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| US10408212B2 |
Gear pump having through-shaft bearing weepage control
A pump includes a front plate, a gear plate and a rear plate. A drive shaft has a drive gear, an arbor has a driven gear engaged with the drive gear, and first and second bearings are disposed in the gear plate. The first and second bearings receive the drive shaft and the arbor. The rear plate has drain ports adjacent ends of the drive shaft and the arbor. The arbor has an opening such that media that passes between the first bearing and an outer surface of the arbor is directed to the second drain port via the opening. A drain bushing is positioned against the front plate, and includes an opening for the drive shaft. The drain bushing has a chamber and a radial port. When pumped media passes between the first bearing and the drive shaft it is directed to the chamber and out the radial port. |
| US10408207B2 |
Bellows pump device
A bellows pump device includes first and second bellows mounted on a pump head so as to be expandable/contractible independently of each other and configured to suck a fluid from a suction passage thereinto by expansion thereof and discharge the fluid therefrom to a discharge passage by contraction thereof. First and second air cylinder portions are configured to respectively cause the first and second bellows to perform expansion/contraction operation. First and second detection devices are configured to detect expanded/contracted states of the first and second bellows, respectively. A control unit is configured to control drive of the first and second air cylinder portions on the basis of each of detection signals of the first and second detection devices such that, before one bellows comes into a most contracted state, the other bellows is caused to contract from a most expanded state. |
| US10408204B2 |
Pump system and pump abnormality detection method
A pump system is equipped with a body, a displacement body, a bellows member, an indirect medium, and a diaphragm. The pump system is further equipped with a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure of the indirect medium in a charge chamber, the charge chamber being formed to include an interior space of the bellows member in the interior of the body. A controller of the pump system determines an abnormality of the diaphragm based on detection values detected by the pressure sensor. |
| US10408203B2 |
Hand air pump with air accumulation function
A hand air pump with air accumulation function includes a control valve with a valve block and a control lever switchable between a first operation mode where the plunger assembly is allowed to pump compressed air into an air accumulation tank for accumulation, and a second operation mode where the air accumulation tank is opened to discharge the accumulated compressed air for inflating an attached tire and the plunger assembly is allowed to pump compressed air directly into the attached tire. |
| US10408197B2 |
Axial piston pump/motor
An axial piston pump has a rotor rotatable around an axis relative to a swashplate; one or more pistons movable within one or more respective sleeves; a fluid inlet port for the inflow of low pressure fluid, and a fluid outlet port for the outflow of high pressure fluid; and a floating element axially positioned between, on the one side, the inlet and outlet ports and, on the other side, a sealing surface of the rotor. Surfaces of the floating element defining an inlet chamber and the outlet chamber are configured such that, in use, the low pressure fluid and the high pressure fluid act on the defining surfaces to produce a net axial force which the axially slidable floating element applies to the rotor to seal the floating element to the sealing surface of the rotor. |
| US10408195B2 |
Railroad kinetic energy harnessing apparatus
An apparatus for harnessing energy from a wheel travelling on a railroad track includes an elongate body with a plurality of pockets spaced apart along a top surface thereof. Energy collection devices are installed in the pockets, and each includes an actuator extending proud of the top surface. A mounting assembly releasably mounts the body adjacent to the railroad track so that the actuators of the energy collection devices are positioned in a path of the wheel to be actuated thereby. The energy collection devices may be coupled to a low pressure fluid supply reservoir and a high pressure fluid accumulator, and used to pump fluid from the reservoir to the accumulator upon actuation. |
| US10408190B2 |
Wind turbine with open back blade
Turbine systems comprising at least one blade that (i) has a pocket to receive wind and (ii) a closed edge that cuts through the wind with greater efficiency are disclosed. The blades can be stacked along a central hub to increase the effective area of the turbine blade system. When stacked, the blades are spaced apart in an amount sufficient to allow wind to pass between the blades as the closed edge of the blade cuts through the wind thereby decreasing wind resistance. |
| US10408189B2 |
Efficient systems and methods for construction and operation of mobile wind power platforms
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a mobile wind power support structure, comprising a superstructure with mobile platform support structures, and a plurality of deployable rotating wind power structures, wherein the plurality of deployable rotating wind power structures are positioned in the superstructure through a wind orientation facility. |
| US10408186B2 |
Combined pump and turbine
A combined pump and turbine (electromechanical converter), which may be operable as a motorized centrifugal pump for starting a siphon and as an electromechanical turbine particularly for transmission of a liquid, such as water, in a water treatment plant. Recovery of energy from liquid flow with the combined pump and turbine, particularly in water treatment applications, allows for increased energy gains. |
| US10408183B2 |
Methods and systems for improving engine starter durability for a stop/start vehicle
Systems and methods for restarting an engine are presented. In one example, an engine may be automatically stopped and started in response to thresholds that may be adjusted as a distance traveled by the vehicle increases. The thresholds may be adjusted responsive to useful life consumed of an engine starter that may participate in automatic engine starting and stopping. |
| US10408182B2 |
Fuel shut-off solenoid system
A fuel system that in at least some implementations includes a carburetor having a fluid passage, a solenoid, a valve, a driver circuit and a control circuit. The valve may be moved by the solenoid between an open position permitting fluid flow through the fluid passage and a closed position at least partially inhibiting fluid flow through the fluid passage. The driver circuit and control circuit are communicated with the solenoid to contribute to providing power to the solenoid and controlling actuation of the solenoid. The driver circuit and control circuit provide a first magnitude of power to the solenoid to initially change the solenoid from its closed position to its open position and a second magnitude of power to maintain the solenoid in its open position wherein the second magnitude of power is less than the first magnitude. |
| US10408179B2 |
High-pressure fuel supply pump
The damper mechanism used for a high-pressure fuel supply pump is configured so that an outer circumferential surface of a cover in regard to the thickness direction of the base material of the cover engages with the inner circumference of an open end part of a bottomed tubular concave part formed in a damper housing or in a pump housing of the high-pressure fuel supply pump. The total height of the damper as a low-pressure pulsation reducing mechanism can be reduced, and the dimensions of the damper in the radial directions can also be reduced. In cases where the damper mechanism is formed integrally with the high-pressure fuel supply pump, the total height of the high-pressure fuel supply pump can be reduced and the dimensions of the damper part in the radial directions can also be reduced. |
| US10408177B2 |
Steel fuel conveying pipe
Provided is a steel fuel conveying pipe with high quality which has high resistance to corrosive fuel and followability, and allows working after plating. The steel fuel conveying pipe is characterized in that a Ni-plate layer is formed on an inner surface of a steel pipe of base material, the Ni-plated layer is wholly composed of a mutual diffusion layer including the base material and Ni and a non-mutual diffusion layer including only Ni formed on an outermost surface of the diffusion layer, a layer thickness of the non-mutual diffusion layer is 3 μm or more, and a total layer thickness of the mutual diffusion layer and the non-mutual diffusion layer is 10 μm or more and 25 μm or less. |
| US10408176B2 |
Fuel injector
A fuel injector includes control valve for controlling fuel pressure in a control chamber. The control valve includes a valve seat; and a valve member having a valve face for cooperating with the valve seat to control fuel pressure in the control chamber. A return line is provided for returning fuel from the control chamber. An armature connected to the valve member and an actuator is provided for actuating the armature. The armature is disposed in an armature chamber. A deflector is provided in the armature chamber to form a first sub-chamber and a second sub-chamber. The first and second sub-chambers are in fluid communication with each other via a first aperture. A pressure differential is established between the first and second sub-chambers when the valve face lifts from the valve seat promoting the flow of fuel from the second sub-chamber into the first sub-chamber through the first aperture. |
| US10408174B2 |
Internal combustion engine and method for manufacturing the same
There is provided an internal combustion engine in which respective combustion states of cylinders can be uniformized with a simple configuration. A central axis (CL1) of a connecting part (7) of one of air supply ports (5) inclines with a predetermined inclination angle in a direction away from an air supply inlet (3) with respect to a y direction orthogonal to an x direction in which an air supply manifold 1 extends, and an inclination angle of the connecting part (7) of the one of the air supply ports (5) is larger than an inclination angle of the connecting part (7) of other air supply ports (5) located on a side closer to the air supply inlet (3) than the one of the air supply ports (5). |
| US10408172B2 |
Ionizing device for improving combustion engine performance and methods of use
The disclosure herein relates to devices for improving combustion engine performance. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to ionizing devices for improving combustion engine performance. Engine improvements include, but are not limited to reducing emissions, improving fuel efficiency, improving power, and reducing engine noise in combustion engines that utilizes a computer to control the air/fuel mixture. |
| US10408171B2 |
Method of cleaning an exhaust gas recirculation valve
A method of cleaning an EGR valve operatively connected to an exhaust flow from an engine includes determining when cleaning is required, and when cleaning is required, operating the engine in a high temperature mode in which the temperature of exhaust gas exiting the engine is increased while producing a flow of exhaust gas having a low unburnt hydrocarbon content. The method further includes opening the EGR valve to allow hot exhaust gas to flow therethrough so as to remove combustion by-products that are fouling the EGR valve. Furthermore, the method includes producing an estimate of accumulated combustion by-product fouling of the EGR valve. The estimate is then used to determine whether and when to clean the EGR valve. |
| US10408170B2 |
EGR cooler bypass valve
In a casing, a cooler valve element is placed in a cooler flow passage, while a bypass valve element is placed in a bypass flow passage. The cooler valve element is adjacent and fixed to a first shaft end portion of a valve shaft. The bypass valve element is adjacent and fixed to a second shaft end portion of the valve shaft. A first bearing is provided between the casing and the first shaft end portion and a second bearing is provided between the casing and the second shaft end portion. A first seal member is placed, adjacent to the first bearing, and a second seal member is placed adjacent to a second bearing. A driven gear is fixed to a leading end of the first shaft end portion. The first bearing consists of a rolling bearing and the second bearing is formed of a slid bearing. |
| US10408166B2 |
Gas analysis device, gas sampling device and gas analysis method
A gas analysis device is provided that is able to accurately measure a concentration or a quantity of methane contained in a sample gas even if there are variations in the pressure in the sample gas line. This gas analysis device has a sample gas line through which a sample gas flows, a pressure loss mechanism that is provided on the sample gas line, a pressure control mechanism that refers to the pressure on the forward side of the pressure loss mechanism and, by discharging a portion of the sample gas from the rearward side of the pressure loss mechanism, and by supplying a predetermined gas to the rearward side of the pressure loss mechanism, controls pressure differences in the sample gas line between the front and the rear of the pressure loss mechanism, and an analyzer that analyzes the sample gas flowing through the sample gas line. |
| US10408165B2 |
Device with gratings for ejecting microjets in order to reduce the jet noise of a turbine engine
A device for reducing the jet noise of a turbine engine includes an outer cover having an inside wall defining the outside of an annular passage for passing a bypass stream from the engine, the wall of the outer cover including a plurality of microjet circuits, each including intakes for taking a gas stream from the bypass stream flow passage and leading to a single feed duct, which in turn opens out into the trailing edge of the outer cover via at least one ejection grating suitable for splitting the intake gas stream into a plurality of gas streams of right sections of dimensions less than a right section of the feed duct. |
| US10408161B2 |
Engine
Provided is an engine with a starter valve arranged in a compact space and with a cylinder head having a cooling water passage and a starter valve feeding compressed air to a combustion chamber. The starter valve is arranged parallel in the axial direction to a cylinder while fitted into a sleeve, and a portion of the cooling water passage is formed by the outer surface of the sleeve fitted into a starter valve insertion hole formed in the cylinder head. A starting air passage orthogonal to the axial direction of the starter valve insertion hole is formed in the cylinder head, and a portion of the wall surface of the starting air passage is formed by the end surface on one side of the sleeve. |
| US10408159B2 |
Cylinder block of internal combustion engine and cylinder block manufacturing method
A cylinder block of an internal combustion engine includes a cylinder bore wall that holds a piston so as to allow the piston to reciprocate. In at least one part of the cylinder bore wall in a cylinder axial direction, the density of a layer located farther from a cylinder head is lower than the density of a layer located closer to the cylinder head in the cylinder axial direction. |
| US10408155B2 |
Onboard control device
An onboard control device has a drive manipulated variable detection unit (101) for determining a drive manipulated variable manipulated by a driver to impart a propulsive force to a vehicle, a command value calculation unit (109) for calculating a command value for a drive source of the vehicle based on the drive manipulated variable, a propulsive force control unit (115) for controlling the propulsive force based on the command value, operating state detection units (102, 103) for determining the operating states of the drive source, a drive manipulation rate of change calculation unit (110) for calculating the rate of change in drive manipulation, an operating state rate of change calculation unit (111) for calculating the rate of change in the operating state, and an abnormality detection unit (112) for detecting abnormalities in the drive source based on the rates of change in drive manipulation and the operating state. |
| US10408146B2 |
Vehicle control device
A vehicle control device is provided, which includes an engine, an engine control mechanism configured to control torque generated by the engine, a steering device, and a processor. The processor determines whether a vehicle is traveling and a steering angle related value that is related to a steering angle of the steering device increases, executes a control of the engine control mechanism to reduce the torque when the vehicle is determined to be traveling and the steering angle related value is determined to increase, determines whether a combustion frequency of the engine per unit time is lower than a given value, executes the control for reducing the torque when the combustion frequency is determined to be higher than the given value, and prevents the execution of the control for reducing the torque when the combustion frequency is determined to be lower than the given value. |
| US10408145B2 |
EGR control device
An EGR control device includes: a drive unit, a basic opening degree deriving unit, a measurement unit, a memory unit, a correction opening degree deriving unit and a control unit. The drive unit varies an opening degree of an EGR valve. The basic opening degree deriving unit derives a basic EGR valve opening degree based on an operating condition of an engine. The measurement unit measures a temperature in the downstream side of a position of where EGR gas is recirculated in an intake passage. In the memory unit, information acquired in advance is stored. The information indicates a relationship between the opening degree and a temperature difference. The correction opening degree deriving unit derives a correction opening degree with reference to the information. The control unit controls the drive unit such that the opening degree of the EGR valve becomes a target EGR valve opening degree by correcting the basic EGR valve opening degree with the correction opening degree. |
| US10408144B2 |
Engine control device
An engine control device including: a turbocharger; an EGR device that includes an EGR passage, an EGR valve, and an EGR cooler; and a PCM that, based on an operation state of an engine, controls the EGR valve to adjust an EGR rate that is a ratio of an EGR gas amount to a total amount of gas introduced to a cylinder of the engine. The PCM controls the EGR valve such that, in a high load range and a medium load range for the engine, the EGR device recirculates the EGR gas into an intake passage; and controls the EGR valve such that an EGR rate in the high load range is lower than an EGR rate in the medium load range at a same engine speed. |
| US10408141B2 |
Lean-burn engine
In a lean-burn engine equipped with a turbocharger, a responsiveness of a supercharging pressure in a lean region is enhanced by control of a valve timing of an exhaust valve while a combustion state is restrained from varying. A variable valve mechanism that can change an opening timing of the exhaust valve while keeping a closing timing of the exhaust valve constant, is included in the lean-burn engine. When a target operation point is located in the lean region, and when an actual supercharging pressure is lower than a target supercharging pressure, supercharging pressure increasing control that advances the opening timing while keeping the closing timing constant is executed by operating the variable valve mechanism. |
| US10408136B2 |
Throttle trigger actuated throttle position sensor and engine control module
An engine kill switch and a throttle lever position sensor switch both remote from the engine and connected by a pair of wires to a microcontroller for controlling a spark initiated combustion of an air-fuel mixture in a cylinder of the engine. The switches may be received in the same housing and mounted in an operator handle housing of a hand held power tool. |
| US10408130B2 |
Mixing system
This application describes a mixing system for a gas turbine combustor arrangement, the mixing system including a lobed mixer and a wall, enclosing a fluid flow path, wherein the lobed mixer is arranged in the wall, between a first part of the wall and a second part of the wall, and wherein the first part of the wall and the second part of the wall are spaced apart in the direction of a lobed mixer axis. Details of the lobed mixer and a method of mixing two flows in a mixing system are also described. |
| US10408125B2 |
Valve drive apparatus and supercharger having the same
In a valve drive apparatus, which drives a first valve and a second valve of a supercharger, a first rod is rotatably connected to a first valve lever shaft at one end part thereof to drive the first valve and is connected to a shaft at the other end part thereof, and a second rod is rotatably connected to a second valve lever shaft at one end part thereof to drive the second valve and is connected to a second member at the other end part thereof. A spring is placed between a first engaging part of the first member and a second engaging part of the second member and urges the first member and the second member to urge a first contact part of the first member and a second contact part of the second member toward each other. |
| US10408124B2 |
Control method for turbocharger
A control method for a turbocharger system may include controlling opening levels of an intake bypass valve, an exhaust bypass valve, and a throttle valve according to a driving condition of a vehicle by a controller, and executing a series of commands by the controller, including determining whether an engine rpm satisfies a set low/medium speed condition, determining whether an acceleration request condition is satisfied when the engine rpm satisfies the set low/medium speed condition, closing the intake bypass valve, and controlling an opening angle of the exhaust bypass valve according to the acceleration request condition. |
| US10408123B2 |
Engine assembly with modular compressor and turbine
An engine assembly including an engine core with at least one internal combustion engine, a first casing, a turbine module including a second casing located outside of the first casing, and a compressor module including a third casing located outside of the first and second casings. The turbine shaft extends into the first casing, is rotationally supported by a bearings all contained within the first casing, and is free of rotational support within the second casing. The first casing may be a gearbox module casing through which the turbine shaft is in driving engagement with the engine shaft. A method of driving a rotatable load of an aircraft, and an engine assembly with a rotary engine core, a gearbox module with a first casing, and a second module including a second casing located outside of the first casing and detachably connected to the first casing are also discussed. |
| US10408121B2 |
Supercharging device for a combustion engine
A supercharging device for an internal combustion engine, in particular for a vehicle, with a compressor having a compressor housing and having a compressor space in which a compressor wheel is arranged, an electric motor having a rotor and a stator, a motor housing having a motor space for accommodating the rotor and the stator, and a fluid-conducting connection from the compressor space into the motor space in order to permit pressure equalization between the compressor space and the motor space. |
| US10408117B2 |
Thermostatic valve
Provided herein is a valve with a housing, a thermostatic element of which a first end part of a piston, which axially opposes the end submerged in a thermodilatable material contained in the body of the thermostatic element, is secured to the housing; a return spring; an electrical heating resistance arranged inside the second end part of the piston; electrical connection for feeding the resistance from outside the housing; and a check mechanism for controlling a flow of fluid circulating through the housing, in a direction leading from the first end part towards the second end part of the piston, and connected to the body of the thermostatic element such that the relative movements between the body and the piston, resulting from the dilation and contraction of the thermodilatable material, move the check mechanism in relation to the housing, between closed and open positions affecting the flow of fluid. |
| US10408116B2 |
Snowmobile
A cooling system for an internal portion of an engine assembly. The cooling system includes a fan assembly. The fan assembly rotates with a flywheel mounted to a crankshaft. |
| US10408113B2 |
Self correction for exhaust gas temperature sensor system
A self-correcting exhaust gas temperature sensor system includes an exhaust gas temperature sensor, a controller and a storage device. The exhaust gas temperature sensor is configured to be disposed in an exhaust manifold of a vehicle. The controller is programmed to determine a reading of the exhaust gas temperature sensor at a predetermined time, determine a comparative temperature value, calculate an offset difference between the comparative temperature value and the reading of the exhaust gas temperature sensor, and based on the offset difference relative of the comparative temperature value, replace an exhaust gas temperature sensor offset value with the offset difference or with a threshold value. The storage device is configured to store the offset difference or the threshold value. |
| US10408106B2 |
Container for a liquid operating medium of a motor vehicle and motor vehicle with such a container
A container is provided for a liquid operating medium of a motor vehicle. The container includes: i) an outer container which forms a container volume; ii) at least one heating device which is designed to thaw frozen operating medium, and iii) a partition which divides the container volume into a proximal region and a distal region. The proximal region is arranged closer to the at least one heating device than the distal region. The partition is designed to let through more operating medium between the proximal region and the distal region in the installation position of the container than in an oblique position of the container. |
| US10408103B1 |
Method to power multiple electric heaters with a single power source
A engine exhaust system includes a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) configured to receive the engine exhaust gases, a first electric heater coupled to the DOC, and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device in fluid communication with the DOC. The engine exhaust system further includes a second electric heater coupled to the DOC, a power switch controller in electronic communication with the first electric heater and the second electric heater, and a single power source electrically coupled to the power switch controller, the first electric heater, and the second electric heater. The power switch controller includes a switch to control a power distribution between the first electric heater and the second electric heater as a function of time. |
| US10408096B2 |
Engine variable camshaft timing phaser with planetary gear set
An engine variable camshaft timing phaser (10) includes a sprocket (12), three ring gears (26, 28, 30), multiple planet gears (24), and a sun gear (22). The sprocket (12) receives rotational drive input from an engine crankshaft. One or more of the three ring gear(s) (26, 28, 30) receives rotational drive input from the sprocket (12) and rotates with the sprocket (12), and the remaining ring gear(s) (26, 28, 30) transmit rotational drive output to an engine camshaft (62). All three of the ring gears (26, 28, 30) engage with the planet gears (24). And the sun gear (22) also engages with the planet gears (24). In operation, relative rotational speeds between the sprocket (12) and the sun gear (22) causes the engine camshaft (62) to advance or retard engine valve opening and closing. |
| US10408091B2 |
Mounting apparatuses secured to turbine airfoils of turbine systems
Mounting apparatuses for turbine airfoils of turbine systems are disclosed. The mounting apparatuses may include a body portion configured to be at least partially positioned between a first airfoil and a second airfoil of the turbine system, and an adjustable, first retention component formed on a first side of the body portion. The adjustable, first retention component may be configured to contact a portion of a suction side of the first airfoil of the turbine system. The mounting apparatuses may also include a second retention component formed on a second side of the body portion, opposite the first side. The second retention component may be configured to contact a portion of a pressure side of the second airfoil of the turbine system. |
| US10408090B2 |
Gas turbine engine article with panel retained by preloaded compliant member
An airfoil includes an airfoil structure that has an interior cavity, a preloaded compliant member in the interior cavity, and a panel that defines a portion of an airfoil profile. The preloaded compliant member compliantly retains the panel in a seated position on the airfoil structure. |
| US10408084B2 |
Vane assembly for a gas turbine engine
A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed herein. The vane assembly includes an inner platform, an outer platform, and a ceramic-containing airfoil that extends from the inner platform to the outer platform. The ceramic-containing airfoil is manufactured to have radially discontinuous ribs spaced radially apart from one another between the inner platform and the outer platform. |
| US10408083B2 |
Hollow metal objects and methods for making same
A method of making a hollow metal component comprising the steps of providing at least one core comprising a first side and a reverse side; utilizing a first metal spray process to apply at least one metal or metal alloy to the first side of the core, resulting in a partially-formed structure comprising a first side and a reverse side; and utilizing a second metal spray process to apply at least one metal or metal alloy to the reverse sides of the partially-formed structure and the core, resulting in a rough structure. A hollow metal component comprising a first side having interior and exterior surfaces, a reverse side having interior and exterior surfaces, the interior surfaces of the first side and the reverse side defining at least one cavity. The component is integrally formed and has regions comprising relatively different material compositions, the regions having gradual transitions of materials therebetween. |
| US10408079B2 |
Forming cooling passages in thermal barrier coated, combustion turbine superalloy components
Delamination of thermal barrier coatings (“TBC's”) (276) from superalloy substrates (262) of components (260) for turbine engines (80), such as engine blades (92), vanes (104, 106), or castings in transitions (85), is inhibited during subsequent cooling passage (270) formation. Partially completed cooling passages (264), which have skewed passage paths that end at a terminus (268), which is laterally offset from the passage entrance (266), are formed in the superalloy component (260) prior to application of the TBC layer(s) (276). The skewed, laterally offset path of each partially completed cooling passage (264) establishes an overhanging shield layer (269) of superalloy material that protects the TBC layer (276) during completion of the cooling passage (270). |
| US10408077B2 |
Gas turbine seal
A labyrinth seal includes a first annular member positioned on a center axis and a second annular member disposed circumferentially around the first annular member. A seal land is disposed on one of the first annular member and the second annular member. The seal land is positioned radially between the first annular member and the second annular member relative the center axis. A seal plate is disposed on the other of the first annular member and the second annular member. The seal plate extends radially toward the seal land and includes a plate body extending between a base and a tip of the seal plate. The plate body extends along a majority of a radial span of the seal plate on a first plane. The tip of the seal plate extends axially and radially away from the plate body on a second plane. |
| US10408075B2 |
Turbine engine with a rim seal between the rotor and stator
An apparatus relating to a rim seal for turbine engine comprising a wing and discourager extending into a cavity to form a labyrinth fluid path. The wing and discourager can each include a radial extension. Cooling air can pass through the rim seal along the labyrinth fluid path to resist the ingestion of hot gas from a mainstream flow. |
| US10408073B2 |
Cooled CMC wall contouring
A stator component of a turbine engine having an airfoil defining a radial cooling channel, the airfoil having an airfoil outer surface and an airfoil inner surface. The airfoil outer surface defines a leading edge portion, a trailing edge portion, a pressure side wall, and a suction side wall. The airfoil inner surface defines a series of alternating peaks and valleys in the leading edge portion such that the airfoil has a varying cross-sectional thickness defined between the airfoil inner surface and the airfoil outer surface in the leading edge portion. A strut is disposed within the radial cooling channel and defines an inner radial cooling passage. The strut has an outer surface that defines a plurality of apertures that provide for fluid communication from the inner radial cooling passage to a radial cooling gap defined between the airfoil inner surface and the outer surface of the strut. |
| US10408071B2 |
BOAS thermal protection
A vane according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a platform extending from an edge face and between spaced apart lateral faces and an airfoil extending outwardly from the platform. The platform includes at least one ejection port in the edge face and at least one passage connected to the at least one ejection port. |
| US10408070B2 |
Turbine engine guide vane
The present invention relates to a turbine engine guide (23) vane (25), with a height (H) extending between a vane root (26) and a vane tip (27) along a radial direction (Z), said vane (25) comprising a succession of five bulge portions along a tangential direction (Y) perpendicular to the radial direction (Z), this succession of bulge portions extending over the whole height (H) of the vane (25), and the convexity of the successive bulge portions being alternately in one direction and in the other. The vane (25) has the advantage of having an eigenfrequency for the first striped vibration mode which is different from the urging frequencies of said vane (25), during the operation of the turbine engine. |
| US10408068B2 |
Fan blade dovetail and spacer
A blade according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a radially inner dovetail supporting a radially outer airfoil; and the dovetail having a radial thickness which is less in a circumferentially center portion of the dovetail than circumferentially opposing outer edges. |
| US10408062B2 |
Impingement system for an airfoil
An airfoil includes an exterior wall, a triple trailing edge pin bank, and an impingement system. The exterior wall defines a first interior space. The exterior wall also includes a pressure sidewall and a suction sidewall. The impingement system is disposed within the first interior space. The impingement system includes an interior wall which defines a second interior space a plurality of impingement holes configured to channel a flow of coolant from the second interior space to the first interior space. The interior wall has an impingement hole density with a varying hole density pattern. The impingement system also includes dividing walls extending from the interior wall to the exterior wall. The interior wall, exterior wall, and dividing walls define a first and second zone coupled in flow communication. The impingement hole density is configured to separately meter flow to the first and second zones. |
| US10408060B2 |
Rotating machine blade with reinforced modular structure
The invention concerns a blade (1) designed to be fitted to the rotor of a rotating machine, said blade being characterized in that it exhibits a modular construction including: a rigid, median module (4) formed by a coffer (12), which is itself formed by joining two side panels (13, 14) that are connected to one another by at least one side rail (15), the side panels (13, 14) being connected by at least one weld executed on an internal protuberance on the said side panels that is set back from the intrados (11) and the extrados (1 E) of the blade (1), an upstream module (7) forming a leading edge and added onto the upstream portion of the median module, a downstream module (8) forming a trailing edge and added onto the downstream portion of the median module. Blades for rotating machines and corresponding fabrication methods. |
| US10408059B2 |
Stator with adjustable vanes for the compressor of an axial turbine engine
The invention concerns an assembly for the stator of a compressor of an axial-flow turbine engine, such as a low-pressure compressor of the turbojet engine also known as a booster. The assembly comprises: a first annular array of first vanes of the stator extending radially in the axial flow; and a second annular row of second vanes of the stator, with controlled orientation, also known as variable-pitch vanes or VSV. In addition, the assembly comprises an external monobloc shroud on which the first vanes and the second vanes are mounted in a pivoting manner. |
| US10408058B2 |
Connecting rod and piston for an oil-less pneumatic motor
A connecting rod and piston assembly for use in an oil-less pneumatic motor, wherein said connecting rod and piston do not require a wrist pin for connecting said rod to said piston; said connecting rod having at least two ends, connected to each other by a connecting member of a predetermined length; said at least two ends being a piston end and a crankshaft end; said piston end being distant said crankshaft end; said piston having a cylinder end and a connecting rod piston end receiving end, wherein said connecting rod piston end receiving end matingly engages said connecting rod piston end; said piston end is substantially ball shaped and said crankshaft end is shaped for engagement with a crankshaft; said connecting rod piston end receiving end is a socket shape to matingly receive said ball shaped piston end. |
| US10408054B2 |
Method for estimating stress magnitude
Unconventional reservoirs need hydraulic stimulation in all the wells to enhance permeability for an economic production, which accounts for a large part of the well expenditure. However, lack of accurate stress information leads to incorrect selection of producing intervals, which transforms to under-performance in production. An analytical solution is optimized to determine the principal horizontal stresses by integrating the concept of uniaxial elasticity and frictional equilibrium. The software tool allows estimation of the continuous solutions of stresses based on the frictional strength concept. A more realistic considerations of rock rheology in stress estimation and better estimate principal horizontal stress magnitude in the earth crust help in planning and executing hydraulic stimulation operation. The stress estimate also aids in planning important parameters to drill and complete the wells successfully. |
| US10408052B2 |
Measuring frequency-dependent acoustic attenuation
Methods and systems for frequency-dependent fluid attenuation measurement are provided. In certain embodiments, the methods comprise: generating one or more reference acoustic signals within a reference fluid; receiving one or more reference acoustic signal reflections; determining a frequency-dependent response function based, at least in part, on the one or more reference acoustic signal reflections; generating one or more sample acoustic signals within a sample fluid; receiving one or more sample acoustic signal reflections; and determining a frequency-dependent attenuation function of the sample fluid based, at least in part, on the one or more sample acoustic signal reflections and the frequency-dependent response function. |
| US10408051B2 |
Device for measuring suspension in drilling fluid and thickness of slime at the bottom of pile borehole
The present invention relates to a device for measuring a suspension in a drilling fluid and a thickness of slime at the bottom of a pile borehole, the device including: a data cable 300 insertable into the pile borehole; a slime-meter probe 200 connected to one end of the data cable 300 in such a manner as to be descended to the interior of the pile borehole by the own weight thereof to measure the thickness of the slime at the bottom of the pile borehole; and a slime-meter outer part 100 mounted on the outside of the slime-meter probe 200 in such a manner as to be movable relatively to the slime-meter probe 200 when reaches the bottom of the pile borehole. |
| US10408048B2 |
Remote actuation of downhole sensors
In one or more embodiments, a method includes positioning an actuator in a wellbore and transmitting, from the actuator, an actuation signal to a sensor coupled to a casing in the wellbore. The method further includes detecting the actuation signal at the sensor and placing the sensor in a different mode of operation in response to detecting the actuation signal. |
| US10408047B2 |
Real-time well surveillance using a wireless network and an in-wellbore tool
A method of transmitting data in a wellbore uses a signal receiver that is run into the wellbore on a working string. The signal receiver receives wireless signals from receiver communications nodes placed along the wellbore. The data from those signals is then sent up the wellbore, either by directing the signals directly up the working string, or by spooling the string to the surface and uploading the data. Sensors and associated communications nodes are placed within the wellbore to collect data. The communications nodes may be the signal receiver nodes; alternatively, the communications nodes may send data from the sensors up the wellbore through acoustic signals to a receiver communications node. In the latter instance, intermediate communications nodes having electro-acoustic transducers are used as part of a novel telemetry system. |
| US10408043B2 |
Well testing with jet pump
An apparatus can include a jet pump with a nozzle and a throat, a flow passage for conducting production fluid to the throat, and a check valve that prevents flow from the throat to the flow passage and permits flow from the flow passage to the throat. A method can include performing a bottomhole well pressure test while measuring well pressure with a well parameter sensor connected to a jet pump, and then retrieving the well parameter sensor and the jet pump together from the well. A system can include a jet pump sealingly received in a tubular string, the jet pump including a throat that receives a power fluid from a nozzle and receives a production fluid from a flow passage, and a check valve permitting flow of the production fluid from the flow passage to the throat and preventing flow of the power fluid to the flow passage. |
| US10408041B2 |
Well ranging apparatus, systems, and methods
An apparatus includes a down hole tool housing attached to a ranging electromagnetic field strength sensor. The ranging electromagnetic field strength sensor is to measure electromagnetic field strength components associated with an electromagnetic field originating at a first well, via at least one of direct transmission and backscatter transmission, when the down hole tool housing is disposed in a second well, to provide ranging measurements to calculate an approximate range between the first well and the second well. The apparatus includes a reference electromagnetic field strength sensor to provide a closed loop current path around the down hole tool housing, to provide distorting field strength measurements. |
| US10408037B2 |
Using amplitude ratio curves to evaluate cement sheath bonding in multi-string downhole environments
A method for evaluating a cement sheath in a wellbore, in some embodiments, comprises transmitting sonic or ultrasonic waves from a logging tool disposed in a wellbore, receiving reflected waves at the logging tool and recording waveforms based on the received waves, processing the waveforms to determine average absolute value amplitude data for each of a plurality of zones, and determining a number using average absolute value amplitude data for a first of the plurality of zones and average absolute value amplitude data for a second of the plurality of zones. |
| US10408031B2 |
Automated fracturing system and method
An automated hydraulic fracturing system, including a pump system, a blender configured to form the fracturing fluid, a proppant storage and delivery system, a hydration unit configured to mix an additive into a fluid to form the fluid mixture and provide the fluid mixture to the blender, a fluid storage and delivery system, and an additive storage and delivery system, and an automated control system including a plurality of sensing devices and a plurality of control devices integrated into the pump system, the blender system, the proppant storage and delivery system, the fluid storage and delivery system, and the additive storage and delivery system, the automated control system configured to monitor parameters of the automated hydraulic fracturing system via the plurality of sensing devices and transmit control instructions for one or more of the plurality of control devices to control an aspect of the automated hydraulic fracturing system. |
| US10408028B2 |
Optimization of engine emissions from equipment used in well site operations
Systems and methods for monitoring, calculating, and/or optimizing engine emissions produced in operating motorized equipment in well site operations or other jobs are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a set of exhaust emissions rates for one or more engines at a job site as a function of a speed of each engine and total brake horsepower to be provided by each engine; identifying one or more operating speeds or transmission gears for the one or more engines during an operation at the job site based at least in part on the set of exhaust emissions rates for the one or more engines; and operating the one or more engines at the one or more operating speeds or transmission gears during an operation at the job site. |
| US10408025B2 |
Retaining and positioning end cap for downhole setting tool power charges
A downhole setting tool and method of using the setting tool, the setting tool including a firing head, an igniter, a housing connected to the firing head, a power charge positioned within a chamber of the housing, and a connector connecting a portion of the power charge to the firing head. The connector may be connected to the uphole end of the power charge. The connector may connect the power charge to an adapter that connects the power charge to the firing head. The connector may be a ring having an outer engagement feature that engages the adapter and an inner engagement feature that engages the power charge. The connector may be a collet including an outer engagement feature that engages the adapter and a plurality of fingers that engage the power charge. The ignitor is used to detonate the power charge to set a device within a wellbore. |
| US10408021B2 |
Managing a wellsite operation with a proxy model
Techniques for managing a hydraulic fracturing operation include receiving a selection of a proxy model that represents a first principles model of a hydraulic fracturing operation, the proxy model including at least one property of a plurality of properties of the first principles model associated with the hydraulic fracturing operation; simulating the selected proxy model to generate a modeled output based on the property; and determining a value of a control setpoint for hydraulic fracturing operation equipment based on the modeled output. |
| US10408020B2 |
Direct current power source with reduced link capacitance for downhole applications
An example downhole power generation apparatus may include a turbine and a drive shaft coupled to the turbine. A plurality of alternators may be coupled to the drive shaft and electrically connected in parallel. When the drive shaft rotates, the plurality of alternators may generate phase-offset alternating current (AC) power signals. AC-to-direct current (DC) conversion circuitry may be coupled to the plurality of alternators. |
| US10408018B2 |
Actuation dart for wellbore operations, wellbore treatment apparatus and method
A wellbore assembly including an actuation dart for actuating a target tool in tubing string. The dart is activatable downhole, such that it can be moved past tools similar to the target tool without actuating them. The target tool may include a release mechanism that releases the actuation dart after being actuate by it. Such a target tool may be useful with a second tool that retains the actuation dart against further movement down the tubing string. |
| US10408015B2 |
Combination bottom up and top down cementing with reduced time to set liner hanger/packer after top down cementing
A liner is cemented bottom up and then top down followed by setting the simultaneously set liner hanger/packer and releasing the running tool. In one embodiment the ported sub for top down cementing has ports opened and then closed with multiple dropped or pumped balls one of which lands in the running tool to set the hanger packer with pressure before running tool removal. A dart with a leading ball can follow the top down cement to close the ported sub and thereafter land in the liner hanger/packer to set it with pressure. A dart can lead the top down cement and open the ported sub followed by a second dart behind the top down cement to close the ported sub and land in the liner hanger/packer to set it and to release the running tool. The ported sub can be operated in other ways such as motors responsive to a remote signal. |
| US10408013B2 |
Wellbore parted casing access tool
A wellbore tool includes a rotatable elongate pipe that includes a first elongate portion extending along a longitudinal axis of the elongate pipe. A first bending portion with a first end attaches to a downhole end of the first elongate portion. The first bending portion deviates from a longitudinal axis of the first elongate portion in a first direction. A second bending portion has a first end attached to a second end of the first bending portion. The second bending portion is positioned downhole of the first bending portion. The second bending portion deviates towards the longitudinal axis in a second direction different from the first direction. The first bending portion and the second bending are eccentric relative to the first elongate portion. The wellbore tool is rotated a set amount and stabbed in a downhole direction until the wellbore tool enters the parted casing. |
| US10408012B2 |
Downhole tool with an expandable sleeve
A downhole tool and a tool assembly, of which the downhole tool includes an expandable sleeve defining a bore extending axially therethrough, a first swage positioned at least partially within the bore and including a valve seat configured to receive an obstructing member, such that the obstructing member and the first swage substantially prevent fluid communication through the bore when the obstructing member is seated in the valve seat, and a second swage positioned at least partially within the bore. The first and second swages are configured to move toward one another in the bore, such that the first and second swages deform end portions of the expandable sleeve radially outwards and into engagement with a surrounding tubular, and the expandable sleeve, in an expanded configuration in which the end portions engage the surrounding tubular, defines an unexpanded portion between the expanded end portions. |
| US10408011B2 |
Downhole tool with anti-extrusion device
A downhole tool including a mandrel, a sealing element, a cone, a plurality of fingers, and a slip. The sealing element may be positioned around the mandrel. The sealing element is configured to expand radially-outward from a contracted state to an expanded state. The cone may be positioned around the mandrel and proximate to the sealing element. The plurality of fingers may be positioned at least partially around the mandrel. The fingers may be axially-aligned with at least a portion of the sealing element. The fingers are coupled to a base and configured to break away from the base at a weak point when the sealing element expands into the expanded state. The slip may be positioned around the mandrel and proximate to the cone. The slip may include a tapered inner surface configured to slide along a tapered outer surface of the cone. |
| US10408010B2 |
Pipe ram assembly for many actuation cycles
A blowout preventer and a method for drilling, of which the blowout preventer includes a body defining a ram recess and an annular recess, the ram recess and the annular recess being separated apart. The blowout preventer also includes a ram positioned at least partially in the ram recess and movable with respect to the body, the ram having a distal end configured to engage a tubular and a proximal end positioned within the first recess. The blowout preventer further includes an actuation assembly including an actuation chamber, the annular recess being positioned between the actuation chamber and the ram recess. The blowout preventer also includes a buffer supply system configured to circulate a fluid through the annular recess, to prevent leakage of fluid from the ram recess into the actuation chamber. |
| US10408008B2 |
Downhole vibratory bypass tool
A downhole tool is disclosed herein that has an inlet for receiving fluid into a housing of the downhole tool. The downhole tool further includes a vibratory apparatus at least partially disposed within the housing of the downhole tool, the vibratory apparatus having an operational flow path disposed therein to operate the vibratory apparatus when fluid flowing through the operational flow path is above a predetermined pressure. Furthermore, the downhole tool has a bypass passageway disposed in the housing for providing an additional flow path for fluid through the downhole tool to prevent fluid from reaching the predetermined pressure in the operational flow path of the vibratory apparatus, the bypass passageway selectively blockable such that fluid in the operational flow path is increased above the predetermined pressure to activate the vibratory apparatus when the bypass passageway is blocked. A method of using the downhole tool is also disclosed. |
| US10408007B2 |
Downhole extended reach tool and method
A downhole tool includes a valve assembly and a shock absorbing assembly. The valve assembly includes a valve spring operatively connected to a valve body. The shock absorbing assembly includes a spring operatively connected to a shock absorbing body having a fluid passage therethrough. The valve body is configured to selectively engage the shock absorbing body to create a fluid tight seal over the fluid passage in a first position, and to allow a fluid flow through the fluid passage in a second position. The repeated movement cycle of the selective engagement between the valve body and the shock absorbing body generates a pressure pulse or a varying pressure differential across the downhole tool. The repeated movement cycle is powered by a fluid flow. The tool may be selectively activated and deactivated. |
| US10408006B2 |
Protective sheath for logging tools
A slip cover for downhole logging tools to prevent the tools from becoming lodged during extraction and a method of retrieving a lodged logging tool in a wellbore are disclosed. In some implementations, the slip cover may include a generally cylindrical polymeric sleeve having an inside diameter greater than an outside diameter of a generally cylindrical well logging tool to which the sleeve is to be applied and having one or more perforations disposed therein. |
| US10408005B2 |
Packer setting tool with internal pump
A setting tool for setting a packer in a wellbore includes a housing defining a hydraulic chamber, a piston disposed in the chamber, a pump coupled to the chamber via a flowline, and a setting sleeve directly or indirectly coupled to the piston. The pump may be used to pump pressurized fluid into the hydraulic chamber for pushing the piston in a direction, and the setting sleeve may be used to apply a compressive force to a packer element of the packer in response to the piston being pushed in that direction. The setting tool may include a sensor used to collect a measurement relating to a force on the workstring, in addition to a controller designed to receive a signal from the sensor and to provide a control signal to the pump based on the sensor signal. |
| US10408004B2 |
System for acquisition of wellbore parameters and short distance data transfer
This system invention relates to the use of short hop communications to transfer data between 2 modules inside a well. A system deployed in a well permanently or semi-permanently collects data from downhole parameters such as pressure, temperature, vibration, flow and fluid identification and stores the information in the system memory. The receiver module is deployed in the well via slick line, electric line or coil tubing with the purpose of retrieving the data from the system memory by interfacing with the downhole module via wireless short hop communications. The receiver module can also send commands into the downhole module to change its data collection parameters. Upon completion of the data transfer, the collector is returned to the surface where the data is again wirelessly transferred to a processing system such as a Personal Computer. |
| US10408002B2 |
Mobile drilling fluid plant
An example mobile drilling fluid plant includes a plurality of intermodal containers each exhibiting a length, a width, and a height compliant with universal shipping container dimensions and configurations dictated by the International Organization for Standardization, wherein the plurality of intermodal containers include a plurality of fluid storage containers and one or more fluid mixing containers, one or more pumps in fluid communication with the plurality of fluid storage containers and the one or more fluid mixing containers, and one or more flexible hoses fluidly coupled to the one or more pumps and placing the plurality of fluid storage containers in fluid communication with the one or more fluid mixing containers. |
| US10407996B2 |
One piece forged fluidic displacement drill pipe and method of manufacture thereof
A one piece forged fluidic displacement pipe is shown which can be used for horizontal directional drilling operations. The pipe has a metallic outer tube formed into a one piece forged pipe having opposing upset pin and box ends. The pipe also has an internal surface defined by an internal diameter and an external surface and an initially void interior space. A non-metallic inner tube is inserted within the tube void space so that it is enclosed within and generally coaxially aligned with the outer tube. The inner tube is made up of a plurality of lengths of synthetic plastic type material which pass through the internal diameter of the outer pipe and form a semi-solid circular ring of material which occupies the space along the internal diameter of the outer tube between the upset pin and box ends, effectively decreasing the internal diameter and flow path of the outer metal tube. |
| US10407995B2 |
Repetitive pulsed electric discharge drills including downhole formation evaluation
Electrocrushing drills and methods for operating electrocrushing drills. Electrocrushing drill bits comprise one or more high voltage electrodes surrounded by a ground or current return structure, which can be a ring or a comprise rod shaped electrodes. Openings in the rim of the current return structure facilitate removal of drilling debris and bubbles created by the electrocrushing process out from the bottom face of the bit and up the wellbore. The high voltage electrodes can be arranged in a circle. The current return structure may partially cover the bottom face of the drill bit, thereby enclosing the high voltage electrodes in openings that may be sector shaped. The drill may comprise one or more conducting loops, in each of which pulsed current creates a pulsed magnetic field. The loops can be oriented in particular directions to provide a pulsed magnetic field with the desired configuration and orientation in space. The formation ahead of the drill can then be evaluated with the appropriate sensors. |
| US10407994B2 |
Method and system for a hole opener
A hole opener includes a shaft including a plurality of axial slots formed in an outer periphery and spaced circumferentially about the shaft, a plate coupled to the outer periphery between each pair of slots, the plate including fastening wings that extend radially outwardly from each circumferential end of the plate, and a blade extending radially outwardly from a respective one of the plurality of axial slots between a fastening wing of each of adjacent plates, the blade coupled to each fastening wing. |
| US10407992B2 |
Directional drilling systems, apparatus, and methods
A directional drilling system comprises a driveshaft to couple to a drill string or a drill bit and an apparatus. The apparatus comprises an eccentric coupler disposed at the driveshaft and a coil coupled at one end to the eccentric coupler. In some embodiments, the coil comprises a fixed end and a rotating end. In response to a first transition temperature, the rotating end of the coil causes the eccentric coupler to rotate about the driveshaft, so as to move the driveshaft from a first orientation to a second orientation. Additional apparatus, methods, and systems are disclosed. |
| US10407990B2 |
Slide out pump stand for hydraulic fracturing equipment
A hydraulic fracturing system has a pump driven by an electrically powered motor. The pump pressurizes fluid which is piped into a wellbore to fracture a subterranean formation. The pump and motor are mounted on a trailer that is hitched to a tractor. A platform assembly is mounted onto the trailer, and which is selectively moveable between deployed and stowed configurations. The platform assembly includes a platform, a lateral rail assembly mounted to the platform, and gates on the forward and aft ends of the platform. The rail assembly and gates define a safety barrier to prevent operations personnel from falling off the platform. In the stowed configuration the platform assembly is anchored in place over wheels on the trailer. In the deployed configuration, the platform assembly provides work surface so that operations personnel can readily access the pump on the trailer. |
| US10407988B2 |
Wellbore fluids comprising mineral particles and methods relating thereto
Mineral particles may provide for wellbore fluids with tailorable properties and capabilities. Methods of using mineral particles may include circulating a wellbore fluid with a first density of about 7 ppg to about 50 ppg in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, the wellbore fluid comprising a base fluid, a plurality of first mineral particles, and a plurality of second mineral particles such that the first mineral particles and the second mineral particles are present in a first relative ratio, and the first mineral particles and the second mineral particles having a multiparticle specific gravity of about 3 to about 20; and changing the first relative ratio to a second relative ratio on-the-fly so as to yield the wellbore fluid with a second density. |
| US10407987B2 |
Progressive cavity based control system
A technique facilitates control over the actuation of a device by utilizing a rotor and a corresponding stator system. The technique employs a rotor and a corresponding stator component in a progressive cavity type system. The rotor and corresponding stator component are mounted such that rotational and/or axial motion may be imparted to at least one of the rotor or stator components relative to the other component. The controlled rotation may be utilized in providing controlled motion of an actuated device via the power of fluid moving through the progressive cavity type system. |
| US10407986B2 |
Gutter protection and ladder support apparatus
A gutter protection and ladder support and safety apparatus includes a mechanism structured and arranged to be releaseably positioned in a gutter to prevent damage thereto caused by a ladder. The apparatus includes a mechanism for locking the apparatus in place to prevent lateral tipping and slippage of a ladder, a ladder supporting member operatively connected to the locking mechanism, and an adjustable ladder securing apparatus connected to the ladder supporting member and configured to releaseably secure a ladder thereto. |
| US10407979B1 |
Free standing sliding panel footed barrier
A free standing barrier includes two panels that slide parallel to each other. Each of the panels includes a lower outer corner portion on which is mounted a foot. The feet, in combination with each other, hold the barrier upright and make the barrier free standing. One foot engages one sliding panel and the other foot engages the other sliding panel. Each of the feet includes an outward extension that works as a stop against, for example, a doorjamb, to prevent the barrier from being pushed, such as by a dog, through the opening that the barrier is intended to close off. |
| US10407978B2 |
Flood barrier shield system
A flood barrier shield system for installation in a building opening such as a door frame includes a water impervious panel having a base edge and at least two side edges generally complementary in shape to the base and side edges of the opening into which it is to be installed. Channel shaped seal housings are mounted on the panels adjacent its base and side edges which contain seal bars including a relatively rigid bar having a flexible seal mounted thereon and extending the length of the housing. The seal is located to face the opposing surface of the opening and the bar is connected to the housing by selectively operable devices which move the bar and seal between retracted and extended positions for ease of positioning the flood barrier in the opening and then forming a water tight seal along the base and sides of the system. |
| US10407977B2 |
Motorized shutter assembly
In one aspect, a shutter assembly includes a shutter frame and a plurality of louvers supported by the frame. The shutter assembly also includes a louver drive assembly and a motor positioned within the frame. The motor is configured to rotationally drive a drive shaft extending within the frame. Additionally, the shutter assembly includes a clutch assembly rotationally coupled between the drive shaft and the louver drive assembly. The clutch assembly is configured to disengage or decouple the drive shaft from the louver drive assembly when a torque transmitted through the clutch assembly exceeds a given torque threshold. |
| US10407976B1 |
Garage door panel
An apparatus for a garage door panel which includes a formed metal section with at least one decorative portion on the front surface and having a rear surface. The formed metal section including a top portion with a male tongue and a bottom portion with a female groove. The garage door panel includes an insert combination of a polystyrene section and twin wall polypropylene section. The rear surface of the formed metal section is spray coated with a combination isocyanate and polyol resin which combines to form as hardened polyurethane foam section. The front surface of the polystyrene section is retained against the polyurethane foam section and the rear surface of the twin wall polypropylene serves as the rear surface of the garage door panel. Two metal stiles are respectively affixed at the left or first end and the right or second end. |
| US10407974B2 |
Modular channel assemblies for doors
A modular channel for a door including an elongated channel forming at least a portion of an internal frame for the door. The elongated channel has opposing sides and a base member extending between one edge of each side. The modular channel includes a pair of parallel slotted openings along the base member and a channel adapter including a tabs corresponding with the pair of slotted openings. The tabs include a locking protrusion extending from tab. The tabs slidably engage the slotted openings and the locking protrusions engage the slotted openings when the tabs are urged fully into the slotted opening. The slotted openings may be positioned parallel with the elongated channel length and the elongated channel may include at least one transverse slot perpendicular to the slotted openings. The channel adapter may include a curved locking tongue disposed perpendicular to the tabs and engagable with the transverse slot. |
| US10407972B2 |
Method and mechanism for controlling gravitational discharge of material from a railroad hopper car
A mechanism for conjointly operating a plurality of gate assemblies mounted on a hopper car having an elongated car body with sides and ends, and a bottom defining a discharge area comprised of a plurality of discharge openings. Each gate assembly includes a slide door arranged in operable association with one of the discharge openings. The mechanism operates the slide door on all the gates conjointly relative to each other. Methods for controlling the gravitational discharge of material from a hopper car are also disclosed. |
| US10407968B2 |
System and method for operating vehicle door
A system for operating a door of a vehicle is disclosed. The system may include an actuator configured to move the door between an open position and a closed position. The system may also include a controller configured to determine a first open-door angle associated with a predetermined first velocity profile, determine a second open-door angle based on the open position relative to the closed position, determine a second velocity profile based on the first open-door angle, the second open-door angle, and the first velocity profile, and control the actuator to operate the door according to the second velocity profile. |
| US10407967B2 |
Device for opening and closing opening/closing body
An operable and closable body-opening and closing apparatus includes: a rotary drive member configured to be rotationally driven by a driving force of a drive section; a driving-force transmission member configured to be driven by the rotary drive member and thereby move in a rotation axis direction of the rotary drive member; a biasing member disposed on an outer periphery of the driving-force transmission member and configured to give a biasing force to the driving-force transmission member in the rotation axis direction; and a guide member disposed on an outer periphery of the biasing member and configured to guide the driving-force transmission member. The guide member includes a guide portion configured to guide the driving-force transmission member in the rotation axis direction while restricting rotation of the driving-force transmission member, and the driving-force transmission member includes a guided portion configured to be guided by the guide portion. |
| US10407966B2 |
Drive arrangement for adjusting a component in a motor vehicle
A drive arrangement comprising an adjustment drive for adjusting a component, in particular a tailgate, said adjustment drive comprising an output shaft which extends concentrically about an output axis and can be rotated about the output axis in and against a direction of rotation, and comprising a hinge which has a first hinge arm and a second hinge arm that can be rotated with respect to the first hinge arm about a hinge axis, wherein the adjustment drive is provided to rotate the second hinge arm, wherein the hinge axis and the output axis are disposed in alignment with one another and wherein the second hinge arm is connected to the output shaft in a rotationally fixed manner. |
| US10407965B2 |
Cam locking shotgun gate
A gate system includes a cam sled having a cam plate configured to slide along a rail. The gate system also includes a cam follower engaged with the cam plate and coupled to a gate assembly. Actuation of a power source to move the cam sled along the rail causes the gate assembly to rotate about an axis and mechanically lock into position in open or closed orientations of the gate assembly. |
| US10407961B2 |
Door closure assembly
A door closure assembly and a method of moving a door is disclosed. The door closure assembly includes a cabinet attachment member attachable to a cabinet, a door attachment member attachable to a door, and first and second arms hingedly attached to the cabinet attachment member and the door attachment member. In some embodiments, the cabinet attachment member is attached to a central portion of the door and the door attachment member is attached to an end portion of the door. |
| US10407955B2 |
Stiff fabric
An adjustable support structure including two parallel layers of flexible material separated by a coupling that maintains separation between the parallel layers such that the layers may easily displace in a parallel direction but not in a perpendicular direction. The adjustable support structure may also include a displacement brake to selectively resist or maintain parallel displacement of the layers. |
| US10407952B2 |
Method for producing motor vehicle locks with an oblique main latch contour
In order to minimize the sliding friction occurring between the locking parts, that is, between the pawl and the rotary latch of a motor vehicle lock, it is advantageous if, during the machining process, the different latch surfaces of both locking parts are provided with a punched contour and with a contour having a oblique machining groove. Machining grooves are formed, in particular on the latch surface thereof, after stamping the pawl. Defined shapes of oblique channels and/or machining grooves are produced, for example, by milling out the machining grooves. The oblique machining grooves are produced at a defined angle and guarantee that the straight channels on the rotary latch only have a few overlapping points with the oblique grooves, if both locking parts come into contact with each other. |
| US10407949B2 |
Tray device for vehicle
A tray device for a vehicle may include a tray provided in the vehicle and having a cover configured for being opened, a locking module provided in the cover to lock or unlock the cover, and a touch pad provided on an outer side of the cover and interworking with the locking module to unlock the cover through a touch operation. |
| US10407947B2 |
Vehicle door lock device
A vehicle door lock device includes a latch mechanism holding and releasing a striker of a door; a locking/unlocking member switching between locking and unlocking of the door; a first switch detecting a state of the locking/unlocking member; a second switch switching between on and off of a room lamp of the vehicle; a connection portion to which a connector for an external device is connected; and a switch plate connecting at least the first switch and the second switch to the connection portion. Further, the switch plate includes a first switch plate connecting the first switch to the connection portion, a second switch plate connecting the second switch to the connection portion, and a switch-plate joining portion joining the first switch plate and the second switch plate together and passing between a bottom surface of a case and the locking/unlocking member. |
| US10407945B2 |
Multi-point locking mechanism
A system for providing securement of a plurality of secure portable encasements including one or more encasements each configured to engage, and subsequently disengage, inseparable interaction with a common docking unit; and one or more common docking units, wherein the one or more encasements each has a multi-point locking system. |
| US10407940B2 |
Collapsible, erectable canopy shelter with a crank system
A canopy erectable by a single user by use of a crank assembly. The canopy is constructed of an expandable frame including legs, vertical rotating members, and horizontal rotating members. Each leg has a foot on one end. One foot has a stepping portion and each of the remaining feet have a sliding portion. The vertical rotating members are each connected to one leg and are movably connected to each other vertical rotating member at a centerpoint. The horizontal rotating members are each rotatably connected between two different legs at a fixed point on each leg. Each leg also has a movable bracket slidably connected to it and the bracket is rotably connected to each adjacent horizontal rotating member. A crank is affixed to the leg with the first foot; wherein the crank is operably connected to control the position of the movable bracket. |
| US10407939B2 |
Tensairity structure with shape-memory wire ropes
The present invention relates to a structural element known in the technical field as “tensairity”, which introduces as distinctive elements with respect to the known art: (i) ropes in the shape-memory alloy (SMA) with superelastic (SE) and shape memory (ME) behavior; (ii) mechanical tensioners for the adjustment of the initial tension in the ropes; (iii) optionally a control apparatus (processor) is connected to electric circuits that induce flow of intensity variable current through the SMA wire ropes; (iv) optionally devices for real-time monitoring of the temperature and the level of tension in the SMA ropes; (v) optionally devices for real-time monitoring of the tensairity oscillations; (vi) optionally new structural geometries capable of sustaining static actions and multidirectional dynamics. |
| US10407938B2 |
Slingshot side saddle substructure
The drilling rig includes a first substructure and a second substructure. The second substructure is positioned generally parallel to and spaced apart from the first substructure and generally the same height as the first substructure. The drilling rig further includes a drill floor coupled to the first and second substructures, where the drill floor positioned substantially at the top of the first and second substructures. |
| US10407934B2 |
Safety barrier for automated vehicle parking facility
A safety barrier assembly for a parking garage is positioned in proximity to an opening in a floor of the parking garage that accommodates vertical movement of a VRC between floors of the parking garage. The safety barrier assembly has left and right vertical guide columns. A handrail and a knee rail have opposite ends guided for vertical movement in the columns. A bottom rail is connected pivotally to the knee rail and hangs to a position below the knee rail when the knee rail is in the lower position. An actuator causes the bottom rail to pivot up as the knee rail is elevated. |
| US10407933B2 |
Power generation
A method and a pool cleaning robot that may include (i) a turbine that is at least partially disposed within a fluid path of the robot to extract energy from flow of fluid through the fluid path; (ii) an electrical generator for providing electrical power thereto and adapted to be driven by the turbine; (iii) a rechargeable power source arranged to be charged by the electrical generator, and (iv) a controller that is arranged to direct the pool cleaning robot to be positioned in a certain location in which a flow level of fluid that is circulated by a pool fluid circulation system is higher than a flow level of the fluid within a majority of the pool, wherein when positioned at the certain location the fluid that is circulated by the pool fluid circulation system passes through the fluid path. |
| US10407932B2 |
Swimming pool pressure cleaner including automatic timing mechanism
A fluid distribution system for an underwater pool cleaner comprises an inlet body having an inlet for receiving a supply of pressurized fluid, a valve assembly body in fluid communication with the inlet of the inlet body and including a plurality of fluid outlets, a first one of the outlets provides fluid for propelling the underwater pool cleaner in a forward direction and a second one of the outlets provides fluid for propelling the underwater pool cleaner in a reverse direction, and a valve subassembly fluidicly driven by the supply of pressurized fluid and periodically switching the supply of pressurized fluid from the first one of the outlets to the second one of the outlets to periodically change direction of propulsion of the underwater pool cleaner. |
| US10407929B1 |
Methods of installing a pool stair assembly
Pool stair assemblies having stair structures fabricated from plastic foam are provided. The stair structures include protective tread sheets and protective riser sheets and a vinyl pool liner mounted over the stair structure, tread sheets, and riser sheets. The stair structure, which may be buoyant, is retained in a pool by the weight of pool water on the liner and stair structure. Aspects of the invention overcome the disadvantages of conventional pool stair assemblies and ladders positioned on top of pool liners. Other related pool structures, methods of installing stair assemblies, stair structures, and methods of fabricating stair structures are also disclosed. |
| US10407927B1 |
Wave generator system
A wave generating system. |
| US10407926B2 |
Sealing plug for closing an anchor hole in a concrete wall
A sealing plug has an elastic sleeve of thimble-like basic shape. A wound-up band of the sealing plug is inserted in the sleeve. The number of windings or turns of the band can be reduced by rotating the inner end of the band, wherein the outside diameter of the band, and hence the outside diameter of the elastic sleeve, widens. The band can be inserted in pretensioned state into the sleeve and can slacken after insertion into an anchor hole. The band can be expanded in the anchor hole beyond the slackened state of the band. The sealing plug further has a latching mechanism, which prevents back-rotation of the expanded sleeve. The sealing plug enables a radial expansion, and hence a sealing of anchor holes of different diameter, without shortening of the axial sealing surface of the sleeve. |
| US10407925B2 |
Method of installing a formwork support system, formwork support system and longitudinal beam
A method of installing a formwork support system, comprising the steps of: a. arranging a first pair of support props having head members in an upright position, b. connecting opposite ends of a first longitudinal beam to the head members of the first pair of support props, c. arranging a second longitudinal beam in an interim mounting position by releasably connecting a first end of the second longitudinal beam to the first longitudinal beam, the second longitudinal beam freely projecting downwardly from the first end towards the second end, a stop element at the first end of the second longitudinal beam bearing against the first longitudinal beam, a hook element of the second longitudinal beam, in the interim mounting position, engaging a slot of the first longitudinal beam, d. arranging the second longitudinal beam in a horizontal support position by lifting the second end of the second longitudinal beam. |
| US10407921B2 |
Floor panel for forming a floor covering
A floor panel for forming a floor covering comprises a substrate consisting of at least two substrate layers differing in density and, on at least one pair of opposite edges, is provided with coupling parts of the so-called push-lock type. Vertically active locking surfaces, where they cooperate in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels, define a tangent line which is horizontal or does not deviate more than 50 degrees from the horizontal. The locking surfaces are situated closer to the upper side of the first substrate layer than to the lower side of the first substrate layer. |
| US10407919B2 |
Floorboards provided with a mechanical locking system
Floorboards provided with a mechanical locking system including a locking strip protruding from a first edge of a first floorboard. The locking strip is provided with a locking element configured to cooperate with a locking groove at a lower side of a second edge of a second floorboard for locking the first edge and the second edge in a horizontal direction. The first edge and the second edge are configured to be assembled by a vertical downward motion of the second edge towards the first edge. The second edge is provided with a calibrating groove adjacent the locking groove. Also, a method for producing a mechanical locking system. |
| US10407916B1 |
Portable adjustable stair railing
A portable adjustable stair railing includes a plurality of telescopically adjustable balusters having structural attachments at the bottom of each, such as, for example, adhesives, suction cups, or removable fasteners, such as bolts. The height adjustment for each baluster is set by spring-biased buttons and cooperating apertures located on the two sleeved portions of the baluster. The top balustrade receiving end of each of the balusters includes a collar-like receiver and a set screw to hold the balustrade in the desired position. This balustrade collar further includes a pitch or angle adjustment for allowing pitch lines, or runs, on various staircases. |
| US10407914B2 |
Spacer for prefabricated spiral staircase and prefabricated spiral staircase using same
The present invention relates to a spacer for a prefabricated spiral staircase, which allows adjustment of a height of a gap between footboards for a prefabricated spiral staircase in multiple steps by using minimal disks, and a prefabricated spiral staircase using the same. The spacer for a prefabricated spiral staircase comprises a cylindrical pipe, a lower cap or upper cap, a disk, a height adjustment member, and a location determining member, wherein the height of the spacer is adjusted in multiple stages according to relative rotation between the upper cap and the disk or between the lower cap and the disk. |
| US10407913B2 |
Corrugated mesh gutter leaf preclusion system
Corrugated fine mesh material is configured to be located overlying a gutter. The fine mesh material has an upper edge opposite a lower edge with the upper edge configured to fit beneath shingles on a roof adjacent the gutter. The lower edge is configured to be held to a lip at a forward edge of the gutter. The corrugations add strength to the material and collect water at troughs thereof where the collected water more readily forms droplets that fall down into the gutter. A lower strip is preferably provided to hold the lower edge of the mesh to a lip of the gutter. An upper strip is optionally provided which includes a tab, which can fit beneath shingles to the roof. A barrier such as a bead of caulk can optionally be coupled to an underside of the corrugated mesh to further encourage water droplets to fall. |
| US10407911B2 |
Multi-purpose anchor devices
A multi-purpose anchor device for use in anchoring one or more tension cables and one or more window or curtain walls. In this respect, the anchor includes a channel, angle bracket, or plate for use in attaching to a window or curtain wall. One or more tension cables are also coupled to the anchor, which anchors the tension cables. The multi-purpose nature of the anchor allows for the reduction in materials cost, installation time, and conflict issues between placement of previously known anchors. |
| US10407906B2 |
PVC board and method of manufacture
A novel PVC board and method of manufacture. The board includes a flexible PVC impact modifier instead of a plasticizer to provide resilient flooring with improved performance. The method of manufacture simplifies the production process, and improves production time and efficiency. |
| US10407904B2 |
Apparatus and system for dynamic ceiling system and methods thereof
An acoustic ceiling tile and a dynamic acoustic ceiling system that includes multiple ceiling tiles that can be quickly and easily installed onto ceiling structures utilizing attached or embedded magnetic assemblies to provide an aesthetically pleasing image, such as an fluctuating image, along with a reduction in unwanted noise or room acoustics, wherein the attached or embedded magnetic assemblies are configured to be removed from the ceiling tile, and then configured to be easily placed or located onto a different location on the ceiling tile as needed, to allow for optimal installation of the ceiling tile onto the ceiling structure. |
| US10407903B1 |
Purlin, roofing system, and method of building a roofing system
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for a purlin. The purlin can include a steel structure having a pair of outer flanges flaring away from a support surface for defining outer edges of the purlin. Connected to respective inner edges of the outer flanges along bent edges can be a pair of supports. The supports can be configured to engage a support surface and define a lower surface of the purlin. Connected to respective inner edges of the supports can be a pair of support webs that extend away from the support surface. |
| US10407900B2 |
Expansion joint system and expansion joint
An expansion joint sealing system for bridging and sealing a gap located between two spaced-apart structural deck members. The expansion joint sealing system includes an elastomeric seal member and a substantially rigid plate member. The elastomeric seal member is fixedly attached to an underlying structural deck member and is able to expand and contract in the longitudinal direction in relation to the traffic direction across the expansion joint. The rigid plate is not fastened to the elastomeric seal member with mechanical fasteners or other fastening means, but is slidingly engaged with the elastomeric seal member through an elongated guide member. As the rigid plate member is not fastened to the elastomeric seal member, it is able to move along a guide member in a direction that is transverse to the direction of traffic across the expansion joint. |
| US10407895B2 |
Portable modular system for structural assemblies
The present invention provides a modular system for constructing a structure assembly. The system comprises first and second sidewall components each comprising a set of spaced-apart longitudinally oriented grooves disposed in a first face thereof. The system comprises a plurality of rib components, each rib component having a pair of elongated protrusions extending from opposing sides of the rib component and, each protrusion being shaped to matingly engage with at least the first portion of the groove to connect the first and second sidewall components along a face-to-face direction. The system further comprises two elongate key joint members matingly engaging with two respective additional sidewall components to connect the sidewall components with the additional sidewall components along a transverse direction perpendicular to the face-to-face direction in a side to side relationship. |
| US10407891B1 |
Berm and filter system
A sediment control device includes an under-seal gasket, a threshold member, a filter member, and a berm extending upwards from the top surface of the under-seal gasket. The under-seal gasket includes a first central opening, and the filter member includes a second central opening smaller than the first central opening. The threshold member and the filter member are attached directly to the bottom surface of the under-seal gasket, but are not attached to each other. The threshold member extends across the first and second central openings and includes a plurality of apertures. The berm includes an elongated cylindrical foam member that surrounds a perimeter of the first central opening. |
| US10407887B2 |
Systems and methods for automatically cleaning a lavatory floor
A self-cleaning floor assembly is configured to form or be positioned on a floor of an enclosed space. The self-cleaning floor assembly includes a moveable floor including a moveable floor panel, an actuation system that is operatively coupled to the floor panel, and a cleaning system proximate to at least a portion of the moveable floor. The actuation system is configured to move at least a portion of the floor panel into and through the cleaning system during a cleaning cycle. The cleaning system is configured to clean the portion(s) of the floor panel during the cleaning cycle. |
| US10407886B2 |
Portable slot water-injection toilet
The present invention includes a toilet pool, wherein the toilet pool has a pool tapered from top to bottom, the bottom of the pool is a discharge outlet, the top of the pool is a tapered annular platform, the tapered annular platform consists of a wide part and a narrow part, above the tapered annular platform is a slot flush nozzle, shunts implemented by the slot flush nozzle are evenly distributed on a surface of the pool under the guide of the tapered annular platform, and the toilet pool is provided with a clean water supply. It achieves a configuration that two flushing systems coexist on a toilet pool, achieves secondary homogenization of water currents, achieves water-saving and efficient flushing, achieves maximization of water capacity in the same space, and achieves a simple, reliable fixedly-installed toilet. |
| US10407885B2 |
Tap aerator comprising a mounting housing
The invention relates to a tap aerator (1) comprising a mounting housing and containing, in said mounting housing (2), an insert part that is designed as a jet divider and diffuser (7) which interacts with a diffuser ring (8). The annular retainer regions (7a) and (8a) of said diffuser (7) and diffuser ring (8), each arranged on the largest outer circumference, are located, when in a use position, in the interior of the mounting housing (2) at different height positions relative to one another in the axial direction, i.e. the retainer region (7a) of the diffuser (7) is not enclosed and the largest outer diameter of the diffuser ring (8) and its retainer region (8a) is only as large as, or if required even smaller than, the largest outer diameter of the diffuser (7) and its retainer region (7a). This allows the formation of an arrangement which saves space in the radial direction. |
| US10407884B2 |
Control unit for undersink appliances faucet having an undersink faucet base and an above sink faucet head
A control unit (100) is in use located under a kitchen sink. The control unit (100) controls the timing of the power demand from each device so that they can all be run from a single electrical circuit coupled to the control unit (100). The control unit (100) also accommodates sensors and other accessories such as flow meters (134), electronic faucets (114), leak detectors (118), shutoff valves (136), and state communication either wired or wireless which allows these sensors and other accessories to be added with little additional cost beyond the cost of the sensors and other accessories. A common faucet base (302) is disposed in use on an underside of a sink. The common faucet base (302) is configured to accommodate a plurality of faucet heads (304) having different faucet styles. |
| US10407882B2 |
Hydrant shear valve and method
A system and method are disclosed for shutting off the flow of liquid to a hydrant. A break away frangible activator of a valve body becomes dislodged responsive to a hydrant receiving sufficient inadvertent impact. A valve member closes in response to the impact to close off the flow of fluid to the hydrant. |
| US10407880B2 |
Wear member retention system for an implement
A lug member is provided for a wear member retention system for an implement. The lug member includes an elongated body having a length dimension. A wear member engagement portion extends toward a distal end of the elongated body. A compression bolt assembly engaging portion is adjacent a proximal end of the elongated body. The compression bolt assembly engaging portion defines at least one bore configured to receive a compression bolt. |
| US10407879B2 |
System and method for remote work implement angular position display
A remote angular position display system and method are disclosed. The angular position of a work implement of a work vehicle is displayed (e.g., textually, numerically or graphically) on a display associated with a portable device. The angular position is observed by a sensor coupled to the work implement or the work vehicle. The method includes receiving, by a processor of the portable device, one or more signals from the sensor indicative of an angular position value, and determining, by the processor, a condition associated with the work implement based on the angular position. The method includes outputting, by the processor, an interface for rendering on the display associated with the portable device that indicates the angular position and the determined condition associated with the work implement of the work vehicle. |
| US10407876B2 |
Hydraulic system of construction machinery
A hydraulic system for construction machinery comprises a regeneration valve unit including a first opening/closing valve installed in a first hydraulic line which connects a head-side chamber of a boom cylinder and a drain tank, to open and close the first hydraulic line, and a second opening/closing valve installed in a second hydraulic line which is branched from the first hydraulic line and is connected to a rod-side chamber of the boom cylinder, to open and close the second hydraulic line, a first check valve installed in the second hydraulic line between the rod-side chamber and the regeneration valve unit and configured to selectively drain a working oil discharged from the rod-side chamber to the drain tank, and a control unit configured to control opening and closing of the first opening/closing valve, the second opening/closing valve and the first check valve according to a control mode. |
| US10407875B2 |
Control system and work machine
A control system includes: calculating a distribution flow rate of hydraulic fluid to be supplied to first and second hydraulic actuators based on a pressure of hydraulic fluid in the first and second hydraulic actuators and an operation amount operated to drive the first and second hydraulic actuators; calculating merged-state pump output indicating outputs of first and second hydraulic pumps required in a merged state based on the distribution flow rate; calculating separated-state pump output indicating outputs of the first and second hydraulic pumps required in the separated state based on the distribution flow rate; calculating excessive output of an engine based on the merged-state pump output and the separated-state pump output; calculating reduced output of the engine more reduced than target output by correcting the target output of the engine based on the excessive output; and controlling the engine based on the reduced output in the separated state. |
| US10407872B2 |
System and method for controlling earthmoving machines
A control system for controlling an earthmoving machine operating at a worksite is disclosed. The control system includes a receiving unit to receive a first input indicative of a terrain profile of the worksite, a second input indicative of a target terrain profile for the worksite, and a third input indicative of machine characteristics. The control system also includes a mission planning controller to generate an excavation plan based on the first input, the second input, and the third input. The controller controls operation of the machine, based on the generated excavation plan, to obtain an excavated terrain profile. Further, the controller determines whether the excavated terrain profile matches with the target terrain profile, and operates the machine based on inputs indicative of the excavated terrain profile, the second input, the third input, and an extent of match between the excavated terrain profile and the target terrain profile. |
| US10407864B2 |
Work vehicle and control method for same
The work implement requirement determination unit determines a work implement required horsepower on the basis of an operation amount of a work implement operating member and a hydraulic pressure of a hydraulic pump. A transmission requirement determination unit determines a transmission required horsepower on the basis of a vehicle speed and the operation amount of the accelerator operating member. An engine requirement determination unit determines an engine required horsepower on the basis of the work implement required horsepower and the transmission required horsepower. The required throttle determination unit determines a required throttle value based on an engine requirement. |
| US10407860B2 |
Reciprocating hammer with downward thrust assist
A reciprocating hammer with a two-stage acceleration of a pile driving ram, including a first stage in which initial gravitational acceleration is assisted by a thruster and a second stage in which the initially accelerated ram is allowed to further accelerate under the force of gravity alone for the remainder of the pile driver stroke. The force assist in the initial acceleration stage acts as a force multiplier, such that the anvil delivers impact forces to the pile greater than the impact forces achievable by gravity alone for a given stroke length/ram weight combination. |
| US10407856B2 |
Snow thrower impeller
A snow thrower impeller assembly (24) includes a mounting slot (84) for a wiper (70). The wiper includes a wiper portion (86) that slides into the mounting slot to mount the wiper to the impeller (54). The wiper contacts an interior wall (56) of an associated impeller housing during rotational operation of the impeller in order to limit a gap (74) between an impeller blade (66) and the interior wall. The wiper can move radially inward and outward to remain in contact with the interior wall without input from the operator. Another embodiment of the impeller assembly includes impeller blades with a first portion (116) and a second portion (118). The second portion extends at a non-zero angle from the first blade portion of the impeller blade. |
| US10407849B1 |
Vehicle to reclaim milled road surface aggregate for reuse as a road surface
There is provided a three vehicle train for the continuous cold in-place recycling of asphalt road surface, the train comprising a first supply vehicle containing both water and asphalt emulsion that is in fluid communication with the remaining vehicles; a second milling vehicle for removing a portion of the topmost layer of the road surface as aggregate and evacuating the aggregate via a system of conveyors to a third vehicle; and a third processing vehicle for screening the aggregate to a proper size, mixing the aggregate with cement, water, and/or asphalt emulsion under computer control into a slurry, and depositing the resulting slurry onto the previously milled asphalt road surface. |
| US10407848B2 |
System and method for controlling proportion of liquid in substrate material worked by machine
A machine includes a material working mechanism movable relative to a frame to vary working depth of the material working mechanism. A control system monitors certain parameters, and controls a liquid dispensing mechanism to control application of a liquid such as water or an emulsion to be applied to material being worked by the material working mechanism based upon the parameters. The control system functions to produce a desired proportion of the liquid such as a liquid percent density in worked material. |
| US10407844B1 |
Material feed system for a paving machine
A material feed system for a paving machine includes a first optical sensor and a second optical sensor that are configured to generate data characteristic of paving material associated with corresponding ones of a left feed mechanism and a right feed mechanism of the paving machine. A controller is communicably coupled to the first optical sensor, the second optical sensor, a left conveyor, and a left auger of the left feed mechanism, and a right conveyor and a right auger of the right feed mechanism. The controller is configured to control the left material feed mechanism and the right material feed mechanism independently of each other such that the left conveyor and auger speeds are independently adjusted based on the data received from the first optical sensor and the right conveyor and auger speeds are independently adjusted based on the data received from the second optical sensor. |
| US10407835B2 |
Projector for track alignment reference systems
Track alignment reference system projectors having a modulated light source, in addition to arrays of light sources, optionally utilizing a lens are provided. Track alignment systems that utilize or may make use of cascaded devices are also described. Related systems and methods are also provided. |
| US10407832B2 |
Protection barriers and methods for making and using same
Protection barriers, such as floor protection barriers, and methods for making and using same. The protection barrier can include a base sheet and an energy absorbing layer. The base sheet can have two or more paperboard layers and one or more sizing layers. A first paperboard layer can form a first surface of the base sheet, a second paperboard layer can form a second surface of the base sheet, and the one or more sizing layers can be disposed between the first and second paperboard layers. The energy absorbing layer can be secured to the second paperboard layer. |
| US10407831B2 |
Sizing composition, its use and a method for producing paper, board or the like
The invention relates to a composition for sizing of a surface of paper, board or the like and its use for increasing strength properties of paper, board or the like. The composition has a solids content of 3-30%, and it comprises degraded non-ionic starch, and at least 0.5 weight-% of anionic polyacrylamide, which has a molecular weight, MW, >500 000 g/mol and <2 500 000 g/mol and an anionicity in the range of 4-35 mol-%. The invention further relates also to a method for producing paper, board or the like, which comprises addition of a first strength composition, which comprises a cationic agent, to a fiber stock, formation of a fibrous web from the fiber stock, drying of the fibrous web to dryness of at least 60%, and application of a second strength composition, which comprises an anionic hydrophilic polymer and a starch component, on the surface of the fibrous web. |
| US10407827B2 |
Device and method for treating the black liquor resulting from pulping by hydrothermal liquefaction
The present invention relates to a paper pulp preparation device comprising a wood component cooking unit and a hydrothermal liquefaction unit.The invention also relates to the use of such a device in a method of treating the black liquor resulting from pulping and a method of preparing paper pulp from wood. |
| US10407826B2 |
Detachable flyer bow system, apparatus and methods of using same
A detachable flyer bow system, apparatus and methods of using the same are provided. The systems each comprise a base having a longitudinal recess with an inner lateral dimension that is greater than the outer lateral dimension and a front lateral dimension that is smaller than the rear lateral dimension, an end block attachable to the end of the flyer bow with a recess engagement portion to slidably engage the longitudinal recess of the base. The base may have an opening to allow at least a portion of the end block to clear the opening for the inward insertion of the end block into the base, or the outward removal of the end block from the base. Methods for securing a flyer bow to a wire twisting machine, methods of attaching a flyer bow to an end block, and flyer bows in combination with end blocks are also provided |
| US10407825B2 |
Dye additive and process for dyeing aramid fibers
A dye additive suitable for use in improving the dyeing of aramid fibers includes non-water components dissolved in water. The non-water components include about 20-25% (w/w) sodium or potassium nitrate; about 20-25% (w/w) ketone solvent; about 30-40% (w/w) aromatic solvent; about 1-5% (w/w) of each of glycol ether, biodegradable solvent, acetic acid 56% strength or equivalent or equivalent amount of formic acid, brine salt, sodium or potassium hydroxide, and phenylenediamine, about 1-10% (w/w) of each of a strong acid, hydroxycarboxylic acid, and lanolin; wherein the water makes up about 50-70% of the weight of the dye additive and the non-water components make up about 30-50% of the dye additive. The dye additive may be added to a dye bath at a w/w percentage of about 0.25% to about 6%. |
| US10407822B2 |
Separator and stacker for textile articles
In laundry processing, a conveyor rotates a textile article in a first stage. The article is held while part of the article rests on the conveyor. By conveying while held, the textile article rotates, positioning an edge of the article. In a second stage, the conveyor conveys the article to a clamp. This clamp holds the article while the conveyor reverses direction and a blower attempts to flatten the article if folded. The textile article rotates, positioning the edge of the article to be more parallel with the direction of conveyance. In a third stage, the article is dragged by the edge over a gap where gravity and blowing attempt to flatten the article. In a fourth stage, the flattened article is positioned over a stack. A blower directs air at a center of the article to blow out the corners and assist in maintaining position. |
| US10407821B2 |
Methods and apparatus for laser cleaning
A method of cleaning a substrate (16, 24, 34, 64, 71, 82, 102, 165, 171, 181, 201, 300, 310) with optical energy can comprise applying optical energy from a source of optical energy (12, 21, 31, 91, 103, 114, 121, 131, 141, 151, 164, 191, 202) to the substrate. The method can comprise applying the optical energy to a substrate having a cleaning agent applied thereto, the optical energy having one or more optical parameters selected for cleaning the substrate. The method can comprise reading data from a data bearing element (173) associated with the substrate, communicating the data to a processor (154) associated with a cleaning appliance (10, 30, 40, 60, 70, 80, 90, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 161, 200) comprising the source of optical energy, wherein the processor, responsive to the communicated data, controls the cleaning of the substrate with the optical energy. The method can comprise slidingly contacting the substrate with a work surface, said work surface comprising an aperture (83, 117) and emanating optical energy from the aperture for cleaning the substrate. A cleaning appliance can comprise an appliance body (80, 90, 104, 125) comprising an aperture for emanating optical energy for cleaning the substrate and an optical transmission pathway arranged for propagating optical energy received from an optical energy source to said aperture. The appliance can be adapted and constructed for delivering a cleaning agent to the substrate. The appliance can include a processor, a data interface in communication with the processor, and can be configured such that the processor outputs signals that control the cleaning of the substrate, the processor being configured for controlling, responsive to data received by the data interface and via the output signals, the substrate cleaning. The cleaning appliance can include a suction pump (142) for removing material from the substrate. |
| US10407819B2 |
Garment steaming device with valve assembly for a fragrance cartridge
The present application relates to a garment steaming device (1). The garment steaming device comprises a housing (2) with a steam channel (8) arranged in the housing (2) for the passage of steam and a cavity extending into the housing (2). The garment steaming device (1) further comprises a fragrance cartridge (10) that is removeably disposed in the cavity and a valve assembly (11) which is disposed between the cavity and the steam channel (8). The valve assembly (11) is adapted to prevent steam to from flowing between the steam channel (8) and the cavity when the fragrance cartridge (10) is not disposed in the cavity. The valve assembly and the fragrance cartridge are adapted to cooperate such as to allow steam to flow between the steam channel and the cavity when the fragrance cartridge is disposed in the cavity. This solution allows a user to safely remove the fragrance cartridge from the cavity even when there is steam in the steam channel. |
| US10407816B2 |
Laundry treatment apparatus
A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet and a drawer retractably provided in the cabinet. An accommodation unit is disposed in the drawer and defines a space configured to receive washing water. A water supply channel is connected to a water supply source and is configured to supply washing water to the accommodation unit. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a body along which a water supply channel is provided, the body being rotatably provided at the cabinet. A body guider is provided at the cabinet and is configured to guide a rotational movement of the body. |
| US10407815B2 |
Power generating device and apparatus having the same
Disclosed are a power generating device (5) and a clothes treatment apparatus having the power generating device (5). The power generating device (5) includes a magnetic field producer (51) configured to produce a rotating magnetic field, a power transmitter (55) configured to be rotated by the rotating magnetic field provided by the magnetic field producer (51) and an output unit (53) configured to transmit torque provided by the power transmitter (55) to the drum so as to rotate the drum. |
| US10407814B2 |
Laundry treatment apparatus
A laundry treatment apparatus according to the present invention includes a casing; an outer tub suspended in the casing; a rack extending vertically; a pinion, which is moved along the rack when the outer tub vibrates and which is rotated via cooperation with the rack; and a torsion element for creating a torsional twisting moment to attenuate rotation of the pinion when the pinion is rotated. |
| US10407809B2 |
Thermally fusible sheetlike structure and method for production thereof
A thermally fusible sheetlike structure, especially usable as fusible interlining in the textile industry, has a carrier ply made from a textile material to which has been applied a two-ply adhesive composition structure comprising an underlayer directly adjoining the sheetlike structure and an overlayer disposed upon the underlayer, wherein the underlayer contains a first hotmelt adhesive and the overlayer a second hotmelt adhesive, wherein the first hotmelt adhesive has a melting point of >140° C. and a melt flow index (MFI) value of >50 g/10 minutes (190° C./2.16 kg) and the second hotmelt adhesive a melting point of <145° C. and an MFI value of <50 (190° C./2.16 kg). |
| US10407806B2 |
Yarn-carrying and dispensing apparatus
Described herein are embodiments of a yarn-carrying and dispensing apparatus. The embodiments described allow knitters to easily transport, carry and use balls of yarn for knitting and other knitting materials. The embodiments prevent the ball of yarn from rolling away or getting tangled or intertwined. The embodiments also easily and smoothly dispense the yarn, making the knitting more efficient and easier for the knitter. The embodiments provide additional elements to accommodate a knitter: (i) a ruler allowing, for example, to measure a knitting sampler; (ii) a needle gauge and needle openings, allowing, for example, to measure the size of a needle; and (3) an insert allowing, for example, to hold one or more balls of yarn. |
| US10407800B2 |
Method and device for producing a multifilament thread from a polyamide melt
Techniques produce a multifilament thread from a polyamide melt. In this case, freshly extruded filaments are cooled and combined to form a thread. In order, in addition to low boil-off shrinkage, to achieve high strength, the thread is taken off at a take-off rate in the range from 3600 m/min to 4600 m/min, preferably from 4000 m/min to 4400 m/min, by a first godet group having unheated guide casings. Subsequently, the thread is fully drawn between the first godet group and a second godet group having heated guide casings. After drawing, the thread is heated to a thread temperature in the range from 140° C. to 200° C. under tension at the guide casings of the second godet group and relaxed. After relaxing, the thread runs in a contact-free manner through at least one free cooling section between the second godet group and a third godet group having unheated guide casings. |
| US10407799B2 |
Semimetal compound of Pt and method for making the same
The disclosure relates to a semimetal compound of Pt and a method for making the same. The semimetal compound is a single crystal material of PtSe2. The method comprises: providing a PtSe2 polycrystalline material; placing the PtSe2 polycrystalline material in a reacting chamber; placing chemical transport medium in the reacting chamber; evacuating the reacting chamber to be vacuum less than 10 Pa; placing the reacting chamber at a temperature gradient, wherein the reacting chamber has a first end at a temperature of 1200 degrees Celsius to 1000 degrees Celsius and a second end opposite to the first end and at a temperature of 1000 degrees Celsius to 900 degrees Celsius; and keeping the reacting chamber in the temperature gradient for 10 days to 30 days. |
| US10407792B2 |
Methods of three-dimensional electrophoretic deposition for ceramic and cermet applications and systems thereof
In one embodiment, a method for forming a ceramic, metal, or cermet includes: providing a first solution comprising a first solvent and a first material to a device including an electrophoretic deposition (EPD) chamber; applying a voltage difference across a first electrode and a second electrode of the device; electrophoretically depositing the first material above the first electrode to form a first layer; introducing a second solution including a second solvent and a second material to the EPD chamber; applying a voltage difference across the first electrode and the second electrode; and electrophoretically depositing the second material above the first electrode to form a second layer. The first layer has a first composition, a first microstructure, and a first density, while the second layer has a second composition, a second microstructure, and a second density. At least one of the foregoing features of the first and second layers are different. |
| US10407788B2 |
Method for galvanic metal deposition
This invention concerns a method for galvanic metal deposition of a substrate using an anode and an electrolyte, wherein from each of a plurality of electrolyte nozzles a locally confined electrolyte stream is directed towards a part of a substrate surface which is to be treated, wherein a relative movement is carried out between the substrate and the electrolyte stream during deposition, characterized in that a first movement is carried out along a first path, wherein at least along a part of the first path a second movement is carried out along a second path, wherein the first and the second movement each are relative movements between the electrolyte stream and the substrate. Further, the invention concerns a substrate holder reception apparatus and an electrochemical treatment apparatus. |
| US10407784B2 |
Electrode for electrolytic processes
An electrode on valve metal substrate suitable for the evolution of oxygen in electrolytic processes is provided with a coating having a catalytic layer containing platinum group metals and one or more protective layers based on tin oxide modified with a doping element selected from bismuth, antimony or tantalum and with a small amount of ruthenium. The electrode is useful in processes of non-ferrous metal electrowinning. |
| US10407782B2 |
Apparatus for the production of an acid super oxidation solution and an alkaline solution with independent flows with ORP from aqueous solutions
This invention includes an electrolysis chamber and method for producing controlled flow acid electrolyzed water and controlled flow alkaline electrolyzed water with independent flows from aqueous solutions. Its objective is to produce controlled flow acid water with an oxide reduction potential (ORP) between +1100 and +1200 mV and a pH between 1.5 and 2.9 with a stability and shelf life of over a year, and controlled flow alkaline electrolyzed water with a pH between 9.0-11.0 and an ORP between −700 mV to −800 mV with a shelf life of more than a year. |
| US10407781B2 |
Electrolysis apparatus and electrolysis method
To provide an electrolytic apparatus and an electrolytic method which can remove a risk of reaching an explosion limit of hydrogen by gradual accumulation of a very small amount of gas in a circulation line of an electrolytic solution in an electrolytic process generating hydrogen. The electrolytic apparatus 1 is characterized by including an anode gas feeding line 20 connecting a gas phase region 21 to an anode side gas-liquid separation means in order to dilute the concentration of the hydrogen gas by feeding anode gas into the gas phase region 21 in which hydrogen gas can exist as a gas phase. By feeding at least a part of the anode gas to the gas phase region 21 with the anode gas feeding line 20, the hydrogen gas in the gas phase region 21 is diluted with the anode gas so that the concentration of the hydrogen gas is surely less than a lower limit value of explosion limit. |
| US10407776B2 |
Method and system for die compensation and restoration using high-velocity oxy-fuel thermal spray coating and plasma ion nitriding
A method and system for die compensation and restoration uses high-velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) thermal spray coating and plasma ion nitriding to compensate for a particular part (damaged part) of a press die that causes formation of fine curves at a door of a vehicle to restore it to its original state. A coating thickness quantification technique may precisely compensate for the damaged part of the die that causes formation of the fine curves at the door of the vehicle in a circular form using HVOF thermal spray coating. A surface of the die may be nitrided using plasma ion nitriding after HVOF thermal spray coating is performed, so as to harden the surface of the die so that wear resistance and fatigue resistance of the die can be greatly improved and the hardfacing or overlay welding efficiency of the die can be increased. |
| US10407771B2 |
Atomic layer deposition chamber with thermal lid
Methods and apparatus for cleaning an atomic layer deposition chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, a chamber lid assembly includes: a housing enclosing a central channel that extends along a central axis and has an upper portion and a lower portion; a lid plate coupled to the housing and having a contoured bottom surface that extends downwardly and outwardly from a central opening coupled to the lower portion of the central channel to a peripheral portion of the lid plate; a first heating element to heat the central channel; a second heating element to heat the bottom surface of the lid plate; a remote plasma source fluidly coupled to the central channel; and an isolation collar coupled between the remote plasma source and the housing, wherein the isolation collar has an inner channel extending through the isolation collar to fluidly couple the remote plasma source and the central channel. |
| US10407765B2 |
Evaporation device
An evaporation device has an evaporation material that can be uniformly heated when it is evaporated with the evaporation device. The evaporation device comprises: a crucible for loading an evaporation material, a body wall of the crucible comprising an inner wall and an outer wall, a chamber being formed between the inner wall and the outer wall, which is filled with an inorganic salt; and a heating element for heating the crucible. During the working process of the evaporation device, when the crucible is heated by the heating element, the inorganic salt inside the chamber would become a molten state under heating, and the inorganic salt in molten state which fills the chamber can conduct heat uniformly such that the temperature distribution of the inner wall of the crucible is more uniform during the heating process and the evaporation material can be heated more uniformly. A method of manufacturing an evaporation device and a usage of the evaporation device are also disclosed in this patent application. |
| US10407760B2 |
Hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and manufacturing method thereof
A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; and a plated layer on a surface of the steel sheet, a microstructure contains, by volume fraction, equal to or more than 20% and equal to or less than 99% in total of one or two of martensite and bainite, a residual structure contains one or two of ferrite, residual austenite of less than 8% by volume fraction, and pearlite of equal to or less than 10% by volume fraction, tensile strength is equal to or greater than 980 MPa, the plated layer is a hot-dip galvanized layer which contains oxides including one or two or more of Si, Mn, and Al, contains equal to or less than 15 mass % of Fe, and a remainder including Zn, Al, and unavoidable impurities, and when a cross section including the steel sheet and the hot-dip galvanized layer is seen in a sheet thickness direction, a projected area ratio is equal to or more than 10% and equal to or less than 90%. |
| US10407757B2 |
Sintered nanocrystalline alloys
Provided in one embodiment is a method, comprising: sintering a plurality of nanocrystalline particulates to form a nanocrystalline alloy, wherein at least some of the nanocrystalline particulates may include a non-equilibrium phase comprising a first metal material and a second metal material, and the first metal material may be soluble in the second metal material. The sintered nanocrystalline alloy may comprise a bulk nanocrystalline alloy. |
| US10407755B2 |
Solid-state method for forming an alloy
The method includes providing a powder that has heterogeneous particles with a ratio, by weight, of an amount of nickel to an amount of a metal. The ratio is selected in accordance with a compositional ratio that can substantially bear a nickel intermetallic precipitate of the nickel and the metal. The heterogeneous particles are then consolidated and thermally treated to interdiffuse the nickel and the metal. The interdiffused nickel and metal are then precipitation treated to precipitate the nickel intermetallic. |
| US10407752B2 |
Liquid-liquid extraction unit, multistage liquid-liquid extraction apparatus using the unit, and multistage continuous extraction system for rare earth elements
A liquid-liquid extraction unit includes an extraction/separation tank (10) into which an aqueous phase in bubble form is admitted from an upper inlet (20) in one sidewall and an organic phase in bubble form is admitted from a lower inlet (30) in the one sidewall. The upward moving organic phase is contacted with the downward moving aqueous phase. After contact, the organic phase is discharged through an upper outlet (40) in an opposite sidewall and the aqueous phase is discharged through a lower outlet (50) in the opposite sidewall. |
| US10407750B2 |
Method for producing high-strength duplex stainless steel
The invention relates to a method for producing a high-strength ferritic austenitic duplex stainless steel with the TRIP (Transformation induced plasticity) effect with deformation. After the heat treatment on the temperature range of 950-1150° C. in order to have high tensile strength level of at least 1000 MPa with retained formability the ferritic austenitic duplex stainless steel is deformed with a reduction degree of at least 10%, preferably at least 20% so that with a reduction degree of 20% the elongation (A50) is at least 15%. |
| US10407748B2 |
High-carbon steel sheet and method of manufacturing the same
A high-carbon steel sheet has a chemical composition represented by, in mass %, C: 0.60% to 0.90%, Mn: 0.30% to 1.50%, and Cr: 0.20% to 1.00%, and others, and has a structure represented by a concentration of Mn contained in cementite: 2% or more and 8% or less, a concentration of Cr contained in cementite: 2% or more and 8% or less, an average grain diameter of ferrite: 10 μm or more and 50 μm or less, an average particle diameter of cementite: 0.3 μm or more and 1.5 μm or less, and a spheroidized ratio of cementite: 85% or more. |
| US10407746B2 |
Method for manufacturing and utilizing ferritic-austenitic stainless steel
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a ferritic-austenitic stainless steel having good formability, good weldability and high elongation. The stainless steel containing the sum of carbon and nitrogen C+N in the range 0.17-0.295 in weight % in which sum C+N a lower carbon content to avoid sensitisation during welding is compensated by an increased nitrogen content to maintain formability is heat treated so that the microstructure of the stainless steel contains 45-75% austenite in the heat treated condition, the remaining microstructure being ferrite, and the measured Md30 temperature of the stainless steel is adjusted between 0 and 50° C. in order to utilize the transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) for improving the formability of the stainless steel. |
| US10407743B2 |
Site-specific conjugation of linker drugs to antibodies and resulting ADCs
The present invention relates to antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) wherein a linker drug is site-specifically conjugated to an antibody through an engineered cysteine, and their use as a medicament, notably for the treatment of human solid tumors and haematological malignancies, in particular breast cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, urothelial cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, lung cancer, mesothelioma, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, and leukaemia. |
| US10407740B2 |
Oligonucleotides for use in determining the presence of Trichomonas vaginalis in a sample
Oligomers useful for determining the presence of Trichomonas vaginalis in a test sample. |
| US10407733B2 |
Methods and devices for nasopharyngeal carcinoma screening
Methods and devices for nasopharyngeal carcinoma screening are disclosed. The method comprises providing a nasopharyngeal sample from a subject, isolating DNA from the sample, amplifying and detecting at least one EBV target sequence from the DNA using real-time PCR, wherein a real-time PCR cycle threshold number of less than or equal to 31.5 is indicative of the subject having nasopharyngeal carcinoma or a risk of developing nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The device for obtaining a brush biopsy sample comprises a longitudinal shaft having a first end and a second end, wherein at least two brush heads extend from the second end of the shaft. |
| US10407731B2 |
Biomarker panels for predicting prostate cancer outcomes
This document provides methods and materials related to assessing male mammals (e.g., humans) with prostate cancer. For example, methods and materials for predicting (1) which patients, at the time of PSA reoccurrence, will later develop systemic disease, (2) which patients, at the time of retropubic radial prostatectomy, will later develop systemic disease, and (3) which patients, at the time of systemic disease, will later die from prostate cancer are provided. |
| US10407729B2 |
Diagnosis of melanoma by nucleic acid analysis
The present invention provides methods for diagnosing melanoma and/or solar lentigo in a subject by analyzing nucleic acid molecules obtained from the subject. The present invention also provides methods for distinguishing melanoma from solar lentigo and/or dysplastic nevi and/or normal pigmented skin. The methods include analyzing expression or mutations in epidermal samples, of one or more skin markers. The methods can include the use of a microarray to analyze gene or protein profiles from a sample. |
| US10407728B2 |
Use of microvesicles in analyzing nucleic acid profiles
The invention concerns gene signatures obtained from microvesicles and a method of applying these gene signatures in helping to determine a biological condition. The determination of a biological condition may aid, for example, the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy treatment selection for disease in a subject. |
| US10407727B2 |
Donor KIR3DL1 and HLA-B subtypes and leukemia control in HLA-compatible allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
This disclosure generally relates to donor selection for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In particular, this disclosure relates to typing KIR3DL1 and HLA-B alleles as basis for donor selection. |
| US10407718B2 |
Optimization of gene expression analysis using immobilized capture probes
Disclosed are methods of multiplexed analysis of oligonucleotides in a sample, including a method of preventing a significant reduction in duplexes detectable in a hybridization assay involving (i) selecting probe lengths for sets of oligonucleotide probes, wherein probes include different subsequences such that at least one subsequence is complementary to a subsequence in a cognate target; wherein probes for longer cognate targets are longer in length than probes for shorter cognate targets, (ii) selecting, for each set of probes, a density of oligonucleotides probes attached per unit area on a solid phase carrier which is below a limit at which the significant reduction in detectable duplexes is predicated to take place, (iii) producing the probes and affixing them to different solid phase carriers at the selected density, and (iv) annealing targets to the probes, wherein signal intensities of probes and targets of different lengths are about the same. |
| US10407717B2 |
Methods of analysis of methylation
Methods for determining the methylation status of a plurality of cytosines are disclosed. In some aspects genomic DNA target sequences containing CpGs are targeted for analysis by multiplex amplification using target specific probes that can be specifically degraded prior to amplification. The targets may be modified with bisulfite prior to amplification. In another aspect targets are cut with methylation sensitive or insensitive restriction enzymes and marked with a tag using the target specific probes. The presence or absence of methylation may be determined using methylation sensitive restriction enzyme or bisulfite treatment. Detection in many embodiments employs hybridization to tag arrays, genotyping arrays or resequencing arrays. |
| US10407716B2 |
Electronic platform for sensing and control of electrochemical reactions
A sensor comprising a semiconductor layer having a two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) and an oxide layer in electronic contact with the semiconductor layer is provided. A method of detecting an analyte molecule using such sensor is also provided. |
| US10407715B2 |
Metal nanocluster beacons for detection of epigentic modifications
In one embodiment, compositions and methods are provided for the detection and/or quantification of epigenetic modifications in DNA. In particular aspects, probes are provided comprising fluorescent metal nanocluster beacons, which can selectively detect nucleic acids including an epigenetic modification. |
| US10407713B2 |
Reagent usable for the isolation and/or purification of nucleic acids
The present invention provides a special reagent for the pretreatment of sample materials. The pretreatment with the reagent according to the invention enables the isolation of nucleic acids by a uniform method from very diverse sample materials, in particular different bioprocess samples, even if the nucleic acids are only present in small amounts in the sample materials. The reagent used for the pretreatment comprises, as key component, at least one compound comprising an amino group. The invention further relates to methods of purification of nucleic acids, in which the sample material is pretreated correspondingly, and suitable kits. |
| US10407711B2 |
Method for obtaining peptides
The present invention relates to a method of obtaining peptides from procaryotic and/or eucaryotic cells. |
| US10407708B2 |
Method and system for determining microorganism growth
Method for determining microorganism growth in a biological sample likely to contain microorganisms, said biological sample being contained in an analysis container, said analysis container being subjected to an incubation of a determined duration, said method comprising: acquiring a first plurality of initial images of the analysis container at a first acquisition time T1, before or during the incubation; acquiring a second plurality of final images of the analysis container at a second acquisition time T2, during or after the incubation; realigning each initial image of the first plurality of initial images acquired, with each corresponding final image of the second plurality of final images acquired; locating at least one potential microorganism growth zone in at least one image of the second plurality of images acquired; evaluating the content of the potential microorganism growth zone identified in order to determine the presence of microorganisms. |
| US10407707B2 |
Cell culturing device
The invention features devices and kits for capturing and culturing microorganisms (e.g., bacteria, fungi, or protists) and methods of using the devices and kits to detect microorganisms in environmental and other samples. The device includes a nutrient media having a flat growth area on which microorganisms can grow. Samples are collected by contacting the device with any environmental sample, e.g., rolling device on a work surface or exposing device to air, or by filtering a sample through a membrane. Microorganisms deposited on the membrane derive nutrients from the underlying media and grow into colonies that can then be detected using methods known in the art. The detected colonies can be imaged digitally or with film. |
| US10407705B2 |
Fungal cells and fermentation processes
The present invention provides an isolated fungal cell that is capable of producing one or more biomass-degrading enzymes and that exhibits increased or decreased expression or copy number of a polynucleotide encoding a PtaB-like protein. Also provided is a fermentation processes for producing one or more biomass-degrading enzymes comprising a fungal cells exhibiting increased or decreased expression or copy number of a polynucleotide encoding a PtaB-like protein. The biomass-degrading enzymes produced by the isolate fungal cell and fermentation processes of the present invention may be used in a process to produce soluble sugars from biomass. |
| US10407703B2 |
Means and methods for producing Neisseria meningitidis capsular polysaccharides of low dispersity
The present invention relates to in vitro methods for producing Neisseria meningitidis capsular polysaccharides which have a defined length. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one capsule polymerase, at least one donor carbohydrate and at least one acceptor carbohydrate, wherein the ratio of donor carbohydrate to acceptor carbohydrate is a ratio from 10:1 to 400:1. Moreover, the present invention provides truncated versions of the capsule polymerases of Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A and X. Also provided herein are pharmaceuticals, in particular vaccines, comprising the synthetic capsular polysaccharides of Neisseria meningitidis which have a defined length. Furthermore, the invention provides for methods for the production of said vaccines. |
| US10407702B2 |
Biocatalytic transamination process
A novel process is provided for the efficient preparation of an asymmetric compound of structural formula I: employing dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR). The DKR process involves an enzymatic enantioselective amination reaction catalyzed by transaminases. The process can be used to manufacture key intermediates in the preparation of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors which may be useful for the treatment of cancer. |
| US10407697B2 |
Methods and compositions for RNA-directed target DNA modification and for RNA-directed modulation of transcription
The present disclosure provides a DNA-targeting RNA that comprises a targeting sequence and, together with a modifying polypeptide, provides for site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA. The present disclosure further provides site-specific modifying polypeptides. The present disclosure further provides methods of site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA The present disclosure provides methods of modulating transcription of a target nucleic acid in a target cell, generally involving contacting the target nucleic acid with an enzymatically inactive Cas9 polypeptide and a DNA-targeting RNA. Kits and compositions for carrying out the methods are also provided. The present disclosure provides genetically modified cells that produce Cas9; and Cas9 transgenic non-human multicellular organisms. |
| US10407694B2 |
DNA element having the activity of enhancing foreign gene expression
Disclosed is a method for stably achieving high expression of a foreign gene in mammalian cells using a novel DNA element. More specifically disclosed is a DNA element which enhances the activation of transcription by changing the chromatin structure around a gene locus into which a foreign gene expression unit has been introduced. |
| US10407693B2 |
Compositions and methods for controlling plant pests
Novel insecticidal proteins isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis that are active against lepidopteran insect pests are disclosed. The DNA encoding the insecticidal proteins can be used to transform various prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms to express the insecticidal proteins. These recombinant organisms can be used to control lepidopteran insects in various environments. |
| US10407690B2 |
Isolated polypeptides, polynucleotides useful for modifying water user efficiency, fertilizer use efficiency, biotic/abiotic stress tolerance, yield and biomass in plants
Polynucleotides, polypeptides, plant cells expressing same and methods of using same for increasing abiotic stress tolerance water use efficiency (WUE), fertilizer use efficiency (FUE), biomass, vigor and/or yield of a plant. The method is effected by expressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 80% homologous to the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:33, 34, 30, 27-29, 31, 32, 35-52, 1401-1403, 1405-1435, 1437-1494, 1496-1542, 1544-1553, 1555-1559, 1561-1827, 1829-1866, 1868-2450, 2453-2458, 2460-2463, 2465-2481, 2483, 2485-2746, 2765-2769, 3052-3065 and 3067-3259, thereby increasing the water use efficiency (WUE), the fertilizer use efficiency (FUE), the biomass, the vigor and/or the yield of the plant. |
| US10407689B2 |
Mutation of the EAR motif of class II HD-ZIP polypeptides
The application describes producing polynucleotide variants of the AtHB 17 clade members and introducing the mutant variants into plants to improve plant traits. The mutant polynucleotides encode polypeptides that comprise mutations in the EAR motifs. |
| US10407682B2 |
RNA interference mediated inhibition of hepatitis B Virus (HBV) gene expression using short interfering nucleic acid (siNA)
The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of HBV gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a HBV gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against HBV gene expression. |
| US10407680B2 |
Compounds and methods for reducing Tau expression
Provided are compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing the amount or activity of Tau mRNA in a cell or animal, and in certain instances reducing the amount of Tau protein in a cell or animal. Such compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions are useful to ameliorate at least one symptom of a neurodegenerative disease. Such symptoms include loss of memory, loss of motor function, and increase in the number and/or volume of neurofibrillary inclusions. Such neurodegenerative diseases include tauopathies, Alzheimer's Disease, Fronto-temporal Dementia (FTD), FTDP-17, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), Corticobasal Ganglionic Degeneration (CBD), Epilepsy, and Dravet's Syndrome. |
| US10407678B2 |
Compositions for modulating expression of C9ORF72 antisense transcript
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for modulating expression of C9ORF72 antisense transcript in a cell or animal with C9ORF72 antisense transcript specific inhibitors. Such methods are useful to treat, prevent, or ameliorate neurodegenerative diseases in an individual in need thereof. Such C9ORF72 antisense transcript specific inhibitors include antisense compounds. |
| US10407675B2 |
Method of fermenting mycelium composite material
A method of fermenting mycelium composite materials wherein layers of fermentable material are stacked in alteration with ventilation layers with air being passed through the ventilation layers to remove heat and gas generated in the layers of fermentable material during fermentation thereof. The obtained composite materials may be formed into cohesive flat boards, such as are used in the manufacture of insulation or furniture. |
| US10407673B2 |
Methods for glycoprotein remodeling using endoglycosidase mutants
A mutant of EndoS2 includes one or more mutations in the sequence of a wild-type EndoS2 (SEQ ID NO:1), wherein the one or more mutations are in a peptide region located within residues 133-143, residues 177-182, residues 184-189, residues 221-231, and/or residues 227-237, wherein the mutant of EndoS2 has a low hydrolyzing activity and a high tranglycosylation activity, as compared to those of the wild-type EndoS2. A method for preparing an engineered glycoprotein using the mutant of EndoS2 includes coupling an activated oligosaccharide to a glycoprotein acceptor. The activated oligosaccharide is a glycan oxazoline. |
| US10407669B2 |
HIV kinase variants
Described are HIV kinase variants showing an improved activity in converting 3-hydroxyisovalerate (HIV) into 3-phosphonoxyisovalerate (PIV), methods for the production of PIV using such enzyme variants as well as methods for the production isobutene in a subsequent reaction. |
| US10407656B2 |
Cell culture and experiment device
The invention discloses a cell culture and experiment device used in the field of biological and genetic engineering experiment apparatus, comprising a cent distribution compartment, a culture compartment, a treatment compartment, and pipelines for delivering liquid between the central distribution compartment and the culture compartment and between the central distribution compartment and the treatment compartment. The central distribution compartment is equipped with a distribution chamber and a piston which can be moved forward and backward in the distribution chamber to alter the working volume of the distribution chamber. At the bottom of the distribution chamber, the central distribution compartment is equipped with a distribution valve controlling the connectivity between the distribution chamber and any of the channels. The invention provides a miniaturized apparatus integrating the central distribution compartment, the culture compartment and the treatment compartment, which can replace manual operations, save time and labor, and avoid wasting experimental raw material. |
| US10407654B1 |
Growth plate devices, kits and assemblies
Culture medium devices and systems are shown and described. In one embodiment a growth plate includes an upper surface, a recessed well, a raised platform having an opposing cavity, and raised extensions having an opposing receiving aperture. Typically, the well is recessed below the top surface and the platform is above the upper surface. A growth plate assembly typically includes at least a first growth plate's raised stacking surfaces being temporarily received by a second growth plate's receiving surfaces, thereby temporarily securing growth plates together. |
| US10407653B2 |
Photobioreactor
A photobioreactor system includes vessel for containing a biomass and a plurality of illuminators which may have solid state devices embedded therein or coupled thereto. The light energy is distributed in the vessel volume by the illuminators so as to reach substantially all of the biomass being circulated in the vessel. Biomass may exit the top of the vessel and be refreshed with nutrients and liquid before being reintroduced at the bottom of the vessel. Carbon dioxide is introduced at the bottom of the vessel. The biomass may be agitated either ultrasonically or by motion of the illuminators. A source of energy for the light sources may be solar panels with battery storage and the carbon dioxide may be a byproduct of thermal power generation. |
| US10407646B2 |
Treatment compositions
The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions. |
| US10407639B2 |
Lubricating oil additives
A lubricating composition comprises an oil-soluble poly(2-oxazoline) additive having the repeat unit: —N(COR1)CH2CH2— where the number of repeat units (n) is an integer between 4 and 1000; where the polymer carries an inorganic or organic nucleophilic polymerization terminating group t, and a linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbyl polymerization initiator group (i); and where R1 comprises a single or a mixture of linear branched or cyclic hydrocarbyl groups having 1-100 carbon atoms, some or all having 12-100 carbon atoms, or of at least one macro-monomeric hydrocarbyl group with more than 50 carbon atoms provided that when the polymer is a homopolymer and R1 lacks any hetero atoms; (A) i has a molecular weight of less than 250 g/mol, and R1 has an average number of carbon atoms of 12 to 50; or (B) n is greater than 15. The polymer may provide the composition, in the form of a lubricant, with friction modifier, and with low impact on lubricant viscosity.The polymer may be a homopolymer, a block copolymer or a star polymer. |
| US10407638B2 |
Production of alpha-olefins
The present invention relates to the biosynthesis of α-olefins. In particular, the invention provides methods for the production of medium-chain α-olefins, more particularly C11 α-olefins, using a polypeptide with decarboxylase activity on free fatty acids with 8 to 14 carbons, in particular on C8-C12 free fatty acids, more particularly on C12 free fatty acids, or a genetically engineered host cell expressing or overexpressing said polypeptide. |
| US10407637B2 |
Fuel composition
Diesel fuel composition suitable for use in an internal combustion engine comprising: (a) 2 mass % to 30 mass % of kerosene having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 1.5 mm2/s or less and a density of 810 kg/m3 or less; (b) 2 mass % to 20 mass % of Fischer-Tropsch derived base oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 7.5 mm2/s or greater and a density of 790 kg/m3 or greater; and (c) diesel base fuel. The diesel fuel composition of the present invention provides improved cold flow properties while simultaneously maintaining other properties such as viscosity and density within diesel fuel specification requirements. |
| US10407636B2 |
Dialkylaminoalkanol friction modifiers for fuels and lubricants
A fuel composition, a lubricant composition, and methods for reducing friction or wear of moving parts. The fuel composition includes gasoline and from about 10 to about 500 ppm by weight of a dialkylaminoalkanol of the formula R1(R2)NCH2CH(R3)R4. The lubricant composition includes base oil of lubricating viscosity and from about 0.05 to about 5.0 weight percent of a dialkylaminoalkanol of the formula R1(R2)NCH2CH(R3)R4. In the above formulas wherein R1 is an alkyl group or a hydroxy alkyl group containing from 8 to 50 carbon atoms; R2 is an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R3 is selected from H and OH; and R4 is selected from H, an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and CH2OH and wherein at least one of R3 and R4 contains a hydroxyl group and provided that when R1 is a hydroxyalkyl group, R3 is OH and R4 is CH2OH. |
| US10407629B2 |
Process and installation for the conversion of crude oil to petrochemicals having an improved ethylene and BTX yield
The present invention relates to an integrated process to convert crude oil into petrochemical products comprising crude oil distillation, hydrocracking, aromatization and olefins synthesis. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a process installation to convert crude oil into petrochemical products comprising a crude distillation unit, a hydrocracker, an aromatization unit and a unit for olefins synthesis. |
| US10407628B2 |
Process for the refining of crude oil
A process for the refining of crude oil with at least one atmospheric distillation unit for separating the various fractions, a sub-atmospheric distillation unit, a conversion unit of the heavy fractions obtained, a unit for enhancing the quality of some of the fractions obtained by actions on the chemical composition of their constituents and a unit for the removal of undesired components, where the sub-atmospheric distillation residue is sent to one of the conversion units, the conversion unit includes at least one hydroconversion reactor in slurry phase, into which hydrogen or a mixture of hydrogen and H2S, is fed, in the presence of a suitable dispersed hydrogenation catalyst with dimensions ranging from 1 nanometer to 30 microns. |
| US10407621B2 |
Method and a system of recovering and processing a hydrocarbon mixture from a subterranean formation
The present invention relates to a method and system for recovering and processing a hydrocarbon mixture from a subterranean formation. The method comprises: (i) mobilizing said hydrocarbon mixture; (ii) recovering said mobilized hydrocarbon mixture; (iii) coking said recovered hydrocarbon mixture to produce decoked hydrocarbon and coke; (iv) combusting said coke to generate steam and/or energy and CO2; (v) upgrading said decoked hydrocarbon by hydrogen addition to produce upgraded hydrocarbon; and (v) adding a diluent to the decoked hydrocarbon prior to upgrading and/or adding a diluent to the upgraded hydrocarbon; wherein said method is at least partially self-sufficient in terms of steam and/or energy and diluent. |
| US10407617B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal composition
Shown is a liquid crystal display device including a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal composition having a nematic phase, which is placed between these substrates, wherein the liquid crystal composition includes at least one compound selected from compounds represented by formula (1) as a first component: wherein in formula (1), R1 and R2 are alkyl or the like; ring A and ring C are 1,4-phenylene or the like; ring B is 2,3-difluoro-1,4-phenylene or the like; Z1 and Z2 are a single bond or the like; and m is 1, 2 or 3, n is 0 or 1, and the sum of m and n is 3 or less. |
| US10407615B2 |
Fluorescent material, method of producing same, and light emitting device
Provided are a fluorescent material with excellent durability, which emits red light, a method of producing the same, and a light emitting device. The fluorescent material is a fluorescent material including a fluoride-containing fluorescent material core comprising Mn, at least one element selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal element and NH4+, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of a Group 4 element and a Group 14 element in a composition thereof; and at least one of an aluminum hydroxide particle and a calcium hydroxide particle as disposed on a surface of the fluorescent material core. |
| US10407614B2 |
Photoconversion film, and photoconversion element and display device comprising same
The present application relates to a light conversion film in which one or more types of organic fluorescent dyes are dispersed in a polymer medium including one or more types of ionic polymers, and a light conversion device, a backlight unit and a display apparatus including the same. |
| US10407612B2 |
Low PH crosslinking of polymers
The invention is directed to polymers that self-crosslink at acidic pH or can be crosslinked by phenolic agents in brine. Such polymers have lower viscosity and can be pumped deep into reservoirs, where they will cross link in situ, thus increasing their viscosity and/or form a gel and blocking thief zones. Methods of making and using such polymers are also provided. |
| US10407604B2 |
Heat-dissipating resin composition, and component and electronic device including the same
Provided is a heat-dissipating resin composition including: a rubber material having an average emissivity of 80% or higher in a wavelength range from 5 μm to 20 μm; and a filler having a grain diameter of 15 μm or smaller and an aspect ratio of 3 to 10, wherein the heat-dissipating resin composition has an emissivity of 90% or higher in the wavelength range from 5 μm to 20 μm. |
| US10407602B2 |
Low global warming potential refrigerants in liquid chillers
A refrigeration system is disclosed. The system includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator fluidly connected to form a refrigeration circuit. A refrigerant composition including an environmentally-suitable chiller refrigerant that has a 100 year direct global warming potential (GWP) of less than 150 is included. The refrigerant composition includes a mixture including R-1336mzz-(Z) and R-1130-(E), wherein an amount of R-1336mzz-(Z) in the mixture is in a range from at or about 69% by weight to at or about 81% by weight, and an amount of R-1130-(E) in the mixture is in a range from at or about 31% by weight to at or about 19% by weight. |
| US10407596B2 |
UV-reactive hot-melt adhesive for laminating transparent films
The present invention relates to a UV-curable hot-melt adhesive for laminating transparent films, in particular, on molded bodies made of wood materials that are coated with melamine or PVC. The hot-melt adhesives contain: at least one UV-curable urethane (meth)acrylate, wherein the urethane (meth)acrylate can be obtained by converting an NCO-functional polyurethane prepolymer with a molar excess of hydroxy and/or amine-modified (meth)acrylates; at least one (meth)acrylate monomer or oligomer, wherein the at least one (meth)acrylate monomer and/or oligomer comprises an acid-modified (meth)acrylate with an acid value of 50 to 400 mg KOH/g; and at least one photoinitiator. Other aspects of the present invention are methods for laminating a film onto a molded body using said hot-melt adhesives, and to the composite materials produced in this manner. |
| US10407588B2 |
Coating composition and coated article
The present invention provides a coating composition that can provide a coating film excellent in adhesion to a substrate and also excellent in non-adhesiveness, hardness at high temperature, and abrasion resistance. The present invention relates to a coating composition including: non-melt-fabricable polytetrafluoroethylene; a fluorine-containing polymer other than the non-melt-fabricable polytetrafluoroethylene; and a heat-resistant resin other than the non-melt-fabricable polytetrafluoroethylene or the fluorine-containing polymer, the non-melt-fabricable polytetrafluoroethylene being contained in an amount of 10 to 60% by mass relative to the amount of the fluorine-containing polymer. |
| US10407586B2 |
Seed coating compositions including ethylene copolymer and lubricant
Coated seeds and methods for reducing seed dust and increasing seed flowability are disclosed. The coated seeds include a seed and a coating composition. The coating composition includes a binder comprising an ethylene copolymer and a lubricant comprising a wax composition. In some embodiments, the ethylene copolymer includes an ethylene monomer and at least one comonomer. The comonomer is selected from acrylic acid, acetic acid, derivatives thereof, or mixtures thereof. In some embodiments, the wax comprises a Fischer-Tropsch wax, a carnauba wax, a polyethylene wax, a soy wax, a paraffin wax, a scale wax, a slack wax, or a mixture thereof. |
| US10407585B2 |
Aqueous ink for ink jet recording, aqueous ink set for ink jet recording, and ink jet recording method
Provided is an aqueous ink for ink jet recording that includes: water; a water-soluble organic solvent; a coloring material; and a specific compound having a structure expressed by the following General Formula (I), wherein ink pH is in a range of 6.5 to 8.5. In General Formula (I), Ra, Rb, Rc, and Rd each independently represent a structure expressed by General Formula (I-R) or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which is not branched, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and n represents an integer in a range of 0 to 3, and the total carbon number of the structure expressed by General Formula (I-R) is equal to or less than 6. |
| US10407582B2 |
Ink composition, image forming method, and printed matter
An ink composition includes (component A) a polymer that has a group containing a silsesquioxane structure and has a weight average molecular weight of 3,000 or more, (component B) a monofunctional polymerizable compound, and (component C) a polymerization initiator; or an ink composition includes (component A′) a compound that does not have an ethylenically unsaturated double bond but has a silsesquioxane structure, and has a molecular weight of 300 or more but less than 3,000, (component B′) a monofunctional polymerizable compound, (component C) a polymerization initiator, and (component D) a coloring agent, wherein a content of the (component B′) monofunctional polymerizable compound with respect to the total content of all the polymerizable compounds is 80% by mass or more. |
| US10407580B2 |
Single phase water based energy curable compositions and method of preparing coatings and printing inks
The present invention discloses an energy curable, single phase, aqueous composition comprising water, an ethylenically unsaturated oligomer, and an ethylenically unsaturated resin containing neutralized acidic or basic functional groups. Advantageously, in certain embodiments, the compositions contain greater than 25 wt. % water at less than 60 wt. % resin in the total composition. |
| US10407574B2 |
Composition with self-healing property, film with self-healing property and device including the film
A self-healing composition including, urethane (meth)acrylate having two (meth)acrylate groups, six or more urethane groups, and a substituted or unsubstituted polyhedral silsesquioxane. |
| US10407566B2 |
Method for preparing styrene-butadiene rubber having low combined styrene content
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a low styrene-butadiene rubber having a low combined styrene content and, more particular, to a method for preparing a low styrene-butadiene rubber, wherein the low styrene-butadiene rubber contributes to an excellent polymerization rate and vulcanization rate by using an aliphatic organic acid and a sulfonate based compound as emulsifiers, and is excellent in heat stability after blending, thereby improving the workability and viscosity in in roll processing, such that the low styrene-butadiene rubber is advantageous to produce a molded article with improved rigidity and hardness when mixed with a high styrene-butadiene rubber. |
| US10407564B2 |
Cured guayule rubber containing compositions and method for preparing same
Provided herein are cured rubber compositions containing guayule natural rubber with 2.5-4 weight % resin and fillers. By the use of a specified cure package that contains increased amounts of sulfur and accelerator, the cured rubber compositions are found to exhibit strain induced crystallization (as can be observed by X-ray diffraction). Also provided are related methods for preparing the rubber compositions. |
| US10407563B2 |
Processes for producing molded articles stabilized against ultraviolet light and thermal degradation
A process for producing a stabilized molded article including: combining a stabilizing amount of a thermal and ultraviolet (UV) light stabilizer composition with an organic material subject to degradation induced by light, heat or oxidation to form a stabilized organic material; and forming the stabilized organic material into a molded article, wherein the stabilizer composition comprises an ortho-hydroxyl tris-aryl-s-triazine compound; a hindered amine light stabilizer compound; a hindered hydroxybenzoate compound; an acid scavenger; a phosphite compound; a hindered phenol antioxidant compound; and a thioester compound. |
| US10407561B2 |
Antioxidant
The present invention relates to an antioxidant comprising a compound represented by formula (III): |
| US10407557B2 |
Sulfur extended asphalt modified with crumb rubber for paving and roofing
The present invention relates to asphalt compositions. The present invention provides for a sulfur rubber asphalt binder composition that includes a base asphalt having a softening point, elemental sulfur, and a recycled crumb rubber material. The crumb rubber material is combined with the base asphalt and the elemental sulfur to create the sulfur rubber asphalt binder composition. The crumb rubber material is present in the sulfur rubber asphalt binder in an amount effective to increase the softening point as compared to the softening point of the base asphalt. |
| US10407556B2 |
Surface modification methods for biomedical scaffolds
Many different substrates are used in tissue engineering as platforms to enhance cell attachment, proliferation and activity, either in-vitro, to multiply specific cell lines, or in-vivo, to induce shorter healing time of injured or missing tissue. However, their hydrophobicity and lack of specific functionalities make them non-ideal for cell adhesion and growth. Treating the surfaces by exposing them to a series of steps including, but not limited to, a diazonium based wet chemistry allows one or more functional groups to be applied to the surface improving cell adhesion and growth. Embodiments of the invention exploiting PDLLA, PMMA and roughed PEEK are demonstrated including both a one-stage and a two-stage process, and at times a vacuum treatment, allowing modification of inner and outer surfaces. |
| US10407553B2 |
Fiber-reinforced composites made with thermoplastic resin compositions and reactive coupling fibers
Methods of making fiber-resin compositions are described. The methods may include the providing of a thermoplastic resin to an extruder, where the thermoplastic resin may include at least one reactive moiety capable of forming a covalent bond with a coupling agent on a plurality of reactive fibers. The methods may further include combining the thermoplastic resin with the plurality of reactive fibers also supplied to the extruder. The reactive fibers are sized with the coupling agent that reacts with the thermoplastic resin to form the fiber-resin composition, which may be extruded from the extruder. Methods of making fiber-reinforced composite articles from the fiber-resin composition are also described. |
| US10407552B2 |
Press-molded product and composite material
A press-molded product includes: carbon fibers having a weight average fiber length of 1 mm or more; a polyamide-based resin (X); and a polyarylene ether-based resin (Y). The carbon fibers include carbon fiber bundles. The polyamide-based resin (X) and the polyarylene ether-based resin (Y) form a sea-island structure inside and outside the carbon fiber bundles. In the sea-island structure, one of the polyamide-based resin (X) and the polyarylene ether-based resin (Y) forms a sea phase and the other forms an island phase having a particle diameter Dr of 0.05 μm or more and less than 50 μm. |
| US10407551B2 |
Polyarylene sulfide manufacturing method and polyarylene sulfide manufacturing device
To provide a polyarylene sulfide (hereinafter, PAS) manufacturing method and PAS manufacturing device that further eliminates processing costs in manufacturing PAS, by recovering from solid content containing an unreacted sulfur source and alkali metal halide produced as a byproduct the sulfur source and the solid content with a reduced amount of the sulfur source, and then conveniently and easily reusing the unreacted sulfur source without performing a large-scale process. A method of manufacturing PAS according to the present invention comprises: a polymerizing step of producing PAS; an extracting step of bringing an extraction solvent into content with solid content produced in the polymerizing step, and extracting at least a portion of a sulfur source from the solid content; a recovering step of separating and recovering the solid content passing through the extracting step and an extraction liquid produced in the extracting step; and a recycling step of supplying at least a portion of the extraction liquid preferably as at least a portion of PAS produced raw material in the polymerizing step; where the extraction solvent is (1) a protic organic solvent or (2) a mixed solvent containing water and an organic solvent, and the amount of the sulfur source in the solid content recovered in the recovering step is 2 parts by mass or less with regard to 100 parts by mass of the alkali metal halide. |
| US10407549B2 |
Photosensitive polyimide resin composition and method of manufacturing cover film using the same
A photosensitive polyimide resin composition is provided. The resin composition comprises an infrared absorber, an epoxy, a photosensitive polyimide and a photo initiator. The infrared absorber includes pigment and has an amount of weight accounting for 5-40% of total solid weight of the photosensitive polyimide resin composition. The epoxy has an amount of weight accounting for 5-40% of total solid weight of the photosensitive polyimide resin composition. The photosensitive polyimide has the structure of formula (1): wherein m, n are independently 1 to 600; X is a tetravalent organic group, and the main chain of X includes alicyclic structure; Y is a divalent organic group, and the main chain of Y includes siloxane structure; Z is a divalent organic group, and the side chain of Z includes phenolic hydroxyl group or carboxyl group. The photosensitive polyimide has an amount of weight accounting for 30-90% of total solid weight of the photosensitive polyimide resin composition. The photo initiator has an amount of weight accounting for 0.1-15% of total solid weight of the transparent photosensitive resin. |
| US10407547B2 |
Methods of producing compounds from 5-(halomethyl)furfural
Provided herein are methods of producing compounds, such as cyclohexanone, hexanediamine, hexanediol, hexamethylenediamine, caprolactam and nylon, from 5-(halomethyl)furfural. |
| US10407546B2 |
Acrylate-terminated urethane polybutadienes from low-monomer 1:1 monoadducts from reactive olefinic compounds and diisocyanates and hydroxy-terminated polybutadienes for liquid optically clear adhesives (LOCAs)
The present invention relates to a process for producing hydrosilylatable, eugenol-based polyethers, to the conversion thereof into polyether siloxanes and also to the products that may be produced by this process and to the use of said products as surfactants. |
| US10407543B2 |
Method for producing polyethylene glycol having terminal carboxyl group
A method for producing polyethylene glycol having a terminal carboxyl group including oxidizing polyethylene glycol represented by formula (I): CH3O(CH2CH2O)n(CH2)m—CHO with potassium peroxymonosulfate in water whose pH is adjusted to be from 6 to 8 with at least one selected from a carbonate, a phosphate, a citrate and an acetate at 5 to 40° C. to produce polyethylene glycol represented by formula (II): CH3O(CH2CH2O)n(CH2)m—COOH, wherein n is a number from 10 to 1,100, and m is 2 or 3. |
| US10407541B2 |
Block co-condensates of polysiloxanes and dihydroxydiphenylcycloalkane-based n (CO)polycarbonates
The present invention relates to block cocondensates of polysiloxanes and dihydroxydiarylcycloalkane-based (co)polycarbonates and also to a process for preparing such block cocondensates. The invention further relates to the use of these block cocondensates for producing mouldings and extrudates. |
| US10407539B2 |
Deoxybenzoin containing flame retardant polymer compositions
The present invention relates to specific deoxybenzoin containing flame retardant polyesters and flame retardant thermoplastic polymer molding compositions comprising deoxybenzoin containing flame retardant polyesters as well as their preparation and use for producing moldings, fibers or foils. |
| US10407537B2 |
Integrated zwitterionic conjugated polymers for bioelectronics, biosensing, regenerative medicine, and energy applications
The present invention is directed to a versatile and high performance zwitterionic CP platform, which integrates all desired functions into one material. This zwitterionic CP consists of the conducting backbone and multifunctional zwitterionic side chains. Non-conducting zwitterionic materials gain electronic conductivity through the conducting backbone and CPs obtain excellent biocompatibility, sensitivity to environmental stimuli and controllable antifouling properties via multifunctional zwitterionic side chains. Unique properties from two distinct materials (conducting materials and zwitterionic materials) are integrated into one material without sacrificing any properties. This platform can potentially be adapted for a range of applications (e.g. bioelectronics, tissue engineering, wound healing, robotic prostheses, biofuel cell, etc.), which all require high performance conducting materials with excellent antifouling/biocompatibility at complex biointerfaces. This conducting material platform will significantly advance the development of conducting polymers in the field of biomedicine and biotechnology. |
| US10407535B2 |
3D printable liquid crystalline elastomers with tunable shape memory behavior and bio-derived renditions
Described herein are liquid crystalline elastomer compositions comprising aromatic epoxy units crosslinked with alkylene diacid units having alkylene segments containing at least one methylene unit, and/or aromatic epoxy units crosslinked with polyphenolic units, wherein the aromatic epoxy units and alkylene diacid units and/or polyphenolic units are in a molar ratio that results in the liquid crystalline elastomer composition exhibiting a glass transition temperature (Tg) and a thermal stability of the liquid crystalline phase (Tlc) that make them particularly suitable as shape memory materials and for use in methods of additive manufacturing. Methods for producing these compositions and their use in additive manufacturing processes are also described. |
| US10407534B2 |
Cyclic carbonates
Compounds of the formula in which R1 is an organic radical having a (meth)acryloyl group and R2, R3, and R4 independently of one another are an H atom or a C1 to C10 alkyl group. |
| US10407531B2 |
Photosensitive composition, image forming method, film forming method, resin, image, and film
Provided are a photosensitive composition containing a resin which includes a structural unit A represented by Formula (1) or (2) and a structural unit B represented by Formula (3), (4), or (5); and a radically polymerizable monomer, an image forming method, a film forming method, a resin, an image, and a film. R11, R21, R31, R41, and R51 represent H or a hydrocarbon group, R12 to R14 and R22 to R24 represent a hydrocarbon group, H, or an OH group, R42, R43, R52, and R53 represent H or a hydrocarbon group, L1 to L3 represent a single bond or a linking group, X1 represents —O— or —NR15—, X2 represent —O— or —NR25—, R15 and R25 represent H or a hydrocarbon group, and Cy1 represents a hydrocarbon group which may contain O and has a cyclic structure. |
| US10407523B2 |
Continuous process for preparation of high heat resistance copolymers
The present disclosure concerns a bulk polymerization process for the preparation of high heat performance copolymer resins with a reduced amount of oligomer byproduct. The method can comprise isolating oligomer byproduct and introducing the oligomer byproduct into the reactant mixture for the bulk polymerization process. |
| US10407521B2 |
Polymer and polymer electrolyte membrane comprising same
The present specification relates to a polymer and a polymer electrolyte membrane including the same. |
| US10407519B2 |
Magnesium dichloride-ethanol adducts and catalyst components obtained therefrom
Solid adducts comprising MgCl2 and an alcohol ROH in which R is a C1-C20 hydrocarbon group, in which the amount of alcohol ranges from higher than 42% to 60% by weight and the porosity determined with Hg method due to pores up to 1 μm and expressed in cm3/g, is such that the value of its ratio with the amount of alcohol in percentage falls above the straight line defined by the equation y=−0.0158x+1.03 in which y is the porosity of the adduct and x is the alcohol percentage by weight. |
| US10407517B2 |
Rubber composition for tires and pneumatic tire
A rubber composition for tires of the present technology contains a diene rubber, silica, a silane coupling agent, a fatty acid metal salt, and a predetermined alkyltrialkoxysilane; the diene rubber containing 60 mass % or greater of a modified conjugated diene rubber and 30 mass % or greater of a particular conjugated diene rubber which corresponds to a part or all of the modified conjugated diene rubber; an average glass transition temperature of the diene rubber being from −45 to −20° C.; the particular conjugated diene rubber being a conjugated diene rubber produced by a particular production method and having predetermined ranges of aromatic vinyl unit content, vinyl bond content, and weight average molecular weight. |
| US10407514B2 |
Dextran sulfate
A dextran sulfate, or a salt thereof, has a number average molecular weight (Mn) as measured by NMR spectroscopy within an interval of 1850 and 3500 Da. The dextran sulfate, or the salt thereof, also has an average sulfate number per glucose unit within an interval of 2.5 and 3.0. Furthermore, an average sulfation of C2 position in the glucose units of the dextran sulfate, or the salt thereof, is at least 90%. The dextran sulfate has improved biological effects and/or reduced toxicity as compared to similar dextran sulfate molecules available on the market. |
| US10407512B2 |
Bi-specific fusion proteins
Bi-specific fusion proteins with therapeutic uses are provided, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such fusion proteins, and methods for using such fusion proteins to repair or regenerate damaged or diseased tissue. The bi-specific fusion proteins generally comprise: (a) a targeting polypeptide domain that binds to a target molecule; and (b) an activator domain that detectably modulates tissue regeneration. |
| US10407511B2 |
Covalently linked helicar-anti-helicar antibody conjugates and uses thereof
Herein is reported a conjugate comprising a helicar motif amino acid sequence containing compound and an antibody that specifically binds to the helicar motif amino acid sequence characterized by a covalent bond between the helicar motif amino acid sequence containing compound and an amino acid residue in the CDR2 of the anti-helicar antibody, whereby the CDR2 is determined according to Kabat. |
| US10407510B2 |
Anti-factor D antibodies and conjugates
The invention provides anti-Factor D antibodies and conjugates and methods of using the same. |
| US10407503B2 |
Fully human antibodies and fragments recognizing human c-Met
Human antibody fragments against c-Met have been identified through phage display technology. The high affinity and low immunogenicity make them very useful for both in vivo and in vitro applications. These novel human antibodies can greatly help the study of drug resistance in EGFR targeted therapies, and improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients. |
| US10407502B2 |
Immunomodulatory agents
The invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to PD-L1 and fusion molecules comprising PD-L1 binding proteins constructed with an IL15 receptor-binding domain, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, and therapeutic compositions thereof. The agents inhibit PD-L1-mediated immunosuppression and enhance cell and cytokine mediated immunity for the treatment of neoplastic and infectious diseases. |
| US10407498B2 |
Method of treating diabetic nephropathy in a subject suffering from type 2 diabetes by administering an antibody which inhibits VEGF-B signaling
The present disclosure provides a method of treating diabetic nephropathy in a subject suffering from diabetic nephropathy, the method comprising administering to the subject a compound that inhibits VEGF-B signalling. |
| US10407493B2 |
Monoclonal antibodies directed against trimeric forms of the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein with broad and potent neutralizing activity
The invention provides a method for obtaining a broadly neutralizing antibody (bNab), including screening memory B cell cultures from a donor PBMC sample for neutralization activity against a plurality of HIV-1 species, cloning a memory B cell that exhibits broad neutralization activity; and rescuing a monoclonal antibody from that memory B cell culture. The resultant monoclonal antibodies are characterized by their ability to selectively bind epitopes from the Env proteins in native or monomeric form, as well as to inhibit infection of HIV-1 species from a plurality of clades. Compositions containing human monoclonal anti-HIV antibodies used for prophylaxis, diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection are provided. Methods for generating such antibodies by immunization using epitopes from conserved regions within the variable loops of gp120 are provided. Immunogens for generating anti-HIV1 bNAbs are also provided. Furthermore, methods for vaccination using suitable epitopes are provided. |
| US10407489B2 |
Method for the production of freeze-dried pellets comprising factor VIII
A method for the production of freeze-dried pellets comprising factor VIII comprises the steps of: a) freezing droplets of a solution comprising factor VIII to form pellets; b) freeze-drying the pellets; wherein in step a) the droplets are formed by means of droplet formation of the solution comprising factor VIII into a cooling tower which has a temperature-controllable inner wall surface and an interior temperature below the freezing temperature of the solution and wherein in step b) the pellets are freeze-dried in a rotating receptacle which is housed inside a vacuum chamber. |
| US10407488B2 |
Therapy for treatment or prevention of conditions associated with bleeding or hypocoagulation
The present application generally relates to methods to prevent or treat bleeding and/or hypocoagulation in an individual in need thereof, and compositions for use in such methods. The methods comprise administration of FVa, preferably an APC resistant FVa (such as superFVa), alone or in combination with FVIIa, preferably rhFVIIa (such as NovoSeven® or another FVIIa having enhanced activity or half-life). When administered in combination, FVa and FVIIa elicit a synergistic benefit when used to treat or prevent bleeding or hypocoagulation in subjects in need thereof, e.g., subjects with a genetic disorder such as hemophilia or an acquired bleeding disorder or other condition associated with bleeding or hypocoagulation such as hemorrhagic stroke or shock, trauma, surgery or dysmenorrhea or individuals who produce inhibitory antibodies against procoagulants such as FVIII or FIX or who have been administered an overdose of an anticoagulant drug such as a direct Xa or direct thrombin inhibitor or a Novel Oral Anti-Coagulant (NOAC) or demonstrate unexplained bleeding. Also, the invention relates to the use of a superFVa alone or in combination with FVIIa or other procoagulant or prohemostatic agent to prevent, treat or reverse APC-associated bleeding, e.g., as the result of APC overproduction (such as through serious injury and/or hemorrhagic shock) or APC or other anticoagulant therapy, e.g., in the treatment of inflammatory disorders or sepsis disease. |
| US10407486B2 |
Ligating BDCA-2 protein with BDCA-2 specific antibody for detecting or modulating dendritic cells
This invention provides a method of detecting BDCA-2 protein in a biological sample. The sample is combined with an antibody or antigen binding fragment under conditions where the antibody or fragment will bind to BDCA-2 protein in the sample to form a complex, which is detected by formation of complex with the antibody. BDCA-2 protein may be displayed on the surface of dendritic cells. Binding of the antibody may result in down-regulation of type 1 interferon production, down-regulation of Th1 immune responses, induction of intracellular Ca++ mobilization, and/or polarization of an immune response towards Th2. |
| US10407483B2 |
Purifying insulin using cation exchange and reverse phase chromatography in the presence of an organic modifier and elevated temperature
A process is described for purifying insulin and insulin analogs that comprises high-pressure liquid chromatography with an acidic cation exchange medium performed in the presence of a water miscible organic modifier and at an elevated temperature followed by reverse phase chromatography performed in the presence of a water miscible organic modifier and at an elevated temperature. |
| US10407481B2 |
Ligands modified by circular permutation as agonists and antagonists
The present invention provides fusion polypeptides comprising polypeptide ligands that are modified by circular permutation and fused to at least one polypeptide fusion partner wherein such fusion polypeptides have new, improved or enhanced biological functions or activities. Such improvements include, but are not limited to, increased binding affinity, increased activity, increased agonist activity (super agonist), antagonist activity, increased accessibility, increased flexibility of the active site, increased stability, broader and/or changed substrate specificity, and combinations thereof. |
| US10407476B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating hemophilia
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for insertion of transgene sequences encoding proteins involved in clotting into the genome of a cell for treating conditions including hemophilias. |
| US10407470B2 |
Method of inducing an immune response against human immunodeficiency virus comprising administering immunogenic compositions comprising authentic trimeric HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins containing a long linker and tag
Provided herein are HIV vaccines that encompasses recombinant trimers that mimic native HIV-1 envelope trimers. Also provided are methods of administering to a subject in need thereof an HIV vaccine provided herein to elicit antibodies against a recombinant trimer in the subject. A recombinant trimer is formed by a recombinant protein comprising a recombinant HIV-1 gp140 fused to a tag through a linker at C-terminus of the recombinant HIV-1 gp140, wherein the linker is sufficiently long so that the tag is accessible for binding by a binding molecule bound on a solid matrix during purification of the recombinant trimer. |
| US10407465B2 |
Peptides enhancing neuronal outgrowth and application thereof
The present invention relates to peptides enhancing neuronal outgrowth, particularly to peptides that enhance neurite outgrowth and their application. |
| US10407456B2 |
Nucleoside phosphoramidates useful for the treatment of viral infections and preparation thereof
Two processes are described for preparing, in different diastereomeric purity degrees, the compound (S)-isopropyl-2-(((S)-(((2R,3R,4R,5R)-5-(2,4-dioxo-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-1(2H)-yl)-4-fluoro-3-hydroxy-4-methyltetrahydrofuran-2-yl)methoxy)(phenoxy)-phosphoryl)amino) propanoate, having the formula given below, known as Sofosbuvir and used for the treatment of hepatitis C. |
| US10407453B2 |
Process for isolating C5 sugars from biomass hydrolyzate
Provided are processes for isolating hemicellulose-based sugar from a biomass. The process includes providing a biomass hydrolyzate including a C5 sugar, forming a boronic ester or diester of the C5 sugar, extracting the boronic ester of diester of the C5 sugar, precipitating the C5 sugar using a boron capture agent, and isolating the C5 sugar from the precipitate. The isolated C5 sugar is provided in dry form. |
| US10407448B2 |
N-N-bis(2-dialkylphosphinoethyl)amine-borane complex and production method therefor, and method for producing ruthenium complex containing N,N-bis(2-dialkylphosphinoethyl)amine as ligand
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an N,N-bis(2-dialkylphosphinoethyl)amine-borane complex which is a ruthenium complex that exhibits excellent catalytic activity in a hydrogenation reaction, etc., and a production method therefor, and a method for efficiently producing a ruthenium complex containing N,N-bis(2-dialkylphosphinoethyl)amine as a ligand. The present invention is capable of efficiently producing an amine-borane complex (3) by reacting an oxazolidinone compound (1) with a dialkylphosphine-borane compound (2) in the presence of a base. The present invention is also capable of efficiently producing a ruthenium complex (5) by reacting the amine-borane complex (3) with a ruthenium compound (4) in the presence of an amine. (In the formula, a solid line, a dashed line, B, C, H, L1-L3, LG, n, N, O, P, Ru, X, and R1-R10 are as defined in the description.) |
| US10407446B2 |
Amino-triazolopyridine compounds and their use in treating cancer
The specification generally relates to compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, where R1 and R2 have any of the meanings defined herein. The specification also relates to the use of such compounds and salts thereof to treat or prevent DNA-PK mediated disease, including cancer. The specification further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and salts; kits comprising such compounds and salts; methods of manufacture of such compounds and salts; intermediates useful in the manufacture of such compounds and salts; and to methods of treating DNA-PK mediated disease, including cancer, using such compounds and salts. |
| US10407441B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating neoplasia, inflammatory disease and other disorders
The invention features compositions and methods for treating or preventing a neoplasia. More specifically, the invention provides compositions and methods for disrupting the interaction of a BET family polypeptide comprising a bromodomain with chromatin (e.g., disrupting a bromodomain interaction with an acetyl-lysine modification present on a histone N-terminal tail). |
| US10407438B2 |
Crystalline forms of darunavir
The present invention relates to novel crystalline forms of darunavir, the pharmaceutical formulations, and the therapeutic uses thereof in treating viral infections. |
| US10407436B2 |
Carboxamide-substituted xanthene dyes
Carboxamide-substituted xanthene dyes, reactive dyes, and the use of such dyes as a labeling reagent are disclosed. Specifically, a carboxamide-substituted dye of the formula (I) is disclosed. |
| US10407434B2 |
Process for preparing oxycodone compositions
In certain embodiments the invention is directed to a process for preparing an oxycodone hydrochloride composition having less than 25 ppm of 14-hydroxycodeinone. |
| US10407430B2 |
Janus kinase 1 selective inhibitor and pharmaceutical use thereof
Provided are Janus kinase 1 selective inhibitors of Formula 1 or Formula 2: wherein R1, R2, and X are as described herein. Pharmaceutical uses thereof, for example, for the treatment of a disease associated with a Janus kinase, are also provided. |
| US10407428B2 |
Spiro-isoquinoline-1,4′-piperidine compounds having multimodal activity against pain
The present invention relates to spiro-isoquinoline-1,4′-piperidine compounds having dual pharmacological activity towards both the sigma (σ) receptor and the μ-opiod receptor, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in therapy, in particular for the treatment of pain. |
| US10407427B2 |
Processes for the preparation of Vemurafenib
Novel processes are disclosed for manufacture of N-(3-(5-(4-chlorophenyl)-l H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine-3-carbonyl)-2,4-difluorophenyl)propane-1-sulfonamide (I), wherein no protection-deprotection sequences or halogenation steps are required and use of palladium catalysts is minimized. |
| US10407425B2 |
Indazole inhibitors of the Wnt signal pathway and therapeutic uses thereof
Indazole compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present invention concerns the use of an indazole compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Wnt pathway signaling (e.g., cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, Alzheimer's disease, lung disease and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, as well as genetic diseases and neurological conditions/disorders/diseases due to mutations or dysregulation of the Wnt pathway and/or of one or more of Wnt signaling components. Also provided are methods for treating Wnt-related disease states. |
| US10407421B2 |
Bicyclic aryl monobactam compounds and methods of use thereof for the treatment of bacterial infections
The present invention relates to bicyclic aryl monobactam compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A1, L, M, W, X, Y, Z, RX and Rz are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions which comprise a bicyclic aryl monobactam compound of the invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention further relates to methods for treating a bacterial infection comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the invention, either alone or in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of one or more beta-lactamase inhibitor compounds. |
| US10407420B2 |
Imidazole and thiazole compositions for modifying biological signaling
Compounds having General Formula (I) or General Formula (II): in which R1 is chosen from C1 to C10 aliphatic or heteroaliphatic groups, optionally substituted with one or more aryl groups, substituted aryl groups, heteroaryl groups, substituted heteroaryl groups, or combination thereof; R2 is chosen from aromatic moieties, substituted aromatic moieties, heteroaromatic moieties, substituted heteroaromatic moieties, and coumarin; R3 is chosen from —H, C1 to C10 aliphatic or heteroaliphatic groups, phenyl, or substituted phenyl, wherein the aliphatic or heteroaliphatic groups are optionally substituted with one or more phenyl groups, aryl groups, heteroaryl groups, substituted heteroaryl groups, or combination thereof, and wherein the aliphatic or heteroaliphatic groups are optionally bonded to R2 to form a ring; X is S or O; and Y is S or NH, may be used in pharmaceutical compositions that modify of biological signaling processes or as reagents for biological assays. |
| US10407408B2 |
Imide derivatives and use thereof as medicine
Provided is a novel low-molecular-weight compound that suppresses production of induction type MMPs, particularly MMP-9, rather than production of hemostatic type MMP-2. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION. The compound has a selective MMP-9 production suppressive action, and is useful as a drug for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and the like, inflammatory bowel diseases (ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease) or osteoarthritis. |
| US10407407B2 |
Benzoimidazole derivatives as PAD4 inhibitors
Compounds of formula (I): wherein X, Y, R1 and R3-R11 are as herein defined, and salts thereof are PAD4 inhibitors and may be useful in the treatment of various disorders, for example rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, ulcerative colitis, cancer, cystic fibrosis, asthma, cutaneous lupus erythematosis, and psoriasis. |
| US10407403B2 |
Preparation method of cobimetinib
The present invention discloses a preparation method of cobimetinib (XL518, GDC-0973) (I). The preparation steps include: taking (2S)-2-piperidinecarboxylic acid as the raw material, performing acyl cyanation, hydrolysis, esterification and Boc protection to obtain an intermediate [2-oxo-2-((2S)-1-tert-butoxycarbonylpiperidin-2-yl)]acetate, performing an addition reaction, a reduction reaction and a cyclization reaction on the intermediate to obtain an intermediate (2S)-1-tert-butoxycarbonyl-2-(3-hydroxyazetidin-3-yl)piperidine, and performing a condensation reaction with a side chain to obtain the cobimetinib (I). The preparation method has the advantages of accessible raw materials, simple technique, high economy and environment friendliness, and is suitable for industrial production. |
| US10407402B1 |
Method for synthesis of chalcogenophenes
A method of forming a chalcogenophene compound of formula (I) includes reacting a compound of formula (II) with a chalcogenide salt in presence of a proton source. Y is O, S, Se, Te or Po. R1 is hydrogen, deuterium, an aliphatic, heteroaromatic, or aromatic group, or a precursor of a leaving group Z whose conjugate acid (HZ) has pKa less than 30. R2 is hydrogen, deuterium, or an aliphatic, heteroaromatic, or aromatic group. R1 and R2 may be the same or different, and may joint together to form a saturated or unsaturated, heteroalicyclic or alicyclic ring. R3 is, for example, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, organosilyl, organotin, or organogermyl. R3′ is the same as R3 or is hydrogen. X is a precursor of a leaving group X whose conjugate acid (HX) has a pKa of less than 30. |
| US10407400B2 |
Compounds, compositions, and methods for modulating sweet taste
The present disclosure provides edible compositions comprising a flavor-grade sweet taste modulator or a combination of flavor-grade sweet taste modulators or a flavor-grade bitter taste blocker or a combination of flavor-grade bitter taste blockers of the present disclosure, food products comprising such edible compositions and methods of preparing such food products. The present disclosure also provides methods of reducing the amount of sugar in a food product, methods of reducing the caloric intake in a diet, and methods of enhancing sweet taste or blocking a bitter taste in a food product. |
| US10407397B2 |
Method for isolation of a dianhydride and dianhydrides prepared by the method
A method for producing an aromatic dianhydride includes reacting an aromatic diimide with a substituted or unsubstituted phthalic anhydride in an aqueous medium in the presence of an amine exchange catalyst to provide an aqueous reaction mixture including an N-substituted phthalimide, an aromatic tetraacid salt, and at least one of an aromatic triacid salt and an aromatic imide diacid salt. The method further includes removing the phthalimide from the aqueous reaction mixture by extracting the aqueous reaction mixture with an organic solvent for a first time period, at a first extraction temperature and subsequent to the first time period, extracting the aqueous reaction mixture with an organic solvent for a second time period, at a second extraction temperature. The aromatic tetraacid salt is converted to the corresponding aromatic dianhydride. Aromatic dianhydrides prepared according to the method are also described. |
| US10407393B2 |
High-purity quinoline derivative and method for manufacturing same
Provided is a compound represented by formula (IV) or a salt thereof, wherein the content of the compound represented by formula (I) is 350 ppm by mass or less. |
| US10407391B2 |
Method of preparing benzyl 4-amino-3-chloro-5-fluoro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)picolinate
A method of preparing benzyl 4-amino-3-chloro-5-fluoro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)picolinate (I) from benzyl 4,5-difluoro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)picolinate (II) is described. The method includes the use of amination and chlorination process steps to provide the compound of Formula I. |
| US10407389B2 |
Method for the preparation of H-Arg(MIS)-OH
The invention discloses a method for the preparation of N-omega-(1,2-dimethylindole-3-sulfonyl)-L-arginine and its derivatives using L-ornithine. |
| US10407384B2 |
Synthetic building blocks for the production of materials for organic electroluminescence devices
The present invention relates to compounds which are suitable as synthesis precursors for the production of electronically active materials for use in organic electroluminescence devices. |
| US10407382B2 |
EP4 agonists as therapeutic compounds
Described herein are compounds that are EP4 agonists and antagonists which are useful for treating a variety of pathological conditions associated with activity of EP4 receptors. |
| US10407381B2 |
Cyclopropylmethanamines as selective 5-HT(2C) receptor agonists
Disclosed are 2-phenyl-cyclopropylmethanamines which are selective 5-HT(2C) receptor agonists and are used in the treatments of diseases and conditions wherein modulation of 5-HT(2C) receptors provides a benefit, such as obesity and psychiatric disorders. |
| US10407378B2 |
Compound, and flavor and/or fragrance composition containing said compound
The present invention provides a compound represented by general formula (1). (In the formula, R1 represents an alkyl group having 2 to 9 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 9 carbon atoms, a cyclic alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, or a phenyl group which may have a substituent; R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R3 to R5 independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R6 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, a cyclic alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; n represents 0 or 1; and the wavy line represents a cis form, a trans form or a mixture of a cis form and a trans form.) |
| US10407377B2 |
Plant extract compositions for forming protective coatings
Described herein are methods of preparing cutin-derived monomers, oligomers, or combinations thereof from cutin-containing plant matter. The methods can include heating the cutin-derived plant matter in a solvent at elevated temperature and pressure. In some preferred embodiments, the methods can be carried out without the use of additional acidic or basic species. |
| US10407373B2 |
Process for the separation of formic acid from methyltetrahydrofuran
The invention relates to a process to separate formic acid from methyltetrahydrofuran (MTHF) said process comprising subjecting a composition comprising formic acid and MTHF to distillation, characterized in that the process comprises adding water to said distillation. This allows for cost-efficient recovery and recycling of MTHF, for example in process to produce and recover formic acid from a biomass hydrolysate. |
| US10407370B2 |
Method of recovering phenol from a BPA production plant and the plant for recovering the same
In an embodiment, a method of recovering phenol from a bisphenol A production facility comprises reacting phenol and acetone to produce a bisphenol A stream; separating the bisphenol A stream into a product bisphenol A stream and a purge stream; separating the purge stream into a primary top outlet stream and a primary bottom outlet stream; adding an acid catalyst to the primary bottom outlet stream to form a cracker inlet stream; separating the cracker inlet stream into a cracker top outlet stream and a cracker bottom outlet stream; separating the cracker top outlet stream and the cracker bottom outlet stream into a secondary top outlet stream and a secondary bottom outlet stream; forming a bisphenol A plant phenol recovery stream; combining the bisphenol A plant phenol recovery stream with a stream of a phenol purification plant. |
| US10407369B2 |
Method for producing and purifying 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene
The invention relates to a process for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene performed using a starting composition, comprising the steps of placing the starting composition in contact with HF, in the presence of a catalyst, to produce a composition A comprising 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (1234yf), intermediate products B consisting of 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1233xf), 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane (245cb), and side products C consisting of E-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene (1233zdE), trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene (1234zeE) and 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (245fa); recovery of said composition A and purification thereof to form and recover a first stream comprising 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (1234yf) and one or more streams comprising 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1233xf) and/or 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane (245cb); recycling into step a) of said one or more streams comprising 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1233xf) and/or 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane (245cb). |
| US10407367B2 |
Separation method and separation apparatus
A separation apparatus 10 includes a pretreatment section 20 that subjects a target fluid containing an olefin compound to at least one or more of a treatment for reducing an acetylene-based compound, a treatment for reducing a sulfur compound, and a treatment for reducing a fine particle component. In the pretreatment section 20, one or more treatments selected from a hydrotreating and an adsorption treatment with an adsorbent may be performed as the treatment for reducing the acetylene-based compound, one or more treatments selected from a washing and absorption treatment, an adsorption treatment with an adsorbent, and a hydrodesulfurization treatment may be performed as the treatment for reducing the sulfur compound, and one or more treatments selected from a liquid absorption treatment, a collection treatment, or a filtration treatment with a filter may be performed as the treatment for reducing the fine particle component. |
| US10407365B2 |
Method for producing olefin
A method for producing at least one olefin compound selected from the group consisting of a compound of formula (51), a compound of formula (52), a compound of formula (53), and a compound of formula (54), the method including reacting an olefin compound of formula (21) with a olefin compound of formula (31) in the presence of at least one metal catalyst selected from the group consisting of a compound of formula (11), a compound of formula (12), a compound of formula (13), a compound of formula (14), and a compound of formula (15). |
| US10407362B2 |
Diene production method
A method for producing diene comprises a step 1 of obtaining a straight chain internal olefin by removing a branched olefin from a raw material including at least the branched olefin and a straight chain olefin; and a step 2 of producing diene from the internal olefin by oxidative dehydrogenation using a first catalyst and a second catalyst, and the first catalyst has a complex oxide including bismuth, molybdenum and oxygen, and the second catalyst includes at least one selected from the group consisting of silica and alumina. |
| US10407358B2 |
Process for ethylene oligomerization to produce alpha-olefins
Described here are various processes for producing linear alpha olefins using a heterogeneous catalytic composition in the reaction mixture. These processes include size-based or phase-based separation of the heterogeneous catalytic compositions from the product stream and recycling the catalysts to the reaction mixture. Various other embodiments may be disclosed and claimed. |
| US10407357B2 |
Integrated product by process for poly olefin production with reduced greenhouse gas emission
A product made by a substantially zero carbon emission process for making amorphous poly alpha olefins including, converting alkanes to olefin monomers ethylene, propylene, and 1-butene or combinations thereof using renewable electric power in an oxidative-coupling of methane plant including the steps of passing alkanes through an ethylene plant while adding oxygen, passing the first polymerization grade ethylene through a 2-butene plant, passing a first of the two 2-butene streams and one of the polymerization grade ethylene through a propylene plant, and passing a second of the two 2-butene streams through a 1-butene plant. The next step in the process for making amorphous poly alpha olefins includes polymerizing at least one of the polymerization grade alkenes which includes applying a temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit to 175 degrees Fahrenheit to at least one of the polymerization grade alkenes and scrubbing at least one boiler stack gases. |
| US10407350B2 |
Refractory composite material, method for the preparation and use thereof, manufactured items and method for the preparation of said manufactured items
Refractory composite material based on Al2O3 in the form of corundum, SiO2 in the form of quartz and sodium aluminate having the formula NaAl11O17 or Na2O— 11Al2O3, method for preparing the same, use thereof for preparing manufactured items, as well as manufactured items made thereby and use thereof. |
| US10407347B2 |
Single-source synthesis of ceramic oxide nanoparticles
The tris(trimethylsilyl)silanol (H-SST) ligand can be reacted with a Group 4 or 5 metal alkoxides in a solvent to form an SST-modified metal alkoxide precursor. Exemplary Group 4 precursors include [Ti(SST)2(OR)2] (OR=OPri, OBut, ONep); [Ti(SST)3(OBun)]; [Zr(SST)2(OBut)2(py)]; [Zr(SST)3(OR)] (OR=OBut, ONep); [Hf(SST)2(OBut)2]; and [Hf(SST)2(ONep)2(py)n] (n=1, 2), where OPri=OCH(CH3)2, OBut=OC(CH3)3, OBun=O(CH2)3CH3, ONep=OCH2C(CH3)3, and py=pyridine. Exemplary Group 5 precursors include [V(SST)3(py)2]; [Nb(SST)3(OEt)2]; [Nb(O)(SST)3(py)]; 2[H][(Nb(μ-O)2(SST))6(μ6-O)]; [Nb8O10(OEt)18(SST)2.⅕Na2O]; [Ta(SST)(μ-OEt)(OEt)3]2; and [Ta(SST)3(OEt)2]; where OEt=OCH2CH3. When thermally processed, the precursors can form unusual core-shell nanoparticles. For example, HfO2/SiO2 core/shell nanoparticles have demonstrated resistance to damage in extreme irradiation and thermal environments. |
| US10407346B1 |
Non-flamable materials, products, and method of manufacture
A composition of matter as well as a protective coating or article manufactured from the composition produced by preparing a non-flammable mixture by mixing (I) at least one water-soluble alkali metal silicate selected from the group consisting of sodium silicate, potassium silicate, and combinations thereof; (II) sodium aluminosilicate, which, in the process of interacting with a soluble alkali metal silicate under heat and/or fire, substantially expands and produces foam, which provides heat/fire protection for surfaces, (III) at least one chemical selected from the group consisting of silica, mica, talc, microspheres, glass, ceramic, chopped fibers, plaster of Paris, sodium bicarbonate, cement, perlite, zinc oxide, zeolite, wollastonite, vermiculate, clay, borax and alumina, which, in the process of interacting with a soluble alkali metal silicate and sodium aluminosilicate, accelerates the processes of interaction and improves the mechanical, physical and thermal properties including providing stability of the mixture. |
| US10407338B2 |
Photovoltaic module package
Fusion-formable sodium-containing aluminosilicate and boroaluminosilicate glasses are described. The glasses are particularly useful for controlled release of sodium—useful in semiconductor applications, such as thin film photovoltaics where the sodium required to optimize cell efficiency is to be derived from the substrate glass. |
| US10407332B2 |
Biological wastewater treatment system containing a salt-rejecting membrane filter and recycle conduit
A wastewater treatment system includes a biological reactor having anaerobic, anoxic, and aerobic chambers. A lift station including a pump is operatively connected to a tertiary filter downstream of the biological reactor. The lift station receives biologically treated liquid from the tertiary filter and pumps the liquid from the lift station. A filtration subsystem is operatively connected to the lift station. The filtration subsystem receives and filters the liquid pumped by the lift station. The filtration subsystem includes a preliminary filter and a salt-rejecting membrane filter having a recycle conduit operatively connected to recirculate salt-rejecting membrane filter, thereby forming a salt concentration loop between biological reactor and the salt-rejecting membrane filter. A post-filtration subsystem is operatively connected to receive salt-rejecting membrane filter permeate, and includes an adsorbent and oxidation system. |
| US10407324B2 |
Method for treating suspensions of solid particles in water using comb like polymers
The invention relates to a method for treating an aqueous suspension of solid particles, wherein at least one water-soluble polymer is added to the suspension, and wherein said polymer is obtained by polymerizing at least a non-ionic monomer, optionally at least one anionic and/or at least one cationic monomer, in the presence of a multifunctional free radical transfer agent. This method is particularly useful for the treatment of mineral tailings and especially for tailings resulting from oil sand extraction. |
| US10407322B2 |
Electrochemical digestion of organic molecules
Various methods and systems are provided for electrochemical digestion of organic molecules. In one example, among others, a method includes providing an electrolyte fluid including organic molecules between the electrodes of a reaction vessel and applying a voltage wave shape to the electrodes of the reaction vessel to digest the organic molecules. No separator exists between the electrodes of the reaction vessel. In another example, a system for digesting organic molecules includes a reaction vessel, an electrolyte fluid including the organic molecules, and a power source. The reaction vessel includes a plurality of electrodes where no separator exists between the electrodes. The electrolyte fluid is provided between the plurality of electrodes of the reaction vessel and the power source can applies a voltage wave shape to the electrodes of the reaction vessel to digest the organic molecules. |
| US10407321B2 |
Sweep-flow, oil-dehydration apparatus and method
A centrifugal, liquid-liquid separator relies on a sweep flow in excess of the flow rate naturally occurring in the heavy constituent or species being separated out from a lighter species, in order to prevent access by the long-chain polymers of the lighter species to solids that may separate out and make a durable composition of polymers and particles that adheres and compacts against the shell wall of the centrifuge. |
| US10407317B2 |
Floating filter media filtration system with backwash
The filtration system of the present invention comprises first and second filtration tanks. The first filtration tank has a first floating filter media layer, a first upper screen with a first aperture ratio, a first inlet, a first backwash water supply source, and a first backwash water outlet means. The second filtration tank has a second floating filter media layer, a second upper screen with a second aperture ratio, a second inlet, an inflow blocking mechanism capable of blocking inflow of water to be treated through the second inlet, a second backwash water supply source, and a second backwash water outlet means. The first aperture ratio is smaller than the second aperture ratio. |
| US10407315B2 |
Method and/or system for synthesis of zinc oxide (ZnO)
Briefly, embodiments of systems and/or methods for synthesis of zinc oxide are described, including a chamber enclosure, a wafer substrate holder, a fluid handling system, and sequences for implementation. |
| US10407313B2 |
Synthesis of aluminosilicate zeolites having the offretite structure
A method is provided for the synthesis of a zeolite of the offretite structure using cyclopropyltrimethylammonium cations as a structure directing agent. |
| US10407312B2 |
One-step method for the synthesis of high silica content zeolites in organic-free media
In an embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to a composition comprising a zeolite with high silica content. In some embodiments, the silica to aluminum ratio (SAR) for the zeolite is 2:1. In some embodiments, the zeolite comprises Zeolite HOU-2 (LTA-type). In some embodiments, the silica to aluminum ratio (SAR) for the zeolite is >3. In some embodiments, the zeolite comprises Zeolite HOU-3 (FAU type). In some embodiments, the zeolite is synthesized using a one-step method. In some embodiments, the zeolite is synthesized without the use of an organic structure-directing agent (OSDA). In some embodiments, the zeolite is synthesized without the use of post-synthesis dealumination. In some embodiments, the zeolite is synthesized without the use crystal seeds. In some embodiments, the zeolite is used in commercial ion exchange. In some embodiments, the zeolite is used for catalysis reaction. In some embodiments, the zeolite is highly thermostable. |
| US10407305B2 |
Apparatus and process for preparing acetylene and synthesis gas
An apparatus (10) for preparing acetylene and synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen is proposed, comprising a mixing unit (12), a mixing section and a mixing diffuser (16). The mixing unit (12) has a feed orifice (18) for supply of a hydrocarbonaceous stream, a feed orifice (20) for supply of an oxygenous stream, a swirl register and a distributor plate (24). The distributor plate (24) is disposed between the mixing section (14) and the feed orifice (18) for supply of a hydrocarbonaceous stream. The distributor plate (24) has orifices (28). The swirl register (22) is disposed between the feed orifice (20) for supply of an oxygenous stream and the mixing section (14). The mixing diffuser (16) is connected to the mixing section (14).There is a further proposal of a process for preparing acetylene and synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen. |
| US10407303B2 |
Use of a magnesium-based material for producing dihydrogen or electricity
Use of a material (3) for producing hydrogen or electricity, wherein the material comprises at least 50% by weight of a reagent for hydrolysis upon contact with an aqueous solution to obtain hydrogen. The reagent comprises: a first compound chosen from magnesium metal, magnesium hydride, and mixtures thereof, and a second compound alloyed with the first compound, wherein the second compound is chosen from graphite, carbon fibers, and mixtures thereof. The first compound represents at least 75% by weight of the reagent, while the second compound represents between 1% and 25% by weight of the reagent.Use of a capsule containing the material.Method and corresponding production device. |
| US10407301B2 |
MEMS device including a capacitive pressure sensor and manufacturing process thereof
MEMS device, in which a body made of semiconductor material contains a chamber, and a first column inside the chamber. A cap of semiconductor material is attached to the body and forms a first membrane, a first cavity and a first channel. The chamber is closed on the side of the cap. The first membrane, the first cavity, the first channel and the first column form a capacitive pressure sensor structure. The first membrane is arranged between the first cavity and the second face, the first channel extends between the first cavity and the first face or between the first cavity and the second face and the first column extends towards the first membrane and forms, along with the first membrane, plates of a first capacitor element. |
| US10407299B2 |
3D MEMS device with hermetic cavity
A three dimensional (3D) micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device is provided. The device comprises a central MEMS wafer, and top and bottom cap wafers. The MEMS wafer includes a MEMS structure, such as an inertial sensor. The 5 top cap wafer, the bottom cap wafer and the MEMS wafers are stacked along a stacking axis and together form at least one hermetic cavity enclosing the MEMS structure. At least one of the top cap wafer and the bottom cap wafer is a silicon-on- insulator (SOI) cap wafer comprising a cap device layer, a cap handle layer and a cap insulating layer interposed between the cap device layer and the cap handle layer. At 10 least one electrically conductive path extends through the SOI cap wafer, establishing an electrical convection between an outer electrical contact provided on the SOI cap wafer and the MEMS structure. |
| US10407295B2 |
Fuel supply apparatus
An object is to suppress excessive insertion of a fueling nozzle during fueling. A nozzle guide configured to form a nozzle guide path that guides a fueling nozzle is placed inside of a filler neck main body configured to include a fuel passage that introduces a fuel supplied from the fueling nozzle toward a fuel tank. This nozzle guide comprises a first projection for nozzle restriction provided on a nozzle guide end opening portion at an end of the nozzle guide path along a nozzle guide direction and protruded from an end opening circumferential wall of the nozzle guide end opening portion to narrow at least part of a diameter of the nozzle guide path; and a second projection for nozzle restriction provided on a downstream side of the first projection along the nozzle guide direction and protruded from the end opening circumferential wall to narrow at least part of the diameter of the nozzle guide path. |
| US10407292B2 |
Beverage dispensing machine with touch screen interface for calibrating beverage size
A beverage dispensing system including a control unit and a touch screen. Inputs are made to the touch screen to dispense beverages and apply system adjustments. The control unit controls a plurality of beverage dispensing valves according to inputs made to the touch screen. |
| US10407286B1 |
Winch with adjustable cable guide
A winch arrangement including a cable guide having a plurality of manually-repositionable guide surfaces to guide the cable as it is wound onto the winch drum. |
| US10407284B2 |
Derricking apparatus
It is aimed to enable an easier attachment of a lower spreader to a machine main body. The mast 30 is tiltably attached to the machine main body 13, and operable to lie over the machine main body 13. The lower spreader retainer 40 is fixedly attached to the machine main body 13, and adapted for retaining the lower spreader 50. The connector 60 connects the mast 30 and the lower spreader 50 with each other so that the mast 30 holds the lower spreader 50. The lower spreader 50 and the lower spreader retainer 40 are arranged at a position that allows the lower spreader retainer 40 to retain the lower spreader 50 in a state where the mast 30 holding the lower spreader 50 is lowered. |
| US10407283B2 |
Moving device for counterweight
An apparatus for moving a counterweight includes an attachment fixed to a frame of a machine, a supporting member that includes a supporting face for placing a counterweight thereon when the counterweight is mounted on the machine, and a link mechanism that moves the counterweight. The link mechanism includes an arm and a rotating cylinder that rotates the arm. One end of the arm is pivotally supported by the attachment while the other end of the arm is pivotally supported by the upper inner portion of a recess of the counterweight. One end of the rotating cylinder is pivotally supported by the upper inner portion of the recess of the counterweight. The supporting face is shaped so as to coincide with the arc locus drawn by a contact face arranged on the side of the counterweight, as the counterweight moves. The contact face comes into contact with the supporting face when the counterweight is mounted on the machine. The apparatus has a simple structure that avoids interference between the counterweight and supporting member when the counterweight is moved. |
| US10407279B2 |
Elevator guide rail attachment clip
A clip for attaching an elevator guide rail to a support bracket includes: an attachment part for attaching the clip to the support bracket; a clamping part for clamping the guide rail against the support bracket; a pin guided in the clamping part and movable between a pushed-in position and a protruding position, in which the pin protrudes from the clamping part; a spring element arranged inside the clamping part and biased against the movement from the protruding position into the pushed-in position; wherein the clamping part includes a clip friction surface for touching the guide rail, when the pin is in the pushed-in position, and the pin includes a pin friction surface for touching the guide rail, when the pin is in the protruding position, which pin friction surface has a lower friction coefficient than the clip friction surface. |
| US10407278B2 |
Safety device for elevators
The present invention provides a safety device for elevators, which belongs to the field of elevator safety technologies. The safety device for elevators includes a housing; a safety piece having a guide rail groove, the safety piece being disposed in the housing; and asymmetric active and counter wedges that are slidably disposed on the safety piece at both sides of the guide rail groove, respectively. Moreover, the device further includes a U-shaped elastic element and a blocking piece that are disposed on the safety piece. The safety device for elevators can provide a relatively stable arresting force, is reliable in repetitive work, achieves high safety, is relatively easy as well as fast and efficient in restoration, and is especially suitable for high-speed elevators. |
| US10407277B2 |
Integrated catching device on overtravel brake devices
An apparatus for catching a shaft conveyor means (5) in the event of overtravel of a conveyor device, including an overtravel brake device, wherein coupling devices (80,90) are provided for automatic, form-fitting engagement with one another for fixing on the brake device and on the shaft conveyor means (50). |
| US10407274B2 |
System and method for parameter estimation of hybrid sinusoidal FM-polynomial phase signal
Systems and methods for an elevator. The elevator includes an elevator car to move along a first direction. A transmitter for transmitting a signal having a waveform. A receiver for receiving the waveform. A processor having memory is configured to represent the received waveform as a hybrid sinusoidal frequency modulated (FM)-polynomial phase signal (PPS) model. The hybrid sinusoidal FM-PPS model having PPS phase parameters representing a speed of the elevator car along a first direction and a sinusoidal FM phase parameter representing a vibration of the elevator car along a second direction. The processor solves the hybrid sinusoidal FM-PPS model to produce the speed of the elevator car or the vibration of the elevator car or both. A controller controls an operation of the elevator using the speed of the elevator car or the vibration of the elevator car, or both, to assist in an operational management of the elevator. |
| US10407273B2 |
Elevator braking control system
An elevator control system is configured to control an elevator car constructed and arranged to move along a hoistway defined by a stationary structure. The elevator system may include a communication pathway and a hoistway control system supported by the stationary structure and configured to send a continuous brake command signal over the pathway. A car control system is carried by the elevator car and is configured to receive the continuous brake command signal and initiate a brake Ustop mode upon a loss of the brake command signal, and independent of the hoistway control system. |
| US10407271B1 |
Sensor assembly calibration
In some examples, a controller receives an indication from the printing system to initiate a calibration. In response to the indication, the controller activates a sensor assembly as part of a calibration operation that comprises emitting a signal toward a calibration surface of the media output accumulator, and detecting a reflected signal responsive to the emitted signal. The controller calibrates the sensor assembly based on the reflected signal, the sensor assembly to detect a level of media sheets, ejected by the printing system, into the media output accumulator. |
| US10407270B2 |
Press structure for press type stationery
A press structure for a press type stationery, having mounting board (1), a button (400) and a resilient piece. The mounting board has a recess (11). A position limiting block (12) is provided at the front surface of the mounting board in this recess. A closed loop sliding track is formed between outer walls of the position limiting block and inner walls of the recess. The resilient piece has a spring (2) and a resilient rod (3). The position limiting block has a first inclined surface (122) and a second inclined surface (123). End portions of the first and second inclined surfaces are at one side of the resilient rod; upper ends of the first and second inclined surfaces are at another opposite side of the resilient rod. A contact part (4) positioned within the sliding track is provided at an upper end portion of the resilient rod. |
| US10407266B2 |
Transport apparatus and printer apparatus
A transport apparatus includes a driving roller that transports a medium in a transport direction, a driven roller that presses the medium against the driving roller when the medium is transported, a changer that changes a pressing force by which the driven roller presses the medium against the driving roller, and a feeder configured to feed the medium toward the driving roller and pull back the medium in a direction opposite to the transport direction. Before the driving roller transports the medium, the feeder pulls back the medium after the changer has changed the pressing force to a value that is smaller than the value of the pressing force set for transport of the medium. |
| US10407263B2 |
Sheet conveying apparatus, image forming apparatus, method for estimating basis weight of sheet, and program for estimating basis weight of sheet
A sheet conveying apparatus capable of conveying a sheet as a conveyance target in a conveyance path includes a detector that detects capacitance in a predetermined detection region in the conveyance path; and a basis weight identifier that identifies a basis weight of the sheet as the conveyance target on the basis of first capacitance detected by the detector while the sheet as the conveyance target does not pass through the detection region and second capacitance detected by the detector while the sheet as the conveyance target passes through the detection region. |
| US10407262B2 |
Fabric positioning apparatus
A positional adjustment apparatus for an attractor includes a positioning plate disposable at least adjacent to a surface of a mold, at least one drive operatively connected to the positioning plate to move the positioning plate and alter at least one of a first height, a first angle of tilt, a first lateral position, and a rotational position of the positioning plate with respect to the surface of the mold, at least one positioner disposed in an opening through the positing plate, the positioner hanging from and being moveable independently of the positioning plate, at least one attractor connected to the at least one positioner, and a joint disposed between the positioner and the positioning plate, the joint permitting the at least one positioner to change at least one of a second height, a second angle of tilt, and a second lateral position with respect to the positioning plate. |
| US10407257B2 |
Apparatus for sorting objects
An apparatus for sorting objects conveyed by a conveyor line comprises a conveyor line (2) at which the objects (3) are sorted, a plurality of gripping means (4) of the objects (3) that operate at the portion of the conveyor line (2). The gripping means (4), on command and selectively, pick up the objects present on the portion of the conveyor line (2) and transfer them onto supports (5) disposed in temporary staying areas, selected for forming stacks of objects (3) homogeneous with each other. Lifting and conveyor means (6) are provided for lifting, on command, single objects or stacks of objects (3) which are resting on supports (5) in selected temporary staying areas and for conveying them onto an evacuation line. |
| US10407250B2 |
Image processing system, image processing apparatus, workpiece pickup method, and workpiece pickup program
An imaging unit has its imaging field of view containing the conveyor, and images a subject in the imaging field. The imaging unit generates a luminance image representing the subject and a range image including height information indicating a height of at least one point on the subject from the conveyor by imaging the subject. A measurement unit measures a position of each workpiece in the luminance image. An obtaining unit obtains an overlap order of the workpieces based on the height information in the range image corresponding to the position of each workpiece in the luminance image. A determination unit determines the workpiece pickup order to allow a workpiece having a highest place in the overlap order to be picked up with a higher priority than other workpieces. |
| US10407249B2 |
Item infeed apparatus and method for a palletizer
An infeed apparatus includes an item manipulator that orients items such as cases in a desired orientation as determined by a build menu, and a row build apparatus that is synchronized with the manipulator to space items pursuant to the build menu. The manipulator uses a pusher to push items across a friction belt to thereby orient the items, and includes sensors for determining when an item is in an incorrect orientation. The row build receives items from the pusher and is selectively advanced to locate items in a desired relative orientation so that rows of items are built correctly. |
| US10407245B2 |
Continuous product-processing apparatus and method for cleaning with product repositioning
A continuous product-processing apparatus having a conveyor capable of repositioning product and cleaning itself of debris and a method for its operation. The apparatus includes a conveyor that transports products atop a conveyor belt along a carryway to a processing chamber. Upper and lower diverting rollers guide the belt along an S-shaped product-repositioning path segment of the carryway. The diverting rollers are rotated at a speed normally greater than the speed of the conveyor belt to cause the belt to slip on the roller's periphery, which effects a scraping action against the conveying side of the belt to dislodge debris from the belt and the rollers. One-way ratcheting drives or belt restricters positioned on the product-positioning path segment to limit belt excursion are used to prevent the belt from building up along the carryway and tightening in the lower return. |
| US10407244B2 |
Belt turning station and method
A mountable construction in the form of a deflection device for a belt for continuously conveying material includes a first support frame arranged in a first direction and a second support frame arranged in a second direction, the support frames being coupleable with each other. First and second belt deflectors are arranged in connection to the support frames, wherein the first belt deflector is arranged substantially vertical and the second belt deflector is arranged substantially horizontal. A connection module couples the second support frame with the first support frame, the connection module being arranged such that the second support frame is coupleable to the first support frame at a variable or different horizontal angle. A method for deflecting a belt is also provided. |
| US10407242B2 |
Refuse collection system
An intermediate container is provided for receiving refuse from a primary refuse container that is configured to be carried by a top-loading refuse collection vehicle lifter. The intermediate container comprises a front wall, a rear wall, opposed sidewalls, and a bottom wall defining a total refuse collection volume. An extension assembly that is configured for mounting a primary refuse collection container lifter thereon is located substantially beneath the total refuse collection volume intermediate the front wall and the rear wall, with a portion of the extension assembly being movable between a first, retracted position for storage and for dumping a primary refuse collection container and a second, extended position for engaging and releasing the primary refuse collection container at a location laterally spaced from the intermediate container refuse collection vehicle. Further, the intermediate container is free of fork receivers and includes at least one mounting member for non-destructive removable attachment to the collection vehicle lifter. |
| US10407239B2 |
Fixing clamp for discharge outlet of intermediate bulk container
A fixing clamp (2) for discharge outlet of intermediate bulk containers is disclosed. The discharge outlet (1) comprises a flange edge (3), a discharge connecting port (5) and a discharge outlet clamping part (4). The discharge outlet clamping part (4) is a polygonal structure. The fixing clamp (2) comprises a fixing clamp body, a clamping portion (8), elastic guiding ribs (7) and anti-release portion (9). A passage for accommodating the discharge outlet clamping part (4) is formed in the middle part of the fixing clamp body. The clamping portion (8) is used for clamping the side surface of the discharge outlet clamping part (4) when the fixing clamp (2) and the discharge outlet (1) have been assembled. The elastic guiding ribs (7) will be squeezed by the side surface of the discharge outlet clamping part (4) to deform When the leading-in surfaces of the elastic guiding ribs (7) contact with the side surface of the discharge outlet clamping part (4). The elastic guiding ribs (7) restore elastically and the anti-release portion (9) are engaged with the side surface of the discharge outlet clamping part (4) to prevent the fixing clamp (2) from being separated front the discharge outlet (1) after the fixing clamp (2) and the discharge outlet (1) have been assembled. The fixing clamp (2) can be transversely pushed in to be assembled with the discharge outlet (1). The fixing clamp has low requirements for assembly accuracy, and is favorable for saving cost and increasing efficiency. |
| US10407238B2 |
Method and package for a frozen food product
A package for ice cream, and a process of packaging the food product are disclosed. Particularly, a first structural layer has a cavity and a flexible second layer is inserted therein. A food product such as ice cream is then introduced into the flexible second layer, and in one modification the food product may be covered with a flexible third layer, before freezing the food product. The freezing process fractures the first structural layer while the second and third layers are preferably sealed about a perimeter. |
| US10407237B2 |
Non-uniformly perforated plastic bag
Provided is a perforated plastic bag wherein the volume of said bag is 100 liters or more; wherein the average perforation diameter is 500 micrometers or less; wherein said plastic bag comprises a lower zone and a top zone, wherein the perforation density of said lower zone is greater than the perforation density of said top zone. Also provided is a method of using such a plastic bag. |
| US10407231B2 |
Synthetic resin blow molded bottle
In a synthetic resin blow molded bottle, reduced pressure absorbing panel portions and column portions are formed alternately in the circumferential direction. Each column portion has a diameter that gradually increases downward and that remains substantially constant vertically. Each reduced pressure absorbing panel portion includes a pair of panel side edge portions, which is bent to the inner side from the adjacent column portions, a panel surface portion, which connects the pair of panel side edge portions, and a panel lower edge portion, which is bent to the outer side from a lower end edge of the panel surface portion. The panel surface portion of each reduced pressure absorbing panel portion includes a panel upper-side surface portion, whose diameter gradually increases downward, and a panel lower-side surface portion, which connects the panel upper-side surface portion and the panel lower edge portion and which has a substantially constant diameter vertically. |
| US10407229B2 |
Packages containing a food product and methods of opening
A package (10) containing a food product (12) is provided where the package is configured to facilitate opening by using the food product to initiate opening of the package. The package includes an outer wrapper (14) with a line of weakness (34) that is generally aligned with or above an upper profile of the food product such that when the wrapper is pulled against the food product one or more stress concentrations is created along the line of weakness. The stress concentrations facilitate initiation of tearing or rupturing along the line of weakness (34) such that a portion of the package can be completely or at least partially removed to expose at least a portion of the food product (12). |
| US10407225B2 |
Closure and package that vents at high pressure
A closure includes a top wall portion, an annular skirt portion, a continuous plug seal, a top sealing member and a top stop. The skirt portion, the plug seal and the top stop depend from the top wall portion. The top sealing member is located between the plug seal and the skirt portion. The top stop is located between the plug seal and the skirt portion. The sealing member extends to and contacts a top surface, a top portion of the inner radius/corner or the outer radius/corner of the finish of the container when the closure and the container are in mating engagement with each other at an atmospheric internal pressure. At higher internal pressures, the top sealing member and the top stop are spaced from and located above the top surface of the finish. |
| US10407216B1 |
Audio gift bag with handles
A bag having a flap-activated audio or sound player and handles to cinch the flap securely in a closed position to avoid inadvertent activation of the sound player. |
| US10407215B2 |
Clear container holding multiple articles
A container for holding a plurality of articles each of which have a UPC code on a rear side. The container has a pair of alignment walls which extend from the bottom at an angle to the front wall. The alignment walls hold the articles at an angle to the front wall so that the UPC code is not visible from the front of the container. |
| US10407214B2 |
Multi-compartment containers
Multi-compartment containers including multi-compartment cans, canisters, boxes and bags and methods for using the same are disclosed. Multi-compartment containers that provide access to one portion of the contents until depleted while maintaining a seal and thus protecting the freshness or potency, of the contents on another portion allows products to be packaged and sold in a way that maintains freshness and potency longer. Each compartment of the multi-compartment containers can be configured to have either a single-use or re-sealable seal. |
| US10407211B2 |
Automatically closing dispenser
A dispensing device, comprising a container, one or more support members mechanically coupled to one or more of the lateral walls, a base which has one or more supporting arms and a cover element mechanically coupled to one or more of the supporting arms to remain fixed while said container rotates around said rotation axis. The container includes a storage portion defined by a circumferential wall and two or more lateral walls with a dispensing opening defined in the circumferential wall. The supporting arm(s) support rotation of the container from a closed state to an open state and vice versa. The rotation is held around a rotation axis defined by a location of the support member(s). The cover element covers the dispensing opening when the container is rotated into the closed state and does not cover the dispensing opening when the container is rotated into the open state. |
| US10407209B1 |
Pallet apparatus for transportation of car glass
The present invention relates to a pallet apparatus for transportation of car glass, and particularly, to a pallet apparatus for transportation of car glass according to the present invention includes: a pallet on which a car glass is loaded; and legs including front legs which are spaced apart from each other, disposed at left and right front sides of the pallet, and installed to be foldable in a front-rear direction, and rear legs which are spaced apart from the front legs, installed to be foldable in the front-rear direction, and disposed at a rear side of the pallet so that the car glass is leaned on the rear legs, wherein a lateral width between the front legs is greater than that between the rear legs, when the front legs and the rear legs are folded, the front legs and the rear legs are located at mutual side portions thereof, and efficiency of car glass transportation is high and cost is decreased due to the above configuration. |
| US10407208B2 |
Re-closeable tear open pack, a blank for forming the pack, and a method of making the pack
The pack includes a box structure defining an inner cavity. A side of the box structure is sealed by a first adhesive. A lower end of the pack is sealed by a second adhesive connecting a rear surface of a lower panel of a front panel to a front surface of a lower glue panel of a back panel. The upper portion of the pack is circumscribed by perforated lines that cause the upper portion to remain connected to the tuck panel if the upper end of the pack is opened. The blank for forming the pack includes an upper portion of a back panel that is circumscribed by perforated lines. The method of making the pack includes applying an adhesive to the upper portion of the back panel and connecting a rear surface of a tuck panel to the upper portion. |
| US10407205B2 |
Folding box
A folding box has a foldable positioning piece extending from an outer edge of each of front and rear panels thereof. A first reinforcement sheet is attached and connected to the positioning piece, thereby reinforcing the strength of the front and rear panels and side panels of the folding box. By the extension of the reinforcement sheets, the structural stability of the folding box can be maintained when the folding box is produced with the thin cardboard and the area required for the preparation of the cardboard is reduced. |
| US10407201B1 |
Rotating tamp head and automated dimension determination
Printing systems may include a rotatable tamp head that may be repositioned, as necessary, in order to cause a label to be printed in a specific location or in a certain alignment on an object. Such tamp heads may be repositioned as necessary where the label may cross a seam, a crease, a fold or another surface feature which might cause the label to be bowed or damaged in transit. The tamp head may be positioned in a manner that would enable any information, markings or bar codes thereon to remain legible and intact even if the label is applied across such a surface feature. An orientation of the object may be determined using one or more sensors aligned at various angles with respect to a direction of travel of the object. |
| US10407194B2 |
Low temperature self-sealing vacuum packaging
A method and system involves vacuum sealing a semi-enclosure at room temperature without requiring mechanical actions within the vacuum chamber. The semi-enclosure has an inlet channel that extends inwardly into the vacuum chamber from an exterior opening (entryway) into the semi-enclosure. An uncured entryway vacuum sealant is provided at the entryway for the semi-enclosure. A vacuum is established in the vacuum chamber until the vacuum pressure reaches a desired vacuum pressure that causes the uncured entryway sealant to be provided to the entryway for the semi-enclosure. The uncured entryway vacuum sealant is cured under vacuum pressure in the semi-enclosure in the vacuum chamber. |
| US10407187B2 |
Device for controlling attitude of spacecraft and method for calculating CMG gimbal angle
When the number of CMGs is represented by n (n is an integer of 4 or more), (n−3) gimbal angles out of n gimbal angles corresponding to the n CMGs are set as free parameters, and an algebraic equation representing a relationship among three gimbal angles out of the n gimbal angles, the free parameters, and an angular momentum of all the CMGs is used to solve the algebraic equation while changing the free parameters within set ranges, to thereby obtain solutions of the gimbal angles of the plurality of CMGs required for achieving a given angular momentum. |
| US10407186B2 |
Method and device for controlling attitude of a spacecraft
A method of controlling the attitude of a spacecraft in spinning around itself with a non-zero total angular momentum HTOT. The spacecraft includes a set of inertia flywheels configured to form an internal angular momentum HACT. The axis of the total angular momentum HTOT is aligned with a principal axis of inertia of the spacecraft, in the course of which the inertia flywheels are controlled to form an internal angular momentum HACT. The following expression, in which J is the inertia matrix of the spacecraft: Hact×J−1(Htot⊗J−1Htot) is negative if the principal axis of inertia targeted is the axis of maximum inertia of the spacecraft and is positive if the principal axis inertia targeted is the axis of minimum inertia of the spacecraft. |
| US10407183B2 |
Installation for the manipulation of items of luggage
The invention provides a device for manipulating items of luggage. The device comprises a base member, an arm which is pivotable about a vertical pivot axis relative to the base member, and a carrying element having a supporting surface for supporting an item of luggage. The arm is designed to move the carrying element away from the vertical pivot axis and toward the vertical pivot axis. The device further comprises moving means for moving the arm in vertical direction, resistance means which, in an operative state thereof, offer resistance against movement of the carrying element both in vertical direction and in horizontal direction relative to the base member, and operating means to be operated by a person, which operating means are provided with an operating element to be operated with a hand of said person for controlling at least the resistance means. The operating element is provided on the carrying element, while the operating means are designed at least for placing the resistance means in a non-operative state. |
| US10407182B1 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle docking system
An unmanned aerial vehicle docking system can include a docking arm and a docking station. The docking arm can be mounted on the UAV and include a rod with an interface element positioned on top of the rod. The interface element can have charging contacts that are attached to wires that extend down to a charging circuit on the UAV. The docking station can be located separate from the docking arm and have a guidance cone to direct the docking arm to a capture mechanism. Once the interface element is in the capture mechanism, a charging dome is then lowered down onto the top of the interface element to form a circuit between a power source at the docking station and the UAV's battery. Upon completion of the charging process, the charging dome is raised and the capture mechanism releases the interface element of the UAV. |
| US10407180B2 |
Interface system between a user and a display device in the cockpit of an aircraft, related aircraft and method
An interface system between a user and a display device in the cockpit of an aircraft, related aircraft and method are provided. The system includes a rotary controller configured to control a target on the display device; a target manager, controlled by the rotary controller for moving the target on the display device during the rotation of the rotary controller and/or for interacting with a field targeted by the target during the rotation of the rotary controller; a haptic feedback generator on the rotary controller during its rotation. The haptic feedback generator is configured to generate at least two distinct haptic profiles on the rotary controller depending on distinct system states and/or distinct man-machine interface states of the aircraft. |
| US10407179B2 |
Aircraft systems and methods for displaying wind shear
A vehicle system includes a control unit with a weather module configured to receive weather data and to identify a wind shear zone at a location based on the weather data, the weather module further configured to generate wind shear coordinate data and wind shear characteristic data based on the weather data. The control unit further includes a display module configured to generate display commands based on the wind shear coordinate data and wind shear characteristic data from the weather module. The vehicle system further includes a display device coupled to receive the display commands from the control unit and configured to display a three-dimensional forward perspective view corresponding to a vehicle environment. The display device is further configured to display first wind shear symbology within the view at a position that indicates the location of the wind shear zone. |
| US10407177B2 |
Convertible engine exhaust for rotocraft
An exhaust system for a rotary wing aircraft includes a diffuser located at an airframe of the rotary wing aircraft and operably connected to an engine of the rotary wing aircraft, and a chimney extending upwardly from a diffuser wall. A door is movably positioned at the diffuser to selectively direct an engine exhaust flow through the diffuser or through the chimney. A rotary wing aircraft includes an airframe, a rotor system positioned at the airframe and rotatable about a rotor axis, and an engine operably connected to the rotor system to drive rotation of the rotor system. The aircraft includes an engine exhaust system including a diffuser positioned at the airframe and operably connected to the engine, a chimney extending upwardly from a diffuser wall, and a door positioned at the diffuser to selectively direct an engine exhaust flow through the diffuser or through the chimney. |
| US10407176B2 |
Pretensioner for retractable shoulder belt and seat belt
In an illustrative embodiment, a seat is oriented at an oblique angle with respect to a centerline of an aircraft fuselage, the seat having an Aircraft Passenger Restraint System (APRS) with a pre-tensioner and integral retractable shoulder and seat belt webbing. In an illustrative example, the ARPS may be a three-point restraint to control a seat occupant's upper body, head and torso area. In some embodiments, the ARPS may further control the forces on the lower spine and torso. In some applications, the ARPS may operate to control the Head Injury Criteria (HIC) levels for the seat occupant's head, as well as the neck twist and upper spinal forces, to meet aircraft certification requirements imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and/or European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). In response to a deceleration event, the ARPS may rapidly retract the belt webbing to substantially remove slack. |
| US10407175B2 |
Parachute deployment system using decoupled tow and release lines
A parachute system includes a release that detachably couples a self-propelled projectile and parachute canopy to each other. The release detaches the two from each other in response to a triggering of the release. There is also a first path between the release and a payload where the first path includes the parachute canopy and a suspension line between the parachute canopy and the payload. At least part of the suspension line is bound such that the first path is effectively shorter than a second path. In response to the first path being drawn taut, the suspension line becomes unbound so that the first path becomes effectively longer than the second path. In response to the second path being drawn taut after the suspension line becomes unbound, the release is triggered. |
| US10407171B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle
The present invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle, including: a fuselage; a battery accommodation cavity, disposed on the fuselage; a battery pack, including at least two battery blocks and mounted inside the battery accommodation cavity; a battery circuit board, electrically connected to the battery blocks in the battery pack; and a functional module, electrically connected to the battery circuit board, the battery blocks in the battery pack supplying power to the functional module via the battery circuit board at the same time. By using the solution of the present invention, endurance of the unmanned aerial vehicle is increased. |
| US10407166B2 |
Yaw moment supplement for directional control
A rotor system of an aircraft includes a rotor hub rotatable about an axis of rotation, and a power generation system. The power generation system includes a generator stator and a generator rotor. The generator rotor is coupled to the rotor hub. At least one induction type magnet is mounted to at least one of the generator stator and the generator rotor. A control unit is operably coupled to the at least one induction type magnet to selectively deliver power to the at least one induction type magnet to alter a torque of the rotor hub without decreasing a rotational speed of the rotor hub. |
| US10407160B2 |
Variable in-flight wing fold system
In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a rotor blade. The rotor blade may comprise a plurality of blade segments; one or more attachment fittings for coupling the plurality of blade segments; and one or more actuators for adjusting an orientation of the plurality of blade segments. |
| US10407158B2 |
Blade plug for communicating fluid therethrough
A blade plug for an aircraft blade is provided. The blade plug includes a first body having a boss extending therefrom and an aperture passing through the boss, the first body configured to sealingly engage with an opening of a blade, a plug cap configured to releasably engage with the boss and move between a first position and a second position, and a passage passing through the first body configured to allow fluid communication through the first body. When the plug cap is in the first position, fluid may not pass through the passage and, when the plug cap is in the second position, fluid may pass through the passage, and the first body has an outer diameter of 4.15 inches (105.37 mm). |
| US10407157B2 |
Spinner fairing assembly
An apparatus comprising a spinner fairing assembly comprising a spinner configured to be fixed relative to a gimbaled yoke coupled to a mast system, and a spinner base configured to be fixed relative to the mast system. A spinner fairing assembly comprising a spinner aligned along a first axis, and a spinner base aligned along a second axis and configured to interface with the spinner, wherein the spinner is configured to transition between a neutral position and a canted position with respect to the spinner base, wherein the first axis and the second axis are coincident in the neutral position, and wherein the first axis and the second axis are not coincident and meet at an origin within the spinner in the canted position. |
| US10407156B2 |
Toroidal propeller
The propeller includes a hub supporting a plurality of elongate propeller elements in which a tip of a leading propeller element curves into contact with a trailing propeller element to form a closed structure with increased stiffness and reduced acoustic signature. |
| US10407154B2 |
Horizontal stabilizer mount for a rotorcraft
In one embodiment, a horizontal stabilizer spar is held on the empennage of a rotorcraft by saddle fittings clamping the stabilizer spar at positions spaced apart along a longitudinal direction of the stabilizer spar. Stabilizer mounts are connected at respective ends to the saddle fittings and to vertical spars on the empennage. At least one of the stabilizer mounts is constructed to allow movement of the saddle fittings with respect to the vertical spars with at least four directions of freedom. The movable stabilizer mount is floatingly attached to a vertical spar, while the saddle fittings are connected to the respective stabilizer mounts by way of spherical bearings. |
| US10407153B2 |
High altitude aircraft with integrated solar cells, and associated systems and methods
An aircraft includes a substrate having a curvature to form a lift surface, a plurality of solar cells carried by, bonded to, and impressed into the substrate, and electrical connections between the solar cells carried by the substrate. The electrical connections coupled to link the solar cells together to provide power to the aircraft while in flight. |
| US10407152B2 |
Fuselage to wing attachment
According to one embodiment, an aircraft features a fuselage, a wing member, and two fuselage beam. The fuselage features a first plurality of structural supports, a second plurality of structural supports, a first opening disposed between the first plurality of structural supports, and a second opening disposed between the second plurality of structural supports. The wing member is disposed above the first opening and above the second opening. The wing features a plurality of ribs including a first rib and a second rib. The first fuselage beam couples the first rib of the wing member to the fuselage and has an elongated body portion extending across the first plurality of structural supports. The second fuselage beam couples the second rib of the wing member to the fuselage and features an elongated body portion extending across the second plurality of structural supports. |
| US10407149B2 |
Seal arrangement in a vessel
The arrangement comprises a seal (500) sealing a cylindrical rotating part (100) passing through an opening in a support structure in the vessel (10) against a medium (W). The seal (500) comprises a package of annular seal rings (510, 520, 530). Each seal ring (510, 520, 530) comprises a seal part (512, 522, 532) being supported in a corresponding seal support part (511, 521, 531). The seal support part (511) in the first seal ring (510) positioned closest to the medium (W) has the form of a cylinder (511A) provided with an annular flange (511B) at one end of the cylinder (511A). The outer surface of the cylinder (511A) is supported and sealed with an auxiliary seal (610) against the inner circumference of the opening. The annular flange (511B) is supported against the support structure (83) surrounding the opening. There are adjusting means (900) for adjusting the position of the first seal support part (511) in relation to the support structure (83) surrounding the opening in order to relocate the seal (500) in an axial direction in relation to the rotating part (31, 100). |
| US10407148B2 |
Method and device for controlling energy-saving sailing of ship
The present invention discloses a method and device for controlling energy-saving sailing of a ship. The method comprises the steps of changing the operating parameters of the ship correspondingly when the resistance of the ship changes during routine sailing, controlling the current opening degree of a throttle to increase the instantaneous oil supply amount of a main engine of the ship if the resistance of the ship becomes smaller, and controlling the current opening degree of the throttle to reduce the instantaneous oil supply amount of the main engine of the ship if the resistance of the ship becomes larger. Compared with the prior art, the method and device have the advantages that energy waste is reduced greatly and the sailing cost is reduced. |
| US10407147B1 |
Float-boat adapter
An aftermarket adaptor apparatus for a float-board is disclosed. My invention permits a user to adapt a conventional buoyant water float-board (typically a “stand-up paddleboard”, surf board, or other floatable device), to effectively convert it into a foot-propelled exercise board. The adapted float-board allows a user to travel across, over, and through water by the action and means of the user's feet treading and ambulating upon a treadmill integral to said adaptor apparatus (after its attachment onto said float-board). In practice, the treadmill is affixed onto and over the upper surface of the float-board at the time of the adapter being attached. Accordingly, the affixed adaptor upgrades a simple float-board for treadmill propulsion through the water.The adapted float-board permits a user to “self-propel” over, across, and through a body of water. This is accomplished by (1) the user attaching said adapter securely onto said float-board, (2) the user positioning the adaptor in place by strapping down the adaptor, (3) the user placing the adapted float-board into the water, and then while afloat and getting underway, (4) the user balancing and standing on top of and treading upon the adaptor's integral foot-actuated treadmill which is suspended over the buoyant coupled assembly comprising the original float-board with its attached propulsion adaptor. |
| US10407142B2 |
Continuous weave quick adjust harness backplate system
A system to permit a diver to quickly adjust a one-piece continuous piece of webbing by simply pushing or pulling the webbing in the desired direction. The system includes accessory plate which is fixed to an existing diving backplate, which allows the webbing to slide on through the attached accessories without affecting the location of the accessories with respect to the diver's body. An improved adjustable crotch strap is also secured to the backplate. An ergonomic backplate frame is also disclosed. |
| US10407141B2 |
Vessel having a compartment for containing water
A vessel has a compartment (34) for containing water, which compartment (34) has at least one opening (31) in a wall (30) thereof for allowing water to pass therethrough. The compartment (34) comprises an assembly (1) of a grating (10) and at least one anti-biofouling source (20), the grating (10) being positioned in the opening (31) for blocking items from passing through the opening (31) along with the water, and comprising a number of elements and spaces between the elements, and the anti-biofouling source (20) being configured to emit ultraviolet light during operation thereof for realizing anti-biofouling of at least a portion of the grating (10). At least one of the elements of the grating (10) is at least partially transparent to the ultraviolet light, enabling a design of the assembly (1) in which anti-biofouling of the entire grating (10) may be guaranteed. |
| US10407140B2 |
Paddleboard rudder control system
A paddleboard rudder control system comprising: an attachment means, the attachment means comprising; a tooth configured to slide into a fin box of a paddleboard; a plurality of fasteners configured to attach the attachment means to a bottom of the paddleboard when the tooth is slid within the fin box of the paddleboard; a rudder motor housing removably attached to the attachment means; a rudder motor located within the rudder motor housing; and a rudder in rotatable communication with the rudder motor. |
| US10407135B2 |
Motion compensation for relative motion between an object connected to a vessel and an object in the water
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to motion compensation between water-borne objects, and, more particularly, to synchronizing motion between a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and a docking station of a launch and recovery system (LARS). An exemplary method includes receiving a measurement corresponding to a particle motion in water surrounding an ROV and synchronizing motion of a docking station with a motion of the ROV based at least in part on the measurement corresponding to the particle motion. |
| US10407130B2 |
Drilling tender unit
This invention relates to a drilling tender unit. In particular, the invention relates to a drilling tender unit having a hull of trimaran or catamaran configuration. |
| US10407128B2 |
Bicycle derailleur
A bicycle front derailleur includes a base member to be mounted to a bicycle frame, a chain guide, a first link pivotally connected to the chain guide about a first pivot axis, and a second link pivotally connected to the chain guide about a second pivot axis. The chain guide includes a link-connecting structure pivotally connected to the first link. The link-connecting structure includes a first link-connecting portion and a second link-connecting portion. The first link includes a first chain guide-connecting portion and a second chain guide-connecting portion. At least one of the first link-connecting portion and the second link-connecting portion is located between the first chain guide-connecting portion and the second chain guide-connecting portion. |
| US10407127B2 |
Bicycle sprocket
A bicycle sprocket comprises a sprocket body, a plurality of sprocket teeth, at least one shifting facilitation projection, and at least one bump portion. The at least one shifting facilitation projection is configured to engage with a bicycle chain in a first shifting operation in which the bicycle chain is shifted from the bicycle sprocket toward a smaller sprocket. The at least one bump portion is provided on a downstream side of the at least one shifting facilitation projection in a driving rotational direction in which the bicycle sprocket rotates during pedaling. The at least one bump portion is spaced apart from the at least one shifting facilitation projection by a distance that is equal to or smaller than two chain pitches. |
| US10407125B2 |
Electric vehicle
An electric vehicle includes a vehicle body, an electric motor, a wheel, an operator operated by a user to drive the wheel to rotate by power from the electric motor, and a controller that controls the electric motor according to an operation of the operator. The controller includes a plurality of control states including a basic state, a drive-standby state which transitions to and from the basic state, and a driving state which transitions to and from the drive-standby state and causes transmission of power of the electric motor to the wheel. The controller is configured or programmed to transition to the driving state if the operator is operated in the drive-standby state and to transition to the basic state if it is judged in the drive-standby state that a user is not present in the vicinity of the vehicle body for a predetermined time or longer. |
| US10407124B2 |
Elliptical drive system
An elliptical drive system for stepper type bikes that needs no chains or sliders for its operation. Its quadrilateral linkage minimizes the vertical motion of the user's feet while guiding the feet in a natural motion that resembles walking. The elliptical drive system is designed to give the stepper bike high ground clearance for traveling on rough terrain. Adjustment apertures on the linkage arms allow the user to adjust the length of linkage arms according to the user's leg length and overall size. |
| US10407122B2 |
Bicycle operating device
A bicycle operating device is basically provided with a bracket, an operating member, an actuation cam and a biasing element. The bracket is configured to be coupled to a handlebar. The operating member is pivotally mounted to the bracket about a first axis. The actuation cam is pivotally mounted to the bracket about a second axis. The biasing element includes a coil portion disposed around a third axis that is offset from the first axis. The biasing element biases the operating member relative to the bracket about the first axis toward the actuation cam. The biasing element biases the actuation cam relative to the bracket about the second axis toward the operating member. |
| US10407116B2 |
Electronic security system for bicycle
An electronic security system for a bicycle includes an electronic security device, first connector and second connector. Electronic security device is disposed on frame of bicycle for securing bicycle and includes first rechargeable battery and first security circuit. First connector is disposed on electronic security device and includes first engagement member. Second connector includes first end portion, second end portion, second engagement member, second security circuit and second rechargeable battery disposed between first end portion and second end portion. Second end portion is connected to an anchoring device of a plurality of types of anchoring devices. Second engagement member is configured on first end portion and engages with first engagement member for charging first rechargeable battery by second rechargeable battery. First security circuit and second security circuit detect type of anchoring device when second and first engagement member engage and provide information of type of anchoring device to external system. |
| US10407114B2 |
Attachment device for track support beam of tracked vehicle
In one aspect of the present invention is provided an attachment device (100) for attachment of a trailing arm (54a) to a track support beam (22) intended to be connected, via said trailing arm (54a), to a center beam (30, 32) or other structural element situated between two track assemblies (21) of a tracked vehicle (10). The attachment device (100) is secured to the track support beam (22) and configured to attach the trailing arm (54a) to the track support beam (22) via an axis (X2) running above and substantially centrally along an upper side of the track support beam (22), in the longitudinal direction of the track support beam. In this way, a robust, structurally strong, suspension-admitting attachment device that is easy to manufacture and assemble is achieved. In another aspect of the invention is provided a tracked vehicle (10) comprising such an attachment device (100) and in a further aspect of the invention a method of manufacturing a track support beam (22) comprising such an attachment device (100). |
| US10407112B2 |
Tracked vehicle and chassis therefor
A tracked vehicle with a chassis comprising an upper frame structure connected to a lower frame structure, the lower frame structure spanning a longitudinal distance along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein over a first portion of the longitudinal distance, the lower frame structure overlaps with the upper frame structure and wherein over a second portion of the longitudinal distance, the lower frame structure does not overlap with the upper frame structure. The tracked vehicle may also comprise an operator cabin, power plant mounted to the upper frame structure and a plurality of track assemblies for traction of the tracked vehicle. Each track assembly is mounted to the lower frame structure of the chassis and comprises a drive wheel; an end wheel; and a plurality of support wheels therebetween; and an endless track disposed around the plurality of wheels for engaging a ground on which the tracked vehicle travels. |
| US10407111B2 |
Customizable cargo bed system for a vehicle
A customizable cargo bed system for a vehicle includes a plurality of adjoining surfaces, with at least one surface of the plurality of adjoining surfaces including at least one recessed portion. The system also includes at least one accessory panel structured to be removably attachable to the at least one surface along the at least one recessed portion. The at least one accessory panel is structured to support at least a portion of an object to be positioned in the cargo bed when the at least one accessory panel is attached to the at least one surface. |
| US10407110B2 |
Motor vehicle fender
A motor vehicle fender has inner and outer sides joined to top and bottom covers to form a four sided, closed structure having a downward extending front portion, generally straight middle portion and a downwardly extending rear portion encircling the top portion of a wheel well of a motor vehicle. The top cover angles inward toward the vehicle and downward toward the ground so the top, outer edge of the fender protrudes to deflect vegetation from the top of the fender, and the outer side angles inward and downward so the top, outer edge protrudes to deflect vertically growing vegetation from parts of the outer side of the fender. |
| US10407107B2 |
Front pillar structure
A front pillar structure includes a pillar outer. The pillar outer includes an outer side wall portion, a front side wall portion, a rear side wall portion, a rear side curved portion, and a front side curved portion. The outer side wall portion constitutes a part of the pillar outer on a side far from a vehicle width center in a width direction of a vehicle. The front side wall portion constitutes a part of the pillar outer on a front side of the vehicle. The rear side wall portion constitutes a part of the pillar outer on a rear side of the vehicle. The rear side curved portion connects the outer side wall portion and the rear side wall portion to each other. The front side curved portion connects the outer side wall portion and the front side wall portion to each other. |
| US10407106B2 |
Sill panel for a motor vehicle
A sill for a motor vehicle, a method for producing a sill, and a method for producing a motor vehicle. The sill includes a sill profile having at least one longitudinal recess, and a reinforcing body having at least one longitudinal tab configured for receipt into the at least one longitudinal recess to connect the reinforcing body to the sill profile. |
| US10407101B2 |
Structural member
A structural member made of metal, formed so as to extend long in a predetermined direction, and having a gutter bottom, two ridges continuing to both ends in a width direction of the gutter bottom, and two vertical walls continuing to the two ridges, includes an outward continuous flange continuously formed at least along the gutter bottom, the ridges, and the vertical walls at an end in the predetermined direction, in which a width of the gutter bottom is reduced as a distance from the end having the outward continuous flange becomes larger. |
| US10407100B2 |
Vehicle body frame structure
The present disclosure provides a vehicle body frame structure including: a side rail extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction and disposed so as to face a front tire in a vehicle transverse direction; a cab mount member projecting toward a vehicle transverse direction outer side, from a region of the side rail that is further toward a vehicle rear side than the front tire, and to which a body is mounted; and a projecting portion projecting toward the front tire from a region of the cab mount member that is away from the side rail in the vehicle transverse direction. |
| US10407096B2 |
Securing of a driving assistance function within a power steering
A method of controlling a power steering system including at least one course control function, whereby a position setpoint is determined automatically according to a reference course that a vehicle is to be made to follow, then a motor setpoint applied to an assistance motor is adjusted accordingly, the method including a safety function which is distinct from the course control function and meets a higher ASIL safety level according to ISO-26262 standard, said safety function including a diagnostics subfunction according to which a control parameter such as the angular position of the steering wheel, the driver torque applied to the steering wheel, or the rate at which the steering wheel is turned is monitored in order to detect the onset of an alert situation considered to be hazardous, then an intervention subfunction according to which, if an alert situation is detected, the course control function is neutralized. |
| US10407093B2 |
Electric power steering systems and methods
An electric power steering (EPS) system and methods to attenuate disturbances at the steering wheel by providing a feed forward motor drive input. The EPS includes an electric motor configured to provide a motor drive output responsive to a motor drive input, and an electronic control unit (ECU) being configured to provide the motor drive input, with at least one motor drive component of the motor drive input including compensatory periodic disturbance data. The ECU is further configured to provide disturbance attenuation with the at least one motor drive component from a road wheel signal and vibratory characteristics of a disturbance signal affecting the steering system. |
| US10407092B2 |
Power steering apparatus and control circuit for power steering apparatus
A power steering apparatus and a control circuit for a power steering apparatus are provided. The power steering apparatus detects an abnormality in the power steering apparatus based on whether there is a periodic change within a predetermined frequency range with respect to the number of rotations of an electric motor, a steering velocity, or a steering torque. |
| US10407088B1 |
Transformable wheeled cart and method of use
The present invention relates to a transformable wheeled cart and the use thereof. The transformable wheeled cart is made of: a back frame made of an inner frame and an outer frame. The inner frame is configured to move within the outer frame from a first vertical position to a second horizontal position. A front frame made of a plurality of connectors positioned on the front frame to connect with the inner frame when the inner frame is in the second horizontal position; wherein the front frame retains a rectangular perforated panel, the rectangular perforated panel further comprises a connector to connect to the back frame; and a plurality of wheels connected to the cart. |
| US10407082B2 |
Method for producing a communications link between a motor vehicle and a mobile user terminal, computer program product, mobile user terminal, system and motor vehicle
A method is disclosed for producing a communications link between a motor vehicle and a mobile user terminal. The mobile user terminal and/or the motor vehicle send a request to establish a communications link between the motor vehicle and the mobile user terminal. A check is carried out as to whether the mobile user terminal is configured to output a transfer indication sent from the motor vehicle to the mobile user terminal. A communications link is established between motor vehicle and mobile user terminal if the check is successful. A communications link is not established between motor vehicle and mobile user terminal if the check is unsuccessful. |
| US10407077B2 |
Method for ascertaining a degree of awareness of a vehicle operator
In a method for ascertaining a degree of attentiveness of a vehicle driver during travel with his vehicle, e.g., a motor vehicle, using a sensor of the vehicle, a direction of vision of the vehicle driver toward a region of a surrounding environment visible to the driver is recognized, and the region visible to the vehicle driver is assigned a probability distribution through which, on the basis of the recognized direction of vision of the vehicle driver, a degree of attentiveness of the vehicle driver is ascertained. |
| US10407067B2 |
Vehicle hill start assist system
A hill start assist system for a motor vehicle including a control system using sensor data from at least one sensor to provide the hill start assist with improved response behavior. The control system activating the hill start assist automatically and independently of whether the motor vehicle is on an upward incline depending on sensor data from the sensor indicating a local upward gradient in a driving surface in a region of a vehicle axle. |
| US10407066B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method
A vehicle control apparatus mounted to an own vehicle to control the own vehicle according to a position of other vehicle ahead of the own vehicle is provided. The device includes a setting means setting a parameter indicating a position of the other vehicle relative to the own vehicle in a lateral direction perpendicular to the path of the own vehicle, a determination means determining whether the other vehicle is in the path of the own vehicle based on the parameter, a detection means detecting whether a relative movement has been made in the lateral direction by at least one of the own vehicle and the other vehicle, and a correction means correcting the parameter when a relative movement has been made in the lateral direction. |
| US10407062B2 |
Driving assistance apparatus
A driving assistance apparatus includes a host vehicle information acquisition device configured to acquire host vehicle information including a vehicle speed of a host vehicle and a signal indicating that braking force is applied to the host vehicle by a braking device of the host vehicle, a target information acquisition device configured to acquire target information including a relative position of a target present on the periphery of the host vehicle for the host vehicle, an advancing direction of the target, and a speed of the target, and an electronic control device. |
| US10407052B2 |
Hybrid transmission motor control for power-hop and engine mount load reduction using torsional vibration resonance mode
A control system for a hybrid transmission of a vehicle, the hybrid transmission having first and second electric motors, comprises a motor speed sensor configured to measure a rotational speed of the first electric motor and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a first difference between a first measured speed and a first expected speed of the first electric motor, when the first difference exceeds a speed threshold indicative of tire slippage, temporarily adjust a torque output of the second electric motor to compensate for an oscillation generated by the first electric motor, after controlling the second electric motor to temporarily adjust its torque output, determine a second difference between a second measured speed and a second expected speed of the first electric motor, and when the second difference does not exceed the speed threshold, control the second electric motor based on a driver torque request. |
| US10407045B2 |
Method for controlling a wheel rotational speed of at least one wheel of a drivable axle of a two-track vehicle having two drivable axles, and two-track vehicle having at least two drivable axles
The invention relates to a method for controlling a wheel speed of a wheel of a drivable axle of a two-track vehicle with two drivable axles as well as to a corresponding vehicle, with the vehicle having a first drive motor for driving the first axle, a second drive motor for driving the second axle, a device for detecting driving state variables, and a control device. The method comprises the steps: Detecting an actual speed of the first axle, determining a target speed for the second axle as a function of the actual speed of the first axle, and controlling the second drive motor such that the determined target speed is achieved on the second axle. In order to determine the target speed, a synchronous target speed at which the same wheel circumferential speed is achieved on at least one wheel of the second axle as on the wheels of the first axle is determined as a function of the actual speed of the first axle. Subsequently, the target speed for the second axle is determined as a function of the determined synchronous target speed. |
| US10407044B2 |
Method for supporting car wash mode of vehicles with internal electronic transmission range selection
A method for supporting car wash mode of a vehicle with internal electronic transmission range selection includes entering the vehicle into car wash mode with the engine off and the transmission in the Neutral position. Next, the method continues with monitoring the vehicle for misuse of car wash mode, and transitioning the vehicle transmission to Park from Neutral when misuse of car wash mode is detected. |
| US10407041B2 |
Electric parking brake actuator for actuation of a parking brake in a motor vehicle
An electric parking brake actuator has a transmission mechanism, which is rotationally drivable by an electric motor and converts rotational movement into an axial movement of an actuating rod that carries an actuating element for the parking brake. The actuating rod normally moves by electric motor displacement via the transmission mechanism from an unblocking position to a blocking position and vice versa. A blocking mechanism serves the purpose of holding the actuating rod in the unblocking position of the actuating rod against the force of a spring element. A blocking disc, which is in drive connection with the transmission mechanism, has a stop surface for a locking device in only one rotational direction of the blocking disc. For secondary alternate operation the stop surface is releasable by the locking device so that the actuating rod is biased by the spring element to the blocking position without electric-motorized assistance. |
| US10407040B2 |
Hydraulic unit of electronic control brake system
A hydraulic unit of an electronic control brake system is disclosed. The hydraulic unit of the electronic control brake system includes a modulator block having a plurality of accommodating bores in which a plurality of valves and pressure sensors coupled to a master cylinder to control braking hydraulic pressure supplied towards vehicle wheels are installed. Passages connecting between the accommodating bores are formed in the modulator block, and the passages are formed to be divided into two layers. |
| US10407039B2 |
Brake control apparatus
Even when downstream stiffness in a brake hydraulic circuit changes due to variation in a caliper forming a part of a wheel cylinder, temperature, wear degree, and deterioration of a frictional pad, and/or the like, a brake control apparatus performs calculation processing for calculating a switching reference operation amount, switching operation amount deviation calculation processing for calculating a deviation from the switching reference operation amount, operation amount offset processing for offsetting a pedal operation amount detected by an operation amount detection unit, target hydraulic pressure calculation processing for calculating the target hydraulic pressure with use of the offset operation amount and a reference hydraulic characteristic, and control of the electric motor (21) according to the target hydraulic pressure. By this configuration, the brake control apparatus limits an excessive movement amount of a primary piston by changing the reference hydraulic characteristic according to the change in the downstream stiffness. |
| US10407023B2 |
Remote starting of engines via vehicle keypads
Method and apparatus are disclosed for remote starting of engines via vehicle keypads. An example vehicle includes a keypad, a communication module to communicate with a mobile device designated as a wireless key, and a vehicle activator. The vehicle activator is to remote start an engine in response to receiving a first code entered via the keypad when a battery of the mobile device is discharged and authorize control of the engine in response to the communication module establishing communication with the mobile device. |
| US10407022B2 |
Car theft prevention using long range wide area network
A method for monitoring a vehicle, the method may include detecting, by a vehicle monitor that is associated with a vehicle, a failure to communicate with a first communication network; storing failure information about a time of the failure and a location of the vehicle in proximity to a detection of the failure; attempting, after the detecting of the failure and by the vehicle monitor, to establish communication with at least one communication network out of the first communication network and a second communication network; wherein the second communication network is a long range wide area network (LoRaWAN) and the first communication network is not a LoRaWAN; and after succeeding to establish communication with a given communication network out of the first and second communication networks, transmitting the failure information over the given communication network. |
| US10407021B2 |
Child safety in a vehicle alert system and method
An alert system to assist in child safety in a vehicle includes a seat belt buckle insert adapted to be inserted between the male and female parts of a standard safety belt found in most automobiles or for a child car safety seat. It may also include a portable receiver device designed to be carried by a vehicle operator. The seat belt buckle insert detects whether the seat belt has been buckled and the temperature is within an acceptable range, as well as the approximate distance between the seat belt buckle insert and portable receiver device. The seat belt buckle transmits information gathered to the portable receiver device and triggers alerts notifying the vehicle operator of a child's safety status. |
| US10407018B2 |
Roof mounted airbag
A system includes a roof and an airbag supported by the roof. The airbag is inflatable away from the roof to an inflated position. The airbag includes an apex adjacent to the roof. The airbag includes a first leg inflatable away from the apex to an end, and a second leg inflatable away from the apex to an end spaced from the end of the first leg. The airbag includes a bottom portion spaced from the apex and inflatable to the inflated position. The bottom portion extends from the end of the first leg to the end of the second leg. |
| US10407007B2 |
Trailer and power unit therefor
The trailer generally has a wheeled frame with a coupling at a front end thereof, a moveable component, a power unit driving the movement of the moveable component, the power unit including an electrical motor and a capacitor pack, the capacitor pack being connected for powering the electrical motor, and being connectable to a DC electrical source. |
| US10407006B2 |
Redundant supply for a can transceiver of a motor vehicle and methods of use thereof
A system for a controller area network (CAN) transceiver of a motor vehicle including a main power supply, the main power supply being unregulated, a secondary power supply set above a minimum operating voltage of the CAN transceiver, the secondary power supply being regulated, a first diode, the first diode allowing the main power supply to power the CAN transceiver, a second diode, the second diode allowing the secondary power supply to power the CAN transceiver, wherein when the main power supply has a low cranking voltage below a normal operating voltage range, the first diode is reverse bias and the second diode is forward bias at the low cranking voltage, the secondary power supply powers the CAN transceivers at the low cranking voltage, thereby allowing the CAN transceiver to remain ON at the low cranking voltage. |
| US10407005B2 |
Vehicle power supply control device
The vehicle power supply control device includes a vehicle power supply master and an area power supply master. The vehicle power supply master supplies power charged in a main battery to the area power supply master. The area power supply master supplies power charged in an area battery to each load. The area power supply master supplies, to the load, at least either of the following: power supplied from the vehicle power supply master; and power charged in the area battery. |
| US10407003B2 |
Short-circuit protection for vehicle redundant power architecture
A power distribution system for a vehicle includes a plurality of switching devices arranged in a circuit to selectively control power flow between a plurality of buses operating within a same voltage range. The power distribution system further includes a controller programmed to, in response to the switching devices being in a state to transfer power between the buses and a current flowing through one of the buses exceeding a predetermined current, operate the switching devices to isolate the buses. |
| US10406999B2 |
Bracket assembling mechanism
To provide a bracket assembling mechanism that assembles a bracket to a vehicle component while preventing the bracket from shaking.A bracket assembling mechanism assembles a bracket 101 to an assembling part 10 of a vehicle holding component 1. The assembling part 10 includes an accommodating part 11 that accommodates the bracket 101 and a retainer engaging part 12 that retains the accommodated bracket 101. The accommodating part 11 includes an elastic projecting part 9 that projects from a side wall surface that opposes the accommodated bracket 101 in a widthwise direction 101z of the bracket. When the bracket 101 is accommodated, the elastic projecting part 9 is elastically deformed in a manner that its distal end side is bent in a plate thickness direction 101y of the bracket 101. |
| US10406994B2 |
In-vehicle camera and vehicle control system
An in-vehicle camera is provide which has a case and a lens, and which is attached in a vehicle interior so that the lens is exposed at a top face of the case and the top face is opposed to a windshield or another window. The top face has an angular shape bent at a ridge line passing through the top face. The lens is positioned in the vicinity of the ridge line. The in-vehicle camera includes a hood attached to a front portion of the case, the front portion being positioned at a front side of the case with respect to the lens. |
| US10406993B2 |
Method of manufacturing vehicle
A method of manufacturing a vehicle in which a vehicle-mounted camera is attached to a glass surface on a vehicle interior side of a window glass of a vehicle body, and includes a seat fixed to the glass surface and including a seat surface extending along a predetermined direction and preferably formed by machining, includes determining the predetermined direction on the basis of an inclination angle of the glass surface to set an optical axis direction of the vehicle-mounted camera in any direction. The method of manufacturing provides a vehicle-mounted camera that is low in costs and includes an optical axis with an angle which is easy to adjust. |
| US10406988B2 |
Carrier apparatus for vehicles
A carrier apparatus for a vehicle includes a stationary rail extending from a rear part of the vehicle to an upper part of the vehicle in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle; and a position-fixing bracket separably mounted to the stationary rail for fixing cargo placed on the stationary rail, such that the cargo fixed to the stationary rail is located at the rear part or the upper part of the vehicle when the position-fixing bracket is mounted to the stationary rail. |
| US10406986B2 |
Storage container for a vehicle
A vehicle has a frame, a seat connected to the frame, a member connected to the frame, a storage container receiving surface connected to the frame, a protrusion protruding from the storage container receiving surface, and a storage container selectively disposed on the storage container receiving surface. The storage container has a storage container body having a bottom surface and a clip. The bottom surface defines a recess. The protrusion is selectively received in the recess. The clip is connected to the storage container body. The member is selectively received in the clip. The storage container is selectively removable from the vehicle. |
| US10406984B2 |
Living storage structure for a vehicle
A storage structure for mounting on an interior mounting surface of a vehicle is described. The storage structure includes a sheet of flexible fabric that forms a pocket on the interior mounting surface. The fabric pocket can be opened and closed with one or more shape memory alloy actuators. The interior mounting surface can be a seatback, door trim, a wall of a cargo area, etc. |
| US10406979B2 |
User interface apparatus for vehicle and vehicle
A user interface apparatus for a vehicle includes a display unit; an interface unit that receives information; at least one processor; and a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations that include: receiving, through the interface unit, first information regarding a planned autonomous parking operation of the vehicle, and second information regarding a progress of an autonomous parking maneuver performed by the vehicle based on the planned autonomous parking operation; displaying, through the display unit, a graphic object corresponding to the first information regarding the planned autonomous parking operation of the vehicle; and controlling the display unit to apply an animation effect to the graphic object being displayed, the animation effect corresponding to the second information regarding the progress of the autonomous parking maneuver performed by the vehicle. |
| US10406977B2 |
Vehicle driving assistance apparatus and vehicle driving assistance method
In a vehicle driving assistance apparatus, an initial action determiner determines the presence or absence of an initial action taken to start laterally moving, and a lateral movement determiner determines whether or not the own vehicle has laterally moved from a rearward position to a lateral position relative to a preceding vehicle. If the own vehicle has laterally moved after the initial action, based on at least one of a lateral distance between the own vehicle and the preceding vehicle and a relative speed of the own vehicle with respect to the preceding vehicle, a passing driving state determiner determines whether or not the own vehicle is in a passing driving state enabling the own vehicle to pass the preceding vehicle. If it is determined that the own vehicle is in the passing driving state, the own vehicle is likely to pass the preceding vehicle. |
| US10406976B2 |
Multi-purpose automotive sound device
A vehicle includes a multi-purpose automotive sound device for alerting pedestrians. The vehicle includes front and rear wheels, side mirrors, a sound device, and a controller. The sound device operates in a first mode and a second mode to generate an audio signal. The sound device is disposed adjacent to the front wheel and one of the side mirrors. The controller activates the sound device in the first mode or the second mode based on a state of the vehicle. |
| US10406974B2 |
Courtesy lamp and courtesy logo lamp
A courtesy logo lamp or a courtesy lamp is installed in a part on the interior side of a door of a vehicle. The courtesy logo lamp or the courtesy lamp includes a light source, a light guide and an outer lens. The light guide includes a light input surface that allows input of light from the light source, a light guide portion that guides light input from the light input surface, and a light output surface that allows output of the light guided by the light guide portion. The outer lens includes a transmission/diffusion portion. The transmission/diffusion portion allows input of the light output from the light output surface of the light guide, from a back surface, penetration of the light in the thickness direction and diffusion of the light, and radiation of the light from the front surface to the outside. |
| US10406966B2 |
Device for securing loads on a loading surface of a vehicle
A device for securing loads on a loading surface of a vehicle, comprising at least one floor plate retained on the loading surface and having recesses arranged to be distributed in a grid-like manner, rods or tubes which are able to be releasably fixed in the recesses and at least one limiting element which at two ends in each case comprises at least one fastener, the ends of the limiting element being able to be releasably fastened thereby to a free end of the rods or tubes. The at least one limiting element is configured as a flexible strap. |
| US10406960B2 |
Method and system for operating a tipper vehicle
There is disclosed a method of operating a tipper vehicle, the tipper vehicle comprising a tipper body pivotably moveable with respect to a frame with a hydraulic cylinder disposed therebetween and actuatable to pivot the tipper body. The method comprises monitoring at least one of (i) a pressure parameter relating to the hydraulic pressure within the hydraulic cylinder and (ii) an angular positional parameter relating to the angular position of the tipper body; determining a maximum permissible vehicle speed based on at least one of the monitored (i) pressure parameter and (ii) angular positional parameter; and displaying the maximum permissible vehicle speed. |
| US10406958B2 |
Combination closure and tabletop for a vehicle having a load-carrying bed and method
A combination closure and tabletop for a vehicle having a load-carrying bed and method includes a closure body pivotally and removably connected to a bed floor of the vehicle that defines a load bearing surface of a load-carrying bed on the vehicle. The closure body is connected to the bed floor when in a closure state for selectively providing and inhibiting access to a storage compartment disposed below the bed floor. The closure body is removable from the bed floor when in a tabletop state for use in a tabletop configuration. When in the closure state, the closure body is pivotable from the pivot closed position to a pivot open position. The pivot closed position is for inhibiting access into the storage compartment. The pivot open position is for providing access into the storage compartment. When in the tabletop state, the closure body is usable as a tabletop and access is provided into the storage compartment. |
| US10406954B2 |
Straight guide and headrest with straight guide
Among other things, the invention relates to a straight guide with at least two support rods (12a, 12b), wherein each support rod is movably guided within amount (15a, 15b) and can be secured with a latch (16) with relation to the amount (15a, 15b), wherein the latch (16) comprises at least one elastically deformable strip (17) that is permanently arranged relative to the mount, having at least one freely movable end section (18a, 18b), wherein each end section (18a, 18b) interacts with at least one notch (23).It was the object of the invention to create a straight guide with a latch, where the possibilities of arranging an actuation of the latch are more versatile.The uniqueness lies in the fact that the actuator comprises a slider (27) with at least one actuating projection (33) that can be moved in at least one first direction (x1, x2), and in at least one second direction (y1, y2) and that a movement actuator (34) is provided that redirects the slider (27) into the first direction in such a way when it is moved into the second direction (y1, y2) that the actuating projection (33) moves the latch (16) into the released position. |
| US10406951B2 |
Seating assembly with liner
A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat coupled to a seatback. The seat includes a cushion divided into a first part and a second part. The first part and the second part are arranged to form a platform in an opened state. A liner is stored between the first part and the second part in the unopened state. The liner covers the platform in the opened state. |
| US10406950B2 |
Connector for a climate controlled support device
Disclosed is a connector, comprising a base including one or more supports extending from the base, a diverter that is offset from the base via the one or more supports, and a passage defined in the base having a size that is substantially the same as a size of the diverter. The diverter is configured to extend through a layer in a climate control device. The diverter restricts the layer from obstructing the passage. |
| US10406948B2 |
Vehicle seat
Provided is a vehicle seat for installation in a vehicle. The vehicle seat comprises a side frame, a rod, a first lifter link that comprises an upper end pivotably coupled to the side frame through the rod and a lower end pivotably coupled to the vehicle, a second lifter link that is provided in a position shifted in a seat front-rear direction relative to the first lifter link and comprises an upper end pivotably coupled to the side frame and a lower end pivotably coupled to the vehicle, and a restriction member configured to restrict downward displacement of the rod below a specified position. |
| US10406944B2 |
Vehicle seat
A torsion bar configured to assist height adjustment of a seat cushion frame is housed in a hollow coupling pipe positioned between side frames. The inside of the coupling pipe has first and second engagement portions configured to engage and hold one end portion of the torsion bar in an extension direction thereof. The first engagement portion is engaged with a first engaged portion of the one end portion. The second engagement portion is engaged with a second engaged portion of the one end portion in the same position as a position of engagement between the first engagement portion and the first engaged portion in the seat width direction or in a position on the inner side from the position of engagement in the seat width direction, the second engaged portion being positioned closer to one end of a biasing member in the extension direction than the first engaged portion. |
| US10406943B2 |
Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat including: a seat cushion; a seat lifter including a link which connects the seat cushion and a base on a vehicle body and is configured to rotate about an axis extending in a seat width direction and configured to adjust a height of the seat cushion with respect to the vehicle body by the rotation of the link; and a fixture for fixing a seat belt which is abutted and attached to a mounting surface portion of the link, the mounting surface portion being formed on an outer surface portion of the link and obliquely facing a front side. |
| US10406941B2 |
Seat sliding device for vehicle
A seat sliding device for a vehicle includes a sliding load adjusting mechanism. The sliding load adjusting mechanism includes a support member, which is fixed to a first rail that is one of a lower rail and an upper rail, and a pressing member, which is movably supported by the support member. The pressing member changes a frictional force that is generated between the pressing member and a second rail, which is the other one of the lower rail and the upper rail, in accordance with a pressing force applied to the second rail. The pressing force changes in accordance with the position of the pressing member in relation to the support member. As the upper rail moves in a first direction, the pressing member moves toward a side on which the pressing force is reduced. |
| US10406934B2 |
Fuel cell system for vehicle
A fuel cell system for a vehicle for preventing intrusion of water in a relief valve without providing a casing or a waterproof sheet for the relief valve is provided. The fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell stack placed in a front room of a vehicle, a power control unit to perform output control of the fuel cell stack, a hydrogen supply path for supplying hydrogen gas to the fuel cell stack, and the relief valve provided in half way of the hydrogen supply path. The relief valve is placed above the fuel cell stack in the front room and includes an exhaust port. The exhaust port is placed facing an upper surface of a casing of the power control unit with a clearance such that the hydrogen gas is ejected downward through the exhaust port in the direction of gravity. |
| US10406929B2 |
Charge coil positioning and data encoding magnet arrays for vehicle charging
A charging facility includes a primary coil, magnets arranged relative to the primary coil in a pattern such that fields generated by the magnets can be used to position a vehicle relative to the primary coil, and a controller. Some of the magnets have a predefined polarity signature encoding data regarding an identify of the primary coil. The controller is programmed to receive information from or provide information to the vehicle about the predefined polarity signature. |
| US10406927B2 |
Electricity management device, electricity management method, and electricity distribution system inside a house with electricity generating device, utility grid connection, and electric vehicle containing a rechargeable battery in a vehicle-to-grid connection with counter device
A electricity management device increases a counter value as an electric vehicle is charged from grid power that is supplied from an electrical grid, retains the counter value when the electric vehicle is charged from electricity generated by an electricity generation device, and reduces the counter value as electricity in the electric vehicle is discharged to a distribution board. |
| US10406926B2 |
Battery selection device, battery selection method, battery selection program, and recording medium
A battery selection device has a preparation amount information acquisition component, a supply amount information acquisition component, a battery candidate extraction component, and a determination processor. The preparation amount information acquisition component acquires preparation amount information indicating the scheduled date and time of a loan and the required charge amount. The supply amount information acquisition component acquires supply amount information indicating the full charge power capacity and the current charge amount of each battery. On the basis of the preparation amount information and the supply amount information, the battery candidate extraction component selects loaner battery candidates, which are batteries that can be charged to the required charge amount by the scheduled date and time of the loan. The determination processor picks out a loaner battery on the basis of the predicted progress of deterioration of batteries. |
| US10406922B2 |
Charging module for an electric vehicle
A charging module for an electric vehicle includes an enclosure having a plurality of sides and an at least partially open top, the enclosure defining a hollow interior; a conductor rail disposed in the at least partially open top of the enclosure, the conductor rail being configured to be placed in electric communication with an electrical power source; and at least one external insulator disposed in the at least partially open top of the enclosure adjacent to the conductor rail. The at least one external insulator is disposed between the conductor rail and at least one of the sides of the enclosure. The conductor rail is configured to transmit electrical energy from the electrical power source to the electric vehicle. |
| US10406908B2 |
Transmission for a motor vehicle, drive train for a hybrid vehicle, and method for operating such a drive train
A gearbox (G) for a motor vehicle having a drive shaft (GW1); an output shaft (GW2); an electric machine (EM); and first and second minus planetary gear sets (P1,P2), the first planetary gear set (P1) being a stepped planetary gear set. A ring gear (E31) of the first planetary gear set (P1) is rotationally fixedly immobilizable via a fourth shift element (06). The first sun gear (E111) of the first planetary gear set (P1) is rotationally fixedly immobilizable via a fifth shift element (03). The output shaft (GW2) is connected to the ring gear (E32) of the second planetary gear set (P2). A rotor (R) of the electric machine (EM) is continuously connected to the drive shaft (GW1). The first sun gear (E111) of the first planetary gear set (P1) is not continuously rotationally fixedly connected to or operatively connectable by the shift elements with any further electric machine. |
| US10406907B2 |
Transmission for a motor vehicle and hybrid drivetrain provided therewith
A transmission (G) for a motor vehicle including an input shaft (GW1), an output shaft (GW2), three planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3) with three elements each, and five shift elements (B1, K1, K2, K3, K4). The third planetary gear set (P3) has first and second couplings (V1, V2), wherein the first coupling (V1) is between the first elements (E12, E13) of the second and third planetary gear sets (P2, P3), the second coupling (V2) is between the third element (E33) of the third planetary gear set (P3) and the output shaft (GW2), and the second element (E23) of the third planetary gear set (P3) is permanently connected to the input shaft (GW1). One of the first and second couplings (V1, V2) is a permanently rotationally conjoint connection and the other one of the first and second couplings (V1, V2) is a connection selectable by the third shift element (K2). |
| US10406904B2 |
Engine mount
Disclosed is an engine mount which includes a core installed in a case and supporting a load of an engine, an insulator mounted on the core and elastically deformed according to a load applied to the core, a diaphragm installed at a lower portion of the case, and an orifice assembly that divides a fluid-filled space between the insulator and the diaphragm into an upper liquid chamber and a lower liquid chamber and has at least one orifice for inducing a flow of fluid between the upper and lower liquid chambers, wherein the engine mount further includes a rubber membrane mounted between the orifice assembly and the insulator so as to be in close contact with a lower surface of the insulator, and wherein the orifice assembly includes a fluid transfer member for forcibly transferring a fluid, and operates according to driving conditions of a vehicle and selectively moves the fluid to the upper liquid chamber or the lower liquid chamber to regulate the liquid amount of the upper liquid chamber and the lower liquid chamber. |
| US10406903B2 |
Vehicle
A golf car includes a floor panel between front wheels and rear wheels. The floor panel includes first and second panels. An opening is provided in the second panel. A groove communicates with the opening, and is continuous from the second panel to the first panel. The groove is covered by a lid. External air from the groove is supplied by a fan into a shroud which covers a cylinder body and also into a muffler cover which covers a muffler. External air from an air intake duct, which faces the groove, is cleaned by an air cleaner and then supplied into the engine. |
| US10406900B2 |
Tonneau cover system with integral side rail clamp
A tonneau cover system for a pickup truck cargo box comprising a tonneau cover sized and shaped for covering the cargo box. A side rail comprises a first clamping surface adapted to engage the first side of the downward flange. A rod has a rod axis and is mounted on the side rail. A clamp body is mounted on the rod and includes a clamp arm having a second clamping surface adapted to engage the second side of the side rail. A cam is included with one of the side rail and the clamp body. A cam follower engages with the cam. The cam follower is included with the other one of the side rail and the clamp body. Movement of the clamp body along the axis of the rod advances the cam follower along the cam to thereby move the first clamping surface toward the downward flange. |
| US10406899B2 |
Tonneau cover system with intermediate automatic latching
A tonneau cover has rectangular elements pivotally connected together. An automatic latch can be coupled to a first rectangular element end of one of the rectangular elements. A latch actuator can extend from the automatic latch to a first latch-rearward rectangular element. The first latch rearward element can be rearward of the first rectangular element end. Movement of the first latch-rearward rectangular element relative to the first rectangular element end, as the tonneau cover moves between closed and open positions, can move the latch actuator which moves the first automatic latch between the latched and unlatched configurations, respectively. |
| US10406894B2 |
Water shield member
A water shield member includes a cup-shaped concaved portion that has an opening, a hinge portion and a flange portion. The hinge portion extends from the concaved portion and extends around the opening of the concave portion, the hinge portion having a first thickness. The flange portion extends around the hinge portion and the concaved portion. The flange portion is spaced apart from the concaved portion and defines a first plane. The flange portion has a second thickness greater than the first thickness. The concaved portion, the hinge portion and the flange portion are all made of a common material. |
| US10406892B2 |
Door curtain device having transmissivity variation structure
A curtain device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first shade bar. A first shade roller is disposed within the first shade bar and a hook portion is provided in an upper side of the first shade bar. A first curtain member has a first transmissivity. One end of the first curtain member is rolled into the first shade roller and an opposite end of the first curtain member is exposed to a bottom of the first shade bar. A second shade bar is adjacent the bottom of the first shade bar. A second shade roller is configured to be disposed inside a door body that is formed in a lower portion of the door frame. A second curtain member having a second transmissivity has one end connected to the second shade bar and an opposite end rolled into the second shade roller. |
| US10406887B2 |
Heating control apparatus and method for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
A heating control apparatus for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle utilizing an engine and a drive-motor as power sources includes a temperature detecting device for detecting temperature data used to control indoor heating of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, where an indoor temperature of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle may be increased by generating a ratio of required heat based on the temperature data, generating an engine-on reference value and an engine-off reference value based on the ratio of required heat, and driving the engine based on the engine-on reference value and the engine-off reference value. |
| US10406883B2 |
Methods and apparatus for controlling a fluid damper
A spring for a suspension is described. The spring includes: a spring chamber divided into at least a primary portion and a secondary portion, and a fluid flow path coupled with and between the primary portion and the secondary portion. The fluid flow path includes a bypass mechanism, wherein the bypass mechanism is configured for automatically providing resistance within the fluid flow path in response to a compressed condition of the suspension. |
| US10406876B1 |
Protective sealing plug system for towing hitch receivers with self lubricating storage container
A protective sealing plug system for towing hitch receivers is provided having a main body for fittingly engaging within the cavity of a towing hitch receiver. The body is formed of a series of aligned segments each formed of a resilient or flexible material that retain oils or other corrosion inhibiting substances and hold them in place against the inside of the female receiver tube. A mechanism for urging the flexible material to compress slightly and, in the process, each segment expands slightly to allow engagement within the hitch receiver in a manner that both prevents access by outside elements, but also prevents egress of the main body from the hitch receiver until desired by the user. When installed in the female hitch receiver, the expansion of the resilient body will seal the female receiver tube and prevent the ingress of water, dirt or other damaging elements. Retraction of the resilient body will cause the flexible body to retract, allowing removal from the receiver hitch. |
| US10406875B1 |
Protective sealing plug system for towing hitch receivers with self lubricating storage container
A protective sealing plug system for towing hitch receivers is provided having a main body for fittingly engaging within the cavity of a towing hitch receiver. The body is formed of a resilient or flexible material that retain oils or other corrosion inhibiting substances and hold them in place against the inside of the female receiver tube. A mechanism for urging the flexible material to compress slightly and, in the process, expand slightly allows the main body to be engaged within the hitch receiver in a manner that both prevents access by outside elements, but also prevents egress of the main body from the hitch receiver until desired by the user. When installed in the female hitch receiver, the expansion of the resilient body will seal the female receiver tube and prevent the ingress of water, dirt or other damaging elements. Retraction of the resilient body will cause the flexible body to retract, allowing removal from the receiver hitch. |
| US10406872B2 |
Trailer coupling comprising a sensor
A trailer coupling for a motor vehicle for attaching a trailer or for supporting a load carrier, including a coupling arm provided for coupling a coupling piece of the trailer or load carrier, and at least one sensor arranged on the coupling arm for detecting a deformation of the coupling arm caused by a load on the coupling arm. For the trailer coupling, at least one recess is provided on an outer circumferential contour of the coupling arm, in which or on which recess the at least one sensor is arranged or held. |
| US10406863B2 |
Pneumatic tire
The pneumatic tire includes a carcass layer, a belt layer disposed outward of the carcass layer in the tire radial direction, and a tread rubber disposed outward of the belt layer in the tire radial direction. Moreover, the belt layer is formed by laminating a pair of cross belts having a belt angle with an absolute value from 10° to 45° both inclusive and mutually opposite signs, and the circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle within a range of ±5° relative to the tire circumferential direction. Moreover, the distance (Gcc) from the tread profile to the tire inner circumferential surface along the tire equatorial plane and the distance (Gsh) from the tread edge to the tire inner circumferential surface have a relationship satisfying 1.10≤Gsh/Gcc. |
| US10406860B2 |
Non-pneumatic tire
Various example embodiments of a non-pneumatic tire, and methods for making the same, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a non-pneumatic tire is provided, the non-pneumatic tire comprising: a tread; at least one support ring, wherein the at least one support ring and the tread are concentric; at least one base element oriented between the tread and the at least one support ring; and a hub. |
| US10406859B2 |
Tyre apparatus
A tire apparatus is provided, the apparatus including a tire body for attachment to a wheel rim to define a first inflatable volume. An inner chamber defines a second inflatable volume which is located within the first inflatable volume of the tire body. A first fluid communication path is provided between the first and second inflatable volumes and a second fluid communication path is provided between the first inflatable volume and the atmosphere. A first valve opens and closes the first fluid communication path, and a second valve opens and closes the second fluid communication path. The tensile strength and pressure-containing capacity of the material structure of the second inflatable volume is greater than that of the tire first inflatable volume. A first fluid pressure within the first inflatable volume of the tire body is optimisable by opening the first valve to allow pressure transfer from the second inflatable volume into the tire body, and/or opening the second valve to allow pressure to vent from the tire body to atmosphere. A vehicle wheel and active tire pressure control system incorporating the tire apparatus are also provided. |
| US10406857B2 |
Alignment system and method for wheel assembly
An apparatus and method for aligning a rim of a wheel assembly to a wheel hub. The apparatus can include a wheel handler device that is structured to securely engage the wheel assembly. The apparatus can include one or more light emitting devices that project one or more light spots on the face of the wheel hub. The position of one or more light spots relative to another light spot(s) and/or to a reference feature on the face of the hub can provide an indication of the location, orientation, and/or alignment of at least the rim relative to the wheel hub. |
| US10406847B2 |
Security tag containing a pattern of biological particles
A security tag can be used to identify or authenticate a substrate that has the security tag. The security tag includes a pattern of inimitable biological particles, a transparent adhesive layer, a substrate, and a transparent superstrate, where the pattern of inimitable biological particles is directly transferred from an organism to the transparent adhesive layer on the substrate, and where said biological particles are covered with the transparent superstrate, such that said inimitable biological particles are encapsulated between said substrate and said superstrate. |
| US10406840B2 |
Method and compensator for stabilizing an encoder signal
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a method and a compensator via which the input edges of the encoder signal of an encoder may be transformed into a compensated encoder signal such that requirements with regard to a dot resolution of a printing device and with regard to a maximum activation frequency of the dot generators of the printing device are satisfied. |
| US10406837B2 |
Printing apparatus and leakage detection method of the same
A printing apparatus that includes a printhead and a carriage can perform a detection operation for detecting a voltage to determine whether current leakage occurs. The printing apparatus includes a supply unit configured to supply, to the printhead, a voltage which is used to perform the print operation, a power line for connecting the printhead and the supply unit, a monitor unit configured to monitor a voltage appearing on the power line, and a control unit configured to perform a detection operation for detecting the voltage monitored by the monitor unit. The control unit performs the detection operation in a case that a movement of the carriage is reversed, in a case that a sensor detects that a jam has occurred, in case where the printhead is mounted to the carriage, or after and before a cleaning operation. |
| US10406832B2 |
Method and printer for increasing the print quality of a printer
A method to increase the print quality of a printer can include determining sensor data corresponding to a print image printed by a print head of the at least one print head of the printer onto the recording medium; determining, based on the sensor data, undulation information corresponding to unevenness of the recording medium, a distance between the one or more nozzles of the print head of the printer and the recording medium varying due to the unevenness; and printing, based on the undulation information, a subsequent print image with the print head of the printer. The printer can include at least one print head including one or more nozzles that are configured to fire ink droplets onto a recording medium to generate a print image on the recording medium. |
| US10406829B2 |
Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus
An ink jet recording method includes a step of forming a first image containing a first liquid and a coloring material on an ink receiving medium and a liquid absorbing step of bringing a liquid absorbing member including a porous body into contact with the first image to absorb at least some of the first liquid from the first image to form a second image. |
| US10406827B2 |
Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions therefor
A non-transitory computer-readable medium for an information processing apparatus stores instructions realizing a controlling program. The controlling program causes, when executed, a controller to obtain rendering information corresponding to a rendering event when a rendering event requiring input of the rendering command to the operating system is generated, obtain characteristic information regarding a resolution of the display, and generate the raster image data using the rendering information as obtained and an expansion rendering instruction information as input. The instructions cause, when executed, the controller to input reduced display instruction information in the operating system, the reduced display instruction being information instructing the operating system to display an image represented by the raster image data rendered in the rendering area at a first conversion ratio representing a ratio of a resolution of a display with respect to a particular resolution when the operating system executes the display process. |
| US10406826B2 |
Tablet printing apparatus and printing method
According to one embodiment, a tablet printing device 1 includes: a conveyer 10 configured to convey a tablet T; a laser displacement meter 30 configured to emit laser beams to the tablet T conveyed by the conveyer 10 and receive the laser beams reflected by the tablet T; a determination unit 81 configured to determine whether there is a split line on the upper surface of the tablet T conveyed by the conveyer 10 based on an output value of the laser displacement meter 30; and a printing unit 50 configured to perform printing on the tablet T conveyed by the conveyer 10 based on a determination result obtained by the determination unit 81. |
| US10406825B2 |
Pixel canvas art
The present invention is directed towards an apparatus, a system and a method for creating a pixel canvas artwork. A pixel canvas art apparatus may contain a receiving layer that includes multiple segmented components, each of which may be enclosed by a fluid-resistant boundary. One or more water-based markings may be absorbed by the receiving layer at multiple segmented components and may be prevented from transferring throughout the receiving layer by the fluid-resistance boundaries. The one or more water-based markings may be absorbed at multiple segmented components in a manner that creates a pixel canvas artwork. Both a system for producing a pixel canvas artwork and a method for creating a pixel canvas artwork may include components similar to the pixel canvas art apparatus that may be used to create a pixel canvas artwork. |
| US10406824B1 |
Printhead for a printing apparatus
Provided herein is a printing apparatus including a printhead movable between a first position and a second position. The printhead includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate and the second substrate define at least a first burn line and a second burn line, respectively, of heating elements disposed adjacent to a first edge and a second edge, respectively of the printhead. A printhead bracket receives the printhead in one of the first position or the second position. In the first position, the heating elements of the first burn line perform a printing operation and the printhead bracket is configured to preclude operation of the heating elements of the second burn line. In the second position, the heating elements of the second burn line perform a printing operation, and the printhead bracket is configured to preclude operation of the heating elements of the first burn line. |
| US10406823B2 |
Printing device, method of controlling printing device, and computer-readable storage medium
A printing device comprises: a print head configured to print a plurality of print lines on a medium to be printed, the medium being conveyed in a conveying direction; and a processor configured to control the print head. The processor is configured to: control the print head to print each of the plurality of print lines by a number of printing times which is once or a plurality of times by time division according to print data for printing each of the plurality of print lines; and in printing of a first print line and a second print line to be printed after the first print line of the plurality of print lines by the print head, the second print line being adjacent to the first print line along the conveying direction, control the print head to perform, after printing the first print line before printing the second print line, complementary printing that complements missing print estimated to occur between the first print line and the second print line in a case where a number of the printing times in the first print line and a number of the printing times in the second print line are set to different values from each other, and a number of the printing times is set to two or more. |
| US10406821B2 |
Liquid discharge head using discharge energy generation elements
A supporting member includes a first supporting portion disposed on a first and second recording element substrate side, and a second supporting portion disposed on a side opposite to the first and second recording element substrate side with respect to the first supporting portion, the first supporting portion includes a first individual flow path for supplying liquid to a first recording element substrate, and a second individual flow path for supplying liquid to a second recording element substrate, and the second supporting portion includes a common flow path for supplying liquid to the first and second individual flow paths. |
| US10406820B2 |
Inkjet recording apparatus
An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a conveyor having an endless conveying belt that conveys a recording medium; an image former that forms an image on the recording medium conveyed by the conveying belt; a correction mark formed on the conveying belt; a line sensor disposed downstream of the image former in a conveying direction of the recording medium, the line sensor having a linear detection surface; and a hardware processor that controls the conveying belt, the image former, and the line sensor, wherein the hardware processor calculates an inclination angle of the detection surface of the line sensor with respect to a width direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, based on image data of the correction mark read by the line sensor, and corrects image data of the line sensor based on the inclination angle. |
| US10406813B2 |
Liquid ejection head
An ejection port includes a first ejection port that is an opening portion formed on an outer surface side of a recessed portion formed in an outer surface of a nozzle plate, a second ejection port positioned on a bottom surface side of the recessed portion, the second ejection port including an opening portion that is smaller than the first ejection port, and a plurality of protrusions that extend from an outer edge portion of the first ejection port towards a center portion of the second ejection port through the second ejection port, in which a distance between tip portions of the plurality of protrusions and the substrate is larger than a distance between an outer edge portion of the second ejection port and the substrate. |
| US10406806B2 |
Inkjet head, method for manufacturing the same, and inkjet printer
A pressure chamber of each of channels of an inkjet head has a non-rotating body shape around an axis perpendicular to a support substrate on which the pressure chamber is formed. The direction of the pressure chamber corresponding to a rotation angle from a reference position around the axis passing through the pressure chamber is defined as the direction of the pressure chamber. A plurality of channels arranged in a same row in a direction parallel to the substrate includes channels and having the pressure chamber facing different directions. In a same row, channels (e.g. channel 21a1) driven by a same circuit element (e.g. circuit element) are arranged such that the pressure chambers face a same direction. |
| US10406804B2 |
Printing apparatus, printing method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
A printing apparatus comprises a printer that prints an image on a printing medium and a processor that controls printing by the printer.The printer comprises a first printing array and a second printing array that print the image and are separated along a first direction, and when the printer prints a second image at a position adjacent to a first image after printing the first image while the printer moves in a movement direction which the first printing array is in front, the first image being printed from a first end toward a second end along the first direction, the first image having a first area image disposed at the first end side, the second area image disposed at the second end side, and a third area image disposed between the first area image and the second area image, the second image being printed from a third end toward a fourth end, the second image having a fourth area image disposed at the third end side, a fifth area image disposed at the fourth end side, and a sixth area image disposed between the fourth area image and the fifth area image, the processor causes printing of the second area image by the second printing array to be performed in parallel with printing of the fourth area image by the first printing array. |
| US10406798B2 |
Method to transport and lay down dry fiber bundles
A positive transport of carbon fiber bundles, in ribbon form, with in-line manipulation of the fiber bundles (spreading or spreading and volumization with manipulators) during fiber bundle transport to points of fiber bundle deliveries into the circular loom bed plate turntable is described herein. The automated placements of these deliveries of the fiber bundle/tow at selected orientations in the area correspond to the feeding zone of an improved circular loom bed plate turntable. |
| US10406796B2 |
Method for bonding, manufacturing method of ink layer formed body, and ink layer formed body
Provided is a method for favorable bonding between an adherend and an adhesive body, which is capable of suppressing an ink layer, which is formed by an ultraviolet-curable ink, from being smudged while increasing convenience of a bonding operation between the adherend and the adhesive body, and the like. The method for bonding a medium to a foil body includes an ink layer formation process of spotting an ultraviolet-curable ink, which is ejected from an inkjet head, to a medium and irradiating ultraviolet ray to the ultraviolet-curable ink to cure the same, thereby forming an ink layer; a lamination process of laminating the medium and a foil body with the ink layer being sandwiched therebetween; and a bonding process of heating the ink layer, enabling the ink layer to function as an adhesive, and bonding the medium to the foil body. |
| US10406794B2 |
Method for improvement of weatherability of open air processed composites
Compression molding methods for improving the durability and weatherability of a composite material are provided. The methods include disposing a protective surface film on a composite material; adhering the protective surface film to the composite material; and compression molding the protective surface film. The composite material comprises a thermoplastic polymer and a reinforcement material. The protective surface film comprises at least one stabilizer that minimizes or prevents degradation of the underlying composite material when exposed to ultraviolet radiation and/or heat. The composite material may be heated in an oven having an environment comprising oxygen. The protective surface film may be disposed on the composite material prior to the composite material entering the oven; while the composite material is in the oven; or after the composite material exits the oven. |
| US10406793B2 |
High-hermeticity dual ovenable food packaging film
Disclosed herein are dual ovenable, high-hermecticity sealable films for packaging uses, such as form-fill-and-seal packages (e.g., bags). The films disclosed herein can have hermetic seal characteristics and hot tack strength at elevated temperatures for cooking and/or reheating operations. The films disclosed herein can be made comprising a heat stable base layer (e.g., a cast, monoaxially oriented, or biaxially oriented polypropylene, polyester, or polyamide film); a heat sealable layer; and/or a lap sealable layer. |
| US10406792B2 |
Flexible display device and method of manufacturing window member for the same
A flexible display device includes: a display panel to generate an image; and a window member on the display panel, the window member including: a base film; and a polymer layer including a first part and a plurality of second parts having lower hardness than that of the first part. |
| US10406790B2 |
Carbon fiber nonwoven composite
Fiber-reinforced nonwoven composites having a wide variety of uses (e.g., leisure goods, aerospace, electronics, equipment, energy generation, mass transport, automotive parts, marine, construction, defense, sports and/or the like) are provided. The fiber-reinforced nonwoven composite includes a plurality of carbon fibers and a polymer matrix. The plurality of carbon fibers have an average fiber length from about 50 mm to about 125 mm. The fiber-reinforced nonwoven composite comprises a theoretical void volume from about 0% to about 10%. |
| US10406788B2 |
Co-extruded film
The invention relates to a co-extruded film comprising a sealing layer of low density polyethylene and a skin layer, wherein the skin layer comprises a copolyamide which comprises: •At least 75 wt % monomeric units derived from caprolactam; •Between 5 to 25 wt % monomeric units derived from a diamine and terephthalic acid; wherein the weight percentage is with respect to the total weight of copolyamide in the skin layer. The invention also relates to a process for preparing such a film, as well as applications of the film. |
| US10406787B2 |
Multilayer structure and packaging material including same
The present invention provides a novel multilayer structure having good gas barrier properties and good water vapor barrier properties and further having high retort resistance and a packaging material including the multilayer structure. The present invention relates to a multilayer structure including a base (X) and a layer (Y) stacked on the base (X). The layer (Y) contains an aluminum-containing compound (A) and an organic phosphorus compound (BO), and the organic phosphorus compound (BO) contains a phosphorus atom-containing functional group and at least one metal ion (Z) selected from ions of metals of Groups 1 to 12 of the periodic table, the content of the metal ion (Z) being 0.4 to 8.0 mol % relative to the content of the phosphorus atom-containing functional group. |
| US10406783B2 |
Laminated glazing
A laminated glazing includes (i) a first outer sheet of glass; (ii) an electrically powered functional film; (iii) an infrared reflecting means arranged between the first sheet of glass and the functional film; (iv) at least one first thermoplastic insert arranged between the infrared radiation reflecting means and the functional film; and (v) a second outer sheet of glass. The laminated glazing includes at least the first outer sheet with infrared reflection RIRV so that RIRV≥1.087*TLV, where TLV is the light transmission of the sheet of glass, and the infrared reflecting means is characterized by light transmission TLC so that TLC≥1.3*TIRC, where TIRC is the infrared transmission of the infrared radiation reflecting means. |
| US10406777B2 |
Drapery adornment and securing mechanism
The present invention is a method for adhering a removable object to fabric and includes selecting a fabric, attaching an inter-lining fabric to the back side of the fabric, attaching a magnetic element to the inter-lining fabric, wherein an edge of the magnetic element is parallel to the leading edge of the fabric, attaching a lining fabric to the back side of the fabric, where the lining fabric is adjacent to the inter-lining, folding the leading edge of the fabric over the magnetic element, such that the fabric and the inter-lining overlap the magnetic element and attaching the leading edge to the lining fabric adjacent to the inter-lining, and placing a metallic element on the front side of the fabric, such that the metallic element is positioned flush to the front side of the fabric and adheres to the fabric utilizing the force of the magnetic element. |
| US10406776B2 |
Thermoplastic bonded preforms and thermoset matrices formed therewith
A thermoplastic bonded preform and method of manufacturing the preform are disclosed. The preform comprises a primary fiber comprising little or no sizing; a mechanical fiber; and a thermoplastic. |
| US10406774B2 |
Diffusion bonding of silicon carbide using iridium and hermetic silicon carbide-iridium bonds
An exemplary method of bonding of silicon carbide and objects having a hermetic silicon carbide-iridium-silicon carbide bond. The method includes the steps of inserting an iridium foil between two SiC layers; heating the iridium foil and SiC layers at a temperature of 1500 C in a vacuum of <10−5 ton; applying a pressure between 1 ksi and 7 ksi to the iridium foil and SiC layers; maintaining the temperature and pressure for 6-10 hours; and forming a hermetic seal having a leak rate <3×10−9 cm3/sec between the iridium foil and the two SiC layers. The SiC-iridium bonds lack cracks and are hermetic. |
| US10406773B2 |
Method of multi-deflector balancing and strengthening
The disclosed embodiments relate to extrusion systems and involves a method to promote self-balancing of flow velocity while enhancing the strength of the end product by off-setting seams. This invention focuses on using a system of more than one deflector to produce multiple rings which are then quickly merged to produce a more quickly balanced ring. |
| US10406771B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing plastic bags
A gusset preheating assembly and a method of using the same. The assembly includes a heating gun assembly mounted on a frame. Spreader rods open up a gap in a bag's gusset and nozzles blow warmed air into the gap. Orthogonally arranged first and second hydraulic members are operatively engaged with heating gun assembly and are activated to move the heating gun assembly vertically or horizontally. Hot air blowing into the gap from the nozzle relaxes the gusset. Pressure is applied to the relaxed gusset, thereby reducing the thickness of the gusset region of the bag. The reduction in thickness makes it possible to increase the number of gusseted bags that are packaged in a container or on a roll. |
| US10406769B2 |
Method of manufacturing pneumatic tire, shaping device and pneumatic tire
A method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire including forming a green case by cylindrically winding a tire component member which includes at least one layer of a carcass ply. A green tire is shaped by expanding the green case into a toroidal shape with the supply of a fluid into the green case so that the green case adheres to a tread ring arranged radially outside the green case. The green tire is subjected to vulcanization molding within a mold die. During the shaping of the green tire, the fluid is supplied in accordance with a pressure profile which changes in a stepwise manner. The pressure profile is set such that a former stage expansion rate in a former stage is set to slower than a final stage expansion rate in a final stage. |
| US10406767B2 |
Casting cup assembly for forming an ophthalmic device
Disclosed in this specification is a casting cup assembly comprising frontcurve and basecurve molds which of which includes a ring that circumscribes the respective concave and convex mold surface. When the casting cup is assembled, the rings align and minimize de-centering and tilting of the concave and convex mold surfaces which, in turn, reduces edge defects. |
| US10406765B2 |
Fiber-reinforced polyimide resin molded article and production process therefor
A fiber-reinforced polyimide resin molded article and a production process therefor. After a prepolymer of an addition reaction type polyimide resin and functional fibers are dispersed and kneaded together, the kneaded product is kept at a temperature not lower than the heat curing start temperature of the reaction type polyimide resin for a fixed amount of time or mixed with a thickener to increase its viscosity, and shaped at a temperature not lower than the heat curing start temperature of the reaction type polyimide resin to obtain a molded article having excellent sliding performance with a limit PV value of not less than 3,000 kPa·m/s and excellent shape stability during molding and containing the functional fibers dispersed in the polyimide resin. |
| US10406763B2 |
Rotor blade spar formation with automated fiber placement
A blade element is provided and includes courses of bias plies continuously machine-wrapped about leading and trailing edges at an angle relative to a long axis of the blade axis and unidirectional plies interwoven in parallel with the long axis between adjacent courses of the bias plies on upper and lower surfaces to promote respective tangential geometries of the bias plies at the leading and trailing edges, the unidirectional plies not extending into the leading and trailing edges. |
| US10406756B1 |
Tendon placement for high-altitude balloons
Aspects of the disclosure relate to manufacturing balloon envelopes for use in high-altitude mesh networks for packet-data communications. As an example, a gore portion may be placed on a table such that the gore portion overlies a groove within the table. A tendon may be placed on the gore portion and within the groove. A portion of tubing may be placed over the tendon. The tubing may have one or more surface openings. Restraining tape is applied over the one or more surface openings in the tubing. A constant force roller is applied to secure the tendon to the gore portion and to secure the tendon to the tubing. As an alternative or in addition to the surface openings, double-sided restraining tape may be placed between the tendon and the tubing. The tubing and restraining tape may prevent undesired lateral and longitudinal movement of the tendon during deployment. |
| US10406754B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of monitoring an additive manufacturing environment
Apparatuses, systems and methods provide at least a controller for a print server which executes at least one additive manufacturing print process on an additive manufacturing printer. The disclosed embodiments may include a plurality of sensors capable of monitoring at least one of a build perimeter, a build height, and a build volume for an additive print build resultant from the additive manufacturing print; at least one processor associated with the print server and capable of receiving sensor data regarding the monitoring from the plurality of sensors, and comprising non-transitory computing code for applying to the sensor data a print process plan indicative of the additive print build; a comparator embedded in the non-transitory computing code for assessing a lack of compliance by the additive print build to the print process plan; and at least one modified output of the additive manufacturing print suitable to revise the compliance of the additive print build to the print process plan. |
| US10406750B2 |
Fiber-reinforced 3D printing
A 3D printing system configured to embed and orient reinforcing fibers in a printable matrix material in at least three directions, wherein at least one of the directions is non-parallel with a plane defined by two other of the directions. The 3D printing system may be configured to deposit a layer of printable non-metallic material along a printing path on a contoured printing surface to form a 3D printed article. The system can carry out a method of 3D printing a fiber-reinforced article that includes the steps of: depositing a plurality of layers of printable matrix material one over another to define a three-dimensional shape of the article; and embedding a reinforcing fiber in the printable matrix material during the step of depositing, with the reinforcing fiber extending into more than one of the plurality of material layers. |
| US10406748B2 |
Three-dimensional laminating and shaping apparatus, control method of three-dimensional laminating and shaping apparatus, and control program of three-dimensional laminating and shaping apparatus
A three-dimensional shaped object using a plurality of materials can be shaped, and replenishment of the materials is implemented during shaping without stopping an apparatus. A three-dimensional laminating and shaping apparatus includes a shaping chamber in which a three-dimensional laminated and shaped object is shaped, at least two material spreaders that are provided in the shaping chamber and spread materials of the three-dimensional laminated and shaped object, at least two material suppliers that supply the materials to the material spreaders, a controller that controls movements of the material spreaders and the material suppliers, and a beam irradiator that irradiates the materials with a beam. The material spreaders and the material suppliers are respectively paired, and the controller controls the movements of the material spreaders and the material suppliers so that each of the material spreaders is supplied, at a predetermined timing, with the material from a paired one of the material suppliers. |
| US10406742B2 |
Plastic tube bending method and apparatus
The apparatus has a bending/cooling station mounted on a base. A tube clamping assembly is mounted on the base, movable towards and away from the bending/cooling station and including a tube clamping assembly and a tube rotation assembly. A tube heating assembly is mounted for movement between the bending/cooling station and the tube clamping assembly. Servomotors move the tube clamping assembly and the tube heating assembly, rotate the tube clamping assembly, and actuate bending at the bending/cooling station. The apparatus is controlled by PLC or PC-based programs, which effect movement via servomotors and control other parameters such as heating and cooling times and temperatures. Bending and cooling the tube at a first bend location, and heating the next desired bend location, take place in overlapping time windows, before advancing the tube to position the next desired bend location of the tube at the bending/cooling station. |
| US10406738B2 |
Die assembly and method of setting up an extrusion system utilizing the die assembly
A die assembly through which flowable material from a supply is controllably delivered to a processing assembly at which a sheet layer is formed. The die assembly has a main frame and a support assembly for the main frame. The support assembly includes components cooperating between the main frame and a base upon which the main frame is supported to allow controlled relative vertical movement between the main frame and base to thereby permit controlled alignment between the main frame and an upstream component that delivers flowable material from the supply to the die assembly. |
| US10406737B2 |
Injection molding apparatus for worm wheel
Provided is an injection molding apparatus for a worm wheel, in which the worm wheel is not only integrally manufactured by an injection mold method, but a gear teeth structure of a gear forming unit is also manufactured as an injection mold without a hobbing operation, and the structure of the injection molding apparatus is also improved so that worm wheel products can be easily taken out from the injection mold. The injection molding apparatus includes: a boss injection mold; a product injection mold having a movable side core, a fixed side core, and a worm gear tooth-shaped core; and a take-out unit for taking out a worm wheel product formed with a worm gear by the product injection mold, wherein the take-out unit includes: a plurality of take-out pins; a take-out plate; and a guide unit guiding rotation of the worm gear tooth-shaped core. |
| US10406736B1 |
Method for manufacturing sliding component
Provided is a method for manufacturing a sliding component including a protruding portion that is provided on the outer surface of a slider body portion of a slider so as to protrude into the inside of a penetrating portion provided in a part of a case body portion (wall portion) of a case. In some implementations, the penetrating portion and the protruding portion are formed in a state where an insert having an insert recess is advanced, and the insert is retreated in a mold to form the sliding component in which the slider is fitted in the case. |
| US10406734B2 |
Overmolded electronic components for transaction cards and methods of making thereof
A process for manufacturing a transaction card includes forming an opening in a card body of the transaction card; inserting an electronic component into the opening; and molding a molding material about the electronic component. A transaction card includes a molded electronic component. |
| US10406733B2 |
Method for manufacturing decorative molded article
A film in which a decorative design layer is formed on a base film is positioned and locked relative to a cavity mold while the mold is open. A pressing portion includes a tip portion made of a soft material. The tip portion pushes the film toward the cavity mold and presses the film against a portion of the molding surface. In this state, vacuum suction causes the film to stick to the molding surface. After that, an article body is molded by injecting molten plastic into the cavity while the mold is clamped. The obtained decorative molded article includes the decorative design layer that decorates the design surface of the article body by causing the decorative design layer of the film to stick to the design surface of the article body. |