unitary deflection member. The unitary deflection member can have a backside defining an X-Y plane and a thickness in a Z-direction. The unitary deflection member can also have a reinforcing member and a plurality of protuberances positioned on the reinforcing member. Each protuberance can have a three-dimensional shape such that any cross-sectional area of the protuberance parallel to the X-Y plane can have an equal or greater area than any cross-sectional area of the protuberance being a greater distance from the X-Y plane in the Z-direction. |
| US10385500B2 |
Laundry washing machine with a water softening device
A laundry washing machine includes an outer casing and, inside the casing, a washing tub arranged inside the casing directly facing a laundry loading/unloading opening realized in a front wall of said casing, a rotatable drum arranged in axially rotating manner inside the washing tub and structured for receiving the laundry to be washed, a detergent dispenser which is structured for supplying detergent into the washing tub, and a water softening device which is structured for reducing the hardness degree of the fresh water supplied to the washing tub. The water softening device includes a water-softening agent container filled with a water softening agent able to reduce the hardness degree of the fresh water supplied to the washing tub, a regeneration-agent reservoir which is structured to receive a salt or other regeneration agent for performing a regeneration of the water softening function of the water softening agents, and a water supply circuit which is structured for selectively spilling/pouring a given amount of fresh water into the regeneration-agent reservoir. The regeneration-agent reservoir includes a regeneration-agent container which is fillable with a given quantity of regeneration agents, and the water supply circuit includes a first sprinkler head provided with a shower-making portion which is structured for feeding a shower of water droplets by gravity into the regeneration-agent container. |
| US10385499B2 |
Dispensing treating chemistry in a laundry treating appliance
An appliance and method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber for receiving laundry for treatment and a dispensing system having a dispensing pump for dispensing a treating chemistry for use in treating the laundry, the method comprising determining a soil level of laundry in the treating chamber and determining a dispensing parameter based on the determined soil level. |
| US10385497B2 |
Method of controlling washing machine
Disclosed is a control method of a washing machine. The method includes accelerating an angular speed of a wash tub by rotating the wash tub in which water is stored in a washing or rinsing operation, and detecting current angular-speed values with a time gap within a preset preliminary-acceleration range, thereby calculating a preliminary angular-speed variation-value by adding absolute values of differences between the current angular-speed values detected before and after each time gap, comparing the preliminary angular-speed variation-value with a preset preliminary reference variation-value to perform fabric dispersion when the preliminary angular-speed variation-value exceeds the preliminary reference variation-value, and discharging the water and rotating the wash tub so that the angular speed of the wash tub is accelerated in a dehydration operation. The preliminary reference variation-value is preset to the preliminary angular-speed variation-value, calculated when an eccentric rotation degree of the wash tub is a preset maximum tolerance value. |
| US10385492B2 |
Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for viewing
Presented are a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for viewing. An exemplary method includes capturing, by a user equipment (UE), an image of a work piece, and accessing, by the UE, a plurality of predetermined patterns, wherein the accessing includes receiving the plurality of predetermined patterns from a quilting machine. The method further includes combining, by the UE, the captured image with one of the plurality of predetermined patterns, wherein the one of the plurality of predetermined patterns overlays the captured image. |
| US10385491B2 |
Apparatus for making a spunbond nonwoven
An apparatus for making a spunbond nonwoven from monofilaments of thermoplastic synthetics has a spinneret for spinning and emitting the filaments in a travel direction, a cooler downstream of the spinneret for cooling the spun filaments, and a stretcher downstream of the cooler for stretching the filaments. An intermediate passage extending in the travel direction between the cooler and the stretcher has upstream and downstream converging passage sections. The upstream passage section in the travel direction of the filaments having a shorter length than the downstream passage section in the travel direction of the filaments. A ratio BE/BA of an inlet width BE to an outlet width BA of the upstream passage section is 1.5 to 5.5. A ratio of an inlet width bE, to an outlet width bA, of the downstream passage section is 1 to 4. |
| US10385489B1 |
Non-woven flame-retardant material
A thermoformable non-woven material that meets at least one of the UL94 V-0 (2013) flammability standard and the ASTM E84-14 (2014) flammability standard. The material may include charring fiber having a denier per fiber at least about 3 and binding fiber having a denier per fiber between about 1 and about 8. The weight ratio of charring fiber to binding fiber may be between about 2:1 and about 4:1, and the denier per fiber of the charring fiber may be at least about twice the denier per fiber of the binding fiber. |
| US10385488B1 |
Suture of varying cross-section and methods of manufacture and use
The present invention includes, in one embodiment, a method of forming a suture having various cross-sectional shapes, the method including the steps of braiding the suture such that the suture has a first cross-sectional shape along a length; holding a first end of the suture and holding the suture at a second position at a location in between the first end and a second end such that a first portion of the suture is defined between the first end and the second position; manipulating the first end relative to the second position to alter the first portion of the suture into an altered cross-sectional shape different from the first cross-sectional shape; and releasing the first end and the second position, wherein the step of manipulating is performed such that, upon release, the first portion maintains its manipulated shape. |
| US10385486B2 |
Garment for foot with triangular ankle panels
A knit garment is provided to be worn on the foot that has a toe, foot, and heel area. The garment also has a medial triangular ankle panel and a lateral triangular ankle panel. The medial triangular ankle panel has a first medial vertex near the rear, top portion of the foot area, a second medial vertex near the top of the heel area, and a third medial vertex below and between the first and second medial vertices. The lateral triangular ankle panel has a first lateral vertex near the rear, top portion of the foot area, a second lateral vertex near the top of the heel area, and a third lateral vertex below and between the first and second lateral vertices. The sides of the medial and lateral triangular panels extending between the respective first and second medial and lateral vertices define an opening of the garment for a foot. |
| US10385482B2 |
Woven fabric
The purpose of the present invention is to improve thermal stability in a lightweight woven fabric that is useful for air bag applications and the like. This woven fabric comprises synthetic fibers, and is characterized in that, with regard to a rising temperature differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) endothermic curve for the woven fabric, the ratio of the amount of heat absorbed on the high temperature side of the maximum temperature of the melting endotherm on the rising temperature DSC endothermic curve for a woven fabric structure, to the overall heat absorbed exceeds 45%. |
| US10385481B2 |
Inner lining fabric with moisture management properties
A fabric having moisture management properties is disclosed. The fabric can also be made to be fire resistant. The fabric is particularly well suited for being used as an inner lining in protective garments. The fabric contains first yarns and second yarns. The first yarns extend in a first direction and the second yarns extend in the second direction. The yarns are woven together such that the first yarns form a pattern of shapes. The pattern of shapes concentrate the FR cellulose fibers and provide channels for carrying away moisture and improving the moisture management properties of the fabric. |
| US10385475B2 |
Random array sequencing of low-complexity libraries
The invention is directed to a method of sequencing low-complexity amplicons randomly arrayed at high density on a surface. Methods of the invention include preparing amplicons for sequencing by a sets of primers that ensure initial signals front different amplicons on the surface will be evenly distributed among the different nucleotides being added in a sequencing by synthesis operation. |
| US10385472B2 |
Control system and control method for diameter of single crystal ingot
The embodiments of the present invention provides a diameter controlling system of the single crystal ingot for controlling a diameter deviation of a silicon ingot during the growth of silicon ingot by a Czochralski method, it may include a seed chuck for supporting a silicon ingot combined with a seed crystal and grown; a measuring part connected to an upper surface of the seed chuck with a cable and configured to measure a load applied to the seed chuck; a load adjusting part for moving a position of the seed chuck vertically while the seed chuck is connected to the cable to change a load applied to the silicon ingot; and a controlling part for controlling the load applied to the silicon ingot by driving the load adjusting part according to the load value measured from the measuring part. Therefore, shaking of the seed during the growth process of the single crystal ingot is prevented, and thus the diameter deviation of the growing single crystal ingot may be reduced. |
| US10385469B2 |
Thermal stress compensation bonding layers and power electronics assemblies incorporating the same
A thermal stress compensation layer includes a metal inverse opal (MIO) layer with a plurality of hollow spheres and a predefined porosity disposed between a pair of bonding layers. The thermal stress compensation layer has a melting point above a TLP sintering temperature and the pair of bonding layers each have a melting point below the TLP sintering temperature such that the MIO layer can be transient liquid phase bonded between a metal substrate and a semiconductor device. The pair of bonding layers may comprise a first pair of bonding layers and a second pair of bonding layers with the first pair of bonding layers disposed between the MIO layer and the second pair of bonding layers. The first pair of bonding layers may have a melting point above the TLP sintering temperature and the second pair of bonding layers may have a melting point below the TLP sintering temperature. |
| US10385464B2 |
Transition metal oxide particles and method of producing the same
This application relates to oxide particles, preferably transition metal oxide particles, made via the application of a voltage across an electrolyte solution. The electrolyte solution includes a transition metal salt dissolved in water, and preferably also includes a compound for increasing the electrical conductivity of the electrolyte. The particles made by the processes disclosed herein, can have sizes in the micrometer or nanometer ranges. The oxide particles can have a variety of uses, including for charge storage devices. As an example, manganese oxide particles, and methods for making the same, are disclosed for a variety of uses including lithium ion batteries. |
| US10385463B2 |
Gas generator
The present invention provides a gas generator and comprises an electrolytic cell, a gas pathway, and an anti-static device. The electrolytic cell is for electrolyzing electrolyzed water to generate a gas with hydrogen. The gas generated from the electrolytic cell is transferred by the gas pathway. The anti-static device is set in the gas generator for reducing or eliminating the static electricity. The present invention uses the anti-static device to prevent the gas with hydrogen in the gas pathway from exploding by the static electricity, thereby providing a safe gas generator. |
| US10385461B2 |
Functionalization of carbon-based nanomaterials
A method for functionalizing carbon-based nanomaterials that may include: preparing a first suspension including an electrolyte solution, an amine source, and a plurality of carbon-based nanomaterials that are dispersed in the first suspension; and subjecting the first suspension to an electrochemical reaction by placing the first suspension between two electrodes and applying a voltage between the electrodes for a predetermined amount of time to obtain functionalized carbon-based nanomaterials in a second suspension. |
| US10385459B2 |
Advanced layered bulk ceramics via field assisted sintering technology
Disclosed herein are methods for fabricating layered ceramic materials via field assisted sintering technology. A method includes forming a ceramic green body on a surface of a substrate, and sintering the ceramic green body using a field-assisted sintering process to form a ceramic layer joined to the substrate. |
| US10385458B2 |
Plating bath composition and method for electroless plating of palladium
The present invention relates to an aqueous plating bath composition and a method for depositing a palladium layer by electroless plating onto a substrate. The aqueous plating bath composition according to the present invention comprises a source for palladium ions, a reducing agent for palladium ions and an aromatic compound. The aqueous plating bath composition has an increased deposition rate for palladium while maintaining bath stability. The aqueous plating bath composition has also a prolonged life time. The aromatic compounds of the present invention allow for adjusting the deposition rate to a constant range over the bath life time and for electrolessly depositing palladium layers at lower temperatures. The aromatic compounds of the present invention activate electroless palladium plating baths having a low deposition rate and reactivate aged electroless palladium plating baths. |
| US10385457B2 |
Raw material gas supply apparatus, raw material gas supply method and storage medium
In a raw material gas supply apparatus, a remaining amount of the raw material is calculated by subtracting, from an amount of the raw material filled in a new raw material, a cumulative consumption amount including a consumption amount of the raw material calculated based on an actual flow rate of the raw material gas obtained from an offset value, (m3−(m1+m2)), m1, m2 and m3 being respective measurement values of first and second mass controller, and a mass flow meter, obtained by supplying a carrier gas and a dilution gas in a state where the carrier gas flows through a bypass channel, and an actual flow rate measurement value of the raw material obtained by subtracting the offset value from a value of (m3−(m1+m2)) obtained by supplying the carrier gas and dilution gas in a state where the carrier gas flows through the inside of a raw material container. |
| US10385453B2 |
Film forming apparatus
A film forming apparatus for performing a predetermined film forming process on a substrate mounted on an upper surface of a rotary table installed within a process vessel while rotating the rotary table and heating the substrate by a heating part, includes: a contact type first temperature measuring part configured to measure a temperature of the heating part; a non-contact type second temperature measuring part configured to measure a temperature of the substrate; and a control part configured to control a power supplied to the heating part based on at least one among a first measurement value measured by the first temperature measuring part and a second measurement value measured by the second temperature measuring part. The control part changes a method for controlling the power when the predetermined film forming process is performed on the substrate and when the substrate is loaded into or unloaded from the process vessel. |
| US10385450B2 |
Method of coating a substrate and an apparatus
A method and an apparatus for coating a substrate by subjecting a surface of the substrate to successive surface reactions of a first precursor and a second precursor in a reaction chamber. The method includes the steps of arranging the substrate to the substrate support in the reaction zone; supplying a predetermined amount of the first precursor to the reaction chamber for providing a flow of the first precursor to the reaction zone; supplying the second precursor for providing a flow of the second precursor through the reaction zone and discharging the second precursor from the reaction chamber, the second precursor being inactive to react with the first precursor; generating plasma discharge to the reaction zone for forming active precursor radicals from the second precursor supplied into the reaction zone, the active precursor radicals being active to react with the first precursor. |
| US10385443B2 |
Device for growing monocrystalline crystal
A device for growing large-sized monocrystalline crystals, including a crucible adapted to grow crystals from a material source and with a seed crystal and including therein a seed crystal region, a growth chamber, and a material source region; a thermally insulating material disposed outside the crucible and below a heat dissipation component; and a plurality of heating components disposed outside the thermally insulating material to provide heat sources, wherein the heat dissipation component is of a heat dissipation inner diameter and a heat dissipation height which exceeds a thickness of the thermally insulating material. |
| US10385438B2 |
Heat resistant ferritic steel and method for producing the same
There is provided a heat resistant ferritic steel including a base material including, by mass percent, C: 0.01 to 0.3%, Si: 0.01 to 2%, Mn: 0.01 to 2%, P: at most 0.10%, 5: at most 0.03%, Cr: 7.5 to 14.0%, sol.Al: at most 0.3%, and N: 0.005 to 0.15%, the balance being Fe and impurities, and an oxide film that is formed on the base material and contains 25 to 97% of Fe and 3 to 75% of Cr. This heat resistant ferritic steel is excellent in photoselective absorptivity and oxidation resistance. |
| US10385431B2 |
High strength steel sheet having high young's modulus and method for manufacturing the same
A high strength steel sheet having a high Young's modulus, the steel sheet having a chemical composition including, by mass %, C: 0.060% or more and 0.150% or less, Si: 0.50% or more and 2.20% or less, Mn: 1.00% or more and 3.00% or less, Nb: 0.001% or more and 0.200% or less, and V: 0.001% or more and 0.200% or less, in which the contents of C, Nb, and V satisfy the equation 500≤C*≤1300. The steel sheet has a microstructure including ferrite in an amount of 20% or more and martensite in an amount of 5% or more, in terms of area ratio, such that the average grain size of the ferrite is 20.0 μm or less and the inverse intensity ratio of γ-fiber for α-fiber is 1.00 or more in each of the ferrite and the martensite. |
| US10385430B2 |
High-strength steel material having excellent fatigue properties
The present invention provides a steel material, such as a high-strength spring, that has excellent fatigue properties, and, more specifically, a steel material, such as the high-strength spring, that can improve the fatigue properties in a high-strength region more easily, without increasing an alloy cost. The steel material includes, in percent by mass, C: 0.5 to 1.0%, Si: 1.5 to 2.50%, Mn: 0.5 to 1.50%, P: more than 0% to 0.020% or less, S: more than 0% to 0.020% or less, Cr: more than 0% to 0.2% or less, Al: more than 0% to 0.010% or less, N: more than 0% to 0.0070% or less, and O: more than 0% to 0.0040% or less, and the balance consisting of iron and inevitable impurities, wherein Cr and Si contents satisfy a formula of Cr×Si≤0.20, a ratio of tempered martensite in a steel microstructure is 80% or more by area, and a number density of particles of Cr-containing carbide or carbonitride having a circle-equivalent diameter of 50 nm or more in the steel microstructure is 0.10 particles/μm2 or less. |
| US10385427B2 |
Wire rod
A wire rod according to an aspect of the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, a solute N is 0.0015% or less, a structure in an area from a surface of the wire rod to a depth of ¼ of a diameter of the wire rod in a cross section thereof includes 90.0 area % or more of pearlite, and 0 to 10.0 area % in total of bainite and ferrite, a total amount of martensite and cementite in the area from the surface of the wire rod to the depth of ¼ of the diameter of the wire rod is limited to 2.0 area % or less, and the calculated maximum size of TiN-type inclusions in a surface layer area of the wire rod is 50 μm or less. |
| US10385425B2 |
White antimicrobial copper alloy
Copper based alloys exhibiting a white/silver hue. The alloys contain copper, nickel, zinc, manganese, tin, sulfur, and antimony. |
| US10385423B2 |
Sea water lithium-recovery device and lithium-recovery station using coastal-water-based lithium-adsorption equipment and shore-based lithium-isolation equipment, and lithium desorption device using aeration
The present invention relates to a device for recovering lithium included in a solution such as sea water, and to a sea water lithium-recovery device and a lithium-recovery station using coastal-water-based lithium-adsorption equipment and shore-based lithium-isolation equipment and a lithium desorption device using aeration. |
| US10385419B2 |
High strength steel products and annealing processes for making the same
The present invention provides steel sheet products having controlled compositions that are subjected to two-step annealing processes to produce sheet products having desirable microstructures and favorable mechanical properties such as high strength and ultra-high formability. Steels processed in accordance with the present invention exhibit combined ultimate tensile strength and total elongation (UTS·TE) properties of greater than 25,000 MPa-%. Steels with these properties fall into the category of Generation 3 advanced high strength steels, and are highly desired by various industries including automobile manufacturers. |
| US10385418B2 |
Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet
Provided is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including a steel sheet having a steel sheet surface in which a groove, which extends in a direction intersecting a rolling direction and of which a groove depth direction matches a sheet thickness direction, is formed. In a case where the groove is seen on a longitudinal groove cross-section including a groove extension direction and the sheet thickness direction, an arithmetic average height Ra of a roughness curve, which constitutes a contour of a groove bottom region of the groove, is 1 μm to 3 μm, and an average length RSm of a roughness curve element, which constitutes the contour of the groove bottom region, is 10 μm to 150 μm. |
| US10385417B2 |
Heavy wall electric resistance welded steel pipe for line pipe and method for manufacturing the same
By using, as a raw material, a thick hot-rolled steel sheet having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.02% or more and 0.10% or less, Si: 0.05% or more and 0.30% or less, Mn: 0.80% or more and 2.00% or less, and Nb: 0.010% or more and 0.100% or less and satisfying the condition that a carbon equivalent Ceq is 0.25% or more and 0.50% or less, a microstructure including a bainitic ferrite phase and/or a bainite phase, a high strength of 52 ksi or more in terms of yield strength and a high toughness of −45° C. or lower in terms of fracture transition temperature vTrs, and satisfying the condition that the ratio of the average crystal grain size of the coarsest-grain portion to the average crystal grain size of the finest-grain portion is 2.0 or less in every portion in the wall thickness direction is obtained. |
| US10385416B2 |
Rapid local annealing of high strength steel
Systems and methods for locally softening high strength steel are disclosed. One method may include heat treating one or more local regions of a steel component having a hardness of at least 450 HV to soften the local region(s) to a hardness of at most 250 HV. The heat treating may include heating only the local region(s) to a target temperature above an AC1 temperature of the component and below an AC3 temperature of the component. In another method, the heat treating may include heating only the local region(s) to a first target temperature above an AC3 temperature of the component, cooling the local region(s) to below an AC1 temperature of the component, and isothermally holding the local region(s) at a second target temperature below the AC1 temperature. The locally softened region(s) may allow for improved joining and/or trimming of the component. |
| US10385414B2 |
Non-oriented silicon steel and its manufacturing method
An unoriented silicon steel having high magnetic conductivity and low iron loss at a working magnetic density of 1.0-1.5 T and method for manufacturing same. By proper deoxidation control in a RH refining and high-temperature treatment for a short time in a normalizing step, the method can reduce the amount of inclusions in the silicon steel and improve grain shape, so as to improve the magnetic conductivity and iron loss of the unoriented silicon steel at a magnetic density of 1.0-1.5 T. |
| US10385412B2 |
Methods for detection and typing of nucleic acids
Disclosed are methods and kits for identifying and characterizing polynucleotide sequences in a sample which may include a heterogeneous sample. Some of the methods and kits are directed to the identification and characterization of a virus in a sample, which may include HIV capable of cause AIDS or AIDS-like symptoms. The virus may be HIV-1, and may also include drug resistant mutations. The methods may include reacting a mixture that includes, in addition to nucleic acid isolated from the sample, at least one oligonucleotide capable of specifically hybridizing to HIV nucleic acid where the oligonucleotide includes at least one non-natural base.” fu addition, the methods may include detection of one or more mutations in HIV nucleic acid that are associated with drug resistance. |
| US10385411B2 |
Methods for determining resistance or susceptibility to HIV entry inhibitors
The invention provides a method for determining whether a human immunodeficiency virus is likely to be more resistant to a viral entry inhibitor than a reference HIV. In certain aspects, the methods comprise comparing the length of one or more variable regions of an envelope protein of the HIV or a number of glycosylation sites on the envelope protein of the HIV to a length of one or more corresponding variable regions of an envelope protein of the reference HIV or a number of glycosylation sites on the envelope protein of the reference HIV, wherein the HIV is likely to be more resistant to the CD4 binding site entry inhibitor than the reference HIV when the HIV has longer variable regions than the reference HIV or the HIV has more glycosylation sites than the reference HIV. |
| US10385410B2 |
In vitro method for the detection and quantification of HIV-2
The present invention relates to a method for detecting or quantifying Human Immunodeficiency Virus-2 (HIV-2) nucleic acids in a biological sample, comprising: a) performing a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or a real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on nucleic acids of the biological sample with: (i) at least 4 primers respectively comprising or consisting of: sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 or a sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO 1, and sequence SEQ ID NO: 2 or a sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 2, and sequence SEQ ID NO: 4 or a sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 4, and sequence SEQ ID NO: 5 or a sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 5, and (ii) at least 2 labelled probes respectively comprising or consisting of: sequence SEQ ID NO: 3, a sequence complementary to SEQ ID NO: 3, or a sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 3 or the complementary thereof, and sequence SEQ ID NO: 6, a sequence complementary to SEQ ID NO: 6, or a sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 6 or the complementary thereof, and b) determining therefrom the presence or absence and/or the quantity of HIV-2 nucleic acids in the biological sample. |
| US10385409B2 |
Assays for fungal infection
Methods and kits are described for testing for the presence or absence of any fungus in a sample. Examples of fungi that can be detected include, but are not limited to, those belonging to the genera Candida, Aspergillus and Pneumocystis. The methods include obtaining a sample suspected of containing fungal nucleic acid, including at least one universal region of fungal nucleic acid, and testing for the presence or absence in the sample of the at least one universal region of fungal nucleic acid. Samples may be biological or non-biological. |
| US10385408B2 |
Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in biological samples
Disclosed are methods of identifying a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a sample wherein the methods involve detecting a S. aureus-specific nucleic acid sequence, mecA and mecC, in the sample. Kits for determining the presence of MRSA in a sample are also provided. |
| US10385407B2 |
Method for screening induced pluripotent stem cells
The present invention provides a method for screening for iPS cells exhibiting differentiation resistance using a marker identified as lincRNA or mRNA that is specifically expressed in an iPS cell line exhibiting differentiation resistance, and such markers. |
| US10385398B2 |
Methods for use in combination for the treatment and diagnosis of autoimmune diseases
This disclosure provides new genetic targets, diagnostic methods, and therapeutic treatment regimens for multiple autoimmune disorders, including pediatric autoimmune disorders that are co-inherited and genetically shared. The disclosure, for example, provides methods of diagnosing or determining a susceptibility for one or more autoimmune diseases and methods of determining treatment protocols for patients with one or more autoimmune diseases based on determining if the patients have genetic alterations in particular genes. |
| US10385394B2 |
Processes of identifying and characterizing X-linked disorders
The present invention relates to processes for characterizing and screening for the existence or predisposition to X-linked disorders associated with changes in X-chromosome inactivation. The present invention also relates to processes of reducing a disease phenotype associated with an X-linked disorder in a female subject. |
| US10385391B2 |
Entangled mate sequencing
Methods and compositions are provided for performing a set of N DNA sequencing reaction cycles whereby sequence information is obtained for approximately 2*N nucleotide bases. |
| US10385390B2 |
Graphene transistor gated by charges through a nanopore for bio-molecular sensing and DNA sequencing
A technique for a nanodevice is provided. A reservoir is separated into two parts by a membrane. A nanopore is formed through the membrane, and the nanopore connects the two parts of the reservoir. The nanopore and the two parts of the reservoir are filled with ionic buffer. The membrane includes a graphene layer and insulating layers. The graphene layer is wired to first and second metal pads to form a graphene transistor in which transistor current flowing through the graphene transistor is modulated by charges or dipoles passing through the nanopore. |
| US10385388B2 |
Cleavable competitor polynucleotides
The invention relates to polynucleotide combinations and their use in allele-specific enrichment, amplification, and detection. The disclosure also provides methods to multiplex various target DNA molecules in a single tube with high sensitivity and specificity. The disclosure provides a polynucleotide competitor that comprises a sequence that is fully complementary to a first target DNA polynucleotide region (T1) such that the competitor polynucleotide will hybridize to the first target DNA polynucleotide region under appropriate conditions. In another aspect, the polynucleotide competitor comprises a mismatch to a non-target DNA polynucleotide that is a sequence variant of the first target DNA polynucleotide region (T1*). |
| US10385387B2 |
Methods for selectively amplifying and tagging nucleic acids
Methods for adding sequence tags during amplification of a nucleic acid target are provided. The target is amplified using two sets of primers that are modified such that only tagged targets can ligate to hairpin adapters that protect them from subsequent exonuclease treatment. Methods of making circular nucleic acids are also provided. Specific overhangs are created by exonuclease trimming with a polymerase such that only desired targets can ligate to sticky ended hairpin adapters that protect them from subsequent exonuclease treatment. Compositions, kits, and systems related to or useful in the methods are also described. |
| US10385385B2 |
Methods and systems for volume variation modeling in digital PCR
A method for performing digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) is provided. The method includes partitioning a biological sample volume including a plurality of target nucleic acids into a plurality of partitions, where at least one partition includes at least one target nucleic acid. The method further includes determining a model for volume variation of the plurality of partitions and determining a number of partitions including at least one target nucleic acid. The method includes generating a concentration of target nucleic acids in the biological sample based on the model for volume variation and the fraction of partitions including at least one target nucleic acid. |
| US10385383B2 |
Systems and methods for biological analysis
A case for containing a plurality of biological samples contains a base, a substrate and a cover. The substrate is attached to the base and comprises a plurality of reaction regions configured to receive one or more biological samples. The cover comprises an inner surface and is configured to be attached to the base such that the base and cover together provide a cavity containing the substrate. The inner surface includes a central area and a recessed area disposed about the central area. The central area is configured to cover the reaction regions, while the recessed area is offset from the central area in a direction normal to the inner surface. |
| US10385381B2 |
Serum preparation
This invention relates to the use of clotting compositions containing prothrombin activators to produce high quality blood serum samples for pathology and other biological assays, and to containers containing such clotting compositions, and related methods of use. |
| US10385379B2 |
Cell identification device and program
An apparatus that identifies the type of a test cell based on a result obtained by performing mass spectrometry on the test cell includes a higher-level database, which contains mass lists that each list ion mass values of constituent components of a known cell, and a lower-level database, which contains partial mass lists that each list only strain-specific ion mass values out of the ion mass values. The higher-level database is first searched for a test mass list which is created from the result of the mass spectrometry performed on the test cell, and based on a result of the search, an organism species to be searched in the following search operation is determined. Mass values common to the organism species are subsequently deleted from the mass list for the test cell, and the mass list having undergone the deletion operation is used to search the lower-level database. |
| US10385376B2 |
21-hydroxylation of steroids
Generally, the present invention relates to the field of steroid hydroxylation. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for the 21-hydroxylation of steroids in cells. It also relates to cells expressing a steroid 21-hydroxylating enzyme or steroid 21-hydroxylase, expression vectors comprising a nucleic acid encoding for a steroid 21-hydroxylase and a kit for carrying out the method for the 21-hydroxylation of steroids in cells. |
| US10385371B2 |
Ketoreductase polypeptides for the production of (R)-3-hydroxythiolane
The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize chiral compounds. |
| US10385370B2 |
Method of making lipids with improved cold flow properties
Provided herein are methods of producing oils with reduced saturated fatty acids. The methods include culturing oil-producing microorganisms in a fermentation medium in the presence of one or more antifoaming agents under a controlled carbon consumption rate, wherein the culturing produces oils comprising fatty acids and wherein less than 35% of the fatty acids in the oil are saturated fatty acids. |
| US10385369B2 |
Production method for oil and fat
The present invention provides a commercially-viable-level, highly efficient production method for oil and fat that are rich in USU. |
| US10385354B2 |
Papaver somniferum cytochrome P450
This disclosure relates to the isolation and sequencing of nucleic acid molecules that encode cytochrome P450 polypeptides from a Papaver somniferum cultivar; uses in the production of noscapine and identification of poppy cultivars that include genes that comprise said nucleic acid molecules. |
| US10385353B2 |
Brassica oleracea plants with improved nutritional value
The invention provides compositions and methods relating to the elevation of glucoraphanin compared to standard Brassica oleracea varieties. The invention also relates to the production of hybrid varieties having desired glucosinolate contents. The invention further provides plants, plant parts, and seeds comprising such traits and comprising a Myb28 allele from Brassica villosa that is not genetically linked to an ELONG allele from Brassica villosa. |
| US10385352B2 |
Methods of introducing multiple expression constructs into a eukaryotic cell
The present invention relates to methods of introducing multiple expression constructs into a eukaryotic cell, methods of constructing a eukaryotic cell having multiple target loci for expressing multiple heterologous proteins of interest, eukaryotic cells for expressing multiple heterologous proteins of interest, and methods of production of multiple heterologous proteins of interest. |
| US10385350B2 |
Transcript optimized expression enhancement for high-level production of proteins and protein domains
The present invention relates to a system for high-level production of recombinant proteins and protein domains. |
| US10385348B2 |
Epidermal growth factor receptor targeted/immunomodulatory fusion proteins and methods of use for them
The present invention relates generally to the field of generating fusion proteins to be used in cancer therapy, and more specifically, to nucleotide sequences encoding the fusion proteins, wherein the chimeric fusion proteins comprises at least one targeting moiety and at least one immunomodulatory moiety that counteracts the immune tolerance of cancer cells. |
| US10385343B2 |
Methods and compositions for the treatment of cancer
Described herein are methods and compositions relating to the treatment of cancer, e.g., breast cancer, using, e.g., aptamer-siRNA chimera molecules. |
| US10385341B2 |
Compositions for modulating SOD-1 expression
Disclosed herein are antisense compounds and methods for decreasing SOD-1 mRNA and protein expression. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, or ameliorate SOD-1 associated diseases, disorders, and conditions. Such SOD-1 associated diseases include amyotrophic sclerosis (ALS). |
| US10385340B2 |
Autoimmune disease treatments
There are provided, inter alia, methods and compositions to treat autoimmune disease including invasiveness of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis. |
| US10385339B2 |
Methods and compositions for enhancing the efficacy and specificity of single and double blunt-ended siRNA
The present invention provides methods of enhancing the efficacy and specificity of RNAi using single or double blunt-ended siRNA. The invention also provides single and double-blunt ended siRNA compositions, vectors, and transgenes containing the same for mediating silencing of a target gene. Therapeutic methods are also featured. |
| US10385331B2 |
Magnetic particles with a closed ultrathin silica layer, method for the production thereof and their use
A method for producing silicate-containing magnetic particles having a closed and tight silicate layer and high purity. In addition, the novel method prevents an uncontrolled formation of aggregates and clusters of silicates on the magnetite surface, thereby having a positive influence on the properties and biological applications. The method enables depletion of nanoparticulate solid substance particles on the basis of a fractionated centrifugation. The silicate-coated magnetic particles exhibit optimized magnetization and suspension behavior as well as advantageous run-off behavior from plastic surfaces. These highly pure magnetic particles coated with silicon dioxide are preferably used for isolating nucleic acids from cell and tissue samples, whereby the separating out from a sample matrix ensues by means of magnetic fields. The particles are particularly well suited for the automatic purification of nucleic acids, mostly from biological body samples for the purpose of analyzing them with different amplification methods. |
| US10385325B2 |
Method for production of recombinant human alpha-galactosidase A from material containing contaminant host cell proteins by chromatography
Disclosed is a method for production of recombinant human alpha-galactosidase A (rh alpha-Gal A) in a large scale, with a high purity. The method comprises the steps of (a) culturing rh alpha-Gal A-producing mammalian cells in a serum-free medium, (b) collecting culture supernatant, (c) subjecting the culture supernatant to anion-exchange column chromatography, (d) to hydrophobic column chromatography, (e) to a column chromatography employing as solid phase a material having affinity for phosphate group, (f) to cation-exchange column chromatography, (g) to dye-affinity column chromatography, and (h) to gel filtration column chromatography, in the order. |
| US10385318B2 |
Method of making a population of chondrocytes from reprogrammed chondrocytes
Disclosed herein are methods of producing induced pluripotent stem cells from chondrocytes, and further, methods of producing chondrocytes from said induced pluripotent stem cells. The invention further provides methods of regenerating cartilaginous tissue. |
| US10385317B2 |
Method of blood pooling storage
The disclosure provides methods of making a red blood cell, plasma, and platelet products having a uniform dose and volume. The method comprises pooling a plurality of blood units, leukoreducing the blood and inactivating any pathogen contained therein. Plasma, RBCs, and platelets are then divided into uniform dose and volume units which have an extended shelf life. |
| US10385313B2 |
Human IPSC-derived vascular-related and hematopoetic cells for therapies and toxicology/drug screenings
Described herein are cells, cell culture methods, and cell culture media compositions useful for producing and maintaining iPSC-derived cell lines that are of higher purity and maintain cell type integrity better than current iPSC-derived cell lines. Also disclosed are methods of using the described cells and media, such as therapeutic methods of use for the described cells. The described cells include iPSC-derived mesodermal precursor cells (MPC), which itself may differentiate into at least four different cell types. When cultured under appropriate conditions, the mesodermal precursor cells can be used to produce hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), smooth muscle cells (SMC), or unlimited functional endothelial cells (UFEC). One characteristic that makes the described cells desirable is that they can be maintained in culture for a number of days, or passages, without changing phenotype through differentiation. |
| US10385299B2 |
Metal-carrying zeolite for alcoholic beverages and alcoholic beverage manufacturing method
The metal-supported zeolite for alcoholic beverages of the present invention is a zeolite that carries a metal component, wherein the metal component is silver, and the zeolite is at least one selected from a beta-type one and a Y-type one. The metal-supported zeolite is for removing unwanted components contained in alcoholic beverages. |
| US10385297B2 |
Methods for making encapsulate-containing product compositions
Methods relating to making product compositions that include encapsulates and borate compounds, where the encapsulates include polyvinyl alcohol polymer. Compositions made from such methods. |
| US10385295B2 |
Compositions for anti pattern collapse treatment comprising gemini additives
A method of reducing defects of a semiconductor substrate whereby the substrate is rinsed with an aqueous composition containing a gemini additive of the general formula I after the development of a photoresist or a photolithographic mask wherein X is a divalent group, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are substituted or unsubstituted monovalent groups, n is an integer from 1 to 5, or 1 to 10000 depending on R3 and R4, z is an integer, which is chosen so that the overall surfactant is electrically uncharged, and Z is a counter-ion. |
| US10385294B2 |
Leuco polymers as bluing agents in laundry care compositions
A laundry care composition including (i) from 2 to 70 wt % of a surfactant; and (ii) from 0.0001 to 20.0 wt % of a leuco polymer including an alkoxylated polyethyleneimine covalently bound to a leuco moiety. At least a first portion of nitrogen atoms of the alkoxylated polyethyleneimine have covalently bound thereto a leuco moiety. At least a second portion of nitrogen atoms of the alkoxylated polyethyleneimine have covalently bound thereto a moiety selected from the group consisting of oxyalkylene moieties, polyoxyalkylene moieties, and mixtures thereof; and at least a third portion of nitrogen atoms of the alkoxylated polyethyleneimine have covalently bound thereto a moiety selected from the group consisting of an alkylene chain, an alkylene chain having covalently bound thereto a phenyl or naphthyl group, and mixtures thereof. Methods of making the leuco polymer and methods of treating textiles with such laundry care compositions. |
| US10385291B2 |
Liquid surfactant compositions and associated methods
A liquid surfactant composition can include a C9-C20 alkylbenzene sulfonate, a nonionic surfactant, and an anionic surfactant. The anionic surfactant can include a first alcohol ether sulfate (AES) surfactant and a second AES surfactant. The first AES surfactant can have a molecular formula of R1—O—(CH2—CH2—O)m—SO3M, wherein R1 represents a C10-C20 alkyl group, m represents a number from 6 to 8, and M represents a monovalent cation. The second AES surfactant can have a molecular formula of R2—O—(CH2—CH2—O)n—SO3M′, wherein R2 represents a C10-C20 alkyl group, n is 2 or 3, and M′ represents a monovalent cation. The first AES surfactant and the second AES surfactant can be present in the liquid surfactant composition at a weight ratio to provide the liquid surfactant composition with a fresh viscosity from about 350 centipoise (cPS) to about 550 cps. |
| US10385290B2 |
Process for preparing polyurea microcapsules
The present invention relates to a process for producing perfume-containing microcapsules with improved olfactive performance by using at least one aromatic polyisocyanate with a specific mixture of polyamines. Microcapsules obtainable by such a process and perfuming compositions or the consumer products comprising these microcapsules are also objects of the invention. In particular, the microcapsules can be used in home or personal care products. |
| US10385287B2 |
Biological method for preventing rancidity, spoilage and instability of hydrocarbon and water emulsions and for increasing the lubricity of the same
A hydrocarbon and water emulsion comprising at least one copper salt of a carboxylic acid. |
| US10385280B2 |
Minimizing coke formation in a reactor stripper
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to systems and methods for catalyst regeneration. In particular, the presently disclosed subject matter provides for an integrated fluidized bed reactor and catalyst regeneration system to minimize hydrocarbon accumulation. In one embodiment, the presently disclosed subject matter provides for a fluidized bed reactor unit including a catalyst riser having a partially perforated surface in close proximity to a reactor stripper. |
| US10385279B2 |
Process and apparatus for recycling cracked hydrocarbons
A process and apparatus for recycling LCO and/or HCO to a hydroprocessing zone to saturate aromatics for cracking in an FCC unit is disclosed. The recycle cracked stream may be recycled to a downstream hydroprocessing zone to avoid a first hydroprocessing zone that is primarily for demetallizing (and desulfurizing) feed to the FCC unit. |
| US10385278B2 |
Use of renewable oil in hydrotreatment process
The use of bio oil from at least one renewable source in a hydrotreatment process, in which process hydrocarbons are formed from said glyceride oil in a catalytic reaction, and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron. A bio oil intermediate including bio oil from at least one renewable source and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron. |
| US10385276B2 |
Waste to fuel processes, systems, methods, and apparatuses
A waste material process reactor is configured to convers waste to fuel by exposing a carbon-based material to liquid media to form hydrocarbon fuel. Heat exchangers, power generation processes and combustion turbine exhaust apparatus are also provided. Fuel generation processes and generation systems are provided. Reaction media conduit systems as well as processes for servicing reactant media pumps coupled to both inlet and outlet conduits containing reactant media, are also provided. |
| US10385275B2 |
Delayed coking plant combined heating and power generation
A system includes a heat exchange system and a power generation system. The heat exchange system includes first, second, and third heat exchangers each operable as a continuous source of heat from a delayed coking plant. The first and second heat exchangers heat first and second fluid streams to produce heated first and second fluid streams, respectively. The heated second fluid stream has a lower temperature and a greater quantity of heat than the heated first fluid stream. The third heat exchanger heats a third fluid stream to produce a heated third fluid stream that includes the heated first fluid stream and a hot fluid stream. The heated third fluid stream has a lower temperature than the heated first fluid stream. The power generation system generates power using heat from the heated second and third fluid streams. |
| US10385274B2 |
Portable biochar kiln
A portable biochar kiln and system is disclosed. An example of a portable biochar kiln system includes a kiln body. A ridge is provided around an outside perimeter of the kiln body. A removable lid is provided to cover and uncover an opening in the top of the kiln body. An edge is provided around an outside perimeter of the removable lid. The example portable biochar kiln system also includes a gripper attachment for heavy machinery. The gripper attachment is configured for engagement with the ridge to raise and lower the kiln body. The gripper attachment is also configured for engagement with the edge of the lid to cover and uncover the kiln body. |
| US10385270B2 |
Liquid crystal composition and display device thereof
The present invention discloses a liquid crystal composition, comprising: at least a first compound selected from the group consisting of a compound of general Formula I-1, a compound of general Formula I-2, and a combination thereof, and at least a second compound selected from the group consisting of a compound of general Formula II-1, a compound of general Formula II-2, a compound of general Formula II-3, a compound of general Formula II-4 and a combination thereof. The liquid crystal composition provided in the present invention has the properties of appropriate optical and dielectric anisotropies, high clearing point, existence of a nematic phase over a wide range of temperature, low viscosity and good high-temperature stability. The liquid crystal composition is applicable to a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, to enable the LCD device to have such properties as short response time, excellent display effect at high temperature, and others. |
| US10385262B2 |
Organic electroluminescent device
An organic electroluminescent device of which emission life may be improved. The organic electroluminescent device includes an anode, an emission layer, and an anode-side hole transport layer provided between the anode and the emission layer and including an anode-side hole transport material. An electron accepting material is doped in the anode-side hole transport layer. An intermediate hole transport material layer is provided between the anode-side hole transport layer and the emission layer and includes an intermediate hole transport material, and an emission layer-side hole transport layer is provided between the intermediate hole transport material layer and the emission layer and adjacent to the emission layer. The emission layer-side hole transport layer includes an emission layer-side hole transport material represented by the following Formula 1. |
| US10385261B2 |
Coated particles, methods for their manufacture and for their use as proppants
Disclosed are coated particles. The coated particles include substrate particles and a coating disposed over at least a portion of the substrate particles. The coating includes a condensation reaction product of a reaction mixture that includes a liquid isocyanate-functional component and an isocyanate-reactive composition. Also disclosed are methods for making such particles and methods for using such particles as proppants in hydraulic fracturing. |
| US10385260B2 |
Fracturing fluids including amine oxides as flowback aids
An aqueous fracturing fluid comprises an environmentally friendly flowback aid. The flowback aid includes an amine oxide having the formula (CH3)NO(R1)(R2), where R1 and R2 are independently selected from linear or branched alkyl groups having from 8 to 16 carbon atoms. Optionally, the fracturing fluid may further comprise an alcohol ethoxylate of the formula R3—(OC2H4)x—OH, wherein R3 is a linear or branched alkyl group having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms, and wherein x ranges from 3 to 25. One example of an amine oxide is didecylmethyl amine oxide, and one example of an alcohol ethoxylate is ethoxylated isodecylalcohol (also known as ethoxylated isodecanol). The fracturing fluid is introduced through a well bore into the subterranean formation and pressurized to fracture the subterranean formation. The fracturing fluid is then allowed to flow back into the well bore from the subterranean formation. |
| US10385258B2 |
Gas diverter for well and reservoir stimulation
The disclosure provides fracturing methods having advantage over current fracturing methods. The disclosed fracturing methods can change the fracture gradient of the downhole subterranean formation. For example, one or more of the fracture gradients of the low and high stress zones of the downhole subterranean formation can be changed. Furthermore, in relation to current practices, the methods can decrease the extent and/or degree of fracturing within low stress downhole formations and increase the degree of fracturing within high stress formations. |
| US10385257B2 |
Gas diverter for well and reservoir stimulation
The disclosure provides fracturing methods having advantage over current fracturing methods. The disclosed fracturing methods can change the fracture gradient of the downhole subterranean formation. For example, one or more of the fracture gradients of the low and high stress zones of the downhole subterranean formation can be changed. Furthermore, in relation to current practices, the methods can decrease the extent and/or degree of fracturing within low stress downhole formations and increase the degree of fracturing within high stress formations. |
| US10385254B2 |
Ecofriendly emulsifier synthesis from esterified waste vegetable oil for wellbore drilling fluids
Ecofriendly emulsifier synthesis from esterified waste vegetable oil for wellbore drilling fluids is described. A raw material waste vegetable oil is esterified to produce a methyl ester of the raw material waste vegetable oil. A caustic soda solution is added to the methyl ester resulting in a mixture. The mixture is thermally treated. A pH of the mixture is adjusted resulting in formation of an aqueous phase and a non-aqueous phase. The aqueous phase is separated from the non-aqueous phase. |
| US10385252B2 |
Method for forming a high-performance aqueous-phase polymer fluid and system for drilling well bores in low-gradient formations
The present invention relates to a method to form or obtain a high performance aqueous phase polymer fluid, which is a seawater-based drilling fluid for well drilling in low gradient formations. It is formulated based on liquid state polymer chemical products, easy to aggregate, and quickly mixed; a preparation and homogenization process that reduces preparation times, designed to drill hydrocarbon-producing deposits, focusing on minimizing damages to the producing formations, with a high rate of circulation loss in naturally fractured deposits. The system is environmentally-friendly, it complies with the main functions required of drilling fluids, while also providing a high inhibition control by swelling and dispersion of clay zones, due to the polymeric nature of the materials with which it is formulated. It is a fluid that does not contain solids in its formulation and provides an excellent transport and cleaning of drilling shears in the well. |
| US10385250B2 |
Thermally conductive composites and method of preparing same
A method of preparing a thermally conductive composite including: a) mixing 15% to 60% by weight of a polymer matrix with 0% to 85% by weight of a high-aspect-ratio thermally conductive filler having an aspect ratio of at least 5:1; and (b) mixing a polymer melt obtained from step (a) with 0% to 85% by weight of a low-aspect-ratio thermally conductive filler having an aspect ratio of 2:1 or less. By changing the weight ratio, the structure and mechanical properties of the low-aspect-ratio thermally conductive filler and the high-aspect-ratio thermally conductive filler, thermal conductivity anisotropy can be tuned. A thermally conductive composite having thermal conductivity anisotropy in the range from 1 to 4 is also disclosed. |
| US10385249B2 |
Hydrofluoroether olefins and methods of using same
A hydrofluoroether compound represented by the following general formula: |
| US10385245B2 |
One-component moisture-curable urethane composition and method for producing same
The present technology is to provide a one-part moisture-curable polyurethane composition having excellent adhesion to an adherend (coated plate), and a method for producing such a composition. The present technology is a one-part moisture-curable urethane composition including a preliminary composition obtained by mixing a urethane prepolymer, an aliphatic isocyanate A, and an aminosilane compound B, and a catalyst; and a method for producing such a composition. |
| US10385241B2 |
Pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet and pressure-sensitive adhesive composition
A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to an embodiment includes: 100 parts by mass of a polymer (A) having a glass transition temperature lower than 0° C.; and 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of a polymer (B) that contains, as monomer units, both a monomer having a functional group equivalent (Fge) of 1000 g/mol≤Fge<15000 g/mol and having a polyorganosiloxane skeleton and a monomer whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher, and that has a weight average molecular weight (MwB) of 10000≤MwB≤100000. |
| US10385239B2 |
Carton sealing tape with a plurality of security features
Various carton sealing tapes are disclosed that have a plurality of security features, at least two of which include nanomarker particles having identification indicia visible under about 100 to about 400 times magnification and taggants visible upon exposure to a pre-selected wavelength outside the visible spectrum included in the same or different layers of the tape structure depending upon the selection of the backing material for the substrate of the tape. The carton sealing tapes are also printable for inclusion of a consecutive sequence of coded identification information in the form of a barcode or a 2D code. |
| US10385231B2 |
Coating compositions comprising diisocyanate chain extended bisaspartates
This invention relates to a coating composition, a method for coating of a metallic substrate as well as the use of the coating in a two-component coating composition. |
| US10385220B2 |
Long wave infrared transparent window and coating materials
Systems and method for forming a nanocomposite material. One example of a nanocomposite material includes a first sulfur-based nanoparticle material defining a first nanophase and a second sulfur-based nanoparticle material defining a second nanophase, wherein the nanocomposite material is at least partially long-wave infrared (LWIR) transmitting, and the first nanophase and the second nanophase are co-dispersed to form interpenetrating networks with one another and each has a grain structure that is distinct from one another. |
| US10385217B2 |
Formulations comprising hydridosilanes and hydridosilane oligomers, their process of manufacture and their use
The present invention relates to formulations comprising at least one hydridosilane of the generic formula SinH2n+2 with n=7-10 and at least one hydridosilane oligomer, to processes for preparation thereof and to the use thereof. |
| US10385214B2 |
Fluorescent dyes and their uses as biomarkers
The present application relates to new fluorescent dyes and their uses as fluorescent labels. The compounds may be used as fluorescent labels for nucleotides in nucleic acid sequencing applications. |
| US10385213B2 |
Candle wax compositions stabilized with UV absorbers and select hindered amine light stabilizers
A stabilized composition includes candle wax; an ultraviolet light absorber; and a hindered amine light stabilizer of formula (I). The compositions stabilize the candle with respect to yellowing, color fading in the case of dyed or pigmented candles, and other degradation of the waxes. The materials and compositions may be used in a wide variety of a candle waxes including, but not limited to, paraffin, beeswax, natural oils, polyamide plus fatty acids and esters thereof, fatty acids such as stearin, opacifiers, glycerides plus oxidized wax, alcohols, and ethylene oligomers. |
| US10385210B2 |
Curable silicone composition and applications and uses thereof
A curable composition comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane comprising a curable functional group; and (B) a silicone-free, organic material comprising a reactive functional group. The curable composition exhibits high refractive index and optical clarity. The curable composition can be used to prepare a cured material that exhibits high refractive index, optical clarity, crack resistance, and low moisture vapor permeability. |
| US10385208B2 |
Preparation method for electromagnetic wave shield composite material using copper- and nickel-plated carbon fiber prepared by electroless and electrolytic continuous processes, and electromagnetic wave shield composite material
The present invention relates to a preparation method for an electromagnetic wave shield composite material and the electromagnetic wave shield composite material prepared by the method. The present invention uses a highly conductive carbon fiber prepared by electroless and electrolytic continuous processes, and thus is suitable for an EMI shield due to having an excellent conductivity and low surface resistance, and is capable of providing the electromagnetic wave shield composite material having an excellent productivity and economic value. Furthermore, the electromagnetic wave shield composite material of the present invention can be used for blocking electromagnetic waves by being inserted into a cell phone cover and a cell phone pouch, and can also be applied to a bracket for protecting an LCD of a portable display product. |
| US10385203B2 |
Heat-curable resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation
Provided is a highly versatile heat-curable resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation that exhibits a favorable water resistance and abradability when used to encapsulate a semiconductor device; and a superior fluidity and a small degree of warpage even when used to perform encapsulation on a large-sized wafer.The heat-curable resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation comprises: (A) a cyanate ester compound having not less than two cyanato groups in one molecule, and containing a particular cyanate ester compound that has a viscosity of not higher than 50 Pa·s; (B) a phenol curing agent containing a resorcinol-type phenolic resin; (C) a curing accelerator; (D) an inorganic filler surface-treated with a silane coupling agent; and (E) an ester compound. |
| US10385198B2 |
Polymer compositions with improved rheological properties
Provided herein are metallocene-catalyzed polymer compositions that exhibit advantageous rheological properties, at least some of which are consistent with long-chain branching, as well as polymerization processes suitable for forming such polymer compositions. The polymer compositions may have both LCB index measured at 125° C. of less than 5; and phase angle δ at complex shear modulus G*=100,000 Pa of less than about 54.5°, as determined at 125° C. The polymer compositions of particular embodiments are reactor blends, preferably of ethylene copolymers (e.g., ethylene-propylene (EP) copolymers and/or ethylene-propylene-diene (EPDM) terpolymers). The reactor blend may include first and second copolymer components, which may differ in monomer content and weight-average molecular weight (Mw). |
| US10385197B2 |
Polypropylene films with improved sealing behaviour, especially in view of improved sealing properties
The present invention relates to a polymer blend and the film of the polymer blend or the film layers of the polymer blend as a surface layer or coating. More particularly, the invention relates to a polymer blend which may be extruded as such or extruded onto one or both sides of packaging film to give a sealing surface(s) which exhibits surprisingly heat sealability suitable for form-fill-and-seal-packaging. The present invention also relates the use of ethylene based plastomer to reduce sealability of films comprising polypropylene. |
| US10385196B2 |
Polypropylene films with improved printability
The patent application discloses a polypropylene-plastomer-blend comprising ethylene-based plastomer, which—after conversion into final articles and exposing to surface modification like corona treatment, shows improved dyne retention behavior and improved dyne retention ratio over time. Further disclosed are final articles and a process how to provide compositions and final articles having improved dyne retention behavior. |
| US10385194B2 |
Polyethylene composition for a film layer
The present invention relates to a polymer composition, to the use of the polymer composition in film applications and to a film comprising the polymer composition of the invention. |
| US10385193B2 |
Polyolefin composition including hollow glass microspheres and method of using the same
A composition that includes a polyolefin having first repeating units, hollow glass microspheres, a polyolefin impact modifier that is chemically non-crosslinked and free of polar functional groups, and a compatibilizer comprising the first repeating units and second repeating units, which are the first repeating units modified with polar functional groups. Articles made from the composition and methods of making an article by injection molding the composition are also disclosed. |
| US10385191B2 |
Filled polypropylene compositions and related automotive components
The present disclosure provides a filled composition made from and/or containing (A) a first polymer composition made from and/or containing (i) a heterophasic polypropylene copolymer and (ii) a polypropylene blend, and (B) a biofiller composition made from and/or containing a cellulose-based biofiller. The filled composition can additionally be made with and/or contain an elastomeric ethylene copolymer composition. Optionally, the filled composition can further be made with and/or contains a grafted polyolefin composition. The filled composition is useful in making automotive components. |
| US10385184B2 |
Rubber composition and pneumatic tire comprising tread formed from said rubber composition
Provided is a rubber composition that achieves a balanced improvement in fuel economy, abrasion resistance, and wet grip performance while having good processability. Also provided is a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition containing: a rubber component including a copolymer; and carbon black and/or silica, the copolymer containing a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene monomer and a structural unit derived from a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R11 represents a C1-C30 hydrocarbon group. |
| US10385180B2 |
Package of porous film
A method for producing a porous film having a water content percentage of less than 1000 ppm, the method including the steps of: (1) obtaining a porous film (A) having a water content percentage of not less than 1000 ppm; (2) obtaining a package by causing the obtained porous film (A) and a drying agent to be contained in a water vapor barrier packaging container and sealing the water vapor barrier packaging container; and (3) storing the obtained package. |
| US10385170B2 |
Method, device and system for spatially controlling the formation of a hydrogel electrochemically
The invention relates to a method, a device and a system for producing particularly a hydrogel (200) and for controlling an enzymatically catalyzed formation of a covalent bond in a solution, wherein said covalent bond is formed between a first compound (20) comprising a first moiety (21) and a second compound (22) comprising a second moiety (23), wherein the first and the second moiety (21, 23) are a substrate of an enzyme wherein said enzyme catalyzes the formation of a covalent bond between the first and the second moiety (21, 23), and wherein a voltage is applied to the solution for spatially controlling said formation, wherein said voltage is adjusted such that it induces electrolysis of said solution. |
| US10385169B2 |
Manufacturer method for fullerence/PEDOT:PSS mixed solution
A method for manufacturing a fullerence/PEDOT:PSS mixed solution includes the following steps: Step 1, preparing a fullerence solution by mixing fullerence molecules and water or a strong polar solvent, wherein the fullerence molecules are fullerence or fullerence derivants and the fullerence derivants are water-soluble fullerence derivants or water-insoluble fullerence derivants; and Step 2, mixing the fullerence solution and a PEDOT:PSS dilute solution of a certain concentration at a mass ration of 1:100 to 100:1 via mechanical agitation or ultrasonication to form a fullerence/PEDOT:PSS mixed solution in homogeneous dispersions. |
| US10385163B2 |
Polycarbonate resin composition and optical molded article using the same
The present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin composition for a light guide plate and an optical molded article using the same. The polycarbonate resin composition according to the present invention is excellent in transmittance and color tone uniformity required as the light guide plate, and also is excellent in processability and thus can be usefully used as a material of the light guide plate. |
| US10385156B2 |
Performance high vinyl block copolymer compositions and uses thereof
Provided herein are improved performance high vinyl block copolymer compositions. The compositions may include a block copolymer and a polyolefin. The block copolymer may have a microstructure characterized by a vinyl content of equal to or greater than about 60%. The block copolymer may be a styrenic block copolymer. The polyolefin may include a polypropylene. Additional additives may be optionally added to the composition depending on the end-use application. The compositions may find utility in the preparation of various articles such as medical products including sterilized tubing, bags, and the like, films and injection molded articles. |
| US10385152B2 |
Copolymer made from cyclic exo-vinyl carbonate acrylates
What are described are copolymers formed from (a) at least one monomer M1 of the formula in which R1 is an organic radical having a (meth)acryloyl group, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C1- to C10-alkyl group; and (b) at least one ethylenically unsaturated, free-radically copolymerizable monomer M2 other than the monomers M1. What are also described are two-pack adhesives comprising the copolymers and a polyfunctional hardener. The copolymers and the two-pack adhesives can be used as laminating adhesives. |
| US10385150B2 |
Cyclopropenium polymers and methods for making the same
The present invention provides, inter alia, a process for incorporating a cyclopropenium ion into a polymeric system. Processes for making cross-linked polymers, linear polymers, and dendritic polymers, as well as for incorporating a cyclopropenium ion onto a preformed polymer are also provided. Further provided are stable, polycationic compounds, various polymers that contain stable cyclopropenium cations, and substrates containing such polymers. The use of these polymers in water purification systems, antimicrobial coatings, ion-transport membranes, cell supports, drug delivery vehicles, and gene therapeutic vectors are also provided. |
| US10385132B2 |
Polynucleotides encoding rodent antibodies with human idiotypes and animals comprising same
The invention relates to polynucleotides, particularly chimeric polynucleotides useful for optimal production of functional immunoglobulins with human idiotypes in rodents. The invention further relates to rodents comprising such polynucleotides. |
| US10385129B2 |
JAM-C antibodies and methods for treatment of cancer
A novel method to reduce B-cell lymphoma cell migration to and engraftment of the spleen in patients with JAM-C positive B-cell lymphomas is described. In certain aspects, a method for identifying and treating JAM-C positive B-cell lymphoma patients with anti-JAM-C antibodies is provided. Recombinant antibody molecules that specifically bind to JAM-C are also disclosed. |
| US10385128B2 |
Nucleolin antibodies
The present invention provides for methods of producing human monoclonal antibodies to human nucleolin, cells producing such antibodies, and the antibodies themselves. Also provided are methods of using the antibodies in diagnosing and treating malignant and non-malignant diseases wherein cells that express nucleolin on the cell surface contribute to the pathophysiology of the disease. |
| US10385126B2 |
Monoclonal antibodies to progastrin and their uses
The present disclosure is directed to progastrin monoclonal antibodies, fragments thereof, compositions comprising progastrin monoclonal antibodies, and methods of making and using progastrin monoclonal antibodies and compositions thereof. The present disclosure is directed to methods of treating colorectal cancer with progastrin monoclonal antibodies and compositions comprising progastrin monoclonal antibodies or fragments thereof. The present disclosure is further directed to methods comprising detection of progastrin, including methods of diagnosing colorectal cancer and methods of monitoring efficacy of anti-cancer therapy in subjects suffering from colorectal cancer. |
| US10385124B2 |
Monoclonal antibodies to progastrin and their uses
The present disclosure is directed to progastrin monoclonal antibodies, fragments thereof, compositions comprising progastrin monoclonal antibodies, and methods of making and using progastrin monoclonal antibodies and compositions thereof. The present disclosure is directed to methods of treating colorectal cancer with progastrin monoclonal antibodies and compositions comprising progastrin monoclonal antibodies or fragments thereof. The present disclosure is further directed to methods comprising detection of progastrin, including methods of diagnosing colorectal cancer and methods of monitoring efficacy of anti-cancer therapy in subjects suffering from colorectal cancer. |
| US10385123B2 |
Antibody molecules to a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL)
Antibody molecules that specifically bind to APRIL are disclosed. The antibody molecules can be used to treat, prevent, and/or diagnose disorders, such as IgA nephropathy. |
| US10385120B2 |
Molecular complex for targeting antigens towards cells comprising antigens and uses thereof for vaccination
The invention relates to a molecular complex for targeting the antigen towards cells comprising antigens, including at least one antigen associated with at least two ligands of surface molecules of cells comprising antigens, said complex including at least one first ligand of a sulphated sugar of the glycosaminoglycan family and a second ligand of a specific surface molecule of cells comprising antigens, and said first ligand being covalently bonded with said antigen and/or said second ligand. |
| US10385117B2 |
Process for preparation of secretory IgA and secretory IgM
A process for synthesizing and separating secretory IgA from a mixture of IgA monomer and IgA dimer is provided. The process includes covalently binding affinity tagged or epitope tagged recombinant secretory component to the IgA dimer in the mixture and binding the affinity tagged or an epitope tagged secretory IgA to immobilized moieties on the solid phase support resin to which the affinity tag or epitope tag binds and then eluting the affinity tagged or an epitope tagged secretory IgA with release buffer. A process for synthesizing and separating secretory IgM from a mixture of IgM and other plasma proteins is also provided. The process includes covalently binding affinity tagged or an epitope tagged recombinant secretory component to the IgM in the mixture and binding the affinity tagged or an epitope tagged secretory IgM to immobilized moieties on the solid phase support resin and then eluting the peptide tagged secretory IgM with a release buffer. |
| US10385114B2 |
SPARC (secreted protein, acidic and rich in cysteine), a new target for the treatment and prevention of acute liver failure
The invention relates to the identification of Secreted Protein, Acidic and Rich in Cysteine (SPARC) as a new therapeutic target in patients with fulminant hepatitis and allows the development of a strategy destined to protect the liver form damage. The invention relates to the treatment of acute liver failure or fulminant hepatitis by administering to a subject in need thereof an agent that inhibits at least partially the expression of SPARC and/or interferes with its biological function. |
| US10385111B2 |
Immunotherapy against melanoma and other cancers
A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has melanoma. A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the melanoma. |
| US10385109B2 |
Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy and methods for generating scaffolds for the use against pancreatic cancer and other cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US10385107B2 |
Lipidated amide-based insulin prodrugs
Prodrug formulations of insulin and insulin analogs are provided wherein the insulin peptide has been modified by an amide bond linkage of a dipeptide prodrug element. The prodrugs disclosed herein have extended half-lives and are converted to the active form at physiological conditions through a non-enzymatic reaction driven by chemical instability. |
| US10385100B2 |
Compositions and methods for recognition of RNA using triple helix forming peptide nucleic acids
Peptide nucleic acids containing thymidine and 2-aminopyridine (M) nucleobases formed stable and sequence selective triple helices with double stranded RNA at physiologically relevant conditions. The M-modified PNA displayed unique RNA selectivity by having two orders of magnitude higher affinity for the double stranded RNAs than for the same DNA sequences. Preliminary results suggested that nucleobase-modified PNA could bind and recognize double helical precursors of microRNAs. |
| US10385093B2 |
Estrogen receptor imaging agents
Compounds useful for molecular imaging of cells expressing estrogen receptors are provided. Also provided are intermediates for making the compounds and methods of making the compounds using a modular convergent strategy. Further, methods of making the intermediates are described, as well as methods of diagnosing disease in a subject by using the compounds as imaging agents. |
| US10385090B2 |
Nucleotide derivative or salt thereof, nucleotide-derived 5′-phosphate ester or salt thereof, nucleotide-derived 3′-phosphoramidite compound or salt thereof, and polynucleotide
Disclosed is a nucleoside derivative of formulae (I-1) or a salt thereof: in which R1, R2, R3, R5, A1 to A3, B, X, Y, and k are described herein. Also provided are a 5′-phosphate ester and a 3′-phosphoramidite derivative of the nucleoside derivative and substrate solutions thereof. A polynucleotide is produced using the 5′-phosphate ester or 3′-phosphoramidite derivative of the nucleoside derivative. A library of the produced polynucleotide is used in a method of selecting a nucleic acid aptamer. Further provided is a vesicular endothelial growth factor binding agent of formula (i). |
| US10385089B2 |
Thionucleoside derivative or salt thereof, and pharmaceutical composition
Disclosed are a compound and a pharmaceutical composition that exhibit an excellent drug efficacy against a tumor, in particular a tumor which has acquired resistance to gemcitabine. Specifically, provided is a thionucleoside derivative represented by General (in the formula, R1 represents a hydroxyl group which may be protected, a C1-20 alkoxy group which may be substituted, or the like; R2 represents a C1-20 alkoxy group which may be substituted, a C3-8 cycloalkoxy group which may be substituted, or the like; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like); or a salt thereof. Further, provided is a pharmaceutical composition containing such a thionucleoside derivative or a salt thereof. |
| US10385084B2 |
Iron(II) catalysts containing tridentate PNP ligands, their synthesis, and use thereof
The application describes catalytic materials for hydrogenation or asymmetric hydrogenation. In particular, the application describes iron(II) complexes containing tridentate diphosphine PNP ligands useful for catalytic hydrogenation. |
| US10385077B1 |
Fluorinated cycloalkene functionalized silicas
Fluorinated cyclopentene moieties and fluorinated cyclopentene functionalized silica materials are provided. The fluorinated cyclopentene functionalized silica materials include a silica material having the fluorinated cyclopentene moiety covalently bonded thereto. Exemplary silica materials include a polysilsesquioxane, a nanosilica, a microsilica, a silica gel, a silica aerogel, or combinations thereof. The fluorinated cyclopentene moieties are based on a modification of perfluorocyclopentene (i.e., 1,2,3,3,4,4,5,5-octafluoro-1-cyclopentene) by nucleophilic substitution with an appropriate nucleophile having a reactive functional group. Methods for preparing fluorinated cyclopentene moieties and the corresponding fluorinated cyclopentene functionalized silica materials are also provided. |
| US10385075B1 |
Mechanochemical functionalization of silicon
The mechanochemically functionalizing silicon nanoparticles and the functionalized silicon nanoparticles are described. The processes include applying shear forces to silicon metal the presence of an alkane and thereby functionalizing the silicon with an alkyl-functionalization. The resulting product includes a plurality of silicon nanoparticles each carrying an alkyl-functionalization derived from an alkane. |
| US10385070B2 |
Chroman-spirocyclic piperidine amides as modulators of ion channels
The invention relates to chroman spirocyclic piperidine amide derivatives useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders. |
| US10385064B2 |
Bicyclic and tricyclic pyrimidine tyrosine kinase inhibitors with antitubulin activity and methods of treating a patient
Bicyclic and tricyclic pyrimidine tyrosine kinase inhibitors with antitubulin activity are provided in the present invention. The compositions of the present invention possess dual activity in a single agent of potent vascular endothelial growth factor receptor inhibitory activity as well as antitubulin activity. Water soluble salts of these compositions are also described. Methods of treating a patient having cancer, macular degeneration, and arthritis with the compositions and salts thereof of the present invention are disclosed. |
| US10385062B2 |
Thiophene derivatives
Disclosed is a compound of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined in the present application. |
| US10385059B2 |
Organic electroluminescent material and organic optoelectronic device
A compound and an organic optoelectronic device are provided. The compound has the following chemical formula (I): wherein: in the chemical formula (I), R1 to R10 are independently selected from hydrogen, deuterium, C1 to C30 alkyl, C1 to C30 heteroatom-substituted alkyl, C6 to C30 aryl, and C2 to C30 heteroaryl, X1 to X6 are independently selected from C and N, when N is selected, N does not include a substituent, and when C is selected, C includes a substituent selected from hydrogen, deuterium, C1 to C30 alkyl, C1 to C30 heteroatom-substituted alkyl, C6 to C30 aryl, and C2 to C30 heteroaryl, at least one of X1 to X3 and at least one of X4 to X6 are selected as C and, meanwhile, connected to A1 and A2, respectively, and A1 and A2 are chemical groups independently represented by the following chemical formula (II): |
| US10385058B2 |
Process for preparing BTK inhibitors
Methods for preparing the Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (“BTK”) inhibitor compound 2-{3′-hydroxymethyl-1-methyl-5-[5-((S)-2-methyl-4-oxetan-3-yl-piperazin-1-yl)-pyridin-2-ylamino]-6-oxo-1,6-dihydro-[3,4′]bipyridinyl-2′-yl}-7,7-dimethyl-3,4,7,8-tetrahydro-2H,6H-cyclopenta[4,5]pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazin-1-one are provided. Methods for preparing tricyclic lactam compounds are also provided. |
| US10385050B2 |
Indolin-2-one and 1,3-dihydro-pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridin-2-one derivatives
The present invention is concerned with indolin-2-one and 1,3-dihydro-pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridin-2-one derivatives of general formula I wherein Ar1, A2, R1, R2, R3, X and n are as described herein and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for treatment of central nervous system disorders |
| US10385043B2 |
Crystalline form of the compound (S)-3-{4-[5-(2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-pyridin-4-yl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-2-ethyl-6-methyl-phenoxy}-propane-1,2-diol
The present invention relates to a crystalline form of the compound (S)-3-{4-[5-(2-cyclopentyl-6-methoxy-pyridin-4-yl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-2-ethyl-6-methyl-phenoxy}-propane-1,2-diol. |
| US10385041B2 |
Terpene derivative-based PAR1 inhibitor, preparation method thereof, and use in treatment of thrombotic diseases
A novel terpene derivative-based PAR1 inhibitor, a preparation method thereof and a pharmaceutical composition including the same or a salt thereof, as well as a use of the PAR1 inhibitor and the salt thereof in preparation of medicaments for preventing and/or treating thrombotic diseases. The structural formula of the compound is as follows: The compound has the advantages of clear target, novel structure, low bleeding risk, high safety, outstanding active effect, low preparation cost and the like, and has a great application prospect in the preparation of the medicaments for treating the thrombotic diseases. |
| US10385037B2 |
4′-O-substituted isoindoline derivatives and compositions comprising and methods of using the same
Provided are 4′-O substituted isoindoline compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, stereoisomers, and prodrugs thereof. Methods of use, and pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds are disclosed. |
| US10385036B2 |
Sulfonamide-substituted indole modulators of RORC2 and methods of use thereof
The present invention provides sulfonamide-substituted indoles and Methods of Use Thereof-substituted pyrrolopyridines, pharmaceutical compositions thereof methods of modulating RORy activity and/or reducing the amount of IL-17 in a subject, and methods of treating various medical disorders using such indoles and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. |
| US10385030B2 |
Cationic lipid
The present invention aims to provide a cationic lipid that can be used as a nucleic acid delivery carrier, a lipid membrane structure using a cationic lipid, a nucleic acid-introducing agent using a cationic lipid, and a method of achieving nucleic acid introduction by using a nucleic acid-introducing agent containing a cationic lipid. A lipid membrane structure containing a cationic lipid represented by the formula (1) wherein each symbol is as defined in the DESCRIPTION, is superior in the stability in blood and tumor accumulation property. A nucleic acid-introducing agent using the cationic lipid can achieve high nucleic acid delivery efficiency of nucleic acid to be delivered into the cytoplasm. |
| US10385023B2 |
Compounds, compositions and methods
Certain substituted urea derivatives selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, for example by potentiating cardiac myosin, and are useful in the treatment of systolic heart failure including congestive heart failure. |
| US10385021B2 |
Carbamate compound and use thereof
A carbamate compound represented by formula (I),wherein, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkyl group; R2, R3, R4 and R5 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-C3 alkyl group optionally having one or more halogen atoms, a C3-C4 cycloalkyl group optionally having one or more halogen atoms or a C1-C3 alkoxy group optionally having one or more halogen atoms; Z1 represents a C1-C3 alkyl group; and m represents any one of integers from 1 to 4; has an excellent effect of controlling plant diseases. |
| US10385020B2 |
Process intermediates and methods for the preparation of process intermediates for the synthesis of argatroban monohydrate
Methods are provided for the synthesis of key intermediates for the synthesis of Argatroban monohydrate, ethyl (2R,4R)-1-[(2S)-2-amino-5-[[imino(nitroamino)methyl]amino]-1-oxopentyl]-4-methylpiperidine-2-carboxylate compounded with HCl. Such intermediates are also provided. |
| US10385017B2 |
Pyrrole compound, compositions and process for preparation thereof
The present invention relates to compositions comprising saroglitazar magnesium wherein the saroglitazar magnesium has a purity of greater than or equal to 99% by weight, and dimer compound of Formula (IV) present in an amount relative to saroglitazar magnesium less than about 0.3% by weight by area percentage of HPLC. The present invention also related to the process for the preparation thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. |
| US10385015B2 |
N-acylated methionine sulfoxides as food flavouring compounds
A flavour composition comprising a compound of formula (I) and edible salts thereof, wherein R1 is an alkyl residue containing 2 to 18 carbon atoms, or an alkene residue containing from 9 to 25 carbon atoms with 1 to 6 double bonds, R1 together with the carbonyl group to which it is attached is a residue of a carboxylic acid. |
| US10385014B2 |
Acyloxyalkyl carbamate prodrugs, methods of synthesis and use
The disclosures herein relate generally to acyloxyalkyl carbamate prodrugs of (±)-4-amino-3-(4-chlorophenyl)butanoic acid and analogs thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods of making prodrugs of (±)-4-amino-3-(4-chlorophenyl)butanoic acid and analogs thereof, methods of using prodrugs of (±)-4-amino-3-(4-chlorophenyl)butanoic acid and analogs thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for treating or preventing common diseases and/or disorders such as spasticity and/or acid reflux disease. The disclosures herein also relate to acyloxyalkyl carbamate prodrugs of (±)-4-amino-3-(4-chlorophenyl)butanoic acid and analogs thereof which are suitable for oral administration and to sustained release oral dosage forms thereof. |
| US10385013B2 |
Micro/nano materials, products obtained by covalently modifying surface of micro/nano materials with hydrophilic materials, and method for making same
Micro-nano materials, products obtained by covalently modifying the surfaces of micro/nano materials with hydrophilic materials, and methods for making the same. The micro/nano materials on the surfaces have carboxyl groups or/and pro-carboxyl groups which are converted into their active esters. The products are covalently modified by forming amide bonds between the active esters on the surfaces and the modification agents; where the modification agents are hydrophilic compounds and/or hydrophilic polymers bearing primary and/or secondary aliphatic amines. Monomers bearing carboxyl groups and/or pro-carboxyl groups are used to produce an adequate number of carboxyl groups and/or pro-carboxyl groups on the surface of a polymer material to be modified. The carboxyl groups and/or pro-carboxyl groups are converted into active esters. A reasonably-sized modification agent bearing primary and/or secondary amines, zwitterions and hydrophilic linear spacer arms is used to form amide bonds and obtain a covalently modified surface layer. |
| US10385012B2 |
Thioamides and amides for controlling animal pests
The invention relates to the use of a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof for combating animal pests, where the symbols and indices are defined in the specification. |
| US10385007B2 |
Monamine and monoamine derivatives as inhibitors of leukotriene A4 hydrolase
This present disclosure is directed to compounds of formula (I): where r, q, R1a, R1b, R1c, R1d, R1e, R2, R3, R4a, R5a, R5b, R6a, R6b, R8, and R9 are described herein, as single stereoisomers or as mixtures of stereoisomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, polymorphs, ammonium ions, N-oxides or prodrugs thereof; which are leukotriene A4 hydrolase inhibitors and therefore useful in treating inflammatory disorders. Pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds described herein and methods of preparing the compounds described herein are also provided. |
| US10385005B2 |
Compositions and methods for glucose transport inhibition
Glucose deprivation is an attractive strategy in cancer research and treatment. Cancer cells upregulate glucose uptake and metabolism for maintaining accelerated growth and proliferation rates. Specifically blocking these processes is likely to provide new insights to the role of glucose transport and metabolism in tumorigenesis, as well as in apoptosis. As solid tumors outgrow the surrounding vasculature, they encounter microenvironments with a limited supply of nutrients leading to a glucose deprived environment in some regions of the tumor. Cancer cells living in the glucose deprived environment undergo changes to prevent glucose deprivation-induced apoptosis. Knowing how cancer cells evade apoptosis induction is also likely to yield valuable information and knowledge of how to overcome the resistance to apoptosis induction in cancer cells. Disclosed herein are novel anticancer compounds that inhibit basal glucose transport, resulting in tumor suppression and new methods for the study of glucose deprivation in animal cancer research. |
| US10385004B2 |
Process and intermediates for the preparation of NEP inhibitors
The present invention relates to a new chemical synthesis, intermediates and catalysts useful for the preparation of the neprilysin (NEP) inhibitor sacubitril. It further relates to new intermediate compounds and their use for said new chemical synthesis route. |
| US10385001B2 |
Method of producing terephthalic acid
A method of terephthalic acid production in which slurry of crude terephthalic acid obtained through liquid-phase oxidation of a p-phenylene compound or a terephthalic acid slurry resulting from catalytic hydrogenation of the crude terephthalic acid is introduced into an upper part of a dispersion medium replacement tower while a second dispersion medium for replacement is introduced from a lower part of the dispersion medium replacement tower to perform dispersion medium replacement. The method is capable of enabling the dispersion medium replacement tower to continue stable operation while maintaining an extremely high efficiency of dispersion medium replacement. |
| US10384996B2 |
Fluorene-containing compound and method for making the same
A fluorene-containing compound having a formula (I) where X and R are as defined in as defined in the specification. |
| US10384995B2 |
Method for preparing substituted styrene derivatives
The present invention relates to a method for preparing substituted styrene derivatives. |
| US10384990B2 |
Method for producing 1,3-butadiene by dehydrogenating n-butenes, a material flow containing butanes and 2-butenes being provided
The invention relates to a process for preparing 1,3-butadiene from n-butenes, comprising the steps of: A) providing an input gas stream a comprising butanes, 1-butene, 2-butene and isobutene, with or without 1,3-butadiene, from a fluid catalytic cracking plant; B) removing isobutene from the input gas stream a, giving a stream b comprising butanes, 1-butene and 2-butene, with or without 1,3-butadiene; C) feeding the stream b comprising butanes, 1-butene and 2-butene and optionally an, oxygenous gas and optionally water vapor into at least one dehydrogenating zone and dehydrogenating 1-butene and 2-butene to 1,3-butadiene, giving a product gas stream c comprising 1,3-butadiene, butanes, 2-butene and water vapor, with or without oxygen, with low-boiling hydrocarbons, with high-boiling secondary components, with or without carbon oxides and with or without inert gases; D) cooling and compressing the product gas stream c, giving at least one aqueous condensate stream d1 and a gas stream d2 comprising 1,3-butadiene, butanes, 2-butene and water vapor, with or without oxygen, with low-boiling hydrocarbons, with or without carbon oxides and with or without inert gases; Ea) removing uncondensable and low-boiling gas constituents comprising low-boiling hydrocarbons, with or without oxygen, with or without carbon oxides and with or without inert gases, as gas stream e2 from the gas stream d2 by absorbing the C4 hydrocarbons comprising 1,3-butadiene, butanes and 2-butene in an absorbent, giving an absorbent stream laden with C4 hydrocarbons and the gas stream e2, and Eb) subsequently desorbing the C4 hydrocarbons from the laden absorbent stream, giving a C4 hydrocarbon stream e1; F) separating the C4 hydrocarbon stream e1 by extractive distillation with a 1,3-butadiene-selective solvent into a stream f1 comprising 1,3-butadiene and the selective solvent and a stream f2 comprising butanes and 2-butene, wherein at least 90% of the 1-butene present in stream b is converted in step C) and a product stream f2 comprising butanes and 2-butene is obtained in step F. |
| US10384989B2 |
Composition of matter and structure of zeolite UZM-55 and use in isomerization of aromatic molecules
Isomerization processes such as the isomerization of ethylbenzene and xylenes, are catalyzed by the new crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite comprising a novel framework type that has been designated UZM-55. This zeolite is represented by the empirical formula: M+mRAl1-xExSiyOz where M represents a metal or metals selected from zinc or Group 1 (IUPAC 1), Group 2 (IUPAC 2), Group 3 (IUPAC 3) or the lanthanide series of the periodic table including sodium, potassium or a combination of sodium and potassium cations, R is an organic structure directing agent or agents derived from reactants R1 and R2 such as where R1 is diisopropanolamine and R2 is a chelating diamine, and E is an element selected from the group consisting of gallium, iron, boron and mixtures thereof. Catalysts made from UZM-55 have utility in various hydrocarbon conversion reactions. |
| US10384988B2 |
Chloride management in ionic liquid alkylation processes
The present invention involves processes and equipment for handling chloride in an ionic liquid alkylation system. The processes involve not only breaking down the organic chloride to active HCl for ionic liquid activation, but also recovering HCl in the effluent downstream to maintain the HCl requirements while also reducing HCl emissions. This equipment may be used in conjunction with an isomerization reaction zone which is integrated into the ionic liquid alkylation process to further isomerize n-paraffins to isoparaffins for recycle to the alkylation reaction zone. |
| US10384986B1 |
MTO process for enhanced production of propylene and high value products
A process is presented for the production of light olefins. The process utilizes a SAPO-18 catalyst and is operated at an elevated pressure. The process generates higher concentrations of heavier olefins which can then be processed to generate light olefins. The processing of the heavier olefins can include metathesis reactions and olefin cracking processes. |
| US10384979B2 |
Polycrystalline diamond compact with improved thermal stability
The present invention relates to a polycrystalline diamond compact. A method for manufacturing a polycrystalline diamond compact includes: preparing primary sintering by mixing and assembling first diamond particles and metal binder particles; sintering the mixed and assembled particles; leaching the upper surface of the sintered polycrystalline diamond compact; preparing secondary sintering by mixing second diamond particles and the metal binder particles and assembling the mixed particles on the upper surface of the primarily sintered polycrystalline diamond compact; sintering the sintered polycrystalline diamond compact and the mixed particles of the upper part; and a grinding step of grinding the reassembled second diamond particles and metal binder particles so as to remove the same. The polycrystalline diamond compact minimizes the content of the residual metal binder in a surface layer and increases the content of the diamond particles with high thermal conductivity, thereby increasing the lifespan of the polycrystalline diamond compact. |
| US10384977B2 |
Reinforced building block made of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC)
The present invention is directed to a reinforced building block made of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) comprising rebars formed essentially from A) at least one fibrous carrier and B) and a hardened composition formed from B1) at least one epoxy compound and B2) at least one diamine and/or polyamine in a stoichiometric ratio of the epoxy compound B1) to the diamine and/or polyamine component B2) of 0.8:1 to 2:1, as matrix material, and C) optionally further auxiliaries and additives and to methods of production thereof. |
| US10384975B2 |
Glass for pharmaceutical containers
A glass for pharmaceutical containers, which is resistant to delamination and has excellent processibility, is provided. The glass for pharmaceutical containers comprises, in mol % on an oxide basis, 69 to 81% of SiO2, 4 to 12% of Al2O3, 0 to 5% of B2O3, to 20% of Li2O+Na2O+K2O, 0.1 to 12% of Li2O, and 0 to 10% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO. The glass has a hydrolytic resistance of Class 1 in a test in accordance with the European pharmacopoeia. |
| US10384969B2 |
Portable renewable energy microgeneration system
A portable renewable energy microgeneration system is disclosed. The system comprises one or more holding tanks that are configured to perform anaerobic digestion on waste in a multi-phase process using bacteria and a controller configured to automatically control the multi-phase process and to re-use the bacteria. The controller re-uses the bacteria by removing at least a portion of the liquid from the waste after anaerobic digestion is performed on the waste and using the at least a portion of the liquid to wet other waste and repeat the multi-phase process. |
| US10384968B2 |
Ternary sewage treatment method integrating microbial fuel cells with anaerobic acidification and forward osmosis membrane
The invention relates to a ternary sewage treatment method integrating microbial fuel cells with anaerobic acidification and forward osmosis membrane, and belongs to the technical field of sewage treatment. The method of the invention comprises the following steps:Sewage is driven into the anaerobic acidification device for mixture with the NaOH solution. The mixed liquid enters into the MFC for converting the enriched organics to bioelectricity and then flows back to the anaerobic acidification device. A part of the mixed liquid passes through the MF membrane module to form effluent and enters into the sedimentation basin for phosphate removal and finally passes through activated carbon adsorption column, another part passes through the FO membrane module to form effluent and obtain high quality recycled water after the RO membrane processing. The method is a new coupled model of FO membrane and MFC and it provide a ternary combined technique integrating MFCs with anaerobic acidification and FO membrane. The change and accumulation of sewage to organic acids are achieved under anaerobic acid production and FO retention, the electricity generation performance of MFC is improved, and the reuse of reclaimed water is realized by separating of FO and RO membranes. Finally, the wastewater reuse and electricity generation are realized synchronously. |
| US10384967B2 |
Water treatment systems and methods
Separation processes using osmotically driven membrane systems are disclosed generally involving the extraction of solvent from a first solution to concentrate a solute by using a second concentrated solution to draw the solvent from the first solution across a semi-permeable membrane. Pre-treatment and post-treatment may also enhance the osmotically driven membrane processes. |
| US10384962B1 |
Method and apparatus for filtering contaminated water
A method for forming a filter for passing contaminated water using a device and two or more media. The device comprises of one or more elements that are capable of undergoing degradation. The increased area available for flow is obtained by adding a first media to first predetermined areas of the device, adding a second media to second predetermined areas of the device, and allowing the elements to undergo degradation to bring about an increase in the area available for passing the contaminated water. |
| US10384958B2 |
Glycerides and fatty acid mixtures and methods of using same
The invention provides methods and compositions for green compositions and technologies. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a method of separating a first material from a second material. For example, the method can comprise mixing the first material and the second material in a slurry with a beneficiation composition. The beneficiation composition can comprise one or more glyceride and fatty acid mixtures extracted from a fuel ethanol process. Air bubbles can be provided in the slurry to form bubble-particle aggregates with the first material and the bubble-particle aggregates can be allowed to be separated from the second material. |
| US10384957B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting degassed cation conductivity
An apparatus for detecting cation conductivity of sample water is provided. The apparatus includes a decarbonation device which receives ambient air and removes CO2 components from the ambient air to produce decarbonated ambient air. The apparatus also includes a desorption device which receives the decarbonated ambient air and sample water that includes CO2 gas. The apparatus also includes one or more control processors which cause the decarbonated ambient air to be provided to the sample water in the desorption chamber where a portion of the CO2 gas is removed from the sample water when the decarbonated air passes through the sample water. The desorption chamber utilizes gravity to implement counterflow of the sample water and the decarbonated air to efficiently produce degassed sample water. The degassed water is provided to a conductivity sensor for evaluating the corroding anionic impurities of the water. |
| US10384953B2 |
System and methods for removing impurities from phosphogypsum and manufacturing gypsum binders and products
Methods and systems that remove impurities from phosphogypsum (PG), including from radium and heavy metal salts, and produce gypsum binders and products. In one embodiment, PG is reacted with a chloride solution in an acidic environment under mechanical manipulation and/or heat followed by galvanic and/or zeolite absorption removal of impurities. |
| US10384951B1 |
Molecular sieve SSZ-113, its synthesis and use
A novel synthetic crystalline molecular sieve material, designated SSZ-113, can be synthesized using 1,3-bis(2,3-dimethyl-1H-imidazolium)propane dications as a structure directing agent. SSZ-113 may be used in organic compound conversion and/or sorptive processes. |
| US10384950B1 |
Synthesis of molecular sieve SSZ-35
A molecular sieve having the framework structure of SSZ-35 is produced using 3,3′-(butane-1,4-diyl)bis(1-methyl-2-propyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium) dications as a structure directing agent. |
| US10384946B2 |
Low-dust, high insulation aerogel blanket and method for producing the same
The present invention relates to a low-dust, high insulation aerogel blanket and a method for producing the same. More specifically, the present invention provides a method for producing a low-dust, high insulation aerogel blanket, wherein a plate type Mg(OH)2.MgO.SiO2 powder is added to a silica sol, thereby being capable of reducing the generation of dust with excellent flame retardancy and thermal conductivity, and an aerogel blanket produced thereby. |
| US10384944B2 |
Preparation of Si—H containing iodosilanes via halide exchange reaction
Methods of synthesizing Si—H containing iodosilanes, such as diiodosilane or pentaiododisilane, using a halide exchange reaction are disclosed. |
| US10384941B2 |
Method for producing spherical silicon nitride powder
A method utilizes easily obtained carbon as carbon source for sintering, followed by high energy ball milling process with planetary ball mill for high energy homogenous mixing of the carbon source, solvent and nano-level silicon dioxide powder, along with a high energy ball milling process repeatedly performed using different sized ball mill beads, so as to formulate a spray granulation slurry with the optimal viscosity, to complete the process of micronization of carbon source evenly encapsulated by silicon dioxide powders. The optimal ratio of C/SiO2 is 1-2.5 to produce a spherical silicon dioxide powder (40-50 μm) evenly encapsulated by the carbon source. The powder is then subjected to a high temperature (1450□) sintering process under nitrogen gas. Lastly, the sintered silicon nitride powder is subjected to homogenizing carbon removal process in a rotational high temperature furnace to complete the fabricating process. |
| US10384938B2 |
Ozone generator
An ozone generator (1) is presented comprising a body (2), a first electrode (4), a second electrode (6), an elongate channel within the body extending between the first and second electrodes, an inlet (10) and an outlet (12); the elongate channel being in fluid communication with the inlet and the outlet; the elongate channel isolated from each of the first and second electrodes by a respective dielectric layer (22, 24), whereby an electric field can be generated across the elongate channel between the first and second electrodes. The presented ozone generator allows small quantities of ozone to be produced for use in small scale water treatment. In addition, a method of producing ozone is presented using an ozone generator according to the invention. |
| US10384933B2 |
Method of forming micro electromechanical system sensor
A method of making a micro electromechanical system (MEMS) package includes patterning a substrate to form a MEMS section. The method further includes bonding a carrier to a surface of the substrate. The carrier is free of active devices. The carrier includes a carrier bond pad on a surface of the carrier opposite the MEMS section. The carrier bond pad is electrically connected to the MEMS section. The method further includes bonding a wafer bond pad of an active circuit wafer to the carrier bond pad. The bonding of the wafer bond pad to the carrier bond pad includes re-graining the wafer bond pad to form at least one grain boundary extending from the wafer bond pad to the carrier bond pad. |
| US10384932B2 |
Device including micromechanical components in cavities having different pressures and method for its manufacture
A method for manufacturing a micromechanical component, including: providing a MEMS wafer and a cap wafer; forming micromechanical structures in the MEMS wafer for at least two sensors; hermetically sealing the MEMS wafer with the cap wafer; forming a first access hole in a first cavity of a first sensor; introducing a defined first pressure into the cavity of the first sensor via the first access hole; closing the first access hole; forming a second access hole in a second cavity of a second sensor; introducing a defined second pressure into the cavity of the second sensor via the second access hole; and closing the second access hole. |
| US10384922B2 |
Beverage dispensing system
The present application describes a product dispenser. The product dispenser may include at least one macro-ingredient source, at least one micro-ingredient source positioned about the dispenser, a diluent source, a dispensing valve, a number of pumps or metering devices, and a user interface. The user interface receives a request for a product type and instructs the pumps or metering devices to dispense a predetermined type and ratio of macro-ingredients, micro-ingredients, and diluent to the dispensing valve for a predetermined flow rate. |
| US10384919B2 |
Mobile bottling, packaging and distribution system
A mobile bottling and distribution system that improves the efficiency and lowers the overall operating costs associated with the mixing, blending, bottling, shipping and distribution of liquid products of various viscosities by providing a plurality of smaller self-contained facilities which are preferably housed upon a plurality of over the road type trailers each being capable of being moved from location to location by conventional over the road tractors. |
| US10384912B2 |
Machine base attachment device for elevator hoisting machine
A machine base attachment device for an elevator hoisting machine includes a reinforcing body attached to a forming rail that guides movement of an elevating body, and a machine base fixing member that is fixed to a machine base for supporting a hoisting machine, and attached to the forming rail. The forming rail includes a pair of flange portions and a rail projecting portion fixed between the pair of flange portions. A groove portion that opens between the pair of flange portions is formed in the rail projecting portion. The reinforcing body includes an insertion portion that is inserted into the groove portion. The machine base fixing member is attached to a part of the rail projecting portion in which the insertion portion is inserted. |
| US10384911B2 |
Elevator system having lockdown mode
An elevator system includes an elevator car configured to travel in a hoistway; an elevator car door configured to open and close; a machine configured to impart force to the elevator car; an interface configured to generate a lockdown mode signal; and a controller configured to control operation of at least one of the machine and the elevator car door in response to the lockdown mode signal. |
| US10384908B2 |
Method for a textile machine, and a textile machine
A textile machine and associated operational method are provided, wherein the textile machine has a plurality of workstations for (a) delivering a thread to a bobbin, (b) laying the thread on the bobbin, (c) winding the thread on the bobbin, and (d) finding a thread end wound on the bobbin with a suction nozzle. The thread is run through the suction nozzle during delivery to the bobbin such that the thread enters an inlet mouth in the suction nozzle and exits the suction nozzle through an extraction mouth. Starting from a thread delivery device at the workstation, the thread is run freely until the thread enters the inlet mouth of the suction nozzle directly in front of the bobbin. For finding of the thread end wound on the bobbin, the thread end is sucked into the suction nozzle through the extraction mouth. |
| US10384905B2 |
Cutting device and label printer
A cutting device includes a fixed blade and a movable blade that slides past the fixed blade during cutting, and a cleaning tool with an adhesive removing element that comes into contact with a surface of the movable blade that faces the fixed blade during the cutting. |
| US10384901B2 |
Splicing device and tape detecting method using the same
A splicing device includes a first detection section which detects whether or not the component storage section protrudes downward from the conveyance reference surface; a second detection section which detects the component storage section of the paper tape; a discrimination section which determines whether a tape inserted into the splicing device is the embossed tape or the paper tape based on a detection signal of the first detection section; a first calculating section which calculates a pitch of the component storage section of the embossed tape by using the first detection section in a case where the embossed tape is determined; and a second calculating section which calculates a pitch of the component storage section of the paper tape by using the second detection section in a case where the paper tape is determined. |
| US10384900B2 |
Dispenser apparatus and method of use for laminating and dispensing transfer tape in a paper web turn-up system
An apparatus and method for assembling, dispensing and using a laminated paper web transfer tape, an embodiment of the apparatus having a pair of transfer tape spools enclosed within a housing, one transfer tape spool containing a first tape component of the laminated transfer tape and the other transfer tape spool containing a second tape component of the laminated transfer tape, the first tape component being the combination of a substrate having adhesive on both sides and a release liner, the second tape component being a cover flap member having a release coating over at least a majority of one side. The components are unwound from the spools and pressed together such that they become joined along a longitudinal edge strip, then dispensed from the housing. The cover flap member covers one of the adhesive sides of the transfer tape substrate until the moment just prior to transfer of a continuous paper web from a full web spool to an empty web spool, the cover flap member being opened to expose the adhesive by air pressure or resistance. |
| US10384899B2 |
Reusable harvested bale wrapping material
The current disclosure involves the arrangement and efficient deployment of self-adhering flexible sheet material in individual segments to encircle a bale of harvested material and isolate it from the wind, precipitation, and other elements as it remains in the field following the formation of the bale attendant with harvesting of the crop, until collected for further processing. For use with harvested crops such as cotton or hay, the individual wrapping segments further comprise adhering members, which cause a portion of a wrapping segment, generally found at what is considered a trailing end during a wrapping cycle, to releasably attach to adhering members on an opposite surface of the same wrapping segment. |
| US10384895B2 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming system and detecting method of abnormal feeding
An image forming apparatus to which a first feeding device which does not notify abnormal sheet feeding or a second feeding device which notifies the abnormal sheet feeding is connectable includes a sheet receiving portion, a sheet detector, an image forming unit, and a controller. In a case that the first feeding device is connected to the image forming apparatus, the controller discriminates that the abnormal sheet feeding occurs in the first feeding device when the detector does not detect the sheet at first timing. In a case that the second feeding device is connected to the image forming apparatus, the controller discriminates that the abnormal sheet feeding occurs at the sheet receiving portion when the detector does not detect the sheet at second timing and notification of the abnormal sheet feeding is not provided from the second feeding device. |
| US10384890B2 |
Paper feeding device
A paper feeding device of an embodiment includes a paper feed tray, a blower, and a flow regulating member. A paper bundle in which a plurality of sheets of paper are stacked can be placed on the paper feed tray. The blower is positioned next to the paper bundle placed on the paper feed tray. The blower can generate airflow. The flow regulating member is positioned above the paper bundle placed on the paper feed tray. The airflow from the blower causes the flow regulating member to generate a negative pressure between the flow regulating member and the uppermost sheet of paper of the paper bundle. |
| US10384888B2 |
Temperature management apparatus, transfer apparatus, and transfer base
A temperature management apparatus is provided with: a temperature management furnace having a space in which an article is disposed and temperature is managed; bar-like members containing a magnetic material; facing members, each of which faces a part of the side surface of each of the bar-like members and contains a magnetic material; drive apparatuses, which rotate the bar-like members about their center axes and change the relative positions of the bar-like members and the facing members; and a contact member, which moves in the temperature management furnace in association with changes of the relative positions of the bar-like members and the facing members, and which moves the article by being in contact with the article. The drive apparatuses are disposed outside of the space in which temperature is managed. |
| US10384886B2 |
Robot gripper transfer device for picking up a product
A transfer device, in particular as a robot gripper, for picking up at least one product disposed on a base section of a product carrier and the product carrier from a conveying and/or processing device for the product and/or for the product carrier and for delivering the product together with the product carrier to a device, in particular a packaging machine, arranged downstream, is characterized in that the transfer device has a pivoting device for pivoting a cover section connected to the base section about a kink line extending between the cover section and the base section. |
| US10384878B2 |
Dispersion and supply device and combination weighing device
Provided is a dispersion and supply apparatus and a combination weighing apparatus capable of uniformly supplying articles to a plurality of positions from a dispersion table. A dispersion and supply apparatus 20 includes an acquisition unit 64 that acquires a load amount of an article on a dispersion table 22, a calculation unit 104 that calculates a deviation in a loading state of the article based on the load amount acquired by the acquisition unit 64, and a control unit 106 that controls a driving unit 30 such that a conveying direction of the article on the dispersion table 22 is changed based on the deviation in the loading state of the article calculated by the calculation unit 104. |
| US10384875B2 |
Conveyor system, modular conveyor chain and injection molded plastic chain module
An injection molded plastic chain module comprising a substantially elongate conveying body and a hinge structure located at a bottom side of the module for hingedly connecting a front and a rear side of the module with adjacent modules. The conveying body comprises two wing shaped portions extending laterally away from the hinge structure, and comprising a respective top plate portion that defines a part of a supporting surface for supporting products to be transported, wherein each of said top plate portions has a thickness of less than ⅓ of the total thickness of the respective wing shaped portion. Further, each wing shaped portion comprises one or more downwardly extending supporting wall portions for supporting the respective top plate portion. The module may merely consist of a plurality of relatively thin plate and/or wall portions, preferably all having a substantially equal thickness. |
| US10384872B2 |
Robotic put wall
A material handling system automatically each picking orders using a put wall. A controller determines whether any of more than one removable intermediate holders in a put wall that are within the reach of a first robotic arm contain one or more articles that are ready for transporting away from the put wall. The controller directs the first robotic arm to: (i) engage the selected removable intermediate holder, (ii) move the selected removable intermediate holder to an empty order container, and (iii) reorient the selected removable intermediate holder to transfer the one or more articles from the selected removable intermediate holder to the empty order container. In one or more embodiments, the articles can be placed in the put wall by conveying donor totes to an each picking robotic arm that places picked articles into an end effector of a second robotic arm. |
| US10384871B2 |
Next generation on-road vehicles and related methods of usage
On-road autonomous vehicles and other vehicles operative to: autonomously collect and transport a load over public roads, autonomously collect and transport a passenger in a cabin, autonomously collect transport and place a functional load according to a request, autonomously collect and use a functional load, exchange a functional load between at least two on-road autonomous vehicles in a convoy, lift and transport a load by at least two on-road autonomous vehicles, charge batteries of the on-road autonomous vehicle on the move, provide a hybrid air-gap and mechanical protection for a passenger cabin, protect the on-road vehicle from impact with foreign objects, control a length thereof, reduce drag on the vehicle, and adapt to carry a long load. |
| US10384868B1 |
Trash can stabilizer
A trash can stabilizer which can be mounted on the ground and includes flexible arms on a fixed vertical support. The support includes a base leg composed of at least two flat plates adapted to be slid along a track built on the base leg; an adjustable back plate; and at least two support bars in direct communication with the base leg and the back plate. The stabilizer includes at least two arcuate shaped flexible arms adapted to effectively hold and stabilize a trash can or the like wherein the arcuate shaped flexible arms are in direct communication with and extending horizontally from the back plate and wherein the flexible arm can conform to any shape or size of a trash can or the like such that the flexible arm can securely keep the trash can in place and thereby stabilize the trash from tipping or being knocked over. |
| US10384866B2 |
Floating roof monitoring with laser distance measurement
A floating roof monitoring system and method. One or more sensors can be disposed atop a liquid storage tank having a floating roof covering liquid stored in the liquid storage tank. Each laser sensor measures the distance between the sensor and the floating roof. One or more liquid level gauges can be deployed, which measure a liquid position of the liquid stored in the liquid storage tank. A computing system communicates electronically with the laser sensor(s) and the liquid level gauge(s) to calculate the difference between the liquid position and the distance between the sensor(s) and the floating roof to determine the exact position of the floating roof and activate an alarm or force a process associated with the liquid storage tank to halt. |
| US10384860B2 |
Carrier tape for electronic component storage tape, electronic component storage tape, and method for manufacturing electronic component storage tape
In an embodiment, a carrier tape 10 for storing electronic components includes a band-shaped tape body 11 and storage recesses 12a, each having length L1, width W1, and depth D1 sufficient to store an electronic component EC, which storage recesses are provided in the tape body 11 at equal intervals in the length direction. On one width-direction side of the storage recesses 12a in the tape body 11, guide recesses 12b are provided in such a way that their depth D2 increases from the top face of the tape body 11 toward the one width-direction side face of the storage recess 12b, and that the guide recesses 12b themselves continue to the storage recesses 12a. The carrier tape is suited for the method of inserting electronic components into the storage recesses in the carrier tape from the side. |
| US10384857B2 |
Dispensing device for a fluid dispenser
A dispensing device for a fluid dispenser has a housing, a dispensing mechanism and a dispensing nozzle which can be displaced parallel to a longitudinal extension of the dispensing device by means of the dispensing mechanism. A fluid container is connectable to the dispensing device of the fluid dispenser for the passage of fluid through the dispensing nozzle. The dispensing mechanism has an actuating handle which can be actuated substantially transversely to the longitudinal extension. The actuating handle comprises two actuating elements which are arranged opposite to one another in relation to the dispensing nozzle, wherein at least one actuating arm is assigned to each actuating element, the actuating arm extending on the inside of the actuating handle between the actuating element and an actuating surface of the dispensing nozzle, the actuating surface being formed perpendicularly to the longitudinal extension of the dispensing nozzle. |
| US10384851B2 |
Composite foamed container
A composite foamed container forming, in the body portion, thereof, a foamed region in which foamed cells are distributed, the foamed region including a first gradationally foamed region A having a gradational distribution of the foamed cells of which the length in the direction of maximum stretch gradationally decreasing from the outer surface side of the body portion toward the inner surface side thereof and a second gradationally foamed region having a gradational distribution of the foamed cells of which the length in the direction of maximum stretch gradationally decreasing from the inner surface side of the body portion toward the outer surface side thereof. The container has a large resistance against the pressure exerted on the outer surface, good liquid-dispelling property and, at the same time, has improved appearance and heat resistance. |
| US10384849B2 |
System and method for containing and dispensing a liquid
The present invention provides a system for use in dispensing a liquid comprising a container, for example a box (1), for housing a flexible bag (5), the flexible bag having a bag wall with an interior surface for storing the liquid. A spout (6) disposed through the bag wall for dispensing liquid from the bag. The container comprises a tear-off portion (4) positioned near the base of the container to provide an opening (7) to allow the spout project from the container, and allow the bag to be substantially pulled out of the container, so that the spout projects substantially under the base level of said container in use. In a further embodiment there is provided a refrigerated housing for the inventive container for dispensing a liquid. |
| US10384848B2 |
3D container with rigid frame, deformable container and functional means for processing the content and including an inner member for biopharmaceutical applications
A frame delimits an inside space and includes a peripherally closed side wall and two transverse openings or one transverse opening and a transverse end wall. It is capable of allowing the airtight engagement of the open free edge of a side wall in film form of a receptacle that is at least partially deformable. It is specially designed for the creation of a 3D container. The frame is also able to act as a support for at least one functional port or attachment port of a functional element. Its axial size is adequate for delimiting a space of a size that is at least equal to the axial dimension of the functional element, so that the latter can be completely housed within the inside space. |
| US10384846B2 |
Arrangement of containers in a carton
A package comprising a carton and an arrangement of containers. The carton can comprise a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels can comprise at least a first panel and a second panel disposed opposite to one another. The arrangement can comprise a number of rows of containers disposed at least partially in the interior of the carton. The arrangement can include at least a first row and a second row extending along the respective first and second panels. A load width of the arrangement can be less than the number of rows multiplied by a first difference between the diameter of the containers approximately an eighth of an inch, and the load width can be greater than the number of rows multiplied by a second difference between the diameter and approximately a half of an inch. |
| US10384844B2 |
Container with padlock mount
An improved mount for receiving a padlock to securely enclose a case includes a pair of aligned holes and aligned indentations formed in the lid and the container body. The padlock mount includes a saddle formed between one of the holes and indentations, with a peripheral sidewall to restrict rotational movement of a padlock shackle. A padlock receptacle receives the padlock body in a recessed area to protect it against damage and restrict movement. |
| US10384839B2 |
Universal fit bottle cap
A bottle cap assembly that includes a base portion that is releasably connected to a container. The base portion includes a top surface, a skirt portion having an inner surface, a breather hole formed in the top surface, a nozzle extending from the top surface, a plurality of female threads positioned on the inner surface of the skirt portion, and a plurality of gaps formed in the female threads along the length thereof. The plurality of female threads and associated gaps are operable to mate with male threads of at least two different containers to releasably connect the bottle cap assembly to the at least two different containers. |
| US10384828B2 |
Merchandise storage container device
A foldable device for a merchandise storage container includes a promotional panel that has a printable surface disposed on the same side of the blank used to create the device as the other printing surfaces of the device. When the blank is printed, material can be added to the promotional panel at the same time and with the same equipment as the other surfaces of the lid. A reinforcing panel can be attached to the promotional panel to reinforce a lateral wall of the device. |
| US10384827B1 |
Gapless packaging with internal support system
A product with packaging includes a base box having sidewalls defining a cavity, a support structure having sidewalls disposed in the cavity, the support structure sidewalls being attached to corresponding walls of the base box. A tray is attached to the support structure and disposed in the cavity. An outer periphery of the tray is larger than an inner periphery of the cavity, such that the outer periphery of the tray presses against the inner periphery of the cavity resulting in a gapless interface between the two. An outer periphery the support structure is smaller than an inner periphery of the cavity, such that it results in a tension fit between the two that pulls the inner periphery of the cavity against the tray resulting in a gapless interface between the two. |
| US10384821B2 |
Structure of heater for packing machine
A structure of a heater for a packing machine which can be mounted on a packing machine such as a food container to thermally seal a wrapping paper such as a film includes: a heating part for generating heat if electric power is applied to the heating part and thermally fusing the wrapping paper to the food container in a hollow closed curve shape; and a connecting part connecting the heating part to a power source, and wherein an upper or lower surface of the heating part contacts the wrapping paper to heat the wrapping paper so that the wrapping paper is thermally fused to the food container. |
| US10384820B2 |
Thermoform packaging machine and method
The present invention relates to a thermoform packaging machine as well as to a method for producing a skin pack, comprising the steps of preforming a skin film prior to a sealing station and subjecting it to a further forming step in the sealing station, so that the skin film can wrap around a product protruding far beyond a packaging trough. |
| US10384814B2 |
Machine for assembling, filling and sealing portioned beverage capsules
The machine for assembling, filling and sealing capsules for portioned beverages comprises a station for loading the capsules to be assembled, a station for unloading the assembled, filled and sealed capsules, a plurality of processing stations comprising at least one station for metering a product into the capsules and at least one station for sealing the capsules filled with the product, and an intermittent conveyor for conveying the capsules sequentially along a feed path to the unloading station to the unloading station through the processing stations, the feed path having at least a first stretch which extends along a first lateral longitudinal side of the machine and at least a second stretch which extends along a second lateral longitudinal side of the machine opposite the first lateral side. |
| US10384806B2 |
Lighting system for aircraft landing surfaces and method for making said system
A lighting system for aircraft landing surfaces, including a plurality of electric lighting elements arranged in an orderly sequence to help to form on the surface a predetermined symbol, visible from the aircraft during landing, at least one branch box for accessing the electricity network, the sequence of the lighting elements forming a chain. |
| US10384804B2 |
Cell tower installation and maintenance systems and methods using robotic devices
A method for installation and maintenance of cell site components on a cell tower with a robotic device includes causing the robotic device to traverse the cell tower to a desired location proximate to the cell site components; at the desired location and stabilized to the cell tower, causing manipulation components to perform one or more of installation and maintenance of the cell site components; and, subsequent to the one or more of installation and maintenance of the cell site components, causing the robotic device to scale down the cell tower. |
| US10384803B2 |
Methods and devices for light distribution in an aircraft, and aircraft including such devices
Lighting components for illuminating an aisle portion of a cabin floor of an aircraft, and aircraft and passenger seats for an aircraft including the same are disclosed. Said lighting components are configured to illuminate at least a portion of the aisle, between adjacent passenger seats positioned on either side of the aisle. The lighting components are configured to direct light towards the cabin floor using a specially designed housing and reflector surface that are designed to illuminate objects in the aisle, while minimizing light pollution in the cabin and detection by passengers on board the aircraft. Said lighting components are optionally mounted on one or more passenger seats, and/or may be integrally formed with a passenger seat. Lighting components include a curved reflector surface configured to reflect light from a light source positioned within the housing such that it is directed towards the aisle to create the desired illumination. |
| US10384798B2 |
Telescoping stowage tube and rotating hose reel for cargo bay refueling system
An aerial refueling system for refueling a receiver aircraft in flight comprises a hose reel assembly mounted onto a fuel supply aircraft's fuselage. The hose reel assembly has a rotatable drum defined by an outside diameter. A hose is wound around the drum and has an outlet end with a drogue affixed thereto. A telescoping stowage tube stores the outlet end of the hose and the drogue when the system is not in use and guides the outlet end and the drogue toward the receiver aircraft when the system is in use. The telescoping stowage tube has a forward end configured to be mounted on the hose reel assembly to receive the hose from the drum and an aft end adapted to be mounted to the door. As a result, the telescoping stowage tube may be extendable between a retracted stowed position and an extended position for refueling. |
| US10384797B2 |
In-flight transfer of reactant from a towing or carrying airplane to an attached rocket or rocketplane
A high altitude vehicle is brought to a desired altitude above sea-level prior to the transfer of fuel and/or oxidant from an airplane to the high altitude vehicle. The high altitude vehicle may be towed to the desired altitude by a tow airplane or may reach the desired altitude under its own power. At the desired altitude, the high altitude vehicle is connected to the tow airplane via a tow cable. Alternatively, the high altitude vehicle may be mechanically carried by the tow airplane. Fuel and/or oxidant is transferred to the high altitude vehicle from the tow airplane via respective fuel and/or oxidant lines. The high altitude vehicle then separates from the tow airplane and proceeds to high altitude under its own power. The high altitude vehicle weighs less and may have smaller wings than a comparable vehicle configured for self-powered, fully fueled flight from takeoff. |
| US10384789B2 |
Aspirator assembly with integrated pressure relief valve
An aspirator assembly for an inflatable device may have an inner housing disposed about an axis with an outlet formed through the inner housing. An outer housing may also be disposed about the axis with a surface of the outer housing covering the outlet. The outer housing may be translatable relative to the inner housing to expose the outlet in response to a gas pressure within the aspirator assembly being above a threshold. |
| US10384782B2 |
Airborne payload control system
A method for an airborne payload system includes receiving, from a sensor on a payload line, information about the payload line, wherein the payload line comprises a first end wound about a main reel of a winch system and a second end configured to couple to a payload. The method further includes providing instructions, based on the received information, to the unmanned aircraft and the winch system in order to control a position of the second end of the payload line. |
| US10384780B1 |
Apparatus and method for precision ballistic airdrop
Precision ballistic airdrop of packages from an aircraft comprises entering the estimated wind field in the drop zone into a CPU aboard the packages; computing a transition altitude for each of the packages based on the wind field and the order in which each package is released, each package having a predetermined release order; programming the computed transition altitude into each of the packages; releasing each of the packages in the predetermined order; comparing a pressure altitude to the transition altitude in the CPU of each package; jettisoning the drogue chute and deploying the main chute for each of the packages when the pressure altitude is less than or equal to the transition altitude; and descending each of the packages under its main chute, wherein the wind field affects the flight of some of the packages more than others based on the selection of the transition altitude for each package. |
| US10384770B2 |
Helicopter with noise and vibration damping transmission mounting
A helicopter is described that comprises: a rotor; a fuselage; a drive transmission unit operatively connected to the rotor; a support body, which supports the transmission unit; and constraining means interposed between the support body and the fuselage; the constraining means in turn comprise a crosspiece connected in a fixed manner with respect to the support body and having a first lying plane; the crosspiece is formed in part by a metallic material and in part by a visco-elastic material. |
| US10384769B2 |
Two stage strut allowing low initial compression load
A landing detection system for a landing gear assembly of an aircraft may comprise a moveable member mechanically coupled between an aircraft wheel and a strut piston, wherein the moveable member is in communication with a strut chamber pressure of the landing gear assembly, wherein the moveable member moves relative to the strut piston in response to a first force applied to the aircraft wheel and the strut piston strokes in response to a second force applied to the aircraft wheel. |
| US10384767B2 |
Single axle, semi-levered landing gear with shortening mechanism
A semi-levered landing gear including a shock strut configured for coupling to an airframe of an aircraft, a truck lever being rotatably coupled to the shock strut, a tension link assembly having a tension link assembly first end, a tension link assembly second end and at least one tension link assembly rotation axis, the tension link assembly first end being coupled to the shock strut, and the tension link assembly second end being coupled to the truck lever, and a positioning mechanism configured for coupling to one or more of the airframe and the shock strut and being coupled to the tension link assembly, wherein the tension link assembly is configured to rotate the truck lever about the truck pivot axis of rotation between a truck lever extended position and a truck lever stowed position. |
| US10384766B2 |
Aircraft wing roughness strip and method
A fixed wing aircraft has a wing with an aerofoil cross-section defining an upper and lower geometric surfaces which meet at a geometric leading edge of the wing. The wing has an upper and lower aerodynamic surfaces while in flight. The upper aerodynamic surface and the lower aerodynamic surface meet at an aerodynamic leading edge at the intersection with an attachment line dividing the air that passes over the upper aerodynamic surface from the air that passes over the lower aerodynamic surface. The lower geometric surface adjacent the geometric leading edge has a roughness strip with a step height of at least 50 microns over the lower geometric surface. The roughness strip is located on the lower aerodynamic surface of the wing when the aircraft is flown at a load factor of 1 g and is located on the upper aerodynamic surface when the load factor is above 1.2 g. |
| US10384763B2 |
Pitch control assembly
A pitch control assembly for adjusting the pitch of a propeller blade, including a pitch control unit comprising a housing, with a plurality of control valves and corresponding hydraulic lines located within the housing, a blade angle unit, a transfer bearing mounted to the housing and having a plurality of hydraulic lines fluidly coupled to the hydraulic lines of the pitch control unit, a transfer tube axially receiving and axially moveable relative to at least a portion of the transfer bearing, a magnetic core sleeve carried by the transfer tube and located within the blade angle unit. |
| US10384761B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle arm adjustment device and unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle arm adjustment device for adjusting an unmanned aerial vehicle arm into a folding state or an extracting state with respect to a fuselage of the aerial vehicle includes: left and right curb plates connected to the fuselage; a rocking arm connected to the unmanned aerial vehicle arm, wherein one end of the rocking arm is articulated with the left and right curb plates, and a first engaging part is provided on the rocking arm; and a locking member articulated with the left and right curb plates, wherein the locking member is provided with a second engaging part for engaging with the first engaging part; wherein the locking member is adapted to rotate in a first direction to force the second engaging part to engage with the first engaging part so as to hold the rocking arm such that the unmanned aerial vehicle arm is in the extracting state; and wherein the locking member is adapted to rotate in a second direction opposite to the first direction to force the second engaging part to disengage with the first engaging part so as to release the rocking arm such that the unmanned aerial vehicle arm is able to be rotated into the folding state. |
| US10384760B2 |
Self-adjusting door jamb for an aircraft door
The disclosed embodiments relate to an aircraft having an interior door with a self-adjusting door jamb. The self-adjusting door jamb includes a door jamb configured to receive the interior door and a bias mechanism coupled to the door jamb and facilitating movement of the door jamb along an axis. Additionally, an angular translating mechanism coupled to the bias mechanism and facilitating angular displacement of the door jamb relative to the axis. |
| US10384757B2 |
Device for predetermining the driving stage of an electric motor of a boat
A device for predetermining the driving stage of an electric motor of a boat is disclosed. A base plate is connected to a side wall of the boat and to a control lever, which is pivotable relative to the base plate about a pivot axis. The control lever is in turn coupled to a speed controller for controlling the motor. The control lever forms a substantially closed contour with a plane formed by the base plate. |
| US10384755B2 |
Large outboard motor for marine vessel application and related methods of making and operating same
An outboard motor for a marine vessel application, and related methods of making and operating same, are disclosed herein. In at least one embodiment, the outboard motor includes a horizontal-crankshaft engine in an upper portion of the outboard motor, positioned substantially positioned above a trimming axis of the outboard motor. In at least another embodiment, first, second and third transmission devices are employed to transmit rotational power from the engine to one or more propellers at a lower portion of the outboard motor. In at least a further embodiment, the outboard motor is made to include a rigid interior assembly formed by the engine, multiple transmission devices, and a further structural component. In further embodiments, the outboard motor includes numerous cooling, exhaust, and/or oil system components, as well as other transmission features. |
| US10384753B2 |
Launcher for underwater vehicle
The present invention is to provide a launcher for an underwater vehicle by which thrust force of a mover arranged movably in a water conducting tube can efficiently be obtained. The mover forms a plurality of magnetic circuits in which magnetic flux generated by a plurality of permanent magnets flows, and the plurality of magnetic circuits includes a first magnetic circuit in which the magnetic flux flows through one of a pair of circumferential magnets, a second magnetic circuit in which the magnetic flux flows through one of a pair of axial magnets, the second magnetic circuit being formed in parallel to the first magnetic circuit, and a third magnetic circuit in which the magnetic flux flows through a radial magnet, the third magnetic circuit being formed in parallel to the first magnetic circuit and the second magnetic circuit, respectively. |
| US10384750B2 |
Multiple accessory storage device
A removable storage device adaptable for use in exercise, fishing, paddling, floating, anchoring and other operations pertaining to, but not limited to, recreational operation of watercraft. This storage device has a population of receptacles or storage areas in which a user may rapidly and securely store a variety of objects such as, for example only, paddles, snorkeling gear, valuable items, waterproof pouches and/or containers, lights, personal flotation devices, dog leashes, fishing poles, anchors, food and/or beverage containers, rope, flares and other desired items. This removable storage device may be constructed to allow secure fastening of the storage device to a wide variety of external surfaces such as, for example only paddle craft, docks, boats and other objects and surfaces desired by the operator. The storage device may be an inflatable device, a solid or semi-solid device, and/or a combination inflatable and solid or semi-solid device. |
| US10384748B2 |
Storage compartment for a personal watercraft
A cover adapted to be reversibly attached over an opening of a storage compartment contained on a personal watercraft. The cover includes a generally planar substrate having formed therein a dry storage chamber and at least one additional feature selected from the group consisting of a cup holder, an equipment rail, a surround tray, an accessory mounting plate, and a magnetic surface. |
| US10384747B2 |
System and method for handling large and heavy constructions from an offshore installation vessel
A load handling system for submerging of load from a water surface to a position situated under a connected installation vessel. The system includes a submergible load support, which includes a ballast system, and a controllable pendulum system including a first rigid pendulum device, which includes a first end pivotably connected to the support and a second end connectable to the vessel in a first pivot joint, and a second rigid pendulum device, oriented parallel to the first device, which includes a first end pivotably connected to the support; and a second end connectable to the vessel in a second pivot joint, the first ends of the first and second devices are situated symmetrically around a centered vertical plane through the support in a direction parallel to the devices and in that the sizes and connecting positions of the pendulum system allow for controllable pendulum movement of the support. |
| US10384739B2 |
Control system of the trim of vehicles with more than two wheels
The present invention relates to an improved control system of the trim of motorcycles with more than two wheels. More in particular, it relates to motorcycles which have at least three wheels and can lean sideways by virtue of the presence of a so-called wheel tilting system. The present invention improves on prior art HTS hydro-pneumatic systems, to improve the vehicle trim, particularly while cornering with the leaned vehicle. |
| US10384738B1 |
Primary skid plate
A motor cycle protective accessory includes a skid plate with an extension arm. The skid plate is attached to a front of the derby cover and primary cover of a motorcycle. The skid plate forms a spacer between the derby cover and any surface on which the motorcycle is laid or dropped, thus taking the impact of any damage from the surface instead of the derby cover. |
| US10384732B2 |
Tracked vehicle
A tracked vehicle, such as tracked carrier to carry and enable use of work equipment (e.g., a crane, an aerial work platform, a drill rig, etc.) on various terrains, is provided. The tracked vehicle may comprise a frame comprising an equipment mounting area for mounting work equipment above the frame. The frame may comprise a pair of side rails that have a spacing in a widthwise direction of the tracked vehicle which corresponds to a standard truck frame side rail spacing (e.g., 34 inches). An operator cabin comprises a seating area which may comprise a single seat for an operator or a first seat for the operator and a second seat for a second person next to the operator. At least part of a power plant of the tracked vehicle may be mounted above the frame and behind the operator cabin. The tracked vehicle comprises a plurality of track assemblies for traction of the tracked vehicle. |
| US10384731B2 |
Rectifying device
A rectifying device is provided in a vehicle. The vehicle includes a wheel, a housing, and a lower arm. The wheel includes a tire and a rim. The housing is provided with a hub bearing that rotatably supports the wheel. The lower arm is swingably coupled to a vehicle-body lower portion and a lower portion of the housing and extends substantially along a vehicle width direction. The rectifying device includes an air-injection member. The air-injection member is provided in front of the wheel, and configured to inject air and form an airflow that flows in an inclined manner with respect to a vehicle front-rear direction in a region at a side of the wheel near the lower arm so that a downstream side of the airflow is at an inner side in the vehicle width direction with respect to an upstream side of the airflow. |
| US10384730B2 |
Electronic active air dam
An active air dam system includes an air dam comprising a static portion and a sliding portion driven by an actuator system. A controller system is provided, configured to cause the actuator system to translate the sliding portion vertically between a retracted position and a plurality of deployed positions according to one or more of a vehicle under-engine heat exchanger input and a vehicle drive train mode input. Methods for controlling the air dam system are provided. |
| US10384719B2 |
Method and apparatus for remotely controlling vehicle parking
A method for remotely controlling vehicle parking including recognizing a smart key in a first region by a vehicle, upon recognizing the smart key, activating a distance sensor of a camera and a parking assistance system (PAS) by the vehicle, recognizing a driver having the smart key through the activated camera, setting a position of the driver as a reference point by the vehicle, and calculating a detected distance of the driver and the vehicle through the PAS, and after the setting of the reference point and the calculating of the detected distance, moving forward or backward based on the detected distance or turning left or right based on a change in a position of the driver in right and left directions with respect to the reference point while receiving a parking signal from the smart key. |
| US10384717B2 |
Vehicle and method for controlling the same
A vehicle and method for controlling the same may include a speed detector configured to detect driving speed of the vehicle, a detection sensor configured to detect a target vehicle around the vehicle and obtain information about at least one of position and speed of the target vehicle, and a controller configured to determine a steering-based avoidance path for the vehicle to avoid the target vehicle by being steered, determine a maximum lateral acceleration of the vehicle for the vehicle to avoid the target vehicle in the steering-based avoidance path, and send a control signal for steering-based avoidance of the vehicle to avoid a collision with the target vehicle based on the determined maximum lateral acceleration. |
| US10384716B2 |
Electronic stability control apparatus
An apparatus for performing driving aid control to cause a travel trajectory of a mobile object to follow a setpoint trajectory by transmitting a control command value to a yaw moment controller capable of controlling a yaw moment of the mobile object. In the apparatus, a first control command value calculator is configured to calculate a first control command value used to calculate the control command value. A straight-driving stabilizing compensator is configured to, when the mobile object is driving straight, calculate a first control command compensation value by decreasing the first control command value. A second control command value calculator is configured to calculate a second control command value used to calculate the control command value. A third control command value calculator is configured to calculate a final control command value based on the first control command compensation value and the second control command value. |
| US10384712B2 |
Sensor apparatus and electric power steering apparatus using the same
If abnormalities of the sensor part are detected, the power-source control section temporarily stops the electric power supply from the sensor power source to the sensor part so that the sensor power source voltage Vs which is the voltage between the sensor power source and the sensor part falls. In addition, after electric power supply to the sensor part resumes, and the sensor part is recovered from the abnormalities, then, the power source control section continues the electric power supply from the sensor power source to the sensor part. When the sensor part is not recovered from the abnormalities, the power source control section stops the electric power supply from the sensor power source to the sensor part. |
| US10384711B2 |
Steering controller
Provided is a steering controller configured to suppress deterioration of the operability of a steering wheel for steering steered wheels even when a driving voltage for a steering system has been decreased. When a clutch is in a disengaged state and steered wheels are steered by a steered-operation actuator while a reaction force is applied to steering wheel by a reaction-force actuator, if a driving voltage for the steered-operation actuator is decreased, a CPU opens relays and stops generation of torque by the steered-operation actuator. Meanwhile, a CPU engages the clutch and steers the steered wheels through cooperation between a steering torque input into the steering wheel and an assist torque generated by a reaction-force motor. |
| US10384709B2 |
Actuator for turning a steering wheel in automatic steering systems
A steering wheel actuator mechanism includes a frame assembly and a rotating assembly. The frame assembly is attached to a steering wheel column and the rotating assembly is attached around the steering wheel column and over the frame assembly. In one example, the frame assembly and the rotating assembly can be located around the steering wheel column without removing the steering wheel. The rotating assembly is inserted down into an opening formed in the frame assembly and rotationally engaged with a motor housed in the frame assembly. Actuators are attached to the rotating assembly and positioned to extend upwards through the steering wheel next to spokes in the steering wheel. The rotating assembly causes the actuators to move the spokes and rotate the steering wheel. |
| US10384705B1 |
Collapsible stroller
The collapsible stroller is a manually propelled vehicle for transporting a child. The child is secured in a seat located within a pod mounted to a four-wheeled frame. The pod may have a transparent front to prevent protect the child from inclement weather. Vents located on the pod may allow air to circulate within the pod. One or more generators coupled to wheels may provide electricity to charge a battery located within the pod. The battery may be used to charge a device such as a smartphone, to operate lighting within the pod, or to operate ventilation fans. A modular insert may be placed over the child and filters may be attached to the modular insert to provide enhanced air filtration. The pod and frame may be disassembled and placed in a travel/storage bag when the stroller is not in use. |
| US10384704B2 |
Steering responsive speed-controlled buggy
A steerable, self-propelled cart for safely delivering heavy loads, such as concrete, within job sites with unlevel, irregular, or sloped terrain. A cargo bucket is tiltable over front drive wheels for transporting and dumping cargo. Hydraulic drive motors driven by a hydraulic pump propel rear wheels at a selectable speed. Steering handlebars rotate a steering column that turns the rear wheels. A throttle cable extending from the handlebars controls the throttle setting by pivoting a throttle lever mounted on the hydraulic pump. Limiting linkages extend from flanges on an anchor bracket secured to the steering column to a bridge on the throttle lever. As the steering column rotates, the limit linkages are wound partially about it, pivoting the throttle lever by pulling on the bridge, reducing pump speed. Heavy steering displacements will retract the throttle lever to reduce cart speed notwithstanding the previous speed setting chosen by the operator via the cable. |
| US10384703B2 |
Inventory processing cart and method of use thereof
A inventory processing cart including a body portion, the body portion having a top surface and a plurality of walls that define an interior region between the plurality of walls and beneath the top surface, an opening in the top surface, the opening providing access to the interior region of the body portion, a weighing device, the weighing device positioned proximate the opening in the top surface of the body portion, a stowing system disposed within the interior region of the body portion, the stowing system configured to receive one or more containers within the interior region of the body portion, wherein the opening is configured to receive store product that has been accounted for by the weighing device, is provided. Furthermore, an associated method is also provided. |
| US10384700B2 |
Method of indicating a railway switch status
A method for indicating a status of a railroad switch is configured for use in un-signaled (dark) territory utilizing vital audio messages. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a DTMF signal from a railway vehicle, initializing control of the switch, and triggering the reporting of a correspondence condition through vital relays or other electronic components. |
| US10384697B2 |
Protective shroud for enveloping light from a light emitter for mapping of a railway track
A protective shroud for enveloping light radiating from a light emitter used with a sensor system for mapping of a railway track. The protective shroud includes: a rigid body having a frame and at least one opaque panel connected to the frame, the rigid body defining at least a first portion of a light radiation zone; and a skirt formed of high density fibers extending from adjacent a bottom edge of the at least one opaque panel to adjacent a ground surface. |
| US10384696B2 |
Railroad car coupling system
A railroad car coupling system including a draft sill with front and rear stops, a coupler along with an energy management assembly for receiving and dissipating external forces experienced by the coupler. A yoke also forms part of the coupling system and is operably coupled to the coupler. The yoke includes top and bottom walls which each include two forward facing stops. A follower is mounted substantially between the top and bottom walls of the yoke for receiving forces experienced by the coupler. The follower is configured with two laterally spaced vertical extensions disposed toward opposed upper corners of the follower and two laterally spaced vertical extensions disposed toward opposed lower corners of the follower. Forward facing surfaces on the follower extensions arc arranged in generally coplanar relationship relative to each other. Rearward facing surfaces on the follower extensions are arranged in generally coplanar relationship with each other and operably engage with the forward facing stops on the yoke to enhance the distribution of forces when the follower engages the front stops on the center sill when the coupling system is in a full draft condition. |
| US10384691B2 |
Method and system for setback modular platform with integrated shuttle platform
A modular platform system includes a setback platform system for a shared track rail system on a ground level. The shared track rail system is usable by a commuter, regional and intercity rail vehicle and a freight vehicle. The setback platform includes a first path at a first height with respect to the ground level. The setback platform also includes a shuttle platform. The shuttle platform is at a second height in a first position different from the first height. The shuttle platform is configured to be moved from the first position to a second position different from the first position. A front edge of the shuttle platform is farther away from a centerline of the shared track rail system if the shuttle platform is in the first portion than if the shuttle platform is in the second position. |
| US10384688B2 |
Method and system for assessing the trip performance of a driver
Method for automatically assessing performance of a driver (110) of a vehicle (100) for a particular trip, wherein current driving data sets, comprising basic driving data are repeatedly read from the vehicle, which method comprises the steps a) collecting previous-trip driving data sets, comprising instantaneous vehicle energy consumption and instantaneous vehicle velocity, for different previous trips, different drivers and different vehicles; b) for a plurality of said previous-trip datasets, calculating a respective relative instantaneous vehicle energy consumption value; c) calculating a characteristic vehicle relative energy consumption function; and d) calculating a value of a trip performance parameter based upon a weighted average value of the respective relative instantaneous energy consumptions for previous-trip data sets that correspond to each of said current-trip data sets, which weighting is performed using said characteristic vehicle relative energy consumption function. The invention also relates to a system. |
| US10384687B2 |
Method and system for assessing the trip performance of a driver
Method for automatically assessing performance of a driver (110) of a vehicle (100) for a particular trip, wherein current driving data sets, comprising basic driving data are repeatedly read from the vehicle, which method comprises the steps a) collecting previous-trip driving data sets, comprising instantaneous vehicle energy consumption, for different previous trips, different drivers and different vehicles; b) mapping said current-trip driving data sets to a basic historic groups; and c) calculating a performance parameter value for the current trip based upon a respective group performance parameter value for each basic historic group; wherein said basic parameter set comprises velocity, engine rotation speed, velocity change and engine rotation speed change, and/or motor load, energy consumption, motor load change and energy consumption change. The invention also relates to a system. |
| US10384686B2 |
Method and system for assessing the trip performance of a driver
Method for automatically assessing performance of a driver (110) of a vehicle (100) for a particular trip, wherein current driving data sets, comprising basic driving data are repeatedly read from the vehicle, which method comprises the steps a) collecting previous-trip driving data sets comprising instantaneous vehicle energy consumption, for different previous trips, different drivers and different vehicles; b) grouping said previous-trip driving data sets into basic historic groups of such sets; c) mapping each current driving data set to a basic historic group; and d) calculating an energy consumption-based trip performance parameter value for the current trip based upon a respective energy consumption-based group performance parameter value for the mapped basic historic groups, which group performance parameter value in turn is calculated based upon the respective instantaneous energy consumption value in the respective previous-trip driving data sets in the basic historic group in question. The invention also relates to a system. |
| US10384681B2 |
Vehicle cruise control device and cruise control method
A cruise control device 10 is applied to a vehicle in which an imaging device 21 is mounted. The cruise control device 10 includes: a white line recognition unit 11 which recognizes a white line 61 as a lane boundary that defines an own lane 63 that is a travel lane of an own vehicle 50, on the basis of images acquired by the imaging device 21; and a cutting-in/deviation determination unit 12 which performs cutting-in determination and deviation determination, in which the forward vehicle traveling on an adjacent lane 64 is determined to be a cutting-in vehicle that cuts into the own lane, and the forward vehicle traveling on the own lane is determined to be a deviating vehicle that deviates from the own lane on the basis of a relative position with respect to the white line in a vehicle width direction of a forward vehicle 51. |
| US10384679B2 |
Travel control method and travel control apparatus
A travel control method includes a detector that detects information on lane boundary lines of a lane around a subject vehicle as real boundary line information from an actual environment around the subject vehicle. The travel control method also includes integrating the real boundary line information and map boundary line information to generate integrated boundary line information. The map boundary line information is information on the lane boundary lines of the lane included in map information. The travel control method further includes outputting the generated integrated boundary line information. |
| US10384676B2 |
Travel control apparatus
A travel control apparatus includes: a transformation unit configured to project the lane and object on a lane coordinate system in which a center line of the lane is a first coordinate axis and an axis orthogonal to the first coordinate axis is a second coordinate axis by performing a coordinate transformation based on the shape of the lane and the position of the object in a plane coordinate system; an area calculation unit configured to calculate a travelable area in which the vehicle can travel in the lane coordinate system; a travel trajectory generation unit configured to perform an inverse transformation of the coordinate transformation by the transformation unit based on the travelable area, and to generate a travel trajectory of the vehicle in the plane coordinate system; and a control unit configured to perform a steering control on the vehicle. |
| US10384675B2 |
Methods and systems for remote parking assistance
Methods and systems for automatically controlling a vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes an actuator configured to control one or more vehicle driving characteristics, at least one vehicle sensor configured to measure a vehicle characteristic, a remote assistant in communication with the vehicle, and a controller in communication with the actuator, the at least one vehicle sensor, and the remote assistant, the controller being programmed with an automated driving system control algorithm and configured to determine whether a failsafe condition has occurred based on sensor data from the at least one vehicle sensor, receive a control signal from the remote assistant, and automatically control the actuator based on the control signal. |
| US10384672B1 |
Vehicle stability control system
A control system for a vehicle includes an internal vehicle reference model that determines reference states for the vehicle that represent an expected vehicle response, sensors that determine measured states for the vehicle, and a vehicle motion control system that determines desired states for the vehicle. A stability determining module identifies a reference deviation between the reference states and the measured states, identifies a desired deviation between the desired states and measured states, and outputs a command for reducing the reference deviation and the desired deviation. Actuators are operable to reduce the reference deviation and the desired deviation in response to the command. |
| US10384663B2 |
Vehicle electrification charge reducing apparatus
Provided is a vehicle electrification charge reducing apparatus, including: a steering operating device, a steering actuator; and a displacement transmitting system configured to transmit a displacement of the steering operating device to the steering actuator. At least one of the steering operating device, the steering actuator, or the displacement transmitting system includes two members that are engaged with each other through intermediation of a viscous lubricant agent so as to move relatively when the steering operating device is operated. A self-discharge type charge eliminator is fixed to a surface of a specific member forming the displacement transmitting system and the like, and the self-discharge type charge eliminator diselectrifies the specific member through self-discharge so as to decrease a charge amount of the specific member, to thereby decrease a difference in charge amount between the two members. |
| US10384660B2 |
Slow speed automated vehicle brake pressure control system
A brake control system for operating brakes of an automated vehicle at slow speed includes a motion-detector and a controller. The motion-detector detects relative-movement of a host-vehicle relative to a stationary-feature located apart from the host-vehicle. The controller is configured to operate brakes of the host-vehicle. The controller determines a vehicle-speed of the host-vehicle based on the relative-movement when the vehicle-speed is less than a speed-threshold, and regulates brake-pressure of the brakes based on the vehicle-speed. |
| US10384657B2 |
Method and control device for self-braking a motor vehicle
A method for controlling self-braking of a motor vehicle wherein a collision detection device predicts an imminent collision and determines for the self-braking a TTB braking time at which the self-braking is to start, and a brake system is operated in a standby state in which the brake system reacts to a braking request of the collision detection device with activation of wheel brakes of the motor vehicle, wherein the brake system requires a dead travel time to generate for the first time a braking torque by the wheel brakes starting from the standby state, for the self-braking. The method provides that a time period value of the dead travel time is made available in the motor vehicle, and the wheel brakes are activated at a starting time when the imminent collision is detected. |
| US10384656B2 |
Vehicle operation pedal device
A brake pedal device includes a pedal bracket, an operation pedal, an intermediate lever, and a coupling link. The pedal bracket includes a first side plate member and a second side plate member secured to a dash panel and arranged at interval in a vehicle width direction, and is fastened and secured with respect to a vehicle body side bracket located on a vehicle rear side by a nut and a bolt at one location. The first side plate member and the second side plate member include a deformation allowing part and a deformation allowing part between a first support shaft located on a rearward side among the first support shaft and a second support shaft, and an attachment/securing part and an attachment/securing part. |
| US10384655B2 |
Head for washing vehicle wheels
It comprises a housing (1) wherein a ring-shaped brush (2) and a central axis (3) to which a central brush (4) is joined are integrally fastened. The ring-shaped brush (2) delimits an inner space wherein the central brush (4) as well as other intermediate brushes (5) arranged around the central brush are housed. The head further comprises a front disc (6) with idler rotation; wherein said front disc (6) separates two opposing areas: a first area where the central brush as well as the intermediate brushes are, and a second area where a transmission mechanism is located that transmits a rotational movement to the intermediate brushes fastened to satellite axes (12) fitted in tubular junctions (6a) secured to the front disc. It enables the correct cleaning of the inner surface of the gaps in the rims of the wheels. |
| US10384651B2 |
System and method for removing light scattering film from the interior of a windshield
The present invention discloses a system and method for cleaning the light scattering film (LSF) from the surface of a windshield in a vehicle, and more particularly, is directed to a magnetically associated cleaning element that is moved across the interior surface of a windshield by an interactive magnetic force transmitted through the windshield, with magnets associated with the wiper assembly on the other side of the glass. |
| US10384644B2 |
Virtual keyfob for vehicle sharing
A system and method of managing virtual vehicle keys includes: receiving at a central facility a request to use a vehicle; receiving an identifier of a handheld wireless device at the central facility; generating at the central facility a virtual vehicle key that permits vehicle access using the handheld wireless device; and wirelessly transmitting the virtual vehicle key to the handheld wireless device and a vehicle the handheld wireless device has authorization to access. |
| US10384641B2 |
Vehicle driver locator
A vehicle may include: a motor, nodes, sensors, puddle lights, and processor(s) configured to: command the nodes to produce high power signal patterns to link with a mobile device; command at least some of the nodes to produce low power signal patterns to link with the mobile device based detecting the high power link; activate at least some of the puddle lights based on the low power link. The vehicle may activate at least some of the puddle lights based on the low power link by running processing software on measurements captured by the nodes based on the low power link. |
| US10384640B2 |
Redundant safety belt
The present disclosure includes a belt webbing for a safety belt system. The belt webbing may have at least one first strength member extending along the length L of the belt webbing and a second strength member extending along the length L of the belt webbing. The first strength member and the second strength member may be interconnected. |
| US10384632B2 |
Composite material for an airbag cover
A composite material provided in the form of a sheet material includes at least one textile layer as a cover for an airbag. The cover is arranged to form at least one flap with a hinge which includes a hinge region. One side or both sides of the at least one textile layer includes a plastics coating. A melting point of the plastics coating is lower than a melting point of the at least one textile layer. The hinge region is arranged to form at least one single or double fold along the hinge so that the sheet material contacts itself once or twice. In a region of the at least one single or double fold, areas of the plastics coating are arranged to contact each other and, via a prior introduction of heat or a subsequent introduction of heat, are melted onto each other. |
| US10384631B2 |
Guard assembly for truck body
A guard assembly for a canopy of a truck body is provided. The guard assembly includes a guard configured to be attached to the canopy. The guard includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface includes a plurality of fins provided in a spaced apart arrangement. The fins are configured to provide structural rigidity to the guard and breakdown material contacting the first surface of the guard. |
| US10384630B2 |
Seat sliding mechanism
A seat sliding mechanism includes a lower rail, an upper rail, a position sensor and a sensor bracket. The lower rail is provided on a side of a vehicle floor. The upper rail is provided at a lower part of a seat body and is slidably supported by the lower rail along front and rear directions. The position sensor is provided on the upper rail and detects a position along front and rear directions. The sensor bracket is provided on the lower rail and its proximity state to the position sensor is to be detected. The sensor bracket includes a base, a detected portion and a supporting portion. The base is fixed to a bottom of the lower rail. The detected portion is detected by the position sensor. The supporting portion supports the detected portion. |
| US10384627B2 |
Pre-charging load using main contactor coil
A vehicle system includes a contactor including a coil and relay, a traction battery, a load, and a controller configured to transfer current from the traction battery through the coil to pre-charge the load without causing the relay to close such that a voltage drop across the relay falls below a threshold value, and subsequently cause the relay to close. |
| US10384625B2 |
Communication device and non-transitory recording medium
Provided are a communication device and a communication restriction program capable of suppressing invalid message transmission to a network by injecting an invalid program. The ECU includes a CAN controller having a register group storing a value concerning communication with a different ECU and a processing unit processing a value for the register group. The ECU switches the mode between the full control mode in which writing and reading are allowed for the register group in the CAN controller and the restriction mode wherein writing and reading are restricted for a part of the registers in the register group. The ECU sets a predetermined period from activation corresponding to the full control mode, and switches the full control mode to the restriction mode after the predetermined period elapses. After switching to the restriction mode, the ECU will not switch the mode to the full control mode. |
| US10384619B2 |
Motor vehicle with load compartment floor
A mounting mechanism for mounting a moveable bearing part relative to a counter-bearing part, including the moveable bearing part with a plurality of bearing elements, the counter-bearing part with counter-bearing elements which are locally moveable relative to the remaining counter-bearing part from a starting position into a deformation position and vice versa, wherein the bearing elements a contact surface each lie on a counter-contact surface of the counter-bearing elements each for the force transmission from the bearing elements to the counter-bearing elements so that the bearing elements are in mechanical operative connection with the counter-bearing elements because of the contact between bearing elements and the counter-bearing elements and a movement of the bearing part with the bearing elements causes a local relative movement of those counter-bearing elements from the starting position into the deformation position, which counter-bearing elements are in mechanical operative connection with the bearing elements and the local relative movement of the counter-bearing elements from the starting position into the deformation position causes an elastic deformation of elastic components and following the termination of the mechanical operative connection an elastic recovery of the elastic component causes a return movement of these counter-bearing elements from the deformation position into the starting position. |
| US10384618B2 |
Cargo carrier
A versatile and portable cargo carrier having angularly adjustable members adaptable to various uses and cargo, including recreational, construction, landscaping and other equipment, tools and supplies of diverse sizes and shapes, comprising a base plate and mounting member attachable to a corresponding surface on a vehicle from which two adjustably angled arm members extend outwardly at an angle from the mounting member, a pivoting mechanism for adjusting the angle between the two arm members and one or more cargo fasteners employing fastening mechanisms suitable for corresponding equipment or cargo, and may include a mounting bar. This easily assembled and installed cargo carrier further provides a frame for attachment about a hitch, spare tire, hatchback, and includes mounting members including a base plate, hat bracket, rotational swivel or pivoting tilt base which can be combined with the two angular members enabling facile loading and fastening of cargo. |
| US10384616B2 |
Hook apparatus
There is provided a hook apparatus. A metal bracket is fixed to a vehicle body with a resin case mounted thereon. A shaft is supported by the bracket. A hook including a pair of opposed surfaces and a pair of shaft hole parts formed in the opposed surfaces and is capable of inserting the shaft therethrough. The hook is supported rotatably on the bracket through the shaft. The case includes an elastic piece extending along the rotation shaft direction and capable of coming into elastic contact with the hook. The elastic piece includes radial-direction contact parts capable of coming into contact with sliding contact surfaces respectively formed in the hook around the shaft hole parts in a radially inward direction from outside in a radial direction; and axial-direction contact parts coming into contact with the opposed surfaces of the hook formed around the shaft hole parts. |
| US10384611B2 |
Vehicle vision system with rear mounted camera
A vehicle vision system includes an extender element disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle. The extender element includes an extender portion and an end portion, with the end portion viewable to a viewer who is viewing the rear of the vehicle. The end portion includes at least one of (i) a vehicle emblem and (ii) a vehicle logo. A rear backup camera assembly is at least partially disposed in the extender portion of the extender element. The rear backup camera assembly is disposed with its lens viewing exterior of the vehicle. The extender element is incapable of extending such that the rear backup camera is non-movable relative to the rear portion of the vehicle when disposed at the rear portion of the vehicle. |
| US10384608B2 |
Vehicle-mounted stereo camera device and method for correcting the same
A vehicle-mounted stereo camera device that achieves high-precision distance detection is provided. The provided vehicle-mounted stereo camera device includes a left camera and right camera disposed on a vehicle to cause a visual field of the left camera and a visual field of the right camera to overlap each other, a stereo processor that calculates a distance to a body outside the vehicle based on images captured by the left camera and right camera and on positions of the left camera and right camera on the vehicle, and sensors disposed near the left camera and right camera for detecting displacement amounts of the left camera and right camera. The stereo processor changes a cutout positions in the images captured by the left camera and right camera based on the displacement amounts. |
| US10384599B2 |
Vehicle having sound controller
A vehicle includes an accelerator sensor that detects an amount of operation of an accelerator; a vehicle status sensor that detects a vehicle status; an engine controller that controls an internal combustion engine based on a signal from the accelerator sensor and a signal from the vehicle status sensor; a sound controller that generates an engine sound based on the amount of operation of the accelerator and the vehicle status; and a speaker that is communicably connected to the sound controller and outputs the engine sound. The sound controller includes an engine sound controller that sets a volume of the engine sound to a value that is greater than zero when the amount of operation of the accelerator is zero and the vehicle status is a predetermined status. |
| US10384591B2 |
Load binder with enclosed ratchet mechanism and removable handle
A load binder with an enclosed ratchet mechanism and a removable handle consists of an elongated tubular portion, a handle, a ratcheting mechanism, a first threaded shaft, and a second threaded shaft. The first threaded shaft and the second threaded shaft are rotatably engaged to a tubular body of the elongated tubular portion. However, the first threaded shaft and the second threaded shaft do not detach from the tubular body. The tension on a chain that is attached at the first threaded shaft and the second threaded shaft can be adjusted by rotating the tubular body. The ratcheting mechanism is used to control the tubular body about the first threaded shaft and the second threaded shaft. To be protected from dirt and the like, the ratcheting mechanism is enclosed. The handle, which is removable, is used to control the ratcheting mechanism. |
| US10384588B2 |
Cable tonneau cover
A tonneau cover assembly with a top cover connected to a cable tensioning system that eliminates the need for side rails to both locate and tension the top cover. The cable tension system seals out environmental elements and holds the tonneau cover and fabric management bows of the assembly in place. The assembly includes a front attachment assembly and rear attachment assembly connected to cables, where the front attachment provides a forward mounting location and seals a front bow to the vehicle. The rear attachment assembly holds the top cover in a closed tensioned state until the cover is opened by an operator. The tonneau cover assembly reduces weight and complexity, while eliminating the need for side rails. |
| US10384581B2 |
Powered mechanized tray table assembly
A tray table assembly capable of automatically deploying from a stowed position in a vehicular seat back towards a use position within a passenger compartment of a vehicle is provided. The assembly includes a support structure adapted to be coupled to the seat back, a tray support and a tray subassembly supported for rotation about a rotational axis by the tray support. A bi-directional, electrically-powered linear actuator subassembly is mounted on the support structure and includes a motor-driven screw-drive and a threaded member mounted on the screw-drive to linearly move along a longitudinal axis of the screw-drive upon rotation of the screw-drive. The threaded member is connected to the tray support to lift the tray support to deploy the tray subassembly along a predetermined non-linear path upon rotation of the screw-drive in a first direction from the stowed position to the use position based on a deployment command signal. |
| US10384573B2 |
Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat includes a seat pad that defines an outer shape of the vehicle seat and elastically supports a body of a seated occupant; and a seat cover that is formed by sewing a plurality of parts, the seat cover covering a seating surface of the seat pad. The seating surface includes a recessed surface portion that is recessed in a thickness direction of the seat pad. The seat cover includes a covering material and a first cover pad that is disposed on and fixed to a reverse surface of the covering material. A plurality of through holes is provided in the first cover pad in a portion of the seat cover, the plurality of through holes extending through the first cover pad in a thickness direction of the first cover pad, and the portion of the seat cover corresponding to the recessed surface portion. |
| US10384570B2 |
Child-seat restraint system
A restraint system includes a seatback having a top end portion; a retainer attached to the top end portion; a tether attachment bracket movable between a first position retained by the retainer and a second position below the first position along the seatback; and a spring coupled to the seatback and the tether attachment bracket and biasing the tether attachment bracket to the second position. |
| US10384564B1 |
Electronic seat pad system for indicating child occupancy in a vehicle
The present invention is an electronic seat pad system that includes an electronic seat pad device and a control device. Electronic seat pad device includes one or more sensors that detect a pressure level exerted on a carseat in a vehicle when an occupant is seated on said carseat, wherein electronic seat pad is positioned on top of a bottom cushion of carseat. A switch circuit is activated upon detecting a pressure level exerted on a seat of a vehicle upon said detection of said pressure level. Control device, communicably coupled with said switch circuit, generates audio signals upon said activation of said switch circuit indicating presence of said occupant in said vehicle. |
| US10384563B1 |
Protection cover of battery box of electric vehicle
An electric vehicle includes a frame unit and a vehicle body cover unit. The frame unit includes tread tubes extending toward a rear side of a vehicle body and arranged pairwise as a left tread tube and a right tread tube. The vehicle body cover unit includes a tread board that shields the left and right tread tubes. The frame unit receives a battery box that receives and holds therein a battery and has two sides provided with support shafts to be pivotally supported thereon. The battery box is shaft-supported by the support shafts on the frame unit. The battery box includes a battery access opening, which is provided with a protection cover that covers and closes the battery access opening. The battery is securely held in the battery box without being moved by inertial forces. Dust resistance of the battery box can be improved. |
| US10384559B2 |
System and method for motor system control
A method includes selecting a link voltage based on voltage efficiencies of components in an electric drive motor system, and applying the link voltage to an inverter electrically coupled to a drive motor to increase system efficiency. |
| US10384558B2 |
Cruise control system for electrical mobility scooter and electrical mobility scooter therewith
An improved cruise control system is configured to be retrofit with an electrical mobility scooter. The cruise control system has module that is a self-contained unit, comprising an assembly of electronic components and associated wiring, including a processor and memory with software for processing by the processor, which performs defined tasks, and which is linked with the scooter controller, power supply and scooter throttle control. |
| US10384555B2 |
Feed system and vehicle
A feed system includes a vehicle and a feed mode controller. The feed system feeds electric power to an electric load outside the vehicle in a first feed mode or a second feed mode. A wireless communication device of the vehicle communicates in a first communication system in which communication with a portable terminal is established without passing through a relay point. The feed mode controller enables the first feed mode to be selected when the communication in the first communication system is established, and disables the first feed mode from being selected when the communication in the first communication system is not established. |
| US10384553B2 |
Systems and methods for charging an electric vehicle at a charging station
Systems and methods for charging an electric bus having a charging interface on its roof may include determining that an approaching bus is supposed to be charged at the charging station, lowering the charging head of the charging station to land on the roof of the bus, and moving the bus with the charge head on its roof to engage the charging head with the charging interface. |
| US10384551B2 |
Electromagnetic decoupling of an antenna unit of a motor vehicle from an energy coupling device
A motor vehicle having a vehicle body, which is formed at least in part from an electrically conductive material. An electrical system is arranged electrically insulated from the vehicle body and has a rectifier unit. An energy coupling device is arranged electrically insulated at the vehicle body for supplying electric energy for the electrical system. The energy coupling device has a coil for wireless magnetic coupling of an energy source that is external to the motor vehicle and provides an alternating magnetic field, wherein the coil is connected to the rectifier unit of the electrical system. An antenna unit is arranged at the vehicle body and is electrically insulated with respect to the electrical system. A decoupling device electromagnetically decouples the coil from the antenna unit. |
| US10384546B2 |
System and method for controlling a vehicle
A braking system includes a drive system having a traction motor coupled in driving relationship to a wheel of a vehicle, a braking device configured to brake the vehicle, and a control unit. The motor is configured to provide both motive power for the vehicle in a propel mode of operation and retarding effort to brake the vehicle. The control unit is configured to determine a total retarding effort required to brake the vehicle in a braking mode of operation, and an amount of traction motor retarding effort available from the traction motor. The control unit is further configured to control the traction motor and the braking device so that at least one of the traction motor and the braking device brake the vehicle in the braking mode of operation. |
| US10384544B2 |
High-voltage unit casing for on-vehicle use, high-voltage unit, and vehicle
A high-voltage unit casing 10 for on-vehicle use to house therein a plurality of devices includes: a first side face 20; a second side face 21 opposed to the first side face; and a connecting portion 22 for structurally connecting the first side face and the second side face to each other. The connecting portion includes a partitioning portion 50 which is fixed to the first side face at a fixing portion and which extends from the fixing portion toward the second side face, the partitioning portion being located at a position separate from an upper surface and a lower surface of the high-voltage unit casing in an inner surface of the first side face. Spaces for placing at least one device included in the plurality of devices are formed on both upper and lower sides, respectively, of the partitioning portion. |
| US10384542B2 |
Finger strip and use of said finger strip
The present disclosure relates to an infotainment system, to a locomotion vehicle, and to a user interface. The user interface may comprise: an input device for detecting swipe gestures of a user guided by a structure in respect of two dimensions, called “finger strip” in the following, a display device, and an evaluating unit. The evaluating unit may be configured to evaluate swipe gestures detected by means of the finger strip for substantially continuously variable adjustment to an output variable and to evaluate tap inputs detected by means of the finger strip for selection and/or definition of favorites. |
| US10384540B2 |
Vehicle traveling control apparatus
A vehicle traveling control apparatus stops a vehicle when the driver is under the abnormal state that the driver loses an ability of driving the vehicle, and then performs a stopped state maintaining control to maintain the vehicle at the stopped state. The control apparatus forbids a termination of the stopped state maintaining control if the acceleration pedal operation amount is equal to or greater than a threshold value greater than zero when the termination of the stopped state maintaining control is requested. |
| US10384539B2 |
Operating handle
The present disclosure relates to an operating handle for a bearing surface transporter for accommodating an object to be transported, for example, the bearing surface of a surgical table, comprising at least two motorized drive rollers, wherein the operating handle comprises a handle piece that can be rotated around its longitudinal axis, an angle of rotation sensor for detecting an angle of rotation and a direction of rotation of the handle piece and for providing a sensor signal to a control unit of the at least two drive rollers, and a force sensor for detecting a force exerted onto the handle piece in the direction of its longitudinal axis and for providing a sensor signal to the control unit of the at least two drive rollers. |
| US10384532B2 |
Work vehicle
A work vehicle includes an engine, a cooling device, a cooling fan unit, and a regulating member. The cooling device includes a radiator core. The cooling device is disposed facing the engine. The cooling fan unit includes a cooling fan and is disposed between the engine and the cooling device. The regulating member is disposed above the cooling fan unit and regulates the movement of the cooling fan unit in the horizontal direction. |
| US10384530B2 |
In-wheel motor unit
An in-wheel motor unit comprises a housing, a motor, a speed reducer including a rotating body and an output shaft fixed to the rotating body and penetrating the housing to extend to outside of the housing in an axle outward direction, and a hub bearing including a bearing part and a hub part integrated with the bearing part. A part of the output shaft positioned at an axle outward direction side of the rotating body is supported only by the bearing part. A part of the bearing part is positioned inside the housing. Inside of this part is disposed a first seal member which fluid-tightly seals a gap between an inner race and an outer race at a position positioned at an axle inward direction side of a group of rolling elements. |
| US10384529B2 |
Power transmission apparatus for hybrid electric vehicle
A transmission for a vehicle may include a first input shaft selectively connected to an engine through a first clutch, a second hollow input shaft disposed in a front side portion of the first input shaft and selectively connected to the engine through a second clutch, a continuously variable transmission mechanism (CV) that continuously shifts and outputs rotation power transferred from the first input shaft, a shift output mechanism that receives rotation power transferred from driving gears on the second input shaft and the CV through driven gears connected to an external gear and selectively shifts and outputs the rotation power, a reverse idle mechanism that transfers the rotation power of the first input shaft to the shift output mechanism in a reverse direction, and a final reduction mechanism that reduces the rotation power output from the shift output mechanism. |
| US10384528B2 |
Hybrid vehicle and generating set
The invention relates to a multi-track passenger motor vehicle, in particular a hybrid vehicle, comprising a generating set, which has at least one generator that can be driven by a reciprocating piston engine, a battery and at least one electric motor. The reciprocating piston engine, the generator and the electric motor, which can be mechanically coupled to at least one driving wheel of the vehicle, are connected in series in order to drive the vehicle. The generating set, consisting of the reciprocating piston engine and the generator, has a depth extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a width extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the width being a maximum 750 mm, especially a maximum 700 mm, in particular a maximum 660 mm, in particular a maximum 640 mm, and the depth being a maximum 310 mm, especially a maximum 280 mm, in particular a maximum 260 mm, and in particular a maximum 250 mm. |
| US10384524B2 |
Drive train of a motor vehicle that can be driven in a purely electric manner
A drive train (6) is provided for a motor vehicle which can be driven in a purely electric manner. A gear mechanism (7, 15) has a standardized housing (8) for accommodating an electrical machine (16) or two electrical machines (10, 11) and for accommodating two gear mechanism output shafts (9) which are associated with a vehicle axle (2, 4). A large number of drive topologies for various vehicle sectors with purely electric drives can be formed by configuring the drive train in this way. |
| US10384523B2 |
Convertible top having link arrangements for adjusting a convertible-top element
A vehicle convertible top having a link arrangement on both sides relative to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the convertible-top, link arrangement being mounted on a main bearing fixed, displaces a convertible-top element between a lifted operating position and a lowered storage position. Each link arrangement may have a base link, mounted on the main bearing; a four-joint arrangement having a first adjusting link and a second adjusting link are connected to the convertible-top element; and a coupling element, a component of the four-joint arrangement, to which the base link, the first adjusting link and the second adjusting link are hinged. The link arrangements each may have a backlite link arrangement having a first coupling link hinged to the coupling element, which can be connected to one of the adjusting links via a second coupling link to couple the four-joint arrangement to the backlite link arrangement. |
| US10384520B2 |
Composite liftgate
A composite liftgate system with an inner panel construction having a strengthening channel structure. Structural composite reinforcements are bonded to the inner panel where additional strength is needed to meet predetermined performance requirements. Where the extra structure is needed, no steel or a minimum amounts of steel is used and the structural reinforcements are bonded in place using adhesive prior to application of additional fasteners. |
| US10384515B2 |
Vehicle air conditioner
A vehicle air conditioner to be installed in a passenger compartment S includes a casing, a piping component, and a seal 60. The casing accommodates a heat exchanger. The piping component supplies a heating medium to the heat exchanger or exhausts the heating medium from the heat exchanger. The seal 60 seals a portion between the casing and a periphery of an opening P of a dash panel P of a vehicle. The dash panel P separates the passenger compartment S from an outside of the passenger compartment S. The piping component is inserted into the opening. The seal 60 has a surface facing the dash panel P and including a notch 60d. The notch 60d is positioned outside the periphery of opening P1. |
| US10384514B2 |
Autonomous vehicle air register control
A method for controlling an airflow in a passenger cabin of an autonomous vehicle includes providing an input indicative of an occupied passenger seat to a controller in operative communication with a power-actuated vehicle air register. On determination of the occupied passenger seat, the controller redirects an airflow from the air register towards the occupied passenger seat. The controller may display icons to allow a user to provide the input indicative of the occupied passenger seat. The controller may also display other icons to allow the user to control the power-actuated vehicle air register. At least one imager in communication with the controller and disposed adjacent to the power-actuated vehicle air register may be included to provide an image of a selected portion of a passenger's body to the controller whereby a movement of the passenger in the passenger cabin can be tracked. Systems for accomplishing the method are provided. |
| US10384513B2 |
Housing for a ventilation, heating, and/or air conditioning system
A housing for a ventilation, heating, and/or air conditioning system of a motor vehicle, wherein the housing is made of multiple parts and forms at least one air flow path in the interior and optionally has at least one heat exchanger, whereby the housing has first regions and has second regions, whereby the first regions have a greater strength than the second regions. |
| US10384507B2 |
Synthetic resin-made sliding bearing
A synthetic resin-made sliding bearing 1 includes a synthetic resin-made upper casing 3 having a cylindrical outer peripheral side surface 2; a synthetic resin-made lower casing 6 which has a cylindrical inner peripheral side surface 5 opposed to the outer peripheral side surface 2 on an outer side in a radial direction A so as to surround the outer peripheral side surface 2 with a cylindrical fitting clearance 4 extending in a vertical direction B intersecting the radial direction A, and on which the upper casing 3 is mounted as the upper casing 3 is fitted thereto such that the displacement of the lower casing 6 with respect to the upper casing 3 in the radial direction A is made possible with a width a as a minimum width of the fitting clearance 4 in the radial direction A by being restricted by the contact of the inner peripheral side surface 5 with the outer peripheral side surface 2; and a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing 9 disposed in an annular space 7 between the upper casing 3 and the lower casing 6 in the vertical direction B. |
| US10384506B1 |
Rod-lock enable air bag lifting system
An air bag based lifting apparatus can include a platform, a stabilizing mechanism for retaining the platform in a horizontal orientation, an air bag column connected with the platform and configured to retain a vertical rod passing through or adjacent the air bag column, and a rod lock connected with the platform and operable to secure the platform in a vertical position when locked. First and second valves can connect the air bag column and rod lock with a pressure source, and can be actuated in order to lift, lower, or support the platform. In the event of depressurization, the rod lock can lock to the vertical rod and support the platform. |
| US10384500B2 |
Hitch cushion system
A hitch cushion system for inhibiting a vehicle from being damaged while backing toward a trailer includes a trailer that has a ball receiver. A cushion unit is removably coupled to the ball receiver and the cushion unit extends outwardly beyond a perimeter of the ball receiver. In this way the cushion unit inhibits a vehicle from striking the ball receiver when the vehicle is backing toward the ball receiver. The cushion unit is substantially comprised of a resiliently compressible material to inhibit the vehicle from being damaged when the vehicle contacts the cushion unit. |
| US10384499B2 |
Adjustable hitch mounted door carrying assembly
A hitch mounted carrying assembly for transporting a door of a vehicle is presented. The assembly includes an adjustable mount configured to releasably communicate with a hitch of the vehicle. The mount is adjustable between an extended position and a retracted position. The assembly includes a modular frame assembly configured to translate along the adjustable mount and to selectively couple to a first location along the mount. The frame is configured to hold a door of the vehicle on a set of hinges and secured about a latch bar. The distance between the frame assembly and the vehicle is configured to change when the mount is adjusted between the extended position and the retracted position. |
| US10384489B2 |
Pneumatic vehicle tire
A pneumatic vehicle tire having a radial carcass, an at least single-layer belt and a tread that is composed of two layers, a tread cap and a tread base, which are made from different rubber mixtures, in a radial direction, the tread base having a central portion and two lateral portions that extend at least in a radially outward direction from an axial perspective. The two lateral portions are made from a rubber mixture that has a lower dynamic modulus of elasticity E′ at 55° C. in accordance with DIN 53513 (measured at an extension of 8%) and a lower hysteresis than the central portion of the tread base for a lower rolling resistance without worsening the handling behavior of the vehicle tire. |
| US10384485B2 |
Transfer paper for inkjet printing
The invention is directed to a transfer paper suitable for high speed inkjet printing comprising a base layer and a film layer suitable for receiving viscous ink and releasing disperse dye from said viscous ink by having a porosity of 100 to 500 ml/min, wherein the film comprises film forming material. |
| US10384482B2 |
Actuated print head assembly for a contoured surface
An applicator assembly for treating a contoured surface including an attachment frame configured to secure and position an applicator head. In some embodiments, the applicator head is configured to apply a surface treatment to the contoured surface. The applicator assembly further includes, at least one sensor operatively coupled to the attachment frame and configured to scan the contoured surface and produce a contoured data set. Additionally, the applicator assembly includes an applicator actuator operatively coupled to the attachment frame and configured to manipulate the attachment frame such that the applicator assembly maintains an orientation of the applicator assembly relative to the contoured surface. |
| US10384479B2 |
Printer with tensioning guide unit
A printer includes a mainframe including a front face part that has an opening through which a recording medium passes; a guide unit connected to the mainframe on a first side of the front face part; a printer mechanism unit configured to perform printing on the recording medium, and connected to the mainframe on a second side of the front face part opposite to the first side thereof; an arm unit having a first end connected to the mainframe; and a shaft unit configured to hold a roll of the recording medium, and connected to a second end of the arm unit, wherein the guide unit is configured to guide the recording medium so as to feed the recording medium to the printer mechanism unit through the opening of the front face part of the mainframe. |
| US10384478B2 |
Media cutting apparatus
Media cutting apparatus including a cutter arrangement to cut media along a line perpendicular to the direction of movement of the media, and a first roller to rotate media cut by the cutter arrangement to change the orientation of a longitudinal axis of the media. The cutter arrangement is arranged to cut the media prior to and after rotation by the first roller. |
| US10384474B2 |
Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method
An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ejection head configured to eject an ink to form an image, a head heater configured to heat the ejection head to a temperature T1 and a control unit configured to control the temperature of the ejection head and the temperature at an image forming position by the ejection head. The control unit controls heating of the ejection head by the head heater and the temperature at the image forming position in such a way that the temperature of the ejection head is higher than the temperature at the image forming position. |
| US10384470B2 |
Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet recording method
An ink jet recording apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms a first image containing a first liquid and a coloring material on an ink receiving medium, a liquid absorbing member that has a porous body coming in contact with the first image and absorbing at least a part of the first liquid from the first image, and a liquid collecting device that collects the first liquid absorbed in the porous body. The porous body has a first surface that is a side contacting the first image, and a second surface opposing the first surface. An average pore size of the second surface of the porous body is larger than an average pore size of the first surface. In addition, the liquid collecting device includes a gas ejection member that ejects gas to the second surface of the porous body to extrude the first liquid from the second surface. |
| US10384466B1 |
Method for applying surface image to composite sheets or panels
Disclosed herein are composite building materials having at least one textured surface. The textured surface includes at least a plurality of particles. The textured surface closely mimics conventional building materials. The building materials can contain an image printed using ink jet printing methods with inks optimized for enhanced color stability. |
| US10384461B2 |
Inkjet printhead having braced longitudinal channel
An inkjet printhead includes: an elongate fluid manifold including a longitudinally extending channel having a pair of opposite longitudinal sidewalls and a base defining a floor of the channel; a plurality of printhead chips bonded to the base of the fluid manifold, each printhead chip receiving ink from fluid outlets defined in the floor of the channel; and a plurality of transverse ribs extending across the channel between the sidewalls, each transverse rib extending upwardly from the floor of the channel. |
| US10384454B2 |
Refilled cartridge and method for manufacturing refilled cartridge
A method for manufacturing a refilled cartridge is provided for performing refilling of printing material after use of a cartridge comprising a chamber of variable capacity, a detection section that optically detects the printing material inside the chamber, an air introduction port that introduces outside air into the chamber, a valve section that opens and closes the air introduction port according to the negative pressure inside the chamber, and a supply port that supplies the printing material within the chamber to the outside. With this manufacturing method, the printing material is refilled into the chamber so that a designated volume of air exists after refilling of the printing material is completed. |
| US10384452B2 |
Liquid ejection apparatus
A first waste liquid reservoir disposed in a housing of a liquid ejection apparatus includes a first container, and a first retainer disposed in the first container to retain the liquid conveyed through a passage member. A second waste liquid reservoir disposed in the housing includes a second container, and a second retainer disposed in the second container so as to be in contact with the first retainer. The second retainer retains the liquid conveyed through the passage member. The second waste liquid reservoir is movable in a first direction, and one of the first waste liquid reservoir and the second waste liquid reservoir is movable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. At least one of the first retainer and the second retainer protrudes in the second direction from corresponding at least one of the first container and the second container. |
| US10384451B2 |
Liquid discharge apparatus, imprint apparatus, and method of manufacturing a component
Provided is a liquid discharge apparatus, including: a head having an discharge port surface in which an discharge port array is provided, the discharge port array including a plurality of discharge ports which discharges liquid and is arranged along a first direction; a suction port performing a suction operation for the discharge port surface; and a control unit causing the suction port to move in a second direction intersecting the first direction under a state in which the suction port is spaced away from the discharge port surface. |
| US10384450B2 |
Inkjet printhead
In one example, an inkjet printhead includes a printhead die embedded in a molding having a channel therein through which fluid may flow directly to the die. The die contains multiple fluid ejectors and multiple fluid chambers each near an ejector. Each chamber has an inlet through which fluid from the channel may enter the chamber and an outlet through which fluid may be ejected from the chamber. A perimeter of the channel surrounds the inlets but is otherwise unconstrained in size by the size of the die. |
| US10384449B2 |
Alternative ground lines for inter-slot grounding
In an example implementation, a grounding structure includes a perimeter ground line around the perimeter of a printhead die, and having north, south, east, and west segments. The structure includes an inter-slot ground line extending from the north segment to the south segment between two fluid slots, and an alternative ground line extending from the east segment to the west segment and intersecting the inter-slot ground line in a connection area near ends of the fluid slots. |
| US10384446B2 |
Housings and detector arrays
There is disclosed a housing including a plurality of compartments for housing a plurality of LEDs or photo detectors. Each compartment has a number of control pads projecting inwardly and a number of protrusions. The control pads are configured to provide a contact surface for the LEDs or photo detectors to control the alignment and position of each of the plurality of LEDs or photodiodes within each of the plurality of compartments. Each of the protrusions urges each of the plurality of LEDs or photodiodes against the respective control pads to control the alignment of the LEDs or photodiodes in the housing. A detector array including a casing, an LED housing and a photodiode housing is also disclosed. |
| US10384442B2 |
Two sided printed heat seal film
A printing press for printing a heat seal film for packaging comprises at least two receivers, a first printer and a laminator, wherein, in use, a first receiver is capable of receiving a sealing layer and a second receiver is capable of receiving a printing layer, wherein the printer prints onto the sealing layer to provide a printed sealing layer and simultaneously the laminator laminates the printed sealing layer together with the printing layer. |
| US10384441B2 |
Fluorosilicone composite and formulation process for imaging plate
An apparatus and method of manufacturing a fluorosilicone composite for a variable data lithography imaging member surface layer. Examples of the fluorosilicone composite include a first part and a second part, the first part having fluorosilicone, carbon black, silica and butyl acetate, the second part having a platinum catalyst, a crosslinker, butyl acetate and an inhibitor. The first part may also include a dispersant (e.g., a polyoxyalkylene amine derivative) that removes a need for shaking the dispersion by paint shaker and instead allows a more manufacture friendly roll ball milling process. The dispersant will also help in stabilizing the fluorosilicone composite for scaled up production. |
| US10384440B2 |
Adjusting device and adjusting method thereof
A three dimensional printer includes a spray head, a transmission mechanism, a construction platform, an adjustment device of the construction platform, a plurality of oil cylinders, an oil tank and a sensor. The spray head is disposed opposite to the construction platform, and the transmission mechanism is connected to the spray head for driving the spray head to move at a horizontal displacement plane. The oil cylinders are disposed at the construction platform for adjusting the construction platform to be parallel to the horizontal displacement plane. Hydraulic oil is stored in the oil tank, and each oil cylinder is connected with the oil tank through an oil pipe. The sensor is disposed at the spray head for sensing a plurality of vertical distances between the spray head and the oil cylinders. Therefore, the adjustment process and mechanism are simplified, and the advantages of enhancing the precision of the adjustment are achieved. |
| US10384438B2 |
Construction system
A construction system is provided. The construction system includes at least one machine. The construction system also includes a gantry system having a beam member. The construction system further includes a reference member provided proximal to a predetermined path of the at least one machine. The construction system includes a sensing unit associated with the at least one machine. The sensing unit is configured to determine distance of a portion of the at least one machine from the reference member. The construction system also includes a control unit in communication with the at least one machine and the sensing unit. The control unit is configured to receive inputs indicative of distance of the portion of the at least one machine from the reference member. The control unit is also configured to move the at least one machine to move the gantry system along the reference member for a predetermined distance. |
| US10384432B2 |
Hierarchical laminates fabricated from micro-scale, digitally patterned films
A method of manufacturing a hierarchical laminate including forming a first hierarchical film, coating the first hierarchical film with an adhesive, stacking a second hierarchical film on the first hierarchical film, and curing the adhesive. A laminate structure has at least two electrohydrodynamic patterned film layers, the at least two layers being aligned and bonded. |
| US10384431B2 |
Methods for forming a substrate structure for an electrical component and an apparatus for applying pressure to an electrically insulating laminate located on a core substrate
A method for forming a substrate structure for an electrical component includes placing an electrically insulating laminate on a substrate and applying hot pressure to the electrically insulating laminate by a heatable plate. An average temperature of a surface temperature distribution within a center area of the heatable plate is higher than 80° C. during applying the hot pressure. Further, an edge area of the heatable plate laterally surrounds the center area and a temperature of the heatable plate within the edge area decreases from the center area towards an edge of the heatable plate during applying the hot pressure. A temperature at a location located vertically above an edge of the substrate during applying the hot pressure is at least 5° C. lower than the average temperature of the surface temperature distribution within the center area. |
| US10384430B2 |
Method and device for the production of a water vapor permeable laminar sheet
A method and device for producing a water vapor permeable laminar sheet, including the steps of: a) feeding a laminar carrier sheet to a first roll and applying an adhesive onto one side of the carrier sheet at a first location in conveying direction of the carrier sheet, wherein the adhesive is a hot melt adhesive applied in a molten state; b) applying a water vapor permeable molten material onto that side of the carrier sheet provided with the adhesive at a second location in conveying direction located downstream from the first location; c) pressing the composite of carrier sheet, adhesive and water vapor permeable material in a rolling gap formed by the first roll and a second roll which cooperates with the first roll; d) cooling the pressed composite in conveying direction downstream the rolling gap and hauling the composite from the roll arrangement. |
| US10384427B2 |
Plastic flooring having registration patterns
Plastic flooring contains: a substrate, a printing layer, and an abrasion resistance layer which are delivered into a rolling machine so that the rolling machine presses the substrate, the printing layer, and the abrasion resistance layer together. The substrate includes at least one soft film layer and at least one hard film layer, the printing layer forms on the substrate and has a convex portion and a concave portion, and the abrasion resistance layer forms on the printing layer. The rolling machine includes two delivery rollers, a guiding roller, and a pattern roller. The pattern roller has pressing patterns, and the pressing patterns have a depressed part and a raised part. When the substrate, the printing layer, and the abrasion resistance layer are pressed together, the convex portion corresponds to the depressed part and the concave portion corresponds to the raised part by using the registration transferring system. |
| US10384426B2 |
Polyolefin microporous membrane
Disclosed is a polyolefin microporous membrane including a multilayer film having two or more layers. In this polyolefin microporous membrane, at least one surface layer has a thickness of not less than 0.2 μm but not more than 5 μm and contains inorganic particles, while at least one layer contains a polyethylene and has an air permeability of not less than 50 second/100 cc but not more than 1000 second/100 cc and a puncture strength of not less than 3.0 N/20 μm. |
| US10384423B2 |
Heat shielding lamination structure
A heat-ray shielding lamination structure composed of two laminated plates of plate glass, plastic, or plastic containing particles having a heat-ray shielding function and metal compounds, interposing an interlayer containing particles having a heat-ray shielding function and metal compounds, wherein the particles are composite tungsten oxide particles of formula MYWOZ (0.001≤Y≤1.0, 2.2≤Z≤3.0), wherein M is at least one of Cs, Rb, K, and Tl, having a hexagonal crystal structure, with a particle size between 1 and 800 nm, the metal compounds are metal salts of carboxylic acids, metal carbonates, metal carbonate hydroxides, or metal hydroxides, and are contained in an amount between 1 pts.wt. and 100 pts.wt. based on 100 pts.wt. of the composite tungsten oxide particles. |
| US10384410B2 |
Tire vulcanization mold
Provided is a tire vulcanization mold including an upper side plate and a lower side plate configured to mold tire side portions, an upper bead ring and a lower bead ring respectively having a profile surface configured to mold a bead portion and a non-profile surface positioned on an inner diameter side of the profile surface, and a thermocouple pullout passage configured to make the non-profile surface and an inner space positioned on an inner diameter side of the lower bead ring communicate with each other and to pull out a vulcanization temperature measuring thermocouple, wherein a first passage extending from the non-profile surface to a lower side plate side is formed in the lower bead ring, and at least a portion of the thermocouple pullout passage is configured by the first passage. |
| US10384404B2 |
Wind turbine components
A method of making a wind turbine component comprises providing a mold (7), placing a fibrous pre-form (60) in the mold (70), admitting resin into the mold and curing the resin. The method further comprises heating (58) the fibrous pre-form before placing the pre-form in the mold. |
| US10384403B2 |
Method for producing an electrical line, tool mould for such a method, and line
A process produces an electrical line which extends in the longitudinal direction and the line has a line core and an outer shell. In a continuous shaping process, individual shell portions of the outer shell are formed successively by surrounding the line core with a curable plastic substance. In at least one portion, the outer shell is produced having a cross-sectional geometry which can be varied in the longitudinal direction of the line. |
| US10384402B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for additive manufacturing
Extrusion heads, methods of forming an extrusion head, and methods of forming an object are disclosed herein. An extrusion head may include a plurality of nozzles. Each nozzle may include a first opening configured to receive a solid material therein, a second opening configured to eject a molten material therefrom, a bore extending through the nozzle and connecting the first opening and the second opening, and an actuator positioned adjacent to the first opening and/or the second opening. The solid material may be heated to form the molten material. The additive manufacturing apparatus may further include a control device configured to signal each actuator to adjust an amount of the solid material received in the first opening and an amount of the molten material ejected from the second opening. |
| US10384400B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composite and preparation method of thermoplastic resin composite
A method of preparing a thermoplastic resin composite includes laminating a matrix resin layer and a reinforcing resin layer to prepare a resin laminate, and heat-bonding the resin laminate, and prior to the step of heat-bonding the resin laminate, fixing one or more selected from the group consisting of the reinforcing resin layer and the resin laminate using a stitch resin having a draw ratio of less than 10:1 and a melting point of 150° C. or lower. |
| US10384394B2 |
Constant force compression lattice
A first aspect of the present invention is a constant force compression construct, comprising: (a) a plurality of compressible layers, each compressible layer comprising a plurality of interconnected flexible struts configured as a regular hexagonal lattice of repeating unit cells, with the layers spaced apart from one another, and with the unit cells of each layer aligned with one another; and (b) a plurality of beams interconnecting each of the compressible layers with each respective adjacent compressible layer to form a three-dimensional lattice having an upper portion, a lower portion, and a compressible region therebetween, with the repeating unit cells contained in the compressible region. |
| US10384393B2 |
Polymeric ceramic precursors, apparatuses, systems, and methods
Provided herein are methods of manufacturing a ceramic article. The methods may include providing a liquid-state pre-ceramic polymer component, disposing the liquid-state pre-ceramic polymer component on a support, curing the liquid-state pre-ceramic polymer component, and subjecting the pre-ceramic polymer to pyrolysis. Apparatuses and systems for manufacturing a ceramic article also are provided. |
| US10384392B2 |
Three-dimensional printing method
A three-dimensional printing method for a three-dimensional printer is provided. The three-dimensional printer includes a model printing head, a color printing head, and a platform. The model printing head prints a forming layer on an X-Y plane of the platform. The model printing head and the color printing head are arranged along an X-axis and co-constructed. The three-dimensional printing method includes: providing information of the forming layer and a coloring zone thereof; driving the model printing head by a processor to print the forming layer and at least one material barrier outside the forming layer; and after printing the forming layer and the material barrier, driving the color printing head by the processor to color the coloring zone along a Y-axis, such that the material barrier is located on a moving path of the model printing head during the coloring. |
| US10384389B2 |
Apparatus for performing three-dimensional printing
A three-dimensional (3D) printer is disclosed. The 3D printer can print viscous material such as plastisol, polymer clay, melted sugar and melted chocolate. The 3D printer utilizes an extruder that can prevent dripping of viscous material from a nozzle. The 3D printer includes a control circuit for controlling the movement of the extruder and the air flow within a pneumatic system. |
| US10384386B2 |
Method for setting up a molding system
The present disclosure provides a method for setting up a molding system, wherein the molding system includes a molding machine and a mold disposed on the molding machine, and the mold has a mold cavity to be filled with a molding resin from the molding machine. The method includes generating first and second state waveforms using a predetermined packing pressure profile; obtaining an updated packing pressure profile based on the first and the second state waveforms; and setting up the molding machine based on the updated packing pressure profile to perform an actual molding process to prepare the molding product. The first and the second state waveforms express a relationship between an in-mold pressure and an in-mold temperature at different sensing sites of the molding resin. |
| US10384382B2 |
Process for the preparation of plastic composite molded bodies
Process for the preparation of plastic composite molded bodies in which hard-soft molded bodies made of low-melting thermoplastics and light curable polyorganosiloxane compositions are prepared as well as products produced by this process. |
| US10384380B2 |
Method to manufacture multi-layer electrical article
A process for making a multilayered article, the process comprising the steps of: (A) Providing a mold comprising: (1) A mold housing comprising (a) at least one injection port, and (b) defining a mold cavity within which are positioned two deformable, pre-molded polymeric sheets; and (2) A removable, hollow core equipped with at least one vent, the removable, hollow core positioned between and space apart from the two polymeric sheets; (B) injecting under high pressure a viscous, crosslinkable, thermoplastic polymer into the mold cavity between the two polymeric sheets and around the removable core, (C) Drawing a vacuum on the mold cavity through both the vent in the mold housing and the vent in the removable, hollow core before, during and/or after the polymer has been injected into the mold; (D) Forming a less than fully cured multilayered article in the mold cavity; and (E) Removing the less than fully cured multilayer article from the mold cavity. |
| US10384376B2 |
Unit and method for forming absorbent pads of absorbent articles
A unit for making absorbent pads of absorbent articles including a drum for forming the absorbent pads and a hood for feeding a first and a second absorbent material to at least part of the peripheral surface of the drum; the hood has a chamber for mixing the first and the second absorbent materials and an opening for dispensing the first and the second absorbent materials facing at least part of the peripheral surface of the drum; the unit includes at least a first and a second duct for feeding the second absorbent material into the hood and means for distributing the second absorbent material both of the first feed duct and of the second feed duct; the first and the second ducts are connected to the same distribution means. |
| US10384375B2 |
Micro device transferring apparatus, method for transferring micro device, and method for fabricating transferring apparatus
A micro device transferring apparatus includes: a base; and a stamping array disposed on the base. The stamping array includes at least two transferring projections protruding from the base at a predetermined spacing therebetween. According to the present disclosure, the adhesion between a micro device and a target substrate can be enhanced, and the transferring apparatus can be used repeatedly and simply controlled so that the cost for handling the micro device can be saved. In addition, the positions of micro devices can be scaled in multiple dimensions, so that the micro devices can be mounted in a scalable manner. |
| US10384374B2 |
System and method for reducing three-dimensional additive manufacturing production time
A system for releasing an additive manufactured part from a build location is disclosed having a cure inhibitor transport system to resupply a cure inhibitor at a cure inhibited photopolymer resin layer where the additive manufactured part is built, the transport system comprises a cure inhibiting reservoir to initially hold the cure inhibitor, a cure inhibiting distributor layer adjacent to the cure inhibiting reservoir through which the cure inhibitor passes from the cure inhibitor reservoir to the cure inhibited photopolymer resin layer and into the adjacent photopolymer creating a cure inhibited photopolymer resin layer. Another system and method are also disclosed. |
| US10384372B2 |
Method for producing shaped polymeric microparticles
Method for producing shaped polymeric microparticles of non-spherical shape, comprising the steps of: placing one or more microparticles of substantially spherical shape in a respective micro-cavity of a mold having the desired non-spherical shape; subjecting said microparticles to softening by exposure to a solvent or mixture of solvent/non-solvent, in the liquid or vapor state, adapted to plasticize the polymeric material constituting said microparticles, and possibly assisting the solvent plasticization process by heat treatment, not excluding the possibility, in less critical cases in terms of conservation of the microstructure, of carrying out heat treatment exclusively, at a temperature not exceeding 40% of the glass transition temperature of the polymer material; and removing said microparticles from the mold cavities. |
| US10384371B2 |
Method for manufacturing multi-sided continuous patterned stone panel
A method for manufacturing a multi-sided continuously patterned stone panel according to the present invention includes: cutting out stripes (116) in which continuous linear patterns are formed on both sides thereof by cutting an original plate (110) along successively repeated linear paths (continuous linear patterns) (112) while moving a water jet device (120) in a vertical direction; separating the separate stripes (116), and loading each of the separate stripes (116) on a lateral cutting device (130); and cutting out multi-sided continuously patterned stone panel products in which continuous linear patterns are formed on both sides thereof and remaining two sides thereof are cut in rectilinear lines by cutting the stripe (116) with a blade cutter (134), installed on a frame (132) of a lateral cutting device (130), in rectilinear lines in a lateral direction. |
| US10384368B2 |
Contour rake face cutting tool
A contoured rake face cutting tool and method of making is disclosed. A rotary cutting tool with a plurality of teeth can cause damage to a work piece during cutting. By orienting the cutting angle of the teeth relative to the rotational central axis to high shear angle such as 50 or 70 degrees, the tool creates a high compression cut which is cleaner and less damaging to the work piece. The cutting surface itself is profiled, i.e. non-planar, such as concave or convex or other non planar shape, which is preferably formed into an ultra-hard material which is supplied for use in a planar form. |
| US10384361B2 |
Personal care device with sliding surface
The present invention relates to a personal care device having a surface intended to engage the skin and/or hair, such as a blade razor or an electric shaver. The surface of such a device is formed from a substrate on which a hard coating layer is provided. A lubricating layer comprising pendant hydrophilic polymer chains is provided on the hard coating. The hard coating has particles incorporated therein, said particles having covalently attached thereto said pendant hydrophilic polymer chains. In addition, the present invention relates to a process of making a skin engaging surface for such personal care devices. |
| US10384359B2 |
Shaving head with skin stretching member
A shaving head is provided that includes one or more cutting blades and actively driveable skin stretching device arranged behind said cutting blade. The actively driveable skin stretching device operates to reduce the possibility of causing nicks and cuts or skin irritation during a shaving operation. The shaving head provides a pivot axis between the shaving head and a handle that is either attached or attachable to the shaving head. The pivot axis is arranged to be essentially parallel to the cutting blade. By providing the pivot axis, the force ratio between a force applied to the actively driveable skin stretching device and forces applied to other parts of the shaving head may be kept constant for different angles of the handle. This improves the functioning of the actively driveable skin stretching device. |
| US10384357B2 |
Rigid temporary attachment device for a robotic gripper
An attachment device includes a robot-engaging portion having a recess formed in an outer surface thereof for receiving a finger of a robot. The attachment device also includes a tool-engaging portion coupled to the robot-engaging portion. The tool-engaging portion is configured to be coupled to a tool that is to be used by the robot to perform a task. A damping member is positioned at least partially between the robot-engaging portion and the tool-engaging portion. The damping member is configured to be adjusted to vary a magnitude of oscillations that are transferred from the tool-engaging portion to the robot-engaging portion. |
| US10384356B2 |
Robotic surgery system
One aspect of the robotic surgery system according to the invention relates to a robot assembly comprising at least one robot and an instrument assembly comprising at least one instrument that is guided by said robot assembly. Said instrument assembly comprises at least one instrument housing having at least one drive unit housing part containing a cavity designed to hold the drive unit, said drive unit housing part having a seal for the sterile sealing of an insertion opening of the cavity in addition to a dynamic sterile barrier which delimits the cavity in a sterile manner and across which the drive train arrangement can be actuated; and/or the drive unit is offset laterally in relation to a longitudinal axis of the instrument shaft towards a connection between the instrument housing and the robot assembly. |
| US10384355B2 |
Robot
A robot includes a base, an arm provided on the base, and a reducer having a sliding part and decelerating driving of the arm, wherein a lubricating oil can be supplied to the sliding part from an opposite side to the arm with respect to the sliding part. |
| US10384354B2 |
Fluidic solar actuator
A solar actuator comprises a top coupler, a bottom coupler, and a plurality of fluidic bellows actuators, wherein a fluidic bellows actuator of the plurality of fluidic bellows actuators moves the top coupler relative to the bottom coupler. |
| US10384351B2 |
Mobile robot with removable fabric panels
A mobile robot is configured for operation in a commercial or industrial setting, such as an office building or retail store. The robot can patrol one or more routes within a building, and can detect violations of security policies by objects, building infrastructure and security systems, or individuals. In response to the detected violations, the robot can perform one or more security operations. The robot can include a removable fabric panel, enabling sensors within the robot body to capture signals that propagate through the fabric. In addition, the robot can scan RFID tags of objects within an area, for instance coupled to store inventory. Likewise, the robot can generate or update one or more semantic maps for use by the robot in navigating an area and for measuring compliance with security policies. |
| US10384348B2 |
Robot apparatus, method for controlling the same, and computer program
A robot apparatus includes an output unit that displays an image including an object on a screen, an input unit that receives an operation performed by a user for specifying information relating to an approximate range including the object in the image, an object extraction unit that extracts information regarding a two-dimensional contour of the object on the basis of the specification received by the input unit, and a position and attitude estimation unit that estimates information regarding a three-dimensional position and attitude of the object on the basis of the information regarding the two-dimensional contour. |
| US10384345B2 |
Safety management method and safety management system
A safety management method sets a third space that both a worker and a robot can enter between a first space in which the worker is present and a second space in which the robot is disposed; sets, between the first space and the third space and between the second space and the third space, respectively, boundaries for monitoring crossing thereof; monitors the presence/absence of the robot or the worker in the third space; when a state of crossing of one boundary and a state of the worker or the robot in the third space are simultaneously switched to “detection”, restricts the operation of the robot, when crossing of another boundary is detected; and not restricts the operation of the robot when the state of crossing of the one boundary and the state of the worker or the robot in the third space are simultaneously switched to “non-detection”. |
| US10384341B2 |
Redundant parallel positioning table device
The present invention is related a redundant parallel positioning table device. More particularly, the present invention relates to a redundant parallel positioning table device for a precise positioning of heavy load samples, instrument and/or apparatus, e.g. in the context of diffractometer machines for synchrotron facilities. |
| US10384339B2 |
Exoskeleton and method of using the same
An exoskeleton designed to be worn by a user is generally configured to support and transfer the load supported by the head, the neck and/or the torso (shoulders, chest and/or back) of the user down to the ground. The exoskeleton is generally passive and includes at least three interconnected sections: torso, hip, and leg sections. Each of the sections generally includes of a plurality of interconnected rigid members which form the load-bearing structure of the exoskeleton. When a user wears the exoskeleton, load normally carried by the head, neck and/or torso of the user is at least partially supported and transferred to the ground by the exoskeleton, thereby reducing the load effectively supported by the user itself. The leg sections of the exoskeleton are designed to ensure that the load is entirely transferred to the inner side of the feet, in accordance with human biomechanics. |
| US10384330B2 |
Polishing pads produced by an additive manufacturing process
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to advanced polishing pads with tunable chemical, material and structural properties, and new methods of manufacturing the same. According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, it has been discovered that a polishing pad with improved properties may be produced by an additive manufacturing process, such as a three-dimensional (3D) printing process. Embodiments of the present disclosure thus may provide an advanced polishing pad that has discrete features and geometries, formed from at least two different materials that include functional polymers, functional oligomers, reactive diluents, and curing agents. For example, the advanced polishing pad may be formed from a plurality of polymeric layers, by the automated sequential deposition of at least one resin precursor composition followed by at least one curing step, wherein each layer may represent at least one polymer composition, and/or regions of different compositions. |
| US10384329B2 |
Skate blade sharpener with indexing stone
A handheld skate blade sharpening tool that has an automatically indexing, rotating sharpening stone that matches the concaved profile of the skate blade retained within a two-piece body member. Screws hold the two-piece body member together to keep the round sharpening stone sized to match the desired concave profile. The sharpening stone will remove metal to match the shape of the stone each time the sharpener is moved back and forth along the blade. The sharpening stone has gears on each end of the stone that match the gears inside the two-piece body. As the tool is moved along the skate blade, the sharpening stone will incrementally rotate within the body when the direction is changed in the reciprocating motion by the user's back and forth movement. |
| US10384325B2 |
Dual-thickness backgrinding tape for backgrinding bumped wafers
A backgrind (BG) tape includes an adhesive material having a thinner tape region with a first thickness having an area sized to accommodate a substrate therein including an active semiconductor top side surface including a plurality of chips each including at least one transistor and at least one metallization level with bond pads connected to nodes of the transistor and bumps on or coupled to the bond pads. The BG tape also includes a thicker tape region along at least a periphery of the BG tape having a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness. |
| US10384320B2 |
Position compensation system and position compensation method for tool changer
A position compensation system of a tool changer includes a storage unit for storing a coordinate indicating a reference position of a turret, a rotary position coordinate detector for detecting the rotary position coordinate of the turret, a compensation necessity determiner for determining whether or not it is necessary to perform a rotational compensation to return the turret to the reference position, in accordance with a rotational deviation of the detected rotary position coordinate from the stored rotary position coordinate, and a compensation request part for requesting an operation or work related to the rotational compensation when it is determined that the rotational compensation needs to be performed. |
| US10384319B2 |
Magnetic plate for attracting cartridge
The present invention relates to a magnetic plate for attracting cartridges. The magnetic plate comprises an upper cover, a support frame and a lower cover. The upper cover, the support frame and the lower cover are connected fixedly in order from top to bottom. The upper cover and the lower cover are engaged and form a case. The support frame is positioned within the case. Magnetic components are mounted between the support frame and the lower cover. The magnetic components comprise metal members and magnetic steel members connected fixedly to the metal members. The metal members are stuck on the bottom surface of the support frame. The metal steel members include first magnetic steel members and second magnetic steel members. The first magnetic steel members are arranged on the upper surface of the metal members and pass upwards through the support frame, and the second magnetic steel members are arranged on the lower surface of the metal members and pass through downwards through the lower cover. The N poles of the first magnetic steel members and the second magnetic steel members are arranged opposed to each other. The magnetic plate of the present invention has strong magnetic properties and thus can firmly attracting cartridges and holding the magnetic plate itself firmly on other metal surface. The area that can storage cartridges are large. The magnetic plate of the invention has simple structure, simple installation and production assembly. The magnetic plate has a small thickness and high space utilization rate. |
| US10384318B1 |
Thermal-control, truss-plate apparatus and method
Modular thermal truss plates carry heat in multiple directions. Framing around an array of flat heat pipes provides mechanical and thermal connections to other truss plates, and a base, such as a satellite, thereby supporting thermally active equipment. Walls sandwich banks of flat heat pipes and may bond to a honey comb, metal core conducting heat between multiple walls. Each bank of flat heat pipes passes heat best in one direction, and may be formed of corrugated copper sheets spaced apart by a metal mesh, such as an expanded metal or screen, also stamped or otherwise formed into a corrugated configuration. Joining methods (e.g., brazing, soldering, etc.) increase stiffness, pressure containment, and strength, by binding the two layers of metal sheet to one another. |
| US10384316B2 |
Method of repairing and manufacturing of turbine engine components and turbine engine component repaired or manufactured using the same
Method of repairing and manufacturing of turbine engine components includes application of a transition layer by fusion welding with dissimilar nickel based filler material, preferably comprising from about 0.05 wt. % to about 1.2 wt. % B and other alloying elements, followed by a diffusion and primary aging heat treatment and application of the top oxidation resistance layer using dissimilar nickel based filler materials comprised 3-6 wt. % Al, 0.5-6 wt. % Si, 12-25 wt. % Cr and other alloying elements that enhance strength and oxidation resistance followed by a secondary aging heat treatment and machining of the repaired area to restore geometry of turbine engine components. The inventions also relates to a turbine engine components repaired and manufactured by the method. |
| US10384315B2 |
High strength welding consumable based on a 10% nickel steel metallurgical system
An exemplary welding consumable according to the invention is provided and includes up to about 0.13 wt % carbon, about 0.3 wt % to about 1.4 wt % manganese, about 7.25 wt % to about 11.5 wt % nickel, about 0.6 wt % to about 1.2 wt % molybdenum, about 0.2 wt % to about 0.7 wt % silicon, up to about 0.3 wt % vanadium, up to about 0.05 wt % titanium, up to about 0.08 wt % zirconium, up to about 2.0 wt % chromium, and a balance of iron and incidental impurities. |
| US10384313B2 |
Iron-chromium based brazing filler metal
A brazing filler metal with excellent wetting behavior on stainless steel base material is provided. The brazing filler metal produces a brazed joint with high strength and good corrosion resistance. The brazing filler metal is suitable for brazing stainless steel and other materials where corrosion resistance and high strength is required. Typical examples of applications are heat exchangers and catalytic converters.The iron-chromium based brazing filler metal powder comprises: 11-35 wt % chromium, 0-30 wt % nickel, 2-20 wt % copper, 2-10 wt % silicon, 4-10 wt % phosphorous, 0-10 wt % manganese, and at least 20 wt % iron, and if Si is equal to or less than 6 wt % then P should be above 8 wt %, and if P is less or equal to 8 wt % then Si should be above 6 wt %. |
| US10384308B2 |
Coated pane having areas in which the coating is partially removed
A coated pane having a communication window, having: a. a base pane, b. a coating containing metal, c. a first grid plane and a second grid plane within the coating containing metal, wherein the first grid plane and the second grid plane have areas in which the coating is removed, in form of grid lines arranged in the manner of a mesh, the grid lines in the first grid plane on at least one long side transition into an open comb structure having teeth and the grid lines in the second grid plane on at least one long side transition into a closed comb structure, wherein the first grid plane is connected by means of at least one tooth of the open comb structure to the closed comb structure of the second grid plane. |
| US10384303B2 |
Tooling for holding thin metal parts making up a hollow structure in order to enable them to be friction-welded together
A tooling for holding a set of preformed parts to be friction-welded together to construct a generally plane hollow structure is provide. The tooling includes a framework for receiving the preformed parts inside the framework for welding together to form the hollow structure. The framework includes shape-holder members which are shaped to correspond and contact the outer surfaces of the preformed parts. At least one anvil is disposed inside the framework. A reversible clamp is installed inside the framework and movable into a clamping position in which the clamp inflates to apply opposing thrust in at least two directions such that thrust is applied in a lateral direction to the anvil and applied in a second direction to the inside surface of the preformed parts disposed. The set of preformed parts is held in a welding position with the clamp and framework while a welding operation is performed. |
| US10384301B2 |
Sliding component, method for producing sliding component, and device for producing sliding component
A piston shoe as a sliding component includes a base section, which is made of steel, and a sliding section having a sliding surface, which is made of copper alloy and joined to the base section. The base section and the sliding section are joined, with a base section joint region being formed in the base section, the base section joint region including a base section joint surface that is a surface joined to the sliding section and having smaller grains than other regions in the base section. |
| US10384300B2 |
Method of manufacturing an immunochromatographic kit
In the ultrasonic welding method, ultrasonic vibration is imparted to a first resin member via a horn while applying a pressing force to the first resin member and a second resin member in which weld portions and come into contact with each other by using a jig for supporting the second resin member and the horn that is disposed to face the jig and in contact with the first resin member so as to weld the first resin member and the second resin member, in which a jig of which a support surface for supporting the second resin member is formed of an elastomer is used as the jig. |
| US10384298B2 |
Weld gun part clamp device and method
A combination component handling and connecting device connectable to a multi-axis robot for use in moving and connecting components and subassemblies includes a housing and an actuator fixedly connected to the housing. The actuator includes an actuating link movable from a first position to a second position. Connected to the actuating link is an end effector for concurrent movement with the actuating link. The component handling and connecting device includes a clamp having a first jaw and a second jaw. The second jaw is connected to the actuating link for selectively moving the second jaw toward the first jaw operative to engage a component. |
| US10384292B2 |
Self-adjusting wire feeder mounting assembly
A self-adjusting wire feeder mounting assembly includes a mount fixedly connectable to a multi-axis robotic arm, and a slidable, floating adapter plate for mounting of a wire feeder thereon. The adapter plate is coupled with and slidable about the mount, and the adapter plate is moveable relative to the mount when a force is applied to the wire feeder. |
| US10384287B2 |
Repair pin-stud for repairing honeycomb pearls
A repair pin-stud used in processes for repairing panels, such as honeycomb panels. The repair pin-stud includes a cylindrical stud member, a tip on a first end of the cylindrical stud member, and an elongated installation member connected to a second end of the cylindrical stud member. The repair pin-stud further includes a tubular pin concentric with the cylindrical stud member. A first end of the tubular pin is connected to the cylindrical stud member, and a second end of the tubular pin is open and the elongated installation member extends outwardly from the second end of the tubular pin. |
| US10384286B2 |
Method for bonding flexible part including inclined leads
A method of bonding a flexible part including inclined leads is provided, and more particularly, a method of bonding a flexible part including inclined leads, in which parts are aligned to bond the parts is provided. According to the method of bonding the flexible part including inclined leads, an electronic part may be easily bonded to a part having an inclined surface. |
| US10384285B2 |
Method of selective laser brazing
A method of selective laser brazing is provided. The method includes providing a powder including a plurality of parent core particles and a plurality of braze particles, setting a temperature of an energy source, applying the energy source to the powder, and allowing the heated powder to solidify. The plurality of parent core particles are fused together by the plurality of braze material into a desired component. |
| US10384281B2 |
Actuators for power tool safety systems
Fast-acting and low-inertia actuators useable in various applications where a high force must be applied very quickly are disclosed. Power tools with detection systems configured to detect a dangerous condition between a person and a cutting tool are disclosed. In power tools, for example in a woodworking machine, a fast-acting and low-inertial actuator as disclosed herein can be used to retract a blade upon detection of a dangerous condition by a detection system. The actuator includes a charge of pressurized fluid and one or more electromagnets to selectively retain or release the pressurized fluid. |
| US10384280B2 |
Rotary cutting tool
A rotary cutting tool is provided which, although it has a simple configuration, allows the arrangement of each cutting edge to be easily adjusted. A first cartridge mounting seat has an upper wall surface opposing an outer side surface of a cartridge and further has a first recessed part into which a protrusion is inserted and which comes into contact, at a bottom thereof, with a leading end of the protrusion. A second cartridge mounting seat has an upper wall surface opposing an outer side surface of a cartridge and further has a second recessed part into which a protrusion is inserted and which comes into contact, at a bottom thereof, with a leading end of the protrusion. A depth of the second recessed part is greater than a depth of the first recessed part. An amount of protrusion P of the protrusion is equal to or greater than the depth of the second recessed part. |
| US10384279B2 |
Tool, adjustment mechanism, tool body and cutting tool
A cutting insert which is suitable for high cutting speed, a tool body thereof and a tool are provided. A tool according to the present invention is a tool in which a leading end thereof is provided with a force transmitting portion and for which a rotational axis extending from the leading end to a base end thereof is defined, wherein the tool comprises a cam portion which is arranged closer to the base end than the force transmitting portion and for which a dimension from the rotational axis of the tool varies in accordance with an angle at which the cam portion is rotated around the rotational axis. |
| US10384278B2 |
Square-shaped cutting insert having curved secondary and corner cutting edges, and rotary cutting tool
An indexable cutting insert has upper and lower surfaces with a peripheral surface extending therebetween and having four side surfaces alternating with four corner surfaces. The side and corner surfaces intersect the upper surface to form side and corner cutting edges, respectively. Each side cutting edge includes a primary cutting edge adjoining one of the corner cutting edges at a first endpoint and a secondary cutting edge adjoining another one of the corner cutting edges at a second endpoint. In a top view, the four primary cutting edges define an imaginary first square, each primary cutting edge is tangential to its adjoining corner cutting edge, and each secondary cutting edge is curved and entirely located in one of four imaginary quadrants. The insert is removably secured in a rotary cutting tool such that one of the secondary cutting edges contains the axially forwardmost point of the insert's upper peripheral edge. |
| US10384276B2 |
Insert type tool and thread mill
An insert portion (3) of a thread mill (1A) is fixed to a leading end portion of a body (2A) using screws (8). The insert portion (3) is configured by overlaying an insert (4) for finish machining and an insert (5) for rough machining. On respective mating faces of the inserts (4, 5), convex portions and concave portions of the mating face of the insert (4) are overlaid with concave portions and convex portions of the mating face of the insert (5). The thread mill (1A) can cut a female screw in a hole formed in a workpiece by performing right-hand cut down-cut milling, for example. The inserts (4, 5) simultaneously cut an inner peripheral surface of the hole, and the rough machining and the finish machining can thus be performed in a single pass. By the convex portions and the concave portions of the respective mating faces of the inserts (4, 5) being overlaid with each other, the inserts (4, 5) partially overlap in their respective thickness directions. As a result, a protrusion length of the insert portion (3) can be shortened. |
| US10384275B2 |
Cutting tool and method for manufacturing the machined product
In an embodiment, a cutting tool includes a holder that is a columnar body and includes a pocket in which an insert disposed. The pocket includes a first surface in contact with the insert, a second surface, and a projecting portion. The second surface is disposed further forward in a rotational direction of a rotational axis than the first surface, and disposed on a radial inner side of the holder. The projecting portion is disposed closer to a radial outer circumferential side of the holder than the first surface and projects forward in the rotational direction of the rotational axis. The second surface is inclined and comes closer to an outer circumference of the holder as going forward in the rotational direction of the rotational axis, in a front view of a first end. |
| US10384272B2 |
Large-stroke tensioning device in wheel machining process
The invention relates to a large-stroke tensioning device in a wheel machining process. The large-stroke tensioning device in the wheel machining process comprises a base (1), a servo motor (2), a mounting plate (3), a connecting plate (4), a shaft sleeve (5), an oil cylinder (6), a gland (7), bearings (8), a connecting shaft (9), a chassis (10), positioning pins (11), a flange plate (12), springs (13), sliding pedals (14), an expanding core (15), a protector (16) and the like. The large-stroke tensioning device can meet requirements of clamping and positioning of a wheel, and meanwhile has the characteristics of simple structure, convenience in manufacturing, stable performance and capability of meeting machining requirements on precision. |
| US10384264B2 |
Compact axially translational powder deposition head
A material deposition head may include a ring configured to rotate about a first body portion and cause axial translation of the first body portion relative to a second body portion, where one or more nozzles are coupled to the first body portion. In some examples, at least one anti-rotation pin may substantially prevent rotation of the first body portion while the first body portion axially translates, and a seal may substantially prevent external contaminants from invading an interior portion of the material deposition head. In addition, a pointer tool attached to the head and an external translational measurement tool may permit measurement of an axial position of the one or more nozzles without requiring disassembly of the head or disruption of a substantially inert environment within which additive manufacturing may proceed. A method of axially translating the first body portion of the head also is disclosed. |
| US10384263B2 |
Hybrid support systems and methods of generating a hybrid support system using three dimensional printing
This disclosure relates to a hybrid support system for supporting an object formed by three dimensional printing. In some embodiments, a hybrid support system includes one or more volume support structures, a first volume support structure of the one or more volume support structures being coupled to a base plate and to a first portion of the object. The hybrid support system further includes a partially solidified support structure coupled to a second portion of the object. The hybrid support system further includes one or more reinforcement support structures, a first reinforcement support structure of the one or more reinforcement support structures being coupled to the base plate and to at least one of a portion of the partially solidified support structure and a third portion of the object. |
| US10384262B2 |
Die-casting apparatus, die-casting method, and diecast article
A die casting method and apparatus are provided, thereby making it possible to produce a thin diecast product that has hitherto been considered impossible to realize, and a diecast product is also provided. A semi-solidified metallic material is formed having particles in solid phase of a particle size less than 30 μm, and is thereupon injected into a die. A die casting machine has a sleeve into which a melt of metallic material is poured, and the semi-solidifying material there when it has a certain proportion of solid phase reached is injected into the die with a plunger to which pressure is applied. The melt of metallic material is poured into the sleeve so that the material occupies inside the sleeve at a proportion in vertical cross-sectional area of 30% or less. The particle size in this semi-solid material is held unvaried in a product as diecast. |
| US10384261B2 |
Mould for producing a casting core
A mold assembly for producing a casting core for a cooling jacket of an electric motor has an external mold and an internal mold enclosed by the external mold. The external mold forms an outer wall and the internal mold an inner wall of the core molding cavity fillable with a core material and having a cylindrical shape. The internal mold has two first mold shells and two second mold shells. The two first mold shells and the two second mold shells jointly form the inner wall of the core molding cavity. The second mold shells are arranged between the first mold shells. A first demolding mechanism is arranged between the first mold shells and enables movement of the first mold shells toward one another. A second demolding mechanism is arranged between the second mold shells and enables movement of the second mold shells toward one another. |
| US10384260B2 |
Servo-rotating all-function tool module for use with spring forming machine
A servo-rotating all-function tool module is provided for use with a spring forming machine and includes an axle rotating tool module and a servo transmission module assembly. The axle rotating tool module is mounted to the axle and includes an axle slide base and a tool, so that the axle slide base is acted upon by a force to slide along the axle, the tool is caused to press downward or return upward. The servo transmission module assembly is mounted to the spring forming machine to provide a driving force for causing the axle slide base to slide along the axle. Since the tool module is mounted to an axle mounted to a front wall board of the spring forming machine, the direction in which the tool approaches a wire can be varied by rotating the axle in order to conduct operations of bending at different angles and twisting/looping. |
| US10384254B2 |
Method of manufacturing hot-pressed member
A method of manufacturing a hot-pressed member including heating a coated steel sheet to 850° C. to 950° C., the coated steel sheet including a substrate steel sheet and a coating layer formed on the substrate steel sheet and containing 10% to 25% by mass of Ni and the balance being Zn and incidental impurities, in which the coating weight of the coating layer is 10 to 90 g/m2 per a side; and starting hot press forming when the temperature of the coated steel sheet which has been heated is 650° C. to 800° C. |
| US10384253B2 |
Spinning forming device
A spinning forming device includes: a rotating shaft that rotates a plate to be formed; a processing tool that presses a transform target portion of the plate to transform the plate; and a heater that locally heats the transform target portion by induction heating. The heater includes an electric conducting pipe, and the electric conducting pipe includes a coil portion extending in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft and having a doubled circular-arc shape facing the plate. A cooling liquid circulates through the electric conducting pipe by a circulating device. |
| US10384251B2 |
Burring processing method
In performing burring processing on a sheet-like member, the following processes are performed: a punching process of performing punching processing of the sheet-like member; a hole expansion process of performing hole expansion processing of a punched hole formed by the punching process; a re-punching process of performing punching processing again on a portion surrounding the punched hole expanded by force in the hole expansion process; and a burring process of pushing a portion surrounding a re-punched hole that is a punched hole formed by the re-punching process and forming a vertical wall. |
| US10384249B2 |
Handling system for bending tools
The invention relates to a tool handling system (1) for removing or inserting a bending tool (2) in a tool mounting (3), comprising a bending tool (2) having a gripping recess (16) and a locking device (7) that cooperates with the tool mounting (3), the locking device being deactivatable by an actuating element (10) which is arranged in the gripping recess (16) and is accessible therein, and further comprising a gripper (11) with a gripper base body (12), comprising a first gripper finger (14) arranged on the gripper base body and at least a second gripper finger (15) which is adjustable on the gripper base body (12) by means of an articulation (20). The invention is characterized in that the first gripper finger (14), when positioned in the gripping recess (16), and the adjustable second gripper finger (15), when positioned in a release position, do not contact the actuating element (10) and that the adjustable second gripper finger (15) contacts the actuating element (10) in a gripping position. |
| US10384247B2 |
Process for obtaining ionic amino acid esters
Embodiments of the present invention provide for efficient methods and processes for preparing ionic amino acid esters from a specific synthesis route. The disclosed embodiments consist of a single reaction step: reacting a natural or synthetic unprotected amino acid with an aliphatic, branched or aromatic fatty alcohol of even or odd number of carbon atoms from 6 to 20 with or without unsaturation(s), in stoichiometric amounts, in the presence of an organic acid (HX) like carboxylate, mesylate, tosylate or sulfonate, employed as catalyst and under conventional heating (CC) of 1 to 3 hours at a temperature in the range of approximately 60 to 150° C. and pressure the range of approximately 0 to approximately 250 psi; the product obtained is cooled and recrystallized from ethanol. |
| US10384244B2 |
Soil reclamation system and process
A system for treating a contaminated soil. The system includes a soil receptacle, a first conveyance mechanism in communication with the soil receptacle, and a second conveyance mechanism in communication with the first conveyance mechanism. The second conveyor is placed lower relative to the first conveyor so that the contaminated soil drops in elevation as it passes from the first conveyor to the second conveyor. One or more pretreatment sprayers are positioned substantially at a junction between the first conveyor and the second conveyor and that spray the contaminated soil as it moves from the first conveyor to the second conveyor. One or more sprayers are also positioned on the second conveyor such that they can spray the contaminated soil as it passes. An aerator is located at a depositing end of the second conveyor, by which the contaminated soil is further aerated as it drops of the depositing end of the second conveyor and contacts the aerator. One or more optional final sprayers can be positioned on the second conveyor such that they are able to spray the contaminated soil as it drops off the depositing end and contacts the aerator. |
| US10384241B2 |
Device for cleaning inner surface of pipe
The device is for cleaning the inner surface of a pipe. The device has a spindle arranged to be rotated and having a front end and a rear end between which a plurality of elastic metal blades are attached both in the rotation direction of the spindle and in the direction perpendicular to the rotation direction to clean the inner surface of the pipe. The blades has a shape that is curved at at least two points such that they curve at least once towards the circumferential direction of the spindle and at least once outwards from the circumferential direction of the spindle to prevent the device from getting stuck in uneven pipe systems. |
| US10384236B2 |
Method and a system for automatically tracing food items
Provided is a method and a system for automatically tracing food items transported by a transporting mechanism such as a conveyor, where data attribute is acquired for the food items at at least one first position. The acquired data attribute is associated to the food items. A second data attribute of the same type(s) as the first data attribute is acquired at a second position and associated to the food items. A correlation is performed between the first data attribute and the second data attribute to determine if the data attributes match to determine if food items match. The correlation is performed within a pre-defined correlation window around an estimated arrival point at said second position. |
| US10384229B2 |
Apparatus and method for dispensing adhesive liquid for dust trap
Provided are apparatus and method of dispensing an adhesive liquid for a dust trap, in which the adhesive liquid is dispensed to a camera module while effectively cleaning the adhesive liquid that may be smeared on a nozzle, thereby enhancing productivity and quality of a process of forming a dust trap. |
| US10384218B2 |
Liquid atomization method and device
The invention provides a device and a method for liquid atomization, employing a hollow body with a closed surface perforated with a plurality of point orifices and connected to a compressed gas. The body is submerged in a liquid to be atomized, with some orifices immersed in the liquid and others emerged from it. The system can be scaled-up according to the need. |
| US10384217B2 |
Adjustable cantilevered paint actuation system
A surface treatment assembly for treating a contoured surface includes a surface treatment array formed from a plurality of base structures, each base structure operably coupled to a first phalange structure and a first phalange structure first end. A second phalange structure operatively coupled to each first phalange structure and a phalange joint disposed between each first phalange structure and each second phalange, thereby forming a finger structure. Moreover, at least one applicator head is coupled to a second phalange structure second end of each finger structure and configured to treat the contoured surface. A base structure actuator and a phalange joint actuator operatively coupled to and configured to manipulate the first phalange structure and the second phalange of each finger structure to adjust the surface treatment array relative to the contoured surface. |
| US10384215B2 |
Centrifugal separator for removing impurities from a fluid stream
An apparatus for removing impurities from a fluid stream includes a support structure, a separator unit rotatably mounted on the support structure, and a motor and/or an array of vanes for rotating the separator unit on the support structure. The separator unit has a longitudinal axis of rotation extending through a longitudinal tube disposed centrally within the separator unit. The longitudinal tube is connected or connectable to a pressurized source of fluid requiring separation, the longitudinal tube having one or more openings for receiving fluid under pressure from the said source and one or more lateral openings for introducing the fluid into the separator unit. |
| US10384213B2 |
Apparatus and method for separating particles from a waste air stream of a coating booth
An apparatus for separating particles from an air stream, the apparatus having an inlet region for the waste air stream, an outlet region for the waste air stream, a separating device arranged along the waste air stream, and at least one electrode arrangement which is connected to a high voltage source, wherein a charging region having one or more electrodes is provided to form a layer enriched with electrical charges, and wherein a separating region having separating surfaces is provided, which is subordinate to the charging region. The invention also relates to a method for separating particles from the waste air stream of a coating booth, wherein the waste air stream through a charging region in which particles of the waste air stream are charged, and the waste air stream after leaving the charging region flows through a separating region in which charged particles are deposited on separating surfaces. |
| US10384211B2 |
Ring gear of a mechanical exfoliation apparatus
A ring gear used in a mechanical exfoliation apparatus having a plurality of canisters to hold particulate material and media is provided. The ring gear having an inside surface, an outside surface, a front face, and a back face. The inside surface defining a plurality of beveled gear teeth and the outside surface defining a plurality of recesses that are configured to accommodate the plurality of canisters of the mechanical exfoliation apparatus. |
| US10384210B2 |
Breaker liner attachment structure for vertical shredder
A breaker liner attachment structure for a vertical shredder including a rotor, a cylindrical shell, and a breaker, includes: a void that has an opening on an upper side and formed in an area between breaker liners in the breaker; and bolt insertion holes formed to extend from inner walls of the void to side surfaces of the breaker. Bolts are inserted into the bolt insertion holes via attachment holes formed in the breaker liners. The bolts are fastened with nuts from a side of the inner walls of the void. |