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| US10436274B2 |
Device for triggering a gas spring
A device for triggering a gas spring comprises an actuating device and an actuating element connected to the actuating device and acts on an end-side trigger of the gas spring. The actuating element acts on the trigger and is designed as a lever arrangement which reduces or multiplies the force and/or distance and which comprises an actuating lever connected to the actuating device. The device also comprises one trigger lever, which interacts with the actuating lever and acts on the trigger, and a housing. The housing has a gas spring connection unit. The upper end region of the gas spring can be connected to the trigger, which is guided into the interior of the housing. The gas spring connection unit has a continuous opening with an inner thread. In a clearance, there are devices that clamp and/or form-fittingly fix the upper end region of the gas spring in the housing. |
| US10436272B2 |
Friction material
A friction material comprises a base and a porous friction generating layer penetrating into and integral with the base. The base presents a bonding surface. The porous friction generating layer presents a friction generating surface facing opposite the bonding surface of the base. The porous friction generating layer comprises fibers and friction adjusting particles, and about 30 to about 95% of a total surface area of the fibers is in contact with the friction adjusting particles. A curable resin is dispersed throughout the porous friction generating layer and the base. |
| US10436270B2 |
Disc brake for a commercial vehicle
A disc brake, having a brake caliper which engages over a brake disc, is held on a stationary brake carrier such that it can be displaced axially in relation to the brake disc, and in which brake pads are positioned which, during a braking operation, can be pressed against the brake disc by a brake application device. A device for visual wear detection of brake disc wear and/or brake lining wear is provided, and is configured in such that, for wear detection, a comparison element which extends in the displacement direction of the brake caliper and in an opposed manner with respect to the brake disc is fastened to the brake carrier. The comparison element is of strip-shaped configuration, with continuously planar side surfaces, and has at least one step on the edge side in the displacement direction of the brake caliper. |
| US10436264B2 |
Spring applied, hydraulically released brake with manual override
A brake (10,100) includes a piston (14,112) housing one or more springs (16,114) therein. The one or more springs (16,114) are adapted to urge an extension (30,140) of the piston (14,112) into contact with a disc stack (22,122) in a default position of the brake (10,100). Piston body (18,112) may be latitudinally offset from disc stack (22,122) by a distance (39,141). The brake (10,100) includes a manual release feature (70/72, 176). |
| US10436262B2 |
Control device for power transmission mechanism
A control device for a power transmission mechanism is provided, performing control so that a driving wheel reliably obtains torque when a vehicle is started. In a vehicle having a power transmission mechanism that includes a power transmission path transmitting power from a power source to a first driving wheel and a second driving wheel, and a power transmission element arranged in the power transmission path between the power source and the second driving wheel, a control device for a power transmission mechanism includes a control section controlling a fastening force of the power transmission element so as to control power transmission capacity of the power transmission mechanism from the power source to the second driving wheel, wherein when the control section acquires that the vehicle transitions from a traveling state to a stop state, the acquisition triggers the control section to increase the power transmission capacity. |
| US10436253B2 |
Bicycle rolling-element bearing assembly
A bicycle rolling-element bearing assembly includes an outer bearing ring, an inner bearing ring, a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the outer bearing ring and the inner bearing ring and rotatably supporting the outer bearing ring relative to the inner bearing ring, and a lubricant reservoir, configured as a first cage, for storing and dispensing a lubricant, the first cage including bridge elements extending between the rolling elements and at least one side ring connecting the bridge elements. |
| US10436251B2 |
Fixed block shaft inner bearing race for integrated drive generator
An inner bearing race has a body extending from a first end to a second end. An inner bearing race surface defined between a pair of lands extends radially outwardly of the inner bearing race surface, with one of the lands extending to the second end. The bearing race surface is defined by inner face surfaces of the lands. The inner bearing race surface extends for an axial distance between the inner facing surfaces along a central axis C of the body and defines a first distance. A second distance defines an outer diameter of the inner bearing race surface is defined as a second distance and a ratio of the first distance to the second distance being between 0.20 and 0.30. An integrated drive generator and a method are also disclosed. |
| US10436250B2 |
Retainer for thrust bearing and thrust bearing
To provide a retainer for a thrust bearing, which is to be assembled and decomposed regularly for being washed, having superior ball retaining performance itself and being attached and detached easily, and a thrust bearing having the retainer. A retainer for a thrust bearing 1, which retains a plurality balls intervened between a pair of raceway rings in a thrust bearing, is formed of a ring shaped plate member 2 formed of an injection molded body of a resin composition containing fluororesin, which is capable of injection molding, as a base resin. The ring shaped plate member 2 includes a plurality of ball pockets 3 in a circumferential direction of a ring shape. Each of the ball pockets 3 includes a claw portion divided into two portions 3a or more to retain a ball 5 in a detachable manner. The claw portion 3a is defined by a slit 4 formed on at least one surface 2a among facing surfaces of the ring shaped plate member 2 facing raceway rings, the slit 4 being formed around an opening 3d of the ball pocket 3. |
| US10436247B2 |
Apparatus for preloading a bearing
A lock nut system includes a nut threadably engageable with a shaft and a keeper having a projection configured to fit within a slot of the shaft to engage the shaft. A retaining member is formed separate from the keeper and the nut. The retaining member is receivable within a slot of the nut to engage the nut. A portion of the retaining member engages the keeper by extending into a keeper cavity within the keeper. The nut is lockable onto the shaft when the projection of the keeper is fit within the slot and the keeper is abutted and supported by an inner shoulder of the nut and the retaining member engages the nut and the portion of the retaining member extends into the cavity within the keeper. |
| US10436246B2 |
Bearing support composed of fiber-plastic composite
A bearing support includes at least one sliding bearing defined by the bearing support and/or at least one rolling-element bearing having an outer raceway defined by the bearing support. The bearing support is formed from a fiber-plastic composite and includes an integrally formed sliding surface of the sliding bearing and/or an integrally formed raceway for rolling elements of the rolling-element bearing, and the fiber-plastic composite includes a matrix into which spatially oriented sliding fibers, for example, PTFE fibers, are embedded in a region of the sliding surface of the sliding bearing and/or a region of the raceway of the rolling-element bearing. |
| US10436245B2 |
Bearing assembly for a pipe machining apparatus
Pipe machining apparatuses and bearing assemblies are provided. In one aspect, a pipe machining apparatus includes a frame, a tool carrier, a first roller bearing and a second roller bearing. The tool carrier is coupled to and movable relative to the frame and defines a race therein. The first roller bearing includes a first shaft and a first roller rotatably coupled to the first shaft. The first roller is at least partially positioned in the race and is rotatable about a first roller bearing axis adapted to remain substantially fixed relative to the frame. The second roller bearing includes a second shaft and a second roller rotatably coupled to the second shaft. The second roller is at least partially positioned in the race and is rotatable about a second roller bearing axis. The second roller bearing is adjustable to move the second roller bearing axis relative to the frame. |
| US10436242B2 |
Telescopic transmission assembly and lifting column using same
A telescopic transmission assembly includes first and second stage rods, and first and second stage casings. The second stage rod is of a hollow structure having inner and outer surfaces and a through hole, the outer surface being provided with external threads, and the inner surface being devoid of threads. The first stage rod is disposed in the through hole to drive the second stage rod to rotate synchronously. The first and second stage rods are telescopically expandable or contractible relative to each other along an axial direction. The second stage casing sleeves over the first stage casing. The first and second stage casings have respectively first and second transmission nuts. The second and first stage rods are in a screw-thread fit with the first and second transmission nuts, respectively. The second stage rod is positioned with the first transmission nut in the axial direction in a rotatable manner. |
| US10436240B2 |
Fastening system and method
A fastening system is configured to be securely fastened from one side of at least one component. The fastening system includes a fastener including a shaft having a distal end extending from a head. A first channel is formed through the fastener between the head and the distal end. A nut is configured to be connected to the fastener. The nut includes a second channel that is coaxially aligned with the first channel. |
| US10436239B2 |
Self-locking sealing device
A sealing device in the form of a plug that is receivable in a threaded hole of a case includes a threaded central body, a skirt connected to the central body, and locking/unlocking means that opposes spontaneous unscrewing of the plug and is automatically activated by rotation of the plug and corresponding movement along an axis. The locking/unlocking means includes a first releasable coupling component coupled for rotation with the central body, and a second releasable coupling component facing the first coupling component at least during screwing and unscrewing. In at least in a tightened condition of the plug, the second coupling component is secured against rotation relative to the case by rotation restricting means located inside the threaded bore. In the screwed condition, an annular end face of the skirt bears against a bearing face of the second releasable coupling component to transmit tightening thrust to the case. |
| US10436234B2 |
Quick release fastener for a band saw
A quick release fastener for a hand-operated band saw with a saw band run on wheels in a housing, which has a base tray and a hinged lid and on which there is a handle. The handle is fixed to an upper angled edge of the lid and located below the handle there is a spring-loaded handle bar with two bent ends. The one end is fixed at the edge of the lid and the other end engages in a groove in the base tray through a recess in the edge. |
| US10436231B2 |
Swageless turnbuckle assembly
A cable gripping apparatus comprising a plurality of jaw members, each jaw member being tapered on an outer surface thereof from a larger first end to a smaller second end, said plurality of jaw members being configured to receive and grip a cable therebetween. A cylindrical collar having external threads and a tapered internal bore is receivable of the tapered jaw members in the tapered internal bore. A cylindrical turnbuckle body having a threaded bore is receivable of the threaded cylindrical collar entirely within the turnbuckle bore. The cylindrical collar, plurality of jaw members, and cable gripped therewithin define collectively a collar sub-assembly receivable within the turnbuckle bore. When the turnbuckle body is rotated, the collar sub-assembly is moved axially within the threaded bore of the turnbuckle body, thus changing the tension in the cable. |
| US10436224B2 |
Method and apparatus for balancing a rotor
A turbomachinery rotor apparatus includes: a rotatable disk having an array of slots spaced around its periphery; an array of blades installed in the slots, wherein the blades have variable weights; and a plurality of connection components installed in the disk, each connection component forming a portion of a mechanical joint between one of the blades and its respective slot, wherein the connection components have variable weights. |
| US10436220B2 |
Method for producing a compressor stator of an axial turbomachine
The invention relates to a method of producing a low-pressure compressor stator for an axial turbine engine. The stator comprises an external shroud with stubs and an annular row of stator blades extending radially towards the inside from the stubs. The method comprises the following stages: supply or production of a starting bar; bending of the bar so that it makes a circle, in order to form an unwrought external shroud; turning to form an axial annular wall delimited by annular fixing flanges; orbital friction-welding of a row of blades onto the stubs of the external shroud. The stubs are realized during a milling stage of the bar or of the external shroud, the milling being carried out before or after the bending stage. The shroud and the blades can be produced in titanium or in a thermoplastic polymer. |
| US10436219B2 |
Fins, tubes, and structures for fin array for use in a centrifugal fan
A fin array is disclosed for use in a centrifugal fan having a housing and a fan wheel, the fin array having: a first tube in a first plane perpendicular to an axis of the fan wheel; a second tube in a second plane parallel to the first plane; and a fin in a third plane parallel to the first place. The fin is sandwiched between the first tube and the second tube, all of which partially surround the axis of the fan wheel. The fin comprises a slotted fin apparatus for permitting condensate to move from a region between the fan wheel and the first tube to a region between the first tube and the housing. The slotted fin apparatus has a first cutout disposed between a first extension and a second extension along at least a port of the length of the fin. |
| US10436216B2 |
Turbocharger
A turbocharger includes a cooling passage. The cooling passage is arranged along a diffuser surface, which faces a diffuser passage in a compressor housing member. The compressor housing member is constituted by combining a first piece, a second piece, and a third piece, which are produced by die casting or the like. The cooling passage is defined by assembling the first piece and the second piece to each other. |
| US10436207B2 |
Automatic fan inlet closure apparatus and methods
Embodiments of the inventive technology may include an automatically reconfigurable flow blocking damper to prevent back flow; applications include, e.g., centrifugal fans that may at times be susceptible to such back flow, such as centrifugal fans established in an array and discharging to a common space. A clutch may effect damper engagement with rotatable componentry such that the damper is engaged with rotatable componentry when the damper is in open configuration, and effect damper disengagement from rotatable componentry such that the damper is disengaged from rotatable componentry when the damper is in closed configuration. The clutch may, in particular embodiments, act to prevent rotational imbalance problems otherwise observed when the damper is engaged to and rotates with rotatable componentry. |
| US10436205B2 |
Fan motor
This fan motor includes a motor, an impeller arranged to rotate together with a rotating portion of the motor, a housing arranged to house the motor and the impeller therein, and a lead wire connected to the motor and arranged to extend outwardly of the housing. The housing includes a tubular portion, a bottom plate portion fixed below the motor, and a support portion arranged to extend from at least a portion of the tubular portion toward the bottom plate portion, and joined to at least a portion of the bottom plate portion. The support portion includes a groove portion recessed upward. The tubular portion includes a cut portion defined at a portion thereof continuous with the groove portion. The lead wire is drawn out of the housing through the groove portion and the cut portion. At least one of the groove portion and the cut portion has a thermosetting resin arranged therein. |
| US10436202B2 |
Scroll compressor and refrigeration cycle apparatus
A scroll compressor, includes: a pressure container; a frame including a hollow cylindrical portion and a bottom surface portion formed integrally with each other, the hollow cylindrical portion having an outer peripheral surface fixed to an inner peripheral surface of the pressure container; an orbiting scroll including a first base plate and a first spiral tooth formed on one surface of the first base plate, the orbiting scroll being rotatable in a hollow portion of the hollow cylindrical portion; a fixed scroll including a second base plate with a second spiral tooth, the second spiral tooth being meshed with the first spiral tooth; and a second suction pipe communicating with the hollow portion of the hollow cylindrical portion. |
| US10436199B2 |
Rotary compressor
In a rotary compressor, a protruding portion which protrudes downward from a bottom end of a rotation shaft and in which an outer diameter is smaller than an outer diameter of a sub-bearing unit is formed on the sub-bearing unit which is provided on a lower end plate, a step portion is formed between the protruding portion and the sub-bearing unit, and a center hole of a lower end plate cover is caused to mate with the protruding portion and is caused to come into close contact with the step portion. |
| US10436197B2 |
Optimized helix angle rotors for roots-style supercharger
A blower may include a blower housing that may include a plurality of rotor chambers and a plurality of rotors. The plurality of rotors may be substantially identical and each may include a twist angle and a helix angle. The rotors and the blower housing may be configured to create internal fluid compression when the rotors are rotating at a first rotational speed and not to create internal fluid compression when the rotors are rotating at a second rotational speed. The rotors and the blower housing may be configured to create the internal fluid compression without backflow slots in the blower housing. The twist angle may include the angular displacement of lobes of the plurality of rotors between axial ends of the plurality of rotors. The helix angle may be a function of the twist angle and a pitch diameter of the plurality of rotors. |
| US10436194B2 |
Motor driven compressor
A motor-driven compressor includes a compression unit that includes movable and fixed scrolls and a compression chamber, an electric motor that includes a rotor and drives the compression unit, a motor drive circuit that drives the electric motor, an injection port that draws intermediate pressure refrigerant into the compression chamber, a controller that performs rotation control on the rotor, and a voltage detector that detects a terminal voltage of the electric motor. The compression unit compresses low pressure refrigerant drawn into the compression chamber to discharge high pressure refrigerant. The controller is configured to output a stop instruction to deactivate the rotation control of the rotor, determine a rotation condition of the rotor based on the voltage detected by the voltage detector after outputting the stop instruction, and perform, based on the determination, restart preparation control that includes outputting a lock instruction to electrically stop rotation of the rotor. |
| US10436187B2 |
Cylinder head assembly for reciprocating compressor
A compressor may include a housing, a piston, and a cylinder head assembly. The housing defines a cylinder and a first valve seat defining a recess. The piston is movable within the cylinder to define a compression chamber. The cylinder head assembly is mounted on the housing and includes a valve plate, a suction valve, a discharge valve and a head cover. The valve plate may be mounted to the mounting surface and may include a suction plenum, a suction passage providing fluid communication between the suction plenum and the cylinder, and a discharge passage. The suction valve can seat on the first valve seat to allow fluid flow through the suction passage. The head cover may include a discharge chamber and an integrally formed guide post extending into the discharge chamber. The guide post may include a pocket that receives a discharge valve stem for reciprocation therein. |
| US10436186B2 |
Foreign material removal device
Structural simplification and efficient injection state of high-pressure air from a nozzle are ensured. A foreign material removal device is provided with: a cylinder (18) into which air is caused to flow; a piston (22) which is movably supported in the cylinder and feeds the air introduced into the cylinder in a feeding direction as high-pressure air; and a nozzle (6) which injects the high-pressure air fed by the piston. Thus, the piston is moved relative to the cylinder, the high-pressure air is fed from the cylinder, and the high-pressure air is injected from the nozzle, whereby structural simplification and an efficient injection state of the high-pressure air from the nozzle can be ensured. |
| US10436184B2 |
Hydraulic device
A hydraulic device 1 comprises a first member 2 movable relative to a second member 5. In such a device the risk of cavitation noise and cavitation damage should be minimized. To this end said first member 2 having a pressure chamber 3 opening in a face 7 of said first member 2 which face 7 is in contact with a contact face 6 of said second member 5, said second member 5 having a low pressure area 9, wherein a throttling flow path is provided in a groove 11 connecting said pressure chamber 3 and said low pressure area 9 when pressure chamber 3 is approaching said low pressure area 9, characterized in that a throttling resistance of said groove 11 increases in a direction of the flow through said groove 11. |
| US10436182B2 |
System for collecting radiant energy with a non-imaging solar concentrator
Implementations of a system for collecting radiant energy with a non-imaging solar concentrator are provided. In some implementations, the system may be configured to focus radiant energy striking a plurality of concentric, conical ring-like reflective elements of the non-imaging concentrator onto a receiver positioned thereunder and to rotate and/or pivot the receiver so that at least a portion thereof is always kept within the focal point (or area) of the non-imaging concentrator. Wherein the center of the focal point (or area) is fixed with respect to the ground. In some implementations, the system for collecting radiant energy with a non-imaging solar concentrator may comprise a tracking apparatus configured to support the non-imaging concentrator and position it so that the sun is normal thereto, and a piping system that is configured to transfer concentrated solar energy from the receiver to an absorbing system where the energy is finally utilized. |
| US10436180B2 |
Apparatus and method for removing or installing a bearing unit in a wind turbine bedplate with an adjustable bearing support
An apparatus and method for removing or installing a bearing unit at the downwind end of the bedplate in wind turbine uses a frame erected at the downwind end of the bedplate. The frame has cradle members located such that the bearing unit can be slid out of the bedplate and supported on the cradle members, or supported on the cradle members and pushed into the bedplate. |
| US10436172B2 |
Subsea apparatus for monitoring density or integrity of a subsea structure or its contents and method for generating power on a rotating part of a subsea apparatus for monitoring density or integrity of the subsea structure or its contents
A subsea apparatus (1, 201) is disclosed. The subsea apparatus (1, 201) comprises a first part (2, 202) and a second part (3, 203) rotatably mounted on the first part (2, 202). The second part (3, 203) comprises electrically powered components (16). A motor (8, 208) is mounted on the first part (2, 202) and configured to drive rotation of the second part (3, 203) relative to the first part (2, 202). The apparatus also comprises a generator (12, 212) mounted on the second part (3, 203) such that rotation of the second part (3, 203) relative to the first part (2, 202) drives the generator (12, 212) to generate power for the electrically powered components (16). A method of providing power to a rotating part of a subsea apparatus (1, 201) is also disclosed. |
| US10436168B2 |
Air starter and methods for determining hydrostatic lock
Air starter and methods for determining hydrostatic lock in a combustion engine during a start sequence with an air starter, including during the start sequence of the combustion engine, monitoring a speed parameter indicative of a rotational speed of the turbine air starter and a pressure parameter indicative of an inlet air pressure of the turbine air starter, and determining that a hydrostatic lock condition exists in the combustion engine based on both the speed threshold and the pressure threshold. |
| US10436167B1 |
Starter system and method of control
A starter system for a powertrain comprises a brushless electric starter motor operatively connectable to an internal combustion engine. The starter system includes both an ultracapacitor power pack and a battery power pack. A nominal voltage of the ultracapacitor power pack is greater than that of the battery power pack. A DC-DC converter operatively connects the battery power pack and the ultracapacitor power pack and converts direct current at a first voltage level of the battery power pack to direct current at a greater second voltage level of the ultracapacitor power pack. An electronic control system is operable to control the brushless electric starter motor to start the engine using power provided from the ultracapacitor power pack, and to control the DC-DC converter to recharge the ultracapacitor power pack using power provided from the battery power pack through the DC-DC converter. A method of controlling the starter system is included. |
| US10436164B2 |
Tappet roller retaining approach
A roller assembly, comprising a roller shoe having a bottom surface, and a groove at the bottom surface, the groove having a semicircular portion and a straight portion extending from the semicircular portion, the semicircular portion having a first diameter and the straight portion having a first width, and a cylindrical roller positioned in the roller shoe groove, the cylindrical roller having a second diameter, wherein the first width is greater than or equal to the first diameter and the second diameter is less than the first width. |
| US10436155B2 |
Air filter, filter element and filter housing of an air filter
An air filter, including: an openable filter housing having an inlet for air to be cleaned, an outlet for cleaned air, a filter element exchangeably arranged with the filter housing. The filter element includes a filter medium radially surrounding and defining an interior space within the filter element and a support element secured to the filter element. The support element faces away from the filter medium and has a lateral support surface having a cylindrical section and/or a section with a cross section that changes in the direction of the element axis, whose main axis runs axially or parallel to the element axis and with which the support element is supported at least transversely to the element axis against a corresponding support section arranged on a side of the filter housing. |
| US10436151B2 |
Modular fan for a gas turbine engine
A gas turbine engine includes a core and a tie shaft. The tie shaft is rotatable about an axial direction of the gas turbine engine by the core of the gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine additionally includes a modular fan having a plurality of fan blades and a frame. The plurality fan blades are attached to the frame and the frame is slidably received on the tie shaft of the gas turbine engine. The modular fan additionally includes an attachment member removably attaching the frame to the tie shaft of the gas turbine engine to removably install the modular fan in the gas turbine engine. |
| US10436148B2 |
Convergent-divergent nozzle
A convergent-divergent nozzle arranged to convey fluid from an upstream zone to a downstream zone via a throat aperture, wherein the nozzle includes an assembly movable to vary the size of the throat aperture of the nozzle, thereby regulating the flow of fluid to the downstream zone. |
| US10436147B2 |
Direct-injection internal combustion engine with piston, and method for producing a piston of an internal combustion engine of said type
Methods and systems are provided for a surface structure for a piston. In one example, the surface structure is located on at least a portion of the piston. |
| US10436141B2 |
Control apparatus for internal combustion engine
By calculating a throttle opening learning value based on an actual effective opening area calculated based on the actual flow rate of intake air and an actual throttle opening with respect to variations caused by type differences of throttle valves and by calculating a throttle opening learning completion range indicating the region for which throttle opening learning completion has been determined based on the state of deviation between an effective opening area corrected by throttle opening learning and the actual effective opening area, control that applies the throttle opening learning value or fail-safe of an air flow sensor is performed in a contiguous throttle opening learning completion range. |
| US10436140B2 |
Method of cam phase control based on cylinder wall temperature
A method of controlling intake and exhaust cam phase in an internal combustion engine includes sensing an engine speed and an engine load of the internal combustion engine, sensing or estimating a wall temperature of a cylinder of the internal combustion engine, utilizing the engine speed and the engine load in one or more lookup tables based on the cylinder wall temperature to determine intake phaser constraint values and exhaust phaser constraint values for cold operation of the internal combustion engine, and transitioning the intake phaser constraint values and the exhaust phaser constraint values for cold operation to intake phaser constraint values and exhaust phaser constraint values based on one or more lookup tables for normal hot operation of the internal combustion engine. |
| US10436139B2 |
Alarm system and alarm method
An alarm system is used for a vehicle including a fuel pump and an engine. The alarm system includes a measuring device, a computing device and a warning device. The measuring device is used to read a current rotation speed of the engine and respectively measures a plurality of running times of a plurality of rotation speed values of the current rotation speed. The computing device calculates a plurality of consuming times of the fuel pump corresponding to the rotation speed values according to the running times of the rotation speed values, respectively. When an accumulating consuming time accumulated by the consuming times reaches a default critical value, the warning device generates a warning message. |
| US10436132B2 |
Engine system
An engine system includes: an engine including a plurality of cylinders; an EGR passage including EGR branch passages each configured to recirculate part of exhaust gas into an intake port of a corresponding one of the plurality of cylinders; an EGR valve configured to be capable of adjusting an EGR flow rate; and an ECU configured to control the EGR valve. When an engine rotation fluctuation amount in an EGR OFF state is less than a first determination value, and when the engine rotation fluctuation amount in an EGR ON state is greater than a second determination value, the ECU imposes an EGR restriction for restricting the EGR flow rate. When it is determined that the engine rotation fluctuation amount in the EGR ON state is greater than a third determination value less than the second determination value after the EGR restriction is imposed, the ECU continues the EGR restriction. |
| US10436129B2 |
Control device for internal combustion engine
A control device determines an operation amount of an actuator that regulates an intake air amount, on the basis of operation conditions of an internal combustion engine. The control device is configured to calculate an index value of a piston temperature of the internal combustion engine, and correct the operation amount to an operation amount that increases the intake air amount, when the calculated index value is a value corresponding to a higher temperature of the piston temperature than a threshold value of the index value corresponding to an upper limit threshold value of the piston temperature, at a time of deceleration in which an engine speed of the internal combustion engine decreases. As the index value, for example, the piston temperature which is estimated from a deviation between an inputted heat amount and a heat release amount of a piston can be used. |
| US10436125B2 |
Absolute acceleration sensor for use within moving vehicles
A vehicle monitoring system for turning off an idling engine comprises a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect a lack of motion, or “stationary status” of a vehicle and emit a parameter correlated to the motion status of the vehicle, a transmission status detector configured to detect a transmission status of the vehicle, an alerting device capable of warning other drivers of a stationary status of the vehicle and a control device. The control device is coupled to the vehicle speed sensor, the transmission status detector and the alerting device, wherein the vehicle speed sensor and the transmission status detector send a signal to the control device and the control device operates in a manner dependent on the motion status of the vehicle and the transmission status of the vehicle. |
| US10436124B2 |
Signal processing for auto-tuning a gas turbine engine
Methods and systems for processing a signal indicative of at least one operating condition of a gas turbine engine to remove noise associated therewith are provided. The method and systems receive a signal from one or more sensors operably coupled to a gas turbine engine, retrieves one or more known system parameters and a previously determined average signal, and processes the signal using the system parameter and the previously determined average signal to remove noise therefrom. In some of the described methods and systems, the processed signal is then compared to predetermined upper and lower limits, and, if the processed signal exceeds the limits, at least one component of the gas turbine engine, such as a fuel-flow split, is adjusted in an effort to bring the signal back within the limits. |
| US10436123B2 |
Methods and apparatus for closed-loop control of a gas turbine
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for closed loop control of a gas turbine. An example apparatus includes a frequency band splitter to separate a combustion pulsation signal into a plurality of frequency bands. The example apparatus includes a plurality of subcontrollers, each subcontroller corresponding to one of the frequency bands. Each subcontroller is to be activated at an amplitude threshold associated with the normal operating set point of the frequency band and to generate a correction value while the corresponding frequency band is operating beyond the amplitude threshold. The example apparatus includes a net correction output calculator to aggregate the correction values to generate an aggregated correction value. The example apparatus includes a subcontroller limiter having a maximum limit and/or a minimum limit to inhibit subcontroller(s) from increasing their respective correction values when aggregated correction value is to exceed the maximum limit and/or minimum limit. |
| US10436122B2 |
Fuel-air ratio control of gas turbine engines
A turbine engine includes a fan connected to a fan shaft, a combustion chamber, and an electric motor/generator in communication with the fan shaft. A controller is configured to direct power into the electric motor/generator during engine accelerations from steady state such that air flow to the combustion chamber is increased. The controller is further configured to direct power out of the electric motor/generator during engine decelerations from steady state such that air flow to the combustion chamber is decreased. |
| US10436121B2 |
Elongated geared turbofan with high bypass ratio
A propulsion system includes a fan, a gear, a turbine configured to drive the gear to, in turn, drive the fan. The turbine has an exit point, and a diameter (Dt) is defined at the exit point. A nacelle surrounds a core engine housing. The fan is configured to deliver air into a bypass duct defined between the nacelle and the core engine housing. A core engine exhaust nozzle is provided downstream of the exit point. A downstream most point of the core engine exhaust nozzle is defined at a distance from the exit point. A ratio of the distance to the diameter is greater than or equal to about 0.90. |
| US10436120B2 |
Exhaust nozzle for an elongated gear turbofan with high bypass ratio
A propulsion system includes a fan, a gear, a turbine configured to drive the gear to, in turn, drive the fan. The turbine has an exit point, and a diameter (Dt) is defined at the exit point. A nacelle surrounds a core engine housing. The fan is configured to deliver air into a bypass duct defined between the nacelle and the core engine housing. A core engine exhaust nozzle is provided downstream of the exit point. A downstream most point of the core engine exhaust nozzle is defined at a distance from the exit point. A ratio of the distance to the diameter is greater than or equal to about 0.90. |
| US10436118B2 |
Acoustic panel with folding chamber
A panel is provided for attenuating noise. This panel includes a perforated first skin, a second skin, an array of corrugations, a first channel, a second channel, a plurality of first sidewalls and a plurality of second sidewalls. The array of corrugations includes a first corrugation and a second corrugation. Each of the corrugations includes a baffle and a septum. The first channel is formed by the baffle of the first corrugation, the septum of the first corrugation and the first skin. The second channel is formed by the baffle of the second corrugation, the septum of the first corrugation and the second skin. The first sidewalls divide the first channel into a plurality of first chambers. The second sidewalls divide the second channel into a plurality of second chambers. A first of the second chambers is fluidly coupled with a subset of the first chambers through perforations in the septum of the first corrugation. |
| US10436117B2 |
Carbureted fuel injection system for a gas turbine engine
A fuel injection system for a gas turbine engine includes a vane in an airflow path within the gas turbine engine, the vane includes an air channel with an outlet in communication with the airflow path; and a fuel nozzle within the vane operable to inject fuel into the air channel to at least partially premix and prevaporize the fuel with a secondary airflow from within the vane in the air channel prior to entry into the airflow path through the outlet. A method of injecting fuel within a gas turbine engine includes at least partially premixing and prevaporizing fuel with a secondary airflow from within a vane in an air channel within the vane, the vane within an airflow path of the gas turbine engine. |
| US10436114B2 |
Combustor cooling system
A gas turbine engine has a combustor supported in a gas generator case. A baffle apparatus is attached to the gas generator case, surrounding an upstream section of the combustor to create at least one passage for directing an air flow discharged from a compressor diffuser to pass therethrough for cooling the combustor. The at least one passage extends from an upstream end of the combustor and has a passage exit immediately upstream of a dilution hole in the combustor. The baffle apparatus is configured to increase a velocity of the air flow entering the at least one passage and passing over the combustor. |
| US10436110B2 |
Rotating detonation engine upstream wave arrestor
A rotating detonation engine includes an annulus that defines a volume in which a mixture of an oxidizer and a fuel detonate in a rotating fashion, the volume defining a downstream outlet through which detonation exhaust flows. The rotating detonation engine further includes a wave arrestor positioned upstream from a location of detonation and configured to reduce a magnitude of a pressure wave traveling upstream from the location of detonation. |
| US10436108B2 |
Internal combustion engine using a water-based mixture as fuel and method for operating the same
An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder with a combustion chamber and a piston selectively changing the volume of the combustion chamber. The combustion chamber receives a mixture of air, hydrogen and a liquid fuel consisting essentially of water and a flammable, preferably non-fossil, substance. The contents of the combustion chamber are ignited generating power. |
| US10436106B2 |
Control apparatus and control method for internal combustion engine
A required opening correction amount is calculated based on a target supercharging pressure and an actual supercharging pressure, a target opening is calculated based on a required opening and the required opening correction amount, an actual operating position of a wastegate valve is determined to correspond to a fully closed position when the wastegate valve is in a fully closed condition, an actual opening of the wastegate valve is calculated based on the fully closed position and the actual operating position, an operation amount of an actuator for aligning the target opening with the actual opening is calculated based on the target opening and the actual opening, and when the target opening corresponds to the fully closed condition and the actual operating position is not decreased at or above a prescribed rate, the fully closed position is updated to the actual operating position. |
| US10436098B2 |
Engine equipped with turbo supercharger
An engine equipped with a turbo supercharger has an exhaust manifold coupled to an engine body, a turbo supercharger including a turbine housing demarcating a turbine chamber and a supply path of exhaust air, and a turbine insulator covering the same, and a manifold insulator covering at least the upper surface of the exhaust manifold and the side surface of the exhaust manifold on the turbo supercharger side. The exhaust manifold has a flange as a connection section with respect to the turbo supercharger. The manifold insulator has a cut-away section exposing a joining surface of the flange, and an opening caused by having the interval between the cut-away edge of the cut-away section and the outer peripheral edge of the flange be relatively wider in a predetermined position than in other positions. |
| US10436097B2 |
Close coupled single module aftertreatment system
An aftertreatment system includes a filtration and reduction unit. The filtration and reduction unit comprises a housing defining an internal volume. A filter is disposed in the internal volume and is configured to substantially remove particulates from the exhaust gas. A selective catalytic reduction system is disposed in the internal volume downstream of the filter and is configured to selectively reduce a portion of the exhaust gas. A first catalyst is formulated to oxidize at least a portion of the exhaust gas. An intake pipe is disposed upstream of the filtration and reduction unit and configured to communicate the exhaust gas to the filtration and reduction unit. The first catalyst is disposed in the intake pipe. An exhaust pipe is disposed downstream of the filtration and reduction unit. |
| US10436094B2 |
Swaged shell
In one embodiment, there is disclosed an apparatus for decontaminating exhaust gasses. The apparatus includes a monolith catalytic substrate having a length and a width. The substrates length separates first and second opposed ends. The first end and second ends each have a one piece retention ring fitted thereon. The apparatus includes a housing having a length separating opposed, spaced apart open first and second ends. The housing has a side wall extending substantially unbroken there between to define a body having an interior space. The monolith catalytic substrate is disposed in said interior space. The housing has a greater length than said monolith catalytic substrate. The substrate is centered in the housing and the housing is swaged at the first and second ends respectively to engage the retention rings and retain the monolith catalytic substrate within the interior space in said housing. |
| US10436080B2 |
Multiple variable valve lift apparatus
A multiple variable valve lift apparatus may include a moving cam formed of a hollow cylindrical shape, configured to be moveable in an axial direction of a camshaft while being rotated with the camshaft, and forming a plurality of cams implementing a cam guide protrusion device and different valve lifts from each other; an operation device selectively guiding a cam guide protrusion device to move the moving cam in the axial direction of the camshaft; a controller configured for controlling an operation of the operation device; a valve opening/closing device in contact with any one cam among the plurality of cams; a plurality of stopper grooves formed at an external circumference of the camshaft; and a stopper device provided at the moving cam and inserted to the stopper groove to be rotated at a position after the moving cam is moved. |
| US10436072B2 |
Elastomeric shock absorbers for gas turbine transportation
This application provides elastomeric shock absorbers for turbine transportation. Example engine mounts may include a first plate, a second plate, and an elastomeric bearing positioned between the first plate and the second plate. The engine mount may be configured to absorb or dampen vibration along an X-axis, a Y-axis, and a Z-axis of a turbine during transportation. |
| US10436070B2 |
Blade outer air seal having angled retention hook
A blade outer air seal (BOAS) according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a ceramic body having a radially inner face and a radially outer face and a retention feature that extends from the radially outer face. The retention feature includes at least one angled hook that extends at a transverse angle relative to the radially outer face. |
| US10436068B2 |
Flowpath contouring
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, combustion section, and turbine section. The turbine section includes a turbine component stage, the turbine component stage including a plurality of turbine components together including a flowpath surface along a circumferential direction of the gas turbine engine. The flowpath surface defines in part a core air flowpath of the gas turbine engine and further defines a contour along the circumferential direction. The contour repeats less frequently than once per turbine component to accommodate a hot gas streak through the turbine section. |
| US10436067B2 |
Controlling lubricant flow in epicyclic gearbox
A disclosed lubrication system for a turbofan engine includes a pump for driving lubricant through a lubrication circuit, at least one sensor generating a signal indicative of an engine operating condition and at least one valve for controlling a flow of lubricant through the lubrication circuit. A controller controls operation of the valve to vary the flow of lubricant based on the engine operating condition to maintain lubricant flow within predefined operating limits. |
| US10436066B2 |
De-oiler and a method of using the same
A de-oiler for separating oil from an air/oil mixture comprises a housing, and a rotatable porous element accommodated within the housing. The housing has a first axial face and a second, opposite, axial face, the first axial face being separated from the second axial face by an axial length.The housing has an inlet positioned on the first axial face, a first outlet positioned on the second axial face, and a second outlet positioned on a radially outwardly facing surface. In use, the inlet is adapted to receive a first flow comprising an air/oil mixture, and rotation of the porous element separates the oil from the air/oil mixture, with the first outlet being adapted to exhaust a second flow comprising de-oiled air, and the second outlet being adapted to exhaust a third flow comprising separated oil. |
| US10436065B2 |
Resilient bearing mount with integral damper fluid passage for a geared turbofan engine
A gas turbine engine includes a bearing support ring with a first annular body and a second annular body disposed radially inward of the first annular body. A radial spring is connected to the first annular body and the second annular body. The gas turbine engine includes a frame with a case that extends around the first annular body. The frame includes an annular member connected to the case and positioned radially between the radial spring and the second annular body. A fluid port extends radially through the annular member. A seal is disposed around the annular member and forward of the fluid port. A first fluid passage extends through the case. A second fluid passage is formed between the bearing support ring and the frame and extends from the first fluid passage to the fluid port. A bearing outer race is disposed inward of the second annular body. |
| US10436062B2 |
Article having ceramic wall with flow turbulators
An article includes a ceramic wall that defines at least a side of a passage. The ceramic wall includes a flow turbulator that projects into the passage. The flow turbulator is formed of ceramic matrix composite. A gas turbine engine is also disclosed. The gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor section, and a turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor. At least one of the turbine section or the compressor section including the article. |
| US10436057B2 |
Gas turbine combined cycle for high flexibility
A combined cycle power generation plant has parallel normally-independent power generation trains, each having a gas turbine in line with a heat recovery steam generator. In a “parked” or spinning reserve operational state, combustion is discontinued at the gas turbine of one power generation train, placed on turning fear. Combustion at the other power train is reduced, preferably to a minimum emissions-compliant level (NOx, CO) of the gas turbine operated at low level combustion. A bypass duct with controllable dampers apportions exhaust from the operating gas turbine to the heat recovery steam generators of both power trains. This maintains an elevated temperature in both heat recovery steam generators and enables fast restart. |
| US10436054B2 |
Blade outer air seal for a gas turbine engine
A blade outer air seal (BOAS) for a gas turbine engine includes, among other things, a seal body having a radially inner face and a radially outer face that axially extend between a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion. The BOAS includes a trough disposed on the radially inner face and an abradable seal received within the trough. The trough is open to expose a leading edge of the abradable seal to a core flow path of the gas turbine engine. |
| US10436053B2 |
Seal anti-rotation feature
A seal assembly includes a seal arc segment defining first and second seal supports. A carriage defines first and second support members with the first support member supporting the seal arc segment in a first ramped interface and the second support member supporting the seal arc segment in a second ramped interface such that the seal arc segment is circumferentially moveable with respect to the carriage. The seal assembly includes an anti-rotation interface in which the seal arc segment and the carriage are engaged. The anti-rotation interface restricts circumferential movement of the seal arc segment. |
| US10436051B2 |
Seal support structure
The present disclosure relates to sealing systems for gas turbine engines. In one embodiment, a seal support structure for a gas turbine engine includes a seal support configured to retain a circumferential seal and an engine support configured for mounting the seal support structure to a gas turbine engine mount. The engine support includes at least one channel configured to provide radial movement of the seal support structure and circumferential retention of the seal support. Another embodiment is directed to a sealing system including a circumferential seal and seal support structure configured to provide radial movement. |
| US10436050B2 |
Guide vane arrangement for gas turbine engine
An inlet section for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an outer case extending about a rotor that is rotatable about an engine axis. The rotor carries a plurality of airfoils. A plurality of guide vanes are operable to guide flow from an engine inlet toward the plurality of airfoils relative to the engine axis. A plurality of spokes are mechanically attached to the outer case. Each of the plurality of spokes is received in a respective one of the plurality of guide vanes, and at least one of the plurality of spokes define a fluid passage in flow communication with a bearing assembly. |
| US10436049B2 |
Airfoil with dual profile leading end
An airfoil includes an airfoil section with a dual airfoil profile. The airfoil section includes a double wall. The double wall has an outer wall that defines a primary leading end of the dual airfoil profile and an inner wall that defines a secondary leading end of the dual airfoil profile. The inner wall is spaced from the outer wall. |
| US10436046B2 |
Method for assembling a stator stage of a gas turbine engine
A method for assembling a stator stage of a gas turbine engine and an adjustment pin to perform the assembly method to lock a vane segment in a central section of the stator stage. The method includes inserting an adjustment pin into a through hole wherein the adjustment pin includes two end sections, inserting at least one wall segment of the vane segment into a slot of a central section, rotating the adjustment pin so that the central section is correctly positioned in the stator stage, deforming a deformable part of the adjustment pin so that the now deformed part establishes a force fit with at least one segment of a corresponding structure of the central section and thereby locking the adjustment pin and thus the central section in a fixed position in the stator stage. |
| US10436041B2 |
Shroud assembly for turbine systems
A shroud assembly of a turbine system is presented. The shroud assembly includes a plurality of outer shroud segments disposed annularly and defining a first gap between a pair of outer shroud segments of the plurality of outer shroud segments; a plurality of inner shroud segments disposed annularly and radially inward of the plurality of outer shroud segments, and defining a second gap between a pair of inner shroud segments of the plurality of inner shroud segments, wherein the plurality of inner shroud segments is same in number to the plurality of outer shroud segments, and wherein the first gap and the second gap are offset; and an impingement plate coupled to an outer shroud segment of the pair of outer shroud segments and interposed between the outer shroud segment and the pair of inner shroud segments. |
| US10436039B2 |
Gas turbine engine turbine blade tip cooling
A gas turbine engine component includes a structure having a surface configured to be exposed to a hot working fluid. The surface includes a recessed pocket that is circumscribed by an overhang. At least one cooling groove is provided by the overhang. |
| US10436038B2 |
Turbine engine with an airfoil having a tip shelf outlet
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes a pressure side and a suction side, with a root and a tip wall. The pressure side and suction side extend beyond the tip wall to define a tip channel, defining a plurality of internal and external corners. A tip shelf can be defined in the pressure or suction sidewalls. A film hole can extend to the tip shelf, such that the film hole can be shaped to direct a flow of cooling fluid to the film hole to improve film cooling at the tip shelf. |
| US10436036B2 |
Fitted platform for a turbine engine fan, and a method of fabricating it
A fitted platform for positioning between two adjacent blades of an aviation turbine engine fan includes a flow passage wall made of composite material having a central portion, and first and second margins each extending in a longitudinal direction of the wall. Each margin extends over a determined distance from the central portion in a transverse direction of the wall. The flow passage wall includes a fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix. The fiber reinforcement present in the central portion presents three-dimensional weaving, and the fiber reinforcement present in the first and second margins presents two-dimensional weaving, at least in part. |
| US10436031B2 |
Cooled turbine runner, in particular for an aircraft engine
A cooled turbine runner, in particular a high-pressure turbine runner for an aircraft engine, with turbine blades that are radially arranged at a circumferential surface of a rotor disk, wherein respectively one turbine blade with a profiled blade root is inserted into a correspondingly profiled disk finger groove at the circumferential surface of the rotor disk,and wherein a cooling device is provided with at least one cooling air supply channel that extends at least substantially axially and at least over a part of the axial length of the blade root, and with at least one cooling channel that branches off from the same and extends in the interior of the turbine blade up to an outlet opening at its surface. At an inflow side of the blade root, a plug with a cooling air passage is arranged in the cooling air supply channel, wherein the cooling air passage has a geometry that forms a micro-compressor. |
| US10436030B2 |
Steam turbine and method for operating a steam turbine
A steam turbine having a cooling option, in which steam is taken from the flow channel, the steam cooling the thrust-compensating intermediate floor, being mixed with a small amount of live steam and being returned to the flow channel. A method cools the steam turbine, wherein steam is extracted from the high-pressure region and is fed to a space between the thrust-compensating partition wall and inner casing, wherein steam from the space between the thrust-compensating partition wall and the inner casing is fed via a first cross feedback passage to the high-pressure region. |
| US10436026B2 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for downhole monitoring
A downhole monitoring system and method that includes a sensor system with a sensor array with a number of sensors and a hub. Data measured by the sensors is processed by the hub and wirelessly communicated to a smart node. The sensor system may be mounted in the annulus formed between a borehole wall and an exterior surface of a well casing. The sensors may be configured to monitor the formation for microseismic events generated during hydraulic fracturing. The fracture growth and propagation may be monitored using the data obtained by the sensors. The data may facilitate real time control of the hydraulic fracturing operation. |
| US10436024B2 |
Detecting sub-terranean structures
A geologic survey system includes a plurality of acoustic sources spaced at intervals over a target area of a terranean surface. Each of the plurality of acoustic sensors is configured to generate a seismic energy wave. The system also includes a plurality of acoustic sensors positioned in a plurality of boreholes formed in a geologic formation, where the boreholes have a depth sufficient to reach a geologic datum. The system also includes a control system communicably coupled to the plurality of acoustic sensors and configured to perform operations including receiving, from the plurality of acoustic sensors, data associated with reflected acoustic signals generated by the plurality of acoustic sources and received by the plurality of acoustic sensors; determining, based on the received data, a subsurface topology of the geologic formation; and generating a subsurface model of the geologic formation based on the determined subsurface topology. |
| US10436022B2 |
Systems and methods for wirelessly monitoring well conditions
A system for wirelessly monitoring well conditions includes a set of wireless transceivers placed along a drill string inside a well, each transceiver placed within at least half the maximum distance that each transceiver can transmit data, and a power generator attached to each transceiver that powers the respective transceiver, the power generator including a first material that is of one polarity and a second material that is fixed in position and is of opposite polarity of the first material, wherein the first material is propelled toward the second material based on the motion of the power generator so that the two materials have a maximized point of contact to generate maximum power. The wireless transceivers may communicate using any wireless communication technology, including but not limited to Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, and BLE. |
| US10436018B2 |
Downhole electromagnetic acoustic transducer sensors
Systems, devices, and methods for estimating a value of a downhole parameter of interest. Aspects include an apparatus for evaluating a tubular. The apparatus may include a sensor including an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) device configured to be conveyed into the tubular. The EMAT device may include measurement circuitry comprising at least one conductive coil; and a magnet array comprising magnets arranged with a corresponding direction of magnetization of each magnet oriented according to a configuration producing a greater magnetic flux on a first side of the array than on a second side opposing the first side. The magnetic flux produced from the second side may be substantially zero. In embodiments, the configuration of magnets comprises at least a first set of permanent magnets in a linear Halbach configuration. |
| US10436015B2 |
Stator bore gage
A stator bore gage comprises a detector assembly comprising a wheel configured to engage an inside surface and to transduce the varying surface diameters into electrical or optical signals representative of the condition of the inside surface as the detector traverses the inside surface. |
| US10436014B2 |
System and console for monitoring and managing pressure testing operations at a well site
A well advisor system and console for monitoring and managing pressure testing operations at a well site. The system may be accessed through one or more workstations, or other computing devices, which may be located at a well site or remotely. The system is in communication with and receives input from various sensors. It collects real-time sensor data sampled during operations at the well site. The system processes the data, and provides nearly instantaneous numerical and visual feedback through a variety of graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”), which are presented in the form of an operation-specific console. The input and data provides information related to pressure testing at a well site. |
| US10436010B2 |
Stuck pipe detection
Tight spots in movements of a drill string in an oil well are identified by comparing a large interval hookload moving average to a short interval hookload moving average, comparing a large interval bit depth moving average to a short interval bit depth moving average, and DBSCANing the tight spots to identify a fully-stuck event. |
| US10436006B2 |
Multilateral well drilled with underbalanced coiled tubing and stimulated with exothermic reactants
A method of increasing a stimulated reservoir volume in a hydrocarbon-bearing formation in fluid communication with a wellbore, the method including drilling a plurality of lateral extensions at varying depths in the formation extending from a vertical wellbore using underbalanced coiled tubing drilling; and injecting an exothermic reaction component into the plurality of lateral extensions to create a plurality of fractures extending outwardly from and between the plurality of lateral extensions to create a multilateral fracture network. |
| US10436002B2 |
Method for enhancing fracture propagation in subterranean formations
The present invention provides a method of hydraulically fracturing a well penetrating an subterranean formation by optimizing the spacing of fractures along a wellbore to form a complex network of hydraulically connected fractures by identifying a deviated wellbore in a subterranean formation; introducing a series of fractures in the deviated wellbore, wherein the series of fractures comprising at least a first fracture, a second fracture, a third fracture and a fourth fracture each separated by a non-uniformed and an increased spacing distance such that the spacing distance from each adjacent fracture in the series of fractures is at an increased distance; and forming one or more complex fractures extending from the series of fractures to form a complex fracture network. |
| US10436001B2 |
Process for continuously supplying a fracturing fluid
The present invention relates to a process of supplying a proppant-containing fracturing fluid to a wellhead, wherein the proppant-containing fracturing fluid can be continuously supplied during the fracture treatment. |
| US10435999B2 |
Fluid release valve
A fluid release valve includes valve housing (VH) coupled between a pump and an outlet pipe, VH chamber providing fluid from its inlet and outlet when the pump starts, and fluid release orifice (FRO) draining outlet pipe fluid flowing back into the VH when the pump stops; and check valve (CV) combination having a CV shuttle that moves towards/away from the inlet/outlet and an internal shuttle chamber (ISC), and having a CV that moves towards/away from the inlet/outlet within the ISC. The CV combination responds to a pumped fluid pressure when the pump's pumping and stops the fluid from flowing from the inlet around the CV shuttle and out the FRO. The CV combination responds to a fluid differential pressure (FDP) when the pump stops and allows the outlet pipe fluid to drain out the FRO until the FDP reaches an equilibrium. |
| US10435997B2 |
Fluid delivery vessel including a fluid delivery system and a remotely operated vehicle (ROV)
A fluid delivery vessel for containing and introducing a fluid into a wellbore includes a hull including a deck and a fluid storage area, and a fluid delivery system including a conduit having a first end fluidically connected to the fluid storage area and a second end. The conduit selectively delivers a fluid from the fluid storage area into the wellbore. A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) system support platform is mounted to the deck, and a ROV deployment system supported by the ROV system support platform. The ROV deployment system is operable to selectively deploy and retrieve an ROV. |
| US10435996B2 |
Estimating measures of formation flow capacity and phase mobility from pressure transient data under segregated oil and water flow conditions
A segregated flow mechanism of oil and water usually takes place in the presence of strong gravity forces in subsurface environments, having specific geometrical and petrophysical properties undergoing simultaneous flow of multiphase fluids. The segregated flow of oil and water is modeled as a two-layer reservoir system, based on the observed data. Accurate estimates or measures of the values of phase mobility of oil and water, in addition to the actual flow capacity of the formation are provided. Reliable reservoir characterizations and reserve estimations are provided based on the in-situ conditions of oil and water in the reservoir. |
| US10435995B2 |
Oilfield management method and system
Oilfield management includes obtaining a binary variable array describing configurable elements of an oilfield design, partitioning the binary variable array into subgroups, and applying a transformation function to each subgroup to obtain an integer variable for each subgroup. An optimization problem is solved on the binary variable array by treating the integer variable as a continuous variable to obtain a solution, and the transformation function of each subgroup is applied to the solution to obtain a design pattern. Based on the design pattern, the oilfield design is generated. |
| US10435993B2 |
Junction isolation tool for fracking of wells with multiple laterals
Systems and methods for stimulating wells include a frac window system positioned in a first wellbore adjacent a secondary wellbore extending from the first wellbore so that an opening in the frac window system aligns with a window in the first wellbore casing. The frac window system includes an elongated tubular with annular seals along the outer surface above and below the opening in the elongated tubular, and further includes an orientation device carried within the tubular. A main bore isolation sleeve is positioned within the frac window system to seal the opening, isolating the secondary wellbore from pressurized fluid directed farther down the first wellbore. A whipstock seats on the orientation device so that a surface of the whipstock is aligned with the secondary wellbore window of the first wellbore casing. The whipstock guides a straddle stimulation tool into the secondary wellbore from the first wellbore. |
| US10435991B2 |
Handling heavy subsea structures
A method transports and installs a heavy subsea structure such as a subsea processing center for produced crude oil or natural gas. The method includes controlledly flooding at least one ballast tank attached to or incorporated into the structure to the extent that the structure becomes negatively buoyant at a pre-determined towing depth. The method also includes towing the negatively-buoyant structure at the towing depth by the Controlled Depth Towing Method (CDTM). After towing to the installation location, the method includes further flooding the ballast tank to lower the structure onto the seabed. At the seabed, a fluid transportation pipe of a subsea production installation may be coupled to pipework of the structure. |
| US10435990B1 |
Method and apparatus for cleaning a blowout preventer stack apparatus
A method of cleaning a blow-out preventer stack that is preferably attached to an oil and gas well drilling platform including an initial disconnecting of the stack from the well so that it can be lifted. The stack is then preferably lifted vertically a selected distance. The method further includes lowering a water pressure cleaning tool into the stack bore using a hose, the tool preferably being attached to a lower end portion of the hose. Pressurized cleaning fluid is transmitted to the cleaning tool via the hose. A collection vessel is preferably placed below the stack and spaced from the stack so that cleaning fluid and cleaned debris exit the stack bore or interior and enter the vessel during cleaning. The method includes continuously discharging the fluid and debris from the vessel via a discharge outlet of the vessel. |
| US10435989B2 |
Multi-stage treatment for iron sulfide scales
Multi-stage treatment methods for the treatment or removal of iron sulfide scales in subterranean operations and operations involving the production and/or transportation of oil and gas. In one embodiment, the methods include identifying one or more types of iron sulfide scale present in a portion of a subterranean formation; introducing a first treatment composition comprising an acid into at least a portion of the subterranean formation to partially dissolve the iron sulfide scale therein; and introducing a second treatment composition into the portion of the subterranean formation after the first treatment composition, the second treatment composition comprising an iron sulfide treating additive selected based at least in part on a type of iron sulfide scale identified in the subterranean formation. |
| US10435987B2 |
Flow control valve
A technique facilitates control over at least one flow control assembly position to control fluid with respect to a tubing string. The flow control assembly is disposed along the tubing string and comprises a flow control valve and a motor to control the operational position of the flow control valve. The flow control valve may comprise a plunger and a seal system to provide a seal between the plunger and a surrounding structure. Additionally, the flow control valve comprises a pressure balanced system. The pressure balanced system serves to balance pressure acting on the plunger such that the motor is able to move the plunger by simply overcoming friction of the seal system without overcoming a pressure differential otherwise acting on the plunger. |
| US10435984B2 |
Float valve with resettable auto-fill
A float valve can include a selection mechanism having an open configuration in which flow into and out of the valve is permitted, and a closed configuration in which flow out of the valve is permitted and flow into the valve is prevented. The selection mechanism can be actuated from the closed configuration to the open configuration. A method of actuating a float valve can include actuating the valve from a closed configuration in which flow into the valve is prevented but flow out of the valve is permitted, to an open configuration in which flow into and out of the valve is permitted. The valve can actuate from the open configuration to the closed configuration, and from the closed to the open configuration, in response to a flow rate through the valve being greater than a predetermined level. |
| US10435983B1 |
Methods and devices for maximizing oil production and oil recovery for oil wells with high gas-to-oil ratio
A method for maximizing oil production rate from an oil well with high gas-to-oil ratio comprising a step of calculating an optimal bottomhole pressure and determining a well-specific geometry for a flow restrictor located at the bottomhole region of the oil well. The flow restrictor comprises at least a first stage tube and a second stage tube and has a fixed geometry calculated to cause self-regulation of the oil flow conditions so as to maintain the bottomhole pressure at a stable equilibrium level causing maximum oil rate production and increasing ultimate oil recovery from an oil well. |
| US10435982B2 |
Dissolvable plug assembly
A downhole plug having a plug body which includes (i) a base cylinder with a first outward facing locking surface and a central bore formed there through, (ii) a single set of circumferentially spaced slip ramps formed on the base cylinder, and (iii) slip guides positioned between the slip ramps, the slip guides having a second inward facing locking surface. The plug includes a single set of slips which a plurality of slip wedges with each slip wedge engaging a slip ramp. A slip compression cap is configured to urge the slip wedges along the slip ramps and the slip compression cap includes a locking ring having a third outward facing locking surface. A compression shoulder is configured to move a ratchet ring into contact with the first locking surface on the base cylinder and the ratchet ring includes a fourth inward facing locking surface. A radially expandable seal assembly is positioned between the compression shoulder and the slip ramps, and a catch seat is configured to receive a droppable object and establish a flow blockage above the catch seat to fluid moving through the central bore in a direction from the catch seat to the compression cap. |
| US10435981B2 |
Seal arrangement for rotating equipment
A sealing arrangement having inboard and outboard dynamic seals in a housing separated by a barrier fluid and having a sealed relationship with a relatively movable bearing-guided shaft. A bearing chamber having bearing lubricant exposed to the inboard dynamic seal. The inboard dynamic seal is a hydrodynamic seal having a hydrodynamic pumping action in response to relative rotation between the shaft and the inboard dynamic seal. The hydrodynamic pumping action forcing a film of the bearing lubricant between the inboard dynamic seal and the shaft. The hydrodynamic pumping-related leakage of the inboard dynamic seal being returned to the bearing chamber in which the shaft guidance bearings are located. |
| US10435976B2 |
Electrochemical well pipe cutting instrument
An electrochemical well pipe cutting instrument, applicable in particular for cutting any type of pipes accessing underground works with conductive fluid inside, includes at least one device for ensuring electrical continuity and at least one electrode. The instrument also includes at least one device for ensuring mechanical fixation of the instrument in the pipe such as an anchor. The device for ensuring electrical continuity, the anchor and electrode can be adjusted in length to suit different diameters of pipe within a large range. Optionally the electrodes are located on a rotary device. The instrument is connected to a main instrument body which includes an electronic module, at least one centralizer and a CCL module with an inclinometer. The main instrument body is connected to a cable head which ensures the communication to a surface unit. |
| US10435975B2 |
Mechanical force generator
Disclosed is a mechanical force generator for use in a drillstring that provides a sinusoidal or near sinusoidal oscillating output, comprising: a rotatable cam plate connected to a mass, the cam plate having two opposed oblique bearing surfaces rotatable through a bearing, wherein upon rotation, the two opposed oblique bearing surfaces cam against the bearing to oscillate the mass longitudinally, wherein the bearing comprises opposing bearings for bearing against the opposed oblique bearing surfaces and wherein at least one bearing adjusts to follow the respective opposed bearing surface and maintain engagement. |
| US10435969B2 |
Hydraulic control of borehole tool deployment
A control mechanism for a drill string tool is configured to activate the drill string tool by hydraulically actuated movement of the switching element to an activated position, with drilling mud serving as actuating medium. Movement of the switching element to the activated position is automatically regulated, so that tool activation is conditional upon application of above-threshold downhole drilling fluid conditions for at least a predetermined switching duration. A switch regulator that regulates movement of the switching element to the activated position can be configured to regulate a rate of movement of the switching element such that a substantially constant switching duration is maintained regardless of fluctuations in the magnitude of an actuating pressure differential during above-threshold downhole drilling fluid conditions. |
| US10435967B2 |
In-line methods and apparatuses for determining the composition of an emulsified drilling fluid
Methods and apparatuses that measure thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity of a emulsified drilling fluid may be used to indirectly measure the salinity and the average specific gravity of the solids in the emulsified drilling fluid. For example, a drilling assembly may comprise a drill string extending into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation; a pump configured to circulate a drilling fluid through the drilling assembly; a first flow line fluidly coupling the wellbore to a retention pit; a second flow line fluidly coupling the retention pit to the pump; a third flow line fluidly coupling the pump to the drill string; and an in-line analysis system fluidly coupled to the retention pit, fluidly coupled to the second flow line, or fluidly coupled to the third flow line, the in-line analysis system comprising a thermal conductivity meter and/or an electrical conductivity meter to a sample container. |
| US10435961B2 |
Securing mechanism for rotary assembly wear sleeves
A method and apparatus are provided for securing a protective sleeve or wear sleeve to a rotary component which is rotatable relative to a rotary seal, such that the wear sleeve is in relatively rotating sealing engagement with the rotary seal. The wear sleeve is secured to the shaft by wedging a lock ring between the wear sleeve and the shaft. Wedging action of the lock ring can be effected by wedging formations, such as tapered surfaces, configured for causing wedging of the lock ring in response to operator-induced axial movement of the lock ring relative to the shaft and/or the wear sleeve. Wedging of the lock ring can be effected by cooperating screw threads on the lock ring and the wear sleeve, so that an operator can tighten the sleeve on the shaft by application of torque thereto. |
| US10435959B2 |
One trip treating tool for a resource exploration system and method of treating a formation
A method of treating a first bore and at least one second bore connected to the first bore in one downhole trip includes guiding a treating tool including a seal assembly defining and a shroud extending about the seal assembly downhole, guiding the seal assembly and the shroud along a diverter positioned near an intersection of the first bore and the at least one second bore into the at least one second bore, shifting the shroud relative to the seal assembly exposing the seal assembly in the at least one second bore, performing a first treatment in the at least one second bore, positioning the seal assembly and the shroud uphole of the diverter, passing the seal assembly through an opening in the diverter having a diverter opening, and performing a second treatment in the first bore. |
| US10435957B2 |
Cam-style anti-rotation device for connector assembly
An improved anti-rotation device designed to prevent rotation of a first threaded portion of a connector assembly with respect to a second threaded portion of the connector assembly is provided. The anti-rotation device may be an integral part of one end of the connector assembly, so that the anti-rotation device cannot become lost before the first and second threaded sections are coupled together. The anti-rotation key may be rotatably coupled to the first threaded portion and may be easily transitioned from an unlocked position within the connector assembly to a locked position that prevents rotation of the threaded portions relative to each other. |
| US10435953B2 |
Termination bulkheads for subsea pipe-in-pipe systems
A pipe-in-pipe bulkhead assembly has inner and outer rings spaced in concentric relation to define a thermally-isolating gap in the annulus between them. Interlocking formations project into the annulus from each of the rings, presenting confronting faces where they overlap radially. The gap extends between the longitudinally-spaced faces. A thermally-insulating spacer is interposed between the faces in the gap to carry axial mechanical loads between the inner and outer rings. Heating elements outside the inner ring extend longitudinally beyond the gap between the faces and along a longitudinal passageway that passes through or beside an interlocking formation of the inner ring. The spacer may be positioned before or after the outer ring is placed, for example as a discrete element or as an injected mass. An additional sealing mass may also be positioned in the annulus, for example by injection, to promote a gas-tight seal. |
| US10435949B2 |
Collapsible stepladder
The collapsible stepladder is a climbing structure that allows a person to increase their vertical elevation. The collapsible stepladder comprises a plurality of support stiles, a telescopic stile, a plurality of telescopic handrails, a plurality of steps, a plurality of detents, and a plurality of assembly hardware. The plurality of support stiles and the plurality of steps form the stepladder portion of the collapsible stepladder. The telescopic stile and the plurality of telescopic handrails are safety devices associated with the collapsible stepladder. The vertical height of both the plurality of telescopic handrails and the telescopic stile are adjustable such that safety grips are available at a vertical height appropriate for the elevation. The plurality of detents and the plurality of assembly hardware are used to assemble the collapsible stepladder. |
| US10435946B2 |
Collapsible ladder
A collapsible ladder includes two vertical stiles with rungs disposed therebetween. Each stile is formed by a plurality of telescopically collapsible columns. Each collapsible column has a bottom opening, an inner wall and a cover to cover the bottom opening. The cover has a small cylindrical portion and a large cylindrical portion with a peripheral surface located under the small cylindrical portion. The small cylindrical portion is inserted into the bottom opening of a column The large cylindrical portion is exposed outside of the column and inserted inside of a next lower column. A sealing ring is disposed inside a annular groove and touches the inner wall of the next lower column when the stile is extending or collapsing. One or more air ducts are provided in the cover. A first air opening iarranged above the large cylindrical portion in correspondence with an opening in a lower wall part of the column. |
| US10435944B2 |
Device mounted on window blind for independent tilting of slats in lower and upper regions
A mechanical device comprises a master wheel assembly, one or multiple slave wheel assemblies, a control rod, a shaft assembly, as well as multiple pairs of cord holders and cords. The master and slave wheel assemblies are connected by a shaft assembly and are mounted at front edge of a top slat of a Venetian blind. One end of the paired cords is tightened to master and slave wheel assemblies, and the other end is tightened to a user-selected slat that divides the blind into an upper and a lower region. Manipulating the control rod causes master and slave wheel assemblies to tilt slats in the lower region of the blind without interfering slats in the upper region. Combining with operation of slat-adjusting system of Venetian blinds, this device can selectively tilt slats in lower and upper regions of Venetian blinds for privacy and natural lighting adjustments. |
| US10435943B2 |
Roller shutter
A roller shutter comprising a shutter moveable between a retracted position and an extended position is described. The shutter comprises one or more laths wherein the one or more laths comprise first and second surfaces mechanically connected by first and second sides and one or more internal supports. The one or more internal supports are configured to collapse preferentially with respect to the first and second sides. The presence of the one or more internal supports provides the laths with increased mechanical strength. However, by configuring the internal supports to collapse preferentially with respect to the first and second sides provides a means for absorbing and dissipating this force through the shutter. The roller shutter finds particular application as a horizontal shutter within heavy industry environments. |
| US10435938B2 |
Vacuum insulated glass (VIG) window unit with reduced seal height variation and method for making same
A vacuum insulated glass (VIG) window assembly and method for making same is provided in which a variation in the final edge seal height is preferably 0.20 mm or less, more preferably about 0.15 mm or less. Controlling final edge seal height variations substantially reduces breakage of the glass substrates of the VIG window assembly during vacuum pump-down of the cavity between the glass substrates. Edge seal height variation may be controlled, for example, by controlling initial dispensing of green frit material, controlling temperature variations during firing, and/or controlling cycle times during firing. |
| US10435937B2 |
Door assembly for storage and dispensing unit
A storage and dispensing system including a frame defining a plurality of compartments and a door assembly including a plurality of doors. Each door is sized to generally correspond to one of the compartments of the frame to selectively provide access thereto, and the door assembly is removably coupled to the frame. |
| US10435935B2 |
Damper assembly of a cup hinge
The invention concerns a damper assembly for a cup hinge having a carrier part and a cylinder-piston unit which comprises a cylinder that is axially displaceable relative to the carrier part and can be reset by means of spring elements, and a piston rod guided in the cylinder and also a cup hinge with such a damper assembly. The carrier element includes an integrated, elastically deformable accommodation web to which the piston rod can be fixed. Furthermore, the carrier element has, at its side opposite the accommodation web, two elastically deformable fixing elements which are arranged spaced from each other,With the present invention, a damper assembly is being developed which can be installed safely and exchangeably into a cup hinge with a small force application and also a cup hinge with such a damper assembly. |
| US10435933B2 |
Pivoting mechanism and electronic device
A pivoting mechanism includes a first bracket having a first sliding slot, a second bracket having a second sliding slot, a torsion structure located between the first bracket and the second bracket, a first and a second sliding members and a first and a second elastic arms. The first and the second brackets are respectively pivoted to a first and a second sides of the torsion structure. The first sliding member is pivotally connected to the first side and slidably disposed in the first sliding slot. The second sliding member is pivotally connected to the second side and is slidably disposed in the second sliding slot. The first elastic arm connects the first sliding member and leans against a first inclined sidewall of the first sliding slot. The second elastic arm connects the second sliding member and leans against a second inclined sidewall of the second sliding slot. |
| US10435927B2 |
Adjust dead-latching bolt mechanisms
Latch mechanisms adapted to prevent unauthorized displacement of a latch bolt from an extended, locked position to a retracted, unlocked position. The latch mechanisms prevent the failure of a latch bolt of one latch mechanism to return to an extended lock position from interfering with the ability of a latch bolt of an inter-related latch mechanism from being able to return to an extended, locked position. Further embodiments provide a mounting bracket mounted to a door to allow the associated latch mechanism to be indirectly secured to the door. Additionally, the mounting bracket may have a plurality of mounting orifices that allow the mounting bracket to be used with a wide range of latch mechanisms, as well as provide adjustable attachment of the latch mechanism to the mounting bracket. |
| US10435925B2 |
Sliding door controller unit
A sliding door controller device may include an inside handle disposed inside a sliding door; a hold open latch release lever disposed to rotate around a hinge, having a first bent portion formed outside the hinge, and disposed to rotate to one side around the hinge by the first bent portion pushed by the inside handle; and an inside handle lever disposed to rotate around the hinge, having a second bent portion formed outside the hinge, and disposed to rotate to the other side around the hinge by the second bent portion pushed by the inside handle. |
| US10435923B2 |
Swing type power door lock actuator
A swing type power door lock actuator includes a housing having mounted therein a drive unit, which includes a motor, a transmission unit, which includes a screw shaft connected to the motor and a transmission seat threaded onto the screw shaft, and a swing unit, which includes a sector gear meshed with the transmission seat and a swing arm connected to the sector gear. When the motor is started, the screw shaft is driven to move the transmission seat, causing the sector gear to bias the swing arm between a locking position and an unlocking position. |
| US10435922B2 |
Vehicle handle bezel assembly having a movable cover
A handle bezel assembly for a vehicle includes a handle bezel and a cover. The handle bezel has a first fastener opening formed therein. The first fastener opening is configured to receive a first fastener to secure the handle bezel to a closure panel assembly. The cover is movably connected to the handle bezel. The cover is movable between a first position preventing access to the fastener opening and a second position allowing access to the fastener opening. |
| US10435918B2 |
Self-aligning modular latch
A container is disclosed that has a housing and a lid. The lid has a planar portion and a latch that is freely movable parallel to the planar portion of the lid. The latch has a retention feature and a first reference surface that is perpendicular to the planar portion of the lid. There is a latch mechanism coupled to the housing that has an engagement element configured to engage the retention feature of the latch and a first alignment feature having a first alignment surface. The first alignment feature is configured to laterally displace the latch in a first direction such that the first reference surface aligns with the first alignment surface when the lid is brought together with the housing with the fastener laterally displaced away from the engagement element in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction. |
| US10435916B2 |
Locking system for a door
The locking system is provided for controlling the unlocking of a door by an electronic key. The locking system has a first pack configured to be received within a first recessed area of the door, the first pack having an actuator configured and adapted to move a bolt slidingly housed in the lock pack; a second pack configured to be received within a second recessed area of the door; a reader interface adapted to receive an input from the electronic key and a controller adapted to receive the input from the reader interface, authenticate the input, and control the actuator based on the authentication. |
| US10435915B2 |
Rekeyable lock assembly with blown cylinder protection
A rekeyable lock cylinder includes a plug body with a keyway opening along a longitudinal axis and a multiple of channels transverse to the axis. A rekeying feature located adjacent to the keyway opening. |
| US10435913B2 |
Method and apparatus for constructing a concrete structure in stages
Various implementations comprise a method and apparatus for constructing a concrete structure in stages. In various implementations, an apparatus includes a base, a support column located on the base, and a movable scaffolding rotatably coupled to a top of the support column. According to various other implementations, a method for assembling a tower stage includes: (1) providing a base platform; (2) coupling a pole to the base platform; (3) disposing two or more staves around the pole; (4) coupling the staves together to form the tower stage; and (5) removing the tower stage from the platform. |
| US10435911B2 |
Utility pole with energy absorbing layer
A stanchion such as a utility pole has an energy absorbing layer positioned proximate to the ground and surrounding the pole to absorb energy due to vehicular impact. |
| US10435908B2 |
Flood protection for underground air vents
Apparatus allowing ventilation through a ventilation shaft to an underground ventilation duct fluidly communicating through the ventilation shaft to an atmospheric opening of the shaft and on threat of flooding operable to prevent downward flow of surface water into the ventilation duct includes support sidewalls fitting in the shaft providing a ventilation passage between support top and bottom openings and a suspension member supported on opposed lateral sidewalls proximate the top opening holding one or more hinge connected panels that manually release to rotationally close the passage and are manually rotationally liftable to a home position allowing ventilation. A releasable latching system between panel and a suspension member holder catches rising panels to hold them in home position ready for release. |
| US10435905B1 |
Covered bumper panel
A bumper panel for preventing opening car doors from being damaged from hitting other objects has a design that can be interchanged. The bumper panel may have a design cover that slips over the rigid panel portion having resilient material layer over a rigid panel. The design cover may have an open end to enable the cover to slip over the rigid panel portion and may have mount apertures that align with mount fixtures when configured over the rigid panel. A design cover may be reversible and may have different designs on the inside various sides and surfaces of the design cover. As many as four designs may be displayed depending on the orientation and configuration of the design cover over the rigid panel. A bumper panel may be suspended from mount fixtures or retained along a wall or other object by mount brackets. |
| US10435903B2 |
Swimming pool cleaning vehicle with adjustable rollers to control water flow velocity and method therefor
A swimming pool cleaner has a housing. The housing has an intake formed on a bottom section thereof. The intake runs along a width of the bottom section of the housing. A first rolling flap is proximate the intake. The first rolling flap is approximately equal in length to a length of the intake. The first rolling flap runs along the width of the bottom section and is hingly coupled to the bottom section of the housing along a front edge of the intake. The first rolling flap follows a contour of a surface of a swimming pool upon which the swimming pool cleaner is traveling upon to control a water flow into the intake. |
| US10435901B1 |
Chemical dispensing apparatus
A chemical dispensing system broadly including a mounting ring and a dispenser apparatus. The mounting ring securely attaches the dispenser apparatus to a water return jet in a swimming pool or spa. The dispenser apparatus broadly includes a connector ring, a screen, a housing, and an adjustable basket. The connector ring fastens the dispenser apparatus to the mounting ring. The screen is removably attached to the housing. The adjustable basket nests inside the housing and includes a tab that protrudes through the housing sidewall. The tab is used to rotate the adjustable basket within the housing, thereby regulating the sanitizing chemical dispersal rate. Pressurized water from the return jet flows across the surface of the screen, creating an upward-rising current within the dispenser apparatus. The sanitizing chemicals in the adjustable basket dissolve as the water flows upward through and exits through the screen of the dispensing apparatus. |
| US10435900B2 |
Swimming pool skimmer basket handle
A skimmer basket handle with a horizontal crossbar, a post that extends upwardly from the crossbar to a grip, and a leg that extends downwardly from the crossbar to a foot. The crossbar extends the diameter of the basket. Horizontal knobs at each end of the crossbar fit into openings in the sides of the basket. The post maintains the grip above the water line. The leg and foot are sized and shaped so that the bottom of the foot rests on the floor of the basket when installed to maintain the handle in the upright position. To make the length adjustable for baskets of different depths, the leg is relatively short with a number of spaced annular grooves and the foot has a tubular upward extension with an internal annular ridge. The leg is pushed into the extension until the ridge snaps into the desired groove. |
| US10435893B2 |
Method for laying tiles
The present invention relates to a method for laying tiles (2) on a laying substrate, in which, initially, tile adhesive (8) is applied to the laying substrate and the tiles (2) are subsequently laid in the tile adhesive (8), characterized in that, before applying the tile adhesive (8) to the laying surface, leveling strips (5) of the same height are affixed so that the top faces of the leveling strips (5) lie in a common reference plane, and in that the tile adhesive (8) is applied between the leveling strips (5) with some protrusion which is then, using a screeding board (9) guided along the top faces of the leveling strips (5), removed down to the level of the reference plane, generating a flat tile adhesive layer (11). |
| US10435889B2 |
Masonry block having a biased-rubber face
A cementitious composite and cured masonry block made from the cementitious composite. The cementitious composite contains a cement, a non-rubber aggregate, a crumb rubber and at least one of cement kiln dust and limestone powder. The crumb rubber aggregate is extracted from scrap tires after being processed and then mixed in specified percentages with the aggregate, the cement and water, then cured in forms to make the masonry blocks. In the present disclosure sand, which is used in conventional masonry blocks, is at least partially replaced with crumb rubber to produce a sand-free or sand-reduced masonry block that contains crumb rubber. The crumb rubber masonry blocks satisfy the ASTM non-load bearing requirements. The use of crumb rubber decreases the unit weight and increases thermal resistance of the masonry blocks. The use of cement kiln dust or limestone as a partial replacement of cement will lead to decrease in the cost. The use of industrial waste materials, such as crumb rubber, limestone powder and cement kiln dust, will lead to economic and environmental benefits. |
| US10435883B2 |
Wall seal system
A flexible seal system for provision of a substantially watertight seal between adjacent concrete panels; said system comprisinga first flexible seal member proximate a first end of one said concrete panel; said first flexible seal member including a surface component extending over a portion of an outer surface of said concrete panel; said surface component extending from at least one anchor component projecting from said surface component and embedded within said concrete panel; said first flexible seal member further including an overlap component extending from said surface component beyond said first end of said concrete panel; and a second flexible seal member proximate a second opposite end of an abutting said concrete panel; said second flexible seal member including a surface component extending over a portion of a surface of said abutting concrete panel; said surface component of said second flexible seal member extending from at least one anchor component projecting from said surface component and embedded within said abutting concrete panel; and wherein the overlap component of the first flexible seal member is structured and selected in use to overlap the surface component of the second flexible seal member sufficient to permit welding of at least a portion of said overlap component of said first flexible seal member to at least a portion of said surface component of said second flexible seal member so as to form a continuous welded seal between and along the length of said first flexible seal member and said second flexible seal member. |
| US10435873B2 |
Faucet coupling structure
A structure for coupling a faucet or a similar device includes: a faucet with a connecting pipe portion extending there-from; a connecting body with an annular coupling portion formed at one end and connected to a liquid supply source to discharge liquid through the faucet; a fastening nut screw-coupled to the annular coupling portion; a pressing ring coupled to the connecting pipe portion; and a grab ring configured to grab an outer circumference of the connecting pipe portion to have the connecting pipe portion not to be detached from the coupling portion. The fastening nut can be detached from the coupling portion by rotating the faucet and the connecting pipe portion with the engaging configurations of the pressing ring and the fastening nut in engaged position, and an angular position of the faucet can be adjusted to a preferred position in assembly by rotating the faucet and with the engaging configurations of the pressing ring and the fastening nut in disengaged position. |
| US10435870B2 |
Construction machine
A hydraulic excavator includes: a hydraulic pump driven by power generated by an engine; a work device that operates by a plurality of hydraulic cylinders driven by power generated by the hydraulic pump; an actuator control section that controls the boom cylinder in such a manner that a tip end of a bucket is located on or above a target surface; a control point position calculation section that calculates a bucket claw tip position on the basis of angle sensors; and a power generator control section that imposes more limitations on output power ranges of the engine and the hydraulic pump when a distance between the claw tip position and the target surface is equal to or smaller than a threshold D than those when the distance between the claw tip position and the target surface is larger than the threshold D. |
| US10435869B2 |
Spatial-temporal compression of sensing data for sensor network
Spatial-temporal compression of sensing data from a plurality of sensors involves using a plurality of sensors to obtain measured physical data associated with a plurality of sensed elements. At each of a plurality of sampling times a set of N sampled data is acquired from the N sensed elements corresponding to the measured physical data. The sets of sampled data are analyzed to obtain statistical characteristic information. Thereafter, one or more frames of compressed data is generated using the statistical characteristic information to facilitate temporal and spatial data compression. |
| US10435863B2 |
Control system for construction machine
A control system for a construction machine maintains operability of a swing combined operation even when the power supplied from an engine or storage device varies. The control system includes a target path computation section that receives an operation amount of the front implement operation device, an operation amount of the swing operation device, a speed of the front implement drive unit detected, and an angular speed of the swing structure drive unit, and that computes a target path of a claw tip position of the front implement drive unit; and an actuator power computation section that regulates power supplied to the front implement drive unit or the swing structure drive unit in such a manner that a claw tip of the front implement drive unit follows the target path the front implement operation device and the swing operation device are operated simultaneously. |
| US10435862B2 |
Conduit support structure for an industrial machine with hoist cable
An industrial machine includes a frame having a base and a boom, an arm movably coupled to the boom, an attachment, a conduit, a first member, and a second member. The boom has a first end coupled to the base and a second end opposite the first end. The arm includes a first end and a second end. The attachment is coupled to the first end of the arm. The conduit extends from the frame to the arm. The first member is pivotably coupled to the frame and supports a first portion of the conduit as the arm moves relative to the boom. The second member is pivotably coupled between the first member and the arm, and supports a second portion of the conduit as the arm moves relative to the boom. |
| US10435859B2 |
Cementitious composite mat
A cementitious composite for in-situ hydration includes a structure layer having a first side and an opposing second side, a cementitious material disposed within the structure layer, a sealing layer disposed along and coupled to the first side of the structure layer, and a containment layer disposed along the opposing second side of the structure layer. The structure layer has an intersection at the sealing layer and the containment layer that is at least partially fiberless. The cementitious material includes a plurality of cementitious particles. The containment layer is configured to prevent the plurality of cementitious particles from migrating out of the structure layer. |
| US10435857B1 |
Frost heave prevention system
The frost heave prevention system is configured for use with a piling. The piling further comprises a stanchion and a frost pad. The stanchion anchors to the frost pad. The frost pad is a concrete pad that is buried below the frost line such that frost will not cause the frost pad and the stanchion to heave or otherwise shift. The frost heave prevention system comprises a skirt structure and the piling. The skirt structure encloses the piling such that the skirt structure inhibits water from flowing towards the anchor joint between the stanchion and the frost pad thereby inhibiting a common source of failure when using a frost pad. |
| US10435856B2 |
Compressible liquid containment berm assembly
A compressible liquid retaining berm having a plurality of linear wall members and right angle corner members composed of a compressible, resilient material such that the wall members and corner members will rebound to a neutral state after being compressed. A longitudinal slot is disposed in the top wall of the wall members and the corner members, with the corner member longitudinal slots communicating with a recess positioned in the corner member. A liquid impermeable liner member is disposed on the interior side of the wall members and corner members, the liner member extending across the wall members and corner members. The liner member is secured to the wall members and corner members by positioning elongated anchor members atop the liner member in alignment with the longitudinal slots, such that the weight of the anchor members results in the anchor members being received within the longitudinal slots. |
| US10435855B1 |
Magnetic stanchion connector assembly
A magnetic stanchion connector assembly that includes a first stanchion connector and a second stanchion connector, wherein the first and second stanchion connectors each have a rear face operably configured to selectively removably couple with a belt connector and a second belt connector of a stanchion connection assembly in stanchion tongue-and-groove locking configuration. The first and second stanchion connectors each have a magnet retained thereon of opposite polarities and disposed proximal to a front face of each stanchion connector, wherein the first and second stanchion connectors are operably configured to magnetically couple together quickly and effectively and adapted for use with conventional belt connectors on a stanchion connection assembly. |
| US10435851B2 |
Sub-irrigated tennis court
A sub-irrigation system includes a special water distribution assembly that is able to rapidly disperse water underneath a court surface. The system has a water distribution assembly with a water channel and permeable fabric covering. The system also includes an electronic control system to monitor and maintain a desired moisture content of a court. Inevitable variations resulting from manual and gravity fed water control only are moderated or eliminated by the automatic control herein. |
| US10435846B2 |
Fibrous structures
Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Elongation of greater than 14.95% as measured according to the Elongation Test Method are provided. |
| US10435844B2 |
Silicone composition for release paper or release film, release paper, and release film
Provided are: an additive reaction-type silicone composition that is for release paper or for a release film, that is non-migratory, and that exhibits light releasability with respect to various adhesives, said silicone composition for release paper or for a release film making it possible to form a cured film that does not adversely affect residual adhesive strength or releasability; and a release paper or a release film obtained by applying the composition to a substrate and curing the result.In a silicone composition for release paper or a release film cured by additive reaction, an organopolysiloxane containing an alkenyl group having a terminal unsaturated bond is used as a base polymer, and a specific amount of an organopolysiloxane that has a lower molecular weight than the base polymer and that contains an alkenyl group having a terminal unsaturated bond is mixed with the base polymer. |
| US10435843B2 |
Method for producing paper
A method for manufacturing paper is disclosed. A pulp slurry is produced, a paper sheet is formed from the slurry, an aldehyde functionalized polymer or polymers in combination with at least one additional strength additive is added to the slurry before and/or after sheet formation, and a water soluble acid is added on the paper sheet. |
| US10435842B2 |
Surface sizing of dense films
A method for manufacturing a film, wherein said film has a basis weight of less than 50 g/m2 and wherein the density of the film is higher than 750 kg/m2 comprising the steps of: providing a suspension comprising microfibrillated cellulose (MFC); forming a web of said suspension on a porous wire, microfibrillated cellulose (MFC); surface sizing said web, wherein the web, at the beginning of the surface sizing step, has a moisture content in the range of from 10 to 50 wt-%; drying said surface sized web to a final moisture content of between 0.1-20 wt-% to form said film. |
| US10435841B2 |
Nanocellulose-reinforced corrugated medium
The present invention provides a pulp product (e.g., paper) comprising cellulose and nanocellulose, wherein the nanocellulose is derived from the cellulose in a mechanical and/or chemical step that is separate from the main pulping process. The pulping process may be thermomechanical pulping or hydrothermal-mechanical pulping, for example. The pulp product is stronger and smoother with the presence of the nanocellulose. The nanocellulose further can function as a retention aid, for a step of forming the pulp product (e.g., in a paper machine). Other embodiments provide a corrugated medium pulp composition comprising cellulose pulp and nanocellulose, wherein the nanocellulose includes cellulose nanofibrils and/or cellulose nanocrystals and the nanocellulose may be hydrophobic. The nanocellulose improves the strength properties of the corrugated medium. In some embodiments, the cellulose pulp is a GreenBox+® pulp and the nanocellulose is derived from the AVAP® process. |
| US10435839B2 |
Paper web having a surface that includes a plurality of sections, at least one of the sections having a plurality of positions, with ink applied to the paper web surface at some of the plurality of positions
A paper web includes a surface having a plurality of sections. At least one section of the plurality of sections has a plurality of positions. The plurality of positions each has an equal length and is obtained by subdividing the at least one section. The paper web also includes ink applied to the surface of the paper web at some of the plurality of positions. |
| US10435838B2 |
Dyed artificial leather and a production method therefor
A dyed artificial leather includes a fibrous base containing ultrafine fibers with a filament fineness of 2 decitex or less and a polymeric elastomer, and characterized in that the lightness difference ΔL* between the ultrafine fibers and the polymeric elastomer represented by the following equation meet the requirement of −16≤ΔL*≤5: ΔL*=(average lightness L* of ultrafine fibers)−(average lightness L* of polymeric elastomer). A production method for dyed artificial leather includes a first dying step in which artificial leather constituted mainly of a fibrous base containing ultrafine fibers with a filament fineness of 2 decitex or less and a polymeric elastomer is dyed using a dye and a subsequent second dyeing step performed at a dye concentration that is 0.1% to 30% of the dye concentration (owf) in the first dyeing step. |
| US10435832B2 |
Washing machine
An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a washing machine including a dissolving unit, and the dissolving unit includes: an outer body which is formed to have a hollow interior, and has one side formed to be opened, and the other side having a drain hole; a dissolving cap which is coupled to one side of the outer body so as to store air therein, and has a dissolving inlet port formed to supply water supplied from the outside into the inner body; and a discharge check valve which is installed at the other side of the outer body, and opens and closes the drain hole. |
| US10435826B2 |
Process for producing nonwoven with improved surface properties
A hydroentangled nonwoven sheet material produced by a process including: 0) optionally providing a polymer web on a carrier; a) providing an aqueous suspension containing short fibers and a surfactant; b) depositing the aqueous suspension on the carrier; c) removing aqueous residue of the aqueous suspension deposited in step b) to form a fibrous web; b′) depositing aqueous suspension on a surface of the fibrous web formed in step c); c′) removing aqueous residue of the aqueous suspension deposited in step b′) to form a combined fibrous web; d) hydroentangling the combined fibrous web; and optionally e) drying the hydroentangled web, and/or f) further processing and finalizing the dried, hydroentangled web the web to produce the nonwoven end material. The hydroentangled non-woven sheet material obtainable by this process has a low degree of surface irregularity and contains low residues of surfactants. |
| US10435823B1 |
Towel fabric and method of manufacture
A fabric has first material yarns and second material yarns woven together to form a ground, The first material yarns are synthetic yarns, and the second material yarns are cotton pile yarns. A coloring process is performed which colors the second material yarns, but which does not take to the first material yarns. A second coloring or printing process is performed on the technical front. |
| US10435817B2 |
Controlled growth of nanoscale wires
The present invention generally relates to nanoscale wires, and to methods of producing nanoscale wires. In some aspects, the nanoscale wires are nanowires comprising a core which is continuous and a shell which may be continuous or discontinuous, and/or may have regions having different cross-sectional areas. In some embodiments, the shell regions are produced by passing the shell material (or a precursor thereof) over a core nanoscale wire under conditions in which Plateau-Raleigh crystal growth occurs, which can lead to non-homogenous deposition of the shell material on different regions of the core. The core and the shell each independently may comprise semiconductors, and/or non-semiconductor materials such as semiconductor oxides, metals, polymers, or the like. Other embodiments are generally directed to systems and methods of making or using such nanoscale wires, devices containing such nanoscale wires, or the like. |
| US10435816B2 |
Oriented alumina substrate for epitaxial growth
An oriented alumina substrate for epitaxial growth according to an embodiment of the present invention includes crystalline grains constituting a surface thereof, the crystalline grains having a tilt angle of 1° or more and 3° or less and an average sintered grain size of 20 μm or more. |
| US10435815B2 |
Oriented alumina substrate for epitaxial growth
An oriented alumina substrate for epitaxial growth according to an embodiment of the present invention includes crystalline grains constituting a surface thereof, the crystalline grains having a tilt angle of 0.1° or more and less than 1.0° and an average sintered grain size of 10 μm or more. |
| US10435804B2 |
Stability control of a hydrogen generating system and method
A method of and apparatus for efficient on-demand production of H2 and O2 from water and heat using environmentally safe metals are disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatus for hydrogen generation through water-decomposition reaction includes a main reactor, an oxidizer reactor, and a computer-control system. The computer system is configured to control each of the components of the hydrogen gas production system for stable hydrogen-gas production. |
| US10435801B2 |
Carbon gasification assisted solid oxide electrolysis cell
A syngas generation system that combines a solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) and a carbon gasification unit is described. On the cathode side of the SOEC, CO2 and H2O are electrochemically converted to syngas. At the anode side of the system, a second stream of syngas is produced through a carbon gasification process in which solid carbon is reacted with H2O/CO2. Oxygen ion transported across the SOEC electrolyte reacts at the anode with a portion of the syngas produced in the gasification process. This reaction product (H2O/CO2) can be fed back to the gasification unit. |
| US10435797B2 |
Electrochemical production of graphene sheets from coke or coal
A method of producing graphene sheets from coke or coal powder, comprising: (a) forming an intercalated coke or coal compound by electrochemical intercalation conducted in an intercalation reactor, which contains (i) a liquid solution electrolyte comprising an intercalating agent; (ii) a working electrode that contains the powder in ionic contact with the liquid electrolyte, wherein the coke or coal powder is selected from petroleum coke, coal-derived coke, meso-phase coke, synthetic coke, leonardite, lignite coal, or natural coal mineral powder; and (iii) a counter electrode in ionic contact with the electrolyte, and wherein a current is imposed upon the working electrode and the counter electrode for effecting electrochemical intercalation of the intercalating agent into the powder; and (b) exfoliating and separating graphene planes from the intercalated coke or coal compound using an ultrasonication, thermal shock exposure, mechanical shearing treatment, or a combination thereof to produce isolated graphene sheets. |
| US10435795B2 |
Method of manufacturing edged tool
A method of manufacturing an edged tool on surfaces of which rusting and coloration hardly occur is provided. This method includes a plasma step which includes placing a metallic base having processed surfaces obtained by processing in a vacuum chamber, generating plasma in the vacuum chamber, and subjecting the metallic base to plasma treatment at a temperature of the metallic base adjusted to 280 to 325° C. to sharpen the processed surfaces to thereby obtain an edged tool precursor, and an oxidation step which includes reducing an internal temperature of the vacuum chamber to a specific temperature ranging from 100 to 225° C. after completion of generation of the plasma, and introducing an oxygen-containing gas into the vacuum chamber to form an oxide film on surfaces of the edged tool precursor. |
| US10435794B2 |
Etching method, etching solution used in same, and production method for semiconductor substrate product
There is provided an etching method of a semiconductor substrate that includes a first layer containing germanium (Ge) and a second layer containing at least one specific metal element selected from nickel platinum (NiPt), titanium (Ti), nickel (Ni), and cobalt (Co), the method including: bringing an etching solution which contains a non-halogen acidic compound into contact with the second layer and selectively removing the second layer. |
| US10435792B2 |
Laminate and method of fabricating laminate
A laminate includes: a substrate; and a metallic coating that is formed from copper powder containing 0.002% to 0.020% by weight of phosphorus and having been subjected to reduction treatment, the metallic coating being deposited on the substrate. |
| US10435790B2 |
Method of subatmospheric plasma-enhanced ALD using capacitively coupled electrodes with narrow gap
A method for depositing a film by plasma-enhanced subatmospheric-pressure atomic layer deposition (subatmospheric PEALD) is conducted using capacitively coupled parallel plate electrodes with a gap of 1 mm to 5 mm, wherein one cycle of subatmospheric PEALD includes: supplying a precursor in a pulse to the reaction chamber; continuously supplying a reactant to the reaction chamber; continuously supplying an inert gas to the reaction chamber; continuously controlling a pressure of the reaction chamber in a range of 15 kPa to 80 kPa; and applying RF power for glow discharge in a pulse to one of the parallel plate electrodes. |
| US10435789B2 |
Substrate treatment apparatus
A substrate treatment apparatus includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode, a first AC power supply that is connected to the upper electrode and supplies AC power at a first frequency, a second AC power supply that is connected to the upper electrode and supplies AC power at a second frequency which is lower than the first frequency, an internal electrode provided in the lower electrode, a filter circuit connected to the internal electrode, and a DC power supply connected to the internal electrode via the filter circuit. The filter circuit includes a first filter circuit that becomes low impedance with respect to AC power at the first frequency compared to AC power at the second frequency, and a second filter circuit that becomes low impedance with respect to AC power at the second frequency compared to AC power at the first frequency. |
| US10435780B2 |
Low CTE slush molds with textured surface, and method of making and using the same
A rotomolding tool having a textured surface is provided. The tool comprises a shell having a body portion and an upper mold surface having a grain texture, at least the body portion comprising a nickel-iron alloy having a coefficient of thermal expansion of at most 5.O×10−6 in/in/° F. at temperatures between 100° and 500° F. |
| US10435774B2 |
2XXX series aluminum lithium alloys having low strength differential
The present application discloses wrought 2xxx Al—Li alloy products that are work insensitive. The wrought aluminum alloy products generally include from about 2.75 wt. % to about 5.0 wt. % Cu, from about 0.2 wt. % to about 0.8 wt. % Mg, where the ratio of copper-to-magnesium ratio (Cu/Mg) in the aluminum alloy is in the range of from about 6.1 to about 17, from about 0.1 wt. % to 1.10 wt. % Li, from about 0.3 wt. % to about 2.0 wt. % Ag, from 0.50 wt. % to about 1.5 wt. % Zn, up to about 1.0 wt. % Mn, the balance being aluminum, optional incidental elements, and impurities. The wrought aluminum alloy products may realize a low strength differential and in a short aging time due to their work insensitive nature. |
| US10435772B2 |
Steel sheet
A steel sheet includes: a base iron; a scale of 10.0 μm or less in thickness on a surface of the base iron; a subscale between the base iron and the scale. In the subscale, an average value of Cr concentrations is 1.50 mass % to 5.00 mass %, and one part or more exist(s) where a ratio of Cr concentrations between two adjacent measurement regions separate by 1 μm is 0.90 or less or 1.11 or more in a range of 50 μm in length in a rolling direction. A percentage of an amount of Ti contained in carbide or carbonitride of 100 nm or more and 1 μm or less in grain diameter to a parameter Tieff represented by a formula “Tieff=[Ti]−48/14[N]” is 30% or less in which [Ti] denotes a Ti content (mass %) and [N] denotes a N content (mass %). |
| US10435769B2 |
Method for refining sulfidic copper concentrate
A method for refining sulfidic copper concentrate includes feeding sulfidic copper concentrate and oxygen-bearing reaction gas and slag forming material into a reaction shaft of a suspension smelting furnace, collecting slag and blister copper in a settler of the suspension smelting furnace to form a blister layer containing blister copper and a slag layer, and discharging slag and blister copper separately from the settler of the suspension smelting furnace, so that slag is fed into an electric furnace. The method further includes feeding a part of the sulfidic copper concentrate into the electric furnace. |
| US10435765B2 |
Wire rod for high strength steel cord
A wire rod for a steel cord has a wire diameter R of 3.5 mm to 8.0 mm, and includes, in a chemical composition, by mass %: C: 0.70% to 1.20%; Si: 0.15% to 0.60%; Mn: 0.10% to 1.00%; N: 0.0010% to 0.0050%; Al: more than 0% and 0.0100% or less; and a remainder of Fe and impurities, in which a surface part and a central part are included, a thickness of the surface part is 50 μm to 0.20×R, the central part includes a pearlite structure in a proportion of 95% to 100% by area %, a C content of the surface part is 40% to 95% of a C content of the central part, and a ratio of a thickness of a lamellar cementite at a center of the thickness of the surface part to a thickness of a lamellar cementite in the central part is 95% or less, whereby high strength and workability can be achieved even after a finish drawing process and cracking or the like caused by a delamination phenomenon can be prevented. |
| US10435763B2 |
Method for producing a cold-rolled flat steel product with high yield strength and flat cold-rolled steel product
A method for producing a cold-rolled steel strip with a yield ratio Re/Rm of at least 0.7, the cold-rolled steel product including iron, unavoidable impurities and (in wt. %) C: 0.05-0.20%, Si: 0.25-1.00%, Mn: 1.0-3.0%, Al: 0.02-1.5%, Cr: 0.1-1.5%, N: <0.02%, P: <0.03%, S: <0.05% and optionally one or more of Ti, Mo, Nb, V, and B, Ti: up to 0.15%, Mo: <2%, Nb: <0.1%, V: <0.12%, and B: 0.0005-0.003%. The cold-rolled flat steel product undergoes heat treatment for 4.5-24 hours at a temperature of 150-400° C. Also, a cold rolled flat steel product discussed above having a structure including at least two phases, selected from (in vol. %) at least 10% tempered martensite, <10% bainite, <10% residual austenite and remainder ferrite, a yield ratio of at least 0.7, a tensile strength of ≥750 MPa and a hole expansion of at least 18%. |
| US10435762B2 |
High-yield-ratio high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet and method of producing the same
A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet has a composite structure containing 0.15 to 0.25% by mass of C, 1.8 to 3.0% by mass of Mn, and 0.0003 to 0.0050% by mass of B, and having a ferrite volume fraction of 20% to 50%, a retained austenite volume fraction of 7% to 20%, a martensite volume fraction of 1% to 8%, and the balance containing bainite and tempered martensite, and in the composite structure, ferrite has an average crystal grain diameter of 5 μm or less, retained austenite has an average crystal grain diameter of 0.3 to 2.0 μm and an aspect ratio of 4 or more, martensite has an average crystal grain diameter of 2 μm or less, a metal phase containing both bainite and tempered martensite has an average crystal grain diameter of 7 μm or less, the ratio of the volume fraction of tempered martensite to the volume fraction of a metal structure other than ferrite is 0.60 to 0.85, and the average C concentration in retained austenite is 0.65% by mass or more. |
| US10435757B1 |
Methods of measuring C19MC miRNA in a post-natal tissue and uses thereof
Provided herein are methods of measuring C19MC miRNA amount and/or expression in a post-natal cell and/or tissue. Provided herein are methods of measuring CpG methylation of the upstream C19MC miRNA promoter region in a post-natal cell and/or tissue. Also provided herein are methods of treating a cell, population thereof, and/or a subject in need thereof by administering a C19MC miRNA inhibitor or CRISPR to suppress the expression of specific miRNA within the C19MC or the entire C19MC cluster, population thereof, and/or the subject in need thereof. |
| US10435754B2 |
Diagnostic method
The present invention concerns a method for the detection or monitoring of cancer using a biological sample selected from blood, plasma, serum, saliva, urine from an individual, said method comprising: (a) obtaining DNA from the said biological sample; (b) digesting the DNA sample with one or more methylation-sensitive restriction enzymes; (c) quantifying or detecting a DNA sequence of interest after step (b), wherein the target sequence of interest contains at least two methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme recognition sites; and (d) comparing the level of the DNA sequence from the individual to a normal standard, to detect, prognosticate or monitor cancer. |
| US10435747B2 |
Radiation biodosimetry systems
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for accurately estimating the absorbed dose of radiation indicated by a subject based on the expression pattern of a panel of radiation-modulated (RM) genes at various time points following exposure of the subject to ionizing radiation. |
| US10435740B2 |
Determination of methylation state and chromatin structure of target genetic loci
The subject invention pertains to a method of determining methylation state and chromatin structure of target loci. The method comprises treating the genetic material obtained from the cells with DNA methyltransferase, capturing target genetic loci using a set of oligonucleotides, ligating the target loci with oligonucleotide patches that flank the target loci, treating the target loci flanked by oligonucleotide patches with bisulfite, optionally amplifying the target loci by polymerase chain reaction, sequencing the PCR products, and analyzing the sequences to determine methylation state and chromatin structure of the target loci. The current invention also provides a method to identify genes associated with a disease. The invention also provides a method to detect cells suffering from a disease in a group of cells. The current invention also provides kits suitable for carrying out the method of determining methylation state and chromatin structure of the target loci. |
| US10435739B2 |
Methods and devices for single-molecule whole genome analysis
Provided are methods and devices for single-molecule genomic analysis. In one embodiment, the methods entail processing a double-stranded nucleic acid and characterizing said nucleic acid. These methods are useful in, e.g. determining structural variations and copy number variations between individuals. |
| US10435738B2 |
RNA microarray for detecting interaction between protein and RNA containing a higher-order structure
Interaction with a protein is detected by using an RNA probe containing the following sequences; (i) a complementary strand sequence to a DNA barcode sequence, (ii) a sequence of a first stem portion, (iii) a sequence of a second stem portion complementary to the first stem portion for hybridizing with the first stem portion to form a double-stranded stem, and (iv) a sequence of a loop portion contained in RNA for linking the first and second stem portions. |
| US10435737B2 |
Droplet generating apparatus, system, and method
A droplet generating apparatus, system, and method are disclosed. Based on a relative vibration between a micro-pipe and a container containing a second liquid, a first liquid flowing out from an outlet end of the micro-pipe can be detached from the micro-pipe by a fluid shear force of the second liquid to form droplets in the second liquid. Multitudinous quantitative and uniform droplets can be generated precisely and accurately in the present disclosure. |
| US10435735B2 |
Composition and method for stabilizing nucleic acids in biological samples
Methods, compositions, and kits for stabilizing both human and microbial deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) present in complex biological samples, such as feces, are disclosed. In particular, aqueous compositions for stabilizing DNA contained in biological samples at ambient temperature are disclosed, together with associated methods and kits using same. In one aspect, the compositions comprise a chelating agent present at a concentration of at least about 150 mM, and the composition has a pH of at least about 9.5. |
| US10435734B2 |
Micro- and nanopatterned substrates for cell migration and uses thereof
The present invention generally relates to the field of cell growth and tissue engineering, in particular, an engineered biomimetic culture platform (BCP) that has a nanotextured and micropatterned surface that provides both chemical and mechanical cues designed to mimic the structure of the in vivo extracellular micro-environment. The BCP can be used in assays to assess the migratory behavior and/or potential of a population of cells, such as tumor cells, as well as in screening assays for diagnostic and/or prognostic purposes, or to identify agents that modify the migratory behavior or the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of cells. BCPs as described herein further provide a platform for the identification of protein or genetic targets for the modification of cell migratory or invasion behavior. |
| US10435733B2 |
Method and system for detection and/or characterization of a biological particle in a sample
The present invention provides a method and system for monitoring, detecting, and/or characterizing a biological particle that may be present in a sample whereby the method may be accomplished non-invasively by utilizing a time-dependent spectroscopic technique to obtain at least two measurements of a growth composition comprising a sample and correlating said measurements for the detection and/or characterization of a biological particle, that may be present in the sample. |
| US10435732B2 |
Method for producing recombinant proteins using recombinant brevibacillus
The present invention provides a method for producing a recombinant protein, which can increase the cell growth rate in culture while stably maintaining plasmids in the cells, thereby improving the recombinant protein yield. The present invention provides a method for producing a recombinant protein, including a high-temperature culture step of culturing at 32° C. or higher a Brevibacillus bacterium that contains a gene encoding a recombinant protein, and a low-temperature culture step of culturing the Brevibacillus bacterium at a temperature lower than 32° C. after the high-temperature culture step. |
| US10435731B2 |
Multiple proteases deficient filamentous fungal cells and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods useful for the production of heterologous proteins in filamentous fungal cells. |
| US10435720B2 |
Recombinant microorganism having enhanced D(-) 2,3-butanediol producing ability and method for producing D(-) 2,3-butanediol using the same
The present invention relates to a recombinant microorganism for producing D(−) 2,3-butanediol, wherein a gene encoding an enzyme for converting acetoin into D(−) 2,3-butanediol is introduced into a microorganism having a pathway for converting acetoin into 2,3-butanediol. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for producing D(−) 2,3-butanediol by using the recombinant microorganism. |
| US10435718B2 |
Process for enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic material and fermentation of sugars
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a sugar and/or fermentation product from lignocellulosic material. |
| US10435717B2 |
Genetically modified host cells and use of same for producing isoprenoid compounds
The present invention provides genetically modified eukaryotic host cells that produce isoprenoid precursors or isoprenoid compounds. A subject genetically modified host cell comprises increased activity levels of one or more of mevalonate pathway enzymes, increased levels of prenyltransferase activity, and decreased levels of squalene synthase activity. Methods are provided for the production of an isoprenoid compound or an isoprenoid precursor in a subject genetically modified eukaryotic host cell. The methods generally involve culturing a subject genetically modified host cell under conditions that promote production of high levels of an isoprenoid or isoprenoid precursor compound. |
| US10435713B2 |
Flow through electroporation instrumentation
The present disclosure provides a flow-through electroporation device configured for use as a stand-alone module or as one module in an automated multi-module processing system. |
| US10435708B2 |
RNA-guided human genome engineering
A method of altering a eukaryotic cell is provided including transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding RNA complementary to genomic DNA of the eukaryotic cell, transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme that interacts with the RNA and cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner, wherein the cell expresses the RNA and the enzyme, the RNA binds to complementary genomic DNA and the enzyme cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner. |
| US10435706B2 |
Insecticidal proteins and methods for their use
Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity. |
| US10435702B2 |
Methods and compositions for delaying senescence and improving disease tolerance and yield in plants
The present invention provides novel compositions for use to enhance crop performance. Specifically, the present invention provides for delayed senescence and/or improved yield enhancement in various crops. The present invention also provides for combinations of compositions and methods that provide for delayed senescence and/or improved yield. |
| US10435701B2 |
Methods and compositions for plant pest control
Provided are methods and compositions to improve fungal disease resistance and/or nematode resistance in various crop plants. Also provided are combinations of compositions and methods to improve fungal disease resistance and/or nematode resistance in various crop plants. |
| US10435700B2 |
Genetic control of axillary bud growth in tobacco plants
This disclosure provides a number of sequences involved in axillary bud growth in tobacco, methods of using such sequences, tobacco plants carrying modifications to such sequences or transgenes of such sequences, and tobacco products made from tobacco leaf harvested from such plants. |
| US10435695B2 |
Fusion protein comprising Gaussia luciferase, translation interrupter sequence, and interferon amino acid sequences
Polynucleotides encoding fusion proteins comprising interferons and luciferases which have biotherapeutic, diagnostic, and quality control applications in biotechnological, medical, and veterinary fields. |
| US10435694B2 |
Methods and compositions for secretion of heterologous polypeptides
The present invention relates generally to the fields of molecular biology and protein technology. More specifically, the invention concerns signal sequences for the secretion of heterologous polypeptide from bacteria. The invention also concerns recombinant polypeptides and uses thereof. |
| US10435693B2 |
Organic acid synthesis from C1 substrates
Presented herein are biocatalysts and methods for converting C1-containing materials to organic acids such as muconic acid or adipic acid. |
| US10435692B2 |
Methods and compositions for the specific inhibition of glycolate oxidase (HAO1) by double-stranded RNA
This invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods useful for reducing Glycolate Oxidase (HAO1) target RNA and protein levels via use of dsRNAs, e.g., Dicer substrate siRNA (DsiRNA) agents. |
| US10435688B2 |
Oligonucleotide compounds for targeting huntingtin mRNA
This disclosure relates to novel huntingtin targets. Novel oligonucleotides for the treatment of Huntington's disease are also provided. |
| US10435686B2 |
Plant microRNAs and methods of use thereof
This invention discloses novel microRNAs and their precursors, and recombinant DNA constructs including such novel miRNAs, miRNA precursors, miRNA promoters, and miRNA recognition sites corresponding to the miRNAs. Included are novel miRNA and miRNA precursors that exhibit nutrient-responsive expression. Also disclosed are miRNA decoy sequences. Further provided are non-natural transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing in their genome a recombinant DNA construct of this invention and methods of controlling gene expression using recombinant DNA constructs of this invention. |
| US10435684B2 |
Sophorolipid highly-productive mutant strain
Provided is a microorganism exhibiting high production capability for sophorolipids. Disclosed is a yeast mutant strain having high sophorolipid productivity, in which a transporter transporting Acyl-CoA to a peroxisome has been deleted or deactivated. |
| US10435681B2 |
Compounds and methods for stabilizing thrombin activity
The present invention is directed to compounds useful in stabilizing thrombin activity, thrombin compositions comprising the compounds, methods of using the compounds and methods of identifying compounds capable of stabilizing thrombin activity. The compounds are preferably isolated peptides comprising or interacting with the gamma loop of thrombin. |
| US10435680B2 |
Thermostable cellobiohydrolase
A thermostable cellobiohydrolase, having a cellulose-binding motif domain including (A1) a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, (B1) a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence in which at least one amino acid has been deleted, substituted, or added in the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, and having a cellulose-binding function, or (C1) a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence having 70% or greater sequence identity with the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, and having a cellulose-binding function, and also having a cellobiohydrolase catalytic domain, wherein the thermostable cellobiohydrolase exhibits hydrolysis activity against a substrate of phosphoric acid swollen Avicel at least under conditions of 95° C. and pH 5.5. |
| US10435677B2 |
Genetically modified human cell with a corrected mutant sickle cell mutation
The present disclosure is in the field of genome engineering, particularly targeted modification of the genome of a hematopoietic stem cell. |
| US10435675B2 |
Polymerase compositions and uses
A composition having nucleic acid polymerase activity, which comprises an active nucleic acid polymerase and an excess amount of a non-functional mutant nucleic acid polymerase protein, wherein the non-functional mutant nucleic acid polymerase protein stabilizes the active nucleic acid polymerase against loss of polymerase activity. |
| US10435674B2 |
Engineered biocatalysts and methods for synthesizing chiral amines
The present disclosure provides engineered transaminase polypeptides for the production of amines, polynucleotides encoding the engineered transaminases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered transaminases, and methods of using the engineered transaminases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents. |
| US10435670B2 |
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for continuously inactivating a virus during manufacture of a biological product
Methods for continuously inactivating virus during manufacture of a biological product are provided. The methods include steps of (1) combining (a) a composition including a biological product, and (b) a composition including a virus-inactivation reagent, to obtain (c) a treatment composition having a predetermined property for inactivation of a virus, (2) confirming that the treatment composition exhibits the predetermined property, (3) transferring the treatment composition to a treatment vessel that includes an inlet, an outlet, and a static mixer, the transferring occurring at the inlet, (4) incubating the treatment composition in the treatment vessel at a predetermined temperature while the treatment composition flows at a predetermined rate and contacts the static mixer, and (5) collecting the treatment composition from the treatment vessel at the outlet, wherein steps (1) to (5) are carried out continuously. Apparatuses and systems including such a treatment vessel are also provided. |
| US10435666B2 |
Method for generating primate trophoblasts
The first method to cause a culture of human and other primate stem cells to directly and uniformly differentiate into a committed cell lineage is disclosed. Treatment of primate stem cells with a single protein trophoblast induction factor causes the cells to transform into human trophoblast cells, the precursor cells of the placenta. Several protein factors including bone morphogenic protein 4 (BMP4), BMP2, BMP7, and growth and differentiation factor 5 can serve as trophoblast-inducting factors. |
| US10435662B1 |
Automated control of cell growth rates for induction and transformation
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for automated control of cell growth rates where cell growth is measured in situ and the devices can be used as a stand-alone device or as a module in an automated environment, e.g., as one module in a multi-station or multi-module cell processing environment. The cell growth device comprises a temperature-controlled vial, a motor assembly to spin the vial, a spectrophotometer for measuring, e.g., OD of the cells in the vial, and a processor to accept input from a user and control the growth rate of the cells. |
| US10435661B2 |
Photothermal substrates for selective transfection of cells
This invention provides novel tools for surgery on single cells and substrates/devices for delivery of reagents to selected cells. In certain embodiments the substrates comprise a surface comprising one or more orifices, where nanoparticles and/or a thin film is deposited on a surface of said orifice or near said orifice, where the nanoparticles and/or a thin film are formed of materials that heat up when contacted with electromagnetic radiation. In certain embodiments the pores are in fluid communication with microchannels containing one or more reagents to be delivered into the cells. |
| US10435659B2 |
Membrane biofilm reactors, systems, and methods for producing organic products
A membrane biofilm reactor including a vessel defining a volume is disclosed. The reactor also typically includes a first and second plurality of hollow fiber membranes. Each hollow fiber membrane generally has an outer surface and a lumen, and is located within the volume. The reactor further preferably includes a first and second gas feedstock. The first gas feedstock is provided through a first inlet in fluid communication with the lumens of the first plurality of hollow fiber membranes. The second gas feedstock is provided through a second inlet in fluid communication with the lumens of the second plurality hollow fiber membranes. Finally, the reactor also typically includes a biofilm formed on the outer surface of the hollow fiber membranes and made up of methanotrophs, Methanosarcina acetivorans, or both. The first gas feedstock is preferably different from the second gas feedstock. |
| US10435657B2 |
Method for processing biobased materials and the resulting compositions
A method of treating a biobased feedstock derived from agricultural resources and specifically from the non-distillate products of fermentation-derived renewable fuel and distilled spirit processes. The separation of thermally labile components from biobased feedstocks result in materials that are thermally stable and better suited for subsequent melt processing in a polymer matrix. |
| US10435654B2 |
Antimicrobial compositions derived from high-lauric vegetable oils
Provided herein are antimicrobial compositions comprising derivatives of lauric acid, and methods for preparing and using such compositions. As a non-limiting example, a process for preparing an antimicrobial composition may comprise: (1) a saponification step wherein a high-lauric vegetable oil is contacted with a strong base, thereby providing a high-laurate soap component; (2) a lipolysis step wherein a high-lauric vegetable oil is contacted with a lipase, thereby providing a lipolyzed oil composition comprising glycerol monolaurate; and (3) a combination step wherein the soap composition is combined with the lipolyzed oil composition, thereby providing the antimicrobial foaming soap composition. |
| US10435653B1 |
Natural edible cleaning composition
A cleaning solution, composition, and portable cleaner are provided that is all natural, safe, non-toxic, edible, anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, deodorizing, and further includes a pleasant fragrance and taste. In addition, the cleaning composition can be free from sugar, alcohol, surfactants, and other harmful or harsh ingredients. In addition, the cleaning composition allows for quick cleaning of any type of object that may be placed in the mouth, such as pacifiers, toys, candy, eating utensils, musical instruments, and mouth-pieces, among others. |
| US10435651B2 |
Thiophene azo dyes and laundry care compositions containing the same
This application relates to thiophene azo dyes for use as hueing agents, laundry care compositions comprising such thiophene azo dyes, processes for making such thiophene azo dyes, and laundry care compositions and methods of using the same. The thiophene azo dyes contain a formally charged moiety and are generally comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to ultraviolet light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. These thiophene azo dyes are advantageous in providing a hueing effect, for example, a whitening effect to fabrics, while not building up over time and causing undesirable blue discoloration to the treated fabrics. The thiophene azo dyes are also generally stable to bleaching agents used in laundry care compositions. |
| US10435649B2 |
Washing or cleaning agent with electrochemically activatable mediator compound
The cleaning performance of washing and cleaning agents, in particular with respect to bleachable stains, was to be intensified without resulting in damage, in the context of use, to the textile treated therewith. This was achieved substantially by employing a bleaching-active species generated electrolytically from an organic mediator compound using a redox reaction. |
| US10435646B2 |
Aqueous rinse aid composition free of poloxamer type surfactants
An aqueous rinse aid solution for use in a dishwashing machine wherein the solution is substantially free of poloxamer type surfactants and wherein the solution produces water sheeting and spot-free dishware drying, the solution consists of food additives permitted for direct addition to food for human consumption and water. |
| US10435632B2 |
Removal of iron contaminants from hydrocarbon oils and aqueous by-products of oil and gas recovery/production
Iron contaminants are removed from hydrocarbon oils, and from produced water or flowback water by-products of oil and gas production, by treatment of such liquids with a composition comprising a two-tail lipid compound. The lipid binds iron to form a lipid/iron phase in the liquid, which is then removed to provide a liquid with a reduced iron level. |
| US10435628B2 |
Polymerisable LC medium and polymer film with negative optical dispersion
The invention relates to a polymerizable LC medium with negative optical dispersion, a polymer film with negative optical dispersion obtainable from such a medium, and the use of the polymerizable LC medium and polymer film in optical, electro optical, electronic, semiconducting or luminescent components or devices. |
| US10435627B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
The subject is to show a liquid crystal display device that has characteristics such as a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a low threshold voltage, a large contrast ratio, a long service life and a small flicker rate. The disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display device including an electrode group formed on one or both of a pair of substrates that are opposed to each other, and a plurality of active devices connected to the electrode group, and a liquid crystal alignment film formed on the opposing surfaces of the pair of substrates, and a liquid crystal composition sandwiched in between the pair of substrates, and the liquid crystal composition includes at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (1) as a first component. |
| US10435623B2 |
Methods and compositions for use of proppant surface chemistry and internal porosity to consolidate proppant particulates
A method of gravel packing a wellbore can include mixing an activator, a thickener, a crosslinker and a plurality of resin-coated proppant particulates to provide a gravel pack fluid and introducing the gravel pack fluid into a gravel pack region of the wellbore. At least a portion of the plurality of resin-coated proppant particulates can be consolidated in the gravel pack region of the wellbore to provide a consolidated gravel pack. The consolidated gravel pack can have a UCS of at least about 60 psi when formed under a pressure of about 0.01 psi to about 50 psi and a temperature of about 160° F. to about 250° F. |
| US10435622B2 |
Activators for inorganic oxide breakers
Gel breaking systems comprise a source of hydrogen peroxide and an activator selected from the group consisting of triazine-based activators, phthalimide-based activators and mixtures thereof. Also, methods use the gel breaking system to break the gelled component of a treatment fluid used in a gravel packing operation for a well. |
| US10435620B2 |
Treatment fluids comprising weakly emulsifying surfactants and associated methods
Provided are acidic treatment fluids comprising a weakly emulsifying surfactant, an aqueous base fluid, and an acid. In some embodiments, the treatment fluids are capable of forming short-lived oil-in-acid emulsions due, at least in part, to the interaction of at least a portion of the weakly emulsifying surfactant with one or more oil or gas molecules within a subterranean formation. |
| US10435619B1 |
Compounds and method for enhanced oil recovery using sulfur surfactants
A method of enhanced oil recovery wherein: (a) a flooding composition is delivered into a subterranean reservoir; (b) the flooding composition includes a sulfur surfactant; and (c) the fluid produced from the subterranean reservoir can also be analyzed to determine if the surfactant is present in the fluid. The surfactant preferably includes a sulfonate moiety or other sulfur-containing moiety. The presence of the surfactant in the fluid produced from the subterranean reservoir is preferably determined by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, HPLC-AES, or HPLC-ICP. |
| US10435615B2 |
Methods and compositions for in-situ polymerization reaction to improve shale inhibition
A method of modifying an alteration zone of a formation near a wellbore using a non-Newtonian polymeric composition created from a reaction of a non-Newtonian combination comprises the steps of mixing an anhydrous tetraborate and a fluid to create a crosslinker solution, mixing a crosslinkable polyvinyl alcohol and water to create a polymer solution, where the crosslinker solution and the polymer solution form the non-Newtonian combination, pumping the non-Newtonian combination to a reaction zone in the wellbore, where pumping the non-Newtonian combination is configured to induce mixing of the polymer solution and the crosslinker solution, allowing the non-Newtonian combination to react to form the non-Newtonian polymeric composition, allowing the non-Newtonian polymeric composition to migrate to the alteration zone, where the non-Newtonian polymeric composition migrates due to gravity, and allowing the non-Newtonian polymeric composition to interact with the alteration zone to modify the alteration zone. |
| US10435605B2 |
Additives for wet heating and cooling systems
A surfactant suitable for use as an additive in the heat transfer liquid of a heating and/or cooling system, wherein the surfactant comprises a coconut-derived surfactant, the preferred coconut-derived surfactant being a non-ionic, coco-glucoside. The surfactant can be used as an additive in a heat transfer fluid of a wet central heating system or a chiller circuit at a concentration of between 800 ppm and 1500 ppm, but preferably 1200 ppm, as this has surprisingly been found to yield an optimum reduction in the surface tension of the heat transfer fluid, whilst not significantly or appreciably increasing the specific heat capacity of the heat transfer fluid. |
| US10435604B2 |
Use of (2E)-1,1,1,4,5,5,5-heptafluoro-4-(trifluoromethyl)pent-2-ene in power cycles
A method is provided for converting heat from a heat source to mechanical energy. The method comprises heating a working fluid using heat supplied from the heat source; and expanding the heated working fluid to lower pressure of the working fluid and generating mechanical energy as the pressure of the working fluid is lowered. The method is characterized by using a working fluid comprising (2E)-1,1,1,4,5,5,5-heptafluoro-4-(trifluoromethyl)pent-2-ene (HFO-153-10mzzy). Also provided is a power cycle apparatus. The apparatus is characterized by containing a working fluid comprising HFO-153-10mzzy. |
| US10435600B2 |
Epoxy resin compositions for pre-gel ovens
An epoxy adhesive composition is provided that has superior wash-off resistance after pre-gelling, and may be used, for example, in manufacturing processes, for example, in the automobile industry. The composition also provides unique viscosity profile after pre-gelling to significantly reduce failure mode in subsequent processing steps. In preferred embodiments the adhesive composition comprises an epoxy type resin and a gelling agent selected from polyesterdiols and polyvinyl butyrals. |
| US10435598B2 |
Adhesive bonding composition for optical use, method for multistage curing thereof, and image display device
Provided are an adhesive bonding composition for optical use and a multistage curing method thereof, the composition including a methacrylate-based monomer and an acrylate-based monomer, in which a weight ratio of the methacrylate-based monomer to the acrylate-based monomer ranges from about 1:1 to about 1:10. |
| US10435594B2 |
Removable pressure-sensitive adhesive strip
The invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive strip, for the residue-free and nondestructive removal by which by substantially expanding it in the plane of adhesion, comprising an adhesive compound layer, said adhesive compound layer consisting of a pressure-sensitive adhesive compound, constituted by vinyl aromatic block copolymers and adhesive resins, at least 75 wt.-% (relative to the total amount of resin) of a resin being selected that has a DACP (diacetone alcohol cloud point) of greater than −20° C., preferably greater than 0° C., and a softening point (ring & ball) of greater than or equal to 70° C., preferably greater than or equal to 100° C., and the pressure-sensitive adhesive compound being foamed. |
| US10435581B2 |
Coating composition, method for manufacturing film using the same, and coated article using the same
Provided are a chromium-free fluoropolymer-containing primer composition, which can provide a coated article having excellent higher corrosion resistance by forming a fluoropolymer coating film, and a primer layer having sufficient adhesive strength to the fluoropolymer coating film on the surface of a substrate such as metal, glass, ceramic and heat resistant plastics, a method for manufacturing a coating film using the same, and a coated article using the same. The coating composition contains at least one kind of a fluoropolymer component selected from a reactive functional group-containing fluoropolymer, and a fluoropolymer having a melt flow rate (MFR), measured under a load of 5 kg and at 372° C., in accordance with ASTM D1238, of 10 to 100 g/10 minutes, and an organic titanate, wherein content of titanium contained in the organic titanate, relative to the fluoropolymer component, is 1 to 40% by weight. |
| US10435575B2 |
Ink, inkjet recording method, inkjet recording apparatus, and recorded matter
Provided is an ink containing water, a plurality of organic solvents, a color material, and resin particles, wherein the plurality of organic solvents contain at least one compound having a hydrogen bond term δH, which is a Hansen solubility parameter, of 4.1 MPa1/2 or higher but 9.5 MPa1/2 or lower and a boiling point of 170° C. or higher and at least one diol compound containing 3 or 4 carbon atoms. |
| US10435574B2 |
Thermal ink jet ink composition with additive
A thermal ink jet ink composition include a volatile organic solvent, a binder resin, a dye, a humectant in an amount from 1% to 40% by weight of the ink composition, and an additive for extending the decap time. The additive is present in an amount greater than 0.1% by weight of the thermal ink jet ink composition. The additive is selected from fluorinated surfactants, ionic surfactants, and nonionic surfactants. |
| US10435573B2 |
Biocompatible inks for 3D printing
In one aspect, inks for use with a three-dimensional printing system are described herein. In some embodiments, an ink described herein comprises 10-60 wt. % oligomeric curable material; 30-80 wt. % monomeric curable material; and 10-35 wt. % self-curable light-sensitive oligomer, based on the total weight of the ink. Moreover, in some cases, the ink is free or substantially free of non-curable photoinitiator. For example, in some instances, the ink further comprises less than 0.1 wt. % or less than 0.05 wt. % non-curable photoinitiator, based on the total weight of the ink. |
| US10435571B2 |
Method for preparing carbon nanotube, and dispersion composition of carbon nanotube
The present invention relates to a method for preparing carbon nanotubes which are capable of more effectively preparing carbon nanotubes having a uniform and fine size, and a dispersion composition of carbon nanotubes obtained using the same. The method for preparing carbon nanotube comprises the steps of: forming a dispersion comprising carbon nanotube bundles, a dispersant and a solvent; and enabling the dispersion to consecutively pass through a high pressure homogenizer, wherein the dispersant is a mixture of plural kinds of polyaromatic hydrocarbon oxides, and the carbon nanotube bundles are pulverized or disentangled while passing through a microchannel of the high pressure homogenizer under a shear force to form carbon nanotubes. |
| US10435570B2 |
Circumference coating material, bonding material, honeycomb structure, and method of producing honeycomb structure
The circumference coating material fills a recessed groove that is formed on a circumferential surface of a honeycomb fired body and extends an axial direction at which a part of cells are opened to the outside and to cover the circumferential surface, thereby forming a circumferential wall on the circumferential surface of a honeycomb structure, and the circumference coating material includes colloidal silica in a part of raw materials to be used and has a chlorine concentration of 150 ppm or less. In addition, the colloidal silica to be used has a chlorine concentration of 500 ppm or less, and the colloidal silica is produced using at least any one acid of sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, and organic acid. |
| US10435565B2 |
Methine dyes
Novel red methine dyes, methods for the preparation thereof, and use thereof for dyeing plastics, especially vinyl polymers, provide red colourings with improved colour strengths and improved colour brilliance. |
| US10435559B2 |
Impact-modified polyamide compositions
Described herein are polyamide compositions and processes for producing polyamide compositions, comprising: (i) a polyamide, (ii) an olefin-maleic anhydride copolymer (on its own or in a master batch form), and (iii) an impact modifier (or an elastomeric polymer with an optional compatibilizer), which exhibit enhanced ambient and low temperature impact strength complimented by excellent thermal, tensile and flexural properties. |
| US10435554B2 |
Degradable polymer and fiber components
A degradable downhole component can include a thermoset composite material that includes a thermoset resin that includes crosslinks to a water-soluble polymer and fiber. |
| US10435551B2 |
Scratch resistance polypropylene at high flow
Injection molded article comprising at least 60 wt.-% of a heterophasic propylene copolymer, said polymer comprises a matrix being a polypropylene, said polypropylene comprises at least three polypropylene fractions, the three polypropylene fractions differ from each other by the melt flow rate and at least one of the three polypropylene fractions has a melt flow rate in the range of 1.0 to 20.0 g/10 min, and an elastomeric propylene copolymer dispersed in said matrix, wherein said heterophasic propylene copolymer has a melt flow rate of equal or more than 20.0 g/10 min and the amorphous phase of the xylene cold soluble fraction of the heterophasic propylene copolymer has an intrinsic viscosity of equal or higher than 2.0 dl/g. |
| US10435550B2 |
Variable vapor barrier for humidity control
Disclosed is a vapor permeable composition comprising a copolymer comprising copolymerized units of ethylene and copolymerized units of a comonomer providing an amine-reactive site; a short chain polymer having one primary amine active amine site, and comprising propylene oxide, ethylene oxide, or mixture thereof. The composition is useful as a vapor barrier for moisture control of buildings. Also disclosed are articles comprising the vapor permeable composition and methods of their use. |
| US10435543B2 |
Rubber or elastomer compositions and processes for their manufacturing
The present invention relates to rubber or elastomer compositions as can be used for vehicle tires, and to a method for the production of the rubber or elastomer compositions. The elastic modulus of the compositions can be adapted depending on the temperature and/or the application conditions, and is a cost-effective and easily implemented method for the production of the compositions. The rubber or elastomer compositions contain at least one rubber or elastomer matrix and at least 20 to 150 phr of a phase change material in solid or liquid form. The compositions may be made by mixing the at least one rubber and the at least 20 to 150 phr of a phase change material in solid or liquid form, or the at least one rubber is at least brought into contact with the phase change material, and further processing steps can be performed, and a vulcanization can be performed. |
| US10435539B2 |
Multi additive multifunctional composite for use in a non-metallic fuel conveyance system
A multifunctional composite material may include a polymer matrix, at least one nano-additive, micro-additive, and/or a spherical nano-additive. The non-metallic composite material may be used to make non-metallic parts for fuel conveyance systems for use in aircraft. |
| US10435538B2 |
Method and a system for manufacturing a composite product and a composite product
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a composite product comprising organic natural fiber material and matrix material, wherein the method comprises mixing the organic natural fiber material with the matrix material in a primary mixing stage to form a mixture. The primary mixing stage comprises a contacting step in which the organic natural fiber material comes in contact with the matrix material that is at least partly in a form of melt, and compression ratio of the organic natural fiber material is less than 8. The method further comprises forming a composite product comprising the mixture. Further, the invention relates to a composite product, a use of the composite product, and a system for manufacturing a composite product. |
| US10435537B2 |
Binder of vegetable origin, compositions comprising same and method for reducing the amount of petroleum-based bitumen
Disclosed is a binder of vegetable origin based on oil, modified vegetable resin and optionally a heat stabilizer. Also disclosed are leakproofing membrane compositions, soundproofing membrane compositions, liquid sealing system compositions, asphalt mix coating compositions, asphalt coating compositions, primer compositions, varnish compositions, mastic compositions, adhesive compositions or binder emulsion compositions which comprise said binder. In addition, a method is disclosed for reducing the amount of bitumen of petroleum origin in said compositions. |
| US10435530B2 |
Crosslinked expanded beads and molded expanded-bead object
An object of the present invention is to provide expanded beads capable of producing an expanded beads molded article that is excellent in in-mold moldability and is excellent with good balance in lightweight property, flexibility, repulsion, restorability, and tensile characteristics, and an expanded beads molded article using the expanded beads. The expanded beads molded article of the present invention is produced by subjecting the crosslinked expanded beads of the present invention, to in-mold molding. The expanded beads molded article of the present invention may have an apparent density of from 40 to 150 g/L. |
| US10435520B2 |
Polymer-hybrid carbon filler composite and method for preparing the same
A polyamide/hybrid carbon filler composite is disclosed. The composite includes a polyamide as a matrix and a hybrid carbon filler dispersed in and bonded to the polyamide matrix. The hybrid carbon filler is composed of a nano carbon and a carbon fiber. Also disclosed is a method for preparing the polyamide/hybrid carbon filler. The method includes simultaneously subjecting a mixture of a polyamide and a hybrid carbon filler to mechanofusion and plasma treatments. |
| US10435517B2 |
Critical point drying of hydrogels in analyte sensors
A hydrogel is dried by a critical point drying technique. The hydrogel may include indicator molecules embedded therein and may be part of a hydrogel-based device, such as, for example, an analyte sensor. |
| US10435515B2 |
Both-terminal modified polysiloxane macromonomer and a method for preparing the same
One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide a polysiloxane macromonomer which has high hydrophilicity and a narrow molecular weight distribution and is usable as a material for ophthalmic lenses. The present invention provides a both-terminal modified polysiloxane macromonomer represented by the following average structural formula [I′]: R′Me2SiO(Me2SiO)pSiMe2R′ [I′] wherein R′ represents —C3H6O(C2H4O)qC(═O)NH(C2H4O)rC(═O)C(Q)═CH2, Me is a methyl group, p is an integer of from 40 to 100, q is an integer of from 5 to 10, r is an integer of from 2 to 3 and Q is a methyl group or a hydrogen atom. The both-terminal modified polysiloxane macromonomer according to claim 1, having a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, of 1.3 or less. |
| US10435514B2 |
Organosilica materials, methods of making, and uses thereof
Organosilica materials made from monomers including at least a source of silica that is reactive to polymerize, optionally in combination with at least one additional cyclic monomer. Methods for making such organosilica materials are also described herein. |
| US10435513B2 |
Composite of silicon oxide nanoparticles and silsesquioxane polymer, method for producing same, and composite material produced using composite thereof
An object of the present invention is to provide a composite of silicon oxide nanoparticles and a silsesquioxane polymer, from which a cured film having a low refractive index can be formed inexpensively. Provided are a method of producing a composite of silicon oxide nanoparticles and a silsesquioxane polymer, the method comprising reacting a silsesquioxane polymer having a silanol group at a terminal or a silane monomer with silicon oxide nanoparticles having a hydroxyl group or an alkoxy group on the surface in a mixed solvent of an aqueous solvent and an organic solvent in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst, and a composite produced by the method. |
| US10435510B2 |
Alkoxysilane-modified polyamic acid solution, laminate and flexible device each produced using same, and method for producing laminate
The present invention provides (A) a polyamic acid solution which can be (i) used to form a film that does not peel off even in a case where the film has a large thickness, and (ii) stably stored at a room temperature, and (B) a laminate that can be suitably used for production of a flexible device. An alkoxysilane-modified polyamic acid solution of the present invention can be obtained by reacting (a) an alkoxysilane compound containing the amino group and (b) a polyamic acid solution, and has a molar ratio of 0.980 or more and 0.9995 or less, which molar ratio is obtained by dividing a total number of moles of an aromatic tetracarboxylic dianhydride by a total number of moles of an aromatic diamine. |
| US10435501B2 |
Thermoplastic polyurethanes, production and use thereof
The invention also relates to thermoplastic polyurethanes and to a method for the production and use thereof. |
| US10435499B2 |
Solvent-borne system for forming an n-acyl urea coating
This disclosure provides a solvent-borne system for forming an n-acyl urea coating on a substrate. In one embodiment, the solvent-borne system comprises a polycarbodiimide-polyurethane hybrid. The solvent-borne system also comprises an acid functional polymer and an organic solvent, and comprises less than or equal to 10 weight percent of water based on a total weight of said solvent-borne system. The solvent-borne system also comprises less than about 100 parts by weight of toluene diisocyanate per one million parts by weight of the solvent-borne system. |
| US10435494B2 |
Ethylene/α-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer, and production process and use thereof
A novel ethylene/α-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer comprising structural units derived from ethylene (A), an α-olefin (B) of 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and a non-conjugated polyene (C) containing intramolecularly two or more partial structures in total selected from the group consisting of structures of Formulae (I) and (II), and having a small number of long-chain branches, The novel ethylene/α-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer contains a non-conjugated polyene such as VNB as a copolymerization component and a small long-chain branch content and is excellent in curing properties in the case of crosslinking using peroxide; and a process for producing the ethylene/α-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer, and a use thereof are provided. |
| US10435486B2 |
Polymers prepared using smart templates
New molecularly imprinted polymers are described, and a method for their production using novel particle technology based on multifunctional placeholder templates. |
| US10435483B2 |
Medicines for topic use based on sulfated hyaluronic acid as activating or inhibiting agent of the cytokine activity
The object of the present invention relates to the new and surprising use of sulfated hyaluronic acid (HAS) as regulator agent of the cytokine activity (pro- and anti-inflammatory) and consequently the use of HAS for the preparation of a new medicine for topic use in the prevention and treatment of pathologies associated with the activation and/or deficiency of cytokines of a pro- and anti-inflammatory nature. The Applicant has in fact discovered the exclusive capacity of HAS in modulating the activity of these particular proteins, it has studied the action mechanism and demonstrated the substantial difference between the different sulfated types known in the state of the art, but above all it has demonstrated an unexpectedly high activity of HAS vs different types and strains of Herpes virus, Cytomegalovirus and the virus of vesicular stomatitis. Finally, a further object of the present invention is the use of HAS as a skin absorption promoter of drugs of an anti-inflammatory nature. |
| US10435482B2 |
Re-dispersed microfibrillated cellulose
Methods of improving the re-dispersibility of dried or at least partially dried microfibrillated cellulose, methods of re-dispersing dried or at least partially dried microfibrillated cellulose, compositions comprising re-dispersed microfibrillated cellulose and the use of re-dispersed microfibrillated cellulose in an article, product or composition; and methods of improving the physical and/or mechanical properties of re-dispersed dried or partially dried microfibrillated cellulose. |
| US10435481B2 |
Regenerated cellulose fiber
The present invention relates to a regenerated cellulose fiber having a multi-limbed cross-section. The fiber according to the invention is characterized in that the cross-section is formed of at least two multi-limbed basic shapes (1′, 2′, 3′, 4′), which basic shapes are connected, in each case at least at one of their limb ends, to the limb end of another basic shape and the length of the connecting limb (12) resulting from the connection of the two limb ends is longer than the length of the shortest one of the other limbs by a factor of at least 1.5, preferably of from 1.5 to 2.0. |
| US10435475B2 |
Method of using antibody polypeptides that antagonize CD40 to treat IBD
A method of treating an inflammatory bowel disease is provided. The method comprises administration of an antibody polypeptide that specifically binds a novel epitope of human CD40. The antibody polypeptides do not exhibit CD40 agonist activity. The antibody polypeptides may be fusions of a domain antibody (dAb) comprising a single VL or VH domain and an Fc domain. |
| US10435471B2 |
Anti-FcRH5 antibodies
The invention provides anti-FcRH5 antibodies and immunoconjugates and methods of using the same. |
| US10435470B2 |
Anti-PD-L1 antibodies
The present disclosure relates to antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to PD-L1, and to methods of using such antibodies and antigen-binding fragments. For example, the present invention provides humanized anti-PD-L1 antibodies and methods of use thereof. |
| US10435463B2 |
Hepatitis C virus specific antibody
The invention relates to isolated, synthetic or recombinant antibodies and functional parts thereof specific for hepatitis C virus (HCV). The invention further relates to the use of such antibodies for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of HCV infection. |
| US10435462B2 |
Hybrid influenza seed viruses, compositions thereof, and use thereof in the diagnosis or therapy of influenza
The invention provides antibody reagents for screening for seed viruses, in particular, antibodies that bind to one or more discontinuous epitopes in hemagglutinin (HA) polypeptide of human influenza virus (H1N1 strain). Additionally, the invention relates to compositions, kits, supports, and biologicals comprising the antibodies or fragments thereof. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding such antibodies or fragments, including, cells and/or hybridomas which generate such molecules. Additional embodiments relate to the immunogens useful in generating the antibodies, including nucleic acids encoding such immunogens, and compositions comprising such immunogens. Further embodiments relate to methods for screening for seed viruses, including human influenza type A virus seed viruses, using the antibodies or fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also provide for the prevention, reduction of incidence of, or therapy of subjects having influenza, via administration of the seed viruses, or vaccines and/or pharmaceutical compositions containing the seed viruses. |
| US10435460B2 |
Polyomavirus neutralizing antibodies
The present invention relates to anti-VP1 antibodies, antibody fragments, and their uses for the prevention and treatment of polyoma virus infection and associated diseases. |
| US10435457B2 |
Microbe-binding molecules and uses thereof
Described herein are engineered microbe-targeting molecules, microbe-targeting articles, kits comprising the same, and uses thereof. Such microbe-targeting molecules, microbe-targeting articles, or the kits comprising the same can not only bind or capture of a microbe or microbial matter thereof, but they also have improved capability (e.g., enhanced sensitivity or signal intensity) of detecting a microbe or microbial matter. Thus, the microbe-targeting molecules, microbe-targeting articles, and/or the kit described herein can be used in various applications, e.g., but not limited to assays for detection of a microbe or microbial matter, diagnostic and/or therapeutic agents for diagnosis and/or treatment of an infection caused by microbes in a subject or any environmental surface, and/or devices for removal of a microbe or microbial matter from a fluid. |
| US10435453B2 |
Trifunctional T cell-antigen coupler and methods and uses thereof
A trifunctional molecule comprising a target-specific ligand, a ligand that binds a protein associated with the TCR complex and a T cell receptor signaling domain polypeptide is provided. Engineering T cells with this novel receptor engenders antigen specific activation of numerous T cell functions, including cytokine production, degranulation and cytolysis. |
| US10435450B2 |
MET receptor agonist proteins
Disclosed are proteins derived from the HGF/SF which are able to induce activation of the tyrosine kinase receptor MET and their uses, in particular to promote tissue regeneration. Further disclosed are nucleic acid molecules coding such protein, expression vectors containing such nucleic acid molecule, host cells containing such expression vectors, and related compositions. |
| US10435447B2 |
Bacteriocidal peptides and uses thereof
Peptide compositions having bacteriocidal peptides are described. Also described is a method of bacterial infections using compositions comprising bacteriocidal peptides or modified peptides with structural relationships to cathelicidins. |
| US10435441B2 |
HTT repressors and uses thereof
Disclosed herein are Htt repressors and methods and compositions for use of these Htt repressors. |
| US10435438B2 |
Modulation of complement activity
The present invention provides modulators of complement activity. Also provided are methods of utilizing such modulators as therapeutics. |
| US10435437B2 |
Modified apidaecin derivatives as antibiotic peptides
This invention relates to modified antibiotic peptides, particularly for use in medicine. The invention further relates to composite and methods for destroying microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses or fungi, and to methods for treating microbial infections. The object of the invention is to develop novel antibiotic peptides, particularly having enhanced antibiotic activity and an expanded spectrum of activity against other strains of bacteria, particularly gram-positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus. According to the invention, the object is attained in a first aspect by a peptide according to claim 1. |
| US10435433B2 |
Polysaccharide purification for vaccine production using lytic enzymes, tangential flow filtration, and multimode chromatography
An improved, cost effective and shortened process of purification of the capsular polysaccharide of S. Pneumoniae, Group B Streptococcus, H. Influenzae, S. Typhoid and N. meningitidis is disclosed. The process includes a cocktail of enzyme treatment, tangential flow filtration, and multimodal chromatography purification. For Gram-negative bacteria, endotoxin removal process involves endotrap HD resin. This shortened process achieved the purity required by WHO/EP/BP for the use in human vaccine preparation, with simple steps and higher yield as compared to conventional processes. The steps of the process avoid use of organic solvents such as, for example, alcohol, phenol, and ultracentrifugation that are otherwise expensive and time consuming to perform, and/or health hazards for commercial use. This process disclosed is also simple, efficient, non-toxic, easy to scale-up, and environmentally friendly. |
| US10435432B2 |
Preparation of maytansinoid antibody conjugates by a one-step process
The invention provides a one-step process for preparing a cell-binding agent cytotoxic agent conjugate comprising contacting a cell-binding agent with a cytotoxic agent to form a first mixture comprising the cell-binding agent and the cytotoxic agent and contacting the first mixture comprising the cell-binding agent and the cytotoxic agent with a bifunctional crosslinking reagent, which provides a linker, in a solution having a pH of about 4 to about 9 to provide a second mixture comprising the cell-binding agent cytotoxic agent conjugate, wherein the cell-binding agent is chemically coupled through the linker to the cytotoxic agent, free cytotoxic agent, and reaction by-products. The second mixture is then optionally subjected to purification to provide a purified cell-binding agent cytotoxic agent conjugate. |
| US10435430B2 |
Methods and compounds useful in conditions related to repeat expansion
Described are compounds and methods useful for the treatment and investigation of diseases and disorders associated with expanded repeat-containing RNA molecules. In certain embodiments, compounds and methods useful for the modulation of ATXN-3 pre-mRNA are described. In certain embodiments, compounds and methods useful for the modulation of ATN-1 mRNA are described. |
| US10435428B2 |
Prodrugs of a JAK inhibitor compound for treatment of gastrointestinal inflammatory disease
The invention provides compounds which are prodrugs of a JAK inhibitor agent for the targeted delivery of the JAK inhibitor to the gastrointestinal tract of a mammal. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, methods of using the compounds to treat gastrointestinal inflammatory diseases, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing the compounds. |
| US10435422B2 |
Allyl-phenoxy-cyclophosphazene compound, and production method therefor
An object of the present invention is to provide a mixture of cyclophosphazenes suitably substituted with phenoxy having a polymerizable functional group, such as allyl, on the phenyl ring and a production method for the mixture. The invention relates to a mixture of cyclophosphazene compounds that each contain a plurality of constituent units linked to each other, each constituent unit being represented by formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are identical or different and represent C1-4 alkyl or the like, the mixture containing cyclophosphazene compounds in which 3, 4, and 5 constituent units represented by formula (I) are linked, wherein the cyclophosphazene compound containing 3 linked constituent units is cyclophosphazene compound (I-A) with a specific structure, compound (I-A) includes cyclophosphazene compounds (I-A2) and (I-A3) having a specific structure, and compounds (I-A2) and (I-A3) are present in an amount of 80 wt % or more in total in cyclophosphazene compound (I-A). |
| US10435421B2 |
Method for producing N-silylaminoalkylsilane compound
Shown is a method for producing an N-silylaminoalkylsilane compound. The N-silylaminoalkylsilane compound is produced by allowing an aminoalkylsilane compound to react with a monochlorosilane compound in the presence of a tertiary amine compound having an acid dissociation constant (pKa) of 7 or more and a polar surface area (PSA) of 12 Å2 or more. The aminoalkylsilane compound is a compound represented by formula (1), for example. In formula (1), R1 is alkyl having 1 to 5 carbons; R2 is hydrogen, phenyl or 2-aminoethyl; m is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; and n is 0, 1 or 2. A reaction is as described in (ZZ) below, for example. |
| US10435418B2 |
Rapid and efficient bioorthogonal ligation reaction and boron-containing heterocycles useful in conjunction therewith
A reaction method comprising combining a carbonyl-substituted arylboronic acid or ester and an α-effect amine in aqueous solution at a temperature between about −5 C to 55 C, and a pH between 2 and 8 to produce an adduct. A process is also provided comprising: contacting a boron compound having a boron atom bonded to a sp2 hybridized carbon conjugated with a cis-carbonyl, the boron having at least one labile substituent, with an α-effect amine, in a solvent for a time sufficient to form an adduct, which may proceed to further products. |
| US10435413B2 |
Cavitand compositions and methods of use thereof
Cavitand compositions that comprise void spaces are disclosed. The void spaces may be empty, which means that voids are free of guest molecules or atoms, or the void spaces may comprise guest molecules or atoms that are normally in their gas phase at standard temperature and pressure. These cavitands may be useful for industrial applications, such as the separation or storage of gasses. Novel cavitand compounds are also disclosed. |
| US10435411B2 |
Oxime group-containing quinoline compound, N-oxide thereof or salt thereof, agricultural and horticultural insecticide comprising the compound, and method for using the insecticide
In crop production in the fields of agriculture, horticulture and the like, the damage caused by insect pests etc. is still immense, and insect pests resistant to existing insecticides have emerged. The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to develop and provide a novel agricultural and horticultural insecticide. The present invention provides an oxime group-containing quinoline compound represented by the general formula (1): (wherein R1 is a haloalkyl group, R2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R3 is a haloalkyl group or an alkylthio alkyl group, A is an N-methyl group, A1 is a nitrogen atom, A2 is CH, m is 2, and n is 1), or a salt thereof; an agricultural and horticultural insecticide comprising the compound or a salt thereof as an active ingredient; and a method for using the insecticide. |
| US10435409B2 |
Process for the preparation of ibrutinib
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 1-[(3R)-3-[4-amino-3-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-1-yl]-1-piperidinyl]-2-propen-1-one or Ibrutinib of Formula (I). The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation highly pure 1-[(3R)-3-[4-amino-3-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-1-yl]-1-piperidinyl]-2-propen-1-one or Ibrutinib(I). |
| US10435406B2 |
6,7-cyclicmorphinan derivatives and use thereof
The application provides compounds of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, dash line a, dash line b, W, Z, X, and m are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention is also directed to use of the compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof to treat disorders responsive to the modulation of one or more opioid receptors, or as synthetic intermediates. In certain embodiments, the Compounds of the Invention are useful for treating pain. |
| US10435403B2 |
Positive allosteric modulators of muscarinic M2 receptor
The present application relates to positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic M2 receptor, especially to novel 7-substituted 1-arylnaphthyridine-3-carboxamides, to processes for preparation thereof, to the use thereof, alone or in combinations, for treatment and/or prevention of diseases, and to the use thereof for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prevention of diseases, in particular for treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular disorders and/or renal disorders. |
| US10435395B1 |
Crystal forms of lifitegrast
Crystalline form S1 of lifitegrast characterized by a powder X-ray diffraction pattern with peaks at about 10.7±0.2, 16.2±0.2, 19.9±0.2, 22.1±0.2, 24.7±0.2, and 25.9±0.2 degrees two-theta, crystalline form S2 of lifitegrast characterized by a powder X-ray diffraction pattern with peaks at about 16.4±0.2, 24.9±0.2, and 26.2±0.2 degrees two-theta, and processes of making thereof are provided. |
| US10435393B2 |
Compounds and uses thereof for the modulation of hemoglobin
Provide herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions suitable as modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediated by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from tissue and/or cellular oxygenation. |
| US10435386B2 |
Regioselective N-2 arylation of indazoles
A novel process is provided for the efficient preparation of an asymmetric compound of structural formula I: comprising a copper-catalyzed, carbon-nitrogen cross-coupling step. The process described as part of the present invention can be used to manufacture poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors, which may be useful for the treatment of cancer. In particular, the present invention describes a process for the manufacture of the PARP inhibitor, 2-{4-[(3S)-piperidin-3-yl]phenyl}-2H-indazole-7-carboxamide. |
| US10435382B2 |
Epoxy compound, epoxy resin, curable composition, cured product thereof, semiconductor sealing material, and printed circuit board
There is provided an epoxy compound whose melt viscosity is low and which exhibits heat resistance and flame retardancy of a cured product; an epoxy resin which includes the same; curable composition and cured product; and semiconductor sealing material. The epoxy compound has a molecular structure represented by the following Formula (I): in the formula, G represents a glycidyl group, and X represents a structural site represented by the following Structural Formula (x1) or (x2); in Formula (x1) or (x2), k represents an integer of 1 to 3, m represents 1 or 2, Ar represents a structural site represented by the following Structural Formula (Ar1) or (Ar2), and when k or m represents 2 or greater, a plurality of Ar's may be the same as or different from each other: in Formula (3) or (4), G represents a glycidyl group, and p and r each independently represent 1 or 2. |
| US10435381B2 |
Process for preparing propylene oxide
The present invention is related to a process for preparing propylene oxide, comprising (i) providing a stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide or a source of hydrogen peroxide, water, and an organic solvent; (ii) passing the liquid feed stream provided in (i) into an epoxidation zone comprising an epoxidation catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite, and subjecting the liquid feed stream to epoxidation reaction conditions in the epoxidation zone, obtaining a reaction mixture comprising propene, propylene oxide, water, and the organic solvent; (iii) removing an effluent stream from the epoxidation zone, the effluent stream comprising propylene oxide, water, organic solvent, and propene; (iv) separating propene from the effluent stream by distillation, comprising (iv.1) subjecting the effluent stream to distillation conditions in a distillation unit, obtaining a gaseous top stream S0 enriched in propene compared to the effluent stream subjected to distillation conditions, and a liquid bottoms stream S01 enriched in propylene oxide, water and organic solvent compared to the effluent stream subjected to distillation conditions; (iv.2) returning a condensed portion of the stream S0 to an upper part of the distillation unit. |
| US10435379B2 |
[4-(1,3,3-trimethyl-2-OXO-3,4-dihydro-1H-quinoxalin-7-yl)phenoxy]ethyloxy compound or salt thereof
The present invention relates to defined quinoxalin-2-one compounds or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a hydrate or a solvate thereof. The compounds, salts or hydrates have a glucocorticoid receptor agonist activity, and are useful as a medicine, in particular as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for a glucocorticoid receptor related disease. |
| US10435375B2 |
CXCR4 chemokine receptor modulators
Provided herein are small molecule modulators of CXCR4 activity (e.g., agonists, antagonists, inverse agonists, partial agonists), and methods of use thereof (e.g., for the treatment of disease). |
| US10435373B2 |
Drug for inhibiting aggregation of proteins involved in diseases linked to protein aggregation and/or neurodegenerative diseases
The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (E). The present invention also relates to a compound represented by the formula (E) for use in the treatment or prevention of diseases linked to protein aggregation and/or neurodegenerative diseases. Moreover, the present invention relates to pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions comprising the compound of the invention as well as to a kit. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method of imaging deposits of aggregated protein. A kit for preparing a detectably labelled compound of the present invention is also disclosed. |
| US10435372B2 |
Use of phenylpyrazolin-3-carboxylates for improving plant yield
Compounds (A) can be used for increasing the yield of useful plants or crop plants with respect to their harvested plant organs, wherein the Compound (A) is selected from compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof, in which (R1)n is n radicals R1 where the R1 are identical or different and are each halogen or (C1-C4)-haloalkyl, n is an integer from 1 to 3, R2 is hydrogen, (C1-C6)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy-(C1-C4)-alkyl, (C3-C6)-cycloalkyl, tri-(C1-C4)-alkyl-silyl or tri-(C1-C4)-alkyl-silylmethyl, R3 is hydrogen, (C1-C6)-alkyl, (C1-C6)-haloalkyl, (C2-C6)-alkenyl, (C2-C6)-alkynyl or (C3-C6)-cycloalkyl, and R4 is hydrogen or (C1-C12)-alkyl, preferably mefepyr-diethyl (Compound (A1)] |
| US10435366B2 |
Compositions for the treatment of Fragile X syndrome
The present invention relates to a composition comprising a maxi-K potassium channel opener the use in the treatment of fragile X syndrome. More specifically the present invention relates to a composition comprising a fluoro-oxindole or a chloro-oxindole for use in the treatment of fragile X syndrome. |
| US10435364B2 |
Compounds for use as bromodomain inhibitors
A compound of formula (1), (1′), (1″) or (1′″) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in the treatment of diseases or conditions for which a bromodomain inhibitor is indicated. |
| US10435361B2 |
Kinase inhibitors
There are provided compounds of formula I, wherein R1A to R1E, R2 to R5, L and X1 to X3 have meanings given in the description, which compounds have antiinflammatory activity (e.g. through inhibition of one or more of members of: the family of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase enzymes; Syk kinase; and members of the Src family of tyrosine kinases) and have use in therapy, including in pharmaceutical combinations, especially in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory diseases of the lung, eye and intestines. |
| US10435355B2 |
Inhibitors of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) enzyme with improved oral bioavailability and their use as medicaments
Described herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods useful for inhibiting fatty acid amide hydrolase. |
| US10435354B2 |
Process for preparing isocyanates in dialkyl carbonates as solvent
The invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanates by reacting primary amines with phosgene in a solvent, where the solvent comprises a dialkyl carbonate. |
| US10435351B2 |
Enamide process
A convenient method for converting oximes into enamides is disclosed. The process produces enamides without the concomitant production of a large volume of metallic waste. The enamides are useful precursors to amides and amines. |
| US10435346B2 |
Process for the distillation of an aldehyde mixture
A process for the distillation of an aldehyde mixture comprising a straight-chain aldehyde and a branched-chain aldehyde is described in which the process comprises: supplying a feed comprising the aldehyde mixture to a first separation vessel; operating said first separation vessel at a first temperature and a first pressure such that separation occurs; recovering a first stream comprising the straight-chain aldehyde from said first separation vessel and supplying said first stream to a second separation vessel; operating said second separation vessel at a second temperature and a second pressure such that separation occurs; recovering a product stream comprising the straight-chain aldehyde and a second stream comprising high-boiling components from said second separation vessel, and supplying said second stream to a third separation vessel; operating said third separation vessel at a third temperature and a third pressure such that separation occurs; and recovering a third stream comprising the aldehyde mixture from said third separation vessel and reintroducing said third stream to the first separation vessel. |
| US10435336B2 |
Olefin compositions
A composition comprising: a) at least 76 mol % C10 monoolefins, the C10 monoolefins comprising i) at least 3 mol % 2-butyl-1-hexene, ii) at least 8 mol % 3-propyl-1-heptene, iii) at least 6 mol % 4-ethyl-1-octene, and iv) at least 20 mol % 5-methyl-1-nonene; and b) at least 1 mol % C14 monoolefins. A composition comprising at least 95 mol % C10 monoolefins, the C10 monoolefins comprising i) at least 3 mol % 2-butyl-1-hexene, ii) at least 10 mol % 3-propyl-1-heptene, iii) at least 7 mol % 4-ethyl-1-octene, and iv) at least 24 mol % 5-methyl-1-nonene. Processes to prepare a composition comprising at least 76 mol % C10 monoolefins and at least 1 mol % C14 monoolefins, or a composition comprising at least 95 mol % C10 monoolefins, where the C10 monoolefins comprise i) at least 3 mol % 2-butyl-1-hexene, ii) at least 10 mol % 3-propyl-1-heptene, iii) at least 7 mol % 4-ethyl-1-octene, and iv) at least 24 mol % 5-methyl-1-nonene. |
| US10435335B2 |
Method for producing alpha-olefin low polymer
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for suppressing the precipitation of polymers with a high concentration dissolved in a solvent in the operation termination step and suppressing the blockage of the apparatus by the polymers even when the polymers with a high concentration are precipitated, and the invention relates to a method for producing an α-olefin low polymer comprising a production operation step and an operation termination step, wherein the supply position of a supply liquid to a distillation column in the operation termination step is changed to a position lower than the supply position of a supply liquid to the distillation column in the production operation step. |
| US10435332B2 |
Method for preparing hydraulic composition
A hydraulic composition is prepared by mixing (A) an admixture aqueous solution containing a water-soluble salt which is a water-reducing agent or setting retarder, and a water-soluble cellulose ether with (B) a fresh concrete composition containing a hydraulic substance, an aggregate, and water at job site. The method is effective for preventing the admixture solution from thickening even though the water-soluble cellulose ether without glyoxal treatment is used. |
| US10435329B2 |
Sizing composition for mineral wool, comprising lignosulfonate and a carbonyl compound, and resulting insulating products
A sizing composition for insulating products based on mineral wool, in particular glass or rock wool, which includes at least one ammonium lignosulfonate or alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of lignosulfonic acid, and at least one carbonyl compound of formula: R—[C(O)R1]x (I) in which: R represents a saturated or unsaturated and linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon radical, a radical including one or more aromatic nuclei which consist of 5 or 6 carbon atoms, a radical including one or more aromatic heterocycles containing 4 or 5 carbon atoms and an oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur atom, it being possible for the R radical to contain other functional groups, in particular hydroxyl or alkoxy groups, especially methoxy groups, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C10 alkyl radical, and x varies from 1 to 10. |
| US10435328B2 |
Expanded-glass granular material and method for producing same
In a method for producing an expanded-glass granular material, starting materials containing glass powder, water glass, at least one blowing agent, and metakaolin, are mixed in order to form a homogeneous slurry. The slurry is granulated to form raw granular-material particles, which are foamed at a baking temperature between 780° C. and 950° C. in order to form expanded-glass granular-material particles. The expanded-glass granular material has a long-term water absorption of less than 25 volume percent when the expanded-glass granular material is exposed to water for a time period of 21 days. |
| US10435325B2 |
Molds with coatings for high temperature use in shaping glass-based material
A mold with a multi-layer coating is disclosed. The mold may include a mold body having an outer surface and a multi-layer coating disposed on the outer surface. The multi-layer coating may include a diffusion barrier layer disposed on the outer surface of the mold body and an intermetallic layer disposed on the diffusion barrier layer, wherein the intermetallic layer comprises Ti, Al, and an additional metal selected from the group consisting of Zr, Ta, Nb, Y, Mo, Hf, and combinations thereof. The diffusion barrier layer may restrict diffusion of metal from the mold body to the intermetallic layer. |
| US10435319B1 |
System and method for wastewater treatment using selective gas-dispersion return sludge delivery
Control over the wastewater purification can be achieved through controlling delivery of gas-dispersion return sludge solely to an aerobic reaction vessel. The gas-dispersion return sludge is created using pure oxygen or oxygen containing trace amounts of ozone as a reactive gas, which is blended with return sludge to create a mixture of gas and liquid, which is pressurized with an atomizer pump, and then at a pressure of not more than approximately 5.5 MPa, the mixture is passed through an atomizer which uses cavitation or ultrasound at a frequency of less than 12,000 KHz to instantly render the reactive gas in the mixture to an ultra-fine bubble state. A portion of the gas is placed into a dissolved state, reaching a state of supersaturation with a high DO value of 20-40 mg/l, and causing the remaining ultra-fine bubbles to create an ultra-fine bubble condition. |
| US10435317B2 |
Composite material for catalytic treatment of contaminated soil and water and catalytic treatment method thereof
Metal-free materials, manufacturing thereof, method using thereof for (in-situ or ex-situ) catalytically treating contaminated soil or waters, including remediation of groundwater contaminated by haloalkenes, haloalkanes, nitro-compounds, and nitrophenol using sulfide as a reductant. Metal-free materials are manufactured with industrial scrap syrup or biomass. Method using the metal-free materials for in-situ treatment consists with the processes of adding materials into the contaminated medium, introducing sulfide into the contaminated medium, and reductive reacting contaminants with sulfide catalyzed by the metal-free materials. Specially, the formation of in-situ reaction zone is the key point of in situ treatment by retaining the catalyst in the contaminated medium. Method using the metal-free materials for ex-situ treatment consists steps of adding materials and sulfide into the contaminated fluid, intermingling the contaminated fluid with materials in a vessel, reacting contaminants with sulfide catalyzed by the metal-free material. |
| US10435314B2 |
Liquid treatment apparatus
A liquid treatment apparatus comprises: a first tank in which a first gas containing nitrogen and oxygen and a liquid are stored; a plasma generating apparatus, including a first electrode and a second electrode, which effects discharge between the first electrode and the second electrode and thereby generates plasma that makes contact with at least part of the liquid; and a gas supply apparatus that supplies a first part of the first gas from the first tank to the plasma generating apparatus. |
| US10435313B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods of water filtration
Systems, devices, and methods of filtering water include a dome shaped lid and middle disk to separate filtration media materials. The domed shaped lid eliminates air locks in the filter media that can slow or stop the filtration process. A flow control output port regulates the flow level and flow speed of the filtered water. An angled flow output port improves flow by accelerating flow at an angled bottom section of the filter. Water permeable filter bag materials house the filter media. An additional washing process improves the taste of the filtered water. A color change resin in the mixed bed resin indicates expiration of the filter. Similarly, a filter expiration indicator assists users in determining when a filter should be replaced. An integrated TDS meter is used for testing the filtered water. The devices can be used individually or in combination to provide performance improvements. |
| US10435312B2 |
Fluid treatment systems and methods
A multi-stage cavitation subassembly is described. The multi-stage cavitation subassembly includes: (i) a first cavitation-inducing feature for cavitating a fluid; (ii) a second cavitation-inducing feature that is located downstream from the first cavitation-inducing feature and is designed to cavitate the fluid after the fluid has undergone cavitation in the first cavitation-inducing feature; and (iii) a velocity-imparting component that, in a state of motion and when in contact with the fluid, imparts the fluid with sufficient velocity after the fluid has undergone cavitation in the first cavitation-inducing feature so that the fluid traverses from the first cavitation-inducing feature to the second cavitation-inducing feature. |
| US10435308B2 |
Enhanced foam fractionation of oil phase from aqueous/oil mixed phase via increased viscoelasticity
The present invention provides improved methods for purifying and/or removing oily particles, and/or contaminants suspended or dissolved in water. In particular the process relates to an additive composition that has the appropriate surfactant characteristics for effectively removing an oil phase from an oil/aqueous mixed phase via foam fractionation. According to the invention, a hydrophobically modified polymer that acts as an associative thickener is combined with surfactant in appropriate ratios to facilitate oil removal for water purification in any of a number of commercial, environmental and industrial applications. |
| US10435307B2 |
Evaporator for SAGD process
A closed loop contaminant control system for an evaporative water purification process at an oil recovery facility includes an evaporator having a water inlet, a distilled water discharge, and an oil and brine water discharge. A sump in the evaporator is divided by an oil skimming weir into a main sump and a blowdown sump, with the oil and brine water discharge located proximate the blowdown sump and the steam discharge located above the oil and brine discharge. A distillate tank receives distilled water from the evaporator and discharges the distilled water. The distillate tank has a level controller, other controllers provided for the system include a distilled water flow meter, a blowdown flow meter, a cycle controller, a total flow controller, a hardness controller, and a silica controller. |
| US10435306B2 |
Water treatment system and method
A method of treatment of liquid including supplying liquid to be treated to at least one liquid treatment module having a liquid inlet, a permeate outlet and a brine outlet, monitoring liquid pressure within the at least one liquid treatment module and upon exceedance of a liquid pressure threshold in the at least one liquid treatment module, reducing the liquid pressure in the at least one liquid treatment module by performing at least one of the following functions: opening a liquid pressure reducing valve at the brine outlet, increasing a liquid volume output of a circulation pump which removes brine from the at least one liquid treatment module, equilibrating liquid pressures between a liquid pressure inside the at least one liquid treatment module and inside a liquid feed tank and opening a liquid pressure reducing valve at the liquid inlet. |
| US10435305B2 |
Method for producing monolithic porous body comprising titania
Provided is a producing method that makes it possible to stably manufacture a homogeneous titania monolithic porous body by a sol-gel method using various titanium alkoxides as a titanium precursor. The method comprises the steps of; preparing a titanium precursor solution by mixing a titanium alkoxide other than titanium methoxide, which is a titanium precursor, and a first anion source in an organic solvent; preparing a sol by adding water or an aqueous solution containing a second anion source to the titanium precursor solution; forming a co-continuous structure of a titania hydrogel phase and a solvent phase by subjecting the sol to sol-gel transition and phase separation in parallel; and removing the solvent phase from the co-continuous structure, in which a temperature lower than the boiling point of the compound having the lowest boiling point present in the titanium precursor solution is maintained in the first three steps, and in which a blending amount of the first anion source or that of the first and the second anion sources is set such that a molar ratio of the first anion source or a molar ratio of the first and the second anion sources in total to the titanium precursor is equal to or higher than 1.05. |
| US10435299B2 |
Method and device for producing sulfuric acid
A process for preparing sulfuric acid may involve melting elemental sulfur in a melting stage to give molten sulfur. Sulfuric acid is subsequently produced from the molten sulfur. Further, sulfur-containing offgases formed in the melting stage may be subjected to oxidation in a supplementary oxidation stage in which sulfur-containing components of the offgases are oxidized to sulfur dioxide. The process may further involve processing the sulfur dioxide to give at least one reaction product. The melting stage may be operated without emissions by processing all of the offgases from the melting stage. An apparatus may be employed for carrying out such a process. |
| US10435297B2 |
Crystallization and stabilization in the synthesis of microcrystalline alpha alane
Systems and methods for producing microcrystalline alpha alane are provided herein. An exemplary process comprises the elimination of the crystallization aid lithium borohydride through the use of excess lithium aluminum hydride or sodium borohydride. Further exemplary processes comprise methods for passivating microcrystalline alpha alane using a weak acid in a nonaqueous solvent solution. |
| US10435296B2 |
Liquid hydrogen storage material and method of storing hydrogen using the same
Provided is a liquid hydrogen storage material including 1,1′-biphenyl and 1,1′-methylenedibenzene, the liquid hydrogen storage material including the corresponding 1,1′-biphenyl and 1,1′-methylenedibenzene at a weight ratio of 1:1 to 1:2.5. The corresponding liquid hydrogen storage material has excellent hydrogen storage capacity value by including materials having high hydrogen storage capacity, and is supplied in a liquid state, and as a result, it is possible to minimize initial investment costs and the like required when the corresponding liquid hydrogen storage material is used as a hydrogen storage material in a variety of industries. |
| US10435295B2 |
Coupling an electric furnace with a liquid fuel synthesis process to improve performance when processing heterogeneous wastes
An improved method for processing heterogeneous municipal solid waste, biomass and even construction and demolition waste into liquid hydrocarbon fuels and chemicals is obtained by coupling the synthesis process with an electric furnace. The furnace separates the metals and inorganics from the organic materials. The high temperatures gasify the organics into a relatively clean syngas after particulate and acid gas removal. The yield is increased above that expected from the feedstock by the addition of waste effluents from the synthesis process, such as CO2, H2O and possibly tail gas constituents. The recycled effluents are heated by the syngas being quenched in heat exchangers. Excess high pressure effluents are also heated by the syngas for power generation via gas or steam turbine generators. The optimum concentration of added effluents and heat exchanger configurations are determined by novel methods for maximum yield, energy efficiency and minimum carbon footprint. |
| US10435294B2 |
Para-orthohydrogen conversion using a vortex tube
A para-orthohydrogen conversion device comprises a vortex tube. The vortex tube may include an inlet disposed at a first end of the vortex tube, a catalyst disposed on the interior wall of the vortex tube, a first outlet comprising an opening on the perimeter of a second end of the vortex tube, a stopper disposed at the center of the second end of the vortex tube, and a second outlet disposed on the first end of the vortex tube. A method includes converting parahydrogen to orthohydrogen via the catalyst and rotational force as hydrogen gas moves through the vortex tube such that cooled parahydrogen-rich gas or liquid hydrogen accumulates near the center of the vortex tube. |
| US10435293B2 |
Methods of manufacturing energy conversion materials fabricated with boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) and BNNT polymer composites
Formation of a boron nitride nanotube nanocomposite film by combining a boron nitride nanotube solution with a matrix such as a polymer or a ceramic to form a boron nitride nanotube/polyimide mixture and synthesizing a boron nitride nanotube/polyimide nanocomposite film as an electroactive layer. |
| US10435292B2 |
Method for producing a semiconductor module
The method comprises fabricating a semiconductor panel comprising a plurality of semiconductor devices, fabricating a cap panel comprising a plurality of caps, bonding the cap panel onto the semiconductor panel so that each one of the caps covers one or more of the semiconductor devices, and singulating the bonded panels into a plurality of semiconductor modules. |
| US10435287B2 |
Automatic cover-opening and connector-replacing device for chemical container
An automatic cover-opening and connector-replacing device for chemical container is disclosed. The device solves the problems of toxic substance leakage and even industrial safety accidents like gas explosions due to aging equipment during the maintenance by operating personnel in high-risk operation areas. The automatic cover-opening and connector-replacing device for chemical container mainly includes a machine, a lifting device provided inside the machine, a cover-opening device connected with the lifting device and a liquid-pumping device connected with the lifting device. The cover-opening device is provided for assembling and disassembling the internal cover of a chemical container and the liquid-pumping device is provided for pumping the content of the chemical container where the lifting device is provided for adjusting the distance between the cover-opening device, liquid-pumping device and chemical container. |
| US10435282B2 |
Work cage
A lifting apparatus suspendably mounted on a holding apparatus, wherein during operation a pivot angle of the holding apparatus which deviates from a vertical straight line can be limited by a safety apparatus, wherein the pivot angle can be monitored and limited in two opposite directions, wherein swinging of the lifting apparatus back towards the vertical straight line is not impeded. |
| US10435279B2 |
Shopping space route guidance systems, devices and methods
System, method, and apparatus for providing route guidance to a customer in a shopping facility space are provided. A system for providing route guidance comprises a communication device configured to communicate with a user interface device, a store map database storing location information for a plurality of items available for purchase in the retail space, and a control circuit coupled to the communication device and the store map database. The control circuit is configured to receive a list of items for purchase from a user associated with the user interface device via the communication device, retrieve location information associated with each item of the list of items for purchase from the store map database, determine a route based on at least one user entered route preference and the location information associated with each item of the list of items for purchase, and provide the route to the user interface device. |
| US10435277B1 |
Portable crane for maintaining a wind turbine generator
An apparatus for maintaining a wind turbine generator includes at least, but is not limited to, a wind turbine connected to a wind turbine generator, the wind turbine generator is supported by a generator platform, a gearbox disposed between the wind turbine and said wind turbine generator, and a break assembly disposed between the gearbox and the wind turbine generator. The generator platform provides at least one maintenance stud adjacent the wind turbine generator, which is used to secure a portable crane to the generator platform. The portable crane includes at least, but is not limited to, a support member secured to a mounting plate, the support member extends from the mounting plate in an upward direction and at an angle that is less than a ninety degree angle relative to said mounting plate. |
| US10435276B2 |
Chain link for a highly resilient conveyor chain of a moving walkway, an escalator or a lift
Chain links and a conveyor chain that is highly resilient, in a tensile direction, for a moving walkway, an escalator or a lift. A chain link can include two chain link connector receiving regions arranged at opposing ends for receiving a chain link connector, which mechanically connects two neighboring chain links to one another in such a way that a tensile force can be transmitted therebetween. The chain link can also include a loop closed in a ring shape and surrounding the two chain link connector receiving regions. The loop can be formed with a fiber composite material. The fiber composite material is preferably in the form of a loop-like closed band, in which fibers, such as carbon fibers that can be subjected to high levels of tension, are embedded in an elastomer-matrix material. |
| US10435273B1 |
Elevator structure and brake system therefor
A braking system and method for an apparatus or vehicle moved along a pathway by an apparatus drive mechanism, for halting the movement of the apparatus or vehicle in the event that the drive mechanism loses power or malfunctions. A conveyance system includes a pathway, an moving apparatus moving along the pathway, the apparatus drive mechanism, a brake rail along the pathway having along one edge a multiplicity of regularly spaced teeth with gaps between successive teeth, and a brake device mounted securely to the apparatus. The brake device includes a rotatably driven rotor having outer helical threads for running the gaps in the brake rail with successive turns of the driven rotor without touching the teeth. |
| US10435269B2 |
Apparatus for knotting drawstrings of medical devices or medical devices containing drugs
The present invention provides an apparatus for making knots in flexible element attached to a medical device and methods using said apparatus. |
| US10435268B2 |
Tape holder
Implementations of a tape holder are provided. In some implementations, the tape holder may be used to secure a roll of tape to a magnetic surface. In some implementations, the tape holder is comprised of a base member and a spool support. In some implementations, the base member has one or more magnets on one side for securing the tape holder to a surface. In some implementations, the spool support is configured to secure a roll of tape to the tape holder. In some implementations, the spool support is configured to receive a roll of tape thereon. In some implementations, the spool support may include one or more flexible members thereon configured to releasably secure a roll of tape on the spool support. In some implementations, the tape holder may include a bearing shelf. In some implementations, the bearing shelf may be configured to support a roll of tape thereon. |
| US10435266B2 |
Automatic mesh reeling machine
An automatic mesh reeling machine includes a manual fiber loading mesh disc mechanism, a quantitative fiber mesh conveying mechanism, a fiber mesh cutting mechanism, an automatic mesh reeling mechanism of left and right mesh reeling hands, an automatic fiber mesh drum delivery mechanism and an automatic mesh stapling mechanism of a mesh stapler. Information about replacing a mesh disc can be transmitted under the cooperation of a mesh pressing rod and a micro switch. A servo motor drives a metering roll to realize fixed length feeding of a mesh. A cutter cylinder drives a blade to cut the fixed length mesh. A left mesh reeling hand and a right mesh reeling hand reel the mesh into a closed mesh drum. A sliding table cylinder, pneumatic parallel clamping jaws and an electric servo cylinder move the fiber mesh drum to a specified position. |
| US10435265B2 |
Finisher output bin assembly
A system for presenting media sheets includes a finisher output bin assembly. The finisher output bin assembly includes a translatable output floor, and a guide substrate coupled to the translatable output floor to guide the translatable output floor relative to the guide substrate in at least one coordinate direction. The finisher output bin assembly includes an output structure mechanically coupled to the translatable output floor to drive the translatable output floor relative to the guide substrate. |
| US10435261B2 |
Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus
A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a plurality of conveyors provided along a sheet conveying direction; a plurality of main driving parts that is respectively provided to the plurality of conveyors and independently drives the conveyors; an auxiliary driving part that drives the plurality of conveyors; and a transmitter that transmits driving force between the plurality of conveyors and transmits driving force of the auxiliary driving part to the plurality of conveyors. |
| US10435257B2 |
Sheet placement apparatus and printing apparatus
Provided is a sheet placement apparatus that is capable of changing the force of pushing a hopper configured to push up a sheet, without an increase in size, and a printing apparatus that is equipped with such a sheet placement apparatus. |
| US10435256B2 |
Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming system
There are provided a sheet feeding apparatus and an image forming system which can horizontally maintain a posture of a topmost envelope in stored envelopes, by a simple configuration. The sheet feeding apparatus includes: a stacking surface portion 321; a sheet feeding roller 313; a pressing surface portion 362; and a curve forming portion 363. A length of the stacking surface portion 321 in a width direction is shorter than a length of each of envelopes P in a width direction. The pressing surface portion 362 is pressed by the sheet feeding roller 313 via the envelopes P. The curve forming portion 363 is arranged outside the sheet feeding roller 313 in a width direction, projects more upward in a vertical direction than the pressing surface portion 362, and supports the plurality of stacked envelopes P with a predetermined size. |
| US10435254B2 |
Stacking ring for chair bases
A stacking ring for a chair base may be disposable between a first and second chair base such that the stacking ring generally prevents lateral movement of the first chair base relative to the second chair base. The stacking ring may be integrally formed to the chair base, or separate and disposable between at least two chair bases. The stacking ring may substantially prevent rotation of a first chair base relative to a second chair base. |
| US10435253B2 |
Method of in-line testing devices and testing apparatus
Devices to be tested are conveyed towards, into and from a testing station and are tested there being kept stationary. Conveying into and from the testing station is performed by a mover of a linear motor, which is controllably operated in a stepped manner. |
| US10435250B2 |
Transverse conveyors
An inclined conveyor section includes transport rollers aligned obliquely on the conveyor section defining a preferred transport direction. The conveyor section is configured to receive parcel or piece goods upstream at a first position on a first side, transport them along the preferred transport direction and discharge them from a second side opposite the first side, downstream at a second position downstream of the first position. The transport rollers are one behind the other and rotatable. Drive rollers are controllable, drivable and disposed below the transport rollers for driving the transport rollers by frictional. A high degree of flexibility in the configuration of the transport rollers and independence of length, width and inclination angle defined by the preferred transport direction are provided in contrast to most existing inclined conveyors with transport rollers having only slight flexibility and/or complicated drives. A method for transporting parcel goods is also provided. |
| US10435246B2 |
Extendible fences for extendible conveyors
Extendible fences for extendible conveyors are disclosed. An example conveyor includes a fence assembly having a plurality of channel segments including at least a base channel segment, an intermediate channel segment, and a distal channel segment. The fence assembly is adjustable in a lengthwise direction such that the fence assembly is longer in the lengthwise direction when a main conveyor assembly is in a fully extended configuration than when the main conveyor assembly is in a fully retracted configuration. The intermediate channel segment is interposed between the base channel segment and the distal channel segment with respect to the lengthwise direction. Each channel segment of the plurality of channel segments includes sidewalls extending upward from a bottom panel. The intermediate channel segment to move in translation in the lengthwise direction relative to an intermediate conveyor section. The bottom panel of the intermediate channel segment is positioned between an upper portion of a conveyor belt of the main conveyor assembly and an upper load bearing surface of the intermediate conveyor section. The upper portion of the conveyor belt being interposed between the sidewalls with reference to a lateral direction, where the lateral direction is horizontal and perpendicular to the lengthwise direction. |
| US10435243B2 |
Racking system and method for operating a racking system having a vehicle
In a racking system and a method for operating a racking system having a vehicle, the vehicle has omnidirectional wheels. |
| US10435242B2 |
Automated system for transporting payloads
An automated warehouse storage system including a multilevel storage array is provided. Each aisle has a set of storage levels and each level has storage locations distributed along the aisle. The guideway network extending through the multilevel storage array is configured for autonomous vehicles to move along the guideway network within the multilevel storage array. The guideway network including an inter-aisle guideway spanning at least two of the multiple aisles and a set of guideway levels extending in an aisle of the multiple aisles and disposed so that each guideway level is at a different one of the storage levels and the vehicles on the guideway level can access the storage locations distributed along the aisle. Each set of guideway levels is connected to the inter-aisle guideway forming a common guideway path so that a vehicle can move between inter-aisle guideway and each guideway level along the common guideway path. |
| US10435241B2 |
Storage and retrieval system
A system and method for storage and retrieval are provided. The system includes a multi-level storage structure, and mobile robots configured to pick, transport and place one or more tote, container, or object. This system and method can be used in order-fulfillment applications in which one or more workstations accommodate a picker that transports one or more eaches from a tote on one of the autonomous mobile robots to a put location, and an input/output interface induct material into the system and discharge fulfilled orders from the system. The mobile robots are further configured to move from level to level in the multi-level storage structure via inclined or vertical tracks without requiring a vertical lift or vertical conveyor. |
| US10435239B2 |
Apparatus for handling material, and waste container/separating device
Apparatus for handling material in connection with a pneumatic material conveying system, which apparatus comprises a waste container/separating device (50), into which material is adapted to be conducted from a conveying pipe (100) of the pneumatic material conveying system via an input aperture (55) and which is adapted to be connected to means for achieving a partial vacuum. The apparatus further comprises a press device/compactor device (70), which is arranged to act on the material (w) conducted into the waste container/separating device (50), via at least one aperture (69) formed in the container, and that at least one wall (60) that is transverse with respect to the input direction of the material is arranged in the container space (68) of the waste container/separating device (50), and that at least one aperture (600) is arranged or formed in the wall (60), which aperture is fitted in the wall (60) on the path of travel (P) of the material (w) being fed in via the input aperture (55), which wall (60) is adapted to control or limit the movement of material in the container space (68). The invention also relates to a waste container/separating device. |
| US10435237B1 |
Garbage bag sling
The garbage bag sling comprises a plurality of webbings, a plurality of fasteners, a plurality of hooks, a plurality of handles, a mesh sheeting, and a plurality of seams. The plurality of seams are used to interconnect the plurality of webbings, the plurality of fasteners, the plurality of handles, and the mesh sheeting. The plurality of fasteners attach the plurality of hooks to the interconnected structure. The plurality of hooks attach the garbage bag sling to the waste container. The garbage bag sling is placed within a waste container such that: 1) the garbage bag sling is positioned between a trash bag and the waste container; and, 2) the garbage bag sling is beneath the trash bag during normal use. The trash bag is then removed from the waste container by lifting the garbage bag sling out of the waste container. |
| US10435236B2 |
Waste chute devices and methods for using the same
Waste chute devices and methods for using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a method for operating waste chutes comprises: receiving, using a hardware processor of a waste chute device, an identity associated with a user of the waste chute device; in response to receiving the identity associated with the user, allowing, using the hardware processor, a door of the waste chute device to be opened; determining, using the hardware processor, a number of items and at least one type associated with the items that have been placed in an opening of the waste chute device; determining, using the hardware processor, that the door of the waste chute device has been closed; updating, using the hardware processor, information associated with the user based on the number of items and the at least one type of items that have been placed in the opening of the waste chute device; and providing, using the hardware processor, the user with the updated information. |
| US10435235B2 |
Cassette for dispensing pleated tubing
A cassette for use in dispensing a pleated tubing. The cassette includes an annular body having a generally U shaped housing with a central cylindrical core. At least one wall has an upper end with a downturn lip disposed thereon. An annular cover extends radially outward from the central cylindrical core over the annular body defining a gap. The cover has a socket into which the upper end with the downturn lip is secured. A tubing is disposed within the u-shaped housing and withdrawn from the gap. |
| US10435232B2 |
Cooperative packaging systems and methods
A cooperative packaging system includes a base package, a first member, a second member, and a third member. The base package includes a first side and a second side. The second side is contiguous with the first side. The first member covers a portion of the first side of the base package. The second member covers the second side of the base package. The third member covers the first member and a portion of the second member. The first member and the second member are configured to mitigate impacts sustained by the cooperative packaging system prior to the impacts being transferred to the base package. |
| US10435231B2 |
Package for e-kit with pouch, blank for making the package, the packaged e-kit with the pouch, and method of forming the e-kit with the pouch
The package includes a front panel and a back panel, a first side formed by an intermediate panel connected to the front panel and the back panel, and a second side sealed by an adhesive, where the adhesive connects a rear surface of a side panel to a front surface of a side glue panel. An upper end of the package is formed by a front upper panel connected to an upper portion of the front panel, where the upper end is sealed by a front upper tuck panel being tucked into the outer package so that a front surface of the front upper tuck panel contacts an upper portion of the back panel. The upper end is sealed by a front upper tuck panel and a back tuck panel, the back tuck panel being retained in a front upper slit defined by the front upper panel. |
| US10435229B2 |
Slip-resistant dispensing container for stacked moist wipes
A wipes container adapted to be set on a flat surface includes a dispenser housing defining a top and bottom walls, first and second side walls, and first and second end walls. The top wall includes a dispensing orifice. A plurality of wipes is disposed within an interior space. The first end wall has a first slip-resistant periphery and the second end wall has a second slip-resistant periphery. Each slip-resistant periphery includes thermoplastic elastomer material. The thermoplastic elastomer material is disposed along each periphery such that thermoplastic elastomer material contacts an underlying flat surface whether the container is position on its bottom, on a side, or on an end. |
| US10435227B2 |
Trigger operated aerosol dispenser
A trigger operated aerosol dispenser is disclosed for dispensing an aerosol product from an aerosol container through an aerosol valve. The trigger operated aerosol dispenser comprises a base secured to the aerosol container with a dispensing head mounted to the base. A nozzle extends through the dispensing head for communicating the aerosol valve with a terminal orifice. A trigger actuator extends from the dispensing head for actuating the aerosol valve upon depression of the trigger actuator to dispense the aerosol product from the terminal orifice. The trigger operated aerosol dispenser may incorporate a lock for inhibiting the trigger from actuating the aerosol valve. In one example, the trigger operated aerosol dispenser may be actuated in an alternate manner upon a depression of the dispensing head. Preferably, the trigger operated aerosol dispenser is formed from a two piece unit. |
| US10435225B2 |
Heat sealable food packing films, methods for the production thereof, and food packages comprising heat sealable food packaging films
Heat sealable food packaging films, methods for the production thereof, and food packages comprising heat sealable food packaging films are provided. The heat sealable food packaging film includes a humidity-dependent permeable film having a moisture vapor transmission rate that increases with an increase in relative humidity (RH). An outer coating comprises a coating material on at least one surface of the humidity-dependent permeable film. The coating material is selected from a nanoclay dispersed in a poly-vinylidene chloride (PVdC) polymer or a stretchable urethane polymer, a stretchable acrylic polymer, or a combination of stretchable urethane polymer and stretchable acrylic polymer. The coating material may further comprise an anti-blocking agent. The heat sealable food packaging film is biaxially oriented. |
| US10435222B2 |
Reclosably sealed cup, and multi-layer web therefor
A reclosably sealed cup including a cup having a sealing perimeter, a lid having a reclosable sealing arrangement, associated with the sealing perimeter. The lid is adapted to reclosably cover the cup, and the reclosable sealing arrangement adapted to reclosably seal the cup along the sealing perimeter. The reclosably sealed cup further includes an interfacial arrangement, interdisposed between the sealing perimeter and the reclosable sealing arrangement. The interfacial arrangement has a first surface disposed towards, and forming a base adhesive attachment with, the sealing perimeter, and a second surface, distal to the first surface, disposed towards the reclosable arrangement, and forming a reclosable adhesive attachment therewith. |
| US10435218B1 |
Sheet-metal ammunition packing tray
An ammunition tray is provided for containing a plurality of bullet cartridges within an ammunition box container having a stowage volume. The tray includes a substantially rectangular template having a horizontal surface bounded by first and second opposing longitudinal edges and opposing lateral edges joined at four corners. Each longitudinal edge includes a first tab bent substantially perpendicular to the surface to form a rib. Each lateral edge includes a second tab bent substantially perpendicular to the surface to form a wall. The surface includes a first row of internal cutouts that point towards the first longitudinal edge as a proximal orientation. The surface further includes a second row of internal cutouts that point towards the second longitudinal edge as a distal orientation. The template has longitudinal and lateral edges bent to form the respective ribs and walls fits within the stowage volume as a vertical stack of plural templates. Each first internal cutout in the first row can cradle a cartridge on the surface along the proximal orientation and can fit the cartridge from an adjacent second row. Each second internal cutout in the second row can cradle the cartridge on the surface along the distal orientation and can fit the cartridge from an adjacent first row. |
| US10435217B2 |
Dual dispensing configuration carton
The disclosure includes a carton for containers, including a bottom panel with a hinge, a top panel, a front panel, a back panel, and first and second opposed end panels. The disclosure also includes a blank for the carton. The carton is configurable in different storage and dispensing configurations. |
| US10435214B2 |
Tie-wrap assembly and method for using the same
A tie-wrap assembly having a locking head, an elongated strap body spaced apart from the locking head, and a coupling member, wherein the coupling member is connected to and disposed between the locking head and the elongated strap body, and wherein the coupling member is fabricated from an elastomeric material. |
| US10435213B2 |
Fastener with support feature for pawl component
A fastener assembly having a unique pawl design for the head portion of a fastener assembly. The fastener assembly may be a cable tie that includes a head portion having a pawl that includes a primary pawl tooth, at least one set of secondary pawl teeth, and a shelf support feature for pawl. The fastener assembly of the present invention prevent pawl roll out which is a failure that currently occurs with fastener assembly currently available in the market place. |
| US10435209B2 |
Device for the secure closure of a container by screwing with retractable tab
A closure device for closing a container, including a coupling member with an external thread and a cap with an internal thread intended to be positioned on the coupling member or to be removed from the coupling member by screwing or unscrewing. The closure device also includes security features with at least one circumferential locking stop and at least one locking tab that is radially deformable between a rest position in which the tab cooperates with the circumferential locking stop to prevent unscrewing of the cap and at least one retracted position for releasing the tab relative to the circumferential stop. The tab is carried by the coupling member, and the circumferential stop is carried by the cap. |
| US10435208B2 |
Closure
An improved closure adapted for use with a suitably configured dispensing container the closure comprising as parts of a single sidewall; a compressible main body part having a sidewall having disposed thereon and/or formed within one or more gripping means, a set of mating threads upon the interior of the sidewall, and a base edge, a distensible base skirt part which depends from the main body part by connecting cowling sections, the base skirt part comprising sidewall rim regions which are connected to the cowling sections but separated from the main body part by arcuate perforations in the region between the cowling sections and a base edge of the main body part, and further a catch pawl present within the cowling section. The closure provides for controlled removal of the closure from the dispensing container. |
| US10435201B2 |
Packaging assembly
The present invention provides a packaging assembly for packaging one or more articles, comprising: an inner body part which defines at least one inner compartment to receive an article; an outer body part that at least partially encompasses the inner body part; and a cover member which is movable between a closed position to prevent access to the at least one inner compartment and an open position to permit access to the at least one inner compartment; wherein the outer body part is movable relative to the inner body part between a first position and a second position to move the cover member between the closed position and the open position. |
| US10435196B2 |
Receiving container
A receiving container includes a container body and a grip member. The container body includes: a body portion in a hollow tubular shape; a bottom portion configured to close one end side opening portion of the body portion; and a ceiling portion configured to close another end side opening portion of the body portion. One of a first extending portion and a second extending portion of the ceiling portion has a separation portion configured to separate a tip portion. The grip member includes: attachment portions, and a grip portion grippable by hand. The attachment portions are configured to prevent the first extending portion and the second extending portion from opening from the other end side opening portion. The attachment portions are attached to a tip side of the separation portion in either of the first or second extending portion provided with the separation portion. |
| US10435193B2 |
Storage box
A storage box for property storage having an open box side surrounded by an upper edge and closed by a lid engaged to the box edges to prevent the box from disengaging from the lid. The lid surroundingly engaging the upper edge of the box along a horizontal box flange around the perimeter of the open box side. A vertical box flange on three sides of the horizontal box flange surrounding the upper edge. A lid on the storage box. The lid having a box edge rail engagement for surroundingly and removably engaging the vertical box flange of the storage box. |
| US10435190B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for packaging quality assurance
A method for quality control of a packaging system is provided. The method comprises receiving a first record of packaging quality parameter data related to a first packaging quality parameter for a package being assessed, determining a second packaging quality parameter based on said first record, requesting a second record of packaging quality parameter data related to said second packaging quality parameter, and receiving said second record. |
| US10435185B2 |
3-D printed packaging
Items may be packaged for shipping or storage using additive manufacturing techniques, also known as three dimensional (3-D) printing. Packages made by such processes may be referred to as 3-D printed packages and may include packing material printed at least partially around the item(s) and/or an outer cover printed about at least a portion of an exterior of the packing material and/or the item(s). A packaging system may include a 3-D printer and a computing device communicatively coupled to the 3-D printer. The computing device may obtain a packaging model describing a package for one or more items. A print module of the computing device may include instructions to print the package at least partially about the item(s) according to the packaging model. |
| US10435179B2 |
Camera assisted robotic system for locating the end of a fastener extending through an aircraft part during manufacture thereof
A system for locating the center line of a bolt which extends through an aircraft part, including a robot which carries a nut or collar placement device and a stereo camera. A control system operates the camera to produce two images of the fastener at a specified angle. A processor then transforms the image information to control information for the robot to align the nut or collar placement device with the centerline of the fastener and then to place the nut or collar on the end of the fastener. |
| US10435178B2 |
Machine holding fixture for machining composite laminates on a rotor blade
A holding fixture includes a first blade support assembly and a second blade support assembly. The second blade support assembly is spaced at a distance from the first blade support assembly and includes a base plate removably mounted to a milling machine, an adjustable conic support connectable to the base plate via a spacer block, and a blade adjustment assembly movable to control a pressure applied by the blade adjustment assembly. |
| US10435177B2 |
Foamed glass composite arrestor beds having predetermined failure modes
An arrestor bed for slowing an oncoming aircraft, including an elongated excavation, a plurality of foamed glass aggregate bodies positioned within the elongated excavation, and a covering positioned over the elongated excavation to define an arrestor bed. The respective foamed glass aggregate bodies are oblong, irregularly shaped bodies and have characteristic stacking angles of about 35 degrees. The arrestor bed has a rapid brittle crushing failure mode under compression. |
| US10435174B2 |
Optical device for lighting and/or signaling light for aircraft and light comprising such an optical device
This optical device for lighting and/or signaling system comprises a set of at least one collimator (10) each comprising a light ray input surface (13) refracting the light, a collimated light beam output surface (17) and a reflecting surface (16) intended to reflect light beams refracted by the input surface and suitable for reflecting the rays in parallel directions. The input surface (13) comprises a set of surfaces (S1, S2, S3) refracting the light that are juxtaposed and suitable for directing the rays from the source towards the reflecting surface. |
| US10435169B2 |
Hybrid electric drive train for VTOL drones
A vertical take-off aircraft with a propulsion drive for generating a driving force being effective in a horizontal direction and with a lift drive for generating a lifting force being effective in a vertical direction includes a motor for providing mechanical energy for the propulsion drive and a first generator for providing electrical energy for the lift drive. Moreover, the aircraft includes an exhaust gas turbocharger for the motor with a first turbine being driven by an exhaust gas flow of the motor, wherein the first turbine is configured to provide mechanical energy for the propulsion drive. |
| US10435160B2 |
Aircraft air conditioning system with ambient air supply and method for operating such an aircraft air conditioning system
An aircraft air conditioning system comprises an ambient air supply line adapted to be flown through with ambient air, an ambient air cooling apparatus, which is connected to the ambient air supply line and is configured to cool the ambient air flowing through the ambient air supply line, an ambient air discharge line, which is connected to the ambient air cooling apparatus and is connectable to an aircraft cabin, in order to conduct ambient air cooled by the ambient air cooling apparatus into the aircraft cabin, a process air supply line adapted to be flown through with compressed process air, a process air cooling apparatus, which is connected to the process air supply line and is configured to cool the compressed process air flowing through the process air supply line, a process air discharge line, which is connected to the process air cooling apparatus and is connectable to the aircraft cabin, in order to conduct process air cooled by the process air cooling apparatus into the aircraft cabin, and a refrigerating apparatus, which comprises a refrigerant circuit adapted to be flown through with a refrigerant and being thermally coupled to the ambient air cooling apparatus and to the process air cooling apparatus, in order to transfer thermal energy from the ambient air cooling apparatus and the process air cooling apparatus to the refrigerant circulating in the refrigerant circuit. A bypass line branching off from the process air discharge line is configured to discharge the cooled process air flowing through the process air discharge line into an aircraft environment at least in certain operating phases of the aircraft air conditioning system. |
| US10435155B2 |
Rapid store load system for aircraft and method of operation thereof
A method to load stores on an aircraft, the method may be controlled by one or more controller and may include one or more acts of loading stores onto corresponding lift portions; determining a relative position of the aircraft; positioning the stores relative to the determined position of the aircraft; and securing the stores to corresponding hardpoints (HPs) of the aircraft. |
| US10435154B1 |
Tethered drone system with surveillance data management
In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a method of event auditing. The method of event auditing includes receiving sensor data at a base station from a sensor of an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”), transmitting a controls signal to the UAV based on the sensor data, communicatively coupling the base station with an external evidenced repository, formatting a portion of the sensor data, and transmitting the formatted sensor data to the external evidence repository. In some embodiments, the base station is mounted to an anchor vehicle. In some embodiments, the UAV is communicatively coupled with the base station via a tether. In some embodiments, the formatting the sensor data includes formatting a second portion of sensor data to generate formatted sensor data based, at least in part, on an identity of the external evidence repository. |
| US10435152B1 |
Airfoil cables for use with drones
A hybrid cable configured to tether a drone or other aerial device to a base station may include at least one conductor configured to carry a power signal and at least one optical fiber component. A jacket may be formed around the at least one conductor and the at least one optical fiber component. The jacket may have an airfoil cross-sectional shape that is symmetrical about a center line extending from a first rounded edge to a second trailing edge. As a result, the cable may orient itself towards the wind and a lift force exerted on the cable may be approximately equal along opposite lateral sides of the cable. |
| US10435149B2 |
UAV rotor system
An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has a first blade assembly configured to rotate in a first direction about an axis of rotation and a second blade assembly configured to rotate in a second direction opposite the first direction about the axis of rotation, wherein the second blade assembly can be selectively cocked relative to the axis of rotation. |
| US10435148B2 |
Systems and methods for acoustic radiation control
Disclosed is a system for controlling acoustic radiation from an aircraft. The system comprising a plurality of rotor systems (one or more) and a noise controller configured to regulate acoustic radiation from the plurality of rotor systems. The noise controller can be configured to regulate a commanded flight setting from the flight control system and to output a regulated flight setting to the plurality of rotor systems. Based on the regulated flight setting, the plurality of rotor systems are configured to generate, individually and in aggregate, acoustic radiation having a target acoustic behavior. The target acoustic behavior may be achieved using beamforming techniques to, for example, change the directionality of acoustic radiation from the plurality of rotor systems, or otherwise tune the acoustic radiation to reduce detectability and/or annoyance. |
| US10435147B2 |
Multirotor aircraft control systems
A method for controlling each rotor on a multirotor aircraft includes receiving one or more sensed states of the multirotor aircraft, and determining a control scheme dynamically using the sensed one or more states of the multirotor aircraft. Receiving one or more sensed states can include receiving one or more of a rotational rate or acceleration of the aircraft, or any other suitable aircraft state. |
| US10435144B2 |
Aerial system propulsion assembly and method of use
An aerial vehicle including a housing, an outrunner motor including a stator mechanically coupled to the housing and a rotor rotationally coupled to the stator, and a propeller removably coupled to the rotor, the propeller including a hub and a plurality of propeller blades. A rotor, a propeller including a hub and a propeller blade, a radial alignment mechanism, a rotational retention mechanism, and an axial retention mechanism. |
| US10435142B2 |
System and method for reducing the transmission of vibration from a first vibrating body to a second body
A system for reducing the transmission of vibration from a first vibrating body to a second body, the system having a first part connected to the first vibrating body, a second part connected to the second body and an electro-hydrostatic actuator connected to the first and second parts, the electro-hydrostatic actuator being operable to continuously oscillate the first and second parts 10 relative to each other at a frequency substantially corresponding to the frequency of vibration of the first vibrating body. |
| US10435140B2 |
System and method for electronic propeller blade angle position feedback with angled pairs of teeth
A system and method for blade angle position feedback. The system comprises an feedback device and a sensor mounted adjacent the feedback device and configured for detecting a passage of position markers on the feedback device during propeller rotation. The position markers are spaced apart from one another around the circumference of the feedback device and are oriented at an angle to one another and to a longitudinal axis. The feedback device and sensor are configured for relative axial displacement. A detection unit is connected to the sensor for receiving the sensor signal therefrom, determining on the basis of the sensor signal a time interval elapsed between the passage of successive position markers, and computing from the time interval blade angle position. |
| US10435137B2 |
Oblique blended wing body aircraft
An oblique wing aircraft designed for reduced surface area to volume ratio. The aircraft has an oblique wing comprising a forward swept wing segment and an aft swept wing segment. A center oblique airfoil section connects the forward and aft swept wing segments. The center oblique airfoil section has a larger chord near its centerline than the chords of either of the forward or aft swept wing segments. The chord of the center oblique airfoil section tapers down more rapidly than the forward or aft wing segments as the center oblique airfoil section extends outboard toward the forward and aft swept wings. Preferably, the aircraft is an all-wing aircraft. |
| US10435136B2 |
Driveshaft thermal barrier
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a thermal barrier configured to surround at least a portion of a driveshaft and to protect the driveshaft from heat. The thermal barrier comprises an inner wall forming a cavity in which the driveshaft lies, an outer wall enclosing the inner wall, and a space between the inner wall and the outer wall. The space is evacuated and forms a vacuum. |
| US10435135B2 |
System, apparatus and methods for hypersonic shockwave muffler
An apparatus and method that improves the operation of aerospace planes or rockets having an integrated flute and hat components whereby the flute functions as a hypersonic refrigeration engine and the hat as a flat plate heat exchanger to achieve an isothermal compression of the incipient hypersonic air in front of the nosecone to reduce hypersonic vibrations during flight, these improvements allow for the reduction in temperature during flight operation allowing for improved cooling of the aerospace plane or rocket. |
| US10435134B2 |
Core structures for composite panels of an aircraft, composite panels and aircraft including the core structures, and methods of manufacturing the composite panels
Core structures (120) for composite panels (75) of an aircraft (10), composite panels (75) and aircraft (10) including the core structures (120), and methods (200) of manufacturing the composite panels (75) are disclosed herein. The core structures (120) include a first side (140), a second side (150), and a connecting region (160) that interconnects an upper portion (142) of the first side (140) with an upper portion (152) of the second side (150). The first side (140), the second side (150), and the connecting region (160) at least partially define an antenna housing (62), which defines a housing volume (64) configured to contain an aircraft antenna (60) of the aircraft (10), and an electromagnetic wave transmission region (66) configured to permit electromagnetic waves to pass therethrough. The electromagnetic wave transmission region (66) defines a plurality of kite-shaped voids (130) arranged in a repeating pattern and bounded by a corresponding plurality of walls (170), at least 10% of which extends at least substantially perpendicular to a surface (122/124) that bounds the electromagnetic wave transmission region (66). |
| US10435129B1 |
Watercraft with compressed air propulsion system
A watercraft comprising a compressed air propulsion system is shown and described. The watercraft includes at least one propeller operatively connected to an air motor. Storage tanks supply compressed air having a pressure of at least 2000 psi to a pressure regulator that reduces the pressure and supplies air to an air control valve. User controls adjust the air control valve to adjust the flow rate of air to the air motor which in turn adjusts the direction and/or speed of rotation of the propeller. An on-board air compressor energized by a plurality of lithium iron phosphate batteries provides air to the air storage tanks when the pressure falls below a specified value. In certain examples, the electric and air propulsion system is used to replace a fossil fuel engine in an existing watercraft and can remain at sea longer than the existing watercraft. |
| US10435127B2 |
Vessel propulsion system and vessel including the same
A propulsion system for a vessel includes an engine propulsion unit that provides a propulsive force to a hull by using an engine as a power source, an electric propulsion unit that provides a propulsive force to the hull by using an electric motor as a power source, a storing mechanism that is displaced from an actuating position to actuate the electric propulsion unit to a storing position to store the electric propulsion unit and performs a storing operation to store the electric propulsion unit, and an interlock controller that interlocks a storing operation of the storing mechanism with generation of a propulsive force by the engine propulsion unit. |
| US10435124B1 |
Compartment ballast system
A life raft is disclosed. In various embodiments, the life raft includes a flotation platform, a container and a ballast bag, the ballast bag being attached to the flotation platform and to the container. The container is configured to separate upon deployment of the life raft on a surface of a body of water and draw the ballast bag down into the body of water upon separation. |
| US10435121B2 |
Surfboard fin attachment structure and surfboard
A fin box is provided for detachably attaching a fin to a surfboard. The surfboard has a nose and a tail at opposite ends. The fin has a groove base with one or more pins. The fin box includes one or more inner walls. The inner walls have (i) a hollow base with a width that is at least as great as a width of the groove base and a length that is at least as great as a length of the groove base, (ii) one or more recess parts disposed at locations that correspond to the locations of the pins of the fin, the recess parts extending in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a length of the fin box, and (iii) one or more ditch parts that extend from the recess parts, the ditch parts extending in a direction that is substantially parallel to the length of the fin box and toward the tail of the surfboard. The recess parts and ditch parts are configured to allow the fin to be inserted into the fin box by (i) pressing the fin downward into the fin box until a bottom of the groove base is adjacent to the hollow base, and (ii) sliding the fin toward the tail of the surfboard, without any opposite motion toward the nose of the surfboard. The ditch parts are configured to, when the fin is attached to the fin box, hold the pins of the fin in the fin box. |
| US10435107B2 |
Pole propelled velocipede
A two wheeled vehicle is propelled by the feet of a rider and hand-grasped poles when pushing against the ground. A forward wheel on a forward member and a rear wheel on a rearward member align along a longitudinal axis. The forward member rotates about a vertical steering axis. A saddle supports the rider. A torso brace allows the rider to balance and steer the device. |
| US10435106B2 |
Methods and apparatus for selective stiffness of vehicle suspension
A method and apparatus for an adjustable suspension system for a vehicle comprises at least one strut. In one embodiment, the stanchion (or slider) is non-uniform with a major and minor circumferential stiffness and is adjustable relative to a fore and aft axis of the vehicle in order to provide a differing amount of stiffness relative thereto. In another embodiment, a portion of the stanchion is circular and a reinforcement is annularly disposed therearound with axial retention formations, The reinforcement has a non-uniform circumferential characteristic and is rotatable relative to the fore/aft axis of the vehicle. |
| US10435105B2 |
Ramp control for a front fork of a bicycle
A suspension unit for a front fork of a vehicle includes an annular tube. The first tube defines a compression chamber and a damping chamber. A damper includes a first valve allowing gas to variably flow from the compression chamber to the damping chamber and a second valve allowing gas to flow from the damping chamber to the compression chamber. An external adjuster allows a rider to adjust the first valve to improve ride conditions. |
| US10435104B2 |
Vehicle having interactive lean control
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations a motorized tricycle includes a lean mechanism and an active system that is operably coupled to the lean mechanism that receives an signal indicative of an interaction with human, that is operable to detect a lean of the body of the human and that is operable to receive a sensed movement on the seat via multisensory devices, and to generate and send a signal to the lean mechanism from the signal, the lean and the sensed movement. |
| US10435096B2 |
Pulling tool for human powered cycling vehicles
A pulling tool for a human-powered wheeled vehicle comprising an arm member including a telescoping shaft member and a handle member; and a connecting member configured to releasably connect to a handlebar of the human-powered wheeled vehicle such that the training tool can be used to direct and control the human-powered wheeled vehicle allowing a rider to learn how to operate the human-powered wheeled vehicle, wherein the connecting member includes a shaft receiving member configured to receive the telescoping shaft member, the shaft receiving member connected to a rectangular support element configured to receive a pair of prong members. |
| US10435094B2 |
Method of producing vehicle body assembly
A vehicle body assembling apparatus includes a lower jig, an upper jig movable by an arm of a robot, and a joining device. The joining device performs joining operations for lower component parts (e.g., a temporary assembly of a rear floor frame) transported by the upper jig and positioned by the lower jig, upper component parts (e.g., a temporary assembly of a rear floor panel) held by the upper jig, and a temporary assembly of a vertical assembly (e.g., rear floor component) formed by overlapping the upper assembly with the lower assembly, above the lower jig at different timings. |
| US10435090B2 |
Elastic crawler
Provided is an elastic crawler with improved transmission of the driving force to snow, soft ground, etc. by improving the packing performance during running of the elastic crawler. The elastic crawler 1 comprises: a crawler main body 2 formed into an endless shape with an elastic body; a plurality of cores 3 being embedded in the crawler main body 2 in a manner spaced from each other in the crawler circumferential direction and extending in a crawler width direction; and a plurality of lugs 4, 5 raised from an outer circumferential surface of the crawler main body 2 and respectively surrounding predetermined regions R overlapping the cores 3 in a crawler thicknesswise view. |
| US10435089B2 |
Anti-rollover trailer
A trailer configured to lower an overall center of gravity. Said trailer comprises a tank, a wheel assembly, a kingpin assembly, a height, a length. Said tank comprising a cavity contained within a lower body, an upper body, a transitioning body, a front end, and a rear end. Said tank comprising a lower center of gravity, an upper center of gravity and said overall center of gravity. Said lower body comprising said lower center of gravity, a lower body ground clearance, a lower body length and a lower body height. Said upper body comprising said upper center of gravity, an upper body ground clearance, said height, and an upper body length. Said tank comprising said length, a height equal to said height, and a ground clearance equal to said lower body ground clearance. Said transitioning body comprising a transitioning body length. |
| US10435087B2 |
Personal transportation vehicle
A personal transportation vehicle. The personal transportation vehicle provides an outer and inner shell having a rotor assembly supported between. The inner shell defines a compartment, which in turn houses an input system that controls an electromagnetic drive system. The electromagnetic drive system includes electromagnets that can generate a magnetic field. A sensor detects motion of the rotor assembly and stabilizes the inner shell. A controller controls states of each electromagnet depending on a position of the rotor assembly and an input from the input system. The electromagnets of the electromagnetic drive system cooperatively cause the personal transportation vehicle to move. |
| US10435086B2 |
Spoiler arrangement of a motor vehicle
A spoiler arrangement of a motor vehicle includes a spoiler blade, a body portion to which the spoiler blade attaches, a displacement device for the spoiler blade, the displacement device being configured to move the spoiler blade relative to the body portion between a retracted position and an extended position; and a cover configured to attach to the spoiler blade and to at least partially close a rear gap which is formed, in the extended position of the spoiler blade, between a rear edge of the spoiler blade and an adjoining assembly of the body portion. |
| US10435085B2 |
Wind deflector module
A wind deflector module for a motor vehicle includes an aerodynamic component which is arranged so as to be movable on the outside of the motor vehicle, a drive unit configured to be movable in a Z direction of the motor vehicle and being mechanically connected to the aerodynamic component in order to move the aerodynamic component, and a mounting bracket mechanically connected to the drive unit in order to mount the drive unit. The mounting bracket is mounted on a support frame of the motor vehicle so as to be adjustable with respect to a Y and/or an X direction of the motor vehicle. |
| US10435083B2 |
Aerodynamic recapture method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for reducing drag. An exemplary apparatus includes a semitrailer having a main frame extending along a longitudinal axis and a subframe movably connected to the main frame between a first position along the longitudinal axis and a second position along the longitudinal axis. The apparatus further includes an axle assembly attached to the subframe, the axle assembly including an axle, a left wheel set, a right wheel set, and a suspension, and a first recapture device located under the main frame behind and separated from the left wheel set along the longitudinal axis by a given spacing. The apparatus still further includes a second recapture device located under the main frame behind and separated from the right wheel set along the longitudinal axis by a second spacing. |
| US10435082B1 |
Multi-panel deck side extender system for organizing and increasing the storage capacity of a vehicle
A multi-panel deck side extender system including a deck rail assembly and a deck side extender assembly. The deck rail assembly includes a rail extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction and a bracket connected to the rail. The rail is secured to a sidewall of the pickup truck. The deck side extender assembly pivotally connects to the bracket. The deck side extender assembly is slidably displaceable in the vehicle longitudinal direction with respect to the rail. The deck side extender assembly is pivotally displaceable between a lowered position and a raised position. In the lowered position the deck side extender assembly is positioned below the upper surface sidewall in a vehicle vertical direction and adjacent the interior surface of the sidewall in a vehicle lateral direction. In the raised position the deck side extender assembly is positioned above the upper surface of the sidewall in the vehicle vertical direction. |
| US10435079B2 |
Vehicle front structure and sealing method
A vehicle front structure includes an apron upper member extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, a suspension tower fixed to an inner side of the apron upper member in the vehicle width direction, and a plate-shaped reinforcing member covering at least part of an upper surface of the apron upper member and at least part of an upper surface of the suspension tower on the outer side. In the upper surface of the apron upper member, a step part is provided, wherein the outer side of the step part is higher than the inner side of the step part in the vehicle width direction. Molten sealer is injected between the step part and the outer edge when filling sealer between the apron upper member and the reinforcing member. Then, flow of the molten sealer to the outer side in the vehicle width direction is blocked by the step part. |
| US10435078B2 |
Airbox drain syphon tube valve
A system for controlling airflow through a syphon tube associated with a vehicle cowl airbox disposed within an engine compartment associated with a vehicle may include a drain valve disposed on one of a first open end and a second open end associated with a hollow tubular portion of the syphon tube. The drain valve may include a connecting portion configured to be received by a portion of a first passageway defined by a divider extending between the first open end and the second open end. The drain valve may further include a flap attached to the connecting portion, the flap configured to, in response to the vehicle cowl airbox being drained through a second passageway defined by the divider, allow air to flow through the first passageway and, in response to a negative pressure within the vehicle cowl airbox, prevent air from being drawn into the syphon tube. |
| US10435072B2 |
Road camber compensation
A steering compensation apparatus includes a road camber determiner to determine a first road camber at a road position in front of a vehicle using wheel trajectory data and height data of the road position, a road camber logic circuit to select, via a torque mapper mapping a plurality of road cambers to a plurality of first compensating torques, a first compensating torque corresponding to the first road camber and a steering controller to drive a motor to deliver the selected first compensating torque to a steering rack at the road position responsive to the first road camber. |
| US10435068B2 |
Suspension system for vehicle
A suspension system for a vehicle may include a knuckle rotatably supporting a wheel and a plurality of arms connecting the knuckle with a vehicle body wherein an arm among the plurality of arms may be a virtual link formed by a virtual link module and a point at which the virtual link applies a constraint force to the knuckle may be formed at a virtual space. |
| US10435066B2 |
Road paver with steering compensation and control method
A method for operating a road paver comprises paving a road surface with the road paver along a road bed, wherein a paving screed of the road paver is drawn over the road bed along a paving direction of travel. The following steps are performed using a curve correction unit: determining a value defining a steering angle of the road paver; calculating based on the determined value an expected offset of the paving screed, which results from a yawing movement of the road paver during steering with the steering angle defined by the determined value; and automatically correcting a lateral extension position of at least one lateral extension part of the paving screed based on the expected offset, so that the offset is compensated. |
| US10435061B2 |
Actuator motor with helical wave washer between bearing and casing
A case is formed of aluminum. A rotation axis has one end affixed with an input rotor element and is rotational with a rotor. A first bearing is equipped to the case and is located between the input rotor element and the rotor to rotationally support the rotation axis. A second bearing is equipped to the case and is located on an opposite side of the rotor from the first bearing to rotationally support the rotation axis. A multilayered helical wave washer is wound for three rounds or more in a spiral wave form and is located in an axial gap formed between the case and an outer ring of one of the first bearing and the second bearing to apply a spring load to the outer ring in the axial direction. |
| US10435060B2 |
Electronic control device
An electronic control unit includes a casing and a cover which are mutually bonded. A drive circuit board which drives a motor unit is fixed to the cover and, on the other hand, a control circuit board which controls the drive circuit board is fixed to the casing. An electrical connector which supplies an electric power to each board and a motor unit is attached on an opening section of the casing. First power supply terminals of this electrical connector and the motor unit and second power supply terminals of the drive circuit board are directly electrically connected by a bonding of both of casing and the cover. |
| US10435054B2 |
Foldable carriage
A carriage having a frame which includes a plurality of elongated frame components. A first attachment point couples a first and second elongated frame component. A second attachment point couples a third and fourth elongated frame component. A transverse elongated frame component couples to the first and second attachment points. A rotation lock is disposed on the transverse elongated frame component. The rotation lock is configured to prevent rotation of the transverse elongated frame component in a locked configuration. |
| US10435052B2 |
Broken wheel detection system
A broken wheel detection system for detecting broken wheels on rail vehicles even when such vehicles are moving at a high rate of speed. |
| US10435048B2 |
Methods and systems for alerting a user to the presence of a fault in an electromechanical system in a railway infrastructure
A computer-implemented method for alerting a user to the presence of a fault in an electromechanical system in a railway infrastructure, the method comprising: receiving electrical usage data indicative of the value of an electrical usage parameter associated with the electromechanical system; receiving temperature data indicative of the present temperature of the electromechanical system; determining, based on a predetermined relationship between the electrical usage parameter and the temperature, whether or not the value of the electrical usage parameter is indicative of a fault in the electromechanical system and if so, issuing an alert to indicate the presence of the fault. |
| US10435044B2 |
Air spring and bogie
An air spring includes: an outer cylindrical member; an inner cylindrical member; a diaphragm which couples the outer and inner cylindrical members and forms an internal space; a stopper assembly disposed in the internal space; and a pivoting mechanism which causes this stopper assembly to pivot on the inner cylindrical member. The stopper assembly has a stopper portion protruding towards the outer cylindrical member, and the outer cylindrical member has as a set four or more protrusion portions provided at a position to face the stopper portion and protruding toward the inner cylindrical member. Each of the protrusion portions belonging to the set is disposed successively and also different in height. Each of the protrusion portions belonging to the set is arranged without having a protrusion portion belonging to the set smallest in height adjacent to a protrusion portion belonging to the set largest in height. |
| US10435043B2 |
Funicular driven by a cable with two towing sections and method for controlling such a funicular
A funicular intended particularly for transporting heavy loads between an upstream station (10) and a downstream station (12), comprises a track (14), preferably a railway, connecting the upstream station (10) to the downstream station (12), a vehicle (16) running on the track (14) and at least one towing cable (30) in closed loop having a first towing section (32.1) passing over a first pulley (20.1) of the upstream station and over a first return pulley (26) fixed to the vehicle (16) and a second towing section (32.2), in all ways separate from the first towing section and passing over the return pulley (26) and over a second pulley (20.2) of the upstream station (10). |
| US10435041B2 |
Component cooling device, in particular for a railroad vehicle
The cooling device (12) according to the disclosure includes a case (20), designed to be arranged on a roof (16) of the vehicle, said case (20) comprising two side walls (22) and one upper wall (24) together delimiting a housing for each component. Each housing forms an air guiding duct in which the corresponding component is housed, said duct extending between at least one side air inlet opening (32) arranged in one of the side walls (22) and one upper air outlet opening (34), arranged in the upper wall (24). |
| US10435038B1 |
Locomotive sanding system
A locomotive sanding system is described for conveying sand from a sand tower to a sand box mounted on a locomotive. The invention is designed to prevent personnel from being subjected to sand and sand dust during the sand box being filled with sand from the sand tower. The system includes a universal sealing nozzle which may be used with the locomotive sanding system or other devices. The universal sealing nozzle includes an expansion seal extending therearound which may be moved from a retracted position to an expanded position. When the nozzle is inserted into the fill pipe of the sand box, the expansion seal is expanded to sealably engage the inside surface of the fill pipe. |
| US10435037B2 |
High-carrying-capacity non-stop rail transit system
A high-carrying-capacity non-stop rail transit system, wherein, comprising a main passage, a main rail arranged in the main passage, an exit and entrance passage and independent small compartments, wherein, the independent small compartment is provided with a connecting device, the exit and entrance passage is provided with a rail change structure, the connecting device realizes transfer and rail change between the main passage and the exit and entrance passage through the rail change structure, the main rail is used to place the independent small compartment and drive the independent small compartment to move. The system adopts the independent small compartment mode, so every passenger has a seat and the non-stop purpose is realized; stable and continuous kinetic energy for advancing are provided; and the independent small compartments have no relative displacement and can reach a high speed under high density. |
| US10435031B2 |
Vehicle control device
A vehicle control device can be mounted in a vehicle. A receiver receives information from a wireless device mounted in another vehicle. A determiner determines whether or not to switch an automatic steering mode to a manual steering mode on the basis of the information received by the receiver. A notifier prompts a driver of the vehicle to switch the automatic steering mode to the manual steering mode in a case where the determiner determines to switch the automatic steering mode to the manual steering mode. |
| US10435029B2 |
Environment detection device and vehicle with such an environment detection device
An environment detection device for a vehicle is includes a sensor unit for determining environment information of a surrounding area of the vehicle itself, with a temperature measurement unit, configured to measure at least one state temperature of the sensor unit, and with a controller, configured to trigger at least one action for reducing the state temperature if a prescribed temperature warning value is exceeded. |
| US10435027B2 |
Driver assistance apparatus
A driver assistance apparatus, in which a sensor is configured to measure an alcohol concentration from a driver, and output the measured alcohol concentration. The apparatus includes a processor configured to perform a first drunk-driving test based on a first alcohol concentration received from the sensor before starting the vehicle, and perform a second drunk-driving test based on a second alcohol concentration received from the sensor while the vehicle is operating. |
| US10435013B2 |
Hybrid vehicle drive system
A hybrid vehicle drive system includes: an engine; a rotary machine; a gear type engagement device; and a controller configured to: control a vehicle to travel in a first mode in which a reaction force of the engine is received by a torque of the rotary machine, and in a second mode in which the reaction force of the engine is received by the engagement device. The controller is configured to perform a first control of receiving the reaction force of the engine by the torque of the rotary machine, increasing a magnitude of the torque of the rotary machine to be equal to or greater than an upper limit of an estimated torque range of the engine, and then decreasing the magnitude of the torque of the rotary machine is performed at a time the engagement device is disengaged from the second mode. |
| US10435012B2 |
Hybrid vehicle provided with an electronically controlled transmission
A hybrid vehicle comprising: a pair of drive wheels; an internal combustion heat engine; an electrically controlled transmission; a control unit of the heat engine; a control unit of the transmission; a passenger compartment having a driver's seat provided with a plurality of controls that can be operated by the driver and comprise a steering wheel, an accelerator pedal, a brake pedal and transmission control means; and an electronic control unit of the transmission control means that is physically installed in the passenger compartment close to the transmission control means, fulfills the function of acquiring the current position of the transmission control means and also fulfills the function of vehicle management unit by receiving the orders given by the driver and by providing the control unit of the heat engine and the control unit of the transmission with the corresponding objectives to meet the driver's needs. |
| US10435011B2 |
Method and system for controlling catalyst temperature
A method and a system for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, an engine exhaust after treatment device is cooled at an opportunistic time. The approach may provide improved cooling for exhaust after treatment devices and it may also improve vehicle emissions. |
| US10435010B2 |
Method and apparatus of controlling vibration for hybrid electric vehicle
Disclosed are a method of and an apparatus for controlling a vibration of a hybrid electric vehicle. An apparatus for controlling a vibration of a hybrid electric vehicle may include: an engine position detector detecting a position of an engine; an air amount detector detecting an air amount flowing into the engine; an accelerator pedal position detector detecting a position of an accelerator pedal; a vehicle speed detector detecting a speed of the hybrid electric vehicle; and a controller. The controller controls operation of a motor based on the position of the engine, the air amount, the position of the accelerator pedal, and the speed of the hybrid electric vehicle. |
| US10435009B2 |
Apparatus and method of extracting vibration of hybrid electric vehicle
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for extracting vibration of a hybrid vehicle, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method of extracting vibration of a hybrid vehicle by varying a target vibration frequency. An apparatus for extracting vibration of a hybrid electric vehicle includes: an engine and a driving motor, which are power sources; a starter motor/generator connected to the engine; and a control unit configured to measure a motor speed of the starter motor/generator, to generate a speed variation quantity based on the motor speed of the starter motor/generator, to calculate a vibration frequency of the engine when the speed variation quantity exceeds a reference value, to set a filter band based on the vibration frequency of the engine, and to extract, with the filter band, a vibration of the engine. |
| US10435008B2 |
Vehicle and method for controlling the same
Disclosed is a system and method for controlling a vehicle using a predetermined driving mode of a driving route. A vehicle includes an engine, a speed detector configured to detect a rotational speed of the vehicle wheel and a steering angle detector configured to detect a steering angle. The vehicle further comprises a controller configured to control driving of the engine using a predetermined driving mode. The controller obtains a cumulative driving distance based on the rotational speed, obtains a driving direction based on the detected steering angle. The controller controls operation of the engine based on the cumulative driving distance and the driving direction according to a predetermined driving mode of a driving route. |
| US10435006B2 |
Method for checking the braking force in a vehicle
A method for checking the braking force in a vehicle includes adjusting a brake piston with a vehicle hydraulic brake that has a braking force booster and with an electromechanical braking device that has a brake motor so as to generate a braking force. The hydraulic braking medium volume that corresponds to the displacement of the brake piston via the brake motor is compared to a hydraulic reference volume. |
| US10435005B2 |
Electro-mechanical braking monitoring systems and methods
A brake monitoring and adjustment control system includes an electromechanical brake actuator controller (EBAC) and at least one sensor operatively connected to the EBAC. The sensor is configured to sense a characteristic of a brake and provide a feedback signal to the EBAC. The system includes a switch for turning power to the sensor on and off to reduce the duration with voltage applied to the sensor. Reducing the duration in which voltage is applied to the sensor reduces power consumption and assists with mitigating electro-migration growth. |
| US10435003B2 |
Negative pressure-type booster device
A valve mechanism of this negative pressure type booster device has: a negative pressure valve seat provided on a valve body; an atmospheric valve seat provided on a plunger; and a valve part provided with a negative pressure valve section constituting a negative pressure valve together with the negative pressure valve seat and an atmospheric valve section constituting an atmospheric valve together with the atmospheric valve seat. The valve mechanism is provided with a tilting part which is provided on at least one of the valve body and the valve part and tilts the atmospheric valve section relative to a first plane formed when the negative pressure valve section and the negative pressure valve seat are brought into contact with each other to put the negative pressure valve in a closed state. |
| US10434997B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus and control method thereof
A vehicle control apparatus includes an input portion configured to receive an engagement operation signal; a determiner configured to determine whether the engagement operation signal is generated before a vehicle is stopped and whether a current state is a first state; when the current state is the first state, determine whether the current state is a second state in which the vehicle is intended to be stopped on flat land; and, when the current state is the second state, determine that the current state is a third state in which it is impossible for the EPB apparatus to determine an inclination; and a controller configured to turn off an inclination determining mode and turn on an inclination determination impossible mode of the EPB apparatus when the current state is determined as the first state, the second state, and the third state. |
| US10434995B2 |
Military vehicle
A vehicle includes a passenger capsule having a first end and a second end, a front module coupled to the first end of the passenger capsule and including a front axle assembly, an engine coupled to the front module, a rear module coupled to the second end of the passenger capsule and including a rear axle assembly, and a transaxle coupled to the rear module and the engine. The transaxle includes a transfercase component and a differential component contained at least partially within a housing that defines a structural component of the rear module. The rear axle assembly includes at least one of an upper control arm, a lower control arm, a spring, and a damper that is directly coupled to the transaxle. |
| US10434988B2 |
System and method for controlling access
A method for controlling access of a user to a physical device which is provided with an access control unit that can block and release access to functions of the physical device includes the provision of a central control platform and a mobile access device. An identification check of the user is carried out, the user being identified by the mobile access device. Following a successful identification check, a wireless communication link is established between the mobile access device and the access control unit of the physical device. Identification information and unique access data are transmitted from the mobile access device to the access control unit. The access control unit ascertains the access rights of the user to the physical device using the received information and additional information from the central control platform. |
| US10434987B2 |
Vehicle assistance apparatus and vehicle comprising same
According to an embodiment, there is provided A vehicle assistance apparatus including: a communication unit for receiving a remote start request; a sensor unit for sensing an object around the vehicle; and a processor for detecting a remote start restriction element among the objects around the vehicle, and controlling the remote start request to be restricted and performed according to the detected remote start restriction element. |
| US10434984B2 |
Ignition lock assembly
An ignition lock assembly includes a lock housing and an ignition lock actuator assembly. The lock housing has a first portion and a second portion that extends from the first portion along an axis. The ignition lock actuator assembly is received within the second portion. The ignition lock actuator assembly includes an actuator gear and a lock cylinder drive disk. The lock cylinder drive disk is at least partially received within the actuator gear. The lock cylinder drive disk has a drive disk body that extends between a first disk end and a second disk end. The first disk end has an inhibit feature. |
| US10434976B2 |
Seatbelt assembly
A seatbelt and method of operating a seatbelt that allows webbing to slide between a lap portion and a torso portion through an unlocked weblock of a tongue assembly, and upon forces exerted on the webbing by an occupant, the weblock locking the webbing from movement between the lap and torso portions while flexing to allow for webbing payout in the torso portion. |
| US10434974B2 |
Hood lifting assembly
A hood lifting assembly according to various implementations includes a re-latching feature that allows two slidably coupled plates to be reset, or locked, relative to each other by moving a head of a pin into a keyhole opening of a keyhole slot defined in one of the plates. In an initial position, the head of the pin is spaced apart from the keyhole opening, allowing the pin to move along the keyhole slot from the initial position to a deployed position and then to a reset position. In other implementations, a hood lifting assembly includes an energy absorbing feature. One exemplary energy absorbing feature includes a plate defining an elongated slot that has a narrowed width portion through which a pin travels during movement from the initial position to the deployed position. |
| US10434972B2 |
Air bag device for driver's seat
An air bag device for a driver's seat may include a main-cushion unit provided on a steering wheel and having a front chamber that comes into contact with the steering wheel and a rear chamber that faces a driver, a sub-cushion unit communicating with the main-cushion unit and protruding outwards from the main-cushion unit, and a guide chamber located in the main-cushion unit to define a passage for guiding gas produced in an inflator to the sub-cushion unit. |
| US10434970B2 |
Vehicle side section structure
A vehicle side section structure capable of stabilizing the deployment behavior of an airbag that inflates and deploys from a side door toward a vehicle width direction outer side is obtained. An impact beam is attached to a door inner panel. The impact beam includes a support portion that supports an inflator and that includes a side-wall portion disposed at the vehicle width direction inner side of the inflator. Accordingly, reaction force from the deployment of the airbag is able to be supported by the support portion of the impact beam when the airbag inflates and deploys. |
| US10434969B2 |
Airbag device for a front passenger seat
An airbag includes a main inflatable section which includes a front-collision arresting face at the rear plane as deployed, a protruding inflatable section which includes an oblique-collision arresting face, and an arresting recess formed between the front-collision arresting face and oblique-collision arresting face. The airbag internally includes a recess-pulling tether which joints the leading end of the arresting recess and a front end portion of the airbag as deployed, and a regulating tether which extends from the leading end of the arresting recess towards a far-side wall of the protruding inflatable section which is opposed to the oblique-collision arresting face. A joint position of the regulating tether to the far-side wall is such a position that would produce a pulling force which pulls the protruding inflatable section towards the rear plane of the main inflatable section when the leading end of the arresting recess moves forward at catching a passenger. |
| US10434968B2 |
Connector component for securing an airbag module to a steering wheel, positioning sleeve for the connector component, set comprising such a connector component and a positioning sleeve, steering wheel, airbag module, steering wheel assembly, and method for producing same
A connector component (1) for fastening an airbag module (50) to a steering wheel (40) includes a steering wheel-side part (10) and a module-side part (20) movable relative to each other and biased against each other so that the module-side part is spaced apart from the steering wheel-side part in an idle position and is movable into a hooting position in which the module-side part contacts the steering wheel-side part. The module-side part (20) and the steering wheel-side part (10) are interconnected and form a multifunctional component including a guiding device for guided movement of the module-side part from the idle position into the hooting position and electric contacts for an electric horn circuit that contact each other in the hooting position. The invention also relates to a connector component and a positioning sleeve, a steering wheel, an airbag module, a steering wheel assembly and a manufacturing method. |
| US10434964B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing vehicle service
A method for providing a vehicle service is provided. The method includes detecting at least one of a region of a vehicle where an electronic device is located and user information of the electronic device, detecting vehicle service information based on at least one of the detected region of the electronic device and the detected user information of the electronic device, and providing the vehicle service corresponding to the detected vehicle service information. |
| US10434960B2 |
Member attachment structure and attachment clip
A member attachment structure includes: a first member on which an attachment portion equipped with an engaged portion is provided; a second member in which an attachment hole is provided; and an attachment clip equipped with a distal end portion, a pair of plate-shaped portions are disposed opposing each other with the attachment portion of the first member being inserted therebetween, an engaging portion engages with the engaged portion, an engaging claw portion engages with an edge portion of the attachment hole, and a projecting portion that is provided on the opposing surface of the plate-shaped portion and projects, in an opposing direction in which the pair of plate-shaped portions oppose each other, from an end portion side in a width direction orthogonal to a direction in which the at least one plate-shaped portion extends. |
| US10434952B2 |
Anchor for removably attaching a component to a frame member and method for using same
An anchor for removably attaching an accessory to a frame member having an outer surface and a slot defined in the outer surface. The anchor comprises a body that has a surface that is generally complementary in shape to a portion of the outer surface of the frame member that surrounds the slot, a shank that from the surface, the shank being sized to be received in the slot and defining an aperture extending from a free end of the shank toward the surface. The aperture is adapted to receive a fastener. The anchor also includes at least one projection extending from a side of the shank. A vehicle having the frame member and the anchor is provided. A method of attaching a component to a frame member using the anchor is provided. |
| US10434951B2 |
Door apparatus of a box
A coupling includes a coupling male having an engaging head and a coupling female having an engaged beam. The engaged beam is pushed and elastically deformed by the engaging head in a direction perpendicular to an inserting direction of the coupling male into the coupling female when the engaging head is engaging the engaged beam. It is not necessary to provide a pair of slits at the coupling male for causing the engaging head to engage the engaged beam. As a result, a length of the coupling male in the inserting direction of the coupling male can be made small. As a result, a thickness of the door apparatus can be made smaller than that of a conventional door apparatus. |
| US10434947B2 |
Driver sitting position controlled vehicle collision avoidance
A vehicle collision avoidance system has a camera disposed on a vehicle and arranged to monitor at least one collision prone region adjacent to the vehicle; a sensor positioned within the vehicle and arranged to determine a driver's head position relative to a designated point in the vehicle; a display disposed in view of the driver and coupled to the camera; and a controller configured to control operation of the sensor, the camera and the display. The controller activates the display and the camera to display the at least one collision prone region adjacent to the vehicle when the sensor detects that the driver's head is beyond a threshold distance from the designated point. |
| US10434944B2 |
Vehicle vision system with reduced image color data processing by use of dithering
A vision system for a vehicle includes a color camera that captures image data, which is processed using an in-line dithering algorithm. The in-line dithering algorithm determines most significant bits and least significant bits of first color data captured by a first photosensing element of a row or column, and the least significant bits of the first color data are added to second color data captured by a second photosensing element of the row or column to generate second adjusted color data. The in-line dithering algorithm determines most significant bits and least significant bits of the second color data, and the least significant bits of the second color data are added to third color data captured by a third photosensing element of the row or column to generate third adjusted color data. |
| US10434942B2 |
Driving assistance device
A driving assistance device includes a deceleration detection unit, an information calculation unit, and an index calculation unit. The information calculation unit obtains at least one type of front information including a time to collision until an own vehicle collides with a preceding vehicle, a time headway until the own vehicle reaches a position of the preceding vehicle, and a following distance between the own vehicle and the preceding vehicle when the own vehicle stops, after a deceleration start of the own vehicle. The index calculation unit obtains an index indicating a driving characteristic that is a characteristic of a driving operation of a driver, based on the front information. |
| US10434941B1 |
Systems and methods for notification of exceeding speed limits
A wearable device is provided that includes a receiver, a processor, and a transducer. The receiver is configured to receive speed limit data indicative of a posted speed limit corresponding to a route or road upon which the wearable device is traveling. The processor is configured to compare the speed limit to a current speed of the wearable device and/or a vehicle in which the user wearing the wearable device is driving. The transducer is configured to deliver a haptic or other notification to a user upon which the wearable device is worn when the current speed exceeds the speed limit or exceeds the speed limit by a predetermined amount. As a result, safer driving and vehicle collision avoidance may be facilitated. Safe driving auto insurance discounts may be provided to drivers that use the safe driving or speed limit warning functionality discussed herein. |
| US10434940B1 |
Active ceiling display system in vehicle
Systems and methods for providing active ceiling display on the ceiling of a vehicle that is manipulated by occupant gestures. A display provides an area of illumination that illuminates at least a portion of the interior of a vehicle. The occupant manipulates aspects of the area of illumination with gestures. The system causes an area of illumination to follow the movements of an occupant. The system changes aspects of illumination within the vehicle based on the activities of an occupant, mood of the occupants, and ambient lighting inside and outside the vehicle. |
| US10434938B2 |
Smart drop off lighting system
A vehicle lighting system includes a plurality of lights. A controller is in communication with a sensing system for detecting the presence of an electronic device carried by a vehicle occupant. The controller is configured to assign a seating area to the electronic device based on a detected cabin location of the device and operate the lights based on the assigned seating area and information indicative of an impending vehicle departure of the vehicle occupant. |
| US10434937B2 |
Vehicular lighting device
A lighting unit is mounted on a vehicle. A driving unit drives the lighting unit to move an illumination position. When a microcomputer detects getting-on, the microcomputer controls the driving unit, to move an illumination position of the lighting unit along a track running across an illumination area around feet outside the vehicle, an illumination area on a driver's seat, an illumination area on a starter switch, and an illumination area on a steering wheel. |
| US10434935B1 |
Interactive external vehicle-user communication
Interactive external vehicle-user communication may include identifying operational environment information representing a current operational environment for an AV; identifying a target external user based on the current operational environment for the AV, the target external user is identified based on sensor information from a sensor of the AV; controlling the AV to output, for the target external user, a first semiotic representation of a control information of the AV related to the operational environment information; receiving an acknowledgement of the first semiotic representation from the target external user; and in response to the acknowledgement, controlling the AV to traverse the portion of the vehicle transportation network, such that controlling the AV to traverse the portion of the vehicle transportation network includes controlling the AV to output a second semiotic representation based on the acknowledgement from the target external user. |
| US10434934B2 |
High mount stop lamp for automobile
A high mount stop lamp mounted on a rear portion of a roof of an automobile is provided. The high mount stop lamp includes a flat light guide arranged below a resin roof panel. The light guide includes a front end and a rear end. The high mount stop lamp also includes a light source opposing the front end of the light guide. The rear end of the light guide is located on or proximate to a rear end of the roof panel to function as a light emitting portion. |
| US10434931B2 |
Light distribution switching device of head lamp
A light distribution switching device of a head lamp may include: a housing installed at the front of a light source of the head lamp; a shield part rotatably installed in the housing, and adjusting movement of light irradiated from the light source depending on a rotational position; a rotating gear mounted on the shield part and rotated with the shield part; a driving part rotating a driving gear engaged with the rotating gear; and an elastic return part installed on the shield part, and moving the shield part to the original position when the driving part is stopped. |
| US10434930B2 |
Lamp for vehicle
A lamp for a vehicle is provided. The lamp for the vehicle includes a lamp component to form a beam pattern that includes a plurality of pattern areas, an image acquisition component to acquire a forward view image of the vehicle at a predetermined period, a recognition component to recognize a front vehicle from the forward view image, and a control component to control a light amount of at least one pattern area that corresponds to the front vehicle among the plurality of pattern areas to form a shadow area. In particular, the control component controls a light amount of at least one pattern area, including a width of the front vehicle and predetermined fixed ranges added to both sides of the front vehicle, among the plurality of pattern areas to form the shadow area. |
| US10434928B2 |
Lamp device for vehicle and lighting device for vehicle
An adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a reference position of an optical axis of a projection lens of a lens unit has a reference axis perpendicular to the optical axis and disposed in a plane which intersects with a focal point of the projection lens. The lens unit moves in an extension direction of the reference axis in accordance with rotation of a second screw. An acting point of a force to move the lens unit is disposed in a plane formed by the optical axis and the reference axis. |
| US10434927B2 |
Adjustment system for optical assemblies designed especially for motor vehicle headlights
The adjustment system comprises at least one pair of adjustment apparatuses. For each optical assembly, one adjustment apparatus is adapted to turn the optical assembly around the turning axis (α; β) independently of the other optical assembly. The adjustment system further comprises an additional adjustment apparatus connected to a first adjustment apparatus and adapted to transfer its movement to the movement of this adjustment apparatus; and a connecting member connected to the additional adjustment apparatus and to a second adjustment apparatus at the same time, and adapted to transfer the movement of the additional adjustment apparatus to the movement of the second adjustment apparatus (. If the additional adjustment apparatus is connected to the first adjustment apparatus and the connecting member is connected between the additional adjustment apparatus and the second adjustment apparatus, turning movement of one optical assembly will automatically induce a turning movement of the other optical assembly. |
| US10434922B2 |
Inertia-driven dump load container for vehicles
An inertia-driven dump load apparatus is provided in association with motor vehicles. The inertia-driven dump load includes a container defined by two side walls and a front wall; and at least one pivotable connection means connecting the container to the vehicle bed. To operate the inertia-driven dump load apparatus, the apparatus is first placed within a vehicle bed. Once the apparatus is in place, material to be dumped can be loaded into the apparatus. Then, the vehicle is driven to a location where the dumping of the materials is desired. Finally, a force is applied to the apparatus such that the apparatus moves across the vehicle bed so that the apparatus tips over a tailgate of the vehicle bed so that the material to be dumped is dumped. |
| US10434921B2 |
Illuminated vehicle cup holder of one-touch opening and closing operation type
A vehicle cup holder includes a body part including a storage part having an irradiation hole formed at one side thereof; a cover mounted at an upper portion of the body part so as to open or close the storage part; and a lamp unit mounted on the body part and fixed by a coupling member. The lamp unit includes a housing fixed to the body part at one side end portion thereof, an LED lamp module fitted into the one side portion of the housing, a lens coupled on a front surface of the housing such that light emitted from an LED mounted on a substrate of the LED lamp module, is irradiated through the irradiation hole of the storage part, and a guide lens provided between the housing and the lens so as to diffuse and irradiate the light generated by the LED through the lens. |
| US10434917B2 |
Approaching-body warning device for automobile
An approaching-body warning device causes a driver to recognize a direction in which a detection target approaches to an own vehicle and a distance thereto with tactual feeling provided by a vibration device. An approaching-body warning device includes a detection system that detects automobiles and the like approaching to an own vehicle from various directions. A vibration device includes a plurality of vibrating body pairs, each being a right-left pair of vibrating bodies, arranged along a vehicle travelling direction at the interior component with which a driver's body is to be in contact. When the detection system detects the detection target approaching from one or a plurality of directions, a vibration control unit controls the vibration device to cause the vibrating body pairs to vibrate in accordance with each direction in which the detection target detected by the detection system is approaching to the own vehicle and a distance therebetween. |
| US10434916B2 |
Seat with wakefulness-maintaining device
A seat with an alertness-maintaining device that can efficiently secure a drive source (for example, a motor) when the drive source is internally housed and a vibratory stimulus is imparted to the occupant. The present disclosure relates to a seat with an alertness-maintaining device, the seat being provided with an alertness-maintaining device for imparting physical force to the occupant to promote alertness. A load-supporting portion for supporting the load on the back of the occupant is installed, and a device drive unit for imparting physical force to the occupant, the device drive unit that forms the alertness-maintaining device, is attached to the load-supporting portion. The device drive unit is provided with a drive source and a support member. The support member is attached to the load-supporting portion while grasping a part of the load-supporting portion by a drive source attachment surface portion and a load-supporting portion-clamping piece. |
| US10434915B2 |
Guide sleeve for a vehicle seat
A guide sleeve, for receiving a rod of a headrest, includes a sleeve body that has a rod receptacle for receiving the rod and an elastic region that is force-loaded in a direction of the rod receptacle in order to fix the rod in the rod receptacle. A spring element arranged on the outer contour of the sleeve body spring-loaded the elastic region. The spring element has a contact region adjacent to the elastic region, is configured as a clip that partially embraces the sleeve body and has a width in a sleeve body axial direction. The spring element includes a strip main body and the contact region is configured as a protuberance between two first bending points extending across the entire width of the main body. A vehicle seat for a motor vehicle has a backrest and a headrest, wherein the guide sleeve fastens the headrest to the backrest. |
| US10434913B1 |
Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat having at least one side bolster mounted to the vehicle door such that when the door is open the adjoining bolster moves away from the side of the seat to provide an easier path for ingress and egress from the seat. |
| US10434911B2 |
Vehicle seat including a cloth spring member
A vehicle seat includes; a pair of frame members, the frame members forming a frame of at least one of a seat cushion and a seat back and being disposed at positions surrounding a seat region supporting an occupant with an interval therebetween; and a cloth spring member bridged between the frame members to cover the seat region. The cloth spring member has a shorter length in a bridging direction at least on one end side of the frame member in a longitudinal direction of the frame member than in a center portion of the frame member in the longitudinal direction; and the cloth spring member has elasticity. |
| US10434909B2 |
Vehicle seat cover
A seat cover for a seat includes a seat portion formed from a flexible material; a back portion joined to the seat portion, a bottom end of the back portion joined to a rear end of the seat portion, a seat cover open angle between the seat portion and the back portion being adjustable; and a removable strap configured to secure the back portion of the seat cover to a headrest of the seat. |
| US10434905B2 |
Collapsible lift mechanism for H-point lift
A seat assembly forms a substantially horizontal plane for an exposed surface of each of a lower seat cushion and a seatback cushion of a seatback. The seat assembly comprises a lifter mechanism for a rearward edge of the lower seat cushion. The lifter mechanism further comprises a main lift arm coupled to the edge, a slotted support arm having a distal end thereof pivotally coupled to a distal end of the main lift arm, a linkage arm pivotably coupled with the main lift arm and a slot in the slotted support arm, and a translational arm coupled with the linkage arm. The rearward edge of the lower seat cushion is raised by the translational arm being displaced to a fully displaced position to thereby raise a distal end of the linkage arm and the lift arm. |
| US10434904B2 |
Vehicle seat
An adequate mechanical stiffness and strength are afforded to a tumble seat or a vehicle seat having a latch mechanism provided in a rear end of the seat cushion. A cushion frame (F1) of the seat includes a side frame (5) extending in a fore and aft direction, and the side frame includes a first member (10) comprising a channel member having an open side facing sideways and a second member (11) attached to the first member so as to form a closed cross section jointly with the first member, and extending downward further than the first member. A latch mechanism is positioned under the first member and attached to the second member. |
| US10434899B2 |
Magnetic field communication ground power system of an electric vehicle
The present disclosure provides a magnetic field communication ground power system of an electric vehicle, the system includes a reflux rail and multi-segment conductive rail mounted on a ground. The electric vehicle runs through the reflux rail, and receives electric power from the conductive rail through conductive boots so as to drive the electric vehicle to move. The system further includes: a plurality of driving positive electrodes configured to connected to the conductive rail; at least one electromagnetic controlling system configured to turn on or turn off the driving positive electrodes; a plurality of magnetic controlling systems configured to collect a position of the electric vehicle on the reflux rail, wherein the magnetic controlling systems transmit the sampled position of the electric vehicle to the electromagnetic controlling system, and the electromagnetic controlling system turns on or turns off voltage of the driving positive electrodes. |
| US10434897B2 |
Vehicle high-voltage system equipment unit, vehicle battery unit and vehicle
A vehicle high-voltage system equipment unit includes a high-voltage system equipment, and a cooling fan for taking in air from a passenger compartment. The high-voltage system equipment is cooled with air taken in from the passenger compartment, the cooling fan is provided on an upstream side of the high-voltage system equipment, and an air discharge portion is provided on a downstream side of the high-voltage system equipment, a branch portion for dividing a flow of air used to cool the high-voltage system equipment is provided in the air discharge portion, an air flow regulating portion is provided on an upstream side of the branch portion, and the air flow regulating portion is formed integrally with the high-voltage system equipment. |
| US10434892B2 |
System and method for managing battery for vehicle, and vehicle thereof
Disclosed herein are a system and method for managing a battery for vehicle and vehicle thereof. A power network server includes a controller and a memory storing a program to be executed in the controller. The program includes instructions for collecting information about energy consumption of the battery and information about a vehicle state from the vehicle, converting an ambient temperature based energy consumption to a reference temperature based learned energy consumption, calculating a charging or discharging amount of energy by reflecting the current ambient temperature based on the converted learned energy consumption, setting a range of charging or discharging current based on the charging or discharging amount of energy and an extra amount of energy, and managing the battery based on the set range of charging or discharging current. |
| US10434889B2 |
Charging device for an electrically chargeable vehicle
A charging device includes an electrically chargeable vehicle and a stationary charging station. In order to establish a galvanic connection between the vehicle and the charging station, the vehicle and the charging station each include at least two electrical contacts being in mutual contact for establishing the galvanic connection between the vehicle and the charging station. The contacts are each elongate. The contacts have specified lengths that are less than the width of the vehicle. The contacts of the vehicle are disposed in a fixed manner on the vehicle. The contacts of the charging station are movable at least vertically. The mutually complementary contacts are disposed in such a way that the contacts extend transversely to each other in a predefined charging position of the vehicle for establishing of the galvanic connection. |
| US10434885B2 |
Landing platform for an unmanned aerial vehicle
A landing platform for an unmanned aerial vehicle, including a plurality of substantially funnel-shaped centering housings configured to cooperate with a corresponding plurality of projections of the aerial vehicle for reaching a predetermined landing position. The platform can include a mechanism for recharging the battery of the aerial vehicle and/or with an arrangement for serial data transfer. |
| US10434883B2 |
Safety critical systems control in autonomous vehicles
The health and integrity of safety critical vehicle systems of a vehicle can be determined by energizing the safety critical vehicle systems with a first power source, determining a first voltage of the first power source, and then determining a second voltage of a second power source. Comparing the first and second voltages can determine the health and integrity of safety critical vehicle systems. |
| US10434879B2 |
Input/output device including sticks for forming one or more buttons
The present invention relates to an input/output device provided in a vehicle, the device including a plurality of sticks arranged in columns in a first direction and rows in a second direction, a driving unit configured to move at least one of the sticks in a direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, and a processor configured to control the driving unit such that the sticks have the same height or different heights from a reference plane defined by the first and second directions, wherein the processor controls the driving unit so that one or more buttons defined by a height difference of the sticks are formed, based on a driving state of the vehicle, and wherein the one or more buttons are varied according to the driving state of the vehicle. |
| US10434876B2 |
Active accelerator pedal
An active accelerator pedal for a vehicle includes a pedal position sensor configured to detect a position of a pedal lever of the active accelerator pedal and to convert the position into a pedal position signal. The active accelerator pedal further includes an actuator configured to output haptic feedback to the pedal lever. The active accelerator pedal further includes an actuator controller configured to control the actuator. The pedal position sensor is configured to transmit pedal position signals to a central engine controller of the vehicle the engine controller is configured to control drive of the vehicle using the central engine controller, and the actuator controller is configured to receive a pedal position signal from the pedal position sensor. |
| US10434875B2 |
Control apparatus for limited-slip differential for front and rear wheels of vehicle
A control apparatus for a limited-slip differential for front and rear wheels of a vehicle, the control apparatus includes: a basic LSD torque calculation module configured to calculate a basic LSD torque at least on the basis of a transfer input torque; a subtraction LSD torque calculation module configured to calculate a subtraction LSD torque that is subtracted from the basic LSD torque at least on the basis of a vehicle speed and a steering angle; a minimum LSD torque calculation module configured to calculate a minimum LSD torque on the basis of the transfer input torque; a target LSD torque setting module configured to set a target LSD torque at least on the basis of the basic, subtraction, and minimum LSD torques; and a clutch control module configured to control an engaging force of a clutch. |
| US10434872B2 |
Snap attachment and overmold for a housing
A housing for a fuel filler opening or charge port of a vehicle is disclosed herein. The housing includes an attachment member integrated into a wall of the housing. The attachment member includes a flexible tab having at least one interface member and at least one overmold attachment surface. An overmold is positioned adjacent to the attachment member and at least partially covers the at least one overmold attachment surface. The overmold provides a closeout around the attachment member. |
| US10434868B2 |
Grille shutter control device
A grille shutter control device includes a control section and a diagnostic section. The control section is connected to a communication line in a vehicle and controls opening and closing of a grille shutter that introduces air to a cooling target of the vehicle. In a case in which a communications fault is detected, the control section controls to open the grille shutter. The diagnostic section is connected to the communication line and detects a degree of opening of the grille shutter by communicating with the control section. A temperature detection section detects a temperature of the cooling target. In a case in which the communications fault is detected, the diagnostic section diagnoses a malfunction of the grille shutter if a temperature detected by the temperature detection section is higher than a pre-specified threshold. |
| US10434862B2 |
Power transmission apparatus for vehicle
A power transmission apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The power transmission apparatus includes three concentric input shafts, input shaft fixedly connected to an engine output shaft, a transmitting shaft disposed on the outer circumference of the first input shaft without rotation interference, a central shaft parallel to a first one of the input shafts and spaced apart from the first input shaft by a predetermined interval, a fixed transmission selectively shifting an input torque depending on the respective gear ratios of four change gear trains disposed between first and second input shafts, the transmitting shaft, and the central shaft and each having drive gears and driven gears externally connected to each other and outputting the shifted torque through the central shaft and the transmitting shaft, and composite transmission including a planetary gear set having a sun gear fixedly connected to one side of the transmitting shaft. |
| US10434858B2 |
Electric power supply system, control device, vehicle, and engine generator unit for driving vehicle
An electric power supply system configured to supply electric power to an electrical load device in accordance with a current requirement. The electric power supply system includes an engine configured to output rotational power, a generator configured to receive the rotational power and to supply a current to the electrical load device. The generator includes a rotor, and a stator including a winding and a stator core with the winding wound thereon, a magnetic circuit for the winding passing through the stator core, and a supply current adjustment device configured to adjust magnetic resistance of the magnetic circuit for the winding, to thereby change an inductance of the winding to adjust the supplied current. The electric power supply system further includes a control device configured to control the engine to adjust the output rotational power and to control the supply current adjustment device to adjust the inductance of the winding. |
| US10434856B2 |
Weather strip for automobile
A weather strip exhibiting excellent sealing properties is adapted to be attached after being divided into pieces. The weather strip has a seal member. The seal member includes an attaching base part, a window glass seal lip, a support member, a door seal lip extending from an attaching reference surface of the attaching base part, and an attaching engaging part for engagement with a division member such that when the window glass seal lip of the seal member contacts the interior surface of the window glass, the support member contacts the attaching base part to press the attaching base part. |
| US10434854B2 |
Tonneau cover with quick release table
A disclosed cover system for a vehicle cargo area includes at least one panel including folding legs, a hinge, and at least one clasp securing the panel to the hinge. In a clasped position the panel is secured to the hinge and in a released position the panel is removable from the hinge. |
| US10434848B2 |
Vehicle sun visor
A vehicle sun visor includes a sun visor body, an arm including a cylindrical end portion provided with contact parts of a pair of conductors and rotatably holding the sun visor body, a mounting bracket configured to mount the arm to a vehicle, and a connector having a pair of terminals each including a contact portion configured to contact each contact part. The mounting bracket includes an arm-supporting portion supporting the cylindrical end portion. The contact parts are a pair of arcuate-plate-shaped contact parts. The pair of arcuate-plate-shaped contact parts is provided at a predetermined interval on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical end portion. The housing of the connector further includes a lubricating oil reservoir being disposed at a position facing to at least one arcuate-plate-shaped contact part and configured to store lubricating oil to be supplied to the at least one arcuate-plate-shaped contact part. |
| US10434843B2 |
Air-conditioning unit for vehicle
An air-conditioning unit for a vehicle includes an air-conditioning case; a cooler disposed in the air-conditioning case and adapted to cool air flowing through the air-conditioning case; and a blower disposed on an air-flow downstream side of the cooler and adapted to blow the air into a vehicle interior. The air-conditioning case includes a drain-hole formation portion that forms a drain hole to discharge condensed water generated in the cooler toward an outside of the air-conditioning case. The air-conditioning case is provided with a cooling structure that cools suction air drawn from the drain hole into the air-conditioning case. |
| US10434841B2 |
System and method of distributing airflow in a transport refrigeration unit
Systems and methods to distribute airflow in an internal space of a transport unit are described. The airflow distribution system may include an airflow distributor forming an airflow passage with a roof of the transport unit. The airflow distribution system may be also configured to allow airflow to discharge from a gap between the airflow distributor and the roof. The gap may be provided by at least one spacer between the airflow distributor and the roof. A back end of the airflow distribution system may be configured to provide a back pressure to the airflow passage while allowing the airflow to discharge. In operation, a front end of the airflow distribution system may be configured to receive airflow. The airflow can be distributed along the airflow passage and be discharged from the gap and the back end. |
| US10434836B2 |
Torque compensated walking beam assembly with journal joint
A vehicle walking beam assembly includes a support beam and a mount member configured to rotatably mount the support beam on the chassis. A gear assembly with a gear train and a gear housing is supported by the support beam. The gear train includes a gear with a first journal surface, and the housing includes a second journal surface. The walking beam assembly additionally includes an input drive assembly that delivers input torque from the engine to the gear train. Moreover, the walking beam assembly includes a reaction member connected to one of the gear housing and the gear of the gear train. The reaction member is configured to transfer a reaction force between the chassis and the one of the gear housing and the gear of the gear train as the first journal surface journals on the second journal surface. |
| US10434835B2 |
Monotube active suspension system having different system layouts for controlling pump flow distribution
A hydraulic actuator circuit is disclosed for use with first and second shock absorbers, which each may include a piston disposed within a housing. The piston helps define upper and lower working chambers. The circuit may have a motor, a first pump, driven by the motor, and is associated with the first shock absorber and the motor. A second pump, driven by the motor, may be associated with the second shock absorber. A first accumulator communicates with both of the first and second pumps. A first switch valve may assist in controlling fluid flow into the chambers of the first shock absorber. A second switch valve may assist in controlling fluid flow into the chambers of the second shock absorber. |
| US10434834B2 |
Method for operating a motor vehicle, method for roll compensation of a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle
A method for operating a motor vehicle with a chassis arrangement having at least two vibration dampers. A body control is carried out at least partially with the vibration dampers. The chassis arrangement further has at least one stabilizer. During transverse accelerations below a threshold acceleration the stabilizer contributes to the body control less than the vibration dampers and contributes more than the vibration dampers from the threshold acceleration upward. |
| US10434833B1 |
Rotary cutter with torsional suspension system
A rotary cutter having a torsional suspension system may include a main frame, a deck supported by the frame, at least one rotary cutter mounted to the deck, at least one wheel, and a torsional suspension system connecting the at least one wheel to the frame. The torsional suspension system may include an outer tubular housing, an inner torsional tube disposed in the outer housing and configured to form cavities between the outer housing and the inner torsional tube, and elastomeric cords disposed in the cavities and configured for providing torsional resistance to rotation of the outer housing relative to the inner torsional tube. |
| US10434832B2 |
Security device for trailer hitch
A security device for a trailer hitch which includes a ball receptor, the device comprising a base plate, a deflector secured to the base plate, the deflector having an aperture formed therein, the deflector having an inwardly directed upper portion, a cover hingedly connected to the base plate, the cover being movable between an open position permitting access to the ball receptor and a closed position denying access thereto, a locking device mounted to the cover, the locking device including a housing, a plunger mounted within the housing, the plunger being movable between an extended position and a retracted position, the plunger being spring biased to the extended position, and the locking device being secured such that the plunger enters the aperture when the cover is in a closed position. |
| US10434827B2 |
Method for configuring a tyre pressure sensor
A method for the configuration of a tire pressure sensor for a vehicle, including the following steps: production of a data communication connection between a mobile radio device and a tire pressure sensor, selection of at least one specific sensor parameter for the vehicle via a mobile radio device, and activation of the at least one selected sensor parameter and the tire pressure sensor. |
| US10434825B2 |
Assembly and method for the compressed air supply of a wheel of a vehicle
An assembly supplies compressed air to a wheel of a vehicle. The assembly includes a wheel with a tire, a drive shaft for transmitting torque to the wheel, a wheel bearing on which the wheel in mounted in a rotationally fixed manner, and a toothing between the drive shaft and the wheel bearing. The wheel bearing is tensioned with the drive shaft by a bolt, wherein the bolt is arranged coaxially in relation to the drive shaft. An annular chamber of the wheel bearing is defined inside the wheel bearing and radially outside of the bolt. A compressed air through-opening is provided from the annular chamber of the wheel bearing in the direction of the wheel. A compressed air guide, leads from a compressed air source on the vehicle side into the annular chamber of the wheel bearing, from the annular chamber of the wheel bearing via the at least one compressed air through-opening to the wheel, and from the wheel into the tire. |
| US10434824B2 |
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire includes: a tread portion; three or more main grooves provided on the tread portion at intervals in a tire width direction so as to extend in a tire circumferential direction; and a plurality of land portions partitioned between the main grooves adjacent to each other in the tire width direction, wherein the plurality of land portions include: ground contact areas having an arc shape in cross section in the tire width direction; and depressed portions opening to the ground contact areas, and the land portion having a larger ratio of opening surface area a of the depressed portions opening in the area between the main grooves adjacent to each other in the tire width direction with respect to surface area A of the area (a/A) has an arc-shaped ground contact area with a cross section in the tire width direction having a smaller radius of curvature. |
| US10434818B2 |
Decorative panel made of flat glass
The present disclosure relates to a decorative panel made of flat glass for electronic household appliances, in particular, for large stationary household appliances. The decorative panel comprises a base body made of thermally tempered flat glass with an operational front and an operational back, and has at least one digital print on the operational back. |
| US10434817B2 |
High-function heat transfer releases
A heat transfer label is disclosed. The heat transfer label comprises a special heat stable release which strongly adheres to the carrier, offers a highly ink and adhesive wettable surface, stays intact under heat transfer bonding conditions, releases easily, leaves no contamination on the transfer or fabric, and enables durable replication of the release surface finish onto the resultant transfers. |
| US10434814B2 |
Security document having enhanced foil durability
A security document, along with its methods of formation, is provided. The security document may include a base sheet, a colored coating on the base sheet, a foil laminate on at least a portion of the colored coating, and an outer lacquer coating over the colored coating such that the foil laminate is embedded between the colored coating and the outer lacquer coating. The outer lacquer coating may include a polymeric resin, and may also include a crosslinking agent and a wetting agent. |
| US10434810B2 |
Book block forming apparatus
A first press unit 2 presses each of a plurality of signatures S along a fold f, the signatures being supplied one at a time with the fold facing forward. The unit is arranged a signature conveyance unit 3 that conveys each signature received from the first press unit while controlling the attitude to make the fold orthogonal to the conveyance direction. The unit is arranged a gluing unit 4 that applies glue to both lateral edges of a top surface of each signature received from the signature conveyance unit. The unit is arranged an accumulation unit 5 that sequentially stacks the signatures received from the gluing unit on one another while jogging the stacked signatures to form a book block B. The unit is arranged a second press unit 6 that discharges the book block received from the accumulation unit after pressing the same along the folds. |
| US10434809B2 |
Blanket manufacturing apparatus and blanket manufacturing method
The present specification relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a blanket. The apparatus includes a surface plate on which a substrate film is supplied; a coating unit coating a blanket composition on the substrate film; and a comma blade horizontally moving on the surface plate coated with the blanket composition. Of the whole surface of the comma blade, the surface contacting the blanket composition is an angular surface. This application also relates to a method for manufacturing a blanket, a blanket manufactured using the same, a reverse offset printing roll provided with the blanket, and a reverse offset printing apparatus including the same. |
| US10434808B2 |
Ink jet recording method
An ink jet recording method includes attaching a reaction solution which contains an aggregating agent for aggregating a component of a water-based ink composition to a recording region of a recording medium, and attaching a water-based ink composition which contains a pigment dispersion containing a surface-treated pigment and water to the recording region of the recording medium by discharging the water-based ink composition from an ink jet head, in which the recording region includes a region in which an attachment amount of the water-based ink composition is in a range of 2 times to 20 times the attachment amount of the reaction solution. |
| US10434806B2 |
Inkjet printer
An inkjet printer includes an inkjet head having a first nozzle for ejecting first ink supplied from a first tank and a second nozzle for ejecting second ink supplied from a second tank, and a controller. The controller determine whether a replenishment condition is satisfied. When print data instructing to print with the first ink is received, in a case of determining that the replenishment condition is not satisfied, the controller causes the inkjet head to perform a first ejecting operation of ejecting ink from the first nozzle toward a medium and prohibiting ejection of ink from the second nozzle. When print data instructing to print with the first ink is received, in a case of determining that the replenishment condition is satisfied, the controller causes the inkjet head to perform a second ejecting operation of ejecting ink from at least the second nozzle toward a medium. |
| US10434802B2 |
Printing apparatus and control method of printing apparatus
A label printer includes a print head, a transport roller disposed on an upstream side of the print head, a photosensor configured to detect a rear end of a label paper on an upstream side of the transport roller, and a control unit, and is configured to be capable of using a peeling unit including a peeling roller, in which the control unit causes the transport roller to stop transport when the rear end of the label paper comes off from the transport roller in a case where the photosensor detects the rear end of the label paper in a normal printing mode in which the peeling unit is not used, and causes the peeling roller to transport the mount after the rear end of the label paper comes off from the transport roller in a case where the photosensor detects the rear end of the label paper in a peeling mode in which the peeling unit is used. |
| US10434794B2 |
Optical print head and image forming device
An optical print head, including: an elongated substrate having a line-shaped region in which light-emitting elements are arranged; an optical member condensing light from the light-emitting elements onto an irradiation target; a holding member holding the optical member; a base member holding the substrate and the holding member; an integrated circuit mounted in a first region in proximity of an end in a longitudinal direction of the substrate on a first surface of the substrate facing the base member, heat being generated in the integrated circuit during optical writing; and a thermally conductive member between the integrated circuit and the base member. In the optical print head, the holding member has a support portion contacting the substrate in a second region at a position differing from the first region in plan view on a second surface of the substrate not facing the base member. |