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| US10458423B2 |
Impeller and fan including the impeller
An impeller of this disclosure includes a hub having a ring shape; and a plurality of blades that are provided on an outer periphery of the hub, wherein the blade has a trailing edge formed such that an inner side of a radial width of the blade is curved in a direction opposite to a rotation direction, in a plan view as viewed in a direction of a rotation axis. |
| US10458422B2 |
Turbine engine provided with a lubrication unit
A turbine engine includes two rotary shafts and a lubrication unit. The lubrication unit has at least one pump which a casing inside of which a rotor is mounted and driven by one of the rotary shafts. The pump casing is rotated by the other rotary shaft such that the actuation of the pump depends on the difference between rotational speeds of the shafts. The shafts are a drive shaft and a fan shaft, respectively, wherein the fan shaft is driven by the drive shaft by means of a reduction gear which is lubricated by the lubrication unit. The reduction gear is annular and the pump passes axially therethrough. |
| US10458419B2 |
Transmission device of fan
A transmission device of a fan is provided. A central axis and an eccentric position of the transmission device are connected with a spindle and a connecting rod, respectively. The spindle is connected with a motor through gears. A first casing and a second casing of the transmission device are pivotally connected to each other. An accommodation hole of the second casing is provided with an elastic member and a press member to engage with an engaging recess of the first casing, such that the fan can be swung. When the user applies a force to change the angle of the fan, the press member is pressed by two press portions of the first casing to disengage from the engaging recess, such that the second casing can be turned relative to the first casing to prevent gear slipping or gear jumping of the motor, the gears, and the spindle. |
| US10458417B2 |
Centrifugal fan with axial-flow wind
A centrifugal fan with axial-flow wind includes a centrifugal fan wheel and a cover shell. The centrifugal fan wheel has a rotating core structure and a plurality of centrifugal vanes arranged around the rotating core structure; a circular wind guide surface is disposed on an internal side of the cover shell and around the rotating core structure and covered onto the centrifugal vanes, such that the circular wind guide surface can change a centrifugal airflow at the external periphery of the centrifugal vane into an axial-flow airflow. |
| US10458416B2 |
Apparatus and method for monitoring a pump
An apparatus for monitoring of a pump includes a control module, and an error detection unit, wherein a support vector machine based module is provided that receives an estimated output quantity data value from the control module, processes the estimated output quantity data value to provide a processed estimated output quantity data value via the support vector machine, and supplies the processed estimated output quantity data value to the error detection unit instead of the estimated output quantity data value of the control module. |
| US10458411B2 |
Compressor device and a cooler thereby used
A compressor device with at least two compressor elements connected in series and at least two coolers of which there at least two split coolers that are split in separate successive stages, respectively a hot stage and a cold stage, that are connected together in one or more separate cooling circuits such that the compressed gas is cooled sufficiently between the compressor elements with a minimum coolant flow rate to keep the temperature of the cooled gas at the outlet of each cooler below a maximum permissible value and thereby to realize a desired temperature increase of the coolant in at least one of the aforementioned cooling circuits. |
| US10458409B2 |
Compressor having a sleeve guide assembly
A compressor may include a shell, a bearing housing, an orbiting scroll, and a non-orbiting scroll. The bearing housing is supported within the shell and includes a central body and a plurality of arms. Each arm extends radially outwardly from the central body and has a first aperture. The orbiting scroll is supported on the bearing housing. The non-orbiting scroll is meshingly engaged with the orbiting scroll and includes a plurality of second apertures. Each second aperture receives a plurality of bushings and a fastener. The fastener extends through the bushings and into a corresponding one of the first apertures in the bearing housing to rotatably secure the non-orbiting scroll relative to the bearing housing while allowing relative axial movement between the non-orbiting scroll and the bearing housing. |
| US10458405B2 |
Systems and methods utilizing a grooveless fluid end for high pressure pumping
Embodiments disclosed herein describe systems and methods for a spring retainer configuration without suction bore grooves, wherein the spring retainer may be secured in place via a keeper. By eliminating the grooves, embodiments may reduce the surface area of the bore intersection, which may slow the rate of material erosion. Accordingly, embodiments may extend the life of a fluid end in high pressure environments. |
| US10458404B2 |
Compressor sensor module
A sensor module for a compressor having an electric motor connected to a power supply is provided. The sensor module includes: a first input connected to a first voltage sensor that generates a voltage signal corresponding to a voltage of the power supply; a second input connected to a first current sensor that generates a current signal corresponding to a current of the power supply; and a processor connected to the first and second inputs. The processor monitors the first and second inputs and, based on voltage measurements from the first input and current measurements from the second input, detects at least one of: (i) an unexpected variation of electric power from the power supply; and (ii) a mechanical malfunction. The processor is disposed within an electrical enclosure of the compressor, the electrical enclosure being configured to house electrical terminals for connecting the power supply to the electric motor. |
| US10458396B2 |
De-icing system for a wind turbine blade
A wind turbine blade is described having a de-icing system which is arranged to heat at least a portion of the leading edge of the wind turbine blade, to prevent the formation of ice on the blade, or to remove any existing surface ice. The de-icing system comprises insulated flow channels which are arranged to circulate a heated fluid from a heating element to the tip end of the blade, and to de-ice the blade leading edge starting from the tip end towards the root end of the blade. The de-icing system is arranged to operate in the outboard portion of the blade, where the de-icing effect provides the most benefits to turbine operation. Further features of the de-icing system include an improved mounting arrangement of the de-icing system, an improved tip end configuration of the de-icing system, and providing portions of the de-icing system as double-walled inflatable insulating tubes. |
| US10458395B2 |
Wind turbine coupling to mitigate torque reversals
A wind turbine power generating system, including a wind turbine connected to a speed-increasing gearbox having an output shaft. An electrical generator having an input shaft is also provided. A coupling interconnects the input and output shafts. The coupling includes a high torsional wind-up and/or displacement ability in parallel with a high frictional slip ability, such that during normal operation there is little or no frictional slippage and during a transient torque reversal the loads in the turbine drive system are decreased, thus decreasing the impact loads on the gearbox bearings. |
| US10458393B2 |
Wind-powered recharging for a weight-shifting coaxial helicopter
A helicopter includes a propulsion system, gimbal assembly, and a controller. The propulsion system includes a first and second rotor assembly, wherein the first rotor assembly comprises a first motor coupled to a first rotor, the first rotor comprising a plurality of first fixed-pitch blades and the second rotor assembly comprises a second motor coupled to a second rotor, the second rotor comprising a plurality of second fixed-pitch blades. The second rotor is coaxial to the first rotor and is configured to be counter-rotating to the first rotor. The controller is communicably coupled to the gimbal assembly and is configured to provide instructions to at least one of the first or second gimbal motors in order to orient the plurality of first and second fixed-pitch blades into a position that permits wind to rotate the first and second fixed-pitch blades and thereby charge the power source. |
| US10458389B2 |
Profile wedge for attachment of an aeroshell extender piece
A wind turbine blade assembly comprising a wind turbine blade having a tip end and a root end, and a leading edge and a trailing edge with a chord length extending therebetween is described. The wind turbine blade assembly further comprises an aeroshell extender piece comprising a body for attachment to a trailing edge side of a profile of a wind turbine blade, the body having a first end for attachment to the trailing edge side of the profile, and a second trailing edge end to form an extended airfoil trailing edge profile for a portion of the profile of the wind turbine blade. The aeroshell extender piece is attached to the wind turbine blade at least partly using at least one profile wedge, said at least one profile wedge being shaped to compensate for the geometry of the wind turbine blade. |
| US10458387B2 |
Hydrostatic axial piston machine
A hydrostatic axial piston pump of swashplate construction, which is also configured to be operated as a motor, has a stationary control plate against which a rotating cylinder drum is tensioned. During operation, a tilting tendency of the cylinder drum arises in the direction of that quadrant of the control plate which is operatively connected to the first part of the displacement stroke of the pistons. The control plate has a supporting device configured for the cylinder drum. The supporting device is arranged adjacent to an outer edge of the control plate in the first quadrant thereof. The supporting device is configured to be formed by a hydrostatically relieved additional field. |
| US10458386B2 |
Modular hydrokinetic turbine
Methods and apparatus for a modular hydrokinetic turbine. An apparatus includes modular vertically floating units tethered to shore with a generator residing above a waterway and a plurality of vertically oriented blades submerged in the waterway to convert a latent kinetic energy of a moving waterway into electricity. |
| US10458378B2 |
Water separator and water separating system with integrated water discharge device
A water separator for water contained in fuel or oil, including: a water outlet for the water separated from the fuel or oil; and a water discharge device having an inlet opening; and an outlet opening for the water conveyed out of the water separator; wherein the inlet opening is eccentric to a longitudinal axis of the water separator; wherein an axial direction is a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis and a radial direction is a direction traverse to the longitudinal axis; wherein the inlet opening is arranged on the water separator and spaced axially away from the water outlet; and wherein the outlet opening is arranged on the water separator coaxially to the longitudinal axis of the water separator. |
| US10458370B2 |
Apparatus and method for exhaust gas recirculation
An internal combustion engine has an exhaust gas recirculation system for recirculating exhaust gases from the internal combustion engine into an intake region of the internal combustion engine. The exhaust gas recirculation system includes the following components: at least one exhaust gas cooler through which a first flow path for recirculating exhaust gas extends, having at least one first cooling stage and at least one additional cooling stage, at least one flap arrangement by which the at least one additional cooling stage can be connected, a bypass line through which a second flow path for recirculating exhaust gas extends and by which the exhaust gas cooler can be bypassed during the recirculation of exhaust gas, and an EGR valve having at least three possible positions. |
| US10458368B2 |
EGR system with particle filter for a gasoline engine
An exhaust gas system for a gasoline engine with an exhaust gas pipe connectible to an outlet manifold, with an inlet pipe connectible to an inlet manifold, whereas a main exhaust catalyst is provided within the exhaust gas pipe wherein at least one first exhaust gas recirculation pipe is provided which branches off from the exhaust gas pipe and ends in the inlet pipe, whereas at least one particle filter is positioned within the first exhaust gas recirculation pipe and/or within the exhaust gas pipe upstream of the first exhaust gas recirculation pipe, wherein optionally at least a second exhaust gas recirculation pipe is provided, whereas at least one particle filter is provided which is positioned within the second exhaust gas recirculation pipe and/or which is positioned within the exhaust gas pipe upstream of the second exhaust gas recirculation pipe. |
| US10458367B2 |
Evaporated fuel treating device
An evaporated fuel treating device includes a fuel tank, a canister containing a fuel adsorbent, a vent pipe, a purge pipe, a purge valve, and a reforming catalyst. The fuel adsorbent captures evaporated fuel that is generated in the fuel tank. The evaporated fuel flows into the canister through the vent pipe. The fuel captured in the canister flows into an intake passage of an engine through the purge pipe. The purge valve is interposed in the purge pipe and opens when the captured fuel is introduced into the intake passage. The reforming catalyst is disposed in a space where the reforming catalyst comes into contact with the evaporated fuel that has not reached the canister. The reforming catalyst is configured to promote a chemical change from unsaturated hydrocarbon to alcohol. |
| US10458366B2 |
Fuel tank pressure regulator
A venting apparatus is provided for regulating discharge of fuel vapor from a fuel tank and admission of outside air into the fuel tank. |
| US10458365B2 |
Direct-injection supercharged internal combustion engine having water injection, and method for operating an internal combustion engine of this type
Systems and methods are provided for a direct-injection engine having at least one cylinder head comprising at least one cylinder, in which each cylinder is assigned an injection nozzle which: is at least connectable to a fuel reservoir which serves for storing fuel, is secured in a nozzle holder, and is fitted with a nozzle needle which is displaceable in the direction of a longitudinal axis in a nozzle needle guide and, opens up at least one nozzle hole in order to introduce fuel. A control piston may be mounted movably on the injection nozzle, is displaceable in a translatory manner along the longitudinal axis of the injection nozzle between an inoperative position and a working position, and closes at least one fluid connection in the inoperative position and opens up same in the working position in order to introduce water into the associated cylinder. |
| US10458358B2 |
Fuel microinjection volume correction method and common-rail fuel injection control device
The invention realizes fuel microinjection volume correction with high degrees of accuracy, stability, and reliability regardless of a configuration of a transmission. In fuel microinjection volume correction control in which microinjection is performed as fuel injection in a microinjection volume and in which deviations in a fuel injection volume resulting from deviations in an injection characteristic of a fuel injection valve are corrected on the basis of a difference between a reference energizing time and an energizing time for the microinjection that is acquired on the basis of a fluctuation amount of an engine speed generated at the time, when the energizing time for the microinjection is acquired on the basis of the fluctuation amount of the engine speed, the fluctuation amount of the engine speed is corrected on the basis of a gear ratio and the engine speed so as to eliminate an unnecessary change that occurs to the fluctuation amount of the engine speed due to a gear shift operation of the transmission. In this way, the accuracy of the fuel microinjection volume correction can be improved. |
| US10458357B2 |
Method for diagnosing and controlling two-step exhaust variable valve lift system and vehicle provided with the same method
Disclosed herein is a method for diagnosing and controlling a two-step exhaust variable valve lift (VVL) system, including: a controlling device acquiring an operation state signal of a vehicle; when the vehicle is in the over-run state, the controlling device outputting a mode conversion signal of the two-step exhaust VVL system; an air mass sensor measuring an air mass entering an engine, and the controlling device comparing a predetermined prediction value of the air mass with the measured air mass; when a difference of the compared air mass corresponds to a predetermined mode conversion comparing amount, the controlling device determining that a mode conversion of the two-step exhaust VVL system is completed; and when the difference of the compared air mass does not correspond to the mode conversion comparing amount, the controlling device determining that the two-step exhaust VVL system is faulty and outputting a result thereof. |
| US10458354B2 |
Knock detecting device
Provided is a knock detecting device capable of ensuring knock detection accuracy irrespective of fuel injection conditions even when a period during which injection-valve noise occurs overlaps with a knock determination period. An ECU 9 subjects signals output from a knock sensor, which detects vibrations of an internal combustion engine, to frequency analysis to calculate frequency components (501). The ECU 9 calculates a background level that indicates the average of the frequency components (503). The ECU 9 stores, in association with each other, the number of fuel injections, which indicates the number of fuel injections in a predetermined time period during one combustion cycle, with a learning value, which indicates a frequency-component correction amount (507). The ECU 9 determines the presence or absence of a knock (504) on the basis of a knock index, which indicates the ratio of the difference between each frequency component and the learning value corresponding to the number of fuel injections, to the background level (503). |
| US10458351B2 |
Engine torque reserve techniques for optimizing drag racing transient response
A control system and method for controlling vehicle launch includes receiving a request to enable a launch control feature of a traction control system of the vehicle, the launch control feature being configured to improve torque transfer from an engine of the vehicle to a driveline of the vehicle; and in response to receiving the enable request for the launch control feature, generating a torque reserve at the engine by (i) increasing airflow into the engine to a level greater than a level for achieving a torque request for the engine and (ii) deactivating a predetermined set of cylinders of the engine by disabling their respective fuel injectors; detecting an intent of the driver to launch the vehicle; and in response to detecting the intent of the driver to launch the vehicle, releasing the torque reserve to increase a torque output of the engine based on the engine torque request. |
| US10458348B2 |
Control apparatus for an internal combustion engine
In a control apparatus applied to an internal combustion engine in which when an opening degree of a valve body of a waste gate valve is less than the predetermined opening degree, the extension line intersects a wall surface of an exhaust passage located upstream of the upstream side end face of the exhaust gas purification catalyst, the control apparatus controls the waste gate valve so that at the time of execution of fuel cut off processing, when the temperature of the exhaust gas purification catalyst is less than a predetermined temperature, the valve body is fully closed, whereas when the temperature of the exhaust gas purification catalyst is not less than the predetermined temperature, the opening degree of the valve body is made to a deterioration suppression opening degree which is larger than when the valve body is fully closed and which is smaller than the predetermined opening degree. |
| US10458345B2 |
Apparatus for controlling gasoline-diesel complex combustion engine and method for controlling gasoline-diesel complex combustion engine
An apparatus for controlling a gasoline-diesel complex combustion engine includes an engine generating driving torque by burning gasoline fuel and diesel fuel, a driving information detector for detecting driving information of the engine, and a controller for controlling a diesel injector such that diesel fuel is injected as a single injection or a split injection based on a driving region and a knock intensity included within the driving information. |
| US10458344B2 |
Throttle filter system and method
A method of filtering a targeted frequency from a pedal input signal is provided. The method includes the steps of sampling the pedal input signal at a sampling frequency, calculating a moving average of the pedal input signal from samples of the pedal input signal, and outputting a filtered signal based on the moving average. A throttle filter system is also provided. The system includes a pedal configured to be actuated to set a desired acceleration of a vehicle, a position sensor configured to convert a position of the pedal into an electrical signal, a vehicle driveline configured to accelerate the vehicle, and a filtering module configured to accept the electrical signal from the position sensor and to filter the electrical signal to remove oscillations at a targeted frequency. In the system, the driveline accelerates the vehicle based on the filtered electrical signal. |
| US10458343B2 |
Exhaust gas flap
An exhaust gas flap, especially for the exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine, includes a flap tube (22) and a flap diaphragm (24) carried in an interior of the flap tube on a pivot shaft (16) rotatable about a pivot axis. A flap wing (28, 30) is mounted on the pivot shaft (16) and a wing stop (32, 34) is associated with the flap wing (28, 30) on an inner circumferential area of the flap tube. The flap wing (28, 30) has a mounting area (56, 58) with uncurved mounting surfaces (60, 64). Opposing mounting surfaces (62, 66) or/and a mounting recess (52, 54) at the pivot shaft (16) provide an opposing mounting area that at least partially receives the flap wing mounting area (56, 58) of the flap wing (28, 30), the opposing mounting area being provided on the outer circumferential area of the pivot shaft (16). |
| US10458342B2 |
System and method for controlling operation of a gas turbine based power plant
A system for controlling a gas turbine power plant includes a plurality of sensors configured to transmit signals indicative of one or more operating parameters of the gas turbine, and a control system in electronic communication with each sensor. The control system is configured to compute cumulative wear for one or more hardware components of the gas turbine based at least in part on the signals. Instructions are inputted into the control system which indicates a desired operational mode for the gas turbine. The control system may then compute a hardware consumption rate based at least in part on the cumulative wear. The hardware consumption rate may then be displayed to an operator via a display device. The operator may use the hardware consumption rate to determine potential economic impact of operating the gas turbine at the desired operational mode. |
| US10458339B2 |
Gas turbine engine case flow blocking covers
A gas turbine engine component has an engine case structure surrounding an engine center axis. A plurality of holes are formed in the engine case structure, wherein the holes are circumferentially spaced apart from each other about the engine center axis. The plurality of holes includes at least one balance hole and at least one service hole that is configured to allow another engine component to pass through the at least one service hole. At least one cover is configured to cover at least one balance hole such that air is prevented from passing through the at least one balance hole. |
| US10458337B2 |
Dual inline valve with manual override
A starter air valve comprising: a housing comprising an inlet at a first end, an outlet at a second end opposite the first end, and a center portion between the first and second end, the outlet being fluidly connected to the inlet through a fluid passage; a first piston located within the housing between first end and center portion, the first piston configured to block airflow through the fluid passage when in a closed position and allow airflow through the fluid passage when in an open position; a second piston located within the housing between second end and center portion, the second piston configured to block airflow through the fluid passage when in a closed position and allow airflow through the fluid passage when in an open position; and a manual override system configured to move from closed to open position at least one of the first and second pistons. |
| US10458336B2 |
Apparatus including heat exchanger and sound attenuator for gas turbine engine
An apparatus for attenuating sound waves in a gas turbine engine includes a surface at least partially defining a pathway for airflow and a plurality of fins extending from the surface. The plurality of fins are configured to dissipate heat into the airflow. Each fin of the plurality of fins includes a fin surface. The fin surface is configured to direct the sound waves between the plurality of fins such that the plurality of fins attenuate the sound waves. The plurality of fins are arranged such that spacing between adjacent fins of the plurality of fins facilitates sound attenuation. |
| US10458325B2 |
Rotary internal combustion engine with pilot subchamber and ignition element
A rotary engine includes an insert having a pilot subchamber defined therein and communicating with the internal cavity of the engine. A pilot fuel injector has a tip in communication with the pilot subchamber. An ignition element extends into an element cavity defined through the insert adjacent the pilot subchamber. The element cavity is in communication with the pilot subchamber through a communication opening defined in the insert between the element cavity and the pilot subchamber. The communication opening is smaller than a portion of the ignition element adjacent the communication opening such as to prevent the portion of the ignition element from completely passing through the communication opening upon breaking off of the portion of the ignition element from a remainder of the ignition element. An outer body for a rotary engine and a method of combusting fuel in a rotary engine are also provided. |
| US10458319B2 |
Wastegate assembly, a turbocharger that utilizes the wastegate assembly and a method
A method of joining parts of the wastegate assembly, and a wastegate assembly includes an arm defining a hole. The wastegate assembly also includes a shaft. The shaft includes a first end disposed inside the hole of the arm. The shaft includes an outer surface defining a groove disposed inside the hole of the arm. The arm and the first end of the shaft are welded together to form a joint having a joint root region disposed adjacent to the groove.A turbocharger includes a compressor, a turbine and a rotating assembly driven by exhaust gas. The rotating assembly has a turbine wheel disposed inside the turbine and a compressor wheel disposed inside the compressor. The turbocharger further includes the wastegate assembly described above, and the wastegate assembly defines an opening configured to selectively redirect at least a portion of the exhaust gas to bypass the turbine wheel. |
| US10458318B2 |
Method for adjusting exhaust gas temperature and turbine with bypass arrangement
A turbocharger includes a turbine comprising a scroll passage including at least first and second portions, a gas outlet extending axially from the scroll passage, a turbine wheel including one or more blades disposed in the gas outlet, and structure for establishing a bypass flow between the first and second portions of the scroll passage or for altering gas flow through the turbine. A method for adjusting exhaust gas temperature is also provided. |
| US10458317B2 |
Boosted engine system of a motor vehicle
Methods and systems are provided for a boosted engine system having an engine arranged to receive boosted air from a variable geometry turbocharger and an electrically powered compressor arranged in parallel with the turbocharger. During temporary high torque demands above a predefined level, the electrically powered compressor may be used to supplement the flow of boosted air from the turbocharger. Additionally, a recirculation circuit around the electrically powered compressor may be provided to build up pressure in the electrically powered compressor before it is connected to the engine so as to minimize fluctuations in engine boost pressure upon start-up of the electrically powered compressor. |
| US10458311B2 |
Internal combustion engine
Internal combustion engine comprising at least one cylinder and a piston supported for repeated reciprocal movement in the cylinder so as to define a combustion chamber of an engine bore diameter A-A, the internal combustion engine further comprising an ignition device arranged in said cylinder having an igniter portion and an fuel injector which are both arranged in a pre-chamber, wherein the pre-chamber comprises a plurality of orifices for providing fluid communication between said pre-chamber and the combustion chamber, and wherein the plurality of orifices are of an overall orifice area so that the ratio between the overall orifice area and the engine bore diameter A-A ranges from 0.01 mm to 0.2 mm. |
| US10458310B2 |
Control device for internal combustion engine
An object of this invention is to suppress the occurrence of pre-ignition by appropriately controlling a wall surface temperature of a combustion chamber based on a target temperature region in which the frequency with which pre-ignition occurs is reflected, without causing pre-ignition to actually occur. An ECU 50 acquires a wall surface temperature of a combustion chamber 14 or an engine water temperature or the like that correlates therewith as a wall temperature parameter. The ECU 50 is equipped with data for a pre-ignition suppression temperature region that is a region in which the pre-ignition occurrence frequency is smallest among temperature regions of the wall temperature parameter. In a pre-ignition susceptibility operating region A, the wall temperature parameter is controlled so as to fall within the pre-ignition suppression temperature region by operating a cooling water amount varying mechanism 38. |
| US10458309B2 |
Work vehicle
A work vehicle includes a blower unit that includes a movable bracket rotatably supported to a vehicle body, a fan supported to the movable bracket and rotationally driven around an axis, and a movable shroud covering the fan from an outer peripheral side. The movable shroud includes a shroud body supported so as to face the movable bracket and surrounding the fan, a ring shroud formed in an annular shape and provided between the shroud body and an outer peripheral end of the fan, and a bolt fixing the ring shroud to the shroud body from a side opposite to a side on which is supported to the movable bracket when viewed from the shroud body. |
| US10458308B2 |
Apparatus for modifying an engine oil cooling system
A method of modifying the oil cooling system of a diesel engine includes the steps of removing the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger and installing a manifold having a configuration adapted to match the mounting configuration of the oil passages of the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger. The manifold has an oil outlet port directed to a remotely mounted oil cooler. The manifold also has a water passage having a configuration that is adapted to match the mounting configuration of the water passages of the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger. The water passage causes the entirety of the flow of water to be discharged back to the water cooling system of the engine where it is circulated by the water pump through the water cooling passages in the engine. |
| US10458306B2 |
Abnormality diagnosis apparatus for exhaust gas purification system
An object is to prevent a wrong diagnosis from being made in an abnormality diagnosis apparatus for an exhaust gas purification system including a filter and a PM sensor. After sensor regeneration is performed, the application of voltage to the PM sensor is started, and thereafter abnormality diagnosis of the PM sensor is performed based on whether or not a signal is output from the PM sensor. Abnormality diagnosis of the filter is performed based on whether or not the output value of the PM sensor reaches a predetermined abnormality criterion value. If the output value of the PM sensor reaches the predetermined abnormality criterion value before a predetermined diagnosis completion time after the abnormality diagnosis of the PM sensor, the filter is diagnosed as abnormal, and the application of voltage to the PM sensor is stopped at that time. |
| US10458303B2 |
Urea pump module for vehicle
A vehicular urea pump module includes a structure capable of preventing urea from permeating into electrical elements such as a pump, a heater, and a sensor of the urea pump module; a structure capable of easily defrosting frozen urea; a structure of separating foreign substances; a structure of reducing vibration noise; a structure of enabling the discharge and suction of urea using a single pump; and a structure of increasing the efficiency of assembly for ease of assembly of respective elements. |
| US10458301B2 |
Reactant release arrangement
A reactant release arrangement for an exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine has an exhaust gas guide element (12) with an exhaust gas flow duct (13). A reactant release body (14) extends into the exhaust gas flow duct (13) and has a reactant-receiving volume (20) with a wall inner surface (32) and a wall outer surface (18) of a body wall (16) that is open to the exhaust gas flow duct (13) via at least one passage opening (44, 46). Exhaust gas (G) flowing in the exhaust gas flow duct (13) flows around the reactant release body (14) at a wall outer surface (18) of the body wall (16). A reactant release unit (22) releases reagent (M) into the reactant-receiving volume (20). A heating device (38) is associated with an area of the inner surface (32) of the body wall (16) and heats the reactant release body (14). |
| US10458300B2 |
Engine exhaust catalyst heating system
An engine system may include an intake line, and a cylinder deactivation (CDA) device selectively deactivating a portion of combustion chambers in the engine. The engine system may further include a first exhaust manifold connected to a first plurality of combustion chambers mounted with the CDA device, a second exhaust manifold connected to a second plurality of combustion chambers without the CDA device, a first exhaust line connected to the first exhaust manifold, a second exhaust line connected to the second exhaust manifold, and a third exhaust line connected with the first and second exhaust lines through an exhaust gas processing device. In addition, a turbocharger including a turbine is mounted at the first exhaust line and rotated by exhaust gas. An air injection device may supply air to the second exhaust manifold or the second exhaust line in a catalyst heating mode of the exhaust gas processing device. |
| US10458296B2 |
Crankcase oil catcher with an aperture and seal
A crankcase oil catcher, the crankcase oil catcher comprising one or more surfaces configured to catch dispersed oil in a crankcase and direct the oil along the surfaces of the crankcase oil catcher away from a crankcase casing wall and towards a crank sump. |
| US10458294B2 |
Variable valve device for engine
A variable valve device for an engine, may include a camshaft; a movable cam device fitted over the camshaft to be slidable in an axial direction of the camshaft, and configured such that cams with at least two different cam profiles and a guide protruding portion are disposed along the axial direction of the camshaft; at least one shaft groove linearly processed to have a predetermined cross-sectional shape in an external circumferential surface of the camshaft along the axial direction thereof; a cam groove provided in an internal circumferential surface of the movable cam device to communicate with the shaft groove; and an insertion member inserted into a communication space defined by the shaft groove and the cam groove such that a rotational displacement of the camshaft is transmitted to the movable cam device. |
| US10458289B2 |
System and method for a phase control apparatus of a cam timing system
Methods and systems are provided for a phase control apparatus in a variable cam timing (VCT) system of an engine, the phase control apparatus having a locking pin coupled to a rotor vane and engageable with a locking pin recess in the phase control apparatus cover plate. In one example, a method for assembling the phase control apparatus may include positioning respective retarded side surfaces of the rotor vane and the housing in face-sharing contact while positioning respective retarded side surfaces of the locking pin and the locking pin recess in face-sharing contact and maintaining a backlash gap between only the advanced side surfaces of the locking pin recess. |
| US10458285B2 |
Device for controlling the working fluid circulating in a closed circuit operating according to a rankine cycle and method of using same
The present invention relates to a device for controlling the working fluid circulating in a closed circuit (10) operating according to a Rankine cycle, said circuit comprising a heat exchanger (22) for evaporation of said fluid, swept by a hot fluid (Ch) from a hot source (28), expansion means (30) for expanding the fluid in vapor form, a cooling exchanger (40) swept by a cold fluid (Fr) for condensation of the fluid in vapor form, and a circulation and compression pump (12) for the fluid in liquid form.According to the invention, the device comprises means (54) of managing the mass of fluid contained in circuit (10). |
| US10458281B2 |
Resilient mounting assembly for a turbine engine
An assembly is provided for a turbine engine that includes a first mounting bracket, a second mounting bracket and a first resilient mount attaching the second mounting bracket to the first mounting bracket. The first resilient mount includes a first isolator support, a second isolator support, a first isolator, a second isolator and a fastener. The first isolator support and the second isolator support are arranged on opposing sides of the second mounting bracket. The first isolator support is between the second mounting bracket and the first isolator. The second isolator support is between the second mounting bracket and the second isolator. The first isolator is between the first isolator support and the first mounting bracket. The fastener projects through the first mounting bracket, the second mounting bracket, the first isolator support, the second isolator support, the first isolator and the second isolator. |
| US10458277B1 |
Axially spaced restricted damper
A bearing assembly comprises a housing that includes a first housing surface and a second housing surface. The first and second housing surfaces are substantially axially parallel with respect to a rotor centerline. The bearing assembly also comprises a damped outer race that includes a first outer race surface radially adjacent to and opposing the first housing surface which is located radially interior to the first outer race surface. A second outer race surface is radially adjacent to and opposing the second housing surface which is located radially exterior to the second outer race surface. The housing comprises an oil passage that is configured to provide oil from an outlet to a first space between the first outer race surface and the first housing surface, and configured to provide oil to a second space radially between the second outer race surface and the second housing surface. |
| US10458271B2 |
Cable drive system for variable vane operation
A cable drive system for variable vane operation comprising an actuator, a harmonic drive driven by the actuator, a cable drive system driven by the harmonic drive; and a unison ring driven by the cable drive system. |
| US10458269B2 |
Controllable multi-spool gas turbine plant with independent generator speed control and hollow turbine-compressor separator
The invention concerns land-based gas turbine plants with a multi-spool gas turbine arrangement for generating electrical power to supply a load (200). The invention comprises at least three spools (10a-10c). Each of the at least three spools (10a-10c) comprises a shaft (11a-11c), a compressor (C1-C3) and a turbine (T1-T3). Each one of the shafts (11a-11c) of the at least three spools (10a-10c) are independently rotatable with respect to each other. The invention further comprises electrical generators (G1-G3) mounted on each of the shafts (11a-11c) of the at least three spools (10a-10c), the output power of the generators being independently controllable and at least 60 percent of a total output power supplied to said load (200) in a form of electrical and rotational power is generated by the at least three generators (G1-G3) in the form of electrical energy. |
| US10458262B2 |
Airfoil with seal between endwall and airfoil section
An airfoil includes an endwall section and an airfoil section that defines, at least in part, an airfoil profile. At least one of the airfoil section or the endwall section includes a seal cavity, and a seal is disposed in the seal cavity. |
| US10458259B2 |
Engine component wall with a cooling circuit
An apparatus and method for flowing cooling air through an outer wall of an engine component such as an airfoil. The airfoil having the outer wall can include an opening. A framework can be disposed in the opening adapted to reduce the required flow through the opening to increase the efficiency of the engine and improve cooling. |
| US10458258B2 |
Double snapped cover plate for rotor disk
According to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things a gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor section, a turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor section, a plurality of turbine disks in at least one of the compressor section and the turbine sections, at least one cover plate corresponding to at least one of the turbine disks, each of the cover plates includes, at least two snaps connected via a webbing portion, and a bore region radially inward of the at least two snaps and connected to at least one of the at least two snaps via the webbing portion. |
| US10458254B2 |
Abradable coating composition for compressor blade and methods for forming the same
Coating systems for components of a gas turbine engine, such as a compressor blade tip, are provided. The coating system can include an abradable material disposed along the compressor blade tip and may be used with a bare compressor casing. The abradable coating is softer than the compressor casing and can reduce the overall rub ratio thereby increasing the lifetime of the compressor blade and casing. Methods are also provided for applying the coating system onto a compressor blade. |
| US10458253B2 |
Gas turbine engine components having internal hybrid cooling cavities
Components for gas turbine engines are provided. The components include a hybrid skin core cooling cavity defined by a cold wall and a hot wall, wherein the hot wall is exposed to an exterior environment of the component and a resupply hole is formed in the cold wall and fluidly connects a cold core cavity and the cooling cavity. The resupply hole extends between an inlet on a side of the cold wall exposed to the cold core cavity and an outlet on a side of the cold wall exposed to the cooling cavity. The cavity resupply hole is angled relative to the cold wall at an injection angle such that air passing through the cavity resupply hole is injected into the cooling cavity at the injection angle and at least partially parallel to a direction of flow within the hybrid skin core cooling cavity. |
| US10458249B2 |
Bonded multi-piece gas turbine engine component
An airfoil component includes a first segment that has a first piece of a mount and a first piece of an airfoil. The first segment is formed of a first ceramic-based material. A second segment includes a second piece of the mount and a second piece of the airfoil. The second segment is formed of a second ceramic-based material. The first and second segments are bonded together along a bond joint such that the first and second pieces of the mount are bonded to each other and the first and second pieces of the airfoil are bonded to each other. |
| US10458248B2 |
Blade channel, blade cascade and turbomachine
A blade channel of a turbomachine that is delimited in the circumferential direction of the turbomachine by a pressure side of an airfoil and by an opposite suction side of an adjacent airfoil that, in the radial direction of the turbomachine, is delimited by two opposing side walls, and whose extent in the axial direction of the turbomachine is delimited by leading edges and by trailing edges of airfoils; at least one of the side walls being provided with localized contours, of which at least two are formed as elevations and at least two as depressions; a saddle surface being formed between the contours that, in one rotation, alternately merges into an elevation and a depression; a blade cascade having such blade channels, as well as a turbomachine having such a blade cascade. |
| US10458247B2 |
Stator of an aircraft turbine engine
A stator of an aircraft turbine engine, comprising an annular row of fixed vanes and an annular row of arms, wherein the trailing edges of the fixed vanes are positioned substantially in a first transverse plane that is positioned downstream of a second transverse plane that passes substantially through the leading edges of the arms. |
| US10458245B2 |
Optimized aerodynamic profile for a turbine blade, in particular for a rotary wheel of the third stage of a turbine
When cold and in the non-coated state, a turbine blade includes an aerodynamic profile that is substantially identical to a nominal profile determined by the Cartesian coordinates X, Y, Zadim given in Table 1, in which the coordinate Zadim is the quotient D/H where D is the distance of the point under consideration from a first reference plane P0 situated at the base of the nominal profile, and H is the height of said profile measured from the first reference plane to a second reference plane P1. The measurements D and H are taken radially relative to the axis of the turbine, while the X coordinate is measured in the axial direction of the turbine. |
| US10458244B2 |
Tuned retention ring for rotor disk
A rotor disk assembly may include a rotor disk and a retention ring coupled to the rotor disk. Generally, the retention ring is tuned to adjust a modal frequency response of the rotor disk/rotor disk assembly. In various embodiments, dimensions of the retention ring vary circumferentially. In various embodiments, the retention ring includes an axially extending flange and a radially extending flange. A radial thickness of the axially extending flange may vary circumferentially and/or an axial thickness of the radially extending flange may vary circumferentially. |
| US10458238B2 |
Rotary piston engine and method for operating a rotary piston engine
The invention relates to a rotary piston engine comprising a housing which forms an interior space, two rotary pistons which are arranged in the interior space, an inlet opening for introducing a fluid into the interior space, and an outlet opening for the fluid, which is located in the interior space on a side opposite the inlet opening. Each rotary piston comprises at least two sealing strips and at least two recesses on the outer circumference thereof, wherein the shapes of the recesses and the sealing strips are selected to engage the sealing strips of a respective rotary pistons in the recesses of the respective other rotary piston. In addition, the sealing strips are dimensioned in the radial direction to sealingly contact an inner wall of the housing. The invention also relates to a corresponding method for operating a rotary piston engine. |
| US10458237B2 |
Sealing sleeve for geared shaft of gearmotor assembly
A motor includes a shaft rotatable about an axis, an engaged component engaged by the shaft, a sleeve fixed to the shaft to rotate therewith, and a seal at least partly circumscribing the shaft. The shaft includes an engagement region presenting a substantially variable outer shaft surface that at least in part engages the engaged component. The sleeve includes a first section that at least partly circumscribes and engages the engagement region of the shaft. The first section of the sleeve presents an outer seal-engaging surface and an outer bearing-engaging surface. The seal and the bearing each at least partly circumscribe the engagement region of the shaft and the first section of the sleeve to engage the seal-engaging surface and the bearing-engaging surfaces, respectively, of the sleeve. |
| US10458236B2 |
Roadway conduit systems and methods
A roadway conduit system includes a roadway conduit section that includes a floor portion with roadway surface configured to receive traveling vehicles, a ceiling portion, and at least one sidewall portion coupled to the floor portion and the ceiling portion such that the floor, ceiling, and at least one sidewall portions define a roadway conduit volume through which the traveling vehicles traverse the roadway conduit section. The roadway conduit section includes at least two fixedly connected preformed segments. The roadway conduit system also includes a roadway conduit ingress coupled to a first location of the roadway conduit section; a roadway conduit egress coupled to a second location of the roadway conduit section; and at least one air mover configured to circulate an airflow in the roadway conduit volume in a direction of at least one of the traveling vehicles. |
| US10458229B2 |
Downhole communications using variable length data packets
A system that is positionable in a wellbore can include a transceiver that is positionable external to a casing string and programmable to vary a number of data packets that are wirelessly transmitted by the transceiver. The number of data packets can correspond to an amount of data wirelessly transmitted by the transceiver about an environment in the wellbore. |
| US10458224B2 |
Monitoring of equipment associated with a borehole/conduit
Monitoring one or more items of equipment associated with a borehole or other conduit. A sensor system includes a vibration sensor for sensing vibrations at one or more sensor locations associated with one or more items of the equipment and/or the borehole or other conduit. A processing system processes the sensor information to determine a characteristic of the operation of the one or more items of equipment and/or the borehole or other conduit. |
| US10458222B2 |
System and method for a multiphase hydrocarbon pump having an auger coupling
A bladeless conical radial rotary machine method and system are disclosed. Turbo-machinery and methods are disclosed for a bladeless conical radial rotary machine wherein fluid is directed axially within the pump body to produce an axial output. The rotor comprises a plurality of spaced apart conical elements. The fluid is smoothly directed to any number of subsequent boundary layer pumping stages which are axially positioned with respect to each other. The fluid is smoothly directed to any number of subsequent boundary layer pumping stages which are axially positioned with respect to each other. A coupling between pumping stages is disclosed. |
| US10458220B2 |
System and method for facilitating subterranean hydrocarbon extraction utilizing electrochemical reactions with metals
Methods and systems for facilitating extraction of subterranean hydrocarbons from a geologic structure. The present methods include causing corrosion of a base metal within a geologic structure to produce a gaseous product to increase pressure and form fractures in the geologic structure. Some embodiments of the present methods include injecting a fluid composition comprising the base metal into a wellbore (e.g., into a geologic structure via the wellbore). |
| US10458218B2 |
Method of modelling hydrocarbon production from fractured unconventional formations
A method of modeling hydrocarbon flow from a fractured unconventional reservoir, where the formation has variability in stimulated reservoir properties caused by multi-stage fracturing treatment. A map is created which divides the formation into a plurality of closed production regions, each of which in turn is divided into a plurality of flow sub-systems extending between fractures in the formation. Production behavior is then calculated for each flow sub-system based on the geography and characteristics of the individual flow sub-system. Region hydrocarbon flow for each closed production region is determined by coupling the calculated production behavior of the flow sub-systems and the reservoir hydrocarbon flow can be modeled by aggregating the region hydrocarbon flows. Type curves showing the modeled hydrocarbon flow at selected points in time can then be plotted. |
| US10458216B2 |
Water heating apparatus for continuous heated water flow and method for use in hydraulic fracturing
A method of hydraulic fracturing of an oil producing formation includes the provision of a heating apparatus which is transportable and that has a vessel for containing water. A water stream of cool or cold water is transmitted from a source to a mixer, the cool or cold water stream being at ambient temperature. The mixer has an inlet that receives cool or cold water from the source and an outlet that enables a discharge of a mix of cool or cold water and the hot water. After mixing in the mixer, the water assumes a temperature that is suitable for mixing with chemicals that are used in the fracturing process, such as a temperature of about 40°-120° F.+(4.4-48.9 C+). An outlet discharges a mix of the cool and hot water to surge tanks or to mixing tanks. In the mixing tanks, a proppant and an optional selected chemical or chemicals are added to the water which has been warmed. From the mixing tanks, the water with proppant and optional chemicals is injected into the well for part of the hydraulic fracturing operation. |
| US10458211B2 |
Screen filter assembly and method therefor
A screen filter assembly and method for filtering solids within a pump barrel of a pump system. The screen filter assembly is incorporated into a full-length plunger, which contains a screen to filter solids from dirty production fluid. By filtering dirty production fluid, the screen filter assembly keeps the solids off of the plunger and away from the pump barrel. |
| US10458207B1 |
Reduced-physics, data-driven secondary recovery optimization
Embodiments are directed to modeling physical material flow relationships between injector wells and producer wells in a reservoir and to quantifying a level of uncertainty in a connection-based model. In one scenario, a computer system calculates pressure distribution within the reservoir using sensor data. Next, the computer system applies the calculated pressure distribution as an input to a tracer algorithm for an injector well and for a producer well to identify tracer flow values for materials flowing from the injector well to the producer well. The computer system further combines the identified tracer flow values to generate well allocation factors representing relationships in material flow. The computer system then determines the efficiency of each inter-well connection using a fractional flow model that incorporates the determined material flow strength measurement, and provides the inter-well connection efficiencies to a controller for controlling material flow through the injector and/or the producer well. |
| US10458206B2 |
Choke system for wellhead assembly having a turbine generator
A wellhead assembly for use with a well that includes a production tree, a production line for carrying produced fluid from the production tree, and a choke in the production line. The choke assembly includes a turbine member that rotates in response to fluid flowing through the production line. The kinetic energy of the rotating turbine is converted into electricity by a generator that is coupled with the turbine member. Selectively impeding turbine rotation with a brake system introduces a pressure drop in the production line fluid, and which regulates flow of the production line fluid. The turbine member can be disposed in a straight run of the production line, or adjacent a bend in the production line. |
| US10458204B2 |
Downhole tool
A downhole tool comprises a body having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and configured to accelerate fluid flowing along a fluid flow path from the inlet to the outlet. The fluid outlet is configured to provide a radially directed and substantially circumferentially continuous stream of fluid. The stream of fluid may be used to clean or cut downhole tubing, such as casing. |
| US10458197B2 |
Disintegratable polymer composites for downhole tools
A disintegrable polymer composite comprises: a polymer component comprising one or more of the following: a cured cyanate ester; a crosslinked unsaturated polyester; or a crosslinked vinyl ester resin; and dissolvable glass comprising about 55 to about 80 wt. % of SiO2, 0 to about 35 wt. % of Na2O, 0 to about 35 wt. % of K2O, 0 to about 20 wt. % of CaO, 0 to about 10 wt. % of MgO, provided that the sum of the weights of Na2O and K2O is about 20 wt. % to about 40 wt. %, wherein each weight percent is based on the total weight of the dissolvable glass. |
| US10458194B2 |
Mandrel supported flexible support ring assembly
Spring discs are rotationally locked to the mandrel are between pairs of actuation rings that feature a circumferential protrusion. On application of axial force release of a stored force from flexing, the protrusion engages a sloping portion of the spring disc and moves the sloping portion toward a more vertical orientation. Alternatively, a release of a stored force from flexing accomplishes the same result. Slots in the spring disc allow irregular growth to conform to surface irregularities of a surrounding surface. The discs can serve as anchors, centralizers or supports for a sealing element in a packer. Ends of fingers feature stiffeners to enhance strength. The discs can be stacked apart or together and oriented in the same or opposed directions. The can deliver an axial force when stacked and pushed toward flat and released. |
| US10458188B2 |
Cutting element assemblies comprising rotatable cutting elements, earth-boring tools including such cutting element assemblies, and related methods
A cutting element assembly may include a support structure and a pin having a cylindrical exterior bearing surface. Retention elements may couple opposing ends of the pin to the support structure. The cutting element assembly also includes a rotatable cutting element including a table of polycrystalline hard material having an end cutting surface and a supporting substrate. The rotatable cutting element may have an interior sidewall defining a longitudinally extending through hole. The pin may be positioned within the through hole of the rotatable cutting element and may be supported on the opposing ends thereof by the support structure. Methods include drilling a subterranean formation including engaging a formation with one or more of the rotatable cutting elements. |
| US10458184B2 |
Ground processing tool and a method for creating a borehole in the ground
The invention relates to a ground processing tool and a method for creating a borehole in the ground, wherein ground material is removed by the ground processing tool and blended with a fluid in the created borehole to form a suspension, which is suctioned away via at least one opening in the at least one mixing blade and via the conducting channel in the central shaft. |
| US10458182B1 |
Load transfer stations
A fire apparatus includes a chassis, axles coupled to the chassis, a turntable rotatably coupled to the chassis, and an aerial ladder assembly pivotably coupled the turntable. The aerial ladder assembly includes a first ladder section extending longitudinally, a second ladder section extending longitudinally, and a support slidably coupling the second ladder section to the first ladder section such that the first ladder section supports the second ladder section. The support facilitates longitudinal movement of the second ladder section relative to the first ladder section between an extended position and a retracted position. The support is pivotably coupled to the first ladder section. |
| US10458180B2 |
Fence gate assembly, fence gate kit, system and methods of manufacturing thereof
A fence gate assembly comprises an upright having a longitudinal opening and a lateral opening. The assembly also includes an insert received within the longitudinal opening and coupled to the upright. The insert also includes a support portion extending from a rear wall. The assembly further includes a rail at least partially received within a cavity of the insert, the rail including a channel configured to at least partly receive the support portion therein. |
| US10458167B2 |
Appliance hinge counterbalance assembly with snubber
A counterbalance assembly for an appliance hinge has a base including first and second spaced-apart side walls and a transverse face wall. A channel is located between the first and second side walls. First and second notch portions are respectively located in the first and second side walls. A rotating cam is supported on the base and has a camshaft that extends between the side walls and that is adapted for rotation about an axis of rotation, a first end located in the first notch portion and a second end located in the second notch portion. A biasing spring has an inner end engaged with the base and an outer end spaced from the base. A spring rod includes an outer end operatively coupled to the spring and an inner end operatively coupled to the lever. The lever also pivotally connects to the lobe of the cam. A damper assembly is connected to the base and having a piston which is moved between a first position and a second position by the lever contacting the piston. The piston damps movement of the counterbalance assembly. |
| US10458166B2 |
Plug door device
One object is to provide a plug door device that can make a contribution to a size reduction thereof, while suppressing a decrease in airtightness of a door. A plug door device is provided with an electric motor, a plug operation portion that moves a door in a width direction of a vehicle, a front-back operation portion that moves the door in a front-back direction of the vehicle, a movement suppressing portion that can suppress movement of the door in the front-back direction, and a planetary gear mechanism that distributes a drive force of the electric motor to the plug operation portion when movement of the door in the front-back direction is suppressed by the movement suppressing portion, and distributes a drive force of the electric motor to the front-back operation portion when movement of the door in the front-back direction is not suppressed by the movement suppressing portion. |
| US10458163B1 |
Hinge brace for painting doors
A hinge brace for supporting doors to be painted is provided. The brace is connected to standard door hinge hardware using either the existing door hinge pin or a disposable pin of smaller diameter. By allowing the bracing of multiple doors at the hinge, the painter can more safely and efficiently prepare and paint multiple doors in one painting session. The hinge brace of the present invention accommodates supporting two or more doors for painting and saves time by not requiring the painter to remove door hinge hardware. |
| US10458162B2 |
Latching device
The present invention comprises a latch for holding, locking, and/or securing an articulated entryway. The latch is generally comprised of a hook, a front and rear fastener, and an exterior and interior pressure plate. The hook attaches to the articulated arm on the door, and, by manipulating the position of the fasteners, the exterior pressure plate is tightened against the door plate. Once the latch is in its intended position, the articulated arm is locked in a fixed position, preventing the door from being opened. |
| US10458161B2 |
Inside handle support member for vehicle door
An inside handle support member for a vehicle door includes: a base member that is a frame having an opened vehicle interior side end portion, in which the base member is detachably mounted to a trim constituting a vehicle interior side surface of the vehicle door through an aperture formed in the trim, and rotatably supports an inside handle configured to operate a lock device provided in the vehicle door; and a bezel that is a frame detachably mounted to a peripheral edge of the vehicle interior side end portion of the base member, in which the bezel includes: an engagement hole; and an engagement hole forming portion that defines a vehicle exterior side edge of the engagement hole, and the base member includes: an engagement claw protruding on an outer peripheral surface of the base member; and a guide protrusion having a guide surface. |
| US10458159B2 |
Vehicle body front structure
A vehicle body front structure comprises a bumper beam provided in a front portion of a vehicle body, a hood lock member provided on a rear side and an upper side of the bumper beam, and a hood lock provided on an upper side of the hood lock member and configured to engage with a hood so that the hood can be opened/closed. The hood lock member is made of a resin. A hood lock bracket made of a metal is attached to the hood lock member. The hood lock is attached to the hood lock bracket. The hood lock bracket and the bumper beam are connected by a connecting member. |
| US10458158B2 |
Vehicle door lock apparatus
In a vehicle door lock apparatus, when disposed in an unlocking position, a second lever enables a fork to be displaced to an unlatched position and, in a locking position, it disables the fork from being displaced to the unlatched position. Third levers displace the second lever from the locking position to the unlocking position in response to an unlocking operation being performed on a lock operator and displace the second lever from the unlocking position to the locking position in response to a locking operation being performed on the lock operator. In an unblocking position, a fourth lever linked to the fork separates from the second lever. In a blocking position, the fourth lever contacts the second lever and blocks it from being displaced to the locking position. A fifth lever is linked with the fourth lever, detects the position of the fork, and disconnects or connects a switch. |
| US10458157B2 |
Vehicle door lock device
A vehicle door lock device includes: a connecting portion to which a connector for connection to an external device is connected; a casing; a latch mechanism that is arranged at a rear end portion of the casing in a vehicle front-rear direction and includes a latch and a ratchet; a locking and unlocking mechanism arranged in the casing, the locking and unlocking mechanism including: a lever lock that switches between transmitting or not transmitting a door opening operation to the latch mechanism according to a rotational position; and a motor that drives the lever lock; a first switch that detects a rotational position of the lever lock; a second switch that detects a rotational position of the latch; and a connecting unit that electrically connects the connecting portion to the motor, the first switch and the second switch. |
| US10458155B2 |
Latch with overslam stop feature
A latch for a closure panel of a vehicle including a latch housing; a ratchet mounted to the latch housing and movable between a closed position and an open position, the ratchet having a channel for receiving a striker with a first portion relative to the channel and a second portion relative to the channel, the channel having an over slam region positioned adjacent to a bottom of the channel; a pawl mounted to the latch housing and movable between a ratchet holding position and a ratchet release position; and a pair of levers mounted to the latch housing and configured for corotation about a pivot, the pair of levers biased towards a rest position by a biasing member coupled to at least one of the pair of levers. |
| US10458153B2 |
Padlock
A padlock is disclosed comprising an electronic circuitry and such that the padlock may be opened via a near field communication network such as Bluetooth™ or via other electronic interfaces such as an integrated fingerprint scanner. In one embodiment the padlock is capable of receiving and transmitting radio frequency signals from nearby sensor nodes containing information regarding temperature, humidity, moisture, speed, vibration, liquid level, concentration of gases and other sensing devices for use in a system for monitoring, tracking, tracing, alarms, access management, access recording, authenticity and integrity of goods, documents or other valued objects in storage or transit. |
| US10458150B2 |
Key and associated lock
The invention relates to a key (1) for locking a lock, comprising at least one first surface (2) and at least one second surface (2′), with at least one sensing position (4) provided along the longitudinal extent of the key (1), at which sensing position on the first surface (2) at least one first code (3) is provided for reading in the lock and/or at least one second code (3′) is provided on the second surface (2′) for reading in the lock, wherein at least one code (3) of the first surface (2) differs at least at one sensing position (4) from the second code (3′) at the same sensing position (4). The invention furthermore relates to a lock for a key of this type, and a system made up of at least two locks or lock groups and at least one key according to the invention. |
| US10458149B2 |
Lock apparatus
A lock and method of use for securing and un-securing first and second articles, the lock comprises a first element rotationally engaged about a longitudinal axis to the first article, an extension beam rotationally engaged about a lengthwise axis to the first article, the lengthwise and longitudinal axes are coincident, the beam has structure to rotationally engage and disengage the first element. Also included is structure to engage and disengage the second article that is driven from the beam, wherein operationally the beam rotationally engages the first element and the extension beam engages and disengages the first and second articles, resulting in the beam always being able to engage and disengage the first and second articles and the first element only having an ability to engage and disengage the first and second articles when the first element and the beam are rotationally engaged to one another. |
| US10458148B1 |
Method to prevent dry rot damage to a wood fence
A spacer apparatus and method to prevent dry rot damage to a fence is provided. The fence includes posts disposed in the ground, a horizontal support plank coupled to each pair of adjacent posts, pickets disposed on the horizontal support plank, and a pair of horizontal rails disposed on the horizontal support plank. The spacer apparatus includes a plate and a pair of end tabs coupled to the plate, each end tab coupled to a side edge of the plate and having a first width that is less than a second width of the plate along the side edge. The plate is disposed on the horizontal support plank to permit the end tabs to conform to the horizontal support plank for stability, thereby enabling the plate to support the pickets and horizontal rails above the horizontal support plank. The end tabs are then removed from the plate. |
| US10458145B2 |
Lighted shelter frame connector
A frame joint connects a plurality of elongate frame members adapted to support a flexible shelter skin. The frame joint includes a first housing having an interior and frame connectors. Each frame connector is adapted to releasably connect an elongate frame member to the first housing. The frame joint includes an electrical source mounted in the interior of the first housing. A light emitting element mounted on the first housing and connected to the electrical source emits light to illuminate an interior of the shelter. The light emitting element is positioned on the first housing to direct light toward the interior of the shelter when the joint is connected to the elongate frame members and the frame members are supporting the flexible shelter skin. The frame joint includes a switch operatively connected to the electrical source and the light emitting element for selectively energizing the light emitting element. |
| US10458143B2 |
Post sleeve assembly
A post sleeve includes a reinforced concrete body preformed around a liner that defines a cavity extending longitudinally within the body, sized to receive a post. Standoff ribs run lengthwise within the cavity and extend inward from inner walls of the cavity. A post in the cavity is supported laterally by the standoff ribs. Drain channels between the ribs permit water to flow past the post and exit the cavity via a lower aperture. A drain tube is coupled to the lower aperture, and extends downward where it is covered with gravel at the bottom of a post hole. Concrete is poured around the post sleeve in the hole. The cavity is adaptable to receive posts of varying sizes, and at various depths. A collar closes a space between the post and the top of the cavity, permitting air circulation within the cavity while shedding water and substantially preventing insects from entering the cavity. |
| US10458142B1 |
Anti-loosening endcap for utility crossarm
An anti-loosening endcap for utility crossarm comprising an endcap body inserted into the crossarm, where a channel perpendicular to an inner wall of the crossarm is disposed inside the endcap body, one end of the channel is open, the pointed head pin is slidably disposed in the channel, the pointed head of the pointed head pin faces the inner wall of the crossarm, the endcap is further provided with an axial through passage, the passage and the channel intersect at the tail portion of the pointed head pin, and the corresponding pin is provided for the passage. The pin is driven into the passage, and the pin presses the tail portion of the pointed head pin, so that the pointed head of the pointed head pin pierces the inner wall of the crossarm, thereby providing a locking effect. |
| US10458138B2 |
Underwater platform installation in an existing swimming pool
A retro-fit installation modifies the existing pool ladder structure of an existing in-ground or above-ground swimming pool to support an underwater “swim out” platform structure. In some versions, the ladder rails of the existing pool ladder are used to support the underwater platform, while in others the existing pool ladder rails are replaced with new tubular platform rails specifically designed to support the underwater platform structure. Other versions are adapted for installations in a round pool or at a corner of a rectangular pool. |
| US10458133B2 |
Perimeter warning system
A perimeter warning system is provided having a plurality of substantive stand bases and stanchions, which when combined together with a flag line provide a means to demark the perimeter of a surface across which there is danger. The stand bases include a surface onto which an insertion sleeve is placed, for holding the stanchion stably, and an opening symmetrically equidistant from the center of the surface of the stand base from the sleeve. In this way, stand bases can be stacked together with the sleeve of one placed in the opening in the surface of the other for stability. The system includes storage and transportation elements; wherein the surface of the base stand defines an opening through which the pillar of a storage unit can be threaded to stack the plurality of base stands together onto the storage element. Stanchions are provided with storage boxes configured to stack together neatly and stably. |
| US10458131B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for providing high electrical resistance for aerial work platform components
Methods, systems and apparatuses for providing high electrical resistance for an upper control assembly (including control handles) of an aerial lift are provided through an isolation member that is integral to the upper control assembly and interposed between fluid lines in the control assembly and a set of fluid conduits that extend from the control assembly towards other portions of the aerial lift. The isolation member is a dielectric element that comprises a manifold that is made of material that is substantially electrically non-conductive, and that has a plurality of through-holes or hoses configured to allow hydraulic fluid to flow through the isolation member into and out of the fluid lines and conduits. These methods, systems and apparatuses are preferably used in upper control assemblies of aerial platforms that can carry one or more operators in order to prevent such operators from electrocution when controlling the lift. |
| US10458130B2 |
Demountable wall system and method
A demountable wall system includes a frame component. The frame component may include a front channel that receives a panel of the demountable wall system. In addition to the front channel, the frame component may include at least one of a front cover, a removable back cover, a leveling system, a supplemental channel, or a joining system. In some examples, the demountable wall system includes a door support system for movably supporting a door relative to the panel of the demountable wall system. |
| US10458126B2 |
Floor covering
A floor covering including: a floor covering main body and a surface layer provided on the floor covering main body, wherein the surface layer contains a thermoplastic resin and a plasticizer in an amount of from 20 to 50 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin, wherein the plasticizer contains a benzoic acid ester-based plasticizer in an amount of from 10 to 80% by mass. According to the present invention, a floor covering having excellent workability and anti-soiling property can be provided. |
| US10458125B2 |
Mechanical locking system for floor panels
Floor panels are provided with a mechanical locking system having small local protrusions which reduce displacement along the joint when the panels are laying flat on the sub floor and locked vertically and horizontally. A method to install a floor comprising a plurality of rectangular floor panels laying in parallel rows on a sub floor with long and short edges which are connectable to each other along one pair of adjacent long edges and one pair of adjacent short edges. |
| US10458124B2 |
Panel
A panel having a panel upper side and a panel lower side and at least two opposing panel edges, which have each an edge break on the panel upper side, the edge breaks forming in the connected state a joint in a covering surface. The edge break of one of the panel edges is formed larger than the edge break of the opposing panel edge, and a lower part of the large edge break of the one panel edge is overlapped in the connected state by the small edge break of the opposing panel edge. |
| US10458123B2 |
Siding panel and assembly
A composite siding panel mountable on an exterior wall of a building includes a backing member and a siding member attached to the backing member, wherein the first side edge of the siding member overhangs the first side edge of the backing member, and the second side edge of the siding member is aligned with or positioned contiguously with the second side edge of the backing member. An adhesive coating joins the front face of the backing member to the rear face of the siding member. The adhesive coating runs substantially from the first side edge of the backing member to the second side edge thereof. The backing member can be composed of closed-cell expanded foam or wire-fabricated foam, and the siding member can be formed from vinyl, polypropylene, aluminum, steel, fiberglass, engineered wood, or fiber cement. A siding assembly including a plurality of composite siding panels adjacently mountable on an exterior wall of a building is also disclosed. |
| US10458122B2 |
Paperbead for protecting drywall corners
The present invention relates to drywall paperbeads, particularly drywall paperbeads for use in protecting exposed drywall surfaces having non-planar surface contours in an edge region adjacent the drywall edges. The paperbead includes an elongated core having an inner surface and an outer surface, an elongated paper strip having an inner surface and an outer surface, a thickness of between 6 and 7 mils, a weight of between 110 and 125 grams/square meter (gsm) and a porosity of 30 to 130 Gurley sec. The inner surface of the paper strip is roughened and bonded to the outer surface of the core. The outer portion of the thickness of the paper strip is impregnated with a strengthening compound, preferably a polymer strengthening compound, more preferably a latex strengthening compound in an amount of between 3.5% and 13% of the total weight of the paper strip. The width of the paper strip is greater than the width of the core such that at least one edge of the paper strip extends laterally beyond the edge of the core to form a wing on at least one edge of the paperbead. The wing of the paper strip of the paperbead follows the non-planar surface contour of the drywall in the edge region adjacent the drywall edge. |
| US10458121B2 |
Gutter guard barrier
A gutter debris preclusion device for use with a gutter having a support structure being substantially rigid; a screen having a plurality of apertures and being disposed on the support structure; and, a fastener member disposed on the support structure and having a barrier member and a protective film removably attached to the barrier member. |
| US10458117B2 |
Microencapsulation of materials using cenospheres
Disclosed are methods for incorporating core materials such as phase change materials or admixtures into building materials like concrete. The methods use cenospheres, which are then etched and loaded with the core material. The composition can also be coated with a thin film. Compositions containing cenospheres loaded with the various core materials are disclosed, as are building materials containing such compositions. |
| US10458115B2 |
Display system
A display system is provided and includes a base, a collapsible support structure, a spinner connector, and a modular panel. The collapsible support structure connects with the base, and the spinner connector receives the collapsible support structure. The spinner connector independently moves around the collapsible support structure. The modular panel is removably connected to the spinner connector such that the modular panel can also move independent of the collapsible support structure. |
| US10458113B2 |
Building assembly structure
A building assembly structure comprises a coupling block fixed on the ground or to a frame so as to fix and extend the frame. The coupling block comprises a body has a first through-hole passing through upper and lower portions thereof, a connection member coupled to a lower portion of the first through-hole, and having a second through-hole formed therein, a fixing plate coupled to the connection member so as to be located on the lower portion of the body, and having a fixing protrusion protruding from a side thereof, and a vibration-proof pad coupled to the upper portion of the body in order to absorb load and shocks applied from above. |
| US10458111B1 |
Shower pan drainage stability apparatus
A shower drain connector is provided having a vertical guide terminating at an upper end by a radial installation flange. The vertical guide forms a collar sleeve adapted to receive a drainage pipe in a contained manner. The collar sleeve has an inner diameter that larger than the outer diameter of a drain pipe being contained. The radial installation flange is less than or equal to 16 inches in diameter. A plurality attachment orifices adapted form connectors for receiving standard screw connectors positioned evenly radially about a periphery of the upper flange to allow for attachment of the flange to a subfloor such as to maintain a perfectly centered support for the drainpipe in spite of any on-site conditions. |
| US10458110B1 |
Drive-over tile intake guard
A drive-over tile intake guard has a drain tile inlet coupler that rests against the earth surface and does not rise consequentially above the earth. The inlet coupler encompasses and protects the end of a drain tile pipe. A plurality of rods are affixed on a first end to the inlet coupler, and each extend therefrom simultaneously downward into the drain tile and also generally radially toward the center of the tile opening. However, the rods are also each angularly offset from radial to the tile opening center. By angularly offsetting the rods each in the same rotational direction, smaller debris that might block flow through other prior art guards but which will not block the drain tile from functioning will swirl, slip off of the rods and pass into the drain tile, and ultimately be discharged at the outlet end of the drain tile. |
| US10458105B2 |
Magnetic sink insert
A magnetic sink insert. The magnetic sink insert includes a first ring including an upper portion, a lower portion, an outer wall, and an interior wall defining an opening. The inner diameter of the upper portion is equal to the inner diameter of the lower portion, and the outer diameter of the upper portion is greater than the outer diameter of the lower portion. The lower portion is configured to removably engage a sink drain via a frictional fit or a threaded connection therewith. In one embodiment, a plurality of posts extends upwardly from the first ring, and a second ring is affixed to the upper ends of the plurality of posts. The first and second rings include a magnetic material. The magnetic material attracts metallic utensils and other metallic objects to the interior walls of the rings, preventing metallic objects from falling into a garbage disposal. |
| US10458104B2 |
High flow drain control
A lockable plug device for sanitary ware comprises a closure member operable to engage with an outlet or drain of the sanitary ware product to stop water emptying from the sanitary ware product, for example a bath. The lockable plug device also includes a closure mechanism, which is linked to the closure member and is operable to displace the closure member relative to the outlet or drain such that the outlet can be open or closed. The closure mechanism comprises a lock feature, which is operable to lock the closure member in an open position. |
| US10458092B1 |
Modular retaining wall system and façade
A retaining wall system comprises at least one rear supporting block, at least one façade block and at least one connector. The retaining wall system comprises top and bottom surfaces and a peripheral surface therebetween defining receiving slots on at least a portion thereof. The façade block comprises front and rear surfaces, top and bottom ends, and lateral side. The top and bottom ends define respective receiving slots. The connector comprises a rear portion for being fitted into the receiving slot of the rear supporting block and a front portion for being fitted into the receiving slot of the façade block. The connector provides for connecting the façade block to the rear supporting block. |
| US10458091B2 |
Pile driving machine
A pile measuring system suitable for determining parameter(s) of a pile during an installation of the pile is disclosed. The pile measuring system comprises at least one positioning sensor and a parameter calculator. Each of the at least one positioning sensor is attached or attachable to a location on a sleeve and configured to measure position coordinates of the respective location on the sleeve. The parameter calculator is suitable for determining the parameter(s) of the pile from the position coordinates measured by the at least one positioning sensor. |
| US10458088B2 |
Soil adaptive smart caisson
A Smart Caisson incorporates an expandable balloon-like body at depth under the base of a vertical piling or foundation member. The self-expanding balloon footing counteracts soil erosion by expanding to fill areas of soil recession. A pipe or through-hole in the vertical piling admits surface rainwater into the balloon footing at the same time the rainwater is contributing to sub-surface erosion. Users can actively pump water downward through the piling through-hole to fill the balloon footing during times of low rainfall or following short-duration erosion events, such as earthquakes. The through-holes are designed to capably admit cement, concrete and other fill materials without clogging or corroding. A metal mesh surrounding the balloon footing expands with the balloon, providing structure and a matrix to trap and hold shifted sub-surface earthen material and concrete previously pumped into the balloon footing. An array of sensors warns the user of sub-surface soil conditions. |
| US10458086B2 |
Floating flap gate
Described herein is a floating flap gate including a gate leaf having a buoyancy forming portion, the gate leaf being configured to be raised due to buoyancy effect (e.g., from water), a bottom fitting mounted to a proximal end portion of the gate leaf, the bottom fitting having a convex circular arc-shaped surface across a width direction of the gate leaf, a plate member having a concave circular arc-shaped surface to be mated with the convex circular arc-shaped surface of the bottom fitting when the gate leaf is in a lowered state, wherein the concave circular arc-shaped surface is in contact with the convex circular arc-shaped surface when the gate leaf is raised. |
| US10458084B2 |
Water barrier foot element, a water barrier shield support element, a water barrier shield system and a method for manufacturing a water barrier foot element
The invention relates to a water barrier shield foot element for supporting a protective module of a water barrier shield configured to be positioned between a body of water and an area of land to be protected. The water barrier foot element is configured to be arranged against a ground surface and extends in a longitudinal direction, wherein the foot element comprises a base element, a front end, a rear end and a first and a second longitudinal side portion. The front end is configured to be arranged in a direction towards the protective module, characterized in that the base element at one of either the rear end or the front end of the foot element is wider than the other so that the base element has a trapezoidal shape. The invention further relates to a water barrier shield support arrangement, a water barrier shield system and a method for manufacturing a water barrier shield foot element. |
| US10458082B1 |
Truck snow-melting system
The truck snow-melting system comprises a pair of three-port diverting valves which may, under electrical control from within the cab of a truck, be transitioned between directing exhaust gases out of the vehicle's exhaust pipe and directing exhaust gases to a left transport pipe and a right transport pipe. The left transport pipe directs exhaust gases to a left exhaust outlet located in front of driven wheels on the left side of the truck and the right transport pipe directs exhaust gases to a right exhaust outlet located in front of driven wheels on the right side of the truck. The exhaust gases melt wintery precipitation so that the truck may gain traction. A plurality of adjustment points allow the horizontal and vertical positions of the exhaust outlets to be changed. |
| US10458079B2 |
Bridging system
A bridging system comprising a bridge (10) and a trolley (70), the bridge comprising a bridge deck (40) having at least two pre-formed bridge sections (42), the trolley including a set of wheels (573) with a track width configured such that in use with the trolley located on the bridge deck, at least one wheel contacts one stringer (443A) and at least one other wheel contacts another stringer (443B), the system further including tracking means for maintaining the at least one wheel in contact with the one stringer and for maintaining the at least one other wheel in contact with the other stringer such that the trolley and bridge deck may remain in contact while moving relative to, or with, one another for the launching of the bridge deck over a space to be bridged, the trolley being configured to carry goods and/or personnel over, and along, the bridge deck after the bridge has been positioned over the space to be bridged. |
| US10458076B2 |
Control system for a road paver
A control system for a road paver comprises a camera system configured to generate image data of an environment of the road paver. The control system further comprises a controller electronically connected to the camera system. The controller is configured to receive the image data from the camera system, and to apply an object recognition process on the received image data to identify an edge line serving as a reference line for a mat to be laid by the road paver, and to determine a three dimensional position of the identified edge line. The controller may automatically control the road paver, and may assist an operator to control the road paver based on the identified position of the edge line. |
| US10458068B2 |
Method for producing paper
A method for manufacturing paper is disclosed. A pulp slurry is produced, a paper sheet is formed from the slurry, an aldehyde functionalized polymer or polymers is added to the slurry before and/or after sheet formation, and a water soluble acid is added on the paper sheet. |
| US10458067B2 |
High bulk tissue comprising cross-linked fibers
The present application relates to a cross-linked fiber and more specifically to fibers that have been subjected to cold caustic extraction (at less than 60° C.) to reduce the hemicellulose content of the fibers by at least 50% and then cross-linked with a cross-linking agent that is curable at a modest temperature, such as less than 160° C. The treated cross-linked fibers preferably have a hemicellulose content that is less than 5% by weight of the fiber. Preferable cross-linking agents are polyamide-epichlorohydrin (PAE) resins, polyamide-polyamine-epichlorohydrin (PPE) resins, and polydiallylamine-epichlorohydrin resins. The cross-linked fibers are readily dispersible in water even without fiberization and generally form webs and products having relatively few knits or knots. As such, the cross-linked fibers of the present invention are well suited for use in the manufacture of tissue webs and products, particularly wet-laid tissue webs and products. |
| US10458062B2 |
Method for treating textile material and corresponding treatment apparatus
A method for treating textile material (13) to attach dyes, such as synthetic or natural dyes, or to apply bleaches to said textile material (13). The method provides a first step of pre-impregnation of the textile material (13) with an impregnation liquid and a second step of heating the impregnation liquid and the possible dyes or bleaches, through contact of said textile material (13) with at least one heated drum (20), and subsequent vaporization of said impregnation liquid, said textile material (13) being selectively movable on said heated drum (20), subjected to an adjustable pressure higher than atmospheric pressure, a strip (18) being present and exerting on said textile material (13) an adjustable pressure against the heated drum (20). |
| US10458048B2 |
Method for manufacturing an electronic strip yarn
Electronic devices (4, 24) are mounted in sequence or series along a plurality of laterally spaced discrete lines (10) on a sheet of non-conductive flexible planar support material (50). The sheet is slit or stripped between said lines to create at least two yarns each in the form of a strip bearing a series of said devices. The width of each strip can be substantially the same as that of the mounted device or devices and is normally less than twice that of the device or devices. The thickness of the support material is normally no more than 10 μm, and with the width of the devices typically being no more than 800 nm, a strip bearing the devices can thus be used as a yarn or strip for use in many applications, both functional and decorative, either alone or within a sleeve. |
| US10458047B2 |
System and method for recycling fibers from textiles waste
The present disclosure related to a system and method for recycling fibers from textiles waste. The system includes a first sanitization device; a pre-processing device; a fabric sorting device; a storage device; a fiber processing device; and a second sanitization device mounted in the fiber processing device. The first sanitization device, the pre-processing device, the fabric sorting device, the storage device and the fiber processing device are arranged along a transmission path of the textiles waste. |
| US10458046B2 |
Method for manufacturing graphene fiber
The present invention relates to a graphene conjugate fiber and a method for manufacturing same, and more particularly, to a conjugate fiber including graphene and a polymer, wherein a wrinkled structure of the graphene is maintained in a fiber state. The graphene conjugate fiber manufactured thereby has superior mechanical properties, is flexible, and has high utility by being manufactured as a fiber. |
| US10458043B2 |
Gallium nitride substrate
A gallium nitride substrate has a surface with a diameter of not less than 100 mm, a difference being not less than 0.1 cm−1 and not more than 2 cm−1 between maximum and minimum values of wave numbers at a maximum peak of peaks corresponding to an E2H phonon mode in micro-Raman scattering mapping measurement at each of square regions having sides each having a length of 2 mm, the square regions being located at a total of five locations including a central location and four circumferential edge locations on the surface of the gallium nitride substrate, a difference being not more than 2 cm−1 between maximum and minimum values of the wave numbers at the maximum peak of the peaks corresponding to the E2H phonon mode at all of measurement points in the five locations. |
| US10458042B2 |
Calcium fluoride member, method for producing same, and method for pressure-bonding calcium fluoride crystal
The calcium fluoride member includes a first member made from monocrystalline calcium fluoride and a second member made from monocrystalline or polycrystalline calcium fluoride. The first member and the second member is pressure-bonded together to form the calcium fluoride member. |
| US10458039B2 |
Asymmetric monometallic nanorod nanoparticle dimer and related compositions and methods
The fabrication of asymmetric monometallic nanocrystals with novel properties for plasmonics, nanophotonics and nanoelectronics. Asymmetric monometallic plasmonic nanocrystals are of both fundamental synthetic challenge and practical significance. In an example, a thiol-ligand mediated growth strategy that enables the synthesis of unprecedented Au Nanorod-Au Nanoparticle (AuNR-AuNP) dimers from pre-synthesized AuNR seeds. Using high-resolution electron microscopy and tomography, crystal structure and three-dimensional morphology of the dimer, as well as the growth pathway of the AuNP on the AuNR seed, was investigated for this example. The dimer exhibits an extraordinary broadband optical extinction spectrum spanning the UV, visible, and near infrared regions (300-1300 nm). This unexpected property makes the AuNR-AuNP dimer example useful for many nanophotonic applications. In two experiments, the dimer example was tested as a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate and a solar light harvester for photothermal conversion, in comparison with the mixture of AuNR and AuNP. In the SERS experiment, the dimer example showed an enhancement factor about 10 times higher than that of the mixture, when the excitation wavelength (660 nm) was off the two surface plasmon resonance (SPR) bands of the mixture. In the photothermal conversion experiment under simulated sunlight illumination, the dimer example exhibited an energy conversion efficiency about 1.4 times as high as that of the mixture. |
| US10458037B2 |
Systems and methods for producing anti-wetting structures on metallic surfaces
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method for anti-wetting metallic surfaces. A metallic object is introduced to an electrochemical solution. A cathode is introduced to the electrochemical solution, and an anode is attached to the metallic object. An electric potential between the cathode and anode is applied, such that selective electrochemical etching of the surface of the metallic object occurs. The selective etching etches grain boundaries at the surface of the metallic object, and the grain boundaries define grain faces. |
| US10458033B2 |
Separation of alpha emitting species from plating baths
A non alpha controlled plating bath including Tin species and a trace amount of Polonium species is utilized in a plating tool. The plating tool includes a Polonium filter element to remove Polonium species from the plating bath to selectively plate Tin upon a plating cathode. The filter may include a Titanium inner portion surrounding by a stannic oxide exterior. The filter may reduce the Polonium species by having the polonium absorb and then enter within the stannic oxide matrix. The filter may be located within the plating tool reservoir or filter housing. The filter may be fabricated by forming Tin upon a Titanium backbone and converting the Tin to stannic oxide. |
| US10458027B2 |
Electrode-supported tubular solid-oxide electrochemical cell
Electrode-supported tubular solid-oxide electrochemical cells suitable for use in electrochemical chemical synthesis and processes for manufacturing such are provided. |
| US10458016B2 |
Method for forming a protective film
A method for forming a protective film is provided. In the method, a source gas containing an organic metal gas or an organic semi-metal gas is supplied to a substrate having a plurality of recessed shapes formed in a surface so as to cause the source gas to adsorb on the surface of the substrate including the plurality of recessed shapes. Then, an oxidation gas is supplied to the surface of the substrate including the plurality of recessed shapes to oxidize the source gas adsorbed on the surface of the substrate, thereby depositing an oxidation film of the organic metal or the organic semi-metal on a flat area between the plurality of recessed shapes. Supplying the source gas to the substrate and supplying the oxidation gas to the substrate are repeated at a rate in a range of 90 to 300 cycles per minute. |
| US10458011B2 |
Ternary ceramic thermal spraying powder and method of manufacturing thermal sprayed coating using said powder
The invention describes a method for producing ternary and binary ceramic powders and their thermal spraying capable of manufacturing thermal sprayed coatings with superior properties. Powder contain at least 30% by weight ternary ceramic, at least 20% by weight binary molybdenum borides, at least one of the binary borides of Cr, Fe, Ni, W and Co and a maximum of 10% by weight of nano and submicro-sized boron nitride. The primary crystal phase of the manufactured thermal sprayed coatings from these powders is a ternary ceramic, while the secondary phases are binary ceramics. The coatings have extremely high resistance against corrosion of molten metal, extremely thermal shock resistance and superior tribological properties at low and at high temperatures. |
| US10458008B2 |
Zirconium-cobalt-nickel-aluminum glasses with high glass forming ability and high reflectivity
The disclosure is directed to Zr—Co—Ni—Al alloys that optionally comprise Ti and are capable of forming metallic glasses having a combination of high glass forming ability and high reflectivity. Compositional regions in the Zr—Co—Ni—Al and Zr—Ti—Co—Ni—Al alloys are disclosed where the metallic glass-forming alloys demonstrate a high glass forming ability while the metallic glasses formed from the alloys exhibit a high reflectivity. The metallic glass-forming alloys demonstrate a critical plate thickness of at least 2 mm, while the metallic glasses formed from the alloys demonstrate a CIELAB L* value of at least 78. |
| US10458006B2 |
Powder composition and use thereof
A laser cladding or plasma transferred arc overlay welding process may be used advantageously to apply and to control the material properties of a coating designed for protecting the substrate against wear, corrosion and oxidation at elevated temperature. Furthermore, a laser cladding or plasma transferred arc overlay welding process may be used to apply the coating alloy materials in applications where traditional thermal spray or weld-applied coatings are not practical. By using these welding methods very good bonding is achieved by fusion during welding. At the same time the properties of the clad layer is preserved by the limited dilution typical of these two welding methods compared traditional overlay welding, by e.g. Gas Tungsten Arc Welding and the like. |
| US10458000B2 |
Plasma and oxygas fired furnace
The present disclosure concerns an apparatus suitable for smelting and separating metals in flexible oxido-reduction conditions. More particularly, it concerns an apparatus for smelting metallurgical charges comprising a bath furnace susceptible to contain a molten charge up to a determined level, characterized in that the furnace is equipped with: at least one non-transfer plasma torch for the generation of first hot gases; at least one oxygas burner for the generation of second hot gasses; and, submerged injectors for injecting said first and second hot gases below said determined level. |
| US10457999B2 |
Method for platinum group metals recovery from spent catalysts
A method for recovery of platinum group metals from a spent catalyst is described. The method includes crushing the spent catalyst to obtain a catalyst particulate material including particles having a predetermined grain size. The method includes subjecting the catalyst particulate material to a chlorinating treatment in the reaction zone at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time period by putting the catalyst particulate material in contact with the chlorine containing gas. The method also includes applying an electromagnetic field to the chlorine-containing gas in the reaction zone to provide ionization of chlorine; thereby to cause a chemical reaction between platinum group metals and chlorine ions and provide a volatile platinum group metal-containing chloride product in the reaction zone. Following this, the volatile platinum group metal-containing chloride product is cooled to convert the product into solid phase platinum group metal-containing materials. |
| US10457998B2 |
Wire rod for non heat-treated mechanical part, steel wire for non heat-treated mechanical part, and non heat-treated mechanical part
A steel wire for a non heat-treated mechanical part includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, a predetermined amount of C, Si, Mn, Cr, Mo, Ti, Al, B, Nb, and V, and limited P, S, N, and O and a remainder of Fe and impurities; in which a structure includes, by volume %, a bainite of greater than or equal to 75×[C %]+25, and a remainder of one or more of a ferrite and a pearlite when an amount of C is set to [C %] by mass %; when an average aspect ratio of a bainite block in a second surface layer area of the steel wire is set as R1, the R1 is greater than or equal to 1.2; when an average grain size of a bainite block in a third surface layer area of the steel wire is set to PS3 μm, and an average grain size of a bainite block in a third center portion of the steel wire is set to PC3 μm, the PS3 satisfies Expression (c), and the PS3 and the PC3 satisfy Expression (d), a standard deviation of a grain size of the bainite block in the structure is less than or equal to 8.0 μm; and a tensile strength is in a range of 800 MPa to 1600 MPa, PS3≤20/R1 (c), PS3/PC3≤0.95 (d). |
| US10457997B2 |
Processing of hot stamped parts
A method of manufacturing a steel part including hot stamping followed by trimming, piercing, or flanging, without delayed fracture and without the need for annealing, is provided. The method includes heating a blank formed of a steel material, forming the blank between a pair of dies, and quenching the blank. The temperature drop in select areas of the blank is reduced, which limits the amount of martensite formed in the select areas, but allows martensite to form in other areas. The dies can be formed with modified materials or modified cooling channels to limit the amount of martensite formed in the select areas of the blank. The select areas are softer than the other areas and can be subsequently trimmed, pierced, or flanged without the delayed fractures. |
| US10457995B2 |
Systems and methods to detect rare mutations and copy number variation
The present disclosure provides a system and method for the detection of rare mutations and copy number variations in cell free polynucleotides. Generally, the systems and methods comprise sample preparation, or the extraction and isolation of cell free polynucleotide sequences from a bodily fluid; subsequent sequencing of cell free polynucleotides by techniques known in the art; and application of bioinformatics tools to detect rare mutations and copy number variations as compared to a reference. The systems and methods also may contain a database or collection of different rare mutations or copy number variation profiles of different diseases, to be used as additional references in aiding detection of rare mutations, copy number variation profiling or general genetic profiling of a disease. |
| US10457992B2 |
Hypermethylation biomarkers associated with poor survival outcomes for head and neck squamous cell cancer
In accordance with one or more embodiments, the inventors have conducted the first comprehensive integrated genomic and epigenomic analysis in HNSCC, focusing on identifying genes that have concurrent promoter methylation, mutation and expression downregulation. The intersection of unbiased genome-wide methylation sequencing and methylation array screens uncovered 316 genes, which undergo promoter methylation in HNSCC. Close to 60% concordance was found between concurrent greater promoter methylation and gene downregulation, with PAX1 and PAX5 exhibiting the greatest expression loss. Methods for analyzing tissue samples from a subject for increased risk of poor survival outcomes from HNSCC are provided. Kits for measuring promoter methylation of the genes are also provided. |
| US10457990B2 |
Accurate deduction of fetal DNA fraction with shallow-depth sequencing of maternal plasma
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and apparatus for deducing the fetal DNA fraction in maternal plasma without using paternal or fetal genotypes. Maternal genotype information may be obtained from a maternal-only DNA sample or may be assumed from shallow-depth sequencing of a biological sample having both maternal and fetal DNA molecules. Because sequencing may be at shallow depths, a locus may have only few reads and may fail to exhibit a non-maternal allele even if a non-maternal allele is present. However, normalized parameters that characterize non-maternal alleles sequenced can be used to provide an accurate estimate of the fetal DNA fraction, even if the amount of non-maternal alleles is in error. Methods described herein may not need high-depth sequencing or enrichment of specific regions. As a result, these methods can be integrated into widely used non-invasive prenatal testing and other diagnostics. |
| US10457985B2 |
Methods for indexing samples and sequencing multiple polynucleotide templates
The invention relates to methods for indexing samples during the sequencing of polynucleotide templates, resulting in the attachment of tags specific to the source of each nucleic acid sample such that after a sequencing run, both the source and sequence of each polynucleotide can be determined. Thus, the present invention pertains to analysis of complex genomes (e.g., human genomes), as well as multiplexing less complex genomes, such as those of bacteria, viruses, mitochondria, and the like. |
| US10457984B2 |
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. |
| US10457982B2 |
Method for nucleic acid amplification
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for amplifying a nucleic acid, using RNA as a template, which can realize elimination of the risk of non-specific amplification caused by DNA mixed from reagents and/or working environment, an increase in the detection sensitivity of trace RNA, and a reduction in amplification bias. According to the present invention, there is provided a method for amplifying a nucleic acid, which comprises a step of incubating a mixture comprising template RNA, a primer, a degrading enzyme specific to DNA in RNA-DNA hybrid, an RNase H minus reverse transcriptase, and a substrate. |
| US10457980B2 |
Multiplex labeling of molecules by sequential hybridization barcoding
The present invention, among other things, provides technologies for detecting and/or quantifying nucleic acids in cells, tissues, organs or organisms. In some embodiments, through sequential barcoding, the present invention provides methods for high-throughput profiling of a large number of targets, such as transcripts and/or DNA loci. |
| US10457979B2 |
Translocation control for sensing by a nanopore
Translocation control for sensing by a nanopore, as well as methods and products related to the same, are provided. Such methods optimize duplex stability to provide high fill rate (of the hybridization sites) but do not prevent rapid dissociation required for high read rates, as well as controlling the translocation of a target molecule for sensing by a nanopore by use of a selective pulsed voltage. Products related to the same include a reporter construct comprising two or more phosphoramidites. |
| US10457969B2 |
Polynucleotide enrichment using CRISPR-Cas systems
A method for enriching a target nucleic acid comprising providing an endonuclease system having a crRNA or a derivative thereof, and a Cas protein or a variant thereof. The crRNA or the derivative thereof contains a target-specific nucleotide region substantially complementary to a region of the target nucleic acid; contacting the target nucleic acid with the endonuclease system to form a complex; and separating the complex and thereby enriching for the target nucleic acid. |
| US10457967B2 |
In-situ biostimulation of the hydrolysis of organic matter for optimizing the energy recovery therefrom
Some embodiments are directed to a process for the treatment of organic waste which couples in situ biostimulation to produce hydrolytic enzymes and hydrolysis of the refractory organic matter from waste using these enzymes with a view to energy recovery. |
| US10457965B2 |
Dehydrogenase-catalysed production of FDCA
The invention relates to a cell expressing a polypeptide having 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic acid dehydrogenase activity, as well as to a cell expressing a polypeptide having furanic compound transport capabilities. The invention also relates to a process for the production of 2,5-furan-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) wherein the cells of the invention are used for oxidation of a furanic precursors of FDCA. |
| US10457963B2 |
Heterologous production of 10-methylstearic acid
Nucleic acids and cells comprising a methyltransferase gene and/or a reductase gene are disclosed. These nucleic acids and cells may be used to produce branched (methyl)lipids, such as 10-methylstearate. |
| US10457960B2 |
Methods and compositions for targeted genetic modification using paired guide RNAs
Compositions and methods are provided for creating and promoting biallelic targeted modifications to genomes within cells and for producing non-human animals comprising the modified genomes. Also provided are compositions and methods for modifying a genome within a cell that is heterozygous for an allele to become homozygous for that allele. The methods make use of Cas proteins and two or more guide RNAs that target different locations within the same genomic target locus. Also provided are methods of identifying cells with modified genomes. |
| US10457958B2 |
Lepidopteran-active Cry1Da1 amino acid sequence variant proteins
Engineered Cry1Da amino acid sequences are provided that exhibit improved Lepidopteran insecticidal activity and an enhanced Lepidopteran spectrum compared to the naturally occurring Cry1Da protein toxin. Polynucleotide sequences intended for use in expression of the improved proteins in plants are also provided. Particular embodiments provide compositions containing insect inhibitory amounts of the engineered proteins, as well as recombinant plants, plant parts, and seeds containing polynucleotide constructs encoding one or more of the improved engineered proteins. |
| US10457955B2 |
Plant promoter for transgene expression
This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for promoting transcription of a nucleotide sequence in a plant or plant cell, employing a promoter from a Panicum virgatum (Pavir.Cb02009) egg cell gene. Some embodiments relate to a promoter from a Panicum virgatum (Pavir.Cb02009) egg cell gene that functions in plants to promote transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences. Other embodiments relate to a 3′ UTR from a Panicum virgatum (Pavir.Cb02009) egg cell gene that functions in plants to promote transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences. |
| US10457947B2 |
Targeting of human glucocorticoid receptor beta in cancer
A peptide nucleic acid (PNA) referred to herein as Sweet-P, compositions comprising the methods of making the same, mid methods of using the same, are described. |
| US10457944B2 |
Oligomers
Molecules are provided for inducing or facilitating exon skipping in forming spliced mRNA products from pre-mRNA molecules in cells. The molecules may be provided directly as oligonucleotides or expression products of vectors that are administered to a subject. High rates of skipping can be achieved. High rates of skipping reduce the severity of a disease like Duchene Muscular Dystrophy so that the disease is more like Becker Muscular Dystrophy. This is a severe reduction in symptom severity and mortality. |
| US10457938B2 |
TTV miRNA sequences as an early marker for the future development of cancer and as a target for cancer treatment and prevention
Described are TTV miRNAs and probes and primers comprising part of said TTV miRNA polynucleic acid. The use of said compounds for diagnosis of cancer or predisposition of cancer is also described. |
| US10457936B2 |
Massively parallel contiguity mapping
Contiguity information is important to achieving high-quality de novo assembly of mammalian genomes and the haplotype-resolved resequencing of human genomes. The methods described herein pursue cost-effective, massively parallel capture of contiguity information at different scales. |
| US10457934B2 |
Methods for genome assembly, haplotype phasing, and target independent nucleic acid detection
The disclosure provides methods to assemble genomes of eukaryotic or prokaryotic organisms. The disclosure provides methods for haplotype phasing and meta-genomics assemblies. The disclosure provides a streamlined method for accomplishing these tasks, such that intermediates need not be labeled by an affinity label to facilitate binding to a solid surface. The disclosure also provides methods and compositions for the de novo generation of scaffold information, linkage information, and genome information for unknown organisms in heterogeneous metagenomic samples or samples obtained from multiple individuals. Practice of the methods can allow de novo sequencing of entire genomes of uncultured or unidentified organisms in heterogeneous samples, or the determination of linkage information for nucleic acid molecules in samples comprising nucleic acids obtained from multiple individuals. |
| US10457932B2 |
Methods for in vitro ribosome synthesis and evolution
Disclosed are methods, components, compositions, and kits for preparing and identifying engineered E. coli ribosomes. The E. coli ribosomes may be prepared and identified under a set of defined conditions, such as in the presences of antibiotics, in order to obtain an engineered ribosome that is resistant to the antibiotic. |
| US10457928B2 |
Protease variants having an improved washing performance
The disclosure relates to proteases, the amino acid sequence of which has been modified in particular with regard to the use thereof in detergents and cleaning agents, all sufficiently similar proteases having a corresponding modification and nucleic acids coding for them. The disclosure further relates to methods and uses of said proteases and to agents containing them, in particular detergents and cleaning agents. |
| US10457927B2 |
Multiprotease therapeutics for chronic pain
The invention includes Clostridial neurotoxin derivatives containing at least two light chain endopeptidase domains, and nucleic acids encoding such Clostridial neurotoxin derivatives. In preferred embodiments, the invention includes methods and compositions for the treatment of inflammatory disorders (such as arthritis); chronic pain, such as neuropathic pain and inflammatory pain through the use of such Clostridial neurotoxin derivatives, including those derived from an intact BoNT/A having an LC/E-derived endopeptidase joined to the LC/A endopeptidase. |
| US10457926B2 |
Polypeptides having xylanase activity with a high conversion rate of xylose—containing polysaccharides
The present application provides novel polypeptides having xylanase activity and the respective nucleic acid sequences encoding those polypeptides as well as vectors comprising these nucleic acid sequences and host cells transformed by these vectors. In addition the present invention provides a method for producing these polypeptides and a composition comprising the inventive polypeptides. |
| US10457924B2 |
Variant maltohexaose-forming alpha-amylase variants
Disclosed are compositions and methods relating to variant maltohexaose-forming alpha-amylases. The variant alpha-amylases are useful, for example, for starch liquefaction and saccharification, for cleaning starchy stains in laundry, dishwashing, and other applications, for textile processing (e.g., desizing), in animal feed for improving digestibility, and for baking and brewing. |
| US10457922B1 |
Engineered cascade components and cascade complexes
The present disclosure provides engineered Class 1 Type I CRISPR-Cas (Cascade) systems that comprise multi-protein effector complexes, nucleoprotein complexes comprising Type I CRISPR-Cas subunit proteins and nucleic acid guides, polynucleotides encoding Type I CRISPR-Cas subunit proteins, and guide polynucleotides. Also, disclosed are methods for making and using the engineered Class 1 Type I CRISPR-Cas systems of the present invention. |
| US10457921B2 |
Lipase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
The present invention relates to a variant of a parent lipase, wherein said variant has at least 60% but less than 100% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 2, has lipase activity, comprises a substitution at a position corresponding to position 92 and/or 96; and remains unaltered at the positions corresponding to positions 231, 233 and 254 of SEQ ID NO: 2. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants. |
| US10457919B2 |
Feedback-resistant acetohydroxy acid synthase variant and method for producing L-valine using the same
The present disclosure relates to an acetohydroxy acid synthase variant in which the feedback inhibition to L-valine is released, a polynucleotide encoding the acetohydroxy acid synthase variant, an expression vector including the polynucleotide, a microorganism producing L-valine including the acetohydroxy acid synthase variant, and a method for producing L-valine using the microorganism. |
| US10457918B2 |
Tyrosine hydroxylase variants and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure provides a variant tyrosine hydroxylase that provides for increased production of L-DOPA in a host cell that expresses the tyrosine hydroxylase. The present disclosure provides nucleic acids encoding the variant tyrosine hydroxylase, and host cells genetically modified with the nucleic acids. The present disclosure provides methods of making L-DOPA in a host cell. The present disclosure provides methods of making a benzylisoquinoline alkaloid (BIA), or a BIA precursor. The present disclosure provides methods of detecting L-DOPA level in a cell. The present disclosure provides methods of identifying tyrosine hydroxylase variants that provide for increased L-DOPA production; and methods of identifying gene products that provide for increased tyrosine production. |
| US10457916B2 |
Method for inducing differentiation of insulin-producing cells
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for efficiently directing differentiation into insulin-producing cells in a xeno-free culture system. According to the present invention, there is provided a method for directed differentiation into insulin-producing cells, comprising culturing stem cells in the following steps (1) to (5): (1) a step of culturing stem cells in a medium comprising an activator of activin receptor-like kinase-4/-7 and a GSK3 inhibitor and then culturing in a medium comprising an activator of activin receptor-like kinase-4/-7; (2) a step of culturing the cells obtained in step (1) in a medium comprising a hedgehog signaling inhibitor and an FGF; (3) a step of culturing the cells obtained in step (2) in a medium comprising a retinoic acid receptor agonist, a hedgehog signaling inhibitor and a BMP signaling inhibitor; (4) a step of culturing the cells obtained in step (3) in a medium comprising a TGF-β type I activin receptor-like kinase-4/-5/-7 inhibitor and a BMP signaling inhibitor; and (5) a step of culturing the cells obtained in step (4) in a medium comprising a phosphodiesterase inhibitor. |
| US10457914B2 |
Optimized methods for differentiation of cells into cells with hepatocyte and hepatocyte progenitor phenotypes, cells produced by the methods, and methods for using the cells
The invention is directed to methods for culturing cells so that the cells are induced to differentiate into cells that express hepatocyte phenotypes and hepatocyte progenitor phenotypes. More particularly, the invention relates to methods for culturing cells so that the cells are induced to differentiate into cells that express a definitive endodermal phenotype, a liver-committed endodermal phenotype, a hepatoblast phenotype, and hepatocyte phenotype. The invention is also directed to cells produced by the methods of the invention. The cells are useful, among other things, for treatment of liver deficiency, liver metabolism studies, and liver toxicity studies. |
| US10457908B2 |
Method of microbiological analysis of a sample in a unique container
The present invention relates to a method of analysis comprising the preparation and the analysis of a sample in a flexible container without direct handling of the sample and without reopening the flexible container at the end of the preparation of the sample, and also to a container and a kit that enable the implementation of this method. |
| US10457906B2 |
Method for the effective delivery of photonic energy to cultures in a fluid medium
An apparatus to prevent bio-filming during the delivery of photonic energy to a culture or set of organisms in a fluid culture medium, the device including a culture medium, a container configured to house the culture medium, and an assembly to generate and deliver a liquid energy transfer medium between the culture medium and the photonic device, the assembly including one or more apertures sized and shaped to form one or more liquid replenishing lenses and a fluid-light unit in the container to house the photonic device and the liquid energy transfer medium, the photonic device is at least one from among a photoreceptor, a photoemitter, or a combination of the photoreceptor and the photoemitter, and further including a pump coupled to the fluid-light unit, the assembly is configured to convey the photonic energy between the photonic device and the culture medium through the liquid energy transfer medium. |
| US10457905B2 |
Bioreactor connectors
Aspects of the disclosure relate to rotating bioreactors and articles and methods that are useful for adapting a rotating bioreactor for use with tissues or scaffolds of different sizes. In some embodiments, bioreactors comprising a reservoir and an arbor assembly are provided herein, in which the arbor assembly comprises a rotatable support to which a tissue or tissue scaffold can be attached. |
| US10457904B2 |
Miniaturized continuous-flow fermenting apparatus
A system, method, and apparatus for the fermentation of a beverage by use of continuous flow is provided. The fermented beverage can be any of a wine, beer, mead, ale, soda, cider, or other. The invention provides for small-scale fermentation that can be done in a much shorter time than previous batch fermentations. The small-scale and shortened time allows for variables to be introduced and tested to produce new varieties, flavors, qualities, and other combinations that are inputs of the fermented beverage. |
| US10457902B2 |
Solid tablet unit dose oven cleaner
A solidification matrix includes sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, a water charge, an anhydrous metasilicate, a polycarboxylic acid polymer or salt or derivative thereof, and additional functional ingredients. The sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, a water charge, an anhydrous metasilicate, a polycarboxylic acid polymer, and additional functional ingredients interact to form a hydrate solid. The solidification matrix may be used, for example, in a solid detergent composition. Methods of making solid detergent compositions are disclosed. |
| US10457901B2 |
Cleaning composition, method of making and use thereof
A method for formulating a cleaning composition contains the step of coating a granular absorbent material with a coating agent to produce a coated absorbent material and mixing the coated absorbent material with a sanitation agent, wherein the coated absorbent material absorbs the sanitation agent to form the cleaning composition. The resulting cleaning composition may be used for cleaning up pathogens or hazardous materials. The cleaning composition may also functions as a liquefiable dry cleaning powder for public areas in response to bodily fluid incidents. A coating method of a non-toxic bio static film on a high surface area solid is disclosed. |
| US10457896B1 |
Dry and portable spot removal product and method comprising an aluminum dioctahedral phyllosilicate
A stain removal product formulation and method utilizing a dry, portable product. The dry, portable removal product preferably contains specially treated ingredients, including a composition of microporous silica and alumina tetrahedra and combined with aluminum dioctahedral phyllosilicales family of minerals, ingredients may vary depending on the type of stain to treat, for example, for stains having an oil. grease or fat base. Due to the nature of stains and their varied content the product formulation may also include a combination of other dry ingredients such as clays, minerals, baking soda, com stareh, flour or other dry ingredients. Optional ingredients which may be added including dry coloring and/or dry fragrance components. The dry product formulation is provided in a powder, granule or flake form in moisture resistant packages and kits. |
| US10457894B2 |
Color-protecting detergent or cleaning agent having an optical brightener
The application describes a water-soluble packaging having at least two chambers and containing a first liquid detergent or cleaning agent with a low content of water, a second liquid detergent or cleaning agent with a low content of water and a water-soluble wrapping, the first liquid detergent or cleaning agent with a low content of water containing an optical brightener and the second liquid detergent or cleaning agent with a low content of water containing a color transfer inhibitor. |
| US10457890B2 |
Phospholipase C
The present invention relates to a polypeptide having phospholipase C activity, selected from the group consisting of i. a polypeptide comprising a mature polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; ii. a polypeptide that has least 85%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% identity to the mature polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; iii. a polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid that hybridizes under medium stringency, preferably under high stringency conditions to the complementary strand of the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO:1; iv. a polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid that has at least 85%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identity to the mature polypeptide coding sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. A process for degumming a vegetable oil comprising contacting a vegetable oil comprising phospholipids with a polypeptide having phospholipase C activity of the invention or a composition of the invention, wherein phospholipids are hydrolyzed into diacylglycerol and phosphate ester and/or phosphate, separating the phosphate ester and/or phosphate from the vegetable oil wherein a degummed vegetable oil is obtained. |
| US10457886B2 |
Catalytic depolymerisation of polymeric materials
A process for converting a molten polymeric material is provided. The process includes effecting disposition of a molten polymeric material, having at least one carbon-carbon double bond, in sufficient proximity to a catalyst material within a reaction zone, to affect a reactive process that effects generation of a reaction product. The reactive process effects cleaving of at least one carbon-carbon double bond. The catalyst material includes [Fe—Cu—Mo—P]/Al2O3 prepared by binding a ferrous-copper complex to an alumina support to generate an intermediate material and reacting the intermediate material with a heteropolyacid. |
| US10457883B2 |
Method of separating and de-watering fine particles
A process for cleaning and dewatering hydrophobic particulate materials is presented. The process is performed in in two steps: 1) agglomeration of the hydrophobic particles in a first hydrophobic liquid/aqueous mixture; followed by 2) dispersion of the agglomerates in a second hydrophobic liquid to release the water trapped within the agglomerates along with the entrained hydrophilic particles. |
| US10457881B2 |
Fuel compositions
Low sulphur marine fuel compositions are provided. Embodiments comprise greater than 50 to 90 wt % of a residual hydrocarbon component comprising at least one of an atmospheric tower bottoms (ATB) residue and a vacuum tower bottoms residues (VTB), wherein the residual hydrocarbon component has a kinematic viscosity at ˜50 degrees C. of at least 100 cSt; and at least 10 and up to 50 wt % of a non-hydroprocessed hydrocarbon component comprising deasphalted oil (DAO), where the marine fuel composition has a kinematic viscosity at ˜50 degrees C. of at least 10 cSt. Embodiments of the marine fuel composition can have a sulphur content of about 0.1 wt % or less. |
| US10457879B2 |
Blockage-free water overflow from the water jacket of a quencher into the quenching chamber
A quenching chamber of an entrained-flow gasifier that gasifies fuels at temperatures of up to 1,800° C. and pressures of up to 10 MPa, wherein an annular chamber through which cooling water flows is formed between the pressure-bearing tank and the inner jacket. The overflow water is discharged from the annular chamber (skirt water) into the quenching chamber via the sleeve of a quenching lance, wherein blocking by the spray cone of the spray nozzle is prevented. The cooling water from the annular chamber is used in addition to the quenching water from the spray nozzle to cool and clean the raw gas in the quenching chamber. |
| US10457877B2 |
Lubricant basestock production with enhanced aromatic saturation
Systems and methods are provided for producing lubricant basestocks having a reduced or minimized aromatics content. A first processing stage can perform an initial amount of hydrotreating and/or hydrocracking. A first separation stage can then be used to remove fuels boiling range (and lower boiling range) compounds. The remaining lubricant boiling range fraction can then be exposed under hydrocracking conditions to a USY catalyst including a supported noble metal, such as Pt and/or Pd. The USY catalyst can have a desirable combination of catalyst properties, such as a unit cell size of 24.30 or less (or 24.24 or less), a silica to alumina ratio of at least 50 (or at least 80), and an alpha value of 20 or less (or 10 or less). In some aspects, the effluent from the second (hydrocracking) stage can be dewaxed without further separation. In such aspects, a portion of the dewaxed effluent can be used as a recycle quench stream to cool the hydrocracking effluent prior to entering the dewaxing reactor. |
| US10457873B2 |
Process for producing high quality bio-oil in high yield
A process is disclosed for converting a particulate solid biomass material to a high quality bio-oil in high yield. The process comprises a pretreatment step and a pyrolysis step. The pretreatment comprises a step of at least partially demineralizing the solid biomass, and improving the accessibility of the solid biomass by opening the texture of the particles of the solid biomass. In a preferred embodiment the liquid pyrolysis product is separated into the bio-oil and an aqueous phase, and the aqueous phase is used as a solvent in the demineralization step and/or in the step of improving the accessibility of the solid biomass by opening the texture of the particles of the solid biomass. |
| US10457872B2 |
Systems and methods for on-line pigging and spalling of coker furnace outlets
Systems and methods for safe on-line pigging decoking of a coker furnace tubes and which also permits on-line spalling operations. |
| US10457864B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
Novel Iridium complexes having three different bidentate ligands useful for phosphorescent emitters in OLEDs are disclosed. At least one of the three different bidentate ligands is a carbene ligand. |
| US10457862B2 |
Hydration of associative polymers
The present invention relates to a method which allows quick and effective hydration of associative polymers, in particular those intended for use in the field of oil drilling. This method uses a specific solid formulation, which can be easily hydrated, including, in a pre-mixture, said associative polymers and surfactants capable of improving the hydration of these polymers. |
| US10457860B2 |
Self suspending proppants with brine tolerance for hydraulic fracturing
The present invention relates to a proppant coated with: at least one water-soluble and/or water-swellable polymers; and at least one composition comprising at least one sequestering agent; the sequestering agent being in the layer of water soluble and/or water-swellable polymer and/or in another layer. The invention also relates to the use of this proppant for hydraulic fracturing and especially when the hydraulic fracturing fluid comprises divalent cations in a proportion equal or greater to 0.1 weight %. |
| US10457859B2 |
Proppant for use in hydraulic fracturing to stimulate a well
A proppant for use in hydraulic fracturing to stimulate a well is provided. The proppant is fly ash particles having a mean particle size (d50) of between 45 μm and 150 μm and a size distribution defined by (d10)≤5 μm and (d98)≤250 μm. |
| US10457854B2 |
Thermally-stable, non-precipitating, high-density wellbore fluids
A wellbore treatment fluid comprising: a base fluid; and a water-soluble salt, the salt comprising: a cation; and an anion, wherein the anion is selected from phosphotungstate, silicotungstate, phosphomolybdate, and silicomolybdate. The treatment fluid can have a density greater than or equal to 13 pounds per gallon. A method of treating a portion of a subterranean formation penetrated by a well comprising: introducing the treatment fluid into the well. |
| US10457851B2 |
Polymer flooding processes for viscous oil recovery in carbonate reservoirs
A composition for use in a polymer flooding operation in a viscous oil containing carbonate reservoir formation with in situ rock is provided. The composition includes a polymer, the polymer operable to increase the viscosity of the composition; and a smart water, the smart water operable to alter a wettability of the in situ rock, wherein the smart water has a total dissolved solids of between 5,000 ppm and 7,000 ppm, wherein the total dissolved solids comprises one or more salts; wherein the composition has a viscosity between 4 cP and 100 cP. |
| US10457849B2 |
Method for controlling scale formation
The present invention provides, a method of controlling scale formation in a hydrocarbon producing system, comprising; (i) injecting nanoparticles into said system to function as nuclei for scale growth; (if) allowing scale growth to occur on said nanoparticles to produce nanoparticles comprising scale; and. (in) optionally recovering said nanoparticles comprising scale. |
| US10457848B2 |
Self-repairing cements
A self-adaptive cement formulation includes cement, water and thermoplastic block-polymer particles. The set cement demonstrates self-healing properties when exposed to methane, and is particularly suited for well-cementing applications. After placement and curing, the self healing properties help maintain zonal isolation should bonding be disrupted between the set cement and the formation or a casing string, should cracks or defects appear in the set-cement matrix, or both. |
| US10457843B2 |
Magnetic flooring system adhesive composition
A liquid adhesive coating composition that cures into a solid form, used to non-permanently adhere interior floor or wall coverings to substrate floor or wall surfaces respectively, includes a polymer incorporating iron or other paramagnetic, superparamagnetic, ferromagnetic, or ferrimagnetic ingredients, that becomes permanently adhered to the substrate as it cures, and thereafter provides a low-tack adhesive surface that is also magnetically attractive, upon which magnetized floor or wall coverings including certain types of carpet, linoleum, vinyl, wallpaper, and other types of magnetically-backed coverings can be subsequently installed. The combined low-tack adhesive and magnetic adhesion qualities of the cured composition of the invention allow for the magnetically-backed floor or wall coverings to be sufficiently well adhered to the surface of the cured adhesive composition to remain in place during normal usage while retaining the ability for the coverings to be subsequently removed, repositioned or replaced without damaging the respective coverings, adhesive coating composition layer, or substrate. |
| US10457842B2 |
Curable composition
The present invention relates to a curable composition and an adhesive film including the same, and provides a curable composition and an 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 lifespan and durability of an organic electronic device. |
| US10457836B2 |
Polysiloxane films and methods of making polysiloxane films
A polysiloxane film comprises Si—O bonds and has a thickness of 0.3 to 1.5 microns. Adjacent electrodes coated with the polysiloxane film have a leakage current of at most 0.01 mA at 10 V after contact with water. An electrode coated with the polysiloxane film has a contact resistance of at least 0.01 ohms at 1.0 mm of pogo pin compression under a 1.0 N load. The polysiloxane film provides IPx7 protection from ingress of water. |
| US10457828B2 |
Laminate and gas barrier film
A laminate includes a base having a surface; an atomic layer deposition film that covers the surface of the base and has a film thickness of about 3 nm to about 500 nm (inclusive); and an overcoat layer that covers the atomic layer deposition film. A relationship of ta |
| US10457826B2 |
Lead refill for writing, drawing and/or painting devices and method for the production thereof
A polymer-bound lead refill for writing, drawing and/or painting devices, in particular for pencils or colored pencils, including at least one binding agent, at least one wax, at least one coloring agent and at least one filling agent. The lead refill including at least one surfactant. |
| US10457817B2 |
2-mercaptobenzimidazole derivatives as corrosion inhibitors
The present invention generally relates to methods and compounds for preventing metal corrosion. More specifically, the method comprises contacting a hydrocarbon-containing liquid with a composition in an effective amount to prevent metal corrosion. |
| US10457816B2 |
Reinforced powder paint for composites
A fiber reinforced powder paint provides improved flexural fatigue resistance for composites substrates. Fiber loading in the powder is greater than 40%. Aramid fiber loading in an epoxy based powder paint is exemplified. A composite bow limb coated with the powder paint survives a remarkably greater number of bending cycles before failure when coated with the powder paint. |
| US10457810B2 |
Densified biomass products containing pretreated biomass fibers
A product is provided comprising at least one densified biomass particulate having a substantially smooth, non-flakey outer surface and containing no added binder, wherein said densified biomass particulate is comprised of a plurality of pretreated lignin-coated plant biomass fibers which contain a trace amount of base from pretreatment of said fibers. Methods for using and making the product are also described. |
| US10457808B2 |
Poly(arylene sulfide) blend and articles made therefrom
Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a poly(arylene sulfide); a polysiloxane/polyimide block copolymer; glass fiber and an optional platy filler. The polysiloxane/polyimide block copolymer has greater than or equal to 10 weight percent siloxane content, based on the total weight of the polysiloxane/polyimide block copolymer. The composition retains greater than or equal to 60% of the initial viscosity after being retained at 320° C. for 30 minutes and the composition has an OSU peak heat release less than 45 kW/m2 when measured using the method of FAR F25.4 and according to FAR 25.853 (d). Articles comprising the composition are also described. |
| US10457803B2 |
Orthopedic implants having gradient polymer alloys
Orthopedic implants having a bone interface member and a water swellable IPN or semi-IPN with a stiffness, hydration, and/or compositional gradient from one side to the other and physically attached to the bone interface member. The invention also includes an orthopedic implant system including an implant that may conform to a bone surface and a joint capsule. The invention also includes orthopedic implants with water swellable IPN or semi-IPNs including a hydrophobic thermoset or thermoplastic polymer first network and an ionic polymer second network, joint capsules, labral components, and bone interface members. The invention also includes a method of inserting an orthopedic implant having a metal portion and a flexible polymer portion into a joint, including inserting the implant in a joint in a first shape and changing the implant from a first shape to a second shape to conform to a shape of a bone. |
| US10457799B2 |
Ethylene-based polymer compositions for improved extrusion coatings
The invention provides a composition comprising at least the following: a) a first composition comprising at least one first ethylene-based polymer, formed by high pressure, free-radical polymerization, and wherein the first composition comprises the following properties: a melt index (I2) from 1.0 to 15.0 g/10 min, and density from 0.910 to 0.940 g/cc; b) a second composition comprising at least one second ethylene-based polymer, and wherein the second composition comprises the following properties; a melt index (I2) from 1.0 to 1000 g/10 min, a density greater than 0.940 g/cc; wherein the composition comprises the following properties: melt index (I2) from 2.0 to 20.0 g/10 min, and a density from 0.915 to 0.940 g/cc; and wherein the first composition is present in an amount from 65 to 95 wt %, based on the weight of the composition. |
| US10457796B2 |
Polyamide resin composition and molded article produced therefrom
Provided are a polyamide resin composition and a molded article produced therefrom. The polyamide resin composition includes: a base resin including a polyamide resin having an intrinsic viscosity (IV) of about 0.9 dL/g or less and milled glass fibers; and carbon nanotube flakes having a size of about 1.0 mm to about 5.0 mm. |
| US10457795B2 |
Siloxane crosslinking processes employing sulfur compounds and platinum catalysts
Provided is a composition and process for producing a crosslinked product. The composition comprises a mixture constituting (a) an alkenyl silicone, (b) a hydrogen siloxane, (c) a cure inhibitor and (d) a hydrosilylation catalyst, optionally in the presence of a solvent, and (e) sulfur compounds in order to produce the crosslinked product, and the process comprises reacting such a composition to form a crosslinked product. |
| US10457793B2 |
Tire comprising a composition comprising a polyfunctional acrylate derivative and a peroxide
A tire comprises a rubber composition based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a specific polyfunctional acrylate derivative and a peroxide, the contents of polyfunctional acrylate derivative and of peroxide being such that the ratio of the content of polyfunctional acrylate derivative to the content of peroxide is greater than or equal to 6. |
| US10457785B2 |
Method of improving adhesion of carbon fibers with a polymeric matrix
A method of making a solid composite containing carbon fibers embedded in a polymeric matrix, the method comprising admixing carbon fibers with a polymer precursor resin, and curing the polymer precursor resin to form a cured polymeric matrix that contains said carbon fibers embedded therein, wherein said carbon fibers have covalently bonded on their surfaces a partially cured epoxy-containing or amine-containing sizing agent, wherein at least a portion of epoxide groups or amine groups in the sizing agent are available as uncrosslinked epoxide groups or amine groups, which corresponds to a curing degree of epoxide groups or amine groups of no more than about 0.6. |
| US10457783B2 |
Elastomer composites, blends and methods for preparing same
Blends of elastomer composites with unfilled or less highly filled elastomer reduces hysteresis without compromising reinforcement. Hysteresis may also be reduced by adjusting the compounding method. |
| US10457779B2 |
Tetracarboxylic acid diester compound, polyimide precursor polymer and method for producing the same, negative photosensitive resin composition, positive photosensitive resin composition, patterning process, and method for forming cured film
The present invention provides a tetracarboxylic acid diester compound shown by the following general formula (1), wherein X1 represents a tetravalent organic group; and R1 represents a group shown by the following general formula (2), wherein the dotted line represents a bond; Y1 represents an organic group with a valency of k+1; “k” represents 1 or 2; and “n” represents 0 or 1. There can be provided a tetracarboxylic acid diester compound that can give a polyimide precursor polymer soluble in a safe organic solvent widely used as a solvent of a composition and usable as a base resin of a photosensitive resin composition. |
| US10457778B2 |
Methods of manufacture of polyetherimides
A method of manufacture of a polyetherimide composition includes contacting a substituted phthalic anhydride and an organic diamine in the presence of diphenyl sulfone, sulfolane, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing solvents at a temperature of greater than 130° C. to provide a bis(phthalimide) composition comprising diphenyl sulfone, sulfolane, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing solvents and a bis(phthalimide); and polymerizing the bis(phthalimide) and an alkali metal salt of a dihydroxy aromatic compound in the presence of diphenyl sulfone, sulfolane, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing to form a polyetherimide. The method does not require any catalyst either for the imidization or the polymerization. |
| US10457767B2 |
Method of preparing a polycarbodiimide polymer and polycarbodiimide polymer prepared thereby
A method of producing a polycarbodiimide polymer comprises heating a precursor compound at a desired temperature. The method further comprises combining the precursor compound, a diisocyanate compound, and a carbodiimidization catalyst to form a reaction mixture. Finally, the method comprises heating the reaction mixture for a first period of time at a first temperature, thereby reacting the precursor compound and the diisocyanate compound in the presence of the carbodiimidization catalyst to produce the polycarbodiimide polymer. |
| US10457766B2 |
Long-chain branched polypropylene for film application
The invention relates to a propylene homopolymer or copolymer having a comonomer in the copolymer selected from ethylene, C4-C20-alpha olefin, said propylene homopolymer or copolymer being free of phthalic compound. It further relates to a long-chain branched propylene homopolymer or copolymer (b-PP) having a comonomer in the copolymer selected from ethylene, C4-C20-alpha olefins, said long-chain branched propylene homopolymer or copolymer (b-PP) being free of phthalic compound. As well as their production processes and uses. |
| US10457759B2 |
Co-delivery of cholesterol lowering drugs and nutraceuticals
Star polymer occlusion complexes were prepared comprising i) an amphiphilic unimolecular star polymer having a crosslinked core covalently linked to 6 or more independent amphiphilic polymer arms, ii) a nutraceutical (such as coenzyme Q10), and iii) a cholesterol-lowering drug (such as simvastatin). An initial occlusion complex formed with the nutraceutical and the star polymer exhibited improved binding properties for the cholesterol-lowering drug, resulting in improved loading efficiencies for the cholesterol-lowering drug. The star polymer occlusion complexes have utility in the medical treatment of high blood cholesterol. |
| US10457751B2 |
Method for producing brominated and halohydrated polymers
Conjugated diene polymers such as a styrene-butadiene copolymer are sequentially brominated by reaction with a quaternary ammonium tribromide or quaternary phosphonium tribromide and halohydrated by reaction with an N-haloimide compound. This produces a brominated and halohydrated polymer with very good thermal stability. The product is useful as a flame retardant in a variety of polymer systems. |
| US10457750B2 |
Thermoset foams, and method for manufacturing same from reducing sugars and amines
A process for manufacturing a solid thermoset foam includes the following successive stages: (a) providing an expandable and thermosetting composition including a first reactant chosen from reducing sugars and a second reactant chosen from primary amines, primary amine acid addition salts, secondary amines, secondary amine acid addition salts, and ammonium salts of formula Rn−(NH4+)n where n is an integer at least equal to 1 and Rn− represents the residue of an organic or inorganic acid; (b) introducing the expandable and thermosetting composition into a mold or applying the expandable composition to a support so as to form a film having a thickness at least equal to 1 mm; and (c) heating the expandable and thermosetting composition to a temperature at least equal to 140° C. to react the first reactant with the second reactant and to form, by polymerization and chemical foaming, a block of solid thermoset foam. |
| US10457748B2 |
Single linker FabFv antibodies and methods of producing same
The present disclosure relates to a multi-specific antibody molecule comprising or consisting of three polypeptides: a) a polypeptide chain of formula (I): (Vxx)nVx-Cx-X-V1; and b) a polypeptide chain of formula (II): (Vyy)nVy-Cy c) a polypeptide of formula (III): V2 wherein Vx represents a variable domain, Vxx represents a variable domain, Cx represents a constant region, X represents a linker, V represents a variable domain, Vy represents a variable domain, Vyy represents a variable domain, Cy represents a constant region, V2 represents a variable domain, n independently represents 0 or 1, wherein the polypeptide chain of formula (I) and the polypeptide chain of formula (II) is aligned such that the constant regions Cx and Cy are paired and the variable domains Vx and Vy are paired to form a binding domain and optionally a disulphide bond is present between V and V2, in particular where a disulphide bond is present. The disclosure also extends to pharmaceutical formulation comprising the construct, DNA encoding the constructs and vectors comprising same. The disclosure further extends to a method of expressing the constructs, for example in a host cell and methods for formulating same as a pharmaceutical composition. The disclosure also relates to use of the constructs and formulations in treatment. |
| US10457747B2 |
Method for obtaining high-yield, stable expression cell clones and antibody molecules obtained thereby
Provided is a method for obtaining high-yield, stable expression cell clones from myeloma cell lines in a protein-free culture medium. The method is used for industrial production of a recombinant antibody, and includes three stage: (1) adapting to a protein-free culture medium, statically culturing cells at a low density, and gradually reducing a fat-rich supplement to a chemical culture medium; (2) adapting to a protein-free culture medium; culturing cells at a high density, and using a perfusion fermentation system in a laboratory scale; and (3) screening high-yield, stable expression cell clones from the cells after fermentation ends. The cell clone may be used to produce a humanized anti-NeuGcGM3 14F7 recombinant antibody. |
| US10457745B2 |
Anti-complement C1s antibodies
The present disclosure provides antibodies that bind complement C1s protein; and nucleic acid molecules that encode such antibodies. In some embodiments, such anti-complement C1s antibodies inhibit proteolytic activity of C1s. The present disclosure also provides compositions comprising such antibodies, and methods to produce and use such antibodies, nucleic acid molecules, and compositions. |
| US10457739B2 |
Anti-CEACAM5 antibodies and uses thereof
Antibodies are provided which bind human and Macaca fascicularis CEACAM5 proteins, as well as isolated nucleic acids, vectors and host cells comprising a sequence encoding the antibodies. Also provided are immunoconjugates comprising the antibodies conjugated or linked to a growth-inhibitory agent, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies, or immunoconjugates of the invention. The antibodies or immunoconjugates are used for the treatment of cancer or for diagnostic purposes. |
| US10457738B2 |
Stimulation via TLR4/MD-2 to reverse Type 1 diabetes
Disclosed are methods and compositions for treating Type I diabetes in a subject. Agents selected from a TLR4 agonist, a TLR4/MD-2 agonist, or a combination thereof may be used in the disclosed methods and compositions. Also disclosed are methods of restoring adaptive immune T cell tolerance, treating pernicious insulitis, improving immune tolerance, and treating autoimmune diseases using the disclosed methods and compositions. |
| US10457736B2 |
Binding agents
The invention relates to antibody molecules and antigen-binding portions thereof which bind specifically to glucocorticoid-induced TNF receptor (GITR). In particular aspects of the invention, the antibody molecules specifically bind to human GITR and cynomolgus monkey GITR. The anti-GITR antibody molecules of the invention have been developed and optimized using CDR sequences derived from a murine anti-GITR antibody 6C8. Medical uses of the antibody molecules are disclosed. |
| US10457732B2 |
Bispecific binding proteins and uses thereof
The disclosure generally provides proteins that bind two epitopes (e.g., a first and a second epitope) and that are bivalent for binding to each of the first and second epitopes. The disclosure also provides for specific binding proteins, including antibodies, which bind to a target protein. The disclosure also provides compositions comprising such proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding such proteins and methods of making such proteins. The disclosure provides methods of inducing an immune response in a subject as well as methods for treating or preventing cancer in a subject by administering the proteins, nucleic acid molecules and/or compositions to the subject. |
| US10457731B2 |
Multipartite signaling proteins and uses thereof
Nucleic acids that encode chemically-inducible fusion proteins, vectors that contain nucleic acids that encode chemically-inducible fusion proteins, chemically-inducible fusion proteins, chemically-inducible fusion protein complexes, and non-natural cells that are modified to express chemically-inducible fusion proteins to spatially and temporally control immune cell signal initiation and downstream responses for treating disease. |
| US10457729B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating cancer
The invention provides compositions and methods for treating ovarian cancer. Specifically, the invention relates to administering a genetically modified T cell having α-folate receptor (FRα) binding domain and 4-1BB (CD137) costimulatory domain to treat ovarian cancer. |
| US10457728B2 |
Compounds and methods for treating pain
This disclosure provides compositions and methods for controlling pain. In particular the disclosure provides a method for controlling pain comprising co-administration of an NGF antagonist and a TNFα antagonist. The NGF antagonist and the TNFα antagonist can be separate molecules or part of a multifunctional polypeptide, e.g., a multispecific binding molecule that comprises an NGF antagonist domain and a TNFα antagonist domain. This disclosure also provides multifunctional polypeptides, e.g., multispecific binding molecules, comprising an NGF antagonist domain, and a TNFα antagonist domain. The method provides improved pain control. Administration of an NGF antagonist and a TNFα antagonist as provided herein can control pain in the subject more effectively than an equivalent amount of the NGF antagonist or the TNFα antagonist administered alone. |
| US10457725B2 |
Methods of treating skin cancer by administering a PD-1 inhibitor
The present invention provides methods for treating, reducing the severity, or inhibiting the growth of cancer (e.g., skin cancer). The methods of the present invention comprise administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a programmed death 1 (PD-1) antagonist (e.g., an anti-PD-1 antibody). In certain embodiments, the skin cancer is cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma or basal cell carcinoma. |
| US10457723B2 |
Immunoglobulins and variants directed against pathogenic microbes
Anti-SpA murine, chimeric and humanized monoclonal antibodies, and variant antibodies having a heavy chain with at least one amino acid substitution are provided. Such antibodies may be used to prevent or treat microbial infections. |
| US10457722B2 |
Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease
Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), including Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more bacterial polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides, antigen presenting cell that expresses such polypeptides, and T cells that are specific for cells expressing such polypeptides. The disclosed compositions are useful, for example, in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of IBD. |
| US10457720B2 |
Robust antibody purification
The present invention refers to a method for the separation of host cell proteins (HCPs), antibody fragments and low molecular weight substances from solutions containing antibodies. |
| US10457715B2 |
Optogenetic probes for measuring membrane potential
Provided herein are variants of an archaerhodopsin useful for application such as optical measurement of membrane potential. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, cells comprising the polynucleotides, and cells comprising the polypeptides; and methods of using the variants. |
| US10457714B2 |
Acylated glucagon analogues
The invention provides materials and methods for the treatment of obesity and excess weight, diabetes, and other associated metabolic disorders. In particular, the invention provides novel acylated glucagon analogue peptides effective in such methods. The peptides may mediate their effect by having increased selectivity for the GLP-1 receptor as compared to human glucagon. |
| US10457711B2 |
Dermatophagoides farinae protein
Provided are a novel Dermatophagoides farinae protein, and a diagnostic drug, a prophylactic drug and a therapeutic drug for an allergic disease caused by Dermatophagoides farinae.A Dermatophagoides farinae protein selected from the group consisting of the following (a) to (c), or a fragment peptide thereof: (a) a protein including an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2; (b) a protein including an amino acid sequence in which one or several amino acids have been substituted, deleted, or added relative to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2, and having allergenicity of Dermatophagoides farinae; and (c) a protein including an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity with the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2, and having allergenicity of Dermatophagoides farinae. |
| US10457708B2 |
Stabilized soluble pre-fusion RSV F polypeptides
Stable pre-fusion respiratory syncitial virus (RSV) F polypeptides, immunogenic compositions including the polypeptides, and uses thereof for the prevention and/or treatment of RSV infection are described. |
| US10457700B2 |
Platinum prodrugs and methods of making and using thereof
Disclosed herein are prodrugs of platinum containing anticancer agents such as cisplatin that contain an alkylating moiety. Upon administration, the prodrugs release the platinum containing anticancer agent and the alkylating agent, which can form an adduct with DNA or can protect the platinum containing agent from removal. The disclosed prodrugs can be used to treat various cancers, including cisplatin resistant cancers. |
| US10457694B2 |
Compound and organic photoelectronic device and image sensor
A compound may be represented by Chemical Formula 1, an organic photoelectronic device may include a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other with an active layer that includes the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an image sensor may include the organic photoelectronic device. |
| US10457693B2 |
Organoboron compounds and methods of making organoboron compounds
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for methods of making an organoboron compound, organoboron compounds, and the like. |
| US10457691B2 |
Macrocyclic kinase inhibitors and uses thereof
The present disclosure provides macrocyclic compounds of Formula (I). The provided compounds are able to bind protein kinases and may be useful in modulating (e.g., inhibiting) the activity of a protein kinase in a subject or cell and/or in treating or preventing a disease (e.g., proliferative disease, genetic disease, hematological disease, neurological disease, painful condition, psychiatric disorder, or metabolic disorder) in a subject in need thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods, and uses that include or involve a compound described herein. |
| US10457690B2 |
Process for preparing substituted tetracyclic heterocycle compounds
The present invention is directed to processes for preparing Substituted Tetracyclic Heterocycle Compounds of formula (I): (I) which may be useful as HCV NS5A inhibitors. The present invention is also directed to compounds that may be useful as synthetic intermediates and catalysts in the processes of the invention. |
| US10457687B2 |
Aminoacid derivatives, a process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them
Compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R5, R6, R7, R12, X, Y, A, E and n are as defined in the description. Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in treating a condition requiring a pro-apoptotic agent. |
| US10457683B2 |
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonists and uses thereof
The disclosure relates to aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonists, such as substituted imidazopyridines and imidazopyrazines, as well as methods of expanding hematopoietic stem cells by culturing hematopoietic stem or progenitor cells in the presence of these agents. Additionally, the disclosure provides methods of treating various pathologies in a patient by administration of expanded hematopoietic stem cells. The disclosure further provides methods of synthesizing aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonists, such as substituted imidazopyridines and imidazopyrazines, as well as kits containing aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonists that can be used for the expansion of hematopoietic stem cells. |
| US10457678B2 |
Substituted pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridines as inhibitors of cellular necroptosis
The present invention relates to new N1- and N7-substituted sibiriline derivatives of the following general formula (I): (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof, notably for use as drug, in particular for use as inhibitor of cellular necroptosis. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound and processes to prepare such a compound. The present invention also encompasses the use of a compound of the general formula (I) for organs preservation. |
| US10457675B2 |
Histone deacetylase inhibitors and compositions and methods of use thereof
Provided are certain histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions thereof, and methods of their use. |
| US10457673B2 |
Heteroatom containing deoxyuridine triphosphatase inhibitors
Provided herein are dUTPase inhibitors, compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds and compositions in a method of treating cancer. The dUTPase inhibitors disclosed contain a uracil isostere in the molecule represented by a 2,6-diketopiperazine moiety. Thioanalogs of the uracil isostere where a thione replaces each of the ketone are also disclosed. |
| US10457665B2 |
1,4-di-(4-methylthiophenyl)-3-phtaloylazetidine-2-one and the derivatives thereof
The present invention relates to a compound with formula (I) or a salt and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate thereof, the method for preparing same as well as the uses thereof, in particular the therapeutic use thereof, mainly in the treatment of diseases associated with a hyperactivity of the endocannabinoid system. |
| US10457662B2 |
Substituted amides for treating and preventing cancer
This invention is in the field of medicinal chemistry. In particular, the invention relates to novel small molecule compounds having a quinolin-8-yl-nicotinamide structure (e.g., a compound having Formula I: which are useful in treating, ameliorating, or preventing various forms of cancer (e.g., pancreatic cancer). |
| US10457661B2 |
Method of recovering lactide
A method of recovering lactide which includes throwing a polylactic acid and a depolymerization catalyst into an extruder (1) communicated with a vent chamber (3) maintained under a reduced pressure, melt-kneading the polylactic acid and the depolymerization catalyst together in the extruder (1), feeding the melt-kneaded product thereof into the vent chamber (3), depolymerizing the polylactic acid in the vent chamber (3), gasifying the formed lactide and recovering the gasified lactide from the vent chamber (3). |
| US10457659B2 |
Compositions and methods for increasing proliferation of adult salivary stem cells
The present disclosure provides methods of increasing proliferation of adult salivary stem cells. The methods include contacting adult salivary stem cells in vivo, in vitro, or ex vivo with an aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) agonist. Increasing proliferation of adult salivary stem cells can be carried out to provide for an increase in the number of adult salivary stem cells in an individual undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. |
| US10457657B2 |
Processes for preparing 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid and esters thereof
A process for producing furan dicarboxylic acid or an ester thereof from a feedstock comprising hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF) and humins is disclosed. Humins are a byproduct from reactions forming HMF from sugars and are typically removed from the HMF prior to any further processing. A humins-containing HMF feedstock is utilized to produce furan dicarboxylic acids and ester substantially free from humins. |
| US10457656B2 |
Conversion of biomass
Biomass feedstocks (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) are processed to produce useful products, such as fuels. For example, systems are described that can convert feedstock materials to a sugar solution, especially, xylose, which can then be chemically converted to furfural and furfural-derived products. |
| US10457653B2 |
Adenylyl cyclase inhibitors for chronic pain and opioid dependence
This present application disclosed a series of selective adenylyl cyclase 1 (AC1) inhibitors, compounds having a formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as a pain therapeutic. Those compounds may provide an effective method of treatment for chronic/inflammatory pain. Those compounds may also prevent opioid dependence and/or reduce opioid dependence. Both method and composition matters are within the scope of this invention. |
| US10457650B2 |
Triazine compounds as photostabilizing agents
Disclosed are triazine compounds of formula (I): wherein X, R, A and B are as defined in the description as photostabilizing agents against UV-visible radiation. |
| US10457649B2 |
Polymorphs of a mPGES-1 inhibiting triazolone compound
The present application relates to solid state forms of a triazolone compound which exhibit mPGES-1 enzyme inhibition activity, specifically N-(4-chloro-3-(5-oxo-1-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)benzyl)pivalamide (Compound of formula II), and process for preparation thereof. |
| US10457644B2 |
Pyrazol compounds as EAAT3 inhibitors
The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R1′, R2, R3, R4 are as defined herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds. |
| US10457642B2 |
211-astatine containing radiotherapeutics for the treatment of cancer
Described herein is an alpha-emitting radionuclide, 211At, which has been incorporated into a selective sigma-2 ligand moiety to provide cytotoxic capabilities to a chemical compound. As described herein, a compound of formula (I), wherein R1-R4, m, and n are defined herein, was prepared and utilized in in vitro and in vivo tumor targeting of alpha-emitting sigma-2 ligand in a breast cancer model. In one embodiment, the compound is 5-(211At)—N-(4-(6,7-dimethoxy-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-2(1H)-yl)butyl)-2,3-dimethoxybenzamide. |
| US10457639B2 |
Fluorescent regulators of RASSF1A expression and human cancer cell proliferation
The invention provides methods for the treatment of cancer in a subject comprising administering a dansyl-carbazole compound. |
| US10457634B2 |
Process for the production of formaldehyde
A process is described for the production of formaldehyde, comprising (a) subjecting methanol to oxidation with air in a formaldehyde production unit thereby producing a formaldehyde-containing stream; (b) separating said formaldehyde-containing stream into a formaldehyde product stream and a formaldehyde vent gas stream; wherein the vent gas stream, optionally after treatment in a vent gas treatment unit, is passed to one or more stages of: (i) synthesis gas generation, (ii) carbon dioxide removal, (iii) methanol synthesis or (iv) urea synthesis. |
| US10457631B2 |
Biodegradable amino-ester nanomaterials for nucleic acid delivery
The present disclosure relates to a series of biodegradable amino-ester lipid-like nanoparticles. In some embodiments, the biodegradable amino-ester lipid-like nanoparticles are used in methods for the delivery of nucleic acids. |
| US10457630B2 |
Reclamation of noble products in a method for producing (meth)acrylic ester
The invention relates to a method for producing a (meth)acrylic ester with improved productivity, by transesterfication of a light alkyl (meth)acrylate with a heavy alcohol. The method of the invention includes the recycling of noble products recovered after the thermal treatment of heavy fractions generated during the synthesis, said thermal treatment being carried out in the presence of a dialkyl phthalate, the alkyl chain of which corresponds to that of the light alkyl (meth)acrylate. The invention applies to the production of N,N-dimethyaminoethyl acrylate from ethyl acrylate. |
| US10457628B2 |
Polymerizable compound, polymerizable composition, film, and half mirror for displaying projection image
The present invention provides a new polymerizable compound which is represented by Formula (I). In the formula, R1 indicates an alkyl group or the like, A represents a (m+n)valent cyclic group, L1 indicates a single bond or the like, L2 indicates —COO— or the like, Z indicates —COO— or the like, Sp indicates an alkylene group, an alkyleneoxy group, or the like, Q indicates a polymerizable group such as a (meth)acryloyl groups, 1 indicates an integer of 0 to 2, m indicates an integer of 1 or 2, and n indicates an integer of 1 to 3. The present invention also provides a polymerizable composition which includes the polymerizable compound described above, a film which is formed from the polymerizable composition described above, and a half mirror for displaying a projection image which includes the film described above. Using the polymerization composition described above, it is possible to manufacture films such as a low birefringence retardation film and a reflection film with high reflection wavelength region selectivity. |
| US10457627B2 |
Prodrugs of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, compositions and uses thereof
The present disclosure discloses prodrugs of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid as well as compositions and uses thereof. |
| US10457626B2 |
Method for producing methylmethacrylate
The present invention relates to a process for producing methyl methacrylate, comprising the following steps: A) producing methacrolein and B) reacting the methacrolein obtained in step A) in an oxidative esterification reaction to give methyl methacrylate, characterized in that the two steps A) and B) take place in a liquid phase at a pressure of from 2 to 100 bar, and step B) is carried out in the presence of a heterogeneous noble-metal-containing catalyst comprising metals and/or comprising metal oxides. |
| US10457624B2 |
Systems and processes for thermolysis of polylactones to produce organic acids
Reactor systems and processes produce organic acids through thermolysis of polylactones. The reactor systems and processes introduce at least one epoxide reagent and carbon monoxide reagent to at least one reaction vessel through at least one feed stream inlet. The epoxide reagent and carbon monoxide reagent contact at least one carbonylation catalyst to produce at least one beta-lactone intermediate. The beta-lactone intermediate is polymerized with at least one initiator in the presence of a metal cation to produce at least one polylactone product. The polylactone product is heated under thermolysis conditions to produce at least one organic acid product. The processes control the presence of contaminates, impurities, catalytic materials, and/or reagents to provide for highly pure organic acid products. |
| US10457618B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising monoterpenes
The present invention provides a process for purifying a monoterpene or sesquiterpene having a purity greater than about 98.5% (w/w). The process comprises the steps of derivatizing the monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) to produce a monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) derivative, separating the monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) derivative, and releasing the monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) from the derivative. Also encompassed by the scope of the present invention is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) having a purity greater than about 98.5% (w/w). The purified monoterpene can be used to treat a disease such as cancer. The present monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) may be administered alone, or may be co-administered with radiation or other therapeutic agents, such as chemotherapeutic agents. |
| US10457615B2 |
Process for isomerization and decarboxylation of unsaturated organic compounds with a metal catalyst or catalyst precursor
Disclosed is the use of a metal catalyst or catalyst precursor that catalyzes the isomerization of an unsaturated fatty acid, unsaturated fatty acid derivative, or an unsaturated triglyceride. Also disclosed is the use of a metal catalyst or catalyst precursor that catalyzes the decarboxylation of an unsaturated organic compound. Also disclosed is the use of a catalyst or catalyst precursor for the dual function isomerization and decarboxylation of an unsaturated fatty acid to an unsaturated organic compound. |
| US10457614B1 |
Portable compost retention unit with removable partition
A compost retention unit with removable partition is provided. The compost retention unit includes mesh retention material secured to interconnected frame structures such that the mesh retention material and the plurality of frame structures can cooperate to retain compost within the unit when the unit is fully assembled upon a generally flat surface. The removable partition can be secured to provide separate enclosures, and can be removed to facilitate transfer or turning of the compost. Preferably, the compost retention unit can be collapsed for storage or shipment and expanded to assemble the retention unit for use. Preferably the compost retention unit includes three rectangular frame structures which pivot to assemble the compost retention unit for use. Most preferably, the frame structures are made of four lengths of wooden “two-by-four” or “two-by-six” framing materials, and the mesh retention material is preferably a wire mesh material. |
| US10457611B2 |
Arbuscular mycorrhizal seed and in-furrow compositions containing polyethylene glycol and methods of their use
The present invention is directed to Mycorrhizal seed and in-furrow compositions containing polyethylene glycol. The present invention is further directed to methods of improving plant growth by applying Mycorrhizal seed and in-furrow compositions containing polyethylene glycol to a plant, plant propagation material or an area where a plant will grow. |
| US10457609B2 |
Urea ammonium nitrate production
The invention relates to a process for the production of urea ammonium nitrate, a system and a method of modifying a plant. The process comprises treating ammonia-containing off-gas resulting from the production of ammonium nitrate (AN off-gas) with acidic scrubbing liquid in a finishing treatment section having a gas inlet in fluid communication with a gas outlet of a finishing section of a urea production unit, wherein the finishing section is adapted to solidify urea liquid, and wherein said finishing treatment section is adapted to subject ammonia-containing off-gas of the finishing section to treatment with an acidic scrubbing liquid. |
| US10457604B2 |
Micro-nano composite hollow structured nanometer material-modified high-durability concrete material and preparation method thereof
The present invention discloses a micro-nano composite hollow structured nanometer material-modified high-durability concrete material, and according to mass parts, its raw material formula is as follows: cobaltosic oxide, 1000-1500 parts; cement, 1000-1300 parts; dioctyl sebacate, 1000-1500 parts; water, 800-1200 parts; nanocarbon, 1200-1800 parts; nano calcium carbonate, 35-50 parts; sodium silicate, 10-20 parts; micro-nano structured calcium molybdate, 50-80 parts; dipentaerythritol, 60-90 parts; and dioctyl ester 30-60 parts. The present invention enables existing concrete to be improved effectively and stably in terms of shrinkage, cracking resistance and rapid hardening; the synthetic chemical functional material may lower a chloride ion diffusion coefficient of the concrete by more than 50%, cut down shrinkage by more than 30%, and reduce the cracking risk of concrete products by 50%. |
| US10457603B2 |
Casting method for making a lightweight concrete product
A structural lightweight concrete composition comprising cement, a fine aggregate such as sand, a natural coarse aggregates, such as limestone, scoria or perlite or mixtures thereof, a synthetic coarse aggregate comprising a polymeric material, such as polypropylene beads, an industrial waste byproduct in the form of fine particles, such as silica fume or heavy oil ash, a superplasticizer, such as a polycarboxylate ether and water demonstrating lower thermal conductivity and sufficient compressive strength. Concrete products made therefrom and methods for producing such products are also provided. |
| US10457601B2 |
Settable compositions comprising remediated fly ash (RFA) and methods of cementing in subterranean formations
Some embodiments of the present invention comprise a method of cementing comprising: placing a settable composition into a well bore, the settable composition comprising RFA, hydraulic cement, and water; and allowing the settable composition to set. Other embodiments comprise a method of cementing comprising: placing a settable composition into a well bore, the settable composition comprising RFA, calcium hydroxide (lime), and water; and allowing the settable composition to set. Other embodiments comprise a settable composition comprising: RFA, hydraulic cement, calcium hydroxide, natural pozzolan and water; and allowing the composition to set. Other embodiments comprise a settable composition comprising RFA and any combination of hydraulic cement, calcium hydroxide, slag, fly ash, and natural or other pozzolan. |
| US10457599B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing cement clinker
In methods of and/or plants for manufacturing cement clinker, the amount of chloride bypass exhaust gas 79 can be substantially decreased, when using previously cooled chloride bypass exhaust gas 81 and/or cooled kiln exhaust gas as coolant for the chloride bypass exhaust gas 39 prior to deducting the chloride bypass exhaust gas 39. |
| US10457598B1 |
Method of manufacturing hydrated lime
A method of providing highly reactive hydrated lime and the resultant lime hydrate where an initial lime feed comprising calcium and impurities is first ground to a particle-size distribution with relatively course particles. Smaller particles are then removed from this ground lime and the smaller particles are hydrated and flash dried to form a hydrated lime, which is then milled to a significantly smaller particle size than that of the relatively course particles. |
| US10457597B2 |
Adhesion promoters and gel-modifiers for olefin metathesis compositions
This invention relates to compositions and methods for improving the adhesion of resin compositions to substrate materials, pre-treating substrate materials to improve the adhesion of resin compositions to the substrate materials, and/or controlling gel formation of resin compositions. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions and methods for improving the adhesion of ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) compositions to substrate materials using adhesion promoters containing isocyariate groups in a resin composition. The invention also relates to methods for improving the adhesion of resin compositions to substrate materials by pre-treating substrate materials with adhesion promoters containing isocyanate groups. The invention further relates to a method of providing a gel-modified ROMP composition, in which a hydroperoxide is added to a ROMP polymerizable resin composition in order to control gel formation of the polymerizing resin. An improved ROMP composition is further disclosed, comprising a cyclic olefin, a ROMP metathesis catalyst, an adhesion promoter, and an added hydroperoxide gel modifier. The polymer products produced via ROMP reactions of the invention may be utilized for a wide range of materials and composite applications. The invention has utility in the fields of catalysis, organic synthesis, and polymer and materials chemistry and manufacture. |
| US10457593B2 |
Glass plate with film, touch sensor, film and method for producing glass plate with film
Provided is a glass sheet (1) with a film, including a laminated film (2), which includes a plurality of films laminated together, formed on a glass sheet (3). The laminated film (2) includes: an inorganic material film (4), which contains at least a noble metal, formed on the glass sheet (3); a plated metal film (5) formed on the inorganic material film; and a metal film (6) formed on the plated metal film (5). The laminated film (2) is black when viewed from a glass sheet (3) side. |
| US10457591B2 |
Substrate provided with a stack having thermal properties comprising at least one nickel oxide layer
A transparent substrate is provided, on a main face, with a stack of thin layers including at least one, metallic functional layer having properties of reflection in the infrared region and/or in the solar radiation region, based on silver or on silver-containing metal alloy, and two antireflective coatings. The antireflective coatings each include at least one dielectric layer. The functional layer is positioned between the two antireflective coatings. At least one nickel oxide NixO layer is located under the functional layer in the direction of the substrate and/or above the functional layer, with interposition of at least one layer or of just one layer made of a different material between the or each nickel oxide NixO layer and the functional layer. |
| US10457583B2 |
Method for relieving corrosive environment of boiling water reactor, nuclear power plant, and method for injecting noble metal which is carried out in nuclear power plant
The present disclosure provides a method for relieving a corrosive environment of a boiling water reactor, the method including a step of injecting hydrogen and a noble metal compound into water to be replenished into the reactor pressure vessel during a period of a generating operation of a boiling water nuclear power plant including the reactor pressure vessel. In the method, the hydrogen is injected into water to be supplied into the reactor pressure vessel, and the noble metal compound is injected into water in a line of the boiling water nuclear power plant in which a concentration of oxygen or hydrogen peroxide is stoichiometrically higher than the concentration of hydrogen at which hydrogen undergoes a chemical reaction to turn to water. Thus, when a noble metal is injected into a boiling water reactor, the noble metal can be restrained from adhering onto a pipe for an injection and other pipes, and thereby can increase the amount of the noble metal to be injected into a cooling water in a reactor pressure vessel. |
| US10457580B2 |
Device for treating a black and odorous water body with a bionic process
The present application provides a device for treating a black and odorous water body comprising a pre-treatment unit, a biomimetic intestine tubular purification system which imitates a digestion of small intestine, a microbial fuel cell which imitates a digestion of large intestine, and an inclined tube sedimentation tank which imitates human excretion. |
| US10457578B1 |
Automated sulfur burner for agricultural irrigation
A sulfur burner system can include an electronic control system, various sensors coupled to the electronic control system, and various components electronically controlled by the electronic control system. The sensors can include a pH sensor coupled to an irrigation pipe, a thermometer, and a pressure transducer. The components controlled by the electronic control system can include valves, igniters, and pumps or variable frequency drives thereof. |
| US10457577B2 |
Waste separation device with separation magnetic filter
A device for separating waste includes a tank having a closed internal chamber, the device being provided with an inlet opening and an outlet opening that can be connected to a suction system. The internal chamber of the tank is provided with a magnetic filter making it possible to attract and retain ferromagnetic waste likely to be entrained by the suction system into the tank, with a grating placed between the filter and the base of the tank, with a fluid discharge system at the level of its base. The device which is intended to be connected to a suction system makes it possible to retain and recover, sorted, the waste sucked in by said system and prevent the latter from polluting the pipelines thereof until they are blocked. |
| US10457574B2 |
Reverse osmosis systems with built in pressure regulation
Systems for counter top and under the counter use having a self contained reverse osmosis filter system having a manifold assemble under which parts of the self contained reverse osmosis filter system are attached, and a raw water pressure regulator also attached under the manifold assembly, the raw water pressure regulator having an inlet for coupling to a source of raw water and an outlet coupled to the inlet for the self contained reverse osmosis filter system, whereby the ratio of product water to waste water may be maximized under normal operating conditions without clogging the self contained reverse osmosis filter system if the pressure of the source of raw water is high. |
| US10457573B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing radioactive wastewater
A method and an apparatus for processing radioactive wastewater are provided, wherein the radioactive wastewater is processed by using Disc Tube Reverse Osmosis (DTRO) membrane assembly, thereby achieving both the effects of high decontamination factors and high concentration multiples. In said method, the radioactive wastewater passes through the first-stage membrane assembly and the second-stage membrane assembly in sequence to obtain the second-stage clear water, and the first-stage concentrated water flowing out of the first-stage membrane assembly enters the third-stage membrane assembly to obtain concentrate. |
| US10457572B2 |
Oil water separator
An oil water composite fluid separator apparatus designed for use in industrial applications in which unwanted tramp oils or other fluids, such as hydraulic oils, with specific gravity less than that of the operating fluid are required to be removed from operating fluid such as water, lubri-coolants or other liquids. |
| US10457571B2 |
Membrane cleaning and desalination with a membrane using acoustic pressure shock waves
Acoustic pressure shock waves are applied to a membrane in a fluid to prevent attachment of or dislodge biological or solid matter for membrane cleaning or desalination with a membrane. |
| US10457563B2 |
Highly aminated self-assembling functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles and method of synthesis
A method for self-assembling a mesoporous silica nanoparticle. The method comprises the step of condensing a silica precursor, a surfactant and a condensation agent in a solvent. Then, the addition of an organotriethoxysilane is performed. Finally, there is the step of removing the surfactant. The method is remarkable in that the portion of the organotriethoxysilane to the silica precursor is comprised between 5% and 15%. Additionally, a self-assembled mesoporous silica nanoparticle comprising at least one silica precursor and an organotriethoxysilane. |
| US10457560B1 |
Synthesis of mesoporous silica shapes using sodium silicate as a silica source
This invention describes the self-assembly of meso(nano)porous silica particles from inorganic an inexpensive silica precursor, sodium silicate. The particles have a well defined shape, high surface area, and high uniformity of the pore size, the properties that are typically found for high quality mesoporous material synthesized from organic silica precursors. The disclosure illustrates a synthesis of hard spheres, discoids, and a mixture comprising discoids, gyroids and fibers, termed as origami. |
| US10457559B2 |
Method for purifying halogenated oligosilanes
The invention relates to a method for purifying halogenated oligosilanes in the form of a pure compound or a mixture of compounds with respectively at least one direct Si—Si bond, the substituents thereof being exclusively made from halogen or from halogen and hydrogen and in the composition thereof, the atomic ratio of the substituents:silicon is at least 3:2, by the action of at least one purification agent on the halogenated oligosilane and by isolating the halogenated oligosilanes with improved purity. According to prior art, halogenated monosilanes such as HSiCl3 are purified by treating with organic compounds, preferably polymers, containing amino groups, and are separated from said mixtures. Based on the contained amino groups, said method can not be used for halogenated oligosilanes as the secondary reactions lead to a decomposition of the products. The novel method is used to provide the desired products in a high yield and purity without using the amino groups. |
| US10457557B2 |
Process for preparing graphene nanoplatelets
Process for producing graphene nanoplatelets, comprising expanding flakes of intercalated graphite and collection of the same in a dispersing medium with forming of a dispersion that is subjected to exfoliation and size reduction treatment carried out by high pressure homogenization in a high shear homogenizer. A dispersion of graphene is obtained in the form of nanoplatelets, at least 90% of which have a lateral size (x, y) from 50 to 50,000 nm and a thickness (z) from 0.34 to 50 nm. |
| US10457555B2 |
Method for making carbon nanotube array
A method for making carbon nanotube array includes depositing a catalyst layer on a substrate surface of a growth substrate, to form a composite structure. The composite structure is placed in a chamber. The carbon source gas and protective gas are supplied to the chamber, and the composite structure is heated to a first temperature, to grow a carbon nanotube array on the substrate surface. Then the carbon nanotube is oxidized. |
| US10457554B2 |
Carbon nanotubes and methods of making carbon nanotubes
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for methods that can be used to produce carbon nanotubes (hereinafter CNT) having an inner diameter about 5-55 nm, methods of tuning the inner diameter of CNTs (e.g., by adjusting reaction pressure), CNTs having an inner diameter of greater than 20 nm or more, and the like. |
| US10457552B2 |
Flow sensing ozone converter
A flow sensing ozone converter includes an inlet housing, an outlet housing, and a central housing. The inlet housing defines a first pressure port. The outlet housing defines a second pressure port. The central housing extends between a second end of the inlet housing and a first end of the outlet housing. |
| US10457547B2 |
Multi-layer, stress-isolation platform for a MEMS die
A multi-layer, stress-isolation platform configured for attaching a MEMS die to a base includes a first platform, a first layer of attachment material between the base and the first platform and attaching the first platform to the base, a MEMS die, and a second layer of attachment material between the first platform and the MEMS die and attaching the MEMS die to the first platform. |
| US10457544B2 |
MEMS transducer for interacting with a volume flow of a fluid and method for manufacturing the same
A MEMS transducer for interacting with a volume flow of a fluid includes a substrate including a cavity, and an electromechanical transducer connected to the substrate in the cavity and including an element deformable along a lateral movement direction, wherein a deformation of the deformable element along the lateral movement direction and the volume flow of the fluid are causally related. |
| US10457543B2 |
Electrostatic actuator and switch
An electrostatic actuator includes a base, a movable electrode including a semiconductor and supported to the base to be displaceable in a first direction, and a fixed electrode including the semiconductor and fixed to the base, in which the fixed electrode faces the movable electrode in a state of being separated therefrom in the first direction. The electrostatic actuator includes a high-resistance region formed in at least a portion of each of respective facing surfaces of the movable electrode and the fixed electrode, and lower in impurity concentration than a surrounding region thereof. |
| US10457541B2 |
Under-saddle and manufacturing method thereof
Under-saddle (1) comprising a flexible base (2) which defines a pair of base surfaces (4, 4′) separated through the relative thickness (6), and a plurality of separation elements (8, 8′, 10, 10′) which extend from at least one (4, 4′) of said surfaces to distance the flexible base (2) from an opposite abutment surface (12, 12′) in contact with said elements. The separation elements 8, 8′, 10, 10′ are reciprocally distributed in such a way that at least a pair of them delimits with the base surface (4; 4′) and with the abutment surface (12, 12′) an aeration chamber or duct (14) open on at least one side. The present invention further relates to a manufacturing method of an under-saddle. |
| US10457531B2 |
Winch and safety device thereof
The invention provides a safety device for a winch, which would not startle or otherwise easily impact the psychology of a user, so that the user can use the winch more safely. The safety device of a winch includes a power module, a detection module and a control module, and further includes a display driving module and a display module. The display driving module is electrically connected to the display module. The display driving module and the detection module are electrically connected to the power module. The power module, the detection module and the display driving module are electrically connected to the control module. The invention further provides a winch, further including a detection device and an expression device. The detection device is used for detecting the working load of a motor. The expression device is used for expressing the load according to the detection signal of the detection device. |
| US10457530B2 |
Lift crane with moveable counterweight
A lift crane includes a carbody; moveable ground engaging members; a rotating bed rotatably connected to the carbody; and a boom pivotally mounted on the rotating bed. The crane is configured for assembly in at least two configurations. In the first configuration, the crane further includes a live mast; a first counterweight support frame; and a first movable counterweight unit moveably connected to and supported by the first counterweight support frame. In the second configuration, the crane further includes a lattice mast; a second counterweight support frame; a moveable counterweight support beam coupled to the second counterweight support frame and operable to move relative to the second counterweight support frame; and a second moveable counterweight unit moveably connected to the moveable counterweight support beam. |
| US10457529B2 |
Crane with rotary locking mechanism
A telescoping crane boom having a rotary locking mechanism. A motor drives a rotating element about an axis parallel to the axis of the crane boom. The rotation of the rotating member causes a pin to selectively lock and unlock sections of the telescoping crane boom. |
| US10457528B2 |
Davit arm
In some embodiments, a davit arm system comprises a davit body arranged to engage a support and an arm supported by the davit body. The arm is moveable along a length of the davit body. In some embodiments, a bearing is oriented between said arm and said davit body. In some embodiments, a bearing a polymer sleeve. In some embodiments, a bearing comprises rollers. In some embodiments, a bearing comprises ball transfer bearings. In some embodiments, a bearing excludes moving parts. |
| US10457527B2 |
Operation device for manual control of a load suspended in the operation device
Provided are a method and an operation device for a manual control of a load suspended in the operations device (2) having a housing (20); a first connection device (5), at least indirectly carried by the housing (20), for the connection of the operation device (2) to a device for the lifting and lowering of the operation device (2) with its suspended load; a second connection device (21), at least indirectly carried by the housing, for the connection of the operation device (2) to the load which is to carried by the operation means; a handle (22), which is movably arranged in relation to the housing (20) and the load connection device (21) and which has a rest position between two end positions; a sensor (4) arranged inside the housing (20) for the detection of a motion by the handle (22) in relation to the housing (20) and the load connection device (21), which sensor (4) emits a signal corresponding to the movement of the handle (23) from its rest position; a control unit for receiving the signal and as a result thereof control the lifting and lowering of the operation device (2) with its suspended load, wherein the sensor (4) is an electromagnetic induction sensor. |
| US10457526B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting overload distortion
A method and apparatus for detecting overload distortion in lifting and the like gear is disclosed. The apparatus includes a hook with two reference points thereon defining, in the undistorted state of the hook, a reference dimension. The hook also has a standard dimension provided on the hook and conveniently accessible for reference purposes. The standard dimension is also a pair of points and one of this pair is coincident with one of the reference points thereby forming a triangle of points on the hook. |
| US10457516B2 |
Sheet storage apparatus and printing apparatus
A sheet storage apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a receiving unit which receives a sheet that is discharged from a discharge port at a position below the discharge port, and a sheet butting unit which is provided in the vicinity of the receiving unit and receives a front end portion of the sheet. The sheet butting unit has a projection which is provided on at least one of an inner side surface and an inner upper surface of the sheet butting unit. The projection is configured to be capable of retaining a state of regulating vertically upward movement of the front end portion of the sheet being discharged from the discharge port. |
| US10457511B2 |
Rotating member, sheet transport device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus
A rotating member includes a rotating-member body, identification information, and a holding member. The rotating-member body having a cylindrical or columnar shape has one end portion and an outer circumferential surface and is to be rotated. The identification information is provided at the one end portion on the outer circumferential surface of the rotating-member body. The holding member is provided at the one end portion of the rotating-member body, holds the rotating-member body, and has an inner circumferential surface in part of which a space not to be in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the rotating-member body is provided. The identification information is disposed in the space of the holding member. |
| US10457495B2 |
Operation of an active control roller top conveying assembly
A modular conveying assembly includes active roller control for reducing backline pressure without product to product contact when accumulating products. Methods are discussed for manipulating objects by a bump-through indexing operation, a slug-control indexing operation, a catch-and-release indexing operation, box or case turning operations, and zero-pressure accumulation operations. |
| US10457493B1 |
Indexing conveyor system and method
An indexing conveyor system including a work station skipping device. The conveyor system has a rail situated above a plurality of same-length work stations along a path of conveyance. The work station skipping device is operable to engage a load and transfer the load from a first conveyor carriage to a second, further downstream carriage for advancing more than one work station length so that the load skips over a predetermined one of the plurality of work stations. |
| US10457491B2 |
Conveying systems and methods of use
The present invention provides an improved conveyor system that provides for a magnetically driven conveyor system in which a sidewall of the conveyor may have minimal or no perforations therein for connecting rollers or other conveying structures in the conveyor bed to an external driving mechanism. The conveyor system may also provide gapless or nearly gapless roller bed that prevents or reduces the accumulation of debris and contaminants in and between the hardware of the conveyor bed. The system of the present invention may provide a more efficient and sanitary conveyor system for produce washing or other food processing application that requires less maintenance. |
| US10457490B2 |
Transfer apparatus and holding apparatus
According to one embodiment, a transfer apparatus includes a base, a first linear motion member, a second linear motion member, a moving conveyor, an extraction arm, and a holding part. The first linear motion member is supported by the base and is movable in a first direction. The second linear motion member is supported by the first liner motion member and is movable in a second direction crossing the first direction. The moving conveyor is supported by the second linear motion member and includes a belt for conveying an article. The extraction arm is provided on a side of the moving conveyor, extracts the article and places the article on the belt. The holding part is provided at an end of the extraction arm and holds the article. |
| US10457489B2 |
Pallet transport device
A pallet transport device (10) includes: pallet rails (21, 31, 36); moving mechanisms (41, 51, 56) that move a pallet (11) along the pallet rails (21, 31, 36); a transfer mechanism (61) that transfers the pallet (11) guided by one of the pallet rails (21, 31, 36) to another pallet rail (21, 31, 36) using a pivoting member (62) and a retaining rail (63); a moving assistance mechanism (81) that moves the pallet (11) from the pallet rails (21, 31, 36) to the retaining rail (63), or from the retaining rail (63) to the pallet rails (21, 31, 36); and an elevator mechanism (95) configured to cause the moving assistance mechanism (81) to ascend and descend. When the elevator mechanism (95) has caused the moving assistance mechanism (81) to descend, the transfer mechanism (61) is in a state where it is capable of causing the pivoting member (62) to pivot. |
| US10457487B2 |
Sorting conveyor and belt
A sorting conveyor comprising a modular conveyor belt having a plurality of carriers along its length. Each carrier comprises an opening through the belt associated with one or more doors movable between a closed position occluding the opening and supporting a load and an open position not occluding the opening to drop the load at a selected drop position. |
| US10457484B2 |
Automated storage and retrieval system
An autonomous rover including a frame having a first end and a second end longitudinally spaced from the first end and forming a payload bay, the payload bay being sized to support a pickface, a common active registration surface configured to engage the pickface, and a drive section connected to the common active registration surface, the drive section being configured to variably position the common active registration surface relative to at least one storage shelf of an automated storage and retrieval system to effect placement of the pickface on the storage shelf so that pickfaces are substantially continuously arranged along the at least one storage shelf with a predetermined storage spacing between the pickfaces. |
| US10457481B2 |
Structure protector
Structure protector (5), wherein these structures (5) are shelves, doors, pillars or similar and have support legs (6), which comprises a covering element (1) of the support legs (6), formed by a profile (1.1) with a C-shaped section suitable for being adjusted on the exterior lateral contour of said support legs (6) and with a support base (1.2) to the ground and at least one element with a hollow truncated pyramid shape (2), with three inclined sides (2.1) and one open side, an open lower base and an upper base, which is open towards the open side, which has a horizontal flat surface (2.2) in the contour corresponding to the three inclined sides (2.1), where the shape of the interior contour of this horizontal flat surface (2.2) is suitable for fitting the surface around the covering element (1). |
| US10457480B2 |
Cantilevered dumper system
A cantilevered dumping system comprising a dumping mechanism that is adapted to be repositioned (e.g., reversed) relative to a base structure such that there may be multiple modes of operation of the dumping mechanism relative to the base structure (e.g., loading of materials and/or movement of the dumping mechanism, etc.). An exemplary embodiment of a dumping system may allow for the connections of a dumping mechanism to a base structure to be changed (e.g., reversed) such that the operation of the dumping mechanism relative to the base structure (e.g., loading of materials and/or movement of the dumping mechanism, etc.) is different. Another embodiment of a dumping system may include a base structure that includes multiple guide plates and/or guide rails to facilitate the desired modes of operation of a dumping mechanism relative to the base structure (e.g., loading of materials and/or movement of the dumping mechanism, etc.). |
| US10457475B2 |
Cap assembly with dispensing vessel
The invention provides an assembly for dispensing portioned amounts of materials from a container, while keeping the undispensed portions stored within the container, and displaying the dispensed portions for consumption. The cap assembly includes a body member which can reversibly engage the container, and a cap member that transfers predetermined volumes of articles from the interior of a container to a serving vessel that is accessible by an individual consumer, while leaving the remainder of the articles within the container and unavailable to a consumer. The relative position of the body and cap members block or unblock a passageway for dispensing articles through a mouth of the container. The cap member can be used multiple times to dispense additional volumes of articles from the container as desired. |
| US10457474B2 |
Individual pill dispenser
A pill dispenser that includes a container and a cap having a pill dispensing chamber that is configured to receive a single pill. The container has a neck extending from the upper segment of the container walls that has an aperture made therethrough. The cap, which also has an aperture in its annular edge is rotatably mounted to the neck of the container. Upon inverting the pill dispenser, a pill will be received in the dispensing chamber. Thereafter, the cap is rotated a sufficient distance to cause the aperture on the cap to align with the aperture in the neck—thereby forming a passage through which a single pill is dispensed. |
| US10457473B2 |
Methods and apparatus for dispensing solid articles
A dispensing apparatus for dispensing articles includes a housing and a drive system. The housing defines a hopper chamber to hold the articles, a dispensing outlet, and a dispensing path between the hopper chamber and the dispensing outlet. The drive system includes a belt and a belt actuator operable to drive the belt. The dispensing apparatus is configured such that articles disposed in the hopper chamber are directed onto the belt and the belt, when driven by the belt actuator, conveys the articles received from the hopper chamber in a dispensing direction along the dispensing path toward the dispensing outlet to be dispensed. |
| US10457464B2 |
Cushion structure and packaging assembly
A cushion structure for use with a packaging case provides cushion and protection of an object. The cushion structure includes a first member and a second member. The first member is configured to snuggly receive the object; the second member is configured to be mounted onto a case body of the packaging case; and the first member and the second member are detachably coupled. |
| US10457463B2 |
Protective packaging with mounting and removal function
A protective packaging for sharp-edged objects is disclosed. The protective packaging generally has two shell parts connected pivotally on one side in the area of a pivot axis. At least one of the shell parts forms a first receiving space that is configured to receive an object and provide a free space between for the shell parts and the object, and a second receiving area configured to hold the object in a form-fitting manner. A third receiving space adjacent the second receiving area provides sufficient space for connection of a tool carrier to the object. The protective packaging is therefore designed as a mounting and removal tool rotatable around its longitudinal axis, and the object contained in the protective packaging can be mounted on and removed from any tool holder together with the protective packaging without contact with the hand. |
| US10457461B2 |
Container with inner package
A container includes an inner package (130) disposed within a housing (112). The inner package includes a wrapper having a line of weakness (142) that defines a flap (144) in the wrapper. The flap is attached to an inner surface (122) of a lid of the container such that upon opening the lid the flap is separated from the wrapper along the line of weakness (142) and hinged to the remainder of the wrapper along a flap hinge line to form an access opening (160) through which the consumer goods can be removed. |
| US10457456B2 |
Sheet material and barrier packaging container using the same, and method for fabricating the sheet material
A gas barrier sheet material which make effective use of natural resources and which has improved gas barrier properties including oxygen barrier properties, water vapor barrier properties and smell barrier properties, and improved flexibility; a barrier container using the same; and a method for fabricating a sheet material. A sheet material is characterized in that a fine fiber layer and a moisture-retaining layer are stacked on at least one surface of a substrate in such a way that the fine fiber layer and the moisture-retaining layer are in direct contact with each other. The invention is more advantageous when using a substrate, e.g. paper, a nonwoven fabric, or a porous membrane, of which surface profile is not flat and which is inherently susceptible to causing troubles in fabrication processes, such as of soaking, wetting and drying during coating of a coating agent. |
| US10457453B2 |
Child-resistant closure system
The invention relates to child-resistant closure systems including a container, closure, and a resilient deformable liner positioned therebetween. The container and closure include mechanisms for engaging each other when the closure system adopts a closed configuration. In the closed configuration, the liner adopts a moderately non-flat profile and covers a mouth of the container. The closure can include a deflection rib and a highly curved top panel; when a pushing movement of sufficient force is applied to the closure, the closure system transitions from the locked configuration to an unlocked configuration. At this time, the deflection rib deforms a central portion of the liner, and the highly curved portion of the top panel engages the mouth of the container; this action can cause an outer portion of the liner to contact the highly curved portion and transition to a highly curved profile mimicking the profile of the top panel. |
| US10457451B2 |
Cleansing device
Provided is a cleansing device which is configured to be used while being easily joined to a mineral water bottle to erase or adjust makeup by using mineral water conveniently even while going out and erase or adjust the makeup without a skin trouble by using the mineral water even in the case of traveling in an area where water is poor. The cleansing device includes: a first joining member joined to an opening of a mineral water bottle accommodating mineral water and including an applicator which allows mineral water accommodated in the mineral water bottle to be applied to a face of a user; and a second joining member detachably joined to the first joining member to protect the applicator of the first joining member. |
| US10457449B2 |
Container hinge
A plastic container includes a first portion including an outwardly extending peripheral flange and a second portion including an outwardly extending peripheral flange. The first portion and the second portion define a container volume. The plastic container also includes a hinge joining the peripheral flange of the first portion and the peripheral flange of the second portion. The hinge includes a pivot line and two arcuate segments proximate to respective ends of the pivot line. The pivot line is tangent the peripheral flange of the first portion and tangent to at least a portion of each arcuate segment. The flange of the first portion can extend further than the flange of the second portion proximate each end of the pivot line to create a seamless periphery about the hinge relative to a periphery of the first portion when the container is closed. |
| US10457446B2 |
Containment system having a rotatable cover
A containment system, and methods of making and using such a containment system, whereby the containment system includes a container having a container sidewall disposed between opposing container first and second ends; a cavity disposed in the container sidewall; a cover concentrically disposed about the container sidewall; and an aperture element disposed in the cover, the aperture element defining an aperture element opening communicating between cover inner and outer surfaces. The cover is rotatable about the container sidewall between first and second positions. In the first position, the aperture element opening aligns with the cavity, thereby allowing access to the cavity. In the second position, a portion of the cover overlays the cavity to enclose the cavity. |
| US10457445B2 |
Nesting container carrier
A container carrier and manufacturing method therefore are provided. The container carrier may include a plurality of annular structures connected by bridges. The annular structures may include a side wall formed of side wall portions separated by side wall voids. Each side wall portion has an upper and a lower side wall segment joined at a ledge, with the upper side wall segment having a smaller diameter relative to the lower side wall segment of the side wall portion. Flanges are positioned at the bottom of each side wall void to collectively engage containers. The bottom portion of the lower side wall segment has an inner diameter that is larger than the outer diameter of the upper side wall and smaller than the outer diameter of the ledge such that the bottom of a first container carrier will rest upon the ledge of a second, same-shaped container carrier when stacked. |
| US10457442B2 |
Composite pallet
A pallet may include a base layer, an intermediate layer, two or more support blocks, and a top layer. The support blocks may be removably attached to the base layer and the intermediate layer such that the support blocks are positioned between the base layer and the intermediate layer. The base layer may include two or more base members, the intermediate layer may include two or more intermediate members and the top layer may include two top outside members, which all may be described as structural members. The structural members may include two or more ribs, may include fiber dispersed in a thermoplastic material, and may include a continuous fiber bundle within each rib. |
| US10457441B2 |
Case for a communication device
Some embodiments disclosed herein relate to a case for a communication device, having two or more portions movable with respect to each other. A first case portion may cover a particular component or area of the communication device. Accessories or auxiliary structures may be available for use with the particular component, and may be configured to attach to or be used with a communication device housing of a particular size or shape. The first case portion may be moved relative to a second case portion, thereby exposing the component or area of the communication device for use with the accessory. Additional embodiments disclosed herein related to modular components that may be used with cases in order to provide various accessories and features, such as mounts, flashes, batteries, and the like. |
| US10457431B2 |
Coffee pod point of sale fabrication device
A point of sale coffee pod dispensing device for use with shell less, expandable coffee pods. The compressible pods are arranged in a linear array that allows for pleated or stacked storage in a pod loading means within the device's enclosure, as well as continuous feed capabilities. The pod advancing means moves the pods from a pod loading station to the pod delivery station, there between sequentially passing through stations for pod expanding, coffee filling, and sealing. An operating system allows input of signals for the operation of the device based on tactile input from a control panel on the device's housing that determines the parameters of the coffee pods to be fabricated. |
| US10457428B2 |
Brake system of wire reel in reinforcing bar binding machine
A reinforcing bar binding machine is provided with a feed means for feeding a wire from a wire reel rotatably mounted on a binding machine body, a braking means for braking a rotation of the wire reel, and a control means that starts a braking to the rotation of the wire reel by the braking means after the wire is fed to a predetermined amount by the feed means. |
| US10457427B2 |
Apparatus and method for dispensing solid substances
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for dispensing solid substances, wherein the apparatus comprises a feeder section with a plurality of feeder units, a collection section with a plurality of hoppers and a dispensing section, wherein the plurality of hoppers are rotatable with respect to the feeder units and a first packing position for dispensing the solid substances to the dispensing section, wherein the apparatus comprises a cleaning device for removing pollutants from the hoppers, wherein the cleaning device comprises a hub and a plurality of ducts forming air connections between the plurality of hoppers and the hub, wherein the cleaning device comprises a first blocking member that is arranged for blocking the air connection between one of the hoppers and the hub when said one hopper is positioned in the first packing position. |
| US10457425B2 |
Spacecraft with anti nadir battery radiator
A satellite is disclosed comprising an anti-nadir panel having a first side and a second side. In one or more embodiments, the first side of the anti-nadir panel is mounted to an anti-nadir side of the main body of the satellite. The satellite further comprises at least one battery pack mounted to the second side of the anti-nadir panel, where at least one battery pack comprises at least one battery cell. |
| US10457422B2 |
Weights for water immersion testing
A method and apparatus for securing a rotor blade is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base and an offset member configured to maintain the base at a selected distance from a set point. A clamping member is supported by the base and is receptive of the rotor blade at a selected location of the rotor blade, wherein the rotor blade is positioned against the set point. A slidable component supports the clamping member and slides the clamping member within the base to the selected location of the rotor blade. The free end of the clam shell assembly can be secured to a support beam that raises the clam shell assembly and rotor blade from the base for immersion testing. |
| US10457420B2 |
Apparatus for providing maintenance and shelter to drone
An apparatus for providing maintenance and shelter to at least one drone. The apparatus includes at least one maintenance unit operable to provide maintenance to a drone that has arrived for maintenance thereat; a base structure for providing support to the at least one maintenance unit; at least one landing structure suitable for the drone to land thereat, each landing structure including a first actuator that is operable to move the landing structure in relation to the base structure, so as to align the drone landed on the landing structure with respect to the at least one maintenance unit; and means for supporting the base structure on ground, the means for supporting the base structure operable to alter position of the base structure to provide shelter to the landing structure. |
| US10457416B2 |
Parachute landing assistant
The embodiments of the Parachute Landing Assistant are comprised of a battery pack, a power switch, an LED indicator light; an audio jack; a microcontroller; and a ground proximity sensor. The battery pack is comprised of a power storage means such as alkaline, lithium ion, or other types of battery system. The power switch allows the parachutist to enable or disable the operation of Parachute Landing Assistant. The LED indicator light is comprised of an LED that informs the parachutist as to whether the Parachute Landing Assistant operation is enabled or disabled. The audio jack is comprised of a standard ¼″, ⅛″, or 3/32″ mono audio or stereo audio receptacle that accepts the analogous audio plug. The microcontroller controls all the other components of the Parachute Landing Assistant. The ground proximity sensor senses the distance from the ground of the parachutist. |
| US10457413B2 |
Methods and systems for aircraft lightning strike protection
An example lightning strike protection system of an aircraft includes: (i) a capacitor having a predetermined capacity to hold a predetermined quantity of electric charges provided to the capacitor; (ii) a voltage generating device coupled to the capacitor, where as a quantity of electric charges provided to the capacitor exceeds the predetermined capacity of the capacitor, the voltage generating device converts the electric charge stored in the capacitor into a voltage to generate a lightning leader from the aircraft; and (iii) a conductive path embedded in the aircraft to channel a lightning strike induced by a connection of the lightning leader with an oncoming lightning leader therethrough to be discharged away from the aircraft. |
| US10457412B2 |
Electrical isolation of angle of attack vane bearings
The bearings of aircraft angle of attack (AOA) vanes are susceptible to lightning strike damage, which causes fluting on the inner and outer races of the bearings and causes the bearings to generate friction, noise, and vibrations. To prevent the bearings from experiencing damage due to lightning strikes, the bearings, the shaft, and/or the mounting plate are configured to create an electric isolator to prevent the electric current from the lightning strike from passing through the bearings, thereby preventing the bearings from incurring lightning strike damage. |
| US10457408B2 |
Reusable evacuation system restraint
A releasable restraint for an inflatable slide is disclosed, in accordance with various embodiments. The releasable restraint may comprise a first mating portion having a receptacle. The releasable restraint may comprise a second mating portion having a protrusion. The protrusion may be configured to fit within the receptacle. An adjustment fastener may be coupled to the receptacle and configured to adjust a coupling strength of the releasable restraint. |
| US10457406B2 |
Dual configuration evacuation assembly
An evacuation assembly of an aircraft may include an evacuation slide and a sheet coupled to the evacuation slide. The sheet may be deployable in a negative lift configuration and a canopy configuration. In the negative lift configuration, the sheet may extend across at least a portion of an underside of the evacuation slide. In the canopy configuration, the sheet may extend over at least a portion of a top side of the evacuation slide. The evacuation assembly may also include a support that is coupled to and extends between the top side of the evacuation slide and the sheet in response to the sheet being in the canopy configuration. |
| US10457400B2 |
Mixing device with reduced risk of icing
A mixing device that is particularly suitable for use in an aircraft air-conditioning system comprising a cold air supply line adapted to supply cold air to the mixing device. A first recirculation air supply line is adapted to supply recirculation air to the mixing device. A mixing chamber is connected to the cold air supply line and the first recirculation air supply line and is adapted to supply the cold air supplied to the mixing device via the cold air supply line with the recirculation air supplied to the mixing device via the first recirculation air supply line. The first recirculation air supply line has a heat transfer portion which is thermoconductively connected to an area of a wall delimiting the mixing chamber that is at risk of icing. |
| US10457397B1 |
Aircraft seat structure
An aircraft seat structure comprises: a first seat unit comprising a seat region that includes a seat that can be changed between a seat configuration and a bed configuration, and a protruding region that protrudes adjacent to the seat region in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the seat region, which are surrounded by a plurality of partition walls; and a second seat unit comprising a seat region that includes a seat that can be changed between a seat configuration and a bed configuration, wherein the protruding region of the first seat unit and the protruding region of the second seat unit are formed so as to protrude in opposite directions relative to each seat region, and the first seat unit and the second seat unit are arranged in such a manner that longitudinal directions thereof match a front-rear direction of the aircraft. |
| US10457393B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for receiving aerial vehicle delivery
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for receiving aerial vehicle delivery. An apparatus for receiving aerial vehicle delivery comprises a receiving pad configured to receive a package released by an aerial vehicle; one or more accessory couplers attached to the receiving pad and configured to allow a receiving pad accessory to couple to and uncouple from the receiving pad; and a wall portion surrounding at least a portion of the receiving pad, the wall portion being removably coupled to the receiving pad via an accessory coupler. |
| US10457382B2 |
System and method for providing dynamic tactile feedback to a vehicle operator
A system and method is disclosed for providing dynamic tactile feedback. A tactile feedback generator is mounted in each vehicle in a group of vehicles and is coupled to provide a controllable tactile feedback signal to an operator of each vehicle in the group of vehicles upon receipt of an activation signal. A tactile feedback control device is mounted in each vehicle in the group of vehicles and is coupled to the tactile feedback generator for selectively providing an activation signal and a tactile feedback characteristic signal thereto. An accelerometer is positioned within each vehicle in the group of vehicles. A turbulence processing unit is coupled to receive accelerometer data from each accelerometer. The turbulence processing unit processes the accelerometer data to identify characteristics of a current level of turbulence-induced vibration, and, based thereon, selects and provides updated tactile feedback characteristics to each tactile feedback control device. |
| US10457381B2 |
Torque-sensitive locking and release mechanism for a bistable pitch propeller
A bistable pitch propeller includes a ball, a spring, and a clutch module where the clutch module has a range of rotational movement between a locked end position and a released end position. The clutch module includes a detent, where the ball sits inside and outside of the detent when the clutch module is in the locked end position and released end position, respectively. In response to an input torque and a spring force from the spring, the clutch module rotates toward the released end position and the locked end position, respectively. The bistable pitch propeller also includes an aircraft blade where the aircraft blade is at the first pitch angle and the second pitch angle when the clutch module is in the locked end position and the released end position, respectively. |
| US10457379B2 |
Backup system
A system and method for a number of backup systems in an aircraft. The apparatus comprises a movement system; a latch system; a lock system; and at least one of a backup valve, a backup actuator, or a backup power source connected to at least one of the movement system, the latch system, or the lock system. The movement system has a first number of actuators and is connected to a hydraulic power source. The latch system has a second number of actuators and is connected to the hydraulic power source. The lock system has a third number of actuators and is connected to the hydraulic power source. |
| US10457377B2 |
Self-perforating spacer for an insulation blanket of an aircraft, assembly method for said spacer and insulation blanket for an aircraft fitted with said spacer
A self-perforating spacer has a first part and a second part, the first part including a through-seat, the first and second parts being designed to be assembled together and the self-perforating spacer including a cutting system that cuts when the self-perforating spacer is assembled. A method for assembling a self-perforating spacer on an insulation blanket and an insulation blanket fitted with at least one self-perforating spacer is also described. |
| US10457374B2 |
Aircraft cabin arrangement
An aircraft cabin arrangement is disclosed which extends in a rectilinear manner along a cabin axis, having a ceiling trim arrangement which delimits the cabin interior upwardly from the cabin axis, wherein the ceiling trim arrangement has a first, a second and a third row of ceiling trim elements, wherein the rows are arranged one immediately after another in the direction of extent of the cabin axis, wherein the rows have a central ceiling trim element and lateral ceiling trim elements, wherein the lateral ceiling trim elements of a row immediately adjoin the central ceiling trim element of the row in a laterally adjacent manner on both sides, perpendicularly to the cabin axis, wherein the lateral ceiling trim elements of the second row have one or more lighting sources, wherein the axial lengths of the ceiling trim elements of the first and the third row are different. |
| US10457372B2 |
Propulsion device for ship
A propulsion device for a ship capable of preventing idling of a propeller without any limitation on the type of clutch. The propulsion device includes: a forward and reverse switching clutch for transmitting the driving power from an input shaft to a forward gear or a reverse gear; a forward one-way clutch, disposed between the input shaft and the forward gear, for connecting the forward gear and the input shaft when the forward gear is rotated at a higher speed than that of the input shaft; and a reverse one-way clutch, disposed between the input shaft and the reverse gear, for connecting the reverse gear and the input shaft when the reverse gear is rotated at a higher speed than that of the input shaft. |
| US10457370B1 |
Marine steering system and method of providing steering feedback
A steering system on a marine vessel includes a steering wheel movable by a vessel operator to steer the marine vessel and a variable resistance device controllable to apply a variable resistance amount to resist movement of the steering wheel. The system includes a control unit that controls the variable resistance device to determine a baseline resistance amount based on vessel speed and/or engine RPM and detect at least a threshold change in angular position of the marine vessel. The control unit then controls the variable resistance device to prevent a decrease in the resistance amount below the baseline resistance amount or to increase the resistance amount above the baseline resistance amount. |
| US10457369B1 |
Foot pedal-powered impeller system
The foot pedal-powered impeller system comprises a foot crank coupled to an impeller drive via a vertical drive shaft. The foot crank, mounted on the top surface of a water craft, may comprise two pedals that couple to a central spindle via crank arms. The spindle may pass through a right angle gear box which translates rotational motion of the spindle into rotational motion of the drive shaft. The drive shaft may turn a shaft gear on the underside of the water craft which engages an impeller tube gear and turns an impeller tube. An impeller mounted within the impeller tube may force water to enter the front of the impeller drive via an intake nozzle, pass through the impeller tube, and exit through a discharge nozzle. The discharge of water may move the water craft. |
| US10457368B1 |
Water paddle system and related methods
Implementations of paddles may include at least one paddle blade coupled to a shaft, a sleeve coupled over the shaft, the sleeve including a helical opening, a locator pin coupled to the shaft and extending through the helical opening, and a first handle fixedly coupled to the sleeve. The paddle blade may be configured to rotate from a first position corresponding to the locator pin positioned at a first location in the helical opening to a second position corresponding to the locator pin positioned at a second location in the helical opening. |
| US10457367B2 |
Lateral thrust device
A device for redirecting a portion of the reverse flow of a jet stream created by a watercraft to provide a lateral thrust. The main body of device is fixed to the watercraft and includes two intersecting channels disposed therein. Each channel has a bend that and fluidly connects an inlet to an outlet. The reverse flow enters the respective inlet in a downward and backward direction with respect to main body. The respective inlet and channel of main body bend the reverse flow such that, when the reverse flow exits the outlet, the reverse flow is primarily lateral. |
| US10457365B2 |
Underwater system and method
Systems and methods are provided for underwater use. In one example the system includes an autonomous mother unmanned underwater vehicle (AMUV) and one or more auxiliary unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV). The AMUV is configured for autonomously searching for and detecting undersea objects potentially present in an undersea region of interest (ROI), for generating object information relating to the objects detected thereby to enable identification of at least one object of interest (OOI) among the detected objects, and for selectively transporting the UUV to at least within a predetermined distance from a location of the OOI. The UUV is configured for interacting with the OOI at least within the predetermined distance. Such a system is further configured for providing verification information indicative of the interaction between the UUV and the OOI. The AMUV includes a communications system at least configured for transmitting at one or both of the verification information and the object information. |
| US10457364B2 |
Mask-type goggles used for swimming and diving
Mask-type goggles used for swimming and diving includes a soft rubber mask, a lens, a transparent frame, a decorative strip, and a lens fixing frame. A decorative strip is embedded in the inner side of a transparent frame so that the color of the decorative strip can be displayed through a frame, and the transmission of light of the frame makes the goggles as a whole colorful to improve the aesthetics of the goggles. Besides, the decorative strip is fixedly embedded in the frame, which can effectively prevent the decorative strip from falling off, such that the goggle structure is more stable and durable. |
| US10457363B1 |
Illuminated lifesaving jacket
The illuminated lifesaving jacket is a personal floatation device compromising LED lighting, a cell phone pocket, a control unit, locator module, and a jacket battery pack. The LED lighting may increase the visibility of the jacket and may be activated by the control unit based upon input from a manual switch, a water-activated switch, or an application program running on a personal communication device such as a smart phone. The personal communication device may be held in the waterproof cell phone pocket and may wirelessly link to the control unit. The control unit may acquire location information from the locator module and may transmit messages that include location information to authorities in an effort to seek help. The jacket battery pack may provide electrical energy for the control unit, locator module, and personal communication device. A wristband may provide additional LED lighting to enhance visibility. |
| US10457355B2 |
Motile buoyancy device including non-Newtonian material
A motile buoyancy apparatus for use in a fluid. The motile buoyancy apparatus includes an outer layer, the outer layer having a performance surface. The motile buoyancy apparatus includes at least a portion including a first material. The first material is a non-Newtonian material. The at least a portion causes the performance surface to exhibit a shear rate-variable shear response. |
| US10457351B2 |
Drive system for a pedal-operable vehicle and method for sensing the state of a pedal drive
A drive system for a pedal-operable vehicle, including a drive motor, pedals on pedal arms, a bottom bracket spindle on which the pedal arms are mounted, and a drive mechanism for transferring drive energy. A clearance is present in a transfer path between a pedal arm and a drive wheel, rotating with the bottom bracket spindle, of the drive mechanism. The system includes a return device with which the clearance-affected parts are transferable, at or below an idle pedal force within their clearance with respect to one another, into an idle position in which the clearance-affected parts assume a predefined relative position; the clearance-affected parts being removable, within the clearance, from the idle position by way of pedal force above the idle pedal force against the action of the return device; and information as to whether the clearance-affected parts are in an idle position being furnishable as electrical signals. |
| US10457350B2 |
Bicycle control system
A bicycle control system is basically provided with a power supply, a first bicycle electric component and a controller. The first bicycle electric component is electrically connected to the power supply to receive electrical power from the power supply. The controller is programmed to monitor an electrical communication of the first bicycle electric component. The controller is further programmed to stop electrical power from the power supply to the first bicycle electric component upon determining no electrical communication to or from the first bicycle electric component for a first predetermined inactivity period. |
| US10457348B2 |
Bicycle rear suspension
The vehicle includes a frame member to be suspended relative to the ground. The suspension of the invention includes an arm (such as a swingarm), a slide link, and a control link. The arm having a first end and a second end; it extends between the frame generally at the first end and the ground-engaging member generally at the second end. The slide link is coupled between the frame and the arm. The slide link is rotationally fixed to the arm to rotationally move therewith. It is pivotally secured to the frame. The control link is also coupled to the frame and to the arm. |
| US10457347B2 |
Embedded handle and handle structure for bicycle
An embedded handle and handle structure of the embedded handle for a bicycle are provided. The handle structure includes the embedded handle and a stem. The embedded handle includes two holding portions and a joining portion. The middle of the joining portion has a depression. The depression has a connecting portion, and the stem has an engaging portion. The handlebar further includes a handle mounting hole. And the engaging portion of the stem further includes a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole. When the engaging portion engages with the depression, the first mounting hole, the second mounting hole and the handle mounting hole are aligned. The first fastener is inserted into the aligned holes, and the second fastener is inserted into the aligned holes along a direction opposite to the first fastener and joined to the first fastener. |
| US10457345B2 |
Method for manufacturing an automotive mirror
A method for manufacturing an automotive mirror, in particular a side mirror, includes forming a printed circuit board as flexible printed circuit board with n+1 branches, nϵN, providing n modules each including at least one electronic element housed within a plastic casting and connected to conducting paths on at least one of the surfaces of the plastic casting, and at least one standard gripping point, guiding structure, snap connection element and/or sealing member provided by the plastic casting, connecting up to n of said branches to one module each and connecting one branch to cables or a cable harness to be connected to a power supply and/or a control unit outside the mirror, providing mirror parts free of electronic elements, and assembling the mirror parts and the modules. |
| US10457343B2 |
Track chain assembly of undercarriage with link having increased pitch
A track chain assembly includes a track pin, a first link, and a second link. The first link defines a first pair of pin passages in spaced relationship to each other by a first link pitch. The first link is mounted to the track pin such that the track pin extends through one of the first pair of pin passages. The second link defines a second pair of pin passages in spaced relationship to each other by a second link pitch. The second link is mounted to the track pin such that the track pin extends through one of the second pair of pin passages and such that the first link and the second link are rotatable with respect to each other about a longitudinal axis defined by the track pin. The second link pitch is greater than the first link pitch in a range up to twice the first link pitch. |
| US10457334B2 |
Steering support structure
The instrument panel reinforcement pipe extends in a width direction of a vehicle, and is formed in a circular tubular shape to support a steering column placed in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle. The cowl-to brace extends in the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle, has a front end fixed on a cowl panel placed in a farther front side of the vehicle than the instrument panel reinforcement pipe, and includes a joint portion to be joined with the instrument panel reinforcement pipe, between the front end and a rear end. The floor brace extends in an up-and-down direction of the vehicle, and has a lower end fixed on a floor tunnel and an upper end fixed to the rear end of the cowl-to brace. The joint portion of the cowl-to brace is formed in a ring shape to be fitted and inserted into the instrument panel reinforcement pipe. |
| US10457328B2 |
Road departure protection system
A safety system for a vehicle providing a road departure protection feature comprises a camera, mounted to the vehicle to provide a view of a driving direction of the vehicle, and an electronic control unit connected to the camera. The electronic control unit includes instructions for analyzing the image and comparing the roadway path to the predicted vehicle path. The electronic control unit determines a vehicle roadway departure is occurring when the predicted vehicle path differs from the roadway path by a predetermined threshold, and then determines at least one corrective action to return the vehicle path to the roadway path. The safety system sends instructions to apply at least one corrective action with at least an electronic stability control system. |
| US10457327B2 |
Method and system of assisting a driver of a vehicle
A method of assisting a driver of a vehicle includes obtaining a feature of a road to be traveled by the vehicle with a sensor and/or a GPS system. A parameter is selected to assist a driver of the vehicle in driving a segment of the road based on the feature of the road. The parameter includes information on the location of a boundary along the road and a preferred trajectory to be driven along the road. A controller determines whether a current trajectory of the vehicle while travelling the road is deviating from the preferred trajectory of the vehicle along the road. A feedback operation is provided to assist the driver in guiding the vehicle nearer to the preferred trajectory based on the selected parameter. |
| US10457326B2 |
Vehicle trailer control system with speed control
A method of controlling a reverse speed of a vehicle includes receiving a command from an operator to begin an autonomous backup of the vehicle. The method also includes automatically controlling a powertrain and/or a brake system of the vehicle to regulate the vehicle to travel at a predetermined speed in reverse in response receiving the command from the operator. |
| US10457324B1 |
All-wheel steer trailer
An all-wheel steer trailer is disclosed which includes an elongated frame, having a forward end and a rearward end, with the forward end of the frame having the rearward end of an elongated tongue secured thereto about a horizontal axis. The rearward end of the tongue is pivotally secured, about a horizontal axis, to a pair of wheels at the forward end of the frame. The invention includes an improved structure wherein the pivoting of the front wheels of the trailer also causes the pivoting of the rear wheels of the trailer so that the rear wheels track the front wheels of the trailer as the trailer is being turned. The trailer includes an improved means for pivoting the rear wheels of the trailer with respect to the front wheels of the trailer as the trailer is being turned. |
| US10457322B2 |
Motor control unit and electric power steering apparatus equipped with the same
[Problem]An object of the present invention is to provide a motor control unit that achieves desired performance more simply with higher accuracy by setting a frequency characteristic according to a state of the control unit and automatically adjusting a control gain by the set value, and to provide an electric power steering apparatus equipped with the same.[Means for Solving the Problem]A motor control unit that comprises a current command value calculating section that calculates a current command value of a motor applying a steering assist torque to a steering system of a vehicle, and a feedback section that controls a motor current flowing to the motor through a feedback mechanism based on the current command value comprises: a control unit state detecting section that detects at least one state of the motor control unit, and outputs the state as a control unit state; and a characteristic changing section that changes a setting of a closed loop response characteristic of the feedback section in real time depending on the control unit state. |
| US10457321B2 |
Electronic control unit and electric power steering apparatus equipped with the same
An electronic control unit diagnoses a short failure of an inverter FETs and diagnoses whether the failure of the FET-short detecting section has occurred. The unit controls a motor through an inverter including a bridge having an upper-stage FETs and a lower-stage FETs via an MCU, having: an FET-short detecting section to detect a short failure of the upper-stage FETs and the lower-stage FETs based on respective connection point voltages of the upper-stage FETs and the lower-stage FETs; and a diagnostic function to detect a failure of the FET-short detecting section. The diagnostic function diagnoses the failure of the FET-short detecting section at start up and turns-OFF the upper-stage FETs and the lower-stage FETs when the failure is detected. The FET-short detecting section diagnoses the short failure of the upper-stage FETs and the lower-stage FETs when the failure of the FET-short detecting section is not detected. |
| US10457315B2 |
Steering apparatus
A first sliding member is held by an upper jacket. A second sliding member includes a fixed portion fixed to the first sliding member, and an extension portion that extends in a column axis direction and that has a coupled portion coupled to the fixed portion at a predetermined location in the column axis direction. The second sliding member being clamped by the clamping mechanism slides relative to a supporting member and a lower jacket during a secondary impact. The second sliding member includes a slit that reduces coupling stiffness between the fixed portion and the coupled portion of the extension portion so as to facilitate, in a clamping state of the clamping mechanism, deflection of the coupled portion of the extension portion relative to the fixed portion in a lateral direction as seen from the column axis direction. |
| US10457313B2 |
ADAS wheel locking device
A steering column assembly includes a first shaft assembly, a second shaft assembly, and a locking assembly. The first shaft assembly has a first shaft. The second shaft assembly has a second shaft that is at least partially received within the first shaft. The locking assembly is disposed about at least one of the first shaft and the second shaft and is arranged to inhibit rotation of at least one of the first shaft and the second shaft. |
| US10457312B2 |
Vehicle steering column comprising a rack wedge
A steering column having: an adjustable body intended to be mounted so as to be free to slide on a support and comprising two walls, a tube fixed to the adjustable body, a wedge inside the adjustable body and mobile between an unlocked position and a locking position inside the adjustable body between and at a distance from the walls, driving means and guiding means for the wedge, arranged with the wedge so as to be able to drive the wedge in a simple translation movement so that the wedge can come to bear against the adjustable body to immobilize the adjustable body relative to the wedge. |
| US10457311B2 |
Frame structure of a perambulator
A frame structure of a perambulator, a child seat, an infant carrier or the like, includes a profiled frame element which along a profile direction of the frame element has a substantially constant cross-section, wherein the profiled frame element includes an at least predominantly closed cross-section, and wherein the profiled fame element has an inwardly projecting first protrusion which is configured to be brought into engagement with a fastening arrangement. |
| US10457308B2 |
Cart
A cart includes a bottom frame having a first transverse frame member and a longitudinal frame member, first and second back wheels, a first front wheel, a carrier frame, a collapsing mechanism, and a folding mechanism. First and second back wheel holders pivotably connect the first and second back wheels to opposite ends of the first transverse frame member, respectively. A first slide block slides along the longitudinal frame member. First and second guide units connect the first slide block to the first and second back wheel holder. A connecting member connects the carrier frame to the first slide block. A first front wheel holder pivotably connects the first front wheel to the bottom frame. A third guide unit guides the first front wheel holder. A longitudinal connecting arm connects the first slide block to the third guide unit for the first front wheel holder. |
| US10457303B2 |
Vibration notifications received from vibration sensors
Example implementations relate to receiving vibration notifications from vibration sensors. In example implementations, a subset of a plurality of vibration sensors from which vibration notifications are expected may be identified based on a position of a train along a track. The plurality of vibration sensors may be arranged in a predetermined order on the track. Whether vibration notifications have not been received from consecutive, with respect to the predetermined order, vibration sensors in the subset may be determined. |
| US10457301B2 |
Method and device for determining a signal aspect for a rail vehicle
A method for determining a signal aspect representing the vacant or occupied state of a track section for a rail vehicle, in particular a maintenance or construction vehicle, on a CBTC track. In this case, the rail vehicle does not have an on-board CBTC device. In order to dispense with special hardware, an app on a smartphone initiates the following steps: A) photographing of a track beacon in the direction of travel, B) determining the ID (identification signature) of the track beacon, C) transmitting of the track beacon ID to a CBTC track control center and D) receiving of the signal aspect determined by the CBTC track control center for the track section starting with the track beacon. |
| US10457298B2 |
Chassis frame with spring cup
A chassis frame for a bogie of a rail vehicle which includes at least one longitudinal member having an upper chord and a lower chord, wherein the longitudinal member has at least one end portion, a central portion, and a transition portion lying between the end portion and the central portion, and the end portion of the longitudinal member is formed as a spring cup for receiving a primary spring, where in order to improve the rigidity curve between the spring cup and the transition portion the lower chord is provided with a curvature in the region of the transition portion, where the curvature is formed such that the imaginary extension of the lower chord and the upper chord itself or the imaginary extension of the upper chord intersect in the end portion. |
| US10457297B2 |
Railcar
A railcar that allows a first end beam to move toward a second end beam when an intended load is input is provided. A railcar includes a fuse member that couples a first end beam to a second end beam along a car longitudinal direction, and the fuse member buckles when a load received in collision exceeds a predetermined value to allow the first end beam to move toward the second end beam, thus ensuring reduction of variation of the load that allows the first end beam to move toward the second end beam. Consequently, when the intended load is input, the first end beam is allowed to move toward the second end beam. |
| US10457292B2 |
Method and apparatus for operating an automated motor vehicle
A method for operating an automated motor vehicle includes: ascertaining a target trajectory for the motor vehicle, acquiring environmental data of the motor vehicle, ascertaining a tolerance region of the target trajectory based on the acquired environmental data, and guiding the motor vehicle in the tolerance region of the target trajectory in such a way that guidance of the motor vehicle with the smallest possible changes in acceleration and/or with energetically optimized propulsion is definedly more highly prioritized than definedly accurate guidance of the motor vehicle along the target trajectory. |
| US10457290B2 |
Hybrid vehicle control device
An FF hybrid vehicle control device having an HEV mode and an EV mode as drive modes is provided with a CVT control unit (84) for determining primary pulley pressure (Ppri) and secondary pulley pressure (Psec) with which a belt (6c) of a belt-type continuously variable transmission (6) will be clamped on the basis of a torque component inputted to the belt-type continuously variable transmission (6) during brake deceleration, and the corrected amount of brake torque which is an inertia torque correction component. The CVT control unit (84) reduces the corrected amount of brake torque during brake deceleration when EV mode is selected to be less than the corrected amount of brake torque during brake deceleration when HEV mode is selected. |
| US10457283B2 |
Vehicle driving assist apparatus
A vehicle driving assist apparatus includes a processor that generates a target traveling trajectory of an own vehicle on the basis of a preceding vehicle traveling trajectory. The processor includes: a determining unit that determines first and second fluctuation amounts and compares them with a threshold to determine fluctuation in both end point positions in a widthwise direction of a preceding vehicle; and a first calculator that, on a condition that one of the first and the second fluctuation amounts is greater than the threshold and thereby determined as fluctuating and the other of the first and the second fluctuation amount is equal to or less than the threshold and thereby determined as non-fluctuating, determines a vehicle width center position of the preceding vehicle by setting, as a reference, non-fluctuating one of the both end point positions corresponding to the non-fluctuating one of the first and the second fluctuation amounts. |
| US10457282B2 |
Vehicle traveling control device
A vehicle traveling control device includes an electronic control unit and an actuator. The electronic control unit is configured to specify a tracked preceding vehicle and calculate a tracking target acceleration. The electronic control unit is configured to select the tracking target acceleration as a final target acceleration when a blinker operation is not executed, and select a first acceleration equal to or higher than the tracking target acceleration as the final target acceleration when the blinker operation is executed. The electronic control unit is configured to select a second acceleration lower than the first acceleration as the final target acceleration when a vehicle speed of the passing lane preceding vehicle is equal to or lower than that of the host vehicle. The actuator is configured to control the host vehicle such that an actual acceleration of the host vehicle approaches the final target acceleration. |
| US10457280B2 |
System and method for controlling mobile warning triangle
A control system for maintaining a traffic warning triangle at a constant speed when deployed, notwithstanding rises and falls in the road surface, includes a driver, a driving controller, a detector, and a processor. The driving controller controls the driver to drive the mobile warning triangle to move on a road at a predetermined speed. The detector obtains information as to the road. The processor outputs control signals to the driving controller to control the mobile warning triangle to move at the constant predetermined speed when moving. A control method of the mobile warning triangle is also provided. |
| US10457277B2 |
Driver assistance system
A driver assistance system for avoiding collisions includes an environmental sensor for detecting the traffic environment of the vehicle and a processing unit configured to assess the traffic environment as to the likelihood of a danger and plan a route avoiding or at least minimizing the danger for the vehicle. The processing unit is further configured to predict a possible control intervention of the driver in reaction to the danger and select a route which is compatible with that control intervention. |
| US10457275B2 |
Hybrid vehicle
A vehicle includes a planetary gear set, a gearbox, an electric machine, and an engine. The planetary gear set has a sun gear, a carrier, and a ring gear. The gearbox is configured to transmit power from the ring gear to vehicle wheels. The electric machine is fixedly coupled to the sun gear. The engine is selectively coupled to the ring gear via a first selectable one-way clutch and selectively coupled to the carrier via a second selectable one-way clutch. |
| US10457271B2 |
Enhanced engine and battery operation
Information of a plurality of locations on a route for a vehicle is received. A plurality of segments of the route is identified based at least in part on the information. A specified state of charge of a vehicle battery and a specified power output of an engine are determined for each of the segments based at least in part on the information. One or more vehicle subsystems is actuated to navigate each of the segments to change a current state of charge of the vehicle battery to the specified state of charge. |
| US10457264B2 |
Abnormality detection device
An abnormality detection device includes a control target hydraulic pressure calculating portion that calculates a control target hydraulic pressure according to an operation state of a brake pedal, the hydraulic pressure obtaining portion that obtains the hydraulic pressure of the operating fluid controlled to become the control target hydraulic pressure calculated by the control target hydraulic pressure calculating portion from the pressure sensor; a second determination threshold value changing portion that changes a threshold value to be closer to the control target hydraulic pressure calculated by the control target hydraulic pressure calculating portion in a stepwise manner when a state determining portion determines that the control target hydraulic pressure is in a maintaining state, and the abnormality determining portion that determines the hydraulic pressure braking force generating device is abnormal when the hydraulic pressure obtained by the hydraulic pressure obtaining portion deviates from the permissible divergence range. |
| US10457262B2 |
Actuating device of a brake system
An actuating device of a brake system controlled by a brake pedal and/or a brake management system for supplying brake circuits with pressurized brake fluid includes a master cylinder, an electric motor, a ball/nut screw transmission, a nut, a screw, and a free connection rod. The master cylinder is connected to the brake circuits and has a primary piston. The electric motor is controlled for a braking action. The ball nut/screw transmission is configured to transform rotary movement of the electric motor into a translational movement of the primary piston. The nut is blocked from moving in translation, free to rotate, and driven by the electric motor. The screw is free to move in translation but blocked from rotating. The free connection rod is pressed between a base of the primary piston and the screw in order to transmit a thrust of the screw to the primary piston. |
| US10457257B2 |
Driving support apparatus and driving support method
Disclosed relates to a driving support apparatus including at least: a detection unit that detects a driving lane on which a user's vehicle and a front vehicle located in front of the user's vehicle are driving based on image data output from a camera; a first calculation unit that calculates a second front vehicle width for the front vehicle based on a first front vehicle width for the front vehicle measured on the image data, a first driving lane width for the driving lane measured on the image data, and a second driving lane width predetermined according to a characteristic of the driving lane; and a second calculation unit that calculates a distance from the front vehicle based on a focal length of the camera, the first front vehicle width, and the second front vehicle width, thereby precisely measuring the distance from the front vehicle based on camera image data. |
| US10457254B2 |
Jack assembly
A jack assembly including a telescopic column driven via a gear box, wherein: the gear box is coupled to a rotary input of a drive mechanism that extends and retracts the column; the gear box has only a single input gear and a single output gear that is coupled to the drive mechanism; and the input gear has a connector adapted to be engaged and driven by a portable, hand-held power tool. The invention also relates to a jack assembly with a gear box for use as a jockey wheel for attachment to a towed vehicle, to raise and lower a draw bar of the vehicle. |
| US10457251B2 |
Packaging system including a holder for holding a windscreen wiper device
A system provided with a windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, wherein ends of the wiper blade and/or of the longitudinal strip are interconnected by a respective connecting piece, the carrier element biasing the wiper blade in a curved position, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for pivotally connecting an oscillating wiper arm thereto; a holder for holding the windscreen wiper device; with the special feature that the holder comprises a stiff tightening profile engaging the windscreen wiper device at engaging locations on the connecting device for tightening the windscreen wiper device in a less curved position. |
| US10457249B2 |
Detecting false positioning signals based on surveillance signals
A system, configured to mount on an ownship vehicle, includes a transceiver configured to receive positioning signals and receive surveillance signals including surveillance data from a second vehicle and processing circuitry configured to determine a location of the ownship vehicle based on the positioning signals received by the transceiver and determine expected characteristics of the surveillance signals based on the surveillance data. The processing circuitry is further configured to compare the expected characteristics and actual characteristics of the surveillance signals received from the second vehicle and determine that the surveillance signals include a discrepancy indicative of false positioning signals in response to comparing the expected characteristics and the actual characteristics. The processing circuitry is configured to output an alert signal indicating the false positioning signals in response to determining that the surveillance signals include a discrepancy. |
| US10457248B2 |
Webbing take-up device
A webbing take-up device includes a spool on which a webbing worn by an occupant is taken up, and a motor that includes a rotor with a rotation shaft and a motor housing covering part of the rotor, the rotor being urged toward one axial direction side of the rotation shaft with respect to the motor housing. The webbing take-up device further includes a second transmission mechanism that includes an A-gear fixed to the rotation shaft, and a B-gear meshed together with the A-gear and rotated by the A-gear being rotated toward one side together with the rotation shaft such that the spool is rotated. A helix angle of respective outer teeth of the A-gear is set such that an axial direction force toward the one axial direction side of the rotation shaft acts on the A-gear when the rotation shaft is rotated toward the one side. |
| US10457247B2 |
Seat belt buckle presenter
A belt buckle feeder comprises a stationary base (12) adapted to be fixedly mounted to the vehicle and a carriage (14) movable to a retracted position and to an extended position vis-à-vis the base (12), which carriage is connected to a belt buckle (20) via an intermediate plate (22) provided between the belt buckle (20) and the carriage (14). The intermediate plate (22) is tightly connected to the belt buckle (20) and there is provided a positive guidance by which the intermediate plate (22) is pivoted during traversing to the extended position by a predetermined degree vis-à-vis the carriage (14) so that in addition to the traversing movement of the carriage (14) along a tilting direction (N) the belt buckle (20) reversibly tilts from a home position to an inclined position. |
| US10457246B2 |
Child restraint system for juvenile vehicle seat
A child restraint, in accordance with the present disclosure, includes a juvenile seat and a child-restraint harness. The child-restraint harness may be configured to move to make it easier for a caregiver to seat and unseat a child. |
| US10457245B2 |
Gas generator
The present invention provides a gas generator including, in a cylindrical housing, a combustion chamber which is filled with gas generating agents as a gas source, and a gas discharge port for discharging a gas generated by combustion of the gas generating agents, the combustion chamber including, an ignition device which includes an igniter and closes a first end opening of the cylindrical housing, a partition wall which closes a second end opening on the side axially opposite to the first end opening, and a perforated cylindrical body which is disposed in an inner space thereof; the igniter having an igniter main body which includes an ignition portion, and an igniter collar which surrounds and holds the igniter main body; the perforated cylindrical body being disposed such that a first end thereof surrounds the ignition portion of the igniter, and a second end thereof on the axially opposite side being located on the side of the partition wall; an inside space of the perforated cylindrical body being a first chamber which is filled with part of the gas generating agents, and an outside space of the perforated cylindrical body being a second chamber which is filled with the remaining gas generating agents; and the gas discharge port being a through hole which is formed in a portion of the partition wall facing the second chamber. |
| US10457243B2 |
Knee airbag assemblies
Airbag assemblies are disclosed that include inflatable knee airbags. The knee airbags can include panel(s) forming a main chamber that provides a primary cushioning protection zone to a lower leg of a vehicle occupant. The knee airbags can further include an external chamber panel coupled to a rearward surface of an occupant-facing panel, external to the main inflatable chamber, to form an external chamber facing the occupant. Vent(s) through the occupant-facing panel can communicate inflation gas from the main chamber to the external chamber to fill a space between the vehicle and the lower leg of the occupant, and to control timing of inflation of the external chamber to cause it to inflate on lateral sides of the lower leg of the occupant to thereby limit lateral movement of the lower leg relative to the vehicle. |
| US10457239B2 |
Frontal airbag systems and uses thereof
An inflatable airbag system can be configured to be mounted to a frontal region of a vehicle. The inflatable airbag system can include an inflatable airbag cushion that can expand and deploy out of a first housing, and an inflatable support member that can expand and deploy out of a second housing. The inflatable support member can contact and urge a portion of the inflatable airbag cushion in a car-rearward direction. |
| US10457237B2 |
Device and method for providing an activation voltage for a safety unit for a vehicle, and safety device
A device for providing an activation voltage for a safety unit for a vehicle. The device includes a supply terminal for applying a first supply voltage potential, an activation terminal for outputting the activation voltage, and a control terminal for reading in a control signal. In addition, the device includes a pass-through switch that is connected between the supply terminal and the activation terminal, a first control switch, a second control switch, and a third control switch that includes a control input that is connected to the control terminal. |
| US10457230B2 |
Steering wheel power assembly
The present invention is directed to systems for providing a pathway for at least one electrical conductor to supply current from a vehicle or marine craft power source to a steering wheel comprising at least one working element for heating or controls. The present invention utilizes a brush and slip ring assemblies inside a hub for infinite rotation of the steering wheel while still maintaining a path for current to travel through the hub to the wheel. |
| US10457229B2 |
Branch structure and wire harness
A branch structure includes a trunk-line harness in which a plurality of trunk lines including a routing member having a rod conductor are disposed in parallel, a branch-line harness that has a plurality of branch lines, and a connection terminal that electrically connects the branch line to the trunk line by being joined to the trunk line. The connection terminal includes a connection plate portion which has a width dimension smaller than the width of the trunk line, and is joined in a state of being in surface contact with an outer peripheral surface of the rod conductor in the trunk line, and the connection plate portion is joined to the trunk line at a position where the connection plate portion is orthogonal to an arrangement direction of the trunk lines. |
| US10457227B2 |
Wiring structure
Provided is a wiring structure that can manage a protruding length of a led-out portion of an electrical wire so as to be constant. The wiring structure includes: a wiring member that is made of resin and has a wiring surface; and an electrical wire that includes a portion routed along the wiring surface and a portion led out from the wiring surface, the portion led out having an end portion to which a connector is to be attached. A positioning/fixing portion is provided integrally with the wiring member at a position in the vicinity of a lead-out position on the wiring surface of the wiring member, the electrical wire being led out from the lead-out position. |
| US10457225B2 |
Light weight acoustic trim part
Multilayer sound attenuating trim part for a vehicle, in particularly for a trim part or cladding used in the interior of a car, for instance as an inner dash or as part of the floor covering or for the exterior of a vehicle, for instance as a trim part or cladding in the engine bay area or as part of an under body trim part as well as to the method of producing a part, comprising at least two fibrous layers (10, 30) and at least one air permeable intermediate film layer (20) between the at least two fibrous layers, whereby all layers together have a variable thickness. |
| US10457222B2 |
Electronics systems cluster with interlocking brackets
An electronics systems cluster includes a plurality of brackets, a plurality of electronic devices held in the plurality of brackets and an interlocking feature securing the plurality of brackets directly together into a small footprint configuration less likely to interfere with driver sight lines. A related method of reducing a footprint of an electronics systems cluster is also disclosed. |
| US10457221B2 |
Ramp systems and methods thereof
A mount for receiving and retaining at least one ramp. The mount includes a first side and a second side. The first side includes a body portion, at least one engagement finger extending in a first direction and at least one engagement finger extending in a second direction. The second side includes a body portion, at least one engagement finger extending in the first direction and at least one engagement finger extending in a second direction. At least one spacer member can be coupled to the body portion of the first and second sides so as to provide at least some spacing between the first side and the second side. The mount can be attached to a wheeled vehicle for removable attachment of one or more ramps thereto. The wheeled vehicle can be a lawn mower. |
| US10457219B2 |
Protection device for a vehicle interior compartment
Protection device for a vehicle interior compartment including a flexible planar structure displaceable between rest and protective positions. On a face end region of the planar structure, a dimensionally stable guiding profile is provided, which is guided in vehicle-fixed guiding tracks. Each side of the guiding profile is associated with a coupling member in operative connection with an entrainer guided in the respective guiding track by a retaining device acting in a force-limited manner. The entrainers are shiftable in mutual synchronization within the guiding tracks by a drive system. The coupling members are in operative connection to the entrainers eccentrically offset in relation to a central longitudinal axis of the guiding profile, and the coupling members are removable from the entrainers in response to external strains of the guiding profile in directional components which are orthogonal in relation to a plane of deployment of the planar structure. |
| US10457215B2 |
Vehicle mirror device
A vehicle mirror device including: a support body supported on a vehicle body side; a housing body housing the mirror; a covering body that covers the housing body at a back face side of the mirror; an up-down restricting section that restricts relative movement of the first bottom wall section and the second bottom wall section in the up-down direction; a horizontal displacement restricting section that restricts relative movement of the first bottom wall section and the second bottom wall section in the extension direction of the boundary; and an engagement section that is provided at mutually adjacent sides of the first and second bottom wall sections, such that the first and second bottom walls engage with each other in a state bearing tension in a direction to separate the first bottom wall section and the second bottom wall section from each other in a bottom view. |
| US10457214B2 |
Method for folding in a motor vehicle exterior mirror
A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, folding in an exterior mirror of a motor vehicle having a door with a rear-mounted hinge. The exterior mirror is folded in when the door is opened and when at least one of the following conditions is met: (1) an obstacle is detected adjacent the door or (2) a speed at which the door is opened is less than a predefined threshold value. A motor vehicle configured to perform the method is also disclosed. |
| US10457208B1 |
Vehicle passenger sensing and reporting system
An example embodiment of a system and methods for detecting and reporting whether passengers are seated and secured in their seats within a vehicle may include a passenger sensor configured to provide an output indicative of a presence of a passenger in a seat in a vehicle, a restraint sensor configured to provide an output indicative of a status of a passenger safety restraint associated with the seat, a transmitter configured to be in electronic communication with the passenger sensor and the restraint sensor and to wirelessly transmit data indicative of the presence of a passenger in the seat and the status of the restrain, and a reporting module configured to be disposed proximate a driver of the vehicle. The reporting module may be configured to receive the data from the transmitter, and output a respective status for each of a plurality of seats. |
| US10457203B2 |
Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat comprising a support structure and a first and second shaped panel supported by the support structure and respectively comprising the seat and the backrest of the seat. The support structure comprises a first and a second side support element which are stably connected to each other by means of a first upper C-shaped connection element and a second lower C-shaped connection element. The second panel has a lower end edge positioned opposite to the upper edge supported by the first upper connection element. The lower end edge is directly attached to an end edge of the first panel which is positioned on the opposite side to the edge facing the second lower C-shaped connection element. The first and second panels overlap each other at the contact area between the two edges. The first C-shaped connection element is provided with a plurality of light generating elements suitable to create a light beam directly from the first upper C-shaped connection element towards the lower end edge of the second panel and to light a lower area of the seat. |
| US10457199B2 |
Image projection apparatus
Information related to a vehicle can be displayed by projecting an image based on the information on a road surface or the like. An image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information to be displayed; and an image projection unit that projects the image based on the information to be displayed acquired by the acquisition unit. |
| US10457197B2 |
Vehicle for conveying persons and orientation aid
A vehicle for conveying passengers includes an interior space for accommodating the passengers, a door area for entering and leaving the interior space, and a sensor arranged at the door area. The sensor is configured to emit an electromagnetic signal in which an individual identification of the door area is encoded. |
| US10457192B1 |
Load securing bag for a pickup truck
A load securing bag for a pickup truck comprises a cuboid-shaped bag made of durable weather-resistant material having a single gusset about the side edges of the bag. When not in use, the gusset is secured by a fastening device. There is a plurality of straps which are secured to the bag with each strap having a hook at the distal end of each strap. A bag cover made of nylon webbing also has a plurality of straps having a hook at the distal end of each strap. |
| US10457189B1 |
Expandable compact camping trailer
An expandable compact camping trailer may include a trailer body having a base with wheels and a trailer hitch connection attached thereto, walls extending upward from the base, a door with a doorframe built into at least one of the walls, and a roof closing a top of the trailer body; an expandable module built into at least one of the walls of the trailer body, wherein when the expandable module is slid into an interior of the trailer body, the expandable module is positioned within a top half of a portion of the trailer body; and a pivotable stove attached to a range pivot cylinder built into the doorframe. The pivotable stove may be designed to pivot from a first position entirely within the trailer body to a second position entirely outside of the trailer body. |
| US10457188B1 |
Shipping container recreational vehicle
A shipping container recreational vehicle is described herein, comprising a standard shipping container, a subfloor, and an optional extension or slide-out portion. The shipping container recreational vehicle is built according to industry standards for recreational vehicles, such as ANSI 119.2, NPFA 1192, and federal motor safety codes. A method of forming the shipping container is also disclosed. |
| US10457186B2 |
Pneumatic platform tow truck with hinge
A truck having a tiltable platform or other cargo bed and its methods of use. In some embodiments, the rear suspension of the truck may be lowerable to lower the platform or bed while it undergoes tilting. In other embodiments the rear suspension need not be lowerable and the platform or bed may remain at constant height before, during and after tilting. An integrated hinge and inflatable air bags may be used to move the platform or bed between a horizontal position and a tilted position. One or more loading ramps are deployable to facilitate loading of different types of cargo or vehicles. The platform or bed may be equipped with holes in which pulleys for multiple angles can be placed. Shrouded air bags may be used to prevent unwanted movement or rattling of ramps or other structures. |
| US10457182B2 |
Integrated door frame and handle bracket
A system for attaching a grab handle to a structure adjacent an opening in the structure includes a frame and a bracket attached to the frame. The bracket includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion defines one or more apertures for receiving fasteners attaching a mount of the grab handle to the bracket. The second portion defines one or more apertures for receiving fasteners attaching the bracket and the door frame to the structure. The third portion may define one or more apertures for receiving fasteners attaching the bracket to the frame. |
| US10457180B2 |
Method for monitoring the pressure in a device for pneumatically adjusting a seat in a transportation means
The invention relates to a method for monitoring the pressure in a device for the pneumatic adjustment of a seat in a transportation means, in particular in a motor vehicle. The device comprises a plurality of cushions (101, 102, . . . , 105) which are able to be filled with air and which are connected via respective valves (201, 202, . . . , 205) to a common preliminary pressure volume (3), wherein a pressure sensor (4) is provided for measuring the pressure (p) in the preliminary pressure volume (3) and the preliminary pressure volume (3) is coupled to a compressor (6) for supplying compressed air without a non-return valve being connected therebetween. For the purpose of monitoring the pressure in a respective cushion (101, 102, . . . , 105), a predefined pressure is set in the preliminary pressure volume by way of operation of the compressor (6) and/or by way of air discharge from the preliminary pressure volume (3) via at least one leak, with the valve (201, 202, . . . , 205) between the respective cushion (101, 102, . . . , 105) and the preliminary pressure volume (3) closed, wherein the predefined pressure deviates from a target pressure (p1, p2, . . . , p5) in the respective cushion (101, 102, . . . , 105) by at most 10% of the target pressure and/or at most 50 hPa. After the setting of the predefined pressure, the valve (101, 102, . . . , 105) between the respective cushion (101, 102, . . . , 105) and the preliminary pressure volume (3) is opened and the pressure in the preliminary pressure volume (3) is measured via the pressure sensor (4). If the measured pressure (p) deviates from the target pressure (p1, p2, . . . , p5), the measured pressure (p) is set to the target pressure (p1, p2, . . . , p5) by way of operation of the compressor (6) and/or by way of air discharge from the preliminary pressure volume (3) via the at least one leak. |
| US10457174B2 |
Forming of motor vehicle seat upholstery
The invention concerns a mold for forming an element for covering a lining of a seat member for a motor vehicle, comprising: a matrix (62) provided with ribs (624) for defining style extension lines (36); and a punch (64) provided with ribs (642), to either side of a line of the ribs (624) of the matrix (62). |
| US10457173B2 |
Climate control assembly
A climate controlled seat assembly includes a thermoelectric device having a main side and a waste side for generating a conditioned fluid stream and a waste fluid stream respectively, a fluid distribution system for distributing the conditioned fluid stream towards an occupant seated on the climate controlled seat assembly and for gathering and pulling fluid from around the occupant and directed this gathered fluid away from the occupant. |
| US10457172B2 |
Lower guide frame of a vertical suspension system, sliding seat guide of a vehicle seat, vertical suspension system for a vehicle seat, and vehicle seat
A lower guide frame for a vertical suspension system of a vehicle seat having a left-hand slide and, parallel thereto, a right-hand slide which are connected to each other via a lower crosspiece. Attached to an upper side of at least one slide is a reinforcing profile which has a horizontal portion, via which it is connected to the upper side of one slide, and adjoining the horizontal portion is an oblique portion that is oriented obliquely downwards and outward. Adjoining the oblique portion is a vertical portion that, in the assembled state, extends to just above a vehicle floor. |
| US10457169B2 |
Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat includes: a base mounted to a floor of a vehicle; a seat cushion that is placed on the base and allowed to be tipped up with a rotating shaft as a fulcrum; an ottoman that is provided on a front side of the seat cushion and extractable between a normal position and an extracted position; a seat back that is provided in a rear end of the seat cushion; and a storage locking mechanism that is capable of relatively moving the ottoman with respect to the seat cushion in a storing direction which is a direction opposite to an extracting direction, wherein the storage locking mechanism is operated such that the seat back becomes in a forward-tiltable state and/or the seat cushion becomes in a tippable state, and locking of the locking mechanism is released so that the ottoman becomes movable in the storing direction. |
| US10457166B2 |
Vehicle seat
An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle seat in which a vacant space produced after tipping up a seat cushion can be effectively used as a luggage storage space. The vehicle seat includes: a support leg (6A, 6B, 6C) to support weight related to a seat cushion (2); a leg holding member (8) to hold a lower part (6C) of the support leg (6A, 6B, 6C); and a slide mechanism (18A, 18B) to move the seat cushion (2) and a seat back (3) in a front/back direction. The seat has a tip-up function to rotate the seat cushion (2) so that its front part is in a higher position than its rear part and the seating surface of the seat cushion (2) and the front surface of the seat back (3) face each other, in which the leg holding member (8) is located at a part (18A) of the slide mechanism (18A, 18B) which moves along with the seat cushion (2) and the seat back (3). |
| US10457165B2 |
Providing a notification to an occupant using a vehicle seat
Systems and methods for providing a notification of an upcoming acceleration to an occupant of a vehicle are disclosed herein. The vehicle includes a seat that is movable in one or more directions. The vehicle can identify a direction and magnitude of acceleration corresponding to an upcoming maneuver. The vehicle can also track one or more states of the occupant. The vehicle can generate control signals to move the seat based on the state of the occupant and the direction and magnitude of the acceleration for the upcoming maneuver. |
| US10457161B2 |
Method and system for unattended child detection
A radar sensor system and method for ascertaining whether an unattended child is present within an automotive vehicle. The radar sensor system carries out the method and includes a transmitter, at least one sensor, and processing circuitry. The method includes the steps of: illuminating at least one occupiable position within the vehicle with radiation of multiple frequencies; generating radar sensor signals from reflections of the transmitted radiation, a plurality of the radar sensor signals corresponding to different frequencies; and operating the processing circuitry for generating and determining if a first indicator value indicative of motion in the occupiable position satisfies a first predetermined criteria and, if so, generating and determining a second indicator value indicating a degree of repetitive pattern within the radar sensor signals, and determining presence of an unattended child in the vehicle if the second indicator value satisfies a second predetermined criteria. |
| US10457160B2 |
Power control device for vehicle
In a power control device for a vehicle in which an electric motor for driving the vehicle to travel is supplied with power from a battery mounted on the vehicle and a fuel cell, a control unit sets a target charging rate (SOCt) of the battery in such a manner that the target charging rate decreases as a remaining fuel amount (Qf) of the fuel cell decreases after the power generation of the fuel cell is started during high-output/high-speed travelling and controls a power generation output (Pf) of the fuel cell based on a difference between the target charging rate (SOCt) and a current charging rate (SOC). |
| US10457159B1 |
Power share converter for connecting multiple energy storage systems
A system comprises a plurality of power converters, a plurality of energy storage systems, a first common node, a second common node, and zero-reference voltage node. Each power converter is coupled between one energy storage system and the first and second common nodes. The system operates to regulate power between the power converters and the first and second common nodes. Each power converter is a bi-directional power converter and each energy storage system is a battery pack. In one example, the first common node is regulated to a voltage VSPAN, and the second common node is regulated to a voltage VSCN which is the mean of all voltages output by the battery packs. In another example, the first common node is regulated to a voltage −VSPAN, and the second common node is regulated to a voltage +VSPAN. No power converter processes more than voltage VSPAN yielding high-efficiency power conversion. |
| US10457157B2 |
Motor drive device
The motor drive device includes: an electric motor (6); a controller (1) that controls a torque of the electric motor (6) or a quantity of state corresponding to the torque; and a torque transmitter that transmits the torque of the electric motor (6) to a wheel of a vehicle. The controller (1) includes a torque fluctuation inhibiting section (15) that inhibits torque fluctuation in the electric motor (6). The torque fluctuation inhibiting section (15) includes an execution determination section (15b) that determines whether or not to inhibit the torque fluctuation in the electric motor (6), based on a result of comparison between an estimated value of a torque fluctuation frequency in the electric motor (6), and one or both of transmission characteristics of the torque transmitter and vibration characteristics in the vehicle. |
| US10457149B2 |
Contactless power transfer system and power transmission device
A power reception unit includes a resonance circuit for contactlessly receiving electric power output from power transmission units. Each of the power transmission units is configured to be able to form a plurality of resonance circuits having circuit configurations different from each other. A communication unit transmits information about a configuration of the resonance circuit of the power reception unit to a communication unit. A power supply ECU controls the power transmission units such that a resonance circuit of the plurality of resonance circuits which has a circuit configuration identical to that of the resonance circuit of the power reception unit is formed in the power transmission units. |
| US10457145B1 |
Method of determining and preventing a driver misuse in a rear automatic braking system
Driver misuse of an automatic braking system is determined by comparing the amount of time that a vehicle moves rearwardly until it is stopped, to the amount of time after the last actuation of a brake pedal and when the vehicle is stopped. If the ratio of no brake applied time to the total reverse time is greater than a predetermined value, the automatic braking system is considered to have been misused. Each misuse occurrence increments a counter that is stored in a non-transitory memory device. |
| US10457139B2 |
Fuel cap and spring assembly
The present invention provides a fuel cap including a body and a spring positioned on the body that inhibits unintended removal of the cap from a fuel filler neck, the spring secured on the cap by a cam pin that is used to secure the cap on the cam ramp of a fuel filler neck. |
| US10457135B2 |
Dual loop liquid cooling of integrated electric drivetrain
Provided herein are systems and methods for cooling an electric drivetrain of an electric vehicle. The electric drivetrain can include an inverter, a gearbox and a motor. A first cooling system can use ethylene glycol and water (EGW) based coolant, and can include an EGW coolant loop to distribute the EGW based coolant to remove heat from a cold plate of the inverter, a housing of the gearbox, and a housing of the motor. A second cooling system can use an oil based coolant, and can include an oil coolant loop to distribute the oil based coolant to remove heat from internal components and the housing of the gearbox, and to remove heat from internal components and the housing of the motor. The second cooling system can include an oil coolant pump to control a flow of the oil based coolant through the oil coolant loop. |
| US10457131B2 |
Transmission for energy storage device, energy storage device and method for controlling the transmission
A transmission for an energy storage and recovery system is disclosed. A variable slip transmission and a clutch arranged to transmit drive while slipping. The level of torque transmitted through the slipping clutch is dependent on the clutch force but is independent of the clutch slip speed. Preferably the clutch is provided by a plurality of clutches connected in parallel in a range extender. When drive is transferred between clutches in parallel, the clutch forces of both clutches are controlled to maintain the total torque transmitted by the clutches. This reduces torque fluctuations at the energy source/sink during clutch transfer. Where there are two slipping clutches in series, one clutch is controlled to provide the required torque and the other clutch is controlled in response to a clutch slip speed. This helps to control the speed of rotation of the mass between the clutches. |
| US10457122B2 |
Vehicle assembly and method to reduce buffeting and generate downforce
An exemplary vehicle flow influencing assembly includes, among other things, a downforce generator extending laterally outward from an area of a vehicle that is forward a side window. The downforce generator is configured to influence flow to reduce buffeting. A vehicle flow influencing method includes, among other things, lowering a side window to provide an opening to a passenger compartment of a vehicle, and influencing flow over the opening using a downforce generator that extends laterally outward from an area of a vehicle that is forward the side window. The influencing reducing buffeting. |
| US10457118B2 |
Vehicle and vehicle cooling system
A vehicle includes a first cooling loop, a second cooling loop, and a controller. The first cooling loop includes a compressor and a chiller. The second cooling loop includes a valve and an evaporator. The second cooling loop extends from an input side to an output side of the chiller on the first loop. The controller is programmed to, responsive to operation of the chiller but not the evaporator, close and intermittently pulse open the valve each time a discharge pressure of the compressor exceeds a first threshold. |
| US10457117B2 |
Air conditioner for vehicle
An air conditioner for a vehicle including a pump that takes in and discharges a heat medium, a heat medium/air heat exchanger which regulates a temperature of ventilation air by conducting sensible-heat exchange between the ventilation air and the heat medium circulated by the pump, a heat transfer device having a passage through which the heat medium flows and conducts heat transfer with the heat medium, a compressor, a heat medium/refrigerant heat exchanger which regulates the temperature of the heat medium, and a controller which regulates a heat transfer amount with the heat medium in the heat transfer device or heat exchange capability of the heat medium/air heat exchanger such that a temperature of the ventilation air regulated by the heat medium/air heat exchanger approaches a target temperature. |
| US10457110B2 |
Vehicle suspension system
A vehicle suspension system (3) is provided that allows attention eliciting information such as rumble strips, bumps and road markers to be conveyed to the vehicle operator substantially without detracting from the performance of the vehicle suspension system. A control unit (10) determines if a prescribed warning condition exists according to vehicle information and/or road surface information acquired by an information acquiring unit, and performs a warning control including an extending and retracting movement of the actuator interposed between an sprung member (8) and an unsprung member (9) of the vehicle at a prescribed frequency when the warning condition is determined. |
| US10457100B2 |
Cart wheel assembly with replaceable tire
The disclosure addresses a series of interactions between wheels and a number of different replaceable tire segments to cover the wheels. The disclosure teaches more than one way to engage the one or more tire segments to wheels and to form seams between ends of the one or more tire segments. The tire segments may be removed and replaced so that the wheels and wheel bearing may be used longer than the useful life of the tire segments. |
| US10457099B2 |
Method for controlling the footprint area of a tyre and tyre for vehicle wheels
A method for controlling the symmetry of the footprint area of a tire running on a straight trajectory with camber angle different from zero, includes the steps: reducing the contact pressure of the tire on the footprint area at an inner shoulder (in case of negative camber) or at an outer shoulder (in case of positive camber); and disposing any medium line of the tread band placed in correspondence with the footprint area substantially parallel to the ground. A tire and a wheel for motor-vehicles, wherein the medium line of the tread band and the rotation axis of the tire form an angle substantially equal in absolute value to the camber angle. A process for manufacturing such tires, wherein a green tire with symmetric outer profile is deformed during the vulcanizing and moulding step until a predetermined angle different from zero is formed between any medium line of the tread band and the rotation axis of the vulcanized tire. |
| US10457095B2 |
Hub-bearing assembly for a vehicle wheel
A hub-bearing assembly having an axis of rotation and provided with an outer ring and an inner ring that define between them an interspace. The inner ring is provided with a flange that is transverse to the axis, and a sealing device being interposed between the outer ring and the inner ring and being provided with a moving sealing lip that is integral with the flange with the interposition of a second sealing shield, and which is directed towards a front annular surface of the outer ring. |
| US10457091B1 |
Paintbrush holding system
A container for holding paintbrushes includes a bucket having an interior and a bottom, and a stand configured to be disposed in the interior. The stand includes a holder and a plurality of legs extending from the holder, with the legs configured to support the holder above the bottom of the bucket when the holder is disposed in the bucket with the legs positioned on said bottom of the bucket. The holder includes a plurality of hangers configured to removably receive paintbrushes thereon with the bucket configured to retain liquid into which the bristles of paintbrushes are submerged when retained on the hangers. |
| US10457085B2 |
Assembly for dispensing full adhesive notes
An assembly for dispensing full adhesive notes comprising: a pad comprising a plurality of full adhesive notes arranged in a dispensing stack; and a retention surface comprising a mounting face and adjacent recessed portion; wherein the adhesive on the bottommost note is adhered to the mounting face and portions of the note extend beyond the mounting face. |
| US10457081B2 |
Additive manufacturing method using dynamic light projection for flexographic print masters
A method for reconstructing a relief print master with a three-dimensional printer includes introducing cavities inside the relief print master in order to control its compressibility. |
| US10457075B2 |
Print engine for color digital inkjet press
A print engine includes: a media support chassis having a plurality of guide rollers mounted between opposite sidewalls thereof, the plurality of guide rollers defining a media feed path; a maintenance chassis pivotally mounted on the media support chassis, the maintenance chassis including a plurality of maintenance modules fixedly mounted thereto and aligned along the media feed path; and a print bar chassis movably mounted on the maintenance chassis, the print bar chassis including a plurality of print modules, each print module having a printhead; a pivot actuation mechanism for pivoting the maintenance chassis between an open and closed position; and a lift mechanism for raising and lowering the print bar chassis relative to the maintenance chassis between a maintenance position a printing position. |
| US10457073B2 |
Ink jet recording method
An ink jet recording method according to one aspect of the invention includes a reaction liquid adhesion step of ejecting from an ink jet head, a reaction liquid in the form of liquid droplets containing an aggregating agent which aggregates a color ink composition so as to adhere the reaction liquid to a recording region of a recording medium which is a non-absorptive recording medium or a low-absorptive recording medium; and a color ink adhesion step of ejecting the color ink composition in the form of liquid droplets from the ink jet head so as to adhere the color ink composition to the recording region of the recording medium to which the reaction liquid is adhered. In the reaction liquid adhesion step, while ejecting the liquid droplets, the ink jet head is scanned a plurality of times so as to be moved relatively with respect to the recording medium. |
| US10457069B2 |
Apparatus for repeatable staging and holding objects in a 3-D printer using an array of pins
A universal staging platen for many types of objects in Direct to Object printing has a datum surface which is configured to represent the plane of optimal print head distance. The universal staging platen has an array of small pins protruding from it that conform under spring load to an object placed on the datum surface. Once in a conformed state, an operator can lock the pin position so that the object is precisely positioned for acquisition by a gripper mechanism. An added benefit of locking the pin position is that subsequent copies of the object may be loaded without any additional alignment or setup. The distance the contour pins protrude through the datum surface may be adjusted so that the pin ends are sufficiently far away from the gripper mechanism being used. |
| US10457067B2 |
Recording apparatus and recording method
Each area in a test pattern for performing color shift correction is recorded by a discharge port at an edge portion in many times of scanning and by a discharge port other than the discharge port at the edge portion in fewer times of scanning. |
| US10457065B2 |
Liquid container
There is provided a liquid container that comprises an upper wall and a bottom wall; a liquid supply port provided in the bottom wall; a first chamber provided on a +Z direction side that is an upper wall side; a second chamber provided on a −Z direction side that is a bottom wall side; a partition wall configured to part the first chamber from the second chamber; and a connecting hole configured to connect the first chamber with the second chamber. The second chamber is connected with the liquid supply port. The first chamber is connected with the liquid supply port via the connecting hole and the second chamber. The second chamber includes a return flow path that is turned back along an X direction. A liquid contained in the first chamber is flowed from the connecting hole through the return flow path to the liquid supply port. |
| US10457061B2 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus and pressure-regulating device
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid inflow unit provided in the liquid supply path which supplies a liquid to a liquid ejecting unit and into which the liquid flows, a liquid accommodation unit having a diaphragm section, a communication path through which the liquid inflow part and the liquid accommodation part communicate, and a pressure-regulating mechanism having an on-off valve which opens and closes the communication path in response to displacement of the diaphragm portion, and a pressing mechanism which puts the on-off valve in an open state regardless of the pressure in the liquid inflow unit by pressing the diaphragm portion. |
| US10457060B2 |
Drop-on-demand inkjet print bar
A print bar comprises a mounting assembly and a plurality of drop-on-demand inkjet print modules mounted to the mounting assembly. The modules comprise conduits for continuously circulating ink. Each of the modules comprises a drop-on-demand inkjet print head and a local element for controlling the ink pressure, assigned to the print head. The print bar further comprises control circuitry assigned to the print heads of the modules for controlling the local elements for controlling the ink pressure and ink release by the print head. An optimum printing result at high frequency may be obtained from every print head as the ink delivered to the print head is locally brought to a desired pressure. A modular buildup is achieved, which means that new printers may be easily designed and built from a comparably small number of components to be held available. Maintenance is similarly facilitated. Scalability is excellent. |
| US10457054B2 |
Preventing deterioration in aesthetic appearance of a printed result without reduction of printing speed
The disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a printing processing program for executing steps. In a line specification step, it is determined whether or not an on-dot ratio or the number of on-dots is equal to or greater than a threshold value and at least one print lines equal to or greater than a threshold value is specified. In a labeling step, a plurality of dot groups is identified such that on-dots adjacent to each other form one dot group. In a dot group specification step, at least one first dot groups including the at least one print lines is specified. In a density reduction process step, a density at the time of print formation of the on-dots included in the first dot groups is made lower than a density at the time of print formation of the on-dots included in at least one second dot groups. |
| US10457050B2 |
Ink jet recording apparatus
An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head having a plurality of nozzles through which an ink composition containing an inorganic pigment is ejected, a nozzle surface having nozzle orifices, and a liquid-repellent film disposed on the nozzle surface; an absorbing member that absorbs the ink composition containing the inorganic pigment from the nozzle orifices and the nozzle surface; and an actuating mechanism including a pressing member that presses the absorbing member, which contains an impregnation liquid, and the nozzle surface relative to each other. The actuating mechanism moves at least one of the absorbing member and the recording head relative to the other to perform a cleaning operation in which the ink composition is removed from the nozzle surface with the absorbing member. |
| US10457048B2 |
Ink jet printhead
Printheads and methods for forming printheads are described herein. In one example, a printhead includes a single resistor window in a conducting layer within the printhead. The printhead also includes a number of resistors formed in a resistor film deposited over the single resistor window. The resistors have two different widths, and each of the two different widths ejects a different droplet size when energized. |
| US10457047B2 |
Mounting assembly for mounting a plurality of inkjet print modules
A mounting assembly (1) for mounting a plurality of inkjet print modules in an adjoining relationship along a longitudinal direction of the mounting assembly (1) comprises a linear guide (13, 14) extending in the longitudinal direction for supporting the plurality of modules such that the modules are movable along the linear guide (13, 14). It further comprises for each of the plurality of modules a carrier (100.1 . . . 4) for mounting an inkjet print head including an array of nozzles formed on a nozzle face, wherein the carriers (100.1 . . . 4) are supported on the linear guide (13, 14) such that they are movable along the linear guide (13, 14), wherein in a mounted configuration of the inkjet print heads their nozzle face is arranged on a first side of the linear guide (13, 14). Each carrier (100.1 . . . 4) comprises a first adjustment mechanism for adjusting a distance of the carriers 100.1 . . . 4) of two adjoining modules of the plurality of modules, the first adjustment mechanism comprising a first control member having an operating section for mechanically cooperating with a tool for adjusting the distance. Each carrier (100.1 . . . 4) further comprises a second adjustment mechanism for adjusting an angle position of the inkjet print head mounted to the carrier (100.1 . . . 4) with respect to an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the second adjustment mechanism comprising a second control member having an operating section for mechanically cooperating with a tool for adjusting the angle position. The operating sections of the control members of the first and of the second adjustment mechanism are accessible from the first side of the linear guide (13, 14). |
| US10457045B2 |
Liquid ejection apparatus having piezoelectric elements
A liquid ejection apparatus, including: first piezoelectric elements arranged on an element-disposed surface in a first direction; a protective cover covering the first piezoelectric elements and including a top wall portion and two side wall portions connected thereto; first wires drawn respectively from the first piezoelectric elements to an outside of the protective cover in a second direction parallel to the element-disposed surface and orthogonal to the first direction and extending on an outer surface of the top wall portion via an outer surface of a corresponding side wall portion; first terminals disposed on the outer surface of the top wall portion and connected respectively to the first wires; and a driver electrically connected to the first terminals, wherein a distance in the first direction between any adjacent two of the first wires on an outer surface of the protective cover is larger than that on the element-disposed surface. |
| US10457043B2 |
Piezoelectric print head and piezoelectric ink jet printer
A piezoelectric print head includes a piezoelectric element; a nozzle that ejects liquid when the piezoelectric element is driven; a transmission gate that switches between supply and non-supply of a driving signal for driving the piezoelectric element to the piezoelectric element; a history-information memory that holds history information indicating history of ON or OFF of the transmission gate; and a switch-operation stop controller that stops a switch operation that causes the transmission gate to be turned OFF from ON or to be turned ON from OFF, in accordance with the history information. |
| US10457041B2 |
Liquid discharge apparatus, circuit substrate, and integrated circuit device
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a discharge unit which discharges a liquid by a piezoelectric element; and a driving circuit which drives the piezoelectric element, in which the driving circuit includes a first transistor pair which is driven by a first power source voltage and a second power source voltage, a second transistor pair which is driven by the second power source voltage and a third power source voltage, and a first control circuit which controls on a first input signal, and in which, the shortest distance between the first power source voltage and the first input terminal is shorter than the shortest distance between the second power source voltage and the first input terminal, and the shortest distance between the second power source terminal and the first input terminal is shorter than the shortest distance between the third power source voltage and the first input terminal. |
| US10457036B2 |
Methods for compensating for thermal expansion during additive manufacturing
Embodiments of the present disclosure are drawn to additive manufacturing apparatus and methods. An exemplary additive manufacturing method may include forming a part using additive manufacturing. The method may also include bringing the part to a first temperature, measuring the part along at least three axes at the first temperature, bringing the part to a second temperature, different than the first temperature, and measuring the part along the at least three axes at the second temperature. The method may further include comparing the size of the part at the first and second temperatures to calculate a coefficient of thermal expansion, generating a tool path that compensates for the coefficient of thermal expansion, bringing the part to the first temperature, and trimming the part while the part is at the first temperature using the tool path. |
| US10457034B2 |
System and method for decreasing time for printing layers in three-dimensional objects and for enhancing color fidelity at the surface of three-dimensional objects
A three-dimensional object printer has a controller that operates pluralities of ejectors ejecting drops of different materials having different colors, at least one color of which is white, to produce objects with different levels of color saturation. The controller operates the pluralities of ejectors with reference to a function of a sum of an average number of drops per voxel in each layer, a target value of an average number of drops per voxel of colorants other than white in each layer, and a distance from a closest surface of the object for each material ejected by the ejectors. At a predetermined distance from a closest surface and greater, the controller operates the pluralities of ejectors to form voxels in layers of the object with only clear and white drops. At distances less than the predetermined distance, the number of clear drops increases and the number of white drops decreases. |
| US10457033B2 |
Systems and methods for additively manufacturing composite parts
Systems and methods for additively manufacturing composite parts are disclosed. Systems comprise at least a feedstock source and a feed mechanism. The feedstock source comprises a plurality of pre-consolidated tows, with each pre-consolidated tow comprising a fiber tow within a non-liquid binding matrix. In some systems, a tow combiner receives at least a subset of the plurality of pre-consolidated tows from the feedstock source and combines the subset of the plurality of pre-consolidated tows to define a macro tow. The feed mechanism moves the subset of the plurality of pre-consolidated tows from the feedstock source and into the tow combiner and moves the macro tow from the tow combiner. Methods according to the present disclosure comprise combining a plurality of pre-consolidated tows to define a macro tow, and dispensing the macro tow in three dimensions to define a composite part. |
| US10457029B2 |
Apparatus and method for manufacturing display apparatus
An apparatus and method of manufacturing a display apparatus are provided. The apparatus for manufacturing a display apparatus includes a support; a first stage arranged on the support, the first stage being configured to move linearly and to receive a film member thereon, a second stage spaced apart from the first stage, and arranged on the support, the second stage being configured to move linearly and to receive a display panel thereon. an adhesive belt spaced from the support, the adhesive belt being configured to selectively adhere to the film member, a tension maintenance portion arranged on the support, the tension maintenance portion being configured to ascend and descend and to maintain a tension of the adhesive belt, and a pressing portion under the tension maintenance portion, the pressing portion being configured to move linearly and to press the adhesive belt toward one of the first stage and the second stage. |
| US10457026B2 |
Device and method for producing composite sheets using multiple lamination
A device for producing a strip-shaped composite sheet may comprise at least two outer metal cover sheets and at least one plastic layer disposed between the two outer metal cover sheets. The device may further comprise at least one first laminating device for laminating the metal cover sheets with the at least one plastic layer arranged between the metal cover sheets, with the first laminating device comprising at least two laminating rolls forming a laminating gap. One object of the present disclosure is to provide methods and devices for producing composite sheets, with which the economy, in particular the production speed, of the production method can be significantly increased and at the same time the risk of delamination of the composite sheets during the further processing can be reduced. |
| US10457025B2 |
Sheet
The present invention provides a sheet, wherein the sheet has an excellent low-gloss feeling; even when oblique light is incident on a surface of the sheet, diffuse reflection of the light is suppressed, the surface is less likely to look white when viewed obliquely, and a design represented on the sheet can be visually recognized; and the sheet has excellent designability. In the sheet, a surface of the sheet has an arithmetic average roughness Ra (JIS B0633: 2001) of 0.7 μm or less, and the reflectance at a detection angle equal to a regular reflection angle ±5°, measured by a variable angle photometer when the surface is irradiated with incident light at an incident angle of 75°, is 50% or less of the reflectance at the regular reflection angle. |
| US10457024B2 |
Composite material with coating material
The invention relates to a composite material composed at least of one carrier material, wherein the carrier material is coated on a first surface with a first coating material and on a second surface with a second coating material, wherein the composite material has links of coating material which run from the first surface of the carrier material to the second surface of the carrier material, wherein links of coating material start from 1% to 90% of at least one of the surfaces of the carrier material. The invention further relates to a method for producing a composite material of this type. |
| US10457022B2 |
Single- or multilayer film comprising bonded polyvinyl alcohol
A single- or multilayer film is disclosed, the film made on the basis of a blend of (co)polyamide and polyvinyl alcohol, soluble in at least one solvent A, comprising more than 50% water, at that said film comprising polyvinyl alcohol—PVAs, soluble in the same solvent A, and bonded polyvinyl alcohol—PVAB, which (i) is virtually insoluble in the same solvent A at temperatures from 18° C. to the initial boiling point at normal pressure, (ii) is soluble in at least one of the solvents, capable of dissolving (co)polyamide, (iii) gives the typical for PVA color reaction with iodine, and (iv) reacts with at least one primary amine, with formation of water-soluble PVA, wherein the CB/CS ratio, where CB is the film content for PVAB, that becomes water-soluble after its treatment with said primary amine, and Cs is the content of PVAs in the film, is not less than 0.05. When this condition is satisfied, there is noticeable improvement in the stability of the technological process of production, and in the mechanical strength of the film. The claimed film can be used, specifically, for sausage casings. 2 independent and 30 dependent claims, 6 tables. |
| US10457019B2 |
Light weight composite material systems, polymeric materials, and methods
The present invention relates to filled polymeric materials including a polymer and a filler distributed within the polymer, and to light weight composites which comprise at least a pair of metallic layers and a polymeric layer interposed between the pair of metallic layers, the polymeric layer containing the filled polymeric material. The composite materials of the present invention may be formed using conventional stamping equipment at ambient temperatures. Composite materials of the present invention may also be capable of being welded to other metal materials. The composite materials may be employed in an automotive part. Preferred composite materials include one or any combination of the following features: metallic fibers, ribbon fibers; or a polyolefin. |
| US10457018B2 |
Decorative and/or secure element for homogeneous card construction
A laminate sheet includes a base film formed from a recyclable, biodegradable, degradable, and/or compostable material, a metal or reflective film layer disposed over the base film, and heat resistant layer disposed over the base film. |
| US10457016B2 |
Differential needling of a carbon fiber preform
A carbon-carbon composite preform including a plurality of layers including carbon fibers or carbon-precursor fibers, the layers include a first exterior layer defining a first major surface, a second exterior layer defining a second major surface, and at least one interior layer disposed between the first exterior layer and the second exterior layer, the at least one interior layer having a peripheral region that forms a portion of an outer surface of the preform. The preform includes needled fibers, where at least some needled fibers extend through two or more layers. The preform has an exterior region and a core region, where the exterior region includes at least the peripheral region of at least one interior layer. The needled fibers define a first needled fiber number density (NFND) in the exterior region and a second greater NFND in at least a portion of the core region. |
| US10457010B2 |
Corrugating roll
The invention concerns a corrugating roll for producing a corrugated web, having a fluting, from a material web. The corrugating roll has a corrugating roll body, a central longitudinal axis, a peripheral direction about the central longitudinal axis and a surface fluting with at least one first corrugating tooth, which is arranged peripherally on the corrugating roll body, and at least one second corrugating tooth arranged peripherally on the corrugating roll body and which differs from the at least one first corrugating tooth for reducing corrugating roll operation-related vibrations. |
| US10457004B2 |
Method for centering a tire component
The invention relates to a method and centering assembly (1) for centering a tire component (9), wherein the method comprises the steps of placing the tire component on and conveying it from a first conveyor (2) towards a second conveyor (3), determining the position of a first longitudinal edge (91), transversely moving the first conveyor (2) and thereby aligning the first longitudinal edge (91) along a first reference on the second conveyor (3), conveying the tire component from the first conveyor (2) onto the second conveyor (3) while determining the position of a second longitudinal edge (92), wherein the tire component has a center between the first longitudinal edge (91) and the second longitudinal edge (92), conveying the tire component from the second conveyor (3) towards a drum (4), laterally moving the drum (4) to align the center of the tire component with a center of a desired application position of the tire component on the drum, and conveying the tire component from the second conveyor (3) onto the drum (4). |
| US10457002B2 |
Method and apparatus for treating an object
An apparatus and a method for treating an object manufactured from a material having a defined melting temperature, by subjecting the object to hot isostatic pressing to reduce porosity and increase a density thereof. The method comprises arranging the object in a pressure chamber interior cavity, submerged in a liquid partially filling the cavity, heating the liquid to a below melting temperature, pressurizing the liquid by pressurizing gas above a liquid surface in the cavity, then moving the object out of the liquid, but still within the cavity, subsequently heating the liquid to an above melting temperature, and resubmerging the object in the liquid. Subsequently, the object is withdrawn from the liquid and moved above the liquid. The apparatus comprises the pressure chamber, a movable object support in the cavity, a liquid heater, and a gas inlet and outlet selectively introducing gas into and venting gas from the cavity. |
| US10456996B2 |
Tank manufacturing method and tank
A manufacturing method of a tank including a tubular body portion, and dome-shaped side end portions formed on both sides of the body portion, the manufacturing method includes forming a tubular compact serving as at least part of the body portion from one fiber reinforced resin sheet by winding the fiber reinforced resin sheet including reinforced fibers impregnated with thermoplastic resin is wound several times around a peripheral surface of a core from a direction perpendicular to an axial center of the core in a state where the thermoplastic resin is melted. |
| US10456994B2 |
Composite container
A composite container is provided where FRP layers are formed by winding FRP around a metal liner so that the dome sections are reinforced while limiting an increase in the weight. The FRP layers include a hoop layer that covers the entirety of the cylindrical section in hoop winding, and dome section reinforcing layers that also cover as least the portions of the cylindrical section near the dome sections. In the dome section reinforcing layers, FRP are wound in helical form in such a manner that the orientation angle of the FRP over the cylindrical section relative to the direction of the axis of the liner continuously changes towards the center of the cylindrical section, and thus, the weight of FRP near the center of the cylindrical section is reduced. |
| US10456992B2 |
Modular user-configurable multi-part 3D layering system and hot end assembly
Apparatus and associated methods for a user configurable modular 3D layering system provide a modular frame assembly, and two or more deposition print heads that are user-configurably disposed along an X-axis carriage drive system. A deposition-receiving tray may have a configurable Z-axis throw. In an exemplary embodiment, an X-axis carriage drive system may include one or more sensors for detecting a starting position of the print heads. For example, the sensor may be a micro-switch engageable by one or more print heads. In an exemplary embodiment, the print heads are removable from the X-axis carriage assembly. In some embodiments, each print head may operate independently of adjacent print heads. In an exemplary embodiment, each print head may include an injection nozzle for depositing the filament. In some embodiments, a y-carriage assembly may include a height sensor for the tray. |
| US10456991B2 |
Spacer for use in precision bonding applications that provides enhanced shear strength
A spacer-locator with integrated locator pins and spacer tabs for use in joining applications. The spacer-locator provides consistent and accurate spacing between mating surfaces and the locator pins provide enhanced location control of the joining components while providing a mechanical advantage to the shear strength at the joint. Also, a spacer-locator for joining at least two objects along mating surfaces, the spacer-locator constraining more than five degrees of freedom for the objects to be joined. |
| US10456990B1 |
Automated balloon assembly machine
An assembly for manufacturing a balloon envelope includes a table component and a sealing component. The table component may include a first platform, a second platform, a third platform, and a lateral opening between the first and second platforms. The first and second platforms can receive a first sheet of material that forms a first gore of the balloon envelope and a second sheet of material that forms a second gore of the balloon envelope. At least a portion of the first platform may move relative to the third platform so as to allow for the tendon and the portion of the second sheet attached to the tendon to move toward the third platform. The sealing component may be configured to bond the first sheet to the second sheet in order to join the first and the second gores of the balloon envelope. |
| US10456986B2 |
Method for reinforcing and/or lining material
A method of manufacturing a heterogeneous composite includes the steps of providing a first constituent and a second constituent, wherein the first constituent is porous or capable of developing pores when under hydrostatic pressure, and the second constituent comprises a solid having thermoplastic properties; positioning the second constituent relative to the first constituent and coupling energy into the second constituent to cause at least portions of the second constituent to liquefy and to penetrate into pores or other structures of the first constituent, whereby the first constituent is interpenetrated by the second constituent to yield a composite; and, causing an irreversible transition at least of the second constituent to yield a modified composite. |
| US10456984B2 |
Adaptive material deposition for additive manufacturing
A closed-loop adaptive material deposition apparatus and method uses a scanning system to monitor an additively manufactured object as it is being fabricated and adapting the geometric shape and material composition of the subsequent layers based on the scan data. The scanning system repeatedly captures geometric and/or material information of a partially manufactured object with optional auxiliary objects inserted during the manufacturing process. Based on this information, the actual surface geometry and/or actual material composition is computed. Surface geometry may be offset and used as a slicing surface for the next portion of the digital model. The shape of the slicing surface may then be recomputed each time the system scans the partially fabricated object. |
| US10456981B2 |
Three-dimensional printing data generation device, and three-dimensional printing system including the same
A three-dimensional printing data generation device includes a storage storing data of a three-dimensional target object model, a support model generation processor generating, based on the data stored in the storage, data of a three-dimensional support model including a substrate portion located below the target object model and a handle portion extending upward from the substrate portion, the substrate portion including a through-hole larger than a particle diameter of a powder material, and an output processor outputting the data of the target object model and the data of the support model as three-dimensional printing data. |
| US10456977B2 |
Printing head, printing apparatus, printing method and printed article
A printing head (100) for a 3-D printing device is disclosed that comprises a nozzle (110) arranged to print a layer (140) of a printing material on a receiving surface (130) and a texturing member (120) arranged to texture the layer or the receiving surface during printing of said layer. The nozzle comprises an outlet including the texturing member (120) and the outlet is shaped to form protrusions (145) extending from a main surface of the layer (140) for interlocking with a subsequent layer. The texturing member ensures that contacting layers formed with the printing head exhibit improved adhesion due to the increased contact surface area between the layers. This yields stronger 3-D articles printed in this manner. A printing apparatus including the printing head, a printing method and an article printed in accordance with the printing method are also disclosed. |
| US10456976B1 |
Methods to identify additively manufactured parts
Methods and apparatus to identify additively manufactured parts are disclosed. An example method of manufacturing includes layering a first set of layers of a first material via an additive manufacturing technique, the first material having a first density and layering a second set of layers of the first material via the additive manufacturing technique, the second set of layers to form a void embedded internally in the part, the void forming an indicium. |
| US10456971B2 |
Mold for forming a hollow body and inflatable body
A mold comprises a mold body (1) for forming therearound a body (60) with a body cavity which is accessible via an opening. The mold body is assembled from a set of mutually cohesive body parts (30,40). The body parts (30,40) are mutually releasable and removable from the body via the opening. An inflatable body (60) can be manufactured with the mold. The inflatable body (60) comprises a wall of elastomer material, which wall at least in an inflated state of the body bounds a body cavity accessible through a wall opening. The body is inflatable by filling the body cavity with a fluid. |
| US10456969B2 |
Nozzle for sheet or film extrusion
A die and a method for producing a structural part from hardenable material by way of a die. The die includes a die bottom part; a die top part; a die control unit; a flexible element extending along a lower edge of the die top part; and at least one adjusting bolt to adjust at least partially, via the die control unit, a spatial distance between the flexible element and the die bottom part during extrusion. |
| US10456968B2 |
Three-dimensional object printer with multi-nozzle extruders and dispensers for multi-nozzle extruders and printheads
A three-dimensional object printer includes a multi-nozzle extruder, at least one extrusion material supply, and a dispenser that provides extrusion material from the extrusion material supply to each of a plurality of channels, each channel supplying extrusion material to at least one nozzle in the multi nozzle extruder. The dispenser includes an inlet to receive extrusion material from at least one extrusion material supply, an outlet configured to direct the extrusion material to a channel in the plurality of channels, and an actuator configured to move the outlet into alignment with each channel in the plurality of channels. |
| US10456964B2 |
Method for producing a support element for a vehicle
The invention relates to a method for producing a support element for a means of transport, wherein the method comprises: —providing a polypropylene/natural fiber mat (106), wherein the mat (106) has a basis weight of less than 1150 g/m2, wherein the polypropylene/natural fiber mat (106) comprises a first type of natural fibers, —preheating the mat (106), —placing the mat (106) in a mold (100), wherein the mold (100) has a rib-shaped cavity (112), —pressing the mat (106) into a predefined form by the mold (100), so that the thickness of the mat (106) after the pressing is less than 1.5 mm—immediately and directly after the pressing, insert molding the mat (106) by injecting a polypropylene-containing material into the rib-shaped cavity, wherein the insert molding has the effect that the material forms stiffening ribs (200) that are integrally bonded with the mat (106), —demolding the mat (106) comprising the stiffening ribs (200). |
| US10456961B2 |
Bonding apparatus and bonding method
The bonding apparatus of the present invention is an apparatus that bonds a patch containing a reinforcing fiber to a bonded section of a corner section CR of an object member. The bonding apparatus has s heater mat, a pushing member, a bag member having a decompression port, a mold releasing film, a breather, a heater mat and a sealant. A pushing member has a first cowl plate, a second cowl plate and an elastic pressuring body. A pressuring section of the pushing member has the surface shape corresponding to a corner section design value after the patch is bonded. By protruding from a gap between a first cowl plate and a second cowl plate to a direction of the corner section CR, the patch is pushed to the bonded section and the generation of a wrinkle in the reinforcing fiber can be prevented. |
| US10456959B2 |
Bamboo railroad tie manufacturing system
A system for crafting railroad crossties of compressed bamboo is described. The system employs a hydraulic press configured to effectively compress multiple stalks of bamboo into a strong unified beam within a mold. Bamboo is first mashed, dried, and treated. A resin is employed as a permanent adhesive, binding the stalks together. The bamboo is stacked within a mold and compressed under the pressure exerted by the hydraulic press. An oven is used to heat the compressed bamboo, and then the bamboo is cooled. The compressed bamboo beam may then be trimmed to remove excess bamboo, and is cut into crosstie segments if needed. The resulting crosstie is sturdy, ecologically friendly, and rapidly manufactured. |
| US10456956B1 |
Multi-chemistry microlattice structures and methods of manufacturing the same
A multi-chemistry structure includes: a plurality of interconnected polymer struts arranged in a lattice; a first layer of the lattice including a first array of first unit cells; a second layer of the lattice including a second array of second unit cells; at least one region of the lattice being formed of a first polymer; and at least one region of the lattice being formed of a second polymer different from the first polymer. |
| US10456955B2 |
Nut for a clamping mechanism of a vulcanizing press, clamping mechanism, vulcanizing press and support device for components of a vulcanizing press
The invention relates in particular to a nut 1 for a clamping mechanism 10, a clamping mechanism 10 comprising a tie bolt 11 and two nuts 1, a vulcanizing press 20 comprising clamping mechanisms 10 and a support device 23. |
| US10456954B2 |
Method and apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-forms into plastics material containers
A method of shaping plastics material pre-forms into plastics material containers is provided, in which the plastics material pre-forms are expanded inside a blow mold with the aid of an expansion agent and a stretch rod to form the plastics material containers, and in which at least the blow mold and/or the stretch rod is or are sterilized if necessary at least in part with sterilization agent, wherein, to sterilize the outer side of the stretch rod, the stretch rod is displaced at least in part into the blow mold, and the sterilization agents are brought from a discharge element arranged outside the stretch rod to the exterior face of the stretch rod. |
| US10456950B2 |
Method of forming topping sheet and apparatus thereof
A topping sheet forming method includes: a feeding and division step of feeding a textile original fabric, obtained by weaving longitudinally aligned tire cords into a cord fabric by use of weft yarns, and cutting off the weft yarns in predetermined widthwise positions to divide the textile original fabric into a plurality of narrow textile original fabrics; and a topping step of topping at least one surface of each of the narrow textile original fabrics with unvulcanized rubber. |
| US10456949B2 |
Device and method for producing fibre boards
A device for manufacturing fibrous board has a board carrier and a plurality of at least four cutting tools for separating a fibrous material, in particular strand-shaped or tape-shaped fibrous material into portions, and for depositing the portions. The board carrier is displaceable below the depositing cutting tools here through in at least one movement direction. The depositing cutting tools are substantially stationary and are disposed beside one another in such a manner that the portions of these depositing cutting tools may be simultaneously deposited beside one another on the board carrier. |
| US10456945B2 |
Tool for manually operating oscillating motorized tool accessory
A tool system for use with an accessory tool including a mounting end, comprises an oscillating power tool and a handheld tool assembly. The oscillating power tool includes a first tool holder configured to connect to the mounting end of the accessory tool. The handheld tool assembly includes a second tool holder configured to connect to the mounting end of the accessory tool. |
| US10456942B2 |
Cutting method
A cutting method includes a pipe of a cutting tool driving a pressing foot assembly of the cutting tool to press against an object in a direction; the pressing foot assembly sliding along the direction by cooperation of a sliding block of the pressing foot assembly and a sliding slot on the pipe to compress a spring of the cutting tool; the compressed spring generating a resilient force for driving the pressing foot assembly to collapse a plurality of wave-shaped core layers of the object; and after the plurality of wave-shaped core layers of the object is collapsed by the pressing foot assembly, a blade assembly of the cutting tool protruding from the pressing foot assembly via an opening on the pressing foot assembly and being driven to cut the collapsed object along another direction perpendicular to the direction without oscillation as the cutting tool moves along the another direction. |
| US10456941B1 |
Dual knife food cutter
A dual knife food cutter apparatus is configurable into a cutting configuration and a storage configuration. In the cutting configuration, the first blade is attached to the second blade to form a substantially contiguous combined cutting side. In the storage configuration, the cutting side of each blade is inserted into a slot of the handle of the other blade. |
| US10456938B2 |
Sheath and knife separation control structure
A sheath and knife separation control structure includes a sheath formed of a first sheath shell and a second sheath shell and including a knife blade accommodation chamber and a stop block, a knife having a knife blade accommodated in the knife blade accommodation chamber and a stop portion stoppable by the stop block, and a clamping control unit including a clamp pivotally connected to the sheath and a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion adapted for clamping the first sheath shell and second sheath shell of the sheath such that the stop block of the sheath is stopped against the stop portion to lock the knife to the sheath. The stop portion is movable to push away the stop block for allowing separation of the knife from the sheath when the clamping control unit is unclamped from the sheath. |
| US10456937B2 |
Guard element for use in a hair cutting unit
A guard element (4) for use in a hair cutting unit as a guard of a movable hair cutting element of the hair cutting unit has a disc-shaped base (10) and an annular wall (20) comprising a main part (21) extending from the periphery of the base (10), and a flange-shaped part (22) comprising an outwardly bent section (24). The annular wall (20) is reinforced on the basis of at least one of a design where a smallest inner periphery of the flange-shaped part (22) has a diameter which is smaller than a diameter of a largest inner periphery of a straight section (23) of the main part (21) connected to the periphery of the base (10), and a design where a free end section (25) of the flange-shaped part (22) is at least partially bent. In an embodiment, at least a portion of the main wall part (21) of the guard element (4) tapers inwardly in a direction along a central axis (11) of the disc-shaped base (10), from the disc-shaped base (10) to the flange-shaped wall part (22), such that the flange-shaped wall part (22) is enlarged with respect to a flange-shaped wall part (22) of a guard element (5) not having the tapered shape of the main wall part (21), resulting in increased stiffness and an increased resonant frequency of the guard element (4). |