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US10435972B2 Well plug and bottom hole assembly
A bottom hole assembly having a packing element, a lower cone disposed below the packing element, and a lower slip disposed below the packing element. The bottom hole assembly also includes a setting tool removably attached to the plug, the setting tool having a mandrel and a setting sleeve connected to the mandrel. Also, a method for sealing a well including disposing a bottom hole assembly having a plug and a removable setting tool in a well. The method further includes applying pressure to a setting sleeve, contacting an inner diameter of the well with a lower slip, locking the lower slip against an inner diameter of the well, shearing a shear mechanism, disconnecting the removable setting tool from the well, dropping a ball into the well, contacting the ball with the packing element, and separating the well into at least two sections.
US10435970B2 Anchor and seal system
An anchor and seal system including a slip, a cone in radially expanding communication with the slip, an element in loadable communication with the cone, and a pusher configured to radially displace the element to reside on an element retention surface of the pusher. A method for treating a borehole including running an anchor and seal system above to depth, activating a setting arrangement to anchor and seal the anchor and seal system.
US10435968B2 Mechanical downhole pressure maintenance system
A method and apparatus that includes an elongated base pipe having an external surface at least partially defining an external region and an internal surface at least partially defining an internal region; and a pressure maintenance device disposed in the base pipe and comprising: a flow path that extends between the internal region and the external region; and a valve having a gas charged chamber, the valve allowing the flow of a fluid from the internal region to the external region through the first flow path when a pressure differential between a pressure associated with the internal region and a pressure associated with the gas charged chamber is less than a maximum pressure threshold and when a pressure differential between the external region and the pressure associated with the gas charged chamber is greater than a minimum pressure threshold.
US10435966B2 Apparatus and method for degassing drilling fluids
An apparatus for degassing drilling fluid comprising a primary separator and a secondary separator, the primary separator comprising a vessel body having an inlet port, a liquid outlet port located at a lower end of the vessel body, and a gas vent port located at an upper end of the vessel body, the secondary separator having an inlet port which is connected to the gas vent port of the primary separator, a gas outlet port, and a liquid outlet port which is connected to the interior of the vessel body of the primary separator via a liquid return line.
US10435965B2 Torque wrench system having multiple torque stations
An improved multi-bolt and nut torque wrench for installing and removing bolts or nuts from flanged joints or the like which includes a plurality of torque stations having a plurality of high torque wrenches for engaging the heads of the bolts or nuts during a high torque phase of removal or installation; a plurality of low-torque motors operatively engaged with the wrenches for rotating the bolts or nuts during the low torque phase of removal or installation; a source of hydraulic fluid for driving the low-torque motors during the low-torque phase, and driving the high-torque wrenches during the high torque phase; and a mechanism for switching between the two phases depending on the torque needed.
US10435958B1 Methods and systems for disconnecting and reconnecting casing
Examples describe systems and methods for a tool to remove portions of casing from a wellbore. A tool may include a bottom sub-assembly and casing that selectively detach from a sub-assembly. This may allow for tools and casing within the wellbore to be efficiently and effectively removed from the wellbore without having to cut tools down well.
US10435956B2 Rotary shouldered tool joint with non-rotating connection means
A connector system includes a first sub and a second sub having a landing shoulder, and the first sub carries a threaded sleeve for engaging the second sub. The first sub includes a stinger section and a flying nut that provides a sealed and torque carrying connection when secured against the landing shoulder of the second sub. The first sub may be connected to the second sub without rotation of the ends of the first sub and the second sub. In some cases the first sub and the second sub are in any angular orientation when the sealed and torque carrying connection is provided. Further, the connector system may provide a connection between two sections of a downhole tool assembly without rotating or orienting in any way the angular position of the two sections. In some cases, torque applied in a wellbore milling operation further seals the sealed joint.
US10435955B2 Coupling for rods
A cold worked and spinodally-hardened copper alloy comprising from about 8 to about 20 wt % nickel, and from about 5 to about 11 wt % tin, the remaining balance being copper, and having a 0.2% offset yield strength of at least 75 ksi, is used to form a sucker rod coupling or subcoupling. Each coupling is formed from a core having two ends, each end having an internal thread. These box ends engage the pin of a sucker rod or other rod. The exterior surface of the core includes grooves running between the two ends.
US10435950B2 Rotary table drive
A rotary table drive with a top plate and a bottom plate cooperating to define a bore and an adjacent sealed gear housing. A bushing adapter passes through the bore and is configured to receive a bushing to mate with a segment of polygonal drill pipe allowing rotational motion to be imparted thereto. The device includes a ring bearing having an inner ring affixed rigidly to the bushing adapter and an outer ring rigidly affixed to the bottom plate, and a drive gear within the sealed gear housing mated to the bushing adapter such that the bushing adapter is rotated in response to rotation of the drive gear. The bearing is sealed against exposure to the elements by being surrounded on all sides by a combination of the top plate, bottom plate, and bushing adapter.
US10435948B2 Working cap system and method
A working cap system suitable for supporting an extensive variety of construction materials and methods for manufacturing and using same. The working cap system can include an integrated working region with first and second support regions. The first support region can include a first support surface that is bounded by a pair of opposite first peripheral side surfaces; whereas, the second support region can be disposed within the first support surface and include a second support surface that is bounded by a pair of opposite second side surfaces. The first side surfaces, the first support surface, the second side surfaces and second support surface can define a central channel for receiving a selected work piece with a predetermined cross-section. Thereby, a wide variety of construction materials thereby can be supported by the working cap system.
US10435947B2 Ladder with pinch flex latch, and method
A ladder having a front section and a rear section. The ladder has a step attached to the front section and a cross bar attached to the rear section. The ladder has a latch attached to the cross bar and positioned on the cross bar so when the ladder is in a folded position where the front section is alongside and in parallel with the rear section, the latch latches with the step. The latch has a hook portion having a hook which engages with the step that the latch holds in place. The latch has a base portion that is fixed to the cross bar. The latch has a pinch flex portion connected to the base portion and the hook portion.
US10435945B2 Covering for an architectural opening including multiple stage spring assembly
A covering for an architectural covering is provided. The covering may include a multiple stage spring assembly. The spring assembly may include a non-rotatable first member, a first spring including a first end portion and a second end portion, and a second spring including a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion of the first spring may be coupled to the first member. The first end portion of the second spring may be coupled to the second end portion of the first spring to rotate with the second end portion of the first spring.
US10435942B1 Collapsible, removable pet door
A pet door includes an elongated, rectangular panel having a first side edge hingedly attached to the free, pivotal side edge of an exterior door. The panel is formed of an upper section that is foldable onto a lower section to allow the device to be compactly transported or stored. The lower section includes an opening having a movable hatch positioned therein that allows a pet to freely pass through the panel. The upper section of the panel includes a triangular flap hingedly attached to a top edge that is securable to the upper edge of the exterior door. Accordingly, the exterior door is partially opened and the panel is pivoted against the door frame to block the space formed therebetween. The flap is secured to the top edge of the door to overlay the triangular space formed between the exterior door and frame header. Therefore, the panel forms a secure barrier between the open door and the exterior while allowing a pet to freely enter and exit the building.
US10435941B2 Fire rated door core
A core for a fire rated door includes a fire resistant center panel and an extruded fire resistant border. The fire resistant center panel has a bottom, a top, a first side, a second side, a first end and a second end. The fire resistant center panel is made of a first fire resistant material. The extruded fire resistant border is attached to the first side, the second side, the first end and the second end of the fire resistant center panel. The extruded fire resistant border is made of a second fire resistant material having a higher density than the first fire resistant material.
US10435940B2 Welded steel door
A welded steel door including a pan having a bottom surface forming a first face of the door and flanges extending on opposite edges thereof forming opposite side edges of the door, the flanges having a lid engaging surface spaced from the bottom surface, a lid having a top surface forming a second face of the door opposite the first face, opposite edges of the top surface each having a hem mated with a respective lid engaging surface of each flange, the hem including a portion of the top surface folded back on itself, and a plurality of welds securing the lid to the pan. The welds extend between the portion of the top surface of the lid folded back on itself of each hem and the respective lid engaging surface of each flange and are thereby concealed.
US10435939B2 Systems and methods for insulating attic openings
A cover for closing an access opening that leads to an infrequently used space within a building, such as an attic, that generally provides an air seal, thermal insulation and/or acoustic insulation at the access opening. The cover may be in one or two portions, including a closure alone or a closure and a frame having an aperture that can be closed by engagement between the closure and the frame. When the cover is used alone it engages a frame or a wall circumscribing the access opening. The cover is sized and shaped to close a stairwell, or the opening at one end of a stairway, an opening in a generally vertical wall, a hatch, or a pull down ladder. The closure and frame are each made of one or more components.
US10435936B2 Methods and systems to indicate the status of door operations
Example methods and systems to indicate the status of door operations are disclosed. An example door system includes a door panel having a leading edge to be moved in a travel direction between an open position and a closed position relative to the doorframe. The door panel to block the passageway when the leading edge is at the closed position. The door panel to unblock the passageway when the leading edge is at the open position. The example door system also includes a series of lights distributed along the travel direction proximate the doorframe. The example door system further includes a controller to switch the lights between a first state and a second state to provide a visual effect of movement corresponding to the operating status of the door system.
US10435932B2 Fastenerless hinge which enables thin form factor low cost design
The present disclosure includes a fastenerless hinge system which enables a thin form factor low cost design. A hinge system described herein may include a hinge bracket and a hinge wing. The hinge bracket includes an elevated portion thereby providing a hollow region and one or more spring tabs. The hinge wing is slidably coupled to the hinge bracket through the hollow portion. Advantageously, a hinge system consistent with the present disclosure does not include fasteners such that the “Z” height of the computing device may be minimized in addition to reducing costs.
US10435931B2 Door closer device
A door closer device for driving a door to a predetermined closed position includes an adjustment mechanism and a door closer which is integrated with the door. The adjustment mechanism includes a base, an adjusting plate and at least one fixing element, wherein the adjusting plate is stacked with the base and coupled with the door closer. The adjusting plate and the base respectively include at least one adjusting bore, and the adjusting bores are corresponding with each other. One of the adjusting bores includes a first limiting end and a second limiting end, and a first moving path is defined between the first and second limiting ends. The fixing element is disposed in the adjusting bores and can move along the first moving path to fix the adjusting plate on the base.
US10435930B2 Corner cabinet
A corner cabinet includes a cabinet carcass with a door opening and a corner cabinet door which is mounted on the cabinet carcass so as to swivel between a closed position in which the door opening is closed and an open position allowing access to an interior space of the cabinet carcass. The corner cabinet door is designed as a folding door with two door elements. In the closed position, outer sides of the two door elements pointing away from the interior space enclose an external angle α which can be changed when opening the corner cabinet door. A swivel angle limiting device acting between the two door elements is provided through which the swiveling range of the two door elements relative to one another is limited to a maximum external angle α.
US10435928B2 Portable door securement device
A portable door securement device is provided having a member extending from a first end engaged to a doorknob of a door to a second end engaged with a floor adjacent the door, to prevent opening of the door in a direction toward the engaged member. A slot at a first end of the member engages around a stem of the door handle thereby preventing disengagement of the member from the door, and preventing opening of the door.
US10435926B2 Retractable handle arrangement
A retractable handle arrangement comprising a handle movable between stowed, deployed and operative states, and including first and second deployment means both of which are operable independently to move the handle from the stowed state to the deployed state. The first deployment mechanism is electrically actuated and the second deployment mechanism is manually actuated. The second deployment mechanism is a two-state latching mechanism, which may be a so-called ‘push-push’ mechanism, operable to deploy the handle when triggered by a small inward movement.
US10435924B1 Vehicle door handle having ice handling
A vehicle door handle is provided that includes a deployable handle body located on a door, keypad contacts on an outer side of the handle body, an actuator configured to deploy the handle to a deployed position, a plurality of proximity sensors located on the handle body and generating activation fields, and a controller processing signals generated by the sensors to determine an input command for controlling the actuator and to determine a keypad input. The controller may sense ice on the handle and determine ice thickness and may control the actuator to break the ice based on the ice thickness.
US10435921B2 Locking device for opening/closing member
A locking device includes: a rotating member having a support shaft and a protrusion provided at a position deviated with respect to the support shaft; a sliding rod that connects to the rotating member due to the protrusion being fit into a recess provided at a base end side; and an unlocking member that unlocks by causing the rotating member to rotate. The recess includes: a pair of restricting walls facing each other in a length direction of the sliding rod; a pair of elastic side walls facing each other in a width direction of the sliding rod having hook portions that engage with the base end side of the head of the protrusion; and an elastic bottom wall that receives the leading end side of the protrusion.
US10435920B2 Safety system for preventing a vehicle door from opening into traffic
A system for preventing a door of a vehicle from opening into an object includes a detection module configured to identify an object within a danger zone of the vehicle and detect the opening of the door. The system further includes a locking mechanism coupled to the detection module and configured to lock the door in a partially open position if the object is identified within the danger zone and the opening of the door is detected.
US10435914B2 Interchangeable core lock assemblies
A locking device is provided including a housing, a barrel, an interchangeable core (IC), and a prong driver. The housing extending along a longitudinal axis and including a first slot. The barrel slidably disposed in a hollow interior of the housing, where the barrel is slidable along the longitudinal axis. The barrel including a second slot and a hollow interior to retain the IC. The IC including a key hole and coupled to the prong driver. The prong driver including an engaging element extending from the prong driver perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis into the first slot and the second slot. When a proper key is inserted into the key hole and rotated, the engaging element is rotated within the first and second slots to allow the barrel to slide along the longitudinal axis to lock and unlock the locking device.
US10435912B2 Kit of parts for building a support base for a pole-like element
The invention relates to a kit of parts (100) for building a support base (1) for a pole-like element (2), wherein the kit of parts (100) comprises at least three substantially L-shaped elements (3), each L-shaped element (3) being arranged with an upright part (3A) extending along a body portion (101) of the pole-like element (2) in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis (z) of the pole-like element (2) and with a foot part (3C) extending outwardly from a lowermost portion (102) of the pole-like element (2), wherein the kit of parts (100) further comprises a first holding means for holding a substantially right-angled part (3B) of each L-shaped element (3) in proximity of the lowermost portion (102) of the pole-like element (2).
US10435910B2 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 underground 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 unobstructively horizontally spanning the passage proximate the top opening and holding one or more hinge connected panels in the passage that manually release to rotationally close the passage and prevent flooding and are manually rotationally liftable to a home position allowing ventilation. The suspension member is liftingly removable from the support and may include end keys received in keyed supports to allow the suspension member to fit in the supports so a specific panel closes to a specific sidewall.
US10435909B2 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 panel drain automatically closes when the panel is raised to home position. A releasable latching system between panel and a suspension member holder catches rising panels to hold them in home position. The suspension member may include end keys received in keyed supports so a specific panel faces a specific sidewall.
US10435906B2 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 underground ventilation duct includes one or more hinged panels closing a ventilation passage between the top and bottom of a support fitting in the shaft to prevent flooding. The panels have handles on their topside and pivotable arms on their underside and are liftable to an upright home position allowing ventilation, using tools to reach through grating covering openings on the shaft and lift the panel handles and after the panels are partially lifted, using reach tools to engage and lift the arms to press them again support sidewalls to exert lateral force on underside of the panels to complete upward rotation to the home position.
US10435902B2 Portable pool filter system
A portable pool filter system is disclosed. The portable pool filter system is fully immersible and self-contained. Water is suction fed through the filter before entering the pump and being discharged. The device decontaminates water from all contaminations to include algae, iron, red clay, and oils.
US10435898B2 Group privacy structure and configurations of group privacy structures
A structure and its adjacent group-segregated outdoor spaces or an arrangement of structures and their adjacent group-segregated outdoor spaces includes at least one structure comprising at least one a unit and at least one b unit. The areas adjacent to the structure or structures are physically separated into a first group-segregated outdoor space and a second group-segregated outdoor space. The first group-segregated outdoor space is associated with the at least one a unit. The second group-segregated outdoor space is associated with the at least one b unit. The areas adjacent to the structure or structures are physically separated by a barrier, whereby the barrier at least partly limits visibility and access between the first and second segregated outdoor areas.
US10435896B2 Apparatus and method for lifting and sliding a structure attached to the wall
An apparatus for lifting and sliding a structure to be attached to a wall of a building, including a lifting platform extending outwardly from the building, and a synchronous lifting and sliding system which is arranged on the lifting platform. The lifting platform has two platform beams extending outwardly from the building, and a lifting beam placed on the platform beams. The synchronous lifting and sliding system has a hydraulic lifter arranged on the lifting beam, a hydraulic jack connected to the lifting beam, and a controller. A connecting rod is connected to one end of the hydraulic jack, and several installing holes are arranged at regular intervals on the connecting rod. The distance between the adjacent installing holes of the connecting rod matches a stroke of the hydraulic jack. An installing ear-plate is provided on the platform beam to connect with the connecting rod.
US10435895B2 Adjustable platform extension bracket for work platform systems and related methods
An adjustable platform extension bracket for work platform systems comprises a post member having two posts joined by a plurality of positional structures. A first connection portion forms a first channel such that the first connection portion is symmetrical along an axis parallel with and passing through the channel. The post member is slidingly engaged in the first channel such that at least one of the positional structures is positionable in the channel. The bracket does not require any diagonal support. The dimensions of work platforms, particularly suspended work platform systems, may be extended using the adjustable platform extension bracket.
US10435891B1 Flooring system
A flooring system configured to be installed in a multi-story building wherein the flooring system is operably coupled with a portion of the superstructure of the building. The flooring system includes a first layer of corrugated metal panel that is position in a horizontal orientation and is operable to superposed at least a portion of the superstructure of the building. A plurality of mounting studs are secured to a portion of the superstructure of the building and extend upward through the first layer. A second layer of corrugated metal panel is superposed the first layer and secured thereto. The second layer has an adhesive layer applied to the upper surface thereof. A third layer is superposed the upper surface of the second layer. The third layer is manufactured from a different material than the first and second layer. A structural foam layer is injected intermediate the third and second layer.
US10435887B2 Environmentally responsible insulating construction blocks and structures
Environmentally responsible insulating construction blocks and structures constructed primarily of recycled materials are disclosed. The environmentally friendly construction blocks and structures comprise shredded rubber tire pieces coated with silica fume, slag cement and cement, which are then mixed with water and formed in a mold. A layer of grout or a fireproof material may be disposed on one side of the environmentally responsible insulating construction block. The environmentally responsible insulating construction blocks provide high insulation as well as strength for applications such as green roofing, wall construction and green roofing decks. Environmentally friendly structures can be built by pouring the coated shredded rubber tire pieces into molds to form walls, and then to pour a layer of the coated shredded rubber tire pieces as a roof deck, thereby creating a self-supporting structure in a monolithic pour.
US10435885B2 Modular wall system
A modular wall system is an easily assembled or disassembled wall or partition having connectable block sections that connect together on any side edge to form a wall. The side edges have slotted openings for conduit or wiring to pass through, and contact brackets that are linearly adjustable in length attach to the top, side, or bottom of the formed wall to fill in the space and attach to an existing wall, ceiling, or floor. The block sections have panels that cover the open spaces on front and back once erected.
US10435884B2 Insulation batt
A method of assembling an insulation batt includes coupling a first stiffening layer to an insulation layer; coupling a second stiffening layer to the insulation layer; and compressing the insulation layer between the first stiffening layer and the second stiffening layer. The method can further include stacking a plurality of compressed insulation batts; and placing a strap around the plurality of compressed insulation batts.
US10435882B2 Building connection arrangement
A clip (2) for fitting between a first component (6) and a second component (4) in a building structure, the clip including a first member (8), a second member (10) and a connecting portion (12) connecting the first member (8) to the second member (10); the first member (8), the second member (10) and the connecting portion (12) forming a space (38) in which a portion of a leg (18) of the second component (4) is adapted to reside; the first member (8) and the second member (10) adapted for engagement with the portion of the leg (18) of the second component (4).
US10435880B1 Modular storm water management systems and methods of assembling the same
A storm water management system and methods of assembling the same are provided. The system has open columns having corbels that support a slab spanning between adjacent columns. The system is assembled by positioning a first plurality of slabs end-to-end and spaced apart from a second plurality of slabs. The column is seated into an opening formed between the first and second plurality of slabs. A first corbel extends from a first side of the column and over laps an edge portion of a slab of the first plurality. A second corbel extends from a second side of the column and over laps an edge portion of a slab of the second plurality.
US10435875B2 Debris trap
Debris traps are described including a housing, the housing including an inlet and an outlet and a fluid flow passage extending from the inlet to the outlet. The housing further including an inspection opening and an inspection cover which is removable to allow access to the fluid flow passage. A debris trapping device is arranged to lie across the fluid flow passage and the debris trapping device may be introduced to, or withdrawn from, the housing through the inspection opening.
US10435874B2 System and a method for optimizing the usage of water and other resources in residential and commercial applications
The present invention is to optimize the usage of water used by almost all individuals while having a shower. The proposed system uses a timed control for regulating the usage of water and other resources. The system is suitable for residential or commercial applications wherein optimization in usage of water and other resources is desired.
US10435866B2 Drive control system of operating machine, operating machine including drive control system, and drive control method of operating machine
A drive control system includes an electric motor, a capacitor, a revolution sensor, a driving device, and a control device. The driving device causes the capacitor to supply electric power to the electric motor to operate the electric motor and causes the capacitor to store the electric power, generated by the electric motor, to brake a turning body. The driving device configured as above is driven by driving electric power supplied from the capacitor. When a charging stop condition is satisfied, the control device stops the driving electric power supplied from the capacitor to the driving device. The charging stop condition is a condition that a turning speed detected by the revolution sensor is a predetermined speed or less while the turning body is decelerating.
US10435865B2 Trenching assembly for laying in a trench a continuous pipeline and trenching method
A trenching assembly lays a continuous pipeline in a trench dug in a bed with uneven bathymetry, the trenching assembly including a trench digging device having a main body; at least four ground contact units, each unit having a height adjustment device, to position each ground contact unit with respect to the main body independently. A trench cutting tool digs in the bed includes a cutting depth adjustment device, for positioning the cutting tool with respect to the main body. A detection device detects bed bathymetry. A control device simultaneously allows cooperation between the detection device, the height adjustment device of each ground contact unit, and the cutting depth adjustment device. A command device cooperates with the control device to adjustment each ground contact unit and the cutting depth adjustment device, to obtain a trench having a height difference lower than a predefined tolerance and a predetermined burial depth.
US10435864B2 Plow assembly with valve system for wings
A plow system includes a mounting structure configured to mount at a vehicle, with a center plow pivotally attached at the mounting structure. The center plow is pivoted in a first direction responsive to actuation of a first actuator and is pivoted in a second direction responsive to actuation of a second actuator. A first plow wing is pivotally mounted at a first end of the center plow and a second plow wing is pivotally mounted at a second end of the center plow. Responsive to pivoting of the center plow to a first fully pivoted orientation toward a first side of the vehicle, the first and second plow wings both pivot to a forward orientation. Responsive to pivoting of the center plow to a second fully pivoted orientation toward a second side of the vehicle, the first and second plow wings both pivot to a rearward orientation.
US10435861B2 Pad site construction and method
A pad site and a method for supporting a rig structure, of which the method includes positioning a plurality of piles in a ground of a core operating section of a pad site, and laying a plurality of mats over the pad site. A first portion of the plurality of mats are at least partially supported by the plurality of piles, and a second portion of the plurality of mats are not supported by the plurality of piles. The first portion of the plurality of mats are configured to support a rig structure.
US10435854B2 Construction methods and systems for grade separation structures
A cut and cover method of constructing grade separation structures includes partially burying precast substructure elements with associated trench boxes under live traffic. Once the precast substructure elements are buried, the substructure is completed and the bridge span is installed. Other methods include installing precast superstructure elements with a formwork system and forming a bridge substructure and excavating underneath the superstructure once the superstructure is formed.
US10435852B2 Method for determining the compaction state of substrate
A method for determining the compaction state of a subgrade to be compacted using a roller compactor comprising at least one compactor drum having an oscillation-inducing arrangement and rotatable about a drum axis of rotation comprising the following steps: during at least one period of oscillating movement of the compactor drum, repeatedly determining the acceleration of the compactor drum in an first direction, representing a first acceleration value; in association with each first acceleration value, determining an acceleration of the compactor drum in a second direction representing a second acceleration value in order to provide acceleration value pairs, each consisting of a first acceleration value and a second associated acceleration value; and for at least one oscillation period, defining a compaction state value representing the compaction state of the subgrade based upon the period of oscillation determined for said acceleration value pairs.
US10435848B2 Tool or tool part, system including such a tool or tool part, method of producing such a tool or tool part and method of molding a product from a pulp slurry
The present document discloses a tool or tool part for use in a process of molding a product from a pulp slurry. The tool or tool part comprises a self-supporting tool wall portion having a product face, for contacting the product, and a back face on the other side of the wall relative to the product face. The tool wall portion presenting pores, which are provided by a plurality of channels extending through the tool wall portion, from the product face to the back face. The channels are straight or curved with no more than one point of inflection.
US10435845B2 Fibrous structures
Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Elongation of greater than 14.85% as measured according to the Elongation Test Method are provided.
US10435836B2 Apparatus for feeding and spreading pieces of cloth
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and a method for receiving and straightening four edge pieces of cloth, the apparatus having a machine direction parallel with a delivery direction of the straightened cloth, the apparatus comprising; at least three charger stations, each for receiving a piece of cloth and locating a pair of adjacent fore edge corners of the cloth, a set of spreader clamps for releasably receiving the pair of adjacent fore edge corners, at least two grippers, each for conveying the pair of fore edge corners from the charger station to the set of spreader clamps, where the grippers are configured to move along at least a portion of a first path transversally to the machine direction, wherein at least one central charger station has a first waiting location for the cloth with the corners being located, the waiting location being retracted opposite the machine direction from the set of spreader clamps away from the first path.
US10435834B2 Washing machine appliance with a bulk dispense reservoir having an integral bleach cup
A washing machine appliance includes an additive reservoir positioned below a top panel of the washing machine appliance for receiving large quantities of a first fluid additive, such as detergent. In addition, the additive reservoir defines an additive passageway that extends through the additive reservoir and is configured for receiving a second fluid additive, such as bleach, and directing that additive directly into a tub of the washing machine appliance. In this manner, bulk detergent and an additional additive may be added into the washing machine appliance without requiring the manufacturing and assembly of two separate parts which must be installed within the limited space under the top panel of the washing machine appliance.
US10435831B1 Fabric treating accessories and associated use thereof
An apparatus includes a dispensing bottle including a reservoir and a spray nozzle in fluid communication therewith, and a homogenous solution housed within the reservoir. Such a homogenous solution includes between 40% and 45%, by weight, of a wrinkle remover; between 40% and 45%, by weight, of a fabric softener; and between 10% and 20%, by weight, of a viscosity reducer. Advantageously, the solution is an aqueous mixture having a viscosity level between 1.0 and 2.0 centipoise at 25 degrees Celsius wherein, upon actuating the spray nozzle, the solution is caused to expel outwardly and away from the reservoir due to its low viscosity characteristics.
US10435829B2 Method for making a spunbonded high loft nonwoven web
The invention relates to a method for making a spunbonded high loft nonwoven web comprising crimped multicomponent fibers, the process comprising continuously spinning the fibers, directing the fibers to a spin-belt by deflectors and/or air streams, laying down the fibers on the spinbelt and pre-consolidating the fibers after laydown using one or more pre-consolidation rollers to form a pre-consolidated web, wherein a first component of the fibers comprises a PP homopolymer and a second component of the fibers comprises a PP/PE copolymer, wherein the pre-consolidation rollers are operated at a temperature of smaller 110° C. and/or a linear contact force of smaller 5 N/mm.
US10435827B2 Scouring article and methods of making and using
A scouring article including a monolithic nonwoven pad with a semi-densified fibrous layer that is integral to the monolithic nonwoven pad and that provides a major surface of the monolithic nonwoven pad, and methods of making and using.
US10435824B2 Innerduct structure containing monofilament jacketed woven rope
An article containing an innerduct structure and a woven rope located within the innerduct structure. The woven rope an inner portion comprising a plurality of multifilament fibers in the length direction of the woven rope and a jacket portion covering the inner portion. The jacket portion contains a plurality of monofilament fibers in the length direction of the woven rope and at least one multifilament fiber in the circumferential direction interwoven with the monofilament fibers in the length direction of the jacket portion. The monofilament fibers of the jacket portion form the majority of the outer surface of the woven rope.
US10435819B2 Method for producing high tensile strength nanofiber yarn
The present invention relates to a process for producing high tensile strength nanofiber yarn by wet-extrusion on a slippery surface. In particular, the present invention discloses a method wherein individual nanocellulose fibers are aligned by high speed in-nozzle-alignment and on-surface-alignment, which comprise controlling the fiber width on a moving slippery surface.
US10435818B2 Flexible substrate of bendable display device and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure provides a flexible substrate of a bendable display device and a manufacturing method thereof, the flexible substrate includes a bendable base layer, which includes a bending region and a non-bending region; the flexible substrate further includes a fiber reinforced layer, which is provided on a surface of the base layer and has different distribution densities in the bending region and the non-bending region. The flexible substrate of a bendable display device provided in the present disclosure can not only protect semiconductor devices on the flexible substrate, and avoid situations such as dislocation of circuits of electronic components, low yield rate and etc., but can also disperse bending stress generated when the flexible substrate is bent, thereby prolonging the bending life of the display device.
US10435814B2 Single metal crystals
A single-crystalline metal is created on a substrate by liquefying a metal material contained within a crucible while in contact with a surface of the substrate, cooling the metal material by causing a temperature gradient effected in the substrate in a direction that is neutral along the surface of the substrate and, therein, growing the single-crystalline metal in the crucible.
US10435813B2 Epitaxial growth method for silicon carbide
The present invention provides a method of epitaxial growth of an SiC thin film by the thermal CVD process wherein it is possible to improve the in-plane uniformity of the doping density and possible to grow an SiC thin film by a uniform thickness. This method is an epitaxial growth method for silicon carbide characterized by comprising adjusting a ratio of the hydrocarbon gas and silicon feedstock gas so as to become, by C/Si ratio, 0.5 to 1.5 in range, making the hydrocarbon gas contact a hydrocarbon decomposition catalyst heated to 1000° C. to 1200° C. so as to make at least part of the hydrocarbon gas break down into carbon and hydrogen, and supplying carbon contained in the hydrocarbon gas and silicon contained in the silicon feedstock gas to the silicon carbide single crystal substrate.
US10435811B2 Wafer susceptor with improved thermal characteristics
An IC fabrication system for facilitating improved thermal uniformity includes a chamber within which an IC process is performed on a substrate, a heating mechanism configured to heat the substrate, and a substrate-retaining device configured to retain the substrate in the chamber. The substrate-retaining device includes a contact surface configured to contact an edge of the retained substrate without the substrate-retaining device contacting a circumferential surface of the retained substrate. The substrate-retaining device includes a plurality of contact regions and a plurality of noncontact regions disposed at a perimeter, where the plurality of noncontact regions is interspersed with the plurality of contact regions. Each of the plurality of noncontact regions includes the contact surface. Alternatively, the substrate-retaining device includes a base portion having a circular surface and a cylindrical surface extending from the circular surface, where a ring portion having the contact surface is disposed within the base portion.
US10435809B2 Apparatus for growing single crystalline ingot and method for growing same
The present invention relates to an apparatus for growing a single crystal ingot capable of uniformly controlling an oxygen concentration in a longitudinal direction and a radial direction of a single crystal ingot by uniformly maintaining a convection pattern on a silicon melt interface, and a method for growing the same. In an apparatus for growing a single crystal ingot and a method for growing the same according to the present invention, a horizontal magnet is positioned to be movable up and down by a magnet moving unit around a crucible, so that a maximum gauss position (MGP) is positioned to be higher than the silicon melt interface and simultaneously, a rate of increase in the MGP is controlled to 3.5 mm/hr to 6.5 mm/hr, and thus it possible to secure simplicity and symmetry of convection on the silicon melt interface. Accordingly, in the present invention, it is possible to reduce an Oi deviation and a BMD deviation in a longitudinal direction and a radial direction of a single crystal ingot, thereby improving quality.
US10435808B2 Etching apparatus used for photo electrochemical etching of semiconductor substrate
An etching apparatus having a liquid bath storing an etching liquid, a substrate installation part capable of supporting the semiconductor substrate in vertical placement at a position at which a treatment surface of the semiconductor substrate is immersed in the etching liquid, a sample electrode provided at the substrate installation part and electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate, a counter electrode disposed at a position at which the counter electrode is immersed in the etching liquid in the liquid bath, a light source irradiating the treatment surface of the semiconductor substrate with light, and an irradiation window provided between the treatment surface of the semiconductor substrate and the light source and at a position separated from the semiconductor substrate in a horizontal direction.
US10435806B2 Methods for electrolytically depositing pretreatment compositions
Methods for treating a substrate are disclosed. The substrate is deoxidized and then immersed in an electrodepositable pretreatment composition comprising a lanthanide series element and/or a Group IIIB metal, an oxidizing agent, and a metal-complexing agent to deposit a coating from the electrodepositable pretreatment composition onto a surface of the substrate. Optionally, the electrodepositable pretreatment composition may comprise a surfactant. A coating from a spontaneously depositable pretreatment composition comprising a Group IIIB and/or Group IVB metal may be deposited on the substrate surface prior to electrodepositing a coating from the electrodepositable pretreatment composition. Following electrodeposition of the electrodepositable pretreatment composition, the substrate optionally may be contacted with a sealing composition comprising phosphate and a Group IIIB and/or IVB metal. Substrates treated according to the methods also are disclosed.
US10435805B2 Two-stage method for dip-coating electrically conductive substrates using a Bi (III)-containing composition
The present invention relates to a method for at least partly coating an electrically conductive substrate with an electrocoat material, comprising at least contacting the substrate with an aqueous coating composition (A) as step (1), which is carried out in at least two successive stages (1a) and (1b), i.e., first at an applied voltage in a range from 1 to 50 V (1a), which is applied over a duration of at least 5 seconds, and then in a range from 50 to 400 V (1b), the voltage applied in (1b) being greater by at least 10 V than the voltage applied in (1a), with (A) comprising at least one cathodically depositable binder (A1), at least one organic monocarboxylic or polycarboxylic acid which has no nitrogen atom(s), and/or anions thereof (A3) and trivalent bismuth (A4), with (A3) and (A4) each being present in (A) in an amount such that their stoichiometry to one another allows at least 50 mol % of (A4) to be present in the form of a salt and/or complex of components (A3) and (A4), with the molar fractions of any zirconium ions and aminopolycarboxylic acids present in (A) to be lower by a factor in each case of 100 or of 15, respectively, than the molar fraction of (A4) present in (A); to a use of (A) for at least partly coating the substrate with an electrocoat material; to at least partly coated electrically conductive substrates obtainable by the method; and to articles or components produced from such substrates.
US10435802B2 Cathode catalyst for water electrolysis devices and method of preparing the same
Provided are a cathode catalyst for water electrolysis devices and a method for preparing the same. More specifically, provided are a cathode catalyst for water electrolysis devices that exhibits both high activity and high electrical conductivity, compared to conventional transition metal phosphide catalysts, and a method for preparing the same.
US10435793B2 Thermal barrier coatings and coated components
A component coated with a thermal barrier coating (TBC), wherein the TBC includes an outer surface layer and at least one underlying layer, wherein the outer surface layer has a thickness of not more than 50% of a thickness of the TBC, has a lower average porosity than the at least one underlying layer and includes an additional phase therewithin.
US10435788B2 Deposition system with repeating motion profile
A material deposition system for depositing a material on a surface of a substrate includes a deposition head having an output face configured to simultaneously supply a plurality of gaseous materials in a sequence of gas zones. The gas zones include a deposition zone located between first and second inert zones. The deposition zone includes a first reactant zone adjacent to the first inert zone, a last reactant zone adjacent to the second inert zone, and one or more purge gas zones. A motion actuator moves a substrate over the output face with a repeating motion profile that prevents a region of active deposition on the substrate from being exposed to the external environment prior to having achieved a final material deposition amount. The repeating motion profile include a forward motion portion and a backward motion portion which is less than the forward distance by an ooch distance.
US10435786B2 Alignment systems employing actuators providing relative displacement between lid assemblies of process chambers and substrates, and related methods
Alignment systems employing actuators provide relative displacement between lid assemblies of process chambers and substrates, and related methods are disclosed. A process chamber includes chamber walls defining a process volume in which a substrate may be placed and the walls support a lid assembly of the process chamber. The lid assembly contains at least one of an energy source and a process gas dispenser. Moreover, an alignment system may include at least one each of a bracket, an interface member, and an actuator. By attaching the bracket to the chamber wall and securing the interface member to the lid assembly, the actuator may communicate with the bracket and the interface member to provide relative displacement between the chamber wall and the lid assembly. In this manner, the lid assembly may be positioned relative to the substrate to improve process uniformity across the substrate within the process chamber.
US10435784B2 Thermally optimized rings
A process kit ring for use in a plasma processing system is disclosed herein. The process kit ring includes an annular body and one or more hollow inner cavities. The annular body is formed from a plasma resistant material. The annular body has an outer diameter greater than 200 mm. The annular body includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface is configured to face a plasma processing region of a process chamber. The bottom surface is opposite the top surface. The bottom surface is substantially perpendicular to a centerline of the body. The bottom surface is supported at least partially by a pedestal assembly. The one or more hollow inner cavities are formed in the annular body about the centerline. The one or more hollow inner cavities are arranged in a circle within the annular body.
US10435781B2 Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing method and non-transitory storage medium
There is provided a substrate processing apparatus to perform a predetermined process on a substrate on which a pattern mask is formed, comprising a compartment mechanism configured to switch between a compartmented state and an open state. The compartmented state includes a first section having the evaporation source formation part, and a second section configured to transfer the substrate between an outside of processing vessel and a mounting table. The substrate processing apparatus comprises a substrate transfer hole formed in the processing vessel and configured to open and close with respect to the second section being in the compartmented state; and an exhaust hole formed to connect to the second section and configured to exhaust the second section in the compartment state to remove a solvent atmosphere of the second section.
US10435779B2 Precision air flow routing devices and method for thermal spray coating applications
An apparatus for controlling deposition of material from a plasma transferred wire arc (PTWA) torch within a bore is provided. The apparatus includes a duct and a plurality of cannons. The duct includes a plurality of fluid passageways separated by cross-members. The plurality of cannons are disposed adjacent and downstream from the plurality of fluid passageways of the duct. The flow of fluid is simultaneously directed through all of the fluid passageways and the plurality of cannons and past the PTWA torch in the bore.
US10435778B2 Surface treating apparatus
A device capable of performing surface treatment evenly to an upper portion of a substrate is provided. An upper end of a substrate 54 is sandwiched and held by a clip 52 of a hanger 50. A pipe 56 as a treatment solution releasing section is provided on each side of the substrate 54 that is held by the hanger 50. This pipe 56 is provided with a hole 58 from which the treatment solution is released obliquely upward. The released treatment solution flows down on a surface of the substrate 54, reaches a lower portion thereof, is circulated by a pump 60, and is released from the pipe 56 again.
US10435777B2 Inner surface-modified tube, inner surface-modified tube manufacturing method, and inner surface-modified tube manufacturing device
An inner surface-modified tube includes fine particles that are buried in an inner surface of a tube with part of surfaces of the fine particles exposed, wherein the fine particles are unevenly distributed such that more fine particles are distributed in a region from a center of the tube to the inner surface of the tube than in a region from the center of the tube to an outer surface of the tube based on a thickness direction of the tube, an arithmetic average roughness Ra of the inner surface of the tube is 1 nm or more and 100 μm or less, a particle diameter of each fine particle is 10 nm or more and 100 μm or less, and an inner diameter of the tube is 0.01 mm or more and 100 mm or less.
US10435776B2 Fire containment coating system for titanium
A blade outer air seal (BOAS) or segment thereof comprises: a metallic substrate having an inner diameter (ID) surface; and a coating system along the inner diameter surface comprises: a bondcoat atop the substrate; and a ceramic barrier coat atop the bondcoat. The bondcoat has a combined content of one or more of molybdenum, chromium, and vanadium of at least 50 percent by weight.
US10435775B2 Processing routes for titanium and titanium alloys
Methods of refining the grain size of titanium and titanium alloys include multiple upset and draw forging. Titanium and titanium alloy workpieces are heated to a workpiece forging temperature within a workpiece forging temperature range in the alpha+beta phase field. The workpiece may comprise a starting cross-sectional dimension. The workpiece is upset forged in the workpiece forging temperature range. After upsetting, the workpiece is multiple pass draw forged in the workpiece forging temperature range. Multiple pass draw forging may comprise incrementally rotating the workpiece in a rotational direction followed by draw forging the workpiece after each incremental rotation. Incrementally rotating and draw forging the workpiece is repeated until the workpiece comprises substantially the same starting cross-sectional dimension.
US10435773B2 Rapidly solidified high-temperature aluminum iron silicon alloys
High-strength, lightweight alloy components, such as automotive components, capable of high temperature performance comprising aluminum, silicon, and iron and/or nickel are provided, along with methods of making such high-strength, lightweight alloy components. A high-energy stream, such as a laser or electron beam, may be selectively directed towards a precursor material to melt a portion of the precursor material in a localized region. The molten precursor material is cooled at a rate of greater than or equal to about 1.0×105 K/second to form a solid high-strength, lightweight alloy component comprising a stable ternary cubic phase having high heat resistance and high strength. The stable ternary phase may be AlxFeySiz, where x ranges from about 4 to about 5 or about 7.2 to about 7.6, y is about 1.5 to about 2.2, and z is about 1. The stable ternary phase may also be Al6Ni3Si.
US10435770B2 Method for producing La/Ce/MM/Y base alloys, resulting alloys, and battery electrodes
A carbothermic reduction method is provided for reducing a La-, Ce-, MM-, and/or Y-containing oxide in the presence of carbon and a source of a reactant element comprising Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, As, Sb, Bi, and/or P to form an intermediate alloy material including a majority of La, Ce, MM, and/or Y and a minor amount of the reactant element. The intermediate material is useful as a master alloy for in making negative electrode materials for a metal hydride battery, as hydrogen storage alloys, as master alloy additive for addition to a melt of commercial Mg and Al alloys, steels, cast irons, and superalloys; or in reducing Sm2O3 to Sm metal for use in Sm—Co permanent magnets.
US10435761B2 Heat-treated steel material and method of manufacturing the same
A heat-treated steel material includes: a chemical composition expressed by, in mass %: C: 0.16% to 0.38%; Mn: 0.6% to 1.5%; Cr: 0.4% to 2.0%; Ti: 0.01% to 0.10%; B: 0.001% to 0.010%; Si: 0.20% or less; P: 0.05% or less; S: 0.05% or less; N: 0.01% or less; Ni: 0% to 2.0%; Cu: 0% to 1.0%; Mo: 0% to 1.0%; V: 0% to 1.0%; Al: 0% to 1.0%; Nb: 0% to 1.0%; REM: 0% to 0.1%; and the balance: Fe and impurities; and a structure expressed by: retained austenite: 1.5 volume % or less; and the balance: martensite.
US10435759B2 HMG1 gene and uses thereof in microsporidium molecular detection
The present invention disclosed a Nosema bombycis HMG1 gene, a specific primer set used for rapidly detecting Nosema bombycis, a group of microsporidium universal detection primers, and uses thereof. The primer set comprises a primer HMG1-sF and a primer HMG1-sR, and nucleotide sequences of the primers are shown in SEQ ID No. 5-6 respectively. The universal detection primers comprise a primer HMG1F and a primer HMG1R, and nucleotide sequences of the primers are shown in SEQ ID No. 3-4 respectively.
US10435756B2 Selective inhibitors of tumor-initiating cells
Described herein are novel malignancy associated gene signature biomarkers, and assays and methods thereof, to classify prognosis or malignant potential of a cancer and identify cancer-initiating cells. The malignancy associated gene signature biomarkers, assays and methods described herein provide, in part, new methodologies to screen for novel drugs for treating cancers and tumors, such as, for example, triple-negative breast tumors. Using the assays and methods described herein proteasome inhibitors, histone deacetylase inhibitors, and glycolysis inhibitors, were identified as being highly effective in altering gene expression signatures specifically in malignant or cancer-initiating cells.
US10435753B2 Methods for detecting colorectal cancer using a DNA marker of exfoliated epithelia and a fecal blood marker
The present invention provides methods and materials related to the detection of colorectal neoplasm-specific markers in or associated with a subject's stool sample. In particular, the present invention provides methods and materials for identifying mammals having a colorectal neoplasm by detecting the presence of exfoliated epithelial markers (e.g., human DNA, tumor assoicated gene alterations, tumor associated proteins) and blood markers (e.g., homoglobin, serum proteins) in a stool sample obtained from the mammal.
US10435751B2 Methods for the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities
The present invention relates to methods for detecting, enriching, and analyzing rare cells that are present in the blood, e.g. fetal cells. The invention further features methods of analyzing rare cell(s) to determine the presence of an abnormality, disease or condition in a subject, e.g. a fetus by analyzing a cellular sample from the subject.
US10435749B2 Genetic polymorphisms associated with coronary events and drug response, methods of detection and uses thereof
The present invention provides compositions and methods based on genetic polymorphisms that are associated with coronary heart disease (particularly myocardial infarction), aneurysm/dissection, and/or response to drug treatment, particularly statin treatment. For example, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules containing the polymorphisms, variant proteins encoded by these nucleic acid molecules, reagents for detecting the polymorphic nucleic acid molecules and variant proteins, and methods of using the nucleic acid molecules and proteins as well as methods of using reagents for their detection.
US10435742B2 Massive parallel method for decoding DNA and RNA
This invention provides methods for attaching a nucleic acid to a solid surface and for sequencing nucleic acid by detecting the identity of each nucleotide analogue after the nucleotide analogue is incorporated into a growing strand of DNA in a polymerase reaction. The invention also provides nucleotide analogues which comprise unique labels attached to the nucleotide analogue through a cleavable linker, and a cleavable chemical group to cap the —OH group at the 3′-position of the deoxyribose.
US10435736B2 Target region enrichment method based on multiplex PCR, and reagent
Provided are a target region enrichment method based on multiplex PCR, and a reagent, the method comprising: connecting a first linker and a second linker respectively at two ends of a nucleic acid segment containing target regions to be enriched so as to obtain a linker-connected product; performing a PCR amplification on the linker-connected product using a first primer specifically bound to the first linker and a second primer specifically bound to the second linker to obtain an amplified product, the first primer or the second primer having a first affinity label; capturing a single strand having the first affinity label in the amplified product using a solid phase carrier; performing single primer linear amplification using a third primer with the captured single strand as a template; performing exponential amplification using the third primer and the first primer, with the linearly amplified product as the template, to obtain a product containing the target regions.
US10435729B2 Sucrose phosphorylase for the production of kojibiose
The present invention relates to the production of the disaccharide kojibiose which is known to be a powerful prebiotic. The invention indeed discloses the generation of genetically modified sucrose phosphorylases which convert—via a transglycosylation reaction—sucrose into kojibiose in a very efficient manner. Hence, the present invention relates to a cost-effective production method of kojibiose which is useful within industry.
US10435728B2 Endoxylanase mutant, enzyme composition for biomass decomposition, and method of producing sugar solution
An endoxylanase mutant has improved thermal stability. The endoxylanase mutant having endoxylanase activity includes an amino acid sequence at least including substitution of an amino acid residue at one or more positions selected from positions corresponding to position 35, position 44, position 62, position 63, position 101, and position 102 of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 in an amino acid sequence of endoxylanase derived from a filamentous fungus.
US10435727B2 Isolated codon optimized nucleic acid
The present invention is a method for the biosynthesis of hundreds of compounds, mainly found in the Cannabis plant. The starting material for these compounds can be any biological compound that is used/produced in a biological organism from the sugar family starting materials or other low cost raw materials processed via enzymes or within organisms to give final products. These final products include, but are not limited to: cannabinoids, terpenoids, stilbenoids, flavonoids, phenolic amides, lignanamides, spermidine alkaloids, and phenylpropanoids. Specifically, the present invention relates to the regular/modified/synthetic gene(s) of select enzymes are processed and inserted into an expression system (vector, cosmid, BAC, YAC, phage, etc.) to produce modified hosts. The modified host is then optimized for efficient production and yield via manipulation, silencing, and amplifying inserted or other genes in the host, leading to an efficient system for product.
US10435726B2 Processes and systems for catalytic manufacture of wax ester derivatives
Processes for transesterifying wax esters. Implementations may include providing a feedstock including wax esters, introducing into the feedstock an alcohol with a carbon number ranging from 1 to 34 carbons where the alcohol is selected from the group consisting of a straight chain alcohol, a branched chain alcohol, any combination of straight chain alcohols, any combination of branched chain alcohols, and any combination thereof. The process may include contacting the feedstock with a lipase, and catalytically transesterifying the wax esters in the feedstock with the lipase to form a transesterified product. The enzymatically transesterified product may be adapted to produce a finished product having a certain formula that has a viscosity that substantially matches a viscosity of a finished product having the same certain formula including chemically catalyzed transesterified wax esters.
US10435719B2 Process for enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic material and fermentation of sugars
The invention relates to an integrated process for alcohol production from lignocellulosic material.
US10435716B2 Hybrid proteins and uses thereof
There are disclosed hybrid proteins comprising at least one signal sequence; at least one DNA binding domain; and at least one cell penetrating peptide (CPP) domain. In embodiments the CPP domain is a TAT domain, and the DNA binding domain is a HU domain. There is also disclosed the use of the hybrid proteins to introduce exogenous DNA into target cells, and methods for introducing exogenous DNA into target cells using the hybrid proteins.
US10435715B2 CRISPR enabled multiplexed genome engineering
Described herein are methods and vectors for rational, multiplexed manipulation of chromosomes within open reading frames (e.g., in protein libraries) or any segment of a chromosome in a cell or population of cells, in which various CRISPR systems are used.
US10435712B2 Evolution of high-titer virus-like vesicles for vaccine applications
The present invention relates to the discovery of a high titer hybrid-virus vector that gives rise to high titer virus like vesicles (VLVs) that can be used as a vaccine. The invention includes compositions and methods of generating an evolved hybrid-virus vector vaccine and selecting high titer VLVs, methods of treating and/or preventing or immunizing against, a specific disease or disorder, and methods of inducing a memory T cell and B cell immune response in a subject administered the VLV composition produced thereby. Furthermore, the invention encompasses a pharmaceutical composition for vaccinating a subject as well as a high titer protein expression system.
US10435711B2 Feeder-free derivation of human-induced pluripotent stem cells with synthetic messenger RNA
The present disclosure relates generally to novel methods and compositions for using engineered reprogramming factor(s) for the creation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) through a kinetically controlled process. Specifically, this disclosure relates to establishing combinations of reprogramming factors, including fusions between conventional reprogramming factors with transactivation domains, optimized for reprogramming various types of cells. More specifically, the exemplary methods disclosed herein can be used for creating induced pluripotent stem cells from various mammalian cell types, including human fibroblasts. Exemplary methods of feeder-free derivation of human induced pluripotent stem cells using synthetic messenger RNA are also disclosed.
US10435709B2 Dopamine receptor type 2 specific promoter and methods of use thereof
A nucleic acid containing a dopamine receptor type 2-specific promoter (D2SP) is provided. In certain embodiments, the nucleic acid includes a dopamine receptor type 2-specific promoter (D2SP), wherein the D2SP does not include exon 1 of a D2 receptor gene, wherein the D2SP comprises a Kozak sequence, and wherein the D2SP includes a nucleotide sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1. Also provided are expression vectors, genetically modified host cells and kits that include the subject nucleic acid.
US10435707B2 AXMI554 delta-endotoxin gene and methods for its use
Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a toxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated toxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:4-11, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1-3, as well as variants and fragments thereof.
US10435704B2 Method of co-expressing a glycoprotein and a single-subunit olicosaccharyltransferase in a plant
A process of producing a recombinant glycoprotein in a plant, in cells of a plant, or in plant cells is provided. The process comprises expressing in said plant, in cells of said plant or in said plant cells a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having an N-glycosylation site and co-expressing a nucleic acid sequence encoding a heterologous single-subunit oligosaccharyltransferase.
US10435698B2 Methods and vectors for producing transgenic plants
Methods of, and compositions for, assembling one or more transcription units in a genome without a linked selectable marker or other unwanted transcription unit are provided. Also provided methods of, and compositions for, assembling one or more transcription units in a genome with a reduced frequency of vector backbone.
US10435697B2 Recombinant expression system that senses pathogenic microorganisms
The present invention relates to a recombinant expression system comprising at least: (i) a first nucleotide sequence encoding for at least one protein of a quorum sensing system capable of detecting the presence, amount or both of a microorganism of interest by forming a complex with a marker molecule indicating the presence of said microorganism; (ii) a second nucleotide sequence encoding for at least one antimicrobial peptide, wherein the at least one antimicrobial peptide is effective against the microorganism of interest detected by the at least one protein encoded by the first nucleotide sequence, (iii) a third nucleotide sequence encoding for a genetic inverter that inhibits expression of the second nucleotide sequence, wherein the genetic inverter is under control of an inducible promoter and wherein the inducible promoter is induced if the complex of the at least one protein encoded by the first nucleotide sequence and the marker molecule indicating the presence of said microorganism is below a threshold concentration and is not induced if the complex of the at least one protein encoded by the first nucleotide sequence and the marker molecule indicating the presence of said microorganism exceeds a threshold concentration. Further encompassed is the use of the expression system and cells comprising the expression system of the invention.
US10435690B2 Treatment of alpha-L-iduronidase (IDUA) related diseases by inhibition of natural antisense transcript to IDUA
The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that modulate the expression of and/or function of Alpha-L-Iduronidase (IDUA), in particular, by targeting natural antisense polynucleotides of Alpha-L-Iduronidase (IDUA). The invention also relates to the identification of these antisense oligonucleotides and their use in treating diseases and disorders associated with the expression of IDUA.
US10435685B2 Compositions and methods for enrichment of nucleic acids
Methods are provided for reducing the complexity of a population of nucleic acids prior to performing an analysis of the nucleic acids, e.g., sequence analysis. The methods result in a subset of the initial population enriched for a target region, which is typically located within one or more target fragments. The methods are particularly useful for analyzing populations having a high degree of complexity, e.g., chromosomal-derived DNA, whole genomic DNA, or mRNA populations.
US10435682B2 Arginine deiminase gene therapy for disordered proteins
The invention relates to compositions comprising arginine deiminase and their use in a method of reducing aggregation of disordered protein in a subject.
US10435679B2 Mutant Cas9 proteins
Methods of making mutant Cas9 proteins are described.
US10435678B2 Modified cascade ribonucleoproteins and uses thereof
A clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-associated complex for adaptive antiviral defence (Cascade); the Cascade protein complex comprising at least CRISPR-associated protein subunits Cas7, Cas5 and Cas6 which includes at least one subunit with an additional amino acid sequence possessing nucleic acid or chromatin modifying, visualizing, transcription activating or transcription repressing activity. The Cascade complex with additional activity is combined with an RNA molecule to produce a ribonucleoprotein complex. The RNA molecule is selected to have substantial complementarity to a target sequence. Targeted ribonucleoproteins can be used as genetic engineering tools for precise cutting of nucleic acids in homologous recombination, non-homologous end joining, gene modification, gene integration, mutation repair or for their visualization, transcriptional activation or repression. A pair of ribonucleotides fused to FokI dimers may be used to generate double-strand breakages in the DNA to facilitate these applications in a sequence-specific manner.
US10435673B2 Method for the biotechnological production of flavonoids
A method is proposed for producing flavonoids, comprising the steps: (a) providing of a transgenic microorganism, containing (i) a first nucleic acid section (A), comprising or consisting of a gene coding for a CYP450 oxidase, (ii) a second nucleic acid section (B), comprising or consisting of a gene coding for a plant O-methyltransferase, and (b) adding of one or more flavanones to the transgenic microorganism, (c) the conversion of the substrate flavanones by the transgenic microorganism to the corresponding flavonoids, and optionally (d) isolating and purifying of the final products.
US10435672B2 Genetically stable oncolytic RNA virus, method of manufacturing and use thereof
In a method for manufacturing a modified enterovirus of ECHO 7 type by modification of native ECHO 7 virus, isolated by a known method from human feces and identified by genome sequence, the modification is performed initially conducting the virus adaptation in cancer cells, attenuated by anti-cancer agent dacarbazine, further passaging the modified virus in human embryonal fibroblast culture, followed by propagation in human melanoma cells and further passaging in human embryonal fibroblast culture, that was treated by ribavirin, isolation and purification by known method. The modified virus is suitable for treating various tumors.
US10435671B2 Bacteriophage strains against proteus mirabilis and use thereof
The invention covers new bacteriophage strains specific against bacteria belonging to the species Proteus mirabilis, deposited with the Polish Collection of Microorganisms (PCM) under the access numbers: F/00084 (72APm5211), F/00085 (39APmC32), F/00086 (65APm2833), for use for use in the prophylaxis and therapy. In accordance with the invention the above mentioned bacteriophage strains, in form of complete particles of the single bacteriophage strain, in form of bacteriophage lysates, optionally in form of purified bacteriophage proteins, in particular lytic enzymes that degrade the bacterial cell wall and enzymes that decompose bacterial extracellular polysaccharides, are intended for use in therapy as anti-bacterial agents, in particular against bacteria of the species Proteus mirabilis, especially the drug- and multidrug-resistant strains of the species, advantageously in urinary tract infections. In accordance with the invention the above mentioned bacteriophage strains, in form of a cocktail comprising two or more active bacteriophages, in form of lysates of two or more active bacteriophages, optionally in form of purified bacteriophage proteins of two or more active bacteriophages, especially lytic enzymes that degrade the bacterial cell wall and enzymes that decompose bacterial extracellular polysaccharides, are intended for use in therapy as anti-bacterial agents, in particular against bacteria of the species Proteus mirabilis, especially the drug- and multidrug-resistant strains of the species, advantageously in urinary tract infections. The manufactured preparations or compositions are in gel or liquid form and are intended for use in combination or in composition with other anti-bacterial agent, or with other medicaments, wherein the liquid form may be used spray, compresses, rinse/wash liquid preparation or wet compresses.
US10435669B2 Bacteriophage for biocontrol of Salmonella and in the manufacturing or processing of foods
The invention relates to the field of microbiology, specifically to a bacteriophage, polypeptide and a corresponding polynucleotide, a nucleic acid molecule and/or vector and/or cell comprising such polynucleotide, a composition comprising said bacteriophage, polypeptide, polynucleotide, construct, vector and/or cell, preferably for preventing, treating or diagnosing contamination with and/or a condition in an individual related to Salmonella. The invention further relates to an antimicrobial composition for medical use or for use as a food additive or as a disinfectant, or for detecting bacteria, preferably in a diagnostic application, wherein said antimicrobial composition comprises a bacteriophage, polypeptide, corresponding polynucleotide, construct and/or vector and/or cell comprising such polypeptide and/or composition according to the present invention.
US10435667B2 Methods for forming three-dimensional human retinal tissue in vitro
The present invention relates to the field of stem cells. More specifically, the invention provides methods and compositions useful for forming three-dimensional human retinal tissue in vitro. In a specific embodiment, an in vitro method for differentiating hiPSCs into three-dimensional retinal tissue comprising functional photoreceptors comprises the steps of (a) culturing the hiPSCs to form aggregates; (b) transitioning the aggregates into a neural induction medium; (c) seeding the aggregates on to extracellular matrix coated cell culture substrates; (d) replacing NIM with a chemically-defined differentiation medium; (e) detaching NR domains; (f) culturing in suspension; and (g) adding animal serum or plasma component and retinoic acid.
US10435660B2 Handling device for a laboratory vessel
A fluid line element for building a fluid line section comprising a plurality of identical fluid line elements, wherein the fluid line element comprises: —an element body, —a first throughflow opening provided on the element body and a second throughflow opening, different from the first, —and a flow channel provided in the element body, which fluidically connects the first and the second throughflow openings for throughflow along a channel path. In a first region of the fluid line element, located closer to the first than to the second throughflow opening, a throughflow body formed separately from the element body is provided, which —forms a part of the flow channel, —is formed from a material having a lower elasticity modulus than the material of the element body, and —on the longitudinal end thereof facing into the interior of the element body, comprises a valve seat formation surrounding the channel path.
US10435658B2 Fluid mixing systems with adjustable mixing element
A fluid mixing system includes a support housing having an interior surface bounding a chamber. A flexible bag is disposed within the chamber of the support housing, the flexible bag having an interior surface bounding a compartment. An impeller is disposed within the chamber of the flexible bag. A drive shaft is coupled with the impeller such that rotation of the drive shaft facilitates rotation of the impeller. A drive motor assembly is coupled with the draft shaft and is adapted to rotate the drive shaft. An adjustable arm assembly is coupled with the drive motor assembly and is adapted to move the drive motor assembly which in turn moves the position of the drive shaft and impeller. An electrical controller can control movement of the adjustable arm.
US10435656B2 Cleaning composition comprising a fatty alcohol mixture having high self-adhesion and providing residual benefits
A composition for treating a hard surface. The composition has: (a) at least one adhesion promoter; (b) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of: anionic, non-ionic, cationic, amphoteric, zwitterionic, and combinations thereof; (c) mineral oil; (d) water; (e) optionally, at least one solvent; and wherein the composition is self-adhering upon application to a surface to be treated, and wherein the composition provides a wet film to said surface when water passes over said composition and surface.
US10435652B2 Liquid laundry detergent composition for clothing
[Problem to be Solved] To provide a liquid laundry detergent composition for clothing which can remove bacteria from the clothing effectively during washing and also impart an excellent antibacterial effect to the clothing after washing.[Solution] A liquid laundry detergent composition for clothing comprising: a bacteria-eliminating active agent, at least one cationic polymer selected from the following components (a), (b) and (c), and a surfactant: the component (a): diallylamine hydrochloride polymers, diallylamine polymers, methylallylamine hydrochloride polymers, diallyldimethylammonium chloride polymers, diallylmethylethyl sulfate polymers, diallylamine hydrochloride-sulfur dioxide copolymers, diallylamine acetate-sulfur dioxide copolymers and the like; the component (b) acrylamide-diallylamine hydrochloride copolymers, acrylamide-diallyldimethylammonium chloride copolymers and the like; the component (c) allylamine hydrochloride polymers, allylamine polymers, allylamine hydrochloride-diallylamine hydrochloride copolymers, allylamine acetate-diallylamine acetate copolymers and the like.
US10435648B2 Automatic dishwashing detergent composition
An automatic dishwashing detergent composition having a pH as measured in 1% weight aqueous solution at 25° C. of from about 5 to about 7.5, the composition includes a sulfonated polymer.
US10435647B2 Polyesters made from bio-renewable raw materials for preventing dye redeposition on fabrics and garments in textile finishing and garment washing processes
A method for preventing a redeposition during washing of dyed fabric or garments made from natural and synthetic fibers is provided. The method may include admixing 0.1% to 1% of at least one anti-redeposition agent to an aqueous bath depending on the total weight of the dyed fabric to be washed. The anti-redeposition agent may include a water-soluble polyester made from bio-renewable raw materials. The water-soluble polyester may include a reaction product of a polyglycerol mixture, a sugar alcohol, a sebacic acid, and one of an unsaturated fatty acid, a saturated fatty acid, a fat or an oil, a polylactic acid, or polyhydroxyalkanoate.
US10435645B2 Organoleptic compounds
The present invention relates to the novel use of a carboxylate compound as a fragrance material.
US10435644B2 Tire bead lubricating agent and use thereof
The present invention relates to a lubricating agent for mounting or releasing a tire bead, comprising alkaline electrolyzed water and a lubricant component. The lubricant component comprises a lubricant base oil, which is made up of a mineral oil and/or a synthetic oil, and a surfactant. The present invention relates to a method for producing a lubricating agent for mounting or releasing a tire bead, the method comprising: mixing an alkaline electrolyzed water with a lubricant component. A tire and wheel assembly method, comprising: applying the above lubricating agent onto a contact surface of the wheel with a tire bead, and thereafter assembling the tire onto the wheel having had the lubricating agent applied thereon. A method for dismantling a tire and wheel integrated together, comprising: causing the above lubricating agent to seep onto a part of a contact surface of a wheel and a tire bead, and thereafter releasing the tire from the wheel. The provided is a lubricating agent for mounting or releasing a tire bead allows mounting a tire easily onto a wheel, at a bead seating pressure of 300 kPa or less; leaves little residual component after mounting; and enables easy releasing of a tire from a wheel. The present invention provides a tire and wheel assembly method and dismantling method in which the lubricating agent for mounting or releasing tire beads is utilized.
US10435643B2 Lubricating oil compositions containing amine compounds having improved seal performance
Provided is an internal combustion engine lubricating oil composition which comprises a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity; one or more oil soluble or oil dispersible organic acid anhydrides, said anhydride comprising at least one hydrocarbyl or hydrocarbylene moiety having from about 10 to about 400 carbon atoms; and an oil soluble or oil dispersible secondary hydrocarbylamine compound, a tertiary hydrocarbylamine compound, or combinations thereof. Also provided is a method for maintaining and/or increasing fresh oil TBN of a lubricating oil composition while at the same time improving seal performance in an internal combustion engine.
US10435641B2 Refrigerator lubricating oil and mixed composition for refrigerator
The mixed composition for a refrigerator of the present invention contains: a refrigerant containing at least one unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound selected from compounds represented by the following molecular formula (1): CpFrHs  (1) wherein p represents an integer of from 2 to 6; r represents an integer of from 1 to 11; and s represents an integer of from 1 to 11, provided that the compound has one or more carbon-carbon unsaturated bond in a molecule, and a refrigerator lubricating oil containing, as a major component, a polyol ester (A) of a fatty acid (a1) that is a fatty acid having a number of carbon atoms of from 9 to 16 and has a content of a fatty acid having a number of carbon atoms of 9 of 50% by mol or more based on the total amount of the fatty acid (a1), and a polyol (a2) that is pentaerythritol and/or dipentaerythritol.
US10435640B2 Wood processing method
The invention provides a method for generating a solid wood-based material and a hemicellulose-derived material from a wood raw material, said method comprising; i) treating the wood raw material under aqueous conditions at elevated temperature and pressure whereby to generate a hemicellulose-containing fluid component and a solid component; ii) separating said fluid component from said solid component; iii) processing at least a part of said solid component into a solid wood-based material; and iv) processing said liquid component into a hemicellulose-derived material. The invention also provides for a wood-derived fuel with a low ash content.
US10435639B2 Fuel additive containing lattice engineered cerium dioxide nanoparticles
A process for making cerium dioxide nanoparticles containing at least one transition metal (M) utilizes a suspension of cerium hydroxide nanoparticles prepared by mechanical shearing of an aqueous mixture containing an oxidant in an amount effective to enable oxidation of cerous ion to ceric ion, thereby forming a product stream that contains transition metal-containing cerium dioxide nanoparticles, Ce1-xMxO2, wherein “x” has a value from about 0.3 to about 0.8. The nanoparticles thus obtained have a cubic fluorite structure, a mean hydrodynamic diameter in the range of about 1 nm to about 10 nm, and a geometric diameter of less than about 4 nm. The transition metal-containing crystalline cerium dioxide nanoparticles can be used to prepare a dispersion of the particles in a nonpolar medium.
US10435636B2 Apparatus and method for reducing fouling in crude refining by reduction of phosphorus
A method and apparatus for the reduction of fouling in a crude unit. Chemicals containing Phosphorous are understood to be utilized in the production or transportation of certain types of crude oils. It is believed that the elevated levels of phosphorus are contributing to the excessive fouling observed in the preheat exchanger circuits and crude heaters.
US10435634B2 Process for the production of biodegradable hydrocarbon fluids
The invention provides for a process for preparing a fluid having a boiling point in the range of from 100 to 400° C. and comprising more than 95% isoparaffins and containing less than 100 ppm aromatic, comprising the step of catalytically hydrogenating a feed comprising more than 95% by weight of a hydrodeoxygenated isomerized hydrocarbon biomass feedstock, at a temperature from 80 to 180° C. and at a pressure from 50 to 60 bars. The invention also provides for a fluid having a boiling point in the range of from 100 to 400° C. and a boiling range below 80° C., said fluid comprising more than 95% isoparaffins and less than 3% of naphthens by weight and having a ratio of iso-paraffins to n-paraffins of at least 12:1, a biodegradability at 28 days of at least 60%, as measured according to the OECD 306 standard, a biocarbon content of at least 95% by weight, containing less than 100 ppm aromatics by weight, and comprising carbon expressed as CH3 sat less than 30%.
US10435633B2 Chemical rejuvenation process to permanently increase the API gravity of crude oil and bitumen
The invention relates to a method of increasing the American Petroleum Institute (API) gravity of feedstocks by reacting one or more mono-cyclic ether solvents such as oxolane with the asphaltene resident in bitumen or crude oils, at an ambient or elevated temperature, and at ambient or elevated pressure, to increase the API gravity and the economic value of the bitumen or crude oil, and a method for in situ manufacturing a mono-cyclic ether, oxolane, to rejuvenate bitumen or heavy crude oils into their younger lighter crude oils by blending methyl linoleate and methanol in a ratio; heating to produce oxolane; and contacting the oxolane as a solvent with the asphaltene resident in bitumen and heavy crude oils to release not only aromatic compounds, represented by toluene, but also the paraffinic alkanes, represented by n-heptane, making the feedstocks ready for extraction, separation of sand, pipeline transport and refining.
US10435630B2 Method for reducing mutagenicity in petroleum aromatic extracts
System and method for reducing mutagen levels contained within a volume of petroleum aromatic extracts. The petroleum aromatic extracts are mixed with at least one solvent. This produces a mixture. Once mixed, some of the petroleum aromatic extracts dissolve. Others settle in the mixture. The petroleum aromatic extracts that have settled on the mixture are removed from the mixture and are ready for use. The mixture is heated to evaporate the solvent from the mixture. The evaporated solvent can be recaptured and reused. The residuum of the mixture contains petroleum aromatic extracts that can be partially recovered using traditional hydroprocessing techniques.
US10435629B2 Production of carbon blacks and resins from hydrotreated catalytic slurry oil
Systems and methods are provided for forming specialty products from hydrotreated FCC fractions. Optionally, the hydrotreated FCC fractions used for forming the specialty products can further include a (hydrotreated) portion of a steam cracker tar fraction. The specialty products that can be formed from hydrotreated FCC fractions include, but are not limited to, carbon blacks, resins, and carbon fibers. A convenient method for forming the hydrotreated FCC fractions can be fixed bed hydrotreatment.
US10435626B2 Liquid crystalline medium
The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having negative dielectric anisotropy (Δε), which is distinguished by the fact that it has a value for the ratio γ1/Δn2 in the range 6-45 with a clearing point of >60° C. and a Δε of ≤−2.3. Media of this type are particularly suitable for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB, PA LCD, FFS or IPS effect.
US10435624B2 Attrition resistant proppant composite and its composition matters
A hydraulic fracturing and gravel packing proppant composite with protectant on the surface of the proppant and the composition matters of the protectant and proppant. The surface protectant reduces the generation of dust/fines from the proppant caused by abrasion and impingement during transportation and conveyance, particularly pneumatic transfer.
US10435621B2 Fracturing fluid composition containing an acrylamido-tert-butylsulfonate polymer
A fracturing fluid composition that includes a chelating agent, e.g. GLDA, and a polymeric additive comprising a copolymer of acrylamido-tert-butyl sulfonate and hydrolyzed polyacrylamide diluted in an aqueous base fluid, e.g. seawater, and a method of fracking a geological formation using the fracturing fluid composition. Various embodiments of the fracturing fluid composition and the method of fracking are also provided.
US10435618B2 Surfactants for enhanced oil recovery
Surfactant compositions useful for oil recovery are disclosed. The compositions comprise from 10 to 80 wt. % of a propoxylated C12-C20 alcohol sulfate, from 10 to 80 wt. % of a C12-C20 internal olefin sulfonate, and from 0.1 to 10 wt. % of an ethoxylated C4-C12 alcohol sulfate. Surprisingly, including a minor proportion of the ethoxylated alcohol sulfate reduces or eliminates the need to rely on costly cosolvents for achieving good performance in enhanced oil recovery processes. In particular, low interfacial tensions and low microemulsion viscosities can be achieved when the ethoxylated alcohol sulfate accompanies the propoxylated alcohol sulfate and internal olefin sulfonate. Aqueous concentrates comprising water and the surfactant compositions described above are also disclosed. Dilution of the surfactant composition or aqueous concentrate with water or brine to the desired anionic actives level provides an injectable composition useful for EOR applications. Stable, low-viscosity oil-in-water microemulsions comprising crude oil, water, and the surfactant compositions are also disclosed.
US10435617B2 Treatment of kerogen in subterranean formations
Provided in this disclosure, in part, are methods, compositions, and systems for degrading organic matter, such as kerogen, in a subterranean formation. Further, these methods, compositions, and systems allow for increased hydraulic fracturing efficiencies in subterranean formations, such as unconventional rock reservoirs. Also provided in this disclosure is a method of treating kerogen in a subterranean formation including placing in the subterranean formation a composition that includes a first oxidizer including a persulfate and a second oxidizer including a bromate.
US10435616B2 Cationic ammonium surfactants as low dosage hydrate inhibitors
This disclosure relates to anti-agglomerant low dosage hydrate inhibitors that can inhibit the formation of hydrate agglomerants and/or plugs. The anti-agglomerant low dosage hydrate inhibitors can be surfactants. The hydrate inhibitors can be used for inhibiting, retarding, mitigating, reducing, controlling and/or delaying formation of hydrocarbon hydrates, agglomerants of hydrates, and/or plugs. The hydrate inhibitors can be applied to prevent, reduce, and/or mitigate plugging of conduits, pipes, transfer lines, valves, and other places or equipment where hydrocarbon hydrate solids can form. The hydrate inhibitors can be zwitterionic or cationic ammonium surfactants.
US10435613B2 Method of encapsulating signaling agents for use downhole
A method of monitoring conditions in a wellbore by disposing capsules with a signaling agent downhole, and monitoring the presence of the signaling agent released from the capsules that escape the wellbore. The capsules are formed by combining immiscible liquids, where one of the liquids contains the signaling substance, and each of the liquids contains a reagent. When combined, the liquids segregate into a dispersed phase and a continuous phase, with the dispersed phase having the signaling agent. The reagents react at the interfaces between dispersed and continuous phases and form polymer layers encapsulating the signaling agent to form the capsules. When disposed downhole, such as in casing cement, the capsule membranes can burst under pressure or temperature to release the signaling agent. Adjusting relative concentrations of the reagents varies membrane strength and permeability.
US10435608B2 Betaines for shale stabilization
Included are methods and systems for drilling in a subterranean formation. A method comprises providing a drilling fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and a betaine shale stabilizer; placing the drilling fluid into the subterranean formation; and drilling a wellbore in the subterranean formation. A drilling system comprises a drilling fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and a betaine shale stabilizer; a drilling assembly; a drill string coupled to the drilling assembly; a pumping system fluidically coupled to the drill string, wherein the pumping system is capable of pumping the drilling fluid through the drill string.
US10435607B2 Graphite material and production method thereof
A graphite material has a flexible part and can be utilized as a heat-conveying material in a narrow space. The graphite material, includes: at least one heat-conveying part; and a flexible part. A method for producing a graphite material, includes: (i) subjecting at least one film serving as a material to a heat treatment to obtain at least one carbonaceous film; (ii) providing a monolayer or multilayer structure including the at least one carbonaceous film; and (iii) applying heat and pressure to at least one part of the monolayer or multilayer structure in an inert atmosphere.
US10435603B2 A-staged thermoplastic-polyimide (TPI) adhesive compound containing flat inorganic particle fillers and method of use
A compound and method of use thereof consisting of an A-staged thermoplastic-polyimide (TPI) adhesive, a viscous uncured liquid of polyamic-acid polymer (PAA), the TPI precursor, synthesized and dissolved in a polar aprotic organic solvent, and including, as appropriate, combinations of flat particulate inorganic ceramic and/or metallic electrically insulating, and/or electrically conducting, and/or thermally conducting fillers for interface-bonding to create a robust joint between surfaces with conventional lamination processes that utilize relatively moderate temperatures and applied pressures, such particles resulting in the reduction of the occurrence and size of gas voids within the adhesive bondline.
US10435599B2 Ionic polymers and their use as wet-adhesives and coatings
The present application discloses an adhesive composition comprising a polymer of the formulae A, B and C and methods for using the adhesive composition.
US10435597B2 Seal tape
Provided are a seal tape and a secondary battery. The seal tape for adhering an electrode assembly includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer including a cured product of a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including a polymer including a polar functional group-containing monomer as a polymerization unit, and is expanded in contact with an electrolyte solution to be detached from the electrode assembly, and therefore, isotropic volume expansion and contraction of the electrode assembly may be induced by repeated charge and discharge of a secondary battery and a disconnection phenomenon in which an electrode is disconnected may be prevented.
US10435596B2 Pressure-sensitive adhesive composition
The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition and a pressure-sensitive adhesive film including the same, and provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition and a pressure-sensitive adhesive film which may prevent damage to an element from moisture contained in the composition, ionic substances, and other foreign substances, and effectively block electrochemical corrosion, thereby improving a lifetime and durability of an organic electronic device.
US10435595B2 Aqueous dispersion and laminate
In an aqueous dispersion containing a resin component and water that allows the resin component to disperse, the resin component contains composite particles (C) containing an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer (A) and an acrylic polymer (B), the ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer (A) is produced by copolymerizing a first monomer component containing ethylene and unsaturated carboxylic acid and having an ethylene content of 75 mass % or more, the acrylic polymer (B) is produced by polymerizing a second monomer component containing (meth)acrylate and having a (meth)acrylate content of 50 mass % or more, the acrylic polymer (B) has a glass transition temperature of −28° C. or more and 80° C. or less, and the ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer (A) content relative to the total amount of the resin component is 58 mass % or more and 90 mass % or less.
US10435591B2 Adhesive tape substrate, adhesive tape, and methods for producing same
An adhesive tape substrate production method disclosed in the present description includes the steps of: decreasing the amount of a sizing agent contained in a glass cloth by heat; impregnating the glass cloth for which the amount of the sizing agent has been decreased with a dispersion of a fluorine resin; and heating the impregnated glass cloth to a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point of the fluorine resin. Thus, an adhesive tape substrate including the glass cloth impregnated with the fluorine resin is obtained. This method are more productive of adhesive tape substrates and adhesive tapes than conventional methods. In addition, adhesive tape substrates and adhesive tapes for which the occurrence of defects in appearance are reduced can be produced.
US10435590B2 Segmented transfer tape and method of making and use thereof
The present disclosure relates to segmented transfer tapes useful in the transfer of only a portion of the segments of the transfer tapes and methods of making thereof. The segmented transfer tapes include a removable template layer having a structured surface; a transfer layer comprising a backfill layer, wherein the backfill layer has a structured first major surface, and an adhesive layer; at least one transferable segment formed in the transfer layer; at least one non-transferable segment formed in the transfer layer, the at least one non-transferable segment includes an adhesive surface, wherein a passivating layer is disposed on at least a portion of the adhesive surface of the at least one non-transferrable segment; and at least one kerf extending from the first major surface of the adhesive layer and into at least a portion of the removable template layer. The present disclosure also provides micro-optical assemblies and methods of making micro-optical assemblies from the segmented transfer tapes.
US10435589B2 Device and method for applying adhesive to a substrate
A device for applying adhesive to a substrate, having an application roller that is rotatable about an axis, an installation for dispensing adhesive to a circumferential area of the application roller, a dispensing region of the application roller for dispensing adhesive from the application roller, and having a doctor blade, wherein the dispensing region for adhesive in the rotation direction of the application roller is located behind the installation for dispensing the adhesive to the application roller and ahead of the doctor blade. In such a device it is provided that the application roller is rotatable about a vertical axis and the excess adhesive wiped by the doctor blade reaches a collection installation that is located below the doctor blade. In a method for applying adhesive to a substrate, excess adhesive that has not been applied to the substrate is disposed of.
US10435586B2 Oligoesters and compositions thereof
An oligoester composition is disclosed, which is a reaction product of a reactant mixture comprising one or more rosins selected from the group consisting of tall oil rosin and gum rosin; at least 15% by weight of one or more monocarboxylic acids comprising 6-36 carbon atoms; and one or more polyhydric alcohols comprising 2-36 carbon atoms, wherein each hydroxyl group of the polyhydric alcohol is separated from the other hydroxyl groups by at least 2 carbon atoms. A method for preparing an oligoester composition is also provided. Also disclosed is an oligoester composition which is an esterification reaction product of one or more rosins, one or more monocarboxylic acids, one or more polyhydric alcohols, and optionally one or more polycarboxylic acids. The composition has a weight average molecular weight of from 500 g/mol to 8,000 g/mol and a Tg of between −80° C. and 100° C.
US10435585B2 Curable composition, method of preparing cured article, and cured article formed thereby
A curable composition comprises a cationic polymerizable material. The curable composition further comprises a diluent component comprising a silane compound having a single silicon-bonded cationic polymerizable group. A method of forming a cured article with the curable composition is also disclosed. The method comprises applying the curable composition on a substrate to form a film. The method further comprises curing the film on the substrate to form the cured article. The present invention also provides the cured article formed in accordance with the method.
US10435584B2 Hydrophilic anti-fog coatings
The present invention relates to hydrophilic anti-fog coatings. In particular, the coatings use two types of nanoscale particles, colloidal silica and porous organosilicate micelles, in a polyurethane matrix. The invention is an anti-fog coating for optically clear substrates (polycarbonate, polyurethane, nylon, polyester and other clear plastics) without the need for a primer and glass substrates with an additional primer layer, comprising monosized colloidal silica nanoparticles and porous organosilicate micelles in a polyurethane matrix. The silica is preferably 1-5% by weight and the micelles are loaded at 0.1 to 10% volume percentage by volume. The polyurethane prepolymer is dissolved at 10-40% by weight in a mixture of tertiary amyl alcohol and diacetone alcohol to customize for dip, flow or spray coating processes.
US10435583B2 Curing agent for epoxy resins, and epoxy resin composition obtained using same
Provided are a curing agent for epoxy resins, which is a curing agent capable of curing an epoxy resin at room temperature, and which can form a cured product (cured coating film) having excellent adhesion even to a substrate which is not in an environment completely dried, and an epoxy resin composition obtained using the same. A curing agent for epoxy resins, containing (a1) an aromatic amine, (a2) an aliphatic amine having an aromatic ring or a cycloalkane ring, and (a3) a curing accelerator, and an epoxy resin composition containing the curing agent and an epoxy resin.
US10435582B2 Aqueous dispersion of adsorbing polymer particles and crosslinkable polymer particles
The present invention relates to composition comprising a) first polymer particles that are functionalized with structural units of a TiO2-adsorbing monomer, and second polymer particles that are functionalized with structural units of diacetone acrylamide; and b) a dihydrazide or a diamine crosslinking agent, based on the weight of the composition. Coatings prepared from the composition of the present invention shows improved hardness and gloss.
US10435577B2 Ink set and image forming method
Provided are an ink set having: a colored ink including a solvent A1 at a content of 30% by mass or more, a polymer C1, and a colorant; and a clear ink including a solvent A2 at a content of 30% by mass or more and a bifunctional or higher-functional (meth)acrylate compound X2 having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 30,000, the clear ink including X2 at a content of 5% by mass or more, in which the solubility of C1 in A2 is 10% by mass or higher; and an image forming method using this ink set.
US10435572B2 Inkjet ink composition, ink coating method, and coated article
An inkjet ink composition, inkjet ink coating method, and resulting jet ink coated article are all predicated upon the jet ink composition which includes a particulate pigment material, an inorganic resin component, and a solvent composition. Upon thermal cure, the uncured resin composition forms a cured resin composition with superior adhesion to substrates such as but not limited to glass substrates, ceramic substrates and metal oxide substrates.
US10435569B2 Rare earth element oxyflouride powder spray material and sprayed article
A spray material comprising rare earth element oxyfluoride particles having an aspect ratio of up to 2, an average particle size of 10-100 μm, and a bulk density of 0.8-2 g/cm3, and containing not more than 0.5 wt % of carbon and 3-15 wt % of oxygen is suitable for air plasma spraying. An article having a sprayed coating of rare earth element oxyfluoride has high resistance against plasma etching and a long lifetime.
US10435568B2 Switchable antifouling coatings and uses thereof
The present invention relates to antifouling coatings capable of being switched by using heat or ultraviolet light. Prior to switching, the coating includes an onium cation component having antimicrobial and antibacterial properties. Upon switching, the coating is converted to a conjugated polymer state, and the cationic component is released with any adsorbed biofilm layer. Thus, the coatings herein have switchable and releasable properties. Methods of making and using such coatings are also described.
US10435564B2 Rhodamine-based colorant compound and process for producing same
Provided is a compound capable of exhibiting different changes in hue with one kind of molecule. The compound has julolidine structures, and is represented by a general formula (1): wherein each of Q and Q1 represents C(R) or N; R represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a carboxyl group, where two Rs may bind to each other to form a ring; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a carboxyl group, where two R1s may bind to each other to form a ring; n represents a number of 0 to 3; and m represents a number of 0 to 3.
US10435562B2 Derivatives of native lignin, lignin-wax compositions, their preparation, and uses thereof
A wax composition comprising a lignin derivative wherein the derivative has a total hydroxyl content of from about 0.1 mmol/g to about 7 mmol/g.
US10435560B2 Polymer modified asphalt reaction products
In a process for producing a cross-linked asphalt/polymer composition (“polymer-modified asphalt” or PMA) that comprises or is produced from asphalt and an ethylene copolymer, an anhydride is used as a promoter. The ethylene copolymer comprises copolymerized units derived from ethylene and an epoxy-containing comonomer. An improvement in asphalt properties is demonstrated without the use of an acid catalyst.
US10435558B2 Block copolymer and resin composition
The present invention aims to provide a resin having an excellent solubility to alcohols, an excellent adherability to nonpolar base materials such as polyolefin, and not containing chlorine; and to provide a resin composition containing a urethane resin, not having the elimination problem of hydrochloric acid caused by external factors, having a good compatibility with a variety of components containing urethane resins, and having a good adherability to a variety of base materials, so that the resin composition can suitably be used as an ink, an adhesive, and paint. The present invention provides a block copolymer comprising a polymer block (A) mainly comprising olefin monomers and a polymer block (B) comprising vinyl monomers having hydroxy groups and other vinyl monomers copolymerizable with the vinyl monomers having hydroxy groups, in which a hydroxy value is within a range of 5 mg KOH/g to 120 mg KOH/g; a dispersion thereof; a resin composition containing the block copolymer and a urethane resin; and uses thereof.
US10435557B2 High heat deflection temperature polylactic acids with tunable flexibility and toughness
Stereocomplex biopolymer compositions having tunable and improved mechanical properties and methods of making such compositions are disclosed. The biopolymer compositions include combinations of a matrix-forming polylactic acid comprising an essentially pure enantiomer and a tough polyester to form a polylactic acid matrix. The polylactic acid matrix is further combined with a base polylactic acid comprising an essentially pure opposite enantiomer of the first essentially pure enantiomer of the matrix-forming polylactic acid to form the stereocomplex.
US10435556B2 Biodegradable polyester composition
A biodegradable polyester composition based on a total weight of the biodegradable polyester composition, including a weight content of a cyclic ester compound having a structure shown as formula (I) which is 100 ppm-950 ppm; and based on the total weight of the biodegradable polyester composition, a weight content of tetrahydrofuran is 3 ppm-200 ppm is provided. The cyclic ester compound and tetrahydrofuran is added into the composition and controlling the content of the cyclic ester compound and the content of tetrahydrofuran in a certain range in the composition to realize an anti-thermal oxidative aging property of the biodegradable polyester composition. In addition, a film is prepared by blow molding or a part is prepared by injection molding after being digested with 95% ethanol at 40° C. for 240 hours.
US10435555B2 Void forming composition, semiconductor device provided with voids formed using composition, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device using composition
To provide a composition for gap formation capable of forming sacrifice areas made of a sacrificial material decomposable completely into vapor at a desired temperature, and also to provide a semiconductor device-manufacturing method using the composition.Disclosed is a composition for gap formation comprising a polymer and a solvent:wherein said polymer comprising five or more of repeating units which are represented by at least one kind of the following formula (1) or (2): Ar1-L1  (1) Ar2-L2-Ar2′  (2) [each of Ar1, Ar2 and Ar2′ is independently a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group; and each of L1 and L2 is independently oxygen, sulfur, alkyl, sulfone, amide, ketone or a group represented by the following formula (3): {Ar3 is an aromatic group; and L3 is a trivalent atom selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, boron and phosphorus}].
US10435552B2 Process for manufacture of low emission polypropylene
The present invention relates to a heterophasic propylene copolymer consisting of a propylene-based matrix and a dispersed ethylene-a-olefin copolymer, wherein the heterophasic propylene copolymer has a melt flow rate of at least 40 g/10 min as determined in accordance with ISO 1 133 (230° C., 2.16 kg) and a FOG value of at most 350 μg/g as determined by VDA 278.
US10435548B2 Multimodal high density polyethylene
The invention is directed to a multimodal polyethylene having a flow ratio FRR ranging between ≥25 and ≤35, a density ranging between ≥948.0 kg/m3 and ≤953.0 kg/m3, an MFR190/5 ranging between ≥0.1 and ≤0.4 g/10 min and comprising from 50-54% by weight of an ethylene homopolymer A and from 46-50% by weight of an ethylene-hexene copolymer B, where ah percentages are based on the total weight of the composition and wherein ethylene homopolymer A has a viscosity number ≥110 cm3/g and ≤130 cm3/g and a density between ≥960.0 kg/m3 and ≤969.0 kg/m3. The polyethylene is suitable to be applied in the production of pipes.
US10435544B2 Rubber composition comprising a polyphenylene ether resin as plasticizer
A rubber composition is based on at least one predominant vinylaromatic diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a crosslinking system and a thermoplastic resin comprising optionally substituted polyphenylene ether units, said resin having a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of less than 6000 g/mol. The rubber composition can be used in semi-finished tire articles and tires.
US10435541B2 Rubber mixture and vehicle tires
Disclosed are sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixtures for the base of treads having a cap/base construction of vehicle tires, and a vehicle tire comprising the sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixtures. The disclosed rubber mixture comprises: at least one diene rubber, 15 to 55 phr of at least one filler, at least one hydrocarbon resin comprising 25% to 100% by weight of aromatic monomers, having a softening point according to ASTM E 28 (ring and ball) of 70° C. to 130° C., and 0 phr of further plasticizers, that is, the sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture is free from further plasticizers.
US10435533B2 Carbon material, resin composite material, and method for producing said carbon material and resin composite material
Provided is a resin composite material having a small number of voids and excellent tenacity. The resin composite material may be one obtained by mixing a carbon material having a graphene structure and having a content of less than 1 weight % of a volatile component volatilizable at 200° C. and a thermoplastic resin. The resin composite material may be a resin composite material including a carbon material having a graphene structure and a thermoplastic resin, the resin composite material containing 5 parts by weight or more of the carbon material per 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin and having a breaking strain of 50% or more as measured according to JIS K 7161.
US10435532B2 Method for separating and purifying materials from a reclaimed product
A method for separating and purifying polymers of a reclaimed product (rP) is disclosed. The rP is contacted at an elevated temperature and pressure, with an extraction solvent to produce an extracted rP (erP). A solvent, at conditions sufficient to solubilize the first polymer, contacts the erP to produce a solution, which is purified at an elevated temperature and pressure by contacting it with a solid medium to produce a purified solution of the first polymer. The purified polymer is then separated from the purified solution, and the method steps are repeated until all polymers are separated and purified.
US10435531B2 Silicone porous body and method of producing the same
The present invention provides, for example, a silicone porous body having a porous structure with less cracks and a high proportion of void space as well as having a strength. The silicone porous body of the present invention includes silicon compound microporous particles, wherein the silicon compound microporous particles are chemically bonded by catalysis. For example, the abrasion resistance measured with BEMCOT® is in the range from 60% to 100%, and the folding endurance measured by the MIT test is 100 times or more. The silicone porous body can be produced, for example, by forming the precursor of the silicone porous body using sol containing pulverized products of a gelled silicon compound and then chemically bonding the pulverized products contained in the precursor of the silicone porous body. The chemical bond among the pulverized products is preferably a chemical crosslinking bond among the pulverized products, for example.
US10435528B2 High-capacity anion exchange materials
The present disclosure is directed to polymeric beads, methods of making the beads, and methods of using the beads as high-capacity anion exchange materials. In particular, the disclosure provides polymeric beads comprising a cross-linked polyamine and having a crush strength of about 250 g/bead or more. Preferably, the beads are substantially spherical. Also disclosed are polymeric beads comprising a cross-linked polyamine that has a substantial number of both strong base sites and weak base sites. Methods of using the polymeric beads in various industrial applications, such as groundwater remediation, radio waste management, municipal wastewater management, demineralization, toxin removal, mining, food refinery, research, agriculture, and the like, are also disclosed herein.
US10435527B2 Dual component LLDPE copolymers with improved impact and tear resistance
Disclosed are ethylene polymer compositions containing a homogeneously-branched first ethylene polymer component and a homogeneously-branched second ethylene polymer component of higher density than the first ethylene polymer component. The ethylene polymer composition can be characterized by a density from 0.912 to 0.925 g/cm3, a melt index less than 3.5 g/10 min, and a CY-a parameter at 190° C. from 0.25 to 0.65. These polymer compositions have the excellent dart impact strength and optical properties of a metallocene-catalyzed LLDPE, but with improved machine direction tear resistance, and can be used in blown film and other end-use applications.
US10435525B2 Film with adjustable water vapor-permeability
Hydrophobic breathable film based on a polymer mixture of A) at least one hydrophilic elastomer block copolymer made of at least one polyamide block and at least one polyalkylene oxide block and B) at least one thermoplastic polymer, which regulates the steam-permeability of the breathable film.
US10435524B2 Process for the manufacture of long glass fibre reinforced polypropylene compositions
The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a long glass fiber reinforced polypropylene composition at a line speed of at least 6.7 m/s comprising the steps of a) providing at least one continuous glass multifiber strand, b) applying from 0.5 to 20 wt. % based on the weight of the composition of an impregnating agent to said at least one continuous multifiber strand, c) applying a sheath of a polypropylene composition around the strand obtained in step b) so as to form a sheathed continuous multifiber strand, wherein the impregnating agent contains at least 90 wt. % of microcrystalline wax based on the weight of the impregnating agent.
US10435523B2 Material comprising outer layer having entanglement of hydrophobic polymer host blended with anhydride functionalized hydrophobic polymer co-host and hydrophilic guest
The present disclosure provides, inter alia, a method of producing an outer layer material for forming into a structure and that comprises an entanglement having a hydrophobic polymer host and a hydrophilic guest, including in one embodiment the steps of: intermingling cloaked hydrophilic guest complexes with the hydrophobic host; crosslinking molecules of the guest with the guest; and performing a hydrolysis reaction.
US10435522B2 Method for producing masterbatch
The present invention provides a method for producing a masterbatch and related products which enhance the dispersibility of fillers in rubber to improve rubber physical properties such as tensile strength, rigidity, and fuel economy. Provided is a method for producing a masterbatch, including: step (1) of mixing a rubber latex having a zeta potential of −100 to −20 mV with a filler dispersion having a zeta potential of −90 to −10 mV to prepare a latex compound; and step (2) of adjusting a zeta potential of the latex compound prepared in step (1) to −30 to 0 mV.
US10435519B2 Composite resinous material particles and process for producing same
A composite resin material particle of the present invention includes: a resin material particle that is a material for producing a resin molding product; and a conductive nano-material, wherein a dispersion mixing layer, which is obtained by dispersedly mixing the conductive nano-material from the surface to the inside of the resin material particle, is formed over all of the surface or at least a part of the surface of the resin material particle, the conductive nano-material is dispersedly mixed within a resin material of the resin material particle in the dispersion mixing layer, and the whole of the dispersion mixing layer forms a conductive layer.
US10435516B2 Methods and compositions for synthesizing improved silk fibers
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for directed to synthetic block copolymer proteins, expression constructs for their secretion, recombinant microorganisms for their production, and synthetic fibers (including advantageously, microfibers) comprising these proteins that recapitulate many properties of natural silk. The recombinant microorganisms can be used for the commercial production of silk-like fibers.
US10435512B2 Polythiol composition for a plastic optical lens
Embodiments relate to a polythiol composition for a plastic optical lens and a polythiourethane-based plastic optical lens prepared therefrom. In the embodiments, a first polythiol compound having mercapto groups only as a hydrogen-bondable functional group and a second polythiol compound having mercapto groups as a hydrogen-bondable functional group and a hydrogen-bondable functional group other than a mercapto group are used in an appropriate amount. Thus, not only is it possible to control the viscosity of a polymerizable composition at the initial stage of polymerization at a low temperature of 5 to 15° C. and to stabilize the rate of increase in the viscosity of the composition and the reaction rate thereof, but also the change in the viscosity at a low temperature is low, thereby preventing the generation of striae, bubbles, and the like. Further, various plastic lenses such as eyeglass lenses, camera lenses, and the like having excellent appearance characteristics (without striae and bubbles) and excellent optical characteristics can be obtained from the composition.
US10435511B2 Polyetherimide of improved color and process of preparing
A polyetherimide of improved color and processes for preparing the polyetherimide are disclosed.
US10435509B2 Hetero type monodispersed polyethylene glycol, intermediate for production of hetero type monodispersed polyethylene glycol, methods for producing same, and hetero type monodispersed polyethylene glycol conjugate
A hetero type monodispersed polyethylene glycol containing a compound represented by the following formula (1): NH2—(CH2CH2O)a—CH2CH2COOH  (1) (in the formula (1), a represents an integer from 6 to 40); wherein any of (A) a chromatogram detected by a differential refractometer when the hetero type monodispersed polyethylene glycol is separated using reverse phase chromatography, (B) a chromatogram detected by a differential refractometer when the hetero type monodispersed polyethylene glycol is separated using cation exchange chromatography, and (C) a chromatogram detected by a differential refractometer when the hetero type monodispersed polyethylene glycol containing a compound represented by the formula (1) shown above is derivatized and separated using anion exchange chromatography satisfy specific relational expressions, respectively.
US10435505B2 Ladder polybenzodifurans
A polybenzodifuran ladder polymer is disclosed.
US10435504B2 Polymers and methods for their manufacture
Embodiments of the invention relate to a novel class of polymers with superior mechanical properties and chemical stability, as compared to known polymers. These polymers are particularly well suited for use in anion exchange membranes (AEMs), including those employed in fuel cells. Novel methods for the manufacture of these polymers are also described.
US10435502B2 Polyether-acetal polyol compositions
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to polyether-acetal polyol compositions, more particularly to polyol compositions including a polyether-acetal polyol that can be utilized to form polyurethanes. As an example, a polyurethane formulation can include a polyol composition including a polyether-acetal polyol functionalized with at least one acetal functional group, where the polyol composition has an average hydroxyl functionality from 2 to 8 and a hydroxyl equivalent weight from 150 to 4000, where the portion of the polyether-acetal polyol that is functionalized with the at least one acetal functional group is 1 percent to 40 percent of a total weight of the polyether-acetal polyol, where the polyether-acetal polyol has a primary hydroxyl group content of at least 55 percent, and a polyisocyanate, where the polyurethane formulation has an isocyanate index in a range from 70 to 500.
US10435498B2 Thermoplastic composition having a high polyamide grafting rate
A polyamide-grafted polyolefin composition in which the grafting rate of the composition is between 41% and 70% by weight. Also, a thermoplastic composition including a polyolefin backbone comprising a residue of at least one unsaturated monomer (X) and a plurality of polyamide grafts, in which: the polyamide grafts are attached to the polyolefin backbone by the residue of the unsaturated monomer (X) comprising a functional group capable of reacting by a condensation reaction with a polyamide having at least one amine end and/or at least one carboxylic acid end, the residue of the unsaturated monomer (X) is attached to the backbone by grafting or copolymerization, wherein the polyamide grafts represent from 41% to 70%, preferably from 45% to 70%, by mass of said polyamide-grafted polymer. Also, a thermoplastic film for encapsulating and/or protecting the back (“backsheet”) of a photovoltaic module that includes said polyamide-grafted polyolefin composition.
US10435497B2 Cyclopentene ring-opening copolymer, method for producing same, and rubber composition
[Problem] To provide a cyclopentene ring-opening copolymer used in a rubber composition for tires having excellent wet grip performance and low heat buildup; and a method for producing the cyclopentene ring-opening copolymer. To further provide a rubber composition obtained by using the cyclopentene ring-opening copolymer. [Solution] This cyclopentene ring-opening copolymer comprises cyclopentene and a cyclic olefin containing an aromatic ring; the content of the aromatic ring with respect to the total weight of the copolymer is 10 to 40 wt %; and the weight average molecular weight (Mw) is 200,000 to 1,000,000. The cyclopentene ring-opening copolymer alternatively comprises cyclopentene and a norbornene compound; the weight ratio of cyclopentene-derived structural units to all repeating structural units in the copolymer is 40 to 90 wt %, and the weight ratio of norbornene compound-derived structural units is 10 to 60 wt %; and the weight average molecular weight (Mw) is 200,000 to 1,000,000.
US10435496B2 Enhanced oil recovery using mobility control crosslinked polymers
Disclosed herein are water-soluble polymers comprising hydrolyzable cross-linked monomer units, and methods for recovering hydrocarbon fluids from a subterranean formation using the water-soluble polymers.
US10435493B2 Multimodal polyethylene
A multimodal polyethylene copolymer suitable for use in cable insulation comprising: (III) 45 to 55 wt % of a lower molecular weight component which is an ethylene copolymer of ethylene and at least one C3-12 alpha olefin comonomer, said LMW component having a density of 940 to 962 kg/m3 and an MFR2 of 50 to 500 g/10 min; (IV) 55 to 45 wt % of a higher molecular weight ethylene copolymer component of ethylene and at least one C3-12 alpha olefin comonomer; wherein said multimodal polyethylene copolymer has a density of 940 to 950 kg/m3, an MFR2 of 0.05 to 2.0 g/10 min and preferably at least one of crystallization half time>3.0 mins at 120.5° C., a crystallization half time>5.0 mins at 121° C. or a crystallization half time>10.0 mins at 122° C.
US10435492B2 Ziegler-natta—metallocene dual catalyst systems with activator-supports
Catalyst systems having both a metallocene catalyst component and a Ziegler-Natta component are disclosed. Such catalyst systems can contain a metallocene compound, an activator-support, an organoaluminum compound, and a Ziegler-Natta component comprising titanium supported on magnesium chloride.
US10435490B2 Prepolymerized catalyst components for the polymerization of olefins
A Prepolymerized catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins comprising a solid catalyst component which comprises Mg, Ti, and chlorine atoms and an electron donor (ID) said prepolymerized catalyst component being characterized by the fact that: the electron donor (ID) is constituted by at least 80% mol of 1,3 diethers with respect to the total molar amount of electron donor compounds; the prepolymerized catalyst has a porosity due to pores with diameters up to 1 μm of less than 0.2 cm3/g; it contains an amount of ethylene prepolymer of less than 45% with respect to the total weight of prepolymerized catalyst.
US10435489B2 Process for producing ethylene-based polymers with reduced gel counts and low reactor fouling
Ethylene-based polymer is made by a process comprising polymerizing a reaction mixture comprising ethylene and at least one chain transfer agent system; wherein the polymerization takes place in the presence of at least one free-radical initiator; and wherein the polymerization takes place in a reactor configuration comprising at least one tubular reactor with at least three reaction zones; and wherein at least two reaction zones receive an ethylene feed; and wherein the degree of polymerization in the first reaction zone is less than, or equal to, (5/LCBf)*3150; and wherein the ethylene-based polymer formed by the process comprises the following properties: (A) LCBf≥(4.7+0.5*log(I2)); and (B) I2 from 0.2 to 25 dg/min.
US10435488B2 System and method for processing polymerization reactor effluent
A method of processing a polymerization reactor effluent stream comprising utilizing a separation system that removes greater than 99% of the fine polymer particles in the polymerization reactor effluent, wherein the separation system is a bag filter system, and wherein the bag filter is designed and operated to minimize the time required for shutdowns and equipment cleaning.
US10435487B2 Method for optimizing energy efficiency in a polymerization process
A process for separation of a hydrocarbon-containing feed stream can include cooling the hydrocarbon-containing feed stream using an absorption refrigeration cycle to form a cooled feed stream. The cooled feed stream can be subjected to distillation conditions to remove a bottom stream including co-monomer; and an overhead stream including hydrocarbon diluents, olefin monomer, and components selected from H2, N2, O2, CO, CO2, and formaldehyde. The overhead stream can be subjected to distillation conditions adapted to remove a bottom stream including substantially olefin-free hydrocarbon diluents; a side stream including hydrocarbon diluent; and an overhead vapor stream including olefin monomer, diluents, and components selected from H2, N2, O2, CO, CO2, and formaldehyde. The overhead vapor stream can be cooled using an absorption refrigeration cycle to form a cooled overhead vapor stream. Olefin monomers can be separated from diluents in the cooled overhead vapor stream.
US10435485B2 Polymer modified along the chain and process for the synthesis thereof
A polymer comprises randomly distributed units UA, UB, UC and UD and at least one unit bearing a subunit F according to the respective molar percentages m, n, o, p and f F pendant along the chain of the polymer and bearing an associative group comprising at least one nitrogen atom, R1 and R2, which are identical or different, denoting a hydrogen atom, a methyl radical or a phenyl radical which is unsubstituted or substituted in the ortho, meta or para position by a methyl radical, m≥50, n≥0, o≥0, f>0, 0<0+p≤25, m, n, o, p and f ranging from 0 to 100, the respective molar percentages of m, n, o, p and f calculated based on the sum of m+n+o+p+f, which is equal to 100.
US10435477B2 Proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 binding proteins and uses thereof
Provided herein is a proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9)-specific binding protein that comprises unique complementary determining regions, that is capable of specifically binding to PCSK9, effectively inhibiting the function of PCSK9, lowering plasma LDL cholesterol level and that is useful in treating diseases associated with or impacted by the function of PCSK9.
US10435476B2 Antibody therapeutics that bind JAG1
There is disclosed compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-JAG1 antibodies. More specifically, there is disclosed fully human antibodies that bind JAG1, JAG1-binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and JAG1-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Further still, there is disclosed nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating or diagnosing subjects having JAG1 related disorders or conditions. There is also disclosed a method for treating JAG1-expressing tumors, including hepatocellular carcinomas and squamous carcinomas, and non-oncology diseases selected from the group consisting of rheumatoid arthritis, experimental lung injury, atherosclerosis, chronic liver disease induced by hepatitis C virus, ischemic myocardial injury and heart failure.
US10435474B2 Baff selective binding compounds and related methods
The present invention relates to peptide antagonists that bind with high specificity and affinity to B-Lymphocyte stimulator (“BAFF”), thereby antagonizing BAFF receptor (“BAFF-R”) signaling. The invention more specifically relates to VNAR single chain antibodies derived from nurse shark that bind to BAFF, BAFF antagonist compounds and compositions comprising a BAFF specific VNAR binding moiety, methods for preparing them, diagnostic and therapeutic methods of use relating to in vitro or in vivo B cell depletion, e.g., to treat and/or prevent a pathological condition, disorder or disease in which it is beneficial to kill or deplete B cells, such as in autoimmune diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or multiple sclerosis (MS), and in certain hematological cancers, including lymphomas, leukemias and myelomas.
US10435473B2 Stabilized formulations containing anti-interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4R) antibodies
The present invention provides pharmaceutical formulations comprising a human antibody that specifically binds to human interleukin-4 receptor (hIL-4R). The formulations may contain, in addition to an anti-hIL-4R antibody, at least one amino acid, at least one sugar, or at least one non-ionic surfactant. The pharmaceutical formulations of the present invention exhibit a substantial degree of antibody stability after storage for several months.
US10435469B2 Drug delivery compositions and uses thereof
Provided are drug delivery compositions and devices useful for the treatment and/or prevention of cancer and metastatic tumors. For example, a drug delivery device is provided that comprises a biodegradable scaffold carrying one or more anti-cancer therapeutic agents that activate the innate immune system (e.g., STING agonists) and/or the adaptive immune system (e.g., anti-PD-1 antibodies). The compositions and devices may include a cytokine (e.g., IL-15 superagonist). The drug delivery device can be implanted in the void volume of a resected tumor to prevent tumor regrowth and tumor metastasis. Also provided are methods of making the drug delivery compositions and devices as well as kits containing materials to provide the compositions and devices.
US10435468B2 Anti-NTB-A antibodies and related compositions and methods
Disclosed are antibodies, including antibody drug conjugates, that specifically bind to NTB-A. Also disclosed are methods for using the anti-NTB-A antibodies to detect or modulate activity of (e.g., inhibit proliferation of) an NTB-A-expressing cell, as well as for diagnoses or treatment of diseases or disorders (e.g., cancer) associated with NTB-A-expressing cells. Further disclosed is a method of treating multiple myeloma using an anti-NTB-A antibody drug conjugate, which optionally includes an anti-NTB-A antibody as disclosed herein.
US10435467B2 LINGO-1 antagonists and uses for treatment of demyelinating disorders
Methods, compositions and kits comprising an anti-LINGO antibody molecule are described herein useful for detecting and/or treating a CNS demyelinating disease.
US10435465B2 Antibody against human prostaglandin E2 receptor EP4
It is an object of the present invention to provide an antibody that binds to a human PGE2 receptor subtype EP4 and inhibits the function of EP4, or a functional fragment thereof. It is another object of the present invention to provide a medicament comprising the aforementioned antibody or a functional fragment thereof. Mice were immunized with the human PGE2 receptor subtype EP4, and a monoclonal antibody that suppresses the intracellular cAMP level increase induced by EP4 was screened. In addition, the CDR sequences of the obtained monoclonal antibody were determined.
US10435461B2 Therapy for filovirus infection
The present invention addresses a need for improved treatments for filovirus infections. This invention provides an isolated humanized anti-filovirus glycoprotein pre-fusion core antibody comprising a framework region having a sequence of 95% or greater identity to a human antibody framework region. Also provided is a method of treating and/or inhibiting a filovirus infection in a subject comprising administering to the subject an amount of any of the antibodies described herein, or an amount of an antigen-binding fragment thereof. Also provided is composition comprising any of the antibodies described herein, or or an amount of an antigen-binding fragment thereof. In an embodiment, the composition comprises a pharmaceutically acceptably carrier.
US10435459B2 Use of a long acting GLP-1/glucagon receptor dual agonist for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease including a long-acting GLP-1/glucagon receptor dual agonist, and a method for preventing or treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease including administering the composition. The composition of the present invention either has no side effect of weight gain or reduces the side effect of weight gain, which is a side-effect of conventional therapeutic agents for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and reduces the amount of administrations of a long-acting GLP-1/glucagon receptor dual agonist, thus greatly improving patient's convenience. In addition, the long-acting GLP-1/glucagon receptor dual agonist of the present invention improves in vivo sustainability and stability.
US10435454B2 Immunotherapy against melanoma and other cancers
A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has melanoma. A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the melanoma.
US10435451B2 Modified latency associated protein construct
The present invention provides a fusion protein comprising a latency associated peptide (LAP), a pharmaceutically active agent and an amino acid sequence comprising a dimerization domain, wherein the LAP and the pharmaceutically active agent are connected by an amino acid sequence comprising a proteolytic cleavage site. Also provided are nucleic acids enclosing such fusion proteins, process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, kits and uses thereof in medicine.
US10435448B2 Peptides and combination of peptides and scaffolds thereof for use in immunotherapy against colorectal carcinoma (CRC) and other cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T-cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10435440B2 Chimeric gene for heterologous expression which encodes for peptides with antimicrobial activity
The present invention relates to a chimeric nucleotide sequence encoding peptides with antimicrobial activity, to be expressed on plants as bioreactors, plant cell or transformed plant material and E. coli, where plants and bacteria were used for scale-up production of antimicrobial peptide and that produces the peptide sequence derived from nucleotide sequence SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 6 and SEQ ID No. 12. It includes a method for obtaining the amino acids sequence SEQ ID No. 9 derived from a chimeric nucleotide sequence which encodes to antimicrobial peptides, wherein said amino acids sequence is derived from the synthetic DNA sequence SEQ ID No. 1, obtained from a back-translation of the amino acid sequence of the peptide Ap-S of Argopecten purpuratus scallop.
US10435436B2 Composition for improving memory, learning ability, and cognitive ability
There is provided a composition for improving memory, learning ability, and cognitive ability. It has been confirmed that a peptide having a C-terminal region ended to GAG had an effect of improving the memory. In order for the peptide to have the effect, it has been confirmed that the peptide should be a peptide of which the length consists of at least 4 amino acids. Further, it has been confirmed that a peptide of which the length of the peptide having the C-terminal region ended to GAG consists of 5 to 9 amino acids has the same effect. As a result, the peptide of the present invention can be used as the composition for improving memory, learning ability, and cognitive ability.
US10435434B2 Deuterated compounds, compositions, and methods for treating cancers associated with ETBR activation
Disclosed herein are deuterated compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for treating ETBR-related cancers. Also disclosed herein is a delivery system for the controlled, systemic release of at least one deuterated ETBR antagonist, optionally in conjunction with an additional anti-oncologic agent.
US10435431B2 3,3 disubstituted 19-nor pregnane compounds, compositions, and uses thereof
Provided herein are 3,3-disubstituted 19-nor-steroidal compounds according to Formula (I) and (III): where R1, R2, R3, R3′, R4, R6a, R6a, R11a, and R11b are as defined herein. Compounds of the present invention are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of CNS-related conditions, for example, treatment of sleep disorders, mood disorders, insomnia, anxiety, depression, traumatic brain injury (TBI), stress, and epilepsy.
US10435429B2 5-fluorouridine monophosphate cyclic triester compounds
Provided herein are 5-fluorouridine monophosphate cyclic triester compounds, their preparation and their uses, such as treating hepatocellular carcinoma and other types of cancer.
US10435427B2 Process for purification of neutral human milk oligosaccharide using simulated moving bed chromatography
The present application discloses a process for the purification of a neutral human milk oligosaccharide (neutral HMO). The process uses simulated moving bed (SMB) chromatography which allows the continuous purification of large quantities of HMOs with high purity. Contrary to chemical synthesis routes of neutral HMOs, and their subsequent purification, the presented process allows the provision of HMOs free of noxious chemicals, such as e.g. trace amounts of heavy metals or organic solvents. The individual neutral HMO product may be obtained in solid form by spray drying or as a concentrated syrup. The provided neutral HMO is very well-suited for use in food applications.
US10435425B1 Alpha-selective sialyl donor and its uses for preparation of sialosides
Disclosed herein a sialyl donor and its use for the synthesis of gangliosides. The sialyl donor has the structure of, wherein, R1 and R2 are independently benzoyl, toluenesulfonyl, pivaloyl or acetyl optionally substituted with a halogen; and R3 is acetyl or —(O)CCH2OH. In one preferred embodiment, in the sialyl donor of formula (I), R is acetyl. Also disclosed herein is a method of synthesizing a sialoside. The method comprises steps of: coupling the sialyl donor of formula (I) with a glycosyl acceptor having a primary hydroxyl group in the presence of N-iodosuccinimide (NIS) and trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TfOH) under suitable conditions; and isolating the sialoside, which has an α-glycosidic linkage. According to preferred embodiments, the coupling is conducted in a solvent selected from the group consisting of, CH3CN, CH3Cl, and CH2Cl2 at a temperature between −20° C. to −60° C. Additionally or optionally, the coupling is conducted in CH2Cl2 with the presence of a powdered molecular sieve at −40° C.
US10435423B2 Functionalized phosphonates via Michael addition
Provided herein are functionalized phosphonates and methods for making same via phosphite addition to an atom alpha to an electron withdrawing group. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US10435420B2 High-RI siloxane monomers, their polymerization and use
Phenoxyphenylsilane monomers were synthesized and polymerized. The polymers have high refractive indices and excellent UV and thermal stability. Their water and oxygen permeability is lower than commercial phenyl silicone elastomers. They show good compatibility with metal oxide nanoparticles. The polymers of the invention are suitable as LED encapsulant, as light guide material in CMOS image sensors, in OLED devices, lasers and in other optical applications.
US10435417B2 Preparation of high-purity gadobutrol
A process for producing high-purity gadobutrol in a purity (according to HPLC) of more than 99.7 or 99.8 or 99.9% and the use for preparing a pharmaceutical formulation for parenteral administration is described. The process is carried out using specifically controlled crystallization conditions.
US10435412B2 Selective modulators of the activity of the GPR55 receptor: chromenopyrazole derivatives
The present invention relates to a family of chromenopyrazole derivatives of formula (I): which have the ability to modulate the receptor of the cannabinoid family GPR55, whereby the invention also relates to the use of these compounds for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of diseases in which the GPR55 receptor has a physiological role such as diabetes, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, neuropathic pain, osteoporosis and cancers such as cholangiocarcinoma, breast cancer, ovarian and prostate cancer, glioblastoma, and cutaneous carcinoma.
US10435404B2 Formulations of a compound modulating kinases
Provided are compositions comprising Compound I having the following structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a solubilizing agent; methods of making the same; and methods of using the same.
US10435402B2 Bicyclic compounds, compositions and medicinal applications thereof
Substituted bicyclic compounds of formula (I), their tautomers, polymorphs, stereoisomers, prodrugs, solvates, hydrates, N-oxides, co-crystals, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are disclosed, as well as processes for preparing and using the compounds. These compounds are useful in the treatment, prevention, prophylaxis, management, or adjunct treatment of all medical conditions related to inhibition of retinoic acid-related orphan receptor gamma (RORy). Representative conditions include inflammatory and/or autoimmune disorder, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, allergic diseases, asthma, COPD, cancer, cell proliferation, type 1 diabetes, myasthenia gravis, hematopoetic disfunction, systemic lupus, crythematosus or other disorders.
US10435399B2 HDAC6 inhibitory heterocyclic compound
The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having a HDAC inhibitory action, and useful for the treatment of central nervous system diseases including neurodegenerative disease, and the like, and a medicament comprising the compound.The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
US10435397B2 Processes for preparing ATR inhibitors
The present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR kinase, such as aminopyrazine-isoxazole derivatives and related molecules. The present invention also relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and solid forms of the compounds of this invention. The compounds of this invention have formula I or II:
US10435396B2 2-substituted indazoles, methods for producing same, pharmaceutical preparations that contain same, and use of same to produce drugs
The present application relates to novel substituted indazoles, to processes for preparation thereof, to the use thereof alone or in combinations for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and to the use thereof for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially for treatment and/or prophylaxis of endometriosis and endometriosis-associated pain and other endometriosis-associated symptoms such as dysmenorrhoea, dyspareunia, dysuria and dyschezia, of lymphoma, rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis (especially psoriatic spondyloarthritis and Bekhterev's disease), lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, macular degeneration, COPD, gout, fatty liver disorders, insulin resistance, neoplastic disorders and psoriasis.
US10435391B2 Compounds
The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, combinations and medicaments containing said compounds and processes for their preparation. The invention also relates to the use of said compounds, combinations, compositions and medicaments, for example as inhibitors of the activity of RIP2 kinase, including degrading RIP2 kinase, the treatment of diseases and conditions mediated by the RIP2 kinase, in particular for the treatment of inflammatory diseases or conditions.
US10435390B2 Heterocyclic compound and organic light emitting device including same
The present specification relates to a hetero-cyclic compound and an organic light emitting device comprising the same.
US10435385B2 Amide derivatives, process for preparation thereof and use thereof as insecticide
A compound represented by Formula (1): The compound can be used as insecticides.
US10435383B2 C-glycoside derivatives
The present invention can provide novel C-glycoside derivatives which are biologically important under high stereoselective, mild, atom economical condition.
US10435380B2 Metal plating compositions
Reaction products of primary and secondary diamines and bisanhydrides are included as additives in metal electroplating baths. The metal electroplating baths have good throwing power and deposit metal layers having substantially planar surfaces. The metal plating baths may be used to deposit metal on substrates with surface features such as through-holes and vias.
US10435378B2 Processes for the preparation of pyrimidinylcyclopentane compounds
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I) wherein R1 is as defined herein, which is useful as an intermediate in the preparation of active pharmaceutical compounds.
US10435377B2 Method for manufacturing nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound and intermediate of same
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for industrially manufacturing a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound which shows excellent FLT3 inhibitory activity and is useful as a pharmaceutical active ingredient of pharmaceutical products. The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a compound represented by General Formula [14] or a salt thereof (in the formula, R1 represents a C1-6 alkyl group which may be substituted; and R8 represents a leaving group or the like).
US10435376B2 Derivatives of 1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxamide and use thereof in preparation of anticoccidial drugs
Disclosed are derivatives of 1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxamide and use thereof in preparation of anticoccidial drugs. The derivatives have structural formulae as shown in formulae (I) to (VI). The derivatives of 1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxamide as disclosed in the present invention have significant anticoccidial effect, especially against coccidia that show a resistance to other anticoccidial drugs, and thus they can be used in preparation of anticoccidial drug.
US10435374B2 Heterocyclic compounds as pesticides
The present application relates to the use of heterocyclic compounds for controlling animal pests including arthropods, insects and nematodes, to novel heterocyclic compounds, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates for preparing the heterocyclic compounds.
US10435369B2 Tricyclic sulfones as ROR gamma modulators
There are described RORγ modulators of the formula (I), or stereoisomers, tautomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, or prodrugs thereof, wherein all substituents are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Such compounds and compositions are useful in methods for modulating RORγ activity in a cell and methods for treating a subject suffering from a disease or disorder in which the subject would therapeutically benefit from modulation of RORγ activity, for example, autoimmune and/or inflammatory disorders.
US10435368B2 High heat monomers and methods of use thereof
High heat monomer compounds, methods for preparing compounds, and compositions derived from the compounds are provided. Also provided are materials and articles derived from the compounds.
US10435363B2 Process for preparation of pyrroles having hypolipidemic hypocholesteremic activities
The present invention provides pyrroles having hypolipidemic hypocholesteremic activities. The invention provides saroglitazar and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, polymorphs or intermediates thereof. The invention also provides a process for the preparation of saroglitazar. The invention further provides intermediates as well process for preparation thereof.
US10435362B2 Process for oxidizing one or more thiol compounds and subsequent separation in a single vessel
One exemplary embodiment can be a process for oxidizing one or more thiol compounds from an alkaline stream. The process may include passing a mixed stream having the alkaline stream to a vessel having an oxidation section, a separation section and a vent gas section. Often, the oxidation section includes a body containing one or more packing elements. The process can further include passing an oxidized alkaline stream to the separation section containing a first chamber and a second chamber. Usually, the first chamber contains a coated mesh and packing. The two sections further form a neck contains a packing, a distributor, and a mesh.
US10435360B2 Method of purifying dimethyl sulfoxide
A method of purifying dimethyl sulfoxide includes distilling a dimethyl sulfoxide-containing liquid in the presence of sodium carbonate in an inert gas atmosphere to distill out dimethyl sulfoxide, an amount of the sodium carbonate with respect to 100 g of pure dimethyl sulfoxide in a residual liquid after the distillation being 6 times or more the amount of the sodium carbonate with respect to 100 g of the pure dimethyl sulfoxide in the dimethyl sulfoxide-containing liquid before the distillation.
US10435356B1 Amino acid compositions
A composition is disclosed that includes a Nitrate or a Nitrite of an Amino Acid Compound selected from the group consisting of Arginine, Agmatine, Beta Alanine, Citrulline, Creatine, Glutamine, L-Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Norvaline, Ornithine, Valine, Aspartic Acid, Cysteine, Glycine, Lysine, Methionine, Proline, Tyrosine, and Phenylalanine, wherein the composition is formulated to deliver an effective amount of the Nitrate or Nitrite of the Amino Acid Compound to prevent the development of nitrate tolerances, to increase bioabsorption of amino acids, to increase the vasodilative characteristics of amino acids, or to increase athletic performance in a human or animal. The composition may be in a dosage form selected from the group consisting of a capsule, a cachet, a pill, a tablet, a powder, a granule, a pellet, a bead, a particle, a troche, a lozenge, a gel, a liquid, a suspension, a solution, an elixir, and a syrup.
US10435350B2 Organic electroluminecence device
A compound is represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group including 6 to 30 ring carbon atoms, Ra are independently a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group including 1 to 15 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group including 3 to 15 carbon atoms, Rb1 to Rb4 are independently a halogen atom, a cyano group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group including 1 to 15 carbon atoms, or the like, Rc1 to Rc10 are independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group including 1 to 15 carbon atoms, or the like, * is a bonding position at which one of Rc1 to Rc10 is bonded to either nitrogen atom, x is an integer from 0 to 3, y is an integer from 0 to 4, and z are independently an integer from 0 to 5.
US10435349B2 Iron-catalyzed cross-coupling of methanol with secondary or tertiary alcohols to produce formate esters
A process for preparing a variety of secondary and tertiary alkyl formate esters via the coupling of methanol and secondary (or tertiary) alcohols. Iron-based catalysts, supported by pincer ligands, are employed to produce these formate esters in high yields and unprecedentedly high selectivities (>99%). Remarkably, the coupling strategy is also applicable to bulkier tertiary alcohols, which afford corresponding tertiary formate esters in moderately high yields and high selectivities.
US10435347B2 Method for preparing acrylic acid from glycerin
The present invention relates to a method for preparing acrylic acid from glycerin. More specifically, the present invention provides a method which can improve the selectivity of acrolein by applying a specific catalyst composition and process conditions to minimize the generation of coke carbon of the catalyst, and can prepare acrylic acid with higher productivity for a longer duration of time because a dehydration reaction can be performed for a longer working period while maintaining catalyst activity at a high level during the reaction.
US10435345B2 Circular economy methods of preparing unsaturated compounds
Methods of preparing unsaturated compounds or analogs through dehydrogenation of corresponding saturated compounds and/or hydrogenation of aromatic compounds are disclosed.
US10435344B2 Reaction sequence for the synthesis of nootkatone, dihydronootkatone, and tetrahydronootkatone
An inexpensive, stereoselective synthesis for nootkatone, tetrahydronootkatone, and their derivatives is disclosed utilizing ozonolysis. The starting materials used in the synthesis are inexpensive and the reactions are commercially feasible and amenable to scaling up. The principal starting material, (−)-β-Pinene, is on the GRAS list (generally recognized as safe).
US10435342B2 Heat transfer methods
Various compositions, including particularly aerosol compositions, containing fluorinated olefins, including particularly tetra- and penta-fluorpropenes, in a variety of applications are disclosed.
US10435339B2 FCC feed additive for propylene/butylene maximization
An injection of a small amount of sweet vacuum residue into an FCC feed consisting of sweet gas oil combined with shape selective catalyst additives technology improves propylene and butylene yields significantly.
US10435337B2 Composition of isoalkane alkylate base oil
An isoalkane alkylate base oil consisting predominantly of long carbon chain molecules having a straight chain of no less than 12 carbons and having at least one branch towards the middle of the straight chain, and characterized by: a) containing <10 wt % n-alkanes, <0.1 wt % olefinic hydrocarbons, and <0.1 wt % aromatic hydrocarbons; b) the at least one branch is a branched alkyl group containing 4 or more carbon atoms; and c) the long carbon chain molecules have two terminal linear unbranched alkyl groups each containing at least 4 carbons. Also, an isoalkane alkylate base oil, characterized by having a total integral of the 13C NMR spectrum wherein more than 25% of the total integral of the 13C NMR spectrum falls within 13C NMR resonances in ranges for linear long chain alkyl groups given by: C1(13.9-14.2 ppm), C2(22.6-22.8 ppm), C3(31.9-32.05 ppm), C4(29.35-29.45 ppm), and C5+(29.6-29.8 ppm).
US10435334B2 Normal alpha olefin synthesis using metathesis and dehydroformylation
The present invention discloses processes for producing normal alpha olefins, such as 1-hexene, 1-octene, and 1-decene, in a multistep synthesis scheme. Generally, a first normal alpha olefin is subjected to an olefin metathesis step to form a linear internal olefin, which is then subjected to an isomerization-hydroformylation step to form a linear aldehyde, which is then subjected to a dehydroformylation step to form a second normal alpha olefin.
US10435333B2 High temperature amine-stabilized DCD and/or alkyl thiophosphoric triamide solvent systems and use in agricultural applications
An inhibitor composition contains alkyl thiophosphoric triamide (or a mixture of alkyl thiophosphoric triamide and dicyandiamide), dissolved in a liquid medium comprising at least one organic solvent and at least one amine stabilizer, is useful in making fertilizer compositions and in a method of fertilizing target plants.
US10435330B2 Method for producing a connection between two ceramic parts—in particular, of parts of a pressure sensor
A method for producing a connection between two surfaces or surface sections of two ceramic parts comprises: provision of a first ceramic part and of a second ceramic part; provision of an active brazing solder material on at least one surface section of at least one of the ceramic parts; and heating the active brazing solder in a vacuum brazing process. The whole active brazing solder material is provided for connecting the first and the second ceramic part by a sputtering method, wherein at least one surface section of at least one of the ceramic parts, preferably of the two ceramic parts, is layered with a layer sequence of individual components of the active brazing solder material, wherein the average strength of the layers of an individual component of the active brazing solder is no more than 0.5%, in particular not more than 0.2%, preferably not more than 0.1% and especially preferably not more than 0.05% of the strength of the joining region.
US10435327B2 Glass article
The present invention relates to a glass article having high transmittance, while suppressing the discoloration and the solarization of the glass. The glass article is provided by controlling the contents of cerium oxide and iron oxide in the glass composition within the optimum range, further controlling the contents of manganese oxide and iron oxide in the glass composition within the optimum range, and controlling the basicity of the alkaline earth metal oxides in the glass composition depending on the iron amount contained in the glass.
US10435326B2 Optical glass, glass preform, optical element and optical instrument
The present invention discloses an optical glass, and more particularly, relates to an optical glass for precision press molding which has a refractive index of 1.80 to 1.90 and an Abbe number of 30 to 40, as well as a glass preform, an optical element and an optical instrument formed from the optical glass. The optical glass of the present invention combines specific components and specific contents, thereby giving an optical glass for precision press molding.
US10435324B2 Laser system and method forming an edge section of a high purity fused silica glass sheet
A system and method for making an edge section of a thin, high purity fused silica glass sheet. The method includes a step of directing a laser to melt through the glass sheet with localized heating of a narrow portion of the glass sheet to form an edge section of the glass sheet, and continuing the edge section to form a closed loop defining a perimeter of the glass sheet. The method further includes rapidly cooling the glass sheet through the glass transition temperature as the melted glass of the edge section contracts and/or solidifies to form an unrefined-bullnose shape extending between first and second major surfaces of the glass sheet.
US10435322B2 Method of filling a mould and system for filling a mould
Method of filling a mold with a glass gob through an opening of the mold, for forming a glass product in the mold, by using a delivery system for delivering the glass gob to the opening of the mold. The delivery system has an inlet, an outlet, and guiding means for guiding the glass gob through the delivery system. The method includes observing the glass gob, at at least one moment and/or during at least one period after the glass gob has passed the inlet of the delivery system, by using an optical imaging device. The method includes determining a glass gob observation result that includes a glass gob velocity, for predicting a glass distribution of the glass product formed in the mold and/or for controlling a next glass gob.
US10435321B2 Stirrer for glass manufacture
The present invention provides a stirrer for manufacturing glass including a stirrer shaft and a multi-staged rod-shaped stirrer blade fixed so as to penetrate through the stirrer shaft. This stirrer blade is a hollow cylindrical body including: a cylinder obtained by seam welding of two opposing sides of a flat plate made, for example, from strengthened platinum containing platinum or a platinum alloy as a matrix and metallic oxide dispersed in the plate; and a disk welded to an entire circumference of both ends of the cylinder and made from an identical material, and it penetrates so that a weld line crosses a center axis of the stirrer shaft, and is fixed so that a locus of an end portion of the blade forms a spiral shape. In addition, the rod-shaped stirrer blade has a core layer showing a dispersed structure that exists in a cross-sectional structure at a fixing portion with the stirrer shaft and does not receive heat effect resulting from fixing. The present invention is effective in stirring of molten glass having high viscosity, and has enhanced stirring operation and improved durability against deformation and damage.
US10435320B2 Systems and methods for mechanically binding loose scrap
A method of forming a rope material from a loose feed scrap includes a number of operations to mechanically bind the loose feed scrap. The feed scrap is collected. The feed scrap is twisted and compressed, operations that may be performed simultaneously. This twisted and compressed feed scrap, now in the form of a rope material, is then fed into a melter system.
US10435318B2 Methods of making purified water from the fischer-tropsch process
The Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process creates significant amounts of water. This FT produced water contains significant amounts of organic impurities. The invention provides methods of treating FT produced water. Surprisingly, it was discovered that the FT produced water could be successfully treated in a membrane bioreactor (MBR) according to relatively simple and more efficient steps; for example, by adjusting the pH of the water in the range of 4.2 to 5.8 or treating the FT produced water in a stripper where the distillate product stream and a reflux stream returning to the stripper have the same composition. In a related aspect, water compositions are described.
US10435316B2 Chemical optimization during wastewater treatment, odor control and uses thereof
Compositions for the use of sewage or wastewater treatment, controlling odors or a combination thereof are disclosed, wherein the composition comprises at least one iron-based compound. Furthermore, methods of reducing the odors in a sewage or wastewater system are disclosed that include: adding a composition comprising at least one iron-based compound to a sewage or wastewater system. As used herein, the phrase “at least one iron-based compound” includes ferrous chloride, ferric chloride, ferrous sulfate, ferrate, polyferric sulfate, Ferix-3 (Fe2(SO4)3H2O) or a combination thereof.
US10435315B2 Modular manifold for an electrolyzed water processor
An electrolyzed water processor chamber with an anodic chamber having an anode plate held in an anode tray, and a cathodic chamber having a cathode plate held within a cathode tray. The plates are charged by an electrical current, to separate an incoming water stream into its electromagnetically ionized alkaline and acidic components, across an ion exchange membrane sandwiched between the anode and cathode plate trays. The trays can include sets of ducts and cavities, so that when the trays are stacked together, with the cavities aligning to form plenums for the routing of water between the trays. The trays stack as modular units, so that any multiple of the anodic and cathodic tray pairs, with their plates and sandwiched membrane, can be stacked together and function as a combined processor chamber, with end caps mounted on the top-most and bottom-most plate trays.
US10435311B2 Low temperature synthesis of aluminum hydr(oxide) inside porous media
Preparing a porous hybrid media includes contacting porous media (e.g., strong base ion-exchange media) with an aqueous solution including aluminum ions to yield a aluminum-ion-containing porous media, contacting the aluminum-ion containing porous media with a reducing agent to impregnate elemental aluminum in the porous media, and oxidizing the elemental aluminum to yield a porous hybrid media including aluminum hydr(oxide) impregnated in the porous media. In some cases, a pH of an aqueous mixture including the aluminum-ion-containing porous media may be adjusted to form a floc including aluminum hydroxide, and the aluminum hydroxide-containing porous media may be contacted with a reducing agent to yield a porous hybrid media including aluminum hydr(oxide) impregnated in the porous media. The porous hybrid media may advantageously be prepared at low temperature (e.g., room temperature).
US10435310B2 Process for separate removal and recovery of heavy metals from industrial wastewater
A process for separate removal and recovery of heavy metals from industrial wastewater is provided. The wastewater to be treated flows through adsorbents after filtration and adjustment of a pH to about 3 to 7 to obtain the adsorbents which have adsorbed corresponding heavy-metal ions, which are then eluted from the corresponding adsorbents using an acidic solution such that eluates containing the corresponding heavy-metal ions are obtained.
US10435309B2 Process and device for removing iodine using gold particles
A process for removing iodine using gold particles includes contacting a solution including iodine, with gold particles. The iodine is adsorbed onto the gold particles and then removed. A device for removing iodine using gold particles includes gold particles in a stationary phase and is configured to contact a solution including iodine, with gold particles, to thus adsorb the iodine onto the gold particles and remove the iodine.
US10435302B2 Manufacturing method of carbon nanotube conductive microspheres and conductive glue
A manufacturing method of carbon nanotube conductive microspheres, which can simplify the process, reduce the process, save cost, and reduce the impact of thermal mismatching, to ensure the conductive properties of conductive microspheres, and not pollute the environment. The carbon nanotubes are mixed in the polymer microspheres when the styrene monomer, the crosslinking agent and the initiator have a crosslinking reaction to form the polymer microspheres with a method of spray-granulation. Only one step is needed to prepare the conductive microspheres with carbon nanotube as the conductive medium, which can simplify the process, reduce the process, save cost. With mixing the carbon nanotube inside the polymer microspheres, the thermal mismatching between the carbon nanotubes and the resin can be illuminated, to ensure the conductive properties of conductive microspheres. Furthermore, the entire preparing process has no heavy metal salts; the bio-toxicity is reduced and no environmental pollution.
US10435301B2 Graphene quantum dots with different types and method for obtaining each of different types of graphene quantum dots
The present application provides a method for producing a graphene quantum dot using thermal plasma, comprising injecting a carbon source into a thermal plasma jet to pyrolyze the carbon source so as to form a carbon atomic beam and allowing the carbon atomic beam to flow in a tube connected to an anode to produce a graphene quantum dot. The present application also provides an isolated graphene quantum dot from different types of graphene quantum dots and method for obtaining each of an isolated graphene quantum dot from different types of graphene quantum dots.
US10435290B2 Wafer level package for a MEMS sensor device and corresponding manufacturing process
A MEMS device having a wafer-level package, is provided with: a stack of a first die and a second die, defining at least a first internal surface internal to the package and carrying at least an electrical contact pad, and at least a first external surface external to the package and defining a first outer face of the package; and a mold compound, at least in part coating the stack of the first and second dies and having a front surface defining at least part of a second outer face of the package, opposite to the first outer face. The MEMS device is further provided with: at least a vertical connection structure extending from the contact pad at the first internal surface towards the front surface of the mold compound; and at least an external connection element, electrically coupled to the vertical connection structure and exposed to the outside of the package, at the second outer face thereof.
US10435285B2 Dispensing system and user interface
A dispensing system may be configured to dispense a custom product based on a user selection. The user selection may be provided via a user interface of the dispensing system. The user interface may simultaneously display selectable icons for the available types of products (e.g., types of beverages) and other icons for modifying a chosen product (e.g., a flavoring or additive to a beverage, such as a sweetener or a cherry flavoring). The user interface may receive input from a user in order for the user to select a custom product (e.g., a custom drink) and the dispensing system may dispense the custom product to the user.
US10435281B1 Multi-armed lifting accessory
A Multi-Armed Lifting Accessory is disclosed herein which is compact and transportable in various deployments. The Multi-Armed Lifting Accessory is advantageous and useful as it has hingedly connected loading and support arms attached to a main lifter body. The supporting arms are spring loaded allowing the Multi-Armed Lifting Accessory to stably engage with irregular shaped objects such as barge lid or a skidsteer loader and allows for flexible engagement and balanced lifting operations.
US10435280B2 System and method for improving lift cylinder buckling resistance
A lift truck can include a mast and a lift cylinder. The lift cylinder can include a piston rod and a cylinder housing. The lift truck also can include a piston rod retention mechanism that restricts movement of the lift cylinder in a direction lateral to an axial direction when the mast is in an extended position.
US10435272B2 Preferred elevator selection with dispatching information using mobile phone app
The present invention provides an elevator-calling control apparatus, an elevator-calling control system and an elevator-calling control method thereof, and belongs to the field of elevator control technologies. In an elevator-calling control process, the following steps are included: inputting an elevator-calling command; displaying elevator running state information and estimated time of arrival information of several elevators in a corresponding elevator group for a passenger to make reference, wherein the elevator running state information at least includes information that reflects a current crowding degree of the elevator; and selecting an elevator from the several elevators as the elevator that the passenger determines to take. The elevator-calling control of the present invention may facilitate a passenger to actively select an elevator that the passenger determines to take, which has good user elevator calling and taking experience and enhances the running efficiency of the elevator.
US10435270B2 Light bulb storage container and display
An apparatus that may be used for the display and storage of decorative lights is disclosed. The apparatus may include a housing that includes a hollow body portion defining an interior and a substantially cylindrical neck portion that defines an axis that extends into the body portion, the neck portion further defining an opening for accessing the interior. The apparatus may further include a lid assembly configured to be removably coupled with the housing. The lid assembly may include a fixed portion configured to be removably coupled with the housing, and a movable portion movably coupled with the fixed portion. The movable portion may move from an open configuration to a closed configuration to alter the size of an opening provided through the lid assembly.
US10435267B2 Container for thread distribution and needle storage
A container is described for storing various tools and items for sewing in an organized manner and facilitating the process of sewing (e.g., for sewn in hair extensions) for example, by distributing thread. In an example embodiment, the introduced container comprises a housing within which one or more spools of thread can be stored on one or more spindles. The housing can be enclosed by a container top that includes a threading hole through which thread from the one or more spools can be extracted from the interior of the housing, while in use. Further, the container top can include a pin and/or needle holder such as a pin cushion. The container may include additional features such as a bracket for holding a pair of scissors and a drawer for stowing extra thread and/or needles.
US10435264B2 Image forming apparatus, method for controlling image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet supporting portion, a regulating portion, a feeding portion, an image forming unit, a sheet detection unit, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to execute, in a state where an image forming job in which an image is formed by the image forming unit is interrupted, a drive processing of the feeding portion such that (a) the feeding portion is driven at a first timing if the regulating portion is not set to a moved state within a predetermined period of time from when the sheet detection unit has detected the sheet, and (b) the feed portion is driven at a second timing later than the first timing if the regulating portion is set to the moved state within the predetermined period of time from when the sheet detection unit has detected the sheet.
US10435262B2 Sheet feeding device and image forming device
A sheet feeding device includes: a sheet storage that stores a plurality of sheets; a conveyer that conveys, in a sheet conveyance direction, sheets stored inside the sheet storage; a driver that drives the conveyer in such a manner that a conveyance speed of the sheet is switchable between two or more speeds; a corrector that corrects inclination of the sheet more on a downstream side in the sheet conveyance direction than the conveyer is; a first sheet detector that detects a sheet positioned at a first predetermined position between the conveyer and the corrector; and a hardware processor that controls the driver to change a conveyance speed of the sheet conveyed by the conveyer in accordance with a detection result of the first sheet detector.
US10435260B2 Sheet conveying apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image reading apparatus to change the sheet conveying direction by moving a rotating member that conveys the sheet
A sheet conveying apparatus includes a first rotating member, a second rotating member to convey a sheet in a first direction upon the first rotating member rotating, a third rotating member to convey the sheet in a second direction upon the first rotating member rotating, and a switching unit. The switching unit switches a position of the first rotating member between a first position at which the first and second or first and third rotating members convey the sheet, and a second position at which the first rotating member is retracted. Before a rear end of the sheet has been conveyed by the first rotating member and the second rotating member, the switching unit moves the first rotating member from the first position towards the second position. The switching unit stops a movement of the first rotating member at a position between the first position and the second position.
US10435259B2 Media holddown suction force adjustment
Examples described herein include devices and methods for adjusting a suction force for a media holddown, comprising detecting an advancement of a media (114) relative to a media holddown surface along a media advancement direction (X), wherein the holddown surface has a plurality of suction zones arranged along the media advancement direction, and adjusting a suction force in the respective suction zones in accordance with the advancement of the media relative to the media holddown surface.
US10435252B1 Operating device for placing or retrieving bottle-like piece goods
An operating device for placing or retrieving bottle-like piece goods onto or from storage places of a picking device is provided. The operating device includes a gripping jaw assembly having two profile-rod shaped gripping jaws with opposite lying inner surfaces extending in a first horizontal direction corresponding to a direction for placing and retrieving piece goods. The gripping jaws are configured so that the distance of the inner surfaces from each other tapers in the downward direction at least in sections and the bottle-like piece goods can be lifted from below. The operating device also includes an actuation unit coupled to the gripping jaw assembly for moving the gripping jaw assembly in the first horizontal direction.
US10435248B2 Reciprocating slat conveyor with protected seal
The invention relates to a reciprocating slat conveyor multiple parallel slats that are slidable in the longitudinal direction, wherein the slats comprise subsequently alternating a first slat and a second slat, wherein the first slats comprise a horizontal upper wall section and an upright end wall section, and wherein the second slats comprise a horizontal upper wall section and a vertically upright wall section, wherein the upright wall section outwardly merges into an overhanging wall section that extends over the end wall section of the adjacent first slat, wherein the overhanging wall section merges into a vertically downwardly pending end wall section that extends aside the end wall section of the adjacent first slat, wherein a seal is present between the upright wall section and the end wall section of the second slat.
US10435245B2 Conveyor apparatus
A conveyor apparatus comprising a base frame and an extendable frame, wherein the extendable frame is supported by, and typically within, the base frame. A drive assembly configured to displace the extendable frame with respect to the base frame between an extended state and a retracted state. The extendable frame comprises a plurality of frame parts in an end-to-end arrangement, the at least two adjacent frame parts are pivotably coupled together for pivoting about a transverse axis that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the extendable frame.
US10435244B2 Conveyor with powered pop-up roller
A conveyor includes a powered pop-up roller driven by separable drive components. A first drive component is rigidly coupled to the frame of the conveyor. The first drive component induces motion driving the roller in a second drive component, which is fixed to the roller but separable from the first drive component.
US10435240B1 Yard waste bag holding device
A yard waste bag holding device (1) for retaining a yard waste bag (3) in an open configuration so that it may more easily be filled with yard waste.
US10435230B1 Storage case for cutting tool
Disclosed is a storage case for a cutting tool, the storage case including a bit housing for receiving a tool bit of the cutting tool and a shank housing for receiving a shank, of which a lower end of the bit housing is overlapped with an upper end of the shank housing. A sleeve that is rotatably fitted on an upper portion of the shank housing, and the lower end of the shank housing is fitted onto an outer peripheral surface of the sleeve. An inner peripheral surface of the sleeve and an outer peripheral surface of an upper portion of the shank housing are provided with complementary recessed portions, in which in a process of rotating the shank housing while holding the bit housing, the recessed portions are not aligned with each other, and the sleeve gets wider outwardly to fix the bit housing, while the upper portion of the shank housing gets narrower inwardly to fix the shank. If the shank housing is rotated in a state in which the shank housing abuts against the bit housing at a right angle, the shank housing and the bit housing are fixed to each other, and the shank is elastically fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the bit housing.
US10435224B2 Dome formation profile and method of lightweight container design and manufacture
The inventive technology includes a novel container dome profile and manufacturing process for improving container and bottle deformation failure resistance and extending material displacement modes through an initial deformation panel coordinated with complimentary geometric paneling and buttressing structures configured to initiate a controlled sequential dome profile deformation mode. Dome reversal, dome growth, and dome drop resistance characteristics are improved with a shallower profile formation depth, reducing pulldown, and lowering material consumption, resulting in lower overall container/bottle weight. Novel geometric contoured shapes enhance container resistance performance, supporting use of softer alloys or lower temper and yield strength to benefit post-processing efficiency and forming processes improvements while being configured to initiate controlled sequential dome profile deformation.
US10435223B2 Method of handling a plastic container having a moveable base
A plastic container comprises an upper portion including a finish defining an opening into the container, a lower portion including a base defining a standing surface, a sidewall extending between the upper portion and the lower portion, the sidewall defining a longitudinal axis, and at least one substantially transversely-oriented pressure panel located in the lower portion. The pressure panel is movable between an outwardly-inclined position and an inwardly-inclined position to compensate for a change of pressure inside the container. The standing surface defines a standing plane, and the entire pressure panel is located between the standing plane and the upper portion of the container when the pressure panel is in the outwardly-inclined position.
US10435221B2 Display packages, blanks for forming the display package and methods of manufacturing the same
A display package according to example embodiments includes an outer structure defining a back panel, side panels, a top panel and a bottom panel of the display package, an inner structure defining a front panel of the display package, the inner structure being interlocked with the outer structure, and a tray between the interlocked inner and outer structures. The tray is configured to hold at least one item. The inner structure is inwardly bent against the tray. A top panel flap of the inner structure is between the top panel of the display package and the tray.
US10435216B2 Pack of products comprising a handle
The present invention is directed to a pack of products (1) having a bottom side (2) and an opposite top side (3), comprising a handle (5) formed over the top side (3) and adapted to be grasped by hand. The handle (5) is formed by a plastic film (4) wrapped around the products (1) over at least one turn, the plastic film (4) covering at least most of the bottom side (2) and being gathered to a reduced width over the top side (3) to form the handle (5). A handle (5) formed by a plastic film wrapped around the pack is reliable and easy to manufacture at a limited cost.
US10435212B2 Ventilated shipping tube plug
A ventilated plug for a shipping, display, or other tube is provided. The ventilated plug is configured to frictionally connect to the tube to provide a ventilated interior of the tube. The plug may be particularly advantageous for transport and display of living organisms.
US10435211B2 Vacuum release seal for a closure and container package
A package seal for sealing engagement between a closure and a container, and including an elastomeric seal ring with a sealing portion, and a plastic projection coupled to the seal ring.
US10435210B1 Scoop dock and use methods
In an assembly of a scoop and a closure, the scoop has a bowl and a handle. A closure has: a frame for mounting to a container body; and a cover hinged relative to the frame by a hinge. The scoop handle has at least one rib. The cover has an underside having a first projection and a second projection positioned to engage the scoop with the scoop in a docked position. The second projection is configured to capture the rib in the docked position.
US10435207B2 Collapsible fluid dispensing package and valve fitment for dispensing fluid such as foodstuffs
The invention relates to a valve fitment (6; 60) for a collapsible fluid dispensing package for dispensing fluid by relative pressure present in the package; the valve fitment comprising: —at least a compressible wedge-like spout (9; 9′, 9″); —a sealing base (10) arranged for sealing engagement with the container at a seal edge (5); wherein the wedge-like spout (9; 9′, 9″) is located within a passage (11; 11′, 11″) formed through the sealing base (10) and, wherein sealing base is preferably of higher rigidity than the wedge-like spout (9; 9′, 9″). The invention also relates to a fluid dispensing package (1) comprising the valve fitment (6; 60).
US10435203B2 Storage bag with features to facilitate sealing and unsealing of the bag
A storage bag includes first and second side surfaces that form an interior of the bag with an opening to the interior. A first closure profile connected to the first side surface and positioned adjacent to the opening of the bag has a top edge and includes an interlocking member that extends between the first and second sides. A second closure profile connected to the second side surface and positioned adjacent to the opening of the bag has a top edge and includes an interlocking member. A lip extends between the interlocking member and the top edges of the first and second closure profiles. The lip is a single, continuous web having certain dimensions from the interlocking member to the top edges of the first and second closure profiles.
US10435202B2 Cap with spout for fluid transfer from containers
A cap device for a container is provided. The cap device comprises a cover, a base and an expandable/extendible collapsible spout attached to or integrated with the base. When the cover is in a closed position, the collapsible spout may be in a retracted position for easy storage. When the cover is open, the collapsible spout may be extended to assist with pouring a fluid from the container to another location.
US10435200B2 Safety storage system and method
A storage system, comprising a body having a cavity therein configured to house one or more items, and an opening defined by the body and a panel configured to mate with the opening and prevent access to the cavity when the panel is in position; the system have a first level of security securing items stored in the cavity; a second level of security securing the body from a structure from which it is hung, and an third level of security disguising the storage system as a hanging piece of clothing.
US10435198B2 Recessed container closure and method of increasing advertising space on a container using a recessed container closure
The present invention relates to maximizing advertising space on product packaging. Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of increasing advertising space on various product packaging by increasing the graphic space on and apparent volume of the packaging, such as those used for cosmetics and toiletries. Preferred embodiments include a product packaging with a partially or completely recessed container closure. Further preferred embodiments include a container closure that is threaded, fused, or snapped in to the body of the container. Embodiments of the invention can be modified to accommodate existing products or provide a unique package design for emerging products.
US10435197B2 Palette, box, gear and resin shaped body-manufacturing method
To provide a palette, etc. on which an article is placed, including: a foamed synthetic resin-base material; and a polyurea-resin coating layer covering a front surface of the base material; and manufactured by a method including: injecting a polyurea-resin coating material onto a front surface of a foamed synthetic resin-base material; and drying the coating material after the injecting. The injecting may have injecting the coating material onto all surfaces of the base material. A thickness of the coating material formed on a front surface of the base material in the injecting may be controlled proportionally to an expansion ratio of the foamed synthetic resin. The thickness of the coating material may be controlled by adjusting a speed of conveyance of the base material and/or a distance between an injection port for the coating material and the base material. Heating-pressing the base material may further be included before the injecting.
US10435195B2 Reinforced gaylord container
A reinforced Gaylord container is provided storage and transport, including stacked storage on a pallet. A core is provided for supporting a majority of a vertical load on the container, instead of such load being delivered to sidewalls. A positioning insert is provided for positioning the core within the container. A plurality of such containers may be placed on respective pallets and stacked.
US10435189B2 Sealing apparatus for cryopreservation bag
There is provided a sealing apparatus for a cryopreservation bag, with which a sealing treatment of an inlet/outlet of the cryopreservation bag is carried out automatically and anyone can safely and properly carry out the sealing treatment.The sealing apparatus includes: a bag clamping device 56; a laser device 57; and a scanning structure 58 for moving the bag clamping device 56, for example. The bag clamping device 56 includes a fixed pinching block 67, a movable pinching block 69, and a clamp actuator 70. The laser device 57 includes a laser oscillator 104 and a condensing lens 107. The fixed pinching block 67 includes a block base 73, a heat radiator 74, and a heat radiator holder 75. An infrared laser beam is radiated to a sealed portion 55 of the bag to form a seal bead 125 for sealing in a state in which the sealed portion 55 is pinched and fixed by the heat radiator 74 and the movable pinching block 69 and while the bag clamping device 56, for example, is moved by the scanning structure 58.
US10435188B2 Machine for wrapping groups of products in a roll and packaging process
Described is a machine for wrapping groups (1) of products in a roll, comprising: a packaging unit (2) positioned above a feed channel (3); a transfer element (5) configured for feeding, in a feed direction (V5), to the packaging unit (2) the groups (1) of products in a roll with a corresponding sheet of wrapping material (6); feed and positioning units (8) configured for feeding the sheet (6) of wrapping material inside the vertical channel (3), in a direction (T6) transversal to the direction (V5) for feeding the group (1) of products; the machine also comprises means (9) for controlled retaining and unwinding of the sheet (6) of wrapping material positioned along the vertical feed channel (3); a first movement unit (10) connected to the controlled retaining and unwinding means (9) and configured to move the controlled retaining and unwinding means (9) from a position of free passage of the sheet (6) of wrapping material to a position for bilateral retaining of the sheet (6) of wrapping material positioned in the channel (3); a second movement unit (11) connected to the controlled retaining and unwinding means (9) and configured to move the controlled retaining and unwinding means (9), located in the retaining position, so as to unwind the sheet (6) of wrapping material in a controlled manner and at the movement of the transfer element (5) from the first lower operating position to a second upper operating position.
US10435187B2 Recapper, laboratory automation system, and method of recapping a sample container
A recapper for placing foils on laboratory sample containers is presented. The foils are brought on the sample container by a lever arrangement that is rotated around a vertical axis.
US10435183B1 Deployable propulsion module for spacecraft
A spacecraft includes at least one deployable propulsion module, the propulsion module including at least one thruster fixedly disposed with respect to the propulsion module, a first arrangement for coupling the propulsion module to a first portion of the spacecraft in a first configuration and a second arrangement for coupling the propulsion module to a second portion of the spacecraft in a second configuration. The spacecraft is reconfigurable, on-orbit, from the first configuration to the second configuration. In the first configuration, the deployable propulsion module is detached from the second arrangement and the at least one thruster is oriented to produce thrust in a first direction. In the second configuration, the deployable propulsion module is detached from the first arrangement and the at least one thruster is oriented to produce thrust in a second direction, the second direction being substantially different from the first direction.
US10435182B1 Articulation techniques for a spacecraft solar array
Techniques for two-axis articulation of a deployed spacecraft solar array are disclosed. In one aspect, an arrangement mechanically coupling a solar array with a sidewall of a body of a spacecraft includes a proximal appendage, a distal appendage rotatably coupled with the proximal appendage by way of a hinge, and a closed cable loop (CCL) system coupled with the proximal appendage and the distal appendage. In an on-orbit configuration, a long axis of the proximal appendage defines an α axis that is substantially orthogonal to the sidewall. The hinge includes CCL disengagement mechanism configured to de-couple the CCL system from the proximal appendage and the distal appendage and a rotation driving mechanism configured to cause the distal appendage to rotate about a β axis when the proximal appendage is in the on-orbit configuration, the β axis being not aligned with the α axis.
US10435180B2 Method for adjusting the position of elements of a structure of an aircraft, and device for implementing same
A device for adjusting the position of structural elements of a structure of an aircraft, comprising a measurement tool for determining a value for the actual position of each structural element, a processing and calculation system for comparing each value of the actual position determined by the analysis system with a corresponding theoretical value, and for determining therefrom an adjustment value, an adjustment tool configured to be attached in use to a structural element, comprising at least one measurement sensor configured to measure a distance between the measurement sensor and the structural element, a calculator for comparing the value measured by the measurement sensor with the corresponding adjustment value, and for deriving therefrom corrective actions to finalize adjustment of the structural element, and a communication system for exchanging information between the adjustment tool and the processing and calculation system.
US10435175B2 Light emitting diode lamp assembly
A light emitting diode (LED) lamp assembly includes a base including an electrical connector adapted to electrically engage a socket. A thermally conductive enclosure is coupled to the base, and a printed circuit board is disposed within the thermally conductive enclosure. The printed circuit board is operably electrically connected with the base and the electrical connector and thermally coupled to the enclosure. An LED is disposed on an exterior surface of the housing and electrically coupled to the printed circuit board. The thermally conductive enclosure is adapted to mechanically and thermally engage the socket to sink heat generated by the printed circuit board and the light source from the lamp assembly into the socket and an associated reflector.
US10435170B2 Systems and methods for installation of sensors for fuel quantity indicating systems
An example system includes a fuel tank, fittings mounted through a wall of the fuel tank, and optical sensors positioned within the fittings. A respective optical sensor includes a first pressure sensing end inserted through a fitting and internally into the fuel tank and a second end extending externally from the fuel tank. The system also includes an optical fiber bundle mounted external to the fuel tank, and having an optical fiber connected to each of the plurality of optical sensors for guiding light to each of the plurality of optical sensors.
US10435165B2 Aircraft electrically-assisted propulsion control system
This invention concerns an aircraft propulsion system in which an engine has an engine core comprising a compressor, a combustor and a turbine driven by a flow of combustion products of the combustor. At least one propulsive fan generates a mass flow of air to propel the aircraft. An electrical energy store is provided on board the aircraft. At least one electric motor is arranged to drive the propulsive fan and the engine core compressor. A controller controls the at least one electric motor to mitigate the creation of a contrail caused by the engine combustion products by altering the ratio of the mass flow of air by the propulsive fan to the flow of combustion products of the combustor. The at least one electric motor is controlled so as to selectively drive both the propulsive fan and engine core compressor.
US10435164B2 Propeller drives and vehicles
The disclosure relates to a propeller drive that is, in particular, an aircraft drive and includes a propeller machine and an electric drive connected without a converter to the propeller machine. The aircraft includes such a propeller drive.
US10435162B2 Multi-rocket parachute deployment system
Techniques to deploy a parachute are disclosed. In various embodiments, a first projectile is configured to be propelled in a first direction, causing the parachute to be deployed. A second projectile configured to be propelled in a second direction is coupled to a line tethered to the parachute in such a way that a force in a direction opposite the first direction is applied to the line of the parachute when the second projectile is propelled in the second direction.
US10435161B1 Surface sensing for droplet size differentiation
Apparatus and associated methods relate to differentiating ice accretion caused by different supercooled water droplets on an airfoil of an aircraft. A sensor having a sensing surface region is mounted at a mounting location of the airfoil such that the sensing surface region is flush with a surrounding adjacent surface of the airfoil. Water particles of sizes less than or equal to a predetermined threshold do not impinge the sensor surface region at the mounting location when the aircraft is in flight. A sensor driver provides an excitation signal to the sensor. A signal detector detects a sensor signal responsive to the provided excitation signal. The sensor signal is indicative of water particles exceeding the predetermined threshold impinging the sensing surface region. In some embodiments, the sensing surface region is mechanically coupled to a resonant cavity. In other embodiments, the sensor is a surface resistance sensor configured to sense surface resistance.
US10435159B2 Cabin pressure outflow valve noise suppression devices and methods
A system and method for regulating pressure inside a vehicle (“cabin pressure”) with reduced noise is disclosed. The system can include a forward gate and an aft gate that can be moved from a closed position to an open position to release cabin pressure in a controlled manner. The forward gate and the aft gate can comprise one or more flow disruptors. A first portion of the flow disruptors can be fixed and a second portion can be moveable between a retracted position and a deployed in position. In the retracted position the one or more flow disruptors can reduce broadband noise through the system by smoothing air flow therethrough. In the second position, the one or more flow disruptors can create boundary layer turbulence. The boundary layer turbulence can prevent, or delay, flow separation reducing tonal noises therethrough. In this manner, flow efficiency can be increased and noise reduced.
US10435158B2 Aircraft passenger seating arrangement
A aircraft passenger seating arrangement comprises a seat (1), a secondary surface (4) spaced to one side of the seat (1), in a direction substantially parallel to the width of the seat; and an infill surface (3) deployable into a space between the seat (1) and the secondary surface (4) so as to form a substantially continuous sleeping surface along the secondary surface (4), the infill surface (3) and the width of the seat (1).
US10435145B1 Vehicle with tension wing assembly
A tension lifting wing wheel assembly includes a peripheral rim located concentrically with a hub supported by a plurality of spokes, each spoke extending therebetween. A series of wings, each wing having an aerodynamically lifting shape extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. Each wing of the series of wings is assembled to the tension wheel assembly by coupling an area of the wing proximate the leading edge to a leading edge spoke and an area of the wing proximate the trailing edge to a trailing edge spoke. The wings are arranged having a gap provided between the wing trailing edge of each forward located wing and the wing leading edge of each trailing located wing. The tension lifting wing wheel assembly can be employed as a propulsion and/or lifting device integrated into a vehicle, such as an airplane, a helicopter, a tandem rotor helicopter, etc.
US10435141B2 Drive system for aircraft landing gear
The invention is a drive system for rotating a wheel of an aircraft landing gear. The drive system includes a motor operable to rotate a drive pinion via a drive path, and a driven gear adapted to be mounted to the wheel. The drive system has a first configuration in which the drive pinion is capable of meshing with the driven gear to permit the motor to drive the driven gear via the drive path. The drive path has a plurality of shafts rotatable about respect shaft axes, including an output shaft. The output shaft is operable to pivot about the axis of rotation of another shaft axis spaced from the output shaft axis. Also, an aircraft landing gear having a wheel and the drive system, where the driven gear of the drive system is mounted to the wheel.
US10435132B1 Hans bell housing for inflating and deflating a balloon envelope
A fixed housing that is configured to be coupled to a balloon envelope and an impeller housing disposed within the fixed housing, wherein the impeller housing and the fixed housing form a seal in a closed position, wherein the impeller housing is moveable into the balloon envelope relative to the fixed housing in an open position, and wherein the impeller housing defines an unobstructed airflow passageway between an internal chamber in a balloon envelope and the atmosphere in the open position.
US10435128B2 Marine outboard motor tether
A high strength safety tether adapted to restrain motor flipping in the event of an underwater strike between the motor and an underwater object. In one embodiment the tether is sized to generally surround the exhaust housing of the motor. The free ends of the tether are adapted to be bolted to the transom of the boat. In another embodiment a second leash is attached to a first leash so that the first leash surrounds the steering arm assembly and the second leash surrounds the exhaust housing of the motor.
US10435126B2 Electro-hydraulic compact drive for rotational movements
An electro-hydraulic compact drive for underwater use and for driving an output element includes a hydraulic motor, a hydraulic pump, and an electric motor as components of the electro-hydraulic compact drive. The hydraulic motor has an output shaft. The hydraulic pump supplies the hydraulic motor with hydraulic fluid via a working line. The hydraulic pump is driven by the electric motor. The components of the electro-hydraulic compact drive are located in a closed container filled with a hydraulic fluid. The container has an opening for coupling the output shaft of the hydraulic motor to the output element. The electro-hydraulic compact drive forms a closed unit that contains the complete electric motor/hydraulic pump/hydraulic motor arrangement. The compact drive combines the advantages of the high power density of hydraulics with a decentralized electric direct drive. The handling of the drive is simplified, thus also simplifying the control of underwater vehicles and machines.
US10435125B2 System and method for transporting methane
A methane transportation system is provided. The system may include a methane source configured to dispense methane at a first location, and an underwater vehicle. The underwater vehicle may include a propulsion system configured to transport the underwater vehicle underwater from the first location to a second location and a vessel defining a storage chamber configured to receive water and the methane from the methane source. The storage chamber of the vessel may have a pressure exceeding one atmosphere and a temperature during transport from the first location to the second location sufficient to form methane clathrate in the storage chamber. The system may further include a methane receiver configured to receive the methane released from the storage chamber at the second location. Related methods are also provided.
US10435122B2 Wakeboat propulsion apparatuses and methods
Wakeboat propulsion apparatuses are provided that can include: a wakeboat having a hull; an engine mounted to the hull; a hydraulic pump driven by the engine; a hydraulic motor powered by the hydraulic pump; and a propeller powered by the hydraulic motor. Methods for propelling a wakeboat are also provided. The methods can include: engaging a hydraulic pump from a drive of an engine operationally mounted to a hull of the wakeboat; driving a hydraulic motor with hydraulic fluid received from the hydraulic pump; and operationally engaging a propeller using the hydraulic motor.
US10435120B2 Wave riding boards
Embodiments of a wave riding board include a body having a top, a bottom, a right edge, a left edge, a front, a rear and a length defined from the front to the rear. The bottom of the body includes a plurality of steps and a channel defined between at least a portion of the plurality of steps. The channel extends along at least a portion of the length of the body.
US10435116B2 Anchor with angle adjustment provision
An anchor has a fluke, a shank that is connected to the fluke, a coupling to attach the fluke to an anchor line or anchor chain, and an angle adjustment provision to adjust the angle between the shank and the fluke, wherein the angle adjustment provision is a hinge between the fluke and the shank, a first positioning member connected to the shank that is provided with a series of first positioning holes at a first intermediate distance and a second positioning member connected to the fluke that is provided with a series of second positioning holes at a second intermediate distance and spaced apart from the hinge axis, and a positioning pin that is inserted in one of the aligned first and second positioning holes, wherein the second intermediate distance differs from the first intermediate distance.
US10435115B1 Maritime bulkhead protector
A bulkhead protector apparatus is described. The protector is configured to be mounted within a cavity of the sheetpile of a bulkhead in order to prevent waves, wake, and debris from reaching the top portion of the bulkhead, minimizing damage and prolonging the life of the bulkhead. An angled waterguard portion is disposed within the cavity, and is configured to deflect water down and away from the top of the bulkhead. The waterguard portion is mounted to a whaler of the bulkhead via a planar mount portion which is secured to the underside of the whaler of the bulkhead via stainless steel lag bolts.
US10435113B1 Bicycle operating device
A bicycle operating device includes a base member, a positioning ratchet, a holding member and a restricting member. The holding member moves between a holding position and a releasing position to selectively establish a plurality of gear positions. The holding member prevents movement of the positioning ratchet while the holding member is in the holding position, and releases the positioning ratchet for movement while the holding member is in the releasing position. The restricting member moves between a non-restricting position and at least one restricting position in which the restricting member restricts movement of the positioning ratchet. The positioning ratchet moves in a first set of the gear positions while the restricting member is in the non-restricting position. The positioning ratchet moves in a second set of the gear positions while the restricting member is in the at least one restricting position.
US10435111B2 Fluid damper for a bicycle component
A bicycle rear derailleur has a base member mountable to a bicycle frame, a movable member movably coupled to the base member, a chain guide assembly rotatably connected to the movable member for rotation about a rotational axis, a biasing element configured and arranged to bias the chain guide assembly for rotation in a first rotational direction with respect to the movable member, and a fluid damper having a fluid cavity containing a volume of fluid. The fluid damper is operatively disposed between the chain guide assembly and the movable member to apply a damping force to the chain guide assembly when the chain guide assembly rotates in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction. The fluid damper has a compensation device in fluid communication with the fluid cavity and is configured to accommodate a change in the volume of fluid in the fluid cavity.
US10435108B2 Information output device
An information output device that can output the position of a load applied to the pedal is provided. A strain gauge is provided on the inner face of a crank of a bicycle and detects strain occurring in the crank. A cycle computer display unit displays an image showing the center position of the load applied to the pedal connected to the crank based on the tangential force and the torsional torque calculated based on the output values of the first strain gauge to the sixth strain gauge.
US10435103B2 Leaning vehicle
A first steering inter-axis distance between a left steering bearing and a right bearing of a linkage differs from a second steering inter-axis distance between a left joint steering bearing and a right joint steering bearing of a steering force transmission. A difference between a first left leaning inter-axis distance between a lower intermediate leaning bearing and a lower left leaning bearing and a second left leaning inter-axis distance between an intermediate joint leaning bearing and a left joint leaning bearing is smaller than a difference between a first left steering inter-axis distance between a front intermediate steering bearing and the left steering bearing and a second left steering inter-axis distance between an intermediate joint steering bearing and the left joint steering bearing.
US10435095B2 Method and conveying system for the simultaneous transport of elongated workpieces and workers in a production line
A method for the transport of elongated workpieces and workers, in a production line which has a rectilinear production section. A plurality of conveyor trolleys, which respectively have an assembly platform that extends over the whole of the conveyor trolley length and is accessible for workers, move in the rectilinear production section jointly along a direction of conveyance and form a convoy in which the assembly platforms of adjacent conveyor trolleys adjoin one another in an at least substantially gap-free manner. The workpieces are arranged in such a way on the assembly platforms that a longitudinal direction of the workpieces is arranged at an angle between 25° and 65°, and preferably of about 45°, to the direction of conveyance.
US10435091B2 Elastic crawler and elastic crawler device
Provided is an elastic crawler and an elastic crawler device capable of achieving both low fuel consumption and excellent ride comfort. The elastic crawler comprises: a main body; cores respectively having a pair of wings and being embedded in a circumferential direction; a track roller rolling surface formed on an inner circumferential surface of the main body; a recess formed on the inner circumferential surface in a manner extending from the track roller rolling surface toward a widthwise outer side; lugs formed on an outer circumferential surface of the main body, the lugs respectively extending in a width direction between the cores from one end overlapping the track roller rolling surface in a thickness direction toward the other end overlapping a part in which the wings of the cores are embedded in the thickness direction. The elastic crawler device comprises the elastic crawler, a sprocket and a track roller.
US10435074B2 Parking support method and device
A method is provided which comprises: acquiring recognition information about parked vehicles; setting a virtual parking frame group in which a parking frame group is virtualized, the parking frame group comprising a plurality of parking frames; aligning the virtual parking frame group with respect to the recognized parked vehicles; and determining the aligned virtual parking frame group as the parking frame group comprising the plurality of parking frames. The virtual parking frame group comprises a plurality of virtual parking frames that have the same size and are arranged side by side or parallel along a predetermined straight line.
US10435069B1 Zero turn radius vehicle with single steered wheel
A zero turn radius vehicle with a single steered wheel is described. The vehicle may include a pair of power transfer mechanisms driving a pair of wheels, an operator control mechanism for controlling the steering, speed and direction of the vehicle and a controller in communication with the operator control mechanism. A steerable wheel is located adjacent the front of the vehicle frame, on a first side of the vehicle frame and an electric actuator is connected to the controller for steering the front steerable wheel. A second, non-steerable front caster wheel is located on a second side of the vehicle frame. The controller controls the pair of power transfer mechanisms and the electric actuator based on operator input to the operator control mechanism.
US10435067B2 Independent suspension system with a high steering angle
A wheel suspension system (101) with at least one wheel support (103), first and second coupling rods (105, 107) and at least one track rod (109). The first and second coupling rods (105, 107) are connected to one another in an articulated manner. The second coupling rod (107) and the wheel support (103) are connected to one another in an articulated manner. The track rod (109) is designed to apply a steering torque to the first coupling rod (105). The steering torque is transmitted from the first coupling rod (105), via the second coupling rod (107), to the wheel support (103). The wheel suspension system has at least one suspension link (111) which is mounted, in an articulated manner, on a vehicle body or chassis and is articulated to the wheel support (103). The suspension link (111) and the first coupling rod (105) are articulated to one another.
US10435064B2 Load-reaction switching valve assembly
A steering system for a vehicle includes a fluid pump, an actuator in selective fluid communication with the fluid pump, a hydrostatic steering system and an electro-hydraulic steering system. The hydrostatic steering system includes a fluid controller having a first proportional valve in fluid communication with the fluid pump and a fluid meter in fluid communication with the first proportional valve and the actuator. The electro-hydraulic steering system includes a second proportional valve in selective fluid communication with the fluid pump and the actuator. The second proportional valve is disposed in parallel to the first proportional valve. The electro-hydraulic steering circuit further includes a load-reaction switching valve assembly disposed in series with the first proportional valve of the hydrostatic steering system. The load-reaction switching valve allows fluid communication between the actuator and the fluid controller when the first proportional valve is in a neutral position.
US10435062B2 Electric power steering system with uniform architecture for multiple operating modes
Technical solutions are described for facilitating an electric power steering (EPS) system for providing a motor torque assist command. An example EPS system includes a first module configured to generate a regulation signal or a tuning signal based on a mode of operation of the eps system. The EPS system further includes a second module configured to generate a stability signal irrespective of the mode of operation of the eps system. The EPS system further includes a blending module configured to combine the stability signal with either the regulation signal or the tuning signal to generate an assist motor torque signal for the eps system.
US10435056B2 Dolly cart rail and lock system
A dolly cart rail and lock system configured to secure one or more dolly carts within a vehicle is provided. The dolly cart rail and lock system includes a first upper rail connected to a platform of the vehicle. The first upper rail having a first end. A second upper rail opposes the first upper rail and is connected to the platform of the vehicle. The second upper rail has a first end. A bulkhead assembly connects the first end of the first upper rail and the first end of the second upper rail. A plurality of spaced apart pocket assemblies is attached to the first and second upper rails. At least one lock assembly is connected to the pocket assemblies and is configured to engage the dolly carts such as to limit movement of the dolly carts in a front-to-back direction.
US10435055B1 Collapsible cart
A collapsible cart may include a handle, a first supporting frame, and a second supporting frame. In one embodiment, the handle is movably secured at the first supporting frame, and the first supporting frame and the second supporting frame are connected with a connecting member. The connecting member may include a plurality of connecting units. In one embodiment, the collapsible cart further includes a fabric secured at a receiving space created by the supporting frames and the connecting members on both sides. It is important to note that when the cart is fully unfolded, the first and second connecting units are substantially perpendicular to the second supporting frame and the first supporting frame respectively to strengthen the connecting member.
US10435053B2 Optimized circulation management method of a train and associated CBTC signaling system
When an event prevents a train from moving along a route in a nominal direction, this method makes it possible to cause it to circulate in an opposite direction by: selecting (120) an origin zone and an output signal; drawing (130) a pseudo-route on the successive zones between the origin zone and the output signal; opening (140) the pseudo-route by associating a sub-route with each zone, corresponding to the reservation of said zone for said train; informing (150) the train that it must circulate in the opposite direction; determining (160) a movement authorization for the train from sub-routes that are open and a list of obstacles that is updated regularly; sending (180) the movement authorization to the train, the determination (160) and transmission (170) steps being iterated until the train crosses the output signal.
US10435051B1 System, method, and program for preventing accidents
The present invention provides a system for preventing an accident that minimizes the number of monitor devices and prevents a collision accident to reduce the work and cost burdens. The system for preventing an accident 1 of the present invention includes an imaging device 10, a monitor server 20, and a warning device 60. The control unit 30 of the monitor server 20 executes the area receiving module 31 to receive input of an approach area as an area where a vehicle approaches and a danger area where is danger from an approaching vehicle based on a base image taken by the imaging device 10. The control unit 30 executes the time period judgment module 33 to judge whether or not it is a time period when a vehicle enters the approach area. If a vehicle enters the approach area, the control unit 30 executes the second judgment module 35 to judge whether or not a person, etc., enters the approach area or the danger area. If a person, etc., enters the approach area or the danger area, the control unit 30 executes the warning module 36 to instruct the warning device 60 to provide warning information.
US10435050B2 Method for monitoring and diagnosing components of a rail vehicle by means of an extensible evaluation software
A method for monitoring and diagnosing components of a rail vehicle, as a singular rail vehicle or as part of a rail vehicle train consisting of a plurality of rail vehicles, with regard to the necessary repair or maintenance, as appropriate, of at least one component, in which at least one measuring device captures at least one measurement variable, which is relevant to an assessment of a necessary repair or maintenance, as appropriate, of the component, is performed in which supplementation, extension, modification or adaptation of evaluation software implemented in an evaluation device is performed based on instructions, data and/or software modules sent from a control center to the evaluation device.
US10435047B2 Truck mounted braking system for a railway car
A truck mounted braking system is provided with a mechanical pivot adjustment on the bake lever connected to the brake cylinder push rod to permit the braking force applied to the wheels to vary depending on the lading condition of the car, without involving additional pneumatic elements such as a pneumatic empty load device. The brake cylinder may be provided with a channel which permits the push rod to achieve different positions based on different positions of the brake cylinder push rod.
US10435046B2 Coupler uncoupling control mechanism
A coupler uncoupling control mechanism is provided in the present application, comprising an uncoupling cylinder, a propelling cylinder and a control assembly, wherein the propelling cylinder is connected to a first valve body, and the first valve body comprises a first air inlet connected to the main reservoir pipe of the train, a first air outlet communicated with the first air inlet, a second air inlet and a second air outlet communicated with the second air inlet; the first air outlet is communicated with the air inlet chamber of the propelling cylinder, and the second air inlet is communicated with the air outlet chamber of the propelling cylinder. The control assembly comprises a second valve body and the second valve body is a pneumatic control valve; the second valve body comprises a third air inlet communicated with the uncoupling pipe of the train, a third air outlet communicated with the third air inlet, and a first control port capable of controlling airflow communication between the third air inlet and the third air outlet after being triggered; and, the third air inlet is communicated with the air inlet of the uncoupling cylinder, and the first control port is connected to the first air outlet of the first valve body. The present application can ensure that electrical couplers are uncoupled successfully.
US10435045B2 Anti-derailment apparatus for bogie of a rail vehicle and bogie of a rail vehicle
An anti-derailment apparatus for a bogie of a rail vehicle of the disclosure comprises at least one mounting seat and an anti-derailment slide plate. The transverse orientation of the anti-derailment slide plate on the mounting seat and the extending length of the anti-derailment slide plate in the vertical direction meet the following requirements simultaneously: 1) making the anti-derailment slide plate located at the inside of the ground rail when the rail vehicle runs normally; 2) when at least one wheelset of the rail vehicle climbs rail, the anti-derailment slide plate acts on the ground rail to form lateral limitation points so as to limit the freedom of the rail vehicle and make it still constrained by the ground rail.
US10435040B2 Auto rack car conversions and deck adjustments
An apparatus includes a panel, a fastener, and a cushion. The panel is coupled to a side of a railcar. The fastener engages the panel. A vertical position of the fastener on the panel is adjustable. The cushion is coupled to the fastener. The cushion extends from the side of the railcar towards an interior of the railcar and prevents the side of the railcar from contacting an object stored in the railcar.
US10435039B2 Sanding system comprising a protected motor
A sanding system for a rail vehicle includes a housing of a cellular wheel sluice having an inlet located at the top and an outlet located at the bottom, a pivotably mounted cellular wheel having a plurality of cells, and a motor that is coupled with the cellular wheel. The sanding system further includes a container connected to the inlet of the cellular wheel sluice for receiving brake sand, or a feed line connected to the inlet of the cellular wheel sluice for transporting brake sand, and a discharge line connected to the outlet of the cellular wheel sluice for transporting brake sand. The motor for driving the cellular wheel is thereby arranged above the inlet.
US10435036B2 Enhanced curve negotiation
Data on an impending curve, speed, and acceleration of a vehicle are collected. A curve attention output that is a measure of the vehicle speed, the vehicle acceleration, and the curvature of the impending curve is determined based at least in part on the data. An output mechanism in a wearable device is activated at a first intensity when the curve attention output exceeds or is equal to a first threshold and below a second threshold. The output mechanism is activated at a second intensity when the curve attention output exceeds or is equal to the second threshold and below a third threshold.
US10435035B2 Screen reduction system for autonomous vehicles
A vehicle includes at least one of a camera and a proximity sensor for detecting an obstacle in a vehicle path. A screen is projected on a windshield of the vehicle. A driver inattention determination unit determines a driver attentiveness. A danger level determination unit determines a danger level on a danger scale according to one or more of the driver attentiveness, a driving condition, a driving hazard, and the presence of the obstacle. A driver alert unit reduces a size of the screen on the windshield proportional to the danger level.
US10435030B2 Function monitor
A function monitor for a system, such as an advanced driver assistance system, comprising a first function monitor element and a second function monitor element, said first function monitor element configured to receive and collate sensor data from a plurality of sensors associated with the system and send a function warning signal to said second function monitor element when said sensor data from one or more of the plurality of sensors is indicative of a functional irregularity.
US10435025B2 Vehicle control device
A vehicle operation setting unit determines vehicle operations of a host vehicle. When a course change is performed, the vehicle operation setting unit sets values (at least one of target values for a velocity, an acceleration/deceleration, a curvature, a yaw rate, a steering angle, and a lateral G force) to be less than or equal to upper limit values thereof. The vehicle operation setting unit causes the upper limit values to differ between a case in which a preceding vehicle is recognized by an external environment recognition unit, and a case in which a preceding vehicle is not recognized by the external environment recognition unit.
US10435024B2 Driving support apparatus performing driving support based on reliability of each detection apparatus
A driving support apparatus performing a plurality of driving support includes: a reliability acquiring unit that acquires each reliability of a plurality of detection apparatus, the reliability representing likelihood of a detection result of the detection apparatus; a determination unit that determines whether or not each of the detection apparatus is a high reliability apparatus determined based on a reliability threshold; a correspondence acquiring unit that acquires correspondence information representing a correspondence between combinations of the plurality of detection apparatus including information of whether or not each apparatus is a high reliability apparatus, and types of driving support to be performed; a setting unit that sets a driving support to be performed, based on a result of the determination; an executing unit that executes the driving support to be performed; and an output unit that outputs a command to allow the executing unit to execute the driving support.
US10435023B2 Predictive powertrain limits strategy for autonomous/automated driving vehicle
An expanded powertrain interface and strategy for an autonomous driving controller to control powertrain torque (or vehicle acceleration/deceleration) capability at the current operating point, in addition to capability for subsequent operating points at a future time based on predictive assessment of powertrain energy management, subsystem contraints/limits, and capability in the future. The powertrain interface and strategy applies to a vehicle with electrified powertrain control (hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) or pure battery electric vehicle (BEV)) with an autonomous driving (AD) capability (either full or semi-automated driving). This powertrain interface and strategy may also be used with non-electrified powertrain (conventional) systems based on available combustion engine torque at the target vehicle speed and gear.
US10435022B2 Adaptive cruise control system and vehicle comprising an adaptive cruise control system
A vehicle and an adaptive cruise control system (ACC) is provided. The ACC comprises a steering wheel system with a steering wheel arranged to allow the provision of manual steering input to the steering system of the vehicle and a steering angle sensor, wherein the steering system is configured to identify a specific momentary manual steering wheel actuation by comparing data from the steering angle sensor with predetermined thresholds, and to select a next one of the moving or stationary objects in the surroundings in front of said vehicle to control the speed of said vehicle in relation to, based on the direction of the specific momentary manual steering wheel actuation indicated by the steering angle sensor.
US10435021B2 Vehicle control device
A vehicle control device includes a lane determining unit which, in the event there is a branching path or a merging path in a planned travel route of a host vehicle, is adapted to determine whether or not a lane in which the host vehicle is traveling differs from a lane in which the branching path or the merging path exists, and a lane change instructing unit which, in the event it is determined by the lane determining unit that the lane in which the host vehicle is traveling differs from the lane in which the branching path or the merging path exists, is adapted to set a route so that the host vehicle automatically performs a lane change into the lane in which the branching path or the merging path exists.
US10435020B2 Lane keeping support on roads covered by snow
A method and system for planning a trajectory for a vehicle. The system includes a camera and an electronic processor that, in conjunction, sense a road surface in front of the vehicle and determine whether the road surface is snow covered based on images from the camera. When the road surface is snow covered, the electronic processor determines whether snow ruts are present on the road surface based on the images and plans a trajectory of the vehicle based on a location of the snow ruts in the images when the snow ruts are present. The electronic processor is configured to automatically maneuver the vehicle based on the planned trajectory.
US10435007B2 Systems and methods of engine stop/start control of an electrified powertrain
Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed provide for receiving internal information, external static information, and external dynamic information of a hybrid vehicle, and selectively enable or disable a stop/start function for the engine of the hybrid vehicle based on the internal hybrid vehicle information, external static information, and external dynamic information. The stop/start function controls selective activation and deactivation of the engine during operation of the hybrid vehicle.
US10435002B2 Vacuum system for a brake booster
A vacuum system for the brake booster of a motor vehicle includes a demand-driven vacuum pump and a vacuum line connected on one end to the vacuum chamber of the brake booster and connected on another end to an intake port of the demand-driven vacuum pump. The vacuum system may include a discharge device arranged on an exhaust air opening of the vacuum system for ensuring bidirectional air volume flow between the external surroundings of the discharge device and the exhaust air opening of the vacuum system, which preventing liquids from reaching the exhaust air opening of the vacuum system as an air volume flows from the exterior surroundings into the exhaust air opening of the vacuum system. The vacuum system may also include a check valve arranged between the intake port of the demand-driven vacuum pump and the connection to a vacuum chamber of the brake booster.
US10435001B2 Hydraulic activation of a parking lock
In order to provide a hydraulic actuating system for actuating a parking lock of a motor vehicle, which hydraulic actuating system manages with as few components as possible which are simple, robust, relatively insusceptible to faults and inexpensive, with a simultaneously low installation space requirement, and the hydraulic layout of which hydraulic actuating system makes a simple actuation and a simple movement possible for locking and unlocking the parking lock, it is provided that a pumping device which can operate bidirectionally with a locking delivery direction and with a releasing delivery direction is used as pumping device, and check valves are arranged in the hydraulic circuit in such a way that, by way of actuation of the pumping device in the locking delivery direction, the parking lock moves into the locked position and, upon actuation of the pumping device in the releasing delivery direction, the parking lock moves into the released position.
US10434994B2 System and method for preventing undesired movements of a motor vehicle combination
A method for preventing undesired movements of a motor vehicle combination (100) including a tractor vehicle (110) and a towed vehicle (112), where the tractor vehicle (110) has a parking brake system (280), the vehicle combination (100) has at least one electronically activable service brake system (270; 275) and is provided with movement detectors (210, 220, 230, 240, 250) and the parking brake system (280) is activated during desired standstills of the vehicle combination (100). The method includes the steps of:—continuously detecting (s320) movements of the vehicle combination (100) relative to a running surface on which the vehicle combination (100) is at the time; and—responding to detected movements of the vehicle combination by automatically activating (s330) service brake action of the electronically activable service brake system (270; 275). Also, a computer program product has program code (P) for implementing the method. A system for preventing undesired movements of a motor vehicle combination (100) and a motor vehicle combination (100) equipped with the system are disclosed.
US10434993B2 Trailer leg securing devices and system
Devices and systems for securing and locking tractor trailer support legs in the down position are described herein. A securing pin passing through one of the support legs of a trailer while in the down position prevents the trailer legs from being raised. The pin can be locked in place such that only authorized users may remove the pin, raise the support legs, and move the trailer. A variety of kits for retrofitting existing trailers with securing devices are also provided.
US10434992B2 Systems and methods for the removal of ferrous debris from degreaser baths
Systems and methods are provided for removing ferrous debris from a vehicle assembly in an alkaline degreaser bath. A degreaser tank is configured in shape and size to accommodate a degreasing cleaning of vehicle assemblies. A conveyor system may selectively transfer vehicle assemblies into and out of the degreaser tank. A flushing system includes a plurality of debris removal flushing stations strategically located at side walls of the degreaser tank. Each station includes a set of electromagnets adjacent to an exterior of the degreaser tank to attract metal debris to a collection area at an interior wall, opposite the set of electromagnets. A drain port is located at the side wall, below the electromagnets. A supply line is provided above the electromagnets to selectively provide degreaser toward and direct debris to the drain port. A controller engages each debris removal flushing station based on a predetermined cycle.
US10434991B2 Pretensioning device for a windscreen wiping device
The present invention relates to a windscreen wiping device (100) for a vehicle, comprising a wiper blade (2) with an elongate upper part (10) and an elongate lower part (12), which are configured to be at least partially bendable. Furthermore, a plurality of connecting elements (18) for connecting the upper part (10) and the lower part (12) are provided, said connecting elements being spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal extent (8) of the windscreen wiping device and being designed to permit a movement of the upper part (10) and of the lower part relative to each other with a movement component along a longitudinal extent (8) of the windscreen wiping device. Furthermore, the windscreen wiping device has a pretensioning device (50), wherein the pretensioning device has a force-absorbing element (32) which is connected to a force transmission element (33) such that, in the event of a dynamic effect on the force-absorbing element (32) in the direction of the elongate lower part (12), a rotational movement of the force transmission element (33) is brought about, thus resulting in a movement of the elongate upper part (10) relative to the elongate lower part with a movement component along a longitudinal extent (8) of the windscreen wiping device.
US10434990B2 Water drainage cover for an automotive windshield wiping mechanism, body of a shaft of an automotive windshield wiper mechanism, and automotive windshield wiper mechanism containing the cover and the body
The subject-matter of the invention is a water draining cover (1) for an automotive windshield wiping mechanism, containing a positive connection element (4) of the cover, adapted for securing on the body (2) of the shaft (11), containing an opening on the shaft (5) and surrounded by a gutter part (6) containing a drainage opening (7), characterized in that the positive connection element of the cover (4) does not have a continuous rotary symmetry with regard to the X axis, and in each transverse section in the plane perpendicular to the X axis it has the shape of a convex figure, and furthermore the positive connection element of the body (3) has means of blocking the movement of the cover (1) in a direction parallel to the X axis when the cover (1) is mounted on the body (2), preferably in the form of at least one projection and/or recess (9), preferably perpendicular to the X axis, while the X axis is defined as a straight line passing through the opening on the shaft (5), coinciding with the axis of rotation of the shaft (11) when the cover (1) is properly mounted on the body (2). The subject-matter of the invention is also the body (2) of a shaft (11) corresponding to the cover of the invention, as well as an automotive windshield wiper mechanism containing the cover (1) and the body (2).
US10434989B2 Vehicle wiper device
When an operation signal of a view-obstructing material removal mode switch has been detected, a controller controls such that wiping operation is performed while spraying washer fluid toward the opposite side to a movement direction side of a wiper blade, after which a wiping operation in which washer fluid is not sprayed is performed.
US10434985B2 Systems and methods for regulating vehicle access
A method for regulating vehicle access comprises receiving, from an electronic device of a user, a request to access a vehicle. The vehicle can be disposed at a designated geographic location. Next, geographic information of the user is received from the electronic device. The geographic information is determined with the aid of the electronic device of the user. The user is then provided access to the vehicle if, based on the received geographic information, a geographic location of the user is within a given distance from the designated geographic location of the vehicle.
US10434982B2 System and method for on-demand passive entry disable
Various embodiment of the present disclosure provide a system and method for disabling a passive entry passive start system (PEPS) of a vehicle. In one embodiment, the system and method of the present disclosure enable a user of the vehicle to disable the standard PEPS operations so that the vehicle control module will not unlock the vehicle or automatically start the vehicle as it would under standard operation.
US10434981B2 Method and system for vehicle protection
A method for protecting a vehicle, the method may include providing, by an immobilizer, false error information that is associated with a false error; wherein the false error information, once received or processed by an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle, contributes to an immobilizing the vehicle during a vehicle start process; and sending the false error information to the ECU, during a vehicle shut down process that preceded the vehicle start process.
US10434980B2 Vehicle seat belt system
There is provided a vehicle seat belt system including: webbing that has one end anchored to one seat width direction side surface of a vehicle seat or to a vehicle body, and that restrains an occupant seated in the vehicle seat; a retractor to which another end of the webbing is engaged and that is configured to take up the webbing, the retractor being provided with a pretensioner which, when activated, pulls in the webbing; a buckle, with which a tongue plate attached to the webbing can be engaged; a force limiter that allows the buckle to move to thereby reduce a tensile load acting on the webbing due to activation of the pretensioner; and a warning section that is configured to utilize movement of the buckle resulting from the force limiter to notify the occupant of an abnormality that the force limiter has been activated.
US10434977B2 Seatbelt anchor
A seatbelt anchor includes an attachment portion. The seatbelt anchor includes a seatbelt support portion spaced from the attachment portion to define a slot therebetween. The seatbelt anchor includes a pair of connecting portions spaced from each other with the slot disposed therebetween and connecting the attachment portion to the seatbelt support portion and including a lattice structure that is plastically deformable relative to the attachment portion and the seatbelt support portion.
US10434973B2 Automatically adjustable airbag system
An adjustable airbag system for a vehicle includes an inflatable airbag and at least one tether formed from a shape memory material. The at least one tether has at least one portion thereof secured to the airbag. The at least one tether is structured to contract so as to control an inflated dimension of the airbag when the at least one tether is heated to a temperature above a transformation temperature of the shape memory material and also above a superelastic temperature range of the shape memory material, prior to airbag deployment.
US10434971B2 Curtain air-bag device
A curtain airbag device capable of preventing a cushion from damaging a front pillar trim or being caught by the front pillar trim upon deployed. A cushion 102 of a curtain airbag device 100 is inflated and deployed at a side wall of a vehicle interior to restrain an occupant. The curtain airbag device 100 includes: a cushion 102 having a bag shape and inflated and deployed on the vehicle front side of a passenger seat; and a first strap 148. The first strap 148 has one end 156 attached to a front pillar 104 and the other end 162 attached on the vehicle inner side of the cushion 102 in an elongate stored form. The first strap 148 moves to the vehicle inner side and is strained by inflation and deployment of the cushion 102 pushing out a front pillar trim 184 that covers the front pillar 104 to the vehicle inner side.
US10434967B2 Trouble shooting apparatus and method for bio-signal sensor equipped in vehicle
A fault diagnosis method for a bio-signal sensor for the vehicle includes measuring a first bio-signal through the bio-signal sensor in response to a seating detecting signal, measuring a second bio-signal through the bio-signal sensor in response to input through an on-board interface, and determining whether the bio-signal sensor may have malfunctioned according to whether the second bio-signal includes a signal deviating from a range set in response to the first bio-signal.
US10434963B2 Power distribution box assembly with alignment features
A power distribution box includes a bottom cover having a lower surface. Disposed on the lower surface are a pair of axially offset feet. Each of the pair of feet has a first portion and a second portion spaced apart from the lower surface of the bottom cover so as to form an opening having a back wall. The second contact surface is spaced further apart from the lower surface relative to the first contact surface by a ramp portion so as to define the opening to be tapered. The opening is configured to receive a front edge of a bracket. Also disposed on the lower surface is a guide having a first portion that is angled relative to an insertion direction of the power distribution box to a bracket and a linear wall portion configured to slidably engage a side edge of the bracket.
US10434959B2 Vehicle interior trim assembly including rigid interior trim components connected to one another and a flexible suspension that biases the rigid interior trim components toward one another to limit movement therebetween
A vehicle interior trim assembly includes a first trim component and a second trim component. The first trim component includes a first base plate and a protrusion. The second trim component includes a connection clip and a connection suspension. An opening in the connection clip receives the protrusion, and the connection clip engages an underside surface of the protrusion to yield a snap fit between the connection clip and the protrusion. The snap fit secures the second trim component to the first trim component. The connection suspension is configured to yield an interference fit between the connection suspension and one of the first base plate and the protrusion when the second trim component is assembled to the first trim component. The interference fit yields a biasing force that biases the connection clip toward the underside surface of the protrusion to limit movement between the first and second trim components.
US10434958B2 Headlining having heat shielding function for vehicle and manufacturing method thereof
A headlining having a heat shielding function for a vehicle and a manufacturing method for producing the headlining, where a complex layer formed of glass fiber and polypropylene is manufactured among various layers forming the headlining having a multilayered structure, and a hot melt film containing a heat shielding material is further provided on at least one of both surfaces of the complex layer to shield heat by the headlining. In so doing, the headlining is capable of reducing an internal temperature of the vehicle even in the summertime, and thus an operation time of an air conditioner is reduced, and fuel efficiency of the vehicle is increased. The headlining also has a heat shielding function for a vehicle, in which carbon nanotubes as the heat shielding material are used to provide the heat shielding and weight lighting effects and also to simultaneously improve the fuel efficiency of the vehicle.
US10434957B2 Vehicle interior structure
To prevent a vehicle body member from being damaged when an interior component is attached. In a vehicle interior structure, an interior component is fastened to a vehicle body member provided interior of a vehicle by an engagement portion. The engagement portion includes a hole formed in the vehicle body member, a claw portion provided in the interior component, and a pedestal provided in a base part of the claw portion. A guide portion is provided in the vehicle body member to guide the pedestal before the claw portion is fitted into the hole to engage with the hole, so as to prevent an end portion of the interior component from contacting the vehicle body member.
US10434956B2 Fabric processing method and component
A fabric processing method and component (e.g., a vehicle component) includes providing and/or arranging a first fabric charge and a second fabric charge. A multi-piece fabric assembly is formed for single stage draping by stitching together the first and second fabric charges along a neutral stitching path. The multi-piece fabric assembly is formed into a three-dimensional shape and is then impregnated with a polymeric material to form the component.
US10434955B2 Luggage compartment structure of vehicle
A luggage compartment structure of a vehicle includes a luggage compartment floor component and a luggage compartment mat assembly. The luggage compartment floor component includes a handle retaining recess. The luggage compartment mat assembly is disposed on the luggage compartment floor component. The luggage compartment mat assembly includes a luggage compartment mat and a recessed handle that is for lifting the luggage compartment mat. The luggage compartment mat includes a mounting hole. The recessed handle includes a flat portion and a recessed portion. The flat portion includes at least one edge disposed on a top surface of the luggage compartment mat. The recessed portion is recessed downward relative to the flat portion and disposed in the mounting hole of the luggage compartment mat to project from a back surface of the luggage compartment mat. The recessed portion is retained in the handle retaining recess of the luggage compartment floor component.
US10434954B2 Mounting arrangement for a driver assist system housing
A mounting arrangement for securing a housing to a windshield of the vehicle includes a mounting bracket having a plurality of keyhole slots, each having a receiving opening at one end of the keyhole slot, a locking recess at another end of the keyhole slot, and a ramp connecting the receiving opening with the locking recess. A plurality of mounting posts each including a base portion, a head portion, and a collar portion are mounted to the windshield and positioned to align with associated keyhole slots in the mounting bracket. The keyhole slots and the mounting posts are arranged such that the head portion of each mounting post is received into the receiving opening of its associate keyhole slot, slidable up the ramp of its associated keyhole slot, and lockable into the locking recess of its associated keyhole slot. The housing is attachable to the mounting bracket.
US10434948B2 Display system with phase oriented reflective control
A vehicle display mirror system is disclosed. The system comprises a display device and a reflecting polarizer. The display device is operable to display image data on a display surface as display light. The reflecting polarizer comprises a light receiving surface proximate the display surface and configured to output the display light in a first polarization from an emitting surface. The system further comprises a liquid crystal element, a polarizing element, and a controller. The controller is in communication with the liquid crystal element and configured to selectively align a liquid crystal material to pass the display light through the liquid crystal element and deactivate the liquid crystal element to adjust a received light from the first polarization to a second polarization and reflect the second polarization from the emitting surface.
US10434936B2 Windshield blackout with viewing window and blackout window feature
An apparatus includes a windshield blackout between a bottom of the windshield and a top of the instrument panel, a viewing window provided in the windshield blackout and a blackout window feature provided behind the viewing window.
US10434932B2 Motor vehicle
The invention relates to a motor vehicle comprising a device for illuminating the surroundings for generating a light distribution on the ground in an area surrounding the motor vehicle. The device includes a projection module, which comprises a light-emitting means having a number of light sources and an array of projection optical units, wherein a respective projection optical unit comprises an object structure and an associated projection lens, such that, upon illumination of the array with the light-emitting means, the object structures are projected onto the ground by the associated projection lenses and the light distribution is thus generated. The array of projection optical units comprises a plurality of subarrays, which are illuminable separately with at least one light source of the light-emitting means that is associated with the respective subarray. The array has at least two different types of subarrays which, upon illumination with the at least one associated light source, generate different projections on the ground.
US10434929B2 Vehicle lamp control device and vehicle lamp system
A vehicle lamp control device includes an information acquisition unit that acquires snowfall information, and a controller that controls a vehicle lamp capable of changing a formation position of a light distribution pattern. The controller controls the vehicle lamp so as to lower the formation position from a predetermined reference position when snowfall is perceived, and when the snowfall amount is larger than a predetermined value, the controller substantially lowers the formation position as compared with the formation position when the snowfall amount is smaller than the predetermined value.
US10434924B2 Free ranging automated guided vehicle and operational system
An automated guided vehicle (AGV) that is configured to operate with a navigation and guidance system includes a base frame structure that supports a material handling apparatus. Casters may be attached at peripheral portions of the base frame structure to movably support the base frame structure away from a ground surface. Drive wheel assemblies may be disposed between two of the casters and configured to propel and steer the AGV. A suspension system may have intersecting swing arms that are pivotally mounted at the base frame structure and independently attach at each of the drive wheel assemblies. The suspension system biases the drive wheel assemblies against the ground surface to maintain friction of the drive wheel assemblies against the ground surface, such as for traversing sloped or uneven surfaces.
US10434908B2 Air conditioning seat
An air conditioning seat configured to blow temperature-adjusted air and including: a seat including a seat cushion and a seat back; a lateral member which is provided along the seated person seated on the seat on a lateral side of the seated person; a first air duct which is provided in the lateral member and is configured to guide the temperature-adjusted air towards the seated person; and a first air outlet from which the temperature-adjusted air is configured to be blown out from first the air duct, wherein the temperature-adjusted air is configured to be directed and blown out towards at least one of a knee and a lower leg portion of a leg of the seated person through the first air outlet, the at least one of the knee and the lower leg portion being positioned on a front side than a front end of the seat cushion.
US10434907B2 Armrest
A vehicle fitting has a support element, a part moveable on the support element between a two positions, a stop on the support element, and a latch element movable between a latch position engaged between the stop and the movable part to impede movement of the movable part into one of the first and second positions and a release position not impeding movement of the support element into the one of the first and second positions. A pivot joint is formed by an elongated hole and an axle. The hole has a wide first end region and a narrow second end region, and the axle is engaged in the hole and movable between the end regions thereof. Thus, on sudden stopping, the axle moves from a position loosely engaged in the first end region to a position snugly engaged and wedged in the second region.
US10434906B2 Method and system for controlling an actuator for a loading area adjustably mounted on a motor vehicle body
A method and a system are provided to control an actuator for exerting forces upon a loading area, particularly a vehicle seat, in an adjusting direction, especially a longitudinal vehicle direction extending from a front end of the vehicle to a tail end of the vehicle. The loading area is mounted on a body of a motor vehicle, particularly a passenger car, such that it can be adjusted in the adjusting direction. An imminent collision of the motor vehicle is detected, and an actuator is driven in order to accelerate the loading area in the adjusting direction prior to the imminent collision in the event an imminent collision is detected.
US10434901B2 Adjustment arrangment for adjusting a vehicle seat component and method for producing an adjustment arrangement
An adjustment arrangement for adjusting a vehicle seat component of a vehicle seat comprises an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the vehicle seat component and an electrical drive device. The electrical drive is coupled to the adjusting mechanism for the electrical actuation of the adjusting mechanism.
US10434900B2 Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and recording medium
A vehicle control system includes a seat (41) on which an occupant of a vehicle sits, a first protruding mechanism (45) configured to move a pushing member (45A) provided inside the seat to adjust a protruding position and a displacement of the seat, a second protruding mechanism (46) configured to inject a gas or liquid into a bag-like member (46B) provided inside the seat to adjust the protruding position and the displacement of the seat, and a seat control unit configured to control the first protruding mechanism to cause at least a part of a contact portion between the occupant and the seat to protrude in a case that the vehicle performs a first driving mode having a degree of automated driving less than a predetermined reference and to control the second protruding mechanism to cause at least a part of the contact portion between the occupant and the seat to protrude in a case that the vehicle performs a second driving mode having a degree of automated driving equal to or higher than the predetermined reference.
US10434898B2 Electrified vehicle with expansion interface mechanism for interfacing with secondary electrical device
A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, controlling charging and discharging operations of a first high voltage battery of an electrified vehicle and a second high voltage battery of a secondary electrical device connected to the electrical vehicle such that power from the electrified vehicle is selectively used to charge the second high voltage battery and power from the second high voltage battery is selectively discharged to power the electrified vehicle.
US10434895B2 Power supply device and transport apparatus
A power supply device includes: an electric storage unit; a connection unit connected to the electric storage unit; a housing which houses the electric storage unit; a power receiving unit which receives AC power in a noncontact manner; a rectifier which converts the AC power into DC power and outputs the DC power; an AC lead wire which connects the power receiving unit and the rectifier; and a DC lead wire which connects the rectifier and the connection unit. The power receiving unit is connected to the housing via a heat conduction unit, an opening is provided on a surface facing the power receiving unit in the housing, any one of the AC lead wire, the DC lead wire and the rectifier is disposed to pass through the opening, and the housing has a heat capacity larger than that of the power receiving unit.
US10434894B2 Vehicle battery pack assembly
A battery system for a vehicle, such as an electric vehicle, includes a first battery pack and a second battery pack. The first battery pack is configured to be disposed at an outer periphery of the second battery pack and outboard of the second battery pack on the vehicle. The first battery pack has a relatively high power density in comparison to the second battery pack, and the second battery pack has a relatively high energy density in comparison to the first battery pack.
US10434893B2 Vehicle electric power supply apparatus and electric vehicle
A vehicle electric power supply apparatus includes: a battery case; a battery that is arranged in the battery case; a first electric device that is arranged in the battery case and that is connected to at least the battery; and a battery cooling circuit that is configured to allow a refrigerant to flow through a pipe and cool at least the battery. A lower surface of the first electric device is lower than an upper surface of the battery and is positioned higher than a fluid level of the refrigerant in a state where the refrigerant that flows through the pipe is accumulated inside the battery case.
US10434891B2 Motor vehicle electrical system with solar powered battery charging
A motor vehicle is configured to include a first battery; a second battery; a first converter configured to step-down an electric power of the first power line and supply the stepped-down electric power to a second power line with which the second battery is connected; a third battery; a solar charging device configured to generate electric power using sunlight and supply the generated electric power to the third battery; and a second converter configured to transmit electric power accompanied with a change in a voltage between the second power line and a third power line with which the third battery is connected. The motor vehicle of this configuration is configured to provide permission for relief charging that is charging of the third battery using an electric power on a first power line side, when a voltage of the second battery is not lower than a predetermined voltage.
US10434890B2 Lithium ion secondary battery diagnosis device and lithium ion secondary battery diagnosis method
A controller performs first control to fourth control whenever the voltage of a cell reaches a specified voltage during discharging. The first control is to stop the discharging. The second control is to close a relay connected, in parallel, to a cell having a voltage having reached the specified voltage. The third control is to measure AC impedance in a state in which relays connected, in parallel, to respective corresponding cells having voltages having reached the specified voltage are all closed. The fourth control is to resume discharging cells having voltages higher than the specified voltage. The controller diagnoses whether the cell having the voltage having reached the specified voltage is abnormal, by comparing (i) AC impedance when the cell having the voltage having reached the specified voltage is included with (ii) AC impedance when the cell having the voltage having reached the specified voltage is excluded.
US10434887B2 Vehicle
A vehicle includes an electric power storage device, a charging inlet, an electric power reception device, and a controller. The controller is configured to start charging the electric power storage device when the time reaches a set time set in advance in a case where scheduled charging control that starts charging the electric power storage device at the set time is planned to be executed in a state in which electric power is receivable through either the charging inlet or the electric power reception device. The controller is configured to execute the contacted charging control by suppressing execution of the scheduled charging control that starts the contactless charging control, when the charging connector is connected to the inlet in a case where the scheduled charging control that starts the contactless charging control at the set time is planned to be executed.
US10434886B2 Method and arrangement for charging of vehicle accumulators
A charging device is disclosed for charging an accumulator of a vehicle from a source of electrical energy, the charging device being configured to be integrated into the vehicle. The charging device includes at least two power units connectable to available phases of the source of electrical energy, the power units having at least partly same kind of power electronics of switched-mode technology to operate the power units, and structure for cooling the power electronics.
US10434884B2 Vehicle
A vehicle includes a motor housing accommodating motors for driving wheels, and a power control unit fixed on the motor housing. The power control unit includes: a stacked unit in which multiple power modules accommodating power semiconductor elements for electric power conversion and multiple coolers are stacked; and reactors. The stacked unit is disposed in the case of the power control unit such that the stacking direction of the power modules and the coolers is directed toward the vehicle-longitudinal direction. The reactors are disposed in the case so as not to overlap with the stacked unit as viewed from the stacking direction.
US10434881B2 Battery pack of novel air cooling structure
Disclosed is a battery pack having a structure in which a plurality of unit cells constitutes a battery module, two or more of the battery modules are vertically arranged from a coolant introduction direction of a coolant inlet port to constitute a pair of battery module groups, a coolant introduction part extending from the coolant inlet port to each battery module group is provided at a middle of a pack case wherein the coolant introduction part is located between respective battery module groups, coolant discharge parts extending from respective battery module groups to coolant outlet ports are provided at an upper and lower part of the pack, and a coolant flow channel defined between the coolant introduction part and the coolant discharge parts is configured such that a coolant, introduced through the coolant introduction part, passes by each unit cell, and is discharged through the respective coolant discharge parts.
US10434880B2 External power supply apparatus, electric power supply apparatus, transport apparatus, and monitoring method
An electric power supply apparatus includes an electric energy storage, an external power supply circuit, an internal power supply circuit, and circuitry. While the transport apparatus stops, the circuitry is configured to monitor the electric energy storage, the external power supply circuit, and the internal power supply circuit. While the transport apparatus stops, the circuitry is configured to calculate a remaining time during which the electric energy storage is to supply electric power to an external electrical load based on a total power amount, an external electric power, and an internal electric power.
US10434878B2 Information system for a vehicle with virtual control of a secondary in-vehicle display unit
An information system for a vehicle is provided, as is a corresponding method for operating the information system and a thereto related computer program product.
US10434871B2 Closed tank system
A closed tank system includes: a fuel tank; a canister adapted to adsorb evaporative fuel generated in the fuel tank; a fill-up limiting valve provided inside the fuel tank so as to be communicated with the evaporative fuel discharge passage and adapted to operate to close the evaporative fuel discharge passage when a fuel level reaches a predetermined full tank liquid level; a shut-off valve adapted to operate to open or close the evaporative fuel discharge passage; a fuel remaining amount sensor adapted to detect a remaining amount of fuel; and a hardware processor that causes a control section to carry out control for allowing the shut-off valve to be opened or closed. The hardware processor causes the control section to inhibit the control for allowing the shut-off valve to be opened when an engine is in operation and the detected remaining amount of fuel exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US10434869B2 Methods and systems for a latch plate assembly in a motor vehicle
Methods and systems are provided for a latch plate assembly for coupling pipes to a housing of an engine component. In one example, the latch plate assembly comprises: a first latch plate couplable to a first pipe; and a second latch plate couplable to a second pipe, the first and second latch plates being couplable to the housing, wherein the first and second latch plates are together configured to define a bore at an interface between the first and second latch plates. The bore receives a fastener to couple the first and second latch plates to the housing and wherein the bore has a perimeter, the first latch plate defines a first portion of the bore perimeter and the second latch plate defines a second portion of the bore perimeter, the first and second portion together defining the bore perimeter.
US10434861B2 Power equipment unit and vehicle
A power equipment unit includes: a power equipment which supplies electric power to a motor; a controller which controls the power equipment; and a harness which connects the power equipment and the controller. The power equipment and the controller are disposed so as to be adjacent to each other in a forward/backward direction with a space interposed therebetween, and the harness includes: a first harness part extending through the space in a vertical direction; and a controller connecting part connected to the controller from below.
US10434860B2 Kart
A kart having a pedal speed controller and other components and arrangements thereof are disclosed. The kart can be provided with a controller for controlling speed; the pedal speed controller comprising a pedestal and a pedal, one end of the pedal is articulated with the pedestal and keeps a certain angle with the pedestal. The pedal speed controller also comprises a sensor connected with the controller, and the sensor can obtain displacement signal along the tread direction of the pedal. The pedal speed controller has the advantages of realizing pedal control of acceleration or deceleration for drivers, avoiding interference with manual adjustment of kart direction, preventing from mutual influence between speed regulation and steering, improving the speed control performance of the kart, and improving the driving experience.
US10434857B2 Vehicle window weatherstripping having an inner belt with interlocking end details
A vehicle sealing assembly includes a vehicle frame defining a frame cavity. A vehicle door has a door trim panel and an inner frame panel that define a door cavity in communication with the frame cavity. An operable window is disposed proximate the door cavity and is operable between open and closed positions. A beltline seal is disposed between the door trim and inner frame panels and in engagement with the operable window in the closed position. A front beltline end piece is integrally formed between a front vertical support of the window and a front end of the beltline seal.
US10434855B1 Latch assembly and tonneau cover
A tonneau cover for covering the cargo box of a pickup truck. The tonneau cover includes a cover assembly and at least one latch assembly including a striker subassembly and a latch subassembly. The striker subassembly is integrated into the cover assembly and includes a striker. The latch subassembly includes a clamp configured to attachment the latch subassembly to a sidewall of the cargo box. The latch subassembly also includes a latch arm and a latch hook. The latch arm is pivotally mounted to the clamp and the latch hook is connected to the latch arm at a location spaced apart from where the latch arm is pivotally mounted to the clamp. Provided at an end of the latch hook is a hook for releasable engagement with the striker.
US10434853B2 Soft front cockpit cover
A foldable roof assembly having a soft panel top assembly for a vehicle in sealing engagement with a hard top portion of a roof. The soft panel top assembly has a fixed portion attached to the vehicle and a lightweight pivotal portion that folds back to provide the occupant a quick and easy open air effect. Two door rails of the soft panel top assembly are connected to the vehicle. Two side bows are attached to a first bow member, which is secured to a windshield frame when in a closed position, and are connected at a pivot point created with a bracket attached to the door rails to allow the pivotal portion to pivot to an open position. The soft panel top assembly includes a rear header that is a wireframe and engages with seals in the hard top roof portion to provide a weatherproof seal.
US10434850B2 Safety cable for a flexible cover system
A tarp deployment mechanism for covering a container with a flexible cover sized to cover the container in a deployed configuration is disclosed. The deployment mechanism comprises: a bail member spanning a width of the container and carrying one end of the flexible cover, the bail member movable to an extended position in which the one end of the flexible cover is adjacent one end of the container, the bail member having at least one hollow body portion that defines at least one cavity that extends throughout the hollow body portion of the bail member; and at least one cable arranged within the at least one cavity defined by the at least one hollow body portion of the bail member. The cable prevents complete dislocation of the bail member in the event of its fracture.
US10434847B2 Display device and driving support system
A display device or a driving support system which enables a driver to obtain information easily is provided. A display device or a driving support system which is unlikely to impose a burden on a driver is provided. A display device or a driving support system which is suitable for space saving is provided. A display device or a driving support system which is capable of large-area display is provided. A display device or a driving support system which does not impair the aesthetic appearance of the car interior is provided.The display device includes a display panel which has flexibility and can be transformed between a first form and a second form, and a driving means having a function of reversibly changing the display panel between the first form and the second form. The first form is a form in which a display surface of the display panel is suspended, and the second form is a form in which the display panel is stored upward.
US10434846B2 Surfaces of plastic glazing of tailgates
A plastic glazing of a tailgate of a vehicle is provided, the plastic glazing comprising: a translucent component, wherein a portion of the translucent component forms a rear window of the vehicle; a non-transparent component molded onto the translucent component, wherein an overlapping portion of the translucent component and the non-transparent component forms a blackout region proximate to the rear window, wherein the plastic glazing is of one-piece molded plastic construction, wherein the translucent component comprises a first textured surface in a region adjacent to the blackout region, where the first textured surface is configured to conceal a component of the vehicle.
US10434839B2 Operator control of an air-conditioning system for the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle
An air-conditioning system for the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle is provided, wherein the air conditioning system has at least one operator control unit and at least two air outlets. The operator control unit has a touch-sensitive strip. The air-conditioning system is configured to perform the following: separate control of the temperature of the air which flows out of the first air outlet and the temperature of the air which flows out of the second air outlet; determination of the temperature of the air for the first and the second air outlets independently of one another, and as a function of sensed contact with the strip.
US10434838B2 Sun visor with positional cooling/exhausting fan
A sun visor for a vehicle includes a visor panel carrying at least one fan or blower adapted to provide an airflow that is directionally adjustable independently of an orientation of the visor panel.
US10434837B2 Rib seal on front of dash seal
A seal assembly for an air handling system of a motor vehicle comprises a panel having a surface disposed on a first plane, a plurality of spaced apart ribs with an end of each of the ribs disposed on a second plane, and a sealing structure having a first face in facing relationship with the surface of the panel and an opposing second face in facing relationship with the plurality of the spaced apart ribs. The first face includes a first projection projecting therefrom including a first sealing surface spaced apart from the second face of the main body by a first distance and second projection projecting away from the first sealing surface of the first projection and including a second sealing surface spaced apart from the second face of the main body by a second distance greater than the first distance.
US10434831B2 Trailer coupling device for motor vehicles
In order to provide a trailer coupling device for motor vehicles, comprising a rear-side cross member which is mountable on a vehicle body, a supporting unit provided on the cross member which holds a ball neck receiving sleeve having a ball neck receptacle in which a ball neck incorporating a coupling ball is insertable and fixable therein, in which the ball neck receiving sleeve is minimally visible and disturbing when the ball neck is not inserted, it is proposed that the supporting unit comprises a pivot bearing unit by means of which the ball neck receiving sleeve is pivotable from a working position in which the ball neck is insertable therein in order to use a trailer, into a rest position in which an insertion opening of the ball neck receiving sleeve is arranged outside a visible region.
US10434830B2 Safety chain attachment
An attachment for use with a safety chain which has a leading link and a following link, the attachment having a clevis with first and second lateral side sections and an opening between the side sections into which a leading end of the leading link is receivable; and a pin receivable by the first and second side sections so as to extend across the opening to couple the leading link to the clevis and a portion of the clevis defined between the first and second sections has a configuration complementary to a configuration of the leading end of the leading link; and/or portions of the first and second side sections have configurations complementary to configurations of portions of a leading end of the following link, such that there is a close fit between the clevis and chain when the leading link is coupled to the clevis by the pin.
US10434822B2 Pneumatic tire
Provided is a pneumatic tire having excellent wet grip performance. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition having a tan δ and an E*, which at 0° C. satisfy the following relationship: tan δ/E*0.3≥0.18.
US10434821B2 Modified conjugated diene-based polymer and production method therefor, rubber composition and tire
In a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, a ratio of a coupling polymer, obtained by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), is 70% by mass or more based on a total amount of the modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and a modification ratio obtained by adsorption GPC is 70% by mass or more based on a total amount of the modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and when Mooney viscosity ML1+4 (100° C.) measured at 100° C. is represented by ML and a weight average molecular weight obtained by GPC is represented by Mw, ML≤1.8 (Mw×10−4)−31.5, and Mooney viscosity ML1+4 (100° C.) measured at 100° C. is 30 to 150.
US10434812B2 Optical device that produces flicker-like optical effects
An optical device that produces flicker-like optical effects is provided. The inventive device employs directionally cured image icons. Specifically, the optical device is made up of at least one arrangement of image icons formed from one or more cured pigmented materials, and at least one arrangement of optionally embedded focusing elements positioned to form one or more synthetic images of at least a portion of the arrangement(s) of image icons. Some or all of the pigmented material(s) is cured using collimated light directed through the focusing elements toward the arrangement(s) of image icons at one or more angles relative to a surface of the optical device to form directionally cured image icons. The synthetic image(s) of the directionally cured image icons is viewable at the cure angle(s) and therefore visually appears and disappears, or turns on and off, as the viewing angle of the device moves through the cure angle(s). The inventive optical device may be used in conjunction with laser engraving allowing for, in at least one embodiment, superior laser engraving through the optical device.
US10434807B2 Combined printing press
There is described a combined printing press (10) for the production of security documents, in particular banknotes, comprising a screen printing group (3) and a numbering group (4) adapted to process printed substrates in the form of individual sheets or successive portions of a continuous web. The screen printing group (3) is located upstream of the numbering group (4) and comprises at least one screen printing unit (32-33) designed to print a pattern of optically-variable ink, which optically-variable ink contains flakes that can be oriented by means of a magnetic field. The screen printing group further comprises a magnetic unit (36) located downstream of the screen printing unit (32-33), which magnetic unit (36) is designed to magnetically induce an optically-variable effect in the pattern of optically-variable ink applied by the screen printing unit (32-33) prior to drying/curing of the optically-variable ink. The screen printing group (3) further comprises at least one drying/curing unit (37) designed to dry/cure the pattern of optically-variable ink in which the optically-variable effect has been induced by the magnetic unit (36), prior to transfer of the printed substrates to the numbering group (4).
US10434805B2 Discharge of heated fluid from a printer
An apparatus includes a processor to provide a control Signal for a printhead of a printer and a housing including a cavity. The processor is arranged in the cavity. The apparatus has a first opening and a second opening in the housing and in communication with the cavity. The first opening receives a first part of a fluid flow passing the housing, and the second opening discharges heated fluid from the cavity.
US10434804B2 Low particle gas enclosure systems and methods
The present teachings relate to various embodiments of a gas enclosure system that can have various components comprising a particle control system that can provide a low-particle zone proximal to a substrate. Various components of a particle control system can include a gas circulation and filtration system, a low-particle-generating motion system for moving a printhead assembly relative to a substrate, a service bundle housing exhaust system, and a printhead assembly exhaust system. In addition to maintaining substantially low levels for each species of various reactive species, including various reactive atmospheric gases, such as water vapor and oxygen, for various embodiments of a gas enclosure system that have a particle control system, an on-substrate particle specification can be readily met. Accordingly, processing of various substrates in an inert, low-particle gas environment according to systems and methods of the present teachings can have substantially lower manufacturing defects.
US10434801B2 Ink-jet recording apparatus and platen apparatus
There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a platen, a contact portion disposed between a pair of first ribs of the plurality of first ribs with respect to a scanning direction. A lower end of the contact portion is located lower than each upper end of the pair of first ribs. The platen includes a second rib disposed between one first rib of the pair of first ribs and the contact portion with respect to the scanning direction, and an upper end of the second rib is located lower than the upper end of the one first rib of the pair of first ribs and higher than the lower end of the contact portion.
US10434800B1 Printer roll feed mechanism
A media feeding system comprises a driver configured to rotate a media roll in a first direction; a vacuum roller positioned in a media feed path and configured to rotate in the first direction; and a media end detecting sensor positioned in the media feed path, the media end detecting sensor being configured to detect a leading edge of the media; wherein the driver rotates the media roll in a second direction opposite the first direction in response to the sensor detecting the leading end of the media.
US10434799B2 Systems and methods for reducing banding artefacts of an image on a substrate
Scan printing systems and methods for reducing banding artifacts of an image printed on a substrate, including a substrate feeder assembly, a printhead adapted to print an encoder pattern on the substrate, a sensor, and a controller. The controller performs a feedback cycle of positioning the substrate relative to the printhead and instructs the printhead to print a band of the image when the encoder pattern has reached a target position. The controller repeats the feedback cycle of positioning the substrate relative to the printhead and instructs the printhead to print a subsequent band of the image until the entire image is printed on the substrate.
US10434798B2 Printing apparatus
A printing apparatus which appropriately deals with a medium jam occurring on the transportation belt is provided.
US10434797B2 Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion including an image bearing member, a developing device, and an intermediary transfer belt; a feeding device including a feeding belt; an ultraviolet irradiation portion; a cover; a first shielding plate extending in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction on a feeding surface of the feeding belt from an inner surface of the cover downwardly with respect to the vertical direction and configured to shield the intermediary transfer belt from the ultraviolet radiation toward the intermediary transfer belt; and a second shielding plate provided on the cover and extending downwardly with respect to the vertical direction along an outer surface of the intermediary transfer belt. The second shielding plate is configured to shield the intermediary transfer belt from the ultraviolet radiation toward the intermediary transfer belt.
US10434795B2 Transfer apparatus
A transfer apparatus includes a transfer device which performs transfer processing to transfer a transfer layer or protection layer to first and second faces of a card-shaped recording medium, a correcting device which performs decurl processing to correct a curl of the recording medium to which the transfer layer is transferred, a transfer sequence determining device which determines a transfer sequence to the first face and the second face of the recording medium, and a control device which controls the transfer device and the correcting device. The transfer sequence determining device determines the transfer sequence so that the transfer processing is performed alternately on the first face and the second face at least once. The control device performs the decurl processing with the correcting device for the difference between the number of times of the transfer processing on the first face and the second face of the recording medium.
US10434786B2 Liquid supply unit
A liquid supply unit that includes a liquid ejection apparatus and configured to be mounted onto a holder unit that has a liquid introducing needle that extends in a first direction includes an outer shell, a liquid supply port, and an engagement structure including a first engagement portion, in which the first engagement portion is disposed on a mounting direction side of the outer shell at a position that overlaps with the outer shell when the liquid supply unit is viewed from the demounting direction side.
US10434785B2 Fluid supply assembly
In an example implementation, a fluid supply assembly includes a printhead assembly and a carriage comprising a quick-release, hand-operable attachment mechanism to removably attach the printhead assembly to the carriage. A fluid conduit interconnect is rigidly attached to the printhead assembly by a tool-operable fastener. The fluid conduit interconnect is to connect to a fluid conduit to communicate printing fluid from an off-axis printing fluid supply to the printhead assembly.
US10434783B2 Liquid ejection system and computer program
Provided is a technique that enables a user to confirm the period of time until refilling of the sub tank with liquid is to be started. A refill control unit 321, when a condition in which a minimum value of suppliable times C of respective plurality (colors) of supply-side sub tanks 40B is less than or equal to a maximum value of full refill refilling times Y of respective plurality (colors) of refill-side sub tanks 40A, the refill processing is performed on the plurality of refill-side sub tanks 40A, and an output control unit 322 causes a display unit 34 to display refill timing display information regarding a period of time until the refill processing will be executed, at least at a point in time before the refill processing is to be executed.
US10434781B2 Inkjet printing apparatus
An inkjet printing apparatus, comprising: a carriage to move in a 1st direction; a recording head; an ink reservoir; an ink receiver; and a waste liquid reservoir configured to be connected to the ink receiver to let the ink move between the ink receiver and the waste liquid reservoir, wherein: the ink reservoir is disposed not to overlap with the carriage in a 2nd direction perpendicularly intersecting with the 1st direction and an up and down direction, and at least a part of the ink reservoir is disposed at a position outside of a moving range of the carriage in the 1st direction; and in the 1st direction, the waste liquid reservoir is disposed to overlap with the ink reservoir and is disposed at a position outside of the moving range of the carriage.
US10434780B2 Ink-jet printer
There is provided an ink-jet printer including: a tank storing a pigment ink; a head; a purge mechanism; and a controller controlling the head and the purge mechanism. The controller executes: obtaining sedimentation information regarding a sedimentation amount of a pigment inside the tank, and judging whether or not the sedimentation amount of the pigment inside the tank is not less than a predetermined amount, based on the obtained sedimentation information. Further, the controller executes a first purge operation as an initial introduction purge processing for initially introducing the pigment ink from the tank to the head. Furthermore, the controller executes, as the initial introduction purge processing, a second purge processing capable of jetting, from the nozzles, the pigment ink in a larger amount than that in the first purge processing, in a case that the controller judges that the sedimentation amount is not less than the predetermined amount.
US10434779B2 Liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid; a first tank that stores the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejecting head; a second tank that receives the liquid that was not ejected from the liquid ejecting head; circulation paths through which the liquid circulates among the first tank, the liquid ejecting head, and the second tank; a pump that feeds the liquid from the second tank to the first tank; a first supply flow path that communicates between the first tank and a first main tank that is located above the first tank and stores the liquid; a second supply flow path that communicates between the first main tank and the second tank; a first opening/closing valve that can open and close the first supply flow path; and a second opening/closing valve that can open and close the second supply flow path.
US10434777B2 Liquid ejecting head, cleaning method, and liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid ejecting head maintains stable ejecting operations without causing kogation. To achieve such operations, the liquid ejecting head includes, in its liquid chamber, a first electrode placed so as to cover a heating resistor, a second electrode placed at a position different from that of the first electrode, and a third electrode. In a case where the heating resistor is driven, a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode so that the first electrode has the same polarity as that of a predetermined liquid component, and the second electrode has the opposite polarity. In a case where the heating resistor is not driven, a voltage is applied between the second electrode and the third electrode so that the second electrode has the same polarity as that of the predetermined component, and the third electrode has the opposite polarity.
US10434773B2 Ink jet driving apparatus and ink jet driving method
When a diameter of a hole at an exit of a nozzle is expressed as D (μm) and a distance between a position in a circulation flow path part on a side thereof closest to the exit and the exit is expressed as N (μm) in an ink jet driving apparatus, N≤3.47D is satisfied. During non-ejection, a driving control unit generates a driving signal for withdrawing ink from the exit of the nozzle to a side of a pressure chamber through a distance of 0.16N or more and 0.555D or less, and for causing the ink meniscus to oscillate, and applies the driving signal to a driving element.
US10434772B2 Printhead and printing apparatus
A printhead comprises a print element substrate that includes a print element and a circuit board electrically connected to the print element substrate. An ink leakage detection unit, which includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and which is configured to detect ink leakage, is provided on the circuit board. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is electrically connected to a terminal of the print element substrate.
US10434768B2 Printing system comprising a microelectromechanical die and an application specific integrated circuit
In some examples, a printing system comprises a plurality of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) dies comprising printing fluid jets, a printhead assembly (PHA) application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and a substrate comprising the plurality of MEMS dies and the PHA ASIC. The PHA ASIC is to process image data into a plurality of data signals that define a firing pattern, and transmit the data signals through transmission lines on the substrate to the plurality of MEMS dies. The printing fluid jets of the plurality of MEMS dies are to fire in response to the data signals.
US10434767B2 Liquid ejecting apparatus, head unit, integrated circuit device for driving capacitive load, and capacitive load driving circuit
A driving circuit for driving a capactive load includes: a modulation unit that generates a modulated signal which is obtained by pulse-modulating an original signal; a gate driver that generates an amplification control signal, based on the modulated signal; a transistor that generates an amplified and modulated signal which is obtained by amplifying the modulated signal, based on the amplification control signal; a low pass filter that generates a drive signal by demodulating the amplified and modulated signal; a piezoelectric element that is displaced by the drive signal which is applied; a first power supply unit that applies a signal to a terminal, other than a terminal to which the drive signal is applied; and the first power supply unit are connected to a common ground terminal.
US10434766B2 Bias current control for print nozzle amplifier
An apparatus includes an amplifier to drive a piezo print nozzle in response to a bias current. A bias adjuster includes a plurality of side legs and a plurality of current mirrors. The bias adjuster varies the bias current in the amplifier based on a variable slew rate associated with an input signal of a print command. The bias adjuster is to selectively mitigate power loss and increase slew rate performance of the amplifier.
US10434765B2 Printing control apparatus, printing control method, and medium storing printing control program
A specifying section specifies in printing data a first dot position at which a defective nozzle discharges an ink droplet to print the ink droplet on a medium when the defective nozzle is not defective, but is normal, and specifies in printing data a second dot position different from the first dot position based on priority information in which priority is set for each pixel. A data correcting section corrects the printing data. The collecting corresponds to allocating an amount of ink of the first dot position to the second dot position. When the first dot position at which the ink droplet is provided to the medium if the defective nozzle is not defective is specified, a neighboring second dot position different from the first dot position is specified based on the preset priority information, and the data correcting section corrects the printing data so as to allocate the amount of ink to the second dot position based on the mount of ink of the first dot position.
US10434760B2 Color control pattern for the optical measurement of colors printed on a sheet or web substrate by means of a multicolor printing press and uses thereof
There is described a color control pattern (CP) for the optical measurement of colors printed on a sheet or web substrate (S) by means of a multicolor printing press, especially by means of a multicolor security printing press, which substrate (S) exhibits an effective printed region (EF) having a multicolor printed image comprising a plurality of juxtaposed colored areas (A-H) printed with a corresponding plurality of printing inks of different colors, wherein the color control pattern (CP) is located in a margin portion (Im) of the substrate (S) next to the effective printed region (EF). The color control pattern (CP) comprises one or more color control strips (a-d) extending transversely to a direction of transport (T) of the substrate (S), each color control strip (a-d) comprising a plurality of distinct color control fields (CF, CFA to CFH) consisting of printed fields of each relevant printing ink that is printed in the effective printed region (EF). The color control fields (CF, CFA to CFH) are coordinated to actual application of the relevant printing inks in the effective printed region (EF) and are positioned transversely to the direction of transport (T) of the substrate (S) at locations corresponding to actual positions where the relevant printing inks are applied in the effective printed region (EF).
US10434757B2 Method of manufacturing a drug delivery device body
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a drug delivery device body comprising the following steps:At first a first part of the drug delivery device body wherein the surface of the first part of the drug delivery device body consists of at least one selected area and at least one non selected area is provided. The selected area of the drug delivery device body is a part of the contact area of the first part and a second part of the drug delivery device body to be fixed to the first part of the drug delivery device body. Subsequently a layer of an adhesive is deposited on the surface of the first part; means for deposition of the adhesive only in the selected area are provided. The first part with the layer of adhesive and the second part are joined so that the layer of the adhesive is only arranged in the contact area of the first and the second part of the drug delivery device body.
US10434755B2 Fire barrier layer and fire barrier film laminate
A fire barrier laminate including: at least one non-fibrous fire barrier layer directly or indirectly coated onto at least one first polymeric flame propagation resistant film layer; at least one second film layer proximate to the non-fibrous fire barrier layer opposite the first polymeric flame propagation resistant film layer; at least one scrim layer disposed: (i) between the non-fibrous fire barrier layer and the first polymeric flame propagation resistant film layer; and/or (ii) between the non-fibrous fire barrier layer and the second film layer; and/or (iii) proximate to the first polymeric flame propagation resistant film layer opposite the non-fibrous fire barrier layer; and/or (iv) proximate to the second film layer opposite the non-fibrous fire barrier layer. Also, a method of making the fire barrier laminate.
US10434752B2 Organic glass laminate coated with inorganic oxide film
An objective of the present invention is to provide an organic glass laminate that exhibits excellent weathering resistance and abrasion resistance, and that can be used as an exterior member. This organic glass laminate comprises at least the following, in order: an organic glass base, a cured layer formed from the cured product of a resin composition, which comprises a curable resin and a UV absorber agent; and an inorganic oxide film. The glass transition temperature of the cured product which constitutes the cured layer is adjusted to 80-160° C., and the thickness of the inorganic oxide film is set to at least 0.01 μm and less than 0.5 μm, whereby weathering resistance and abrasion resistance are significantly improved, and the organic glass laminate is made suitable for use as an exterior member.
US10434749B2 Method of room temperature covalent bonding
A method of bonding includes using a bonding layer having a fluorinated oxide. Fluorine may be introduced into the bonding layer by exposure to a fluorine-containing solution, vapor or gas or by implantation. The bonding layer may also be formed using a method where fluorine is introduced into the layer during its formation. The surface of the bonding layer is terminated with a desired species, preferably an NH2 species. This may be accomplished by exposing the bonding layer to an NH4OH solution. High bonding strength is obtained at room temperature. The method may also include bonding two bonding layers together and creating a fluorine distribution having a peak in the vicinity of the interface between the bonding layers. One of the bonding layers may include two oxide layers formed on each other. The fluorine concentration may also have a second peak at the interface between the two oxide layers.
US10434747B2 Hybrid reinforcement structure
A structural reinforcement for insertion into a cavity of a vehicle structure including a base reinforcing portion, an expandable material and a localized reinforcement is disclosed. The localized reinforcement is placed within the structural reinforcement at a location of anticipated increased deformation during vehicle impact in an effort to reduce deformation and control the load distribution post-impact.
US10434746B2 Laminated optical member, lighting device, display device, and television device with spacers defined in linear shapes along a plate surface with axes tilted relative to an arrangement direction of pixels
A laminated type optical member used in a display device for displaying an image based on pixels arrange in a matrix includes a first optical member, a second optical member, and spacers. The second optical member is disposed on a light entering side relative to the first optical member with a gap between the first optical member and the second optical member to overlap the first optical member. The spacers are disposed between the first optical member and the second optical member to hold the gap between the first optical member and the second optical member to form an air layer. The spacers are formed in linear shapes along a plate surface of the second optical member with axes tilted relative to an arrangement direction of the pixels.
US10434743B2 Translucent building material
A manufacturing process, and related products, for fabricating translucent articles in the form of tiles. The manufacturing process includes holding together a stack of corrugated cardboard pieces and saturating the cardboard pieces with an impregnating agent. Additional steps may include machining the cardboard pieces to define a block of a desired shape, slicing the block into tile components, and/or coating one or more tile components with a coating material to produce the article. Articles include translucent tiles made of corrugated cardboard pieces saturated with an impregnating agent. The tiles may be arranged to define a surface, such as a floor, a wall, a roof, a lighting installation, an architectural construction element, an architectural aesthetic element, or a solar panel.
US10434740B2 Pressed crease-forming member
A pressed crease-forming member includes a strip-shaped member having a crease-forming portion formed with three or a larger-than-three odd number of ribs extending in the longitudinal direction of the strip-shaped member with one of the ribs located at the widthwise center of the crease-forming portion and each half of the remaining even number of ribs arranged on either side of the center rib. At least the top of the center rib, namely, the rib located at the widthwise center of the crease-forming portion, is chamfered. Grooves are formed between the adjacent ribs. The ribs are arranged such that the tops of the ribs are formed, as a whole, into a convex shape. The bottom of each groove is recessed beyond the tops of the ribs on both sides of the groove.
US10434738B2 Waste compaction system for a vehicle, cabin monument for a vehicle having such a waste compaction system and vehicle having at least one waste compaction system
A waste compaction system for a vehicle includes a moveable trolley for storing waste, and a docking station integratable into a cabin monument for inserting the trolley. The trolley includes a housing having an opening for inserting waste, a vacuum waste compacting mechanism inside the housing and a first suction port accessible from outside the housing, the first suction port being couplable with the vacuum waste compacting mechanism. The docking station and the trolley are adapted to each other such that the trolley is engageable with the docking station, and wherein the docking station includes a second suction port couplable with a suction line in the vehicle and the first suction port. Resultantly, a lightweight and efficient waste compaction system is provided, which allows moving the trolley for collecting waste inside a cabin of the vehicle.
US10434736B2 Strip rubber adhering apparatus
A strip rubber adhering apparatus includes a rotating drum; an extruder configured to extrude strip rubber of a shape having an apex portion in cross section toward the drum; a pressure bonding roller configured to press a surface of the strip rubber on the apex portion side in the direction of the drum, and adhere the surface of the strip rubber on a side opposite to the apex portion side to the drum; and a blowing apparatus configured to supply wind toward the surface of the strip rubber on the apex portion side in the vicinity of a position of adhesion of the strip rubber with respect to the drum, wherein the drum and the extruder are relatively movable in the direction of axis of the drum with respect to each other.
US10434734B2 Sipes for lining a tire mould and associated manufacturing method
A composite lining element for a tire mold comprises first and second bodies 12, 14 which are able to mold, at least in part, the one same tread pattern in a tread of the tire and each delimiting an exterior molding surface 12b, 14b and an opposite interior surface 12a, 14a. The composite lining element further comprises at least a means 16 of assembling the first and second bodies. The interior surfaces 12a, 14 of the bodies are kept by the means of assembling at least locally in a separated position that creates an interior space 22.
US10434732B2 Flat tire repair liquid container
A flat tire repair liquid container is provided with: a closing stopper, which is formed from a non-elastomer material and is capable of sliding inside a flow channel; and a sealing member, which is formed from an elastomer material, is disposed in a ring shape conforming to an inner wall surface of a flow channel, closes a gap between the closing stopper and the flow channel, and holds the closing stopper at a predetermined position. During storage, the closing stopper is engaged with the sealing member to close the flow channel. During flat tire repair work, the closing stopper is pushed out from the sealing member by pressure inside the container and moved toward the outer side of the container in the flow channel to open the flow channel.
US10434730B2 Treatment device and treatment method
A technique for stable, high-speed treatment of reinforcement fiber. In a state where a unidirectional fiber bundle is held between a supporting surface of a support and a pressing surface of a resonator ultrasonically vibrating in a pressing direction perpendicular to the supporting surface, a pressed part of the unidirectional fiber bundle pressed by the pressing surface is moved in a longitudinal direction of the unidirectional fiber bundle. By doing so, the unidirectional fiber bundle can be stably treated at high speed when the unidirectional fiber bundle is opened or impregnated with a resin.
US10434729B2 Devices and methods for depositing reinforcing fiber tapes and detecting laying errors
Devices and methods are disclosed for depositing reinforcing fiber tapes and detecting laying errors. Automatic depositing of reinforcing fiber tapes on a support can occur by a laying head and at least one roller assigned to the laying head. At least one radiation source and/or at least one sensor is integrated into the at least one roller for the detection of laying errors, and this roller is transmissive at least by region for a radiation emitted by the radiation source.
US10434727B2 Apparatus and method for producing a fiber composite component
An apparatus for producing a fiber composite component. The apparatus includes a shaping tool and a plurality of laying units which are mechanically independent of one another and are each configured to lay a fiber material on the shaping tool, wherein the laying units each include a control device which is configured to actuate each laying unit to automatically interact with at least one other laying unit to lay a predetermined fiber arrangement together.
US10434726B1 Forming thermoplastic composite parts having steered fiber orientations
Thermoplastic composite parts are produced by automated fiber placement followed by stamp forming a layup having tailored fiber orientations. The tailored fiber orientations are achieved by tow steering and result in a layup that does not wrinkle during forming.
US10434723B2 Apparatus for void-free debulking of adhesive bonded joints
Methods and apparatus for fabricating adhesive bonded joints while minimizing the voids and/or porosity found in the cured bondline. In accordance with various embodiments, the apparatus comprises an evacuation chamber combined with a pressure inducing device to produce bonded joints that are both void free and thoroughly compacted. The surfaces to be bonded are continuously evacuated throughout the bonding process (pre-mating, mating, debulking and cure). Continuous evacuation is provided via standard vacuum, while the induced pressure can be pneumatically or mechanically provided.
US10434715B2 Techniques for performing cross-sectional stress analysis for three-dimensional objects
In one embodiment of the present invention, a stress analysis engine efficiently computes stresses for an arbitrarily shaped three-dimension (3D) model. In operation, the stress analysis engine slices the 3D model into layers of cross-sections. The stress analysis engine then groups the cross-sections into virtual cross-sections. For each virtual cross-section, the stress analysis engine applies bending moment equilibrium-based equations to determine a corresponding structural stress for the 3D model. The efficiency of this stress analysis process enables real-time feedback of stresses to an interactive design tool that facilitates a trial-and-error design process. Using this trial-and-error process reduces the guesswork and/or over-engineering associated with conventional approaches based on finite element methods that are typically too slow for interactive feedback. Consequently, the disclosed cross-sectional stress analysis techniques enable efficient design of 3D models that produce structural robust 3D objects when manufactured by a 3D printer.
US10434714B2 System and method for depositing liquids
A printing head for a printing system is disclosed. The printing head comprises a plurality of compartments, each having an outlet port for depositing liquid and an inlet port separately connectable to a separate liquid container. At least two compartments are in controllable fluid communication with each other, and the printing head comprises an arrangement of sensors configured for generating signals indicative of (i) a filling state of each compartment, and (ii) a fluid communication state between the at least two compartments.
US10434712B1 Modular automated additive manufacturing system
A modular automated additive manufacturing system of the present invention is preferably made up of one or more optional accessories including but not limited to additive manufacturing, 3D printing, Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF), subtractive manufacturing, material handler, material dispenser, 3d scanner, power generation system, engraving, laser, material spray and the like integrated into a shipping container for purposes of additive manufacturing and or digital fabrication.The system of the present invention preferably includes a linear motion body with modular attachment head and other accessories mounted within a shipping container or other housing for the purposes of digital fabrication.
US10434709B2 Three-dimensional (3D) printing
In a 3D printing method example, color is added to a part. A build material is applied, and is pre-heated to a temperature ranging from about 50 C to about 400 C. A black ink, including an infrared absorbing colorant, is selectively applied on at least a portion of the build material. A white ink, including a white colorant that is opaque in visible wavelengths and is transparent to infrared wavelengths, is selectively applied on the black ink. A colored ink, including a colorant having a color other than black or white, is selectively applied on the white ink. The build material and the applied inks are then exposed to infrared radiation. The black ink at least partially fuses the portion of the build material in contact therewith. At least some of the white colorant and the colorant are embedded in the at least partially fused portion at a surface thereof.
US10434705B2 Additive manufactured items with flame resistance, process for making and process for testing their flame performance
A process for making an article by additive manufacture having resistance to dripping when burned comprising (1) depositing a multitude of thermoplastic monofilament strands using a fused deposition modeling apparatus in a pattern and (2) fusing the multitude of strands together to make an article of manufacture having voids therein; wherein the article of additive manufacture has (a) at least 50% of the monofilament strands oriented within 45 degrees of the long part of the axis; (b) the multitude of strands is greater than 10; (c) having a specific micro structure; and (d) is made from a thermoplastic polymer composition that is either the combination of a thermoplastic polymer with a flame retardant compound, a thermoplastic resin having flame resistant properties, or a combination of a thermoplastic resin having flame resistant properties with a flame retardant compound.
US10434702B2 Additively manufactured part including a compacted fiber reinforced composite filament
According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide an additively manufactured part, comprising a top portion, a bottom portion, and a plurality of compacted composite filaments arranged in layers between the top portion and the bottom portion, each compacted composite filament including one or more axial fiber strands, wherein the plurality of compacted composite filaments includes a first compacted composite filament located in a first layer and a second compacted composite filament located in a second layer, the first layer being located closer to the bottom portion than the second layer, and wherein the second compacted composite filament layer is compressed against the first compacted composite filament, forming a vertically bonded rank in which the one or more axial fiber strands of the second compacted composite filament intrudes into the first compacted composite filament.
US10434700B2 Thermoforming method and thermoforming apparatus
Provided is a method of thermoforming a molding material to have a bent portion and a flat portion extending from the bent portion. The method includes: placing the molding material on a bending mold, the bending mold having a curved surface; and forming the bent portion of the molding material by heating a portion of the molding material at least to a fluidization temperature such that the portion of the molding material bends due to the weight of the flat portion of the molding material to form the bent portion according to a shape of the bending mold.
US10434698B2 Method for blow-molding containers, and machine for said method
A method and machine for blow-moulding containers, the method involves selecting at least one characteristic point of the pressure in the container; for each selected point, defining a triggering criterion, and a pre-defined value thereof; during a production and data acquisition cycle, measuring the pressure in the container; for each selected point, defining a setpoint time for triggering, in the subsequent production cycle, the switch to the sub-phase after the characteristic point, such that: if the actual value of the criterion is ≤ to the pre-defined value, the setpoint time is the time at which the criterion has assumed a value equal to the predefined value, and if the actual value of the criterion is strictly higher than the pre-defined value, the setpoint time is after the actual time and is defined such that, at that time, the criterion assumes a value close to or coinciding with the pre-defined value.
US10434697B2 Liner-type barrel
A barrel main body, a sleeve, and a fixing mechanism (a fastening hole and a fastening device) are provided. The barrel main body includes a barrel hole having a cylindrical shape and a slit dividing an inner circumferential surface of the barrel hole. The sleeve having a hollow cylindrical shape is removably incorporated into the barrel hole. The slit includes two cutout surfaces facing each other with a space between. The fixing mechanism brings the inner circumferential surface of the barrel hole into close contact with the sleeve without any gap by narrowing the space between the cutout surfaces and deforming the barrel main body.
US10434688B2 Method for molding fiber-reinforced plastic, and molding device for same
A method for molding fiber-reinforced plastic. A core is formed in a desired shape by accommodating, in a flexible bag, a grain group containing plurality of grains. The core is placed inside a prepreg containing resin and fibers, and the prepreg, in which the core is housed is placed in a molding die and compression molded. When doing so, the grain group contains first and second grains (a,b) that satisfy the equation (1). (1) 1.1□(Da/Db)□2.0 In the equation Da is the grain diameter of the grains (a), and Db is the grain diameter of the grain (b). When using a molding die to mold a molded article having a cavity, the above mentioned molding method enables an increase in the internal pressure of the core in order to change the peripheral surface area of the core, without using a pressurized gas and/or pressurized liquid.
US10434683B2 Apparatus for facilitating peeling of lined containers
The disclosure relates to an apparatus for securely (and preferably reversibly) holding a container having a concave interior portion while a liner that abuts the concave interior portion 5 is removed from the container by peeling it therefrom. The apparatus includes a container holder having one or more holding surfaces, such as the interior of an orifice that extends through it. A holding surface (e.g., an O-ring or ridge) secures the container temporarily and reversibly, and prevents the container from disengaging from the container holder during peeling of the liner. An optional deflector can deflect a tab portion of the liner to facilitate its 10 removal from the container. After the liner is removed, the remaining portion of the container can be removed from the apparatus (e.g., and recycled).
US10434677B2 Portable sawmill
A sawmill includes a four-stroke internal combustion engine having an output shaft for driving a sawblade. The output shaft has a longitudinal axis. The engine is mounted on the sawmill for rotation between a first operative position with the longitudinal axis of the output shaft extending at a first angle, and a second operative position with the longitudinal axis of the output shaft extending at a second angle transversely to the first angle. The engine has fuel injection to facilitate operation in the first and second operative positions and a lubrication system incorporating a wet sump. An oil pick up for the lubrication system is configured to pick up oil from the wet sump at both the first and second operative positions.
US10434676B2 Rotary die-cutter for cutting a piece of material out of a printing material
A rotary die-cutter for cutting a piece of material or scrap out of a printing material such as paper, includes a die-cutting cylinder and an associated impression cylinder. The die-cutting cylinder is connected to a vacuum source. A die-cutting tool which is disposed on the die-cutting cylinder includes at least one die-cutting knife having a closed form and a suction opening within the closed form. A cylinder cover is disposed on the impression cylinder. At least one raised or recessed first guide element is disposed within the closed form for guiding suction air and/or at least one recessed or raised second guide element is disposed in the cylinder cover for guiding air. The scrap to be removed from the printing material can therefore be transported with the die-cutting cylinder and ejected from the die-cutting tool or knife in a trouble-free way.
US10434673B2 Transverse cutting of moving food product
A cutting device, knife carrier suitable for use in the cutting device, a cutting system and method for cutting a strand of stacked bands of a food product are disclosed. The cutting device, knife carrier, cutting system and method combine a transverse cutting knife with a diagonal cutting knife disposed at an oblique angle with respect to the transverse cutting knife. The diagonal cutting knife diagonally cuts the stack simultaneously with transverse cutting of the stack by the transverse cutting knife to form substantially triangular prism shaped stacks made of corresponding substantially triangular shaped slices. A food product obtainable by the method is disclosed, wherein (a) the food product comprises at least two stacks of food product, wherein the edges of individual slices forming the hypotenuse of one substantially triangular prism shaped stack are disposed adjacent to the edges of the individual slices forming the hypotenuse of the other substantially triangular prism shaped stack in one-to-one relation to one another and/or (b) the substantially triangular footprint of each stack is in the form of a quadrilateral, wherein at least 80 percent of the surface area of the quadrilateral is triangular.
US10434671B2 Travel razor
A portable razor is disclosed, comprising a body comprising at least three edge sides, a first razor blade attached to a first edge side of the body, a water container contained within the body, the water container comprising a sprayer arranged on a second edge side of the body and a shaving lubricant attached to a third edge side of the body.
US10434668B1 Multifunctional cutting tool
An extended cutting knife includes a multifunctional cutting knife and a long handle operatively coupled to the multifunctional cutting knife. The multifunctional cutting knife includes a body, a cover forming a blade housing with the body, a blade disposed within the blade housing and a blade control for releasing the blade from and retracting the blade into the blade housing. The multifunctional cutting knife also includes a receptacle with a threaded outer portion for receiving the extended handle and a polygonal inner portion for receiving a marker. The marker is firmly attached to the body by a marker stopper received by an aperture communicating with the receptacle. The extended cutting knife with the extended handle attached allows a user to cut or mark objects in a standing position and beyond an arm's length. The blade control can include a screw, a knob or a slider.
US10434663B2 Vacuum device and article holding device
An vacuum device includes a suction pad vacuumed on a to-be-vacuumed surface of a vacuum target, and a bellows tube having the suction pad at one end in a telescopic direction and having an internal space that is expanded and contracted by pressure of air, the telescopic member being elongated and contracted by expansion and contraction of the internal space.
US10434661B2 Workpiece support structures and apparatus for accessing same
A workpiece container stores at least one workpiece having a bottom surface and a peripheral edge. In one embodiment, a workpiece support structure is located within the container enclosure, which forms multiple vertically stacked storage shelves within the enclosure. Each storage shelf includes, in one embodiment, a first tine and a second tine for supporting the workpiece in a substantially horizontal orientation. The bottom surface and peripheral edge of a workpiece seated on a storage shelf extends beyond the outer edge of both the first tine and the second tine. An end effector may engage these extended portions or “grip zones” of the workpiece.
US10434650B2 Programming device which generates operation program and method for generating program
A programming device capable of reducing the operator's work involved in generating an operation program for a robot. The programming device includes a model arrangement section which places a workpiece model, a robot model, and an imaging section model in a virtual space, a target-portion extracting section which extracts a target portion of the workpiece model in accordance with a certain extraction condition, a simulating section which. moves the imaging section model or the workpiece model to an imaging position, and a program generating section which generates an operation program for causing the imaging section to capture the portion to be captured, based on positional data of the robot model when the robot model positions the imaging section model or the workpiece model at the imaging position.
US10434648B2 Task planning device
Provided is a task planning device including a simulator that is configured to simulate operation of a robot system including a plurality of devices by using models of the plurality of devices allocated in a virtual space, a system state acquisition unit that is configured to acquire a state of the robot system, and a task plan generation unit that is configured to dynamically generate a task plan to be executed by the robot system by operating the simulator based on the state acquired by the system state acquisition unit and content of a task instructed by a user.
US10434647B2 Robot control device, a robot control method, and a picking device
According to one embodiment, a robot control device is used for a robot arm including a link and a motor for rotationally driving the link. The robot control device includes a derivation part. The derivation part derives a first estimated value including a variation of a rotation angle of the link and a second estimated value including a variation of a rotation angle of the motor, based on an angular velocity and a current reference value of the motor. Furthermore, the derivation part derives an external force generated to the robot arm, based on a difference between the first estimated value and the second estimated value.
US10434646B2 Robot control apparatus, robot, and robot system
A robot control apparatus includes a robot control part that controls a robot; and a force detection information acquisition part that acquires force detection information from a force detector. The robot control part allows the robot to move a first object closer to a second object and, if a magnitude of at least one of a force and moment contained in the force detection information exceeds a predetermined first threshold value, to perform an operation of bringing a first surface of the first object into surface contact with a second surface of the second object according to position control and force control based on a predetermined distance and a predetermined velocity.
US10434645B2 Medical robot and operation thereof
The embodiments relate to a method for operating a medical robotic device with an end effector for performing a diagnostic and/or therapeutic measure, involving predetermining at least one position to be reached by the end effector, evaluating at least two movement sequences of the medical robotic device, by which the end effector reaches the respectively predetermined at least one position, using an optimization criterion to select the movement sequence with the best evaluation result as the optimum movement sequence and implementing the optimum movement sequence, so that the respective predetermined position is reached by the end effector, in order to improve the reaching of the predetermined position.
US10434644B2 Position/force control of a flexible manipulator under model-less control
A method includes receiving position information and force information, providing control commands to a steering mechanism of a continuum manipulator based on the position information and the force information, updating a control matrix based on the position information and the provided control commands, and providing updated control commands to the steering mechanism based on the updated control matrix. A continuum manipulator includes a body, a steering mechanism configured to steer the body, sensors, and a controller. The sensors include a position sensor to detect a position of the body and a force sensor to detect a force against the body. The controller is configured to receive position information from the position sensor and force information from the force sensor, provide control commands to the steering mechanism based on the position information and the force information, and update a control matrix based on the position information and the provided control commands.
US10434643B1 Grounded SEA actuator
A device is provided. The device includes a worm drive comprising a worm and a worm gear. The device also includes an actuator comprising a motor, a shaft, and the worm, wherein the shaft is configured to rotate about a shaft axis, and the actuator is configured to (i) drive the worm drive, and (ii) move linearly along the shaft axis. The device also includes a first spring and a second spring, wherein the second ends are fixed, and wherein the first and second springs are configured to resist movement of the actuator along the shaft axis in opposite directions as a result of forces transmitted through the worm drive. The device further includes a linear position encoder configured to determine a position of the actuator along the shaft axis.
US10434642B2 Mechanical arm and operation method thereof, mechanical arm device and manufacturing equipment for display panel
A mechanical arm and an operation method thereof, a mechanical arm device and a manufacturing equipment of a display panel are disclosed. The mechanical arm includes an arm main body, a bearing section and a first driver. The bearing section is arranged at a first end of the arm main body, and is movably connected with the first end of the arm main body, the bearing section includes a first bearing surface; and the first driver is arranged at the first end of the arm main body, and is connected with the bearing section to drive the bearing section at least to rotate parallel to the first bearing surface.
US10434641B2 In situ gap inspection robot system and method
Systems and methods for in situ gap inspection in a machine, such as a generator, an electric motor, or a turbomachine are described. A robotic crawler has multidirectional traction modules, an expandable body, and sensor modules. A control system communicates with the robotic crawler to provide a control signal to navigate an inspection path within an annular gap of the machine. The inspection path includes axial and radial movements to inspect the annular gap using the sensor modules.
US10434640B1 Tool storage system
Provided is a tool storage system that includes one or more tool holders adapted to releasably attach with and hold tools, implements, and the like. The tool storage system further includes a hanger coupled to each tool holder. The hanger is adapted to support the tool holders and each tool holder may be positioned along and may rotate about the hanger to provide ready access to the releasably held tools to a user of the tool storage system. Each tool holder includes a top and a bottom circular plate composed of magnetically permeable material. A magnet configured as a circular plate is interposed between the top and bottom plates of the tool holder. Tools and the like that contain at least a portion of magnetically permeable material are releasable held on the tool holders by magnetic force. Advantageously, the handles of tools releasably held on the tool holders may splay outwardly to make selection of an individual tool easier.
US10434637B2 Tool organizer and transport
Implementations of a tool organizer and transport are provided. In some implementations, the tool organizer and transport may be configured to provide a water proof enclosure in which tools may be stored and transported. In some implementations, the tool organizer and transport may be comprised of a bucket, a lid, a handle, and a tool container insert. In some implementations, the tool container insert may include a number of pouches and be configured to removably fit within the interior space of the bucket. In this way, tools may be removably stored within the bucket. In some implementations, there is additional tool storage space located between the bottom of the tool container insert and the bottom face of the bucket. In some implementations, the annular rim of the tool container insert may be one or more colors and thereby used to organize the placement of tools into adjacently positioned pouches.
US10434633B2 Magnetic disc for drill
A disc for holding small parts to a drill, screwdriver, or other tool is disclosed. The tool has a rotating shaft, which it uses to function and the disc sits on this shaft stationary, while the shaft rotates, or, at least, rotates at a much lesser rate. The disc is also magnetic, so small parts, such as screws and other fasteners, as well as bits (e.g. drill bits and screwdriver heads) made of metal attach to the circular disc by way of magnetic force. In this manner, one can use the tool causing the shaft to rotate while holding the small parts to the circular disc situated on the shaft.
US10434628B2 Grinding machine
A grinding machine includes a grinding machine body and a grinding disc connected to the grinding machine body. The grinding machine body is provided with a pressure cavity at a position facing the grinding disc and a gas intake pipe corresponding to the pressure cavity. A pressure release gap in communication with the pressure cavity is formed between the grinding machine body and the grinding disc. The gas intake pipe induces a high-pressure gas into the pressure cavity, which receives an effect of the high-pressure gas to become a positive-pressure environment. The high-pressure gas is continually released via the pressure release gap to prohibit external dust from entering the pressure cavity. Thus, the grinding machine is capable of preventing dust from accumulating in the pressure cavity as well as effectively preventing moisture from entering the pressure cavity when the grinding machine is applied for wet grinding.
US10434627B2 Components for a chemical mechanical polishing tool
A component in a CMP tool disclosed herein having a surface and a hydrophobic layer deposited on the surface. In one example, the component is a component for delivering a fluid in a CMP tool. The component for delivering a fluid in a CMP tool includes an elongated member having a first end and a second end, and an elongated upper surface extending between the two ends. A hydrophobic layer is deposited on the elongated upper surface. In another example, the component is a ring shaped body having an upper side and a lower side. A hydrophobic layer is deposited on the inner surfaces of both the upper and lower sides. In another example, the component is a disk shaped body having a top surface, bottom surface, and ledge defined by the top and bottom surfaces. A hydrophobic layer is deposited on the surfaces and the ledge.
US10434622B2 Polishing tool and polishing method for member having curved surface shape
A polishing method capable of removing waviness on a resin-coated surface having a curved surface is provided. The resin-coated surface having the curved surface is polished by using a polishing pad having a polishing surface formed of a hard resin layer.
US10434621B2 Workpiece processing apparatus and workpiece processing method
A workpiece processing apparatus including a control unit that is provided with a storage medium on which a polishing load measured when an upper turn table is moved downward to a fixed position in a state wherein the workpiece is properly held in holding hole of the carrier is recorded in advance, calculates a difference between a polishing load measured when upper turn table is moved downward to the fixed position in a state wherein the workpiece is held in holding hole of the carrier and the polishing load recorded on the storage medium, and judges the occurrence of abnormal holding of the workpiece if the calculated difference exceeds a threshold value. As a result, it becomes possible to detect abnormal holding of a workpiece in a short time with a high degree of precision before the workpiece is processed and prevent breakages of the workpiece and the processing apparatus.
US10434617B2 Method of producing display panels
A method of collectively producing display panels each having an outline a part of which is curved includes a bonded substrate forming process of bonding substrates in a pair one of which has thin film patterns and forming a bonded substrate 50, a layering process of layering multiple bonded substrates 50 via curing resin 60 and curing the curing resin 60, a grinding process of collectively grinding the substrates in a pair and the curing resin 60 that are outside the thin film pattern on each of the bonded substrates 50B that are layered on each other along the outline and collectively forming edge surfaces of the display panels each having the curved outline, and a separation process of separating each of the bonded substrates 50B that are layered on each other from the curing resin 60.
US10434615B2 Measurement device and a method of selecting operational parameters of a chip removing machining tool
A measurement device for a chip removing machine, and methods of obtaining frequency response functions, obtaining stability charts and selecting operational parameters of a chip removing machining tool are disclosed. The device includes an engagement portion at the rear end for engagement with the machine and a measurement portion at the front end. The measurement portion is without a tool tip and includes a planar front end surface perpendicular to the centre axis. The front end surface has a coupling point aligned with the centre axis for receiving mechanical excitation. The front end surface further includes a plurality of seats for receiving one accelerometer each for measuring a response of the received mechanical excitation. When an accelerometer is received in one of the seats, and abutts against three contact surfaces thereof, it is positioned and oriented three dimensionally and around three axes of rotation in relation to the coupling point.
US10434614B2 Control device for machine tool performing oscillation cutting
A control device includes a position command generation part, an oscillation command generation part, and a storage part for storing machining operation conditions and servo control conditions. The oscillation command generation part includes an estimation part which estimates an oscillation amplitude and an oscillation frequency of an oscillation command based on a rotation speed of a workpiece and a position command generated by the position command generation part, and a determination part which determines whether or not the estimated oscillation frequency is an optimum value based on the machining operation conditions and the servo control conditions.
US10434611B2 Method and tool product of differential heat treatment process
A tool having a relatively ductile working end for engaging workpieces and a relatively hard non-working portion for driving the tool is disclosed, and a process for making same. The tool is formed with the material in a first state, such as by cold-working, and then only the non-working portion is heat treated to a second state. The working end is thus maintained in the ductile state while the non-working portion is hardened, thus imparting different materials performance characteristics to working end and non-working portion.
US10434610B2 Solder paste with oxalic acid and amine component
A solder paste for the mounting of electronic components and substrates contains a mixture of oxalic acid, adipic acid, and an amine component. An electronic component may be mounted on a substrate through the use of the solder paste. Also, a module may utilize the solder paste.
US10434602B2 Forming white metal oxide films by oxide structure modification or subsurface cracking
The embodiments described herein relate to forming white appearing metal oxide films by forming cracks within the metal oxide films. In some embodiments, the methods involve directing a laser beam at a metal oxide film causing portions of the metal oxide film to melt, cool, contract, and crack. The cracks have irregular surfaces that can diffusely reflect visible light incident a top surface of the metal oxide film, thereby imparting a white appearance to the metal oxide film. In some embodiments, the cracks are formed beneath a top surface of a metal oxide film, thereby leaving a continuous and uninterrupted metal oxide film top surface.
US10434601B2 Welding process with an arc welder and beam welder for a weld turbulator
A process of welding a weld turbulator on an article includes forming a weld pool on a surface of the article using an arc welder, directing at least one beam of at least one beam welder to at least one fusion edge of the weld pool, and translating the arc welder and the beam welder in a weld direction to shape the weld pool into the weld turbulator extending in the weld direction and having the fusion edge. A turbulator welding system includes an arc welder arranged and disposed to provide an electric arc on a surface of an article to form a weld pool and at least one beam welder arranged and disposed to provide at least one beam to at least one fusion edge of the weld pool. A component includes an article having a surface and a weld turbulator on the surface of the article.
US10434600B2 Fine-scale temporal control for laser material processing
Methods include directing a laser beam to a target along a scan path at a variable scan velocity and adjusting a digital modulation during movement of the laser beam along the scan path and in relation to the variable scan velocity so as to provide a fluence at the target within a predetermined fluence range along the scan path. Some methods include adjusting a width of the laser beam with a zoom beam expander. Apparatus include a laser source situated to emit a laser beam, a 3D scanner situated to receive the laser beam and to direct the laser beam along a scan path in a scanning plane at the target, and a laser source digital modulator coupled to the laser source so as to produce a fluence at the scanning plane along the scan path that is in a predetermined fluence range as the laser beam scan speed changes along the scan path.
US10434597B1 Methods of fabricating reduced weight components
Methods of fabricating reduced weight components for apparatuses include obtaining a component including a relatively lightweight material; placing at least one stabilizing structure on the component; sequentially applying a plurality of applied layers on the component and the stabilizing structure by applying the relatively lightweight material over the component and applying over the relatively lightweight material a plurality of layers having gradually progressively higher proportions of the relatively heavyweight material than preceding ones of the plurality of layers closer to the component, with an outer layer of the plurality of applied layers including the relatively heavyweight material; diffusion bonding the plurality of applied layers by consolidation of the plurality of applied layers; and cutting component features in the plurality of applied layers.
US10434595B2 Method for welding electrode tab of secondary battery and electrode assembly manufactured using same
Disclosed herein are a method for welding electrode taps of a secondary battery which improves insulation defects generated during welding between the electrode taps and lead parts and an electrode assembly manufactured thereby. The method for welding electrode taps includes performing main welding to connect electrode taps protruded from electrode plates provided in a battery and lead parts electrically connecting the electrode taps to external terminals and having a lead film on the surfaces thereof and, in main welding, a welding part is formed in a partial section of an overlapping region between the electrode tap and the lead part, and a non-welding section is formed between the welding part and the lead film.
US10434590B2 Skiving cutter
A skiving cutter includes a cutting edge portion in which a tooth trace extends in a direction inclined with respect to an axis of a base. The cutting edge portion is segmented into a plurality of segmented cutting edges by cutting edge grooves extending in a direction intersecting the tooth trace. One of the plurality of segmented cutting edges forms a reference cutting edge. Among the plurality of segmented cutting edges constituting the cutting edge portion, the reference cutting edge has the largest axis-cutting edge distance which is a distance from the axis to the outer circumferential cutting edge of the segmented cutting edge, and the remaining one or more segmented cutting edges have gradually smaller axis-cutting edge distances as a distance from the reference cutting edge to each of the remaining cutting edges increases. A helix angle is different according to positions of the plurality of segmented cutting edges.
US10434588B1 Mechanism for the relative positioning of an inclined member and a graduated member
A power miter saw includes an activation assembly including a lever, a spring loaded drive rod passing through an underside of the table, a curved link pivotably secured to the drive rod, a pivotal member pivotably secured to the curved link and secured to the lever, a driven rod, a clamping member in an edge of a positioning seat, and an axle through the positioning seat and having an end pivotably disposed in a support seat; a graduated member including apertures; and a locking device including a hollow member having two side slots, a spring loaded cam member, and a transverse bar passing through the positioning seat, the slots, and the cam member; a spring loaded pin secured to a forward end of the hollow member; and two lever members secured to two ends of the transverse bar respectively. A pivotal movement of the lever unfastens a positioning seat.
US10434587B2 Miter saw with enhanced adjustable miter angle
A miter saw includes a base, a worktable pivotally mounted to the base, a fence mounted at the worktable, an operating handle connected to the worktable, and two opposing supporting units respectively mounted to two opposite sides of the base. Each supporting unit includes a fixed panel and a movable panel pivoted to the fixed panel and biasable between an extended position where the operating handle is stoppable by the fixed panel upon operation to rotate the worktable and a first included angle is defined between a cutting slot and a fence of the worktable and a received position where the operating handle is stoppable by the movable panel upon operation to rotate the worktable and a second included angle larger than the first included angle is defined between the cutting slot and the fence of the worktable. Thus, the miter saw achieves the effect of increasing the miter angle.
US10434586B2 Handheld work apparatus
A handheld work apparatus has a motor unit, a tool unit and an outrigger having a carrier part. The outrigger connects the motor unit to the tool unit. The carrier part has a base plate having an inner side and an outer side. A drive shaft and a driven shaft are arranged transversely to the base plate. The carrier part has a first stiffening structure, which rises from the inner side of the base plate toward a space diagonal. On the outer side of the base plate, a second stiffening structure rises toward the same space diagonal, wherein the first stiffening structure and the second stiffening structure conjointly form a spatially diagonally running stiffening element.
US10434581B2 Vibration-damped high-speed tool holder
A high-speed tool holder includes: a tool shaft for accommodating a tool at its first end, and a machine clamping part which is integrally connected to the tool shaft and forms an interface for clamping in the machine; with the tool shaft being substantially truncated circular cone-shaped, a first diameter at the first end with the tool insertion opening being smaller than a fifth diameter at the second end at the machine clamping part; and a portion of the substantially truncated circular cone-shaped tool shaft having an outwardly bulging, preferably spherical, shape between the tool insertion opening and the machine clamping part.
US10434580B2 Hard coating, cutting tool, and method for producing hard coating
A hard coating includes two first crystalline phases, and a second crystalline phase containing AlN of a wurtzite-type crystal structure disposed therebetween. The two first crystalline phases each include, independently, a laminate structure having a Ti1-x1Alx1N phase having a sodium chloride-type crystal structure, and an Alx2Ti1-x2N phase having a sodium chloride-type crystal structure that are alternately stacked. An Al composition ratio x1 satisfies a relationship 0.5≤x1≤0.75, and an Al composition ratio x2 satisfies a relationship 0.75
US10434578B2 Direct-drive two-axis machining head
A direct-drive two-axis machining head includes a head-drive unit and a shaft-drive unit. The head-drive unit includes a head-installing interface, a first motor, an axis-A supporter, and a first brake mounted at an outermost rim of either a first motor seat or a stator of the first motor for braking the axis-A supporter. The shaft-drive unit further includes an axis-A-installing interface, a second motor, a shaft connector, and a second brake mounted at an outermost rim of a second motor seat of the second motor for braking the shaft connector. The head-drive unit further includes a fixation sheet metal and a pipeline shield. The fixation sheet metal connects the rotor seat. One end of the pipeline shield connects the fixation sheet metal, while another end thereof connects the head-installing interface so as to shield a plurality of pipelines.