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US10496193B1	Digital pen with three-dimensional input interface A pen device includes a battery, a logic unit and a wireless transceiver configured to transmit detected pen device inputs by a user to an IHS (Information Handling System). A touchpad extending around a circumference of the pen device includes capacitive layers configured to detect the user contacting the touchpad. The touchpad also includes pressure-sensitive layers configured to detect a force applied by the user in contacting the touchpad. The combination of inputs from the layers of the touchpad provides the location and pressure of the user's contact with the touchpad. These touchpad inputs in combination with the detected movement of the pen device support detection of inputs such as taps, squeezes and gestures that may serve as inputs to an application operating on the IHS. Utilizing the pen device in this manner, a user may provide various types of application inputs without interruption from the user's current workflow.
US10496191B2	Input device There is provided an electronic stylus. The stylus has, for example, an elongate member defining a utility portion for effecting input on or otherwise contacting a touchscreen of a computing device, a handle portion adapted to fit the grip of a user in use, and a cable for electrically connecting the computing device and the elongate member. The cable is adapted to transmit a first signal from the computing device to the stylus and then to transmit a second signal from the stylus to the computing device via the cable, the second signal modulated from the first signal and not generated from within the stylus.
US10496187B2	Domed orientationless input assembly for controlling an electronic device Domed input assemblies for controlling an electronic device and methods for using domed input assemblies for controlling electronic device are provided.
US10496182B2	Type-agnostic RF signal representations This document describes techniques and devices for type-agnostic radio frequency (RF) signal representations. These techniques and devices enable use of multiple different types of radar systems and fields through type-agnostic RF signal representations. By so doing, recognition and application-layer analysis can be independent of various radar parameters that differ between different radar systems and fields.
US10496181B2	Gesture input device A gesture input device for interacting with a wearable object is provided. A plurality of magnetic generators are disposed on the wearable object. The gesture input device includes a plurality of magnetic sensors and a controller. The magnetic sensors are disposed on the wearable object. The magnetic sensors are configured to sense a plurality of magnetic signals provided by the magnetic generators, and generate a plurality of voltage signals according to the magnetic signals. The controller is coupled to the magnetic sensors and configured to receive the voltage signals. When the wearable object is worn on a user's hand and the user's hand is in different gestures, the voltage signals generated by the magnetic sensors correspondingly change. The controller determines that the gesture of the user's hand according to the voltage signals.
US10496179B2	System and method for processing value documents A system and a corresponding method for processing value documents, including bank notes, includes an apparatus for processing, for conveying and/or checking and/or counting and/or sorting value documents and a portable user interface configured for receiving information pertaining to the apparatus and/or the processing of the value documents, capturing one or several images, in particular of the apparatus, and reproducing the received information and/or captured images.
US10496178B2	Gesture based control application for data sharing Receiving user gesture input commands and interpreting the commands to conduct presentation level control system processing and related presentation communications includes, in one example, detecting an input gesture command via a controller and processing the input gesture command via a processor. The example may also include retrieving at least one data file object responsive to the processed input gesture command, and transmitting the at least one media object to a remote device.
US10496176B2	Haptic feedback device and method for providing haptic sensation based on video A haptic feedback device for providing haptic sensation comprises a haptic feedback interface that includes a plurality of haptic elements. The haptic feedback device detects a plurality of different motion associated with a plurality of objects in an upcoming scene of a video based on a look-ahead buffer of the video played on an external display device or the haptic feedback device. A haptic feedback is determined for the upcoming scene of the video based on the look-ahead buffer of the video and the detected plurality of different motion associated with the plurality of objects. One or more movable haptic cues are generated on the haptic feedback interface using the plurality of haptic elements in synchronization with a current scene played on the external display device or the haptic feedback device, based on the determined haptic feedback.
US10496171B2	Electromechanical actuators for haptic feedback in electronic devices Electromechanical actuators may be constructed as cylindrical elements with electrodes position around the cylindrical element. The electrodes may receive an electrical signal that causes a core material in the electromechanical actuator to change shape, thus providing haptic feedback to a user, such as when the actuators are integrated with a display screen of a smart phone. A position of the electrodes around the core material may affect a mode of operation of the electromechanical actuators. In one configuration, two electrodes may be located at opposite ends of the cylindrical element along a long axis of the cylinder. In another configuration, two electrodes may be located opposite each other along a circumference of the cylinder. Signals may be applied to the electrodes to generate vibrational feedback or textures on the display screen.
US10496168B2	Calibration techniques for handstate representation modeling using neuromuscular signals Methods and apparatus for calibrating performance of one or more statistical models used to generate a musculoskeletal representation. The method comprises controlling presentation of instructions via a user interface to instruct the user to perform the at least one gesture and updating at least one parameter of the one or more statistical models based, at least in part on a plurality of neuromuscular signals recorded by a plurality of neuromuscular sensors during performance of the at least one gesture by the user.
US10496166B2	Eye tracking device and eye tracking method An eye tracking method in the disclosure comprises an image-capturing step of capturing a facial image including an eyeball of an object person, light from a light source that emits the light to form a corneal reflex point on the eyeball of the object person who gazes at a predetermined gaze point being reflected from the eyeball, a detecting step of calculating visual line information in a world coordinate system using the facial image captured in the image-capturing step and a correcting step of transforming the visual line information in the world coordinate system calculated in the detecting step into visual line information in a correction coordinate system that is a coordinate system different from the world coordinate system, and correcting the visual line information in the correction coordinate system using correction information for correcting a detection error caused by an individual difference of the eyeball.
US10496165B2	Devices and headsets A device comprises a content-processing component operable to perform a content-processing operation. The device comprises a sensor operable to output data indicative of activity of an eyelid of a user of the device. The device comprises a processor configured to process the data output by the sensor, to cause the content-processing operation to be in an enabled state in response to the processing of the data output by the sensor indicating that the eyelid is open by more than an open-eyelid threshold, and to cause the content-processing operation to be in a disabled state in response to the processing of the data output by the sensor indicating that the eyelid is closed by more than a closed-eyelid threshold.
US10496163B2	Eye and head tracking Systems, methods, and computer readable media to detect and track a user's eye gaze and head movement are described. In general, techniques are disclosed for identifying a user's pupil location and using this information, in conjunction with a three dimensional (3D) model of the user's head, perform gaze tracking operations. More particularly, techniques disclosed herein utilize pupil gradient information to refine an initial pupil location estimate. Once identified, the pupil's location may be combined with 3D head pose information to generate an accurate and robust gaze detection mechanism.
US10496162B2	Controlling a computer using eyegaze and dwell The systems and methods described herein assist persons with the use of computers based on eye gaze, and allow such persons to control such computing systems using various eye trackers. The systems and methods described herein use eye trackers to control cursor (or some other indicator) positioning on an operating system using the gaze location reported by the eye tracker. The systems and methods described herein utilize an interaction model that allows control of a computer using eye gaze and dwell. The data from eye trackers provides a gaze location on the screen. The systems and methods described herein control a graphical user interface that is part of an operating system relative to cursor positioning and associated actions such as Left-Click, Right-Click, Double-Click, and the like. The interaction model presents appropriate user interfaces to navigate the user through applications on the computing system.
US10496158B2	Image generation device, image generation method and non-transitory recording medium storing image generation program A communication load is reduced in a virtual-reality-space sharing system. An image generation device for generating a virtual reality space image includes a memory for storing an instruction and a processor coupled to the memory for executing the instruction. The instruction, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to acquire, from a second terminal sharing a virtual reality space with a first terminal used by a first user, line-of-sight information including a position and a line-of-sight direction of a second user using the second terminal in the virtual reality space, generate a virtual reality space image to be displayed on the first terminal based on the line-of-sight information acquired from the second terminal, and supply the generated virtual reality space image to the first terminal.
US10496154B2	Active noise cancelling power supply An active noise cancelling power supply to perform active noise cancelling of input power with noise to output power. The active noise cancelling power supply having a power transformation device receiving input power and converting the power to a voltage signal with a ripple. The active noise cancelling power supply has a ripple measuring device, which measures the ripple as the voltage signal with a ripple passes through the ripple measuring device producing a ripple signal. A controller with a data storage in communication with a processor, wherein computer instructions in the data storage are configured to instruct the processor to produce a first noise cancellation signal in volts or millivolts out of phase with the ripple signal and inject the first noise cancellation signal on the voltage signal with a ripple at a node forming a clean signal as output power.
US10496153B2	Method and system for binding chassis and components A computing device includes a chassis and a processor. The processor obtains a computing device identifier from a removable component disposed in the chassis. The processor makes a determination that the removable component is bound to a second computing device based on the obtained computing device identifier. In response to the first determination, the processor disables the removable component.
US10496151B2	Method and apparatus for controlling display of electronic device The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling a display of an electronic device. The method for controlling the display of the electronic device according to the present invention may comprise the steps of: identifying a power state of the electronic device and a power-rating of at least one application; determining an application power state of the at least one application on the basis of a result of the identification; and controlling a display of the electronic device according to the determined application power state.
US10496149B2	Method of operating CPU and method of operating system having the CPU A method of operating a CPU including a memory for storing a load tracker and a booster and a core for executing the load tracker and the booster includes determining, by the load tracker, whether an idle task is executed in the core, generating, by the load tracker, an event corresponding to a result of the determination, broadcasting, by the load tracker, a generated event to the booster, and setting, by the booster, a QoS minimum value of the core based on the event. The method of operating a CPU may further include registering, by the load tracker, an idle start worker callback and an idle end worker callback in an idle module when the CPU is initialized, and generating, by the load tracker, an idle start worker and an idle end worker when the CPU is initialized.
US10496146B2	Digital, power and recharging, extensible and scalable local cloud unit V2.0 A digital device containing the port types: power I/O, computer accessory & peripheral I/O, telephony, router, switch, network, antenna, UPS, surge protectors and lockable storage for user storage drives. Power I/O ports allow for separate power control of: an external computer, UPS and monitors; accessories and non-computer peripheral units; network router and switch, internal/external storage drives and device chargers. Operating apparatus consists of plugging into AC power from wall and peripheral devices to apparatus by way of cable harness; turning the apparatus on/off by way of front power buttons for external computer power, peripheral power and network power. Storage of user placed storage drives inside apparatus occurs by opening lid, connecting storage drives inside device and closing lid. Locking device occurs by way of two locks: one secures lid to device; one secures device to desktop.
US10496145B2	Peak power control and sequencing for multiple power supplies Systems, apparatuses, and methods may include a first power source to output power at a first normal power level and a first peak power level and a second power source cooperating with the first power source to output power at a second normal power level and a second peak power level. A system peak power control unit may monitor workload power requirements and cause the first power source to output the first peak power level at a first time period and cause the second power source to output the second peak power level at a second time period, different from the first time period. The time periods may be contiguous or discontiguous.
US10496142B2	Electronic device having power device and power control method thereof An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) unit for measuring the usage of an application processor (AP) corresponding to at least one function being executed and for controlling the voltage and operating frequency of the AP on the basis of the measured AP usage; and a control unit for controlling the DVFS unit not to control the voltage and operating frequency of the AP if said at least one function includes a preset function. Accordingly, if the preset function is executed, the response speed can be increased by not controlling the voltage and operating frequency of the AP.
US10496141B2	System and method for intelligent thermal management in a system on a chip having a heterogeneous cluster architecture Various embodiments of methods and systems for intelligent thermal power management implemented in a portable computing device (“PCD”) are disclosed. To mitigate or alleviate unwanted workload migration that could exacerbate a thermal energy generation event in a processing component having heterogeneous processing core clusters, embodiments of the solution apply mitigation measures in a predetermined order to the large cluster before applying any thermal mitigation measures to the small cluster.
US10496139B2	Hinge structure and electronic device A hinge structure including a first fixing component, a second fixing component, a shaft, a first positioning component, and a second positioning component is provided. The shaft passes through the first fixing component and the second fixing component. The first positioning component is connected to the second fixing component, wherein the shaft passes through the first positioning component, and the first positioning component includes a positioning elastic piece. The shaft passes through the second positioning component, wherein the positioning elastic piece faces toward the second positioning component, and a side of the second positioning component facing toward the positioning elastic piece is configured with a plurality of positioning slots arranged circularly. The positioning elastic piece is configured to engage in any one of the positioning slots to lock an opened/closed state of the second fixing component and the first fixing component. An electronic device is also provided.
US10496137B1	Electronics board mounting system Apparatuses and associated methods for mounting PCBs and other electronics boards in portable medical equipment and/or other portable and non-portable electronic devices are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the technology disclosed herein can provide PCB mounting systems that isolate the PCB from detrimental shock, vibration, and/or strain, while also providing electrical ground paths that greatly reduce EMI and other electrical disturbances. Some embodiments of the mounting systems described herein include both elastomeric (e.g., rubber) components and resilient metallic grounding members that, when assembled together, provide favorable shock mounting as well as robust electrical grounding without the inconvenience of using separate shock mounts, grounding straps, etc.
US10496129B2	Hinge device and electronic apparatus A hinge device can detect an open angle and an opening/closing angular velocity with high responsiveness and simple configuration. The hinge device enables rotary motion of a main-body chassis and a display chassis, and includes a first chassis shaft non-rotatably provided with respect to the main-body chassis, a second chassis shaft non-rotatably provided with respect to the display chassis, a cylindrical body into which the first chassis shaft is inserted to rotate with rotary motion thereof, a ring-type magnet non-rotatably fixed to the cylindrical body, a sensor that detects a movement of the magnet associated with the rotary motion from the change of magnetism, and a controller that reads a signal from the sensor to calculate an open angle and an opening/closing angular velocity.
US10496127B1	Multi-chip timing alignment to a common reference signal The subject technology provides for removing a source of delay in a phase-locked loop (PLL) by causing the output rising edge to occur at the same time as the input rising edge. The subject technology replicates the amount of delay experienced along an input reference signal path to the PLL as close as possible using a same circuit configuration and bias circuits as in the input reference signal path. For example, a timing alignment circuit containing a replica circuit adds compensation delay to a negative feedback loop signal to match the feedback loop delay with the reference path delay. The delay of the reference signal path is estimated and added into the replica circuit. The delay characteristics of these two paths negate one another such that the phases of the input reference signal and the feedback loop signal become phase-locked at the input to the PLL.
US10496126B2	Drift detection in timing signal forwarded from memory controller to memory device A memory system in which a timing drift that would occur in distribution of a first timing signal for data transport in a memory device is determined by measuring the actual phase delays occurring in a second timing signal that has a frequency lower than that of the first timing signal and is distributed in one or more circuits mimicking the drift characteristics of at least a portion of distribution of the first timing signal. The actual phase delays are determined in the memory device and provided to a memory controller so that the phases of the timing signals used for data transport may be adjusted based on the determined timing drift.
US10496125B1	Twin pedal hydrostatic transmission with automatic throttle An automatic throttle for a hydrostatic transmission having a forward pedal and a reverse pedal. Each pedal actuates a swash plate on a hydraulic pump for forward and reverse travel. A first bell crank and a second bell crank are connected to the forward pedal and the reverse pedal respectively. Each bell crank may pull a Bowden cable connected to an engine throttle to increase engine speed when either of the pedals is depressed.
US10496124B1	Projector and adjusting assembly A projector includes a main body and an adjusting assembly. The main body includes a casing, a light source, a light valve, and a projection lens. The casing has an opening. The adjusting assembly includes a rotation shaft, a knob, and at least one fastening component. The rotation shaft is connected to the main body. The knob is disposed on the rotation shaft and located in the opening. One of the rotation shaft and the knob has at least one fastening hole. The at least one fastening component penetrates the at least one fastening hole and is fixed to another one of the rotation shaft and the knob. An inner diameter of the at least one fastening hole is larger than an outer diameter of the at least one fastening component.
US10496122B1	Reference voltage generator with regulator system An integrated circuit includes an output driver circuit configured to provide a first voltage at an output terminal. The output driver circuit includes a transistor having a first current electrode coupled at a voltage supply terminal and a second current electrode coupled at the output terminal, and a resistor having a first terminal coupled at the output terminal and a second terminal coupled at a first node. An amplifier circuit is coupled to the output driver circuit and is configured to generate a proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT) current in a first circuit branch of the output driver circuit coupled at the first node. A complementary to absolute temperature (CTAT) circuit is configured to generate a CTAT current in a second circuit branch coupled at the first node.
US10496119B2	System for weather induced facility energy consumption characterization A method for characterizing buildings, including retrieving a plurality of baseline energy use data sets for the buildings from a baseline data stores; generating energy use data sets for each of the buildings, each of the energy use data sets comprising energy consumption values along with corresponding time and outside temperature values, where the energy consumption values within each of the sets are shifted by one of a plurality of lag values relative to the corresponding time and outside temperature values, and where each of the plurality of lag values is different from other ones of the plurality of lag values; performing a machine learning model analysis on the each of the plurality of energy use data sets to yield corresponding machine learning model parameters and a corresponding residual; determining a least valued residual from all residuals, the least valued residual indicating a corresponding energy lag for the each of the buildings; and categorizing the buildings into types according to similar energy lags.
US10496118B2	Voltage regulator A voltage regulator includes an error amplifier, and the error amplifier includes a differential pair constituted by a pair of transistors, a current adjustment circuit that provides a bias current proportional to an output current supplied from an output transistor to the differential pair, a source output circuit and a sink output circuit that provide a current based on a current flowing through the differential pair to an output terminal of the error amplifier, and a phase compensation circuit that controls a current of the sink output circuit based on a current of the current adjustment circuit.
US10496112B2	Valve device A valve device comprises an opening degree detection section and a control section. The control section performs, according to the pressure value and the opening degree detected by the opening degree detection unit, either one of open control for performing rough adjustment of the opening degree of the valve body or close control for performing fine adjustment of the opening degree of the valve body, in the open control, a predictive pressure estimation value at a preset future prediction target time from a current point is estimated, and the rough adjustment is performed based on the predictive pressure estimation value and the target pressure value, and in the close control, the fine adjustment is performed based on the target pressure value and the pressure value.
US10496107B2	Autonomous security drone system and method A drone aircraft for personal assistance or protection. When a driver's car is located in a parking lot at night, the driver can summon a drone stored in the vehicle which flies to the driver and leads the driver to the vehicle by projecting a spot of light onto the ground. The drone makes a video recording of events occurring at this time and transmits the recording to a remote storage location.
US10496102B2	Steering system for autonomous vehicle A steering system for an autonomous vehicle includes an autonomous driving assist steering system for controlling steering of the autonomous vehicle in a primary steering mode. Also included is an alternate steering mechanism controlling steering of the autonomous vehicle in a secondary steering mode, wherein the alternate steering mechanism is not a steering wheel.
US10496101B2	Trailer backup assist system with multi-purpose camera in a side mirror assembly of a vehicle A side mirror assembly of a vehicle is provided herein. The side mirror assembly includes a body portion and a camera mounted to the body portion for capturing images of a rear and a side-vehicle operating environment. The camera includes a horizontal field of view angle defined by a first horizontal extent intersecting a centerline longitudinal axis of the vehicle and a second horizontal extent making an angle with a lateral axis of the vehicle that intersects the camera.
US10496088B2	System, apparatus, and method for the measurement, collection, and analysis of radio signals utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles A system, apparatus, and method for the measurement, collection, and analysis of radio signals are provided. A transport host device, including an unmanned aerial vehicle, can transport a scanning device into desired locations for autonomously collecting radio data for a wireless network, thereby enabling the rapid interrogation and optimization the wireless network, including in locations and spatial areas where previously known systems and methods have been impractical or impossible.
US10496083B2	Method and apparatus for analyzing hazard, and computer readable recording medium A method of analyzing a hazard of a software control system which is operated by a computer and based on STPA (System Theoretic Process Analysis) is provided. The method includes determining an attribute and function demands of the system, analyzing tasks of the system based on the determined attribute and the function demands, generating specification of a relation between the tasks using CTT (Concur Task Tree) method, the CTT method representing a hierarchical relation of a control flow between the tasks, determining at least one of the hazard of the system based on the specification and generating a safety constraint of the system based on the determined hazard. The determining at least one of the hazard of the system uses a guide word mapping table of CTT based STPA.
US10496074B2	Information processing device An information processing device displays an NC machining program and a physical state of a machine tool that is operated based on the NC machining program. The information processing device acquires, during execution of a block in a machining block, data indicative of the physical state of the machine tool, associates the block that was being executed with the acquired data and stores the block and the data that have been associated. In addition, the information processing device refers to the database and draw the block using a color according to an intensity of the data, and displays the NC machining program.
US10496067B2	Automation and control distributed data management systems A system for storing data in an industrial production environment includes a distributed database stored on a plurality of intelligent programmable logic controller devices. Each respective intelligent programmable logic controller device includes a volatile computer-readable storage medium containing a process image area; a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium; a control application; an input/output component; a historian component; and a distributed data management component. The control application is configured to provide operating instructions to a production unit. The input/output component is configured to update the process image area during each scan cycle with data associated with the production unit. The historian component is configured to store automation system data including the operating instructions and contents of the process image area on the non-volatile computer-readable storage medium. The distributed data management component is configured to facilitate distributed operations involving the automation system data by the plurality of intelligent programmable logic controller devices.
US10496061B2	Modeling of an industrial automation environment in the cloud A cloud-based modeler component that generates interactive models of an industrial automation system(s) (IAS(s)) is presented. An interactive model facilitates remote viewing of, interaction with, troubleshooting of problems with, or optimization of industrial assets of an IAS. The modeler component polls industrial assets via cloud gateways to obtain information relating to the industrial assets to identify industrial assets of the IAS and relationships with other industrial assets or can receive information from a communication device that obtains information relating to legacy industrial assets to identify those legacy assets and their relationships. The modeler component generates an interactive model of the industrial assets of the IAS based on the information. The modeler component also can discover new industrial assets added to the IAS, can receive a pre-deployed model of an industrial asset from the industrial asset or another source, and can incorporate the pre-deployed model in the interactive model.
US10496057B2	HVAC system, a method for operating the HVAC system and a HVAC controller configured for the same In some embodiments, a controller for a heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system comprises an interface and a processor. The interface receives a comfort temperature set point and a sensed temperature for the enclosed space. The comfort temperature set point comprises a single set point used for both heating and cooling mode operation of the HVAC system. The processor determines a total error value based on comparing the sensed temperature and comfort temperature set point, selects a mode of operation based on the total error value, and operates the HVAC system in the selected mode of operation.
US10496056B2	Measured value analysis apparatus and measured value analysis method A measured value analysis apparatus includes a controller and a memory, in which the controller: selects one examination object item, which is an examination object, and a plurality of related items which are directly or indirectly related to the examination object item; creates a correlation model between measured values from past measured values of the examination object item and the plurality of related items; and calculates a predicted value of the examination object item by applying the measured values of the related items to the correlation model and calculates divergence between an actual measured value of the examination object item and the predicted value.
US10496048B2	Switch terminal methods with wiring components secured to circuitry wiring without external live points of contact A method is provided for controlling a first switch terminal or equivalent of a building occupied by one or more building occupants. One or more switch terminals are provided at a system including a plurality of switch terminal parameters for a switch terminal relative to the building. A first computer system is coupled to the first switch terminal or equivalent of the building at a first location of the building. A first plurality of sensors is coupled to the first switch terminal or equivalent and the first computer system. At least a portion of the sensors are configured to provide signal data to the first computer system. The first computer system produces a command or data output that relates to at least one of: a command output for a local control system, a command output for a different system, a data output for a different system and a command output for a non-local device or a data output that is a non-local device. Each of an output includes learned data from that is based on a machine intelligence from previous data collected about patterns of a building occupant and used to provide an adaptive control system for the building. A locking mechanism is configured to couple wiring components to circuitry wiring without live points of contact.
US10496046B2	Systems and methods for optimizing control systems for a process environment The invention enables methods, systems and computer program products for control system optimization. The invention comprises retrieving from an engineering information repository, control system engineering information corresponding to an implemented control system. Based on the retrieved control system engineering information, a plurality of function blocks and function block interconnections corresponding to the implemented control system are identified. At least one group of function blocks is identified from among the plurality of function blocks corresponding to the implemented control system. Identification of the group of function blocks is based on identification of one or more attributes shared by each function block within the identified group of function blocks. The invention thereafter generates a control system topology based on the identified function blocks, identified function block interconnections, and identified group of function blocks.
US10496044B2	Satellite radio-controlled watch A satellite radio-controlled watch, including a receiving unit for receiving a satellite radio wave containing time information and position information; a storage unit for storing intersection point information indicating a position of an intersection point between a reference line along a great circle orthogonal to a specific great circle on the earth or a reference line along the specific great circle on the earth or a circle parallel to the great circle and a time zone boundary, and time difference division information on a wedge-shaped or belt-shaped area that is adjacent to the reference line and to which the intersection point belongs, and a time zone determination unit for determining a time zone, based on the position information, the intersection point information, and the time difference division information.
US10496043B2	Pressure sensor occlusion mitigation systems and methods Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices with pressure sensors. Pressure sensor occlusion may be detected based on a comparison of a variance of pressure data from the pressure sensor with a variance of acceleration data from an accelerometer of the device. If a ratio of the pressure data variance to the acceleration data variance is above a threshold, occlusion may be identified. Data from other sensors in the device or in an external device, or other features of the pressure data, may be used to identify a type of occlusion.
US10496041B2	Time-to-digital converter circuit A time-to-digital converter circuit includes a logic gate coupled to receive a first trigger signal indicative of a first clock signal and a second trigger signal indicative of a second clock signal. The logic gate is to generate a logic gate output signal responsive to the earlier of the first or second trigger signals to be a logic high. A synchronization circuit is included and is coupled to the logic gate and is configured to synchronize the logic gate output signal to a third clock to produce a synchronization output signal. A counter circuit counts pulses of the synchronization output signal.
US10496040B2	Digital synthesizer, communication unit and method therefor A digital synthesizer includes a ramp generator that generates a signal of frequency control words, FCW, that describes a desired frequency modulated continuous wave; a digitally controlled oscillator, DCO, that receives the FCW signal and outputs a DCO signal; and a feedback loop that includes a dual time-to-digital converter, TDC, circuit to measure a delay between a representation of the DCO signal and a reference signal. The TDC circuit comprises a medium-resolution TDC circuit coupled to a fine-resolution TDC circuit; and a phase comparator coupled to the ramp generator that compares a phase of the FCW signal output from the ramp generator and a signal fed back from the DCO via the feedback loop and output a N-bit oscillator control signal. The medium-resolution TDC circuit comprises a plurality of individual delay cells, where each of the plurality of individual delay cells is coupled to a respective individual fine-resolution TDC circuit.
US10496034B2	Image forming apparatus An apparatus includes an opening/closing member that opens/closes space which is provided in an apparatus body and in which a first unit and a second unit are accommodated; a first guide portion that guides the first unit in the space; a second guide portion that guides the second unit in the space; and a slope member that is capable of guiding the first unit to the first guide portion provided at a position higher than a position of the second guide portion in a height direction orthogonal to an inserting/extracting direction of the space when the opening/closing member is put in an open position, the slope member being coupled between the apparatus body and the opening/closing member so as to be positioned in the space when the opening/closing member is put in a closed position to close the space.
US10496032B2	Developer supply container and developer supplying system A developer supply container includes a developer accommodating body configured to contain developer. A developer discharging body is provided in fluid communication with the developer accommodating body, with the developer discharging body having a discharge opening through which the developer may be discharged from the developer discharging body, and with the developer accommodating body being rotatable relative to the developer discharging body. A track is provided at each of opposite sides of the developer discharging body.
US10496030B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and a cartridge removably attached thereto. The image forming unit includes: a toner image forming unit; and a toner storing portion including a first toner storing portion that stores a first toner, a waste toner storing portion that stores a waste toner, and a movable partition that separates the storing portions. The cartridge includes a second toner storing portion that stores a second toner. The image forming unit includes: a first portion for supplying the first toner in the first toner storing portion to the toner image forming unit; a second portion for supplying the second toner in the second toner storing portion to the toner image forming unit; and a conveying member that conveys the first toner supplied through the first portion and the second toner supplied through the second portion, to the toner image forming unit.
US10496027B1	Replaceable unit for an electrophotographic image forming device having a retractable electrical connector A replaceable unit for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example includes a housing having a toner reservoir. An electrical connector mounted on the housing is movable between a retracted position and an operative position. The electrical connector includes an electrical contact for contacting a corresponding electrical contact in the image forming device. The electrical contact is electrically connected to processing circuitry on the housing. In the retracted position, the electrical connector is tucked into a portion of the housing. In the operative position, the electrical connector is exposed to permit the electrical contact to contact the corresponding electrical contact in the image forming device. A linkage is operatively connected to the electrical connector and includes an engagement surface accessible on an exterior of the housing to receive an actuation force. Movement of the linkage moves the electrical connector between the retracted position and the operative position.
US10496026B2	Drive transmission device including gears and a cam and image forming apparatus with the drive transmission device A drive transmission device includes a first gear, a cam configured to rotate in interrelation with rotation of the first gear and capable of changing a state of two members between a pressed state and a pressure-released state, a pressing member configured to press the cam, and a second gear configured to transmit drive to the first gear in engagement with the first gear. At least one of the first and second gears includes first teeth provided at positions corresponding to an engaging region in which the first gear is engaged with the second gear when the state of the two members is changed from the pressure-released state to the pressed state and includes second teeth provided at positions corresponding to a region other than the engaging region. Tooth thicknesses of the first teeth are thicker than tooth thicknesses of the second teeth.
US10496021B1	Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a circulating member, a pressure member, a pad material, a heater, a reflector, and a heat conductor. The circulating member includes an annular peripheral wall that is circularly movable. The pressure member is arranged to face an outer peripheral surface of the circulating member and forms a nip with the circulating member. The pad material abuts on an inner peripheral surface of the circulating member at a nip portion of the circulating member. The heater is arranged inside the circulating member and heats the circulating member. The reflector is inside the circulating member and reflects radiant heat of the heater to the circulating member. The heat conductor connects an area covering a pressed portion of the pad material against the circulating member. The reflector is formed of a material having higher thermal conductivity than the pad material.
US10496017B2	Belt device, intermediate transfer device, and image forming apparatus A belt device includes a plurality of support rotators, a belt, a rotator inclination unit, a belt tension adjuster, and a descent stopper. The belt is looped around the plurality of support rotators and rotated by rotation of the plurality support rotators. The rotator inclination unit inclines a rotation axis of a first support rotator of the plurality of support rotators relative to a rotation axis of another support rotator of the plurality of support rotators that is different from the first support rotator. The belt tension adjuster adjusts tension of the belt, and the descent stopper prevents the first support rotator from descending.
US10496014B2	Electrophotographic image forming device A tandem type electrophotographic image forming device using an organic photoreceptor, includes a plurality of image forming units each including at least: an electrostatic latent image former; a developer; a lubricant supplier; and a cleaner, wherein at least one combination composed of the two adjacent image forming units including toners having different colors satisfies the following formula (1) if a universal hardness of an organic photoreceptor A included in the image forming unit disposed on an upstream side is represented by Ha, and a universal hardness of an organic photoreceptor B included in the image forming unit disposed on a downstream side is represented by Hb. [Numerical formula 1] Hb−Ha≥10 N/mm2 (1)
US10496011B2	Developing cartridge having coupling and developing roller In a cartridge, a housing has a developer accommodating portion and includes a first side wall and a second side wall. A coupling member is disposed at a position opposite to the developer accommodating portion with respect to the first side wall. A detection body is disposed at a position opposite to the developer accommodating portion with respect to the second side wall. A first driving force transmission member is positioned at the same side with the coupling member with respect to the first side wall, and transmits driving force from the coupling member to a rotating member. A second driving force transmission member is positioned at the same side with the detection body with respect to the second side wall, and transmits driving force from the rotating member to the detection body.
US10496010B2	Developing device and image forming apparatus A developing device includes an accommodating section that accommodates a developer; a developing section; a transporting section that is disposed below the developing section in a gravitational direction; a flow channel portion that extends from an inner side to an outer side of the accommodating section; a first wall portion that extends towards the transporting section at an end portion on an inner side of the flow channel portion; and a second wall portion that extends towards the transporting section at the end portion on the inner side of the flow channel portion, a distance from the second wall portion to an outer peripheral edge of the transporting section being greater than or equal to a distance from the first wall portion to the outer peripheral edge of the transporting section.
US10496005B1	Image forming apparatus and method for diagnosing failure occurrence location thereof In an exposure section of an image forming apparatus, a plurality of light emitting elements is divided into a plurality of blocks, and the plurality of the light emitting elements belonging to the same block is driven by one driving circuit. A toner adhesion sensor acquires density information of the toner images transferred onto a surface of the transfer belt of an image forming section. A controller controls the exposure section and the image forming section to form a dedicated pattern containing toner images corresponding to the plurality of the light emitting elements on the surface of the transfer belt, and diagnose the plurality of light emitting elements and other failure occurrence locations in the image forming apparatus from the density information of the toner images corresponding to the plurality of the light emitting elements in the dedicated pattern, which is acquired by the toner adhesion sensor.
US10496000B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with image forming program An image forming apparatus includes an image forming controller forming a toner image on an image carrying member, and transferring at a transfer position the toner image formed on the image carrying member onto a sheet being conveyed on a conveyance path, and a hardware-processor. The hardware-processor determines an image position indicating a position for an image to be formed on the sheet, determines a grace period based on the image position, stops the sheet at a waiting position on an upstream side from the transfer position, restarts paper conveyance at a second point when a predetermined period elapses from a first point of starting formation of the toner image on the image carrying member, and conveys the sheet to the transfer position if paper conveyance can be restarted before the grace period elapses from the second point though paper conveyance cannot be restarted at the second point.
US10495998B2	Multilayered toner particle having a borax coupling agent and method of preparing the same A chemically prepared multilayered toner composition, according to one example embodiment, includes a core having a first amorphous polyester resin, a second amorphous polyester resin, a colorant, and a release agent. A first layer is formed around the core wherein the first layer includes the same second amorphous polyester resin that is in the toner core. A second layer is formed on the surface of the first layer, wherein the second layer includes a third amorphous polyester resin. A borax coupling agent is between the first and second layers. In an embodiment the ratio of the second polymer in the core to second polymer in the first layer is about 50:50. The second layer can also be referred to as a shell that is formed over the toner particle having a center core, first layer and borax coupling agent. In another embodiment, the core does not contain a second amorphous polyester resin.
US10495997B2	Toner A toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner core containing a binder resin, a first shell layer covering a surface of the toner core, and a second shell layer partially covering a surface of the first shell layer. The first shell layers include first domains composed of a first thermoplastic resin and second domains composed of a second thermoplastic resin. The first thermoplastic resin has a glass transition point of at least 35° C. and no greater than 66° C. The second thermoplastic resin has a glass transition point of at least 71° C. and no greater than 105° C. The second shell layers contain a third thermoplastic resin that is more hydrophobic than the first thermoplastic resin and the second thermoplastic resin. The third thermoplastic resin has a higher glass transition point than the first thermoplastic resin.
US10495993B2	Toner for developing electrostatic images Provided is a toner for developing electrostatic images that has an excellent balance between low-temperature fixability and heat-resistant shelf stability as well as good conveyance amount stability and printing durability, and causes less occurrence of fog in a high temperature and high humidity environment. The toner for developing electrostatic images of the present invention includes colored resin particles containing a binder resin and a colorant, and an external additive, wherein silica fine particles A having a sodium to silicon ratio of 0.1 to 1.8% by mass, are contained as the external additive.
US10495991B2	Photoconductor having protective overcoat layer with a charge transport molecule with four radical polymerizable hydrophilic functional groups containing an oxygen atom and method of making the same A method to make an improved organic photoconductor drum of an electrophotographic image forming device is provided. The improved organic photoconductor drum is prepared using a curable composition including a charge transport molecule containing four radical polymerizable functional groups containing an oxygen atom of the general structure shown below: wherein R1 and R2 contain a spacer group and a radical polymerizable hydrophilic functional group containing an oxygen atom, R3 and R4 are a non-radical polymerizable functional group, and R5 and R6 contain a spacer group and a radical polymerizable hydrophilic functional group containing an oxygen atom. The curable composition may also contain at least one optional curing agent.
US10495990B2	Methods and apparatus for calculating substrate model parameters and controlling lithographic processing Metrology measurements are performed on substrates that have been subjected to lithographic processing. Model parameters are calculated by fitting the measurements to an extended high-order substrate model defined using a combination of basis functions that include an edge basis function related to a substrate edge. A radial edge basis function may be expressed in terms of distance from a substrate edge. The edge basis function may, for example, be an exponential decay function or a rational function. Lithographic processing of a subsequent substrate is controlled using the calculated high-order substrate model parameters, in combination with low-order substrate model parameters obtained by fitting inline measurements to a low order model.
US10495989B2	Imprint apparatus and method of manufacturing article The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which forms a pattern in an imprint material on a shot region of a substrate by using a mold, the apparatus comprising a stage that can move while holding the substrate, and a control unit configured to control relative positions of the mold and the shot region so as to reduce a shift in the relative positions caused by tilting the stage when bringing the mold and the imprint material into contact with each other, based on a contacting force of bringing the mold and the imprint material into contact with each other, and a distance from a reference position of the substrate to the shot region.
US10495987B2	Radiation source apparatus, EUV lithography system, and method for decreasing debris in EUV lithography system A radiation source apparatus is provided. The radiation source apparatus includes a chamber, a target droplet generator, an exhaust module, a measuring device, and a controller. The target droplet generator is configured to provide a plurality of target droplets to the chamber. The exhaust module is configured to extract debris corresponding to the target droplets out of the chamber according to a first gas flow rate. The measuring device is configured to measure concentration of the debris in the chamber. The controller is configured to adjust the first gas flow rate according to the measured concentration of the debris.
US10495979B1	Half tone scheme for maskless lithography Embodiments described herein provide a system, a software application, and a method of a lithography process, to write full tone portions and grey tone portions in a single pass. One embodiment includes a controller configured to provide mask pattern data to a lithography system. The controller is configured to divide a plurality of spatial light modulator pixels spatially by at least a grey tone group and a full tone group of spatial light modulator pixels. When divided by the controller, the grey tone group of spatial light modulator pixels is operable to project a first number of the multiplicity of shots to the plurality of full tone exposure polygons and the plurality of grey tone exposure polygons, and the full tone group of spatial light modulator pixels is operable to project a second number of the multiplicity of shots to the plurality of full tone exposure polygons.
US10495973B2	3D printed composites from a single resin by patterned light exposures Provided herein are processes for the generation of composite polymer materials utilizing a single resin. The processes utilize diffusion between a region undergoing a polymerization reaction preferentially polymerizing one monomer component and an unreactive region. Diffusion and subsequent/concurrent polymerization results in a higher concentration of the more reactive monomer component in the reacting region and a higher concentration of the less reactive monomer components in the unreactive region. The unreactive region may be later polymerized. In embodiments, photopolymerization is used and the regions are generated by a mask or other mechanism to pattern the light.
US10495971B2	Photosensitive resin composition, planographic printing plate precursor, and plate-making method for planographic printing plate A photosensitive resin composition includes a polymer compound having a structure represented by Formula 1 as a component A; and an infrared absorbent as a component B. A planographic printing plate precursor includes a support; a polymer compound, which has a structure represented by Formula 1, as a component A on the support; and a recording layer, which contains an infrared absorbent, as a component B on the support. In Formula 1, R1 represents an (x+2) valent aromatic hydrocarbon ring group, and x represents an integer of 1 to 4.
US10495969B2	Chemically amplified positive resist composition and resist pattern forming process A positive resist composition comprising a polymer adapted to be decomposed under the action of acid to increase its solubility in alkaline developer and a sulfonium compound of formula (A) has a high resolution. When the resist composition is processed by lithography, a pattern with minimal LER can be formed.
US10495966B2	Mask blank, phase-shift mask, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device Provided is a mask blank in which uniformity of the composition and optical characteristics of a phase-shift film in the in-plane direction and direction of film thickness is high, uniformity of the composition and optical characteristics of the phase-shift film between a plurality of substrates is also high, and defectivity is low even if a silicon-based material is applied to the material that forms the phase-shift film.A mask blank is provided in which a phase-shift film is provided on a transparent substrate, the phase-shift film having a function to transmit ArF exposure light therethrough at a predetermined transmittance and generate a predetermined amount of phase shift in the ArF exposure light that is transmitted therethrough, wherein the phase-shift film comprises a structure in which a low transmission layer and a high transmission layer are laminated, the low transmission layer and the high transmission layer are formed from a material consisting of silicon and nitrogen or a material consisting of silicon, nitrogen and one or more elements selected from semi-metallic elements, non-metallic elements and noble gases, and the low transmission layer has a relatively low nitrogen content in comparison with the high transmission layer.
US10495965B2	Method, equipment and system for achieving short focal length circular-screen output based on multiple optical machines The present invention provides a projection method, equipment and system for achieving short focal length circular-screen output based on multiple optical machines. The projection method includes: setting a plurality of optical machines corresponding to one visual plane; calculating a value range of a throw ratio of the optical machines corresponding to the visual plane according to a percentage of a fusing zone formed when projection of the optical machines intersects each other and is projected to the corresponding visual plane and an expected screen ratio; obtaining setting parameters of each optical machine based on the value range of the throw ratio of each optical machine; and obtaining a spatial position and a rotation angle range for when the optical machines are projecting based on the setting parameters of the optical machines and a projection area of an optical path coverage range of the optical machines on the corresponding visual plane.
US10495961B2	Projection mapping system and apparatus A light emission apparatus, spatially separated from a receiving panel, has a processor in communication with a first light source, a second light source, and computer memory. The computer memory has instructions that perform the following steps: (a) activate the first and second light sources to emit a first light wave and a second light wave toward the receiving plane; (b) determine a distance between the receiving plane and the light emission apparatus; (c) determine a first edge and a second edge of the receiving plane; (d) determine a first receiving location of the first light wave on the receiving panel; (e) determine a second receiving location of the second light wave on the receiving panel; (f) determine a preferred receiving location at the receiving panel; and (g) adjust the first and second light sources to emit adjusted first and second light waves to converge at the preferred receiving location.
US10495960B2	Laser light source device with non-polarized beam A laser light source device for a laser projection system effectively emitting non-polarized light comprises a laser diode light source array and a collimation lens array. The laser diode light source array comprises N number of laser diodes in a matrix and the collimation lens array comprises a plurality of collimation lenses. Each of the plurality of collimation lenses corresponds to one laser diode of the N number of laser diodes. An outer shell of each laser diode defines a position portion marking a certain orientation, and a gradual angle of polarization is defined and progresses through the N number of laser diodes by reference to the position portion. A predetermined angle difference is applied to each laser diode in the matrix to set the orientation of polarization and substantially achieve a non-polarized light source.
US10495957B2	Wavelength conversion device and projector A wavelength conversion device includes a main body, at least one wavelength conversion layer, at least one heat dissipation plate, a heat conducting component and a driving unit. The wavelength conversion layer is disposed on the main body. The heat dissipation plate is disposed on a side of the main body with an interval. The heat conducting component is connected between the heat dissipation plate and the main body. The driving unit is connected to the main body and the heat dissipation plate and adapted to drive the main body and the heat dissipation plate to rotate. The driving unit and the heat conducting component have a gap therebetween. In addition, a projector including the wavelength conversion device is also provided. The wavelength conversion device according to the disclosure has good heat dissipation efficiency.
US10495951B1	System and method for supporting video and film recording devices An apparatus for supporting a video camera on the shoulder of a camera operator shifts the weight of the camera away from the shoulder area and to a portion or portions of the body better adapted to bear weight, such as at the waist. The apparatus may have a false shoulder on which the camera rests, preferably without securing the camera to the upper surface of the false shoulder to allow for freedom of camera movement. One or more support struts transfer weight from the false shoulder to the other portion of the body.
US10495950B2	Selfie apparatus An apparatus for use with an electronic communication device having a camera to take a picture or video comprising a hand mirror comprising a mirror surface. The apparatus further comprises a fastener adapted to engage directly with the mirror surface and the electronic communication device to position the camera in front of the mirror surface. The apparatus further comprises a light source and a control circuit. The apparatus further comprises an input device connected with the control circuit. The input device comprises a first button to activate the camera and a second button to activate the light source.
US10495937B2	Electrochromic device and production method thereof To provide an electrochromic device, including a laminated body, which includes: at least one support; a first electrode layer on the support; an electrochromic layer on the first electrode layer; a second electrode layer disposed to face the first electrode layer; and an electrolyte layer, which fills between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and is on the electrochromic layer, the at least one support including a resin substrate, and the laminated body having a desired curve formed by thermoforming.
US10495933B2	Array substrate and display device The application discloses an array substrate and a display device, and belongs to the field of display technology. The array substrate comprises a base substrate, and a via hole and a diffusion part above the base substrate, and an orthographic projection of the diffusion part on the base substrate is contiguous to that of the via hole on the base substrate. The diffusion part is used for causing alignment liquid at a position corresponding to the via hole to diffuse. Since the array substrate is provided with the diffusion part for causing alignment liquid at a position corresponding to the via hole to diffuse, and the orthographic projection of the diffusion part on the base substrate is contiguous to that of the via hole on the base substrate, the alignment liquid at the position corresponding to the via hole will be guided by the diffusion part to diffuse uniformly.
US10495932B2	Display substrate and display device comprising first and second sub-pixel electrodes each having a trunk portion and an opening structure and first and second light-shielding portions A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes: a base substrate, a pixel electrode provided on the base substrate; and a light-shielding pattern. The pixel electrode can include first sub-pixel electrodes and second sub-pixel electrodes arranged alternately, the first sub-pixel electrode includes a first trunk portion and a first opening structure provided in a periphery of the first trunk portion, the second sub-pixel electrode includes a second trunk portion and a second opening structure provided in a periphery of the second trunk portion, the light-shielding pattern includes a first light-shielding portion, and the first light-shielding portion is provided at an end portion of a gap between the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode.
US10495928B2	In-cell touch display panel The in-cell touch display panel has a display area and a non-display area. Display IC bounding pads and touch pads are disposed in the non-display area. A touch electrode corresponds to more than one pixel structures. A touch sensing line is electrically connected to the touch electrode and one of the touch pads. A data line is electrically connected to a thin film transistor and one of the display pads. At least one of the display pads is disposed between two of the touch pads, and at least one of the touch pads is disposed between two of the display pads.
US10495924B2	Backlight module for liquid crystal display device A backlight module for a liquid crystal display includes: LEDs; LED drivers; a controller that outputs data and the latch signal to the LED drivers; data lines for transmitting the data; and latch signal lines for transmitting the latch signal. The latch signal lines are wired according to each of a plurality of first groups obtained by dividing LED drivers. The data lines are wired according to each of a plurality of second groups, which are constructed with a collection of at least one LED driver selected from each of the plurality of first groups without duplication, and each data line is commonly connected to at least one LED belonging to the corresponding second group.
US10495922B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel and a backlight assembly. A light source unit of the backlight assembly includes a light source board including a conductive pattern, a light emitting chip on the light source board and electrically connected to the conductive pattern, a wavelength conversion member covering the light emitting chip and converting a wavelength of light emitted from the light emitting chip; and diffusion particles in the wavelength conversion member. The light emitting chip includes a rear surface facing the light source board, a top surface opposite to the rear surface and a side surface connecting the rear surface to the top surface. A density of the diffusion particles in the wavelength conversion member at the top surface of the light emitting chip is greater than a density of the diffusion particles in the wavelength conversion member at the side surface of the light emitting chip.
US10495921B2	Flexible liquid crystal lens A flexible liquid crystal Fresnel lens is provided that may realize a lens using a polymer thin film substrate, so that it may provide the same electro-optical characteristics irrespective of polarization of light incident on a lens, and provide flexible characteristics and high image quality. The flexible liquid crystal Fresnel lens includes a liquid crystal layer formed between an upper substrate and a lower substrate in which a Fresnel region pattern is formed, wherein the lower substrate and the upper substrate may respectively include a first substrate and a second substrate including a transparent and flexible material while having a birefringent index, optical axes of the lower substrate and the upper substrate may be perpendicular to each other, and optical axes respectively forming an angle of 45° with respect to the lower substrate and the upper substrate may be formed in the liquid crystal layer.
US10495920B2	Color filter substrate and method of manufacturing the same The disclosure provides a color filter substrate and a method thereof, comprising: a substrate, and a plurality of color filters and black matrix formed on the substrate; wherein at least one of the color filters and the black matrix form a partially overlapped structure, and a lateral contour of the film at the structure is a concave curve. By controlling a difference in an energy received by the photosensitive resin during the exposure, the taper angle of the top of the color filter is reduced, and the lateral contour is the concave curve which middle part is a pit, and the position of the concave curve is apt to produce the horns, which can effectively improve the horns bulged in the greater thickness of LCD of the organic thin film overlapped, and using a general FTM mask leads to a substantial reduction in cost, and high process controllability.
US10495915B2	Multiple panel substrate, display device and method of manufacturing display device A method of manufacturing a display device, the display device including, a substrate, a circuit element layer including a semiconductor layer, an insulation layer and a conducting layer, a bump part including at least one layer selected from the semiconductor layer, the insulation layer and the conducting layer forming the circuit element, and a sealing film, the method is provided including forming the circuit element layer in a display region of a plurality of display panels on a first surface above the substrate, forming the bump part in a boundary region of the plurality of display panels, forming the sealing film on approximately the entire surface of the plurality of display panels, and dividing the display panels at the bump part by cutting the substrate.
US10495910B1	Display device A display device which can be put together without hooks or fasteners includes an outer frame and a backplane. The outer frame includes a side frame and a T-shaped fixture block protruding from the side frame. The backplane includes a side board. A T-shaped groove is formed on the side board. The T-shaped groove extends through the side board. The T-shaped groove includes a first groove and an inwardly extending groove communicating with the first groove. The fixture block can be inserted into or removed from the first groove. The fixture block can be moved along the inwardly extending groove to engage with the two sides of the inwardly extending groove.
US10495909B2	Display apparatus comprising a filler having first and second filling materials provided between a cover glass and a case and manufacturing method thereof A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a case in which a receiving portion, which a display is placed therein, is formed, a glass disposed in front of the display in the receiving portion, and a filler provided between the glass and the case to bond the glass and the case and simultaneously to protect the glass from an external shock. The filler includes a first filling material provided between the case and the glass to primarily bond the case and the glass and a second filling material provided between the case and the glass to cover a portion of a front of the glass to secondarily bond the case and the glass.
US10495908B2	Display device with adjustable curvature A display device with a adjustable curvature is described. The display device includes a display module, a base body, a fixing portion, and two adjusting portions. The fixing portion is configured to fasten the display module to a center of the base body. The two adjusting portions symmetrically disposed on two sides of a back portion of the display module respectively so that the ejector pin moves toward the display module 101 and the display module 101 relative to the intermediate region of the side regions moves forward, thereby forming a curved surface module. The present invention provides a curved television for appropriately adjusting the curvature of the display module at the time of viewing, so as to obtain a better display effect.
US10495906B2	Viewing angle control device and display apparatus A viewing angle control device capable of controlling a viewing angle over a viewing surface is disclosed herein, which includes a transparent substrate and at least one light source. The transparent substrate is disposed over the viewing surface. Each light source is disposed over a side surface of the transparent substrate and is configured to emit a light into the transparent substrate from the side surface upon being turned on. The transparent substrate is provided with a plurality of dots, which are configured to scatter the light from each light source such that the viewing angle over the viewing surface is switched by turning on or off the each light source. A display apparatus including a viewing angle control device is also disclosed, where the transparent substrate of the viewing angle control device is disposed over a display surface of a display panel.
US10495901B2	Automatic eyewear measurement and specification A system for automatic eyewear measurement and specification, comprising: at least one mobile sensor carried by a user, a value measurer, in communication with the at least one mobile sensor, configured to measure a plurality of values using the at least one mobile sensor, a behavioral index deriver, in communication with the value measurer, configured to derive at least one behavioral index pertaining to the user, using the measured values, and an eyewear specification generator, in communication with the behavioral index deriver, configured to generate an eyewear specification for the user, using the at least one derived behavioral index.
US10495900B2	Ophthalmic lens customization system and method A system/method allowing personalized ex vivo customization of a generic ophthalmic lens blank (OLB) or ophthalmic lens with known diopter (OKD) based on localized field-measured patient characteristics is disclosed. The OLB is composed of an acrylic material that has been infused with an ultraviolet (UV) absorbing compound rendering it amenable to customized spatial modification (CSM) of its refractive index via the use of pulsed laser radiation (PLR). The CSM of refractive index eliminates the need for remote laboratory fabrication of a customized intraocular lens (IOL) for the patient. The OLB is retained within a secured lens container (SLC) providing for precise physical orientation of the OLB haptics and OLB lens structure with respect to the application of PLR to the OLB. The SLC contains a lens filler material (LFM) covering the OLB and is hermetically sealed after the OLB has been positioned within the SLC interior and prior to sterilization of the SLC+OLB combination.
US10495899B2	Nose pad and eyeglasses provided with the pad A nose pad reduces an imprint after wearing eyeglasses and pain in wearing. The nose pad is attached to eyeglasses and comes into contact with the nose to support the eyeglasses, and includes a base portion formed of an elastomer material and having two opposed main surfaces, attachment portions formed of a resin material and provided at opposite end portions of one of the main surfaces of the base portion to attach to pad arms extending from the eyeglasses, and bump portions formed of an elastomer material and provided at opposite end portions of the other main surface of the base portion to rise. Each of the bump portions includes a curved convex surface, and the resin material of the attachment portions is harder than the elastomer material of the base portion and the elastomer material of the bump portions.
US10495897B2	Lens driving mechanism having leaf spring A lens driving mechanism is provided, including a bottom plate, a housing, a movable portion, and a biasing assembly. The housing is connected to and disposed on the bottom plate. The movable portion is disposed in the housing and movably connected to the bottom plate, wherein the biasing assembly is configured to force the movable portion to move relative to the bottom plate. The movable portion has a frame, a holder, and a first leaf spring. The holder is configured to hold an optical lens and is movably connected to the frame via the first leaf spring. The first leaf spring is disposed on a bottom surface of the frame, wherein the bottom surface of the frame faces the bottom plate.
US10495895B2	Display apparatus and method of displaying using polarizers A display apparatus and a method of displaying, via the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes an image source for rendering an image, a projection screen facing a direction at a predefined angle to a direction in which the rendered image is projected from the image source, an exit optical element facing the projection screen, a first polarizing element facing the image source and arranged to polarize a projection of the rendered image at a first polarization orientation, a first optical element arranged to reflect the polarized projection towards the projection screen, wherein the projection screen is arranged to unpolarize the polarized projection whilst reflecting the unpolarized projection towards the exit optical element, and a second polarizing element positioned between the projection screen and the exit optical element, arranged to polarize the unpolarized projection at a second polarization orientation. The second polarization orientation is different from the first polarization orientation.
US10495893B2	Hardware system for inputting 3D image in flat panel A hardware system for inputting a 3D image in a flat panel includes: a 3D image source input unit which is mounted on a 3D monitor equipped with a lenticular lens for transferring a left eye image and a right eye image on a front surface of an LCD panel, respectively, to viewer's left eye and right eye and receives a 3D image in a side by side form in which a left eye image and a right eye image are combined in parallel left and right from a 3D image reproducing device, which is externally connected to the 3D monitor, through an image input terminal; and a viewer position tracker which is mounted on the 3D monitor to track, in real time, a viewer's position from an image photographed by a camera photographing a front of the 3D monitor.
US10495890B2	Laser system or laser exposure system A laser exposure system may include a plurality of laser devices configured to output laser beams with which an irradiated subject is irradiated, and at least one beam property adjustment unit disposed on optical paths of the laser beams outputted from the plurality of laser devices, and configured to allow beam properties of the laser beams to be approximately a same as each other.
US10495888B2	Image display device capable of adjusting image position in depth direction An image display device is capable of easily adjusting a diopter scale with respect to a virtual image. The image display device includes an image generating unit that emits image light including image information, a first optical system that forms an intermediate image by condensing the image light, a second optical system that guides a virtual image to eyes of a viewer by deflecting the light from the intermediate image, and guides the light to the eyes of the viewer by transmitting external light, and an intermediate image position changing device that adjusts a position of the virtual image in depth direction by changing a position of the intermediate image.
US10495887B1	Multifocal system with polarizing elements A head-mounted display (HMD) includes a multifocal block having one or more possible focal distances and includes a multifocal structure. The multifocal structure has a first focal distance and a second focal distance of the one or more possible focal distances. The multifocal structure includes one or more optical components positioned in series such that light from an electronic display is received and passes through each of the one or more optical components at least once before being output from the multifocal structure. The one or more optical components includes a switchable half waveplate (SHWP). The SHWP has a first state that causes the multifocal structure to output image light at the first focal distance, and a second state that causes the multifocal structure to output the image light at the first focal distance.
US10495885B2	Apparatus and method for a bioptic real time video system A method and apparatus of displaying an electronic video image using a head-worn near-to-eye display in a non-immersive fashion, such that the wearer can choose, through simple adjustments of their neck and eye angles, to either look at the displayed video image or their natural environment. The invention also relates to the incorporation of prescription lenses into the optical chain of the near-to-eye display. The invention also relates to the use of motion and position sensors incorporated into the head-worn device to enable automatic stabilization of the video image. The invention also relates to the use of motion and position sensors incorporated into the head-worn device to automatically adjust the vertical angle of either the camera or the electronic display or both, by sensing the vertical angular position of the user's head.
US10495883B2	Image display device with optical systems to guide light to a pupil An image display device with which it is possible to visually recognize an image while securing the see-through property regardless of eye movements and changes in interpupillary distance, with which it is possible to display a large-size image with high quality, and which is small, has excellent wearability, and has an excellent external appearance.
US10495880B2	Controlling of lifting device A method and equipment for detecting with smart glasses used by the operator an target intended by the operator; detecting a driving command given by the operator; and responsively to the detection of the driving command steering the loading member or the load towards said target.
US10495876B1	Mirror attachment for laptop computer webcam The mirror attachment for laptop computer webcam is an optical device configured for use with the camera of a personal data device. The mirror attachment for laptop computer webcam adjusts the field of view of the camera without adjusting the position of the camera on the personal data device. The mirror attachment for laptop computer webcam comprises a plurality of mirrors, a plurality of hooks, and a plurality of hinges. The hinges contained within the plurality of hinges: a) assemble the plurality of mirrors; and, b) assemble each of the plurality of hooks. The plurality of hinges further: c) change the orientation of the plurality of mirrors to each other; and d) attach the plurality of mirrors to the personal data device such that the orientation of the plurality of mirrors can be adjusted relative to the personal data device.
US10495874B2	Scanner device for 2-dimensional deflection of a laser beam A scanner device configured for 2-dimensional deflection of a laser beam by mirrors that are each pivotably supported about an axis and that are driven in a motorized manner, includes a first motor-mirror unit that has a first mirror and a drive motor, and a carrier for securing the first motor-mirror unit. The first motor-mirror unit is selected from one of two different possible motor-mirror units, each of which has an assembly flange, an identical abutment face, and can be selectively releasably secured with the abutment faces to the same first assembly face of the carrier. The two different possible motor-mirror units differ from each other with respect to the mirror size and/or mirror position in the carrier.
US10495873B2	Electronic device and electro-optical device having a mirror with antireflection film An electronic device includes an electro-optical device including a substrate, a mirror for optical modulation disposed above one surface side of the substrate, and electrodes including an elevated address electrode disposed between the mirror and the substrate. The light source emits light toward the mirror in a direction at an angle with respect to the direction perpendicular to the mirror. The mirror includes a first incident end face which is an end face of the mirror located at a side from which the light is radiated, and a first antireflection film is provided on the first incident end face. The elevated address electrode includes a second incident end face which is an end face of the elevated address electrode located at the side from which the light is radiated, and a second antireflection film is provided on the second incident end face.
US10495871B2	Rotary drive apparatus This rotary drive apparatus is arranged to cause incoming light coming from a light source to be emitted to an outside while changing the direction of the incoming light, and includes a motor including a hollow shaft arranged to extend along a central axis extending in a vertical direction, the hollow shaft including a through hole arranged to pass therethrough in an axial direction. The through hole defines a light path along which the incoming light travels. A light-transmitting member is arranged to be in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the hollow shaft over the entire circumferential extent of the inner circumferential surface of the hollow shaft, over at least a portion of the vertical extent of the through hole.
US10495868B2	Sample carrying module and portable microscope using the same A microscope apparatus includes a sample carrying module, a light source module and a lens module. The sample carrying module includes an adhesive element and a body having a light-transmission region and a sample viewing surface. The adhesive element is detachably adhered to the body, and at least partially covers the light-transmission region, such that the adhesive element is disposed adjacent to the sample viewing surface. The light source module is detachably disposed at a side of the body, and includes a base and a light source. The base has an aperture, and the sample carrying module is detachably disposed at a side of the aperture. The light source is disposed in the base. The lens module includes at least one lens, which is detachably disposed at one side of the sample carrying module and substantially focuses at the sample viewing surface, and corresponds to the light source module.
US10495867B2	Autofocus method and autofocus device The invention is based on an autofocus method in which light from a light source is focused at a measurement light focus in a sample and is reflected from there and the reflected light is guided through an optical system in two light paths onto at least two detector elements. In order to achieve fast and accurate automatic focusing on the sample, it is proposed that the measurement light focus is moved in layers of the sample which reflect light to different extents, and the detector elements are arranged in such a way that, in this case, profiles of a radiation property registered by the detector elements are different and a focus position is set in a manner dependent on the profiles.
US10495863B2	Portable microscope device The present invention discloses a portable microscope device which can be installed on the smartphone capable of capturing image. By combing these devices, users can observe the detection sample and capture the image of the sample instantly without environment limitation. Moreover, during operation, the user can observe the whole image of the sample by substituting the microscope lens of different magnification ratio or by shifting the position of the sample.
US10495862B2	Automated luminaire having a zoom optical system A zoom optical system and automated luminaire are provided. The zoom optical system includes a light source, a compensator lens group, a variator lens group, and an objective lens group. The light source illuminates an object located in an object plane. The compensator lens group is optically coupled to the object, has a first positive optical power, and moves relative to the object plane. The variator lens group is optically coupled to the compensator lens group, has a negative optical power, and moves relative to the object plane and the compensator group. The objective lens group is optically coupled to the variator lens group, has a second positive optical power, remains in a fixed position relative to the object plane, and projects an image of the object.
US10495845B2	Tilting an optical element An optical unit, in particular a facet mirror unit, includes an optical element and a supporting device. The optical element has an optical surface, in particular an elongate optical surface, which defines a plane of main extension and a direction of main extension in the plane of main extension. The supporting device includes a supporting unit and an actuator unit. The actuator unit is configured for tilting the optical surface, in that a tilting moment is exerted on the optical element by way of the actuator unit. The tilting moment runs in an inclined manner in relation to the plane of main extension. The supporting unit is configured to predefine a tilting axis for the optical surface that lies substantially in the plane of main extension of the optical surface when there is tilting of the optical surface by the tilting moment of the actuator unit.
US10495844B2	Lens drive device, camera module, and camera-mounting device Provided is a lens drive device that, using drive force from a voice coil motor, automatically carries out focusing by moving an autofocus movable unit with respect to an autofocus fixed unit in the direction of an optical axis. The lens drive unit is provided with a position detection unit that is disposed with an intervening space on the image formation side of the autofocus movable unit in the direction of the optical axis and that is for emitting light toward the autofocus movable unit, receiving reflected light that has been reflected by the autofocus movable unit, and detecting the position of the autofocus movable unit in the direction of the optical axis on the basis of the received light intensity. Part of the member displaced along with the autofocus movable unit functions as a reflective plate for reflecting light emitted from the position detection unit.
US10495839B1	Space lasercom optical bench A lasercom coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE)-matched optical bench, with optional star-tracker capability, that includes a Transmitter (TX) fiber collimator creating a Gaussian beam from a singlemode (SM) or polarization maintaining (PM) fiber; a tiltball directly bonded to the optical bench, the tiltball performing centration of a TX beam with a telescope optical axis; a TX beam diverger creating a wide beam for acquisition, and a narrow beam for tracking and communications; a Point-Ahead Mechanism/mirror; a polarization diplexer cube or dichroic filter(s) separating TX and Receiver (RX) beams of opposite polarization and/or different wavelengths, wherein the polarization or dichroic and anti-reflective coatings are compatible with the adjunct star tracker; a fast-steering mechanism and mirror having a common-path to TX and RX; a RX optical passband filter; the RX optical passband filter having a flipper mechanism allowing for selecting the passband of the star-tracker or the RX passband.
US10495838B2	Adapter tube for a cable fixation and sealing system A telecommunications cable fixation and sealing system (14) includes a telecommunications cable (18) including a jacket defining a jacket perimeter having a generally non-circular transverse cross-section and an adapter tube (26) slidably placed over the jacket of the telecommunications cable (18), the adapter tube (26) defining a tube perimeter (28) having a generally circular transverse cross-section and defining a throughhole (30) having a generally non-circular transverse cross-section that is configured to receive the telecommunications cable (18).
US10495837B2	Telecommunications connection device The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications connection device. The device including a housing, a plurality of single-fiber connectorized pigtails that extend outwardly from the housing and a multi-fiber connectorized pigtail that extends outwardly from the housing. The multi-fiber connectorized pigtail can be optically coupled with the single fiber connectorized pigtails. The device can include optical fibers routed from the multi-fiber connectorized pigtail through the housing to the single-fiber connectorized pigtails. The single-fiber connectorized pigtails can be more flexible than the multi-fiber connectorized pigtail.
US10495836B2	Fiber optic payout assembly including cable spool A fiber optic enclosure assembly includes a housing having an interior region and a bearing mount disposed in the interior region of the housing. A cable spool is connectedly engaged with the bearing mount such that the cable spool selectively rotates within the housing. A termination module disposed on the cable spool so that the termination module rotates in unison with the cable spool. A method of paying out a fiber optic cable from a fiber optic enclosure includes rotating a cable spool, which has a subscriber cable coiled around a spooling portion of the cable spool, about an axis of a housing of the fiber optic enclosure until a desired length of subscriber cable is paid out. A termination module is disposed on the cable spool.
US10495834B2	Optical fiber management The present disclosure includes devices and systems for optical fiber management. One embodiment includes a device comprising an integrated separation surface separating an upper level of storage and a lower level of storage and an integrated adapter plate comprising a number of optical connectors and arranged at a first angle with respect to a floor of the device.
US10495833B2	Slidable fiber optic connection module with cable slack management A fiber optic telecommunications device includes a frame and a fiber optic module including a rack mount portion, a center portion, and a main housing portion. The rack mount portion is stationarily coupled to the frame, the center portion is slidably coupled to the rack mount portion along a sliding direction, and the main housing portion is slidably coupled to the center portion along the sliding direction. The main housing portion of the fiber optic module includes fiber optic connection locations for connecting cables to be routed through the frame. The center portion of the fiber optic module includes a radius limiter for guiding cables between the main housing portion and the frame, the center portion also including a latch for unlatching the center portion for slidable movement. Slidable movement of the center portion with respect to the rack mount portion moves the main housing portion with respect to the frame along the sliding direction.
US10495832B2	Optical module including heat sink arranged in housing An optical module includes: a housing, a heat sink arranged in the housing, a laser emitter arranged on the heat sink, a PCB partially arranged on the heat sink, and an optical system arranged in the housing. The optical module has an optical interface on one end and an electrical interface on the other end. The optical system is arranged between the laser emitter and the optical interface. The PCB is constructed as a rigid board. The laser emitter is electrically connected to the PCB. One end of the PCB is fixed on the heat sink, and the other end of the PCB is constructed as the electrical interface. The optical system transmits light emitted from the laser emitter to the optical interface.
US10495830B2	Optical fiber alignment device A fiber alignment or “fiberposer” device enables the passive alignment of one or more optical fibers to a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) device using mating hard-stop features etched into the two devices. Accordingly, fiber grooves can be provide separate from the electrical and optical elements, and attached to the PIC with sub-micron accuracy. Fiberposers may also include a hermetic seal for a laser or other device on the PIC. All of these features significantly reduce the typical cost of an actively aligned optical device sealed in an hermetic package.
US10495829B1	Positioning of an optical beam to mitigate hysteresis A device for the positioning of an optical beam includes a housing and at least four prisms aligned for passing the optical beam therethrough, where each of the at least four prisms is movable relative to the housing. The device may also include one or more positioners engaged with the at least four prisms, the one or more positioners controllable to move the at least four prisms, where movement of the at least four prisms adjusts a position and an angle of the optical beam passed therethrough relative to an x-y plane.
US10495826B2	Receptacle for connecting a multi-lane or one-lane cable One example of a system includes a receptacle including a plurality of bays. Each bay of the receptacle supports 1-lane of network communications. The receptacle is to connect to a multi-lane optical cable to provide a multi-lane port or connect to a plurality of 1-lane optical cables to provide a plurality of 1-lane ports.
US10495825B2	Architecture for a fiber optic network The present disclosure relates to a fiber optic network architecture that uses outside plant fan-out devices to distribute optical signals between fiber distribution hubs and multi-service terminals. The network architecture can also include collector boxes positioned at selected locations of the network architecture. Additionally, patching systems can be used in facilitating upgrading the capacity of the fiber optic network.
US10495823B2	Reversible polarity MPO fiber optic connector A multi-fiber, fiber optic connector is provided having a housing having a first end for receiving a multi-fiber fiber optic cable and a second end having openings for the fibers from the cable. First and second keys for setting the polarity of the fibers within the connector located on opposing sides of the connector. The connector has either one of guide pins or guide pin receiving holes for guiding the connection with a second connector. The keys are movable between a first active position and a second retracted position, such that when one of the keys is in the first active position, the fibers are presented within the connector in a first polarity and when the second key is in the first active position, the fibers are presented within the connector in a second polarity reversed from the first polarity.
US10495822B2	Fiber optic connector A connector includes a ferrule assembly having a ferrule, a hub and a spring, the ferrule having a distal face accessible at a distal end of the connector housing, the ferrule being movable in a proximal direction relative to the connector housing. The distal and proximal positions are separated by an axial displacement distance. The ferrule proximal movement is against the spring's bias. The cable of the assembly includes an optical fiber contained within a jacket and also a strength layer between the fiber and the jacket that is anchored to the connector housing. The fiber extends through a fiber from the proximal end of the connector housing to the ferrule. The fiber has a distal portion potted within the ferrule. The fiber passage has a fiber take-up region configured to take-up an excess length of the fiber corresponding to the ferrule axial displacement.
US10495816B2	Cladding mode stripper for use with optical systems and methods of forming the same An all-glass cladding mode stripper comprises a plurality of high refractive index, small diameter glass beads disposed along an exposed portion of the inner cladding region of an optical fiber. The unwanted low NA signal light (as well as any other type of stray light) propagating within the cladding layer is removed by refracting into the adjacent beads, where this captured light then scatters away from the optical fiber.
US10495813B2	Echelle grating multiplexer or demultiplexer In one example embodiment, an integrated silicon photonic wavelength division demultiplexer includes an input waveguide, an input port, a plurality of output waveguides, a plurality of output ports, a first auxiliary waveguide, and a plurality of auxiliary waveguides. The input waveguide may be formed in a first layer and having a first effective index n1. The input port may be optically coupled to the input waveguide. The output waveguides may be formed in the first layer and may have the first effective index n1. Each of the output ports may be optically coupled to a corresponding output waveguide. The first auxiliary waveguide may be formed in a second layer below the input waveguide in the first layer. The first auxiliary waveguide may have a second effective index n2 and may have two tapered ends, and n2 may be higher than n1.
US10495805B2	Display device having quantum dot Disclosed is a quantum dot display device including a light emitting unit configured to generate a light; and a color conversion unit configured to convert the light generated from the light emitting unit to a color light. The color conversion unit includes a quantum dot portion configured to convert the light to the color light; a bridge portion configured to provide a color conversion path of the light passing the quantum dot portion and to vertically guide the light; and a prism portion configured to guide the light passing the bridge portion to an outside. The above configuration may enhance the light efficiency by providing a sufficient color conversion path of light.
US10495804B2	Optical plate, light irradiation device, light measurement device, light irradiation method, and light measurement method An optical plate is an optical plate for irradiating a target with light, and includes a light input surface for inputting the light, a light output surface for outputting the light, a back surface opposite to the light output surface, and a light diffusion portion formed at least inside the optical plate by converging laser light, for diffusing the light. The light input surface is a surface between the light output surface and the back surface, and the light input from the light input surface is diffused in the light diffusion portion and output from the light output surface.
US10495801B2	Patterned marking of multilayer optical film by thermal conduction A multilayer optical film has a packet of microlayers that selectively reflect light by constructive or destructive interference to provide a first reflective characteristic. At least some of the microlayers are birefringent. A stabilizing layer attaches to and covers the microlayer packet proximate an outer exposed surface of the film. Heating element(s) can physically contact the film to deliver heat to the packet through the stabilizing layer by thermal conduction, at altered region(s) of the film, such that the first reflective characteristic changes to an altered reflective characteristic in the altered region(s) to pattern the film. The stabilizing layer provides sufficient heat conduction to allow heat from the heating elements to change (e.g. reduce) the birefringence of the birefringent microlayers disposed near the outer exposed surface in the altered region(s), while providing sufficient mechanical support to avoid substantial layer distortion of the microlayers near the outer exposed surface in the altered region(s).
US10495797B2	Guest-host type liquid crystal composition The present application relates to a liquid crystal composition, a polarizing element and a use of the polarizing element. Since the polarizing element may be prepared by a simple coating process, the guest host type liquid crystal composition of the present application allows not only for reducing the manufacturing cost and lightweight thinning of the polarizing element, but also for manufacturing the polarizing element showing an excellent heat resistant stability without changes of absorption spectrum to transmission spectrum even in a severe condition such as high temperature environment. Such a polarizing element can be applied to various display devices such as liquid crystal display devices, EL display devices, field emission display devices, display devices using electronic papers, projection display devices or piezoelectric ceramic display devices.
US10495792B2	Retroreflective sheeting including cube corner elements The present disclosure is directed to lamina(e) comprising cube corner elements, a tool comprising an assembly of laminae and replicas thereof. The disclosure further relates to retroreflective sheeting.
US10495788B2	Resin molded product, interchangeable lens for camera, and method of manufacturing resin molded product A filler-containing resin molded product with a surface which includes irregularities which are transferred from a mold cavity to the surface and have an arithmetic mean roughness of 0.8 μm or greater and 10 μm or less and a peak arithmetic mean curvature of 400 [1/mm] or greater and 900 [1/mm] or less.
US10495786B2	Weather and satellite model for estimating solar irradiance Solar irradiance, the energy from the Sun's electromagnetic radiation, has a wide range of applications from meteorology to agronomy to solar power. Solar irradiance is primarily determined by a location's spatial relationship with the Sun and the atmospheric conditions that impact the transmission of the radiation. The spatial relationship between the Sun and a location on Earth is determined by established astronomical formulas. The impact of atmospheric conditions may be estimated via proxy using pixels from satellite imagery. While satellite-based irradiance estimation has proven effective, availability of the input data can be limited and the resolution is often incapable of capturing local weather phenomena. Brief qualitative descriptions of general atmospheric conditions are widely available from internet weather services at higher granularity than satellite imagery. This methodology provides logic for quantifying the impact of qualitative weather observations upon solar irradiance, and the integration of this methodology into solar irradiance estimation models.
US10495779B2	Downhole sensing cable system for improved seismic energy coupling to the cable system A sensing system may comprise a deployment device having an optical fiber cable with a predetermined curvature or an intrinsic curvature. The sensing system may be deployed into a location that is remote or difficult to navigate, for example, a large vessel or a borehole of a well. A deployment device may deploy the optical fiber cable and a tension control tool may maintain the deployment device along with the optical fiber cable in a straight or non-curved shape until the optical fiber cable has reached a predetermined location or position. A force may then be applied to the optical fiber cable to cause a portion of the optical fiber cable to contact an interior wall of the area or location, for example, a borehole or the deployment device. Measurements may be retrieved from the optical fiber cable, for example, measurements used in distributed acoustic sensing in vertical seismic profiling.
US10495775B2	Method to predict local geomagnetic disturbance field and its practical application A method for correcting geomagnetic reference field includes measuring Earth magnetic field elements at least one known geodetic position. Earth magnetic field elements are measured at a position proximate the location. A disturbance function is determined from the Earth magnetic field measurements made at the at least one known geodetic position. A magnetic disturbance field measurement transfer function is estimated between the at the at least one known geodetic and proximate positions to estimate a disturbance function at the proximate position. The estimated magnetic disturbance function is used to correct geomagnetic reference field or measurements made at the location.
US10495772B2	Magneto-mechanical marker with enhanced frequency stability and signal strength A magneto mechanical resonator device comprises a plurality of ferromagnetic elements disposed in a stacked arrangement, each ferromagnetic element having a first lengthwise end and a second lengthwise end. A first bias magnetic element is disposed adjacent to the first lengthwise end of the stacked arrangement and a second bias magnetic element is disposed adjacent to the second lengthwise ends of the stacked arrangement. A clamping element is disposed in a central lengthwise region of the stacked arrangement to restrict the vertical displacement of the plurality of ferromagnetic elements with respect to each other at the central lengthwise region, wherein the first and second ends experience flaring movement.
US10495771B2	Method and system for processing dipole anisotropy A method for processing sonic data measured with a downhole tool is provided. The method comprises acquiring dipole wave data measured by a dipole acquisition in multiple firing, and estimating at least one of formation anisotropy properties based on the multiple firing dipole data. The at least one of formation anisotropy properties may be derived by Alford rotation processing. The method may further comprise processing with inversion of an orthogonality error angle of the firing data in two dipole firings and/or providing a quality control with the estimating result based on sonic measurements in a pump-off period.
US10495769B2	System and method for reservoir simulation using on-demand data A method of modeling a formation is described. In one aspect of the disclosure, the method includes initiating operation of a reservoir simulator, and, following initiation of operation of the simulator, retrieving formation data from an external data source via a communications network and utilizing the retrieved data as part of the on-going simulation. In certain embodiments, a data deck may be supplied to the simulator before operation of the simulator is initiated. The data deck may include information for establishing a network communications link between the reservoir simulator and an external data server.
US10495768B2	Method of operating a data-processing system for the simulation of the acoustic wave propagation in the transversely isotropic media comprising an hydrocarbon reservoir A computer implemented method including a numerical model of a region of the earth modeling the acoustic behavior of that region. The method implements an acoustic wave propagator allowing the simulation of the propagation of pure P-waves in transversal isotropic media. The propagator can be applied to applications such as seismic forward modeling, reverse time migration and other two-way wave-equation based applications.
US10495766B2	Optoelectronic neutron detector An optoelectronic neutron detector and method for detecting nuclear material having a neutron capture and scatter medium receiving neutrons and producing secondary charged particles, a photodetector detecting emitted light from the secondary charged particles and outputting a detector signal, and a controller receiving the detector signal and providing an alert or quantitative indication of detected nuclear material in response to the detector signal.
US10495762B2	Non-line-of-sight (NLoS) satellite detection at a vehicle using a camera Techniques provided herein are directed toward using a camera, such as a forward-facing camera, to identify non-line-of-sight (NLoS) satellites in a satellite positioning system. In particular, successive images captured by the camera of the vehicle can be used to create a three-dimensional (3-D) skyline model of one or more objects that may be obstructing the view of a satellite (from the perspective of the vehicle). Accordingly, this allows for the determination of NLoS satellites and exclusion of data from the NLoS satellites in the determination of the location of the vehicle. Techniques may further include providing the determined location of the vehicle.
US10495761B2	Smart satellite distribution into ARAIM clusters for use in monitoring integrity of computed navigation solutions A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver including a processing device configured to: group GNSS satellites in view of the GNSS receiver into subsets based on relative geometries of the GNSS satellites relative to the GNSS receiver, wherein a GNSS satellite of the GNSS satellites is included in at most one subset of the subsets, wherein each subset of the subsets includes at least one GNSS satellite of the GNSS satellites and less than all GNSS satellites of the GNSS satellites, and wherein at least one subset includes more than one GNSS satellite; calculate a plurality of navigation sub-solutions based on data received at the GNSS receiver from the GNSS satellites using at least one GNSS antenna, wherein each navigation sub-solution of the navigation sub-solutions is calculated with at least one different subset of the subsets excluded; and calculate a protection level based on the navigation sub-solutions.
US10495756B2	Multi-camera laser scanner A method may include identifying features in images of a setting captured by cameras associated with a laser scanner at a first location. The features may correspond to elements in the setting. The method may include correlating the features with scan point data associated with the elements. The scan point data may be derived from a scan of the setting by a laser of the laser scanner at the first location. The method may include tracking the features within images captured by the cameras. The images may be captured during movement of the laser scanner away from the first location. The method may include estimating a position and/or an orientation of the laser scanner at a second location based on the tracking of the features and based on the correlating of the features with the scan point data.
US10495754B2	Method, apparatus, storage medium and program product for side vehicle positioning A method and apparatus for side vehicle positioning are provided for positioning a side vehicle accurately. The method includes: converting an original image into an corrected image, the original image being an image shot by an image acquisition device, the corrected image being an image corresponding to the original image under an angle of view of a virtual camera; detecting a wheel feature in a detection region of the corrected image, and acquiring a position of a subimage including the wheel feature in the corrected image; detecting a circle feature in the subimage including the wheel feature, and acquiring a circle detection result, the circle detection result including a position of a circle center of the circle feature in the corrected image and a radius of the circle feature; and acquiring side vehicle positioning information according to the circle detection result.
US10495743B2	Direction error detection method and apparatus using estimated directions, and in-vehicle radar apparatus A method of detecting direction errors of an object, applied to an in-vehicle radar apparatus, whereby in a first step, relative speeds of an object reflecting a continuous wave are obtained by executing frequency analysis of signals acquired by transmitting and receiving the continuous wave. In a second step estimated directions, which are values of estimated directions in which the object is present, are calculated for each of respective frequency bins in which the presence of the object has been confirmed by the frequency analysis executed in the first step. In a third step a theoretical curve is calculated which expresses a relationship between relative speed of a stationary object and directions in which the stationary object is present, with respect to the own vehicle. In a fourth step, the direction errors are obtained as errors of the estimated directions with respect to the theoretical curve.
US10495736B2	Single SPAD array ranging system In one embodiment, an imaging device includes a light-emitting device, a driving circuit, a return single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array and readout circuitry. The driving circuit generates a driving signal, and the light-emitting device generates an optical pulse based on the driving signal. The return SPAD array is configured to receive a first portion of the optical pulse that is reflected by an object in an image scene. The readout circuitry receives a signal indicative of the received first portion of the optical pulse, and a signal indicative of the driving signal, and determines a distance between the imaging device and the object based on a difference between a time of receiving the signal indicative of the received first portion of the optical pulse and a time of receiving the signal indicative of the driving signal.
US10495734B2	Position locating instrument Provided is a position locating instrument for a position locating method in which position locating instruments that transmit and receive light beams are arranged in series connection. The position locating instruments reduce error factors and improve measurement accuracy by providing all or some of necessary position and attitude parameters. The position locating instrument has at least one light emission port through which light from a wavelength-changeable light source is emitted; and at least one light receiving port that receives light emitted or reflected by an adjacent position locating instrument. The light emitted from the light emission port has a fanlike pattern and has an emission angle varying, as a monotonic function of a wavelength of the light, in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the light spreads in the fanlike pattern.
US10495733B2	Extendable sensor mount Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a position of a sensing device relative to a vehicle. In one embodiment, a system includes the sensing device configured to provide sensor data associated with an environment of the vehicle. The system further includes an adjustable sensor mount that mounts the sensing device to the vehicle. The system further includes a control module configured to process the sensor data to a representation of the environment of the vehicle, to process the representation to determine an obstruction within a field of view of the sensing device, to determine a location of the obstruction, and to control the adjustable sensor mount to a desired position based on the location.
US10495729B2	Method for operating a radar device for a motor vehicle A method is described for operating a radar device for a motor vehicle, the method comprising the following steps: Providing operating data of a HF unit of the radar device; Transmitting the operating data of the HF unit via a digital data bus to a microcomputer unit; and Evaluating the operating data of the HF unit with the aid of the microcomputer unit.
US10495726B2	Methods and systems for an immersive virtual reality system using multiple active markers A portable virtual reality and/or augmented reality system enabling the projection and tracking of a user in a simulated environment is described. A system of motion capture cameras/sensors, computing, and tracking devices is provided in a portable package. Each tracking device is configured with one or more emitters which may generate a distinctive, repetitive pattern. The virtual reality and/or augmented reality system once assembled, provides for motion tracking and display of a one or more users in a simulated environment.
US10495715B2	Systems and methods for compensating gradient pulse of MRI A method for determining a flow sensitive gradient block includes determine a gradient parameter for one or more echoes in an imaging sequence according to a scanning protocol. The method also includes determining one or more time origins for gradient moment calculation based on the gradient parameter and obtaining one or more target zeroth-order gradient moments and one or more target first-order gradient moments corresponding to the one or more time origins. The method further includes determining one or more parameters of the one or more flow sensitive gradient blocks with respect to the one or more target zeroth-order gradient moments and the one or more target first-order gradient moment and updating the gradient parameter according to the one or more parameters of the one or more flow sensitive gradient blocks.
US10495713B2	Comprehensive cardiovascular analysis with volumetric phase-contrast MRI Processing techniques of volumetric anatomic and vector field data from volumetric phase-contrast MRI on a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system are provided to evaluate the physiology of the heart and vessels. This method includes the steps of: (1) correcting for phase-error in the source data, (2) visualizing the vector field superimposed on the anatomic data, (3) using this visualization to select and view planes in the volume, and (4) using these planes to delineate the boundaries of the heart and vessels so that measurements of the heart and vessels can be accurately obtained.
US10495712B2	Low field magnetic resonance imaging methods and apparatus According to some aspects, a laminate panel is provided. The laminate panel comprises at least one laminate layer including at least one non-conductive layer and at least one conductive layer patterned to form at least a portion of a B0 coil configured to contribute to a B0 field suitable for use in low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
US10495709B2	Multi-contrast simultaneous multislice magnetic resonance imaging with binomial radio-frequency pulses In a magnetic resonance apparatus and a method for operating the MR apparatus to acquire MR data in a single scan with different contrasts, nuclear spins in multiple slices of an examination subject are simultaneously excited in a single scan, with a simultaneous multi-slice acquisition sequence, in which a radio-frequency multi-band binomial pulse is radiated.
US10495707B2	Magnetic lensing for beta emission imaging In beta emission imaging, magnetic lensing allows a lower resolution detector to detect the spatial distribution of emissions at a higher resolution. The sample is placed in a magnetic field with field lines at a given density, and the detector is placed away from the sample where the magnet field lines diverge, resulting in a lesser density. Since the beta emissions travel along the field lines, the divergence of the field lines from the sample to the detector result in lensing or magnification. Using positron attenuation tomography to detect annihilation in the detector allows for correction due to self-absorption by the sample. The correction and lensing are used together or may be used independently.
US10495703B2	Systems, apparatus, and methods of nonlinear terahertz (THz) magnetic resonance measurement A nonlinear terahertz (THz) spectroscopy technique uses a sample illuminated by two THz pulses separately. The illumination generates two signals BA and BB, corresponding to the first and second THz pulse, respectively, after interaction with the sample. The interaction includes excitation of at least one ESR transition in the sample. The sample is also illuminated by the two THz pulses together, with an inter-pulse delay τ, generating a third signal BAB. A nonlinear signal BNL is then derived via BNL=BAB−BA−BB. This nonlinear signal BNL can be then processed (e.g., Fourier transform) to study the properties of the sample.
US10495702B2	Sensor According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a first film, a first sensor portion, a driving portion, and a processor. The first sensor portion is provided at the first film. The first sensor portion includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a first intermediate layer. The second magnetic layer is provided between the first film and the first magnetic layer. The first intermediate layer is provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The driving portion causes the first film to deform at a first frequency. The processor outputs a third signal based on a first signal and a second signal. The first signal relates to the first frequency. The second signal is output from the first sensor portion.
US10495700B2	Method and system for providing information about a target object in a formatted output signal The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for providing information about a target based on pulse widths. The information can be provided in a formatted output signal which uses a pulse width protocol to code information by varying amplitudes and widths of successive pulses in an output signal pulse train portion. The method includes detecting a first feature of the target and in response to detecting the first feature, generating an output signal pulse train portion comprising two or more pulses with at least two of the pulses having different amplitudes and each of the two or more pulses having a width corresponding to a logic value. The widths of the two or more pulses in the output signal pulse train portion can be measured in response to the detected first feature reaching a first amplitude threshold, whereby the widths can correspond to different logic values.
US10495699B2	Methods and apparatus for magnetic sensor having an integrated coil or magnet to detect a non-ferromagnetic target Methods and apparatus for detecting a magnetic field include a magnetic source configured to provide a magnetic field to induce an eddy current in a non-ferromagnetic target, and a magnetic field sensing element configured to detect the magnetic field as a result of the eddy current. The magnetic field provided by the magnetic source can be a static (i.e. DC) field or a changing (i.e. non-DC) field.
US10495698B2	Magneto-encephalography device A magneto-encephalography device including a plurality of laser threshold magnetometers for measuring a magnetic field is provided. Each laser threshold magnetometer includes an optical cavity, a laser medium which together with the optical cavity has a laser threshold; a laser pump; and a radio-frequency (RF) drive applied to the laser medium at or around a particular resonance frequency which varies depending on the magnetic field, such that depending on the value of the physical parameter, the RF drive induces transitions between at least two states of the laser medium, each state causing a different laser threshold in an intensity of a laser output, wherein the intensity of the laser output provides a measurement of the magnitude of the magnetic field; wherein the laser threshold magnetometers are configured to be placed on a head of a subject to be monitored.
US10495697B2	Magnetic sensor and magnetic sensor device Provided are a magnetic sensor, which is capable of accurately determining abnormalities, such as disconnection and a short circuit, of wiring of a magnetic sensor device, and the magnetic sensor device. An output control circuit of the magnetic sensor includes a voltage divider circuit, which is connected to an output terminal of the magnetic sensor, and an amplifier, which is configured to control a gate voltage of a MOS transistor, which is connected to the output terminal of the magnetic sensor, so that a voltage of the voltage divider circuit and a reference voltage become equal to each other, with the result that an output voltage of the magnetic sensor is determined by the reference voltage and a voltage dividing ratio of the voltage divider circuit.
US10495694B2	Method and apparatus for detecting inter-phase short-circuit of three-phase motor and air conditioner including the same The present disclosure relates to inter-phase short-circuit detection, and particularly, to a method and apparatus for detecting inter-phase short-circuit of a three-phase motor, and an air conditioner including the same. The apparatus for detecting inter-phase short-circuit of a three-phase motor includes: a power supply for rectifying AC power to supply DC power; an inverter for generating three-phase current for driving the three-phase motor using the DC power, the inverter including a plurality of switching elements including high-side switching elements and low-side switching elements corresponding to three phases, and a current sensor commonly connected to the switching elements; a gate driver for driving the plurality of switching elements; and a controller for controlling the gate driver such that current flowing through the high-side switching elements and current flowing through the low-side switching elements partially short-circuit to sense a current flowing through the current sensor and determine inter-phase short-circuit.
US10495691B2	System architecture method and apparatus for adaptive hardware fault detection with hardware metrics subsystem A method, system, and architecture (100) for adaptively field testing for hardware faults on an integrated circuit device includes a central quality assurance server (121) which receives specified hardware metric data (131) monitored at an integrated circuit device (110) in the field, identifies prioritized built-in self-test (BIST) fault detection tests (134) based on the specified hardware metric data, securely downloads the prioritized BIST fault detection tests (132) to the integrated circuit device for execution to identify a first hardware fault at the integrated circuit device, and then receives diagnosis information (133) identifying the first hardware fault from the integrated circuit device which is used to update the prioritized BIST fault detection tests.
US10495689B2	Blade centric automatic test equipment system An automated test equipment (ATE) system includes a plurality of test blades each coupled to a test blade connector and mounted on a circular track; a central reference clock (CRC) having an origin point at a center of the circle; and a clock/sync connector coupled to the CRC through a zero skew clock connection to one or more sync buses, wherein each instrument utilizes the CRC to coordinate its testing process with another instrument.
US10495683B2	Power supply stress testing A test instrument performs a power supply stress test by invoking current surges in a device under test. The current surges are invoked by stimulating functional blocks in the device under test with test signals received via a network interface of the device under test.
US10495676B2	Utility meter having compressed data logging A method for storing information within a utility meter includes generating in a processing circuit first information regarding a metered quantity delivered to a load corresponding to a first period of time. The method also includes obtaining a first value associated with one of a plurality of predetermined ranges of values in which the first information falls. The method further includes generating in a processing circuit a second value representative of a numerical position of the first information within the one of the plurality of predetermined ranges of values. The first value and the second value are stored in a memory.
US10495673B2	Methods, systems and apparatus for power monitoring Methods, systems, and apparatus for monitoring an electrically powered element are described. One or more power usage measurements for one or more elements may be obtained and analyzed to determine a behavior of a user of one or more of the elements. An action and/or a recommendation based on the analysis of one or more of the power usage measurements is determined.
US10495665B2	Methods, devices and systems for scanning tunneling microscopy control system design Methods, devices, and systems for controlling a scanning tunneling microscope system are provided. In some embodiments, the methods, devices, and systems of the present disclosure utilize a control system included in or added to a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to receive data characterizing a tunneling current between a tip of the scanning tunneling microscope system and a sample, to estimate, in real-time, a work function associated with the scanning tunneling microscope system, and to adjust, by a control system, a position of the tip based on an estimated work function. Associated systems are described herein.
US10495664B2	Dynamic self-calibration of an accelerometer system One embodiment includes a method for dynamic self-calibration of an accelerometer system. The method includes forcing a proof-mass associated with a sensor of the accelerometer system in a first direction to a first predetermined position and obtaining a first measurement associated with the sensor in the first predetermined position via at least one force/detection element of the sensor. The method also includes forcing the proof-mass to a second predetermined position and obtaining a second measurement associated with the sensor in the second predetermined position via the at least one force/detection element of the sensor. The method further includes calibrating the accelerometer system based on the first and second measurements.
US10495663B2	High aspect-ratio low noise multi-axis accelerometers The design and fabrication of a multi-axis capacitive accelerometer is presented with sub-μg resolution based on CMOS-compatible fabrication technology that can provide large proof-mass, high-aspect ratio and a large sense electrode area within a smaller footprint that previous accelerometers. In some instances, the device footprint can be reduced by placing the sense electrodes near the top or bottom of the transducer structure such that motion of the transducer causes size of the sense gap to vary in a direction that is parallel with longitudinal axis of the support beam for the transducer structure. An extra mass can also be added to the top of the transducer structure to increase sensitivity.
US10495662B2	Multifunction probe for primary references for aircraft, associated measuring system, aircraft and method for obtaining physical quantities A multifunction probe for primary references for an aircraft, an associated measuring system, aircraft and method for obtaining physical quantities are disclosed. In one aspect, the multifunction probe includes a base designed to be fastened on the cockpit of an aircraft, a plurality of static pressure taps arranged through the base and connected to pressure measuring devices and an optical window transparent to laser radiation and positioned in the base for the passage of laser radiation through the base. The multifunction probe further includes at least one laser anemometry optical head positioned to take laser anemometry measurements through the optical window and a static temperature probe mounted on the base.
US10495659B2	Speed and position sensing systems A sensor system includes a drum, a first sensor, and a second sensor. The drum is mounted for rotation about a rotation axis and includes a band and a plurality of members that extend axially away from the band. The first sensor and the second sensor are configured to generate electrical output in response to detecting one or more of the plurality of members.
US10495655B2	Automated selection of microorganisms and identification using MALDI A method and apparatus for locating and selecting a colony of microorganisms on a culture dish and identifying microorganisms in said selected colony using MALDI. The method comprises the automated steps of locating and selecting a colony of microorganisms on a culture dish; obtaining a sample of said selected colony of microorganisms; depositing at least some of said sample of said selected colony of microorganisms on a target plate; and transferring said target plate with said sample in an apparatus for performing MALDI for identification of said sample of said selected colony of microorganisms. A sample of a colony of microorganisms is automatically deposited on a depositing spot such that the sample covers at most approximately half of said one of the depositing spots of the target plate. A suspension of a sample of microorganisms is automatically prepared by automatically picking the sample with a picking tool and submerging the picking tool with said sample in a suspension, after which the picking tool is vibrated in vertical sense only to release the sample from the picking tool.
US10495650B2	Method for differentially diagnosing ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome This invention provides for an improved method for differentially diagnosing ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome. Current practice for differentially diagnosing ectopic ACTH syndrome and Cushing's Disease measures relative ACTH concentrations from the inferior petrosal venous sinus compared to fluid obtained from a periphery venous sample. This is performed before and after administration of exogenous corticotropin releasing factor, or after administration of metyrapone. This invention uses glucocorticoid receptor antagonists to induce release of endogenous CRH which stimulates ACTH to increase in patients with ectopic ACTH syndrome but not in those with Cushing's Disease.
US10495647B2	Analysis of complex biological matrices through targeting and advanced precursor and product ion alignment A method of mass spectrometry comprises ionising a sample eluting from a separation device in order to generate a plurality of parent ions. Multiple cycles of operation are performed as the sample elutes from the separation device. Each cycle of operation comprises mass analysing the parent ions to obtain parent ion mass spectral data, and mass analysing fragment or product ions derived from the parent ion to obtain fragment or product ion mass spectral data. Each cycle of operation also comprises mass analysing fragment or product ions derived from parent ions having mass to charge ratios within a first range to obtain first fragment or product ion mass spectral data, and mass analysing fragment or product ions derived from parent ions having mass to charge ratios within a second different range to obtain second fragment or product ion mass spectral data. The method can provide a hybrid data independent acquisition (DIA) and data dependent acquisition (DDA) approach.
US10495646B2	N-acetyl glucosamine as a biomarker of MS disease course The invention provides the art with a powerful diagnostic method of distinguishing relapse-remitting MS subjects from progressive MS subjects, based on the measurement of serum concentrations of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc,), for the first time enabling rapid diagnosis of the progressive form of MS. GlcNAc serum concentration can also be used to assess neurodegenerative status and MS progression in subjects suffering from MS or other neurological conditions. The methods of the invention also allow for the identification of new therapeutics for MS and other neurological conditions and also enables the personalized efficacy assessment of a potential therapy for an MS subject.
US10495641B2	Diagnosis and treatment of viral diseases This disclosure relates to methods of diagnosing a viral disease such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Castleman's disease, a lymphoma, a thymoma or a sarcoma in a patient by identifying one or more virus-specific elements such as a nucleic acid or a viral protein or a patient antibody to a virus-specific element, as well as to kits for diagnosing the viral disease in a patient. The disclosure further relates to methods of monitoring disease progression and/or the efficacy of therapy by measuring the levels of a virus-specific element in a sample from a patient. In addition, the disclosure relates to methods of identifying therapeutic agents that show efficacy in reducing levels of virus-specific agents in vitro. The disclosure further relates to methods of treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lymphoproliferative disease and cancer, as well as to methods of preventing viral infection, including Herpesvirus saimiri infection.
US10495640B2	Exosome-mediated diagnosis of hepatitis virus infections and diseases A method for diagnosing hepatitis virus infection or a hepatitis disease condition in a subject based on hepatitis virus-associated biomarkers present on exosomes in a bodily fluid sample from the subject is disclosed. Also disclosed are a method for monitoring the course of a hepatitis virus infection or a hepatitis disease condition in a subject and a method for-monitoring effectiveness of treatment to a subject with an anti-hepatitis virus agent based on hepatitis virus-associated biomarkers present on exosomes in bodily fluid samples from the subject, as well as a kit for diagnosing hepatitis virus infection and/or a hepatitis disease condition in a subject based on hepatitis virus-associated biomarkers on exosomes in bodily fluid samples from the subject.
US10495639B2	OmpA in vaccine compositions and as diagnostic targets Anaplasma Marginale surface protein OmpA and homologous genes from Anaplasmatacaea family members are used in compositions suitable for vaccines to treat or prevent infections caused by tick-born bacteria of the Anaplasmatacaea family. OmpA proteins or peptide fragments may be used in combination with other Anaplasmatacaea surface proteins to elicit an immune response. Furthermore, antibodies to OmpA proteins can be used in diagnostic methods to determine whether an individual has contracted an Anaplasmatacaea infection.
US10495638B2	Device for detection of analytes and uses thereof Devices and methods for the detection of antigens are disclosed. Devices and methods for detecting food-borne pathogens are disclosed.
US10495635B2	Testing device for testing analytes in liquid samples A testing device for testing the analytes in liquid samples, including: a test chamber (115) used to accommodate testing components (102); an injection port (120); a device for gas exchange (113) between inside and out side of the testing chamber (115). The gas pressure difference makes the liquid sample enter the testing chamber (115) automatically to complete the testing of analytes in liquid samples.
US10495632B2	Azetidine-substituted fluorescent compounds The presently-disclosed subject matter includes azetidine-substituted fluorescent compounds, where the compounds may be used as probes, dyes, tags, and the like. The presently-disclosed subject matter also includes kits comprising the same as well as methods for using the same to detect a target substance.
US10495623B2	System and method for analyzing dissolved gas in electrical insulating fluid A gas analysis system for analyzing dissolved gas in electrical insulating fluid includes a trap that selectively captures or releases one or more gases, a temperature control device for controlling a temperature of the trap that determining whether the trap is in a gas capture mode or a gas release mode, and a gas sensor for analyzing the gas that was not selectively captured by the trap. The trap may be heated to a first temperature that enables the gas to be adsorbed by the trap, and the trap may be heated to a second temperature that enables the gas to be desorbed by the trap. The gas analysis system may further include a gas flow diverter for directing gas flow past the trap. The captured or released gases may be interfering matrix gases. A method and analyzer for analyzing dissolved gas in an electrical insulating fluid are also disclosed.
US10495621B2	Apparatus and method for surveying An apparatus for surveying includes at least one survey cable, each survey cable having a proximal end attached to a mother vessel, a distal end connected to at least one subsurface towing vessel, and at least one survey device connected to the survey cable between the proximal end and the distal end. The survey cable extends in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the mother vessel during a survey. The survey cables extend a distance E sideways from the mother vessel, for example under an ice cap, e.g. solid ice or ice floes. When surveying in a polar region, the mother vessel needs only to break a narrow channel in order to survey a large area, thus saving energy, time and money.
US10495620B2	Gas detector clogging detection The present invention relates to a gas detector cell unit comprising a gas cell, the unit comprising an outer housing providing access to the gas outside through a protecting filter adapted to making gas cell safe for use in explosive environments, i.e. a sintered filter, and the unit comprising means for detecting reduction in the circulation through said protecting filter.
US10495617B2	CO2 sensor reference value calibration apparatus and method for calibrating reference value of CO2 sensor A controller as a CO2 sensor reference value calibration apparatus calibrates a reference value of the CO2 sensor in the following manner. Introduction of outside air is started after a person is not detected. A CO2 concentration, which is acquired when a preset first waiting time elapses, is set as a provisional reference value. The carbon dioxide concentration, which is acquired when a preset second waiting time elapses, is compared with the provisional reference value. In a case where a change rate of the carbon dioxide concentration is out of a preset allowable range, the carbon dioxide concentration is acquired when the second waiting time elapses after newly setting the acquired carbon dioxide concentration as the provisional reference value. In a case where the change rate of the carbon dioxide concentration is in the allowable range, the currently set provisional reference value is set as the reference value.
US10495615B2	Evaluation systems of block copolymer patterns An evaluation system of block copolymer patterns includes a supplier, a plurality of analyzers, and a homopolymer interference remover. The supplier provides a sample including a block copolymer and a homopolymer. The analyzers measure a molecular weight of the block copolymer in the sample, measure a preliminary block ratio, the preliminary block ratio corresponding to a total ratio in the sample of each block in the block copolymer, and selectively measure a ratio of the homopolymer in the sample. The homopolymer interference remover subtracts the ratio of the homopolymer from the preliminary block ratio.
US10495613B2	Determining mechanical properties via ultrasound-induced resonance A device for estimating a mechanical property of a sample is disclosed herein. The device may include a chamber configured to hold the sample; a transmitter configured to transmit a plurality of waveforms, including at least one forcing waveform; and a transducer assembly operatively connected to the transmitter and configured to transform the transmit waveforms into ultrasound waveforms. The transducer assembly can also transmit and receive ultrasound waveforms into and out of the chamber, as well as transform at least two received ultrasound waveforms into received electrical waveforms. The device also includes a data processor that can receive the received electrical waveforms; estimate a difference in the received electrical waveforms that results at least partially from movement of the sample; and estimate a mechanical property of the sample by comparing at least one feature of the estimated difference to at least one predicted feature, wherein the at least one predicted feature is based on a model of an effect of the chamber wall. Finally, the device can also include a controller configured to control the timing of the ultrasound transmitter and data processor.
US10495610B2	Fiber optic acoustic emission sensor and apparatus A method of monitoring a structure for stresses or cracks. A single mode optical fiber is adhered to a structure. The single mode optical fiber includes a first optical cavity. The first optical cavity includes two fiber Bragg gratings with a distance therebetween. The first optical cavity includes a resonance. A frequency shift of the resonance of the first optical cavity is measured with a frequency discriminator. An acoustic emission from the structure is detected based on the frequency shift.
US10495606B2	Probe device, rotating head, and test apparatus A probe device for a rotating head of a rotary system comprises at least one support arm that is mounted so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation, at least one probe that is connected to the support arm, and at least one cable guide for guiding a probe cable. The cable guide comprises a first end portion that extends along the support arm, from the probe to the axis of rotation, and a second end portion that originates essentially at the axis of rotation.
US10495603B1	High performance ISFET with ferroelectric material The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to high performance ion sensitive field effect transistor (ISFET) with ferroelectric material and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a substrate comprising a doped region; a gate dielectric material over the doped region; a ferroelectric material over the gate dielectric material; and a sensing membrane over the ferroelectric material.
US10495602B2	Gas sensor manufacturing method and gas sensor manufacturing apparatus Provided is a method for manufacturing a gas sensor which suppresses a defective product caused by a defective posture of a sensor element therein. The method includes a step of obtaining an assembled body constituting the gas sensor, including steps of: causing one end of the sensor element to come to abut to a positioning member for positioning the sensor element; and applying a first force to the annularly-mounted members including a powder compact annularly mounted to the sensor element under a state that the sensor element is positioned and thereby compressing the powder compact so as to fix the sensor element inside of the tubular body, and the compression is performed while constraining the sensor element in a predetermined constraining region in the other end side of the sensor element.
US10495597B2	Method for detecting uric acid A modified graphite electrode comprising a coating of electrochemically reduced graphene oxide. The modified graphite electrode may be employed in detecting of uric acid. A sensing device comprising the modified graphite electrode and a method of making the modified graphite electrode are described herein.
US10495596B2	Reduced graphene oxide-based graphite electrode A modified graphite electrode comprising a coating of electrochemically reduced graphene oxide. The modified graphite electrode may be employed in detecting of uric acid. A sensing device comprising the modified graphite electrode and a method of making the modified graphite electrode are described herein.
US10495595B2	Gas sensor device, gas measurement method, and gas measurement device A gas sensor device includes: a sensor film including a sensor surface and a resistance which increases with an increase in an amount of gas adsorbed on the sensor surface; a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode that are electrically coupled to the sensor film; and a protective film that covers the sensor surface in a region between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the sensor surface is exposed in a region near the third electrode.
US10495586B2	Apparatus for nondestructive material testing of objects The invention relates to a device for non-destructively material testing objects, in particular rims and wheels (12), comprising an X-ray inspection cabin (14) which contains an X-ray inspection device (28) for X-raying the objects and comprising conveyor devices (34, 36, 56, 68, 98) for conveying objects through at least one lock (20, 22) into the X-ray inspection cabin (14) and out of the X-ray inspection cabin (14). The aim of the invention is to prevent a leakage of X-rays into the surrounding area through the lock (20, 22) and to reduce the quantity of lead needed for shielding and optionally the space requirement of the device (10). According to the invention this is achieved in that the lock (20, 22) comprises a hollow cylinder (60), the circumferential wall (62) of which has a through-opening (64) for the objects and which can be rotated about a horizontal rotation axis in order to position the through-opening (64) on a lock (20, 22) side facing away from the X-ray inspection cabin (14) or the lock (20, 22) side facing the X-ray inspection cabin (14) in an alternating manner.
US10495585B2	Imaging apparatus for monitoring objects An imaging apparatus that includes a scanning mirror arrangement, optics, and a detector arrangement comprising a plurality of detectors. The plurality of detectors are capable for detecting submillimeter-/millimeter-range electromagnetic radiation and arranged within a region defined by an outer periphery and an inner periphery of the detector arrangement. The outer and inner peripheries are substantially circular in shape.
US10495584B2	Inspection apparatus and inspection method using the same Disclosed herein is a method for inspecting a transparent film. The method comprises irradiating an inspection target with light using a polarizer, receiving light that is reflected by the inspection target and passes through an analyzer by a line scan camera, synthesizing an amplitude and a phase of wavelength of the light into an intensity of light, comparing the intensity of the light with predetermined intensities of light for inspection targets having different thicknesses; and detecting a defect of the inspection target based on the compared intensity with the predetermined intensities. It can be determined whether there is a transparent film, and the thickness of the transparent film can be measured in a large area. The inspection is carried out in real-time after the transparent film is formed, such that if a defect is generated, it can be fed back immediately to thereby reduce defects.
US10495578B2	Methods and systems to analyze a gas-mixture A system is presented. The system includes an electromagnetic radiation source configured to generate a mode matched electromagnetic radiation that irradiates a gas mixture filled in a gas compartment at a determined pressure ‘P’ bars, an intensity enhancement mechanism that internally reflects the mode-matched electromagnetic radiation a plurality of times to achieve an effective intensity ‘E’, of reflected electromagnetic radiation in a region of interest, that is ‘N’ times an intensity of the mode-matched electromagnetic radiation, and a detection subsystem that analyses the gas-mixture based upon Raman Scattered photons emitted from the region of interest, wherein a product of the ‘P’ and the ‘N’ is at least 30.
US10495576B2	Surface-plasmon enhanced fluorescence measurement method, surface-plasmon enhanced fluorescence measurement device, and analytical chip First, an analytical chip having a prism, a metal film that includes a trapping region having immobilized on the surface thereof a trapping element for trapping a substance to be analyzed, and a mark in which the scatter of emitted plasmon scattered light differs from the scatter of plasmon scattered light emitted from the surrounding region, is disposed in a chip holder. Next, the rear surface of the metal film is irradiated with excitation light, plasmon scattered light emitted from the proximity of the mark is detected, and, on the basis of the detected plasmon scattered light, location information for the trap region is obtained. Next, the portion of the rear surface of the metal film that corresponds to the trap region arranged at the detected location is irradiated with excitation light, and fluorescence emitted by a fluorescent substance is detected.
US10495573B1	Instrument for measuring airborne particulate matter An apparatus for measuring the optical absorption of airborne matter or other light absorbing species in a sample airflow. The apparatus comprises a flow path through a fibrous filter to collect light absorbing species in the sampled air. The filtered airflow may subsequently pass through a second filter, used for reference measurements. At least one light source impinges in the filter generating one or two optical signals to determine the light absorption of particulate matter or other species in the sampled airflow. The apparatus includes at least one auxiliary sensor in the sample flow path to monitor an environmental factor, such as temperature. During a training period, a mathematical model of the apparatus' environmental sensitivity is derived. Using the mathematical model and measurements from the auxiliary sensor, optical signals are compensated in real time to increase the precision and accuracy of light absorption measurements recorded under fluctuating environmental conditions.
US10495571B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring surface phenomena A method for monitoring surface phenomena includes measuring a first surface plasmon resonance angle value (ϕSPR,REF) of a sample region (REG1), measuring a first critical angle value (ϕTIR,REF) of the sample region (REG1), causing a change of surface concentration (cM1,SRF) of an analyte (M1) at the sample region (REG1), changing the bulk composition at the sample region (REG1), measuring a second surface plasmon resonance angle value (ϕSPR(t)) of the sample region (REG1), measuring a second critical angle value (ϕTIR(t)) of the sample region (REG1), and determining an indicator value (ϕAUX(t)) indicative of the change of the surface concentration (cM1,SRF), wherein the indicator value (ϕAUX(t)) is determined from the second surface plasmon resonance angle value (ϕSPR(t)) by compensating an effect of the bulk composition, and wherein the magnitude (ϕCOMP) of said effect is determined by using the second critical angle value (ϕTIR(t)).
US10495570B2	Measurement of hydrocarbon fuel gas composition and properties from tunable diode laser absorption spectrometry A tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer and a method of processing absorption spectra is used to measure concentrations of selected fuel gas components and calculate several fuel gas parameters, including heating value, relative density, compressibility, theoretical hydrocarbon liquid content and Wobbe index. In the described incarnation, a tunable laser diode directs near-infrared light into an optical cavity through a sample of fuel gas. A sensor measures intensity of light exiting the cavity as the laser wavelength is tuned over a specified range to construct a cavity-enhanced absorption spectrum for the fuel gas. A set of basis spectra for expected component species is used to analyze the spectrum and determine component concentrations, including methane, ethane, carbon dioxide, and other discrete and structured absorbers. Critically, a generic broadband absorption is used to model higher hydrocarbons that present themselves as nearly featureless absorption spectra. The fuel gas parameters are then calculated directly from determined component concentrations and the broadband absorption representing the higher hydrocarbons.
US10495568B2	Apparatus for analyzing a sample of granular material An apparatus for analysing a sample of granular material, such as soil, is described. An elongated housing has a channel extending therethrough to define an optical path. A cavity is defined within the top of the housing to receive the sample, and a transparent sample-receiving surface is disposed within the cavity at a first elevation from the bottom of the housing. A lens assembly is positioned within the optical path at a second, lower, elevation. The lens assembly magnifies an image formed by light beams reflected by or transmitted through the sample. An image capturing device is disposed across the optical path at a third elevation that is lower than the second elevation. The image capturing device is thus lower than both the lens assembly and the transparent sample-receiving surface. A light source is mounted within the housing to emit light toward the sample-receiving surface.
US10495563B1	Plate reader observation methods and operation Reader observation and monitoring of the imaging of biological development is shown and described. In one embodiment, a method for monitoring biological growth includes identifying an alert from comparing a background value identified on a plate to a non-background value identified on a plate. In particular examples, a pre-filter, threshold, and histogram analysis identifies an alert count.
US10495558B2	Multi-surface viscosity measurement Systems and methods for measuring the viscosity of a fluid may comprise a rotor cup having an inner chamber; a first bob rotatably disposed within a first region of the inner chamber; and a second bob rotatably disposed within a second region of the inner chamber, wherein the second bob rotates relative to the first bob based on a difference in viscosity of fluid in the first region and the second region.
US10495556B2	Accelerated pavement testing A method of testing pavement includes repeatedly simulating wheel loading on the pavement by repeatedly applying a plurality of discreet forces with a downwards component, in series and one after the other, to an upper surface of a test strip of the pavement thereby to simulate a load exerted by a travelling wheel and hence subjecting the pavement to accelerated testing. The discreet forces are provided by repeatedly actuating a series of actuators, one after the other, each to exert a force with a downwards component to the upper surface of the test strip of pavement, or to a portion thereof.
US10495555B2	Filter-cartridge based fluid-sample preparation and assay system The application relates to a device and method for preparing and testing a fluid sample using a filtration procedure for analysis of a filterable constituent of the fluid. In particular the process employs an enclosed pathway whereby the fluid sample may be put into a sealable flexible containment-vessel, and can then be passed through a fluid passageway to a removable enclosable filter cartridge, wherein the filterable constituent may be removed and the resultant filtrate fluid discharged from the cartridge. Once introduced to the flexible vessel, the enclosed pathway system thereby enables the fluid to be filtered and the filterable constituent examined with minimal complications of contamination of the sample through exposure to environmental pollutant external to the fluid sample.A useful objective of the device and method is to enable analyses of microbiological content of a fluid sample.The application further relates to a means of conducting the filtration of a fluid sample without necessarily requiring a pump or vacuum equipment to express or aspirate the fluid from the flexible containment vessel through the filter cartridge.
US10495553B2	Sealing fluid for microfluidic analyses The present disclosure relates to an aqueous sealing fluid for sealing a stained biological specimen present on a microscope slide for microscopic analysis. The sealing fluid protects the biological specimen from drying artifacts, protects stains performed on biological specimen from fading, and protects stains performed on biological specimens from being dissolved by organic mounting media. Methods of using the aqueous sealing fluid are also disclosed.
US10495550B2	Identification of chemicals in a sample using GC/SAW and Raman spectroscopy A method for identification of chemicals in a sample using a gas chromatograph, a surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensor coupled with the gas chromatograph to define a gas chromatography (GC)/SAW system, and a Raman spectrometer. The method includes receiving SAW frequency response data generated by the SAW sensor, receiving Raman spectrum data generated by the Raman spectrometer, producing a Raman spectrum corresponding to an eluted component of interest based upon an integration of the Raman spectrum data, identifying a set of one or more candidate chemicals for the eluted component of interest based on a corresponding peak of the SAW frequency response data, and searching a Raman database for a match between the produced Raman spectrum and a chemical in the Raman database from among the set of candidate chemicals for the eluted component of interest.
US10495549B1	Geological sample procurement and storage device A sample procurement and retention tool designed for extraterrestrial use. The device is adapted to procure and retain multiple loosely adhered geological samples of various shapes, sizes, and weights. In addition, the device is sized for dexterity optimization, and designed to prevent cross contamination of samples. The device includes a chamber housing detachable from a handle assembly with a portion of the chamber housing being rotatable with respect to the handle assembly. The chamber housing includes a plurality of chambers with at least one chamber having a sample cartridge that can be triggered through the handle assembly. Each sample cartridge stored in the chambers can be triggered to retrieve samples and then the chamber housing can be detached to employ another chamber housing.
US10495541B2	Systems and methods of energy aware gas leak detection An energy aware gas detection system can include relay nodes and gas sensor nodes operating based on an adaptive sleep cycle, each of the gas sensor nodes can include gas sensors configured to detect methane, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen sulfide. Additionally, the system can also include actuator nodes to operate gas valves and a gateway node to be a bridge between the relay nodes and a remote device communicably coupled to a network.
US10495539B2	Aluminum alloy hub positioning fixture The invention provides an aluminum alloy hub positioning fixture. The aluminum alloy hub positioning fixture adopts an upper trapezoidal metal taper sleeve and a lower trapezoidal metal taper sleeve, the lower trapezoidal metal taper sleeve is in contact with the central hole of a hub, and the upper trapezoidal metal taper sleeve is in contact with the cap section of the hub; the lower trapezoidal metal taper sleeve is mounted on a hollow shaft, and a metal pipe is arranged in the middle of the hollow shaft. During working, the hub is positioned and mounted on the lower trapezoidal metal taper sleeve via the central hole, the upper trapezoidal metal taper sleeve is in vertical contact with the cap section of the hub under the action of a cylinder.
US10495536B2	Differential pressure gauge including adjustable sensor positioning mechanism A differential pressure gauge for measuring a difference in pressure present between a low pressure portion of a fluid and a high pressure portion of the fluid includes a cylinder and a housing. The cylinder includes an opening. The housing includes an opening. A piston extends from a first end having a visual indicator to a second end having a remote indicator. The first end of the piston is in fluid communication with the high pressure portion of the fluid and the second end of the piston is in fluid communication with the low pressure portion of the fluid. A sensor is configured to sense a presence of the remote indicator when the remote indicator is within a sensing range of the sensor. The sensor is coupled to a sensor positioning mechanism for adjusting a position of the sensor with respect to the axial direction of the housing.
US10495535B2	Differential capacitive MEMS pressure sensor and manufacturing method thereof The present invention discloses a differential capacitive MEMS pressure sensor and a manufacturing method thereof. The MEMS pressure sensor includes a sensitive structural layer, which includes a common sensitive part and a common supporting part located on the edge of the common sensitive part, a thickness of the common supporting part being larger than that of the common sensitive part; and the MEMS pressure sensor also includes an upper fixed electrode structural layer and a lower fixed electrode structural layer which are vertically symmetric relative to the sensitive structural layer and used for forming differential capacitors with the common sensitive part. According to the MEMS pressure sensor of the present invention, by the differential capacitor structures, inhibition of chips on common-mode signals is enhanced, and a signal to noise ratio of output signals is improved. Meanwhile, the thickness of the common supporting part of the present invention is larger than that of the common sensitive part, such that the peripheral common supporting part can shield strains caused by temperatures and stresses. Therefore, the strains transmitted to the common sensitive part because of temperature and stress changes are greatly reduced, and temperature stability and stress stability of the chips are improved.
US10495533B2	Load transducer with lockup assembly A transducer body includes a support comprising a pair of clevis halves; a sensor body coupled to each of the clevis halves, wherein the sensor body is disposed between the clevis halves and includes a generally rigid peripheral member disposed about a spaced-apart central hub, the central hub being joined to each of the clevis halves with the peripheral member spaced apart from each clevis half, wherein at least three flexure components couple the peripheral member to the central hub, and wherein the flexure components are spaced-apart from each other at generally equal angle intervals about the central hub; and a lockup assembly configured to selectively inhibit movement of the sensor body relative to the clevis halves.
US10495532B2	Optical fiber sensing method The optical fiber sensing method of the present invention includes steps of: joining heat shrinkable tubes to two ends of a sensing segment of an optical fiber; coupling a fixing element on the heat shrinkable tube below the sensing segment; detachably connecting at least one floating element to the fixing element; placing the floating element into a fluid; and providing an input signal to the sensing segment and generating an output signal after the input signal is processed by the sensing segment, wherein the tensile force applied to the sensing segment would change with variation of the buoyant force upon the floating element, resulting in change of the output signal. Accordingly, the optical fiber sensing method has numerous advantages, including rapid on-site construction, recyclability of components and changeability of design parameters.
US10495531B2	Force sensor Disclosed is a force sensor, including: at least one measurement cell, each measurement cell being filled with a filling material in which at least one inclusion of a substance is embedded; for each cell, at least one light source arranged in order to illuminate the inclusion embedded in this cell; for each cell, a measurement system including at least one optical measurement point arranged in order to capture light originating from the inclusion embedded in this cell; for each cell, a unit arranged in order to convert optical signals originating from the measurement system of this cell to a signal representative of a force exerted on this cell, this signal being dependent on a movement of the inclusion embedded within the filling material of this cell.
US10495530B2	Prism-coupling systems and methods for characterizing curved parts Prism coupling systems and methods for characterizing curved parts are disclosed. A coupling surface of a coupling prism is interfaced to the curved outer surface of the curved part to define a coupling interface. Measurement light is directed through the coupling prism and to the interface, wherein the measurement light has a width of 3 mm or less. TE and TM mode spectra reflected from the interface are digitally captured. These mode spectra are processed to determine at least one characteristic of the curved part, such as the stress profile, compressive stress, depth of layer, refractive index profile and birefringence.
US10495528B2	Capacitive torque sensor without limit in flexure hinge Provided herein is a capacitive torque sensor, which can completely offset forces/torques in all axial directions, except for force/torque in a direction of a central axis, by measuring variations in capacitances of four sensing cells arrayed at angular intervals of 90 degrees on the basis of a center of the sensor and can offer a sensing value for the torque in a central axis direction.
US10495526B2	Method and apparatus for calibrating a thermometer in situ The invention relates to an apparatus for the calibration of a thermometer in situ, wherein the apparatus has a temperature sensor (S) for determining a temperature (T); wherein a reference element (K) is provided for calibrating the temperature sensor (S); wherein the reference element (K) at least partially comprises a ferroelectric material (D), which experiences a phase transformation at at least one predetermined temperature (TPh) in a temperature range relevant for calibrating the temperature sensor (S).
US10495520B2	Ultrasound catheter A first tubular body having a first longitudinal axis extending centrally through the tubular body includes at least one delivery port extending through a wall of the first tubular body. A second tubular body having a second longitudinal axis extends through the second tubular body, the first and second longitudinal axes being displaced from each other such that an asymmetrical longitudinally extending gap is formed between an outer surface of the second tubular body and an interior surface of the first tubular body. A temperature sensor forming a thermocouple extending longitudinally within the gap between the first tubular body and the second tubular body. An inner core is positioned within the second tubular body. The inner core includes least one ultrasound element.
US10495514B2	Mirror plate for a fabry-perot interferometer and a fabry-perot interferometer A method for producing a mirror plate for a Fabry-Perot interferometer includes providing a substrate, which includes silicon, implementing a semi-transparent reflective coating on the substrate, forming a passivated region in and/or on the substrate by etching a plurality of voids in the substrate, and by passivating the surfaces of the voids, forming a first sensor electrode on top of the passivated region, and forming a second sensor electrode supported by the substrate.
US10495510B2	Systems and methods for flash localization using at least two photodiodes A flash detection device comprises at least a first and a second sensor module, wherein each of the sensor modules comprises at least a photodiode for detecting an irradiance emitted by a source, and the first sensor module comprises at least an angular efficiency attenuator configured for attenuating the irradiance received by the photodiode according to a predetermined angular efficiency profile, wherein the at least first and second sensor modules are configured for collecting light from substantially the same field of view, and the angular efficiency attenuator of the first sensor module causes the first and second sensor modules to have complementary predetermined angular efficiency profiles, so that, for angles of view within a common field of view of the first and second sensor modules, a combination of irradiance measurements of the first and second sensor modules enables to derive an irradiance source angle of the source.
US10495507B2	Drop ejection based flow sensor calibration A droplet of fluid having a predetermined drop weight is ejected from a microfluidic channel. Electrical signals are received from a sensor in the microfluidic channel, wherein the electrical signals vary in response to the ejection of the droplet of fluid. The electrical signals of the sensor are calibrated to a rate of flow of fluid through the microfluidic channel based on a number of droplets ejected and the predetermined drop weight of each droplet.
US10495506B2	Liquid level meter In one embodiment, an apparatus may meter a level of a liquid. The apparatus includes a float component, wherein the float component includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor senses a parameter usable to determine an inclination of the float component. The controller is operable to receive the sensed parameter, and communicate information based on the sensed parameter to an external controller. When operating to determine a level of a liquid within a container, the apparatus physically contacts the container. Further, at least one of the controller or the external controller is operative to estimate the inclination of the float component based on the sensed parameter, and determine the level of the liquid within the container based on the estimated inclination.
US10495504B2	Apparatus and method for liquid-level detection of enclosure tank A liquid-level gauge is provided, which includes a body of transparent material having a head part connected to an elongated part with an end region formed with two facets of 45 degrees relative to a vertical line of sight along the elongated part with a common linear tip portion disposable into a matching socket to engage with a liquid-level in an enclosure tank. The liquid-level gauge includes a horizontal second planar member coupled to a first planar member inserted to a slot cut vertically into the elongated part from the common linear tip portion. The first planar member is engraved a first legend on two opposite sides and the second planar member is engraved a second legend on top side facing the two facets. The head part forms an aperture allowing a view of an image bearing the first/second legend when the liquid-level is fully below/above the two facets.
US10495497B2	Flow sensor system including transmissive connection A flow sensor sub-assembly includes a flow tube having a lumen, an outside diameter, a first end, and a second end. An inlet fitting includes a conical orifice sized for insertion in either end of the flow tube, such that an internal passage of the inlet fitting is coaxial and concentric with the lumen and the end of the flow tube abuts a shoulder. An outlet fitting includes a conical orifice sized for insertion in either end of the flow tube, such that an internal passage of the inlet fitting is coaxial and concentric with the lumen and the end of the flow tube abuts a shoulder. A first piezo element integrated with the inlet fitting is arranged at an upstream position of the flow tube assembly and a second piezo element integrated with the outlet fitting is arranged at a downstream position of the flow tube assembly.
US10495486B2	Inductive touch input A touch-scroll apparatus can provide touch-scroll input/functionality, such as for a mobile communication device (as an example application). The touch-scroll apparatus includes a multi-coil sensor assembly including multiple sense inductor coils (for example, three). A sensor slot is formed in a portion of the device case (such as a device side-wall), defining a touch-scrolling surface/area at the exterior of the device. The sidewall slot is dimensioned to receive and position the touch-scrolling multi-coil sensor assembly relative to the touch-scrolling surface/area. Inductive sensor electronics is coupled to the multiple touch-scroll sense inductor coils to detect scrolling movement and direction based on signal output from the sensor inductor coil signals (such as changes in coil inductance), including for each a peak signal corresponding to maximum deflection of the touch-scrolling surface/area opposite the sense inductor coil. The touch-scrolling sensor assembly can be secured within the sensor slot with elastomeric pads.
US10495485B2	Magnetic field sensors and output signal formats for a magnetic field sensor An apparatus and a method provide an output signal indicative of a speed of rotation and/or a direction of movement of a ferromagnetic object having ferromagnetic features and capable of moving. A variety of signal formats of the output signal are described, each of which have pulses at a rate faster than the ferromagnetic features pass by the magnetic field sensor.
US10495483B2	Method and system for initializing a sensor fusion system A method and system for initializing a sensor fusion system is disclosed, wherein the sensor fusion system includes a base system and at least one correction system. Measured values are captured by the base system and by the correction system, and the measured values directly or indirectly describing physical quantities are afflicted with error values. The error values describe deviations of the measured values from the described physical quantities, and at least the physical quantities indirectly described in the measured values of the base system and the error values of the physical quantities cannot be determined during initialization. The measured values are continuously fused into a fusion data set after initialization. For at least one of the physical quantities associated with the measured values of the base system and the error values of the physical quantities, starting values are determined from the measured values of the correction system.
US10495481B2	Evaluation information collecting device and evaluation information collecting system An evaluation information collecting system includes a storing device storing evaluation information evaluating a certain point, a presentation device for presenting the evaluation information, and an evaluation information collector for acquiring evaluation information associated with a point through which a moving body passes and causing the presentation device to present the evaluation information, and the evaluation information collector includes an evaluation information acquirer for acquiring the evaluation information associated with the point through which the moving body passes from the storing device, a validity determiner for determining validity of the evaluation information based on status information representing a status of the moving body or a user passing through the point associated with the evaluation information, and a change content generator for changing content of the evaluation information in the storing device such that the evaluation information determined to be invalid is not easily presented.
US10495478B2	Feature selection in transit mode Some embodiments provide a mapping application that displays a transit map including a group of lines that each corresponds to at least one transit route and, for each line, a set of transit-related features located along the line. The mapping application receives a selection of a transit line and, in response to the selection, modifies the transit map to emphasize the selected transit line and the set of features located along the selected transit line.
US10495477B2	Method for generating driving instructions for the driver of an electrically driven vehicle A method for generating driving instructions for the driver of an electrically driven vehicle includes the following steps: (a) acquire route information for at least one route section of a driving route lying ahead of the vehicle, (b) determine temperature information, acting in a temperature-varying fashion on at least one drive component, for the at least one route section on the basis of the route information, and (c) output a driving instruction to the driver on the basis of the temperature information for the at least one route section.
US10495476B1	Augmented reality navigation systems and methods A system and method may generate a more realistic augmented reality (AR) overlay by generating a segmentation image and blending it with one or more other images. The system may generate a segmentation image based on an input image. The segmentation image may be blended with an AR path overlay image to generate an object-masked AR path overlay image. The object-masked AR path overlay image may be blended with the input image to generate an output image.
US10495475B2	Routing based on detected stops In some implementations, a mobile device can transmit a request for traffic information to a server. The traffic information can include movement information including detected stops and durations of detected stops. The traffic information is analyzed to detect traffic patterns that indicate locations of stop signs and/or stop lights. The traffic information is analyzed to determine durations of stops at stop signs and/or stop lights. The durations of stops are associated with a time of day and/or day of the week. In some implementations, navigational routes are determined based stop sign and/or stop light information, including the delays attributable to detected stop signs and/or stop lights.
US10495474B2	Re-routing autonomous vehicles using dynamic routing and memory management The invention relates to a system and method for navigating an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) that utilizes ADV an-onboard computer and/or one or more ADV control system nodes in an ADV network platform. The on-board computer receives sensor data concerning one or more occupants occupying an ADV and/or the ADV itself and, upon a detection of an event, automatically initiates a dynamic routing algorithm that utilizes artificial intelligence to re-route the ADV to another destination, for example a healthcare facility. One or more embodiment of the system and method include an ADV on-board computer and/or one or more ADV network platform nodes that utilize in-memory processing to aid in the generation of routing, health and navigational information to advantageously navigate an ADV.
US10495472B2	Dynamic geolocation optimization of pickup locations using location scores Embodiments provide techniques, including systems and methods, for determining alternate request locations based on a pickup location score (PLoS) of a location associated with transportation request information. A pickup location score may include an objective quantitative measurement of the fitness of a location for a pickup by a provider. For example, embodiments may receive transport request information associated with a requestor computing device including a request location, determine a modified request location based at least on a location score for each of one or more alternate request locations that are within a threshold distance of the request location, and send modified transport request information associated with the modified request location and the first requestor computing device to a provider computing device associated with a matched provider for the transport request information.
US10495468B2	Navigation using short-range transmissions A network system uses Wi-Fi signals or other types of short-range transmissions to determine navigation to pickup locations for users receiving services provided via the network system. In an embodiment, the network system builds a database of reference signatures of short-range transmissions previously detected by client devices of users at a geographical region, where the reference signatures are mapped to corresponding locations of the geographical region. By comparing a signature detected by a particular user's client device to the reference signatures, the network system may check for similarities between the short-range transmissions. Responsive to finding a match, the network system determines a current location of the particular user at the geographical region. Accordingly, by leveraging the database, the network system may determine a route for travel by the particular user from the current location to a pickup location without having to use GPS signals.
US10495467B2	Positioning with interleaved VLC signals Techniques for determining a position of a mobile device using visible light communication signals are provided. An example device includes memory and a processor configured to in response to a determination that at least one first image of a plurality of images stored in the memory is of a modulated light signal transmitted by a light source and comprising coded information, determine a spatial location of a reference point of the light source based on the coded information, in response to a determination that at least one second image of the plurality of images is of an unmodulated light signal emanating from the light source, determine an image location of the reference point of the light source in the at least one second image, and determine a position of the mobile wireless communication device based on the image location of the reference point and the spatial location of the reference point.
US10495461B2	Surveying system A system is disclosed that comprises a camera module and a control and evaluation unit. The camera module is designed to be attached to the surveying pole and comprises at least one camera for capturing images. The control and evaluation unit has stored a program with program code so as to control and execute a functionality in which a series of images of the surrounding is captured with the at least one camera; a SLAM-evaluation with a defined algorithm using the series of images is performed, wherein a reference point field is built up and poses for the captured images are determined; and, based on the determined poses, a point cloud comprising 3D-positions of points of the surrounding can be computed by forward intersection using the series of images, particularly by using dense matching algorithm.
US10495457B2	Method for determining a tread depth of a tire profile and control device therefor A method is for determining a profile depth of a tire profile. The method includes at least the following steps: a) detecting an acceleration of a measurement point on a tire inner side of a vehicle tire, wherein a deviation, caused by contact of the vehicle tire with a roadway, of the acceleration of the measurement point within an observation window is detected, b) deriving at least one analytical characteristic variable which is characteristic of the profile of the detected acceleration, wherein the at least one analytical characteristic variable characterizes the non-periodic profile of the detected acceleration within one tire rotation, c) determining the profile depth in a manner dependent on the at least one analytical characteristic variable, wherein a calibration curve yields the dependency between the analytical characteristic variable and the profile depth, and the calibration curve assigns a profile depth to the derived analytical characteristic variable.
US10495456B2	Method for calibrating a detection device, and detection device A device designed for the three-dimensional geometrical detection of an environment includes at least one inertial measurement system for provisionally calculating a trajectory of the detection device. The device is calibrated by steps of: (a) positioning and/or orienting the detection device in a position and/or orientation with respect to at least one reference point characterized by at least one predefined relative coordinate, or determining at least one relative coordinate which characterizes the position and/or the orientation of the detection device relative to at least one reference point; (b) determining at least one error variable which characterizes the deviation of the relative coordinate in accordance with step (a) from the relative coordinate(s) provisionally calculated by the inertial measurement system; and (c) if the error variable fulfills a predefined correction criterion, correcting the provisional trajectory.
US10495448B2	Displacement measuring device, measuring system and displacement measuring method A displacement measuring device capable of accurately measuring a distance to a measurement target surface is provided. The displacement measuring device includes a light projecting part generating light, a sensor head irradiating a measurement target with the light and receiving light of the irradiated light reflected by a measurement target surface of the measurement target, and a control part calculating a value indicating a distance to the measurement target surface on the basis of the light received by the sensor head. The control part processes the calculated value as the value indicating the distance to the measurement target surface on condition that the calculated value is included in a preset numerical range and resets the preset numerical range on the basis of the calculated value.
US10495444B2	Pipe measuring apparatus A pipe measuring apparatus includes a measurement probe that performs a non-contact measurement of a pipe as a measurable object; and a displacement mechanism that relatively displaces the measurement probe in three mutually orthogonal axis directions relative to the pipe.
US10495442B2	Frequency-domain optical coherence tomography with extended field-of-view and reduction of aliasing artifacts The present disclosure provides an OCT imaging system to reduce or eliminate frequency-domain aliasing artifacts. The frequency is shifted using a carrier frequency to define a sampling range substantially centered on the carrier frequency. An image of the sample is generated from a displayed imaging range that consists of a subset of the frequencies within the sampling range. Furthermore, the system may be configured to determine the carrier frequency such that a Nyquist frequency corresponding to the shifted frequency is extended beyond either an upper or a lower bound of an OCT quality envelope corresponding to the first portion of light. Additionally, the carrier frequency may be determined such that a lower bound of the OCT quality envelope is greater or less than a zero-frequency DC limit.
US10495441B2	Probing element and coordinate measuring machine for measuring at least one measurement object A probing element for measuring at least one measurement object is provided. The probing element includes at least one first optical sensor configured to generate at least one first sensor signal depending on a fine shape of at least one surface of the measurement object, at least one second sensor configured to generate at least one second sensor signal depending on at least one of a coarse shape of the measurement object, and a distance to the measurement object. The at least one first optical sensor has a first measurement region and the at least one second sensor has a second measurement region. The at least one first optical sensor is at least partly integrated in the at least one second sensor to permit the first measurement region and the second measurement region to at least partly overlap.
US10495440B2	Apparatus and methods for optical coherence tomography and two-photon luminescence imaging Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure include a combined catheter-based optical coherence tomography-two-photon luminescence (OCT-TPL) imaging system. Exemplary embodiments further include methods to detect, and further characterize the distribution of cellular components (e.g., macrophage, collagen/elastin fiber, lipid droplet) in thin-cap fibroatheromas with high spatial resolution in vivo.
US10495438B2	Measurement device A measurement device includes: an optical system that splits incident light into two lights to emit one light as measurement light to a measurement object and the other light as reference light to a reference surface, and recombines the two lights to emit combined light; a light emitter that emits light entering the optical system; an imaging system that takes an image of output light emitted from the optical system; and a processor that executes measurement with regard to a predetermined measurement area of the measurement object, based on an interference fringe image taken by the imaging system, wherein the processor: obtains complex amplitude data at a predetermined position in an optical axis direction at predetermined intervals in at least a predetermined range in the optical axis direction, with regard to a specific area set in advance in the measurement area based on the interference fringe image.
US10495434B1	Telescopic measuring device The telescopic measuring device is a tool that enables a user to measure distances that might otherwise be beyond their reach. A measuring blade contained within a housing may be extended until a wear block at one end of the telescopic measuring device and an end hook at the other and of the telescopic measuring device span the distance to be measured. The measuring blade may then be locked into position using a clocking clamp and the measured distance may be read through a sighting window where a sight line will align with measurement indicia on the measuring blade.
US10495432B2	Systems for delivering explosives and methods related thereto Systems for delivering explosives with variable densities are disclosed herein. Methods of delivering explosives with variable densities and methods of varying the energy of explosives in a blasthole are disclosed herein.
US10495428B1	Electronic game tracking system An improved electronic game tracking system is disclosed. The game tracking system uses electronic radio ranging to determine the distance and direction to a game animal to which the game tracking system is attached. Improvements to the game tracking system address disclosed sources of range determination error and remove or reduce their effects on the determination of the range between an electronic receiver which can detect the transmitter or tag and the transmitter or tag.
US10495425B1	Thermoformed projectile cartridge An axisymmetric disk-shaped cartridge is provided for firing from a gun having a fluted bore. The cartridge is initiated by a firing pin and includes a primer core, a propellant charge, a booster charge, a projectile mass, an ablative cap and a ductile metal coating. The projectile mass is disposed over the booster charge while the ablative cap is disposed over the projectile mass. The coating and mass elongate and radially narrow to maintain axial symmetry while being accelerated along the bore.
US10495419B1	Vehicle armor systems and methods A vehicle includes a frame, front cabin, and an armor component. The vehicle is reconfigurable between a B-kit configuration where the armor component is coupled to the vehicle, and an A-kit configuration where the armor component is removed. The armor component is configured to be coupled to at least one of a plurality of bosses disposed on a front wall or a side wall of the vehicle. A vehicle may also include at least two frame rails, a support, and a spacer that is coupled to at least one of the frame rails and the support. The armor component may replace the spacer in the B-kit configuration. The armor component may be an underbody armor panel. The vehicle may further include a retainer to simplify the conversion between the A-kit and a B-kit configurations and a step.
US10495415B2	Sight A sight includes an inner lens barrel, a compensating device and a converting unit. The inner lens barrel includes a plurality of lenses constituting an optical axis. The compensating device includes a base, an adjusting unit and an adjusting cap. The adjusting unit is disposed on the base, is penetrated through the base and is placed against the inner lens barrel. The adjusting cap is connected to the adjusting unit, wherein the adjusting cap is rotated for axially moving the adjusting unit, and the inner lens barrel is pushed by the adjusting unit so that the optical axis is shifted. The converting unit is configured to convert shift amount of the optical axis to an electric signal corresponding to number of rotation of the adjusting cap and output the electric signal.
US10495412B2	Carrying a munition on a munition launcher platform In a method of carrying a munition on a munition launcher platform, the munition launcher platform is provided with a data tag activator and a data tag reader. A munition is attached to the munition launcher platform, the munition being provided with a data tag. An activation signal is transmitted from the data tag activator to the data tag. As a result of receiving the activation signal, the data tag returns a data response to the data tag reader. The receiving of the data response provides the munition launcher platform with an indication that the munition is still attached to the munition launcher platform.
US10495411B1	Holster mount assembly Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a holster mount assembly, to mount and to support an implement or an implement holster, or the like, in a variety of configurations on a personal or tactical accessory. The holster mount assembly includes at least a base, a grip plate, and a latch plate. The latch plate is arranged to engage the grip plate to compress the base and the grip plate onto a portion of the personal or tactical accessory.
US10495406B1	Magazine for a toy gun The invention relates to magazine for a toy gun comprising: a housing having a first and a second housing portions which together define a passageway for receiving projectiles; the first housing portion being configured for accommodating projectiles in a linear passageway, and the second housing portion being configured for accommodating the projectiles in a circular passageway; a torsion spring arranged at the second housing portion for applying a force to move the projectiles from the circular passageway to the linear passageway; a pushing member movably arranged in the passageway for urging the projectiles towards a discharge opening at the first housing portion; the pushing member connected with a movable member resiliently extendable between an extended configuration and a compressed configuration; the movable member is extendable into the first housing portion when in the extended configuration, and is compressable to traverse into the second housing portion when in the compressed configuration.
US10495404B2	Crossbow Provided is a crossbow comprising an elongated barrel having a front barrel end and a rear barrel end opposite the front barrel end, and a first barrel side and a second barrel side opposite the first barrel side; a bow engaged with the elongated barrel; an elongated bowstring having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a first bowstring guide engaged with the first barrel side, the first bowstring guide being adapted to push the bowstring toward the second barrel side while the bowstring is moved between a cocked position and an uncocked position; and a second bowstring guide engaged with the second barrel side, the second bowstring guide being adapted to push the bowstring toward the first barrel side while the bowstring is moved between a cocked position and an uncocked position.
US10495399B1	Non-detachable, reloadable box magazine system An improved rifle includes a magazine body attached to the rifle, and a base plate releasably and slidingly engaging the magazine body and forming a base of the magazine body. A release is provided to unlock the base plate when actuated by a user of the rifle. The base plate is configured to move away from the magazine body when unlocked, thereby exposing an inner chamber of the magazine body for insertion of an ammunition stripper clip thereinto.
US10495389B2	Process of friction stir welding on tube end joints and a product produced thereby A process of producing shell and tube heat exchangers where the ends of the tubes are secured to a tube sheet while reacting applied FSW forces without introducing a crevice or local deformation near the ends of the tubes. In particular, an interference fit is used to lock the ends of the tubes into the tube sheet without flaring or expanding the tube ends. A FSW process is then used to weld the ends of the tubes to the tube sheet.
US10495383B2	Wound layered tube heat exchanger A wound tube heat exchanger 10 article that receives a heat exchange fluid and its method of manufacture. The exchanger 10 has one or more layers 12 of a tube 14. In one embodiment, the tube surface is bare. In other embodiments, the outside tube surface is enhanced to produce turbulence. At least some of the layers 12 have an ovate oblong configuration. A pair of opposing linear runs 16,18 is connected by a pair of opposing curved sections 20,22. In some embodiments, the layers are circular, oval or rectangular with radiused corners. An elongate spacer member 24 has forwardly 26 and rearwardly 28 facing edges. Defined within those edges are engagement surfaces 30 that detachably retain the opposing linear runs 16,18.
US10495376B2	Shelf assembly A shelf assembly includes a rotating hinge body rotatably coupled to a stationary hinge body, and a shelf fixed to the rotating hinge body that is rotatable with the rotating hinge body relative to the stationary hinge body about a rotational axis. The shelf is rotatable between first and second positions. Moreover, the shelf assembly includes a cam assembly configured to inhibit rotation of the shelf between its first and second positions. The cam assembly includes a cam fixed to one of the stationary hinge body and rotating hinge body, a cam follower movably attached to the other of the stationary hinge body and rotating hinge body, and a biasing member that biases the cam follower into engagement with the cam. The rotatable shelf includes a glass panel having an upper surface with a plurality of edge portions. At least one of the edge portions is exposed.
US10495371B2	Appliance having touch sensor assembly An appliance that includes: a front panel having a touch point; a touch board including: a first side attached to a location on a rear surface of the front panel, the location corresponding to the touch point; a second side opposite to the first side; a pressing portion; and one or more holes defined around the pressing portion and configured to enable an elastic movement of the pressing portion; a holder that is attached to the second side of the touch board, the holder having a receiving portion; a piezo disc configured to be inserted in the receiving portion of the holder and contact the pressing portion; a guide board having a seating hole configured to receive the holder and the piezo disc; and a first adhesive member attached to the first side of the touch board and configured to attach to the rear surface of the front panel.
US10495369B2	Refrigeration device comprising a fan with an heat-conducting element A refrigeration device has a refrigerant circuit for cooling a cooling chamber. An air channel conducts air to the cooling chamber. A fan is positioned in an evaporator area and supplies air from the evaporator area through the air channel to the cooling chamber; an evaporator of the refrigerant circuit cools air during a cooling cycle. The evaporator is positioned in front of the fan in relation to the direction of flow. An heating element is positioned in the evaporator area and heats the evaporator during a defrost cycle to melt surface ice accumulated on the evaporator. The heating element heats the evaporator and a first area of the fan during the defrost cycle. The fan has a heat-conducting element extending from the first area to a second area, and transfers heat from the first to the second area to melt surface ice accumulated thereon during the defrost cycle.
US10495367B2	Refrigeration appliance with a heat circuit A refrigeration appliance includes a refrigerant circuit having a heat exchanger. The refrigeration appliance also includes a heat circuit. The heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the heat circuit by a coupling element. The coupling element is mechanically connected to the heat circuit by a detachable connection. The detachable connection may be a force-locking connection, in particular a screw connection, a plug-in connection or a form-locking connection, in particular a snap-on connection.
US10495365B2	Method and apparatus for balanced fluid distribution in tandem-compressor systems A compressor system includes a first compressor and a second compressor. A suction equalization line fluidly couples the first compressor and the second compressor. A first branch suction line is fluidly coupled to the first compressor and a second branch suction line is fluidly coupled to the second compressor. A main suction line is fluidly coupled to the first branch suction line and the second branch suction line. An obstruction device is disposed in at least one of the first branch suction line and the second branch suction line. Responsive to deactivation of at least one of the first compressor and the second compressor, the obstruction device is at least partially closed thereby causing prescribed liquid levels in the first compressor and the second compressor during partial-load operation.
US10495363B2	Control device and control method for bleed device The purpose of the present invention is to achieve stable operation when using a low pressure, low GWP refrigerant. In the present invention, a control device (16) is provided with an estimation unit (31), a determination unit (32), and an activation control unit (33). The estimation unit (31) estimates the amount of air entering using a degree of influence of air entering, which represents the ease with which air enters determined by the structure of the chiller, and a variable obtained by a function including pressure as a parameter. The determination unit (32) determines whether a total value for the amount of air entering is greater than or equal to a preset tolerance value. The activation control unit (33) activates a bleed device when the total value of the amount of air entering is equal to or greater than the tolerance value.
US10495361B2	Multiple panel heat exchanger The multiple panel heat exchanger includes two or more heat exchange panels arranged side-by-side series with their major cross-sectional areas normal to airflow across the heat exchanger. The heat exchange panels are fluidically connected in series and with a first heat exchange panel in the series having a heat exchange fluid inlet into the heat exchanger and a last heat exchange panel in the series having a heat exchange fluid outlet from the heat exchanger. An inlet liquid refrigerant injector and vaporizer has a valve that can control the rate of injection and can close completely. The panels are connected by a pipe assembly containing another valve that can also control the rate of gas refrigerant passage and which can also be closed.
US10495358B2	Bi-directional cascade heat pump system A multi-mode, bi-directional cascade heat pump system, according to some examples, includes at least two chillers each being part of a unidirectional refrigerant circuit. The system includes heat exchangers each of which are dedicated to operate as just a condenser or as just an evaporator, regardless of the system's operating mode. In some modes, a secondary fluid transfers heat between the condenser of one chiller and the evaporator of another chiller before the fluid returns to a secondary fluid source such as, for example, a geothermal borefield or a conventional water source. In some embodiments, fluid is withdrawn from a borefield by way of a pump having a speed that varies to maintain a desired fluid temperature and/or a desired heat transfer rate at the borefield. The heat pump system includes means for minimizing flow through the borefield and for minimizing unnecessary mixing of relatively high and low temperature fluid.
US10495353B2	Mechanism for enhanced energy extraction and cooling of pressurized gas at low flow rates Systems, methods, and devices relating to a mechanism which can be used in gas cooling devices, pneumatic motors, turbines and other pressurized gas devices. A rotatable rotor is provided along with a number of hollow conduits that radially radiate from an exit port at the center of the rotor. The pressurized gas is injected into the mechanism at the inlet port(s). The gas enters the conduits and travels from the inlet port(s) to the exit port(s). In doing so, the gas causes the rotor to rotate about its central axis while the gas cools. This results in a colder gas at the exit port(s) than at the inlet port(s) due to an enhanced extraction of work, while maintaining a very low flow rate at the cold outlet.
US10495349B1	Bracket for mechanically attaching a photo-voltaic panel or other object to a t-post A support structure for mounting a photovoltaic panel, wherein the support structure comprises a bracket assembly and a T-post with a top end and an engagement stud, wherein the bracket assembly comprises a cross angle positioned on the top end of the T-post, a vertical member extending from the cross angle, a plurality of angle mounts attached to the vertical member for mounting the photovoltaic panel, a cross bar positioned below the engagement stud of the T-post, a plurality of engagement fasteners extending through the cross angle and the cross bar, and a plurality of coupling fasteners configured to be tightened on the plurality of engagement fasteners to generate a clamping force between the cross angle and the cross bar so as to allow the cross angle to abut the top end of the T-post and allow the cross bar to abut the engagement stud of the T-post.
US10495348B2	Combination fence and solar heater for swimming pools A water cooling and heating system for swimming pools and hot tubs for heating and/or cooling a flow of water drawn from a body of water and then returning the heated and/or cooled flow of water back to the body of water wherein the system includes an inner conduit within an outer conduit, the outer conduit having an exterior conduit surface that is exposed to solar energy from the sun whereby a portion of the solar energy absorbed by the outer conduit is transferred to and heats an outer water flow within the outer conduit and the outer water flow in the outer conduit heating an inner water flow of water in the inner conduit, the system further including at least one control valve to selectively control a flow of water to the inner and outer conduits and a bypass flow of water that is directed back toward the body of water.
US10495347B2	High temperature direct solar thermal conversion Technical challenges of efficiently and cost-effectively deriving energy from the sun are addressed using a manifold and an array of evacuated tubes in fluid connection, in a butterfly or other planar arrangement. Tube and manifold fluid guides are plumbed for coaxial flow and/or parallel flow, and thermally protected by sleeves, stainless steel piping, and/or vacuum. Tubes are provided with a selective low emissivity coating and/or internal mirror to reduce thermal loss. The solar absorption surface of evacuated tubes may be five square meters or more, with only low-quality concentration optics, or no concentration optics used. The tubes array tracks the sun with a two-axis motion platform. Fluid operating temperatures range from 150 to 300 degrees centigrade, depending on the sunlight exposure, working fluid, and supplemental heat source if any. Fluid may circulate heat between the manifold and heat engine, cogeneration facility, and/or other module.
US10495346B2	WiFi and cloud enabled temperature control system A method for electronic, remote control of an existing heating element. A temperature probe is monitored programmatically. That data is managed via wifi connectivity. A user can then control the operation of the device (water heater or other) at any time and from any location.
US10495343B2	High efficiency boiler A high efficiency compact boiler is disclosed which includes a burner configured to introduce combustion gases into an interior region of the boiler, a heat exchange tube made of a length of finned tubing in the form of a helical coil positioned within the interior region of the boiler such that combustion gases from the burner can flow from a region inside the helical coil to a region outside the helical coil, and a floating baffle configured to redirect the flow of combustion gases around the finned tubing as it passes from the region inside the helical coil to the region outside the helical coil, the baffle being positioned proximal adjacent turns of the helical coil and having a coiled configuration corresponding substantially to the helical coil.
US10495335B2	Generic user interface system A generic user interface for rapid application development on a stand-alone control platform. A user interface may be designed using generic menu methodology consisting of predefined tables, fonts, and templates, such that table entries and menu selections are made based on the platform. An example platform may be designed from function blocks from a function block engine. An application may be developed to run on the control platform (within the constraints of the hardware and function block engine), and a corresponding user interface may be automatically generated by populating the generic tables of the user interface methodology based on simple user input during placement of the function blocks, as an example.
US10495334B2	Systems and methods for steady state detection A building management system includes connected equipment and a predictive diagnostics system. The connected equipment is configured to measure a plurality of monitored variables. The predictive diagnostics system includes a communications interface, a steady state detector, a controller. The communications interface is configured to receive samples of the monitored variables from the connected equipment. The steady state detector is configured to recursively update a mean and a variance of the samples each time a new sample is received, identify whether each of the samples reflects a steady state or a transient state of operation of the connected equipment using the mean and the variance, and associate each of the samples to the steady state or the transient state as identified. The controller is configured to adjust an operation of the connected equipment based on the steady state or the transient state as identified.
US10495333B2	Providing demand response Devices, systems, and methods for providing demand response are described herein. One device includes instructions executable to receive thermostat data associated with an operating thermostat of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system in a structure over a period of time, determine a first portion of the thermostat data corresponding to steady-state operation periods of the thermostat, determine a second portion of the thermostat data corresponding to operation periods of the thermostat that are responding to temperature setpoint changes, determine a third portion of the thermostat data corresponding to operation periods of the thermostat that are transitions between the steady-state operation periods and the operation periods that are responding to temperature setpoint changes, and create a steady-state model of the thermostat based on the first portion of the thermostat data, a setpoint-change model of the thermostat based on the second portion of the thermostat data, and a transition model of the thermostat based on the third portion of the thermostat data.
US10495332B2	Humidifying device and air treatment system A humidifying device, comprising an air duct (1) penetrating through the interior of the humidifying device, and a water absorption filter element (3) which is fitted over the top of an outer wall surrounding the air duct (1). According to the humidifying device, water is conveyed into the air duct (1) through the water absorption filter element (3) by means of the structural arrangement of a water channel (2) and the water absorption filter element (3), and humidifying operation is therefore carried out.
US10495326B2	Heat exchanger, heat exchange module, heat exchange device, and heat source unit A heat exchanger (1, 2, 10, 20) of a heat exchange device, a heat exchange module (100), a heat exchange device (65, 75, 115) and a heat source unit used for an air-cooling cold-water unit or a commercial roof machine. The heat exchanger (1, 2, 10, 20) comprises: a main body (15, 65, 75, 115) having a substantially quadrilateral side surface; bent parts (16, 17, 66, 67, 76, 77, 116, 117) connected to the main body (15, 65, 75, 115), and at least one of bent parts (17, 67, 77, 117) having a substantially quadrilateral side surface; when there being two bent parts (16, 17, 66, 67, 76, 77, 116, 117), one bent part (17, 67, 77, 117) having a substantially quadrilateral side surface, and the other having a substantially trapezoidal side surface; at least one heat exchange tube (13) extending between the main body (15, 65, 75, 115) and the bent part (16, 17, 66, 67, 76, 77, 116, 117), and the heat exchange tube (13) in the bent part (16, 17, 66, 67, 76, 77, 116, 117) being inclined and bent relative to the heat exchange tube (13) in the main body part (15, 65, 75, 115), so that the plane in which the main body (15, 65, 75, 115) lies being perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the plane in which each of two bent parts (16, 17, 66, 67, 76, 77, 116, 117) lies. The heat exchanger (1, 2, 10, 20), the heat exchange module (100), the heat exchange device (65, 75, 115) and the heat source unit can effectively utilize the space between the heat exchanger (1, 2, 10, 20).
US10495319B2	Oven Disclosed is an over having an improved air moving structure. According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an oven including: a casing to form an external appearance of the oven; a cooking compartment positioned at an inside the casing, and having a first cooking compartment positioned at an upper side and a second cooking compartment positioned at a lower side; a door to open/close the cooking compartment; a divider positioned in between the first cooking compartment and the second cooking compartment; a first circulating fan and a second circulating fan coupled to rear surfaces of the each of the first cooking compartment and the second cooking compartment; an inlet unit configured to inlet outside air to at least one of the first cooking compartment and the second cooking compartment.
US10495318B2	Balanced cooling duct for cooking oven The present disclosure relates to a cooking oven having a cooling duct and a cooling fan that is laterally offset relative to a center of the inlet of the cooling duct. The cooling duct has two lateral cooling duct walls extended between the cooling duct inlet and a cooling duct outlet. The cooling duct is designed such that when the cooling fan is operated air flowing along the respective lateral walls will experience substantially equal pressure drop between the inlet and the fan.
US10495311B2	Transition part assembly and combustor including the same Disclosed herein are a transition part assembly which is improved in efficiency of cooling a high-temperature region formed on a side surface of a transition part of a gas turbine, and a combustor including the same. The transition part assembly includes a transition part, a collision sleeve, a cooling hole, and a guide which is formed inside the collision sleeve so as to guide air to a side surface of the transition part.
US10495310B2	Combustor heat shield and attachment features Combustor assemblies are provided. For example, a combustor assembly includes a combustor liner defining a combustion chamber and an annular combustor dome positioned at a forward end of the combustor liner that defines a plurality of dome apertures. The combustor assembly further includes an annular heat shield positioned between the combustor dome and the combustion chamber, a plurality of adapters positioned forward of the heat shield, and a plurality of collars. The heat shield defines a plurality of heat shield apertures that are aligned with the dome apertures. One adapter is attached to the combustor dome at each dome aperture, and the adapters are. One collar extends through each heat shield aperture to couple the heat shield to the combustor dome. Further, ceramic matrix composite (CMC) heat shields are provided that may include an annular body defining a plurality of heat shield apertures, as well as inner and outer wings.
US10495309B2	Surface contouring of a flowpath wall of a gas turbine engine A component for at least one of a combustion section or a turbine section of a gas turbine engine is provided. The combustion section and turbine section of the gas turbine engine at least partially define a core air flowpath, and the component includes a wall. The wall, in turn, includes a hot side and an opposite cold side. The hot side is exposed to and at least partially defines the core air flowpath when the component is installed in the gas turbine engine. The wall is manufactured to include surface contouring on the cold side of the wall to structurally accommodate a thermal management feature of the wall.
US10495307B2	Optimization of gas fired radiant tube heaters The present invention is a method of optimizing radiant and thermal efficiency of a gas fired radiant tube heater. A heat exchange blower receives intake air and delivers intake air through a heat exchanger as pre-heated air to a combustion air blower. The combustion air blower receives pre-heated intake air from the heat exchanger and then provides the pre-heated intake air to a burner for mixing with fuel. The fuel-intake air mixture is burned in the burner thereby producing combustion gasses which are fired into a radiant tube. The exhaust combustion gases pass through the balance of the radiant tube and through the heat exchanger where residual heat is transferred and extracted from the combustion gases to pre-heat the intake air. The turbulators are configured to increase the turbulence within the radiant tube and are placed within the initial 10′ to 30′ of the radiant tube after the burner to increase the tube temperature and the radiation emitted from this section of the radiant tube.
US10495304B2	Refractory system for lining the interior walls of high-temperature furnaces or boilers and method of protection Refractory tile systems for covering an internal wall of a high temperature furnace or boiler are described. The systems may comprise a base tile having a front face and a back face, and a shielding tile having a front face and a back face. The back face of the base tile may comprise one or more attachment points for mounting the base tile to the internal wall using an anchoring system, wherein the shielding tile is equipped with a protrusion along a first side, extending from the back face of the shielding tile and adapted to stably arrange the shielding tile in a suspended position from the base tile when mounted to the internal wall, and an overhang along a second side opposite the first side and extending from the front side of the shielding tile, such that in a mounted position, the overhang partially covers an adjacent shielding tile.
US10495301B2	Premixing apparatus A premixing apparatus has: a fan; an air tube; and a gas tube inside the air tube; provided that a direction toward an air flow upstream side inside the air tube is defined as an X+ direction, an air adjusting valve facing an air inlet port positioned at an end, in the X+ direction, of the air tube; a gas adjusting valve facing a gas outlet port positioned at one end of the gas tube; and a common actuator driving the air adjusting valve and the gas adjusting valve. At an end, in the X− direction, of the gas tube, is disposed a valve seat having formed therein the gas outlet port, and a gas adjusting valve inside the gas tube. A valve stem penetrates through an end wall, in the X+ direction, of the gas tube. The gas adjusting valve is driven by the actuator through the valve stem.
US10495299B2	Superheater A superheater may comprise a heating element that includes carbon nanotubes, wherein the heating element is encapsulated within a thermally insulating material on a first surface of the heating element and an inert material on a second surface and sides of the heating element, a positive electrical connection and a negative electrical connection, wherein the positive electrical connection and the negative electrical connection extend through the inert material, and wherein the positive electrical connection and the negative electrical connection are configured to connect the carbon nanotubes to an electric power source.
US10495294B2	Thermal management for light-emitting diodes Embodiments of the invention provide lighting systems that employ light-emitting diode (LED) chips as active lighting elements. Heat management components for the LED chips employed in the lighting sources are provided. In embodiments of the invention, LED chips are cooled by one or more heatspreaders and heat sinks attached to a substrate that houses the LED chip and/or the topside of the LED chip.
US10495289B2	Surface mounted light fixture and heat dissipating structure for same A light fixture includes a heat dissipating structure, an electronics assembly, and a bolt for attaching the heat dissipating structure to an external panel. The heat dissipating structure includes a first side having multiple outwardly extending projection regions and a socket, for receiving a light source, is formed in an apex of each projection region. A second side of the heat dissipating structure includes a heat sink formed in an internal cavity of each projection region. The heat sink includes fins in contact with and radially arranged about an outer surface of the socket. The electronics assembly is located at the first side of the heat dissipating structure. The bolt includes a passage through which wiring from an external source is routed to the electronics assembly. The electronics assembly includes wires routed through channels in each of the projection regions that electrically interconnect the light sources to the electronics assembly.
US10495286B2	High intensity light source with temperature independent color point The invention provides a lighting device comprising a lighting unit, wherein the lighting unit comprises a light source configured to generate light source light and a luminescent material configured to convert at least part of the light source light into luminescent material light, wherein the lighting device is configured to generate lighting device light comprising at least part of said luminescent material light, wherein the luminescent material is configured to provide said luminescent material light upon excitation by said light source light in an excitation band (EX) of said luminescent material, wherein the light source is configured to provide said light source light with a full width half maximum (FWHM) of equal to or less than 30 nm, and wherein said light source is configured to excite the luminescent material in an isosbestic point (IP) of said excitation band (EX).
US10495283B2	Lamp A lamp (100) comprising: a housing (110) having a transparent portion (101); a light source (102) disposed at least partially within the housing (110), wherein the light source (102) is configured to emit light, in use, through the transparent portion (101) of the housing (110); and a heat transfer unit (103) disposed at least partially within the housing (110), the heat transfer unit (103) comprising a heater (105) and a fluid circulator (106), wherein the heat transfer unit (103) is operable in a first mode and a second mode; wherein in the first mode, the heater (105) is turned on, thereby heating a thermal transfer fluid contained within the housing (110), and the fluid circulator (106) is operated to circulate the thermal transfer fluid such that heat is transferred to the transparent portion (101) of the housing (110); and in the second mode, the heater (105) is turned off, and the fluid circulator (106) is operated to circulate the thermal transfer fluid contained within the housing (110) such that heat is transferred away from the light source (102) to the transparent portion (101) of the housing.
US10495275B2	Flame simulating assembly A flame simulating assembly including one or more light sources for producing light, a screen to which the light from the light source(s) is directed, to provide a number of images of flames thereon viewable via a front surface of the screen, and a rotatable flicker element. The flicker element includes an elongate rod defined by an axis thereof about which the rod is rotatable. The rod is positioned at a preselected elevation above a base of the flame simulating assembly. The flicker element also includes a number of paddle elements located on the rod, for intermittently reflecting the light from the light sources from the paddle elements to the screen respectively as the flicker element rotates about the axis, to provide the images of flames on the screen. The light sources are located substantially at the preselected elevation and proximal to the flicker element.
US10495262B2	Lighting means comprising LEDs The present invention relates to a lighting means comprising at least two LEDs mounted on opposite sides of a flat printed circuit board, said printed circuit board being combined with a reflector which is free of LEDs, a part of the light emitted by each LED being reflected by the reflector to homogenize the light distribution generated by the lighting means, and specifically in each case with a directional component parallel to a surface direction of the flat printed circuit board.
US10495257B2	Heat load reduction on hydrogen filling station According to one or more aspects, a hydrogen fueling station is provided and includes one or more hydrogen fuel storage tanks, a pressure control device positioned downstream from the hydrogen fuel storage tanks, a dispenser positioned downstream from the pressure control device, and a heat load reduction line which forms a circulation loops from a first point downstream of the pressure control device to one or more of the hydrogen fuel storage tanks.
US10495256B2	Access control system The present invention relates to an access control system for the monitoring of the access of objects to a monitored zone and comprises at least one first optoelectronic sensor that is configured for the recognition of a penetration of an object into the monitored zone; at least one second optoelectronic sensor that is configured for the spatially resolving monitoring of a forefield disposed in front of the monitored zone; and an evaluation unit that is in signal communication with the first and second sensors, with the evaluation unit being configured to trigger a safety function on the penetration of an object into the monitored zone and being configured to suppress the safety function when the penetrating object is classified as a permitted object.
US10495240B2	Wear-resistant multi-layer retractable water pipe A wear-resistant multi-layer retractable water pipe, comprising a retractable inner pipe; a one- or multi-layer retractable fabric sleeve; and a retractable wear-resistant protective layer, wherein the retractable inner pipe is nested in the fabric sleeve, and the fabric sleeve is nested in the retractable wear-resistant protective layer. The present disclosure has the following advantages: the pressure bearing capacity of the water pipe is improved; second, the fabric sleeve is not easily worn and scratched, and the service life of the water pipe is prolonged; even if the inner pipe is broken, the outermost wear-resistant protective layer has a certain pressure resistance, ensuring that the water pipe can continue to be used, the service life of the water pipe is prolonged; and, the outermost wear-resistant protective layer has a smooth surface and therefore is easy to clean.
US10495239B2	Duct fabricated with additive manufacturing from a run of material in the form of one or more spirals Ducts manufactured by depositing one or more runs of material in a helix, a plurality of conjoined planar spirals, and a conjoined plurality of conical spirals.
US10495238B2	Fluid sealing device and power cable line A fluid sealing device for sealing an opening of an installation pipe in which at least a long object is installed includes: a flange configured to close the opening of the installation pipe, the flange having a hole through which the long object is made to pass, and the flange having a stop face that is continuous with and at an angle to an inner surface of the hole; one or more sealing members configured to be disposed on an outer periphery of the long object and configured to exert an urging force toward an axial center of the long object upon being compressed in an axial direction of the long object, thereby sealing a gap between the flange and the long object; and a clamping member configured to press the one or more sealing members toward the stop face.
US10495237B1	Piping and conduit support rack A rack system for supporting conduits, piping, wiring, etc, are provided. The rack has an inverted V shape, and a level top ridge for supporting the conduits, etc. The rack has an opening in the ridge through which a bolt extends and continues through a standoff adapted to securely fit down both sides of the inverted V.
US10495236B1	Electrical wire bridle An electrical wire bridle is disclosed for use in an electrical junction box or electrical control panel. The bridle is comprised of a rectangular support member having a first end, a second end, a first side, a second side, an inner side and an outer side. The support member has a plurality of spaced-apart loop members which extend outwardly from the outer side thereof. The loop members are configured to have a tie secured thereto to enable one or more electrical wires to be secured to the support member. The support member has connectors thereon to enable bridles to be secured together in an end-to-end manner. The support member may be secured to the junction box or control panel by screws, rivets or adhesive tape.
US10495235B1	Cryogenic trench/trough apparatus and method A method of installing a trench for containing a cryogenic spill, including the step of constructing multiple precast concrete sections at a first location, each section preferably having a bottom wall and spaced apart side walls connected to and extending up from the bottom wall. Each section preferably has end portions that enable connection to another said concrete section. The method includes (at the first location) preparing multiple panels of polymeric concrete material by filling one or more molds with a slurry or liquid polymeric concrete material and after time allowing the material to cure and harden. The mold can have a cavity that is lined with a release material. At the first location, one or more of the panels can be adhered to the bottom wall and side walls of each concrete section preferably using an adhesive. After adhering of the panels to the concrete sections, the concrete sections can be transported from the first location to a second location that is remote from the first location. At the second location, the concrete sections are connected together using connections that preferably join one end portion of a concrete section to and end portion of another concrete section. An epoxy grout is preferably field applied to the connections at the second location.
US10495234B2	Flow stabilizer for a control valve A flow stabilizer adapted to be disposed in an outlet passage of a rotary valve includes a main body having an axis, a first end, and a second end. A first shell is disposed at least partially within the main body, and the first shell includes an axis, a first end, and a second end. A second shell is disposed at least partially within the main body and at least partially within the first shell, and the second shell includes an axis, a first end, and a second end. The axis of the first shell is angled relative to the axis of the main body and the axis of the second shell is angled relative to axis of the main body.
US10495228B2	Sealing device In an embodiment, a pair of sliding components that slide relative to each other is included. One of the sliding components is a stationary-side seal ring 2, and the other sliding component is a rotating-side seal ring 3. The seal rings 2 and 3 have sliding faces S2 and S3 extending radially, respectively, for sealing sealed fluid against leakage. The sliding faces S2 and S3 are provided with a static pressure groove 22 communicating with a sealing gas supply passage, and pumping grooves 5 capable of controlling the radial flow of sealing gas to a flow from the low-pressure fluid side to the high-pressure fluid side by relative sliding of the sliding faces. By controlling the radial flow of sealing gas at the sliding face, the amount of flow of the sealing gas flowing to the low-pressure fluid side is reduced to improve sealing performance.
US10495227B2	Dynamic seal The present invention provides a dynamic seal for enclosing a radial gap between coaxial, relatively rotatable inner and outer members. The dynamic seal includes an inner seal part, mountable to the inner member; an outer seal part, mountable to the outer member; and a counterface part radially suspended between the inner and outer seal parts and coaxial therewith. Each of the inner and outer seal parts provides a set of first and second sealing elements, which bear against oppositely oriented axial surfaces of the counterface part. The counterface part is thus axially retained in both directions by the inner seal part at a radially inner contact location, and is axially retained in both directions by the outer seal part at a radially outer contact location.
US10495221B2	Control device for vehicle and control method for vehicle A control device for a vehicle controlling the vehicle including a driving source and an automatic transmission coupled to the driving source and includes a power transmission mechanism including a forward engaging element. The control device for the vehicle includes a first control unit configured to execute a driving-source-stop-while-traveling control that stops the driving source and brings the automatic transmission into a neutral state when a driving-source-stop-while-traveling condition for stopping the driving source while traveling is satisfied and a second control unit configured to engage the forward engaging element on the basis of input and output rotation speeds of the power transmission mechanism after a driving-source-stop-while-traveling cancellation condition is satisfied.
US10495214B2	Hydraulic control system for an automatic transmission A hydraulic control system for a transmission of a motor vehicle includes a source of pressurized hydraulic fluid that communicates with an analog electronic transmission range selection (ETRS) subsystem or a manual valve. The ETRS subsystem includes an ETRS valve, a park servo, a park mechanism, a mode valve, and a plurality of solenoids. The ETRS and manual valve communicate with a clutch actuator subsystem that engages a one-way clutch and six clutches/brakes.
US10495207B2	Gearbox housing, gearbox unit with such a gearbox housing and gear motor with such a gearbox unit A gearbox housing includes a housing body enclosing a housing interior and having a passage opening for a gearbox output shaft surrounded by a connecting surface. A plurality of bores is formed in the housing body and extends through the housing body wall to fill oil into or drain it out of the housing interior, detect the oil level in the housing interior and vent the housing interior. The bores, which are provided as an oil filling opening, an oil draining opening, a venting opening and a level measuring opening during operation, are positioned in such a manner that they can be introduced into the housing body from two adjacent housing sides. This enables machining with a single clamping, with the result that changeover times are unnecessary and the housing body is consequently easy to manufacture.
US10495206B2	Internal ring gear, driving assembly and application device The present disclosure provides an internal ring gear, a driving assembly having the internal ring gear, and an application device employing the driving assembly. The internal ring gear includes at least two ring gears integrally arranged in parallel at an inner surface of a single housing.
US10495205B2	Bearing arrangement A bearing arrangement for rotatably supporting a pinion shaft in a housing is described. A pinion of the pinion shaft interacting with a ring gear, the pinion shaft being mounted in the housing by way of two axial bearings and a radial bearing which is arranged between the axial bearings.
US10495204B2	Power split gearbox for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a power split gearbox for a motor vehicle. The power split gearbox comprises a drive shaft which can be connected to an internal combustion engine in order to feed in torque, a first mechanical branch with a planetary gear mechanism arrangement, an infinitely variable second branch which can be connected to the first branch and comprises two adjustable energy converters which can be coupled to one another in energy terms and can be operated in each case in both directions, and at least one output shaft which can be coupled to the drive shaft via the first and the second branch. At least one first reversing stage is provided between the drive shaft and the output shaft for changing between at least one first forward driving range and at least one first reverse driving range, wherein the reversing stage either reverses or keeps constant all of the rotational directions of the sun gears, the internal gear and the spider shaft during changing between the first forward driving range and the first reverse driving range.
US10495203B2	Torque converter and manufacturing method thereof A torque converter which is a hydraulic torque converter that transmits power via a fluid, includes: a shell which is connected to a power transmission source, and is rotated by the power of the power transmission source; an impeller blade which is fixed to an inner surface of the shell, and generates a flow in the fluid by rotating together with the shell; and a turbine runner which is connected to a power transmission destination, and is rotated by the flow of the fluid, in which the impeller blade has an inlet angle which is equal to or less than 0 degrees, and in which at least a part of an inlet portion to which the fluid enters is bent toward a rotational direction side of the impeller blade.
US10495193B2	Chain drive having a plurality of sliding elements A chain drive for an internal combustion engine comprises a driving sprocket and at least one driven sprocket, a drive chain coupling the sprockets to each other, and at least one guide rail and/or one tensioning rail for guiding and/or tensioning the drive chain. At least the guide rail and/or the tensioning rail comprises at least two slide elements, arranged at a non-guided distance from one another for contacting the drive chain, such that at least two slide elements are arranged in at least one span of the chain drive. In at least one span, the ratio of guided chain length to non-guided chain length is smaller than 1. Such a chain drive is to be improved with respect to its vibration characteristics. To this end, the sum of the two non-guided lengths of the drive chain between a slide element and the respective nearest sprocket is, in at least one span, which is in contact with a guide rail and/or a tensioning rail with at least two slide elements arranged at a non-guided distance from one another, smaller than 0.5 times the total length of the respective span.
US10495192B2	System comprising a mixer-wagon, for mixing and distributing fodder, and a mechanical power transmission unit for actuating the mixer-wagon A system is described comprising a mixer-wagon and a mechanical power transmission unit to actuate the rotating members of the mixer-wagon; the transmission unit comprises a box, a first shaft accessible from the outside of the box and a second shaft accessible from the outside of the box. The first shaft and the second shaft are coupled by means of an epicyclical gear train.
US10495187B2	Vehicle transmission and drivetrain A transmission includes a drive shaft, an output shaft, three planetary gear sets, and five shift elements, the first and second planetary gear sets are negative or minus gear sets. The third planetary gear set comprises three elements. The drive shaft is connected to the first element. A ring gear of the first planetary gear set is connected to the second element. The drive shaft is connectable to a sun gear of the first planetary gear set through the first shift element. The third element is rotationally fixable through the second shift element. The sun gear of the second planetary gear set is rotationally fixable through the third shift element. The planetary carrier of the second planetary gear set is rotationally fixable through the fourth shift element. The drive shaft is connectable to the planetary carrier of the second planetary gear set through the fifth shift element.
US10495185B2	Planetary wheel drive using bushings A planetary wheel drive uses: main bushings affixed to a rotatable housing between a stationary spindle permitting the rotatable output housing to rotate with respect to the stationary spindle, and, planet bushings affixed to rotatable planet gear between a planet pin permitting the planet gear to rotate with respect to the planet pin. The main bushings have two sides, a first side which is press fit into the rotatable output housing and a second side which includes a sliding layer which mates with a surface of the stationary housing.
US10495180B2	Wire rope assembly unit A wire rope assembly unit including a wire rope and a device for assembling the wire rope. The device is fastened at one end of the wire rope and has a connecting element arranged at the front on the end of the wire rope. The assembly unit has a sleeve that engages around an outer surface of an end section of the wire rope. The sleeve is made of a material of lesser rigidity than strands of the wire rope and, optionally, than the connecting element. The sleeve is pressed, hammered and/or rolled onto the wire rope and, optionally, onto the connecting element to produce a form-locked connection. Outer strands of the wire rope are separated from the wire rope in a rope section, in which the wire rope is arranged inside the sleeve, and the sleeve is connected to ends of the outer strands at its one edge.
US10495179B2	Device for reducing rotary vibrations in a drivetrain A rotary vibration reduction device for a motor vehicle for transmitting drive power from a drive machine to a drivetrain is provided. The vibration reduction device includes a primary and secondary connectors between the drive machine and drivetrain, and a coupling device between the primary connector and the secondary connector. The coupling device has a vibration reduction actuator with a piston chamber and has a piston element movable to generate a vibration reduction force in response to changes in working pressure in the piston chamber controlled by a pressure-generating device.
US10495178B2	Torque fluctuation inhibiting device, torque converter and power transmission device A torque fluctuation inhibiting device includes a mass body. The mass body disposed to be rotatable with a rotor and be rotatable relatively to the rotor. Each of a plurality of centrifugal elements is radially movable by a centrifugal force that acts thereon in rotation of the rotor and the mass body. When a relative displacement is produced between the rotor and the mass body in a rotational direction while the centrifugal force is acting on the each of the plurality of centrifugal elements, each of a plurality of cam mechanisms converts the centrifugal force into a circumferential force directed to reduce the relative displacement. A plurality of restriction members allow the plurality of centrifugal elements to move in actuation of the plurality of cam mechanisms, and restrict the plurality of centrifugal elements from moving radially inward in non-actuation of the plurality of cam mechanisms.
US10495177B2	Solenoid valve A solenoid valve includes a main valve having a valve seat and a main valve body configured to open or close a main flow passage, a pilot passage that branches from the main flow passage, an orifice provided in the pilot passage, a back-pressure chamber configured to bias the main valve body to a closing direction by virtue of an internal pressure, a pilot valve configured to control an internal pressure of the back-pressure chamber, and a solenoid configured to control a valve opening pressure of the pilot valve. There is a time difference between a valve opening timing of the main valve and a valve opening timing of the pilot valve such that the valve opening timing of the main valve is delayed from the valve opening timing of the pilot valve.
US10495175B2	Composite materials having embedded metal ropes for increased damping capacity and methods of manufacturing same A method and system for increasing damping capacity utilizing dry friction between individual wires of a rope embedded in a component formed from a composite is illustrated. The individual wires allow inter-wire friction to occur during part vibration. The component includes a body that is a molded matrix formed form a composite material. The body may be of any material selected from the group consisting of a polymer, a metal or a ceramic material. One or more vibration-damping ropes are embedded in the body. The vibration-damping ropes may be elongated segments or may be a rope having connected ends that form one or more rings. Each vibration-damping rope includes an outer layer of wires that surrounds a plurality of inner wires. Inflowing composite material is prevented from passing by the outer layer of wires and into the inner wires during the manufacturing process, thereby forming voids between the inner wires.
US10495173B2	Dispensing pump with polymer compression spring assembly A dispensing pump includes a polymer compression spring assembly. The dispensing pump includes a pump base, and a dispensing head having a piston stem. The polymer compression spring assembly includes a slotted tubular spring element and first and second loading cones received at opposing ends of the slotted tubular spring element. The first loading cone is fixed relative to the pump base while the second loading cone is axially movable with the piston stem and dispensing head. The tubular spring element is disposed coaxially about the piston stem between the cones. When the dispensing head is compressed, the loading cones axially compress toward each other whereby the slotted tubular spring element radially expands to create an opposing contraction force, and in turn, an axial extension force. When released, the spring element elastically contracts to its at rest shape, returning the loading cones and dispensing head to their at rest positions.
US10495172B2	Equipment platform Improved equipment bases and methods for making and using same are disclosed herein. The equipment base can include a first coated substrate including a first part having a first thickness sized to provide the load-bearing support for the equipment, a first elastomer coating the first part, a second coated substrate positioned adjacent to the first coated substrate, the second coated substrate including a second part having a second thickness sized to provide the load-bearing support for the equipment, and a second elastomer coating the second part. A first seam can be formed between the first and second coated substrates to allow for moisture to pass between the first and second coated substrates so that moisture is allowed to seep away from the bottom of the equipment.
US10495168B2	Sensor-equipped vehicle braking systems, devices, and methods Methods, devices, and systems, for analyzing and managing data generated by a sensor-equipped braking system for vehicles, comprising a support element a block of friction material, at least one sensor interposed between the block of friction material and the support element, comprising at least one central control unit capable of receiving in real time from the sensor means at least the basic data related to one or more of the pressure of the activated braking system, the temperature of the activated braking system, the braking torque, the residual braking torque when the braking system is deactivated, and the wear on the braking system during and after activation thereof. The system can also include one or more auxiliary sensors.
US10495167B2	Heat dissipating device for braking system A heat dissipating device for bicycle braking systems includes a first board and a second board which is connected to the first board to form a room defined therebetween so that cooling liquid flows within the room. The first board includes a first recess and a second recess defined in an inside thereof which faces the second board. The first recess communicates with the second recess. A flanged portion is formed along four sides of the first board. The second board has a grooved portion formed on each of four sides thereof. The flanged portion is engaged with the grooved portions to connect the first and second boards together.
US10495166B2	Heat shield structure for a wheel The invention is directed to a heat shield structure (8) for a wheel (1) which comprises a base structure (11) that is at least partially made from a composite material. The heat shield structure (8) is arranged on the base structure (11) and is at least partially covering the base structure (11).
US10495165B2	Disc brake for a motor vehicle, comprising a plastically deformable restoring spring, and restoring spring A disc brake for a motor vehicle brake system and a restoring spring arranged therein, the disc brake comprising the following: a brake support which has at least one receiving region; a brake lining arrangement which has a brake lining support and a brake lining which is attached to the brake lining support and which can be brought into interaction with a brake disc in order to achieve a braking effect, wherein the brake lining arrangement is received in the at least one receiving region in a guided manner via a guiding portion formed on the brake lining support; and at least one restoring spring which engages the brake lining arrangement and biases the brake lining arrangement under elastic deformation into a starting position that does not produce a braking effect. The at least one restoring spring can be plastically deformed in order to compensate for brake lining wear. To improve the wear compensation by means of the restoring spring, rests against the brake support via a base portion and has at least one limb which is connected to the base portion via a connecting region and which is arranged at an angle relative to the base portion, the angle changing under the effect of plastic deformation as the brake lining wear increases.
US10495164B2	Wheel type construction machine Brake mechanisms (33) that apply braking to rotations of left and right rotational shafts (25) each include a projecting part (40) that faces a partition wall (15A) of a brake case (15) and projects radially inward from an inner diameter side of a piston (37), an engaging member (41) that is arranged in the inner diameter side of the piston (37) in a state of being movably engaged with the projecting part (40) by a predetermined dimension in the left-right direction, and a pin member (42) that is provided between the partition wall (15A) of the brake case (15) and the engaging member (41). A frictional resistance between the pin member (42) and the partition wall (15A) is set to a value smaller than a pressing force of the piston (37) at the braking. The projecting part (40) is provided with an engaging member insertion groove (40A) that the pin member (42) penetrates in the left-right direction, and the engaging member (41) is movably engaged with the projecting part (40) in the left-right direction.
US10495160B2	Disc brake and method of producing the disc brake Provided is a disc brake which solves, with a simple structure, the issue of interference between a carrier and an electric motor. A carder 3 applied to the disc brake includes a recess 28 in one arm 18 of the pair of arms 18 and 19 which recess is casted so as to be recessed in a direction toward a line, which is parallel to a tangent line L3 tangent to an the pin hole boss 16 on one side and perpendicular to a line segment L1 connecting centers of the pair of pin holes (pin hole bosses 16, 16) and extends through the center of the pin hole on the one side, with respect to the tangent line L3. This makes it possible to prevent or reduce the interference between the carrier 3 and the electric motor, with a simple structure.
US10495159B2	Electronically-controlled selectable clutch assembly with clutch module having integrated safety switch A clutch assembly includes an outer race presenting a plurality of outer ratchet teeth and an inner race presenting a plurality of outer ratchet teeth. A selectable one-way clutch includes at least one active strut pivotably supported by the outer race and at least one electromagnetic actuator. The electromagnetic actuator is selectively energized for effectuating pivoting of the active strut from an unlocked position wherein the active strut is disengaged from the outer ratchet teeth to a locked position for engaging one of the plurality of outer ratchet teeth during rotation of the inner race. The clutch assembly includes a lead frame assembly attached to the outer race and electrically connected to the at least one electromagnetic actuator for controlling selective energization of the at least one electromagnetic actuator.
US10495158B1	Method and system for latching an actuator A method and system for latching a solenoid. The method includes providing an axle disconnect system having an actuator with an electromagnetic coil, a housing, an armature, and a rotatable and axially slidable slide ring. The electromagnetic coil may then energized creating a magnetic flux through a magnetic circuit thereby causing the armature to move from a first to a second axial position where the magnetic flux through the magnetic circuit is uninterrupted. Once the electromagnetic coil has been energized, it is de-energized thereby allowing an amount of residual magnetism within the housing and/or the armature to maintain the armature in the second axial position. The armature is maintained in the second axial position by the magnetic flux of the magnetic circuit being uninterrupted.
US10495157B2	Frictional shifting element for a vehicle transmission A frictional shift element for a transmission of a vehicle, including a first friction element and a second friction element, wherein one friction element of the first and second friction elements has an approximately annular friction surface, and the other friction element of the first and second friction elements has an approximately annular base body and a plurality of friction surface elements distributed over a periphery of the approximately annular base body. The friction surface and the plurality of friction surface elements are brought into contact with each other in an overlap area for transmitting torque, wherein the friction surface elements protrude radially into the overlap area. The one friction element with the friction surface, the other friction element, and the friction surface elements are each formed as one piece. The one friction element and the approximately annular base body of the other friction element are spaced radially apart.
US10495156B2	Lift fan clutch plate for preventing blade tilt A clutch for a lift fan is configured such that in an engaged position, two output clutch plates are in frictional communication with input clutch plates and a load is transferred from an input shaft to an output shaft via the two output clutch plates, the input clutch plates and an output shaft lug key, and in a disengaged position each of the two output clutch plates are axially displaced from input clutch plate. A metallic clip is coupled to the outer periphery of the output clutch plate. The metallic clip defines a key way in the output clutch plate.
US10495155B2	Torque limiter and drive device A torque limiter includes: a first rotary member configured to be rotated by a drive source; at least one first friction member engaged with the first rotary member; at least one second friction member arranged so as to overlap the first friction member, and configured to rotate with rotation of the first rotary member by using frictional force generated between the second friction member and the first friction member; and a second rotary member engaged with the second friction member. It is preferable that the first rotary member and the second rotary member be pivotally supported by an identical rotary shaft, and that, while either the first rotary member and the second rotary member is fixed to the rotary shaft, the other one be supported so as to be rotatable about the rotary shaft.
US10495153B2	Power take-off coupler counteracting axial load and equipment equipped therewith A Power Take-Off (PTO) coupler and equipment equipped therewith. The PTO coupler comprises a first extremity to be connected to the equipment and a second extremity. The second extremity has a plurality of teeth along a circumference thereof, wherein subsequent teeth are separated from one another by a gap, and each of the teeth has a base narrower than its top. When the PTO coupler is engaged to a corresponding receiving coupler, the interlocking of the plurality of teeth and gaps counteract axial load generated during operation of the PTO coupler.
US10495151B2	Bearing thermal relief fan drive gear system assembly method A method of assembling mating components includes the steps of heating an inner surface of a first cavity of a first part to generate a first expansion, heating an outer surface of a component surrounding an outer periphery of the first part to generate a second expansion of the component that corresponds to the first expansion of the first part, inserting a second part into the first cavity while the first part is in an expanded condition, and cooling the first part to contract around the second part.
US10495145B2	Active magnetic bearing controller Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of active magnetic bearing control systems are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a power converter electrically coupled to an active magnetic bearing (AMB) having a plurality of windings, the power converter comprising a DC bus, two capacitors, a first leg, a second leg, and a controller. The capacitors are electrically coupled in series between the positive rail and negative rail, one capacitor being electrically coupled to the other capacitor at a midpoint connection. The first leg comprises a first semiconductor switching device and a first output node. The second leg comprises a second semiconductor switching device and a second output node. The first output node is electrically coupled to the midpoint connection by way of a first AMB winding and the second output node is electrically coupled to the midpoint connection by way of a second AMB winding.
US10495143B2	Self pressurizing squeeze film damper A fluid damping structure is provided that includes an inner annular element, an outer annular element, a first outer seal, a second outer seal, an inner seal, a damping chamber, a supply plenum, a fill port, and a plurality of fluid passages. The plurality of fluid passages is disposed in at least one of the inner annular element or the inner seal. The fluid damping structure is configured such that one or more of the fluid passages is disposed in an open configuration when a local damping fluid pressure within the damping chamber is less than a local damping fluid pressure in an adjacent region of the supply plenum, and the one or more of the fluid passages is disposed in a closed configuration when the local damping fluid pressure within the damping chamber is greater than the local damping fluid pressure in the adjacent region of the supply plenum.
US10495141B2	Bearing with lightweight backing substrate A bearing shell for an automotive propulsion system is provided, along with a crankshaft assembly and an engine having a bearing shell. The bearing shell comprises an inner layer having an inner layer thickness. The inner layer defines a bearing surface on an inner side. The bearing surface of the inner layer is configured to support and contact an oil film. The bearing shell also has an outer layer disposed around the inner layer and radially outward of the inner layer. The outer layer has an outer layer thickness that is greater than the inner layer thickness, the outer layer thickness being at least one millimeter. The outer layer is formed of an outer layer material comprising an aluminum alloy and/or a metal matrix composite material. The inner layer is formed of an inner layer material, wherein the outer layer material is stronger than the inner layer material.
US10495139B2	Ball joint and method for manufacturing ball joint This ball join includes a ball stud with a spherical ball section and a shaft-shaped shaft section and a holder that rotatably bolds the ball section, and has a machining surface subjected to cutting in a welded portion obtained by welding the ball section and the shaft section, and the machining surface has a curve-shaped first corner section. In addition, a method for manufacturing this ball joint includes a welding step of welding the ball section and the shaft section and a cutting step of forming the machining surface by subjecting the welded portion obtained by welding the ball section and the shaft section to cutting, and the cutting step executes processing including forming the curve-shaped first corner section on the machining surface. Consequently, a ball joint with a large oscillation angle can be obtained.
US10495138B2	Hinge assembly with compressible sleeve Examples disclosed herein relate to a hinge assembly with a compressible sleeve. In one example, a base member is coupled to an upright member via a hinge assembly. In an example, the hinge assembly include a first securing member, a second securing member including a shaft coupled to the first securing member; a compressible sleeve to engage the shaft, and a spring coupled to the first securing member. In an example, the spring is to engage the compressible sleeve and apply a compressive force on the sleeve in response to a rotational movement of the hinge assembly in a first direction and reduce a compressive force when the hinge assembly is rotated in a second direction.
US10495136B2	Rotary joint assembly and combination clip-hook and jewelry piece employing the rotary joint assembly This invention provides a combination clip and hook (clip) for use generally in suspending articles having shoulder or hand straps, or carrying other accessories, such as keys, which is rotatably movable about a rotary joint between a first position in which two opposing, rotatably joined portions of the overall clip structure are oriented together to form a continuous, enclosed shape that can be secured around another strap or loop on an item or piece of clothing, and a second position in which the two portions of the structure are rotated out of the enclosed shape, and into, for example, a substantially S-shaped hook in which one portion of the structure supports the strap of the item and the other portion can be applied to a clothing hook, chair back, table surface, door top, or other supporting member.
US10495131B2	Blind nut, a blind nut assembly and mounting structure thereof A blind nut assembly including a bush and nut. The bush includes a short cylindrical collar, which has a polygonal outer surface on the outer surface thereof, and a flange, the outer surface of which is polygonal. The nut consists of a female screw member, on which a female screw to be mated with a male screw on a bolt is formed; and a nut cylindrical member, which is formed adjacent to the female screw member, which has a polygonal inner surface on the inner surface thereof aligning with the polygonal outer surface of the collar, of which the outer surface is also a polygonal outer surface, and which has a wall thickness that is thinner than the female screw member. The nut head has an outer diameter which is larger than the maximum outer diameter of the nut cylindrical member, is formed above the nut cylindrical member.
US10495123B2	Clip connection A clip connection for connecting two components may include a latching contour arranged on the first component, and a mating latching contour arranged on the second component. The latching contour may have an arrow tip, and the mating latching contour may have a complementary opening with a periphery forming the mating latching contour. The latching contour and the mating latching contour may be positioning devices for positioning the components correctly in relation to one another.
US10495113B2	Acoustic damper with resonator members arranged in-parallel An acoustic damper includes an upstream wall with an inlet aperture and a downstream wall with an outlet aperture. The acoustic damper includes a first resonator that is supported by at least one of the upstream wall and the downstream wall. The acoustic damper also includes a second resonator that is supported by at least one of the upstream wall and the downstream wall. The first resonator and the second resonator are arranged in-parallel. Also, the first resonator and the second resonator are configured to cooperatively attenuate acoustic energy associated with a fluid flowing from the inlet aperture to the outlet aperture.
US10495109B2	Vacuum pump and heat insulating spacer used in vacuum pump Provided is a vacuum pump for preventing solidification of gas in a thread groove portion, and a heat insulating spacer used in the vacuum pump. The vacuum pump includes a heat insulating spacer that is interposed between a casing and an outer circumferential stator having a thread groove portion, supports the outer circumferential stator coaxially with a rotor in a rotor radial direction, with keeping a gap between the casing and the outer circumferential stator, and has lower thermal conductivity than the casing and the outer circumferential stator.
US10495106B2	Gas turbine engine airfoil A compressor airfoil of a turbine engine having a geared architecture includes pressure and suction sides and extends in a radial direction from a 0% span position to a 100% span position. The airfoil has a relationship between a trailing edge angle and span position that defines a curve with a non-negative slope from 0% span to 20% span corresponding to a non-decreasing trailing edge angle.
US10495105B2	Diffuser of a thermal energy machine and thermal energy machine A diffuser of a thermal energy machine, in particular of a gas turbine, has a diffuser inlet, a diffuser outlet, and a plurality of air-guiding elements, wherein an air mass flow enters the diffuser through the diffuser inlet, and wherein the air mass flow that has entered the diffuser exits the diffuser through the diffuser outlet and flows off as a plurality of partial air mass flows by the air-guiding elements. At least two immediately adjacent air-guiding elements of the plurality of air-guiding elements are designed in such a way that the flow-off angles thereof with respect to the circumferential surface formed by the outlet opening of the diffuser outlet extending circumferentially in the circumferential direction differ from each other.
US10495094B2	Modular fan housing with multiple modular units having sound attenuation for a fan array for an air-handling system A modular fan housing configured to hold an array of motors and fans is provided. The modular fan housing is configured for use in an air-handling system that delivers air to a ventilation system for at least a portion of a building. The fan housing comprises a plurality of modular units configured to be stacked adjacent to one another in at least one row or column to form an array. The modular units each include an interior surface and have a front end and a back end that define a chamber. The chambers are configured to receive the motors and fans. Sound attenuation layers extend along at least a portion of the interior surface of the corresponding chambers. The sound attenuation layers are positioned between at least some of the adjacent chambers.
US10495088B2	Scroll compressor A scroll compressor is provided that may include a casing having a sealed inner space; a drive motor provided in the inner space of the casing to generate a rotational force; a rotational shaft rotatably coupled to the drive motor; an orbiting scroll formed of an aluminum material, and coupled to the rotational shaft to perform an orbiting movement; a fixed scroll coupled to the orbiting scroll to form a compression space; and an Oldham ring coupled to the orbiting scroll, and formed of a sintered metal. With this structure, it may be possible to prevent the Oldham ring from being worn out due to contact with the orbiting scroll. Further, a weight loss portion or wear-resistant coating layer may be formed on a portion of the Oldham ring, thereby suppressing or preventing vibration noise of the scroll compressor from being increased due to a weight increase of the Oldham ring.
US10495085B2	Pump arrangements for pumping fluid A pump comprising a housing and a rotor rotatably accommodated in the housing and having an axis of rotation. The housing comprises a resilient seal member, an inlet and an outlet for fluid. The rotor comprises first and second surface areas, and the rotor and housing are cooperatively configured such that the second surface area is radially recessed from the first surface area, forming a chamber with an interior surface of the housing, and the first surface area seals against the interior surface. The seal member is located azimuthally between the outlet and the inlet. The seal member will engage the first and second surface areas, operative to prevent the passage of fluid from the outlet to the inlet as the rotor rotates. An edge of the seal member is coterminous with an aperture through which the fluid can flow.
US10495082B2	Cryopump, cryopumped gas amount estimation device, and cryopumped gas amount estimation method A cryopumped gas amount estimation device includes: an ultimate pressure determination unit which determines an ultimate pressure of a cryopump vacuum vessel, based on a vacuum measurement signal representing the degree of vacuum in the cryopump vacuum vessel; and a cryopumped gas amount quantification unit which includes a cryopumped gas amount quantification relation correlating the ultimate pressure with a cryopumped gas amount estimated value and converts the ultimate pressure into the cryopumped gas amount estimated value.
US10495081B2	Linear compressor A linear compressor is provided that may include a casing, a frame accommodated in the casing, a cylinder that passes through a center of the frame, supported by the frame, and defining a compression space for a refrigerant, a piston inserted into the cylinder to reciprocate in an axial direction of the cylinder and having a first end that compresses the refrigerant supplied to the compression space, a suction muffler which is coupled to a second end of the piston and through which the refrigerant supplied to the compression space may flow, a spring that allows a resonant motion of the piston, a back cover including a cover body that defines a refrigerant opening at a central portion, such that a refrigerant passes therethrough, the back cover supporting the spring, and an inflow guide which is fixed to the cover body and guides the refrigerant passing through the refrigerant opening towards an inside of the suction muffler. At least a portion of the inflow guide may be inserted into the suction muffler, and a central axis thereof may be aligned with a central axis of the refrigerant opening.
US10495080B2	Suction acoustic filter and suction line including suction acoustic filter The present invention relates to the technological field of acoustic filters applied to hermetic compressors. Problem to be solved: In hermetic compressors applied in cooling system, the work fluid sucked by the compression mechanism is hotter than the work fluid coming from the evaporator, and it is known that greater the temperature of this fluid, smaller is the efficiency of the compressor. Resolution of the problem: It is revealed a suction acoustic filter and a suction line including this acoustic filter capable of guarantee that the compression mechanism works mainly with the work fluid coming from the evaporator, which is colder than the work fluid accumulated inside the environment defined by the hermetic housing of compressor.
US10495077B2	Energy-storing-type high-pressure electric fuel pump, fuel-supplying apparatus, and application method therefor An energy-storing-type high-pressure electric fuel pump includes an electromagnetic driving apparatus and a plunger sleeve cylinder component. The plunger sleeve cylinder component includes a high-pressure volume, a plunger sleeve having a plunger hole, and a plunger capable of sliding within the plunger hole. A clearance volume of the plunger in the plunger hole is a high-pressure fuel chamber. A clearance volume between the electromagnetic driving apparatus and the plunger sleeve cylinder component forms a low-pressure fuel chamber. Under the action of the electromagnetic driving apparatus, the plunger sleeve cylinder component sucks a fuel in the low-pressure fuel chamber into the high-pressure fuel chamber and pressure-feeds the fuel into the high-pressure volume. The electromagnetic driving apparatus includes an energy storage apparatus, a movable part, and a still part.
US10495075B2	Method of dampening pressure pulsations in a working fluid within a conduit A method is provided for actively compensating for pressure changes of a working fluid within a conduit. A first cavity is provided in fluid communication with the conduit. A second cavity is in fluid communication with a control fluid. A plunger is in communication with both the first cavity and the second cavity and is movable in response to pressure changes of the working fluid in the conduit. The plunger is re-centered. Re-centering the plunger includes the following steps. Position data representative of movement of the plunger is collected. The position data is analyzed with a control unit to determine an average position of the plunger which is offset relative to a center position. The average position of the plunger is compared, with a control unit, to the center position. A signal is relayed from the control unit to a control valve to urge the plunger toward the center position.
US10495073B2	Integrated energy generating damper A linear energy harvesting device that includes a housing and a piston that moves at least partially through the housing when it is compressed or extended from a rest position. When the piston moves, hydraulic fluid is pressurized and drives a hydraulic motor. The hydraulic motor drives an electric generator that produces electricity. Both the motor and generator are central to the device housing. Exemplary configurations are disclosed such as monotube, twin-tube, tri-tube and rotary based designs that each incorporates an integrated energy harvesting apparatus. By varying the electrical characteristics on an internal generator, the kinematic characteristics of the energy harvesting apparatus can be dynamically altered. In another mode, the apparatus can be used as an actuator to create linear movement. Applications include vehicle suspension systems (to act as the primary damper component), railcar bogie dampers, or industrial applications such as machinery dampers and wave energy harvesters, and electro-hydraulic actuators.
US10495068B2	Nacelle for a wind turbine including a cooling circuit A nacelle for a wind turbine includes an electrical generator having a stator and a rotor with an air gap between the stator and the rotor. The stator includes an annular support plate. A cooling circuit in the nacelle includes at least a first inlet portion for channeling a fluid cooling medium to the gap between the stator and the rotor. The first inlet portion of the cooling circuit includes at least an inlet hole on the annular support plate for letting at least a portion of the cooling medium flow towards the air gap and an inlet fan for making the fluid cooling medium flow in the inlet portion. The stator includes a circumferentially outer structure attached to the annular support plate and the cooling circuit includes at least a second outlet portion for channeling a heated fluid medium from the air gap between the stator and the rotor.
US10495065B2	Multi-turbine platform tower assembly and related methods systems, and apparatus Platform tower assemblies for mounting wind turbine assemblies, as well as methods, systems and components related thereto. A central shaft may support a series of planar platforms along its length, each platform constructed to support a plurality of wind turbine assemblies. The wind turbine assemblies may be positioned to optimize production based on prevailing wind directions, and may include turbine assemblies optimized for different wind conditions. The platform tower may include a housing around a lower portion for storage of batteries and control circuitry. The uppermost platform may include one or more solar panels for additional power generation capability.
US10495062B2	Power ramping a turbine from a low-power mode Embodiments herein describe varying the rotor speed based on the current wind speed when operating in a low power mode. Generally, as the wind speed increases above the rated wind speed (i.e., the wind speed at which the turbine is capable of producing its rated or maximum output power), the rotor speed can be reduced thereby minimizing the risk that the turbine experiences smearing or torque reversals. In one embodiment, as the rotor speed decreases, the turbine maintains the ability to ramp to the rated power of the turbine only by pitching in the blades to an optimal blade pitch angle. Thus, upon receiving a request to cease operating in the low power mode, the turbine can increase the output power to the rated power without first increasing the rotor speed.
US10495060B2	Wind turbine control system having a thrust sensor A wind turbine control system includes a thrust sensor and a braking system, and allows an increase in wind rotor load to be detected instantaneously and corrective action to be initiated. The system includes additional features such as deceleration control. In one embodiment, a turbine controller regulates the rate of deceleration of the rotor shaft.
US10495057B2	Bolted attachment for attaching wind turbine parts A bolted attachment having opposite threaded sections between which a shank is provided having at least two shank sections with different diameter located at a length from the threaded section of at least three times the difference between a diameter of a threaded section and a minimum diameter of the shank. At least one conical transition is formed between two adjacent shank sections where the ratio of its length to a difference between a diameter at one end of the transition and a diameter at the opposite end of the transition is of at least 0.85.
US10495055B2	Low-energy and high pressure, hydraulic, pneumatic engine A low-energy and high pressure, hydraulic, pneumatic engine contains: a casing device, two main-cylinder devices, a holder device, two main-crankshaft devices, two recycle-valve devices, two swing-arm devices, two movable-valve devices, two recycle-cylinder devices, two recycle-crankshaft devices, and two umbrella-shaped gear devices. The engine operates without using gasoline or diesel, thus avoiding discharge of harmful substance or gas and pollution. The high pressure gas forces the hydraulic oil without using gasoline or diesel so as to start the engine, and the hydraulic oil recycles and reuses repeatedly, thus obtaining environmental protection. And the high pressure gas forces the hydraulic oil so as to circulate the hydraulic oil, and the communication of the low-energy and high pressure and the low pressure matches with the circulation space of the fluid operation to produce the torque, hence four strokes cycle of intake, compression, combustion and exhaust are not required.
US10495051B2	Power generating device having hollow structures A water flow power generating device, including an installing platform positioned on the water surface, a rotating mechanism on the installing platform, and a tower, a nacelle and an impeller that are positioned in water. The upper end of the tower is fixed on the rotating mechanism; the impeller consists of a hub and a plurality of blades; a central shaft of a hub is parallel to the water surface and connected to a power generator; a wheel ring is nested on a distant end of each blade remote from center of the hub; the side wall of the wheel ring is of a hollow structure or the hub is of a hollow structure; the displacement of the hollow structure of the wheel ring or the hub equals the self weight of the impeller.
US10495047B2	Handheld engine-driven working machine A handheld engine-driven working machine comprises an internal combustion engine and an ignition control device; wherein the ignition control device can switch its control between a normal mode and a operation mode, wherein during the operation mode, the ignition timing within the high speed range is maintained at a second BTDC angle, and the ignition timing within the medium speed range is advanced more than a third BTDC angle between a first BTDC angle and the second BTDC angle, and wherein at any rotational speed within the medium speed range, the ignition timing during the operation mode is advanced more than the ignition timing during the normal mode.
US10495045B2	Unified system for warming vehicle components using an exhaust gas heat recovery system An exhaust gas heat recovery (EGHR) system for a vehicle is configured to selectively distribute a fluid heated by engine exhaust through a coolant path for heating an engine, a transmission and a battery during cold operating conditions until a desired operating temperature is reached. In response to receiving one or more heating requests from the engine, transmission and/or battery, a controller distributes the fluid through the coolant path according to a priority level for each heating request received, wherein the priority level for each heating request may be based on current vehicle operating conditions and/or driver demand.
US10495044B2	Control apparatus for vehicle, and control method for vehicle The electronic control unit determines whether or not an battery state of charge is equal to or above a first state of charge, and determines, based on the result of a determination, whether or not to allow a next automatic stop of an engine while the engine is driven by automatic restart after each automatic stop of the engine. The electronic control unit allows the next automatic stop of the engine when determining that the battery state of charge is equal to or above the first state of charge, and prohibits automatic stop of the engine until the vehicle starts traveling, when determining that the battery state of charge is less than the first state of charge.
US10495039B2	Fuel system having a jet pump A fuel system includes a fuel pump and a jet pump assembly. The jet pump assembly includes a first fuel passage defined by a first tube. The jet pump assembly also includes a second fuel passage which receives pressurized fuel from the fuel pump, the second fuel passage having a primary orifice centered about and extending along a primary orifice axis such that the primary orifice axis is directed into the first fuel passage and such that the primary orifice introduces a first flow of fuel into the first fuel passage. The second fuel passage also has a secondary orifice centered about and extending along a secondary orifice axis which is not coincident with the primary orifice axis and which is directed at an inner surface of the first tube and the secondary orifice introduces a second flow of fuel into the first fuel passage which impinges the inner surface.
US10495030B1	Evaporative emission control system and diagnostic method A method for diagnosing an evaporative emission control system that includes during a first state of a vapor blocking valve, determining a first rate of change of a fuel tank vacuum, during a second state of the vapor blocking valve different from the first state, determining a second rate of change of the fuel tank vacuum, and diagnosing an operational condition of the vapor blocking valve based on the first and second rates of change.
US10495028B1	Thermoelectric rocket propellant tank pressurization system Various enhanced rocket engine systems are discussed herein. In one implementation, a rocket engine system includes a combustion chamber, and at least one propellant tank that holds propellant in at least a liquid state. The rocket engine system also includes a pump configured to pump liquid propellant from the at least one propellant tank through a thermoelectric generator (TEG) system and a heat exchanger. The TEG system is configured to produce electrical power for the pump based at least on a temperature differential between the liquid propellant from the at least one propellant tank and heat produced in the combustion chamber during an active state of the rocket engine. The heat exchanger is configured to receive heat from the combustion chamber and pressurize the at least one propellant tank by heating at least partially liquid propellant received from the TEG system.
US10495027B1	Tridyne ignition and pressurization system for hypersonic vehicles A system for providing ignition and pressurization of hypersonic vehicles is disclosed. The system combines the pressurization, barbotage and ignition functions into a single system saving mass and volume and simplifying the hypersonic vehicle plumbing. A monopropellant fuel such as Tridyne is used to pressurize a fuel tank, warm the fuel as it enters fuel injectors, and provide barbotage of the fuel just prior to its injection into a combustion chamber.
US10495020B2	Control system including control device for internal combustion engine A control system includes an internal combustion engine and a control device. The internal combustion engine includes a pressurization device. The pressurization device includes a housing having a cylindrical shape, a piston, a pressurization chamber, a piston chamber, a pressurization control chamber, and a switching device configured to selectively connect the pressurization control chamber with a high pressure fuel channel or a low pressure fuel channel. The control device estimates the temperature of the low pressure fuel channel. When the estimated temperature of the low pressure fuel channel is lower than the temperature of the pressurization device, and the temperature of the pressurization device is higher than a predetermined cooling request temperature, the control device controls the switching device to connect the pressurization control chamber with the low pressure fuel channel.
US10495019B2	Variable output fuel pump having a BLDC motor and control module therefor A variable output fuel pump includes a BLDC motor and a control module to supply three power phases A, B and C to the motor, wherein the control module connects to a power supply connection of a vehicle, and to a vehicle communications network such as a CANbus to control operation of the BLDC motor. The motor is driven by a motor driver that is connected to a micro-controller and in turn, the micro-controller is connected to a communications or CANbus I/F module. In this manner, the micro-controller can be operated by the vehicle control system such as an engine control unit (ECU) through a connection with the vehicle CANbus or other vehicle communications network. The motor driver also detects characteristics of the power used in the three power phases of the motor so that the system is operated with or without motor sensors located within the motor. By connection to the vehicle CANbus or other vehicle communications network, the vehicle ECU can be used to remotely control the fuel pump motor speed and other operational parameters of the motor to thereby provide a variable operate fuel pump.
US10495015B2	Diagnostic device A diagnostic device incorporates a processor and a memory and diagnoses a failure related to a fuel injection system for an engine whose air-fuel ratio of is feedback-controlled. The diagnostic device includes a calculation unit which calculates a corrected value of a fuel injection amount according to a difference between a target value and a measured value of the air-fuel ratio. The diagnostic device includes a setting unit which sets a mask period in which a failure diagnosis is suspended, according to the corrected value upon switchover of a fuel injection mode. The diagnostic device includes a diagnostic unit which does not carry out the diagnosis in the mask period and carries out the diagnosis outside the mask period.
US10495014B2	Systems and methods for displaying test details of an engine control test A system is provided that includes one or more sensors configured to monitor operating parameters of engine components and a controller. The controller is programmed to perform operations that include displaying test details on a display screen that are specific to a selected test to be performed on the engine components. The test details include pre-conditional parameters of the engine components that are necessary prior to starting the selected test. The operations also include receiving the monitored operating parameters of the engine components from the one or more sensors and determining whether the monitored operating parameters satisfy the pre-conditional parameters. The operations further include, responsive to receiving an indication to start the selected test and determining that the measured operating parameters satisfy the pre-conditional parameters, performing the selected test on the engine components.
US10495011B2	Vibration suppression device of vehicle A vibration suppression device of a vehicle includes a controller, a memory a vibration detector. The controller determines whether the vehicle is in a normal driving condition. The controller obtains data of a longitudinal vibration of the vehicle from the vibration detector. The controller determines whether a vibration level corresponding to a reference frequency band is greater than a vibration level threshold. The controller calculates a torque generated by each cylinder and a correction amount for the fuel injection amount for each cylinder so that a torque difference among the plurality of cylinders is reduced. The controller corrects the command fuel injection amount for each cylinder based on the calculated correction amount, controls each fuel injection device based on the corrected command fuel injection amount, and stores the calculated correction amount in the memory member.
US10495010B2	Damage protection for multi-function axle A method of protecting a multi-function drive axle system from damage, comprising the steps of: determining the axle torque and speed from sensors positioned on the multi-function drive axle system; using the axle torque and speed to approximate damage values for the driveline of the multi-function drive axle system; comparing the approximated values of driveline damage with driveline damage durability targets; identifying if the approximated values of driveline damage exceed the driveline damage durability targets; and limiting the engine torque and/or speed to produce an axle torque and speed corresponding to driveline damage values that do not exceed the driveline damage durability targets.
US10495008B2	Combustion gas injector assembly and method The invention relates to a combustion gas injector assembly (1) comprising a combustion gas injector (3) having groups (11a,b,c) of combustion gas nozzle openings distributed around the periphery, each group having at least one combustion gas nozzle opening (13), a combustion gas nozzle valve member (9a,b,c) of the combustion gas injector (3), which member can be controlled in the open position and closed position, is associated with each group (11a,b,c) of combustion gas nozzle openings, in order to selectively discharge the combustion gas via the at least one combustion gas nozzle opening (13). The combustion gas injector assembly (1) is configured to control the combustion gas nozzle valve members (9a,b,c) successively with a predetermined time offset (T) into the closed position.
US10495007B2	Control device for internal combustion engine and control method for internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine includes an intake passage of the internal combustion engine, an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, and an EGR passage connecting the intake passage and the exhaust passage. The internal combustion engine further includes a throttle valve provided downstream of a connected part to the EGR passage in the intake passage, and configured to control an intake air quantity toward a downstream side of the connected part, and an intake throttle valve provided upstream of the connected part to the EGR passage in the intake passage. In a control device of the internal combustion engine, an opening degree of the intake throttle valve is determined on the basis of an opening degree of the throttle valve.
US10495000B2	Contoured evaporative cooling medium The present application provides a gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine may include a compressor and an inlet air system positioned upstream of the compressor. The inlet air system may include a wetted media pad for evaporative cooling. The wetted media pad may include a contoured configuration.
US10494994B2	Multi-application power unit for driving plural appliances A multi-appliance power unit (100) selectively driving one of a plurality of power driven appliances (114) from one relocatable power plant (102). The modular power plant (102) is entrapped on a platform (108) and is movable therealong to any one of the appliances (114) fastened to the platform (108), which appliance (114) can then be driven by the power plant (102). A modular power plant and power driven appliance kit (200) includes a wheeled chassis (204) having a handle (220), a removable modular power plant (202 or 212), and a removable modular power driven appliance (212 or 202). A flexible drive shaft (300), is optionally integrated with a power plant or a powered appliance. The flexible drive shaft (300) includes an outer flexible sheath (310), roller type bearings (308), and a multifilament torque conducting flexible core (306) held spaced apart from the outer flexible sheath (310) by the bearings (308).
US10494992B2	Temperature control for HHO injection gas An HHO gas stream for use in an internal combustion engine is heated by heat exchange from with an exhaust gas stream from the internal combustion engine.
US10494990B2	Exhaust gas turbocharger An exhaust gas turbocharger (1) including a compressor housing (2), a bearing housing (3), a turbine housing (4) in which a turbine wheel (5) is arranged, which has a housing inlet (6), which has a turbine spiral (7) connecting to the housing inlet (6), which has a housing outlet (8), and which has a wastegate arrangement (9), which in the open state brings the housing inlet (6) into flow connection with the housing outlet (8) for guiding a wastegate mass flow. The wastegate insert part (10) is arranged in the turbine housing (4) between the turbine wheel (5) and the housing outlet (8) and the open wastegate arrangement (9) introduces the wastegate mass flow into the wastegate insert arrangement (9).
US10494987B2	Coolant passage device for internal combustion engine A coolant passage device 3 includes coolant intake pipes 11 and 12 that take in coolant from an engine, a delivery pipe 17 to a radiator communicating with the coolant intake pipes, and a delivery pipe 18 to the heater core branched from a central passage 16 connecting the coolant intake pipes with the delivery pipe to the radiator. A branch port 18a leading to the delivery pipe 18 to the heater core is opened in an upper portion in the central passage 16 in a state where the coolant passage device 3 is mounted to the engine, and the branch port 18a has a wall surface 21 surrounding the branch port and hanging down into the central passage 16. The wall surface 21 prevents bubbles contained in the coolant from entering the branch port 18a. And the coolant passage device consequently prevents coolant flow noise from occurring.
US10494986B2	Low temperature coolant reservoir cap design with air gap for hybrid vehicles A cap for a coolant reservoir that accommodates the expansion of coolant stored therein. The expanding coolant results from an increase in temperature and causes an increase in pressure to build within the coolant reservoir. The cap includes a base and a crown having an air-dome which extends upwardly therefrom. The base includes a passageway extending therethrough and in fluid communication with an interior cavity or an “air gap” formed in the crown. As the cap is positioned over an open neck of the coolant reservoir, by being screwed or otherwise fitted thereon, the interior cavity remains positioned above the neck. Thus, as the coolant within the coolant reservoir becomes heated and expands, the interior cavity provides additional space for the coolant to occupy and pressure to build within.
US10494977B2	Internal straight core Two end caps with metal straight tubing inserted into a muffler canister, Then affixed to a motorcycle header pipes that's connected to a combustion engine, Particularly a motorcycle engine, Where exhaust gas discharges through both creating more engine performance and sound.
US10494975B2	Engine control apparatus An ECU 30 calculates a target temperature of a bed temperature of a DOC 22a under PM regeneration control at each control period by the elements M1 to M9. Among these elements, the estimating section M7 estimates a passing SO3 amount at each control period by using an inflow SOx amount and a representative temperature. The estimating section M8 estimates a SO2 reduction rate, which is a ratio of reduction from SO3 to SO2 in the DOC 22a. Then, the calculating unit M9 calculates an amount of SO3 that is allowed to desorb from the DOC 22a as an allowable desorption SO3 amount at each control period, by using a constrained SO3 amount which corresponds to a constraint concerning sulfate white smoke, the passing SO3 amount, and the SO2 reduction rate.
US10494973B2	Catalytic converter and method for manufacturing casing A catalytic converter includes: a tubular casing including at least a pair of holding tubular parts and a reduced diameter tubular part that integrally connects the holding tubular parts to each other; and a monolithic catalyst carrier accommodated in each of the holding tubular parts, the reduced diameter tubular part being obtained by press-forming a portion, between the holding tubular parts, of a casing material of a tubular shape that corresponds to that of the holding tubular parts. Flat parts are formed respectively in a plurality of places at intervals in a peripheral direction of the reduced diameter tubular part, a sensor being attached to at least one of the flat parts. Accordingly, a press load when press-forming the reduced diameter tubular part is suppressed from becoming large and unequal in the peripheral direction of the reduced diameter tubular part.
US10494970B2	Emissions control substrate An emissions control substrate. The emissions control substrate includes a first end in receipt of exhaust from an engine, and a second end from which exhaust exits the substrate. The second end is opposite to the first end. A plurality of channels are defined by sidewalls. The channels are arranged between the first end and the second end to direct exhaust from the engine through the emissions control substrate. The sidewalls at least one of filter and treat exhaust particulates as the exhaust passes through the sidewalls. The plurality of channels include at least one first channel defined by sidewalls that curve inward along lengths thereof from the first end to the second end.
US10494967B1	Systems and methods for determining oil level in a marine drive A system for determining an oil amount in a marine drive includes an oil level sensor that senses an oil level in the sump and temperature sensor sensing an engine temperature. A control module for the system is configured to determine that the engine temperature is greater than a temperature threshold, and that an engine speed exceeds a speed threshold for at least a predetermined time period or that a throttle position exceeds a throttle position threshold. If both such conditions are met, and a threshold drop in engine speed to an idle threshold is detected or a threshold change in throttle position to an idle position is detected, then an oil level in the sump is sampled with an oil level sensor. An oil amount is then determined based on the sampled oil level in the sump.
US10494963B2	Thermally compliant heatshield A heat shield comprising a sidewall portion, a top portion, and a plurality of flexible tabs attached to the sidewall portion is described herein, in accordance with various embodiments. The top portion may comprise an aperture. The sidewall portion may extend at an angle between 80 degrees and 100 degrees from the top portion. The sidewall portion may bound a hexagonal void. The flexible tab may comprise an angle between 80 degrees and 100 degrees. The flexible tab may be fixed to the sidewall portion, wherein the flexible tab is configured to be attached to a fitting.
US10494958B2	Natural gas liquid fractionation plant waste heat conversion to simultaneous power and cooling capacities using integrated organic-based compressor-ejector-expander triple cycles system Certain aspects of natural gas liquid fractionation plant waste heat conversion to simultaneous power and cooling capacities using integrated organic-based compressor-ejector-expander triple cycles system can be implemented as a system. The system includes a first waste heat recovery heat exchanger network thermally coupled to multiple heat sources of a Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) fractionation plant. The first heat exchanger network is configured to transfer at least a portion of heat generated at the multiple heat sources to a first buffer fluid flowed through the first heat exchanger network. The system includes an integrated triple cycle system configured to generate cooling capacity to cool one or more heat sources of the plurality of heat sources. The system includes a second waste heat recovery heat exchanger network thermally coupled to the integrated triple cycle system, and configured to vaporize at least a portion of a second buffer fluid flowed through the integrated triple cycle system.
US10494955B2	Sheet metal turbine housing with containment dampers Turbine housing assemblies and related turbocharger systems are provided. One exemplary turbine housing assembly includes an inner shell defining an inner inlet portion and a volute portion providing an outer contour of a volute, an outer shell surrounding the volute portion and defining an outer inlet portion circumscribing the inner inlet portion, and one or more energy absorbing members coupled to an inner surface of the outer shell between the outer shell and the inner shell. The inner shell includes a first plurality of sheet metal structures coupled together in a first plane and the outer shell includes a second plurality of sheet metal structures coupled together in a second plane transverse to the first plane.
US10494949B2	Oil cooling systems for a gas turbine engine A heat exchanger assembly for a gas turbine engine that includes an outer engine case. The heat exchanger assembly includes at least one cooling channel, the at least one cooling channel is configured to receive a flow of fluid to be cooled. At least one first coolant flow duct that is configured to receive a flow of a first coolant, wherein the at least one cooling channel is disposed between a first inlet and a first outlet. The heat exchanger assembly further include at least one second coolant flow duct that is configured to receive a flow of a second coolant, wherein the at least one cooling channel is disposed between a second inlet and a second outlet.
US10494942B2	Inner ring system for an inlet guide vane cascade of a turbomachine The invention relates to an inner ring system for an inlet guide vane cascade of a turbomachine. The inner ring system comprises an intermediate casing for accommodating structural loads and an inner ring, which is divided axially into a first ring segment and a second ring segment, which together form recesses for bearing radially inner end portions of guide vanes of the inlet guide vane cascade, wherein at least the second ring segment is fixed in place on the intermediate casing by screw connection. The invention further relates to an inner ring and to an intermediate casing for such an inner ring system, as well as a turbomachine that has such an inner ring system.
US10494940B2	Seal segment assembly including mating connection for a turbomachine A seal segment assembly for a turbomachine, in particular a gas turbine, including a first seal carrier and a second seal carrier, that are adjacently disposed in the circumferential direction, the first seal carrier having a first carrier base and at least one first sealing member that is joined to the first carrier base, and the second seal carrier having a second carrier base and at least one second sealing member that is joined to the second carrier base, the first sealing member and the second sealing member being formed by a plurality of cavities, that are adjacently disposed in the circumferential direction and in the axial direction, in particular evenly spaced, the cavities extending in the radial direction from the particular carrier base. The first carrier base and the second carrier base are intercouplable or are intercoupled in the circumferential direction by a mating connection assembly.
US10494939B2	Air shredder insert An engine component assembly includes at least one cavity that is in communication with a source of cooling air. An insert disposed within the cavity includes a plurality of scoops protruding into a flow of cooling air for directing cooling air through the insert and against an inner surface of the cavity.
US10494937B2	Inner ring for an annular guide vane assembly of a turbomachine An inner ring (14) for an annular guide vane assembly (10) of a turbomachine, which inner ring enables variable guide vanes (12) to be rotatably supported is provided. The inner ring (14) includes a first and a second securing ring (16a, 16b) which are connected together by at least one securing element (18) extending axially with respect to a centerline (M) of the inner ring (14). The at least one securing element (18) includes a vane bearing (20) which projects radially with respect to the centerline (M) and which corresponds to an associated guide vane (12) and is adapted for rotatably supporting the same. A method for manufacturing an annular guide vane assembly (10) of a turbomachine using such an inner ring (14) is also provided.
US10494935B2	Brazed blade track for a gas turbine engine A blade track for a gas turbine engine includes segments and joints that couple the segments together. Each segment extends part-way around a central axis of the engine and the joints couple together adjacent segments to form a full hoop.
US10494932B2	Turbomachine rotor blade cooling passage The present disclosure is directed to a rotor blade for a turbomachine. The rotor blade includes an airfoil and a tip shroud coupled to the airfoil. The tip shroud defines a core. The tip shroud includes a rib positioned within the core and a radially outer wall. The rib separates a first portion of the core and a second portion of the core. The airfoil, the rib, and the radially outer wall partially define a first cooling passage fluidly isolated from the core.
US10494928B2	Cooled component A cooled gas turbine engine component comprises a wall which has a plurality of effusion cooling apertures extending there-through from a first surface to a second surface. Each aperture has an inlet in the first surface and an outlet in the second surface. Each aperture has a metering portion and a diffusing portion arranged in flow series and each metering portion is elongate and the width is greater than the length of the metering portion. The metering portion of each aperture has a U-shaped bend. The diffusing portion of each aperture is arranged at an angle to the second surface. Each outlet has a rectangular shape in the second surface of the wall. Each inlet has an elongate shape in the first surface of the wall and the inlet in the wall is arranged substantially diagonally with respect to the outlet in the wall.
US10494927B2	Turbine arrangement The invention relates to a turbine for generating work by a stagewise expansion of a gas, such as steam wherein a downstream stage guide average height is less than an adjacent upstream stage runner average height.
US10494922B2	Integrated apparatus for precisely and synchronously controlling amounts of discharged hydraulic oil and fluid using motor An integrated apparatus for precisely and synchronously controlling amounts of discharged hydraulic oil and fluid using a motor, includes a housing. A movable dual-piston extractor, a motor and a plunger pump are configured in the housing and sequentially connected. A hydraulic pipeline and a fluid pipeline are connected with the housing to control flows of hydraulic oil and a fluid. A specified amount of fluid sample can be precisely extracted by precisely controlling, according to a control circuit, the number of rotations of the motor, which is indirectly reflected to a travel distance of the lead screw. A motor indirectly drives a lead screw, a nut and a piston to move linearly along a hydraulic chamber through mechanisms including a transmission shaft, and according to a position where the transmission shaft of the motor rotates, the displacement distance of the piston can be measured precisely.
US10494916B2	Sub-surface electromagnetic telemetry systems and methods A method may include drilling a section of a first wellbore and casing a section of a first wellbore. The method may include lowering a downhole receiving system into the first wellbore to a first wellbore depth and drilling at least one section of a second wellbore. In addition, the method may include positioning an EM telemetry system in the at least one section of the second wellbore and transmitting an EM telemetry signal from the EM telemetry system. The method may include receiving the EM telemetry signal with the downhole receiving system.
US10494908B2	Enhanced oil recovery methods Methods for enhanced oil recovery. In one method, an oil-bearing sandstone formation having a clay content of at least 5 wt. % is injected with a surfactant mixture, a solution comprising 0.5 to 3 wt. % aqueous alkali, and an aqueous solution comprising a polyether. In another method, a sandstone formation having a salinity within the range of 20,000 to 100,000 ppm total dissolved solids and a divalent ion content within the range of 1,000 to 10,000 ppm is injected with a surfactant mixture and an aqueous solution comprising a polyether. In both methods, the polyether solution is injected as a sacrificial agent prior to injection of the surfactant mixture or is injected as a mitigation agent concurrently with the surfactant mixture. Surprisingly, adsorption of the surfactant mixture onto the formation can be reduced by 20-70% or more compared with similar methods performed without the aqueous alkali solution, the polyether solution, or both.
US10494906B2	Method and a control system for optimizing production of a hydrocarbon well Methods and control systems for optimizing production of a hydrocarbon well with a local controller in communication with a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system are disclosed. The presently disclosed methods may include calculating, at the local controller, optimal targets for one or more well parameters using measured values associated with operation of the hydrocarbon well; obtaining, at the local controller, a model that comprises a relationship between an operation of a gas injection choke and an operation of a production choke with the one or more well parameters based on the measurement values and received model parameters from the SCADA system; determining, at the local controller, operating set points based on the model for control of at least one of the production choke and the gas injection choke; and operating at least one of the production choke and the gas injection choke for optimized production.
US10494904B2	Water front sensing for electronic inflow control device Included are well systems and methods for use in subterranean formations. An example well system comprises a water front sensor operable to sense a water front, wherein the water front sensor comprises a water front sensor signal transmitter and a water front sensor signal receiver. The example well system further comprises an electronic inflow control device, wherein the electronic inflow control device comprises a flow regulator in fluidic communication with an inlet of the electronic inflow control device and adjustable to provide a flow resistance to a fluid flowing through the electronic inflow control device, and a controller configured to actuate the flow regulator to change the flow resistance through the electronic inflow control device.
US10494898B2	Systems and methods for fracturing a multiple well pad A flow system for use at a hydraulic fracturing well site, including a tree attached to a wellhead, an inlet head in fluid communication with at least one hydraulic fracturing pump at the well site, and an adjustable fluid conduit providing fluid communication between the inlet head and the tree. The flow system further includes a valve in the fluid conduit and having an open position and a closed position, the valve permitting fluid flow through the fluid conduit when in the open position, and preventing fluid flow through the fluid conduit when in the closed position, at least a portion of the fluid conduit positioned between the valve and the tree.
US10494896B1	Cementing casing in a large diameter mud drilled well A method of cementing casing in a large diameter mud drilled well is shown. A drilling rig turns drill pipe with sufficient down pressure being applied to a drill bit to drill a large diameter borehole. Initially drilling mud flows down the annulus between the drill pipe and borehole, then back up the drill pipe. An air pressure line in the drill pipe creates a suction at the drill bit. Direction of flow of drilling mud is reversed when the drill pipe is replaced with casing. Cuttings and heavy mud are removed from the borehole by bi-directionally rotating a casing while reciprocating up and down near a bottom of the borehole. When the desired mud weight and viscosity is reached, mud flow is stopped and cement is applied through a tremie tube.
US10494890B2	Multi-level deck system for blowout preventers A multi-level deck system for a blowout preventer and a method, of which the system includes a first deck positioned at least partially around and coupled to the blowout preventer, a second deck positioned at least partially around and coupled to the blowout preventer and vertically spaced apart from the first deck, and a third deck positioned at least partially around the blowout preventer and vertically spaced apart from the second deck.
US10494889B2	Lockdown system and method A tubing or casing hanger assembly includes a tubing or casing hanger including a first key disposed on an outer surface of the hanger, and a locking member disposed about the hanger, the locking member including a first key disposed on an inner surface of the hanger, wherein the locking member includes a first position where the first key of the locking member is circumferentially spaced from the first key of the hanger, and a second position where the first key of the locking member circumferentially overlaps with the first key of the locking member to couple the locking member with the hanger.
US10494887B1	Well remediation method and apparatus An apparatus for remediating water wells comprises a plurality of retractable cutting blades suitable for cutting openings in a well casing. The retractable cutting blades and corresponding drive mechanism are organized to be lowered through a well casing. At certain depths, the retractable blades are extended to cut openings in the well casing. The apparatus also includes inflatable retention elements both above and below the retractable blades to create a fluid seal within the well casing. A solidifying, waterproof slurry is injected to flow through the openings via a slurry delivery mechanism, and thereby create a waterproof barrier outside the well casing at the level of a waterproof confining soil layer.
US10494886B2	Potential energy actuated valve triggered by collapse of a support member A valve device selectively communicates annulus pressure or pressure from a hydraulic circuit to an actuation piston of a borehole tool to directly or indirectly set the borehole tool. A valve member is held against spring bias by a retainer whose physical properties can be remotely changed to release the force of the bias to move the valve member which in turn moves an actuating piston to set the borehole tool. The compressive strength of the material can be impacted by electric current that directly or indirectly such as with the generation of heat results in weakening the retainer. The retainer material may be surrounded with a sleeve to enhance compressive strength until the remote signal is applied such as with wireline or electric line. Other property changes to the retainer are contemplated such as volume change, shape change, change in state or change in tensile or compressive strength.
US10494885B2	Mud pulse telemetry with continuous circulation drilling A system for performing a wellbore operation while a fluid circulates in a wellbore may include a string, a fluid circulation system, a control device, The string may include at least a first tubular section and a second tubular section. The a fluid circulating system has a first fluid path and a second fluid path, wherein only one of the first fluid path and the second fluid path circulate the fluid into the string at a specified time. The control device selects one of the first or second fluid path through which to convey the fluid into the string, at least one signal generator in hydraulic communication with the circulating fluid, the at least one signal generator configured to impart at least one pressure signal into the circulating fluid, and at least one pressure transducer in pressure communication with the circulating fluid and configured to detect the imparted at least one pressure signal, wherein the at least one signal generator and the at least one pressure transducer form a communication link, the communication link configured to convey information between at least two locations along a flow path of the circulating drilling fluid, irrespective of the fluid path selected by the control device to convey the fluid into the drill string.
US10494881B2	Hoisting system The present invention provides a hoisting system which includes at least one hydraulic hoisting cylinder, a pressurized gas reservoir, and an emergency lifting line with a first valve. The emergency lifting line selectively leads a pressurized gas from the pressurized gas reservoir into the at least one hydraulic hoisting cylinder.
US10494880B2	Electronically controlled reel system for oilfield operations A system and method for electronically controlling a reel system for oilfield operations. The electronically controlled reel system for oilfield operations comprises a reel, and an electronic control system in communication with the reel to electronically control rotation of the reel. The method of controlling a reel for an oilfield operation comprises receiving a command from an electronic control system; and supplying an electrical control signal to the reel based on the command to control rotation of the reel.
US10494878B2	Assembly, system and method for directed high-pressure fluid delivery The application is directed to a system for conveying fluid to one or more downstream locations including a plurality of downstream locations severally. The system includes one or more upstream fluid sources, a fluid routing system in fluid communication with the one or more upstream fluid sources via an upstream fluid line and each of the downstream locations via separate downstream fluid lines. The fluid routing system includes fluid connections corresponding to each of the downstream fluid lines and is operationally configured to fluidly connect with a particular fluid connection while remaining fluidly disconnected from the remaining fluid connections.
US10494864B2	Motorized window treatment A motorized window treatment may provide a low-cost solution for controlling the amount of daylight entering a space through a window. The window treatment may include a covering material (e.g., a cellular shade fabric or a roller shade fabric), a drive assembly for raising and lowering the covering material, and a motor drive unit including a motor configured to drive the drive assembly to raise and lower the covering material. The motorized window treatment may comprise one or more battery packs configured to receive batteries for powering the motor drive unit. The batteries may be located out of view of a user of the motorized window treatment (e.g., in a headrail or in a battery compartment). The motorized window treatment may use various power-saving methods to lengthen the lifetime of the batteries, e.g., to reduce the motor speed to conserve additional battery power and extend the lifetime of the batteries.
US10494862B2	Driving assembly and window blind A driving assembly for window blinds includes a mounting plate, a winding roller and driving wheels that are engaged with one another, at least one first guiding roller, and at least one second guiding roller. An elastic element is elastically wound around the driving wheels, a pull rope has a starting end fixed to the winding roller and is divided into at least two sections, under a first status, the pull rope partially winds around the winding roller then winds around the second guiding roller and the first guiding roller in turns along outer edges of the second and the first guiding rollers; while under a second status, the pull rope disengages from the winding roller, the second guiding roller and the first guiding roller in turns. The driving assembly has simple structure and convenient assembly, and brings effortless and quick operation to pull or lift the window blind.
US10494861B2	Handle assembly for an architectural opening A handle assembly for an architectural covering is provided. The covering may include a shade member, a movable rail attached to the shade member, and a handle secured to the movable rail. The handle may be secured to the rail in a manner that results in a smooth, relatively uninterrupted appearance.
US10494858B2	Insulated doors with restorable breakaway sections A door includes a panel assembly including a leading panel and a trailing panel. The leading panel is to be in substantially coplanar alignment with the trailing panel when the panel assembly is in a normal configuration. The leading panel is to be angularly displaced out of coplanar alignment with the trailing panel when the panel assembly is in a dislodged configuration. The door further includes a tension member to connect the leading panel to the trailing panel. The tension member is to resiliently urge the leading panel and the trailing panel toward each other in a horizontal direction. The tension member is to resiliently urge the panel assembly toward the normal configuration when the panel assembly is in the dislodged configuration.
US10494853B2	Door system with sensor unit for contactless passenger compartment monitoring A door system for a public transit vehicle includes at least one door opening and a door that closes this door opening, wherein a sensor unit performs three-dimensional and touch-free scanning of a passenger compartment in the area of the door opening. A process of monitoring and controlling such a door system includes the steps of touch-free and three-dimensional scanning of a passenger compartment in the area of a door opening with a sensor unit, and measuring distances, shapes, and movements of objects by evaluating the readings from touch-free and three-dimensional scanning.
US10494850B2	Hinge A hinge includes a hinge arm, a hinge cup, at least one resilient member, and a retaining member. The hinge cup is pivotally connected with respect to the hinge arm and includes a receiving room. The resilient member is mounted in the receiving room of the hinge cup. The retaining member is mounted at the resilient member.
US10494849B2	Hinge for doors or windows Described is a hinge for doors or windows comprising: a first fixed body (5) associated with a fixed frame (1) and having a first axis (X1) of fixed articulation and a slot (6) made parallel to the axis (XC) of longitudinal extension of the first fixed body (5); a second movable body (7) connected to a movable sash (2); a first lever (8) having a first end articulated to the first fixed body (5) about the first axis (X1) of fixed articulation, a second end articulated to the second movable body (7), defining a second axis (X2) of articulation, and an intermediate zone; a second lever (9) having a first end articulated inside the slot (6) of the first fixed body (5) to define a third slidable axis (X3) of articulation, a second end articulated to the second movable body (7) defining a fourth axis (X4) of articulation and an intermediate zone; the first (8) and the second (9) levers are articulated to each other in the corresponding intermediate zone to define a fifth axis (X5) of shared articulation; means (10, 11) for adjusting at least one between the first axis (X1) of articulation and the third slidable axis (X3) of articulation along at least a first horizontal axis (XR1) parallel to the axis (XC) of longitudinal extension of the first fixed body (5) or a second horizontal axis (XR2) perpendicular to the axis (XC) of longitudinal extension of the first fixed body (5); the adjustment means (10) comprising a slide (12) positioned on the first fixed body (1) and having a first constraining portion for the first axis (X1) of articulation and a second portion connected to an adjustment axis (X12), parallel to the first axis (X1) of articulation, using a rotary element (13) configured for moving the slide (12), in both directions and along the first horizontal axis (XR1), in such a way as to vary the distance (D) between the adjustment axis (X12) and the first axis (X1) of articulation along the first horizontal axis (XR1), in both directions.
US10494846B2	Actuator for furniture parts An actuating drive for moving a furniture part movably supported relative to a furniture carcass, includes at least one pivotally mounted actuating arm for moving the movable furniture part, a spring device for applying a force to the actuating arm, and a locking device for releasably locking the actuating arm. The locking device includes at least one movably-mounted locking element cooperating with at least one locking recess in a position in which the actuating arm is locked. The locking element can be unlocked from the at least one locking recess by a switch element to be operated manually, and can also be unlocked by a control portion arranged on the actuating arm. The control portion can be acted upon by mounting the movable furniture part to the actuating arm.
US10494841B2	Motor vehicle door lock The invention relates to a motor vehicle door lock which is equipped with a locking mechanism, an actuating lever mechanism, comprising at least one actuating lever and a coupling lever, and finally at least one blocking element. The blocking element ensures a mechanical connection between the actuating lever and the coupling lever during normal operation. In the event of acceleration forces of a specified magnitude, for example during an accident, the blocking element mechanically separates the actuating lever and the coupling lever. According to the invention, a locking element is provided in addition to the blocking element, said locking element acting on an actuating element for the coupling lever such that at least during an accident, the coupling lever is not just mechanically separated from the actuating lever but additionally assumes the “locked” position.
US10494840B2	Bracket structure A bracket structure is provided with a casing formed of a resin material, and the casing includes a mounting part formed so as to allow an engaged part to be mounted thereon, the engaged part being operated by engagement with an engaging part, and a frame-shaped part that is erected from a peripheral edge of the mounting part to be continuously formed in a peripheral direction thereof.
US10494838B2	Electronic interior door release system A powered door latch may be actuated by a capacitive sensor or by movement of a mechanical release device. A controller may be utilized to prevent unlatching of the powered latch unless the vehicle is in Park and/or certain operating conditions are present.
US10494836B2	Bored lock occupancy indicator A lock for a door to a room comprising an interior handle disposed on an interior surface of the door, the interior handle having a lock control, the lock control operable between a first position and a second position and an exterior handle disposed on an exterior surface of the door. The lock includes a visual lock indicator on a portion of the interior or exterior handle. The lock control is operable between a first position and a second position. The lock includes a lock body disposed between the interior handle and the exterior handle, the lock body operable by the lock control from the first position wherein the exterior handle allows the door to open to the second position wherein the exterior door handle is prevented from opening the door. The visual lock indicator is in an off condition when the lock control is in the first position and the visual lock indicator is in an on condition when the lock control in the second position, the visual lock indicator indicating that the room is occupied and secured.
US10494834B2	Decorative door handle and hinge A decorative door handle comprising a flexible material configured in the shape of a door handle and a malleable stiffener material to maintain the handle in a desired useful looking configuration. In one aspect the flexible material is a magnetic vinyl. In another aspect, a decorative door handle comprising molded resin having at least one magnetic insert in the back surface. In another aspect, a decorative hinge element comprising molded resin having at least one magnetic insert in the back surface.
US10494832B2	Removably mountable roof frame for use with an expandable canopy An erectable canopy framework comprising a base frame and a roof frame. The roof frame is operative to support a canopy above the base frame and is removably mountable to the base frame. The base frame includes a plurality of upright support members, a plurality of cross members, each interconnecting adjacent upright support members, and a plurality of mounts disposed on the upright support members. Each mount includes a mount opening and each cross member includes a scissor assembly to permit movement of the base frame between expanded and a collapsed states. The mounts are operative to fasten the cross members to the upright support members. The roof frame includes a plurality of rafters each connectable to a corresponding mount opening. The framework comprises a plurality of rafter fittings each adapted for insertion into a corresponding mount opening and connectable to a corresponding rafter.
US10494823B2	Joiner A joiner for assembling planks includes a link interconnecting a ram and a motorized tool.
US10494819B1	Joiner clip A joiner clip for securing panels to a substrate is provided that includes a sheet of material that has a first portion, a second portion, a first face, and a second face. On the first face, a first anchoring cleat is located in the first portion and a second anchoring cleat is located in the second portion. A spaced guide is positioned between the first portion and the second portion of the sheet on the first face. A mounting hole is formed through the sheet and is positioned colinear with the spacer guide. A fastener from the second face secures the joiner clip and panels to a vertical stud substrate. A construction unit including the joiner clip for securing panels of material to a vertical stud substrate is also provided. A butt joint is readily formed between two secured panels.
US10494815B2	Adjustable dap assembly A vertically adjustable steel reinforcing assembly, especially adapted for effective use with dapped beam ends. The reinforcing assembly includes an upper assembly and a lower assembly. Running vertically through the center of each of the assemblies are aligning pin holes. Assembly is configured at the time of casting to accommodate most recent dap design.
US10494813B2	System and method for affixing insulated panels An insulated panel system includes a joint disposed between two insulated panels. The joint has a male portion and a female portion. The female portion has a flange, sidewalls, and a base that can be secured to an existing structure. The male portion includes a top plate with sealing sides that rest against the face of the insulated panel when inserted into the female portion. The sealing sides prevent warm air and/or moisture from ingress into a refrigerated space defined by the insulated panels. Also disclosed is a sealing joint for insulated structural panels.
US10494810B1	Mortarless building blocks wall A wall constructed of building blocks designated as basic and modified, which have both convex and concave surface features. The convex and concave surface features are present both in the longitudinal and latitudinal direction. The convex and concave surface features are in parallel planes with one another. A curve in the wall is introduced with variation of these blocks with use of acute angle cutoff present on the latitudinal edge of the blocks. A curve in the wall can also be made with a bent on a block's longitudinal plane creating an obtuse angle at the outer longitudinal edge. The wall layers and ends are terminated by two types of filling blocks that are essentially one-half section of either the basic of modified block separated along the longitudinal direction or the latitudinal direction. The building blocks can also have a cavity used for filling in some compound.
US10494808B2	Prefabricated portable structure A portable structure including a base, a first wall panel and a second wall panel. The base includes a first post and a second post. The first wall panel includes a first outer corner extrusion and a second outer corner extrusion, the first outer corner extrusion adapted to partially enclose the first post and the second outer corner extrusion adapted to partially enclose the second post. The second wall panel includes a first inner corner extrusion adapted to fully enclose the first post when used in combination with the first outer corner extrusion.
US10494807B2	Construction of the prefabricated column and beam type A system of construction that performs advanced prefabrication of columns-beams type structure of buildings, prefabrication which results industrialization of this type of construction. The main development that allows this achievement in the same technical conditions, even better conditions than in the conventional system, is the massive use of braces as well vertically as horizontally. Such a building system is of special interest in areas where seismic risk is high because the building is very lightweight, constituted of a set of structurally self-sufficient units, heavily triangulated and therefore hardly deformable, all these at an affordable cost.
US10494805B2	Broken water closet ring repair device A water closet flange repair or reinforcement device has an upper portion of an arcuate shape of less than or equal to a semi-circle, with an outer circumference and an inner circumference; a lower portion substantially parallel to the upper portion, having an outer circumference equal to the outer circumference of the upper portion; a side portion along the outer circumferences of the upper and lower portions, defining a squared C-shaped channel between the top, side, and bottom portions of a pre-determined interior height to receive a water closet flange; and bendable tabs extending from the inner circumference on the upper portion, each tab having a first position co-planar with the upper portion and having a second bent position providing a mechanical retention within an inside volume of a water closet flange captured within the C-shaped channel.
US10494804B2	Sanitary washing device A sanitary washing device includes: a nozzle configured to wash a local region of a human body; a tank configured to accommodate a sterilizing agent, a sterilizing component of which is dissolved into liquid, and to store supplied liquid therein; a nozzle washing unit configured to wash the nozzle using liquid supplied from the tank; and a buffering unit disposed between the sterilizing agent and an inner wall of the tank inside the tank and having liquid permeability.
US10494802B1	Toilet covers and skirts, and accessories related to using the same in, on and/or around a toilet Devices and assemblies that improve hygiene in, on, and around a toilet through positioning and use of toilet covers and skirts that can be attached to the inside, on, and/or around the toilet bowl rims and other interior and exterior surfaces of the toilet and the bottom surface of the toilet seat are described. These internal and external surfaces would otherwise be exposed to splatter and direct impact of urine. The materials, structures and configurations of the covers and skirts, including coatings and textures, impregnations and layers, as well as the various attachment methods, devices, apparatus and dispensers improve the efficiency and efficacy of the hygiene and sanitation of the toilet cleaning process by minimizing handling and exposure to biological contamination via rapid and minimal contact removal and disposal of the urine contaminated covers, the rapid attachment of the new covers and the pre-covering of difficult to clean regions.
US10494789B2	System and method for autonomous steering control of work vehicles An electronic control system for a work allows for control of steering despite movement of an implement that may support a load. Control may be based on vehicle position, velocity, acceleration, center of gravity, and heading. A control point is determined despite movement of the load, and may be based upon one or more of roll, yaw, and pitch of the vehicle. The vehicle may be of the type that allows for control only of wheel or track speed and rotational direction. A desired center of gravity is maintained while controlling an error between a desired vehicle trajectory and a determined trajectory in a closed loop manner.
US10494784B2	Anchor driving device An anchor driving device includes an anchor, a driving member with a slide stop, an anchor rod, a slide collar, and a load cell. The driving member is removably coupled to the anchor. The slide stop of the driving member is spaced apart from and disposed above the anchor. The anchor rod is permanently coupled to the anchor. The slide collar is disposed on the driving member and is selectively affixed to the driving member with a release mechanism. The load cell is permanently coupled to the slide collar and selectively coupled to the anchor rod. The load cell is configured to measure a load through the anchor rod during a setting operation of the anchor.
US10494781B2	Signpost joint A joint for a signpost having a first segment and a second segment is provided. The joint includes a first cap for the first segment, a second cap for the second segment, and a multi-directional hinge coupleable between the first cap and the second cap. The hinge is pivotable to facilitate lateral movement of the first cap relative to the second cap.
US10494780B2	Traffic warning systems, methods, and devices A lighting device may include a body including a front cavity and a back cavity, and a bottom face between the front cavity and the back cavity. The lighting device may also include multiple lights, with at least one of the lights disposed within the front cavity, and at least one of the lights disposed within the back cavity. The lighting device may additionally include a coupling device, such as a female threaded component, configured to interface directly with an attachment mechanism atop a traffic cone. The coupling device may be disposed on the bottom face of the body.
US10494779B2	Hybrid composite concrete bridge and method of assembling An elongated girder for use in a bridge includes a girder body having a modified V-shaped cross section. The body includes longitudinally extending webs defining sides of the girder, a bottom flange extending between the webs, and top flanges extending outwardly from the webs.
US10494770B2	Paving element having drainage channels and pavement system incorporating same A paving element includes upper and lower surfaces and one or more drainage channels extending through the paving element between the upper and lower surfaces. The drainage channels include a substantially concave or cupule shaped upper portion, provided on the upper surface of the paving element, and a channel from the concave portion through to the lower surface of the bottom surface of the paving element. The drainage channels can be complete, when provided in the interior of the paving element, or partial, when provided along the sides or perimeter of the paving element. The partial channels are completed when the paving element is placed adjacent another paving element when forming a pavement. The drainage channels are adapted to facilitate the cleaning process of the channels.
US10494763B2	Processing of recycled material An apparatus and a method for processing recycled material, comprising a first pulper (3) having an inlet (2) for receiving recycled material (1), a water inlet (26) for producing a mixture of water and particles of recycled material, a first rotor unit (R1) configured to slush recycled material and a first screen plate (18) connected to a first outlet (20) configured to extract a first portion of recycled material from the first pulper (3); a last pulper (8) having a reject washer configured to remove coarse rejected recycled material from the last pulper (8); and an upper channel (4) from the first pulper (3) to the last pulper (8), wherein the mixture of water and particles of recycled material is configured to flow over from the first pulper (3) to the last pulper (8). The apparatus comprises a of the last pulper (8) being lower than or at the same level as the first pulper (3); a lower channel (40) at the bottom of the first pulper (3) extending to the last pulper (8); and a gate (45) at the lower channel (40), configured to cause, when open, the mixture of water and particles of recycled material to flush to the last pulper (8).
US10494761B2	Fiber surface finish enhanced flocked impact force absorbing structure and manufacturing Embodiments of fiber surface finish enhanced flocked surface impact force absorbing structure include a plurality of flock fibers disposed on a substrate, a surface coating applied to the plurality of flock fibers, and in another embodiment, a divider fabric bonded to the tops of flock fibers.
US10494758B2	Dryer appliances and methods of operation Dryer appliances, including methods of operation, are provided herein. The dryer appliance may include a cabinet, a drum, a ventilation assembly, an air handler, and a controller. The drum may be rotatably mounted within the cabinet. The drum may define a drying chamber. A ventilation assembly may be attached to the drying chamber. The ventilation assembly may include a conduit defining an exhaust passage in fluid communication with the drying chamber. The conduit may extend from an inlet at the drying chamber to an outlet defined through the cabinet. The air handler may be attached to the conduit in fluid communication with the drying chamber to draw air through the exhaust passage. The controller may be in operable communication with the air handler and the drum, and may be configured to initiate a dry cycle.
US10494757B2	Method for controlling expansion valve of frequency conversion heat pump clothes dryer A method for controlling an expansion valve of a frequency conversion heat pump clothes dryer. The open degree of the valve is adjusted through parameters such as the operation time/power/current at a frequency of the frequency conversion compressor; a reference value of the operation time/power/current at a certain frequency is set, and compared with an actual value of the operation time/power/current at the certain frequency of the compressor; if the actual value of the operation time is less than the set reference value or the actual value of the power/current is greater than the reference value, the open degree of the expansion value is increased; and if the actual value of the operation time is greater than the set reference value or the actual value of the power/current is less than the set reference value, the open degree of the expansion valve is decreased.
US10494756B2	Dryer appliances including an air circulation duct A dryer appliance including an air circulation duct is provided herein. The dryer appliance may also include a cabinet, a drum, an air handler, and a heat exchange section. The air circulation duct may define a recirculation loop with the drum. The air circulation duct may define a drum air inlet upstream from the drum and a drum air outlet downstream from the drum. The air circulation duct may further define a predetermined leakage port in fluid communication between the recirculation loop and the interior volume of the cabinet. The air handler may be disposed along the air circulation duct in fluid communication between the drum air outlet and the drum air inlet. The heat exchange section may be disposed along the air circulation duct in thermal communication with air within the recirculation loop.
US10494754B2	Clothes dryer A clothes dryer capable of minimizing heat energy loss and increasing energy efficiency includes a cabinet, a drum provided within the cabinet, an exhaust duct through which air discharged from the drum is discharged out of the cabinet, an intake duct through which air is guided to the drum, a heating portion which heats air introduced into the intake duct, a heat exchanger provided within the exhaust duct and having a first heat exchange space in which air discharged from the drum exchanges heat with air introduced from the inside or outside of the cabinet into the exhaust duct, and a preheating member including a second heat exchange space through which air passing through the heat exchanger is guided to the intake duct so that air flowing into the intake duct via the heat exchanger exchanges heat with heat radiated from the intake duct in the second heat exchange space.
US10494746B2	Ballistic resistant thermoplastic sheet, process of making and its applications Woven fabrics are formed from high tenacity fibers or tapes that are loosely interwoven with adhesive coated filaments, to composite articles formed therefrom, and to a continuous process for forming the composite articles.
US10494743B2	Yarn texturizing apparatus and method A yarn texturizing apparatus and method for texturizing a plurality of yarns, which can include a tack assembly and a jet box assembly. The tack assembly can be configured to receive a bundle of yarns and impart a plurality of twists to each bundle of yarns and subsequently impart a first tack point at a point corresponding to a twist reversal between the twists. The downstream jet box assembly can be configured to place a plurality of additional tack points intermittently along the plurality of twists of each bundle of yarn.
US10494740B2	Dual-terminated polyamide for high speed spinning application Methods of producing a polyamide filaments and fibers are provided. The methods include providing a dual-terminated polyamide and spinning the dual-terminated polyamide at a speed of 3500 m/min to 8000 m/min to form a fiber. In one embodiment, the polyamide has an amine endgroup concentration of 25 mmol/kg to 40 mmol/kg and a carboxyl endgroup concentration of 18 mmol/kg to 50 mmol/kg. Fibers and yarns comprising polyamide filaments and fibers formed from the method are also disclosed.
US10494736B2	Device to increase deposition uniformity in spatial ALD processing chamber Susceptor assemblies comprising a susceptor with a top surface with a plurality of recesses and a bottom surface are described. A heater is positioned below the susceptor to heat the susceptor. A shield is positioned between the bottom surface of the susceptor and the heater. The shield increases deposition uniformity across the susceptor.
US10494735B2	Crystal growth apparatus, method for manufacturing silicon carbide single crystal, silicon carbide single crystal substrate, and silicon carbide epitaxial substrate A crystal growth apparatus includes: a chamber including a gas inlet, a gas outlet, a welded portion, and a water-cooling portion configured to water-cool a portion at least including the welded portion; an exhaust pump connected to the gas outlet; a dew point instrument disposed between the gas outlet and the exhaust pump, the dew point instrument being configured to measure a dew point of gas passing through the gas outlet.
US10494729B2	Elementary unit for reactor performing water electrolysis or co-electrolysis (SOEC) or fuel cell (SOFC) operating under pressure A module for an HTE reactor or an SOFC fuel cell, the module including a circuit for the circulation of a gas, in addition to the reactive gases required for the electrolysis reaction or the reverse reaction in an SOFC cell, the circuit enabling, during the operation under pressure, the additional gas to equalise, on one side of the glass- and/or vitroceramic-based seals, the pressure of the reactive gases generated on the other side.
US10494727B2	Control system for an electrolytic cell A control system for an electrolytic cell includes a voltage converter converting an input voltage into a decomposition voltage, a temperature sensor generating a sensed temperature, an electric power sensor generating a sensed voltage, and a control unit storing voltage-temperature characteristics. The control unit determines a voltage that corresponds to the sensed temperature according to one of the voltage-temperature characteristics, and generates, according to a difference between the voltage thus determined and the sensed voltage, a control signal which is provided to the voltage converter such that the decomposition voltage decreases along with increase in the sensed temperature.
US10494723B2	System and method for providing corrosion protection of metallic structure using time varying electromagnetic wave The present invention provides a system and a method for providing corrosion protection of a metallic structure using time varying electromagnetic wave. The system comprises: a generator for generating electromagnetic wave having a time varying frequency, said generator having at least two output terminals in electrical connection respectively with first and second excitation sites positioned in a spaced manner on the metallic structure, allowing for subjecting the metallic structure to the electromagnetic wave; and an electric power source connected to the generator for applying a driving voltage to the generator to drive the generation of the electromagnetic wave; wherein the driving voltage and/or the frequency of the electromagnetic wave are selected such that the metallic structure is energized to form in-situ a passive oxidized species of the metal on a surface of the metallic structure, which species is insusceptible to corrosion.
US10494714B2	Chuck for chemical vapor deposition systems and related methods therefor The present invention provides chucks having a well that supports rods produced during chemical vapor deposition. The chucks can utilize slats and windows around the well up to which the rod can grow and become supported.
US10494710B1	Film-forming method, production method for product with ceramic film, and product with ceramic film A film-forming method includes a sputtering step of forming a silicon nitride film or a silicon oxynitride film on a surface of a substrate by a sputtering method. The sputtering step is performed using a silicon-containing target, and using at least a nitrogen gas. The sputtering step is performed in an atmosphere having a water vapor partial pressure of about 1.5×10−3 Pa or less. A central region of the silicon nitride film or the silicon oxynitride film formed in the sputtering step has a hydrogen content of about 2 atom % or more.
US10494705B2	Ultra high-strength spring steel A steel composition is provided and includes carbon of about 0.5 to 0.7 wt %; silicon of about 1.3 to 2.3 wt %; manganese of about 0.6 to 1.2%; chromium of about 0.6 to 1.2 wt %; molybdenum of about 0.1 to 0.5 wt %; nickel of about 0.05 to 0.8 wt %; vanadium of about 0.05 to 0.5 wt %; niobium of about 0.05 to 0.5 wt %; titanium of about 0.05 to 0.3 wt %; cobalt of about 0.01 to 3 wt %; zirconium of about 0.001 to 0.2 wt %; yttrium of about 0.01 to 1.5 wt %; copper of about 0.3% or less but greater than 0 wt %; aluminum of about 0.3% or less but greater than 0 wt %; nitrogen of about 0.03% or less but greater than 0 wt %; oxygen of about 0.003% or less but greater than 0 wt %. Additionally, a balance iron, based on the total weight is included.
US10494704B2	Rail The present invention relates to a rail which has a predetermined chemical composition and satisfies expressions of 1.00
US10494702B2	Aluminum casting alloys having manganese, zinc and zirconium Improved aluminum casting alloys having are disclosed. The new aluminum casting alloys generally include manganese, zinc, and zirconium. In this regard, the new aluminum casting alloys generally include from 2.0 to 5.0 wt. % Mn, 1.0-4.5 wt. % Zn, and from 0.05 to 0.9 wt. % Zr, the balance being aluminum, optional secondary elements, iron and silicon impurities, and other elements, where the new aluminum casting alloy includes not greater than 0.15 wt. % each of the other elements, and where the new aluminum casting alloy included not greater than 0.50 wt. % in total of the other elements.
US10494701B2	Composite material for a sliding bearing The invention relates to a method for producing a sliding bearing composite material (10), having a support layer (14), in particular made of steel, a bearing metal layer (18) made of a lead-free aluminum base alloy containing magnesium, and a running layer (22), wherein the aluminum base alloy ultimately comprises 0.5-5.5% by weight magnesium, optionally one or more alloy components from the group comprising zinc, copper, silicon, iron, manganese, chromium, titanium, zirconium, vanadium, nickel, cobalt, cerium, and alloy components resulting from impurities, the sum of the latter not exceeding 1% by weight, and the remainder being aluminum, wherein the aluminum base alloy is copper-free or contains at most 3% by weight copper, the total content of zinc, copper, and nickel does not exceed 8% by weight, and the total content of all alloy components does not exceed 12% by weight. The bearing metal layer (18) is either rolled directly onto the support layer (14) or roll-cladded beforehand with an intermediate layer (38) made of an aluminum alloy or technical pure aluminum and then rolled onto the support layer (14) with this intermediate layer (38) in between, in such a way that the intermediate layer (38) subsequently has a thickness of at most 100 μm, in particular at most 50 μm, wherein the composite of the support layer (14) and the bearing metal layer (18) thus obtained is soft-annealed at temperatures between 280° and 350° C. for 2 to 10 hours so that the bearing metal layer of the composite has a Brinell hardness of 50-80 HB 1/5/30. The running layer (22) is subsequently applied galvanically or by means of a PVD method to the bearing metal layer (18).
US10494698B1	Methods for making zirconium based alloys and bulk metallic glasses Methods of preparing Zr based metallic using Zr sponge refined by a refining process are described. An exemplary method includes heating Zr sponge in a processing chamber with an electron-beam-heating apparatus or an arc-melting apparatus under a desired pressure condition to release volatile contaminants from the Zr sponge, introducing a purge gas into the processing chamber and permitting the purge gas to intermingle with at least some of the released volatile contaminants, evacuating the processing chamber to extract at least some of the purge gas and released volatile contaminants, repeating the heating of the Zr sponge, the introducing of the purge gas, and the evacuating of the processing chamber release and evacuate additional volatile contaminants from the Zr sponge to provide a processed Zr sponge with enhanced purity, and melting the processed Zr sponge with multiple other alloy constituents to provide a Zr-based metallic alloy.
US10494696B2	Metal recovery A method for recovering tin and/or tin alloy from a substrate comprising providing a substrate having tin and/or tin alloy thereon; contacting the tin and/or tin alloy with a stripping solution comprising an inorganic acid and a persulfate compound; recovering tin salt and/or tin alloy salt precipitated from the stripping solution; and recovering tin and/or tin alloy from the tin salt and/or tin alloy salt, respectively.
US10494693B2	High-strength steel sheet and method for producing the same A high-strength steel sheet having a high yield ratio and a reduced difference in strength between the center and edges of the steel sheet in the width direction. The high-strength steel sheet includes a composition containing, by mass, C: 0.02% or more and less than 0.10%, Si: less than 0.10%, Mn: less than 1.0%, P: 0.10% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 0.10% or less, N: 0.010% or less, Nb: 0.005% or more and less than 0.070%, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. Additionally, the steel sheet has a microstructure including, by area, ferrite: 90% or more, pearlite: 0% to 10%, and the total of martensite, retained austenite, and cementite: 0% to 3%. The average crystal grain diameter dC of the ferrite at the center of the steel sheet in the width direction is 15.0 μm or less.
US10494692B2	Manufacturing method of mechanical component using martensitic stainless steel, rotating device, rolling bearing and rolling bearing unit A martensitic stainless steel containing, by mass %, C: 0.20% to 0.40%, N: 0.1% or less, Mo: 3% or less, and Cr: 12.0% to 16.0%, such that 0.3%≤C+N≤0.4% and a PI value (=Cr+3.3Mo+16N) is 18 or more, with the remainder being substantially Fe and unavoidable impurities is quenched from a temperature of 1,030° C. to 1,140° C. and subjected to a subzero treatment and tempering so as to obtain a prior austenite crystal grain size of a surface layer of 30 μm to 100 μm and a surface hardness of 58 HRc to 62 HRc.
US10494691B2	Method for producing a coated body hardened by hot forming as well as a body produced according to the method A method is disclosed for producing a coated body hardened by hot forming. The base body is austenitized in a method step. The coating of the precoated base body is oxidized artificially prior to this method step. A body produced according to the method has an oxidized layer with a thickness of between 0.05 μm and 30 μm.
US10494690B2	High-toughness seamless steel tube for automobile safety airbag and manufacturing method therefor A high strength and toughness seamless steel tube for an automobile airbag, comprising the following elements, by wt %: C: 0.05-0.15%; Si: 0.1-0.45%; Mn: 1.0-1.9%; Ni: 0.1-0.6%; Cr: 0.05-1.0%; Mo: 0.05-0.2%; Cu: 0.05-0.50%; Al: 0.015-0.060%; Nb: 0.02-0.1%; V: 0.02-0.15%; and the balance being Fe and other inevitable impurities. A method for manufacturing the seamless steel tube comprises the steps: (1) heating a tube blank and then soaking; (2) hot piercing, reducing the diameter and the wall thickness of the tube blank with a stretch reducer and then cooling naturally; (3) annealing, pickling, phosphating and saponifying; (4) cold working to obtain a finished product size; and (5) carrying out stress relief annealing treatment.
US10494689B2	High-strength galvanized steel sheet and method for manufacturing the same A high-strength galvanized steel sheet having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.07% to 0.25%, Si: 0.01% to 3.00%, Mn: 1.5% to 4.0%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.01% to 1.50%, N: 0.001% to 0.008%, Ti: 0.003% to 0.200%, B: 0.0003% to 0.0050%, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which the relationship Ti>4N is satisfied, and a microstructure including, in terms of area ratio in a cross section located at ¼ of the thickness from the surface of a base steel sheet, a ferrite phase in an amount of 70% or less (including 0%), a bainite phase and a tempered bainite phase in an amount of 20% or less (including 0%) in total, a tempered martensite phase in an amount of 25% or more, and a retained austenite phase in an amount of less than 3% (including 0%), in which the average crystal grain diameter of the tempered martensite phase is 20 μm or less, in which a variation in the Vickers hardness of the tempered martensite phase is 20 or less in terms of standard deviation, and in which the number density of carbides having a minor axis length of 0.05 μm or more in the tempered martensite phase is 3×106 particles/mm2 or less, as well as a method for manufacturing the steel sheet, is disclosed.
US10494680B2	Primer pair, kit and method for detecting Babesia gibsoni Primer pair, kit and method for detecting Babesia gibsoni are disclosed. The primer pair includes a forward primer and a reverse primer, and the kit includes the primer pair and a probe. The forward primer has a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, the reverse primer has a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, and the probe has a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3.
US10494676B2	Process for the diagnosis of cancer by using exosomes The present invention relates to an in vitro process for the diagnosis of prostate cancer and other tumor types in exosomes obtained from a body fluid which comprises a) concentrating the exosomes and other extracellular vesicles from a body fluid of a patient, b) extraction of total RNA from the exosomes obtained in step a), c) conversion of the RNA obtained in step b) to cDNA, d) amplification of the cDNA obtained in step c) with a polymerase chain reaction whereby primers derived from the AGR2 nucleotide sequence or the complement thereof are used, and e) determining whether in the amplification product variants of the AGR2 gene can be identified.
US10494672B2	Systems and methods for genetic and biological analysis The invention relate to systems and methods for sequencing polynucleotides, as well as detecting reactions and binding events involving other biological molecules. The systems and methods may employ chamber-free devices and nanosensors to detect or characterize such reactions in high-throughput. Because the system in many embodiments is reusable, the system can be subject to more sophisticated and improved engineering, as compared to single use devices.
US10494671B2	Enzymatic ligation of nucleic acids Methods, assays, compositions and kits for the ligation of short polynucleotides are presented herein. The short polynucleotides are optionally no more than 7 nucleotides in length, and can be as short as 3 or 4 nucleotides in length. The ligation is optionally performed by CV ligase.
US10494667B2	Spatially encoded biological assays The present invention provides assays and assay systems for use in spatially encoded biological assays. The invention provides an assay system comprising an assay capable of high levels of multiplexing where reagents are provided to a biological sample in defined spatial patterns; instrumentation capable of controlled delivery of reagents according to the spatial patterns; and a decoding scheme providing a readout that is digital in nature.
US10494666B2	Genetic markers for discrimination and detection of bercoiver tk region on koi herpesvirus causing infectious aquatic organism diseases, and method of discriminating and detecting the virus using the same The present invention relates to genetic markers for discrimination and detection of viruses causing infectious aquatic organism diseases, and a method of discriminating and detecting the viruses using the same, and more particularly to a method for discriminating or detecting viruses causing infectious aquatic organism diseases, the method comprising: selecting and amplifying a DNA nucleotide sequence encoding a gene specific for viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV), red sea bream iridovirus (RSIV) or infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV), which is a virus causing red sea bream iridovirus disease, or Koi herpesvirus (KHV); hybridizing a peptide nucleic acid (PNA) that specifically recognizes the amplification product; controlling the temperature of the hybridization product to obtain a temperature-dependent melting curve; and discriminating the viral type or detecting whether or not fish would be infected with the viral type by analyzing the obtained melting curve to determine a melting temperature.
US10494662B2	Method for generating a three-dimensional nucleic acid containing matrix Methods of making a three-dimensional matrix of nucleic acids within a cell is provided.
US10494653B2	Process for the recovery of lipids or hydrocarbons The invention is directed to a method for recovering a lipid or hydrocarbon from a fermentation mixture, comprising the steps of—providing a fermentation mixture wherein the lipid or hydrocarbon is produced by microbial fermentation in a fermentation vessel, which mixture comprises an aqueous phase and a liquid product phase, wherein the liquid product phase comprises the lipid or hydrocarbon; and—feeding at least part of the aqueous phase and part of the liquid product phase to a second vessel, thereby forming a second mixture; and—promoting phase-separation of the aqueous and product phase by injecting a gas into the second mixture, thereby separating the product phase from the aqueous phase; and—collecting the product phase comprising the lipid or hydrocarbon.
US10494651B2	Control of conductivity in anaerobic fermentation Process are provided which are effective for controlling medium conductivity during fermentation of a CO-containing gaseous substrate while providing an STY of about 10 g ethanol/(L·day) or more. The process includes balancing medium conductivity, specific carbon uptake or cell density levels.
US10494647B2	HIV pre-immunization and immunotherapy The present invention relates generally to immunization and immunotherapy for the treatment or prevention of HIV. In particular, the methods include in vivo and/or ex vivo enrichment of HIV-specific CD4+ T cells.
US10494642B2	Brassica plants with modified seed oil composition The present invention relates to Brassica plants comprising mutant FAD2 genes, FAD2 nucleic acid sequences and proteins, as well as methods for generating and identifying said plants and alleles, which can be used to plants with increased levels of C18:1 in the seed oil. The invention further relates to combining the mutant FAD2 alleles with mutant FAD3 alleles to increase the levels of C18:1 and reduce the levels of C18:3 in the seed oil.
US10494641B2	Transformed plant and method for producing exudate containing sugar using transformed plant The production of exudate containing sugar from a plant at a high concentration is provided. A nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transportation having a certain consensus sequence derived from the amino acid sequences of the SWEET proteins classified in the clade III is introduced and/or expression of the protein is enhanced.
US10494638B2	Bacteriophage recombination followed by blockage of non-recombinant bacteriophage replication The present disclosure provides methods and kits for generating recombinant bacteriophage genomes. Specifically, the present technology provides methods of integrating a heterologous nucleic acid sequence into a bacteriophage DNA genome, and isolating recombinant bacteriophages that express the heterologous nucleic acid sequence.
US10494637B2	Mutant having ability to overproduce carotenoids and method for producing carotenoids by using same Provided is a mutant having an ability to overproduce carotenoids and a method for producing carotenoids by using the mutant. The mutant, of which mutations are induced by irradiation after being transformed with a recombinant vector according to the subject matter, has an excellent ability to produce carotenoids and can be mass-produced, and thus can be useful in various industrial fields, which use carotenoids, such as cosmetics, food, and feed.
US10494633B2	Oligonucleotides for inducing paternal UBE3A expression The present invention relates to oligonucleotides that are capable of inducing expression of ubiquitin-protein ligase E3A (UBE3A) from the paternal allele in animal or human neurons. The oligonucleotides target the suppressor of the UBE3A paternal allele by hybridization to SNHG14 long non-coding RNA downstream of SNORD109B. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment of Angelman syndrome.
US10494631B2	siRNA compounds comprising terminal substitutions The invention relates to modified siRNA compounds which down-regulate target gene expression, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and to methods of treating and/or preventing the incidence or severity of various diseases or conditions associated with the genes and/or symptoms associated with such diseases or conditions.
US10494630B2	Linker element and method of using same to construct sequencing library Provided is a linker element and a method of using the linker element to construct a sequencing library, wherein the linker element consists of a linker A and a linker B, the linker A is obtained through the complementary pairing of a long nucleic acid strand and a short nucleic acid strand, the 5′ end of the long strand has a phosphoric acid modification, and the 3′ end of the short strand has an enclosed modification, with enzyme sites in the short strand; and the linker B is a nucleic acid single strand, and the 3′ end thereof can be in a complementary pairing with the 5′ end of the long strand of the linker A. Using the linker element of the present invention for constructing a sequencing library ensures the linking directionality of the linkers while solving the problems of fragment interlinking, linker self-linking and low linking efficiency, and reducing the purification reaction between steps, shortening the linking time and reducing costs.
US10494628B2	Method and apparatus for enriching pathogen DNA A method and apparatus for enrichment and detection of low abundance pathogens are provided. The method includes adding one or more proteins containing pathogen binding domains to the sample. The sample is incubated to form a complex thereby. The complex is separated from the sample, and an apparatus is provided for enriching pathogen DNA that achieves pathogen detection levels as low as 1 cfu/ml. The method further includes adding a lysis buffer to the separated complex and incubating to form a mixture. A buffer containing guanidine thiocyanate is added to the mixture. The mixture is connected with a matrix to form a bound entity, and the bound entity is separated from the mixture.
US10494627B2	Extraction of materials from regions of interest in a sample A system for extracting material from a region of interest includes a fluid delivery base comprising an inlet channel and an outlet channel formed within the fluid delivery base, a gasket affixed to the fluid delivery base, wherein the gasket comprises at least one opening exposing an open end of the inlet channel and an open end of the outlet channel; a support comprising a sample-supporting surface facing the gasket and an opposing surface; and an alignment member coupled to the opposing surface in a fixed position and such that the support is positioned between the fluid delivery base and the alignment member, wherein one or both of the alignment member or the fluid delivery base are biased towards one another by a force (e.g., a magnet or spring force) and wherein the fluid delivery base is separable from the support and configured to move along a plane of the sample-supporting surface to align with the alignment member.
US10494626B2	Dynamic mixing and electroporation chamber and system An electroporation apparatus and its novel chamber with inlet ports for mixing cells and exogenous material. The inlet ports are oriented in nonparallel to each other immediately adjacent at the same top corner of the first wall of the chamber. The mixing chamber comprises successive wall sections, two curved walls at its bottom; the first curved corner is on the same side of the chamber where the liquids enter the chamber, and directs the liquids to the second curved corner at the opposing side of the chamber which in turn further redirects the mixing to the first curved corner. The direction of the liquid flow mixture change direction at least twice into the mixing chamber.

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