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| US10502318B2 |
Remote locking system for an autonomous vehicle
A remote locking system for an autonomous vehicle is disclosed. The locking system has a locking mechanism operably connected to an axle of the vehicle. The locking mechanism is selectively actuatable to prevent a power system from rotating the axle. The locking system also has a control station connected to the locking mechanism through a wireless network. The control station is configured to remotely actuate the locking mechanism. The power system is autonomously controlled by an electronic control system and the locking mechanism is independent from the electronic control system. |
| US10502315B2 |
Oil pressure supply system of automatic transmission
The present disclosure provides an oil pressure supply system of an automatic transmission for a vehicle. The system may include: a mechanical oil pump; a line regulator valve configured to stably control the oil pressure supplied through the line pressure path and to supply the oil pressure to a first path; a torque converter control valve configured to control the oil pressure supplied through the first path and to supply the oil pressure to a second path and a third path; a torque converter lockup clutch control valve; an electric oil pump; a switch valve disposed on the seventh path and configured to open and close the oil pressure supplied to an eighth path; and a flow control valve configured to control a portion of the oil pressure supplied to the eighth path and to supply the portion of the oil pressure to the cooling/lubricating unit through a ninth path. |
| US10502313B2 |
Selector lever for an automatic transmission or an automated manual transmission of a motor vehicle
A selector lever for a transmission of a vehicle may include a monostable control element. Actuation of the monostable control element, without moving the selector lever, may triggers engagement of a parked position of the transmission when the transmission is not in the parked position and the drive motor is running. Further, actuation of the monostable control element may trigger a start process of the drive motor when the drive motor is off. Further, actuation of the monostable control element may trigger a shutdown process of the drive motor when the transmission is in the parked position and the drive motor is in on. |
| US10502312B1 |
Transmission lubricant system for an outboard motor
An outboard motor having an internal combustion engine that rotates a driveshaft disposed in a driveshaft housing, a transmission that is operatively connected to the driveshaft and is disposed in a transmission housing located below the driveshaft housing, a set of angle gears that operatively connect the transmission to a propulsor for imparting a propulsive force in a body of water, wherein the set of angle gears are located in a lower gearcase located below the transmission housing, and a lubrication system that circulates lubricant to and from the transmission. |
| US10502305B2 |
Rotary actuator
A rotary actuator includes a front housing, a middle housing, and a rear housing. The middle housing has an annular part, a front side extension part extending from the annular part toward the front housing, a rear side extension part extending from the annular part toward the rear housing, a plurality of front side convex parts projected from an outer circumference wall of the front side extension part outward in the radial direction to be in contact with an inner wall of the front housing, and a plurality of rear side convex parts projected from an inner circumference wall of the rear side extension part inward in the radial direction to be in contact with an outer edge part of the stator. |
| US10502302B2 |
Hydraulic limited differential slip
A positive displacement pump for hydraulic limited differential comprises a first external gear and a second external gear juxtaposed inside a casing, wherein one or more outer teeth sections of the external gear are tangential to the casing. The casing is filled with a fluid via an opening and sealed using a plug member on both sides to define a fluid tight sealing configuration and a pair of shafts are configured to couple the first external gear and the second external gear. The clockwise rotation of the first external gear is configured to drive the second external gear in counter clockwise direction in the casing to allow the movement of the fluid inside the casing via one or more countersinks to create a pressure difference for internal circulation of the fluid in the permitted gaps to control the differential slip for increasing the stability of the driving vehicle. |
| US10502301B2 |
Limited slip differential using face gears and a pinion housing
A differential includes a differential case; a side gear; a pinion configured for meshing engagement with the side gear; and a pinion housing configured to support the pinion. The pinion housing includes a first face; a second face opposing the first face; a first projection located on the first face; and a second projection located on the second face. The pinion housing also includes an aperture or hole extending radially inwardly from an outer radial surface of the generally annular ring; and a channel extending from the first face to the second face, wherein the channel is substantially radially aligned with the aperture or hole. In embodiments, the pinion housing includes one or more transfer formations configured to transfer torque from the differential case, and the pinion housing is configured to permit movement in an axial direction between a pair of side gears. |
| US10502296B2 |
Ball screw device and steering system
A cylindrical retainer configured to retain balls in a rollable manner is provided inside a ball screw nut. The retainer has retainer grooves each having a shape of an elongated hole that extends in an axial direction of a ball screw shaft so as to be inclined at a predetermined angle. A first end of the ball screw nut and a first end of the retainer, which is one of two ends of the retainer that is closer to the first end of the ball screw nut, are spaced away from each other by a distance. The terminal end of the retainer groove closest to the second end of the retainer and a ball that is closest to the second end of the ball screw nut are spaced away from each other by a distance. The distance is set equal to or larger than the distance. |
| US10502291B2 |
Electrically driven device
An electrically driven device includes a housing, an electric motor with a drive shaft having a first rotary axis and a drive pin connected to the drive shaft eccentrically with respect to the rotary axis, and a driven shaft having a second rotary axis and mounted in the housing for performing a pivoting about the second rotary axis. The driven shaft is coupled to the drive shaft by a gear mechanism including a scotch yoke mechanism converting a rotary motion of the drive shaft into a reciprocating motion of the driven shaft. The scotch yoke mechanism includes a cross slider having a sliding support extending perpendicular to the first rotary axis and receiving the drive pin either directly or through a sliding block with a bearing receiving the drive pin. The cross slider is guided in the housing by at least two pivotable links. The driven shaft is coupled to the cross slider by an arm, converting a rotary motion of the drive shaft into a reciprocating of the driven shaft. |
| US10502289B2 |
Asymmetric toroidal transmission system
An input shaft being configured into spline engagement with an input wheel wherein the input wheel slides axially along the input shaft; an output shaft into engagement with the input shaft, and wherein an output wheel is configured to slide axially along said output shaft; a variator wheel being configured to drive the input wheel or output wheel without direct contact; a traction fluid to enable the variator wheel to drive at least one of the input wheel and output wheel without direct contact; a toroidal cavity for containing the traction fluid and form an enveloping toroidal cavity when the input wheel and output wheel are aligned together; and an actuator for controlling the axial sliding of the input and output wheel on their respective splined shafts. |
| US10502288B2 |
Chain drive device and chain guide
An object of the present invention is to provide a chain drive device that guides a chain favorably with a chain guide to prevent noise generation and wear or damage of various parts with a simple structure, and to provide the chain guide. Provided is a chain drive device 10 having a guide shoe 40 that includes a shoe surface part 41 and a lip 43. The shoe surface part 41 has a larger widthwise dimension than that of the chain 20. The lip 43 has a front-side lip end 44 which has a lip front end face 44a that faces the front side in the chain running direction. The lip front end face 44a has a height that is set larger than a dimensional difference in backside height between inner plates 21 and outer plates 23. |
| US10502287B2 |
Belt slip monitor
A belt slip monitor system and method configured to determine whether a belt coupled to a motor-generator is slipping based on operational states of first and second movable portions of the belt slip monitor, wherein the operational states of the first and second movable portions are dependent upon the tension in the belt. |
| US10502285B2 |
Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicle
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission may include: an input shaft; an output shaft; first to fifth planetary gear sets each including first to third rotation elements, fourth to sixth rotation elements, seventh to ninth rotation elements, tenth to twelfth rotation elements, thirteenth to fifteenth rotational elements; a first shaft connected with the second rotation element and the input shaft; a second shaft connected with the fourteenth rotation element and the output shaft; a third shaft connected with the sixth, seventh and thirteenth rotation elements; a fourth shaft connected with the tenth and fifteenth rotation elements; a fifth shaft connected with the third and fourth rotation elements; a sixth shaft connected with the fifth, eighth, and eleventh rotation elements; a seventh shaft connected with the ninth rotation element; an eighth shaft connected with the first rotation element; and a ninth shaft connected with the twelfth rotation element. |
| US10502284B2 |
Spring augmented orthotic or prosthetic equipped with a compact parallel eccentric actuator
An orthotic or prosthetic actuator is provided which includes a parallel eccentric gear train which terminates on a first end in a first plate, and which terminates on a second end in a second, rotatable plate which is adjacent to the first plate. The actuator further includes a spring which is disposed between these adjacent plates. The actuator preferably utilizes Oldham coupling, by way of a pair of crosslinks disposed on each side of the motor, to restrain rotation of the dual parallel eccentric gears in the actuator, while permitting their linear oscillation. The crosslinks are preferably equipped with a tongue/spline lubrication system to provide continuous lubrication to the mated and loaded crosslink tongue and groove surfaces. |
| US10502280B2 |
Balancing weights with ferromagnetic inlay
A balancing weight for balancing a wheel of a vehicle has a body of non-ferromagnetic material providing a major portion of the balancing weight's mass and a ferromagnetic inlay for holding the balancing weight by magnetic force. The ferromagnetic inlay provides a minor portion of the balancing weight's mass. A weight applicator has a magnet for interacting with the ferromagnetic inlay of the balancing weight and holding the balancing weight. |
| US10502276B2 |
Rotor cover
A rotor cover is provided that includes different portions and is configured to meet requirements of each portion. The rotor cover includes a positioning portion that is positioned relative to a bicycle frame or a disc brake rotor and a cover portion that is coupled to the positioning portion to cover the disc brake rotor. The cover portion and the positioning portion include different materials with respect to one another. |
| US10502275B2 |
Caliper body for a disc brake and method for manufacturing a caliper body
A caliper body for a disc brake is described. The caliper body is adapted to straddle an associable brake disc. The caliper body may have a first elongated portion, or a vehicle-side elongated portion, at least partially adapted to face the first braking surface. The caliper body may also have a second elongated portion, or wheel-side elongated portion, opposite to the first elongated portion and at least partially adapted to face the second braking surface. At least one part of the first elongated portion has at least a first module and at least one part of the second elongated portion has at least a second module. The first module and the second module are obtained by at least one non-additive manufacturing technique. |
| US10502272B2 |
One way clutch cage with integrated return spring
A one way clutch with an integrated spring is disclosed. The assembly includes an inner ring and an outer ring, one of which has a ramped portion. A cage defines a plurality of rolling element pockets, and includes first and second sidewalls each having an integrated tab. Rolling elements are biased by the integrated tabs toward both the inner and outer rings. The force angle of the integrated tabs is calibrated for a predetermined application. |
| US10502270B2 |
Vehicular power transmitting system
A power transmitting system including: a first piston disposed within a center bore formed through the rotary shaft such that the first piston is axially reciprocable; a sleeve connected to the first piston and having internal teeth meshing with the external teeth of the rotary shaft so that the sleeve is rotated with the rotary shaft, and such that the sleeve is axially reciprocable together with the first piston according to axial movements of the first piston; a synchronizer ring supported in sliding contact with an outer circumferential tapered surface of the clutch gear such that the synchronizer ring is rotatable relative to the clutch gear; and an actuator including a second piston to axially advance the first piston for thereby bringing the sleeve's internal teeth into meshing engagement with the clutch gear through the synchronizer ring. The first piston and second piston are disposed coaxially with the rotary shaft. |
| US10502269B2 |
Friction plate
For a friction plate, when a friction clutch is in a disengagement state, a lubricating oil flowing from an outer circumferential oil groove into an inner circumferential side and rides onto a first segment of a first friction material set. For the friction plate, the lubricating oil flowing from an inner circumferential oil groove into the outer circumferential side rides onto a third segment of a second friction material set. |
| US10502267B2 |
Decoupler as one-way clutch
A decoupler is provided that includes a pulley around which a belt is wound. A sprag limiter is fixed to an interior circumference of the pulley and has protrusions formed at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction on an interior circumference thereof. A sprag hub is disposed in the sprag limiter and has first apertures formed at predetermined intervals from an interior circumference to an exterior circumference thereof. A shaft hub is disposed in the sprag hub and has second apertures that are formed to correspond to the first apertures from an interior circumference to an exterior circumference thereof. Sprags having lower end portions are each inserted into the second apertures, central portions are each inserted into the first apertures, and upper end portions are in contact with the interior circumference of the sprag limiter, and allow the shaft hub to rotate in one direction based on the pulley movement. |
| US10502265B1 |
Transmission shaft and peripheral structure
A transmission shaft and peripheral structure comprises a first rotating shaft, a bearing, a first frame, a second rotating shaft, a second frame, a first gasket and a second gasket. The bearing is connected to the first rotating shaft. The first frame is connected to the bearing. The second rotating shaft is used for driving the first rotating shaft when the second rotating shaft rotates. The second frame is connected to the second rotating shaft. The first gasket is disposed under the bearing to cover the gap below the bearing. The second gasket is disposed above the bearing to cover the gap above the bearing. Silicone oil is filled between the first gasket and the bearing and between the second gasket and the bearing. |
| US10502260B2 |
Method for producing an inner ring for a tapered roller bearing, and tapered roller bearing having an inner ring
Tapered roller bearings and methods of producing the same are disclosed. One method is for producing an inner ring for a tapered roller bearing in which the inner ring comprises a raceway portion and a fixed edge portion. The method may include providing an inner ring blank and an unfinished fixed edge portion. The inner ring blank may include an unfinished raceway portion and the unfinished fixed edge portion may have a larger outside diameter than the unfinished raceway portion. The inner ring blank may have a through-opening. The inner ring blank may be formed into the inner ring by extrusion in a main forming step, the unfinished fixed edge portion being transformed into the fixed edge portion and the unfinished raceway portion being transformed into the raceway portion. The inner ring may be formed in its final contour without any cutting. |
| US10502257B2 |
Dust cover
A dust cover that allows a dust lip part thereof to offer sealing performance stably for a long period of time. A sealing part 130 includes an inner peripheral sealing part that can slide relative to an outer peripheral surface of a shaft part, and a dust lip part 132 that can slide relative to an end surface of a knuckle 400, wherein an annular protrusion 135 that protrudes radially outward is formed at an end of the sealing part 130 on the other end side, and at least one of inner and outer peripheral surfaces of the dust lip part 132 extends toward the other end side from recessed parts 132a and 132b of the sealing part 130 being recessed toward one end side with respect to an end surface 135a of the annular protrusion 135 on the other end side. |
| US10502255B2 |
Deformable screw assembly
A screw assembly includes a longitudinal component (10) having two opposite ends and a threaded part (12; 42; 66) so that it can be connected by screwing to one of two elements (34). An elastically deformable member (18, 20; 48; 82) is adapted to be borne, in the axially compressed state, between one or other of the two opposite ends of the longitudinal component (10) and the other of the two elements. The assembly has a retaining device (30; 54; 84) so as to be able to keep the elastically deformable member (18, 20; 48; 82) in compression and so as to be able to release the elastically deformable member in the compressed state between the other of the two elements (32) and the one or the other of the two opposite ends. |
| US10502249B2 |
Link connector
A link connector configured to connect a set of links together. The link connector has a body having an upper portion and a lower portion. A first blocking member is pivotably coupled to the upper portion of the body by a pin member. A second blocking member is pivotably coupled to the lower portion of the body by a pin member. The first and second blocking members are movable between an open position and a closed position such that when in the closed position the link connector forms an 8 shape. |
| US10502245B2 |
Actuator cooling flow limiter
A cooling flow circuit is provided and includes a main line having first and second sections ported to piston extend and return sides of the gas turbine engine actuator, respectively, an orifice disposed along the main line between the first and second sections, a bypass line and a bypass valve. The bypass line is fluidly coupled to the first and second sections at opposite ends thereof, respectively. The bypass valve is disposed along the bypass line between the opposite ends thereof. The bypass valve has a variable flow area which is responsive to a pressure differential between the first and second sections. |
| US10502241B2 |
Linear actuator
A linear actuator is disclosed. The linear actuator comprises a cylinder portion and a base portion. The cylinder portion comprises a housing defining internally a compression chamber for containing a fluid and comprising a piston assembly that can reciprocate within the compression chamber. The housing further defines a cylinder port in fluid communication with said compression chamber. The base portion defines a first base port and a second base port and a passage extending therebetween fluidly communicating the first base port with the second base port, and comprises valve means operable to control the flow of fluid through the second base port, in which the valve means is actuatable between an open condition in which the flow of fluid through the second base port is permitted, and a closed condition in which the flow of fluid through the second base port is substantially prevented. The cylinder portion is releasably engageable with the base portion such that the cylinder portion and the base portion may be arranged in an engaged condition in which engaged condition the cylinder port and the second base port are in fluid communication. |
| US10502240B2 |
Open center control valve
An example valve section includes: a housing having: (i) a longitudinal bore, (ii) a first and second workport passages configured to be fluidly coupled to an actuator, (iii) a first and second return passages, (iv) an open-center passage configured to be fluidly coupled to a source of fluid, and (v) a supply passage disposed between the first and second workport passages. The valve section also includes a spool movable in the longitudinal bore to shift between: (i) a neutral position that allows the open-center passage to permit fluid flow therethrough, and (ii) a shifted position that allows fluid to be diverted from the open-center passage to the supply passage, and connects the supply passage to either the first or second workport passage while connecting the other workport passage to a corresponding return passage of the first and second return passages. |
| US10502236B2 |
Blade for industrial axial fan and industrial axial fan comprising such blade
A blade for an industrial axial fan including an attachment and an airfoil having a longitudinal axis, the attachment connecting the airfoil to a hub, wherein the attachment has a stiffness and a stiffness distribution that allows the attachment to deform in a way to have at least an inflection point along the longitudinal axis during the operation of the axial fan. The attachment includes a first part for connection to the hub and a second part for connection to a proximal end of the airfoil. The blade further includes a weight fixed at a distal end of the airfoil. The attachment has a decreasing stiffness along its longitudinal direction from the first part to the second part so that during the operation of the axial fan, the attachment deforms and includes the inflection point to thereby induce the blade to vibrate according to a second vibrating mode. |
| US10502230B2 |
Integrally bladed rotor having double fillet
An integrally bladed rotor according to an example of the present disclosure includes a hub, and a plurality of rotor airfoils integrally formed with the hub, and extending radially outward from an outer platform of the hub. Each rotor airfoil has a main body that extends radially outward from a root to a tip. A first fillet has a first radius that provides a transition from the outer platform of the hub, and a second fillet situated adjacent to and radially outward of the first fillet, that provides a transition between the first fillet and the main body. The second fillet has a second radius that is less than the first radius. |
| US10502226B2 |
Centrifugal blower
A centrifugal blower is provided. The centrifugal blower includes a hub, a shaft, a motor, a plurality of blades, a rib, and a first fin. The shaft is connected to the hub. The motor rotates the shaft. Each blade includes a rib and a first fin. The rib is connected to the hub, wherein the rib extends from the hub to an end of the blade. The first fin is disposed on a first side of the rib and connected to the hub, wherein the first fin includes a first surface, the rib protrudes from the first surface, and the thickness of the first fin is less than the thickness of the rib. |
| US10502220B2 |
Method for improving turbine compressor performance
A method and device for retrofitting a gas turbine engine for improved hot day performance are disclosed. The method can include removing a first selected stator bladerow from the plurality of compressor stages, the first selected stator bladerow having a first inlet swirl angle and including a first plurality of fixed stator vanes. Each stator vane of the first plurality of fixed stator vanes can have a first stator vane angle. The method can also include providing a first improved stator bladerow to replace the first selected stator bladerow. The first improved stator bladerow can have a second plurality of fixed stator vanes, each having a second stator vane angle smaller than the first stator vane angle. The method can also include replacing the first selected stator bladerow with the first improved stator bladerow to produce an increased pressure ratio and flow rate compared to the first selected stator bladerow. |
| US10502218B2 |
Air pump control system and method
An air pump control system includes an air pump for inflating or deflating an inflatable body; a switching driving device connected to the air pump for driving the switching between two or more air passages; and an air pressure sensor for detecting an internal air pressure value of the inflatable body, and sending an internal pressure signal to a central control unit, which is connected to the air pump, the switching driving device, and the air pressure sensor. The central control unit sends a driving signal to the switching driving device to activate the switching between the air passages, and sends an activation or deactivation signal to the air pump according to the detected internal air pressure value and a pre-set inflating air pressure value, to control the activation or deactivation of the air pump. An air pump control method adapted to the above air pump control system is provided. |
| US10502215B2 |
Blower assembly kit, device kit and associated method
A blower assembly kit for fabricating a plurality of blower assemblies is provided. A first of the plurality of blower assemblies is configured for use with a first motor having a rotor and a second of the plurality of blower assemblies is configured for use with a second motor having a shaft. The kit includes a body having a member for generating air flow, a first adapter having a first connection for connecting the first adapter to the body and a second connection for connecting the first adapter to the rotor of the first motor, and having a second adapter having a first connection connecting the second adapter to the body and a second connection connecting the second adapter to the shaft of the second motor. The body and the first adapter provide the first blower assembly and the body and the second adapter provide the second blower assembly. |
| US10502211B2 |
Scroll-type compressor having injection passage part to establish communication between an external injection pipe and compression chamber, and relief mechanism to establish communication between compression chamber and back pressure chamber
A scroll-type compressor includes a compression-chamber-forming member, a housing, an injection passage part, and a relief mechanism. The compression-chamber-forming member forms a compression chamber and has a movable scroll and a fixed scroll. The housing forms a back pressure chamber. Refrigerant to apply back pressure to the compression-chamber-forming member is accumulated in the back pressure chamber. The injection passage part is linked to the compression chamber. The relief mechanism is configured to establish a communication between the compression chamber and the back pressure chamber communicating when injection pressure of the refrigerant flowing from the injection passage part into the compression chamber is higher than the pressure in the back pressure chamber. |
| US10502209B2 |
Scroll compressor and air conditioning apparatus including the same
A scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll and a movable scroll. The fixed scroll has a spiral fixed-side wrap positioned upright on a surface of a fixed-side plate. The movable scroll is orbitably disposed to face the fixed scroll. The movable scroll has a spiral movable-side wrap positioned upright on a surface of a movable-side plate, with the movable-side wrap being configured to mesh with the fixed-side wrap. A side clearance is formed between a side surface of the fixed-side wrap and a side surface of the movable-side wrap so as to increase from an outer peripheral side toward an inner peripheral side of each of the wraps. |
| US10502208B2 |
Magnetically engaged pump
A magnetically engaged pump includes a pump housing with a rotatable magnetic drive assembly, a cylindrical canister and a rotatable driven magnet assembly. This magnetic coupling is associated with a pump rotor and a laterally positioned gear wheel to define a gear pump. This magnetic coupling is alternatively associated with a pump rotor with an impeller to define a centrifugal pump. Either pump includes a stationary shaft to mount the driven magnet assembly and pump rotor. A rotatable carrier with bushings and thrust bushings coaxially supports the rotatable driven magnet assembly and pump rotor. |
| US10502207B2 |
Gasketless high pressure connection
A sealing system for a high pressure pump operable above 15,000 psi includes a first engagement face formed as part of the vessel and defining an opening into the vessel bore, the first engagement face having a concave cross-section. A seal member is at least partially received within the bore and defines a second engagement face, the second engagement face having a convex cross-section. A retaining member is coupled to the seal member and is operable to move the seal member from an initial contact position with the vessel to a sealing contact position, wherein the first engagement face and the second engagement face define a first contact angle with respect to the axis in the initial contact position and a second contact angle that is greater than the first contact angle in the sealing position. |
| US10502206B2 |
Pump rod and driving link with side-load reducing configuration
A pump rod has a head extending from a neck, and the head is received within a drive slot of a drive link. The head includes a projection, and has an area smaller than an area of the head. The projection contacts an inner surface of the drive slot. The drive link may include a projection aligned with a centerline of the drive link. The drive link projection contacts a head of the pump rod. The projections provide a reduced contact area between the pump rod and the drive link, thereby reducing any side-loading on the pump rod and increasing a lifespan of the wear parts. |
| US10502203B2 |
Speed control
A pumping system for an aquatic application includes a motor to be coupled to a pump and a controller in communication with the motor. The controller is configured to determine a speed of the motor, determine a current performance value of the pumping system, compare the current performance value to a referenced performance value, determine an adjustment value based upon the comparison of the reference and current performance values, and adjust a speed of the motor based on the adjustment value. |
| US10502199B2 |
Systems and methods for supplying reduced pressure using a disc pump with electrostatic actuation
A disc pump includes a pump body having a cavity for containing a fluid. The disc pump also includes an actuator adapted to hold an electrostatic charge to cause an oscillatory motion at a drive frequency. The disc pump further includes a conductive plate positioned to face the actuator outside of the cavity and adapted to provide an electric field of reversible polarity, the conductive plate being electrically associated with the actuator to cause the actuator to oscillate at the drive frequency in response to reversing the polarity of the electric field. The disc pump further includes a valve disposed in at least one of a first aperture and a second aperture in the pump body. The oscillation of the actuator at the drive frequency causes fluid flow through the first aperture and the second aperture when in use. |
| US10502191B2 |
Transport frame for a wind turbine blade
Transport frame and method; the transport frame having a longitudinal, lateral and upright extent, and configured for transporting a root end of a longitudinally extending wind turbine blade having a root face with protruding stud-bolts, said frame comprising a root saddle, said frame further comprising a releasable interface clamp configured for fixing a said blade root in said frame, said interface clamp extending from a forward nose through a rear hinge point in said root frame and, said interface clamp comprising a body with a forward abutment surface and a bearing surface rearward of said abutment surface, said body being hingedly movable into or out of engagement with one or more stud bolts protruding from the root face of a blade when positioned in said saddle, said interface clamp having a retracted position with its body away from said blade root face and away from said protruding stud-bolts, said interface clamp having an engagement position in which its said bearing surface extends transverse and adjacent to one or more said stud-bolts such that a tightening force applied to a said bearing surface pushes said abutment surface against said root face. |
| US10502186B2 |
Methods and apparatus for controlling wind turbines
Methods and systems for controlling a wind turbine in a manner that takes into account the degree of loading of and damage to one or more components of the turbine are provided. An operational load on a wind turbine part is determined, and is used to compute a damage signal. The damage signal is indicative of the potential damage to the component or to the turbine as a whole that will result if action is not taken to reduce or mitigate the determined load. When the damage signal exceeds a pre-determined threshold, load-reducing wind turbine control means are activated to obviate the estimated damage. |
| US10502183B2 |
Wind turbine
A wind turbine includes a rotation axis suited to be positioned in space in any way and N blades indirectly constrained to the axis through one or more radial arms that are integral with the axis, wherein the blades can translate in a radial direction with respect to the axis during the rotation of the blades. |
| US10502182B2 |
Wind turbine
A wind turbine including a plurality of substantially similar vertically extending blades with a semi-circular profile, wherein each of such blades is divided into two adjacent compartments; an upper plate; a lower plate; and an electric generator with a gear box. The wind turbine may also include a braking mechanism to control the rotational speed of the blades such that the produced electrical parameters are below the rated characteristics of the electric generator. |
| US10502181B2 |
Bonded window cover with joint assembly for a wind turbine rotor blade
A bonded window cover for an access window of a rotor blade assembly having a unique joint assembly is provided. For example, for rotor blade assembly having blade inserts that form access windows with the rotor blade segments, the laminated in window covers are replaced with bonded windows. More specifically, the bonded-in window covers are bonded in with a window frame lap joint, which allows the transition from two sets of inner skin layers (bonded onto one another) to one set of inner skin layers. Without this transition, the leading edge would have an undesirable bump or protrusion as well as waves in the skin layers. |
| US10502170B2 |
Fuel injector
A mobile valve member designed to be arranged in the nozzle body of a fuel injector, extends along a main axis and includes a piston formed of a first male cylinder of effective diameter forming the top end of the mobile member and of a second cylinder provided with an internal cylindrical bore of the effective diameter and a shutoff member including a male cylindrical shaft of the effective diameter that fits slidingly in the internal bore, and of a member extending as far as a pointed end provided with a mobile seat and forming the bottom end of the mobile member. The mobile member is hydraulically balanced and the length between the top end and the bottom end thereof is variable as a result of the sliding of the cylindrical shaft in the internal bore of the piston. |
| US10502168B2 |
Gasoline vaporization system and methods for an internal combustion engine
The present invention provides a novel apparatus and method for the gasification of liquid petroleum fuel (gasoline), that has been atomized and emulsified with atmospheric air, by implementing a multi-Stage Heat Exchanger System. |
| US10502163B2 |
Geared turbofan arrangement with core split power ratio
A gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan section, and a compressor section including at least a first compressor section and a second compressor section. A power ratio is provided by the combination of the first compressor section and the second compressor section. A method of design a gas turbine engine is also disclosed. |
| US10502161B2 |
Cascade system and apparatus
A thrust reverser system may comprise a cascade radially positioned about a centerline of an engine or a nacelle centerline. Various cascade features may be positioned at a constant radius from the centerline while other features vary according to station and/or circumferential position. |
| US10502158B2 |
Piston for a reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine
The present disclosure relates to a piston for a reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine, comprising a piston head and a piston barrel, wherein the piston head has an encircling ring belt with at least one ring groove for a piston ring and has, in the region of the ring belt, an encircling cooling duct. The cooling duct extends from the ring belt as far as a wall of the piston barrel in order to increase an oil film temperature of the oil film in the cylinder liner between the piston barrel and cylinder and to thereby reduce the piston barrel friction. |
| US10502156B2 |
Engine controller based on atmospheric pressure
An engine includes a fuel injector, an atmospheric pressure sensor, and an engine controller coupled to the fuel injector. The atmospheric pressure sensor detects the atmospheric pressure. The engine controller includes a first control device and a second control device. The first control device is configured to determine whether the engine is in a steady state or a transient state. The second control device is configured to calculate a fuel injection timing in the steady state, a the fuel injection timing in the transient state, and an atmospheric pressure correction process for correcting the fuel injection timing on the basis of the atmospheric pressure. The atmospheric correction process is performed only in the steady state to avoid redundancy. The engine controller outputs a final injection timing to the fuel injector as a result of the calculated fuel injection timing and the calculated atmospheric correction process. |
| US10502153B2 |
Method for engine braking a vehicle having a continuously variable transmission
A method for controlling an engine of a vehicle going downhill with a throttle operator in an idle position, and a driven pulley of a CVT initially having a driven pulley speed below a predetermined driven pulley speed, includes: determining a first speed, the first speed being proportional to the driven pulley speed; as the driven pulley speed increases and the driven pulley speed is below the predetermined driven pulley speed, increasing an actual engine speed as the driven pulley speed increases; the actual engine speed being an engagement speed when the driven pulley speed is the predetermined driven pulley speed; and as the driven pulley speed continues to increase and the driven pulley speed is above the predetermined driven pulley speed: controlling the engine to operate under conditions corresponding to an engine braking speed thereby causing engine braking, the engine braking speed being less than the actual engine speed. |
| US10502148B2 |
Internal combustion engine system and control method for internal combustion engine
An electronic control unit is configured to select a first cam as a driving cam of an intake valve in a first operation range where a target value of an EGR rate is set to a specified EGR rate, and is configured to select a second cam as the driving cam in a second operation range smaller in valve duration and lift amount than the first cam. Accordingly, in most of the operation regions, the first cam is selected, and the second cam is selected only in a high-torque and high-speed region. When the second cam is selected in the high-torque and high-speed region, the state where an actual compression ratio is high can be eliminated, and suction efficiency can be decreased. Therefore, decrease in a knocking limit can be suppressed. |
| US10502145B2 |
Integrated fuel and bleed system control architecture
A fuel and bleed controller is provided. The fuel and bleed controller includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores program instructions thereon. The program instructions are executable by the processor to cause the fuel and bleed controller to send status requests to systems of the aircraft. The systems comprise a bleed system and bleed user controllers. The program instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the fuel and bleed controller to receive status responses from the systems of the aircraft and determine fuel requirements based on the status responses in advance of operational needs by the systems of the aircraft. The program instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the fuel and bleed controller to control engines of the aircraft based on the fuel requirements. |
| US10502139B2 |
Method of starting a gas turbine engine including a cooling phase
A method of starting a gas turbine engine having a rotor comprising at least a shaft-mounted compressor and turbine, with a casing surrounding the rotor includes an acceleration phase, a bowed-rotor cooling phase, during the acceleration, and a combustion phase. The bowed-rotor cooling phase comprises a time where the rotational speed of the rotor is maintained below a bowed-rotor threshold speed until a non-bowed condition is satisfied, wherein the air forced through the gas turbine engine cools the rotor. The combustion phase occurs after the bowed-rotor cooling phase and upon reaching the combustion speed, wherein fuel is supplied to the gas turbine engine. |
| US10502137B2 |
Gas turbine with a valve cooling system
The present application provides a gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine may include a compressor air extraction system with a number of valves, an exhaust frame cooling system with an exhaust frame blower, and a turbine valve cooling system with one or more valve protection boxes surrounding one or more of the valves. The valve protection boxes may be in communication with a flow of air from the exhaust frame blower. |
| US10502133B2 |
Fastener cover for flowpath fasteners
A fastener cover assembly is disclosed. The cover assembly includes a turbomachinery component having an outer surface exposed to an air flow path; at least one recess formed in the outer surface; a fastener contained in the at least one recess; and a fastener cover secured in the at least one recess, the cover having an outer surface substantially flush with the outer surface of the component to minimize air flow disruption. |
| US10502131B2 |
Wave rotor with piston assembly
A wave rotor includes an inlet plate, an outlet plate, and a rotor drum positioned therebetween. The inlet plate is formed to include an inlet port arranged to receive gasses. The outlet plate is formed to include an outlet port arranged to receive the gasses flowing out of the wave rotor. The rotor drum is arranged to rotate relative to the inlet and outlet plates. A piston assembly is used to counteract forces from pressure built up in the rotor drum. |
| US10502130B2 |
Composite thermal barrier coating
A composite thermal barrier coating (TBC) may be applied to a surface of components within an internal combustion engine. The composite TBC provides low thermal conductivity and low heat capacity insulation that is sealed against combustion gasses. The composite TBC includes three layers, bonded to one another, i.e., a first (bonding) layer, a second (insulating) layer, and a third (sealing) layer. The insulating layer is disposed between the bonding layer and the sealing layer. The bonding layer is bonded to the component and to the insulating layer. The insulating layer includes hollow microspheres that are sintered together to form insulation that provides a low effective thermal conductivity and low effective heat capacity. The sealing layer is a thin film that is configured to resist the high temperatures, present within the engine. The sealing layer is impermeable to gasses and presents a smooth surface. |
| US10502129B2 |
Double-crankshaft engine
A dual-crankshaft engine includes a piston and two crankshafts constituting a double-crank mechanism, and further includes a cylindrical block. The cylindrical block includes a cylinder portion and a crankshaft support portion. A lower end of the piston is a piston guiding rod. A piston rod guiding groove is provided in the cylindrical block. A lower end of the piston is opened, and provided with a piston end cover. The piston end cover and the piston guiding rod are detachably and fixedly connected. The piston is a non-skirted piston where the piston sealing end is separated from the piston guiding end. The piston sealing end is the piston head of the piston. The piston guiding end is the piston guiding rod and the piston rod guiding groove. The piston is designed to be equi-stress, which increases the strength. |
| US10502127B2 |
Rotary engine
The present disclosure relates to a rotary engine which includes a cylinder having a gas inlet and a gas outlet, two rotors which are mounted inside the cylinder and can rotate freely, pistons fixed on the rotors, an ignition device provided on an inner wall of the cylinder and a planetary conical gear differential located outside the cylinder. The planetary conical gear differential includes a first sun gear and a second sun gear. The first rotor and the second rotor are superposed concentrically, the first rotor is connected to the first sun gear through a spindle, and the first rotor and the second rotor are connected to the planetary conical gear differential on a same side of the planetary conical gear differential. The cylinder is a circular ring body. The pistons are in circular motion along with the rotors. A differential rotary engine capable of rotating normally is provided. |
| US10502118B2 |
Exhaust heat recovery device
An exhaust heat recovery device includes: a first pipe through which exhaust gas from an engine flows; a second pipe that communicates with the first pipe and bypasses the first pipe; a heat recovery unit that is disposed at an interior of the second pipe, and that exchanges heat between the exhaust gas and cooling water that circulates at an interior of the heat recovery unit, and that recovers heat of the exhaust gas; and a heat transfer suppressing mechanism that is provided at a portion connecting the first pipe with the second pipe, and that suppresses transfer of heat from the first pipe to the second pipe. |
| US10502117B2 |
Heat storage system
A heat storage system has a heat source that generates heat and releases the heat to a first heat medium and a heat storage body that stores heat. The heat storage body changes to a first phase in a solid state when a temperature of the heat storage body is lower than or equal to a phase transition temperature, and changes to a second phase in a solid state when a temperature of the heat storage body exceeds the phase transition temperature. The heat storage body stores or releases heat due to a phase transition between the first phase and the second phase. A mode of operation of the heat storage body is switchable between a heat storage mode in which the heat storage body stores heat of the first heat medium and a heat release mode in which the heat storage body releases the heat stored in the heat storage body to a heat transfer target. |
| US10502112B2 |
Injector for reductant delivery unit having fluid volume reduction assembly
A fluid injector, including a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and a fluid path from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet; a tube having an end at the fluid inlet; a filter disposed in the tube proximal to the fluid inlet; and a volume reduction member disposed in the tube downstream of the filter, contacting an inner surface of the tube and including a through-bore defining at least a portion of the fluid path, the bore having a smaller diameter than an inner diameter of the tube and the volume reduction member occupying a volume in the tube such that the volume reduction member reduces an amount of space for fluid in the fluid injector. A cap member, in which the filter is disposed, engages with the volume reduction member such that the filter, the volume reduction member and the cap form a single assembly member. |
| US10502111B2 |
Exhaust system for an internal combustion engine and method for operating an exhaust system
An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, especially for a vehicle, includes an exhaust gas-carrying pipe (12) and a reactant release unit (14) for releasing reactant (R) into exhaust gas (A) flowing in the exhaust gas-carrying pipe (12). The reactant release unit (14) includes a reactant injection unit (20), a reactant delivery unit (18) delivering reactant (R) from a reactant reservoir to the reactant injection unit (20) and a heating unit (24) for heating reactant (R) being delivered to the reactant injection unit (20). The heating unit (24) includes an exhaust gas/reactant heat exchanger unit (26) for transferring heat, being transported in the exhaust gas (A), to the reactant (R). |
| US10502109B2 |
Ammonia generation from engine exhaust at ambient conditions using water-gas shift and ammonia synthesis catalysts
Systems and methods described herein relate to generating ammonia from engine exhaust instead of or in addition to using on-board storage tank(s) and/or doser(s) to provide the necessary chemical reagents for purification of the exhaust stream. Systems and methods for generating ammonia and/or hydrogen from engine exhaust in exhaust aftertreatment systems under ambient conditions comprise at least one water-gas shift (WGS) catalyst and at least one ammonia synthesis catalyst (AMS catalyst) positioned downstream of the WGS catalyst. The WGS catalyst is configured, using the engine exhaust gas as an input, to generate hydrogen used by the AMS catalyst as inputs to generate ammonia and/or hydrogen. The ammonia and/or hydrogen thus generated are used downstream in ammonia- and/or hydrogen-based selective catalytic reduction catalysts (SCR). |
| US10502102B1 |
Actuation arrangement for a switchable lever
A switchable lever is provided that includes an outer lever, an inner lever pivotably mounted to the outer lever, and a lash adjustable coupling assembly capable of selectively locking the inner lever to the outer lever. The lash adjustable coupling assembly includes an inner rod and an outer cylinder configured to adjustably receive the inner rod. The inner rod can be formed with external threads and the outer cylinder can be formed with internal threads. A lash adjustment spring can be arranged to outwardly urge the inner rod with respect to the outer rod to adjust lash within a switchable lever system. |
| US10502099B2 |
System and method for free-piston power generation based on thermal differences
An apparatus includes a generator configured to generate electrical power. The apparatus also includes first and second tanks each configured to receive and store a refrigerant under pressure. The apparatus further includes a first piston assembly having a first piston that divides a volume within the first piston assembly into first and second spaces each configured to receive refrigerant from at least one of the tanks. In addition, the apparatus includes a second piston assembly having a second piston coupled to the first piston. The generator is configured to generate the electrical power based on movement of at least one of the first and second pistons. During use, flows of the refrigerant between the tanks and the spaces can be created based on a pressure differential, such as a pressure differential created by a temperature difference between the tanks. |
| US10502097B2 |
Hydraulic line routing plate
A routing plate assembly is provided and includes a gearbox having an aft surface, first and second hydraulic components, a routing plate comprising a forward side affixable to the aft surface of the gearbox, an aft side to which the first and second hydraulic components are affixable and a body. The body is formed to define interfacial pathways by which the gearbox and the first and second hydraulic components are communicative. |
| US10502093B2 |
Turbine shroud cooling
A turbine shroud segment has a body extending axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge and circumferentially between a first and a second lateral edge. A core cavity is defined in the body and extends axially from a front end adjacent the leading edge to a rear end adjacent to the trailing edge. A plurality of cooling inlets and outlets are respectively provided along the front end and the rear end of the core cavity. A crossover wall extends across the core cavity and defines a row of crossover holes configured to accelerate the flow of coolant directed into the core cavity via the cooling inlets. The crossover wall is positioned to accelerate the coolant flow at the beginning of the cooling scheme where the shroud segment is the most thermally solicited. |
| US10502091B2 |
Sync ring assembly and associated clevis including a rib
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a sync ring assembly associated with an engine, comprising: a sync ring, and a clevis coupled to the sync ring, where the clevis includes a rib that resists a deflection of the sync ring assembly when the engine is operated, and where the clevis is made of titanium. |
| US10502090B2 |
Borescope plug
A borescope plug for a gas turbine engine includes a base attachable to a case and defining a base cavity, a shank having a base engagement element at a first end of the shank, and a plug member located at a second end of the shank, the plug member configured to plug a borescope aperture in a borescope vane cluster. The base engagement element fits within the base cavity such that the base moveably retains the base engagement element and wherein the base engagement element can move within the base cavity. |
| US10502088B2 |
Mechanism for driving members for adjusting the orientation of blades
A drive mechanism (10) for driving a first adjustment member (12) for adjusting the orientation of the blades (14) of a first turbomachine rectifier stage (16) and a second adjustment member (18) for adjusting the orientation of the blades (20) of a second turbomachine rectifier stage (22), which comprises a mechanism for simultaneously moving the two adjustment members (12, 18) in the turbomachine, characterised in that it comprises a single drive wheel (24) that simultaneously drives the first adjustment member (12) and the second adjustment member (18) and comprises two gear stages (26, 28) that are arranged between the drive wheel (24) and one or the other of the first adjustment member (12) and the second adjustment member (18) and that have different transmission ratios. |
| US10502082B2 |
Turbine ring assembly
A turbine ring assembly includes both a plurality of CMC ring sectors forming a turbine ring and a ring support structure, each ring sector having a portion forming an annular base that presents an outside face in the radial direction of the turbine ring, with first and second attachment tabs projecting therefrom in the radial direction, each attachment tab presenting an end that is free, each ring sector having third and fourth attachment tabs, each extending in the axial direction of the turbine ring between the free end of the first attachment tab and the free end of the second attachment tab. Each ring sector is fastened to the ring support structure by a bolt having a bolt head bearing against the ring support structure and a thread co-operating with tapping formed in a plate, the plate co-operating with the third and fourth attachment tabs. |
| US10502079B2 |
Hinged seal using wire mesh
A seal segment includes a flapper seal, a wire mesh acting as a hinge for the flapper seal, and a spring. The flapper seal has a first surface and a second surface. The wire mesh includes a first section connected to the first surface of the flapper seal and a second section connected to the first section. The spring includes a first end that is in contact with the first section of the wire mesh to apply pressure to the first surface of the flapper seal and a second end adjacent the second section of the wire mesh. |
| US10502072B2 |
Compartmentalization of cooling air flow in a structure comprising a CMC component
A structure in a gas turbine engine comprises a spar and a CMC component adjoining the spar and separated from the spar by a cavity supplied by cooling air. At least one rope seal is installed in the cavity within a groove made in the spar to thus compartmentalize the cavity and control the flow of cooling air. |
| US10502069B2 |
Turbomachine rotor blade
A rotor blade includes an airfoil defining at least one cooling passage and a camber line extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge. The rotor blade further includes a tip shroud coupled to the airfoil, the tip shroud and the airfoil defining a core fluidly coupled to the at least one cooling passage, the core including a plurality of outlet apertures, each of the plurality of outlet apertures including an opening defined in an exterior surface of the tip shroud. A first outlet aperture is oriented to exhaust cooling fluid through the opening thereof in a direction that is between 15 degrees from parallel to and parallel to the camber line at the trailing edge. A second outlet aperture is oriented to exhaust cooling fluid through the opening thereof in a direction that is greater than 15 degrees from parallel to the camber line at the trailing edge. |
| US10502062B2 |
Integrally bladed rotor having axial arm and pocket
An integrally bladed rotor includes a monolithic rotor body that has a bore portion, a rim, and a web that joins the bore portion and the rim. A plurality of blades extends outwardly from the rim. An arm that extends axially off of the rim, and there is a pocket on a radially inner side of the arm. |
| US10502049B2 |
Fracture characterisation
This application relates to methods and apparatus for monitoring hydraulic fracturing in well formation and fracture characterization using distributed acoustic sensing (DAS). The method involves interrogating an optic fiber arranged down the path of a borehole to provide a distributed acoustic sensor and also monitoring flow properties of fracturing liquid pumped into the well where the acoustic data from the distributed acoustic sensor is processed together with the flow properties data to provide an indication of at least one fracture characteristic. |
| US10502048B2 |
Casing collar locator
A casing collar locator including a housing having a first end, a second end, and a passage extending between the first end and the second end, a first cylindrical member having a passage extending therethrough and coupled to the first end of the housing, and a second cylindrical member having a passage extending therethrough and coupled to the second end of the housing, and a coil assembly disposed in the passage of the housing and configured to produce an electrical signal in response to a change in a magnetic field, wherein the coil assembly comprises an annular magnet having a diameter greater than an axial width of the annular magnet. |
| US10502046B2 |
Sensor standoff
A downhole tool operable for conveyance within a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation, and for obtaining one or more measurements of the subterranean formation, wherein the downhole tool comprises a sensor, a pressure housing containing the sensor and mounted on an external surface of the downhole tool, and a sliding stabilizer covering the pressure housing. |
| US10502045B2 |
Monitoring substances in a well annulus
A system can include a current source electrically connected to casing in a wellbore, and a sensor including a monitoring electrode, a potential difference between the casing and the electrode resulting from current applied by the current source, and the potential difference indicating an impedance of a substance in an annulus external to the casing. A method can include positioning sensors spaced apart along a casing in a wellbore, each of the sensors including an electrode in electrical contact with a substance in an annulus, inducing current in the casing, and measuring a potential difference between the casing and the electrode at each sensor. Another system can include a current source, the current source being electrically connected to casing in a wellbore, and a sensor including a monitoring electrode and an electro-optical transducer that converts a potential difference between the casing and the electrode into strain in an optical waveguide. |
| US10502044B2 |
Multistage processing and inversion of corrosion detection tools
Systems and methods for detection of downhole tubulars. A method may include disposing a corrosion detection tool in a plurality of concentric pipes, wherein the corrosion detection tool comprises a transmitter and a plurality of receivers; measuring a signal to provide a measured response; calibrating a log, wherein the calibrating comprises matching a nominal value of the measured response to a synthetic response to provide calibrated measurements; running a first inversion, wherein the first inversion comprises a first subset of the calibrated measurements that are used to compute a first estimate of properties of each of the concentric pipes; identifying pipes with an estimated thickness change from a nominal thickness to provide identified concentric pipes; selecting an innermost concentric pipe from the identified concentric pipes for computing an impulse response for deconvolution for improving vertical resolution of the measured response; applying deconvolution to a second subset of the calibrated measurements to provide calibrated and deconvolved measurements; and running a second inversion on the second subset of calibrated and deconvolved measurements, wherein the second inversion comprises at least one property of the plurality of concentric pipes. |
| US10502030B2 |
Gravel pack system with alternate flow path and method
A gravel pack system includes a first tubular having a longitudinal axis and a first wall permitting radial fluidic movement, a second tubular surrounding the first tubular, the second tubular having a second wall permitting radial fluidic movement, and an open channel forming an alternate flow path and configured to flow slurry along the flow path relative to the longitudinal axis of the first tubular during a gravel pack operation, at least one side of the channel formed by a portion of at least one of the first and second walls. Fluidic communication between the channel and the first tubular in a radial direction is at least substantially blocked during the gravel pack operation. |
| US10502027B2 |
Oil field tubular and an internal sleeve for use therewith, and a method of deactivating a float valve within the oil field tubular
An oil field tubular for use as part of a well string, includes a hollow tube that forms a passage, each end of the tube configured for connection to the end of an adjacent string section to form a continuous string; a flapper, integrally connected within the hollow tube so that the flapper can move between an open position where the flapper allows fluids to pass through the hollow tube and a closed position where the flapper closes the passage and prevents passage of fluids therethrough, the flapper spaced away from the end connections of the hollow tube, the hollow tube further including a recess formed into part of the side wall, the flapper and tube configured so that in the open position the flapper locates into the recess. |
| US10502024B2 |
Systems and techniques for controlling and monitoring downhole operations in a well
An apparatus and method for using a pressure-powered tool to perform a downhole operation in a well determine the operating condition of the tool based on indications of pressure in a region associated with the tool. If the pressure indications are indicative of an undesired operating condition, corrective action is taken, such as mechanically shifting the tool or rupturing the rupture disc of an electric rupture disc (ERD) system to shift the tool to a desired operating condition. |
| US10502023B2 |
Valve arrangement, system and method
A valve arrangement including a housing having a port, a closure member defining a bore, the bore being of a smaller flow area than an adjoining flow area to produce a lower pressure in flowing fluid therein than pressure in fluid flowing in the adjoining flow area, the closure member being disposed within the housing and movable between a closed position and an open position, a volume defined between the closure member and the housing, an opening in the closure member extending from the volume to the bore of the closure member to convey fluid pressure generated in the bore of the closure member to the volume thereby creating a lower pressure in the volume thereby biasing the closure member into a closed position. |
| US10502021B2 |
Valve removal plug assembly
A system includes a first valve removal (VR) plug, a VR plug housing, and a second VR plug. The first VR plug includes a sensor configured to sense a characteristic of a first volume adjacent to the first VR plug and to wirelessly transmit a signal indicative of the sensed characteristic, wherein the first VR plug is configured to form a first seal with a flange of a mineral extraction component. The VR plug housing includes a first flange configured to be disposed about the VR plug and to couple to the flange of the mineral extraction component, a second VR plug recess comprising an interior threaded surface, and a second flange disposed about the second VR plug recess. The second VR plug includes a threaded exterior surface configured to engage with the threaded interior surface of the second VR plug recess to form a second seal between the second VR plug and the VR plug housing. |
| US10502020B2 |
System and method for the detection and transmission of downhole fluid status
Systems and methods for signaling the detection of a fluid change in a wellbore can be used during wellbore operations, such as cementing a casing in the wellbore. The systems and methods involve using burst discs to provide a pressure pulse that can be detected uphole and there by provide a signal related to when a fluid change has reached a predetermined position in the wellbore. The burst discs can be activated to prevent fluid flow in a portion of the wellbore by a sensor that detects a property that is different between two fluids. Once activated, the pressure of the fluid on the burst discs subsequently ruptures the burst disc and creates the pressure pulse. |
| US10502012B2 |
Push to release c-ring slip retention system
An improved c-ring slip retention system and method for extraction of the c-ring slip are provided. The c-ring slip retention system may use a lip portion of a retention sleeve to hold the c-ring slip against a liner hanger body. The c-ring slip may have a multi-load shoulder profile that interfaces directly with a complementary profile formed in the liner hanger body. The disclosed retention system prevents the c-ring slip from being prematurely extracted from a liner hanger body while the liner hanger is lowered through a borehole. The c-ring slip retention system may include a first retention mechanism and a second retention mechanism used to secure the retention sleeve to the liner hanger body. A single actuation of at least one setting segment in an axial direction may disengage both retention mechanisms, move the retention sleeve axially relative to the liner hanger body, and extract the c-ring slip. |
| US10502009B2 |
Smart selective drilling fluid system
A drilling fluid system and associated method for supplying drilling mud to a drilling operation includes a plurality of first sensors associated with a first mud pit, configured to measure a plurality of properties of the drilling mud in the first mud pit, a plurality of second sensors associated with a second mud pit, configured to measure the plurality of properties of the drilling mud in the second mud pit, and a control unit configured to receive measurements from the plurality of first sensors and the plurality of second sensors, determine which of the mud pits comprises drilling mud with a desired plurality of properties, and cause to operate a first valve associated with the first mud pit or a second valve associated with the second mud pit for selecting drilling mud from the first mud pit or the second mud pit based on the determination. |
| US10502007B2 |
Composite centralizer blade
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a centralizer for aligning a tubular in a wellbore includes a stepped centralizer feature. The stepped centralizer feature includes a composite material with a stepped profile. That is, the stepped centralizer feature includes a first layer of the composite material having a convex rounded side for interfacing with the tubular, and a second layer of the composite material extending from the first layer. The first layer is wider than the second layer. The stepped centralizer feature may be a centralizer blade bonded to an outer surface of the tubular, or a stop collar used to hold a centralizer spring in place on the tubular. The stepped centralizer feature helps to distribute stress through the centralizer feature so that the centralizer feature does not crack or de-bond from the tubular in low temperature, high pressure environments. |
| US10502000B2 |
Reamer cutting insert for use in drilling operations
The invention relates to reamers used in downhole oil well drilling operations, particularly in reaming while drilling applications. Presented is a reamer having an interior channel which runs along an elongate axis of the entire body of the reamer, wherein there are openings along both ends of the reamer, exposing the interior channel. Additionally presented in the reamer are a plurality of paths extending parallel to the interior channel along the exterior of the body of the reamer, and running in a helical pattern along the entirety of the exterior of the body of the reamer. Disposed within the helical paths are a plurality of cutting inserts, which cutting inserts are enabled to provides a uniform cutting surface against a well bore, which preferably improves cutting action and reduces strain on the reamer. |
| US10501999B2 |
Securing mechanism for a drilling element on a downhole drilling tool
A downhole drilling tool is disclosed. The downhole drilling tool may include a drill bit having a bit body, a blade disposed on an exterior portion of the bit body, the blade including a pocket and a pocket groove adjoining the pocket. The drill bit may also have a drilling element located in the pocket, the drilling element including a drilling-element groove at least partially aligned with the pocket groove. In addition, the drill bit may have a locking element extending through a combined space inside the pocket groove and the drilling-element groove. |
| US10501993B2 |
Drilling and operating sigmoid-shaped wells
Provided are systems and methods for drilling a horizontally-oriented well having a sigmoid-shaped wellbore including an upper sigmoid portion having a downward curving wellbore trajectory and a lower sigmoid portion having an upward curving wellbore trajectory. The upper sigmoid portion having a first trajectory having a generally horizontal gradient at an entry point of the wellbore and that increases in downward gradient to a vertical gradient at an inflection point. The lower sigmoid portion having a second trajectory that includes the vertical gradient at the inflection point and that decreases in downward gradient to a generally horizontal gradient at a horizontal transition point of the wellbore. |
| US10501991B2 |
Multi-axial position adjustable ladder support assembly affixed to an elevated mounting location
An assembly adapted to being affixed to an elevated location in order to provide a ladder support surface. The assembly includes an anchoring base subassembly, an elongated arm extending from the subassembly and a head mounted to an end of the arm and including an elongated crosswise member adapted to support an upper location of a ladder. Additional features include at least one pivot axis established between the base subassembly and the arm and at least one additional pivot axis between the arm and the head. The base subassembly further includes a fixed mounting portion and a pivotally adjusted outer portion. The fixed mounting portion further includes a wall mount plate from which extends a pair of radial support plates, between which is received a pivotally supporting location of the outer portion to define a first of the at least one pivot axis. |
| US10501986B2 |
Curtain reel structure for assembling blind cord rapidly
A curtain reel structure for assembling a blind cord rapidly is disclosed herein. It mainly comprises a winding spool, a reel seat on which the winding spool is assembled, a first positioning device disposed between the winding spool and the reel seat and having a first chamber and a first sliding seat inserted into the first chamber, wherein the first sliding seat is provided with a first accommodating slot for accommodating the blind cord, and a second positioning device disposed between the winding spool and the reel seat and having a second chamber and a second sliding seat inserted into the second chamber, wherein the second sliding seat is provided with a second accommodating slot for accommodating the blind cord. |
| US10501984B2 |
Overhead closure with tube and hook end lock
A closure locking design is presented that is more resistant to a displacement/dislodgement force. A closure end strip is fixed to a closure end and received by a closure guide first section. A rotatable tube and hook assembly run vertically within a closure guide second section. When rotated to a locking position a hook member of the tube and hook assembly rotates through a slot cut in the guide and through a cutout in the closure end strip to restrictively engage the closure. |
| US10501980B2 |
Three-dimensional prefabricated flashing scaffolding system
A three dimensional scaffold formed of mesh, or semi-porous material is designed to be inserted into and to surround an opening in the exterior structure of a building to receive a fenestration product such as a door, a vent, a window and a skylight. The three dimensional scaffold is pre-formed into three-dimensional shapes that include corners, returns, back-dams, and optional head flaps that provide a scaffold and backing for the application of a fluid applied water/weather-proofing material. The separate fluid applied waterproofing/weatherproofing may be applied by spray, brush or roll and can be asphalt, rubber, plastic or other fluid applied material. The scaffolding may be formed out of mesh, or other semi-porous fiberglass, metal, plastic, synthetic or other material that can be formed into three dimensional shapes. When combined with a fluid applied weather/waterproofing, the scaffolding provides a superior, continuous, reinforced weather/water-proofing system to protect openings and fenestrations in buildings. |
| US10501973B2 |
Hinge with free-stop function
Technologies are described for a hinge mechanism coupled to at least a dual-display device wherein the displays can rotate with respect to each other through 360 degrees. The hinge mechanism has at least one flexible connection member that follows a generally S-shaped path when the displays are in a tablet position. In some embodiments, a second flexible connection member can be added that follows a mirrored S-shaped path. The S-shaped path of the first flexible connection member and the mirrored S-shape path of the second flexible connection member together create a cross-configuration. In other embodiments, interconnected friction hinges can allow for a free-stop function at any point along the 360 degrees of rotation. |
| US10501971B2 |
Hinge and refrigerator having the same
The present invention provides a hinge and a refrigerator having the same. The hinge has a fixing plate, a supporting plate perpendicularly connected with the fixing plate, and a hinge shaft perpendicularly mounted on the supporting plate to cooperate with a shaft sleeve, wherein the outside of the hinge shaft is plastic-encapsulated with a plastic encapsulating case, the plastic encapsulating case is provided with a protrusion protruding horizontally outwards along the extension direction of the supporting plate, and the protrusion is integrally formed with the plastic encapsulating case. |
| US10501967B2 |
Retractable handle arrangement
A retractable handle arrangement may include a handle having a swing-arm moveable about a pivot axis and arranged to couple the handle to a support structure for movement between a stowed state and a deployed state. The swing arm may, in the deployed state, engage the support structure so as to substantially prevent lateral play of the handle. |
| US10501965B1 |
Enhanced handcuff apparatus
A handcuff is provided, including a handcuff strand having ratchet teeth, a pair of buttons on opposing sides of the handcuff, and a spring configured to receive rotational force from a key and cause rotation of a first rotating element. Rotation of the first rotating element rotates a second rotating element, releasing the second rotating element from the ratchet teeth of the handcuff strand and allowing release of the handcuff strand when both of the pair of buttons are depressed. |
| US10501963B1 |
Locking device
A device for locking a machine or other movable device in place includes a supporting mechanism, two locking members, and a pushing mechanism. The pushing mechanism includes a sleeve, a driving member, a pushing member, a driven member, and locating members. At least one first guiding opening and at least one second guiding opening are defined on the sleeve. A first surface is defined on the driving member. A second surface is defined on the driven member. The driving member moves the driven member. The driven member rotates under interaction of the first and second surfaces. The driven member drives a free end of each locating member to move. The driven member drives the pushing member to lever free ends of the two locking members apart or moves the pushing member to bring the free ends of the two locking members closer. |
| US10501954B2 |
Sonic pool brush
A sonic pool brush including a head assembly with a base having a plurality of electric motors/circuits mounted on an upper surface and a plurality of brush segments positioned in a row along the lower surface of the base. The brush segments connected one each to the electric motors/circuits, for oscillating motion of each individual brush segment when the plurality of electric motors/circuits are energized, each individual brush segment oscillating at a rate in the sonic range. A housing constructed to fit over the motors and engage the base in a waterproof arrangement and a source of electric power attachable to the plurality of electric motors/circuits for energizing the plurality of electric motors/circuits. |
| US10501947B2 |
Wedge device for leveling tiles and clip set for use of same
A wedge device for leveling tiles and a clip set for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the wedge device, the wedge device includes a body having an attachment end, a penetrating edge, a top, and a bottom. The attachment end is coupled to a backstop member and the penetrating edge is configured to penetrate the clip member. The body includes an inclined plane tapering from the attachment end to the penetrating edge. A line-of-sight opening extends along a longitudinal axis of the body to provide visibility through the body from the top to the bottom. |
| US10501938B2 |
Metal roof panel with deformation resistant rib and method of making the same
A metal roof panel includes a rib with a unique shape. The rib is bilateral with upwardly angled sides that each transition into an indentation, with both indentations transitioning into a central flat apex. Between each rib is a channel, preferably including at least one raised surface. The lower surface of the channel between the raised surfaces, and the top of the raised surfaces, are substantially planar and parallel to the flat surface of the apex of the panel. A unique method of manufacturing the roof panel employs a roll machine configured to shape a piece of sheet metal into the roof panel by modifying the shape in many small increments, which allows the final product to have a fairly intricate bend pattern. |
| US10501936B2 |
Modular ceiling system
A modular ceiling system has uniformly appearing devices supported by a channel or a ceiling in an aesthetically pleasing pattern with a single network and control system. The channel or ceiling has uniform sized and shaped openings into which a plurality of uniformly sized and shaped devices is fitted. The devices share a common communication protocol and power source. Each of the devices is connected to a central control system having the same communication protocol as the devices. A network connects the central control system and all of the devices together allowing communications between the central control system and the devices and among the devices using the common communication protocol. |
| US10501933B2 |
Weather resistant temporary wall system and method
A weather resistant temporary wall system and method useful for forming a temporary barrier during building construction or renovation includes a series of modular wall panels that may be removably fit together in the size needed. The wall panels have complimentary shaped edge profiles that form a protective barrier against water penetration. The wall panels may be assembled on site in vertically stacked relationship between a pair of support posts which extend from floor to ceiling. The side edges of the wall panels have edge profiles that are complimentary in shape to the side edges of the support posts such that the panels may be removably attached to the support posts. The wall panels may further include a string reinforced polyethylene material for increased strength. |
| US10501932B1 |
Modular building blocks and building system
Devices, structures, and methods for designing, constructing, and fitting modular structural building blocks together into a unified structure. Modular blocks are rapidly fit together into finished assemblies. Finished assemblies include reinforcing elements aligned in a structurally sound pattern. The unified structure includes walls, provisions for corners, and provisions for door/window spaces. The unified structure optionally includes raised floors or lowered ceilings, offset from ordinary associated height, using blocks disposed side-by-side with intermediate supports. The unified structure optionally includes one or more curved structures, such as vaulted ceilings, rounded walls or silos, tunnels, or otherwise. |
| US10501931B2 |
Method of producing an insulation product and a product obtained by said method
The present invention concerns a method of producing an insulation product comprising a board of porous insulation material wrapped in a gas-impermeable foil, said method comprising the steps of providing a succession of porous insulation material boards on a first conveyor apparatus and feeding the boards on a second conveyor apparatus; providing wrapping foil and wrapping said foil to form a tube around the boards on said second conveyor apparatus, flushing the boards with an insulating gas, and sealing the wrapping foil at the ends of each board transverse to the direction of travel of the second conveyor apparatus. |
| US10501928B2 |
Split connector and modular frame comprising such a split connector
Split connector adapted to be used for interconnecting profile bars in a frame structure, where the split connector is cube shaped and comprises a first connecting element and a second connecting element, where the first connecting element comprises screw holes adapted for connecting the first connecting element to a split profile section, a profile bar, and to the second connecting element, where the second connecting element comprises screw holes adapted for connecting the second connecting element to a split profile section and a profile bar, and a first threaded hole adapted for receiving a screw when connecting the first connecting element to the second connecting element. The advantage of the invention is that a modular machine frame is obtained, in which a frame section can easily be removed. |
| US10501925B1 |
Notifications for reducing overflows from combined sewer systems and sanitary sewer systems
Present embodiments include steps and system components for establishing geographic zones determined by population, terrain, terrain composition, water table, and other factors, in terms of the propensity within the zone for generating wastewater and the effect of the generated wastewater on combined sewer system capacity. Such steps and system components include the application of an algorithm for generating and transmitting permissions packets to consumer and industrial users of wastewater-generating appliances and machines, whereby a permission packet notifies such users of the need to discontinue wastewater-generating activities. |
| US10501921B2 |
Toilet and flushing control method thereof
The present disclosure provides a toilet and a flushing control method thereof. The toilet includes a toilet bowl, a toilet lid, a water tank, at least one image collector, at least one sprayer, and a controller. The toilet lid is arranged on the toilet bowl, the controller is arranged at any one of the toilet bowl, the toilet lid and the water tank, the image collector is arranged at a surface of the toilet lid facing the toilet bowl and communicatively connected to the controller, and the sprayer is movably arranged at the surface of the toilet lid facing the toilet bowl, connected to the water tank and communicatively connected to the controller. |
| US10501920B2 |
Absorbent article comprising a synthetic polymer derived from a renewable resource and methods of producing said article
An absorbent article is disclosed having a topsheet, a backsheet joined with the topsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a synthetic superabsorbent polymer derived from a first renewable resource via at least one intermediate compound, wherein said superabsorbent polymer exhibits a defined Saline Flow Conductivity value and Absorption Against Pressure value. Alternately, an absorbent article is disclosed having a synthetic polyolefin derived from a first renewable resource via at least one intermediate compound. The synthetic polyolefin exhibits defined performance characteristics making the polyolefin particularly useful in certain components of the absorbent article. Methods for making the aforementioned absorbent articles are also disclosed. |
| US10501919B2 |
Apron-front sink
A sink includes a basin body having a generally concave shape that forms at least one sink basin, a top flange integrally formed with the basin body, the top flange extending around the at least one sink basin, an apron connected to a front edge of the top flange, a replaceable panel removably connected to the apron, and a fastening system disposed between the apron and the replaceable panel, the fastening system releasably connecting the replaceable panel to the apron. |
| US10501918B2 |
Washstand cabinet
Disclosed is a washstand cabinet. The washstand cabinet includes a washstand having a water supply valve and a washing bowl in which water is accommodated, a housing provided under the washstand to define an external shape thereof and having a modular space therein, and an air-conditioning module configured to discharge air outward from the housing or to move air into the modular space inside the housing. |
| US10501910B2 |
System and method for controlling a lift assembly of a work vehicle
A method for controlling a lift assembly for a work vehicle may include receiving an input command associated with controlling movement of a loader arm of the lift assembly, and determining a travel velocity at which a reference location on the loader arm is to be moved based on the input command. In addition, the method may include determining at least one lift cylinder command and at least one control cylinder command based at least in part on the determined travel velocity and position-based inputs associated with moving the reference location along a predetermined travel path, and actively controlling an operation of a lift cylinder and a control cylinder of the lift assembly based on the lift cylinder command(s) and the control cylinder command(s), respectively, such that the reference location on the loader arm is moved along the predetermined travel path at the determined travel velocity. |
| US10501904B2 |
Compacting roll
A compacting roll for a soil compactor includes a roll shell concentrically surrounding a roll rotational axis, a roll inner space and two oscillatory arrangements, at least partially arranged within the roll inner space, for generating the oscillating torque impinging on the roll shell with respect to the roll rotational axis, whereat each oscillatory arrangement includes at least two oscillation mass units that are rotatable around the respective oscillation rotational axis and at least one oscillation drive motor to serve exclusively for driving the oscillation mass units of this oscillatory arrangement. The oscillation mass units of different oscillatory arrangements can be offset from each other in the direction of the roll rotation axis. |
| US10501902B2 |
Road barrier
A roadway barrier or guard rail system includes a post (12) that passes through the carriage (20) with the carriage (20) being free to move up along the post (12) to dissipate energy during a collision. The carriage (20) is prevented from moving down the post (12) by a stop or restraint (12.60,12.50,12.40,12.30), which is separate from and underneath the carriage (20) and which the carriage (20) abuts, with the stop or restraint (12.60,12.50,12.40,12.30) being located on the post (12). |
| US10501901B2 |
Guardrail crash absorbing assembly
A guardrail vehicle crash absorbing assembly including a braking structure at a panel joint including a tooth having a cutting portion for making a horizontal cut in a rail panel slidably moving relative to another rail panel. |
| US10501899B2 |
Structural bearing
A structural bearing is provided having at least one sliding element made of a sliding material that contains at least one polymeric plastic, wherein the siding material has a melting point temperature of more than 210° C. and a modulus of elasticity in tension according to DIN ISO 527-2 of less than 1800 MPa. |
| US10501898B2 |
Rigid hanger connecting structure and bridge structure
A rigid hanger connecting structure and a bridge structure. The connecting structure includes a rigid hanger and further includes a first connecting portion connected to a top end of the rigid hanger and a second connecting portion connected to a bottom end of the rigid hanger, and the hanger is connected to the first connecting portion and/or the second connecting portion by using a spherical bearing pair. A rotatable connection between the hanger and a bridge structure is implemented to avoid cracking of concrete inside a short hanger, prolonging the service life of a bridge; the connecting ends of the hanger are located within a line of sight range convenient for maintenance, to eliminate a blind zone, improving bridge safety; the hanger can be prefabricated in a factory, shortening construction period and improving efficiency. |
| US10501897B1 |
Systems and methods for spray bar control in paving machine
Systems and methods for spraying control in a paving machine comprise a screed system having an adjustable width, a position sensor configured to sense widths of the screed system, a spray bar having adjustable positions, a spray bar actuator to adjust positions of the spray bar, a spray bar sensor to sense positions of the spray bar, and a controller coupled to the position sensor, spray bar actuator and spray bar sensor that is configured to adjust the spray bar actuator depending on the sensed width. The spray bar sensor and actuator can be integrated together. |
| US10501894B2 |
Rail fastening
A rail fastener comprises a rail support in a form of a bracket secured to a rail base and an lever oriented in perpendicular to the rail longitudinal axis, wherein one end of the lever is articulated to the bracket by a silentblock and the other end comprises a rail mounting platform equipped with limiters of the rail displacement in the direction perpendicular to the rail track axis. The rail is secured to the rail support by two clips disposed astride the rail. Some ends of the clips are taken under the lower surface of the rail platform, while the other ends abut on the upper surface of the rail flange via hexagonal adjusters each having an orifice located eccentrically in relation to the hexagon axis and receiving the other end of the clip. The rail fastener further comprises two elastic members disposed between the rail and the rail base astride the lever, and their thickness is selected so as to form a gap between the rail base and the lower surface of the lever in a position when the rail receives a load of a train wheels. |
| US10501886B2 |
Laundry sock/garment snare
A laundry holding snare device for holding multiple clothing items, particularly clothing items without full openings, is provided. The snare device can include two cord sections secured together at at least one end by an end stopper. The two cord sections can also be secured together at various locations along the length of the snare by intermediate stoppers in order to create several loading regions. Within the loading regions and attached to the cord sections can be a cordlock fastener that can be used to secure the clothing items between the cord sections at each loading region. The snare device can be configured for use as a stand-alone laundry device and the snare device can be configured for use with a laundry strap holder. |
| US10501884B2 |
Flexible apparatus including moveable attachment points and related devices
An apparatus can include a non-rigid member including a top end and a bottom end. A plurality of movable attachment points can be configured to be variably space apart along the non-rigid member between the top end and the bottom end. First and second hooks can be coupled to each of the plurality of movable attachment points. |
| US10501876B2 |
Highly functional spunbonded fabric made from particle-containing fibres and method for producing same
Functional spunlaid fabrics incorporating fibers made from non-meltable polymers containing permanently one or more functional additives are provided. The fibers are entangled and interlocked to form a firm nonwoven composite, have different lengths, and aspect ratios above 1,000. The fibers have a mean diameter of 0.1 to 500 micrometres and diameter variations within a single fiber and among each other of at least 30%. The fibers contain more than 40 wt % of finely distributed functional additives in solid and/or liquid form. The spunlaid fabric is produced from a spinning solution containing the non-meltable polymer dissolved in a direct solvent and at least one functional additive. The spinning solution is extruded out of a spinneret, and the resulting strands are drawn in the longitudinal direction to form fibers, stabilized and laid down to form a nonwoven fabric with permanent functional properties. Exemplary spunlaid fabrics include clothing, technical textiles and filters. |
| US10501874B2 |
Knitted part
A knitted part flat-knitted from at least one knitting thread, said knitted part including a ground fabric portion having a plurality of ground fabric courses, and also at least one wave portion which extends across a plurality of wales, which include a plurality of wave portion courses and in which, in each case, a loop has been knitted in a first wale in a first wave portion course and every further wave portion course, whereas, in each case, in an adjacent second wale, a loop knitted in the first wave portion course extends across a plurality of wave portion courses, wherein at least one elastic weft thread runs through at least a portion of the ground fabric courses and the wave portion courses. |
| US10501873B2 |
Moisture management support garment with a denier differential mechanism
A moisture management fabric using denier differential to facilitate the movement of sweat away from the wearer's body is presented. An exemplary moisture management support garment constructed from an exemplary moisture management fabric is presented. An exemplary moisture management support garment is a moisture transporting sport bra. A denier differential is employed to provide superior moisture transporting and evaporation of perspiration from a wearer during exertion. The denier differential relies upon a facing layer and a back layer with substantially different yarn thickness and fabric porosity to achieve fluid transport. |
| US10501872B2 |
Drive mechanism for driving a heald frame of a weaving machine
A drive mechanism for driving a heald frame of a weaving machine, the drive mechanism having a crank rotating about a crank axis, a coupling rod, and a swivel lever having a first arm and a second arm, the coupling rod is linked to the first arm of the swivel lever by a second hinged joint adjustable with respect to the first arm of the swivel lever, wherein in at intended locations of the second hinged joint with respect to the first arm of the swivel lever, the second hinged joint is situated on an arc of an imaginary circle when the swivel lever is in a central position between the upper position and the lower position, wherein the imaginary circle has a radius that is equal to the distance between the first hinged joint and the second hinged joint, and the imaginary circle has a center that coincides with the crank axis. |
| US10501869B2 |
Filaments based on a coated core material
A filament containing a core material (CM) coated with a layer of shell material (SM), wherein the (CM) contains the components a) to c): a) 30 to 80% by volume, based on the total volume of the C) of at least one inorganic powder (IP), b) 20 to 70% by volume, based on the total volume of the CM of at least one binder (B) comprising component b1) b1) at least one polymer (P) and c) optionally at least one additive, wherein the at least one polymer (P) is a polyoxymethylene (POM) homopolymer, a POM copolymer or POM terpolymer and wherein at least some of the OH-end groups of the PO) homopolymer are capped, and the SM contains the components d) to f): d) 75 to 100% by volume, based on the total volume of the SM of at least one thermoplastic polymer, e) optionally at least one inorganic powder (IP), and f) optionally at least one additive, wherein the thickness of the layer of shell material is 0.05 to 0.5 mm. |
| US10501868B2 |
Electrospinning device and nanofiber manufacturing device provided with same
An electrospinning device 1 includes an electrode 10 having a concave curved surface 11 and a needle-shaped spinning nozzle 20 surrounded by the concave curved surface 11 of the electrode 10. With an electric field applied between the electrode 10 and the nozzle 20, a spinning solution is jetted from the tip of the nozzle 20 to form a nanofiber. The nozzle 20 is located such that the direction in which the nozzle 20 extends passes through or near the center of a circle defined by the open end of the concave curved surface 11 of the electrode 10 and that the tip 20a of the nozzle 20 is positioned in or near the plane including the circle defined by the open end. |
| US10501867B2 |
Self-aligned tunable metamaterials
A self-aligned tunable metamaterial is formed as a wire mesh. Self-aligned channel grids are formed in layers in a silicon substrate using deep trench formation and a high-temperature anneal. Vertical wells at the channels may also be etched. This may result in a three-dimensional mesh grid of metal and other material. In another embodiment, metallic beads are deposited at each intersection of the mesh grid, the grid is encased in a rigid medium, and the mesh grid is removed to form an artificial nanocrystal. |
| US10501866B2 |
Gas distribution apparatus for improved film uniformity in an epitaxial system
A gas distribution system is disclosed in order to obtain better film uniformity on a wafer. The better film uniformity may be achieved by utilizing an expansion plenum and a plurality of, for example, proportioning valves to ensure an equalized pressure or flow along each gas line disposed above the wafer. |
| US10501865B2 |
Method for producing nitride single crystal using nitrogen-containing solvent, mineralizer having fluorine atom, and raw material
A first object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently growing a nitride single crystal even under low pressure conditions. The present invention relates to a method for producing a nitride single crystal, comprising growing a nitride crystal on the surface of a seed crystal having a hexagonal crystal structure by setting a pressure in a reaction vessel having the seed crystal, a nitrogen-containing solvent, a mineralizer containing a fluorine atom, and a raw material placed therein to 5 to 200 MPa and performing control so that the nitrogen-containing solvent is in at least either a supercritical state or a subcritical state. |
| US10501862B2 |
Plating system, a plating system control method, and a storage medium containing a program for causing a computer to execute the plating system control method
A plating system comprising a plating tank for applying plate processing to a substrate, a sensor configured to measure actual plating film thickness of the substrate, and a controller configured to control plating current supplied to the plating tank and plating time for the plate processing of the substrate within the plating tank. The controller is capable of setting target plating film thickness, plating current, and plating time as a plate processing recipe. At least one of the plating current and the plating time is automatically corrected so that the actual plating film thickness and the target plating film thickness become equal to each other, and the result is reflected in the plate processing for the subsequent substrate. |
| US10501860B2 |
Method and apparatus for electroplating a metal onto a substrate
Method for electroplating a metal onto a flat substrate P. Surfaces are electrically polarized for metal deposition by feeding thereto at least one first and second forward-reverse pulse current sequences. The first forward-reverse pulse current sequence includes a first forward pulse generating a first cathodic current during a first forward pulse duration tf1 and having a first forward pulse peak current if1, and a first reverse pulse generating a first anodic current during a first reverse pulse duration tr1 and having a first reverse pulse peak current ir1, the second forward-reverse pulse current sequence including a second forward pulse generating a second cathodic current during a second forward pulse duration tf2 and having a second forward pulse peak current if2, and a second reverse pulse generating a second anodic current during a second reverse pulse duration tr2, the second reverse pulse having a second reverse pulse peak current ir2. |
| US10501858B2 |
Silver-plated product and method for producing same
A silver-plated product is produced by forming a surface layer of silver on a base material by electroplating at a liquid temperature of 10 to 35° C. and a current density of 3 to 15 A/dm2 in a silver plating solution so as to satisfy (32.6x−300)≤y≤(32.6x+200) assuming that a product of a concentration of potassium cyanide in the silver plating solution and a current density is y (g·A/L·dm2) and that a liquid temperature of the silver plating solution is x (° C.), the silver plating solution containing 80 to 110 g/L of silver, 70 to 160 g/L of potassium cyanide and 55 to 70 mg/L of selenium. |
| US10501855B2 |
Bifunctional non-noble metal oxide/chalcogenide nanoparticle electrocatalysts through lithium-induced conversion for overall water-splitting
Described here is a method for improving the catalytic activity of an electrocatalyst, comprising subjecting the electrocatalyst to 1-10 galvanostatic lithiation/delithiation cycles, wherein the electrocatalyst comprises at least one transition metal oxide (TMO) or transition metal chalcogenide (TMC). Also described here is an electrocatalyst and a water-splitting device comprising the electrocatalyst. |
| US10501851B2 |
Attachment of nano-objects to beam-deposited structures
Beam-induced deposition decomposes a precursor at precise positions on a surface. The surface is processed to provide linker groups on the surface of the deposit, and the sample is processed to attach nano-objects to the linker groups. The nano-objects are used in a variety of application. When a charged particle beam is used to decompose the precursor, the charged particle beam can be used to form an image of the surface with the nano-objects attached. |
| US10501848B2 |
Deposition system with modular deposition heads
A deposition unit for a thin film deposition system includes one or more of deposition heads and a gas manifold. Each deposition head includes an output face having a plurality of gas openings, a mounting face including a plurality of deposition head gas ports, and connecting gas passages. The gas manifold includes an attachment face having one or more interface regions, each interface region including a plurality of manifold gas ports in positions corresponding to the deposition head gas ports. Each deposition head is fastened to the gas manifold in an interface region with sealing elements positioned between the manifold gas ports and the deposition head gas ports. The mounting face of each deposition head and the attachment face of the gas manifold include alignment features for aligning each deposition head with the interface region of the gas manifold. |
| US10501847B2 |
Apparatus and method for generating a vapor for a CVD or PVD device
In a device and a method for generating vapor in a CVD or PVD device, particles are vaporized by bringing the particles into contact with a first heat transfer surface of a vaporization device. The vapor generated by vaporizing the particles is transported by a carrier gas out of the vaporization device and into a single or multistage modulation device. In a vapor transfer phase, second heat transfer surfaces of the modulation device are adjusted to a first modulation temperature, at which the vapor passes through the modulation device without condensing on the second heat transfer surfaces. At an intermission phase, the second heat transfer surfaces are adjusted to a second modulation temperature, at which at least some of the vapor condenses on the second heat transfer surfaces. |
| US10501838B2 |
Cooling device for hot-dip plated steel sheet
The present invention provides a cooling device for a hot-dip plating device provided on an upper side of a plating thickness control device in a conveyance route of a hot-dip plated steel sheet that is conveyed from a plating bath in a vertically upward direction. The cooling device includes: a main cooling device that vertically sprays a main cooling gas to the hot-dip plated steel sheet; and a preliminary cooling device that is provided in a preliminary cooling section between the main cooling device and the plating thickness control device in the conveyance route, and sprays a preliminary cooling gas to a plurality of gas collision positions which are set along the preliminary cooling section. |
| US10501836B2 |
Methods of making bulk metallic glass from powder and foils
Methods of forming a bulk metallic glass disclosed. The methods include packing a metallic glass-forming alloy powder to form a green body; heating the green body to a temperature between the glass transition temperature and the melting point of the metallic glass-forming alloy to form a heated green body; and cooling the heated green body to a temperature below the glass transition temperature of the metallic glass-forming alloy to form the bulk metallic glass. The methods of forming a bulk metallic glass also include packing one or more layers of an amorphous foil to form a green body; heating the green body to a temperature between the glass transition temperature and the melting point of the metallic glass-forming alloy to form a heated green body; and cooling the heated green body to a temperature below the glass transition temperature of the metallic glass-forming alloy to form the bulk metallic glass. |
| US10501828B2 |
Aluminum alloy for cylinder head and method of manufacturing the same
An aluminum alloy for a cylinder head in a vehicle engine includes 2 to 3% of Si, 2.5 to 3% of Cu, 0.01% or less (excluding 0%) of Zn, 0.15% or less (excluding 0%) of Fe, 0.02% or less (excluding 0%) of Mn, 0.1 to 0.3% of Mg, 0.01% or less (excluding 0%) of Ni, 0.02% or less (excluding 0%) of Ti, 0.1% or less (excluding 0%) of Zr, the balance of Al, and inevitable impurities, wherein an AlCuMgSi-based crystal is formed in an amount ranging from 0.3 to 0.9% and an Al2Cu-based precipitate is formed in an amount ranging from 3.3 to 4.0%, wherein percentage (%) is based on weight. |
| US10501821B2 |
System and method including multi-circuit solution extraction for recovery of metal values from metal-bearing materials
The present disclosure relates to a metal recovery process comprising a solvent extraction process. In an exemplary embodiment, the solution extraction system comprises a plant with a first and second circuit. A high-grade pregnant leach solution (“HGPLS”) is provided to the first and second circuit, and a low-grade pregnant leach solution (“LGPLS”) is provided to the second circuit. The first circuit produces a rich electrolyte, which can be forwarded to a primary metal recovery, and a low-grade raffinate, which can be forwarded to a secondary metal recovery process. The second circuit produces a rich electrolyte, which can also be forwarded to the primary metal recovery process. The first and second circuits are in fluid communication with each other. |
| US10501814B2 |
Microarray based multiplex pathogen analysis and uses thereof
Provided herein is a dual amplification method for detecting plant pathogens by analysis of pathogen DNA in an unpurified nucleic acid sample from the plant. Pathogen-specific primers are used to generate a first set of amplicons that are further amplified in a second amplification step using fluorescent tagged pathogen-specific primers. Fluorescent amplicons thus generated are hybridized with pathogen-specific nucleic acid probes that are immobilized on a solid support using bifunctional polymer linkers. The hybridized microarray is imaged to obtain fluorescent images of the amplicons and the nucleic acid probes, which are superimposed to detect the pathogen present in the plant. Also described herein is a method to simultaneously detect both plant DNA and pathogen DNA in a single assay. |
| US10501811B2 |
Method for sorting tissue cells
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for increasing the purity of a type of tissue cell such as an endothelial cell, a hepatocyte, or an insulin-producing cell. The present invention solves the problem by providing a method comprising a step of introducing, into a cell population, an mRNA comprising a nucleic acid sequence recognized by an miRNA specifically expressed in endothelial cells, hepatocytes, or insulin-producing cells. |
| US10501810B2 |
Systems and methods to detect rare mutations and copy number variation
The present disclosure provides a system and method for the detection of rare mutations and copy number variations in cell free polynucleotides. Generally, the systems and methods comprise sample preparation, or the extraction and isolation of cell free polynucleotide sequences from a bodily fluid; subsequent sequencing of cell free polynucleotides by techniques known in the art; and application of bioinformatics tools to detect rare mutations and copy number variations as compared to a reference. The systems and methods also may contain a database or collection of different rare mutations or copy number variation profiles of different diseases, to be used as additional references in aiding detection of rare mutations, copy number variation profiling or general genetic profiling of a disease. |
| US10501806B2 |
Chromosomal assessment to differentiate histiocytic malignancy from lymphoma in dogs
This invention relates generally to the discovery of an improved method to differentiate histiocytic malignancy from lymphoma or hemangiosarcoma in dogs. |
| US10501802B2 |
Biomarkers for acute myeloid leukemia
Methods for the diagnosis of leukemias, and more specifically AML, such as MLL-AF9 AML, in a subject, based on the assessment of the expression or activity of one or more of the genes listed in Tables 1 and 2 are disclosed. The use of antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to one or more of proteins showing preferential expression at the cell surface of AML leukemic cells for treating AML is also disclosed. |
| US10501801B2 |
Identification of tumor-protective epitopes for the treatment of cancers
Described herein are methods of identifying tumor-specific epitopes from the cancer tissue DNA of cancer patients using both DNA sequencing and bioinformatics techniques. The identification of tumor-specific epitopes provides pharmaceutical compositions with a limited number of tumor-specific peptides suitable for personalized genomics-driven immunotherapy of human cancer. Specifically disclosed herein is a novel index called the Differential Agretopic Index (DAI) for the epitope which allows prediction of whether immunization with a particular epitope will be protective against the tumor. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of administration are also included. |
| US10501796B2 |
Scanning apparatus and methods useful for detection of chemical and biological analytes
An apparatus can include a vessel, a reference surface, a preload, a scan actuator, and a transmitter. The reference surface can form a structural loop with a detector. The preload can be configured to urge the vessel to contact an area on the reference surface. The scan actuator can be configured to slide the vessel along the reference surface in a scan dimension. The transmitter can be configured to direct signal from the vessel to a detector and/or direct energy from an energy source to the vessel, when the vessel is urged by the preload to contact the reference surface. |
| US10501794B2 |
Genomewide unbiased identification of DSBs evaluated by sequencing (GUIDE-seq)
Unbiased, genomewide and highly sensitive methods for detecting mutations, e.g., off-target mutations, induced by engineered nucleases. |
| US10501793B2 |
Nucleic acid constructs and methods of use
The present invention provides oligonucleotide constructs, sets of such oligonucleotide constructs, and methods of using such oligonucleotide constructs to provide validated sequences or sets of validated sequences corresponding to desired ROIs. Such validated ROIs and constructs containing these have a wide variety of uses, including in synthetic biology, quantitative nucleic acid analysis, polymorphism and/or mutation screening, and the like. |
| US10501792B2 |
Nanochannel compositions and methods
Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a nanochannel and a contained substance, wherein the nanochannel comprises a single-file nanochannel and the contained substance comprises a plurality of substance particles arranged in a single-file chain within the nanochannel. Methods and systems for molecular transport of a substance through a nanochannel are also provided that rely upon the use of nanojumps, where nanojumps mediate the transport through the nanochannel. |
| US10501791B2 |
Sequencing by structure assembly
A method of sequencing nucleic acids is provided using sequencing by ligation and/or sequencing by hybridization. |
| US10501790B2 |
PCR amplification methods for detecting and quantifying sulfate-reducing bacteria in oilfield fluids
At least one nucleic acid from a sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) may be extracted from an oilfield fluid and may be amplified by a PCR amplification method in the presence of at least one primer to form an amplification product. The primer(s) may be or include a sequence including, but not necessarily limited to, SEQ ID NO: 20, SEQ ID NO: 21, and mixtures thereof. The amplification product may be hybridized with a probe specific for a fragment of an alpha subunit of an APS gene, and a presence of hybridization and a degree of hybridization may be detected. |
| US10501787B2 |
PCR validation tubes
This invention relates to a PCR fluorescence reference standard and to a method for manufacturing a PCR fluorescence reference standard. The PCR fluorescence reference standard comprises a fluorophore suspended in a thermoplastic polymer matrix. The PCR fluorescence reference standard of the invention has a greater shelf life than fluorophores dissolved in a solution and can advantageously be used to validate a fluorescence signal obtained in a thermal cycler. |
| US10501784B2 |
Sequence amplification with linear primers
The present disclosure relates to the amplification of target nucleic acid sequences for various sequencing and/or identification techniques. The use of these primers, as described herein, allows for the reduction in the amplification of nonspecific hybridization events (such as primer dimerization) while allowing for the amplification of the target nucleic acid sequences. |
| US10501778B2 |
Multiplexed analysis of nucleic acid hybridization thermodynamics using integrated arrays
The present disclosure provides methods and devices for simultaneous identification of a plurality of target nucleic acid sequences in a single sample chamber that includes an addressable array of nucleic acid probes attached to a solid surface. Addressable signals can be generated and measured, in real-time, upon hybridization of target sequences at the individual probe locations within the array while the temperature of the system is varied. Such generated signals, as a function temperature, can then be used to compute the properties of nucleic acid hybridization at each addressable location which is ultimately utilized to estimate the sequence of the target nucleic acids. In particular, an integrated semiconductor biosensor array device can be used to measure the addressable signals. |
| US10501775B2 |
Antigen binding molecules and methods of use thereof
Isolated antigen binding molecules that specifically binds to a molecule comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of GSTSGSGKPGSGEGSTKG (SEQ ID NO: 1), GSGKPGSGEG (SEQ ID NO: 2), GKPGSGEG (SEQ ID NO: 3), SGKPGSGE (SEQ ID NO: 499) and KPGSG (SEQ ID NO: 500) are provided. The antigen binding molecules can be used in the methods provided herein. |
| US10501773B2 |
Detection and classification of an anticoagulant using a clotting assay
In some embodiments, the invention provides methods for detecting and/or classifying an anticoagulant at a therapeutically relevant amount or higher in a patient, including subjecting a sample of a control blood component (known not to contain the anticoagulant) to a clotting assay in the presence of a Factor Xa reagent to obtain a control clotting measurement; and subjecting a sample of a blood component from a patient suspected of having the anticoagulant to the clotting assay in the presence of the Factor Xa reagent to obtain a patient clotting measurement, wherein the patient clotting measurement sample greater than the control clotting measurement indicates the presence of the anticoagulant at a therapeutically relevant amount or higher in the patient. In some embodiments, the invention includes methods for classifying an anticoagulant as an anti-Factor Xa or a direct thrombin inhibitor anticoagulant using a clotting assay in the presence of an ecarin reagent. |
| US10501771B2 |
Methods and uses for metabolic profiling for Clostridium difficile infection
Embodiments include methods for generating a metabolite profile of a stool sample and methods of assessing the status of a subject using the metabolic profile derived from a stool sample. |
| US10501770B2 |
Multiple-use renewable electrochemical sensors based on direct drawing of enzymatic inks
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for providing a portable enzymatic-ink dispensing system. The system includes an enzymatic-ink including one or more biocompatible binders, one or more biocompatible mediators, an enzyme, an enzyme stabilizer, and a conductive material. The system includes a dispenser including a chamber to hold the enzymatic-ink and an applicator to apply the enzymatic ink dispensed from the chamber onto a target substrate. |
| US10501761B2 |
Processing biomass to obtain hydroxylcarboxylic acids
Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as hydroxy-carboxylic acids and hydroxy-carboxylic acid derivatives. A method includes treating a reduced recalcitrance lignocellulosic or cellulosic material with one or more enzymes and/or organisms (such as lactobacillus, Pediococcus, Rhizopus, Enterococcus) to produce an alpha, beta, gamma and/or delta hydroxycarboxylic acid (such as lactic acid, glycolic acid); and converting the alpha, beta, gamma and/or delta hydroxy-carboxylic acid to the product (such as esters, polymers, and copolymers). |
| US10501758B2 |
Recombinant baculovirus and method for using the same for preparing recombinant adeno-associated virus vector
A recombinant baculovirus, including: an adeno-associated virus Rep gene, an adeno-associated virus Cap gene, and an recombinant adeno-associated virus genome ITR-GOI (gene of interest) flanked by rAAV inverted terminal repeats (ITR). The ITR-GOI includes a 5′ terminal nucleic acid fragment and a 3′ terminal nucleic acid fragment. The ITR-GOI is linked to an expression cassette of the Cap gene and an expression cassette of the Rep gene through the 5′ terminal nucleic acid fragment and the 3′ terminal nucleic acid fragment, respectively. |
| US10501757B2 |
Simian adenoviruses SAdV-43, -45, -46, -47, -48, -49, and -50, and uses thereof
A recombinant vector comprises simian adenovirus 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 or 50 sequences and a heterologous gene under the control of regulatory sequences. A cell line which expresses simian adenovirus 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 or 50 gene(s) is also disclosed. Methods of using the vectors and cell lines are provided. |
| US10501755B2 |
FSH nucleic acid molecules to control insect pests
This disclosure concerns nucleic acid molecules and methods of use thereof for control of insect pests through RNA interference-mediated inhibition of target coding and transcribed non-coding sequences in insect pests, including coleopteran and/or hemipteran pests. The disclosure also concerns methods for making transgenic plants that express nucleic acid molecules useful for the control of insect pests, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby. |
| US10501753B2 |
Plants comprising events PP009-401, PP009-415, and PP009-469, compositions, sequences, and methods for detection thereof
The invention provides glyphosate tolerant transgenic turfgrass plants, plant material, and seeds that have a specific transformation event. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the event. The invention also provides sequences for a variant EPSPS gene and a GAO2X gene, cassettes, and plants comprising the variant EPSPS gene and a GAO2X gene. |
| US10501750B2 |
Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides, and methods of using same for increasing plant yield and/or agricultural characteristics
Provided are isolated polynucleotides at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NOs: 1-479, 813-5173, 8511, 8513, 8515, 8517, 8519, 8521, 8523, 9096-9141 and 9142; and isolated polypeptides at least 80% homologous to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 624, 480-623, 625-812, 5174-7015, 7017-7021, 7024, 7026-8510, 8512, 8514, 8516, 8518, 8520, 8522, 8524, 9143-9177, such as the polypeptides set forth in SEQ ID NO:480-812, 5174-8510, 8512, 8514, 8516, 8518, 8520, 8522, 8524, and 9143-9177, nucleic acid constructs comprising same, transgenic cells and plants expressing same and methods of using same for increasing yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality, nitrogen use efficiency, and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant. |
| US10501749B2 |
Plant regulatory elements derived from medicago truncatula 3′UTR sequences, and uses thereof
Recombinant DNA molecules and constructs useful for modulating gene expression in plants, including molecules derived from Medicago truncatula sequences, are provided. plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising recombinant DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable DNA molecules are further provided, as are methods of their use. |
| US10501744B2 |
Presentation of bioactive proteins
The invention provides a fusion protein comprising an antigen binding domain linked to a bacteriophage decoration (Dec) protein along with a polynucleotide comprising the nucleic acid sequence of the fusion protein and a vector comprising the polynucleotide. Additionally, the invention provides a composition comprising the fusion protein and a virus-like particle (VLP), and a method of treating a disease in a mammal comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the composition to the mammal. The invention also provides a method of vaccinating against a disease comprising administering a composition comprising the fusion protein and a VLP encapsulating a protein. |
| US10501743B2 |
Methods and compositions for selection of functional oligonucleotides
The present disclosure describes compositions and methods for rapid selection of both binding and functional oligonucleotides (DNA, RNA, or any natural or synthetic analog of these). In certain embodiments, provided herein are flow cells (e.g., flow cells for an Illumina sequencing instrument or a Polonator sequencing instrument) comprising within its flow chamber a plurality of immobilized aptamer clusters (e.g., from an aptamer library described herein) and, optionally, one or more target cells (e.g., cancer cells, immune cells, etc.) and/or a detectable indicator of cellular function (e.g., a fluorescent indicator of apoptosis, cell proliferation, gene or protein expression, etc.). In certain embodiments, provided herein are methods of using such an aptamer cluster-containing flow cell to identify functional aptamers from an aptamer library (e.g., in a sequencing instrument, such as an Illumina sequencing instrument). |
| US10501742B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting expression of the PCSK9 gene
The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of the PCSK9 gene (PCSK9 gene), comprising an antisense strand having a nucleotide sequence which is less that 30 nucleotides in length, generally 19-25 nucleotides in length, and which is substantially complementary to at least a part of the PCSK9 gene. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the dsRNA together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and method for treating diseases caused by PCSK9 gene expression. |
| US10501739B2 |
Method, systems and apparatus for single cell analysis
The disclosed embodiments relate to method, apparatus and system for high throughput single-cell DNA sequencing with droplet microfluidic. In an exemplary embodiment, a method for analyzing nucleic acids within a cell includes the steps of: (a) flowing individual cells together with a material capable of forming a polymer or microsphere that retains nucleic acids into a carrier fluid such that droplets are formed; (b) breaking the emulsion and collecting the microsphere hydrogels in an aqueous fluid; and (c) performing combinatorial labeling on the nucleic acids contained within the microspheres/hydrogels. |
| US10501737B2 |
Method for producing antigen-binding molecule using modified helper phage
The present invention provides a method for preparing a bacteriophage displaying an antigen-binding molecule, comprising the step of contacting a helper phage capable of expressing a first polypeptide with a bacterium capable of expressing a second polypeptide, wherein the first polypeptide and the second polypeptide associate with each other to form the antigen-binding molecule. |
| US10501733B2 |
Polypeptide assemblies and methods for the production thereof
The application discloses multimeric assemblies including multiple oligomeric substructures, where each oligomeric substructure includes multiple proteins that self-interact around at least one axis of rotational symmetry, where each protein includes one or more polypeptide-polypeptide interface (“O interface”); and one or more polypeptide domain that is capable of effecting membrane scission and release of an enveloped multimeric assembly from a cell by recruiting the ESCRT machinery to the site of budding by binding to one or more proteins in the eukaryotic ESCRT complex (“L domain”); and where the multimeric assembly includes one or more subunits comprising one or more polypeptide domain that is capable of interacting with a lipid bilayer (“M domain”), as well as membrane-enveloped versions of the multimeric assemblies. |
| US10501731B2 |
Degradable clostridial toxins
The specification discloses Clostridial toxins or Clostridial toxin chimeras comprising an inactivation cleavage site, polynucleotide molecules encoding such toxins or chimeras, compositions comprising such toxins or chimeras, and method of producing such toxins or chimeras. |
| US10501725B2 |
Method for producing therapeutic corneal endothelial substitute cell sphere
The problem of the present invention is to provide a method of efficiently producing therapeutic alternative corneal endothelial cells, particularly, a method capable of stably producing them in a condition suitable for intraocular transplantation (in the anterior chamber) in a large amount. Furthermore, the present invention aims to provide a composition for transplantation, which is preferable for intraocular administration, particularly, into the anterior chamber. A therapeutic alternative corneal endothelial cell sphere can be produced by culturing stem cells in suspension in a differentiation induction medium containing a GSK3 inhibitor, retinoic acid and a ROCK inhibitor. Addition of a viscoelastic substance during intraocular (into the anterior chamber) transplantation of the sphere or cultured corneal endothelial cells dispersed into single cells can increase the number of adherent cells after transplantation. |
| US10501722B2 |
Method for optimizing the production efficiency, organoleptic quality and stability over time of a protein-rich microalgae biomass
The present invention relates to a method for optimising the downstream processing of a protein-rich microalgae biomass of the Chlorella genus previously prepared by fermentation in heterotrophic conditions and in the absence of light, comprising: 1) providing biomass comprising more than 50% protein by dry weight of biomass; next, at low temperature, carrying out the following steps: 2) harvesting the biomass at the end of fermentation, 3) washing and concentrating the biomass, 4) optionally, lysing the biomass, next, without low temperature stress, 5) optionally, concentrating the biomass slurry, 6) applying heat treatment, 7) drying the biomass obtained in this way in order to obtain the product, a step of adjusting the pH to 7 being applied before or after the heat treatment step 6). |
| US10501721B2 |
Biological and algae harvesting and cultivation systems and methods
Algae harvesting and cultivating systems and methods for producing high concentrations of algae product with minimal energy. In an embodiment, a dead-end filtration system and method includes at least one tank and a plurality hollow fiber membranes positioned in the at least one tank. An algae medium is pulled through the hollow fiber membranes such that a retentate and a permeate are produced. |
| US10501718B2 |
Observation apparatus
Provided is an observation apparatus including: a housing that has, in a top face thereof, a transmission window on which a container accommodating cells can be placed and through which light can pass; a camera portion that is accommodated in the housing and that captures observation light coming from the cells irradiated with illumination light emitted from an illumination portion and entering the housing by passing through a bottom face of the container and the transmission window of the housing; and a housing-interior heating portion that is accommodated in the housing and that heats the cells. |
| US10501716B2 |
Device for mechanical and hydrodynamic microfluidic transfection
Methods for introducing exogenous material into a cell are provided, which include exposing the cell to a transient decrease in pressure in the presence of the exogenous material. Also provided are devices for performing the method of the invention. |
| US10501707B2 |
Laundry liquid composition
The present invention concerns liquid laundry detergent formulations comprising a dye polymers comprising a polyethylene imine covalently bound to a reactive dye and the use of the dye polymers in liquid laundry compositions with specific surfactant mixtures. |
| US10501702B2 |
Lubricating compositions comprising an anti-wear/friction modifying agent
A phosphate complex of a borate ester provides wear- and friction-reducing performance to an engine or driveline device. The complex may be a pyroborate-hydrocarbyl-substituted phosphate adduct. Boric acid may be reacted with a diol to form an ester, then reacting said ester with an ammonium salt of phosphoric acid or a hydrocarbyl-substituted phosphoric acid. |
| US10501700B2 |
Shear-stable oil compositions and processes for making the same
An oil composition comprising a first component having pendant groups, a second component having two or more terminal carbon chains, and optionally a third component, where a single molecule of the second component can form shearable stable structure with two molecules of the first component via van der Waals force between pendant groups and the terminal carbon chains. Shear stability of the oil can be improved if the total concentration of the heavy fraction of the shearable stable structure is controlled at a low concentration. |
| US10501699B2 |
Low sulfur marine bunker fuels and methods of making same
This invention relates to low sulfur marine bunker fuel compositions and methods of making the same. The invention also relates to an uncracked, hydrotreated vacuum resid for use in making the low sulfur marine bunker fuel composition. Contrary to conventional marine/bunker fuel compositions, the low sulfur marine/bunker fuel composition uses mostly uncracked components, including a (cat feed) hydrotreated vacuum resid. The low sulfur marine/bunker fuel composition can also have reduced contents of residual components. |
| US10501698B1 |
Countercurrent and cross current high pressure extraction techniques for biodiesel fuel
Methods of extracting biodiesel from a mixture of biodiesel and alcohol are provided. The methods can include contacting the mixture of biodiesel and alcohol with a petrodiesel to form a two-phase system including a polar phase and a nonpolar phase, wherein the alcohol preferentially partitions into the polar phase and the petrodiesel and biodiesel preferentially partition into the nonpolar phase, and separating the nonpolar phase from the polar phase to extract the biodiesel. The methods can include using a multi-stage extraction apparatus, for example in countercurrent or crosscurrent extraction arrangement. Methods of making a biodiesel blend are also provided. The methods can include making a biodiesel blend with a biodiesel content from about B2 to about B25. |
| US10501693B2 |
Process for manufacture of liquid fuel components from renewable sources
A method for producing liquid fuel components from renewable oil. A fresh feedstock including saturated fatty acids is subjected to dilution by an organic lipophilic solvent. The solvent has a low phosphorus and metal impurity content, less than 5 ppm and less than 10 ppm, respectively. Dilution is performed before and/or during purification by at least one pretreatment process for removal of phosphorus and metal impurities. Subsequently, the resulting purified feedstock is fed into at least one post-treatment process suitable for producing liquid fuel components. |
| US10501692B2 |
Delayed coker drum and method of operating thereof
The present subject matter describes a method and apparatus for operating a delayed coker. The method comprises contacting a vapour produced in a delayed coker-drum with a catalyst maintained in form of a bed, and maintaining a level of said catalyst-bed within pre-defined limits during catalytic-cracking of the vapour. Thereafter, the cracked-vapour is routed to a coker-fractionator column to trigger conversion into one or more hydrocarbon products. |
| US10501689B2 |
Mobile charcoal/biochar production and pelletizer system and method thereof
Embodiments of the invention provide a portable charcoal system and method of operating thereof, wherein the portable charcoal system comprises a first compartment adapted to burn a material, a second compartment connected to the first compartment and adapted to receive the material from the first compartment, and a third compartment adapted to receive the material from the second compartment, the third compartment comprising an auger adapted to move the material from a back end to a front end, and out of the third compartment. The portable charcoal system further includes a source of air. |
| US10501687B2 |
Encapsulation and controlled delivery of strong mineral acids
A polymer-encapsulated mineral acid solution and a method for forming the polymer-encapsulated mineral acid solution. Introducing a strong mineral acid solution to a monomer solution occurs such that a primary emulsion that is a water-in-oil type emulsion forms. Introducing the primary emulsion to a second aqueous solution forms a secondary emulsion that is a water-in-oil-in-water type double emulsion. The monomer in the secondary emulsion is cured such a polymerized shell forms that encapsulates the strong mineral acid solution and forms the capsule. The strong mineral acid solution has up to 30 wt. % strong mineral acid. A method of stimulating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation using the polymer-encapsulated mineral acid solution includes introducing a capsule suspension into a fissure in the hydrocarbon-bearing formation to be stimulated through a face in a well bore. The capsule is maintained within the fissure until the polymer shell degrades. |
| US10501683B2 |
Proppant
A proppant includes a particle present in an amount of from 90 to 99.5 percent by weight based on the total weight of the proppant, and a polyurethane coating disposed about the particle and present in an amount of from 0.5 to 10 percent by weight based on the total weight of the proppant. The polyurethane coating comprises the reaction product of an isocyanate component and an isocyanate-reactive component comprising a polydiene polyol. |
| US10501678B2 |
Drilling fluid for downhole electrocrushing drilling
The disclosure relates to an electrocrushing drilling fluid with an electrocrushing drilling base fluid including a polar oil, a non-polar oil, or a combination thereof and glycerine carbonate. The electrocrushing drilling fluid or base fluid may further include water or glycerin. The electrocrushing drilling fluid may further contain at least one additive. The electrocrushing drilling fluid may have a dielectric constant or dielectric strength of at least a set amount, an electric conductivity less than a set amount, or a combination of these properties. The disclosure further relates to an electrocrushing drilling system containing the electrocrushing drilling fluid and an electrocrushing drill bit. |
| US10501671B2 |
Gel-type thermal interface material
A thermal interface material that is useful in transferring heat from heat generating electronic devices, such as computer chips, to heat dissipating structures, such as heat spreaders and heat sinks. The thermal interface material includes at least one silicone oil, and at least one thermally conductive filler. |
| US10501669B2 |
Sugar alcohol microcapsule, slurry, and resin molded article
A sugar alcohol microcapsule obtained by mixing particles that include molten sugar alcohol and are dispersed in an oil phase with a material that reacts with the particles, and encapsulating the sugar alcohol. |
| US10501667B2 |
Composition for heat cycle system, and heat cycle system
To provide a composition for a heat cycle system, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle which has a low global warming potential and high stability, and which can replace R410A, and a heat cycle system employing the composition.A composition for a heat cycle system, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle containing trifluoroethylene, and a stabilizer for preventing deterioration of the working fluid for heat cycle, such as an oxidation resistance-improving agent, a heat resistance-improving agent or a metal deactivator, and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system. |
| US10501665B2 |
Polyarylether ketone imide sulfone adhesives
Aspects of the present disclosure generally describe polyarylether ketones and methods of use. In some aspects, a composition includes one or more polymers of formulae (I), (II), or (III): |
| US10501661B2 |
Method for manufacturing electrically conductive adhesive film, electrically conductive adhesive film, and method for manufacturing connector
A step of scattering electrically conductive particles on a wiring board having wiring that is formed in accordance with an array pattern of the electrically conductive particles and prevented from being charged, and charging the electrically conductive particles; a step of aligning the charged electrically conductive particles in a predetermined array pattern corresponding to the wiring pattern by moving a squeegee on the wiring board; and a step of bonding a transfer film having an adhesive material layer formed thereon to the wiring board and transferring the electrically conductive particles aligned in a predetermined array pattern to the adhesive layer. |
| US10501660B2 |
Method of selectively removing tungsten over silicon oxide
Provided is a slurry composition including abrasive particles, halogen oxide, and nitroxide compound. The combination of halogen oxide and nitroxide compound has a synergistic effect to remove a substrate containing tungsten and silicon oxide. Moreover, a use of the slurry composition and a polishing method using the slurry composition are provided. |
| US10501659B2 |
Method of making a fuser member
Described herein is a method of manufacturing a fuser member. The method includes mixing a high load fluoropolymer/carbon nanotube composition in a high shear mixer. The method includes mixing the high load fluoropolymer/carbon nanotube composition in the high shear mixer for 3 or more times. A fluoropolymer is added to the high load fluoropolymer/carbon nanotube composition to form a low load fluoropolymer/carbon nanotube composition. The low load fluoropolymer/carbon nanotube composition is mixed in a rubber compounding mixer for 3 or more times. The low load fluoropolymer/carbon nanotube composition is coated on a fuser substrate, cured and polished. |
| US10501656B2 |
Solvent-free wire enamel composition
The present invention relates to a solvent-free wire enamel composition containing extrudable, polyesterimide-containing binders, prepared from polyols, polycarboxylic acids, imide-forming components, and structural elements which are crosslinkable after extrusion. |
| US10501655B2 |
Organic film forming composition and electronic apparatus comprising a cured product thereof
An organic film forming composition having improved hygroscopic properties (e.g., moisture-adsorbing abilities) and an electronic apparatus including a cured product of the organic film forming composition. The organic film forming composition may include a metal (meth)acrylate represented by Formula 1; and a curable material having at least two curable groups selected from the groups represented by Formulae 2A to 2D: |
| US10501654B2 |
Pretreatment solution, ink set and method for producing printed matter
A pretreatment solution which is used together with an aqueous inkjet ink that contains at least a pigment, wherein the pretreatment solution contains an inorganic metal salt and/or an organic metal salt that exists in a dissolved state, and an organic solvent, the organic solvent contains a compound having one or more hydroxyl groups in each molecule, and the amount of the organic solvent is from 0.1 to 50% by weight based on the total weight of the pretreatment solution. |
| US10501653B2 |
Pretreatment liquid, ink set, and recording method
A pretreatment liquid for use in ink jet pigment textile printing contains at least one of a resin dispersion and a cross-linker, a lubricant, and water. |
| US10501652B2 |
Ink set and printing apparatus
An ink set including a first ink containing a pigment and a water-soluble resin having an anionic group, a second ink containing substantially no pigment and a reactive component, and a third ink containing a polymer emulsion and a water-soluble resin having an anionic group. The pKa of the reactive component is lower than the pKa of the anionic group of the water-soluble resin in the first ink and higher than the pKa of the anionic group of the water-soluble resin in the third ink. |
| US10501650B2 |
Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus
An ink jet recording method uses an ink jet recording apparatus equipped with a line head that includes a plurality of recording element substrates each having a nozzle array comprised of a plurality of nozzles, which eject an aqueous ink, arranged in a predetermined direction. The recording element substrates are arranged in the predetermined direction such that each of the recording element substrates constitutes an overlapping portion at which a terminal portion of the recording element substrate is overlapped with a terminal portion of an adjacent recording element substrate in the predetermined direction. The method includes setting the average temperature To (° C.) of an ink ejected from overlapping-portion nozzles included in the overlapping portion of the nozzle array and the average temperature Tc (° C.) of an ink ejected from the center-portion nozzle included in the center portion of the nozzle array so as to satisfy the relationship Tc>To. |
| US10501644B2 |
Reactive surface coating having chemical decontamination and biocidal properties
Reactive compositions are provided, having biocidal and chemical decontamination/neutralization properties, comprising a hygroscopic polymer and an active, which are useful in a variety of commercial, healthcare and military applications and a wide variety of contaminants, including without limitation chemical and biological warfare agents. The reactive compositions are renewable or rechargeable after use by exposure to an additional application of the active and do not require removal, disposal or replacement of the originally applied composition. Methods for preparing and applying the reactive compositions are disclosed. |
| US10501641B2 |
Inorganic phosphate ceramics and coatings
This disclosure relates to hydrophobic metal phosphate ceramic comprising a Group IV element of silicon, germanium, tin, or lead having at least one hydrocarbon covalently bonded thereto. Methods of providing water proofing and/or anti-corrosion protection are provided. |
| US10501636B2 |
Solar reflective particulates
A reflective particulate composition includes a particulate substrate, and an inorganic binder, a pigment, and a hydrophobic coating on the particulate substrate. The composition may have a solar reflectance of 70% or greater. The pigment may include a clay, and the hydrophobic coating may include a (meth)acrylic polymer, a coupling agent, a wax and an antioxidant. A method of making the composition may include mixing the pigment, the inorganic binder, a dispersant and water to form a pigment mixture, adding the particulate substrate to the pigment mixture, heat treating the pigmented particulate, and mixing the pigmented particulate with a hydrophobic coating composition. Alternatively, the method may include first mixing the particulate substrate with one of the inorganic binder or the pigment, and then mixing the resulting composition with the other of the inorganic binder and the pigment, and heat treating the pigmented particulate. |
| US10501635B2 |
Magnesium oxide powder, resin composition including same, and method for producing magnesium oxide powder
To provide magnesium oxide which is excellent in hydration resistance and hardly causes volume expansion due to hydration and the like, a resin composition containing the same, and a method for producing the magnesium oxide powder.Magnesium oxide powder having a coating layer mainly comprising basic magnesium carbonate in the surface layer, when the amounts of substances of water vapor and carbon dioxide among the gas generated by thermal decomposition at 50 to 500° C. are respectively designated as m-H2O and m-CO2, in a heating evolved gas analysis (EGA-MS) method, the molar fraction represented by m-CO2/(m-H2O+m-CO2) being within the range of 0.3 to 0.6. |
| US10501629B2 |
Process for the preparation of isosulfan blue
The present invention relates to process for preparation of Isosulfan blue (Formula I) substantially free from desethyl impurity. |
| US10501626B2 |
Dynamically vulcanized polyarylene sulfide composition
Polyarylene sulfide compositions are described that exhibit high strength and flexibility. Methods for forming the polyarylene sulfide compositions are also described. Formation methods include dynamic vulcanization of a polyarylene sulfide composition that includes an impact modifier dispersed throughout the polyarylene sulfide. A crosslinking agent is combined with the other components of the composition following dispersal of the impact modifier throughout the composition. The crosslinking agent reacts with the impact modifier to form crosslinks within and among the polymer chains of the impact modifier. The compositions can exhibit excellent physical characteristics at extreme temperatures and can be used to form, e.g., tubular member such as pipes and hoses and fibers. |
| US10501622B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composition and molded article using the same
Disclosed are a thermoplastic resin composition including (A) a polyester resin, (B) a styrene-based copolymer, (C) a rubber modified vinyl-based graft copolymer, and (D) a glass fiber, wherein the polyester resin (A) includes (A-1) a polybutylene terephthalate resin having an intrinsic viscosity of less than or equal to about 1.1 dl/g and (A-2) a polyethylene terephthalate resin having an intrinsic viscosity of less than or equal to about 1.0 dl/g, and the glass fiber (D) includes (D-1) a first glass fiber having a length of about 2 mm to about 4 mm and (D-2) a second glass fiber having a length of about 10 μm to about 100 μm, and a molded article using the same. |
| US10501621B2 |
Polyester resin composition, injection molded article, light-reflecting base body, and light-reflecting body
A polyester resin composition is provided that exhibits a low shrinkage ratio and excellent mold release properties while maintaining a high mechanical strength, that also provides excellent surface properties and an excellent appearance for a molded article and an excellent appearance when vapor deposited, and that resists the production of fogging even during high-temperature use. An injection molded article, a light-reflecting base body, and a light-reflecting body are also provided.The polyester resin composition characteristically contains 0.1 to 20 mass parts of (B) an inorganic filler having an average primary particle diameter of not more than 2.5 μm, per 100 mass parts of (A) a resin component containing (A1) polybutylene terephthalate resin pellets and (A2) a polyester resin powder. |
| US10501620B2 |
Curable epoxy composition, film, laminated film, prepreg, laminate, cured article, and composite article
A curable epoxy composition comprising an epoxy compound (A), active ester compound (B), and triazine structure-containing phenol resin (C), wherein the epoxy compound (A) includes a polyvalent epoxy compound (A-1) which has an alicyclic condensed polyvalent structure in a ratio of content of 30 wt % or more is provided. |
| US10501619B2 |
Epoxy composition containing copolyamide and block copolymer with polyamide and polyether blocks
A composition that toughens and impact modifies epoxy resin based compositions comprising one or more co-polyamides and one or more block copolymers with polyamide and polyether blocks. The disclosure also relates to epoxy resin compositions containing the composition comprising one or more co-polyamides and one or more block copolymers with polyamide and polyether blocks and films, adhesives, foamable compositions and foamed compositions containing such a composition. |
| US10501612B2 |
Curable composition for sound barrier film
A curable composition is provided comprising a curable rubber comprising: a) 80.0-99.9 wt % of a chloroprene resin; b) 0.06-13 wt % of trimethyl thiourea; and c) 0.06-13 wt % of a benzothiazolesulfenamide, such as N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazoles-ulfenamide. The present disclosure additionally provides cured compositions comprising a rubber comprising a crosslinked chloroprene resin and a fire retardant particle system comprising: d) 5-95 wt % particulate magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)2); and e) 5-95 wt % particulate aluminum trihydrate (Al(OH)3). In some embodiments the particulate aluminum trihydrate (Al(OH)3) has a mean particle size of greater than 30 microns and less than 400 microns, and more typically a mean particle size of greater than 82 microns. The present disclosure additionally provides sound barrier films comprising the cured compositions according to the present disclosure, in particular fire resistant sound barrier films. |
| US10501605B2 |
Carbon fiber-reinforced resin composition, method for manufacturing carbon fiber-reinforced resin composition, molding material, method for manufacturing molding material, and carbon fiber-reinforced resin molded article
A carbon fiber-reinforced resin composition of the present invention includes: sizing agent-coated carbon fibers in which carbon fibers are coated with a sizing agent; and a matrix resin. The sizing agent includes at least an aliphatic epoxy compound (A) and an aromatic epoxy compound (B1) as an aromatic compound (B). The sizing agent-coated carbon fibers have a ratio (a)/(b) of 0.50 to 0.90 where (a) is the height (cps) of a component having a binding energy (284.6 eV) attributed to CHx, C—C, and C═C and (b) is the height (cps) of a component having binding energy (286.1 eV) attributed to C—O in a C1s core spectrum of the surface of the sizing agent measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy at a photoelectron takeoff angle of 15°. |
| US10501604B2 |
Polylactic acid resin composition
The present invention relates to a polylactic acid resin composition having eco-friendly properties, which can be effectively used as a packaging material due to improved flexibility and moisture resistance, as well as superior general properties such as mechanical properties, transparency, heat resistance, an anti-blocking property, and film processability.The inventive polylactic acid resin composition comprises a polylactic acid resin comprising a hard segment comprising a polylactic acid repeating unit and a soft segment comprising a polyolefin-based polyol repeating unit in which polyolefin-based polyol structural units are linked in a linear or branched manner via a urethane bond or an ester bond, wherein the organic carbon content (% Cbio) of biomass-based carbon, as defined in Equation 1, is at least 60 wt %; and an antioxidant. |
| US10501602B2 |
Flame retardant and flame retardant uses
The flame-retardants of this invention were formed by the direct reaction of ethyleneamines and commercial polyphosphoric acid at an elevated temperature. It was unexpected that a high temperature had to be used to overcome reaction barrier to formation. These compounds are found to be efficient flame retardants. |
| US10501599B2 |
Methods for recycling cotton and polyester fibers from waste textiles
Systems and methods are provided that involve a subcritical water reaction to recycle the cellulose and polyester components of waste cotton and cotton/polyester blend textiles that would otherwise be discarded or disposed of. Specifically, the disclosed methods provide for treatment of the waste textiles to produce advanced materials including cellulose and terephthalic acid (TPA) with a low environmental impact. The cellulose and TPA that are produced are of a high quality allowing for production of regenerated cellulose and regenerated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) suitable for fiber spinning and textile applications. |
| US10501598B2 |
Method of making coextruded, crosslinked multilayer polyolefin foam structures from recycled crosslinked polyolefin foam material
The present disclosure is directed to a physically crosslinked, closed cell continuous multilayer foam structure comprising at least one foam polypropylene/polyethylene layer with a recycled polyolefin material layer. The multilayer foam structure can be obtained by coextruding a multilayer structure comprising at least one nonrecycled foam composition layer with at least one recycled foam composition layer, irradiating the coextruded structure with ionizing radiation, and continuously foaming the irradiated structure. |
| US10501594B2 |
Graphite film and method for producing graphite film
It is possible to obtain a graphite film with its shape controlled, by performing a sag controlling step of controlling temperatures of a polymer film at both widthwise ends and a temperature of the polymer film in a widthwise middle portion within a temperature range from a starting temperature of thermal decomposition of the polymer film to a sag controlling temperature of the polymer film. |
| US10501592B2 |
Process for cold bonding rubber on metal substrates
The present invention relates to a process for cold bonding elastomeric rubber substrates to non-elastomeric substrates of a different material, preferably metal, by use of a rubber treatment, preferably a primer composition and a 2k adhesive, preferably a 2k epoxy adhesive as well as the thus obtained bonded substrates. |
| US10501588B2 |
Grafting method for rice straw fiber modification
The present invention relates to the field of reutilization of biomass resources, and more particularly relates to a grafting method for rice straw fiber modification. The pulverized and pretreated straw powder is first reacted with diisocyanate under ultrasonic and microwave treatment, and the resulting product is reacted with PEG to obtain the PEG grafted straw fiber polymer compound. Grafting PEG onto the straw fiber through the bridging of the diisocyanate improves the thermoplasticity of the modified rice straw fiber. The modified straw fiber of the present invention can be hot-pressed to form self-reinforced composite materials without adding additional materials, which overcomes the waste and pollution problem of traditional straw reutilization method, achieving the goal of whole straw utilization. |
| US10501587B2 |
Processes for producing an antimicrobial masterbatch and products thereof
A masterbatch may be blended with virgin polymer to add desired color or other properties to the virgin polymer prior to further processing. Methods and processes for producing an antimicrobial and/or antiviral polymeric masterbatch that may be used to add antimicrobial, antiviral and/or antifungal properties to a virgin polymer without significantly degrading the properties of the virgin polymer. The masterbatch may be extruded into pellets or formed into other particles for subsequent blending with the virgin polymer to add antimicrobial and antiviral properties to the polymeric materials. The method includes a heat treatment after compounding the base polymer with the antimicrobial, antiviral and/or antifungal are compounded together. The heat treatment comprises heating the masterbatch blend to a temperature between the glass transition temperature and the melting point of the base polymer. |
| US10501584B2 |
Terminal-functionalized polymer and related methods
Disclosed herein are terminal-functionalized polymers functionalized with silicon-containing functionalizing agents, rubber compositions including the polymers, methods for improving the cold flow resistance of a polymer, methods for improving the filler dispersion of a silica-filled rubber composition, and processes for preparing the terminal-functionalized polymer. |
| US10501580B2 |
Polyimide precursor composition, photosensitive resin composition, cured film, method for producing cured film, a semiconductor device, and method for producing polyimide precursor composition
A photosensitive resin composition using a polyimide precursor composition, a cured film, a method for producing a cured film, a semiconductor device, and a method for producing a polyimide precursor composition are provided. In the polyimide precursor composition, the molar ratio of repeating units represented by General Formula (1-2) among structural isomers of the polyimide precursor is 60% to 90% by mole. In General Formula (1-2), A1 and A2 each independently represents an oxygen atom or NH, R111 and R112 each independently represents a single bond or a divalent organic group, and R113 and R114 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group. |
| US10501579B2 |
Poly(amic acid) synthesis and conversion to high molecular weight polyimide
A process is disclosed for synthesis of a poly(amic acid), including reacting a dianhydride and a diamine in the presence of a tertiary amine, tertiary ammonium salt, tertiary ammonium hydroxide, secondary amine, secondary ammonium salt, secondary ammonium hydroxide, quaternary ammonium salt, quaternary ammonium hydroxide, ammonium hydroxide, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, in water, at a temperature of 60 C to 180 C, or 60 C to 100 C, or 100 C to 180 C, under an inert atmosphere, with agitation, to produce an aqueous poly(amic acid). |
| US10501578B1 |
Bis-Schiff base compositions and formulations
Chemical compositions are provided having the structure of Formula (I): where R includes at least one aromatic moiety, and X and X′ may both or independently include an aromatic moiety, an aliphatic moiety, or a hydrogen. Additionally, chemical formulations are provided which include the chemical composition having the structure of Formula (I) and at least one solvent. |
| US10501571B2 |
Polyurethane elastomers
The present invention relates to a polyurethane elastomer obtainable by reacting a polyol and an isocyanate wherein the polyol comprises a) at least one dimer fatty residue selected from a dimer fatty diacid residue, a dimer fatty diol residue and a dimer fatty diamine residue; and b) at least one furan dicarboxylic acid residue. The invention also relates to a polyol for making the polyurethane elastomer, the use of the polyol and a method of making the polyurethane. |
| US10501569B2 |
High-weight glyceride oligomers and methods of making the same
Oligomers of certain glyceride compounds are generally disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the glyceride compounds include natural oil glycerides, such as glycerides derived from natural oils, such as palm oil, soybean oil, canola oil, and the like. Compositions containing such glyceride oligomers are also disclosed herein. Processes for making such glyceride oligomers are also disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the processes for making such compounds include reacting a plurality of unsaturated glyceride compounds in the presence of a metathesis catalyst. |
| US10501567B2 |
Methods for determining transition metal compound concentrations in multicomponent liquid systems
Methods for determining the concentration of transition metal compounds in a solution containing more than one transition metal compound are described. Polymerization reactor systems providing real-time monitoring and control of the concentrations of the transition metal components of a multicomponent catalyst system are disclosed, as well as methods for operating such polymerization reactor systems. |
| US10501566B2 |
Production method of alpha-olefin low polymer and production apparatus
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing an α-olefin low polymer by subjecting an α-olefin to low polymerization reaction in the presence of a catalyst in a liquid phase part within a reactor, and the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing an α-olefin low polymer, such as 1-hexene, etc., by subjecting an α-olefin, such as ethylene, etc., to low polymerization reaction, in which the formation of a polymer on an upper tube plate surface of a shell and tube type heat exchanger that is used for heat removal is suppressed, thereby performing a continuous operation stably over a long period of time. |
| US10501565B2 |
Curable composition
The present invention is a curable composition characterized by including a 2-cyanoacrylate and a particle containing titanium oxide and silicon oxide. The preferable content of the particle is in a range from 0.1 to 10.0 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the 2-cyanoacrylate. |
| US10501564B2 |
Polymer compound which has membrane-permeable peptide in side chain
A polymer compound has a group represented by Formula (1) or Formula (2) in a side chain. (In Formula (1), X1 represents a neutral amino acid residue or an ω-aminoalkanoic acid residue, X2 represents a membrane-permeable peptide residue, X3 represents a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an alkoxyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a benzyloxy group, and a represents a number of from 1 to 50.) (In Formula (2), X4 represents a neutral amino acid residue or an ω-aminoalkanoic acid residue, X5 represents a membrane-permeable peptide residue, X6 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a benzyl group, an acyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an arylsulfonyl group, or a carboxyl group, and b represents a number of from 1 to 50.). |
| US10501563B2 |
Method of preparing supported metallocene catalyst
A method of preparing a supported metallocene catalyst capable of more effectively preparing a polyolefin which may be preferably used for blow molding, etc., because its molecular weight distribution is such that polymer elasticity is increased to improve swell, is provided. |
| US10501550B2 |
Antibodies against glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor (GITR) and uses thereof
Provided herein are antibodies, or antigen binding portions thereof, that bind to glucocorticoid-inducible TNF receptor (GITR). Also provided are uses of these proteins in therapeutic applications, such as in the treatment of cancer. Further provided are cells that produce antibodies, polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain variable region of the antibodies, and vectors comprising the polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain variable region of the antibodies. |
| US10501548B2 |
Methods for detecting 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and related antibodies
There is disclosed an assay method for selectively detecting 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D in a biological fluid sample. According to the method, the pH of the test sample is adjusted to 6-9 and a receptor protein comprising the Ligand Binding Domain of Vitamin D Receptor (VDR-LBD) is added to the test sample, thereby obtaining the formation of a VDR-LBD/1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D complex in which the VDR-LBD portion is conformationally changed with respect to unbound VDR-LBD. The VDR-LBD/1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D complex is then detected by means of a capture moiety which is capable of specifically binding to VDR-LBD bound to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D. Also disclosed are an assay kit and an antibody for carrying out the method. The assay is preferably a sandwich immunoassay. |
| US10501547B2 |
ALK7 binding proteins and uses thereof
This disclosure provides ALK7-binding proteins such as anti-ALK7 antibodies, and compositions and methods for making the ALK7-binding proteins. In certain embodiments the ALK7-binding proteins inhibit, or antagonize ALK7 activity. In addition, the disclosure provides compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating overweight, obesity, diabetes, overweight, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and their associated conditions; metabolic disorders, and other diseases or conditions that can be treated, prevented or ameliorated by targeting ALK7. |
| US10501545B2 |
Anti-CLL-1 antibodies and methods of use
The present invention relates to anti-CLL-1 antibodies including anti-CLL-1 antibodies comprising a CLL-1 binding domain and a CD3 binding domain (e.g., anti-CLL-1/CD3 T cell dependent bispecific (TDB) antibody) and methods of using the same. |
| US10501537B2 |
Methods for treating cancer
The present invention provides methods of treating cancer, particularly cancers that had developed resistance to PD-1 and PDL-1 blockade. Also included are methods of identifying therapeutic targets for the treatment of cancer. |
| US10501532B2 |
Carbohydrate antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof
The present invention provides antibodies or the antigen-binding portion thereof to a tumor-associate carbohydrate antigen. Also disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the inhibition of cancer cells in a subject in need thereof. The pharmaceutical compositions comprise an antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. |
| US10501521B2 |
Disulfide-linked multivalent MHC class I comprising multi-function proteins
Herein is reported a disulfide-linked multivalent multi-function protein, characterized in that it comprises two or more antigen presenting domains, exactly one antibody Fc-region, and at least one antigen binding site, wherein the antigen presenting domain comprises in N- to C-terminal direction either (i) a β2-microglobulin, and (ii) the extracellular domains α1, α2, and α3 of a class I MHC molecule with a relative frequency of less than 1%, or (i) a T-cell response eliciting peptide, (ii) a β2-microglobulin, and (iii) the extracellular domains α1, α2, and α3 of a class I MHC molecule with a relative frequency of 1% or more, wherein the antigen binding site binds to a cancer cell surface antigen or a virus-infected cell surface antigen and wherein the antigen presenting domain has at least two non-naturally occurring cysteine residues which form an intrachain/interdomain disulfide bond. |
| US10501520B2 |
B7-H5, a costimulatory polypeptide
B7-H5 costimulatory polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides, and methods for using the polypeptides and nucleic acids to enhance a T cell response are provided herein. |
| US10501519B2 |
Use of the CD2 signaling domain in second-generation chimeric antigen receptors
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating cancer in a human. The invention includes relates to administering a genetically modified T cell expressing a CAR having an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, a CD2 signaling domain, and a CD3 zeta signaling domain. The invention also includes incorporating CD2 into the CAR to alter the cytokine production of CAR-T cells in both negative and positive directions. |
| US10501517B2 |
Glucagon-receptor selective polypeptides and methods of use thereof
This invention relates to isolated polypeptides that are glucagon-receptor selective analogs and peptide derivatives thereof. These analogs are selective for human glucagon receptor with improved solubility, thermal stability, and physicochemical properties as compared to native endogenous glucagon. This invention also relates to methods of using such polypeptides in a variety of therapeutic and diagnostic indications, as well as methods of producing such polypeptides. These analogs are useful, alone or in combination with other therapeutic peptides, in methods of treating obesity, diabetes, metabolic disorders, and other disorders or disease. |
| US10501516B2 |
Peptide compound
The present invention relates to a peptide compound that may be useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of obesity, diabetes and the like. More specifically, the present invention relates to a peptide compound represented by the formula (I): P1-Tyr-Aib-Glu-Gly-Thr-α-MePhe-Thr-Ser-Asp-Lys(-Gly-Gly-Gly-Gly-RA10)-A11-A12-Aib-Leu-A15-Lys-Gln-A18-Gln-Iva-Glu-Phe-Val-Arg-His-Leu-Leu-Asn-Lys-Aib-Thr-Arg-Gln-Arg-A35-NH2 wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, and the treatment or prophylaxis of obesity, diabetes and the like using the peptide compound. |
| US10501514B2 |
Cyclic galanin-analogs and uses thereof
The invention generally relates to the field of medicine and pharmacology. More particularly, it relates to novel analogs of galanin, and the use thereof in therapy. Provided is a cyclic peptide analog of galanin, wherein the galanin analog comprises a (methyl)Lanthionine bridge and wherein the analog has the general formula “X1-X2-X3-X4-X5-X6-X7-X8-X9-X10-X11-X12-X13-X14-X15-X16-X17-X18-X19-X20-X21-X22-”, or a truncated variant thereof lacking X1 and/or up to 11 of the C-terminal residues, wherein two residues selected from the group consisting of X3, X4, X6, X7, X10 and X13-X19 together form a Lanthionine bridge of the structure Ala-S-Ala, or a methyl Lanthionine bridge of the structure Abu-S-Ala or Ala-S-Abu. |
| US10501510B2 |
Muteins of human tear lipocalin capable of binding lymphocyte-activation gene 3 (LAG-3) and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure provides human tear lipocalin muteins that specifically bind to LAG-3, which can be used in pharmaceutical applications, for example, as anti-cancer agents and/or immune modulators for the treatment or prevention of human diseases such as cancer, infectious diseases, and autoimmune diseases. The present disclosure further shows the human lipocalin muteins can inhibit the binding of LAG-3 to MHC class II on cells overexpressing MHC class II. The present disclosure also concerns methods of making LAG-3 binding lipocalin muteins described herein as well as compositions comprising such lipocalin muteins. The present disclosure further relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such lipocalin muteins and to methods for generation of such lipocalin muteins and nucleic acid molecules. In addition, the application discloses therapeutic and/or diagnostic uses of these lipocalin muteins as well as compositions comprising one or more of such lipocalin muteins. |
| US10501509B2 |
Method of preparing functional peptides from germinated beans
The present invention discloses a method of preparing a functional peptide from a germinated bean, including the steps of: germinating a bean until a sprout length is about 0.5-1.0 cm; adding water to the obtained germinated bean, and then blending and crushing the germinated bean; adjusting the obtained slurry to a pH value between 6.5-8.0, and then adding neutral protease, papain and compound flavor protease to perform enzymatic reaction under stirring condition, wherein an enzymatic reaction solution is obtained including the functional peptide; subjecting the enzymatic reaction solution to ultrafiltration using an ultrafiltration membrane; keeping the ultrafiltrated enzymatic reaction solution at a temperature between 70-80° C. or using ozonated water at a concentration between 20-25 mg/L thereby avoiding decomposition by microorganisms; and performing spray drying to obtain the functional peptide. |
| US10501507B2 |
Griffithsin mutants
The invention provides modified griffithsin polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, as well as corresponding nucleic acids, vectors, cells, fusion proteins, constructs, conjugates, and methods of inhibiting viral infection. |
| US10501506B2 |
Polypeptide, and use thereof
This invention provides a novel means that allows efficient secretion and production of a target protein in a host cell. This invention concerns a novel polypeptide having an activity of improving the secretion productivity of a target protein, a gene comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding such polypeptide, a vector comprising such gene, a transformant obtained by transforming a host cell with such vector, and a method for producing a protein comprising a step of culturing such transformant and recovering a target protein from the culture product. |
| US10501502B2 |
Allophycocyanin alpha-subunit evolved labeling proteins (smURFPs)
The invention provides evolved red-shifted smURFPs. In some embodiments, the smURFPs are characterized by a) increased Fluorescence of smURFP as compared to infrared FPs IFP1.4 and iRFP713; b) expressing efficiently with minimal toxicity; c) does not require a lyase to covalently attach its chromophore, wherein the chromophore is biliverdin; d) exhibit a wavelengths longer than attainable with jellyfish- or coral-derived FPs using smURFP and IFP2.0; e) allows for functional fusion to hCdt1(30/120) as compared to jellyfish- or coral-derived FPs mAG, eGFP, and mRFP1 which are nonfunctional; and f) allows for deep tissue imaging. |
| US10501495B2 |
Antimicrobial surface
The invention relates to an antimicrobial surface, in particular a surface functionalised with a peptide comprising an antimicrobial moiety. The invention comprises a surface functionalised with a peptide comprising an antimicrobial moiety and a binder moiety, wherein the peptide is immobilized on the surface by electrostatic interactions between the binder moiety and the surface. Further provided is a medical device, a peptide and a method for the immobilization of a peptide. |
| US10501492B2 |
Antibiotic compounds
Purified compounds of formula I are described. Compounds include all stereoisomeric forms and all tautomeric forms of the compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and derivatives. Processes for the production of the antibacterial compounds by fermentation of the microorganism belonging to Streptomyces species (PM0626271/MTCC 5447) and to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of the novel compounds as active ingredient and their use in medicines for treatment and prevention of diseases caused by bacterial infections are described. |
| US10501487B2 |
Antibacterial bismuth complexes
Provided herein are organobismuth (III) phosphinate complexes, which comprise a phosphinate group and an aromatic carbocyclyl or aromatic heterocyclyl group. The complexes find use as antibacterial agents, and accordingly also provided herein are products, devices, compositions and materials comprising the complexes, for example medical products such as wound dressings and bandages. |
| US10501483B2 |
Enamines and diastereo-selective reduction of enamines
Described herein is a compound having a chemical structure of Formula A: wherein m, p, q, W, Z, Y, X1, X2, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein. A diastereo-selective reduction of the compound comprising contacting the compound of Formula A with a reducing agent in an aprotic polar or non-polar solvent is also described. |
| US10501481B2 |
Heterocyclic compounds and their use in preventing or treating bacterial infections
The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds, their process of preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and use thereof, optionally in combination with other antibacterial agents and/or beta-lactam compounds, for the prevention or treatment of bacterial infections. The present invention also relates to the use of these compounds as β-lactamase inhibitors and/or as antibacterial agents. |
| US10501480B2 |
Optical film
Provided is an optical film which has a maximum absorption at a wavelength in the range of 600 to 680 nm, has a high dichroic ratio, and is excellent in light resistance. The optical film includes: a polymer of a polymerizable liquid crystal compound; and a compound represented by the following general formula (1). |
| US10501474B2 |
HPK1 inhibitors and methods of using same
Thienopyridinone compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described. In these compounds, one of X1; X2, and X3 is S and the other two are each independently CR, wherein R and all other variables are as defined herein. The compounds are shown to inhibit HPK1 kinase activity and to have in vivo antitumor activity. The compounds can be effectively combined with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers and also with other immunomodulatory approaches, such as checkpoint inhibition or inhibitors of tryptophan oxidation. Formula (I). |
| US10501472B2 |
Method to isolate inoscavin a from Fulviformes fastuosus and medicinal preparation thereof to treat rhabdomyosarcoma cancer conditions
The invention relates to a novel method to isolate a natural product, a flavonoid namely inoscavin A from a Sri Lankan mushroom, medicinal preparation thereof to treat rhabdomyosarcoma cancer condition. This compound was isolated from the terrestrial basidiomycete Fulviformes fastuosus for the first time. The isolation method of the inoscavin A comprises the following steps of: (1) carrying out sonication extraction of pulverized specimen by methanol; (2) partitioning in to hexane, dichloromethane and ethyl acetate respectively by liquid-liquid extraction 3) fractionation using normal phase silica gel column chromatography 4) purification using preparative high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to obtain flavonoid compound inoscavin A in substantially purified form (≥98%). In vitro cytotoxicity experiments demonstrated that the composition comprising inoscavin A strongly induced the apoptosis of human rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cells compared to the cytotoxicity produced on normal epithelial cells (CC-1). Therefore, isolated flavonoid compound can be used for manufacturing of a medicament to treat rhabdomyosarcoma cancer condition. A method of treating rhabdomyosarcoma using medicinal preparation comprising inoscavin A can be achieved by administering said composition to a subject in need of such treatment. |
| US10501468B2 |
Method for preparing intermediate of 6-arylaminopyridonecarboxamide compound as MEK inhibitor
Provided is a method for preparing an intermediate of 6-arylaminopyridonecarboxamide compound as an MEK inhibitor, comprising preparing a compound of formula (III) as an intermediate of 6-arylaminopyridonecarboxamide compound using a compound of formula V as a raw material. |
| US10501467B2 |
Fused tetra or penta-cyclic dihydrodiazepinocarbazolones as PARP inhibitors
Provided are certain fused tetra or penta-cyclic compounds and salts thereof, compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof. |
| US10501465B2 |
Substituted [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-A]pyrimidin-7-yl compounds as PDE2 inhibitors
The invention provides a chemical entity of Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, X, Y and Z have any of the values described herein, and compositions comprising such chemical entities; methods of making them; and their use in a wide range of methods as disclosed herein, including metabolic and reaction kinetic studies; detection and imaging techniques; radioactive treatments; modulating and treating disorders mediated by PDE2 activity; treating neurological disorders, CNS disorders, dementia, neurodegenerative diseases, and trauma-dependent losses of function; treating stroke, including cognitive and motor deficits during stroke rehabilitation; facilitating neuroprotection and neurorecovery; enhancing the efficiency of cognitive and motor training, including animal skill training protocols; and treating peripheral disorders, including hematological, cardiovascular, gastroenterological, and dermatological disorders. |
| US10501464B2 |
7-oxo-6-(sulfooxy)-1,6-diazabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-2-carboxamide containing compounds and their use in treating bacterial infections
Compounds of Formula (I), their preparation, and use in preventing or treating a bacterial infection are disclosed. |
| US10501458B2 |
Substituted bicyclic fused ring compounds as indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase inhibitors
Provided is a tryptophan-2,3-dioxygenase (TDO) and/or indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) inhibitor compound for use in medicine, which compound comprises the general formula (I) detailed within. |
| US10501457B2 |
Compounds for bone growth
In one aspect, the invention provides compounds of Formula I, and salts, hydrates and isomers thereof. In another aspect, the invention provides a method of promoting bone formation in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I, Formula II, or Formula III. The present invention also provides orthopedic and periodontal devices, as well as methods for the treatment of renal disease and cancer, using a compound of Formula I, Formula II, or Formula III. |
| US10501450B2 |
Anhydrate-free polymorphically pure micronized crystalline brexpiprazole di-hydrate for use in intramuscular injectable sustained release formulations
The present invention relates to a brexpiprazole dihydrate crystalline form having a particle size distribution of d50 of at most 10 μm and less than 5% w/w of brexpiprazole anhydrate. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing this brexpiprazole dihydrate crystalline form and to pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The present invention also relates to a process for determining the absence of brexpiprazole anhydrate in this brexpiprazole dihydrate crystalline form. This brexpiprazole dihydrate crystalline form is used for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions having delayed release properties upon intramuscular injection. |
| US10501449B2 |
Substituted nitrogen containing compounds
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein R1 is: each W is independently NR1b or O; Z is a bond or CHR1d; and R1, R2, Rd, R3a, R3b, L1, B, V, Y, and n are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds as inhibitors of ROMK, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in treating cardiovascular diseases. |
| US10501448B2 |
Aziridinated triglycerides and polymers formed therefrom
Various embodiments disclosed relate to aziridinated triglycerides and polymers formed therefrom. In various embodiments, the present invention provides an aziridinated triglyceride having the structure described herein. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of making the aziridinated triglyceride, a method of crosslinking the aziridinated triglyceride to form a polymer, the polymer formed from the aziridinated triglyceride, a triglyceride with at least one pendent unsaturated group that can be used to form the aziridinated triglyceride, and a method of making the triglyceride having at least one pendent unsaturated group. |
| US10501447B2 |
Imidazolecarboxamides and their use as FAAH inhibitors
A compound having a structure selected from the following: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound may be used as an inhibitor of fatty acid amide hydrolase. |
| US10501446B2 |
Photochromic compounds
A photochromic compound is provided, which may be a pyran, an oxazine, or a fulgide. The photochromic compound has at least one substituent Q attached thereto, each Q independently being —N3, —CN, —COOR′, —CCR′, —C(R′)C(R′)R′, —OCOR′, —OCOOR′, —SR′, —OSO2R′″, and/or —CON(R′)R′, wherein each R′ is hydrogen, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group, an unsubstituted or substituted alkene or alkyne group having from 2 to 18 carbon atoms, wherein the substituents are halo or hydroxyl and R″′ is —CF3 or a perfluorinated alkyl group having from 2 to 18 carbon atoms The number, locations and nature of the constituents Q are dependent upon the structure of the photochromic compound. |
| US10501441B2 |
Substituted imidazolylcarboxamides as pesticides
The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) in which Q, V, T, W, Y, L1, L2 and A have the meanings given in the description—and to their use for controlling animal pests. |
| US10501440B2 |
Heteroarylcarboxamide derivatives as plasma kallikrein inhibitors
Disclosed are heteroarylcarboxamides of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, T, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using these compounds for the treatment of diseases which can be influenced by inhibition of plasma kallikrein. |
| US10501439B2 |
DNA-PK inhibitors
The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of DNA-PK. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders. |
| US10501436B2 |
Compounds and methods of use
This disclosure provides compounds and compositions and methods of using those compounds and compositions to treat diseases and disorders associated with excessive transforming growth factor-beta (TGFβ) activity. This disclosure also provides methods of using the compounds in combination with one or more cancer immunotherapies. |
| US10501430B2 |
Process for the recovery of furfural
Disclosed is a process for the extraction of furfural including: (a) subjecting a composition comprising furfural, water, at least one inorganic acid, at least one organic acid and a solvent mixture comprising an aromatic solvent and an oxygenate solvent, to a first separation step providing: (i) a first organic phase; (b) subjecting the first organic phase to a first distillation step providing: (i) a first top stream comprising furfural and a portion of the at least one organic acid; (c) subjecting the first top stream from step (b) to a second separation step providing: (i) a second top stream enriched with furfural; (d) subjecting the second top stream from step (c) to a second distillation step providing: (i) a third top stream comprising a furfural-water azeotrope, and (ii) a third bottom stream comprising furfural. |
| US10501427B2 |
Deuterated 1-piperazino-3-phenyl indanes for treatment of schizophrenia
The present invention relates to deuterated 1-piperazino-3-phenyl-indanes and salts thereof with activity at dopamine receptors D1 and D2 as well as the 5HT2 receptors in the central nervous system, to medicaments comprising such compounds as active ingredients, to the use of such compounds in the treatment of diseases in the central nervous system, and to methods of treatment comprising administration of such compounds. |
| US10501423B2 |
Substituted phenyl sulfonyl phenyl triazole thiones and uses thereof
The present disclosure relates to substituted phenyl sulfonyl phenyl triazole thiones, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using them. |
| US10501420B2 |
Pyridyl analogs of 1-(2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9(11)dien-28-oyl) imidazole
Pyridyl analogs of 1-(2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9(11)-dien-28-oyl) imidazole and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same are provided. |
| US10501417B2 |
Synthesis of indazoles
The present invention relates to a novel method of preparing a 2-substituted indazole of structure: (I), to intermediate compounds, and to the use of intermediate compounds for the preparation of said 2-substituted indazole. |
| US10501415B2 |
Method for producing bisimide dicarboxylic acid
An object of the present invention is to provide an industrially advantageous method for producing a bisimide dicarboxylic acid, which uses substantially no solvent and requires no granulation after completion of the reaction.The above object can be achieved by a method for producing a bisimide dicarboxylic acid with a tricarboxylic acid anhydride and a diamine, including the following processes (i) and (ii): a process (i) in which, provided that a compound having a higher melting point is a high melting compound and a compound having a lower melting point is a low melting compound, when a melting point is compared between the tricarboxylic acid anhydride and the diamine, the high melting compound is heated at a temperature between less than the melting point of the high melting compound and not lower than the melting point of the low melting compound, and the low melting compound is added to the high melting compound while the high melting compound maintains its solid states, to give a mixture; and a process (ii) in which the resultant mixture in the process (i) is heated while its solid states are kept, to give bisimide dicarboxylic acid. |
| US10501414B2 |
Indole analogs as 5-oxo-ETE receptor antagonists and method of use thereof
This invention relates to novel pharmaceutically-useful compounds, to methods for their preparation, and to pharmaceutical compositions and therapeutic methods for treating certain conditions. |
| US10501413B2 |
Inhibitors of the Notch transcriptional activation complex and methods for use of the same
Disclosed herein are inhibitors of the Notch transcriptional activation complex, and methods for their use in treating or preventing diseases, such as cancer. The inhibitors described herein can include compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: Formula (I), wherein the substituents are as described. |
| US10501411B2 |
Substituted benzamides
The invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R, R1, R2, X, and Y are as defined herein and to a pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salt thereof. Compounds of formula I have a good affinity to the trace amine associated receptors (TAARs), especially for TAAR1. The compounds can be used for the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), stress-related disorders, psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, migraine, hypertension, substance abuse and metabolic disorders such as eating disorders, diabetes, diabetic complications, obesity, dyslipidemia, disorders of energy consumption and assimilation, disorders and malfunction of body temperature homeostasis, disorders of sleep and circadian rhythm, and cardiovascular disorders. |
| US10501410B2 |
Pocess for the preparation of high purity prostaglandins
The subject of the invention is a process for the preparation of high purity prostaglandin acid of the general formula II wherein the bonds marked with dotted lines represent single or double bonds wherein the double bonds may be cis- or trans oriented, Y represents O or CH2, and R3 stands for a phenyl group which is optionally substituted with CF3, wherein the crude prostaglandin acid of the general formula II is purified by normal phase silicagel chromatography. |
| US10501407B2 |
Urea manufacturing method and urea manufacturing apparatus
Method and apparatus that enable the more efficient manufacture of urea are provided. Before unreacted substances are removed from a urea synthesis solution obtained from a stripper, the urea synthesis solution is placed under pressure reduced from the synthesis pressure. Thus, a gas-liquid mixture is obtained. The gas-liquid mixture is heated with a decomposed gas from the stripper using a shell-and-tube heat exchanger, and then introduced into a purification system. In the heating, the gas-liquid mixture is introduced into the shell of the heat exchanger while the decomposed gas is introduced into the tube side of the heat exchanger. |
| US10501402B2 |
Multifunctional acrylic ether-ester products modified with carboxylic anhydride or its polyacid form, process for preparing same and associated crosslinkable compositions
The invention relates to a multifunctional acrylic product having a number-average functionality f of acrylate groups greater than 2.1, which is the product of reaction by esterification and by etherification, via Michael addition reaction, between a) a polyol or a mixture of polyols R(OH)m having a functionality m of at least 3 for a polyol alone or having an average functionality greater than 2.1 for a mixture of polyols, and b) the acrylic acid (R1OH) in the presence of c) at least one cyclic polycarboxylic anhydride or of its polyacid form having a carboxy functionality z of at least 2 and up to 4, the ratio r1 of number of carboxy groups of said anhydride or polyacid c) with respect to those of the acrylic acid b) r1=CO2Hc/CO2Hb being from 0.01 to 0.4 with overall r=CO2H/OH<1, said acrylic product comprising in its composition both: units A) of oligoether-ester acrylate that are derived from a) and b) and units B) of oligoester acrylate that are derived from c), said acrylic product being a mixture of acrylic products comprising at least one acrylic product p1 chemically linking, in its molecular structure, the two types of units A) and B) as defined above. The invention also relates to a process for preparing said product, to crosslinkable compositions comprising same and to the use thereof in coatings, sealing, moulding or composite compositions, chemical sealing compositions, 3D printing compositions or compositions for 3D objects produced layer-by-layer. One particular advantage of these compositions is their low shrinkage despite their high functionality. |
| US10501398B2 |
Catalytic performance in processes for preparing acetic acid
In processes for the hydrolysis of a methyl acetate with at least one of water and methanol in the presence of at least one Brønsted acid catalyst to produce acetic acid the performance of the catalyst is improved by using a methyl acetate feed in which the total amount of acetaldehyde and 1,1 dimethoxyethane impurities is maintained at 100 ppm wt or less calculated as mass equivalents of acetaldehyde. |
| US10501397B2 |
Process for Pd-catalyzed hydroxycarbonylation of diisobutene: sulfuric acid/ligand ratio
Process for Pd-catalyzed hydroxycarbonylation of diisobutene:sulfuric acid/ligand ratio. |
| US10501396B2 |
Continuous production method for 2-methylene alkanals
The present invention relates to the continuous production of 2-methylene alkanals in a tube reactor, wherein in the 2-position non-branched alkanals are reacted with formaldehyde under acid-base catalysis in the presence of secondary amines and carboxylic acids under laminar flow conditions. |
| US10501395B2 |
Multifunctional synergistic macromolecular anti-oxidation stabilizer and preparation method and use thereof
Disclosed is an anti-oxidation stabilizer, which has the following structure (A), wherein RI is a connection chain, and the connection chain is a fatty chain, an aromatic structural chain or a fatty and aromatic structurally combined chain; R2 is (B), and X is O, S, N or NH or —CONR—, Z is O, S, N or NH, and X is different from Z; R is a fatty chain, an aromatic group, a sterically hindered amine or sterically hindered phenol, R3 is a fatty chain, an aromatic group, a sterically hindered amine or sterically hindered phenol, and R is identical to R3, or R is different from R3; n is a positive integer including 1, n1 is a positive integer including 1, and n is identical to n1, or n is different from n1. |
| US10501394B2 |
Method and system for obtaining dimethyl ether from syngas
A process is proposed for production of dimethyl ether (DME) from synthesis gas (SG), in which at least one feed stream formed from synthesis gas (SG) is subjected to at least one synthesis step, in which components present in the feed stream are at least in part converted to dimethyl ether (DME), wherein at least one crude product stream is obtained which contains at least dimethyl ether (DME) and the unreacted components of the feed stream. The feed stream contains at least hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, and has a stoichiometric number of 2.0 to 5.0. The feed stream further contains 4 to 20 mol percent carbon dioxide, and the ratio of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide in the feed stream is in a range from 0.5 to 4. The at least one synthesis step is carried out under isothermal conditions. A system for production of dimethyl ether (DME) from synthesis gas (SG) is likewise subject matter of the present invention. |
| US10501391B2 |
Process for producing butadiene from ethanol, comprising purification of a butadiene-loaded effluent by extractive distillation
The invention relates to a process for producing butadiene from an ethanol feedstock, comprising a step of converting the ethanol into butadiene, a distillation step, a step of washing with water, a butadiene purification step comprising at least one section for separating the 1-butene by extractive distillation and a final distillation section fed with the topped butadiene distillate, separating at the top a purified butadiene effluent and at the bottom a butene residue, and an effluent treatment step. |
| US10501379B2 |
Method of production of edge protection strips of ceramic material
A method of production of edge protection strips (10) of ceramic material, includes the steps of: arranging a sheet-like article (20) of ceramic material elongated along a longitudinal axis (A) and provided with an exposed surface (S); incising the exposed surface (S) along two distinct incision planes, parallel to each other, orthogonal to the exposed surface (S) and each intersecting the exposed surface (S) along an incision line (I) parallel to the longitudinal axis (A); cutting the article (20) along two cutting planes each intersecting an incision plane along a cutting line (C) parallel to the incision lines (I) and mutually incident in an intersection line (X) included in the thickness of the article (20); and separating a substantially prismatic edge protection strip (10) from the article (20) with a first portion (S1) of exposed surface (S) internal to the incision lines (I). |
| US10501378B2 |
Conformal composite coatings and methods
An embodiment of an article includes a substrate and a conformal coating. The conformal coating includes a first particulate layer between a first matrix layer and a second matrix layer. The first particulate layer includes a first plurality of ordered inorganic particles spaced and distributed substantially uniformly throughout the first particulate layer, and a ceramic matrix material disposed between individual ones of the first plurality of particles. |
| US10501376B2 |
Functionally graded carbides
A functionally graded carbide body (400) can include a group 5 metal carbide substrate having a bulk composition region (410) that contains at least 70 wt % of a rhombohedral ζ-phase carbide. A γ-phase-rich region (420) having a γ-phase-rich composition can be at a surface (430) of the substrate, and a phase composition gradient region (440) can transition from the γ-phase-rich composition region at the surface to the bulk composition region at a gradient depth (450) below the surface. |
| US10501374B2 |
Dielectric composition, dielectric element, electronic component and laminated electronic component
The present invention relates to a dielectric composition having a main component and an auxiliary component. The main component is represented by (BiaNabSrcLnd)TiO3, where Ln comprises a rare earth element 0.100≤a≤0.400, 0.100≤b≤0.400, 0.100≤c≤0.700, 0≤d≤0.100, and 0.900≤a+b+c+d≤1.50. The auxiliary component contains a first auxiliary component or a second auxiliary component. The first auxiliary component includes an element selected from the group consisting of Li and K and combinations thereof and the second auxiliary component includes an element selected from the group consisting of Cu, Zn, Mn, Mg and Co and combinations thereof. |
| US10501373B1 |
Multi-phase ceramic system
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with multi-phase ceramic composites are described herein. Specifically, a multi-phase ceramic composite having a microstructure having at least one solid-state lubricant phase and at least one wear resistant material phase. |
| US10501369B2 |
Translucent substrate, organic LED element and method of manufacturing translucent substrate
A translucent substrate includes a glass substrate containing at least one element selected from a group consisting of Bi, Ti and Sn; a coating layer formed on the glass substrate; and a transparent conductive film formed on the coating layer, wherein the coating layer is deposited by a dry depositing method. |
| US10501362B2 |
Fabrication method and fabrication apparatus for porous glass base material for optical fiber
According to a fabrication method for fabricating a porous glass base material for optical fiber, the orientation of a clad forming burner used to form the outermost layer of a clad-corresponding portion is changed further upward while glass fine particles are deposited during the period between a first timing and a second timing. At the first timing, the outer diameter of the porous glass base material for optical fiber has not reached a target outer diameter. The second timing is later than the first timing, and either a timing at which the outer diameter of the porous glass base material for optical fiber reaches the target outer diameter for the first time, or a timing prior to this timing. |
| US10501361B2 |
Optical fiber preform manufacturing method and optical fiber preform manufacturing device
An optical fiber base material manufacturing method includes: supplying oxygen, hydrogen, and silicide to a core deposition burner; depositing silicon dioxide; adjusting a drawing up speed so that a deposition tip position remains at the same position in accordance with growth of a porous base material; calculating an average of the drawing up speed at each preset time interval; calculating a difference of the calculated average from a preset value of the drawing up speed; correcting a flow rate of silicon tetrachloride when the supplied hydrogen is hydrogen produced or stored at normal temperature, and correcting a flow rate of hydrogen when the supplied hydrogen is hydrogen obtained by vaporizing liquid hydrogen, where when correcting the flow rate of hydrogen, a flow rate of hydrogen supplied to a cladding deposition burner is also corrected in a ratio of before and after the correction of the flow rate of the hydrogen. |
| US10501360B2 |
Glass ribbon manufacturing apparatus and method for manufacturing glass ribbon
Provided is a glass ribbon manufacturing apparatus in which at least one of support rollers configured to support both sides of a glass ribbon (G) in a width direction in an annealing region and a cooling region is a shape stabilization roller configured to stabilize a shape of the glass ribbon (G) curved in the width direction. The shape stabilization roller includes a first roller (11) arranged on one surface side of the glass ribbon (G) and a second roller (12) arranged on another surface side of the glass ribbon (G). Inner end portions (11c) of rollers (11a) of the first roller (11) are all positioned on an outer side, in the width direction, of outer end portions (12c) of rollers (12a) of the corresponding second roller (12) in the width direction. |
| US10501358B2 |
Apparatus and methods for processing molten material
A glass manufacturing apparatus comprises at least one nozzle facing a conduit and extending transverse to a travel path defined by the conduit. The at least one nozzle is configured to cool molten material within the interior of the conduit with a stream of cooling fluid forced against an exterior of the conduit along a cooling axis extending transverse to the travel path defined by the conduit. In further examples, methods of processing molten material includes cooling the molten material within an interior of a conduit by forcing a stream of cooling fluid against an exterior of the conduit along a cooling axis extending transverse to a travel path defined by the conduit. |
| US10501357B1 |
Mobile wastewater treatment system
A mobile wastewater treatment system wherein a mobile carrier has mounted thereon a wastewater treatment plant. The wastewater treatment plant has a flow equalization tank, an aeration tank, a clarifying tank, a disinfection stage, and a pumping tank. The mobile carrier can be a trailer, a skid, a shipping container, or the like. |
| US10501356B2 |
Hospital ozone faucet
A hospital faucet assembly is provided that includes an outlet adapted to direct a flow water stream into a sink. An ozone chamber is provided having a water inlet and a water outlet. A flow control valve is connected to the water inlet, and the water outlet is connected to the faucet armature. A sensor is provided which is adapted to control the flow control valve. An ozone generator is located within the chamber, and when a user activates the sensor, the valve opens allowing more water to enter the chamber and then travel out through the water outlet of the ozone chamber to the faucet armature which dispenses the water flow into the sink. A controller is provided and is connected to the control valve and the sensor. The controller is configured to run an automatic cycle on an occasional basis to flush the sink with ozone-rich water in order flush and/or disinfect water located in a trap of the sink drain, or provide other disinfecting functions. |
| US10501354B2 |
Process for treating effluents from the production of an aromatic compound derived from a dihydroxylated benzene
A process for treating an aqueous solution (A) derived from a method of producing a compound with the formula (I): (I) wherein R1 and R2 are identical or different and are chosen from among hydrogen and C1-C5 alkyl, wherein R1 and R2 together form a methylene group, and wherein R3, R4, R5 and R6, which are independently identical or different, are chosen from among: a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group (—OH), an alkoxy group (—OR), an alcohol group (—ROH), an aldehyde group (—CHO), a ketone group (—C(═O)R), an acid group (—COOH), a nitrile group (—CN), a C1-C6 alkyl chain, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, potentially comprising one or a plurality of substitutes in a terminal or lateral position or one or more functions in said alkyl chain, R being a C1-C5 alkyl, wherein the aqueous solution (A) comprises at least one sulfate salt SO42− (S) rendered soluble and at least one aromatic organic compound (O) formed during the method for producing the compound (I), and wherein the process comprises at least one step (i) of recovering a solid sulfate salt (S) in an at least partially anhydride form separately from the aqueous solution (A). |
| US10501353B2 |
Monitoring and control of unit operations for generating steam from produced water
In a process and apparatus for treating produced water, the produced water flows through a series of treatment units. A portion of the produced water may by-pass one or more of the treatment units but the by-pass portion may be such that the treated water is still acceptable, for example for discharge or reuse. Concentrations of oil and grease, organic carbon, silica, pH or related parameters in the produced water may be monitored and used to control the process or apparatus. Control of the process may involve one or more of altering a by-pass portion, altering the addition of chemicals, and altering the operation of a unit process. The process may be controlled to respond to upset conditions, or such that the concentration of one or more limiting contaminants is near, but not over, a specified maximum for re-use or discharge. |
| US10501350B1 |
System, method and bio media for stormwater treatment
A bio media to remove at least nitrates from collected stormwater is disclosed including natural components to at least facilitate beneficial levels of denitrification and adsorption to remove nitrates and other contaminants passing into the media. Another bio media, systems and a method are also disclosed. |
| US10501349B1 |
One piece watertight concrete structure
A manufacturing process for a one piece tank that involves three steps results in a consistently watertight and structurally stronger unit than previous tanks. The three steps comprise a process for producing the body of the tank, a process for producing a preliminary lid, and a process for producing the final tank. An important step in the process for producing the body of the tank is extending reinforcing steel (rebar) a distance above the concrete walls of the tank. After the preliminary lid is placed into a groove of the tank, the rebar is bent over the lid and a water stop is applied between the walls of the tank and the preliminary lid. The water stop can be any of several forms. In one form, the water stop is in the form of butyl or rubber strip which projects from the walls of the tank above the walls with the rebar. In an alternate form, the water stop is in the form of a gasket of plastic or other suitable material inserted in a groove at the top of the tank. Once the preliminary lid is in place and the rebar bent over the preliminary lid, reinforcing steel (rebar) is bent over the preliminary lid and secured to proper locations. Then concrete is poured to the top and above the sidewalls of the tank until completely full. The resulting cured structure is a one piece water tight tank with an integral water stop. |
| US10501346B2 |
System and method for generation of point of use reactive oxygen species
Systems and methods for generating reactive oxygen species formulations useful in various oxidation applications. Exemplary formulations include singlet oxygen or superoxide and can also contain hydroxyl radicals or hydroperoxy radicals, among others. Formulations can contain other reactive species, including other radicals. Exemplary formulations containing peracids are activated to generate singlet oxygen. Exemplary formulations include those containing a mixture of superoxide and hydrogen peroxide. Exemplary formulations include those in which one or more components of the formulation are generated electrochemically. Formulations of the invention containing reactive oxygen species can be further activated to generate reactive oxygen species using activation chosen from a Fenton or Fenton-like catalyst, ultrasound, ultraviolet radiation or thermal activation. Exemplary applications of the formulations of the invention among others include: cleaning in place applications, water treatment, soil decontamination and flushing of well casings and water distribution pipes. |
| US10501343B1 |
Method of treating water with an ion exchange bed in a water treatment system
A method of treating water in a water treatment system after a replacement of an ion exchange bed includes introducing water to be treated into the ion exchange bed of the water treatment system to produce treated water, calculating a current exchange daily average flow rate of water through the water treatment system, calculating a cumulative daily average flow rate of water through the water treatment system, and determining an estimated number of days remaining to exhaustion of the ion exchange bed based on the current exchange daily average flow rate and the cumulative daily average flow rate. |
| US10501342B2 |
UV-C water purification device
Methods and apparatus are provided for ultraviolet (UV) water purification, comprising UV-C LED modules having improved light extraction efficiency. UV-C LED dies (12) are solidly coupled to associated translucent output windows (14), such that light is transmitted directly from light-emitting surface(s) of the dies (12) to output window(s) (14) of the LED package—without propagation across interstitial air gaps. Gas-to-solid (and solid-to-gas) light transition boundaries are thus eliminated, significantly reducing the amount of light lost through inter-medium boundary reflection, and thereby increasing efficiency of light extraction. |
| US10501341B2 |
Method for removing heavy metals from wastewater
Cross-linked polymeric resins from anilines linked together with polyamine alkyl chains. A process for producing the cross-linked polymeric resins by Mannich-type polycondensation of anilines and diaminoalkanes linked together by an aldehyde and subsequent basification. In addition, a method for removing heavy metals, such as Pb (II) and As (V) from aqueous solution via contacting and treatment with the cross-linked polymeric resins. |
| US10501339B2 |
Method for crystallising clathrates hydrates, and method for purifying an aqueous liquid using the clathrates hydrates thus crystallised
A method for forming, or crystallising, clathrates hydrates of a host molecule in a liquid including water includes the following consecutive steps: cooling the liquid to a temperature no higher than the crystallisation temperature of the clathrates hydrates; and placing the cooled liquid in contact with host molecules that are capable of forming clathrates hydrates and are adsorbed on a solid support that has a large specific surface area and is made of a hydrophobic and apolar material, whereby the host molecules are desorbed from the solid support that has a large specific surface area and is made of a hydrophobic and apolar material, and react with the water of the liquid in order to provide a liquid containing clathrates hydrates and the solid support. |
| US10501335B1 |
Polycrystalline metal oxides with enriched grain boundaries
Provided are electrochemically active secondary particles that provide excellent capacity and improved cycle life. The particles are characterized by selectively enriched grain boundaries where the grain boundaries are enriched Al. The enrichment with Al reduces impedance generation during cycling thereby improving capacity and cycle life. Also provided are methods of forming electrochemically active materials, as well as electrodes and electrochemical cells employing the secondary particles. |
| US10501334B2 |
Aqueous cobalt chloride solution refinement method
An aqueous cobalt chloride solution refinement method, in which metallic nickel is washed with an acidic liquid having a pH of not more than 2.5 before the metallic nickel is brought into contact with the aqueous solution containing cobalt chloride. Since the metallic nickel is washed with the acidic liquid having a pH of not more than 2.5, a passive film on a surface of the metallic nickel is removed and therefore, when the metallic nickel comes in contact with the aqueous solution containing cobalt chloride, an impurity more noble than the metallic nickel can be precipitated by a cementation reaction. In addition, since the metallic nickel is only washed with acid to be brought into contact with the aqueous solution containing cobalt chloride, impurities can be easily removed from the aqueous solution containing cobalt chloride. |
| US10501333B2 |
Spherical ferrite powder, resin compound including spherical ferrite powder, and molded product made of resin compound
The present invention provides a spherical ferrite powder that is excellent in filling ability and moldability if used as a filler, is excellent in handling ability, and is high in resistivity; a resin compound including the ferrite powder; and a molded product made of the resin compound. The spherical ferrite powder including 15 to 30 wt % of ferrite particles having the particle diameter less than 11 μm and have the volume average particle diameter of 10 to 50 μm; the resin compound including the ferrite powder; and the molded product made of the resin compound are employed. |
| US10501327B2 |
Nanostructures with functionally different surfaces
Disclosed is a substantially flat nanosheet with a first side and a second side, the first side having substantially different properties than the second side. The nanosheet may have self-assembly properties under certain anisotropic conditions such as phase separation boundaries, sheer stresses, friction, temperature gradients, viscosity, density, and/or combinations therein. |
| US10501325B2 |
Fabrication of a graphite film based on a polyimide film
A polyimide film suitable for use in the fabrication of a graphite layer includes a polyimide derived from reaction of diamine monomers with dianhydride monomers, and a foaming agent incorporated in the polyimide. Moreover, a process of fabricating a graphite film includes providing a polyamic acid solution formed by reaction of diamine monomers with dianhydride monomers, incorporating a foaming agent into the polyamic acid solution, forming a polyimide film from the polyamic acid solution, applying a first thermal treatment so that the polyimide film is carbonized to form a carbon film, and applying a second thermal treatment so that the carbon film is converted to a graphite film. |
| US10501324B2 |
Systems, devices, and/or methods for reactive graphene and its applications
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, which can comprise ink or a rubber object comprising reactive graphene. The reactive graphene comprises a graphene core that is chemically bonded with a reactive shell. The graphene core is a graphene hybrid composite comprising graphene and one or more of nanocarbon, graphene nanoplatelets, graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide and/or pristine graphene, etc. |
| US10501323B2 |
Carbon composites and methods of manufacture
A method for the manufacture of a carbon composite comprises compressing a combination comprising carbon and a binder at a temperature of about 350° C. to about 1200° C. and a pressure of about 500 psi to about 30,000 psi to form the carbon composite; wherein the binder comprises a nonmetal, metal, alloy of the metal, or a combination thereof wherein the nonmetal is selected from the group consisting of SiO2, Si, B, B2O3, and a combination thereof; and the metal is selected from the group consisting of aluminum, copper, titanium, nickel, tungsten, chromium, iron, manganese, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, molybdenum, tin, bismuth, antimony, lead, cadmium, selenium, and a combination thereof. |
| US10501322B2 |
Mixed oxygen and organic compound treatment for functionalizing oxygen onto the surface of boron nitride
Improved methods of synthesizing oxygen-functionalized boron nitride (O—BN) are disclosed. In the disclosed methods, boron nitride (BN) in any form is contacted with a gaseous composition or compositions that include oxygen and an organic compound, such as, but not limited to, a hydrocarbon. |
| US10501321B2 |
Nitride stabilized core/shell nanoparticles
Nitride stabilized metal nanoparticles and methods for their manufacture are disclosed. In one embodiment the metal nanoparticles have a continuous and nonporous noble metal shell with a nitride-stabilized non-noble metal core. The nitride-stabilized core provides a stabilizing effect under high oxidizing conditions suppressing the noble metal dissolution during potential cycling. |
| US10501315B2 |
Analytical nanoscope on a chip for sub-optical resolution imaging
An imaging device and method of using is provided that requires no traditional optics but uses an addressable array of vertically oriented carbon nanotubes. The technique relies on the ability to reduce the nearest neighbor spacing between the carbon nanotubes to less than the wavelength of light used in traditional optical microscopes. The nanoscope can have a resolution of less than 100 nm. Electrophoresis deposition can be used to direct the assembly of the carbon nanotubes onto interconnects in an integrated circuit, which could be used to address the array. The device is portable, compact, and does not utilize complicated components. It also derives spatially resolved dielectric and chemical properties of a sample to be imaged. |
| US10501312B2 |
Over-under sensor packaging with sensor spaced apart from control chip
An embodiment device includes a body structure having an interior cavity, a control chip disposed on a first interior surface of the interior cavity, and a sensor attached, at a first side, to a second interior surface of the interior cavity opposite the first interior surface. The sensor has a mounting pad on a second side of the sensor that faces the first interior surface, and the sensor is vertically spaced apart from the control chip by an air gap, with the sensor is aligned at least partially over the control chip. The device further includes an interconnect having a first end mounted on the mounting pad, the interconnect extending through the interior cavity toward the first interior surface, and the control chip is in electrical communication with the sensor by way of the interconnect. |
| US10501309B2 |
Frequency variable fuel vapor recovery control system and method for fuel dispenser with self-calibrated vapor liquid ratio
A fuel vapor recovery control system includes a controller, a recovery electrical motor, a fuel vapor switching valve, a fuel vapor recovery pump, a fuel tank, a fueling pump, a fuel gun, and a temperature sensor connected in sequence. A fueling flowmeter is arranged on a fueling pipeline, in signal connection with the controller, the recovery electrical motor and the fuel vapor recovery pump in sequence. The temperature sensor is in signal connection with the controller for controling the recovery electrical motor and the fuel vapor recovery pump by temperature signals. The fuel vapor recovery control system includes a fuel vapor flowmeter for measuring the fuel vapor recovery amount, in signal connection with the controller for controling the recovery electrical motor and the fuel vapor recovery pump by fuel vapor recovery amount signals. The fuel vapor recovery ratio is between 1-1.4. A method of adopting the system is provided herein. |
| US10501307B2 |
Wine dispenser
A wine dispenser that includes a wine refrigerator unit having a compartment with a support to support a wine container, and a wine dispenser unit residing atop the wine refrigeration unit, the wine dispenser unit including a plurality of fountain heads, each one of the plurality of fountain heads being connected to a respective fluid-tight wine supply line that extends from the fountain head to an interior of the compartment. |
| US10501304B2 |
System for mixing and dispensing beverages
A drink vending apparatus comprises a housing, one or more ingredient cartridges removably coupled to the housing, a mixing container, a dispensing nozzle, and a control unit. A user provides user commands from a smart device to the control unit that comprises drink requests from the user. In response thereto, ingredients are dispensed from one or more of the ingredient cartridges into the mixing container, and the mixed ingredients are dispensed from the mixing container into a receptacle. |
| US10501303B2 |
Drinking water supply device and method of controlling the same
A method of controlling a drinking water supply device includes inputting a water discharge signal through an input lever, opening a first valve such that drinking water flows through a first channel and measuring the amount of drinking water flowing through the first channel using a flow rate sensor, opening a second valve for a predetermined time to discharge minerals when the amount of drinking water measured by the flow rate sensor reaches a first predetermined amount, and, opening the second valve again for the predetermined time to further discharge minerals when a second predetermined amount of drinking water is measured by the flow rate sensor. |
| US10501302B2 |
Method of degasification of a carbonated beverage-filled container
A method of degasification of a carbonated beverage-filled container in an apparatus for blowing and filling containers, the apparatus including a mold enclosing a blown and carbonated beverage-filled container. The container includes a dispensing opening, an injection head that is movable along a longitudinal axis, passing by the dispensing opening of the container, between a sealing position in which the injection head is in a sealing engagement with the dispensing opening and a non-sealing position in which the injection head spaced from the dispensing opening. The method includes the steps of moving the injection head away from the sealing position to a first non-sealing position, moving the injection head from the first non-sealing position back to the sealing position, and after moving the injection head back, moving the injection head away from the sealing position to a second non-sealing position that is different from the first non-sealing position. |
| US10501301B2 |
Method for detecting the defective status of an article to be contact filled with a pourable product and filling device
A method for detecting the defective status of an article intended to be contact-filled with a pourable product stored in a tank using a filling device includes creating a tight-fluid contact between an opening of an article and a first fluidic line defined by the filling device; setting a second valve in a second closed position; setting a first valve in a first open position; measuring the flow of the pourable product along the first fluidic line; and detecting that the article is defective if the flow is greater than a threshold value. |
| US10501300B2 |
Ampoule opener
A device for opening a sealed glass ampoule includes a housing that aligns the ampoule with a breaking mechanism. The breaking mechanism includes a sloped region that corresponds to the ampoule to be broken. After breakage of the ampoule, the ampoule head is stored in a storage area and can be removed later without the user having to touch the broken glass. The ampoule opener can be used with a mating base or on a countertop or other flat surface. The ampoule opener removes the need for the user to touch the ampoule during or after opening. |
| US10501296B2 |
Linkage system for a forklift truck
A forklift linkage system (100) for movement has a levelling carriage assembly (110) movably contained within a channel assembly (120). A main long link pivotally connects to the levelling carriage assembly (110) at a first pivot point (111) and a fork carriage assembly (150) at a second pivot point (151). A short link (140) pivotally connects near a midpoint (131) of the main long link (130) at a third pivot point (121) and at a fixed pivot point (121) relative to the channel (120), near a vertical offset position from the pivot point of the main long link (130) to the levelling carriage assembly (110) at a fourth pivot point (112). A levelling link (160) pivotally connects to the levelling carriage assembly (110) at a fifth pivot point (151) and at the opposite end to a fork carriage assembly (150) at a sixth pivot point, such that the travel path of the second pivot point (151) connecting the main long link (130) to the fork carriage assembly (150) remains substantially perpendicular to the channel (120) when the linkage system (100) is moved between retracted and extended positions. The angle through the second pivot point (151) connects the main long link (130) to the fork carriage assembly (150). The sixth pivot point (152) connects the levelling link (160) to the fork carriage assembly (150) substantially constant in relation to the channel (120) when the linkage system (100) is moved between retracted and extended positions. |
| US10501294B1 |
Remote controlled pulley for fishing accessories
A remote controlled pulley device for moving a cord of an underwater accessory comprising a motor; a drive pulley and a follower pulley spaced a distance from the drive pulley for frictionally engaging cord there between. A receiver is in communication the motor, where signals from the receiver cause the motor to turn on and off, which in turn causes the drive pulley to move or rotate in a forward or reverse direction, thus moving the cord frictionally engaged therewith. A battery is provided and configured to power the motor. A battery powered hand-held remote control device is provided and the receiver is configured to receive commands from the hand-held remote control to rotate the drive pulley and thus move the cord. |
| US10501292B2 |
Winch
A winch for a power generating system using a tethered airborne device, the winch comprising a drum rotatable about its main axis a guiding apparatus arranged to guide an airborne device tether to wind and unwind around the drum; wherein the drum is rotatable relative to a pivot point to move in a first plane and the guiding apparatus is disposed relative to the drum to move along part of an orbital path around the drum in a second plane substantially perpendicular to the main axis of the drum, thereby allowing alignment of the winch with respect to an unwound length of the tether. |
| US10501288B2 |
Seal member for sealing a door sill gap
A seal member for sealing a gap between a car-side door sill and a landing-side door sill is slidable between a sealing position and a retracted position and is driven by a link mechanism. The seal member is connected to an actuation spring that receives a movement force toward the sealing position. The link mechanism releases engagement with the actuating member in synchronization with a start of a door open operation of the car door to permit sliding toward the sealing position caused by the actuation spring. The link mechanism is engaged with the actuating member of the car door side in synchronization with movement of the car door toward a door close end to move the seal member to the retracted position resisting to the actuation spring. |
| US10501287B2 |
Damper unit for an elevator
A damper unit for an elevator, for the purpose of reducing vertical vibration of a stopping elevator car, has at least one roller that, in an active position, is in contact with a guide rail for the elevator car and can be rotated about an axis of rotation. For damping rotary movements during vertical vibration of the stopping elevator car, the roller is connected to a rotation damper. |
| US10501282B2 |
Device for braking lines of tying twine
A device for braking lines of tying twine, for agricultural machines, of the type of balers, round balers and the like. Such machines are provided with assemblies for typing bales of previously-cut agricultural products, or the type of grass, wheat, maize, hay, forage, and the like. The braking device includes an electronic unit for controlling and managing at least one actuator for moving at least one braking element, which is actuated by the electronic unit by way of the actuator, in order to retain at least partially at least one respective length of at least one line of twine, during its unreeling. |
| US10501278B2 |
Attaching device for conductive adhesive tape and a manufacturing method of display panel
The disclosure provides an attaching device for conductive adhesive tape and a manufacturing method of display panel. The attaching device disclosed herein comprises an adhesive tape attaching unit and a frame. An upper portion of the frame is provided with a first guide rail and a pair of second guide rails in parallel. The first guide rail is arranged to be perpendicular to the pair of second guide rails and movably connected between the pair of second guide rails. The adhesive tape attaching unit is movably mounted on the first guide rail. The attaching device for conductive adhesive tape and the manufacturing method of display panel according to the disclosure can attach the adhesive tape to a motherboard. The motherboard with the adhesive tape attached to can be cut to form a plurality of display panels. Therefore, it is possible to improve attaching efficiency and reduce cost of manufacturing. |
| US10501277B2 |
Brake assembly for a tape dispenser
A tape dispenser housing wound adhesive tape includes a brake spoke tapering (i.e., narrowing) from a distal radial end to a proximal radial end relative to a tape rotational axis, wherein the brake spoke effectuates the braking of wound adhesive tape on a hub by contacting the wound adhesive tape, the hub, or both simultaneously. |
| US10501275B2 |
Bail arm to rotate and oscillate
Examples disclosed herein relate to a device including a bail arm to rotate and oscillate. Examples include a shaft coupled above an output tray; and a bail arm to rotate and oscillate about a central axis of the shaft. In examples, the bail arm is to provide a downward force on the output tray. |
| US10501273B2 |
Workpiece transfer apparatus and workpiece transfer method
A workpiece transfer apparatus includes a mounting surface, a non-contact chuck, and an extracting mechanism. The mounting surface receives workpieces stacked one above the other. The non-contact chuck is located above the workpieces to draw the uppermost workpiece. The extracting mechanism extracts the uppermost workpiece drawn by the chuck by laterally sliding the uppermost workpiece in a predetermined extracting direction. |
| US10501272B2 |
Blister package stacker
A blister package stacker having a nest inlet for reception of blister packages from a conveyor, a nest assembly for holding one of the blister packages, and a blister package collection tower for storing a stack of the blister packages. The nest assembly is configured to insert one blister package at a time upward into a bottom of the blister package collection tower. The blister package stacker may have a push arm which pushes the stack of the blister packages from the collection tower into storage tubes. |
| US10501265B2 |
Positive-drive spiral conveyor
A spiral conveyor for positively driving a conveyor belt along a helical path. The spiral conveyor includes a rotating cylindrical tower with parallel drive members extending from the bottom to the top of the tower on its periphery. Each drive member includes an outwardly protruding ridge that varies in height from the bottom to the top of the tower. The variations in height facilitate the belt's entry onto and exit from the tower and robust, positive driving engagement with the inside edge of the belt along the majority of its path along the tower. |
| US10501264B2 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring waste removal and administration
A method for a municipality to control, track, and monitor waste or refuse receptacles requires a permit for use of a waste receptacle. An issuing organization issues a permit associated with a discreet receptacle identifier. An RFID tag is provided with the permit and attached to a discreet receptacle. The RFID tag transmits a signal carrying data associated with the discreet receptacle identifier. The signal may be read by a portable reader carried by municipal personnel to record violations of municipal code associated with the use of the discreet receptacle. |
| US10501259B2 |
Control of bubble size in a carbonated liquid
Cans, bottles and/or other containers used to hold a carbonated beverage can include internal features to promote and/or control bubble formation. |
| US10501258B2 |
Aerosol dispenser having annular seals and aerosol container therefor
An aerosol container suitable for use as an aerosol dispenser. The aerosol container includes at least a valve and product delivery device joined to an outer container. The valve and product delivery device have respective annular welds or other seals joining the valve and product delivery to the outer container. The welds, or other seals may be concentric, with one circumscribing the other, in the same plane or different planes. Suitable product delivery devices include bags and dip tubes. |
| US10501257B2 |
Metering device
The invention relates to a metering device (1) for the metered application of a highly viscous product onto a substrate (2), comprising a housing (3) with an inner side (7) and an outer side (6), a cartridge (10) forming a receiving space (14) for the highly viscous product to be metered, a piston (20) and a spring element (17), wherein at least one engaging element (22) is formed on the inner side (7) of the housing (3) and a row of neighboring engaging recesses (21) is formed on the piston (20), wherein both the engaging element (22) and the engaging recesses (21) are arranged outside of the receiving space (14), and wherein the engaging element (22) engages into an engaging recess (21) on the piston (20) with an actuation of the metering device (1), and wherein, after an actuation of the metering device (1), a returning movement of the housing (3) into the starting position thereof brings about a transition of the engaging element (22) from the engaging recess (21) into a neighboring engaging recess (21). |
| US10501255B2 |
Beverage container with ice storage feature
In its preferred embodiment, my invention provides a solution for a reusable product that provides the ability to conveniently, effectively and immediately cool a consumable liquid in a container regardless of where you are, without the delay involved by requiring to place any portion of the container into a refrigerator, to increase the time that a cooling agent's (ice) lowered temperature is preserved prior to exposure to the consumable liquid, to provide enhanced cooling impact through direct and maximum surface contact between the cooling agent and consumable liquid, to do so for any liquid the person desires to consume and that is not limited in its design/fit/configuration in order to accommodate a specific commercially available prepackaged container. |
| US10501254B2 |
Thermally insulated package
A thermally insulating package comprises an outer shell (6) formed from a foam insulating material, a plurality of vacuum insulated panels (12) removably received on the walls of the outer shell (6) and a plurality of phase change material panels (18) arranged within the vacuum insulated panels (12) to define a payload space. |
| US10501252B1 |
Packaging material having patterns of microsphere adhesive members that allow for bending around objects
In one embodiment, a packaging material wraps around an object so as to protect the object from damage. The material has a substrate and a plurality of adhesive members adhered to the substrate, each having a plurality of microspheres. The adhesive members are arranged on the surface in a pattern so as to define first and second pluralities of pairs of linear arrays of the adhesive members. The linear arrays of the first plurality are elongate along a first direction and are spaced from one another so as to define a first bending gap between the linear arrays in each pair of the first plurality. The linear arrays of the second plurality are elongate along a second direction, angularly offset from the first direction, and are spaced from one another so as to define a second bending gap between the linear arrays of each pair of the second plurality. |
| US10501248B2 |
Blister package and method of manufacture
Blister package having a novel pull tab construction that enables opening of each individual product cavity of the blister package. The pull tab is formed by breaking off a portion of a base substrate along a notched line that includes a series elongated severed portions extending completely through the thickness of the base substrate, separated by the unsevered (connected) portions. The notched line can be formed in the same mold that is used to form the recessed product cavity of the base substrate, thereby reducing the number of manufacturing steps and equipment, resulting in a significant cost savings during manufacture. The new notch line configuration eliminates the problems of the prior art with score depth achievement and consistency, while providing a reliable breakable line, and enable less brittle (non-PVC) polymers to be used. It also eliminates the problem with knife wear that prevented score depth achievement and consistency with non-PVC materials. |
| US10501246B1 |
Smart cap for a liquid container
A smart cap for use with a liquid container and a system therefor is disclosed herein. The components of the smart cap preferably comprise a micro motor, a microcontroller, a wireless transceiver (BTLE), a lithium ion battery, LED indicators, a waterproof rated charging port, a nozzle quick connect, a controllable valve, a touch sensor, a thermal sensor, a physical button, an impeller, and a cap housing. |
| US10501245B2 |
Lid for a disposable beverage container including graphic images and method of fabricating same
A lid for a disposable beverage container. A sheet of plastic is passed through an offset printing process to directly print images at multiple discrete locations on the sheet. During printing, registration marks are printed on the sheet. These marks are used to align the sheet correctly for subsequent printing runs in which additional colors are added to the images. The registration marks are also used to correctly position the printed sheet on a mold. Multiple lids are thermoformed into the printed plastic sheet. The registration marks are subsequently used to correctly position the thermoformed printed sheet with a die-cutter to separate the multiple printed and formed lids from the sheet. The images are printed in non-heat sensitive inks as these will resist distortion of the printed images during the thermoforming process. Preferably each image is printed so that it ends up in a depression on the eventually formed lids. |
| US10501243B2 |
Vent assembly and reservoirs including the same
Vent assemblies movable between a vented position and a non-vented position are described along with reservoirs in which the vent assemblies may be used. The vent assemblies each include an aperture and a closure member. The closure member is configured for movement along a cam surface to generate a compressive force such that a sealing surface on the closure member is forced against the wall of the reservoir and over the aperture such that the vent assembly is in the non-vented position. The closure member movement may be, e.g., rotational or linear (i.e., translational) when moving between the vented and unvented positions. |
| US10501241B2 |
Mounting portion for a spout
A spout includes a mounting portion to which a pouch of a container assembly is sealed. The exterior of the mounting portion is defined by a smooth, non-angled surface free of edges or sharp transition portions, and is defined along its height by a generally sinusoidal, wave-like pattern formed by alternating peaks and troughs. The exterior of the mounting portion is structured such that the ratio of the length of the portion of the mounting portion exterior surface extending between adjacent peaks to the height between adjacent peaks is minimized to no more than 10%, and more preferably no more than 5%. By minimizing this ratio, the amount that a pouch will stretch if it is pushed into the cavities formed between adjacent peaks of the mounting portion (e.g. during an HPP process) is minimized, thereby preventing damage to the pouch and/or attachment between the pouch and spout. |
| US10501239B2 |
Container systems
Container systems. Methods related to container systems. |
| US10501236B2 |
Shipping container for transporting works of art
The invention is directed to a shipping container 1 for transporting works of art 2 comprising an enclosing section 3 obtained by injection moulding and a cover section 7 obtained by injection moulding, retaining means 9 to secure the cover section 7 to the wall sections of the enclosing section 3. The retaining means 9 are not present on at least one wall section 10. Said one wall section 10 is not provided with retaining means 9 and is provided with one or more support strips 11 along the length of the side wall 10. |
| US10501234B2 |
Beverage can sanitary seal
A unitary, single-use, sanitary seal for a beverage can. It has a number of redundant sealing interfaces incorporated into its design and uses of both friction fit and captive seals. It may be installed at the canning facility or elsewhere by a third party, with or without the use of heating. Its dome construction flexes the side walls and seals outward in an expansive manner to allow installation. To remove, the seal must be destroyed, leaving a visual indication. It allows a conventional six-pack ring to be used as well as the vertical stacking of groupings of cans. Antibacterial agents such as silver, copper, zinc, tin, or the like may optionally be incorporated into the seal's material to enhance or maintain sterility. |
| US10501233B2 |
Multiple-opening container and method
A multiple-opening container is configured to facilitate the simultaneous opening of two or more material containing compartments, thus allowing for the material contents within the multiple containing compartments to be suitably mixed upon pouring into another container. As a result of the simultaneous opening and pouring ability facilitated by the multiple-opening container, the time for mixing of multiple materials, such as beverages, fluids, powders or other like contents, can be suitably reduced. In addition, the de-carbonization and/or deterioration or other side affects caused from pre-mixing of the contents can be eliminated. In accordance with another exemplary embodiment, engagement portion can comprise a snap clip and a ring portion configured for sealed coupling to a material containing compartment. Second compartment can be suitably filled within beverages or other materials, and then positioned within the container portion and sealed or otherwise coupled by the engagement portion. |
| US10501232B1 |
Adjustable wrap-around container system
An adjustable wrap-around container system is provided comprising a plurality of connectable modules. Each module includes an outer perimeter wall and an inner perimeter wall defining an outer volume therebetween, the inner perimeter wall surrounding an inner volume that may contain, for example, a post. The inner and outer perimeter walls may both include two segments, joined at an angle, such as 90°, at their inner edges. A module connects to an adjacent module by sliding a tab on the module into a slot in the adjacent module. By adjusting how far each module slides into the adjacent module, the dimensions of the inner volume may be varied. The assembled container can retain solids, such as soil for plants, liquids, or other materials. |
| US10501230B2 |
Wooden pallet with butted deck boards and related methods
A pallet includes a base layer and a cargo layer. The cargo layer includes a pair of spaced apart end deck boards, and intermediate deck boards between the pair of spaced apart end deck boards. Each end deck board and an immediately adjacent intermediate deck board are butted against one another. Spaced apart support blocks are coupled between the base and cargo layers and forming a gap therebetween for receiving a lifting member. |
| US10501228B2 |
Packing box
A packing box including a box body and a cover body is provided. The box body includes a bottom plate and first side plates connected to the bottom plate. The bottom plate and the first side plates collectively encircle an accommodation space. One of the first side plates includes a first tongue piece extending out of the accommodation space. The first tongue piece includes a fixing end and a free end. The cover body includes a top plate and a second side plate. The top plate is pivotally connected to the box body, such that the top plate is adapted to be opened or closed to expose or shield the accommodation space. The second side plate includes a first inner layer and a first outer layer stacked with each other. The first inner layer has a notch, and the notch is close to one side of the top plate and corresponds to the first tongue piece. When the cover body is closed to the box body, the free end strikes the first outer layer of the second side plate to produce a sound. |
| US10501226B2 |
Modular carton
A carton for holding a plurality of articles in at least a first layer and a second layer. The carton can include a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels can include at least a bottom panel, a side panel, and a top panel. The carton further can include a divider for at least partially extending between the first layer and the second layer of the plurality of articles. The divider can at least partially define a first modular section of the carton and a second modular section of the carton. The first modular section can include the top panel, an upper portion of the side panel, and the divider. The second modular section can include the bottom panel and a lower portion of the side panel. The first modular section can be at least partially separable from the second modular section. |
| US10501225B2 |
Container handling system
Plastic container that is to be filled with a hot product includes a threaded neck portion, a base portion including a standing surface and a moveable element, and a body portion including a dome portion, first and second label stop portions, a supplemental vacuum panel and a sidewall relatively free of structural geometry that surrounds an interior of the body portion. During cooling, the hot product is contracted so as to create an induced vacuum. The supplemental vacuum panel is configured and operative to remove a first portion of an induced vacuum, and the moveable element is configured and operative to move from a first position to a second position to remove a second portion of the vacuum, wherein the first portion of the vacuum and the second portion of the vacuum constitute substantially the entire vacuum. |
| US10501219B2 |
Combination chamber and external suction vacuum packaging machine
A combination chamber and external suction vacuum packaging machine is operable to evacuate a vacuum bag and seal closed an open margin of the bag. The vacuum packaging machine includes a base and a lid that define a vacuum chamber operable for use in a chamber packaging operation, where the bag is entirely received within the vacuum chamber, and an external packaging operation, where only part of the bag is received within the vacuum chamber. |
| US10501216B2 |
System and method for framed lid
The present disclosure describes a product package having a tray and a combination flexible/rigid lid design that comprises a rigid or semi-rigid frame and a flexible film that is transparent or translucent that is fixedly attached to the frame and releasably attached to the package tray. The novel product package is capable of maintaining a seal until opened by a consumer, allows a consumer to see the product through the lid, can be opened with a single step, and is resealable and/or reusable by the consumer. |
| US10501212B2 |
Removing orbital space debris from near earth orbit
A system utilizing an antenna generating an electromagnetic (EM) wave to interact with a solar EM wave to streamline magnetic flux in the polar cusp and to facilitate the flow of solar plasma through the Polar Cusp, resulting in an elevated plasma flux at the exit of the Polar Cusp. The elevated plasma flux intercepts and removes small space debris from Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) and Geosynchronous Transfer Orbits (GTO) transiting the LEO altitude regimes. |
| US10501211B1 |
Pre and post orbit maneuver pulses to reduce flexural oscillations
Techniques for performing an orbital maneuver on a spacecraft by firing a thruster include executing a first double pulse, double coast firing (DPDC) sequence with the thruster prior to the orbital maneuver, firing the thruster for a duration of the orbital maneuver, and executing a second DPDC firing sequence with the thruster subsequent to the orbital maneuver. |
| US10501208B2 |
Gantry system and method for processing an aircraft
A gantry system for processing an aircraft includes a gantry receiving a fuselage of the aircraft having a gantry frame with an arched member. The gantry system includes first and second locating arms extending between inner and outer ends movably coupled to the gantry frame. The gantry system includes a bracket assembly having a first locating arm bracket pivotably coupled to the first locating arm, a second locating arm bracket pivotably coupled to the second locating arm, and a head assembly bracket with a head assembly coupled thereto having an end effector for processing the fuselage. The head assembly is variably positionable by the first and second locating arms moving along the gantry frame for positioning the end effector relative to the fuselage. |
| US10501200B2 |
Engine assembly for an auxiliary power unit
An auxiliary power unit having internal combustion engine(s) in driving engagement with an engine shaft, a generator having a generator shaft drivingly engaged to the engine shaft, a compressor having an outlet in communication with the internal combustion engine inlet, and a turbine having an inlet in communication with the internal combustion engine outlet. The turbine may be a first stage turbine, and the assembly may include a second stage turbine having an inlet in communication with the first stage turbine outlet. A method of providing electrical power to an aircraft is also discussed. |
| US10501199B2 |
Dual fuel aircraft
An aircraft comprises several elements. A throttle body is adapted to regulate a rate of air flow. An electronic control unit, in turn, is in signal communication with one or more sensors, and comprises a data processor in signal communication with a memory. A first fuel delivery system is operative to direct a first fuel from a first fuel tank to the plurality of cylinders at a rate determined at least in part by a condition of the throttle body. A second fuel delivery system is operative to direct a second fuel from a second fuel tank to the plurality of cylinders at a rate determined at least in part by the electronic control unit in response to signals from the one or more sensors. One or more fuel selection controls allow a pilot of the aircraft to select between powering the aircraft with the first fuel delivery system and the second fuel delivery system. |
| US10501198B2 |
Fuel system breakaway valve reaction bridge and reaction collar
A flexible fuel bladder assembly for an aircraft includes a flexible fuel bladder positioned at an airframe and having an opening to allow a flow of fuel into and/or out of the fuel bladder. A breakaway valve is operably connected to the fuel bladder at the opening to control a flow of fuel therethrough. A non-contacting or loose fitting reaction feature is affixed to the airframe and is interactive with the breakaway valve such that movement of the breakaway valve relative to the reaction feature results in breakage of a valve body of the breakaway valve and closure of the breakaway valve to prevent flow of fuel therethrough while also allowing for a second reaction mode to cause breakage of a valve body should the connecting hose be pulled relative to the breakaway valve. |
| US10501193B2 |
Aircraft having a versatile propulsion system
An aircraft having a vertical takeoff and landing fight mode and a forward flight mode. The aircraft includes an airframe and a versatile propulsion system attached to the airframe. The versatile propulsion system includes a plurality of propulsion assemblies. A flight control system is operable to independently control the propulsion assemblies. The propulsion assemblies are interchangeably attachable to the airframe such that the aircraft has a liquid fuel flight mode and an electric flight mode. In the liquid fuel flight mode, energy is provided to each of the propulsion assemblies from a liquid fuel. In the electric flight mode, energy is provided to each of the propulsion assemblies from an electric power source. |
| US10501189B2 |
Baseframe tube clamping device
Described are baseframe tube clamps having fulcrum elements at one end, contact surfaces for contacting a baseframe tube, and a securement element at a second end. The fulcrum elements can contact a contact surface of a seat row assembly component, such that, when a baseframe tube clamp is assembled with a seat row assembly component and a baseframe tube, the baseframe tube clamp can press on the seat row assembly component via the fulcrum elements and press on the baseframe tube so as to restrict motion of the baseframe tube relative to the seat row assembly component. |
| US10501188B2 |
Passenger seating arrangement having access for disabled passengers
A passenger seating arrangement for use in an aircraft cabin, the passenger seating arrangement comprising a column of seat units arranged in an inwardly facing herringbone. Each seat unit is configurable between a seating configuration and a flat-bed configuration. Each seat unit has an access opening for accessing the respective seat unit. At least one of the seat units is configurable into a disabled-access configuration in which an access opening is temporarily widened by moving part of a foot-receiving structure, for enabling a disabled passenger to access the seat unit. |
| US10501187B2 |
Aircraft lavatory
In providing an aircraft lavatory unit capable of suppressing cost and time for installation in a case where a lavatory unit and an ascending/descending unit are to be installed on the aircraft, the present invention provides an aircraft lavatory unit in which a lavatory area and an ascending/descending area are integrally formed, wherein an ascending/descending mechanism which connects to an upper floor or a ceiling space of the aircraft lavatory unit inside the ascending/descending area is provided on a wall surface dividing the lavatory area and the ascending/descending area. |
| US10501186B2 |
Furnishing item for a vehicle as well as a vehicle with such a furnishing item
A furnishing item for a vehicle includes a first wall with an access opening situated therein, a door and an oblong flap. The door is arranged on the first wall so that it is swivable relative to the access opening around a first rotational axis. The oblong flap is arranged on the access opening in a vertical direction parallel to the door, and swivelably arranged on a second rotational axis, which is situated on a side of the access opening lying opposite the first rotational axis, and arranged parallel to the first rotational axis. The door and oblong flap extend from the first rotational axis or second rotational axis to the second rotational axis or first rotational axis and together completely close the access opening in a closed state. |
| US10501182B2 |
Portable unmanned delivery aircraft launch systems, and methods of delivering products utilizing aircraft launch systems
In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses and methods are provided to enhance delivery of packages and/or cargo through the use of unmanned delivery aircraft. In some embodiments, a portable unmanned delivery aircraft launch system is provided that comprises: a first portable launch pad system comprising: a package deck; an unmanned delivery aircraft deck secured with the package deck and positioned above and separated by a distance from the package deck; and multiple modular coupling structures fixed with a frame enabling temporary rigid coupling and decoupling between the first launch pad system and multiple additional portable launch pad systems. |
| US10501180B2 |
Multifunction firefighting infrasound, hailstone, plant pollination drone apparatus and method
A first drone equipped with a high energy Directional Ultrasound Parametric Speaker Array and a second drone equipped with an Acoustic Dispersion Cannon are used to fight wildfire. The first drone is distanced far from a burning flame but in close proximity to a fire target. Both drones are guided by GPS to communicate with remote operators. Once the target is locked, the first drone blasts the target with Amplitude Modulated Ultrasound. The Ultrasound is self-demodulated into a lower frequency audio sound when it encounters a hot flame of richly charged ions. The lowered frequency sound pushes and pulls the flame forward and backward rapidly away from the combustion source, causing it to be disconnected from the flame which instantly cools down and is extinguished. The second drone blasts the combustible source with powerful sonic shockwaves to disperse the still hot particulates further apart to prevent the source being reignited. |
| US10501177B2 |
Convertible propeller
A variable-solidity propeller apparatus, comprising a propeller having at least one rotatable hub carrying at least one row of propeller blades, wherein the propeller has a first configuration in which the propeller has a first average solidity, and a second configuration in which the propeller has a second average solidity which is greater than the first average solidity. |
| US10501171B2 |
Rotorcraft and heat dissipation structure for motor
A rotorcraft together with a heat dissipation structure for a motor are provided. The motor includes a body and a revolving shaft driven by the body, and the heat dissipation structure for the motor includes: a casing being a hollow structure having a top opening and an air inlet in a bottom portion, in which the body is disposed inside of the casing, and an air channel is formed between a circumferential edge of the body and an inner wall of the casing; a head cover connected to the revolving shaft of the motor synchronously and provided with a plurality of air flow picks on the lower surface thereof; and a mounting stand fixed to an upper surface of the head cover. |
| US10501169B2 |
Propeller blade angle control system
A control circuit for changing the angle of propeller blades includes a propeller control unit controlling a supply of oil to modify an angle of propeller blades, and a fixed-displacement pump providing the supply of oil from an engine oil return system to the propeller control unit. An oil cooling line extends between an outlet of the pump and the engine oil return system. The oil cooling line defines an oil leakage path leading to the engine oil return system for cooling the oil. A flow regulator between the pump and the propeller control unit is operable between an open position where oil is directed through the oil cooling line to the engine oil return system for cooling the oil, and a closed position blocking the oil cooling line and directing oil toward the propeller control unit to modify the angle of the propeller blades. |
| US10501168B2 |
Stiffened hub for unshrouded propeller
The invention relates to a hub for an unducted propeller (14) having variable-pitch blades (18) of a turbine engine, comprising two parallel annular side walls (34) between which are arranged rings (36) which are distributed angularly in a regular manner around a longitudinal axis (A) of the hub, which are connected to the annular side walls (34), and which comprise compartments (26) receiving bearings (32) having radial axes (R) for guiding in rotation roots (30) of blades of said propeller, said rings (36) being connected in pairs by connection means (40) which are arranged between the annular side walls (34) and which comprise substantially radial reinforcing partitions (42, 44, 46), characterised in that at least some of said reinforcing partitions (42, 44, 46) are connected to said annular side walls (34). |
| US10501165B2 |
Sound absorbers for airframe components
Sound absorbers and airframe components comprising such sound absorbers are disclosed. In one embodiment, an airframe component comprises an aerodynamic surface (48) and a sound absorber (38). The sound absorber (38) comprises a perforated panel (40) having a front side exposed to an ambient environment outside of the airframe component and an opposite back side. The panel (40) comprises perforations extending through a thickness of the panel for permitting passage of sound waves therethrough. The sound absorber (38) also comprises a boundary surface spaced apart from the perforated panel. The boundary surface and the back side of the perforated panel (40) at least partially define a cavity in the airframe component for attenuating some of the sound waves entering the cavity via the perforations in the perforated panel (40). |
| US10501158B1 |
Swift water rescue sled and method
A swift water rescue sled and a method for rescuing an individual who has fallen into swift moving water. A stationary steering line is attached to the bottom of the rescue sled between the opposite sides thereof. An anchor line runs in a first direction along the top of the sled and then in an opposite direction along the bottom at which the anchor line bends around an anchor line pulley. From the anchor line pulley, the anchor line turns around and runs in the first direction along the bottom of the sled and outwardly from the front to be tied to an anchor. A steering line pulley rides over the stationary steering line. The anchor line and steering line pulleys are coupled to one another at the bottom of the rescue sled. The rescue sled is steered towards the individual in response to the operator shifting his weight. |
| US10501157B2 |
Underwater rescue system
An underwater rescue system, including a submersible and a rescue cage. The submersible includes a housing, a turntable and a motor. The turntable is rotatably arranged at an outer surface of the housing. The motor is fixed on the housing and connected to the turntable. The rescue cage includes a connecting rod, a first lifebuoy, a second lifebuoy and an air charging device. A lower end of the connecting rod is provided with an electromagnetic chuck attracting the turntable. An upper end of the connecting rod is connected to the first lifebuoy. A bottom of the first lifebuoy is provided with a load-bearing net. A side of the first lifebuoy is connected to the second lifebuoy by a net bag. The air charging device communicates with the first and second lifebuoys and is configured to charge air to the first and second lifebuoys. |
| US10501155B2 |
Remotely-controlled observation vehicle for observing swimmers
A remotely-controlled observation vehicle for observing swimmers is disclosed. The vehicle is designed to float and move on the water, and includes a hull, which is typically sealed. An above-water camera mount is attached to the hull and extends upwardly from it. The above-water camera mount carries one or more cameras. A below-water camera mount is attached to the hull and extends downwardly from it. The below-water camera mount also carries one or more cameras. A first propulsion system is adapted to drive the vehicle through water, and a first steering system is associated with the first propulsion system. The observation vehicle also includes communication and control systems. The vehicle may be fore-aft symmetrical, with a propulsion system and a steering system disposed proximate to each end of the hull. Also disclosed is a system including a vehicle with an associated controller and a data review station. |
| US10501151B2 |
Bulwark terrace with integrated door
A bulwark terrace with integrated door is provided; the bulwark terrace may be a portion of a bulwark on a ship or yacht that is hinged so as to be able to fold outwards and downwards and be flush with the deck after doing so, thereby extending the deck surface. The bulwark terrace may also include a door that may open independently of the bulwark terrace to allow boarding of the yacht or ship through the bulwark without deploying the bulwark terrace. |
| US10501149B1 |
Draft adjustable watercraft
A watercraft has a hull with a central portion which selectively raises from a lower position to a recessed position within a tunnel of the boat hull with a hydraulically controlled means. The hydraulically controlled means is disposed within the hull and adjacent the tunnel. A motor mount is in mechanical communication with the adjustable portion of the boat hull and raises or lowers correspondingly with the adjustable portion of the boat hull. |
| US10501145B2 |
Master cylinder device for rear wheel brake of motorcycle and arrangement method of master cylinder device for rear wheel brake of motorcycle
A master cylinder device 38 for a rear wheel brake of a motorcycle includes a master cylinder 35 and a reserve tank 36. The cylinder 35 discharges brake fluid when a piston thereof is pushed by depression of a brake pedal 40. The reserve tank is integrally formed with a cylinder body 35a of the master cylinder 35. A contour 60 of a rear wheel side of the master cylinder device 38 extending continuously from a bottom end α of the master cylinder body 35a in a vertical direction to an upper end β of the reserve tank 36 in the vertical direction is linearly formed to be oriented obliquely rearward and upward in a vehicle side view. |
| US10501115B2 |
Driving support device for vehicle and vehicle driving support method
A driving support device for a vehicle includes an assist control unit for generating an assist command for generating an assist torque, a tracking control unit for generating a tracking command for generating an automatic steering torque, an intervention detection unit for detecting an intervention in a tracking process by a steering operation, a tracking limiting unit that limits the tracking process during a detection of the intervention, a steering force correcting unit for generating a correction command for reducing a difference in steering reaction force caused by an operation direction of a driver during the detection of the intervention and a motor driving unit for driving the motor based on the assist command, the tracking command and the correction command. |
| US10501112B2 |
Steering system with active compensation for road disturbances
A vehicle includes an adaptive front steering system including an assist motor that provides an overlay angle superimposed on a steering wheel angle. External torque to the assist motor is estimated by a controller and evaluated to determine whether it is the result of an external disturbance. If so, the controller evaluates whether the external disturbance is a road disturbance, such as by determining that road wheel speed varied from the vehicle speed or that an impact site is present in outputs of external sensors of the vehicle. If a road disturbance is determined to have occurred, compliance may be introduced in order to reduce the transmission of torque to the steering wheel. Compliance may be introduced by adjusting current to the assist motor, a target angle to the assist motor, reducing gain in the control system for the assist motor, or shorting leads of the assist motor. |
| US10501111B2 |
Steering system for a steerable vehicle
A steering system for a steerable vehicle includes at least two steerable wheels, to each of which an electrically operable steering actuator to enable the steering actuator to adjust the steering angle of the particular steerable wheel by application of a steering torque. The at least two steering actuators can be mechanically coupled to each other so that, in the event of a failure or a malfunction of the one steering actuator, the steering torque provided by the other steering actuator can be transferred to the one steering actuator, to enable the steering angle of the steerable wheel assigned to the failed steering actuator to still be changed via the other steering actuator. The at least two steering actuators can be mechanically coupled to each other via a bendable shaft or via a universal joint shaft which includes at least two rigid shafts hingedly connected via a universal joint. |
| US10501108B2 |
Steering wheel for a vehicle movable between a deployed position and a retracted position
A steering wheel having a body rotatable around a steering axis (D), a first gripping element and a second gripping element, the first gripping element being movable between a deployed position, in which the first and second gripping elements extend on either side of the body, and a retracted position, in which the first gripping element is folded down against the second gripping element. The second gripping element is translatable relative to the body at least in a first direction substantially parallel to the steering axis (D) between the deployed position and the retracted position so as to free a space for the first gripping element in the retracted position. |
| US10501107B2 |
Method and device for detecting steering wheel contact
A device for detecting steering wheel contact comprises at least a first electrode (12) which is provided in a steering wheel (10) and which forms, together with a human body acting as a second electrode and a dielectric situated therebetween, at least one sensor capacitor (26). The device also comprises an evaluation circuit (24) having a reference capacitor (30) of known capacitance which can be connected parallel to the sensor capacitor (26), a direct current voltage source (34) which can be connected to the reference capacitor (30), and a measuring device for measuring the voltage at the reference capacitor (30). A method for detecting steering wheel contact using such a device comprises the following successive steps: charging the reference capacitor (30) by applying a known reference voltage, or charging the reference capacitor (30) and subsequently measuring a first voltage at the reference capacitor (30); connecting, in parallel, the sensor capacitor (26) to the reference capacitor (30) so that a portion of the charge of the reference capacitor (30) is transmitted to the sensor capacitor (26); measuring a second voltage at the reference capacitor (26); end determining the capacitance of the sensor capacitor (26) from the known capacitance of the reference capacitor (30), the reference voltage or the first voltage and the second voltage. |
| US10501102B2 |
Positive train control system and apparatus employing RFID devices
A positive train control system and method comprises a plurality of RFID devices embedded in a track way and having data representing location stored therein, and an RFID reader/detector mounted on a train for reading the location data from the embedded RFID devices. The location data is processed on the train and/or at a central facility for determining whether the train location and/or time is consistent with a train routing order. Messages, alerts and/or warnings may be generated for an alert device and/or for automated response, e.g., via a train control system. |
| US10501097B2 |
Automatic parking brake for truck mounted brake cylinder
An automatic parking brake for a truck mounted brake cylinder. The automatic parking brake includes rod that is interconnected to a piston of the brake cylinder and can prevent the piston from returning to the brakes releases position. The rod is controlled by locking nut that will rotate if the rod moves axially through the locking nut and a locking sleeve that is moveable between a locked position, where the locking sleeve engages the locking nut and prevents from the nut from rotating, and a released position, where the locking sleeve is disengages from the locking nut and the locking nut is free to rotate. A spring provides a force biasing the locking nut into the locked position, and brake pipe pressure biases the locking sleeve into the released position. |
| US10501096B2 |
Engineering vehicle having ballast unloading device and ballast leveling device
The invention provides an engineering vehicle having a ballast unloading device (100) and a ballast leveling device (200). The engineering vehicle includes a vehicle body (10), and the ballast unloading device (100) and the ballast leveling device (200) arranged on the vehicle body (10). The ballast unloading device (100) includes: a ballast carrying portion (20) provided with ballast unloading openings (21), and the ballast carrying portion (20) being arranged on the vehicle body (10); ballast unloading doors (30) capable of rotating relative to the ballast carrying portion (20), inner unloading passages (31) and outer unloading passages (32) being arranged on the ballast unloading doors (30), the ballast unloading doors (30) further including stop portions (33) located between the inner unloading passages (31) and the outer unloading passages (32). The ballast leveling device (200) includes: a plough piece (220) slidably fixed to the vehicle body (10) so as to ascend or descend relative to the vehicle body (10), and a plough head (224) used for leveling ballasts being arranged on the plough piece (220); a first crank (230) rotationally fixed to the vehicle body (10); a connecting rod (240), with one end being rotationally connected with the first crank (230), and the other end being rotationally connected with the plough piece (220); and a driving part (250) used for driving the first crank (230) to rotate. |
| US10501088B2 |
Road surface state determination apparatus, imaging apparatus, imaging system, and road surface state determination method
A road surface state determination apparatus of the present disclosure includes an acquisition interface configured to acquire an image representing a road surface imaged by a camera, and a controller configured to determine whether the road surface is wet or dry on the basis of a spatial change in luminance of pixels in a continuous region included in the image. |
| US10501085B2 |
Early object detection for unprotected turns
A system and method is provided for early detection of objects by a perception system of a vehicle, and triggering a precautionary action by the vehicle in response without waiting for a more precise detection. The vehicle has a multi-level sensor range, wherein a first level of the sensor range is adjacent an outer bounds of the sensor range and has a first confidence value, and a second level of the sensor range is within the first range and has a second higher confidence value. In situations when oncoming traffic is traveling at a high rate of speed, the vehicle responds to noisier detections, or objects perceived with a lower degree of confidence, rather than waiting for verification which may come too late. |
| US10501084B2 |
Vehicle control system
A vehicle control system includes an external recognition means, a limit-distance calculation means, a relative-speed calculation means, and a required detection distance calculation means. When it is determined that the detectable limit distance is smaller than the required detection distance, the driver is notified that the lane change cannot be performed. When it is determined that the detectable limit distance is larger than the required detection distance, an automatic lane change of the vehicle is performed. The limit-distance calculation means detects a plurality of objects, which are sequentially detectable from the vehicle, and, based on the objects, the detectable limit distance is set in a vicinity of a farthest object. |
| US10501078B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus
A vehicle control apparatus including a surrounding circumstances detector detecting surrounding circumstances of a self-driving vehicle and an electric control unit including a microprocessor configured to perform generating an action plan of the self-driving vehicle based on the surrounding circumstances and controlling the engine and the transmission so that the self-driving vehicle travels by self-driving in accordance with the action plan. The generating includes generating a first action plan and a second action plan, the first action plan including target position data of the self-driving vehicle, the second action plan including an acceleration instruction to a target vehicle speed not including the target position data, and the controlling includes controlling the engine and the transmission, so that the self-driving vehicle accelerates to the target vehicle speed at a target torque minimizing a fuel consumption quantity per unit travel distance when the second action plan is generated. |
| US10501068B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a multi-mode powertrain system
A method for controlling a powertrain system in response to a command to execute a multi-state shift event for the transmission includes determining an initial output torque limit and determining an initial commanded output torque based upon the initial output torque limit. The powertrain system is controlled to generate torque in response to the initial commanded output torque prior to completion of a first state transition of the multi-state shift event that includes a commanded torque reduction. After completion of the first state transition of the multi-state shift event that includes the commanded torque reduction, a torque ramp rate is determined, and the initial commanded output torque is adjusted based upon the torque ramp rate. The powertrain system is controlled to generate torque in response to the initial commanded output torque and the adjusted initial commanded output torque during a remainder of the multi-state shift event. |
| US10501064B2 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring a vehicle brake
A braking system for a vehicle includes devices that are configured to apply braking force to a wheel in response to a braking command. A first sensor is disposed to monitor a parameter associated with the braking force, and a spatial sensor is disposed to determine a linear range between the vehicle and a predefined locus point. A controller is operatively connected to the braking system and in communication with the first sensor and the spatial sensor. The controller detects a braking event and determines a time to stop and an applied braking force during the braking event, which is integrated over the time to stop. The braking system is evaluated based upon the total stopping distance and the integrated applied braking force during the braking event. A fault associated with the braking system is determined based upon the evaluation of the braking system. |
| US10501060B2 |
Braking control device for vehicle
A braking control device for a vehicle is provided, which includes an operating amount detecting part configured to detect an operating amount of a brake pedal, a reaction-force giving part configured to generate a reaction force of the brake pedal, a braking-force generating part configured to generate a braking force for wheels, and an ECU electrically connected with them and configured to control the reaction-force giving part and the braking-force generating part, and set a braking characteristic in which the reaction force according to a stepping force of the brake pedal and a deceleration of the vehicle have a logarithmic relationship, and when the reaction force is above a given reaction force. The ECU controls the braking-force generating part based on the braking characteristic while making the deceleration for the reaction force higher than the logarithmic relationship. |
| US10501058B2 |
Wheel chock device
A wheel chock (40) has a profile that provides maximum restraining capacity when the wheel (22) is completely supported thereby, by mitigating undesirable failure modes while promoting the safest failure mode of operation, slipping on ground (30). The profile includes a generally flat bottom surface (46) for being in contact with a ground surface (30), a substantially broken top surface (44) for being in contact with the wheel (22), the top surface (44) including a first contact point (P1), a second contact point (P2), and a contact surface (52) there between allowing at most two points of contact at a time between the contact surface (52) and the wheel (22), with the second contact point (P2) being one of the two points of contact. A more specific clothoid profile of the contact surface (52) is preferred to minimize the rate of variation of the contact force of the wheel (22) with the chock (40). |
| US10501057B2 |
Parking lock pre-selection system
A parking lock pre-selection mechanism for a work machine is disclosed in which a pawl is engageable with teeth on a power train output shaft to lock it in place. An operator lever is used to preselect the parking lock position. The mechanism includes first and second pivotally interconnected links, urged by a spring to a maximum length set by a stop. The spring causes the pawl to be urged into place when the teeth and pawl are in proper alignment. |
| US10501054B2 |
On-demand driver systems and methods
Example on-demand driver (ODD) systems and methods are described herein. An example method includes generating, with an ODD system, a softkey for a vehicle associated with an agreement between a driver-in-need (DIN) and an ODD, monitoring, with the ODD system, a location of an ODD device carried by the ODD, and transmitting, with the ODD system, the softkey to the ODD device when the ODD device is detected as being within a proximity of the vehicle. In the example method, the softkey is used to unlock the vehicle. |
| US10501050B2 |
Vehicle ignition system
A vehicle ignition system includes an ignition cylinder housing defining an exterior portion, an interior portion and a channel extending at least partially through the interior portion. An ignition cylinder is at least partially received by and adjustable relative to the ignition cylinder housing. The ignition cylinder includes an elongate body defining an exterior portion and an interior portion. A cam member is at least partially received in the channel of the ignition cylinder housing and includes a clutch disposed adjacent to and engaging a portion of the ignition cylinder. A locking mechanism cooperates with the ignition cylinder housing and ignition cylinder includes a locking member having a projection extending therefrom that releasably engages a portion of the ignition cylinder housing when the locking mechanism is placed in the at least one second position to prevent adjustment of the ignition cylinder relative to the ignition cylinder housing. |
| US10501043B2 |
Assembly and method using an inflatable device within a vehicle having a detachable door
An exemplary vehicle assembly, includes, among other things, an inflatable device that transitions between a less expanded position and a more expanded position. The inflatable device in the more inflated position is disposed within a door opening of a vehicle. A side door of the vehicle is detached from the vehicle to provide the door opening. An exemplary occupant protection method includes, among other things, after a side door of a vehicle is detached from the vehicle to provide a door opening, transitioning an inflatable device from a less expanded position to a more expanded position. The inflatable device in the more inflated position is disposed within the door opening. |
| US10501039B2 |
Work vehicle having ROPS
A work vehicle includes a front wheel unit and a rear wheel unit attached to a vehicle body frame, a power source mounted at a rear portion of the vehicle body frame, a ROPS bracket fixed to the vehicle body frame at a region thereof forwardly of the power source and a ROPS. this ROPS includes a pair of left and right upright portions and a crossbar connecting the upright portions at upper portions thereof. Lower end portions of the pair of upright portions are supported to the ROPS bracket to be pivotable toward the power source about a horizontal axis extending in a vehicle-body transverse direction. |
| US10501038B2 |
Guide for seatbelt webbing that moves automatically in response to an oblique or far-side impact event to maintain occupant in proper orientation
A seatback for a seating assembly in a vehicle comprises: a vertical midline; and a guide for seatbelt webbing having a first position and a second position; wherein, the second position is closer to the vertical midline than the first position. The seatback further includes a frame and trim at least partially covering the frame. The guide can be operably coupled to the frame. The guide can be disposed at least partially above the trim. The seatback can further include an actuator with a piston to move the guide. The piston can be operably connected to the guide below the trim having a first position and a second position. When the piston is in the first position, the guide is in the first position. When the piston is in the second position, the guide is in the second position. The actuator can be a controller controlled pyrotechnic actuator. |
| US10501037B2 |
Pedestrian protection device for a motor vehicle
A pedestrian protection device for a motor vehicle, for example for a motor vehicle front end or a motor vehicle rear end, has a bumper crossmember with a deformation element arranged on the outer side thereof, i.e. the side directed towards the front. In particular, the deformation element is arranged between a bumper skin and the bumper crossmember. The deformation element has a first element and a second element which are displaceable relative to one another in the event of a collision. Furthermore, the pedestrian protection device has a locking mechanism which, in dependence on a displacement speed, and thus on a collision speed, of the motor vehicle, and while exploiting a mass inertia of a locking element which is arranged or mounted on the first element or the second element, is adjustable between a locked state in which a displacement of the first element relative to the second element is at least partially prevented by, in particular, positive engagement, and an unlocked state in which a displacement of the first element is allowed. |
| US10501036B2 |
Bumper reinforcement
The present disclosure provides a bumper reinforcement including: a bumper main body portion extending in a vehicle transverse direction and is provided at a vehicle longitudinal direction outer side of a pair of left and right side members, the pair of left and right side members being disposed at a vehicle front portion or a vehicle rear portion and extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction; and a reinforcing member formed of wood and is block-shaped, and that is disposed within a cross-section of at least a vehicle transverse direction central portion of the bumper main body portion, an axially central direction of annual growth rings of the wood of the reinforcing member being set to a direction that runs along the vehicle transverse direction. |
| US10501031B2 |
Electronic control device
Provided is a highly reliable electronic control device which has not only an effect of reducing costs but also an effect of facilitating a manufacturing process. To include a control board; a connector including a terminal connected to the control board; and a housing case to which the control board and the connector are fixed. The control board has a part sealed with a sealing resin. The connector is disposed at a position facing another part of the control board, being isolated from the sealing resin by the control board and the housing case. |
| US10501029B2 |
Wire harness
A wire harness that can be arranged in a vehicle, the wire harness including: a cylindrical conductor whose first end is electrically connected to a first flexible conductor that is flexible; and a tubular conductor that is electrically connected to the cylindrical conductor in a state in which a second end of the cylindrical conductor is fitted into an opening at a first end of the tubular conductor. |
| US10501026B2 |
Combination splash seal and wear bar
A seal assembly is mounted to a floor portion of an RV with a slide out room. The slide out room has a wall and a floor that is separated from the floor of the RV. The seal assembly has a floor portion, a separate wear bar and a separate bulb seal. The floor portion has a mounting portion that receives the wear bar and an exterior leg that connects the bulb seal using a tongue and groove. Fasteners connect the wear bar and floor portion to the floor of the RV. The floor portion includes a wiper that extends upwardly from an inner lateral edge. A catch wall extends adjacent the wiper and cooperates with it to form a trough for drainage. The catch wall can receive a corner piece to direct drained water to the outside of the RV. |
| US10501025B2 |
Vehicle badge
A badge is provided herein. The badge includes a substrate attached to a housing. The housing includes a viewable portion. A light source is operably coupled with an optic. A reflective member is further disposed within the badge. A first portion of an excitation light emitted from the light source is directed through the optic toward a first portion of the viewable portion. A second portion of the excitation light is reflected by the reflective member towards a second portion of the viewable portion. |
| US10501024B1 |
Communication device weather shield and vehicle door mount apparatus
A communication device weather shield and vehicle door mount apparatus protects a communication device from moisture and debris while being operated by a user, and mounts the communication device to a vehicle door panel, so as to be operable from directly on the vehicle. The apparatus provides an anchor panel that mounts the communication device with an anchoring mechanism, and enables manipulation of the communication device with a hand grip. The apparatus provides a protective transparent shield that is fixedly disposed in a parallel, spaced-apart relationship with the anchor panel. The shield is larger than the anchor panel, covering the anchor panel to protect the communication device from moisture and debris. The transparent shield is sized to slide in a recess between a vehicle side inner window surface and a side inner door so that the communication device hangs on the side of the vehicle below the window. |
| US10501020B1 |
Vehicle multi-function storage solution
A storage solution for a vehicle includes a rotatable body that has a plurality of faces. The storage solution for a vehicle also includes a dowel that defines a rotation axis. The dowel is coupled to opposing faces of the rotatable body. One or more storage features are deployable from each face of the rotatable body that is free of engagement with the dowel. |
| US10501018B2 |
Head up side view mirror
A motor vehicle includes a left side view camera attached to the left lateral side of the body and having a field of view in a rearward direction. A right side view camera is attached to the right lateral side of the body and has a field of view in a rearward direction. There is a right back up camera and a left back up camera. An optics module receives resulting video signals and produces light fields such that the light fields are reflected off of windows of the motor vehicle and are then visible to a driver of the motor vehicle as virtual images. |
| US10501010B2 |
Motor vehicle lighting module configured to project a light beam forming a pixelized image
A lighting module for a motor vehicle, configured to project a light beam forming a pixelized image. The lighting module includes a light source and a device for processing the light emitted by the light source includes a matrix of active elements configured to process at least a portion of the light beam emitted by the light source in such a manner as to form the pixelized image. The light source includes a matrix of emissive elements of which at least two emissive elements can be activated selectively and the matrix of emissive elements and of active elements are offset relative to one another in such a manner that each active element is arranged across a portion of the light beam emitted by an emissive element. |
| US10501008B2 |
Rear liftgate window assembly with integrated lighting
A rear liftgate window assembly for a vehicle includes a glass window panel configured to be pivotally mounted at a rear portion of a vehicle so as to be pivotable between a closed position and an opened position. A lighting device is disposed at an inner surface of the glass window panel and includes (i) at least one light source adhesively attached at the inner surface of the glass window panel, (ii) electrical connectors disposed at the inner surface of the glass window panel, and (iii) electrically conductive traces established at the inner surface of the glass window panel between the light sources and the electrical connectors. The electrical connectors are configured to electrically connect to a power source of the vehicle when the rear liftgate window assembly is mounted at the vehicle. |
| US10501006B2 |
Lamp for vehicle and vehicle
A lamp for a vehicle includes a light generation unit with an array module having a plurality of micro Light Emitting Diode (micro-LED) elements. The lamp also includes at least one processor and a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to: control the light generation unit to form a light distribution pattern that, when projected on a vertical plane at a first distance, has a luminous intensity that is progressively smaller from a central point closer to a center towards a peripheral point further from the center. Controlling the light generation unit to form the light distribution pattern includes: controlling at least one first micro-LED element to generate a first luminous intensity at the central point, and controlling at least one second micro-LED element to generate a second luminous intensity at the peripheral point. |
| US10501003B2 |
Semiconductor device, lighting device, and vehicle
A novel semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first resistor and a second resistor. The first resistor and the second resistor are electrically connected in series. A resistance material of the first resistor includes a metal oxide, and a resistance material of the second resistor is different from the resistance material of the first resistor. The semiconductor device is configured to output a voltage corresponding to the resistance values of the first resistor and the second resistor. The voltage reflects the properties of the resistance materials of the first resistor and the second resistor. The semiconductor device may include a circuit for processing this voltage. In that case, the first resistor can be stacked over the circuit, resulting in the downsizing of the semiconductor device. |
| US10501001B2 |
Sensor systems and methods for monitoring unloading of cargo
Sensor systems, methods and machine readable medium are provided for a cargo vehicle. A plurality of sensors are arranged about an opening associated with a door through which packages are unloaded from a vehicle or trailer. The plurality of sensors are configured to measure an unpacked depth of the vehicle or trailer. A processor is provided in communication with each of the plurality of sensors. The processor is configured to receive measured data generated by the plurality of sensors, determine an empty volume over time of the vehicle or trailer based on the measured data as packages are being unpacked from the vehicle or trailer, and generate instructions regarding loading packages in a subsequent vehicle or trailer based on the determined empty volume over time of the vehicle or trailer. |
| US10500996B2 |
Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat wherein debris can be inhibited from entering support brackets to which an armrest is coupled is provided. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a vehicle seat including a back frame and an armrest. The armrest includes side frames and a stopper pin. The back frame includes support brackets to which the side frames are pivotably coupled. The support brackets include guide slots that guide the stopper pin. On imaginary surfaces perpendicular to the seat width direction, loci of the guide slots formed on the side frames when the armrest pivots, the side frames and a portion of the stopper pin inserted into the guide slots are projected, and a diameter of a largest perfect circle that can be fitted into areas of the loci that do not overlap with the side frames and the stopper pin is smaller than widths of the guide slots. |
| US10500993B2 |
Folding truck bed bench
A folding truck bed bench includes: an elongate bench portion hingedly attached along a length of a bed rail of the truck bed such that the elongate bench portion is substantially parallel to the bed rail of the truck bed; one or more foldable supports attached to the elongate bench portion for supporting the elongate bench portion. In a deployed position, the elongate bench portion is substantially parallel to a floor of the truck bed to such that the elongate bench portion provides a support surface. In a stowed position, the elongate bench portion is folded downward such that the elongate bench portion is adjacent a side of the truck bed. |
| US10500989B2 |
Child car seat and safety belt guiding apparatus thereof
A safety belt guiding apparatus and a child car seat are disclosed, the latter includes a seat shell with a holder and thereon a backrest section and a seat section movably disposed. The seat section and the backrest section are pivoted to each other thereby allowing the seat shell at least two using positions. A safety belt guiding apparatus assembled to the holder includes a safety belt director and a linking assembly with one end of it linked to the backrest section or the seat section and another to the safety belt director. During a switch among using positions, the backrest section or the seat section selectively drives the safety belt director to pop out of or retract to the holder, where a safety belt selectively passes through the safety belt director to fasten the seat shell, alone or base-assembled, to a car seat, thereby providing versatility. |
| US10500987B2 |
Seat-track assembly
A seat-track assembly is provided and may include a first track member having a series of locking features and a second track member slidably supported by the first track member. The seat-track assembly may also include a locking mechanism having locking pawls movable between a locked state engaged with the locking features to restrict relative movement between the first and second track members and an unlocked state disengaged from the locking features to permit relative movement between the first and second track members. The locking pawls may each include locking elements that are received within respective ones of the series of locking features in the locked state such that the locking elements restrict relative movement between the first track member and the second track member in two directions when the locking pawls are in the locked state. |
| US10500985B2 |
Track release mechanism bearing
A seat track assembly may include a first seat track, a second seat track that may configured to slide relative to the first seat track, a cross member, and/or a bearing that may connect the cross member to the second seat track. The bearing may include a plurality of feet engaged with a plurality of apertures of the second seat track. A first aperture of the plurality of apertures may be disposed in a first side of the second seat track and/or a second aperture of the plurality of apertures may be disposed in a second side of the second seat track. The first side may be disposed substantially perpendicularly to the second side. The plurality of feet may include a first foot, a second foot, a third foot, and/or a fourth foot. |
| US10500983B2 |
Locking unit for a vehicle seat, and vehicle seat
A locking unit (10) for a vehicle seat (1) includes a pawl (80) which is mounted pivotably about a pivot axis between an open position and a closed position and has a retaining contour (27) for securing a locking pin (12) in the closed position. At least one claw (90, 91, 92) is mounted pivotably about the same pivot axis in a manner offset in the axial direction with respect to the pawl (80). The claw (90, 91, 92) has a closing contour (25). The pawl (80) is pivotable from the open position into the closed position by the closing contour (25) being acted upon by the locking pin (12). |
| US10500980B2 |
Modular battery pack system with series and parallel charging and propulsion modes
A modular battery pack system includes a battery pack and controller. The battery pack has first and second battery modules interconnected via electrical cables, with each module having a battery cell string. The pack has first, second, and third electrical connectors and four switches that selectively connect the strings to one or more of the electrical connectors. A DC charging connector is electrically connected to one of the cables between the first electrical connectors of the battery modules, and electrically connects the pack to an off-board DC fast-charging station. In response to input signals corresponding to a requested mode, the controller commands an open/closed state of each of the switches, via switching control signals, to establish a series charge mode, a parallel charge mode, and one or more of a series and/or parallel drive mode of the battery pack. A motor vehicle includes the system. |
| US10500974B2 |
Travelable distance calculation system and travelable distance calculation method for vehicle
A travelable distance calculation system for a vehicle includes a travel history database that stores first data, which includes an electricity consumption history of a target vehicle, and second data, which includes an electricity consumption history of a plurality of vehicles other than the target vehicle; and an arithmetic unit configured to calculates the travelable distance of the target vehicle using at least one of the first data and the second data. The arithmetic unit is configured to set a usage ratio between the first data and the second data according to an operation of a user of the target vehicle when calculating the travelable distance of the target vehicle. |
| US10500973B2 |
Electric vehicle and control method thereof
An electric vehicle and a control method of the electric vehicle are provided. The electric vehicle includes a battery, a charger configured to supply power of the battery to a user terminal, an input configured to receive a destination from a user, and a controller configured to calculate an estimated amount of power consumed for traveling of the electric vehicle and an estimated amount of power consumed for supplying power to the user terminal in a case that the electric vehicle travels to the destination. The controller is configured to determine a charging method of the charger based on a current amount of charge of the battery, the estimated amount of power consumed for travelling of the electric vehicle, and the estimated amount of power consumed for supplying power to the user terminal. |
| US10500972B2 |
Method and apparatus to dissipate recovered energy from a mechanical load within a connected motor during braking
In a permanent magnet synchronous motor drive system, phase currents can be used to calculate a current that produces no shaft torque and only motor losses and a current that only produces shaft torque. These currents can be controlled to be resupplied into the motor drive system to a desired amount on a continuous basis to maintain a DC energy storage device voltage at a desired safe level. The calculated currents are resupplied to the motor drive system such that voltage levels within the DC energy storage device that approach a voltage maximum limit are transferred to the motor in the form of current that is dissipated by the motor without losing efficiency and control of driving a load with the motor. |
| US10500971B2 |
Circuit assembly for linking different electrical voltage levels, as well as control method
A circuit assembly for linking different electrical voltage levels in a motor vehicle, comprising: an electric machine containing induction coils in a star circuit connection with a star point; a first switch unit containing switch elements for generating an AC voltage for the electric machine from a DC voltage of a first voltage level; a DC voltage of a second voltage level; and a second switch unit for a bidirectional electrical energy flow between the DC voltage of the first voltage level and the DC voltage of the second voltage level, wherein the second switch unit has two switch elements arranged in series in an auxiliary switch branch, wherein the auxiliary switch branch is connected in parallel to the DC voltage of the first voltage level, and each connection of the switch elements is connected to the star point. |
| US10500969B2 |
Information processing apparatus, motor-driven movable body, and discharge control method
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a travelable information display unit that displays before a discharge, regarding motor-driven movable bodies of a discharge source and a discharge destination driven by using electric power of batteries, information about places to which the motor-driven movable body of the discharge source can move using electric power of the battery left after the discharge by assuming, when information about a discharge amount discharged from the battery of the motor-driven movable body of the discharge source toward the motor-driven movable body of the discharge destination that receives power supply is input, a case in which the discharge amount is discharged from the battery. |
| US10500966B2 |
Adaptive boost voltage for hybrid vehicle operation
A powertrain includes a DC-DC converter, an electric machine, and a controller. The DC-DC converter may be configured to output a bus voltage. The controller may be configured to, in response to a torque request exceeding an available torque of the electric machine, command the converter to boost the bus voltage to a discrete step value selected from a predetermined number of available discrete step values, that changes in response to a selected operating mode of the powertrain changing, to increase the available torque. |
| US10500962B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus
A vehicle control apparatus includes a switch, a first control unit, and a second control unit. The switch is switchable between an electrically conductive state that allows a first electricity storage device to be coupled to a power supply circuit and a cutoff state that allows the first electricity storage device to be isolated from the power supply circuit. The first control unit includes a first cutoff controller configured to transmit a cutoff signal to the switch and a self-diagnostic unit configured to detect a malfunction of the first cutoff controller. The second control unit is coupled to the first control unit through a communication network, and includes a second cutoff controller configured to transmit the cutoff signal to the switch. The second control unit is configured to transmit the cutoff signal from the second cutoff controller to the switch when the self-diagnostic unit detects the malfunction. |
| US10500961B2 |
Failure detection device of power converter and vehicle
A power converter which can prevent an erroneous detection even when a flow rate of a refrigerant is low and a vehicle having the power converter mounted therein are provided. A first inverter circuit including: an element group constituted by six transistors; six diode temperature sensors at least one of which is provided for each transistor to detect a temperature of the transistor; and a high arm-side refrigerant flow passage and a low arm-side refrigerant flow passage in which a refrigerant for cooling the transistors flows is provided. In a failure detection device of the first inverter circuit, a failure determination member selects two diode temperature sensors among the plurality of diode temperature sensors, which detect temperatures of two adjacent transistors, as an adjacent sensor pair, and determines a failure of any one of the plurality of diode temperature sensors using detection values of the adjacent sensor pair. |
| US10500957B2 |
Meter cluster and meter cluster system
The present disclosure provides a meter cluster. The meter cluster includes a first luminous panel and a second luminous panel. The first luminous panel indicates first information. The second luminous panel is arranged in front of the first luminous panel. The second luminous panel indicates second information. Each of the first luminous panel and the second luminous panel has transparency. The first information of the first luminous panel is visible through the second luminous panel. |
| US10500955B2 |
Automatic upgrade of a vehicle-based processor based on a physical component change
The aspects of the present disclosure provide an upgradable vehicle cockpit interface and in particular, to a single or multi-phase upgradable hardware and firmware vehicle cockpit interface. The upgradable vehicle cockpit interface may include one or more hardware and firmware components that may be designed to interface with or connect to one or more corresponding hardware and firmware blocks located within the vehicle cockpit. The hardware and firmware components may be detachable from the hardware and firmware blocks and may be backwards compatible with the vehicle's hardware and firmware blocks. The upgradable vehicle cockpit interface enables an individual to experience the same vehicle over a time period and have the ability to upgrade the vehicle components (i.e. electronics) to ease the vehicle aging process. |
| US10500951B2 |
Vehicle
Provided is a vehicle in which an electric motor is disposed such that a rotational axis of a rotor of the electric motor is located to one side, from the center of the front-back direction, relative to: a second power transmission member that is disposed on a power transmission path between a first rotating element and one wheel LWf; a third power transmission member that is arranged on a power transmission path between a third rotating element and the other wheel; or a differential mechanism. |
| US10500947B2 |
Fuel supply device
A fuel supply device (FS) includes a filler neck (10) that includes a nozzle guiding path that guides a fuel supply nozzle (FN), and a fuel passage that is continuous to the nozzle guiding path on a downstream side of the fuel passage, through which fuel that has been discharged from the fuel supply nozzle (FN) passes; a fuel vapor port (23) located outside of the filler neck (10) that has a through hole (23H) that communicates with the fuel passage (11Pd); and a vapor introduction body (70) that guides the fuel vapor from the fuel vapor port to the fuel passage (11Pd). The vapor introduction body (70) includes a within-through-hole support (71) that is inserted into and held in the through hole (23H), and includes a vapor passage (71a) along the through hole (23H), and a changing member (72) that faces an opening of the vapor passage (71a) on a side of the fuel passage (11Pd), and is configured to change a direction of flow of the fuel vapor that passes through the vapor passage (71a) to the side of the fuel passage (71a). The vicinity of the fuel vapor port in the filler neck is configured compactly. |
| US10500945B2 |
Exhaust gas cleaning apparatus
There is provided an exhaust gas cleaning apparatus for cleaning exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine that includes an upstream side exhaust pipe and a downstream side exhaust pipe that are located on an upstream side and a downstream side, respectively, with respect to a flow direction of the exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine. A filter unit is disposed between the upstream side exhaust pipe and the downstream side exhaust pipe and removably connected at opposite sides thereof to the upstream side exhaust pipe and the downstream side exhaust pipe. The filter unit includes a filter that captures particulate matter contained in the exhaust gas flowing in the upstream side exhaust pipe, a casing in which the filter is accommodated, and a thermal insulator that covers an entire outer peripheral surface of the casing. A handle is provided on the thermal insulator. |
| US10500944B2 |
Active grille multi part modular frame
An active grille shutter arrangement having a modular frame. The active grille shutter arrangement includes a primary frame piece defining a width and height of an aperture of the modular frame, wherein in the primary frame piece has a motor housing, and upper frame portion having a first end and a second end, a lower frame portion having a first end and a second end and the motor housing extends between the upper frame portion and the lower frame portion. There is a plurality of secondary frame pieces that are adjustably connected to the primary frame pieces, thereby allowing the width of the modular frame to be adjusted. |
| US10500943B2 |
Grill shutter device
A grill shutter device includes an opening portion positioned in a vehicle front portion, a fin configured to open and close the opening portion, and a frame configured to hold the fin. The frame has an inner frame and an outer frame. The inner frame has a rear side air introduction port open toward the cooling object device. The outer frame has a front side air introduction port positioned in front of the inner frame and open toward the rear side air introduction port at a position corresponding to the opening portion. The inner frame has a first wall portion covering the fin from a vehicle rear side in an open state where the fin opens the opening portion. The outer frame has a second wall portion covering the fin from the vehicle front side in the open state where the fin opens the opening portion. |
| US10500940B2 |
Axle assembly having an electric motor module and a gear reduction module
An axle assembly having an axle housing, a differential carrier, an electric motor module, and a gear reduction module. The differential carrier may be mounted to the axle housing and may rotatably support a differential. The electric motor module may be disposed in the differential carrier. The gear reduction module may be disposed adjacent to a differential carrier cover and may transmit torque from the electric motor module to the differential via a drive pinion. |
| US10500939B2 |
Vehicle with capsule structure of power unit
A vehicle with a capsule structure of a power unit is provided. The power unit includes an internal combustion engine configured to combust air-fuel mixture in an engine body and output a driving force, and a motor configured to output a driving force by using electric power of an electric generator or a battery. At least the engine body is enclosed by the capsule structure, and at least the battery is disposed behind the capsule structure. The capsule structure includes an exhaust opening provided in a back part of the capsule structure, an exhaust open-close member configured to open and close the exhaust opening to discharge and stop discharging air from the exhaust opening, and a controller configured to control the exhaust open-close member to open and close the exhaust opening. |
| US10500936B2 |
Battery pack protective frame and battery pack
The present disclosure provides a battery pack protective frame and a battery pack. The battery pack protective frame comprises a plurality of frame components connected together. Each frame component comprises: a sealing portion extending in an up-down direction for sealing a plurality of battery assemblies to be mounted; a battery fixed portion protruding from a lower portion of the sealing portion toward an inner side in an inner-outer direction for fixing the plurality of battery assemblies to be mounted; and a protective portion protruding from the lower portion of the sealing portion toward an outer side in the inner-outer direction for connecting with a vehicle fixing member. The battery pack comprises a lower box body, a plurality of battery assemblies, a box cover, a gasket, a bottom plate and a protective plate. The lower box body comprises the battery pack protective frame. |
| US10500935B2 |
Vehicle cover
Methods and devices are provided for vehicle covers. For example, a method of covering a vehicle is provided including placing a pre-folded vehicle cover between front and rear wheels of the vehicle and then driving the vehicle forwards until the rear wheels of the vehicle are on top of the vehicle cover. The method includes extending a rear portion of the vehicle cover and driving the vehicle backwards until the front wheels of the vehicle are on top of the vehicle cover. The method further includes extending a front portion of the vehicle cover and covering at least a bottom and at least part of each side of the vehicle with the vehicle cover to form a barrier underneath and at least partially around the vehicle. The method can also include covering a top of the vehicle and entirely enclosing the vehicle. |
| US10500931B2 |
Location based adjustable windows
A window assembly includes a window having an electro-optic device configured to limit light transmissivity through the window and a geographic positioning system. A controller is in communication with the geographic positioning system and is configured to limit a range of light transmissivity of the electro-optic device based on a location detected by the geographic positioning system. A manual adjustment control configured to allow a user to adjust the light transmissivity of the window based on the range of light transmissivity provided by the controller. |
| US10500930B2 |
Vehicle door glass damping and vehicles including vehicle door glass damping systems
Embodiments described herein generally relate to a vehicle door glass damping system that functions like a clamp along a perimeter of a door glass when the door glass is in a closed position. The system includes an actuator assembly having a motor housing and a plunger. The assembly is configured to apply a force in the vehicle lateral direction force to a perimeter edge of the door glass. A plurality of actuator assemblies may be provided about the perimeter of the door glass at multiple locations. The actuator assembly may be a single touch location or may touch off on the whole perimeter of the door glass. When the door glass is displaced, a sealing member body within a glass run channel pivotally compresses which creates a compression seal between the sealing member body and the exterior surface of the door glass. |
| US10500926B2 |
Ventilation duct for ventilating a passenger interior of a motor vehicle
A ventilation duct (10) for a passenger interior of a motor vehicle has an inflow duct (12) for supplying air and a main guiding duct (14) that extends from the inflow duct (12) to an outlet opening (16) for guiding at least part of the air of the inflow duct (12) along a main flow direction (28) toward the outlet opening (16). At least one bypass duct (18, 40) can branch from the inflow duct (12) for discharging part of the air of the inflow duct (12). The bypass duct (18, 40) opens into the main guiding duct (14) upstream of the outlet opening (16) and introduces a flow jet (32) into the main guiding duct (14) at an angle to the main flow direction (28) for setting the flow direction of air at the outlet opening (16) without openings or louver grilles that are visible from the passenger interior. |
| US10500925B2 |
Refrigeration cycle device
A refrigeration cycle device includes a compressor, a first branch portion, a radiator, a second branch portion, a first decompressor, a first evaporator, a second decompressor, a second evaporator, and an ejector. The first branch portion divides a flow of a refrigerant discharged from the compressor into one flow and an other flow. The radiator radiates heat of the refrigerant of the one flow. The second branch portion divides a flow of the refrigerant from the radiator into one flow and an other flow. The first decompressor decompresses the refrigerant of the one flow divided in the second branch portion. The second decompressor decompresses the refrigerant of the other flow divided in the second branch portion. A nozzle of the ejector decompresses and injects the refrigerant of the other flow divided in the first branch portion. The refrigerant suction port draws the refrigerant from the second evaporator. |
| US10500924B2 |
Thermal management device
A thermal management device includes two or more heat dissipation devices that dissipate heat into a heat medium, a heat medium-air heat exchanger that exchanges heat between air and the heat medium having its heat dissipated in the two or more heat dissipation devices, a flow-rate adjustment device that adjusts a flow rate of the heat medium flowing through the heat dissipation device, and a control unit. The control unit controls an operation of the flow-rate adjustment device to increase the flow rate of the heat medium flowing through the one heat dissipation device, if the control unit estimates an increase in the amount of heat dissipation into the heat medium at the one heat dissipation device of the two or more heat dissipation devices. |
| US10500921B2 |
Electric heater apparatus for electric vehicle and method of controlling same
The present invention relates to an electric heater apparatus including a switch control part for controlling a switching part according to a control command of an air-conditioner controlling part; the switching part switched according to a switching control signal of the switch control part for supplying electric power of the power supply part from a heating part; and the heating part for receiving the electric power of the switching part and generating heat, wherein the switching part includes a plurality of switching modules set to control an output load of the heating part, and the switch control part operates one or more switching modules in serial order according to a target heating temperature. |
| US10500919B2 |
Fastening method for components
Methods for fastening or coupling dissimilar materials to each other may include providing a first component with a first through hole and a second component with a second through hole that is at least partly aligned with the first through hole. A mixture including a first material and a second material may be injected into the aligned through holes of the first component and the second component. The mixture of the first material and the second material may expand in the through holes, e.g., due to a chemical reaction, thereby connecting the first component and the second component together. |
| US10500918B2 |
Vehicle air-conditioning apparatus, and vehicle including same
A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus that exhibits improved energy saving performance is provided. In addition, a vehicle with such a vehicle air-conditioning apparatus is provided. The vehicle air-conditioning apparatus includes a cooler provided in a first air passage, and a first air-sending device including a motor and a fan provided in the first air passage, and configured to drive the fan with the motor to thereby generate an airflow that flows into a vehicle interior through the first air passage. At least a part of an outer surface of the motor is located outside the first air passage. |
| US10500914B2 |
Connecting rod for a multiple connecting rod axle of a motor vehicle
A connecting rod for a multiple connecting rod axle of a motor vehicle, especially a lower wishbone for a multiple connecting rod rear axle, includes a substantially Y-shaped basic framework with a first arm, the free end region of which has a first seat for linking the connecting rod to an auxiliary frame or a vehicle body, with a second arm, the free end region of which has a second seat for linking the connecting rod to the auxiliary frame rod or the vehicle body, and with a third arm, the free end region of which has a third seat for linking the connecting rod to a wheel carrier. The connecting rod is manufactured in one piece with the seats. |
| US10500912B2 |
Rear flap configuration for amphibious vehicle
A rear flap configuration for an amphibious vehicle includes a vehicle body, a pair of crawlers disposed on both right and left sides with respect to a traveling direction of the vehicle body, and a rear flap connected to a rear part of the vehicle body. The vehicle body has a rear surface including a departure angle surface which extends obliquely upward from a lower edge of the rear surface as the vehicle body extends rearward. The crawlers have upper surfaces positioned above the lower edge, lower surfaces positioned below the lower edge, and rear edges projecting rearward from the lower edge. The rear flap includes a flap body part having a facing edge which faces the lower edge between the crawlers and is vertically rotatably connected to the vehicle body so as to allow the facing edge to come into contact or close proximity with the lower edge. |
| US10500905B2 |
Vehicle wheel assembly
A control valve assembly that includes: an inlet for receiving compressed air from a supply line; an outlet for supplying compressed air to a transfer line; and a control valve for selectively placing the inlet in fluid communication with the outlet. The control valve assembly is configured to be removably disposed in a wheel hub. In addition, the control valve has a filter for filtering air moving between the supply line and the transfer line. |
| US10500898B1 |
Side-mounted caster system for steering three-wheeled push chairs
A three-wheeled all-terrain vehicle or push chair utilizes an innovative front wheel mount, employing a side-mounted caster mechanism, for improving its pushability and steerability. Because of this approach, lifting is not required to steer the chair, and any size or type and width of wheel can be used. As a result, the invention provides a new class of all-terrain product for the disabled adult market and a rugged, truly off-road runner/jogger/hiker stroller for the young child market. |
| US10500896B2 |
Flexible wheel assembly
A wheel assembly comprising a wheel disk and a tread member disposed around the wheel disk. The wheel disk can have a substantially conical shape when in an unloaded state, but be flexible such that it can deform under load to optimize and/or maximize contact area between the tread member and a driving surface. |
| US10500895B2 |
Wheel made out of a fiber reinforced plastic material
A wheel includes a rim and a wheel center with several spokes with at least one butt strap. The at least one butt strap protrudes from a radially outer end of the spokes. The rim includes at least one opening arranged corresponding to the at least one butt strap. The at least one butt strap extends across the related opening in the rim and is attached to the outside of the rim. |
| US10500894B2 |
Robot cleaner
A wheel for a robot cleaner includes an outer ring in contact with a surface to be cleaned, an inner ring which is disposed inside the outer ring and receives a driving force, a plurality of spokes which connect the outer ring and the inner ring, and form a plurality of independent spaces through which air passes, and a plurality of ribs disposed in the plurality of independent spaces, each of the plurality of ribs having a shorter length than a length of each of the plurality of spokes. |
| US10500890B2 |
Flexible binding mechanism
A binding mechanism including a body portion having a flange opening extending therethrough. The body portion further includes or at least partially defines a body portion opening positioned adjacent a base end of the flange. The binding mechanism has a manually deflectable flange coupled to the body portion. At least part of the flange is insertable through the flange opening from a first side of the body portion to at least partially form a loop on the first side of the body portion. The at least part of the flange is alternatively insertable through the flange opening from a second side of the body portion opposite the first side to at least partially form a loop on the second side of the body portion. The body portion opening is configured to receive the flange therethrough to enable the flange to be positioned on either the first side or the second side of the body portion. |
| US10500888B2 |
Method of recycling greeting cards and a greeting card
A method of recycling greeting cards. A first step involves making a greeting card body that dissolves when exposed to water leaving negligible residue. A second step involves incorporating in the greeting card body a substance that is released when the greeting card body dissolves is water. It is a desire to release the substance that provides a positive incentive for placing the greeting card body in the water. |
| US10500887B1 |
Greeting card with 90-degree pop-up structure
A greeting card with 90-degree pop-up structure which contains multiple panels which pop-up when the greeting card is opened. The panels of the pop-up structure are connected by way of one or more struts which are inserted through some panels of the pop-up structure and attached to others but are not connected to the greeting card. The struts may or may not be attached to the greeting card. |
| US10500884B2 |
Thermal sensitive media with internal RF printing matrix
A thermal sensitive media for use with labeling or identification methods is disclosed. The thermal sensitive media comprises a media layer and a thermally sensitive record layer formed upon at least one surface of the media layer. The thermally sensitive record layer forms a visually discernable colored image in response to heat. However, the colored image is subject to degradation as a result of exposure to ultraviolet radiation within a known photodegradative wavelength range. An ultraviolet protective coating layer may then disposed over the thermally sensitive record layer. A lamination layer is positioned internal to the media layer and comprises a matrix of micro heating elements driven by radio frequency (RF) power. The matrix of micro heating elements are arranged in a pin array to energize the micro heating elements within the laminated media structure to create a simple numeric image. |
| US10500881B2 |
Thermal printer
A thermal printer comprises a sheet conveyance mechanism configured to convey a sheet formed by attaching labels on a mount; a ribbon conveyance mechanism configured to convey a ribbon; a thermal head configured to heat the ribbon to carry out printing of printing data on the sheet contacted with the ribbon; and a head moving mechanism configured to control the thermal head if a non-printing area is longer than a first distance based on the printing data to separate the ribbon from the sheet; wherein the ribbon conveyance mechanism stops the conveyance of the ribbon if the non-printing area is longer than the first distance; and the sheet conveyance mechanism controls, if the non-printing area is longer than the first distance, the sheet conveyance speed to a second speed slower than a first speed applied in a case of conveying a printing area. |
| US10500880B2 |
Gas enclosure systems and methods utilizing an auxiliary enclosure
The present teachings disclose various embodiments of a gas enclosure system can have a gas enclosure that can include a printing system enclosure and an auxiliary enclosure. In various embodiments of a gas enclosure system of the present teachings, a printing system enclosure can be isolated from an auxiliary enclosure. Various systems and methods of the present teachings can provide for the ongoing management of a printing system by utilizing various embodiments of isolatable enclosures. For example, various measurement and maintenance process steps for the management of a printhead assembly can be performed in an auxiliary enclosure, which can be isolated from a printing system enclosure of a gas enclosure system, thereby preventing or minimizing interruption of a printing process. |
| US10500879B2 |
Printing apparatus
There is provided a printing apparatus including: a thermal head having a plurality of heating elements arranged in a first direction; a first engaging member; a head holder having a second engaging member which is configured to engage with the first engaging member so that the thermal head is rotatable about a first axis line extending in the second direction, the head holder holding the thermal head in a posture in which the plurality of heating elements are oriented in a third direction; a pair of urging members each having an end projecting toward the thermal head; a contacting member with which the end of each of the pair of urging members is brought into contact; and a locking part which locks the end of each of the pair of urging members. |
| US10500876B2 |
Inkjet printing system and method for processing wafers
An inkjet printing system and method for processing wafers in a high volume are disclosed. The inkjet printing system includes a chuck on which a wafer can be placed and an inkjet printing head with at least one nozzle. Each chuck is associated with a single camera. Each chuck includes a 2-dimensional visual reference. An electronic controller assembly is configured to take a single image containing the wafer edge and the 2-dimensional visual reference each instance a wafer has been placed on a chuck. For each image, the position of the chuck relative to the camera and the position of the wafer relative to the camera are determined. Subsequently, the wafer position relative to the chuck is calculated and based on that the firing of the at least one nozzle is timed and the movement of the printing motion assembly is controlled so that the liquid drops are accurately positioned on the wafer. |
| US10500869B2 |
Ink jet recording apparatus
An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head that ejects ink, an ink tank including an ink storage chamber and an air storage chamber. The ink storage chamber stores ink. The air storage chamber supplies air to the ink storage chamber along with supply of ink from the ink storage chamber to the recording head. An ink supply path communicates with the air storage chamber without passing the ink storage chamber. A valve switches between an open state in which the ink storage chamber communicates with the ink supply path and with the air storage chamber, and a close state in which the communication between the ink storage chamber and the ink supply path is blocked and the communication between the ink storage chamber and the air storage chamber is blocked. |
| US10500868B2 |
Liquid discharge apparatus having tank to communicate with cartridge to be attached in the apparatus
A liquid discharge apparatus includes an installation case, a tank, a memory and a controller. The installation case is to be attached a cartridge. The controller calculates total liquid amount Vt sum of a liquid amount Vc in a cartridge chamber and a liquid amount Vs in a chamber of the tank. The controller reads correlated information from memory, indicating a correspondence among the amount Vt and one of the amount Vc and the amount Vs. Based on the calculated amount Vt and the correlated information, the controller determines the amount Vc and the amount Vs. |
| US10500867B2 |
Liquid tank
Provided is a technique for reducing the likelihood of air bubbles flowing to a liquid ejection head, in a liquid tank mounted on a carriage. The liquid tank mounted on the carriage movable in a Y direction includes a liquid chamber, a liquid inlet port, an atmospheric air introduction portion, a liquid outlet, and a division wall arranged in the liquid chamber. The division wall has first division walls perpendicular to the Y direction in a mounted state on the carriage, and the liquid chamber includes a plurality of small liquid chambers partitioned by the first division walls, an upper communication portion allowing the small liquid chambers to be in communication with each other, and a lower communication portion positioned below the upper communication, and allowing the small liquid chambers to be in communication with each other. |
| US10500866B2 |
Liquid container
The liquid container is detachable from a case of a liquid ejection apparatus. The liquid container has a bag-shaped member that is flexible and has a storage portion for storing a liquid therein, and a connection member attached to the bag-shaped member. The connection member has a liquid introducing outlet into which a liquid introducing portion of the liquid ejection apparatus is inserted, a container-side electrical connection unit to which an apparatus-side electrical connection unit of the liquid ejection apparatus is connected, and a handle that pivots with respect to the connection member. In a state where the liquid container is arranged in the case, the handle is provided at a position exposed to the outside of the case, and when the liquid container is mounted to/removed from the case, the handle is brought into a second orientation in which the handle is pivoted from a first orientation. |
| US10500862B2 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus and capping method
There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a liquid ejecting head that has a nozzle-formed surface; guide shafts that guide the liquid ejecting head in a direction in which the liquid ejecting head is lifted and lowered; a cap that is lifted and lowered in the direction and covers the nozzle-formed surface; and a restrainer that restrains the liquid ejecting head against the cap at a position shifted from the center of the cap when viewed from the direction. |
| US10500860B2 |
Actuator device
An actuator device includes an actuator substrate having actuators, individual conductors electrically connected with the actuators respectively, and dummy conductors; and a bonding member bonded to a surface of the actuator substrate provided with the individual conductors and the dummy conductors. The individual conductors are aligned in an alignment direction to form a first row and a second row arranged in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the alignment direction. In a first end portion of the actuator substrate on one side in the alignment direction, first individual conductors are aligned in the alignment direction without intervening second individual conductors therebetween. In a second end portion of the actuator substrate on the other side in the alignment direction, the second individual conductors are aligned in the alignment direction without intervening the first individual conductors therebetween. |
| US10500859B2 |
Molded die slivers with exposed front and back surfaces
In some examples, a print cartridge comprises a printhead die that includes a die sliver molded into a molding. The die sliver includes a front surface exposed outside the molding to dispense fluid, and a back surface exposed outside the molding and flush with the molding to receive fluid. Edges of the die sliver contact the molding to form a joint between the die sliver and the molding. |
| US10500854B2 |
Droplet deposition head and actuator component therefor
An actuator component for a droplet deposition head that includes: a plurality of fluid chambers arranged side-by-side in an array, with certain of the fluid chambers being firing chambers, each of which is provided with at least one piezoelectric actuating element for causing droplet ejection from a nozzle for that firing chamber; and a plurality of non-actuable walls, each of which is formed of piezoelectric material and bounds at least one of the firing chambers. |
| US10500853B2 |
Piezoelectric device, liquid ejecting head, and liquid ejecting apparatus
A piezoelectric device including a pressure chamber, a piezoelectric element, and a vibration plate, in which the piezoelectric element is provided with a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer, the vibration plate has a first portion overlapping the piezoelectric element and a second portion having a thickness smaller than that of the first portion and overlapping an inner peripheral surface of a side wall of the pressure chamber, a side surface of the piezoelectric element which intersects the vibration plate has a first surface inclined at a first angle, the vibration plate has a second surface, between the first portion and the second portion, inclined at a second angle smaller than the first angle, and an end portion of the second surface on the side wall side of the pressure chamber overlaps the side wall of the pressure chamber. |
| US10500847B2 |
Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting device
A liquid ejecting head includes an actuator communicating with a nozzle, configured to eject liquid from the nozzle, a drive circuit on a circuit board configured to drive the actuator, a flow path of liquid circulating, a first temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature on a surface on the circuit board proximate to the drive circuit, and a second temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of a liquid on the flow path of liquid circulating. |
| US10500844B2 |
Waveform generating device and ink jet recording apparatus
According to one embodiment, a waveform generating device includes a head driver configured to apply a driving signal to an actuator to discharge ink from a pressure chamber connected to a nozzle, the driving signal including a first portion for reducing an ink pressure in the pressure chamber and a second portion for increasing the ink pressure in the pressure chamber. The second portion is increased in potential by a first potential increase when ink pressure in the pressure chamber is at a maxima and the second portion is further increased in potential by a second potential increase when the ink pressure of the pressure chamber is at a negative value after the first potential increase. |
| US10500842B2 |
Automated image sensor calibration
A method calibrates image sensors and adjusts print heads in an inkjet printing machine via a computer. The method includes printing a test print chart, recording the printed test print chart via an image sensor to create a digital image, determining a coordinate transformation between the coordinates on the test print chart and the coordinates of the image sensor and the print heads, implementing a computer-assisted evaluation process of the digital image to determine the coordinates on the test print chart, deriving correction values for print head adjustment and camera calibration from results of the coordinate transformation and/or the comparison thereof with the determined measured values, and implementing the print head adjustment and the camera calibration by the computer. The test print chart has filled circular discs. The filled circular discs have a minimum diameter that is selected for them to function even if defective printing nozzles occur. |
| US10500840B2 |
Printing apparatus and control method that control movement of a transfer member
A printing apparatus includes a control unit that, when continuously printing on a plurality of cut sheets of a same size, controls a print unit to cause a transfer member to continue movement, controls the print unit and a supply unit so as to stop supply of a cut sheet by the supply unit based on information concerning a time taken to process image data representing an image of a print target by an image processing unit, and controls the print unit not to form an ink image in a partial area on the transfer member that passes through a transfer area at a timing when the supply of the cut sheet to the transfer area is stopped, and to form the ink image in a remaining area. |
| US10500838B2 |
Decorator drive and printing plate cylinder automation
A can decorator comprising a spindle disc, a blanket drum, a transfer wheel, a pin chain drive, and a controller. The spindle disc is adapted for (i) receiving beverage cans from an infeed and (ii) carrying and rotating each can body on a corresponding spindle. The blanket drum is adapted for (i) applying ink to printing cylinders and (ii) rotating the print cylinders in registration with beverage cans on the spindle disc to decorate the cans. The transfer wheel is adapted for receiving beverage cans from the spindle disc after decoration by the blanket drum. The pin chain drive is adapted for receiving cans from the transfer wheel and transporting the cans on a chain through an oven. The controller adapted for receiving encoder information and matching or adjusting speeds of a spindle disc motor, a blanket drum motor, a transfer wheel motor, and a pin chain drive motor. |
| US10500836B2 |
Adhesion test station in an extrusion apparatus and methods for using the same
A method of controlling an additive fabrication process includes providing a primary substrate and a test substrate. Polymer test material is extruded onto the test substrate utilizing an extrusion head. The extrusion head is moved relative to the test substrate, and a force required to move the extrusion head relative to the test substrate is measured to thereby generate test data. A part is fabricated by extruding polymer material onto the primary substrate utilizing the extrusion head. The test data is utilized to control at least one process parameter associated with extruding polymer material onto the primary substrate. |
| US10500832B2 |
Systems and methods for additive manufacturing rotating build platforms
An additive manufacturing system is configured to manufacture a component. The additive manufacturing system includes a laser device, a build platform, a first scanning device, and an air knife. The laser device is configured to generate a laser beam. The component is disposed on the build platform. The air knife is configured to channel an inert gas across the build platform. The first scanning device is configured to selectively direct the laser beam across the build platform. The laser beam is configured to generate successive layers of a melted powdered build material on the component and the build platform. The build platform is configured to rotate the component relative to the air knife. |
| US10500830B2 |
Method and apparatus for 3D fabrication
An apparatus for use in 3D fabrication includes a heat sink, a melt tube extending through the heat sink, the melt tube having a first end and an opposite second end and adapted for melting filament or other material as the material is conveyed from the first end to the second end, a pen tip having an opening therein for ejecting melted material, the pen tip at the second end of the melt tube, and a pen tip holder for securely holding the pen tip during printing, the pen tip holder having a heater element associated therewith. |