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US10509143B2 Method and system for combining localized weather forecasting and itinerary planning
Provided are methods, devices, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums to generate an itinerary with a weather forecast. The itinerary may comprise a departure location, a destination location and a first time. Based on the itinerary, an intermediary location and an intermediary time associated with the intermediary location may be identified. A weather forecast associated with the identified intermediary location and the intermediary time may be predicted. A weather risk associated with the identified route may be assessed and based on the assessed risk, an alternative route may be additionally identified.
US10509135B2 Structured detectors and detector systems for radiation imaging
Detector module designs for radiographic imaging include first and second layers of scintillator rods or pixel arrays oriented in first and second directions. The first and second directions are transversely oriented to define a light sharing region between the first and second layers. Encoding features may be disposed in, on or between the first and second layers, and configured to modulate propagation of optical signals therealong or therebetween.
US10509129B2 Systems and methods for maintaining a health-related action database
Systems and methods for maintaining a health-related action database are disclosed. The method may include receiving first information corresponding to a health-related action of a first user on a first computing device; wirelessly transmitting the first information from the first computing device; receiving second information corresponding to a health-related action of a second user on a second computing device; wirelessly transmitting the second information from the second computing device; receiving the first information and the second information using a third computing device; and updating a database on the third computing device with the first information and the second information, where the first information comprises a description of the health-related action of the first user, and the second information comprises a description of the health-related action of the second user.
US10509126B2 Method for driving a time-of-flight system
The present invention relates to a method for driving a Time-of-Flight system for use with an illumination system being adapted to illuminate a scene with a modulated signal, the ToF system having an imaging sensor comprising at least one pixel, said pixel comprising taps driven by driving signals for detecting the modulated signal reflected from the scene, the method comprising, for each pixel, the steps of determining at least a first and a second pair of taps and driving each pair of taps to detect the reflected modulated signal during a predetermined number N of cycles of the modulated signal.
US10509124B2 Method for estimating time of flight for acoustic pyrometry
A method for estimating a time of flight of an acoustic signal in a hot gas flow path having background noise wherein a plurality of transceivers each generate an acoustic signal. The method includes providing an acoustic signal of interest that travels in a direction opposite a reference acoustic signal on a first acoustic path between a pair of transceivers. The method also includes identifying at least one minimum peak height in the acoustic signal of interest having a peak height that is greater than the background noise. Further, the method includes obtaining time of flight information of other acoustic paths having substantially the same path length as the first path to provide a range of time of flights wherein a time of flight that falls within the time of flight range and is associated with a minimum peak height forms the estimated time of flight.
US10509121B2 Dynamic range setting for vehicular radars
A vehicle control system includes a set of radars, with each radar of the set including a depth setting which controls a corresponding range of the radar. The corresponding range of at least one radar may be adjusted based on contextual information, as determined by the vehicle when the vehicle is in use.
US10509117B1 Continuous wave (CW) radar system for phase-coded time delayed transmit-receive leakage cancellation
Disclosed is a method, system, and apparatus for transmitting a randomly phase-coded CW waveform in a manner that suppresses signal leakage and enables the recovery of polyphase subcodes advantageous for the purposes of correlation and pulse compression. The CW system transmits and receives a random waveform while concurrently providing properly delayed phase conversion parameters (ϕi−Θi) from a corrections generator to various range gates. Each range gate processes any echo returns using a most recent phase conversion parameters (ϕk−Θk) provided and correlation of the resulting echo subcodes ϕR produce either target indications or noise signals, depending on the most recent phase conversion parameters (ϕk−Θk) provided to the range gate. The system may transmit the randomly phase-coded CW waveform while recovering any phase code {ϕ1, ϕ2, . . . ϕN} that lends itself to advantageous pulse compressions.
US10509104B1 Apparatus and methods for synchronization of radar chips
Apparatus and methods for synchronization of multiple semiconductor dies are provided herein. In certain implementations, a reference clock signal is distributed to two or more semiconductor dies that each include at least one data converter. The two or more dies include a master die that generates a data converter synchronization signal, and at least one slave die that processes the data converter synchronization signal to align timing of data conversion operations across the dies, for instance, to obtain a high degree of timing coherence for digital sampling. In certain implementations, the dies correspond to radar chips of a radar system, and the data converter synchronization signal corresponds to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) synchronization signal. Additionally, the master radar chip generates a ramp synchronization signal to synchronize transmission sequencing across the radar chips and/or to provide phase alignment of ADC clock signals.
US10509100B1 Asset tracking
Disclosed herein are techniques and systems for tracking assets using wireless beacons attached to the assets. In some embodiments, an asset tracking system may receive asset tracking data from a mobile device. The asset tracking data may include a device identifier (ID) of a wireless beacon and GPS data (e.g., location and accuracy) of a mobile device in the vicinity of the beacon. The asset tracking system may determine whether the accuracy of the GPS location satisfies an accuracy threshold, and, if so, the asset tracking system may identify a site and determine whether the GPS location reported by the mobile device is within a static radius assigned to the site. If the GPS location is within the static radius assigned to the site, the asset tracking system may associate the wireless beacon to the site.
US10509099B2 Method, apparatus and computer program product improving real time location systems with multiple location technologies
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media are disclosed for improving, in some examples, real time location systems with multiple location technologies. In one embodiment, a method is provided including receiving blink data from a location tag associated with a first sensor; receiving proximity data generated based on communications between the first sensor and a second sensor, the proximity data including a sensor identifier; calculating location data associated with the location tag based on the blink data; and determining sensor position calculation data associated with the first sensor based on the proximity data.
US10509098B2 Supporting the use of radio maps
Results of measurements by a mobile device on radio signals transmitted by at least one transmitter are obtained. The results of measurements comprise characteristics of the radio signals at each of a plurality of locations of measurements at a particular site, and indications of the locations of measurement. The results of measurement and the indications of the locations are provided and used as a basis for a generation of a radio map for use in supporting a positioning of mobile devices at the site. In addition, a user input to the mobile device is detected, the user input defining a localization area at the site that is to be covered by the radio map. A representation of the defined localization area is provided in addition for use in connection with the radio map.
US10509094B2 Method for determining the direction of a source of waterborne sound, a computer program product, a computer or sonar, and a watercraft
The invention relates to a method for determining the direction of a source of waterborne sound that emits a waterborne acoustic signal, by means of a hydrophone arrangement which forms a linear antenna or a virtual linear antenna, as well as to a computer program product, a computer, a sonar, and a watercraft.
US10509091B2 EPR methods and systems
Various systems and methods for detecting electron spins using electron paramagnetic resonance are described. An excitation signal generator configured to generate an excitation signal of varying amplitude and phase as compared to a reference signal may be present. A crossed-loop resonator configured to isolate a detection signal produced by the excitation signal exciting an object with a magnetic field may also be present. Further, a detection device configured to detect electron spins of the object using the detection signal isolated by the crossed-loop resonator may be present.
US10509090B2 Automatic grouping of magnetic resonance images
The invention provides for a method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging system. The method comprises the steps of: acquiring (200) first magnetic resonance data (142) by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with pulse sequence instructions (140), reconstructing (202) one or more first image (144) from the first magnetic resonance data, and assigning (204) the one or more first image to a first memory group of a set of memory groups (300). The method further comprises repeatedly performing the following steps: acquiring (206) sequential magnetic resonance data (148) by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with the pulse sequence instructions, reconstructing (208) one or more sequential image (150) from the sequential magnetic resonance data, computing (210) a distance measure (152) between the one or more sequential image and each of the set of memory groups, assigning (214) the one or more sequential images to a chosen memory group if the distance measure between the chosen group and the one or more sequential images is within a predetermined range, creating (216) a subsequent memory group (304) in the memory if the one or more sequential images is not assigned to the chosen memory group, and assigning (218) the one or more sequential image to the subsequent memory group if the subsequent memory group is created.
US10509089B2 Method and magnetic resonance apparatus to acquire trace-weighted magnetic resonance data with anisotropic diffusion directions
In a method and a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus for diffusion-gradient MR imaging, vectors for the diffusion gradients are determined by generating a cuboid with edges that represent the maximum amplitudes that are achievable by the gradient system of the MR apparatus, and a spherical shell is also generated that represents limit values for effective gradient amplitudes. Areas of the spherical shell that are within the cuboid are used as end points of origin vectors that originate from the origin of the intersecting axes of the gradient system. Diffusion gradient vectors that are to be used for acquiring the diffusion-weighted MR data are then selected from these origin vectors dependent on fulfillment of a condition for producing a trace-weighted image with low artifacts.
US10509088B2 Obtaining an echo train length in a magnetic resonance apparatus
An MR apparatus 100 performs a sequence for acquiring an echo train from a subject. The MR apparatus 100 comprises upper-limit-value determining unit for determining an upper limit value etl_max for the echo train length based on a value X1 and a value X2, the value X1 including echo spacing ESP and a lower limit value TEz_max for a maximum echo time. The MR apparatus 100 further comprises unit for obtaining an echo train length based on the upper limit value etl_max for the echo train length and a number of views ypoint in which data acquisition is performed.
US10509087B2 Flexible measurement protocol for medical imaging
In a method for generating a measurement protocol for medical imaging of an object under examination, measurement parameters of the measurement protocol are divided into a protocol structure with a base class and classes supplementing the base class. The base class includes only hardware-independent measurement parameters and the supplementary classes includes only hardware-specific measurement parameters. A method for transferring a measurement protocol, a measurement protocol generation computer, a measurement protocol conversion apparatus, and a medical imaging system make use of such a measurement protocol.
US10509085B2 Automated impedance adjustment of a multichannel RF coil assembly
A multichannel radio frequency (RF) receive/transmit system (200) for use in an magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system (110) includes an RF coil array (202) with multiple RF coil elements (204) for emission and reception of RF signals. Each RF coil element (204) is provided with a tuning/matching circuit (208) for comparing forward power provided to at least one of the RF coil elements (204) with reflected power at the respective RF coil element (204) of the at least one of the RF coil elements (204), and for tuning the at least one of the RF coil elements (204) based on a comparison of the forward power and the reflected power at least one of the RF coil elements (204). A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system (110) which includes the multichannel RF receive/transmit system (200) performs magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.
US10509084B1 Magnetic resonance system and method employing a digital SQUID
A magnetic resonance system, comprising at least one SQUID, configured to receive a radio frequency electromagnetic signal, in a circuit configured to produce a pulsatile output having a minimum pulse frequency of at least 1 GHz which is analyzed in a processor with respect to a timebase, to generate a digital signal representing magnetic resonance information. The processor may comprise at least one rapid single flux quantum circuit. The magnetic resonance information may be image information. A plurality of SQUIDs may be provided, fed by a plurality of antennas in a spatial array, to provide parallel data acquisition. A broadband excitation may be provided to address a range of voxels per excitation cycle. The processor may digitally compensate for magnetic field inhomogeneities.
US10509082B2 Magnetoresistive sensor systems with stray field cancellation utilizing auxiliary sensor signals
A system includes first and second magnetic sense elements for producing first and second output signals, respectively, in response to an external magnetic field along a sensing axis parallel to a plane of the first sense element, a magnetization direction of the second element being rotated in the plane relative to a magnetization direction of the first element. The second output signal differs from the first output signal in dependency to a magnetic interference field along a non-sensing axis of the first magnetic field. A processing circuit, receives the first and second output signals, identifies from a relationship between the first and second output signals an influence of the magnetic interference field on the first output signal, and applies a correction factor to the first output signal to produce a resultant output signal in which the influence of the magnetic interference field is substantially removed.
US10509078B2 Assessment method
A method of assessing a condition of a multi-phase power system comprises the steps of: acquiring a voltage signal and a current signal for each phase of the multi-phase power system; calculating a product of the voltage signal for each phase of the multi-phase power system with one of the current signals such that the product is between a voltage signal for one phase and a current signal for a different phase for at least two of the products; summing the calculated products; and identifying the possible existence of a fault in the multi-phase power system based on a frequency analysis of the summed calculated products.
US10509076B2 Battery performance monitoring
In an embodiment, a device comprises a controller configured to create a load pulse for a battery, measure battery voltage concurrently with the load pulse, measure battery current concurrently with the load pulse, calculate a battery resistance from the measured battery voltage and current and based on the battery resistance, calculate a maximum allowable current extractable from the battery, wherein the maximum allowable current is determined such that a voltage across the battery does not drop below a pre-specified threshold voltage when the maximum allowable current is drawn from the battery.
US10509073B2 Timing-aware test generation and fault simulation
Disclosed herein are exemplary methods, apparatus, and systems for performing timing-aware automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) that can be used, for example, to improve the quality of a test set generated for detecting delay defects or holding time defects. In certain embodiments, timing information derived from various sources (e.g. from Standard Delay Format (SDF) files) is integrated into an ATPG tool. The timing information can be used to guide the test generator to detect the faults through certain paths (e.g., paths having a selected length, or range of lengths, such as the longest or shortest paths). To avoid propagating the faults through similar paths repeatedly, a weighted random method can be used to improve the path coverage during test generation. Experimental results show that significant test quality improvement can be achieved when applying embodiments of timing-aware ATPG to industrial designs.
US10509070B2 Short circuit detecting device of stacked memory chips and method thereof
Disclosed are a method and a device for detecting a short circuit between adjacent micro-bumps. The method includes setting outputs of a pull-up driver and a pull-down driver of a data output circuit connected with a micro-bump to be suitable for a test type and determining whether a short circuit is generated.
US10509063B2 Electrical signal measurement device using reference signal
Systems and methods provide measurement of one or more electrical parameters (e.g., impedance) of a device under test (DUT) using an electrical parameter measurement device (e.g., multimeter, oscilloscope) that includes reference signal circuitry that generates, detects, and processes common mode reference signals. A measurement device may include a known common mode AC reference voltage source coupled to a common input terminal. During measurement of a DUT, circuitry may detect a signal at a voltage test input terminal and a signal at the common input terminal. The circuitry may process the first and second signals to determine one or more electrical parameters of the DUT, which one or more electrical parameters may be used to implement one or more features. The determined electrical parameters may be presented to an operator via a visual indicator device and/or may be communicated to an external device via a wired and/or wireless communications interface.
US10509062B2 Method of measuring frequency of coordinate indicating device, and electronic apparatus thereof
An electronic apparatus for measuring a frequency of an electromagnetic signal emitted from a coordinate indicating device contacting a sensor pad, and method are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a signal receiving unit that receives the electromagnetic signal, a band-pass filter unit including a pair of band-pass filters that generates a first filtered signal and a second filtered signal by respectively filtering the electromagnetic signal in a first frequency range and a second frequency range corresponding to a center frequency of the coordinate indicating device, and a controller that acquires a frequency value of the electromagnetic signal based on a ratio value between the first filtered signal and the second filtered signal.
US10509060B2 Methods, systems, and devices for identifying computational operations based on power measurements
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for identifying computational operations based on power measurements. Disclosed herein are systems that may include a phase measurement unit configured to generate a first measurement based on a power signal, the first measurement characterizing a phase angle of the power signal. The systems may also include a power measurement unit configured to generate a second measurement based on the power signal, the second measurement characterizing an amplitude of one or more aspects of the power signal. The systems may further include a processing unit configured to identify a computational operation implemented by a target processing device, the identifying of the computational operation being based on a comparison of the first measurement and the second measurement with reference measurements.
US10509054B2 High/low temperature contactless radio frequency probes
A contactless radio frequency (RF) probe. The RF probe includes a dielectric substrate, at least one waveguide comprising an electric field configured to increase the coupling between the dielectric substrate and the at least one waveguide, and an air gap separating the dielectric substrate and the at least one waveguide to prevent thermal loading, thermal expansion, and material deformity.
US10509048B2 Blood test apparatus
A first rack of a first color and a second rack of a second color respectively hold blood collecting tubes. After a test is finished, the first and second racks are disposed at a carrying-out section. A result screen showing a test result includes a first region of the first color and a second region of the second color. The first and second regions are displayed in positions corresponding to positions of the first and second racks in the carrying-out section. First symbols are displayed in the first region at positions corresponding to positions of the blood collecting tubes held in the first rack. Second symbols are displayed in the second region at positions corresponding to positions of the blood collecting tubes held in the second rack. A displayed appearance of each of the first and second symbols is changed in accordance with the test result.
US10509042B2 Identification of glycosylation forms
The present teachings relate to methods, systems, and kits for analyzing a sample containing a glycopeptide of interest that can subject the glycopeptide of interest to a plurality of parallel deglycosylation reactions that differentially cleave the glycan, with the various products resulting from the deglycosylation reactions being differentially labeled (e.g., with isobaric and/or isomeric labeling reagents) to thereby produce labeled glycopeptides or labeled fragments of the glycopeptides. The products of the various deglycosylation reactions can then be mixed together and subject to LC-MS/MS using a single injection of the mixture. In accordance with various aspects, by associating the resulting mass spectral data with a particular deglycosylation reaction (e.g., based on the presence in the MS/MS data of product reporter ions associated with the particular differential labels), the methods and systems described herein can aid in the identification of the glycan structure.
US10509030B2 Artificial cell membrane comprising supported lipid bilayer connected with probes having controllable mobility and method for analyzing interaction between molecules using the same
Disclosed herein are an artificial cell membrane including a supported lipid bilayer (SLB) including a substrate and mobility-decreased metal particles bonded onto the substrate; an analysis device or kit including the artificial cell membrane and examining the interactions between molecules, in which one molecule is bonded to the surface of a mobility-decreased metal particle bonded to the artificial cell membrane and the other molecule is bonded to the surface of a mobility-increased metal particle bonded to a lipid at a low valency; a method of examining the interactions between molecules using the analysis device; a kit for quantitative or qualitative analysis of a target material including the artificial cell membrane by plasmonic scattering measurements; and a multiple analysis kit capable of detecting a plurality of target materials using a plurality of metal particles having different plasmonic scattering wavelengths and/or having mobility on a supported lipid bilayer.According to the artificial cell membrane including a supported lipid bilayer containing metal particles attached thereto, the fluidity of the metal particles on the lipid can be controlled by adjusting the number of ligands bonded to the metal particles. Therefore, target molecules for analyzing the interactions therebetween on two types of metal particles having different fluidity are introduced onto the artificial cell membrane, thereby monitoring the movements of the metal particles through plasmonic scattering so as to analyze the interactions between the target molecules. In this case, multiple analysis of simultaneously detecting and quantifying a plurality of target materials using the artificial cell membrane of the present invention, plasmonic scattering wavelengths, and a plurality of particles having different fluidity can be performed.
US10509023B2 Image processing apparatus and computer readable medium for image processing
An image processing apparatus contains an input unit to input a fluorescent image and a morphological image of a tissue. A biological substance expressed at a first structure of a cell in the tissue is stained by a fluorescent substance. The fluorescent image illustrates a fluorescent bright point which represents expression of the biological substance. The morphological image illustrates a morphology of a second structure of a cell in the tissue and contains the same range of the tissue as the fluorescent image. The apparatus further contains a feature amount extraction unit to extract a feature amount of the second structure from the morphological image, a bright point extraction unit to extract the fluorescent bright point from the fluorescent image, and a region of interest determination unit to determine a region of interest based on the feature amount of the second structure and a distribution of the fluorescent bright point.
US10509018B2 Apparatus and methods for conducting assays and high throughput screening
The present invention provides microfluidic devices and methods for using the same. In particular, microfluidic devices of the present invention are useful in conducting a variety of assays and high throughput screening. Microfluidic devices of the present invention include elastomeric components and comprise a main flow channel; a plurality of branch flow channels; a plurality of control channels; and a plurality of valves. Preferably, each of the valves comprises one of the control channels and an elastomeric segment that is deflectable into or retractable from the main or branch flow channel upon which the valve operates in response to an actuation force applied to the control channel.
US10509016B2 Methods for detecting lacosamide by mass spectrometry
Provided are methods for determining the amount of lacosamide in a sample using mass spectrometry. The methods generally involve ionizing lacosamide in a sample and detecting and quantifying the amount of the ion to determine the amount of lacosamide in the sample.
US10509012B2 Sound propagation comparison with automated frequency selection for pipe condition assessment
Examples of collecting and analyzing acoustic data for condition assessment within a fluid distribution system are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method for collecting and analyzing acoustic data for condition assessment within a fluid distribution system includes: receiving pipe segment criteria for a pipe segment, the pipe segment including a length of a pipe between a first computing node and a second computing node; determining a predicted parameter based on the received pipe segment criteria for the pipe segment; utilizing the predicted parameter to measure an actual speed of sound for the pipe segment between the first computing node and the second computing node; and comparing the actual speed of sound and a theoretical speed of sound to calculate a predicted pipe degradation for the pipe segment.
US10509009B2 Sensor control apparatus and sensor control system
A sensor control apparatus for a gas sensor which detects a particular gas component contained in a gas under measurement. In the case where humidity detection is performed using an electromotive-force-type gas sensor, a sensor control apparatus changes a target voltage of an electromotive force cell to a second target voltage for humidity detection and then to a third target voltage which is lower than a first target voltage which is a target voltage used for detecting the concentration of the particular gas component. In the case where humidity detection is performed using a limiting-current-type gas sensor, the sensor control apparatus changes the voltage applied to a pump cell to a second application voltage for humidity detection and then to a third application voltage which is lower than a first application voltage which is an application voltage used for detecting the concentration of the particular gas component.
US10509006B2 Devices and methods for measuring the properties of macromolecules
Devices for use in determining properties of biochemicals and macromolecules derived from a biological sample include a fluid control unit and a macromolecule measurement unit integrated on a monolithic platform. Devices and methods of measuring the properties of macromolecules using immobilized magnetic particles are also disclosed.
US10509004B2 Sensor elements with a tantalum- or niobium-containing base layer and methods of producing the same
Sensor elements are disclosed for the electrochemically analyzing a body fluid, as well as methods of producing and using the same. The sensor elements include an electrically conductive layer structure applied to a non-conductive carrier substrate, where the layer structure includes a continuous base layer of tantalum, niobium or an alloy thereof, and a metallic cover layer formed on the base layer that covers the base layer either over the entire surface or in some regions. The metallic cover layer includes a more noble metal when compared to the base layer.
US10509003B2 Conductivity sensor and method for determining the electrical conductivity of a liquid medium
A conductivity sensor for measuring the electrical conductivity of a liquid medium having at least a first coil, a current source and a control and evaluation unit, the current source being connected to the first coil. The conductivity sensor has the ability to determine a particularly large range of electric conductivity by at least a first electrode and a second electrode and at least one voltage measuring unit being provided, the voltage measuring unit being connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, the control and evaluation unit being connected to the current source and to the voltage measuring unit, and the first electrode and the second electrode being out of electrical contact with the first coil.
US10509002B2 Wireless sensing devices and method for detecting hydration
At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature an RF hydration sensor in an assembly, comprises a substrate; an antenna disposed on the substrate; an RF circuit electrically coupled to the antenna; a thermal source electrically coupled to the RF circuit for changing a thermal condition of a target area; and a sensing element thermally coupled to the thermal source for sensing a temperature of the thermal source. The RF hydration sensor wirelessly receives a power from a remote transceiver and provides at least part of the power to the thermal source.
US10508998B2 Methods for 2-color radiography with laser-compton X-ray sources
High-contrast, subtraction, x-ray images of an object are produced via scanned illumination by a laser-Compton x-ray source. The spectral-angle correlation of the laser-Compton scattering process and a specially designed aperture and/or detector are utilized to produce/record a narrow beam of x-rays whose spectral content consists of an on-axis region of high-energy x-rays surrounded by a region of slightly lower-energy x-rays. The end point energy of the laser-Compton source is set so that the high-energy x-ray region contains photons that are above the k-shell absorption edge (k-edge) of a specific contrast agent or specific material within the object to be imaged while the outer region consists of photons whose energy is below the k-edge of the same contrast agent or specific material. Scanning the illumination and of the object by this beam will simultaneously record and map the above edge and below k-edge absorption response of the object.
US10508993B2 Bio-chip package with waveguide integrated spectrometer
A bio-chip package comprises a substrate a first layer over the substrate comprising an image sensor. The bio-chip package also comprises a second layer over the first layer. The second layer comprises a waveguide system a grating coupler. The bio-chip package also comprises a third layer arranged to accommodate a fluid between a first-third layer portion and a second-third layer portion, and to allow the fluid to pass from a first side of the third layer to a second side of the third layer. The third layer comprises a material having a predetermined transparency with respect to a wavelength of a received source light, the waveguide system is configured to direct the received source light to the grating coupler, and the image sensor is configured to determine a change in the wavelength of the source light caused by a coupling between the source light and the fluid.
US10508986B1 Characterizing optically reflective features via hyper-spectral sensor
A light detection and ranging device associated with an autonomous vehicle scans through a scanning zone while emitting light pulses and receives reflected signals corresponding to the light pulses. The reflected signals indicate a three-dimensional point map of the distribution of reflective points in the scanning zone. A hyperspectral sensor images a region of the scanning zone corresponding to a reflective feature indicated by the three-dimensional point map. The output from the hyperspectral sensor includes spectral information characterizing a spectral distribution of radiation received from the reflective feature. The spectral characteristics of the reflective feature allow for distinguishing solid objects from non-solid reflective features, and a map of solid objects is provided to inform real time navigation decisions.
US10508983B2 Method for performing a blood count and determining the morphology of a blood smear
A method for counting blood cells in a sample of whole blood. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a sample of whole blood; (b) depositing the sample of whole blood onto a slide, e.g., a microscope slide; (c) employing a spreader to create a blood smear; (d) allowing the blood smear to dry on the slide; (e) measuring absorption or reflectance of light attributable to the hemoglobin in the red blood cells in the blood smear on the slide; (f) recording a magnified two-dimensional digital image of the area of analysis identified by the measurement in step (e) as being of suitable thickness for analysis; and (g) collecting, analyzing, and storing data from the magnified two-dimensional digital image. Optionally, steps of fixing and staining of blood cells on the slide can be employed in the method.
US10508982B2 Particle sensor and particle sensing method
A particle sensor uses an electrostatic particle charging section in the form of an ionization chamber. A flow sensor arrangement is used to produce a signal which is representative of the amount of gas flow between the outside of the ionization chamber and the inside of the ionization chamber. This information is indicative of the flow conditions, and can be used to determine when adverse flow conditions are present which may adversely affect the performance or lifetime of the particle sensor.
US10508981B2 System and method for sensing and trapping nanoparticles with plasmonic nanopores
An apparatus for trapping and sensing nanoparticles using plasmonic nanopores, comprising a conductive transparent layer, a conductive film layer mounted to a substrate, the film layer comprising a plurality of nanopores for trapping nanoparticles contained in a fluid situated between the conductive transparent layer and the conductive film layer, and an electric field source connected between the transparent layer and the film layer.
US10508980B2 Measuring nozzle for determining the extensional viscosity of polymer melts
The invention relates to a measuring nozzle for determining the extensional viscosity of polymer melts during their processing, comprising a flow channel which has a rectangular cross-section and which has a transitional section (3) between an inlet section (1) and an outlet section (2) with respective constant cross-section, which transitional section tapers hyperbolically in the flow direction (8) between two mutually opposite channel walls (6 and 7). In order to provide advantageous measuring conditions it is proposed that the transitional section (3) comprises an inlet-side zone (4) in which the mutual distance of the two channel walls (7) between the two hyperbolic channel walls (6) decreases continuously in the direction of flow (8), and an outlet-side zone (5) which adjoins the inlet-side zone and in which two of the channel walls (6, 7) disposed opposite one another in pairs extend parallel to one another, while the two channel walls (7) arranged therebetween converge hyperbolically in the flow direction (8).
US10508979B2 Pure bending mechanical test device and method for implementing same
A device for performing a mechanical four-point bending test on a test piece and to a method for using one such device. The device comprises: a) structure for holding a first end of the test piece (27; 127; 28; 128) and structure for holding a second end of the test piece (30, 31); b) traction wire (25) and converting structure (16, 116) for converting a translational movement of said traction means into a rotational movement; c) conversion structure (26; 27; 126; 127) for converting said rotational movement into bending deformation of the test piece. Said conversion structure comprises at least one first Cardan joint (26; 126), connected to the structure for holding the first end of the test piece.
US10508967B2 Leak isolation system
A leak detection system for use in a vacuum sterilization chamber having a plurality of piping sections that are connected to the sterilization chamber through openings along an inner surface of the sterilization chamber.
US10508966B2 Water flow analysis
A location (100) is including an installation (120) associated with a site (102). At the site (102) is a house. A water main (110) forms part of a water distribution network and is buried approximately 1 m below the surface (112) of a road. A ferrule (114) extends from an upper part of the water main pipe and is in fluid communication with a first portion (116) of a service pipe at depth of typically approximately 0.75 m and which extends from the water main (110) to underneath a pavement (118). An outside stop-tap or meter chamber (122) is provided below pavement (118) and includes a pilotable cover (124), which can be opened to provide access to the interior of the chamber (122). A first connector (126) is provided on an upstream side of the chamber and a second connector (128) is provided on a downstream side of the chamber. A stop-tap or stop-tap and meter assembly (130) is provided within the chamber and in fluidic communication with the first and second connectors. An insulating member (134), for example in the form of a piece of polystyrene, extends across the interior of the chamber (122) and acts to insulate the lower part of the chamber from the environment above. A temperature logging device (160) is located on the insulating member (134) and includes a first temperature sensor (162). Optionally the temperature logging device may also include a second temperature sensor (164). The temperature of a part of a water supply system between a water main (110) and the site is recorded as a function of time. The recorded temperature as a function of time is analysed to determine a property indicative of the water consumption at the site.
US10508965B2 Sealant detection apparatus, method and assembly
Apparatus, assembly and method for investigating the integrity of a seal and sealant contained in a sealing fitting used in hazardous locations. The apparatus/assembly can include signal transmitters and signal receivers provided on a conduit system on either side of a sealing fitting. The apparatus/assembly can include probes placed on either side of a sealant within a sealing fitting, the probes placed in probe ports provided through the wall of the sealing fitting.
US10508963B2 Method and device for knock recognition of an internal combustion engine
A method and a device are provided for knock recognition of an internal combustion engine, which device Fourier-transforms, weights in frequency-dependent fashion, and sums a signal of a knock sensor in order to produce a first knock signal. Here, from a multiplicity of first knock signals, a concentration point of the multiplicity of the first knock signals is determined, and a first offset value is subtracted from the first knock signal in order to form a second knock signal, the first offset value being ascertained from the concentration point of the multiplicity of the first knock signals, and a second knock signal that has a value below zero being set to the value zero. The further-processed second knock signal is then evaluated as knocking or non-knocking.
US10508956B1 Temperature estimation device and electric device
A temperature estimation device calculates a first estimation temperature of a reactor on the basis of a reference estimation temperature to which a first lag period is provided and outputs from a temperature change amount calculation unit to which a second lag period is provided, predicts a second temperature change amount of the reactor over a predetermined period on the basis of the first estimation temperature, and then predicts a second estimation temperature of the reactor.
US10508950B2 Transparent measuring probe for beam scanning
The invention relates to a measuring probe for scanning light beams (10) or laser beams. The measuring probe is suitable for scanning laser beams with very high power and for determining geometric parameters of a light beam (10) with high spatial resolution. For this purpose, a device is proposed which comprises a body (20), a probe area (30) and a detector (40). The body (20) is made of an optically transparent material and has a light beam entry surface (22), a light beam exit surface (23) and a detection light exit surface (25). The light beam entry surface (22) and the light beam exit surface (23) are for the most part smooth and polished. The body (20) includes the probe area (30) having light-deflecting structuring. The detector (40) is designed to detect at least part of the beam portion (15) deflected from the light beam (10) by the probe area (30). The body (20) and the light beam (10) are movable in two different directions of movement (51, 52) perpendicular to the direction of the axis (11) of the light beam (10) relative to each other. The probe area (30) has a shape whose two-dimensional projection on a surface perpendicular to the axis (11) of the light beam (10) approximately the same dimensions in the two different directions of movement (51, 52) perpendicular to the axis (11) of the light beam (10).
US10508949B2 Data acquisition device for optical compensation
Disclosed is a data acquisition device for optical compensation including a platform for carrying a display panel; and a linear image acquisition module located above the platform. The linear image acquisition module is movable relative to the platform.
US10508947B2 Body of level gauge with electrical lead extending therethrough
The invention is directed to a gauge body for a container for pressurized gas, comprising a mounting surface for mounting the body to the container; an inner side in contact with the pressurized gas when mounted on the container; an outer side opposite to the inner side with regard to the mounting surface, the outer side being outside of the container when the body is mounted on the container; an electrical lead extending in a gas tight manner through the body from the inner side to the outer side. The electrical lead comprises a metallic rod and a bushing around the rod, the bushing being mounted a gas tight manner on the body.
US10508943B2 Thermal mass flow rate measurement method, thermal mass flow meter using said method, and thermal mass flow controller using said thermal mass flow meter
By supplying a pulse signal to sensor wires to make the sensor wires generate heat, instead of applying DC electric voltage to the sensor wires, an amount of energy supplied to the sensor wires is decreased while maintaining a signal intensity supplied to the sensor wires, or the signal intensity supplied to the sensor wires is increased while maintaining the amount of energy supplied to the sensor wires. Thereby, a method for measuring a mass flow rate by a thermal type mass flow meter, which can reduce heat generation from the sensor wires while suppressing decrease in measurement accuracy, or can improve measurement accuracy while suppressing increase in heat generation from the sensor wires, is provided.
US10508940B2 Measuring device for fluids as well as fluidic system with a measuring device
A measuring device with a fluid module is proposed, which comprises a measuring tube through which a fluid can flow and at least one acoustic measuring unit. The at least one acoustic measuring unit comprises at least one transmitter, at least one receiver as well as at least one waveguide. The measuring tube has at least one measuring section with a substantially angular internal cross section and at least one connecting section with a non-angular internal cross section, wherein the measuring tube has at least one transition section, which extends between the measuring section and the connecting section. The transition section has an internal cross section identical to the internal cross section of the measuring section at an end allocated to the measuring section and further an internal cross section identical to the internal cross section of the connecting section at an end allocated to the connecting section. Furthermore, a fluidic system is described.
US10508935B2 Optical module and manufacturing process thereof
The present disclosure provides an optical module and a manufacturing process thereof. The optical module includes a carrier, a light source, a light detector, a molding compound and a lid. The light source is disposed adjacent to a surface of the carrier. The light detector is disposed adjacent to the surface of the carrier. The molding compound encapsulates the light source and the light detector, and includes at least one guiding structure. The lid is disposed between the light source and the light detector, and surrounds the light source and the light detector.
US10508934B2 Transmission of information and energy between a mobile sensor and a stationary element
A device comprises a fixed element, a mobile element, a physical measurement sensor secured to the mobile element and a link allowing a transmission of information between the sensor and the fixed element, the sensor generating a primary signal representative of the physical measurement. The device further comprises a converter of the primary signal into a light signal. The converter is secured to the mobile element. The link is an optical path. The light signal is propagated freely between the fixed element and the mobile element along the optical path. The sensor comprises a power supply module receiving energy from the fixed element without contact.
US10508931B2 Motor and resolver thereof
The invention relates to a motor and a resolver thereof. The resolver includes a resolver stator (70), a resolver rotor (80). The resolver includes (70) a plurality of resolver stator teeth (73) and resolver stator windings (75) wound around the resolver stator teeth (73). The resolver rotor (75) includes a resolver rotor core (81) received in a space surrounded by the resolver stator teeth (73) and capable of rotating around a shaft axis. The resolver stator windings (75) includes first output windings wound around each of the resolver stator teeth (73) by a first number of turns, second output windings wound around each of the resolver stator teeth by a second number of turns, and exciting windings wound around each resolver stator teeth by a third number of turns.
US10508925B2 Pickup location selection and augmented reality navigation
A network system, such as a transport management system, selects a pickup location for a trip and navigates a rider to the selected pickup location using augmented reality (AR). Responsive to receiving a trip request including an origin location, a pickup location selection module selects candidate pickup locations within a threshold distance of the rider client device. The pickup location selection module filters and ranks the candidates based on historical service data and location characteristics associated with the origin location as well as any history of pickups of the rider at the origin location and data from the trip request. The top-ranked candidate is selected as the pickup location and sent to the rider and driver client devices. An AR navigation module instructs the rider client device to visually augment a live video stream with computer-generated AR elements to navigate the rider from a current location to the pickup location.
US10508924B2 Systems and methods for shopping detour during traffic congestion
A system or a method is provided to provide shopping detours to users during traffic congestions. In particular, the system may detect that a user is experiencing or is about to experience a traffic congestion. The system may then estimate the additional travel time needed to go through the traffic congestion. The system may also find shopping detours which allow the user to take the shopping detours to make purchases and still arrive at the final destination at about the same time as if the user stays in the original route with the traffic congestion.
US10508922B2 Road boundary detection system and method, and vehicle using the same
A road boundary detection system includes: an optical scanner configured to emit a light to an object to acquire measurement data reflected from the object; and a processor configured to extract a plurality of straight lines in order of a priority on each of the plurality of straight lines when a higher priority is given to a straight line including more of the contact points, based on the measurement data, configured to calculate a score of each straight line by assigning a score to the contact point included in the extracted straight lines and by assigning a score to a non-contact point included in other straight line having the same angle as the contact point, and configured to select a road boundary according to the priority of the calculated score of each straight lines.
US10508918B2 Vehicle compass system with heated windshield compensation
A vehicle directional heading system suitable for use in a vehicle includes a forward viewing camera viewing through a heatable localized region of the windshield, which includes a heating element disposed thereat. A compass system includes a compass sensor and associated compass circuitry that, responsive to an output of the compass sensor indicative of sensed magnetic fields, is operable to determine a directional heading of the vehicle. When the heatable localized region is heated by an electrically resistive material of the heating element passing an applied electric current when the heating element is electrically powered, a magnetic signature is generated. The compass sensor of the compass system senses said magnetic signature, and the compass circuitry determines a vehicle directional heading of the vehicle that is compensated for the magnetic signature.
US10508913B2 Environment recording system using virtual or augmented reality
A system receives data from a laser scanning device, a photogrammetric device, or similar data capture device. The data relate to an environment in a first state. The system generates a point cloud of the environment in the first state using the data, and provides the point cloud as input to a gaining engine. Output from the gaming engine is provided to an augmented reality, a virtual reality, or a mixed reality application. The system then generates a view of the environment in a second state using the augmented reality, virtual reality, or mixed reality application.
US10508912B2 Road surface shape measuring device, measuring method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
A device configured to apprehend a road surface shape by using data measured by a measuring device appropriately apprehends a road surface shape. A road surface shape measuring device is provided with a road surface information acquiring unit and a road surface shape determining unit. The road surface information acquiring unit acquires road surface information about each of multiple points on a road surface, the road surface information including: a road surface position which is the position, of the road surface, on a reference plane divided into a plurality of sectioned regions; and a road surface height which is the height of the road surface at the road surface position. The road surface shape determining unit estimates respective surface shapes of the sectioned regions by using the road surface information included in the corresponding sectioned regions, and thereby determines a partial shape or the entire shape of the road surface.
US10508908B2 Sensor device, analyzing device, and recording medium for detecting the position at which an object touches another object
Provided is a sensor device including a sensor configured to output a vibration datum by detecting a change in a state of a vibration in a first object when a second object touches the first object, a holding section configured to hold, at a portion of the first object which is different from a portion where the second object touches, the sensor in a state where the vibration in the first object is transmitted, and a communication section configured to transmit the single vibration datum detected by the sensor to an analyzing device which identifies a touch position where the second object touches the first object by analyzing the vibration datum.
US10508907B2 Wheel aligner with advanced diagnostics and no-stop positioning
A vehicle wheel alignment system has a plurality of cameras, each camera for viewing a respective target disposed at a respective wheel of the vehicle and capturing image data of the target as the wheel and target are continuously rotated a number of degrees of rotation without a pause. The image data is used to calculate a minimum number of poses of the target of at least one pose for every five degrees of rotation as the wheel and target are continuously rotated the number of degrees of rotation without a pause. At least one of the cameras comprises a data processor for performing the steps of preprocessing the image data, and calculating an alignment parameter for the vehicle based on the preprocessed image data.
US10508905B2 Device and method for measuring cavities and use of the device for determining roller alignments
A device for measuring cavities has a main body, at least one first distance sensor mounted on the main body and rotatable about an axis of rotation for contactlessly measuring distances in a radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation, a holder for fixing the device within the cavity in a position in which the main body assumes an orientation in which the axis of rotation of the first distance sensor coincides substantially with a center axis of the cavity, and at least one second distance sensor, arranged on the main body, for contactlessly measuring distances in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation, the axis of rotation passing through a detection area of the second distance sensor.
US10508903B2 Three-dimensional measurement device
A three-dimensional measurement device includes: a projector including: a light source that emits a predetermined light; a grid that converts the light from the light source into a predetermined striped pattern; and a driver that moves the grid, and the projector projecting the striped pattern onto a measurement object; an imaging device that takes an image of the measurement object on which the striped pattern is projected; and a controller that: controls the projector and the imaging device to obtain a plurality of image data having different light intensity distributions; executes three-dimensional measurement of the measurement object by phase shifting based on the image data having different light intensity distributions; and obtains each of the image data among the image data having different light intensity distributions.
US10508899B2 Method for generating information about a sensor chain of a coordinate measuring machine (CMM)
A method for providing information about a sensor chain of a coordinate measuring machine is disclosed. The coordinate measuring machine may include a drive mechanism for moving a tool carrier relative to a base for approaching a measurement point. The CMM also may also include a sensor chain carried by the tool carrier and an arrangement of sensor chain components providing a particular sensor configuration for measuring the measurement point, and a camera for providing an image of at least a part of the sensor chain. The method may include capturing an image of at least a part of the sensor chain, deriving at least one sensor chain property from the image by image processing, comparing the sensor chain property with reference data which relates to a set of known sensor chain components and providing an output relating to the comparison of the sensor chain property with the reference data.
US10508897B2 Magnet device and position sensing system
The present disclosure provides a magnet device for providing the magnetic density changes/magnetic field changes in relation to a detecting position. The magnet device comprises a magnet member adapted to be mounted on a rotatable shaft and be rotated for producing the magnetic density changes/magnetic field changes in relation to the detecting position when the magnet member is rotating around the rotatable shaft. To concentrate/condense the density of the magnetic density changes/magnetic field changes, the magnet device includes a magnetic flux density concentrator.
US10508891B2 Stoppage-inducing ammunition cartridge
Stoppage-inducing ammunition cartridges have a case having a rear head surface, a circumferential extractor groove forward of the rear head surface, a body portion forward of the circumferential extractor groove defining a case axis perpendicular to the rear head surface, and a forward mouth, a primer received in the case, a propellent within the case, a bullet received in the forward mouth, and the circumferential extractor groove being defined in part by a rear extractor surface angularly disposed with respect to a plane perpendicular to the case axis, such that an extractor adapted to engage a groove surface perpendicular to the case axis will have limited effect at extracting the cartridge from a firearm chamber after discharge. The rear extractor surface may be a frustoconical surface. The rear extractor surface may be a tapered surface acutely angled with respect to the case axis.
US10508887B2 Attitude-coupled targeting system for rotary wing aircraft
A flight control system for an aircraft includes a flight control computer operatively interconnected with a main rotor system and a translational thrust system of the aircraft. A selectively enabled integrated target and flight control system arranged in communication with the flight control computer. The integrated target flight and control system is configured to control pitch attitude and heading of the aircraft. When the integrated target and flight control system is enabled, at least partial operation of the aircraft is controlled in response to a pilot input via the flight control computer.
US10508876B2 Operating mode selection mechanism and method for a firearm
There is disclosed herein systems, methods and apparatus relating to a selective fire firearm. A firing mechanism is provided for mechanically and electronically firing a firearm depending on the operating mode selected by the user. A selector mechanism allows for selection of a safety mode of operation, a semi-automatic firing mode of operation, an automatic firing mode of operation, and an electronic firing mode of operation.
US10508873B2 Heat exchanger with dual internal valve
A heat exchanger apparatus having a first fluid channel, a second fluid channel, a bypass channel, and inlet and outlet manifolds. A thermal bypass valve assembly is positioned within the inlet manifold, and contains an outer sleeve having a first, second and third apertures axially displaced. An inner sleeve positioned within the outer sleeve and moveable from a first to a second position upon actuation of a first actuator. The inner sleeve has a first orifice on a wall of the inner sleeve and a second orifice defined by the inner sleeve second end. The first orifice aligns with the first aperture in the first position and the second aperture in the in the second position. A second actuator coupled to a stopper that engagingly disengages from the second orifice upon actuation of the second actuator.
US10508872B2 Street lamp with enchanced heat dissipation
A light-emitting device including a lamp cover, a transparent front cover, a light-emitting element, a radiation layer and a reflective layer is provided. The transparent front cover and the lamp cover are combined together and form a cavity therein. The light-emitting element is disposed on the lamp cover and located within the cavity. The light-emitting element is used for emitting a light towards the transparent front cover. The radiation layer is formed on the lamp cover and the reflective layer is formed on the radiation layer.
US10508871B2 Refrigerant distributor, and heat pump device having the refrigerant distributor
A refrigerant distributor includes an inflow portion made of aluminum into which refrigerant flows through an inflow pipe, and a distributing portion made of aluminum that distributes incoming refrigerant to a plurality of outflow pipes. The distributing portion includes a main body portion connected to the inflow portion, and a plurality of outflow portions connected to the outflow pipes. The outflow portions are protruded from the main body portion, and are formed integrally with the main body portion.
US10508862B2 Heat exchanger for air-cooled chiller
An air-cooled chiller system includes a heat exchanger including a first tube bank including at least a first and a second flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship; a second tube bank including at least a first and a second flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship, the second tube bank disposed behind the first tube bank with a leading edge of the second tube bank spaced from a trailing edge of the first tube bank; a fan creating an airflow across the first heat exchanger, the airflow flowing over the first tube bank prior to flowing over the second tube bank, wherein refrigerant flows in the heat exchanger in a cross-counterflow direction opposite that of the airflow direction.
US10508858B2 Refrigerator
A refrigerator of the present invention may have a drawer which is provided in a storage compartment formed on a cabinet and which accommodates stored goods, the drawer being movably supported by a drawer guide disposed in the storage compartment. In the storage compartment, a frame which is supported to be movable in the front/back directions by a frame guide may be provided, and a door opening and closing the storage compartment may be connected with the frame by a link. The frame may have a base part which is disposed on the lower side of the drawer and is connected with the link, and the frame may comprise a side plate which extends from the base part and reaches a height corresponding to the drawer. The side plate may comprise a vertical part which is vertical with respect to the base part. A cross section formed by horizontally cutting the vertical part may be formed so as to be elongated along the moving direction of the drawer. The vertical part may be connected with the drawer so as to enable the drawer to move integrally with the frame.
US10508855B2 Refrigerator
An air-cooled refrigerator comprises: a housing, a freezer liner, a variable-temperature liner, a refrigerator liner, a foam layer, an embedded member, an electric damper, a freezer air outlet channel, a variable-temperature air inlet channel and a refrigeration air inlet channel. The space between the housing and the freezer liner, variable-temperature liner and refrigerator liner is filled with the foam layer. The electric damper is disposed above the embedded member and in the foam layer, and is provided with a cool air inlet, a first cool air outlet and a second cool air outlet thereon.
US10508850B2 Method for controlling a vapour compression system in a flooded state
A vapour compression system (1) includes an ejector (6) and a liquid separating device (10) arranged in a suction line. At least one evaporator (9) is allowed to be operated in a flooded state. A flow rate of refrigerant from the liquid separating device (10) to the secondary inlet (15) of the ejector (6) is detected, and it is determined whether or not the flow rate is sufficient to remove liquid refrigerant produced by the evaporator(s) (9) from the liquid separating device (10). In the case that it is determined that the flow rate of refrigerant from the liquid separating device (10) to the secondary inlet (15) of the ejector (6) is insufficient to remove liquid refrigerant produced by the evaporator(s) (9), the flow rate of refrigerant from the liquid separating device (10) to the secondary inlet (15) of the ejector (6) is increased, and/or a flow rate of liquid refrigerant from the evaporator(s) (9) to the liquid separating device (10) is decreased.
US10508849B2 Air conditioner with outdoor temperature sensing correlated to outdoor fan control
An air conditioner of the present invention includes: a compressor; an outdoor fan; a temperature sensor configured to detect an outside temperature; a memory configured to store the outside temperature detected by the temperature sensor; and a controller configured to conduct holding control of not updating the outside temperature stored in the memory, when the compressor is being driven and the outdoor fan is stopped or is repeatedly started and stopped after the outside temperature detected by the temperature sensor is stored in the memory while the outdoor fan is being driven.
US10508848B2 Refrigeration cycle apparatus
A refrigeration cycle apparatus using refrigerant including HFO-1123, the refrigeration cycle apparatus including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator connected in a loop, and a cooling unit configured to cool the refrigerant at an inlet of the expansion valve.
US10508845B2 Refrigeration cycle system
A refrigeration cycle system includes: a first refrigeration cycle apparatus which is connected to a first compressor, a first condenser, a first pressure reduction device, and a first evaporator and through which the refrigerant circulates; a second refrigeration cycle apparatus which is connected to a second compressor, a second condenser, and a second pressure reduction device, and a second evaporator; a first bypass passage connecting a portion between the first evaporator and the first compressor to a portion between the second evaporator and the second compressor; and a second bypass passage connecting a portion between the first condenser and the first pressure reduction device to a portion between the second condenser and the second pressure reduction device.
US10508842B2 Heat pump device with separately spaced components
A heat pump device includes a compressor, a motor, a shell, a muffler, a heat exchanger, a housing, a blower, a first insulating material, and a second insulating material. The compressor compresses refrigerant. The motor drives the compressor. The shell houses the motor and the compressor. The compressor is connected to the muffler, which is further connected to heat exchanger. The housing has first and second spaces. The shell, the heat exchanger, and the muffler are disposed in the first space. The blower is disposed in the second space. The muffler is entirely located within a space between the shell and the first heat exchanger. The first insulating material at least partially cover the discharge muffler and the first heat exchanger. The second insulating material at least partially cover the shell. The first insulating material has a higher thermal resistance than the second insulating material.
US10508837B2 Method of bringing to temperature and holding at temperature the interior of a thermally insulated enclosure with no continuous supply of energy and the associated device
A method for changing a temperature of the interior volume of a thermally insulated space to a preset temperature and maintaining it at the preset temperature using two thermochemical systems which can be connected to an external energy source. The reactor of one of the systems is heated until fully regenerated, while the other system keeps the temperature at the preset temperature; when the reactor is fully regenerated, the system comprising the regenerated reactor is used to maintain the preset temperature and the reactor of the other system is heated to regenerate it as long as it is connected to the external energy source.
US10508831B2 Performing integrity checks on climate control system components
Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of a climate control system that includes an igniter and a controller having an igniter relay. The controller senses a current level through the igniter and senses voltage between terminals of a second relay of the controller. In a given one of a plurality of operational phases of the system, the controller is configured to compare the sensed current level and sensed voltage to a current level and voltage associated with a specific condition of the igniter, igniter relay, or second relay in the given phase. Based on a result of the comparing, the controller is configured to distinguish between a failure of one of the relays and a failure of the igniter.
US10508830B2 High efficiency gas-fired water heater
A water heater has a tank, a burner, and a heat exchanger within the tank interior volume that has three tubes. The burner exhausts gas into the first tube. The second tube is non-linear, and the third tube connects the first tube with the second tube. The cross-sectional area of the first tube is greater than the cross-sectional area of the third tube. The cross-sectional area of the third tube is greater than the cross-sectional area of the second tube.
US10508824B2 Devices and methods for interacting with a control system that is connected to a network
A building automation system may be controlled in response to a natural language voice message. The natural language voice message may be recorded and then sent to a voice command manager via a network. The natural language voice message is then translated into a command recognizable by a building automation controller of the building automation system. Voice recognition software may be used to create a natural language text based message from the recorded natural voice message, and the natural language text based message may then be translated into the command recognizable by the building automation controller. In response to the command, the building automation controller may perform the desired action.
US10508821B2 Humidification system
A dry fog diffuser comprises a support. A shroud is mounted to the support. The shroud comprises a tubular elbow having an inlet end and an outlet end. The shroud is mounted with a long side of the elbow including a drain port facing downward. An atomizing nozzle is mounted at the inlet end of the elbow and aligned with an axis of the elbow at the inlet end. The nozzle is connected, in use, to a water supply and an air supply. The diffuser produces a dry fog exiting shroud at the outlet end of the tubular elbow.
US10508819B2 Air treatment system
An air treatment system (100) is provided that comprises an air purifier (110) arranged to treat a first parameter of ambient air; a controller (130) arranged to control operation of the air purifier (110); and a sensor (120) arranged to detect a value indicative of the first parameter, and to output sensor data indicative of the value to the controller. The controller (130) is arranged to determine whether the sensor (120) and the air purifier (110) are in a same air space by controlling the air purifier (110) to operate in a test mode and analyzing sensor data from the sensor (120) received during the test mode. If the sensor (120) and the air purifier (110) are determined to be in the same air space, the controller (130) is arranged to control the air purifier (110) to operate in a mode based on sensor data from the sensor (120).
US10508813B2 Gas turbine combustor cross fire tube assembly with opening restricting member and guide plates
A plurality of gas turbine combustors having a cross fire tube assembly that connects adjacent combustors. The combustors include combustion chambers having annular combustion air passages on outer peripheries thereof. The cross fire tube assembly has a dual pipe configuration including an inner tube that connects the combustion chambers of the adjacent combustors and an outer tube that covers therein the inner tube and connects the combustion air passages of the adjacent combustors. The cross fire tube assembly further has openings disposed between the inner tube and the outer tube of outer peripheral partition walls of the combustion air passages that are connected with the outer tube of the cross fire tube assembly centering on the inner tube. The openings allow combustion air to flow in areas upstream and downstream of the inner tube with respect to a flow of the combustion air flowing through the combustion air passages.
US10508810B2 Thermal panel with a corrugated ceramic composite sheet having unequal ridge widths
A thermal panel having a high temperature side located nearest a source of heat and a low temperature side. The thermal panel includes a corrugated composite material core having hot side ridges and cold side ridges. A hot side skin is attached to the hot side ridges to form a plurality of first cells. A cold side skin is attached to the cold side ridges to form a plurality of second cells. The first cells and second cells are substantially filled with an insulating material that has a thermal conductivity which is lower than the thermal conductivity of the composite material.
US10508800B2 Light button device
Compact light devices are described herein that are advantageously configured to be secured to a surface in order to provide inexpensive lighting forwardly therefrom. The compact light devices can include on and off configurations in order to preserve battery life and allow a user to selectively energize the light source.
US10508798B2 Lighting systems incorporating connections for signal and power transmission
In accordance with various embodiments, lighting systems features multiple inter-connectable light panels each having multiple light-emitting elements thereon. One or more of the light panels features one or more connectors, and associated conductors, for the transmission of power, communication signals, and/or control signals.
US10508795B2 Adjustable assembly for an adjustable downlight
An adjustable assembly for an adjustable downlight fixture assembly with a heatsink comprising a plurality of cooling fins that is connected to a mounting bracket where the heatsink is tiltably engaged with the mounting bracket. The heatsink is configured to receive a light source and may tilt within a confined space of the downlight fixture assembly up to 45 degrees from a vertical plane. The mounting bracket comprises a first side wall and a second side wall with a front wall connected between them where the first side wall and second side wall are connected to a rotation ring that is rotatably engaged with the frame of the downlight fixture.
US10508784B2 Multiple functions LED night light
A multiple function LED night light has at least one LED device and added function(s) such as an air-freshener adaptor device, sonic device, frequency device, sensor device, bug repeller device, second light device, timepiece, electric message device, timer device, temperature device, surge protection device, electric short circuit protection device, base device for installation on an existing lamp socket, emergency light device, or any other electric device(s) suitable for home use to keep people comfortable or safe. The LED device has a first optic means to change the narrow-viewing angle of an LED's spot-light beams into a wider-viewing angle and second optic means to help make the LED night light exhibit a smooth lighting effect. The device may be arranged to fit into an existing night light bulb socket to turn any existing bulb night light into a power saving LED night light.
US10508777B2 Light engine retrofit kit and method for installing same
Retrofit kits for retrofitting LED light engines into existing light fixture housings. The retrofit kit includes a hook bracket that may be mounted in the housing and from which an end of the LED light engine can be suspended so as to permit an installer to electrically connect the LED light engine. The retrofit kit also includes a mounting bracket to secure the free end of the LED light engine into the housing after the LED light engine has been rotated upwardly into the housing from the hanging position.
US10508776B2 Anti-detachment capper for LED retrofit lamps
A bipartite capper component for an illuminating lamp includes a first portion formed of a first material and a second portion formed of a second material different from the first material. The second portion of the capper component is in contact with the first portion of the capper component. The first portion of the capper component is configured to threadedly engage within a standard threaded metal base component of the illuminating lamp.
US10508775B2 Light apparatus with enlightened pattern
A light apparatus with an enlightened pattern includes a driver circuit, a LED plate, an optical light guide, a connector and a bulb shell. The LED plate connected to the driver circuit has a LED module for emitting a light. The optical light guide has a bottom end facing to the LED module for receiving the light and has a top end forming an enlightened pattern where the light escaped from the top end of the optical light guide. The connector is used for fixing the LED plate to the optical light guide for aligning the LED module to emit the light into the bottom end and for transmitting heat of the LED plate to the optical light guide.
US10508773B2 Smart package
A fluid supply package is described, which includes a fluid storage and dispensing vessel, and a fluid dispensing assembly coupled to the vessel and configured to enable discharge of fluid from the vessel under dispensing conditions, wherein the fluid supply package includes an informational augmentation device thereon, e.g., at least one of a quick read (QR) code and an RFID tag, for informational augmentation of the package. Process systems are described including process tools and one or more fluid supply packages of the foregoing type, wherein the process tool is configured for communicative interaction with the fluid supply package(s). Various communicative arrangements are described, which are usefully employed to enhance the efficiency and operation of process systems in which fluid supply packages of the foregoing type are employed.
US10508768B2 Truss adapter for mounting objects on space frame truss
Devices for mounting objects on space frame truss or other structural members are provided.
US10508767B2 Systems and methods for mounting electrical device to junction box
A system for mounting an electrical device to an electrical junction box may include a mounting plate configured to be coupled to a junction box, and a coupler plate configured to be coupled to the mounting plate and an electrical device. The mounting plate may include at least one a curved slot, and the coupler plate may include at least one pin. The mounting plate and the coupler plate may be configured to be coupled to one another via insertion of the at least one pin into the at least one curved slot, and rotating the coupler plate and the mounting plate relative to one another, so that the at least one pin follows the at least one curved slot and deflects and passes a locking clip of the mounting plate, such that the mounting plate and the coupler plate are coupled to one another.
US10508766B2 Wall mounted sliding mount for small devices
A slide mount assembly for attachment to a wall or other structure in a location behind a mounted display and for mounting of electronics equipment. The slide mount assembly includes a base frame configured to attach to a structure and frame having a mounting flange with holes for use in securing the base frame to the structure. A slide frame is slidably attached to the base frame by at least one slide assembly. The slide frame includes flanges that are attached to a slide frame plate, each flange having a plurality of spaced apart apertures. A mounting plate is attached to the slide frame and has a planar portion. At least one mounting tab is formed on and extends outward from the upper and lower edges of the mounting plate. Each mounting tab is configured to engage with one of the mounting apertures on the slide frame.
US10508762B2 Assembly of a flexible tube and a fitting body and a method thereof
The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method assembling a flexible tube and a fitting body. A combination collet, a second collet, and a compression nut are introduced to an outer surface of a flexible tube. A first end of the flexible tube is introduced to a shoulder of the fitting body such that at least a portion of the flexible tube is inside the shoulder of the fitting body. The compression nut is fastened onto a threaded portion of the fitting body such that a plurality of radial pressure caused by the compression nut causes the combination collet and the second collet to clamp down on the outer surface of the flexible tube.
US10508758B2 Reinforcement assembly for a bracket of a spent fuel pool
A reinforcement assembly may be provided for a bracket configured to constrain a cooling pipe of a spent fuel pool of a nuclear reactor. The reinforcement assembly includes a base structure defining back slots, angled slots, side slots, and/or front slots. Back boss structures may be configured to slidably engage with the back slots of the base structure. Pipe boss structures may be configured to slidably engage with the angled slots of the base structure. Side clamps may be configured to slidably engage with the side slots of the base structure. Each of the side clamps may define a vertical slot. Vertical clamps may be configured to slidably engage with the vertical slot of each of the side clamps. Front clamps may be configured to slidably engage with the front slots of the base structure.
US10508753B2 Valve assembly with associated measurement device
A valve assembly includes a valve body, having an inlet duct, an outlet duct and an intermediate portion. An electrovalve is located proximal to the intermediate portion. A measurement device is directly connected to the valve body. The measurement device includes a sensor for taking a measurement for determining a physical characteristic of the fluid that can flow in the valve assembly. The electrovalve includes a first electronic circuit for conducting an electric control signal from a control unit to the electrovalve. The measurement device includes a second electronic circuit for conducting the electric signals exchanged between the control unit and the sensor. The first electronic circuit and the second electronic circuit are implemented on a single header or printed circuit board. The electrovalve and the measurement device are mechanically connected directly to the single header or printed circuit board.
US10508752B2 Valve actuator indicator arrangement
A valve actuator is described that comprises a piston movable within a cylinder, an indicator pin support member movable with the piston, and an indicator pin attached to the support member and extending through an opening provided in a housing, wherein the indicator pin includes an attachment region held captive to the support member, the attachment region extending through an arcuate slot formed in the support member. Also described is a valve incorporating such an actuator.
US10508748B2 Control valve
There is provided a control valve including a casing, a rotor that has a rotary shaft rotatably supported by the casing via bushings, and a sealing ring that is disposed on an inner side of each bushing in an axial direction. Both end portions of the rotary shaft are formed into stepped shapes which respectively come into contact with the bushings from the inner side in the axial direction. Areas of both the end portions of the rotary shaft projected in the axial direction are set to be equal to each other. Penetration holes which allow portions on outer sides of the sealing rings in the axial direction to be open to the atmosphere are respectively formed on a bottom wall portion and a lid body of the casing.
US10508740B2 Rotary sealing arrangement
A rotary seal arrangement has a rotatably mounted machine part and a machine part that forms a bearing for the rotatably mounted machine part. One of the machine parts forms a seal accommodating structure and the other one of the machine parts has a surface forming a sealing surface. At least one rotary seal is arranged in the seal accommodating structure. The rotary seal seals off a high-pressure area from a low-pressure area between the machine parts.
US10508730B2 Method for an open-loop and/or closed-loop control of a hydraulic system of a motor vehicle
A method for the control of a hydraulic system of a motor vehicle is provided. A high-pressure branch is fed by a main oil pump which is driven by an internal combustion engine. The high-pressure branch or a low-pressure branch is fed by an additional oil pump depending on a switch position of a switching valve. The additional oil pump is used for feeding the high-pressure branch or the low-pressure branch depending on a total volume flow demand and on the volume flow available from the main oil pump. A nominal rotation speed of an electric motor which drives the additional oil pump is determined based on a volume flow balance, a valve status of the switching valve, a low-pressure pump map or a high-pressure pump map. Depending on the valve status, either the low-pressure pump map or the high-pressure pump map is used to determine the nominal rotation speed.
US10508728B2 Resin side cover for transmission case
In a transmission case mounted on a FF type vehicle, the transmission case includes a resin side cover formed at a front side of the vehicle. The resin side cover constitutes a vehicle front side surface section of an oil storage section configured to store oil in the transmission case, and includes a protrusion disposed above an oil surface of the oil stored in the oil storage section and protruding toward the front side of the vehicle to constitute the foremost section of the transmission case and a fragile section disposed between the protrusion and the oil surface of the oil and extending transversely in a lateral direction.
US10508727B2 Drive system and drive sub-assembly for driving a shaft
A drive sub-assembly includes a hub extending from a first end face to a second end face along a longitudinal axis. The hub may have an outer circumferential surface arranged to engage a first bearing assembly and an inner circumferential surface arranged to engage an output shaft. The drive sub-assembly further includes a gear attached to the second end face of the hub. The gear may have a second inner circumferential surface that is arranged to directly engage a second bearing assembly.
US10508723B2 Reducer of electric power steering apparatus
Embodiments disclosed herein relates to a reducer of an electric power steering apparatus. The embodiments provide a reducer of an electric power steering apparatus that includes: a worm shaft having a first end connected to a motor shaft and a second end that is opposite the first end, in which a first worm shaft bearing and a second worm shaft bearing are coupled to the first end and the second end, respectively; a gear housing in which the first worm shaft bearing, the second worm shaft bearing, and the worm shaft are housed; and a moisture absorption compensation member which is supported on and coupled to an inner circumferential surface of the gear housing in a direction in which the worm shaft meshes with the worm wheel and supports the worm shaft in a direction opposite the direction in which the worm shaft meshes with the worm wheel.
US10508721B1 Load-adjustable constant-force mechanisms
A compliant crank slider with adjustable constant-force output. Constant-force mechanisms (CFM) are used to maintain a constant output reaction force throughout a large range of compressive motion. The invention improves on existing CFM by introducing a second degree of freedom that adjusts the mechanism's output without changing its kinematic structure. This second degree of freedom is the rotation of a compliant beam about its longitudinal axis as it is constrained to the initial plane of bending. The resulting change in the beam's stiffness allows for adjustment to a specifiable range of constant-force outputs.
US10508720B2 Adapter assembly with planetary gear drive for interconnecting electromechanical surgical devices and surgical loading units, and surgical systems thereof
The present disclosure relates to adapter assemblies for use with and to electrically and mechanically interconnect electromechanical surgical devices and surgical loading units, and to surgical systems including handheld electromechanical surgical devices and adapter assemblies for connecting surgical loading units to the handheld electromechanical surgical devices.
US10508718B2 Internal combustion engine
In an internal combustion engine including a driving-sprocket cam chain guide 70 for guiding a cam chain 47 along a driving sprocket 45, as viewed in a crankshaft axial direction, a guide body 71 of the driving-sprocket cam chain guide 70 extends beyond a winding termination point P of the cam chain 47 on the driving sprocket 45 to a position adjacent to a chain moving surface 51c of a cam chain tensioner 51, on which the cam chain 47 slides. The engine provides a cam-chain dropout preventing function to the cam chain guide, thus reducing load on the cam chain tensioner and improving durability of the tensioner lifter.
US10508716B2 Planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle includes input and output shafts, and first, second, third, fourth, and fifth planetary gear sets, each including three rotational elements. The gear train also includes nine shafts for selectively connecting the planetary gear sets, the input and output shafts, and a transmission housing in various configurations to achieve at least ten forward speeds and at least one reverse speed.
US10508714B2 Geared turbofan engine and sun shaft for driving sun gear of planetary gearbox
A geared turbofan engine with a sun shaft driving a sun gear of planetary gearbox. The sun shaft having a front section proximal to the gearbox and a rear section distal from the gearbox. The outer diameter of the front section of the sun shaft is smaller than the outer diameter of the rear section of the sun shaft. The front section of the sun shaft having between two and four undulant sections, wherein each undulant section having at least one axial part extending in axial direction of the sun shaft and two diaphragm parts on either side of the at least one axial part extending in radial direction outward, the at least one axial part of the undulant section having an inner diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the front section of the sun shaft.
US10508712B2 Friction transmission belt and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention relates to a frictional power transmission belt containing a compression layer having a power transmission surface, at least a part of which is capable of coming into contact with a pulley, in which the compression layer contains a polymer component and a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin.
US10508709B2 Vibration damping device and method for designing the same
In a vibration damping device 20, the moment of inertia J1 of a driven member 15, the moment of inertia J2 of an inertial mass body 23, the mass m of crank members 22, the distance L3 between the center of gravity G of the crank member 22 and the fulcrum of swinging of the crank member 22 with respect to the inertial mass body 23, and the distance L4 between this fulcrum and the center of rotation RC are determined so that torque fluctuation of an object for which vibration is to be damped, which is derived based on angular displacement and angles obtained by solving an equation of motion for the driven member 15 and an equation of motion for the entire vibration damping device 20 is equal to a target value.
US10508708B1 Torque fluctuation inhibiting device
A torque fluctuation inhibiting device is disclosed. The device includes a mass body, centrifugal elements, guide members, and cam mechanisms. The mass body is rotatable in accordance with and relative to the rotor. The centrifugal elements are radially movable, and disposed to receive a centrifugal force by the rotor and the mass body. The guide members are provided on circumferential ends of each centrifugal element, and guide movement of each centrifugal element while supported by one of the rotor and the mass body. The cam mechanisms convert the centrifugal force into a circumferential force when a relative displacement occurs between the rotor and the mass body while the centrifugal force acts on each centrifugal element. The cam mechanisms each include a cam provided on the other of the rotor and the mass body, and a cam follower disposed on a straight line connecting the guide members in each centrifugal element.
US10508706B2 Stopper and antivibration unit
A stopper includes: a mounting hole into which an inside member is inserted; and a plurality of surface ribs and a plurality of rear surface ribs. A plurality of surface ribs respectively protrude from the surface and linearly disposed. A plurality of the rear surface ribs, on a rear surface, respectively protrude from between the surface ribs and linearly disposed. In a predetermined region in a circumferential direction of the mounting hole, intervals between the surface ribs adjacent to each other and intervals between the rear surface ribs adjacent to each other are set to be constant throughout an entire length in an extending direction in which the surface ribs and the rear surface ribs extend.
US10508704B2 Air spring for a motor vehicle
An air spring for a motor vehicle having a rolling bellows filled with gas under pressure, one end of the rolling bellows is connected to a load receiver and the other end is fastened to a roll-off piston′. The load receiver and the roll-off piston are moveable relative to one another depending on a force impinging on the load receiver toward the roll-off piston. A sensor device is arranged inside the rolling bellows by which a distance between the load receiver and the roll-off piston is detected. A pressure piece extending in direction of the roll-off piston is arranged at the load receiver and a sensor body is movably drivable along a sensor track of the sensor device by an end region of the pressure piece facing the roll-off piston. The sensor device generates an electric signal corresponding to the position of the sensor body on the sensor track.
US10508700B2 High fatigue arcuate spring
An arcuate spring having a plurality of coils which are configured and dimensioned to provide an arcuate shape to the spring and being substantially free of internal stresses which would tend to urge the coils into linear alignment. The spring is designed to function under load conditions while maintaining its natural arcuate shape. The spring is can be heated by use of an induction heating process.
US10508698B2 Slip mechanism with series torque capacity and over drive function
A slip clutch, including: an output hub; a first hub; a second hub non-rotatably connected to the output hub; an input hub arranged to receive rotational torque. The input hub includes: a first plurality of balls; a first plurality of springs urging the first plurality of balls radially outwardly into contact with the first hub; a second plurality of balls; and a second plurality of springs urging the second plurality of balls radially outwardly into contact with the second hub.
US10508695B2 Wedge clutch with centrifugal liftoff
A wedge one-way clutch is provided for selectively transmitting torque between two components in one direction, and selectively locking rotation in another direction. The clutch has an inner race with a groove defined about its outer surface. The clutch has an outer race disposed radially outwardly from the inner race. The outer race has a sloped surface as part of a pocket. A wedge segment rests in the pocket. The wedge segment is moveable within the pocket, wherein the wedge segment has a taper or chamfer at its inner surface that engages with the groove in a slideable fashion. The wedge may also have a sloped surface that mates with and slides along the sloped surface of the outer race. The wedge can slide along the sloped surface, and along the inner race, so that the wedge wedges between the outer and inner races to lock them together.
US10508694B2 Starting element, gearbox and drive train with the start element
A starting element with a friction clutch and a piston configured to actuate the friction clutch. The starting element includes a piston space separated from a residual space of the starting element at least partially by the piston, a first connection constructed such that the piston is acted upon by a hydraulic medium proceeding from one side of the residual space, and a second connection fluidically connected to the piston space. A maximum pressure present at the second connection is equal to and/or less than a pressure present at the first connection.
US10508690B2 Rolling-element bearing assembly
A rolling-element bearing assembly includes first and second rolled-on surface elements and a plurality of rolling elements arranged therebetween such that the first and second rolled-on surface elements are rotatable relative to each other. A first one of the rolling elements includes a first sensor module having a sensor interface operably connected to a communication interface of a first communication module, and a second one of the rolling elements includes a second sensor module having the sensor interface operably connected to the communication interface of a second communication module. The common sensor interfaces allow different sensors to be used with identical communication modules.
US10508689B2 Thrust bearing for vehicle
A thrust bearing for a vehicle includes an upper case that abuts against a vehicle body-side attaching portion and a lower case on which the upper case is provided so that the lower case is rotatable with respect to the upper case about an axial center AX of a piston rod used in a shock absorber of a suspension of the vehicle, characterized in that the thrust bearing further includes a load sensor for measuring a load vertically acting on the suspension.
US10508688B2 Bearing device and method of manufacturing the same
A bearing device includes a support having a bearing hole, a shaft member slidably inserted into the bearing hole thereby to be rotatably supported by the support, the shaft member having an axial end surface and a locking part located on the axial end surface of the shaft member to protrude in an axial direction of the shaft member from an outer periphery of the axial end surface of the shaft member. The locking part is deformed by force applied to its axial protruding end so as to bulge outward in a radial direction intersecting the axial direction, so that the bulging part is capable of being locked to a peripheral part of the bearing hole on an outer surface of the support.
US10508687B2 Pivot assembly bearing device
A pivot assembly bearing device includes a shaft having an outer peripheral surface and a rolling bearing fixed to the shaft. An annular sealing surface axially overlapping with at least a part of an end surface of the rolling bearing is provided on an axially outer side of the rolling bearing. An oil-repellent film is annularly formed on at least one of the sealing surface and a part of the outer peripheral surface of the shaft located axially outward from the rolling bearing.
US10508685B2 Sliding bearing and bearing mechanism having the same
A sliding bearing 1 which is interposed between a tube 4 and a rack shaft 7 includes a bearing body 11 and two elastic rings 13 and 14 fitted on an outer surface 12 of the bearing body 11, and the bearing body 11 has slits 26 extending from an end face 22 to this side of an end face 24, slits 27 extending from the end face 24 to this side of the end face 22, an inner surface 33 having a sliding surface 28, and an outer surface 12 on which are formed grooves 34 respectively receiving the elastic rings 13 and 14 and projections 35 and 36 respectively provided on axial end portions 23 and 25 with the grooves 34 disposed therebetween.
US10508672B2 Joint with curved tenon
A joint for furniture includes furniture piece that has a first hole that extends through a surface of the furniture piece and out the furniture piece, and that has a second hole with an opening in the furniture piece. A leg is fitted to the furniture piece. The leg has a hole. A curved tenon piece includes a head. The curved tenon piece is curved sufficiently to allow the curved tenon to enter the first hole through the surface of the furniture piece, to exit the first hole, to extend through the hole in the leg and to enter into the second hole so that the head leg is held snugly to the furniture piece by the curved tenon piece.
US10508671B2 Multi-Orientable strut channel support system
A strut channel support system including a first brace, a second brace, and a fastening mechanism connects at least two channel struts in a multi-orientable fashion. The first brace and the second brace both possess a U-shaped channel, a base, a fastener-engagement point, and a strut-engagement point. The base is terminally connected to the U-shaped channel, the fastener-engagement point is centrally integrated into the base, and the strut-attachment feature is integrated into the U-shaped channel. This permits the base to retain the rear portion of a strut channel. The U-shaped channel perimetrically braces the lateral sides of the strut channel. The first brace and the second brace attach to each other via the fastener-engagement point. The fastener-engagement point of the first brace and the fastener-engagement point of the second brace are mechanically coupled to each other. This enables a user to adjust the orientation between at least two strut channels.
US10508661B2 Gas turbine compressor
A compressor for a gas turbine, in particular of an aircraft engine, having a plurality of arrays (10-25) of flow-directing elements that are serially disposed in a through flow direction from a compressor inlet to a compressor outlet (1, 2); at least one upstream, mistuned array (20) of flow-directing elements and at least one downstream, mistuned array (22) of flow-directing elements each having at least two types of flow-directing elements that differ structurally from one another; and at least 80%, in particular at least 95% of the rotor blades (45) of a furthest downstream rotor blade array (25) that, in the through flow direction, is configured downstream of the downstream, mistuned array (22) of flow-directing elements, being mutually identically constructed.
US10508660B2 Apparatus and method for positioning a variable vane
An apparatus and method of controlling the position of a variable vane in a compressor and a kit for adding such apparatus to the compressor are disclosed. The vane is coupled to a unison ring, a cam is secured to a torque tube, a cam follower is secured to the unison ring. The cam follower is secured such that a wall of the cam follower is in contact with the cam. Rotation of the torque tube causes movement of the cam, and movement of the cam moves the cam follower, thereby moving the unison ring and the variable vane coupled thereto.
US10508655B2 Blower filter system
A blower filter system (10) includes a blower filter device (20) with a blower (22), with a filter mount (24) and with a tube port (26) for connecting a respirator device (40) by a tube (42). The filter mount (24) is designed to receive a filter (30), on which a color coding (32) with a color specific to the pneumatic resistance of the filter (30) is arranged, and the blower filter device (20) has an optical sensor device (50) for recognizing different colors of the color coding (32).
US10508654B2 Apparatus, system, and device for cooling
An apparatus for cooling is disclosed. One apparatus includes a motor body and a shaft extending through the motor body and configured to rotate in response to operation of the motor body. The shaft includes a first through-hole extending axially between a first end of the shaft and a second end of the shaft. The first through-hole is configured to receive a fluid to cool the motor body.
US10508652B2 Axial fan for conveying cooling air, in particular for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle
An axial fan for conveying cooling air, in particular for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The axial fan includes a hub, on which a plurality of fan blades extending radially outward is arranged, which each have a rear blade edge. In the case of an axial fan having an optimal relationship between efficiency and flow output, a contour of the rear blade edge of the fan blades extends curved in a circumferential direction with respect to a plane spanned by an axis of rotation of the axial fan and a longitudinal extent of the fan blade.
US10508651B2 Automatic inflation device
An automatic inflation device includes a valve body, a miniature motor and a centrifugal impeller. The valve body is provided with an air inlet and an inflation inlet, a check valve that is unidirectionally opened outwards the valve body is provided at the inflation inlet, a wind chamber and a wind guide path connected with the wind chamber are configured in the valve body, the miniature motor and the centrifugal impeller are installed in the wind chamber, the centrifugal impeller is actuated by the miniature motor, the wind chamber is communicated with the inflation inlet via the wind guide path, and the air inlet is communicated with a wind inlet of the wind chamber. The structure of the device is compact and reduced, which is applicable to directly install into inflation products. The device can inflate automatically and efficiently, and the structure is simplified and easy to actualize.
US10508650B2 Coolant pump for an internal combustion engine
A coolant pump for an internal combustion engine includes a delivery duct, a drive shaft, a coolant pump impeller arranged on the drive shaft to covey a coolant into the delivery duct, a control slide which controls a cross-section of an annular gap arranged between an outlet of the coolant pump impeller and the delivery duct, a side channel pump with a side channel pump impeller arranged on the drive shaft and a side channel, a pressure duct comprising a cross-section which fluidically connects an outlet of the side channel to a first pressure chamber of the control slide, a valve which opens and closes the cross-section of the pressure duct, and a first housing part arranged to have the side channel be formed therein and the control slide slidingly guided thereon. The coolant pump impeller is integrally formed with the side channel pump impeller.
US10508647B2 Electronically controlled diaphragm pump
An electronically controlled diaphragm pump system includes a pump housing with a drive gas chamber, a fluid chamber separated by a diaphragm, gas pressure means for providing a drive gas pressure in response to a control signal, and gas under-pressure means connected to a gas outlet port for providing a gas outlet under-pressure or sucking of gas in response to a control signal. The pump system has a displacement sensor and control circuitry connected to the displacement sensor for determining the displacement or position of the diaphragm and adapted or supplying the control signals to the gas pressure means and the gas under-pressure means.
US10508645B2 System and method for suspending a rotor blade of a wind turbine uptower
A method for suspending a rotor blade uptower includes mounting a first end of a support structure at a first uptower location of the wind turbine. The method also includes securing the rotor blade to a second end of the support structure. Further, the method includes mounting at least one pulley block assembly between a second uptower location and the support structure. Moreover, the method includes routing at least one pulley cable from at least one winch over the at least one pulley block assembly. In addition, the method includes detaching the rotor blade from the hub of the wind turbine. Once the rotor blade is detached, the method includes rotating the support structure about the first end via coordinated winch operation so as to lower the rotor blade a predetermined distance away from the hub. Thus, the method also includes suspending the rotor blade at the predetermined distance away from the hub via the support structure.
US10508642B2 Rotor blade pitch arrangement
A blade pitch arrangement of a wind turbine is provided having a number of blade shafts extending radially outward from a hub and a rotor blade mounted around each blade shaft, which blade pitch arrangement includes a toothed ring arranged at the root end of each rotor blade; and a pitch drive unit for each rotor blade, having a driver body and a pinion realized to engage with the toothed ring of a rotor blade; wherein a pitch drive unit is arranged relative to its corresponding rotor blade such that the pinion is positioned closest to the hub, and the driver body extends in a direction radially outward from the hub. A wind turbine is also described.
US10508633B2 Device and method for controlling a module for heating a plurality of injectors
A method, and associated device, for controlling a module for heating a plurality of fuel injectors of an engine of a vehicle, the heating module including a plurality of electromagnetic induction elements each connected to an injector of the plurality of fuel injectors and being configured, when an electric excitation current passes through the electromagnetic induction elements, to heat the injector by induction, the method including a step of generating an electric supply current and a step of generating, from the electric supply current, a plurality of electric excitation currents phase shifted relative to one another and materialized by electric excitation current signals, each of the electric excitation currents intended to supply one of the electromagnetic induction elements. The method being notable in that the electric excitation current signals are phase shifted such that the sum of the absolute values of the amplitudes of the signals is constant.
US10508631B2 Automated water drain system
The apparatus and related method employ fluid pressure to first separate the water accumulation chamber from the filtration chamber of a filter assembly by closing fluid flow pathways that allow water to flow into the accumulation chamber. With the chambers separated, fluid pressure is applied to the accumulation chamber to open a drain valve and push water out of the accumulation chamber. The period for which pressure is applied to the accumulation chamber can be regulated by sensors detecting a low water level, or can be timed, or both. When the water removal is completed, the fluid pressure is removed and fluid communication between the filtration chamber and the water accumulation chamber is restored.
US10508627B2 Anti-icing device for intake manifold
The present disclosure relates to an anti-icing device for an intake manifold for preventing freezing of a blow-by gas flowing from a crankcase of an engine into a plenum chamber of an intake manifold through a gas inlet, and includes a guide member provided inside the plenum chamber, and for inducing the blow-by gas discharged from the gas inlet toward the inside of the plenum chamber that is away from the fresh air inlet, and an engaging means for fixing the guide member to the intake manifold, thus preventing the freezing from occurring and the inlet from clogging by the freezing.
US10508621B2 Exhaust gas recirculation system and method
Various methods and systems are provided for an exhaust gas recirculation system. In one example, an exhaust gas recirculation cooler includes a first section, arranged proximate to an exhaust gas inlet of the EGR cooler and including a first plurality of tubes and a first plurality of fins coupled to the first plurality of tubes, where at least one of the first plurality of tubes and the first plurality of fins are comprised of a first material that has a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE); and a second section, arranged downstream of the first section and including a second plurality of tubes and a second plurality of fins coupled to the second plurality of tubes, where the second plurality of tubes and the second plurality of fins are comprised of a second material that has a second CTE, the second CTE greater than the first CTE.
US10508619B2 Method and a control device for operating a tank venting system of an internal combustion engine
Various embodiments may include a method and a control device for operating a tank venting system of an internal combustion engine. For example, a method for operating an engine may include: activating a scavenge air pump disposed in a regeneration line with a fuel vapor retention filter; upon reaching a constant speed of an impeller of the scavenge air pump conveying the scavenge air, detecting a pressure upstream of the scavenge air pump and a pressure downstream of the scavenge air pump; calculating a differential pressure across the scavenge air pump; determining the degree of loading of the fuel vapor retention filter based at least in part on the differential pressure; and adjusting a fuel injection time based on the degree of loading.
US10508616B2 Oil flow control for an engine by deflection
An engine is provided with a cylinder block and a ladderframe having a portion of an oil conduit and a deflector. The engine has a metal-to-metal seal positioned between the ladderframe and block to circumferentially surround the oil conduit, and has a gasket seal positioned between the ladderframe and block to be outboard and spaced apart from the oil conduit. The deflector is positioned between the metal-to-metal seal and the gasket seal. An engine component is provided with a member having a deflector and forming an oil conduit. The deflector has an arcuate deflector surface following an outer wall of the oil conduit to redirect oil escaping the oil conduit. A ladderframe is configured to provide a deflection surface, with the deflection surface positioned to guide high pressure oil away from adjacent RTV seals.
US10508615B2 Engine with a piston heating system and method for operation thereof
Methods and systems are provided for actively heating pistons in combustion chambers to decrease a torque imbalance in an engine. In one example, a method for operation of an engine includes determining a variation between compression ratios in a first combustion chamber and a second combustion chamber and operating a piston heating system to apply a targeted amount of heat to a first piston assembly based on the variation between the compression ratios, the first piston assembly including a first piston positioned within the first combustion chamber.
US10508614B2 Arbitration strategy for slow response and fast response torque requests
The present disclosure relates to a system for managing engine output that includes a machine manager module and a combustion module. In one embodiment, the combustion module includes a slow response pathway and a fast response pathway. The slow response pathway includes managing air and fuel actuators and the fast response pathway includes managing spark timing. According to one embodiment, managing spark timing comprises bringing a spark actuator to the middle of a spark timing range for bi-directional control and involves sacrificing engine efficiency for engine responsiveness. Further, the fast response pathway may be selectively enabled based upon an optimization index.
US10508609B2 Control device for internal combustion engine using imbalance diagnosis and abnormality determination
When imbalance diagnosis is not executed, target fuel pressure is set based on a rotation speed and volumetric efficiency of an engine, and when the imbalance diagnosis is executed, fuel pressure smaller than the target fuel pressure settable when the imbalance diagnosis is not executed is set as the target fuel pressure, and a high-pressure fuel pump that supplies fuel to a delivery pipe connected to the in-cylinder injection valve, is driven and controlled such that detected fuel pressure becomes the target fuel pressure. With this, it is possible to execute the imbalance diagnosis with higher accuracy.
US10508607B2 Diesel engine particulate filter regeneration system and methods
Methods and systems for estimating an amount of residual or retained fuel that remains in a cylinder from a first cycle of the cylinder to a second cycle of the cylinder are described. In one example, the amount of residual fuel is estimated in response to a temperature of an oxidation catalyst. The retained fuel amount may then be the basis for adjusting fuel injection amounts during the second cycle of the cylinder.
US10508594B2 Actuator for link mechanism for internal combustion engine
Provided is an actuator for a link mechanism for an internal combustion engine, which can be prevented from being increased in size in an axial direction. The actuator for a link mechanism for an internal combustion engine of the present invention includes: a wave gear type speed reducer configured to reduce a rotation speed of an electric motor, and to transmit the rotation speed to the control shaft; and a housing to which the electric motor and the wave gear type speed reducer are fixed, the wave gear type speed reducer including: an inner gear, which is fixed to the housing, has inner teeth meshed with the flexible outer gear, and is made of an iron-based metal material, the actuator including a stopper mechanism, which is provided to each of the inner gear and the control shaft, and is configured to restrict relative rotation of a predetermined amount or more when the inner gear and the control shaft are held in abutment against each other.
US10508592B2 VGT for vehicle
A variable geometry turbocharger (VGT) for a vehicle, may include a turbine wheel; a turbine housing configured to rotatably support the turbine wheel, and provided with a passage for receiving exhaust gas from a radially external side of the turbine wheel and discharging the exhaust gas in an axial direction of the turbine wheel; a disk body provided in the passage of the turbine housing, and provided therein with a bypass line such that the exhaust gas bypasses the turbine wheel; and a plurality of vanes provided between the disk body and the turbine housing to form a variable nozzle for controlling a flow of the exhaust gas flowing radially inwardly of the turbine wheel.
US10508591B2 Method and system for active casing treatment control
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting an active casing treatment of a compressor responsive to a predicted engine condition. In one arrangement, a controller may actuate a sleeve of a variable geometry compressor casing to a position selected based on each of a compressor pressure ratio and a mass flow through the compressor, as well as driver behavior and predicted road conditions; and adjust each of an EGR actuator and a boost actuator based on the selected position to maintain the compressor pressure ratio during the actuating.
US10508590B2 Forced induction engine with electric motor for compressor
A generator system may include a compressor and an electric motor. The compressor includes an impeller, and the compressor provides a quantity of air flowing toward an intake of an engine through rotation of the impeller. The electric motor is mechanically linked to the compressor and rotates the impeller to force the quantity of air flowing toward the intake of the engine. The generator system may include a charge air cooler to receive the quantity of air flowing toward the intake of the engine and increase an air charge density of the quantity of air. The generator system may include an exhaust portion to expel exhaust from the engine such that the quantity of air provided by the compressor does not include exhaust expelled by the exhaust portion. The generator system may include an air valve configured to regulate the quantity of air flowing toward the intake of the engine.
US10508589B2 Method for controlling a cooling system delivering coolant to heat exchanger in a vehicle
A method for controlling a cooling system delivering coolant to a heat exchanger (18) in a vehicle (1). During operating conditions when a thermostat (6) in the cooling system is in the partly open position, the method comprises the steps of estimating a desired cooling temperature (T) of a medium in the heat exchanger (18), calculating the coolant flow rate ({dot over (m)}1) through a radiator (7b) and the coolant flow rate ({dot over (m)}2) through a radiator bypass line (9), calculating a coolant flow rate ({dot over (m)}3) and coolant temperature (t3) combination at 10 at which the medium in the heat exchanger (18) is cooled to a desired temperature (T), adjusting the flow regulating mechanism (23) such that coolant at the selected flow rate ({dot over (m)}3) and temperature (t3) combination is directed to the heat exchanger (18).
US10508582B2 Exhaust aftertreatment system diagnostic and conditioning
An engine diagnostic tool includes a diagnostic engine calibration module structured to include a plurality of diagnostic processes for operating an internal combustion engine system of an immobilized vehicle. One or more of the plurality of diagnostic processes are structured to be an intrusive diagnostic process for the internal combustion engine system, wherein the intrusive diagnostic process causes the internal combustion engine system to operate outside of one or more calibration parameters. The diagnostic engine module is further structured to control the order and timing of each diagnostic process in the plurality of diagnostic processes.
US10508581B2 Multi-step regeneration device of DPF and regeneration method therefor
The present disclosure provides a multi-step regeneration apparatus of a diesel particulate filter (DPF), which generates a load to an engine to remove soot, the apparatus including: an external air temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of external air; a controller configured to compare a temperature value measured by the external air temperature sensor with a predetermined value and output a signal; and a control valve unit including a first control valve and a second control valve receiving a signal from the controller, and a first spool operated by the first control valve and a second spool operated by the second control valve.
US10508579B2 Mixer device
A mixer device for introducing and distributing a liquid into a gas flow comprises a mixing chamber which can be flowed through by the gas flow, an overflow pipe which is arranged at least partly in the mixing chamber and which has a jacket surface and a first and a second pipe end, and at least one injector associated with the first pipe end of the overflow pipe to inject the liquid into the overflow pipe. The jacket surface of the overflow pipe has at least one inflow opening through which gas can flow from the mixing chamber into the overflow pipe for a subsequent mixing with the injected fluid. The overflow pipe is configured such that inflowing gas in its interior can have two swirl components of opposite senses imparted onto it.
US10508577B2 Line connector with integrated sensor for measurement of urea solutions
A line connector for a fluid, in particular a urea solution, including a connecting piece with an interior flow-through channel extending in the longitudinal direction of the connecting piece. The connecting piece includes at each of its two ends a coupling section designed such that a flexible media line or a tubing or an aggregate can be connected to an aggregate connector. The flow-through channel is also provided with an electrical heating unit. In the region of the flow-through channel, between the connecting sections, an enclosed perimeter receiving housing is formed on the coupling piece, in which an optical sensor unit is disposed for measuring of properties of the fluid flowing in the flow-through channel. A ready-made media line, including a tubular or hose-like media line and a line connector connected on one or both sides to this media line is also disclosed.
US10508572B2 Oil and air separator system adapter and method
An adapter for the intake side of an oil and air separation system, including a first end portion capable of replacing an engine oil fill cap, the first end portion connected to an intermediate portion that removably engages with a second end portion including a hose coupling that allows the adapter to be connected to the intake side of an oil and air separation system via a hose.
US10508568B2 Process improvement through the addition of power recovery turbine equipment in existing processes
Power recovery turbines can be used debottlenecking of an existing plant, as well as recover electric power when revamping a plant. A process for recovering energy in a petroleum, petrochemical, or chemical plant is described. A fluid stream having a first control valve thereon is identified. A first power-recovery turbine is installed at the location of the first control valve, and at least a portion of the first fluid stream is directed through the first power-recovery turbine to generate electric power as direct current therefrom. The electric power is then recovered.
US10508565B2 Journal bearing and rotary machine
A journal bearing includes: a carrier ring; a plurality of bearing pads disposed on a radially inner side of a lower half region of the carrier ring and configured to support a rotor shaft from below; a pair of side plates disposed on both sides of the plurality of bearing pads, with respect to an axial direction of the rotor shaft; and a dam disposed on a radially inner side of the carrier ring, in a downstream section of an upper half region of the carrier ring, and configured to suppress a downstream flow of carried-over oil. A gap is provided between inner peripheral surfaces of the respective side plates and an outer peripheral surface of the rotor shaft, for bringing into communication an outside and a bearing interior space surrounded by the pair of side plates.
US10508562B2 Geared turbofan with four star/planetary gear reduction
A gas turbine engine has a fan rotor, a turbine rotor driving the fan rotor, and an epicyclic gear reduction positioned between the fan rotor and the turbine rotor. The epicyclic gear reduction includes a ring gear, a sun gear, and no more than four intermediate gears that engage the sun gear and the ring gear. The fan drive turbine is configured to drive the sun gear to, in turn, drive the ring gears to, in turn, drive the fan rotor.
US10508561B2 Shroud assembly for a gas turbine engine
An assembly for mounting a circumferential shroud to a casing, including a plurality of arcuate shroud segments collectively forming the circumferential shroud. Each segment includes a circumferentially extending wall and a channel extending from the wall. The channel is receivable in a hole passing through a circumferential casing and has a first connector. A fastener has a head and a shank, which is receivable in the channel and has a second connector that engages with the first connector. A first spacer receives the channel and a second spacer receives the shank and sit adjacent the head of the fastener on either side of the casing. The spacers can be selected to adjust for optimal radial positioning of the shroud and of probes received within a space defined between the casing and the shroud for monitoring rotor speed and the tip air gap of a turbine rotor contained in the casing.
US10508552B2 Internally cooled airfoil
A casting core and/or an airfoil may comprise a tip flag cavity having a forward pedestal and a first spear pedestal disposed aft of the forward pedestal. A trailing edge discharge cavity may be separated from the tip flag cavity and include a first row of pedestals. The first row of pedestals may comprise a first racetrack pedestal. A second row of pedestals may be disposed aft of the first row of pedestals and include a second racetrack pedestal. A third row of pedestals may be disposed aft of the second row of pedestals and include a circular pedestal. A fourth row of pedestals may be disposed aft of the third row of pedestals and include a second spear pedestal.
US10508549B2 Gas turbine engine airfoil with large thickness properties
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil with pressure and suction sides that are joined at leading and trailing edges. The airfoil extends a span from a support to an end in a radial direction. 0% span and 100% span positions respectively correspond to the airfoil at the support and at the end. The leading and trailing edges are spaced apart from one another an axial chord in an axial direction. A cross-section of the airfoil at a span location has a diameter tangent to the pressure and suction sides. The diameter corresponds to the largest circle fitting within the cross-section. A ratio of the diameter to the axial chord is at least 0.4 between 50% and 95% span location.
US10508548B2 Turbine engine with a platform cooling circuit
An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine can comprise a platform having first and second opposing surfaces, an airfoil extending from the first surface, a base extending from the second surface, and a platform cooling circuit including a feed tube, a first branch, a second branch, and a flow divider.
US10508547B2 Radial tie-bolt support spring
According to some embodiments, a tie-bolt support assembly is provided which includes a support spring for engagement with both the tie-bolt and a rotor assembly to maintain a load path between the tie-bolt and the rotor assembly while also allowing for axial movement of the tie-bolt.
US10508546B2 Turbomachine with alternatingly spaced turbine rotor blades
A turbomachine includes a turbine section including a turbine, the turbine having a plurality of turbine rotor blades spaced along the axial direction, each turbine rotor blade extending generally along the radial direction between a radial inner end and a radial outer end. The plurality of turbine rotor blades includes a first turbine rotor blade; and a second turbine rotor blade spaced from the first turbine rotor blade along the axial direction, the radial outer end of the first turbine rotor blade coupled to the radial outer end of the second turbine rotor blade. The plurality of turbine rotor blades additionally includes a third turbine rotor blade spaced from the second turbine rotor blade along the axial direction, the radial inner end of the second turbine rotor blade coupled to the radial inner end of the third turbine rotor blade.
US10508538B2 Fluid pressure pulse generator for a downhole telemetry tool
A fluid pressure pulse generator for a downhole telemetry tool comprising a stator and a rotor. The stator comprises a stator flow diverter radially extending across a flow path for fluid flowing through the fluid pressure pulse generator and having one or more than one stator flow channel therethrough through which the fluid flows. The rotor comprises a rotor flow diverter radially extending across the flow path for fluid flowing through the fluid pressure pulse generator and having one or more than one rotor flow channel therethrough through which the fluid flows. The rotor flow diverter is axially adjacent the stator flow diverter and the rotor flow diverter is rotatable relative to the stator flow diverter to move the one or more than one rotor flow channel in and out of fluid communication with the one or more than one stator flow channel to create fluid pressure pulses in the fluid flowing through the fluid pressure pulse generator. A rotor/driveshaft coupling releasably couples the driveshaft of a probe of the tool and the rotor such that the probe can be decoupled from the rotor and removed from a sub housing the fluid pressure pulse generator.
US10508537B2 Adaptive equalisation
This invention is designed for use in transmission of data between downhole module in a wellbore and a controlling module at the surface. The invention provides an apparatus for receiving data signals from a telemetry module comprising first and second adaptive equalisers, and in which in a first modulation mode the coefficients of the first adaptive equaliser are updated until an error signal falls below a predetermined threshold and in a second modulation mode the coefficients of the first adaptive equaliser are locked and coefficients of the second adaptive equaliser are updated to continually minimise an error signal in which the number of bits encoded by the symbols of the first signal in an initial modulation mode is fewer than the number of bits encoded by the symbols of the second signal in a subsequent modulation mode.
US10508536B2 Discrete wellbore devices, hydrocarbon wells including a downhole communication network and the discrete wellbore devices and systems and methods including the same
Discrete wellbore devices, hydrocarbon wells including a downhole communication network and the discrete wellbore devices, and systems and methods including the same are disclosed herein. The discrete wellbore devices include a wellbore tool and a communication device. The wellbore tool is configured to perform a downhole operation within a wellbore conduit that is defined by a wellbore tubular of the hydrocarbon well. The communication device is operatively coupled for movement with the wellbore tool within the wellbore conduit. The communication device is configured to communicate with a downhole communication network that extends along the wellbore tubular via a wireless communication signal. The methods include actively and/or passively detecting a location of the discrete wellbore device within the wellbore conduit. The methods additionally or alternatively include wireless communication between the discrete wellbore device and the downhole communication network.
US10508534B2 Planning and real time optimization of electrode transmitter excitation
Planning and real time optimization of one or more modules of a downhole tool provide efficient and cost-effective deployment of a measurement system, for example, for a ranging tool. Considerations of the environment and type of operation may be considered prior to the deployment of a downhole tool such that the downhole tool comprises modules that may be optimized. Certain modules may be activated for specific operations without having to extract the downhole tool as all modules necessary to perform the specific tasks for a given operation are included prior to deployment of the downhole tool. The one or more modules may be optimized in real time based, for example, on received measurements or previous survey results. The modularity of the downhole tool allows for flexibility in fine tuning the tool according to a varying formation environment and other parameters.
US10508532B1 Efficient recovery of petroleum from reservoir and optimized well design and operation through well-based production and automated decline curve analysis
Embodiments are directed to automatically detecting an event in a production curve, generating a production estimate using a quantile regression and to performing a probabilistic decline curve analysis. In one scenario, a computer system identifies a candidate break point in a production decline curve which represents a decline in material production at a well. The computer system identifies one trend for the production decline curve occurring before the candidate break point and identifies a second trend for the production decline curve occurring after the candidate break point. The computer system calculates the difference between the first material production decline estimate and the second material production decline estimate and identifies the candidate break points where the difference between the first material production decline estimate and the second material production decline estimate is beyond a threshold value. Identifying the candidate break points allows generation of accurate material production forecasts for the well.
US10508531B2 Control system and methods for moving a coiled tubing string
A control system for moving a bottom hole assembly at an end of a coiled tubing string in a wellbore includes a controller configured to move the bottom hole assembly at an initial rate, unless the controller determines that moving the bottom hole assembly at the initial rate causes a predetermined threshold parameter to be reached, whereupon the controller is configured to default to moving the bottom hole assembly at a safe rate.
US10508529B2 Reverse emulsions for cavity control
Injection fluids formed of reverse emulsions and related methods of forming and using reverse emulsions for cavity control in solution mining. The reverse emulsion can reduce the volume of oil required to create an oil pad at the roof of a solution mining cavern in order to prevent vertical leaching and cavern collapse. The reverse emulsion can be formed from an emulsifier, a brine solution and oil. The emulsifier concentration can range from about 1% to about 5% by weight of the reverse emulsion. The emulsifier and the oil can be combined to form an oil/emulsifier mixture, wherein the oil/emulsifier mixture is combined with the brine solution to form the reverse emulsion. The oil/emulsifier mixture can be from about 1% to about 5% by weight of the reverse emulsion.
US10508528B2 Multi-well solution mining exploitation of an evaporite mineral stratum
A method for in situ solution mining of a mineral from an underground evaporite stratum using a set of wells in fluid communication with at least one mineral cavity with some wells operated in solvent injection mode and other wells operated in brine production mode and optionally with some inactive wells, comprising switching the operation mode of one or more wells. The evaporite mineral preferably comprises trona. The at least one cavity may be formed by directionally drilled uncased boreholes or by lithological displacement of the evaporite stratum at a weak interface with an underlying insoluble stratum by application of a lifting hydraulic pressure to create an interfacial gap. The extracted brine can be processed to make valuable products such as soda ash and/or any derivatives thereof. This method can provide more uniform dissolution of mineral in the cavity, minimize flow channeling, minimize sodium bicarbonate blinding for solution mining of incongruent trona ore, and/or may avoid uneven deposit of insolubles.
US10508526B2 Fracing plug
An apparatus for use in forming a plug during hydraulic fracturing of a subterranean soil formation comprising a top tubular retaining body extending between top and bottom ends and having a frustoconical outer surface extending from the bottom end thereof. The apparatus further includes a plurality of slip arms located around the outer surface of the retaining body, each slip arm extending between top and bottom ends and having an inner surface extending from the top end corresponding to the outer surface of the retaining body and an exterior surface adapted to frictionally engage a wellbore; and a seal element located around the outer surface of the retaining body above the plurality of slip arms adapted to be displaced towards the top end of the retaining body by the plurality of slip arms so as to seal an annulus between the retaining body and the wellbore.
US10508520B2 Systems and methods for increasing recovery efficiency of petroleum reservoirs
Methods and systems for increasing the recovery efficiency of a petroleum reservoir. For example, a method for performing a petroleum recovery assessment to increase the recovery efficiency of a petroleum reservoir includes evaluating results associated with a reservoir management analysis for the petroleum reservoir and generating a reservoir management analysis score. The method further includes evaluating results associated with a global benchmark analysis and generating an estimated maximum recovery efficiency for the petroleum reservoir. The method further includes determining key recovery obstacles impeding the petroleum reservoir from achieving the estimated maximum recovery efficiency, and identifying field development opportunities addressing a key recovery obstacle that when implemented, increases a recovery efficiency for the petroleum reservoir closer to the estimated maximum recovery efficiency.
US10508515B2 Method and apparatus for filling an annulus between casing and rock in an oil or gas well
The invention relates to the decommissioning of hydrocarbon wells. It concerns the artificial promoting or inducing of creep in the overburden formation 3 surrounding an oil well 1, so that the formation rock 3 encroaches against the casing 5 to form a seal. This avoids the need to plug the annulus between the casing 5 and formation 3 with cement. The overburden may be caused to creep by reducing the pressure in the annulus, by applying heat to the overburden rock or by stressing the rock repeatedly to cause fatigue in the rock 3.
US10508512B2 Insert safety valve system
An insert safety valve system includes a valve body including a valve member. The valve body includes a central passage and a flow path arranged radially outwardly of the central passage. A release sub is coupled to the valve body. The release sub is configured and disposed to support a downhole tool. A connector member selectively couples the release sub and the valve body.
US10508510B2 Bottom hole assembly for cutting and pulling a tubular
A bottom hole assembly (BHA) incorporates a tubular cutter driven by a downhole motor. A scraper moves into a smaller tubular to clean an area where a spear will later be engaged to the cut tubular portion. The scraper has a relatively movable mandrel that allows straight through flow into the motor or closes flow to build pressure to a telescoping jack to exert a pull force on the cut tubular after the cut is made. The spear is articulated with mandrel manipulation to grab the cut segment and weight is set down to shift the mandrel in the scraper to allow pressure buildup with rig pumps turned on to retract the jack as the BHA is held with anchors in the larger tubular. The cut segment is pulled uphole to loosen it so it can be removed from the borehole.
US10508507B2 Tubular transfer system with variable presentation height and presentation angle
A tubular transfer system is disclosed which includes a trough coupled between a pair of lifting apparatus, a base member coupled to each of the pair of lifting apparatus, a first adjustment device disposed on the pair of lifting apparatus for adjusting a presentation angle of the trough, and a second adjustment device coupled to the base member and a portion of each of the pair of lifting apparatus for adjusting a presentation height of the trough.
US10508504B2 Redundant, adaptable slip ring
An example slip-ring interface may include a first section and a second section rotationally independent from the first section. At least one conductor path between the first section and the second section may be selectively associated with and dedicated to the transmission of signals with a first signal type. At least one conductor path between the first section and the second section may be selectively associated with and dedicated to the transmission of signals with a second signal type. If error conditions occur, the signal types associated with one or more of the conductor paths may be changed so that signals of both the first and second signal types are transmitted across the interface.
US10508502B2 Polycrystalline diamond compact
In an embodiment, a method of fabricating a polycrystalline diamond compact is disclosed. The method includes sintering a plurality of diamond particles in the presence of a metal-solvent catalyst to form a polycrystalline diamond body; leaching the polycrystalline diamond body to at least partially remove the metal-solvent catalyst therefrom, thereby forming an at least partially leached polycrystalline diamond body; and subjecting an assembly of the at least partially leached polycrystalline diamond body and a cemented carbide substrate to a high-pressure/high-temperature process at a pressure to infiltrate the at least partially leached polycrystalline diamond body with an infiltrant. The pressure of the high-pressure/high-temperature process is less than that employed in the act of sintering of the plurality of diamond particles.
US10508501B2 Drill bit having shear cutters with reduced diameter substrate
A bit for drilling a wellbore, includes: a bit body; and a cutting face having an inner cone section and an outer shoulder section. The cutting face includes: a plurality of blades protruding from a bottom of the bit body, each blade extending from a center of the cutting face to the shoulder section; and a plurality of shear cutters mounted along leading edges of the blades. An inner shear cutter of each blade is located in the cone section. Each inner shear cutter includes: a superhard cylindrical cutting table; and a hard substrate having a cylindrical portion attached to the cutting table and a reduced portion extending therefrom. A diameter of the cutting table and the cylindrical portion is greater than a diameter of a majority of the reduced portion. A length of the reduced portion is at least twice that of the cylindrical portion.
US10508496B2 Downhole vibration tool
A downhole vibration tool that permits tool retrieval therethrough has an outer housing with an inner bore and a longitudinal axis, a rotating impeller that rotates within the inner bore of the outer housing, the rotating impeller defining an outer flow passage and an inner flow passage nested within the outer flow passage. The rotating impeller carries impeller vanes that are angled relative to a rotational axis and that extend into the outer flow passage such that fluid passing through the outer flow passage impinges on the impeller vanes to cause the rotating impeller to rotate. A flow restrictor having a variable flow area is positioned in the outer flow passage adjacent to the impeller vanes, and the rotation of the impeller vanes causes the flow area of the flow restrictor to periodically increase and decrease.
US10508494B2 Manipulator for a mast and substructure raising cylinder
An actuator assembly for a drilling rig includes a cradle actuator coupled to a substructure of a rig, and an actuator bracket having a first end pivotally coupled to the substructure. The actuator bracket is coupled to the cradle actuator. The assembly also includes a cradle having a first end that is pivotally coupled to the actuator bracket and to a first end of a rig-up actuator. The rig-up actuator is receivable at least partially in the cradle. The assembly further includes a front bracket pivotally coupled to the cradle and to the substructure. Extension of the cradle actuator pivots the actuator bracket, the cradle, and the front bracket so as to raise a second end of the rig-up actuator, thereby moving the rig-up actuator from a stowed position to raised position.
US10508491B2 Retaining device for an operating member of a window shade and window shade using the same
A retaining device for an operating member of a window shade includes a casing having an opening, a sliding part having a first and a second inner cavity, and a spring respectively connected with the sliding part and the casing. The sliding part is assembled with the casing, and is movable between a first and a second position, wherein the sliding part in the first position occludes the opening and has the first inner cavity exposed for insertion of an operating member of a window shade, and the sliding part in the second position has the first inner cavity retracted toward an interior of the casing while the second inner cavity overlaps with the opening for facilitating travel of an operating member of a window shade through the opening and the second inner cavity. The spring is operable to urge the sliding part to move toward the first position.
US10508490B2 Photo diode sensor-based smart window control device
A smart window controller includes circuitry configured to establish a representative model of one or more building zones based on occupancy, construction, lighting, or cooling properties of a building. A lighting control strategy is implemented for the one or more building zones based on the representative model or one or more user preferences input at a first user interface screen of an external device. Automatic operations of one or more smart windows, cooling systems, or artificial lighting systems are controlled based on trigger points associated with the lighting control strategy, and a performance level of the lighting control strategy for the one or more building zones is determined based on one or more predetermined financial metrics.
US10508487B2 Dimming system
A light adjustment system is, for example, a light adjustment window (1) including: a windowpane (11); a light adjustment device (40); a drive device (50); and a frame (20) having an incorporating (24) into which the windowpane (11) and the drive device (50) are incorporated. A part of the frame (20) includes: a containing section (26) that contains at least a part of the drive device (50); and an opening and closing section (27) that openably and closably covers the containing section (26).
US10508480B2 Method and system for unlocking vehicle engine cover
The present invention discloses a method and system for unlocking vehicle engine cover. Method comprising: acquiring an action signal transmitted from an action sensor, and executing an action signal judging step; executing an unlocking step if the received action signal matches a preset unlock action signal, otherwise not executing the unlocking step, the unlock action signal is a combination of a signal or a plurality of consecutive signals; unlocking step: sending an unlock signal to an engine cover lock, wherein the unlock signal is used to control the engine cover lock to perform an unlock operation on a vehicle engine cover. The present invention detects an action signal from an action sensor, and controls whether or not to unlock the vehicle engine cover by matching the action signal with a preset unlock action signal. So users do not need to enter into the passenger compartment for unlocking. The operation is both convenient and rich sense of technology.
US10508478B2 Control unit for a closing drive for a motor vehicle lock
The invention relates to a control unit (1, 12), comprising a control element (4, 15), particularly for a closing drive of a motor vehicle lock. Said control unit comprises a housing (2, 13), a drive unit, and a spindle gear unit having a spindle nut and a spindle (3, 14). Said spindle gear unit can be driven by the drive unit and the control element (4, 15) can be moved by means of the spindle (3, 14), the control element (4, 15) having a means for guiding the control element (4, 15) in the housing (2, 13) so that the control element (4, 15) can be prevented from rotating about an axis of movement.
US10508476B2 Electric vehicle door lock with increased operating reliability
A vehicle door lock comprising: a locking mechanism; an opening actuator for unlocking the locking mechanism; an actuating member for unlocking the locking mechanism; a switching actuator that can be in a normal position or an emergency position, such that in the normal position the switching actuator renders the actuating member inoperable and in the emergency position renders the actuating member operable; and a control unit for controlling the switching actuator; characterised in that the control unit is configured to set the switching actuator from the emergency position into the emergency position and back following a specified cycle.
US10508475B2 Motor vehicle lock
A lock can include a catch and a pawl. The catch can be brought into an opening position and a closed position. The catch can be brought into holding engagement with a lock striker. The pawl may be brought into a position, where it is in blocking engagement with the catch. The pawl may be deflected into a release position. A pawl actuation lever is provided. A switchable lock arrangement in an unlocked state can be included. A first drive train component is decoupled from the pawl for letting the pawl actuation lever run free without deflecting the pawl or a first drive train component is blocked for blocking an actuation of the pawl actuation lever. A crash condition causes the switchable lock arrangement to be in the locked state such that during the crash condition a crash induced actuation of the pawl actuation lever runs free or is blocked.
US10508466B2 Tent rack with a linked top
A tent rack with a linked top, includes a scissor type mechanism capable of folding and unfolding laterally, two lateral sides of the scissor type mechanism are respectively disposed with two connecting ends, one connecting end of the lateral side is rotatably connected with at least two sub-tent top poles, the end of the sub-tent top pole is rotatably connected with a leg pole, a support pole is connected between each sub-tent top pole and the other connecting end of the corresponding lateral side, the laterally folding and unfolding of the scissor type mechanism and the rotation of the relative connecting ends of the sub-tent top pole form linkage relationship.
US10508463B1 Swimming pool debris screening assembly
A swimming pool debris screening assembly for preventing clogs in a pool's water flow system includes a bracket that is sized to partially insert into an inlet of a pool skimmer of a pool. A first section of the bracket is frictionally coupled to the inlet and a second section of the bracket extends from the inlet into the pool. A grate is selectively couplable to the second section of the bracket so that the grate is configured to screen debris from water that enters the inlet.
US10508461B1 Above-ground pool insulation assembly and method of insulating an above-ground pool
An above-ground pool insulation assembly and method of insulating an above-ground pool provides at least one modular panel fabricated from perimeter and reinforcement steel bar that form a rectangular frame. The frame is encapsulated by a metallic sheet to create a pocket of insulating air. An adhesive metallic tape secures the metallic sheet to the frame. Resilient strips attach to the edges of the cover panel to help prevent moisture from entering the mount side. The modular panel mounts mechanically and magnetically to the peripheral sidewall of an above-ground, metal sided swimming pool, so as to insulate the pool, and thereby reduce heat loss from the body of water in the pool due to efficiency of conservation of energy exchange with the environment.
US10508459B2 Tip-over post
A tip over post includes a stanchion. The stanchion includes an annular cylinder. The annular cylinder includes a number of cuts defined along the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. A stanchion includes an annular cylinder. The annular cylinder includes a number of helical cuts defined along the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. The helical cuts comprise a number of perforations located along the helical cuts. The load the stanchion is to bear is based at least in part on the number of perforations located along the helical cuts. A method of arresting a fall includes installing a tip over post, and arresting a fall using the moment and linear expansion of the annular cylinder. The tip over post includes an annular cylinder including a number of helical cuts defined along the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. The helical cuts comprise a number of perforations located along the helical cuts.
US10508458B1 Tile alignment and leveling device and method for using same
A tile leveling and alignment system for use in aligning and leveling a plurality of tiles, comprising a tile leveling and aligning device, a vertical leveling hand device, a horizontal leveling device and an optional slip ring/spacer device. The tile leveling and aligning device comprising a base portion integrally coupled to a stem portion projecting upwards from the base portion. The base portion adapted for engaging a bottom surface of a number of tiles to be leveled and aligned. The stem portion comprising a central aperture and one or more spacer legs or fins, each spacer leg extending transversely from the central aperture. Each spacer leg defining a joint width between adjacent tiles to be leveled and aligned. Each spacer leg dividing the tile leveling and aligning device into equal sized areas of common shape and defining a joint width between adjacent tiles to be leveled and aligned.
US10508455B1 Channeled plank siding
A building siding panel is provided with an internal channel for weeping away water and the ability to hide the securing flange when the siding panel is installed on a building wall. The siding panel can be customized to have the look of a wooden panel, while retaining the benefits and durability of a non-wooden material, such as metal.
US10508453B2 Sound-absorbing element and system
A sound-absorbing element and a sound-absorbing system comprising a fibrous material having the following properties is described: specific airflow resistance comprised between 527 and 1552 [Pa s/m]; and mass porosity comprised between 66% and 79%.
US10508452B2 Privacy screen
Disclosed is an outdoor privacy screen for space-dividing residential and commercial landscapes with innovatively, snap fasteners that attach to a rigid horizontal support bar which suspends, for breeze-propelled, independent and not interconnected for motion, a decorative fabric panel that is easily secured, removed, and interchanged by means of sliding the panel's top hem pocket onto and across the bar. The fabric panel bottom edge may overlap an additional panel top edge to form a louver arrangement affording privacy; sunlight mitigation; and, airflow allowance for the creation of a wind resistant privacy partition.
US10508445B2 Housing apparatus for installation of ceiling or wall-mounted electrical appliances
A preferably prefabricated and generally rigid recessed housing that may be inserted into a ceiling, wall, or floor to facilitate installation of various electrically powered apparatuses such as ceiling fans, exhaust fans, lighting fixtures, speakers, etc. is provided. Combining the various electrically powered apparatuses with the various embodiments of the prefabricated recessed housing provides additional advantages that include: the creation of a work space large enough for a person to install, from inside the room, a variety of electrically powered apparatuses. The housing may be designed in various shapes, and the generalized construction of the recessed housing comprises a top surface, side walls, and a bottom that is open but that may feature a full perimeter close out lip that extends beyond the side walls. The housing may further include a plurality of securing flanges for engaging bendable securing fins that may be present on the housing apparatus.
US10508443B2 Securing clip and system for installation of flooring elements comprising such a securing clip
A securing clip for installation of flooring elements on a supporting element having a guiding groove for engagement with the securing clip, the securing clip having a cross section of a double-flange T type with an upper flange, a web and a lower flange, the upper flange being adapted to be engaged on its both sides with neighboring flooring elements, wherein the upper flange (2, 2′) comprises at least two parts (2a, 2b; 2a′, 2b′) located on the opposite sides of the web (3, 3′) and the lower flange (4, 4′) comprises lips (5, 5′) extending beyond each end the web (3, 3′) in the direction along the web (5, 5′), the lips (5, 5′) being adapted to be blocked in the guiding groove (6), and in that at least the upper flange (2, 2′) is made of elastic material. A system for installation of flooring elements, the system comprising at least one securing clip (1, 1′) according to the invention and at least one supporting element (7).
US10508442B2 Floor and ceiling panel for slab-free floor system of a building
Floor and ceiling panels and methods of constructing a floor system for a building are described. In some embodiments, a panel includes a plurality of joists, a corrugated form deck disposed above and attached to the plurality of joists, a ceiling substrate disposed below and attached to the plurality of joists, and an in-floor radiant heat member disposed between the corrugated form deck and the ceiling substrate. In some embodiments, the panel includes a plurality of joists, a corrugated form deck disposed above and attached to the plurality of joists, and a sound dampener disposed between the corrugated form deck and the plurality of joists. In some embodiments, the method includes attaching a pre-assembled panel to a frame of the building and pouring concrete onto the panel so that a radiant heat member is separated from the concrete by a corrugated form deck of the panel.
US10508441B2 Demountable wall system
A demountable modular wall system for a building having a floor and a ceiling. The system includes panels having a top end and a bottom end with a movement direction defined perpendicularly therebetween. A height adjustment mechanism is positioned between the bottom end of one of the panels and the floor. The height adjustment mechanism has a mounting bracket that sandwiches the bottom end of the one of the panels. The height adjustment mechanism includes a receiving cylinder that threadingly engages with a first member. The first member also threadingly engages with a second member positioned between the first member and the floor. The first member is moveable relative to the receiving cylinder in the movement direction such that rotation of the first member selectively adjusts the height of the one of the panels.
US10508440B1 Security and transportation system for border barrier
An improved border barrier system is disclosed. The system includes columns situated periodically along an international border, beams extending horizontally between tops of the columns, metallic based walls extending between each pair of columns, a power line extending within the beams, a continuous electric railway located on top of the horizontal surface, electric rail cars powered by the electric railway, sensor arrays located periodically along the border barrier system, stations located periodically along the border barrier system, each station including a housing structure configured for housing personnel, a power generating station or power relay station coupled to the power line and the electric railway for powering the electric railway, and a tunnel that allows the electric railway to enter one end of the housing structure and exit another end of the housing structure.
US10508438B2 Fire barrier building product and method and system for making same
Methods and processes for depositing a fire resistant barrier on a construction material involve coating exposed webbing of, for instance, an I-joist with a fire-resistant material using a wetting layer and a thickening layer. A time period between depositing the wetting layer and thickening layer is controlled to facilitate complete wetting of the exposed webbing. Filler such as fiberglass may be included in the thickening layer. The wetting and thickening layers may be deposited on the webbing in the same application. The construction material, such as the I-joist, may then be subjected to a curing treatment and additional curing period followed by coating the second side using a similar methodology.
US10508433B2 Vacuum insulating material providing assembly and vacuum insulating material providing method using same
A vacuum insulating material providing assembly, which can be used to provide the vacuum insulating material to the interior corners, exterior corners and/or window edge portions of a building, includes corner members positioned at the interior corners, exterior corners or window edges of the building, wherein the corner member has: a base plate; a first cantilever plate extending from one end of the base plate in the vertical direction; and a second cantilever plate extending from the base plate in the direction parallel to the first cantilever plate.
US10508432B2 Connection for stacking post system for multistory building construction
A first post has a lower portion at a first floor of a multistory building and an upper portion at a second floor, and a second post has a lower portion at the second floor and an upper portion at a third floor or building-top structure. A post connection includes a horizontal cap plate and a vertical sleeve extending upward from the cap plate and having a bore with an inner dimension. The cap plate attaches to and covers the first post upper portion to prevent water intrusion into the first post. The second post lower portion has an outer dimension that is slightly less than the connection sleeve inner dimension so that the second post lower portion is slidingly received in the connection sleeve bore in an overlapping, telescopic arrangement. A retainer may be installed for engaging and supporting the second post on the connection.
US10508429B2 Threshold drain system and method
A method of forming a threshold drain 31 is disclosed. The drain 31 extends alongside an exterior wall 4 of a building and is formed in an exterior surface 36. The building has an interior floor 21 with the exterior surface 36 and the interior floor 21 being substantially flush to permit traymobile, wheelchair and invalid access. In a single concrete pour, the drain gutter 31, exterior surface 36, interior floor 21 and a gutter 40 are all formed. The gutter has an exterior side wall 39 which supports a plurality of triangular cantilever arms 43. A support frame 42 having two longitudinally extending rims 51,52 is supported by the arms 43 and releasably receives a grate 32 between the rims 51, 52. The inner rim 51 is spaced from the wall 24 of the building, preferably by 10-12 mm (⅜-½ inch), so as to provide a barrier to moisture in accordance with the Building Code of New Zealand standard set out in Clause E2 External Moisture. The drain 31 is also disclosed.
US10508427B2 Safety cleanout cap
This safety cleanout cap system provides for the removal of water and debris from drains. It consists of a flow channel having sidewalls, a turning segment and a downward bend. The turning segment is on the same lateral plane as the safety cleanout cap and has left and right side depressions that extend above the downward bend. The depressions have tracks that are formed to diverge inwardly between top and bottom lateral edges and cooperatively receive and prevent tools from upward and downward movement along the sidewalls of the flow channel. The safety cleanout cap can be attached to pipe fittings in order to regulate the flow of fluid in compressed spaces.
US10508426B2 Self-adjustable gas isolator
The present invention discloses a self-adjustable gas isolator, including a floater, a liquid storage device, a liquid outlet, a cover plate, a liquid discharging hole and a pressure balancing device. The floater has a pressure relief port; the pressure balancing device is connected with the floater in fixed position; the floater is sleeved in the liquid storage device and the floater goes up and down along with liquid level in the liquid storage device. The sealing device regulates the opening degree between the floater and the liquid outlet automatically according to the liquid volume discharged, and the pressure balancing device releases gas pressure preventing liquid from discharging, and the discharging speed of liquid is fast. The self-adjustable gas isolator is simple in structure, no components for hooking sundries in its channel, and is not easy to jam. When discharging liquid, the floater swings or rotates with self-cleaning function.
US10508423B2 Automatic faucets
An automatic faucet includes a housing forming partially an internal barrel and a faucet head and being constructed to include at least one water inlet conduit extending into said barrel and a water outlet for delivering water from a spout. The automatic faucet also includes a faucet head having a removable faucet crown and the spout, wherein the faucet crown is removably mounted to the faucet head. The automatic faucet also includes a valve module, a sensor module, a battery module, a turbine module, and a control module. The valve module includes a valve controlled by an electromagnetic actuator for controlling the water flow from the spout. The sensor module is constructed to provide sensor data influenced by a user. The control module is constructed to control opening and closing of the valve by providing signals to the electromagnetic actuator. The control module is also constructed to receive sensor data from the sensor module and execute a sensing algorithm. The control module is also constructed to execute a power management algorithm for managing electrical power generated by the water turbine and provided to and from the battery.
US10508422B2 Shutoff system for water valve
An automatic valve actuator unit and method for use with an associated manual shutoff valve configured to permit or restrict the flow of fluid through an associated supply pipe. The unit comprises a housing, an attachment mechanism for securing the housing to at least one of the associated supply pipe or manual shutoff valve, and an actuator at least partially supported in the housing and having an output shaft extending from the housing. The output shaft includes a locating member supported at a distal end thereof for non-rotatingly engaging a surface of a valve handle of the associated manual shutoff valve adjacent a point of attachment of the handle to the associated manual shutoff valve, the locating member configured to center the output shaft over an axis of rotation of the handle of the associated manual shutoff valve.
US10508421B2 Water reclamation systems and methods
A system for reclaiming water from moisture-laden building exhaust exiting a building through a vent is described herein, where the system can include one or more porous metal organic frameworks (MOFs) disposed downstream of the building exhaust vent for adsorbing water from the exiting moisture-laden building exhaust. The adsorped water can be desorped from the MOF, either naturally or aided by cooling the MOF. The desorped water can optionally be collected or directed elsewhere for use or collection.
US10508420B2 System and method for effective use of a low-yield well
A system and method for operating a low-yield well. The method starts with a pressure transducer telling a control box that a storage tank is low on water. The controller then activates the well pump, the water then flows up a pipe past a pressure transducer showing the back pressure, through a regulator and into the storage tank. The controller is constantly monitoring the tank level and the back-pressure level to indicate when to turn off the well to either stop from over filling the storage tank, or over pumping the well. The controller makes adjustments dependent on the back pressure (which indicates the level of water left in the well) and determines how long to withdraw water and how long to wait until the water can be withdrawn again. The system prevents pumping the well dry, and keeps the pump and well in good operating condition.
US10508418B2 Stabilizing features in a wear member assembly
A wear member assembly may include a nose attachable to a bucket lip. The nose may include a rear portion having a first set of substantially planar surfaces including a first, second, and third subset of surfaces. The third subset of surfaces may be angled and positioned between the first subset of surfaces and the second subset of surfaces. The nose may also include a forward portion positioned forwardly adjacent to the rear portion, the forward portion having a second set of substantially planar surfaces including a fourth, fifth, and sixth subset of surfaces. The sixth set of surfaces may be angled and positioned between the first subset of surfaces and the second subset of surfaces. The wear member assembly may also include a wear member having a cavity comprising rear and forward bearing surfaces corresponding to the third and sixth subset of surfaces.
US10508415B2 Swing control apparatus of construction equipment and control method thereof
A pivot control apparatus of construction equipment is provided for reaching a desired swing angle by controlling the brake torque of a swing motor during a loading operation using an excavator, along with a control method therefor. The swing control apparatus of construction equipment according to one embodiment of the present invention includes first and second hydraulic pumps and a pilot pump; a boom cylinder, an arm cylinder, and a bucket cylinder which are driven by the hydraulic fluid of the first and second hydraulic pumps; an operation apparatus control valve for controlling the hydraulic fluid which is supplied from the first and second hydraulic pumps to the boom cylinder, the arm cylinder and the bucket cylinder; a swing motor Which is driven by the hydraulic fluid of any one of the first and second hydraulic pumps to swing an upper swinging, body; a swing control valve; a swing operation lever, a direction control valve which applies a pilot pressure to the swing control valve according to the swing operation lever or a semi-automatic swing mode selection; electronic proportional variable relief valves capable of variably adjusting the relief setup pressure of the swing motor; and a controller which, when a semi-automatic swing mode is selected and the operation apparatus is actuated at the time of swing return, applies an electric signal to the variable relief valve at the outlet side, from among the electronic proportional variable relief valves, so as to increase or decrease the relief setup pressure.
US10508412B2 Control system for work vehicle, and method for setting trajectory of work implement
A control system for a work vehicle includes a controller. The controller decides a target profile of a work site. The controller generates a command signal to move a work implement according to the target profile. The controller acquires the load to which the work vehicle is subjected. The controller modifies the target profile according to the magnitude of the load. The controller generates a command signal to operate the work implement according to the modified target profile.
US10508408B2 Attachment system for a work vehicle implement
An attachment system for a work vehicle implement includes an implement attachment assembly. The implement attachment assembly includes a support structure coupled to a receiver assembly. The support structure includes a first mounting feature configured to engage a first corresponding mounting feature extending downwardly from a bottom surface of a work vehicle, and a second mounting feature configured to engage a second corresponding mounting feature extending downwardly from the bottom surface of the work vehicle. The first and second mounting features of the support structure are spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal axis relative to a direction of travel of the work vehicle, and the first and second mounting features of the support structure are configured to substantially block horizontal and vertical movement of the support structure relative to the work vehicle via engagement with the first and second corresponding mounting features of the work vehicle.
US10508407B2 Front loader
A tractor front loader (10) includes a parking stand device (28) mounted on a front loader arm (12). The parking stand device (28) comprises a parking support (30), which is pivotally attached to the front loader arm (12) and can be pivoted between an operating position (P1) and a parked position (P2), a locking brace (32), which is pivotally attached at one end to the front loader arm (12). Detent elements, which can be brought into engagement with one another, are disposed on the parking brace (30) and on a free end of the locking brace (32), by means of which the parking brace (30) can be snapped into multiple positions supporting the front loader, with the detent elements being formed on a free end of the locking brace (32) and on a locking carriage (58), which is hinged to the locking brace (32).
US10508405B2 Safety grate
A temporary manhole cover includes a hinge to permit a portion of the cover to be pivoted open and closed. And a roller for use with a hose or rope facilitates cleaning and inspection of the manhole.
US10508403B2 Foundation
A double raft foundation for buildings includes: a lower raft, a layer of a material with a low friction coefficient applied on the lower raft, a platform having slabs of material with a low friction coefficient, slidingly disposed on the layer, an upper raft joined with the slab platform and a superstructure joined with the upper raft; wherein the upper raft is disposed on the lower raft in such manner that, in case of an earthquake, the platform of slabs of the upper raft can slide slidingly on the layer of the lower raft, allowing the upper raft to move relatively with respect to the lower raft.
US10508401B2 Depth vibrator with adjustable imbalance
A depth vibrator for compacting soil, comprising a rotary drive (3); a drive shaft (4), which is rotatingly drivable about a rotary axis (A) by the rotary drive (3) in a first rotation direction (R1) and in an opposite second rotation direction (R2); a primary mass body (5) connected non-rotatably to the drive shaft (4) and rotates together with the latter about the rotary axis (A); a secondary mass body (6), which is movable into a first rotation position (P1) relative to the primary mass body (5) by rotation of the drive shaft (4) in the first rotation direction (R1) and which is movable into a second rotation position (P2) by rotation of the drive shaft (4) in the second rotation direction (R2). In the first and second rotation position (P1) the secondary mass body (6) can be rotated together with the primary mass body (5) about the rotary axis (A); and the center of mass (S6) of the secondary mass body (6) and the center of mass (S5) of the primary mass body (5) have different radial distances from the rotary axis (A).
US10508397B2 Anti-erosion system made of geosynthetic material
The present invention relates to an anti-erosion system made of geo-synthetic material, preferably of polysteel raw material (polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) mixture) instead of only polypropylene or polyester or nylon, resulting in a compromise between the mechanical properties of polypropylene, the chemical properties of polyethylene, and the good resistance to the environmental agents achieved through the incorporation of molecular chain stabilizers. The fraction of PP should range from 50% to 90% and the fraction of PE from 10% to 50%.
US10508395B1 Pavement sweeping apparatuses and methods
Pavement sweeping apparatuses may include a directionally mobile apparatus frame. At least one pickup unit may be carried by the apparatus frame. At least one actuatable first side edge broom may be carried by the apparatus frame generally on the first side and forward of the at least one pickup unit. At least one actuatable first side curb broom may be carried by the apparatus frame generally on the first side and forward of the at least one pickup unit. At least one actuatable second side edge broom may be carried by the apparatus frame generally on a second side and forward of the at least one pickup unit. At least one actuatable second side curb broom may be carried by the apparatus frame generally on the second side and forward of the at least one pickup unit. Pavement sweeping methods are also disclosed.
US10508391B2 Construction machine
A construction machine includes a system area rotatable about an axis of rotation with respect to a machine frame. On the rotatable system area is at least one sensor, a data transmission unit with at least one transmission antenna, and a first data transmission arrangement for transmitting data from the at least one sensor to the data transmission unit. On the machine frame is a data receiving unit with at least one receiving antenna, a data evaluation system, and a second data transmission arrangement for transmitting data from the data receiving unit to the data evaluation system. The data transmission unit has at least two transmission antennas and/or the data receiving unit has at least two receiving antennas.
US10508385B2 Cloth positioner for continuous processing
A cloth positioner for continuous processing according to this invention includes a processing base, an alignment plate provided on the processing base, and at least one figure position abutment pin piece. The processing base includes a plurality of thru holes. The alignment plate includes at least one pin piece slot matching with the figure position abutment pin piece, a plurality of air pressure vents, and at least one laser cutting line groove. With the figure position abutment pin piece that is provided for fixing a cloth onto the pin piece slot, the cloth is positioned on the cloth positioner for continuous processing.
US10508384B2 Top of an appliance for drying laundry providing drying air recirculation and moisture condensation
A top (119) is adapted to match and close from above a cabinet (110) of a laundry drying appliance (100). The top is formed as a ready-to-mount part ready to be mounted to the cabinet and forms a moisture condensing module for dehydrating drying air used to dry laundry within a drying drum of the laundry drying appliance. The top has a drying air inlet (510), a drying air outlet (515), fluid passageways defined thereinside from said drying air inlet to said drying air outlet for the passage of the drying air to be dehydrated and moisture condensing means arranged inside the fluid passageways.
US10508381B2 Detergent feeding device for washer
Provided is a detergent feeding device including a detergent box provided with a detergent accommodating part having an opening part; an opening and closing member; a detergent box housing accommodating the detergent box; a dispenser to supply water to the detergent box; a first water supply tube supplying water to the dispenser; a second water supply tube connected to the detergent box housing; and an opening unit connected to an outlet of the second water supply tube, wherein the opening unit is moved by water pressure of the water supplied from the second water supply tube to push the opening and closing member to open the opening part of the detergent accommodating part.
US10508380B2 Washing machine
A washing machine including a body, a rotary tub disposed inside the body, and a detergent containing unit installed on the body to dissolve a detergent in washing water to supply the detergent. The detergent containing unit includes a housing coupled with the inside of the body, a detergent container contained in the housing to contain the detergent, and a rotary device rotatably coupled with at least part of a path through which the detergent moves to dissolve the detergent in the washing water. A dissolving ability of the detergent may be improved. Also, it is possible to dissolve a solid detergent and a liquid detergent in one detergent containing unit without an additional component. Also, since it is possible to prevent residual detergent from being left in the detergent containing unit after washing, it is unnecessary to additionally use a rinse function to clean the detergent containing unit.
US10508375B2 Method for operating a washing appliance and washing appliance
A method for operating a laundry washing appliance having a washing chamber to wash laundry the method includes selecting a default washing temperature and/or a washing cycle having a default washing temperature; supplying a detergent to the washing chamber; and determining a type of the detergent which has been added. When the detergent is of a first type, then the method includes comparing the default washing temperature with a threshold temperature and if the default washing temperature is higher than the threshold temperature, then emitting a warning signal and/or changing said default washing temperature.
US10508363B2 Vapor phase growth apparatus having substrate holder with ring-shaped protrusion
A vapor phase growth apparatus according to an embodiment includes a reaction chamber, a ring-shaped holder provided in the reaction chamber, the ring-shaped holder configured to hold a substrate, the ring-shaped holder including an outer portion, and an inner portion on which a ring-shaped protrusion is provided and surrounded by the outer portion, the ring-shaped protrusion being separated from the outer portion, an upper surface of the outer portion being higher than an upper surface of the ring-shaped protrusion, and a heater provided below the ring-shaped holder.
US10508361B2 Method for manufacturing semiconductor wafer
In a first step, protrusions (42) are formed on a surface of an SiC substrate (40), and the SiC substrate (40) is etched. In a second step, the protrusions (42) of the SiC substrate (40) are epitaxially grown through MSE process, and an epitaxial layer (43a) containing threading screw dislocation, which has been largely grown in the vertical (c-axis) direction as a result of MSE process, is at least partially removed. In a third step, MSE process is performed again on the SiC substrate (40) after the second step, to cause epitaxial layers (43) containing no threading screw dislocation to be grown in the horizontal (a-axis) direction to be connected at the molecular level, so that one monocrystalline 4H—SiC semiconductor wafer (45) having a large area is generated throughout an Si-face or a C-face of the SiC substrate (40).
US10508359B2 TSV bath evaluation using field versus feature contrast
The embodiments herein relate to methods and apparatus for determining whether a particular test bath is able to successfully fill a feature on a substrate. In various cases, the substrate is a semiconductor substrate and the feature is a through-silicon-via. Generally, two experiments are used: a first experiment simulates the conditions present in a field region of the substrate during the fill process, and the second experiment simulates the conditions present in a feature on the substrate during the fill process. The output from these experiments may be used with various techniques to predict whether the particular bath will result in an adequately filled feature.
US10508345B2 Sensor in an internet-of-things and manufacturing method of the same
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gas sensor in an IOT. The gas sensor includes a substrate, a conductor disposed above the substrate, and a sensing film disposed over the conductor. The conductor has a top-view pattern including a plurality of openings, a minimal dimension of the opening being less than about 4 micrometer; and a perimeter enclosing the opening. Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of manufacturing a gas sensor. The method includes receiving a substrate; forming a conductor, over the substrate; patterning the conductor to form a plurality of openings in the conductor by an etching operation, and forming a gas-sensing film over the conductor. The openings are arranged in a repeating pattern, and a minimal dimension of the opening being about 4 micrometer.
US10508340B2 Atmospheric lid with rigid plate for carousel processing chambers
Processing chambers including lid assemblies which form a volume above an injector assembly to decrease the deflection of the injector assembly as a result of the pressure differential between the processing side of the injector assembly and the atmospheric side of the injector assembly.
US10508334B2 Slotted seal plates and slotted preforms for chemical vapor deposition densification
A method of making a fibrous part is provided. The method may comprise forming a porous structure with an annular geometry. A first entrance channel and a second entrance channel may be formed with the entrance channels defined by a surface of the preform. The entrance channels may also extend in a radial direction from an inner diameter of the annular porous structure partially across the surface. An exit channel may be formed between the entrance channels and defined by the surface. The exit channel may extend in a radial direction from an outer diameter of the annular porous structure partially across the surface.
US10508327B2 Mold steel and mold
The present invention relates to a mold steel having a composition including, in terms of mass %: 0.220%≤C≤0.360%; 0.65%≤Si<1.05%; 0.43%≤Mn≤0.92%; 0.43%≤Ni≤0.92%; 0.67%≤0.5Mn+Ni≤1.30%; 10.50%≤Cr<12.50%; 0.05%≤Mo<0.50%; 0.002%≤V<0.50%; 0.001%≤N≤0.160%; and 0.300%≤C+N≤0.420%, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities.
US10508325B2 Corrosion-resistant aluminum alloy for heat exchanger
An extrudable aluminum alloy for a micro channel and round tube heat exchanger application including silicon in an amount that ranges between 0.15 and 0.30 wt %, iron in an amount that is less than or equal to 0.15 wt %, manganese in amount that ranges between 0.50 and 0.90 wt %, zinc in amount of no greater than 0.03 wt %, copper in amount of no greater than 0.03 wt %, and nickel in an amount of no greater than 0.01 wt %.
US10508324B2 Thermoelectric conversion material and thermoelectric conversion module
A thermoelectric conversion material having excellent thermoelectric performance over a wide temperature range, and a thermoelectric conversion module providing excellent junctions between thermoelectric conversion materials and electrodes. An R-T-M-X-N thermoelectric conversion material has a structure expressed by the following formula: RrTt-mMmXx-nNn (0≤r≤1, 3≤t−m≤5, 0≤m≤0.5, 10≤x≤15, 0≤n≤2), where R represents three or more elements selected from the group consisting of rare earth elements, alkali metal elements, alkaline-earth metal elements, group 4 elements, and group 13 elements, T represents at least one element selected from Fe and Co, M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ru, Os, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, and Au, X represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of P, As, Sb, and Bi, and N represents at least one element selected from Se and Te.
US10508323B2 Method and apparatus for securing bodies using shape memory materials
A tool for forming or servicing a wellbore includes a first body, a second body, and a retaining member located between a surface of the first body and a surface of the second body. The retaining member at least partially retains the second body with respect to the first body. The retaining member comprises a shape memory material configured to transform, responsive to application of a stimulus, from a first solid phase to a second solid phase. A method of forming a tool for forming or servicing a wellbore includes disposing a retaining member comprising a shape memory material in a space between a first body and a second body and transforming the shape memory material from a first solid phase to a second solid phase by application of a stimulus to cause the retaining member to create a mechanical interference.
US10508321B2 Age hardenable dispersion strengthened aluminum alloys
Dispersion strengthened aluminum-cerium-manganese alloys containing from about 0.05 to about 23.0 weight percent cerium and about 0.03 to about 9.5 weight percent manganese exhibit mechanical properties that make them useful alloys as a result of age hardening for extended periods at temperatures between 350° C. (662° F.) and 450° C. (842° F.).
US10508320B2 Process for recovering primary metal residue from a metal-containing composition
A process for recovering metal value-containing precipitates in consistently high concentrations from a metal-containing composition by combining selective roasting and leaching steps.
US10508319B1 Method and system for producing low carbon ferrochrome from chromite ore and low carbon ferrochrome produced thereby
A method and system for recovering a high yield of low carbon ferrochrome from chromite and low carbon ferrochrome produced by the method. A stoichiometric mixture of feed materials including scrap aluminum granules, lime, silica sand, and chromite ore are provided into a plasma arc furnace. The scrap aluminum granules are produced from used aluminum beverage containers. The feed materials are heated, whereupon the aluminum in the aluminum granules produces an exothermic reaction reducing the chromium oxide and iron oxide in the chromite to produce molten low carbon ferrochrome with molten slag floating thereon. The molten low carbon ferrochrome is extracted, solidified and granulated into granules of low carbon ferrochrome. The molten slag is extracted, solidified and granulated into granules of slag.
US10508310B2 Method of predicting a response to an anti-tumor treatment
The invention provides an in vitro method for determining the likelihood for a patient affected with a tumor to respond to a treatment with a pro-apoptotic peptide able to disrupt interaction between caspase 9 and PP2A, which method comprises determining expression level of at least each of VIM, MK167, TCF7L2, NEK2, BIRC5, MCL1, and PLK1 genes, in a biological sample of said patient.
US10508302B2 Control preparation for fish methods in microbiology
The invention relates to a control preparation (e.g. comprising microorganism control cells embedded in a cold polymerising resin or plastic) for use in a method for detection of a target microorganism in microbiological pathology, comprising a plurality of section bodies joint by a joining polymer, wherein each section body comprises a matrix polymer (e.g. a cold polymerising resin or plastic). A first section body comprises a nucleic acid sequence specific for the target microorganism (e.g. microorganism cells used as positive control). A second section body comprises a second nucleic acid sequence, which in comparison to said first nucleic acid sequence, contains a deletion, an additional nucleoside or a different nucleoside in one, two, three or four positions of said second nucleic acid sequence and which does not hybridize to said first nucleic acid sequence under stringent conditions (e.g. cells from a related microorganism having 1-4 mismatches as compared to the target region of a FISH probe for the target microorganism). The invention further relates to methods for detection and discrimination of two microorganism species of the same genus in tissue sections, and to kits for use in this method.
US10508297B2 Method for immobilization of glucuronidase enzymes for the detection of products derived from glucuronide compounds
The present invention provides an insoluble enzymatic reagent for detecting products derived from glucuronide metabolites in a sample, containing an enzyme with glucuronidase activity immobilized on a resin comprising a polysaccharide modified with chemical groups, and optionally a cationic polymer. Additionally, it provides methods for preparing said enzymatic reagent and for detecting derivatives of glucuronide metabolites in a sample, using said reagent.
US10508296B2 Enzymatic circuits for molecular sensors
In various embodiments a molecular circuit is disclosed. The circuit comprises a negative electrode, a positive electrode spaced apart from the negative electrode, and an enzyme molecule conductively attached to both the positive and negative electrodes to form a circuit having a conduction pathway through the enzyme. In various examples, the enzyme is a polymerase. The circuit may further comprise molecular arms used to wire the enzyme to the electrodes. In various embodiments, the circuit functions as a sensor, wherein electrical signals, such as changes to voltage, current, impedance, conductance, or resistance in the circuit, are measured as substrates interact with the enzyme.
US10508294B2 Assays and other reactions involving droplets
The present invention generally relates to droplets and/or emulsions, such as multiple emulsions. In some cases, the droplets and/or emulsions may be used in assays, and in certain embodiments, the droplet or emulsion may be hardened to form a gel. In some aspects, a heterogeneous assay can be performed using a gel. For example, a droplet may be hardened to form a gel, where the droplet contains a cell, DNA, or other suitable species. The gel may be exposed to a reactant, and the reactant may interact with the gel and/or with the cell, DNA, etc., in some fashion. For example, the reactant may diffuse through the gel, or the hardened particle may liquefy to form a liquid state, allowing the reactant to interact with the cell. As a specific example, DNA contained within a gel particle may be subjected to PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification, e.g., by using PCR primers able to bind to the gel as it forms. As the DNA is amplified using PCR, some of the DNA will be bound to the gel via the PCR primer. After the PCR reaction, unbound DNA may be removed from the gel, e.g., via diffusion or washing. Thus, a gel particle having bound DNA may be formed in one embodiment of the invention.
US10508291B2 Processing biomass
Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, microbial, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful products, such as food products and amino acids.
US10508290B2 Means and methods for methane production
A solid state fermentation process for producing methane, and a bioreactor and solid support for use in the process are disclosed.
US10508289B2 Rare-cutting endonucleases for efficient and specific targeting DNA sequences comprising highly repetitive motives
The present invention is in the field of genetic editing tools and methods of genetic engineering. It relates to the engineering of rare-cutting endonucleases designed to contract highly repetitive motives in chromosomes, which are at the origin of certain genetic diseases, in particular the so-called “triplet repeat diseases”, such as the Huntington disease. The invention encompasses the method for contracting the repetitive motives, the rare-cutting endonucleases for use to contract repetitive motives in a gene subjected to repeat disorder, the polynucleotides and vectors encoding thereof as well as the resulting pharmaceutical compositions.
US10508287B2 Method for regenerating T cells and applications thereof
The present invention relates to a method for inducing the transdifferentiation of B lymphoid cells into T lymphoid cells using transcription factor Hoxb5, and related products and applications thereof. The method of the present invention specifically comprises: introducing Hoxb5, a nucleic acid molecule encoding Hoxb5 or a construct comprising the nucleic acid molecule into the B lymphoid cells to obtain the B lymphoid cells with overexpressed Hoxb5; then implanting the obtained B lymphoid cells into the body of a subject to obtain regenerated T cell progenitor cells by way of transdifferentiation, and then the T cell progenitor cells differentiate into mature T cells with functions. The regenerated T cells obtained using the method of the present invention are not only functionally normal, but also show no risk of tumorigenesis or extremely low risk of tumorigenesis.
US10508286B2 Method of detecting and/or identifying adeno-associated virus (AAV) sequences and isolating novel sequences identified thereby
Adeno-associated virus rh.20 sequences, vectors containing same, and methods of use are provided.
US10508279B2 Recombinant Escherichia coli for high efficiency production of fructosylated chondroitin and method for making thereof
The present invention relates to the field of biotechnology engineering. It provides a recombinant Escherichia coli that can produce fructosylated chondroitin with high yields and the method for constructing the recombinant strain. The present invention discloses a method for constructing an expression plasmid pETM6R1-RBS-glmM-GGGS-glmS that contains a glmM and a glmS gene under regulation of ribosome binding sites. The recombinant plasmid was transformed into E. coli K4 to obtain a recombinant E. coli strain ZQ33 that can produce fructosylated chondroitin up to 3.99 g·L−1 by fed-batch fermentation in a 5-L fermentor, which was increased by 108.90% compared to that of the wild type strain.
US10508277B2 Chemically modified multifunctional short interfering nucleic acid molecules that mediate RNA interference
The present invention relates to a multifunctional short interfering nucleic acid (siNA) having a structure of Formula MF-III: wherein each X, X′, Y, and Y′ is independently an oligonucleotide of length about 15 nucleotides to about 50 nucleotides; X comprises a nucleotide sequence that is complementary to a nucleotide sequence present in region Y′; X′ comprises a nucleotide sequence that is complementary to a nucleotide sequence present in region Y; one or more of X, X′, Y, and Y′ is independently complementary to a first, second, third, or fourth target sequence, respectively, or a portion thereof; and W represents a nucleotide or non-nucleotide linker that connects sequences Y′ and Y, wherein the siNA directs cleavage of the first, second, third, and/or fourth target sequence via RNA interference.
US10508274B2 Protein and peptide libraries
Provided herein are, inter alia, methods for linking an mRNA molecule to a polypeptide (e.g., a peptide or a protein) by linking the mRNA molecule to a linking amino acid in the polypeptide, or by linking the mRNA molecule to a linking tRNA to which the polypeptide is attached, via reactions not catalyzed by the ribosome, and methods for making polypeptide libraries. Also provided are mRNA-protein complexes and mRNA-tRNA-protein complexes, libraries containing these complexes, and methods of using these complexes.
US10508273B2 Methods for identifying selective binding pairs
The present disclosure methods for identifying binding partners using cell surface display libraries, where the cells of the library display engineered peptides on their cell surfaces for identification of peptides that bind to targets of interest. The engineered peptides are preferably expressed in the cells under conditions that provide both secretion and display of the engineered peptides on the cell surfaces, thus providing access of the engineered peptides to identify potential binding pairs. The cell libraries cab be engineered using an automated editing system that provides for one or more targeted edits per cell.
US10508269B2 Polypeptide having a polyester degrading activity and uses thereof
The present invention relates to a new isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 99% or 100% identity to the full length amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, and having a polyester degrading activity, and uses thereof.
US10508267B2 Mutant 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase from alcaligenes faecalis as well as methods and uses involving the same
The present disclosure relates to a mutant 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (3-HBDH) with improved performance relative to the wild-type 3-HBDH, a nucleic acid encoding the mutant 3-HBDH, a cell having the mutant 3-HBDH or the nucleic acid, and/or a method of determining the amount or concentration of 3-hydroxybutyrate in a sample. Also disclosed is the use of the mutant 3-HBDH for determining the amount or concentration of 3-hydroxybutyrate in a sample, and a device for determining the amount or concentration of 3-hydroxybutyrate in a sample.
US10508266B2 Method for the prevention and/or the biological control of bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, via the use of bacteriophages suitable for this purpose and compositions thereof
A method is for prevention and/or biological control of wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, by use of suitable bacteriophages. In addition a method uses the structural characterisation, genome sequence and activity of three specific lytic bacteriophages of R. solanacearum. Podovirus presents an elevated stability between 4° C. and 30° C. in an aqueous medium in the absence of a host. As a result of the high level of stability, lytic activity, elevated specificity towards R. solanacearum and the absence of activity against the microbiota associated with the plants to be protected, bacteriophages are used for the biological control of R. solanacearum in river courses and irrigation water, as well as in a method for preventing and/or controlling the wilt produced by the bacteria, in which at least one of the bacteriophages, or combinations thereof, are delivered to the plants and/or the soil in the irrigation water.
US10508262B1 Activation of immune cells
Bone marrow containers are described herein. Separation systems for separating activated immune cells from other components are described herein. Methods of activating an immune cell are described herein.
US10508259B2 Method for rapid maturation of distilled spirits using light, heat, and negative pressure processes
An improved system and process for rapidly producing distilled spirits having characteristics associated with a much longer maturation process is provided. The method involves contacting wood with an unmatured distilled spirit under heated conditions and contacting the resulting heat-treated spirit with actinic light. The disclosure provides embodiments where a spirit is sequentially processed through heat and actinic light treatment. The disclosure also provides embodiments where a heat-treated spirit is mixed with a spirit that has been separately treated with light to give characteristics of a mature spirit. Air may also be percolated through a mature spirit in a container with a headspace at a gauge pressure between about −25 inHg and about −30 inHg, until the alcohol concentration of the mature spirit is reduced by between about 1% to about 2% by volume, and until the total volume of the mature spirit is reduced by about 10% or less.
US10508257B2 Beverage-making apparatus
A beverage making apparatus includes a fermentation tank assembly including a fermentation tank having an opening formed therein, a fermentation tank cover covering the opening, and a heat exchange element arranged in contact with the fermentation tank. The beverage making apparatus also includes a first channel including a first end that is connected to the fermentation tank assembly; and a second end connected to: a second channel connected to a water tank, and a third channel connected to a dispenser of the beverage making apparatus.
US10508253B2 Process for preparing polyurea microcapsules with improved deposition
The present invention relates to a process for producing perfume- or flavor-containing polyurea microcapsules with improved deposition of encapsulated actives on targeted surfaces such as fiber, hair and skin, which can be used in home or personal care products, as well as to microcapsules obtainable by such a process and consumer products comprising these microcapsules.
US10508252B2 Photolabile acetal and ketal compounds for the controlled release of active volatile carbonyl compounds
A method for releasing one or more active volatile aldehydes or ketones from a delivery system based on photosensitive acetal or ketal compounds capable of liberating upon exposure to light an active volatile carbonyl compound in a controlled manner from a surface into the surrounding environment. The delivery system can be used to release active substances such as flavors, fragrances, malodor counteractants, insect attractants or insect repellents. The invention also relates to the use of such acetal or ketal compounds in perfumery, as well as in perfuming compositions or perfumed consumer articles.
US10508247B2 Process of maximizing production of chemical raw materials by gaseous phase catalytic cracking crude oil with multi-stages in milliseconds in combination with hydrogenation
The invention provides a process of maximizing production of chemical raw materials by gaseous phase catalytic cracking crude oil with multi-stages in milliseconds in combination with hydrogenation, comprising: a high-efficiency atomizing nozzle sprays the preheated crude oil into an upper portion of the downflow modification reaction tube, the produced oil mist is mixed with a high temperature heat carrier flowing downward from a first return controller for pyrolysis in milliseconds and then the pyrolysis products are subject to a gas-solid separation; the coked heat carrier obtained by the separation enters into a modification regeneration reactor to conduct a regeneration reaction, the obtained high temperature heat carrier returns to a top of the downflow reaction tube to participate in circulation, the regeneration gas is subject to heat exchange and then output; the high temperature oil and gas produced by the pyrolysis reaction directly flow into the millisecond cracking reactor and conduct a cracking reaction with the regenerated cracking catalyst and subject to a gas-solid separation; then the cracking catalyst to be regenerated enters the crack regeneration reactor and performs a regeneration reaction and then are subject to a gas-solid separation, the obtained high temperature crack catalyst passes through a second return controller and flows into the millisecond cracking reactor to participate the circulation reaction, the obtained flue gas is subject to heat exchange and then output; the cracked oil and gas produced by the cracking reaction enter into a fractionation tower for separation, thereby obtain the cracked gas, gasoline fraction, diesel fraction, recycle oil and oil slurry; furthermore, the diesel fraction, recycle oil and oil slurry are subject to saturation or open-ring in a hydrogenation reactor, return and mix with crude oil such that the mixture is used as a raw material.
US10508246B2 Integrated process for in-situ organic peroxide production and oxidative heteroatom conversion
An oxidative treatment process, e.g., oxidative desulfurization or denitrification, is provided in which the oxidant is produced in-situ using an aromatic-rich portion of the original liquid hydrocarbon feedstock. The process reduces or replaces the need for the separate introduction of liquid oxidants such as hydrogen peroxide, organic peroxide and organic hydroperoxide in an oxidative treatment process.
US10508244B2 Method for removing nitrogen from a hydrocarbon-rich fraction
A method of obtaining a liquefied hydrocarbon-rich fraction (product fraction) having a nitrogen content of ≤1 mol %, wherein the hydrocarbon-rich fraction is liquefied and subcooled with a refrigeration circuit and then subjected to a rectificative removal of nitrogen is disclosed.
US10508242B2 Vapor phase hydrocarbon extraction of oil from oil sand
This invention provides a process for producing a crude oil composition from oil sand using a solvent comprised of a hydrocarbon mixture to extract or remove only a portion of the bitumen on the oil sand. The solvent type and the manner by which the extraction process is carried out has substantial impact on the quality of the extracted oil component. The solvent is designed so that it has the desired Hansen solubility parameters that enable the partial extraction of the desired oil composition. The solvent is further designed so that it can be comprised of multiple hydrocarbons having the appropriate boiling point ranges that enable the solvent to be easily recovered and recycle, without the need to externally provide for solvent make-up.
US10508241B2 Recovery of hydrocarbon diluent from tailings
A method for recovering hydrocarbon diluent from tailings comprising bitumen, particulate solids, hydrocarbon diluent and water, is provided comprising introducing the tailings into a high pressure stripping vessel operating at a pressure greater than 100 kPa; and introducing a stripping gas into the high pressure stripping vessel to strip the hydrocarbon diluent and water from the tailings and form a stripped tailings pool at the bottom of the vessel.
US10508240B2 Integrated thermal processing for mesophase pitch production, asphaltene removal, and crude oil and residue upgrading
A method for producing mesophase pitch includes the steps of flushing a vessel with an at least substantially inert gas to remove air and oxygen from the vessel; charging the vessel with a hydrocarbon feed; pressurizing the vessel to an initial increased pressure; heating the vessel to a pre-determined temperature; and maintaining the vessel at the pre-determined temperature for an amount of time operable to upgrade the hydrocarbon feed to a product comprising mesophase pitch.
US10508238B2 Halogen-free solid flame retardant mixture and use thereof
A halogen-free flame retardant mixture containing between 1-99 wt. % of a component A and between 1-99 wt. % of a component B. Component A comprises between 85-99.995 wt.-% of a solid diethylphosphinic acid salt of the metals Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, SN, Ge, Ti, Fe, Zr, Zn, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na, K and/or a protonated nitrogen base and between 0.005-15 wt.-% of non-combustible additives and component B is in the form of an aluminum phosphite.
US10508236B2 Wavelength converting material for a light emitting device
Embodiments of the invention include a luminescent structure including an InxZnyP core, wherein 0
US10508235B2 Fluoride phosphors and light emitting devices using the same
Provided is a fluoride phosphor having a composition represented by the general formula (1): A2SiF6:Mn4+  (1) in which A represents at least one alkali metal comprising at least K. The fluoride phosphor has a ratio (A1/A2) of an area (A1) of a spectrum in a range of from 637 eV or more to less than 645 eV in XPS measurement to an area (A2) of a spectrum in a range of from 682.8 eV or more to less than 690 eV in XPS measurement, of 0.0008 to 0.0025.
US10508234B2 Manufacturing, utilization, and antifouling coating of hydroxyl-covered silicon quantum dot nanoparticle
A hydroxyl-covered silicon quantum dot nanoparticle having a silicon core, a plurality of silicon quantum dots, and a plurality of hydrocarbon chains is illustrated. A first portion of a surface associated with the silicon core is passivated by a plurality of silicon hydroxyl groups (Si—OH). The silicon quantum dots are attached to a second portion of the surface associated with the silicon core. The hydrocarbon chains are bonded to each of the silicon quantum dots through a plurality of silicon carbide bonds (Si—C), wherein each termination of the hydrocarbon chains has a carbon hydroxyl group (C—OH), such that the hydroxyl-covered silicon quantum dot nanoparticle is thoroughly covered by the carbon hydroxyl groups (C—OH) and the silicon hydroxyl groups (Si—OH).
US10508233B1 Mixed compound organic glass scintillators
A mixed compound glass scintillator includes a first compound and a second compound. The first compound has a Tg greater than 25° C., is organic, is capable of generating luminescence in the presence of ionizing radiation. The first compound includes a central species and a luminescent organic group bonded to the central species or to an optional organic linker group. The central species is selected from the group consisting of: carbon, silicon, and tin. The optional organic linker group, if present, is bonded to the central species and the luminescent organic group. The second compound also has a Tg greater than 25° C. The first and second compound are mixed and melted to form a glass material.
US10508231B2 Attrition resistant proppant composite and its composition matters
A hydraulic fracturing and gravel packing proppant composite with protectant on the surface of the proppant and the composition matters of the protectant and proppant. The surface protectant reduces the generation of dust/fines from the proppant caused by abrasion and impingement during transportation and conveyance, particularly pneumatic transfer.
US10508229B2 Crosslinked polymers including sulfonic acid groups or salts or esters thereof as viscosifiers and fluid loss additives for subterranean treatment
Various embodiments disclosed relate to crosslinked polymers including sulfonic acid groups or salts or esters thereof as viscosifiers and fluid loss additives for subterranean treatment. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation. The method includes placing in a subterranean formation a composition including a crosslinked viscosifier polymer including an ethylene repeating unit including an —S(O)2OR1 group wherein at each occurrence R1 is independently chosen from —H, substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C20)hydrocarbyl, and a counterion.
US10508224B2 Easily peelable adhesive tape, article, and method for disassembling article
[Object] An object of the present invention is to provide an easily peelable adhesive tape that has a good peel adhesive strength when attached to an adherend and that can be easily peeled after being irradiated with active energy rays.[Solution] The present invention is directed to an easily peelable adhesive tape that has, on at least one surface of a base material, an active energy ray-curable layer having a storage modulus (G′a25) of less than 1.0×106 Pa as measured at a temperature of 25° C. and a frequency of 1.0 Hz and has an adhesive layer on the surface side of the active energy ray-curable layer.
US10508223B2 Easy-tear sticker and protective film assembly
An easy-tear sticker and a protective film assembly are provided. The easy-tear sticker includes: a main body layer and a first adhesive layer, the main body layer includes an attaching part and a tearing part, and the first adhesive layer is disposed on the attaching part, the attaching part includes a first attaching area and a second attaching area, a shape of the first attaching area is a right-angle triangle, and a shape of the second attaching area is a strip; the tearing part is connected to the attaching part by a first right-angle side of the right-angle triangle, and the tearing part is configured to be folded toward the attaching part along the first right-angle side, so as to cover a surface of the attaching part facing away from the first adhesive layer.
US10508221B2 Aqueous low abrasive silica slurry and amine carboxylic acid compositions for use in shallow trench isolation and methods of making and using them
The present invention provides aqueous chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing compositions comprising one or more dispersions of colloidal silica particles having a zeta potential of from +5 to +50 mV and having one or more aminosilane group, preferably, elongated, bent or nodular colloidal silica particles, or, more preferably, such particles which contain a cationic nitrogen atom, and at least one amine heterocycle carboxylic acid having an isolectric point (pI) of from 2.5 to 5, preferably, from 3 to 4. The compositions have a pH of from 2.5 to 5.3. Preferably, the amine heterocycle carboxylic acid is an amine-containing heterocyclic monocarboxylic acid, such as nicotinic acid, picolinic acid, or isonicotinic acid. The compositions enable enhanced oxide:nitride removal rate ratios.
US10508213B2 Aqueous dispersion of keto-functionalized polymer particles and polymer beads
The present invention relates to a composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of polymer particles and crosslinked polymer beads that are each functionalized with keto groups, and a diamine or dihydrazide crosslinking agent. The dispersions of the present invention are useful in coatings applications.
US10508207B2 Compositions including a high molecular weight acid suitable for conductive polymer formation on dielectric substrate
The invention relates to a composition and a process for the deposition of conductive polymers on dielectric substrates. In particular, the invention relates to a composition for the formation of electrically conductive polymers on the surface of a dielectric substrate, the composition comprising at least one polymerizable monomer which is capable to form a conductive polymer, an emulsifier and an acid, characterized in that the composition comprises at least one metal-ion selected from the group consisting of lithium-ions, sodium-ions, aluminum-ions, beryllium-ions, bismuth-ions, boron-ions, indium-ions and alkyl imidazolium-ions. The acid is typically a high molecular weight polymeric acid having molecular weight of at least 500,000 Da including, for example, polystyrene sulfonic acid having a molecular weight of approximately 1,000,000 Da.
US10508202B2 Nanosilica coating for retarding dew formation
The present disclosure relates to silica nanoparticle coatings and articles, such as in particular retro-reflective devices, bearing silica nanoparticle coatings thereon. The present disclosure is also directed to a method for retarding dew formation on the surface of an article, in particular an article comprising a retro-reflective support.
US10508201B2 Methods for manufacturing azoic pigments
A method for manufacturing an azoic pigment is disclosed, according to an illustrative embodiment of the present invention. The method includes producing slurry of the azoic pigment. The slurry includes primary aromatic amine (PAA). The method further includes the derivatization of the residual PAA in the slurry, followed by encapsulation of the slurry. The slurry is acidified or basified. Finally, the slurry is further processed, thereby forming PAA migration free azoic pigment. The derivatization and encapsulation additively or synergistically reduce the PAA content thereby inhibiting migration of PAA from the pigment into a substrate onto which the pigment is loaded.
US10508191B2 Flame-retardant polycarbonate resin composition, sheet and film each using same, and method for producing said sheet or film
The present invention provides: a polycarbonate resin composition which contains 18-75% by mass of (A) a polycarbonate resin having a viscosity average molecular weight of 28,000-60,000, 5-30% by mass of (B) a phosphorus flame retardant, 18-50% by mass of (C) a fibrous or plate-like inorganic filler, and 0.1-2% by mass of (D) a fluoropolymer; and a sheet and a film, each of which uses this polycarbonate resin composition.
US10508190B2 Polyester resin composition and molded article manufactured therefrom
Disclosed herein is a polyester resin composition and a molded article manufactured therefrom. The polyester resin composition includes: (A) a polyester resin; (B) a white pigment; and (C) a reflectance retention agent comprising an inorganic compound having a pH of about 7.5 to about 14.
US10508180B2 Method for producing fibre composites from amorphous, chemically modified polymers
The invention relates to a method for producing thermoplastic fibre composites made from a thermoplastic matrix (M) comprising a thermoplastic moulding compound (A) and reinforcing fibres (B). Said method has technical advantages when it comprises the following steps: i) a flat structure (F) made of reinforcing fibres (B) is provided, ii) the flat structure (F) is introduced into a matrix M, iii) functional groups of the matrix are reacted with polar groups of the reinforcing fibres (B), iv) the fibre composite materials is consolidated.
US10508179B2 Thermoplastic vulcanizate prepared with oil-extended, bimodal metallocene-synthesized EPDM
A process for producing a thermoplastic vulcanizate, the process comprising: (i) charging a reactor with an oil-extended olefinic copolymer rubber, where the rubber is synthesized by a single-site catalyst, characterized by a multi-modal molecular weight distribution, and includes greater than 10 parts by weight extender oil per 100 parts by weight rubber; (ii) charging the reactor, contemporaneously or sequentially with respect to the rubber, with a thermoplastic resin, an oil, and a cure system to provide a pre-vulcanized mixture; and (iii) mixing the rubber, thermoplastic resin, oil, and cure system at a temperature above the melt temperature of the thermoplastic resin to thereby cause dynamic vulcanization of the rubber and produce the thermoplastic vulcanizate.
US10508172B2 Binder
The present invention relates to binder compositions with an improved amine component, and a method of manufacturing a collection of matter bound by said binder compositions.
US10508169B2 Curable resin and producing process therefor
A curable resin obtained by reacting a polybasic anhydride with a reaction product of an epoxy resin with a phenol compound having an alcoholic hydroxyl group and an unsaturated monobasic acid, wherein an epoxy resin having a softening point of 93° C. or higher is used as the epoxy resin.
US10508165B2 Olefin-based polymer
The present invention provides an olefin-based polymer which satisfies the following conditions of (1) to (4) and is capable of exhibiting improved impact strength without degrading mechanical properties such as tensile strength:(1) density (d): from 0.850 to 0.910 g/cc, (2) melting index (MI, 190° C., 2.16 kg load conditions): from 0.1 to 100 g/10 min, (3) molecular weight distribution (MWD): from 1.5 to 3.0, and (4) two peaks are shown in a temperature range of −20° C. to 120° C. when taking measurements of temperature rising elution fractionation (TREF), and a relation of T(90)−T(50)≥60° C. is satisfied (where T(90) is a temperature at which 90 wt % of the olefin-based polymer is eluted, and T(50) is a temperature at which 50 wt % of the olefin-based polymer is eluted).
US10508163B2 Conjugated diene polymer and modified conjugated diene polymer produced using the same, rubber composition for tire, and rubber composition for rubber belt
A conjugated diene polymer having a high content of cis-1,4-structures with a high activity, a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer using the same, a rubber composition for a tire, and a rubber composition for a rubber belt. Described are a catalyst for a conjugated diene polymerization including: a non-metallocene type gadolinium compound (A) represented by the general formula (1); an ionic compound (B) formed of a non-coordinating anion and a cation; and an organic metal compound (C) of an element selected from the group consisting of a group 2, a group 12, and a group 13 of the periodic table, a conjugated diene polymer and a modified conjugated diene polymer obtained using the same, a rubber composition for a tire, and a rubber composition for a rubber belt.
US10508162B2 Polymer compound for conductive polymer and method for producing same
A polymer compound for a conductive polymer contains one or more kinds of repeating units “a” represented by the following general formula (1) and has a weight average molecular weight in the range of 1,000 to 500,000, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; Rf1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl group, and has at least one fluorine atom or a trifluoromethyl group in Rf1; Z1 represents a single bond, an arylene group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms or —C(═O)—O—R2—; R2 represents a linear, branched or cyclic alkylene group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms or an alkenylene group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and may have an ether group, a carbonyl group or an ester group in R2; and “a” is 0
US10508161B2 Modified hydrocarbon resin, method for producing the resin, and hot-melt adhesive composition
Provided are a modified hydrocarbon resin that can provide a hot-melt adhesive composition with low odor, low Gardner color and high peel adhesion, a method for producing the resin, and the hot-melt adhesive composition. A modified hydrocarbon resin comprising a 1,3-pentadiene monomer unit, a C4-C6 alicyclic monoolefin monomer unit, a C4-C8 acyclic monoolefin monomer unit, an alicyclic diolefin monomer unit, and an aromatic monoolefin monomer unit, and containing a carboxyl group or acid anhydride group, wherein a weight average molecular weight (Mw), a Z average molecular weight (Mz), a ratio (Mz/Mw), a Gardner color scale of a 50 mass % toluene solution, a softening point, and an acid value are in specific ranges.
US10508154B2 Process and methods for efficient manufacturing of highly pure asymmetric antibodies in mammalian cells
The present invention provides a process and methods for producing asymmetric antibodies in a mammalian expression system. The asymmetric antibodies are transiently or stably expressed and in cells that stably express the asymmetric antibody, following a rapid 2-step process of stable pool to clone, a highly pure asymmetric antibody expressing clone can be identified at a success frequency that permits for screening of tens of clones rather than thousands. The asymmetric antibodies are produced at a high titre and with a high level of purity with no contaminating homodimer antibodies following protein A purification with a step yield of near 100%. Typical downstream purification processes employ standard hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) and/or cation exchange (CEX) resins and the antibody is stable within a wide dynamic range of buffer pH (4-8) and within the requirements for manufacturing antibodies for pre-clinical and clinical applications.
US10508151B2 Anti-transferrin receptor antibodies and methods of use
The present invention relates to anti-transferrin receptor antibodies and methods of their use.
US10508150B2 Methods to impair hematologic cancer progenitor cells and compounds related thereto
Primitive or progenitor hematologic cancer cells have been implicated in the early stages and development of leukemia and malignant lymphoproliferative disorders, including acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and chronic lymphoid leukemia (CLL). Interleukin-3 receptor alpha chain (IL-3Rα or CD123) is strongly expressed on progenitor hematologic cancer cells, but is virtually undetectable on normal bone marrow cells. The present invention provides methods of impairing progenitor hematologic cancer (e.g., leukemia and lymphomic) cells by selectively targeting cells expressing CD123. These methods are useful in the detection and treatment of leukemias and malignant lymphoproliferative disorders. Also provided are compounds useful for selectively binding to CD123 and impairing progenitor hematologic cancer cells. These compounds may include cytotoxic moieties such as, for example, radioisotopes or chemotherapeutics.
US10508149B2 Antibodies directed against T cell immunoglobulin and mucin protein 3 (TIM-3)
The invention relates to an isolated immunoglobulin heavy chain polypeptide and an isolated immunoglobulin light chain polypeptide that bind to a protein encoded by the T Cell Immunoglobulin and Mucin Protein-3 (HM-3). The invention provides a TIM-3-binding agent that comprises the aforementioned immunoglobulin heavy chain polypeptide and immunoglobulin light chain polypeptide. The invention also provides related vectors, compositions, and methods of using the TIM-3-binding agent to treat a disorder or disease that is responsive to TIM-3 inhibition, such as cancer, an infectious disease, or an autoimmune disease.
US10508143B1 Compositions and methods for treatment of cancer
Compositions, e.g., compositions comprising cellular therapeutics and/or protein therapeutics, and methods of using such compositions for treating cancer are described.
US10508142B2 Pharmaceutical compound
The present invention relates to compounds comprising a quaternary ammonium group, their use in skin diseases, and their preparation.
US10508138B2 Polypeptide capable of binding to vascular endothelial growth factor, and use thereof
The present disclosure relates to a novel polypeptide capable of binding specifically to vascular endothelial growth factor, a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide, a vector comprising the polynucleotide, a recombinant microorganism including the expression vector, a method of producing the polypeptide using the recombinant microorganism, a composition for treating or preventing age-related macular degeneration or cancer, which comprises the polypeptide, and a method for preventing or treating age-related macular degeneration or cancer, which comprises administering the composition for treating or preventing age-related macular degeneration or cancer, which comprises the polypeptide. The disclosed polypeptide is capable of binding to vascular endothelial growth factor to inhibit the activity thereof, and thus can be widely used as an agent for treating and preventing various diseases associated with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).
US10508136B2 Peptides and compositions for prevention of cell adhesion and methods of using same
Compositions comprising an isolated peptide, which may for example optionally comprise a sequence selected from the group consisting of FDYDWY (SEQ ID NO: 2), SFSQNKSVHSFDYDWYNVSDQADLKN (SEQ ID NO: 3) or CSFSQNKSVHSFDYDWYNVSDQADLKNC (SEQ ID NO: 1), or any cyclized version thereof, and methods of using same, including for treatment of or prevention of formation of microbial biofilms and against adhesion of a cell to a surface.
US10508133B2 Purification of proteins
This application relates to methods for purification of proteins such as antibodies using a hydrophilic polymer (e.g., PEG), a fatty acid (e.g., caprylic acid), and/or another agent (e.g., calcium chloride).
US10508132B2 Method for producing aerobic-type single cell protein using the autolysis process
A method for producing aerobic-type single cell protein using the autolysis process, comprising the following steps: precipitation and concentration, centrifugal dewatering, drying, sterilization, smashing and packaging. The materials with moisture content of 78%˜85% after centrifugal dewatering are dried after the autolysis. The present invention and its products employ the autolysis process. During the autolysis, macromolecular nutrients and cell walls are decomposed by autolytic enzymes, to produce high content of free amino acids, free nucleotides; besides, cell wall polysaccharides are decomposed and the cells produce permeability to ensure an active material can flow out of the cell which can be directly absorbed by animals.
US10508131B2 Cysteine analogs of exendin-4
Disclosed is a method for refolding a protein or peptide that does not contain essential disulfides and that contains at least one free cysteine residue. Also disclosed are polymer IFN-γ conjugates that have been created by the chemical coupling of polymers such as polyethylene glycol moieties to IFN-γ, particularly via a free cysteine in the protein. Also disclosed are analogs of bioactive peptides that may be used to create longer acting versions of the peptides, including analogs of glucagon, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), GLP-2, Gastric inhibitory peptide (GIP), PYY, exendin, ghrelin, gastrin, amylin, and oxyntomodulin.
US10508130B2 Crystalline polymorph of 15B-hydroxy-osaterone acetate
Provided is a crystalline polymorphic form A of 15β-hydroxy-osaterone acetate having an improved stability (storage stability, pulverization stability, and absorption characteristics). In a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum, characteristic diffraction peaks of the crystalline polymorphic form A of 15β-hydroxy-osaterone acetate appear at diffraction angles 2θ of 9.6°±0.2°, 17.1°±0.2°, and 20.2°±0.2°. The crystalline polymorphic form A has a melting point of 280 to 283° C. and is a prism crystal.
US10508129B2 Pharmaceutical targeting of a mammalian cyclic di-nucleotide signaling pathway
Cyclic-GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) and cyclic-GMP-AMP (cGAMP), including 2′3-cGAMP, 2′2-cGAMP, 3′2′-cGAMP and 3′3′-GAMP, are used in pharmaceutical formulations (including vaccine adjuvants), drug screens, therapies, and diagnostics.
US10508126B2 Bisphosphonates vinylic monomers and polymers and uses thereof
A compound or a polymer is claimed. A first formula can be wherein X is H, CH3, CN, phenyl, substituted phenyl, (CH2)mZ, or phenyl(CH2)mZ; T is O, N, S or NH; m equals 1 to 20; n equals 1-100; and Z is CN, NH2, Thiol, OH, or CO2H. The second formula is: wherein X is H, CH3, CN, phenyl, substituted phenyl, (CH2)mZ, or phenyl(CH2)mZ; and Z is CN, NH2, Thiol, OH, or CO2H. The third formula is wherein: R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently: H, CH3, OH, or a halogen.
US10508125B2 Method for preparing aminosilane-based compound
The present invention provides a novel method for preparing an aminosilane-based compound, by which an aminosilane-based compound used for preparing a modified and conjugated diene-based polymer which shows excellent affinity with an inorganic filler in a rubber composition and increases dispersibility, may be prepared in high purity and high yield.
US10508121B2 Cortistatin analogues and syntheses and uses thereof
Provided herein are compounds of Formula (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E), pharmaceutically acceptable salts, quaternary amine salts, and N-oxides thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds of Formula (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) are contemplated useful as therapeutics for treating a wide variety of conditions, e.g., including but not limited to, conditions associated with angiogenesis and with CDK8 and/or CDK19 kinase activity. Further provided are methods of inhibiting CDK8 and/or CDK19 kinase activity, methods of modulating the □-catenin pathway, methods of modulating STAT 1 activity, methods of modulating the TGFβ/BMP pathway, methods of modulating HIF-1-alpha activity in a cell, and methods of increasing BIM expression to induce apoptosis, using a compound of Formula (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E). Further provided are CDK8 and CDK19 point mutants and methods of use thereof.
US10508120B2 TYK2 inhibitors and uses thereof
The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same for the inhibition of TYK2, and the treatment of TYK2-mediated disorders.
US10508119B2 Pyrazole derivatives useful as 5-lipdxygenase activating protein (FLAP) inhibitors
The present application relates to novel compounds of formula (I) to their utility in treating and/or preventing clinical conditions including cardiovascular diseases (CVD), to methods for their therapeutic use, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to processes for preparing such compounds.
US10508114B2 Spiro-isoquinoline-4,4′-piperidine compounds having multimodal activity against pain
The present invention relates to compounds having dual pharmacological activity towards both the sigma (σ) receptor, and the μ-opiod receptor and more particularly to spiro-isoquinoline-4,4′-piperidine compounds having this pharmacological activity, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in therapy, in particular for the treatment of pain.
US10508113B2 Inhibitors of tyrosine kinase 2 mediated signaling
Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4a, R4b, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, nad n are as defined herein, pharmaeceutical compositions 2C X5, and n are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, and methods of preparation and use.
US10508111B2 6-[5-amino-6-(2-ethoxyethoxy)-imidazo[4,5-B]pyridin-3-yl]-nicotinonitrile derivatives and their use as IRAK inhibitors
The present invention discloses compounds according to Formula I: wherein R1, R2, and Cy are as defined herein. The present invention relates to compounds inhibiting IRAK family kinases, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treatment using the same, for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases and/or proliferative diseases by administering the compound of the invention.
US10508110B2 Process for preparing 1-(4-methanesulfonyl-2-trifluoromethyl-benzyl)-2-methyl-1H-pyrrolo [2,3-B]pyridin-3-yl-acetic acid
This invention relates to novel processes for synthesizing [1-(4-Methanesulfonyl-2-trifluoromethyl-benzyl)-2-methyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-3-yl]-acetic acid and to intermediates that are used in such processes.
US10508105B2 Indazole compounds as mGluR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction
Indazole compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease states associated with glutamate dysfunction.
US10508100B2 Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase inhibitor
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): The compound has apoptosis signal-regulating kinase (“ASK1”) inhibitory activity, and is thus useful in the treatment of diseases such as kidney disease, diabetic nephropathy and kidney fibrosis.
US10508096B2 Nicotine salts, co-crystals, and salt co-crystal complexes
The invention provides certain nicotine salt co-crystals and provides novel polymorphic forms of certain nicotine salts. In particular, certain nicotine salt-co-crystals are described, including nicotine and two different coformers. The invention further provides methods of preparation and characterization of nicotine salts, co-crystals, and salt co-crystals. In addition, tobacco products, including smoking articles, smokeless tobacco products, and electronic smoking articles comprising nicotine salts, co-crystals, and/or salt co-crystals are also provided.
US10508095B2 Method for producing antibiotic from pleosporaceae ulocladium
Fermentation processes that use fungi of the genus Ulocladium for producing novel compounds that include an 8- or 9-membered cyclic structure, wherein an (E)-1,4-dioxo-but-2-ene moiety is embedded in the cyclic structure. The compounds may be used as medicaments, in particular as medicaments for treating and preventing microbial infections, such as infections by multidrug resistant and/or Gram-positive bacteria.
US10508091B2 Piperazine and piperidine derivatives, their synthesis and use thereof in inhibiting VDAC oligomerization, apoptosis and mitochondria dysfunction
Provided herein piperazine and piperidine derivatives, their synthesis and use thereof in inhibiting VDAC oligomerization, apoptosis and mitochondria dysfunction. Also provided methods of treatment of diseases associated with said processes, e.g. Alzheimer's disease.
US10508089B2 Use of N-(1,3,4-Oxadiazol-2-yl)arylcarboxamides or their salts for controlling unwanted plants in areas of transgenic crop plants being tolerant to HPPD inhibitor herbicides
Use of N-(1,3,4-Oxadiazol-2-yl)arylcarboxamides of formula (I) or salts thereof with R, X, A, and Z having the meaning as defined in the description, for controlling unwanted plants in areas of transgenic crop plants being tolerant to HPPD inhibitor herbicides by containing one or more chimeric gene(s) comprising (I) a DNA sequence encoding hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) derived from a member of a group of organisms consisting of (a) Avena, (b) Pseudomonas, (c) Synechococcoideae, (d) Blepharismidae, (e) Pseudomonas, (f) Picrophilaceae, (g) Kordia, or (II) one or more mutated DNA sequences of HPPD encoding genes of the before defined organisms, preferably from Pseudomonas, or (III) one or more DNA sequences encoding mutated maize (Zea mays) or soybean (Glycine max) HPPD each being mutated as described in WO 2012/021785.
US10508088B2 Methods using HDAC11 inhibitors
The present invention provides methods and uses of inhibitors of histone deacetylase 11 (HDAC11) in the treatment of diseases and/or disorders, such as, for example, cell proliferative diseases.
US10508081B2 Intermediates and methods for synthesizing calicheamicin derivatives
The present invention relates to intermediates of Formula I and to methods of synthesizing and purifying calicheamicin derivatives.
US10508075B2 Process for preparation of trientine dihydrochloride
The present invention provides a process for preparation of trientine dihydrochloride (1) comprising reaction of protected triethylene tetramine with hydrochloric acid in an aqueous system to yield the dihydrochloride salt wherein the formation of inorganic impurities and undesired salts is controlled significantly.
US10508073B2 Method for preparing acetal carbonyl compound
The present application provides a method for preparing acetal carbonyl compound used as an intermediate for producing ethylene glycol, which comprises a step in which a raw material acetal and a raw gas carbon monoxide go through a reactor loaded with a catalyst containing an acidic microporous silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve, for carrying out a carbonylation reaction. In the method of the present invention, the conversion rate of the raw material acetal is high, and the selectivity of acetal carbonylation is high, and the catalyst life is long, and no additional solvent is needed in the reaction process, and the reaction condition is relatively mild, and the process is continuous, showing the potential for industrial application. Moreover, the product of acetal carbonyl compound can be used for producing ethylene glycol by hydrogenation followed by hydrolysis.
US10508071B2 Methoxycarbonylation with formic acid and methanol
Process for methoxycarbonylation with formic acid and methanol.
US10508069B2 Acid/salt separation
The invention provides a method for preparing a carboxylic acid, which method includes the steps of providing magnesium carboxylate, wherein the carboxylic acid corresponding with the carboxylate has a solubility in water at 20° C. of 80 g/100 g water or less; acidifying the magnesium carboxylate with HCl, thereby obtaining a solution comprising carboxylic acid and magnesium chloride (MgCl2); optionally a concentration step, wherein the solution comprising carboxylic acid and MgCl2 is concentrated; precipitating the carboxylic acid from the solution comprising the carboxylic acid and MgCl2, thereby obtaining a carboxylic acid precipitate and a MgCl2 solution.
US10508067B2 Process for dehydrohalogenation of halogenated alkanes
A process for the manufacture of halogenated olefins in semi-batch mode by dehydrohalogenation of halogenated alkanes in the presence of an aqueous base such as KOH which simultaneously neutralizes the resulting hydrogen halide. During the process, aqueous base is continuously added to the haloalkane which results in better yields, lower by-product formation and safer/more controllable operation.
US10508064B2 Process for oligomerizing gasoline without further upgrading
Oligomerizing C4 and C5 olefins over a SPA catalyst provides an oligomerate product stream comprising C6+ olefins that meets a gasoline T-90 specification of 380° F. The oligomerate product stream can be taken to the gasoline pool without further upgrading.
US10508062B2 Conversion of butanediol into butadiene, with scrubbing using diesters
The invention pertains to a method for converting butanediol into butadiene that is fed with a butanediol feedstock, where said method comprises at least an esterification step, a pyrolysis step, and a step for separation of the pyrolysis effluent comprising at least one section for cooling said pyrolysis effluent and producing a liquid pyrolysis effluent and a steam pyrolysis effluent and a gas-liquid washing section that is fed at the top with a fraction of the butanediol diester effluent obtained from the esterification step and at the bottom with the steam pyrolysis effluent, where said section produces a butadiene effluent at the top and a washing effluent at the bottom.
US10508058B2 Heat-permeable tube containing ceramic matrix composite
The present invention relates to a heat-permeable tube which has a double-walled construction. The material of the interior wall contains ceramic matrix composite. The material of the exterior wall contains metal. The present invention further relates to the use of this tube in a rotary tube furnace and the use of the rotary tube furnace for thermal treatment of materials. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of a single-walled tube containing ceramic matrix composite as rotary tube.
US10508057B2 Regenerative burner media
A high strength ceramic body for use in a regenerative burner media bed, comprising a generally spherical refractory portion and a plurality of irregular aggregate portions distributed randomly throughout the generally spherical portion. The aggregate portions are selected from the group comprising tabular alumina, white fused alumina, mullite, chamotte, and combinations thereof. The generally spherical portion has a porosity of less than 1 percent and is more than 99.5 weight percent alumina.
US10508047B2 Ultraviolet light water treatment system for bathing units
A UV water treatment system comprising a reactor unit for receiving water therein and a power unit for powering the UV water treatment system. The reactor unit includes a housing and a pair of end caps that sealingly engage the housing at opposing ends. Optionally, the UV water treatment system may have a reduced footprint.
US10508041B2 Anhydrous, amorphous and porous magnesium carbonates and methods of production thereof
An X-ray amorphous magnesium carbonate is disclosed that is characterized by a cumulative pore volume of pores with a diameter smaller than 10 nm of at least 0.018 cm3/g, and a specific surface areas of at least 60 m2/g. The X-ray amorphous magnesium carbonate is produced by reacting an inorganic magnesium compound with alcohol in a CO2 atmosphere. The X-ray amorphous magnesium carbonate can be a powder or a pellet and acts as a desiccant in, for example, production of food, chemicals or pharmaceuticals.
US10508038B2 Carbon material, method for manufacturing same, and use thereof
The present provides a carbon material containing 50 to 1,000 ppm by mass of vanadium (V), wherein a mean particle diameter D50 is 3 to 7 μm; a tapping density after 400 times of tapping is 0.40 to 1.00 g/cm3; a BET specific surface area is 4.0 to 12.0 m2/g; an R value (ID/IG) measured in the spectrum observed by Raman spectroscopy is 0.10 to 0.30; and an interplanar spacing d002 of plane (002) (nm) and Lc002 (nm) as being the size in the c-axis direction of the graphite crystals satisfy the relationship represented by the following formulae (1) and (2) 0.3362≤d002≤0.3370  (1) −23660×d002+8010≤Lc002≤−23660×d002+8025  (2); which is suitable for a non-aqueous electrolytic secondary battery having a low resistance and a high coulomb efficiency; a method for producing the same; a carbon material for a battery electrode; an electrode; and a lithium-ion secondary battery using the above-described carbon material.
US10508032B2 Catalysts and related methods for photocatalytic production of H2O2 and thermocatalytic reactant oxidation
Catalysts, catalytic systems and related synthetic methods for in situ production of H2O2 and use thereof in reaction with oxidizable substrates.
US10508031B2 Chlorine dioxide generation
Devices and methods for safely using acid/chlorite ClO2 generator chemistry for water treatment, whereby a valve prevents chemical draw unless there is both vacuum within the reaction chamber as well as suitable water volume in the flow chamber for dilution, are described. The float-dependent valve can also allow for direct venting from the reaction chamber to the flow chamber in the event of elevated pressure in the reaction chamber. This approach delivers an inherently safer ClO2 generator design for systems that utilize high strength reactor zones with ClO2 concentration above 3,000 ppm.
US10508030B2 Seal for microelectronic assembly
Representative implementations of techniques and devices provide seals for sealing the joints of bonded microelectronic devices as well as bonded and sealed microelectronic assemblies. Seals are disposed at joined surfaces of stacked dies and wafers to seal the joined surfaces. The seals may be disposed at an exterior periphery of the bonded microelectronic devices or disposed within the periphery using the various techniques.
US10508028B2 Device for protecting FEOL element and BEOL element
A device includes a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) wafer and a conductive shielding layer. The CMOS wafer includes a semiconductor substrate, at least one front-end-of-the-line (FEOL) element, at least one back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) element and at least one dielectric layer. The FEOL element is disposed on the semiconductor substrate, the dielectric layer is disposed on the semiconductor substrate, and the BEOL element is disposed on the dielectric layer. The conductive shielding layer is disposed on the dielectric layer, in which the conductive shielding layer is electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate.
US10508024B2 Directional microphone and associated packing techniques
Aspect of the disclosure provide a packaging technique for making a directional microphone which employs mechanical structures to cancel undesired background noise to realize the directional function instead of an extra sensor required in electronic noise-cancelling techniques, thus reducing footprint and cost of a directional microphone. A directional microphone based on this technique can include an acoustic sensor and a housing enclosing the acoustic sensor. The acoustic sensor can include a sensing diaphragm, a cavity below the sensing diaphragm, and a first substrate. The directional microphone device can further include a channel with an inlet open at an edge of the first substrate and an outlet connected with the cavity. The housing can include a cover attached to a second substrate supporting the first substrate. The cover can include a first opening over the sensing diaphragm and a second opening at a side of the cover.
US10508022B2 MEMS device and process for RF and low resistance applications
MEMS device for low resistance applications are disclosed. In a first aspect, the MEMS device comprises a MEMS wafer including a handle wafer with one or more cavities containing a first surface and a second surface and an insulating layer deposited on the second surface of the handle wafer. The MEMS device also includes a device layer having a third and fourth surface, the third surface bonded to the insulating layer of the second surface of handle wafer; and a metal conductive layer on the fourth surface. The MEMS device also includes CMOS wafer bonded to the MEMS wafer. The CMOS wafer includes at least one metal electrode, such that an electrical connection is formed between the at least one metal electrode and at least a portion of the metal conductive layer.
US10508021B2 Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) structure to prevent stiction after a wet cleaning process
A method for manufacturing a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) structure with sacrificial supports to prevent stiction is provided. A first etch is performed into an upper surface of a carrier substrate to form a sacrificial support in a cavity. A thermal oxidation process is performed to oxidize the sacrificial support, and to form an oxide layer lining the upper surface and including the oxidized sacrificial support. A MEMS substrate is bonded to the carrier substrate over the carrier substrate and through the oxide layer. A second etch is performed into the MEMS substrate to form a movable mass overlying the cavity and supported by the oxidized sacrificial support. A third etch is performed into the oxide layer to laterally etch the oxidized sacrificial support and to remove the oxidized sacrificial support. A MEMS structure with anti-stiction bumps is also provided.
US10508018B2 Cover attaching device and method for attaching a cover to a seat cover
A cover attaching device for attaching a cover to a seat body is disclosed. This device comprises a cover holder which includes one or more clip holding means capable of holding at least one clip, the cover holder being configured to hold the cover, to which the clip has been attached, via the clip being held by the clip holding means; and a distance adjusting means capable of adjusting a distance between the cover holder and a table on which the seat body can be placed.
US10508012B2 Universal synchronized capping machine
Automated setup and operation of a container capping machine is achieved by providing motors, each under computer control, to make the necessary adjustments regarding setup and operation, and a plurality of sensors and other devices adapted to send information related to container and cap configurations and machine operation to the computer.
US10508007B2 Height-adjustment device and method for operating an agitating device
Height adjusting device (1) for adjusting the height of an agitating device (2) in a digester (101) of a biogas plant (100), biogas plant (100) comprising a digester (101), a support unit (10), a displacement member (6), an agitating device (2), and a height adjusting device, and method for operating an agitating device (2). The height adjusting device comprises a housing unit (4), a drum device (5) rotatably accommodated on the housing unit (4), and a displacement member (6). The displacement member (6) is in functional connection with the drum device (5) and the agitating device (2) and the displacement member (6), depending on the direction of rotation of the drum device (5), can be wound onto the drum device (5) or unwound from the drum device (5) in sections, so that the agitating device (2) can be displaced upwardly or downwardly. Furthermore a fixing device (7) is provided which is suitable and configured to fix the drum device (5) at least temporarily to prevent the displacement member (6) from unwinding if the displacement member (6) is not retained tautly between the drum device (5) and the agitating device (2).
US10508006B1 Truck bed cargo hoist
The truck bed cargo hoist is configured for use with a load. The truck bed cargo hoist is configured for use with a pickup truck. The pickup truck is further defined with a bed. The truck bed cargo hoist is mounted in the bed of the pickup truck. The truck bed cargo hoist is configured for use in raising the load in the superior direction. The truck bed cargo hoist comprises a slewing structure, a stanchion, a jib, a plurality of gussets, and a hoist system. The slewing structure, the stanchion, the jib, and the plurality of gussets form the framework that supports the hoist system. The hoist system raises and lowers the load. The stanchion, the jib, and the plurality of gussets are interconnected. The slewing structure attaches the stanchion to the bed of the pickup truck such that the yaw angle of the jib is adjustable.
US10508001B2 Elevator system
An elevator system includes a car, a main rope, a car, a detector, and a sway detection unit. The car moves vertically. The main rope moves as the car moves. The car moves vertically. The detector is provided on the car. The detector detects the position of the main rope. The sway detection unit detects, on the basis of the position detected by the detector, that abnormal swaying requiring a control operation is occurring in the main rope.
US10507999B2 Manufacturing method of tank and tank manufacturing apparatus
There is provided a manufacturing method of a tank. The manufacturing method comprises a cooling process of cooling down a resin-adhering fiber bundle that has a resin adhering to a fiber bundle; and a winding process of winding the resin-adhering fiber bundle that is cooled down by the cooling process, on a rotating liner. The cooling process cools down the resin-adhering fiber bundle to make a temperature of the resin-adhering fiber bundle that is being wound on the liner in the winding process, equal to or lower than a set temperature which is set in advance as a temperature to provide a viscosity of the resin that prevents the resin from being splashed from the resin-adhering fiber bundle by rotation of the liner in a course of winding the resin-adhering fiber bundle on the liner.
US10507998B2 Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus
A sheet processing apparatus in which a sheet bundle including a plurality of sheets discharged onto an intermediate processing tray is received in a receiving portion of a stapler and bound with use of a staple, and a sheet bundle including a plurality of sheets discharged onto the intermediate processing tray is received in a receiving portion of a staple-less binding unit having a gap in the thickness direction of the sheets smaller than that of the receiving portion of the stapler and bound without using a staple, wherein when the stapler performs the binding process, the staple-less binding unit is arranged in a position shifted in a width direction orthogonal to a sheet discharge direction from a region on the intermediate processing tray, through which the sheets discharged by a sheet discharging portion pass.
US10507996B2 Supply roll with functional marker, method for handling flat material and/or strip material wound onto supply rolls, as well as system for handling flat material and/or strip material
The disclosed supply roll (5) comprises a roll core (6); flat material and/or strip material (8) being carried on the roll core (6) in a multitude of windings; and at least one functional marker (2). The at least one functional marker (2) is placed in a specified relative position at an externally arranged free end section (7) of the flat material and/or strip material (8) such that information about the relative position of the free end section (7) is optically identifiable by way of the at least one functional marker (2).
US10507995B2 Sheet conveying device, image reading device, and image forming apparatus
A sheet conveying device includes a separator to separate a sheet from sheets. The separator includes a separation conveyor; a separation resistance member to press against the separation conveyor via the sheet; a resistance-member holder; a biasing member to contact and bias the resistance-member holder to press the separation resistance member toward the separation conveyor, the resistance-member holder to rotate about a resistance-member rotary shaft to separate from the biasing member in detaching from an apparatus body; and a biasing-member holder configured to rotate about a biasing-member rotary shaft to more incline the biasing member in a state, in which the biasing member is spaced apart from the resistance-member holder, in a moving direction of the resistance-member holder to detach from the apparatus body than the biasing member in a biasing state in which the biasing member biases the resistance-member holder in contact with the resistance-member holder.
US10507994B2 Paper feeder
A paper feeder for transporting paper sheets, includes: a head fan that blows air on the paper sheets; a suction fan that applies negative pressure to the paper sheets blown by the head fan; a switching member that changes the direction of the air from the head fan; a head shutter that blocks the flow of the air directed by the switching member; and a hardware processor that determines the blocking time of the airflow, wherein the switching member changes the air direction between a first direction for floating the paper sheets and a second direction toward the suction fan, and the hardware processor determines stop timing of the air blow in the second direction directed by the switching member as the start timing of clocking the blocking time of the airflow, based on the weight and the resistance to an external force of the paper sheets.
US10507993B2 Trailer stabilizer and leveler
A method of leveling a parked freight trailer at a loading dock, the method comprising: (a) positioning a portable stabilizing device at least partially underneath a forward portion of the parked freight trailer; (b) positioning a lift associated with the portable stabilizing device to bear weight of the forward portion of the parked freight trailer; (c) reorienting the parked freight trailer so a floor of the parked freight trailer goes from a substantially non-parallel orientation to an approximately parallel orientation with respect to a floor of the loading dock by repositioning at least one of the jack and a landing gear of the parked freight trailer; and, (e) maintaining the lift in a weight bearing position while goods are at least one of unloaded from or loaded onto the parked freight trailer.
US10507990B2 Article transport system and transport system controller
An article transport system with few missed detections, and a controller used in the system. The system includes: a conveyor that sequentially transports plural workpieces; a conveyor sensor that obtains conveyance operation information of the conveyor; an arrival sensor that senses the arrival of each workpiece; a camera that captures an image of each workpiece; a position detection processing section that detects the workpiece from the image, and identifies a position of the workpiece on the conveyor; a movement distance designation section that designates first and second movement distances; an image capturing control section that controls the camera to capture an image of the workpiece upon the conveyor advancing by the first movement distance after the arrival of the workpiece has been sensed, and each time the conveyor advances by the second movement distance; and a number designation section that designates an upper limit number for the detection process.
US10507987B2 Supply device configured to supply workpiece to take-out device and transport device equipped with supply device
A supply device includes a replenishment device configured to replenish bolts to a surface of a table, and a supply control device configured to control the replenishment device. A determination region for determining the number of bolts is predetermined in a region where the table is disposed. When the number of bolts detected in the determination region is less than a determination value, the supply control device selects a divided region having the lowest bolt number density from among a plurality of divided regions. The supply control device controls the replenishing device so as to replenish bolts to a region of the table corresponding to the selected divided region.
US10507986B2 Apparatus and method for cleaning a conveyor belt
A cleaning apparatus includes a roller, a conveyor belt and a belt cleaner. The conveyor belt transports food material in a first direction, and the belt cleaner cleans the food material from the conveyor belt as the conveyor belt travels in a second direction, distinct from the first direction. The conveyor belt passes around the roller as the conveyor belt changes from traveling in the first direction to traveling in the second direction. At least a portion of the belt cleaner is located directly below the roller such that food material falling off the conveyor belt when the conveyor belt passes around the roller is caught by the belt cleaner. The belt cleaner includes an enclosure through which the conveyor belt passes and an air nozzle located within the enclosure. The air nozzle directs air onto the underside of the conveyor belt. Preferably, the air nozzle is an air knife, which generates a sheet of air.
US10507984B2 Conveyor device and method for conveying an object
A conveyor device for conveying an object with an identification device. The conveyor device comprises a plurality of rollers, connected drive motors for driving the rollers, a transmitter, a receiver for detecting the distance of the identification device and a control device for controlling the connected drive motors.
US10507982B2 Gravity feed inventory management
Described are systems, methods, and apparatus for managing the movement of inventory items within a materials handling facility using rollable containers and a gravity feed conveyance system. Inventory items are placed in the rollable containers and are routed to different locations within the materials handling facility along the gravity feed conveyance system, through use of gravitational forces that cause the rollable containers to roll. By using gravity to route inventory items within the materials handling facility, the energy and power requirements for the materials handling facility are reduced, which reduces overhead costs and which is better for the environment.
US10507980B1 Garment conveyor transport clip with single hanger selection
A sorting clip for a garment conveyor attaches to a drive chain below which is a hanger support on which a group of garment hangers is suspended from a frontmost to a rearmost hanger. The clip has an upper portion fixed to the drive chain and a lower portion attached to the upper portion by a pivotable connected biased in a first direction of increasing angular separation between the two portions. An underside of the lower portion has disassociation teeth and a capture hook that contact the frontmost hanger to successively engage and separate the frontmost hanger from the other hangers, after which disengagement of the teeth from the frontmost hanger allows for sufficient pivoting of the lower portion in said first direction that the hook engages and captures the frontmost hanger.
US10507976B2 Roller system having spaced apart external rotor motor
A roller system has a frame, a plurality of rollers (supported by the frame) forming a roller plane, and an external rotor motor (“motor”) spaced from the roller plane. As an external rotor motor, the motor has a stator and an external rotor radially outward of the stator to substantially circumscribe the stator. To kinetically couple the motor with the rollers, the system also has a transmission coupling coupled with the external rotor and at least one of the rollers. The transmission coupling and external rotor are configured so that rotation of the external rotor causes the at least one roller to rotate in response to a torque received through the transmission coupling.
US10507969B2 Modular container
A low profile, modular container is described having two cylindrical compartments which connect together at a center portion. The ends of each compartment include a pair of pivoting jaws which are adapted to open to accommodate a pacifier within the body of each compartment.
US10507965B2 Container cover that facilitates creating negative pressure and long time sealing
A container cover for storage container includes a rotary device, an outer cover member, an inner cover member, a first guide block, second guide block, a pumping piston and a piston seat so arranged that when the rotary device is driven by a user to rotate the first guide block, guide rods of the first guide block are moved along a first continuous wave-shaped track of the second guide block, causing the second guide block and the pumping piston to move alternatively up and to further pump air out of the storage container through an air-pimping hole of the piston seat to create a negative pressure. Further, a first spring member an upper rail seat can be provided to balance the movement of the pumping piston and to stabilize the rotation of the first and second guide blocks. A relief valve rod can be selectively used for giving a visual indication indicative of the presence of a negative pressure in the storage container.
US10507964B2 Cushioning, packing, and package
Cushioning supports a bottom corner section of an article being packed. The corner section has a bottom face, a first side face, and a second side face. The cushioning includes a first cushioning member and a second cushioning member that are separable from each other. The first cushioning member includes a bottom section that faces the bottom face of the corner section of the packed article and a first side section that faces the first side face of the corner section of the packed article. The second cushioning member includes a second side section that faces the second side face of the corner section of the packed article.
US10507963B2 Resealable opening device and package comprising such an opening device
A resealable opening device for a flexible package (21) of collapsible type having a compartment defined by flexible walls (24), comprising a thin-walled body (2) having a back surface (3) attachable on one of the flexible walls (24) of the package (21) in a dispensing portion (23) of the package, a first hinge joint (5) extending in a first direction (P1) and connecting a first section (6) of the body (2) with a second section (7) of the body (2), the thin-wall body (2) being intended to be arranged such that the first hinge joint (5) is arranged transversely to a dispensing direction (P4) of the package, and a second hinge joint (8) extending in a second direction (P2) crossing the first hinge joint (5), wherein a locking member (14) is arranged for locking the first section (6) to the second section (7) when the first and second sections (6, 7) are folded towards each other about the first hinge joint (5). The thin-walled body (2) is further provided with a third hinge joint (9) extending in a third direction (P3) crossing the first hinge joint (5) and arranged at a distance from the second hinge joint (8). The thin-walled body is adaptable to an outwardly bulging shape change of the flexible wall (24) on which the device is intended to be attached. The invention also relates to a package provided with such a resealable opening device.
US10507962B2 Glass screen film applicator and carrier module thereof
A glass screen film applicator includes a carrier, a positioning member integrally formed as a one-piece structure, and a clamping mechanism fastened to the carrier. The carrier includes a mounting slot and an accommodating trough, and the accommodating trough includes a rail hole recessed in a bottom thereof. The positioning member includes an L-shaped structure and a plurality of positioning pillars extending from the L-shaped structure, and the L-shaped structure has a positioning corner arranged on an inner side thereof. The clamping mechanism includes a holder and a moving unit. The holder and the positioning corner respectively clamp two diagonal corners of a mobile device by the moving unit, and the positioning pillars allow the glass screen film structure to be disposed on and aligned with the mobile device.
US10507961B2 Organizing device with flexible ties
An organizing device with rubberized twist ties. The organizing device includes a body piece and a back piece designed such that the back piece fits into the body piece to form an enclosed unit. The back piece can be fitted with various attachment devices, such as a suction cup or a magnet, for mounting the organizing device to different types of surfaces. The organizing device further includes small rubberized twist ties, threaded through the body piece, which can be used for hanging or securing small items from or securing items to the device.
US10507957B2 Flip-top cap
A cap, apparatus, and method for manufacturing a cap. The cap (104) may include a base (106) defining an orifice therethrough, and a lid ((108) coupled with the base. The lid may include a top surface (125), a bottom surface (134) that is opposite to the top surface, a plug (122) extending from the bottom surface for a first distance, and a brim (114) extending from bottom surface for a second distance that is less than or equal to the first distance. The brim includes a first curve (208) at least partially extending from the bottom surface away from the top surface, and a second curve (210) at least partially extending from the top surface, away from the bottom surface. The brim defines at least a portion of an engagement surface that faces at least partially away from a centerline of the lid. The cap is operable between an open position and a closed position.
US10507952B2 Three-door storage box
A three-door storage box, includes one integrally-formed box body and side frame part. The integrally-formed box body includes the front box panel, the rear box panel, the bottom box panel, the top box panel as well as the buckle panel. The side frame part includes the outer frame, the inner frame, and the frame door. Horizontal and vertical fixed jacks are arranged on the outer frame. Spacer pins are arranged on both upper and lower ends of the outer frame. The storage box can be opened in three directions from left, right and the front to conveniently access the contents in the box. In addition, through installation of fixed jacks and spacer pins, the storage box can be easily assembled/disassembled with all the parts tightly connected, which extends the usage life.
US10507950B2 Shipping insert
A shipping insert for shipping bottles, comprising: a bottom tray; a center divider; and a top tray. The bottom tray may include a plurality of base receptacles that engage with and removably hold a plurality of bottles. The center divider may include one or more supporting side extensions, one or more top center supports, and a plurality of openings. The center divider may engage and align with said bottom tray, such that said center divider is centered on said bottom tray and remains substantially in place when said plurality of bottles are loaded or unloaded into said shipping insert. The top tray may have a plurality of neck receptacles, one or more side walls, and one or more raised segments. The raised segments and side walls may have one or more shoulders. When the insert is assembled, the plurality of neck receptacles may engage bottle necks, the shoulders may engage bottle shoulders of the bottles, and the neck receptacles, are in alignment with the openings of the center divider and said base receptacles of said bottom tray.
US10507945B1 Low frequency modulated heat sealing apparatus and method
A heat sealing apparatus including a first sealing bar having a first sealing bar contact surface with a first resistance heating element extending along the upper sealing bar contact surface; a second sealing bar having a second sealing bar contact surface; a sealing bar moving mechanism for moving the first sealing bar and the second sealing bar away from and toward each other into compression contact; a power pulsing mechanism including a microprocessor running a computer program for delivering electric power pulses to the first resistance heating element in selected pulse durations separated by at least one selected interval duration and at a frequency between 0.001 and 5000 Hertz; an electric power source and an apparatus circuit including the first resistance heating element and the sealing bar moving mechanism.
US10507944B2 Machine and method for folding and adhesively bonding blanks for the production of folding boxes
A machine for folding and adhesively bonding blanks for the production of folding boxes. It includes a transport system which has at least one puller which wraps around deflecting rollers and extends along a processing path, a drive connected to a deflecting roller and drives the deflecting roller. Workpiece carriers are fastened to the puller and are moved along the processing path by the at least one puller. It also includes a magazine for a stack of blanks, a mechanism for removing individual blanks from the stack in the magazine, a feeding mechanism for the removed blanks to the workpiece carriers, structure for retaining blanks on the workpiece carriers, a control which is connected to the structure to retain blanks, and structure for adhesively bonding blanks.
US10507943B2 Method for vacuum packaging of products
Method, machine and installation for vacuum packaging of products, where a plurality of individual bags closed at one end and open at the opposite end with at least one product therein are generated. For generating the bags, a transverse cut and a complete transverse seal on both sides of the transverse cut are made on the film tube, and a transverse cut without complete transverse seals on the sides thereof is made at a distance (L) substantially equal to the desired length of the bag to be generated from the transverse cut and seal on both sides. Each bag is oriented at 180 degrees with respect to the bag previously generated in the forward movement direction.
US10507941B2 Lid storage and application device
A stand-alone manually operated device for capping a filled beverage container with a lid. Lids are staged within the apparatus in a bulk storage queue and are individually transferred from a bulk storage queue and applied to a beverage container by physical contact to the application mechanism. The mechanism ensures the sealing rim of the lid is completely engaged on the beverage container without human contact on hygienic surfaces. Once the operator disengages, the mechanism automatically retracts to a resting position and the next lid is engaged.
US10507936B2 Catalytic fuel tank inerting system
A fuel tank inerting system is disclosed. The system includes a fuel tank and a catalytic reactor. The catalytic reactor is arranged to receive a first reactant from a first reactant source and to receive a second reactant from a second reactant source, and to react the first and second reactants to generate an inert gas. The system also includes an inert gas flow path from the catalytic reactor to the fuel tank. The catalytic reactor includes first, second, and third flow paths. The first flow path includes receives a first reactant and includes a reactive flow path including a catalyst. The second flow path receives a second reactant source and is in operative fluid communication with the first flow path through a first barrier between the first and second flow paths that is permeable to the second reactant. The third flow path receives a fluid coolant.
US10507931B2 Panel and insert for corner radii
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a panel configured for use on an aircraft nacelle, comprising: a first skin, a second skin, a first core portion coupled to the first skin and the second skin, a second core portion coupled to the first skin and the second skin, and an insert coupled to the first skin, the second skin, the first core portion, and the second core portion, the insert forming a corner fitting between the first core portion and the second core portion.
US10507929B1 Attached rocket parachute deployment system
A parachute deployment system is disclosed. In various embodiments, a parachute is tethered to an aircraft. A self-propelled projectile is tethered to the parachute. The self-propelled projectile is configured to be launched in a trajectory away from the aircraft. Once launched, the self-propelled projectile pulls the parachute taut in one dimension.
US10507918B2 Systems and methods to interchangeably couple tool systems with unmanned vehicles
In some embodiments, unmanned aerial task systems are provided that include a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) each comprising: a UAV control circuit; a motor; propulsion system; and a universal coupler configured to interchangeably couple with and decouple from one of multiple different tool systems each having different functions to be put into use while carried by a UAV, wherein a coupling system of the universal coupler is configured to secure a tool system with the UAV and enable a communication connection between a communication bus and the tool system, and wherein the multiple different tool systems comprise at least a package securing tool system configured to retain and enable transport of a package while being delivered, and a sensor tool system configured to sense a condition and communicate sensor data of the sensed condition to the UAV control circuit over the communication bus.
US10507915B2 Method for providing obstacle avoidance using depth information of image and unmanned aerial vehicle
Method for providing obstacle avoidance using depth information of image is provided. The method includes the following steps. Shoot a scene to obtain a depth image of the scene. Determine a flight direction and a flight distance according to the depth image. Then, fly according to the flight direction and the flight distance.
US10507909B2 Helicopter aerofoil with trailing edge flap
An aerofoil has a main portion of aerofoil cross section and a trailing edge portion (12) movable with respect to the main portion by an actuating device (14), the trailing edge portion (12) is movable at or about an area/point of flexion A, the area/point of flexion A is located at or adjacent a pressure or suction surface of the aerofoil, the trailing edge portion (12) is connected to the main portion by first and second connection members (18, 20), the first connection member (18) extends inwardly away from the area/point of flexion A and has an end which is directly or indirectly connected to the main portion, the first and second connection members (18, 20) are flexible.
US10507908B2 Propeller impact detection and force reduction
A commanded control signal is compared against an adaptive control signal in order to detect a rotor strike by a rotor included in an aircraft, wherein the adaptive control signal is associated with controlling the rotor and the adaptive control signal varies based at least in part on the commanded control signal and state information associated with the rotor. In response to detecting the rotor strike, a control signal to the rotor is adjusted in order to reduce a striking force associated with the rotor.
US10507896B2 Maneuvering device
Provided is a maneuvering device including: an input device (101) configured to detect an input operation for instructing movement of a mobile body to generate input information, a calculator (11) configured to change the input information so as to acquire an effect equivalent to a case in which a dead zone is set to the input operation, to thereby generate changed input information; and a controller (103) configured to control the movement of the mobile body (100a) based on the changed input information. The calculator is configured to change a range of the dead zone in accordance with a detection parameter detected in relation to the movement of the mobile body.
US10507894B2 Self-restoring motion compensating mooring system
There is provided a self-restoring motion compensating mooring system for a floating unit. The mooring system includes a plurality of mooring anchors, a plurality of top fairleads attached near the top edges of the floating unit, a plurality of bottom fairleads attached near bottom edges of the floating unit, a stabilizer, a plurality of mooring cables passing through the respective top and bottom fairleads, connected between the plurality of mooring anchors and the stabilizer. Further, in respective equilibrium positions of the floating unit and the stabilizer, the center of gravity of the stabilizer is located directly below the center of gravity of the floating unit.
US10507888B2 Bicycle crank assembly and bicycle sprocket assembly
A bicycle crank assembly comprises a crank arm, a first sprocket, and a second sprocket. One of the first sprocket and the second sprocket comprises a first shifting facilitation area to facilitate a first shifting operation in which a bicycle chain is shifted from the second sprocket toward the first sprocket in a first chain-phase state in which a reference tooth of a plurality of second sprocket teeth is received in an outer link space, and a second shifting facilitation area to facilitate a second shifting operation in which the bicycle chain is shifted from the second sprocket toward the first sprocket in a second chain-phase state in which the reference tooth of the plurality of second sprocket teeth is received in an inner link space.
US10507882B2 Vehicle suspension device
The present disclosure relates to a suspension system (200) that is installed on a vehicle and is capable of performing functions including park locking, returning momentum, tilt limiting and rear suspension. The suspension system (200) comprises a rear suspension mounting structure (302), a rear suspension swing arm (306), a tilt limiting structure (201), and a tilt restoring structure (202). The rear suspension swing arm (306) is pivotally coupled to the rear suspension mounting structure (302) and configured to rotate about the rear suspension mounting structure (302) in response to a tilting movement of the vehicle. The tilt limiting structure (201) is configured to mechanically inhibit the tilting movement when a tilt angle of the vehicle exceeds an instantly-calculated tilt angle value. The tilt restoring structure (202) is configured to apply a force in response to the tilting movement.
US10507881B2 Bicycle display
A bicycle display is provided that allows the user to recognize the selected operation mode. The bicycle display includes a display screen configured to display information corresponding to a first operation mode and a second operation mode of a bicycle component that is selectable between at least the first operation mode and the second operation mode in accordance with operation of an operation unit. The display screen includes a switching region switched between a first display state, which shows the switching region in a first color in a state where the first operation mode is selected, and a second display state, which shows the switching region in a second color in a state where the second operation mode is selected.
US10507875B1 Trailer wall including logistics post
A trailer wall apparatus includes at least one logistics post. In another aspect, a vertically elongated cargo-securing or logistics post is attached adjacent to a vertically elongated depression within a sandwich panel of a cargo container, the sandwich panel employing at least one core sheet including alternating peaks and valleys therein in addition to attached interior and exterior face sheets. A further aspect employs a logistics post including internal lips which contact against and/or assist with alignment to diagonal surfaces of a depression in a container or trailer wall.
US10507872B2 Tractor fender assembly
A fender assembly for an agricultural tractor including a carrier bracket which supports a wheel fender adjacent to a vehicle wheel. A steering mechanism is provided as part of the fender assembly, such that the wheel fender can be rotated relative to the carrier bracket. Accordingly, the rotation of the wheel fender can be controlled based on a steering signal generated by the vehicle steering system, to ensure that the wheel fender accurately follows the movement of the adjacent tractor wheel.
US10507870B2 Calibrated frame stiffness gradient in an agricultural product sprayer
A vehicle frame having a calibrated frame stiffness gradient is provided by fixedly attaching a series of cladding plates to an external surface of a tubular member of the frame, with the series of cladding plates including at least one immediately preceding cladding plate and one successive cladding plate. The cladding plates have thicknesses and peripheral shapes that are cooperatively configured to provide the desired stiffness gradient in the frame member. A trailing raised bead extending from the last cladding plate in the series along the surface of the frame member provides a further means for achieving the desired stiffness gradient.
US10507869B2 Vehicle body structure
A vehicle body structure includes a load transmission member, a first engagement portion, and a second engagement portion. The load transmission member is disposed at a position overlapping with the power unit in a vehicle front view. The first engagement portion is provided between the load transmission member and the power unit. The second engagement portion is provided between the suspension member and the power unit.
US10507865B2 Steering apparatus
A steering apparatus includes a steering shaft; a steered shaft; a ball screw mechanism; and a motor. A plurality of rolling elements includes large-diameter rolling elements and small-diameter rolling elements. A prescribed diameter difference is set such that when a magnitude of power transmitted between a first screw groove and a second screw groove is a prescribed value or less, only the large-diameter rolling elements transmit the power between the first screw groove and the second screw groove, and when the magnitude of the power transmitted between the first screw groove and the second screw groove exceeds the prescribed value, both the large-diameter rolling elements and the small-diameter rolling elements transmit the power.
US10507861B2 Adjustable steering column lock
The invention is directed to a lock for an adjustable steering column. The lock has a first member having at least one tooth disposed in a first direction. The lock has a second member having at least one tooth disposed in a second direction. A moveable locking device having a first recess disposed to engage at least one tooth on the first member and a second recess positioned to engage the at least one tooth on the second member. A releasable clamping device is positioned to be moved into and away from an engagement position with the first and second members. The first recess restricting movement in the first direction and the second recess restricting movement in the second direction when the moveable locking device is engaged with the first and second members.
US10507860B2 Steering wheel
A steering wheel, in which a vibration device including a vibration motor is attached, the steering wheel includes: a ring portion including a core member and a thickness-reduced portion, reducing mass, provided with the core member. The vibration device is housed in the thickness-reduced portion and attached to the core member.
US10507859B2 Shopping cart bagging station
Described is a shopping cart bagging station that is used in retail stores to dispense shopping bags while a customer of the retail store shops. The shopping cart bagging station holds and dispenses shopping bags. The shopping cart bagging station is coupled to a shopping cart so that the customer can load items they purchase into the shopping bags as they shop. The shopping cart bagging station includes a support channel and three hooks coupled to the support channel. The support channel couples to the shopping cart. The three hooks hold shopping bags. By using the shopping cart bagging station, a customer does not have to visit a checkout station to bag their purchased items.
US10507856B1 Transport cart with reclining chairs
A beach cart is formed from a frame that has a pair of wheel trucks depend downwardly from either end thereof. A handle is attached at one end of the frame, either to the frame or to the wheel truck thereat, to pull the cart. A pair of chairs is attached to the frame and each has a base, a back, and a leg rest with the back capable of reclining and the leg rest capable of rotating with respect to the base. A table is located on either end of the frame and each rotates between an upright folded position and a deployed horizontal position. The chair back and leg rest as well as the tables act as sidewall when items are being transported by the cart between two locations.
US10507854B2 Railroad crossing indication device, railroad crossing indication system, and method for displaying information at railroad crossings
A railroad crossing indication device (250) includes a processing unit (350) for receiving and processing data provided by a constant warning time device (40) in communication with a railroad track (20), wherein the data relate to a train approaching the railroad crossing, and a screen unit (300, 400, 500) for displaying information of the train approaching the railroad crossing based upon the data provided by the constant warning time device (40). Furthermore, a railroad crossing indication system (200) and a method (600) for displaying information at railroad crossings are disclosed.
US10507853B2 Train-information management device and train-information management method
A train-information management device mounted on a train, includes: an intra-block position calculator to convert information on a kilometrage that indicates a position of the train into information on a block number and an intra-block position of a plurality of blocks into which a route of the train is divided and that are used when a train position is specified by a train radio system; and an on-board router to communicate the information on the block number and the intra-block position to a ground side by using a system that is different from a system that is used for communication between the ground side and a train side via a radio base station in the train radio system.
US10507847B2 Central traction device for straddling monorail train
A central traction device for a straddling monorail train includes a traction pin and a traction beam. A central sleeve is provided at the center of the traction beam, and the traction pin is mounted in the central sleeve. An inner cavity of the central sleeve has a corset-shaped structure having large diameters on an upper end and a lower end and a small diameter at a middle part, forming double tapered bevels, and a resilient rubber bush is provided between an inner wall of the central sleeve and the traction pin. The device has a simple and compact overall structure and facilitates connection and separation between the train body and the bogie; by providing the lift assembly, the traction device is fixedly connected to the frame, thus the traction device can be wholly lifted; and operation process and environment of raising and lowering the vehicle are improved.
US10507842B2 Method for monitoring a drive-by-wire system of a motor vehicle
A method for monitoring a drive-by-wire system of a motor vehicle, including: temporally offset reading in of at least two input values of an input quantity of an operating element of the motor vehicle; ascertaining a change over time or rate of change over time of the input quantity from the at least two read-in input values; determination of a monitored quantity for the motor vehicle operation from the change over time or rate of change over time; selection of a monitoring function on the basis of the monitored quantity; monitoring of the monitored quantity for the ascertained motor vehicle operation by the monitoring function.
US10507840B2 Control of an combustion engine in a vehicle
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for control of a combustion engine in a vehicle. At least one future speed profile for an actual speed of the vehicle during a road section is simulated based on information about the road section, and that coasting will be applied during the road section. An applicability for coasting during the road section is evaluated. Subsequently, it is evaluated whether the combustion engine may be shut down during a coasting for at least a part of the road section. The evaluation of the shutdown of the combustion engine is based on whether one or several system conditions for engine shutdown have been met, on one or several properties for one or several brake systems in the vehicle, and on a shutdown period, when the combustion engine could be shut down. The combustion engine is then controlled based on this evaluation.
US10507839B2 Driving assistance apparatus with human machine interface system
An apparatus and method for controlling a vehicle is proposed. Detection of a traffic light along the trajectory of a cruising vehicle and a determination of current and future traffic light statuses is performed. It is determined whether the vehicle can arrive at the traffic light during a passing status in accordance with an adaptation of the kinematic vehicle state. Signals are provided via a human 10 machine interface corresponding to various kinematic vehicle state adaptation scenarios in order to enable an arrival at the traffic light during a passing status. In response to the respective human machine interface signals, control of the vehicle can be performed accordingly.
US10507838B1 System and method for limiting vehicle speed
The system for limiting vehicle speed includes a sensor and computer system for controlling the speed of a vehicle under predetermined conditions. The system is designed and constructed to sense a plurality of conditions while the vehicle is in motion and to record these conditions for analysis, should an accident occur. One feature of the system is to control the vehicle's throttle to slow the vehicle upon sensing two conditions: (1) high vehicle speed; and, (2) lack of proper contact by the driver's hands with the steering wheel. The system can also sense a driver's heartbeat and record this and other data in the computer's memory. The computer also includes a real-time clock and the data recorded is timestamped and can be used for analysis, should an accident occur.
US10507837B2 Control device for vehicle drive transfer device
A control device that controls a vehicle drive transfer device in which a speed change device that includes a plurality of engagement devices and that selectively establishes one of a plurality of shift speeds with different speed ratios in accordance with a state of engagement of the plurality of engagement devices is provided in a power transfer path that connects between a drive force source and wheels.
US10507834B2 Cylinder deactivation control for driveline braking
Systems and methods for operating an engine with deactivating and non-deactivating valves are presented. In one example, an actual total number of deactivated cylinders may be adjusted to control driveline braking. The driveline braking may be controlled in a towing mode, a hill descent mode, and during normal driving conditions.
US10507831B2 Cruise control system for a motor vehicle
A cruise control system controls fuel supplied to an engine of a motor vehicle based in part on whether the vehicle is travelling on a positive gradient, a negative gradient, or a level surface. The system includes a sensor for detecting a position of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle, an inclinometer for detecting a gradient of a surface over which the vehicle is traveling; and an electronic processor operative to set a fuel flow rate. The fuel flow rate is set as a function of the accelerator pedal position detected at an activation time of the cruise control system, and that fuel flow rate is maintained at a constant rate if the vehicle is travelling on a positive gradient or a level surface. The vehicle therefore slows down on the positive gradient rather than maintaining a target speed as with a conventional cruise control system.
US10507827B2 Vehicle backup assistance system
A backup assistance system for a vehicle. The system includes a backup control module configured to restrict at least one of vehicle backup speed, acceleration, and jerk when a field of view of one or more backup sensors is restricted.
US10507825B2 Vehicle pitch control during a stop
A system for vehicle pitch control during braking includes a pitch component and a rebound component. The pitch component is configured to determine that a vehicle has a forward pitch during braking. The rebound component is configured to, in response to the vehicle achieving a substantially zero forward velocity, apply brake pressure to one or more non-driven wheels using one or more brakes and apply reverse torque to one or more driven wheels using a motor or engine.
US10507824B2 Fail-safe control method for hybrid electric vehicle
A fail-safe control method for a hybrid electric vehicle is carried out based on a power transmission system of an engine, which is used to control the speed of the engine. When one of a plurality of motor-generators of the power transmission system malfunctions, the vehicle is controlled to be driven in a limp-home mode, thereby ensuring vehicle driving reliability and preventing the vehicle from becoming inoperable.
US10507812B2 Pedal travel simulator and hydraulic block including a pedal travel simulator
A pedal travel simulator for a hydraulic vehicle power braking system with a cup-shaped cylinder cover in which a piston spring is accommodated, which is held by an orifice disk as a stop for a piston of the pedal travel simulator in the cylinder cover. Recesses are provided in an outer edge of the orifice disk, through which the piston is able to displace brake fluid on its rear side out of a cylinder of the pedal travel simulator through a circumferential groove into a return.
US10507811B2 Hydraulic block for a hydraulic unit of a brake control system
A hydraulic block for brake control of an automotive hydraulic braking system, including a main brake cylinder bore. A permanent magnet is connected to the main brake cylinder piston via a rod, so that the permanent magnet moves together with the main brake cylinder piston. A Hall sensor with which a position and/or a stroke of the main brake cylinder piston is measurable is situated in a signal range of the permanent magnet in a sensor bore in the hydraulic block transversely to the rod.
US10507808B2 System for preventing a trailer's overrun brakes from being activated during reversing
A overrun brake system includes a gas spring with a gas-tight cylinder and a piston with holes allowing gas to slip through so that the pressure is the same on both sides. Since the free end of the piston has a larger area than the side where the piston rod is located, the gas spring will act as a compression spring. To prevent the overrun brakes from being activated during reversing, the gas spring has a solenoid controlled valve receiving current from the reverse light circuit and closing the flow of gas through the piston when the towing unit's gear is set into reverse. When the gear is set into forward position the solenoid loses its current and a mechanical return spring opens the valve, so that the overrun brakes may act normally again.
US10507804B1 Axle saver landfill compactor cleaner finger
A cleaner finger assembly for cleaning compactor teeth on a compactor wheel of a compactor machine includes a cleaner finger base having a tip engaging surface and a base longitudinal axis, a cleaner finger tip having a base engaging surface and a tip longitudinal axis, and a finger tip anchoring mechanism attaching the cleaner finger tip to the cleaner finger base with the base engaging surface facing and engaging the tip engaging surface. The finger tip anchoring mechanism fails and the cleaner finger tip detaches when the cleaner finger tip is engaged by debris with a force parallel to the tip longitudinal axis, or with a force perpendicular to the tip longitudinal axis, to cause a tip shear force greater than a tip anchor shear capacity of the finger tip anchoring mechanism or a tension force greater than a tip anchor tension capacity of the finger tip anchoring mechanism.
US10507799B1 Vehicle location tracking
A system and method of tracking a location of a vehicle while the vehicle is in a primary propulsion off state. The method includes: obtaining an initial vehicle location of the vehicle; detecting a vehicle trigger condition while the vehicle is in the primary propulsion off state; determining whether the vehicle has moved more than a first predetermined threshold distance from the initial vehicle location while the vehicle is in the primary propulsion off state; determining a vehicle activity factor and a vehicle location classification factor; and when it is determined that the vehicle has moved more than the first predetermined threshold distance from the initial vehicle location, carrying out a vehicle location tracking process while the vehicle is in the primary propulsion off state based on the vehicle activity factor and the vehicle location classification factor.
US10507794B2 System and method for vehicle control
A system and method for a vehicle control are provided. The system provides a smartkey-free starting function of a vehicle and includes a communicating unit that has a radio frequency (RF) antenna and a low frequency (LF) antenna and connects wireless communication with a user terminal which is within a predetermine sensing distance through the RF antenna. A body controller executes a door unlock according to a remote control signal of the user terminal. A door sensor senses door open and door closed signals and a start stop button generates a start on signal based on a button input. A controller initiates a starting of the vehicle when vehicle start condition of a state in which the user terminal is connected through the LF antenna of the communicating unit forming a communication region in the vehicle is satisfied, when the start on signal is input.
US10507788B2 Airbag device for pedestrian protection
An airbag device includes an airbag, straps, and strap covers. The airbag is stored in a cowl portion. The airbag configured to be deployed on the front surface side of windshield glass, and to cover the cowl portion and front pillars at least in part. A first end of each of the straps is attached to an upper portion of an outer surface of the airbag in the vehicle up-down direction and a second end of each of the straps is attached to the cowl portion. The straps pass between the airbag and the strap covers. The strap covers are sewn to the outer surface of the airbag and cover the straps.
US10507777B1 Snowmobile lift apparatus
A lift apparatus for a snowmobile and a kit for constructing same. The lift apparatus includes a rear bumper and first and second slides attachable to a tunnel of the snowmobile. The rear bumper includes a transverse bumper portion connected to first and second slide members. The first and second slide members are slidable along the first and second slides, respectively, to position the transverse bumper portion in a riding position or a deployed position. The transverse bumper portion is positioned farther from the snowmobile when the transverse bumper portion is in the deployed position than when it is in the riding position. The transverse bumper portion is configured to be gripped and lifted by a user when the transverse bumper portion is in the deployed position. The rear bumper is configured to lift a rear portion of the snowmobile when the transverse bumper portion is lifted.
US10507775B2 Component design based on sensor data
Techniques are described for component design based on sensor data. Sensor data is collected by sensors in, or proximal to, a system under diagnosis (e.g., a vehicle), the sensor data describing use of one or more components of the system by one or more individuals. The sensor data from various instances of the component may be aggregated and analyzed to determine update(s) to the design of the component. For example, the aggregate sensor data may be analyzed to identify portions of the component frequently associated with movements by users (e.g., fidgeting, adjustments). The identified portion(s) can be presented graphically in a design view used to specify design modification(s) for the component. In some implementations, the aggregate sensor data is provided as input to a model that is trained, using machine learning, to output design modification(s) for the component based on the input aggregate sensor data.
US10507773B2 Tractor
A tractor including: a condenser frame disposed ahead of an engine body; a support plate fixed to the condenser frame; and an engine controller supported by the support plate with vibration-isolating rubber members interposed therebetween. The engine controller is disposed ahead of and above the engine body in a hood. The engine controller declines forward. At least one of the plurality of vibration-isolating rubber members is oriented in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the engine controller, and at least one of the plurality of vibration-isolating rubber members is oriented in a direction parallel to the thickness direction.
US10507771B2 W-shaped winged spring clip
A spring clip is provided. That spring clip includes a body having a support post, a first cantilever bar and a second cantilever bar. Junctures between the cantilever bars and the support post include necks and bends. S-curve segments are provided at the ends of those bends.
US10507769B1 Vehicle with front trunk
A vehicle includes a front trunk between fenders, a grille movable to provide an opening to the front trunk, and front and rear bins, slidable out of the front trunk to allow the front bin to pivot on the rear bin. A light is mounted on the front bin such that light projects into the front and rear bins when adjacent and only into the front bin when the front bin is pivoted away.
US10507766B1 Vehicle overhead clearance detector
An vehicle overhead clearance detector devised to prevent a collision between an overhead obstruction and a vehicle and a cargo carrier attached to the vehicle by providing at least one sensor and a laser finding device operative to detect the overhead obstruction, a digital camera, and a visual flashing alarm disposed on a waterproof housing body disposed on a rotatable mounting base and in communication with a central processor unit operable by a driver. A monitor with integral speakers displays images captured by the digital camera to permit the driver to see any detected overhead obstructions. The housing body is disposed atop a motorized telescopic pole between a cab of a semi-tractor and a semi-trailer is operable via the central processor unit. The housing body is mounted atop the telescopic pole for proper positioning.
US10507761B2 Travel direction indicator module and exterior rearview mirror arrangement
The present invention relates to a travel direction indicator module for an exterior rearview mirror arrangement for a motor vehicle having at least one light source, a first light conductor comprising a multiplicity of light decoupling points, and a second light conductor, wherein the light source couples a first beam part into the first light conductor at a first end and a second beam part into the second light conductor at a first end, and a module housing is formed as one injection molded part in common with the first light conductor and the second light conductor, which emits light into a single light decoupling area, which is arranged in an area of the second end of the first light conductor situated opposite the first end of the first light conductor, and an exterior rearview mirror arrangement having such a travel direction indicator module.
US10507759B2 Adaptive lighting system for an automobile vehicle
An adaptive lighting system for an automotive vehicle. The adaptive lighting system has a wavelength conversion device for receiving the light radiation (L) from the primary source and re-emitting white light radiation (B). An optical imaging system receives the white light (B) re-emitted by the wavelength conversion device and projects this light (B) in front of the vehicle to form a lighting beam, the wavelength conversion device being situated close to a focal plane of the optical imaging system, and the scanning system and the optical system being situated on the same side or on opposite sides of the wavelength conversion device. An intensity of the white light radiation (B) emitted by the wavelength conversion device is capable of being modulated between a minimum value and a maximum value, and the scanning is performed at variable speed.
US10507757B2 Luminous device for lighting the road, signalling or interior lighting
A luminous motor-vehicle device. The luminous device includes: a segmenting part including a plurality of through-cavities; a plurality of light sources upstream of the segmenting part; a mask that blocks at least one through-cavity of the segmenting part, said mask being able to be partially passed through by light. The luminous device is arranged so that each through-cavity directly or indirectly receives light from at least one separate light source.
US10507756B2 Truck bed with selectively actuated magnetic floor sections
A pick-up truck bed having controllably magnetized areas for retaining cargo or attachment devices. A first permanent magnet may be attached below the lower surface of the truck bed with a second permanent being rotatable relative to the first permanent magnet to control the magnetic flux provided to retain objects in the truck bed. Alternatively, one or more electromagnets may be provided that may be turned on to retain objects in the truck bed and turned off to allow removal of objects.
US10507755B1 Modular recreation vehicle
The modular recreation vehicle is a vehicle with a modular storage capacity that is configured for use during recreational activities. The modular recreation vehicle comprises a domestic space that within which sanitary and cooking facilities are installed. The modular recreation vehicle further comprises a plurality of anchor tracks which may be used to install in a removable fashion domestic items such as furniture items for relaxation or storage purposes.
US10507754B2 Ergonomically improved systems and methods for delivering products from a delivery vehicle
A method and system for providing cargo or product to an individual. The system may be a vehicle and include a plurality of bays, at least one of the plural bays having two rectangular frames, each frame having two horizontal members and two vertical members and each frame opposing and facing the other. The vehicle may also include a holding structure engaged by both of the rectangular frames, the structure comprising a plurality of trays wherein the structure is adaptable to provide vertical movement of the plural trays within the confines of the two rectangular frames. The vehicle may also include one or more mechanisms positioned between the lower horizontal members of the two rectangular frames, the one or more mechanisms adaptable to provide lateral movement within the confines of the two rectangular frames.
US10507749B1 Electrostatic discharge mitigator for vehicles
A system for mitigating electrostatic discharge (ESD) that may occur during egress from vehicles is provided. One embodiment comprises a narrow conductive electrode that is galvanically connected to the vehicle chassis, and that is applied to that one edge of a seat which is next to the door nearest that seat. For example, in the U.S., this edge will normally be the left edge of the driver's seat, or the right edge of the front passenger's seat. The electrode is substantially located on a normally unoccupied surface of the seat cushion. Other embodiments further include pointed shapes on the electrode to increase the electric field intensity, which may promote more complete discharging.
US10507748B2 Seat for vehicle
A vehicle seat is provided in which a seat back is constrained from tilting down when a seat cushion is moved to a position in which the seat back cannot be tilted down. The vehicle seat includes a base frame, a seat cushion frame (3) horizontally movable relative to the base frame between a first position and a second position different from the first position, a seat back frame (4) rotatable relative to the seat cushion frame (3), a lock member (5) configured to constrain the seat back frame (4) from tilting rearward, and an unlock mechanism (6) configured to release a lock applied by the lock member (5) when the seat cushion frame (3) is moved from the first position to the second position.
US10507745B2 Seating assembly with thermoelectric devices
A vehicle seating assembly includes a seating surface and a tube arranged proximate the seating surface. The tube has an inlet fluidly coupled with a fluid mover and an outlet proximate the seating surface. A thermoelectric device is in communication with the outlet. The thermoelectric device is configured to thermodynamically affect heat exchange at the seating surface. The fluid mover is selectively operable to release a pressurized fluid through the tube proximate the thermoelectric device.
US10507744B2 Relaxing seat for vehicle
A relaxing seat for a vehicle may include a fixed rail fixed to a vehicle body; a first moving rail coupled to the fixed rail; a second moving rail coupled to the first moving rail; a back link rotatably coupled to the fixed rail and a seat back frame; a cushion rear-side link including first and second end portions, wherein the first end portion is rotatably coupled to a portion at which a lower end portion of the seat back frame and a rear end portion of a seat cushion frame are rotatably coupled to each other, and the second end portion is rotatably coupled to the first moving rail; and a cushion front-side frame including a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion is rotatably coupled to a front end portion of the seat cushion frame, and the second end portion of which is fixedly coupled to the second moving rail.
US10507740B2 Control device for the comfort equipment of a passenger transport vehicle seat module, seat module and system for controlling comfort equipment
A control device for the comfort equipment of a passenger transport vehicle seat module includes a casing having a control unit and an USB port, a transmitter/receiver having an electrical plug to be plugged into the USB port, the transmitter/receiver to receive an adjusting command and to transmit the received adjusting command to the control unit, the control unit to transmit the received adjusting command to the one piece of comfort equipment. The control device further includes a locking device having a maneuvering member. When the maneuvering member is actuated, the locking device prevents the transmission of the adjusting command from the transmitter/receiver to the piece of comfort equipment.
US10507738B1 Systems and methods for electric vehicle charging decision support system
Methods and systems for an electric vehicle charging decision support system are provided. A system can include: a higher level agent configured to be connected to an energy grid and to receive a charging request from an electric vehicle and transmit the charging request to a virtual block agent; and a plurality of charging station agents connected to an energy service provider, the energy grid, and the virtual block agent. The virtual block agent can be configured to receive a respective power set-point and availability from the plurality of charging station agents and transmit a recommended energy price charged at a respective charging station to the energy service provider. The recommended price can maximize a probability of an electric vehicle agent choosing a particular charging station. The system facilitates a win-win situation for the mutual and simultaneous benefit of electric vehicles and the power grid.
US10507737B2 Gap control for vehicle wireless power transfer (WPT)
In one embodiment, a device in a wireless power transfer (WPT) system receives data regarding a vehicle equipped with a vehicle-based charging coil configured to receive electrical power transferred from a ground-based charging coil of the WPT system. The device determines, based on the received data, a time at which the vehicle-based charging coil is expected to be in charging proximity of the ground-based coil. Based on the received data, the device determines a gap distance between the vehicle-based charging coil and the ground-based charging coil to optimize the transfer of electrical power from the ground-based charging coil to the vehicle-based charging coil when the coils are in charging proximity of one another. The device sends control instructions to an adjustment system to implement the identified gap distance in advance of the determined time by adjusting a height of the vehicle-based charging coil or the ground-based charging coil.
US10507728B2 Auxiliary drive of a combustion machine
The present disclosure relates to an auxiliary drive of a combustion machine, in particular of a combustion machine of a utility vehicle. The auxiliary drive includes a shaft which is operatively connected to a crankshaft of the combustion machine and which has two shaft ends which are designed in each case for connection to a power-outputting and/or power-receiving machine arranged outside the crankcase.
US10507726B2 Pop-up device of fuel door
A pop-up device of a fuel door may include a fuel door configured to be rotatably provided on one side of a vehicle body to open or close a fuel inlet and have a locking portion formed on an internal side thereof, a cable housing configured to be disposed on an internal side of the fuel inlet and include a stopper connected to a cable, and a catch configured to be formed on one end portion of the cable housing and open or close the fuel door by a reciprocating movement of the pop-up rod.
US10507725B2 Filler neck housing arrangement
A filler neck housing arrangement for mounting on a body opening of a motor vehicle includes a housing body (12) which forms a passage opening for the insertion of at least one tank filler pipe. An annular sealing and holding body (10) is configured for holding the sealing and holding body on the body opening and for holding the sealing and holding body on the housing body. The sealing and holding body includes a first sealing member which, in the state of the sealing and holding body being held on the body opening, lies in a sealing manner against a surface (30) of a body part (28) bounding the body opening, and a second sealing member which, in the state of the sealing and holding body being held on the housing body, lies in a sealing manner against the housing body (12).
US10507723B2 Opening-closing apparatus for fuel tank
An opening-closing apparatus for a fuel tank comprises a fuel passage-forming portion configured to form a fuel passage that is arranged to introduce a supplied liquid fuel to the fuel tank; an insertion-side opening-closing mechanism configured to open and close the fuel passage; a tank-side opening-closing mechanism located on a fuel tank side of the insertion-side opening-closing mechanism and configured to open and close the fuel passage; a liquid discharge path configured to allow for communication of a portion of the fuel passage between the insertion-side opening-closing mechanism and the tank-side opening-closing mechanism to the outside of the opening-closing apparatus; and an open-close valve configured to open and close the liquid discharge path and to be opened toward the outside. This configuration of the opening-closing apparatus for the fuel tank reduces dust and the like invaded from the outside into the fuel passage which a liquid fuel passes through.
US10507720B2 Flap control device for motor vehicle and frame comprising such a device
A flap control device spring driven toward open position upon actuator failure.
US10507714B2 Automotive sealing member
The present disclosure can reduce a force required for the attachment of a sealing member to a flange of a body of an automobile, thereby facilitating the attachment, and can reduce the separation of the attached sealing member from the flange to ensure good seal.An outer foam 25 which comes into contact with an exterior face of a flange 110 facing the outside of a cabin is provided for an inner face of an outer wall 20. A flexible seal lip 21a is provided for an inner face of an inner wall 21. A bottom foam 26 bulges from an inner face of a bottom wall 22. A distance between the outer and bottom foams 25 and 26 in a width direction of the automobile is smaller than a thickness of a thinnest portion of the flange 110.
US10507711B1 Vehicle visor extension system
A vehicle visor accessory device for selectively extending shading capabilities of a visor may comprise a sleeve structure configured to removably mount on the visor. The sleeve structure may be elongated with an upper end for positioning toward the upper edge section of the visor and a lower end for positioning toward the lower edge section of the visor, and have a first opening located at a first side edge of the sleeve structure through which a portion of the visor is slidable. A notch may be formed in the sleeve structure. An extension structure may be integrated with the sleeve structure. The sleeve structure may have a substantially hollow interior between first and second faces to slidably receive at least a portion of the visor and the extension structure may have a solid interior between the faces to extend light blocking coverage of the visor.
US10507710B2 Sun visor
The present disclosure discloses a sun visor comprising: a supporting portion (1); a liquid crystal panel (5) fixed onto the supporting portion, or provided integrally with the supporting portion; a first light barrier (4) at least including two kinds of state: expanded and storage, wherein the first light barrier is parallel with the liquid crystal panel when in the expanded state, and an orthographic projection of the liquid crystal panel on the first light barrier falls into the first light barrier; a photosensitive sensor (8) for detecting an intensity of an interference light; and a control circuit connected with the photosensitive sensor and the liquid crystal panel, for adjusting a driving voltage with respect to the liquid crystal panel according to a detection result of the photosensitive sensor.
US10507709B2 Vehicle windshield and vehicle component using same
Provided are a vehicle windshield equipped with a transparent film at a visual field area, where a negative effect on a driving visibility due to a boundary line between a forming area and a non-forming area of the transparent film is improved, and a vehicle component having the vehicle windshield. The vehicle windshield includes: a window plate; and a transparent film provided at a surface on a vehicle-interior side of the window plate, wherein the vehicle windshield includes a first area where the transparent film is not provided and a second area where the transparent film is provided, at a central area when viewed from a front side, and a boundary between the first area and the second area has no perspective distortion and is constituted by a boundary line having line width visually recognized by scattering of irradiated light of 10 μm to 200 μm.
US10507708B2 Vertical sliding solution of the condenser unit for trucks with refrigerated goods
A truck (10) is provided including an engine (12), a cabin, and a conditioned spaced (14) defined by a plurality of adjacent wall members including a front wall member (16). A transport refrigeration unit is configured to control a temperature within the conditioned space include an evaporator unit (20) and a condenser unit (22). The evaporator unit (20) is mounted within the conditioned space (14). The condenser unit (22) is operably coupled to the evaporator unit (20) and is mounted to an exterior surface (24) of the front wall member (16). The condenser unit (22) is configured to move slidably between an operating position and a clearance position.
US10507706B2 Method for controlling coolant flow and cooling of a heater core of a vehicle to extend an engine auto-stop period
A method for controlling coolant flow and cooling of a heater core to be used as a cold storage device or “heater core cold storage” (HCCS) cooling of a vehicle to extend an engine auto-stop period includes determining if at least one predetermined condition is met for HCCS cooling, and charging a heater core for a predetermined charge period in preparation for HCCS cooling when the at least one predetermined condition is met. The charge is held in the heater core until a trigger event occurs and HCCS cooling is initiated. HCCS cooling is then performed until a predetermined use period expires.
US10507705B2 Triple-zone HVAC apparatus for automotive vehicle
A triple-zone heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) apparatus for an automotive vehicle may be configured to mix cold air passing through an evaporator and warm air passing through a heat exchanger with each other and blow the mixed air to a front seat foot vent through a front seat foot door and to a rear seat vent through a rear seat door.
US10507703B2 Strut mount and suspension mechanism using the same
A strut mount including: a first mounting member configured to be attached to a shock absorber; a second mounting member configured to be attached to a vehicle body; a main rubber elastic body elastically connecting the first and second mounting members to each other; a fluid-filled zone whose interior is filled with a non-compressible fluid such that a vibration damping effect is obtained based on a flow action of the fluid; and an orifice passage through which the fluid filled in the fluid-filled zone is induced to flow. A tuning frequency of the orifice passage is set to a frequency of a vibration transmitted during lockup of an automobile from a drive train of the automobile to the vehicle body via the shock absorber.
US10507698B2 Tightening group for a rim of or for a tired wheel
The present invention regards a tightening group for a rim of or for a tired wheel including a base, a main wheel-holder or rim-holder plate or table and at least three jaws or jaw or gripper components.
US10507695B2 Bias tire and method for manufacturing same
Provided is a bias tire includes a carcass extending between a pair of bead portions, a pair of sidewall portions, a tread, and a reinforcement layer (5), formed by cords (5Cb), disposed so as to cover at least a portion of a tire circumferential edge (BEi) on the inner side, in the tire radial direction, of the innermost ply (2Bi) of the carcass in a tire half portion (HFa) on a side where, as a cord (Cb) of a tire circumferential end on the inner side, in the tire radial direction, of the innermost ply (2Bi) approaches the tire circumferential edge on the inner side, in the tire radial direction, of the innermost ply (2Bi) along the tire circumferential direction, the cord (Cb) is inclined so as to separate from the tire equator (CL).
US10507690B2 Bicycle hub assembly
A bicycle hub assembly comprises a hub axle, a hub body, and a sprocket support body. The hub body includes a first spoke-mounting portion, a second spoke-mounting portion, and a first axial length. The first axial length is defined between a first axially outermost part of the first spoke-mounting portion and a second axially outermost part of the second spoke-mounting portion in an axial direction and is equal to or larger than 55 mm. The sprocket support body includes a plurality of external spline teeth. The plurality of external spline teeth includes a plurality of external-spline driving surfaces. The plurality of external-spline driving surfaces each includes a radial length defined from a radially outermost edge to a radially innermost edge. A total of the radial lengths of the plurality of external-spline driving surfaces is equal to or larger than 7 mm.
US10507689B2 Chalk line apparatus
A chalk line apparatus with a housing having a body with a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, and laterally spaced sides. The body defines an internal space within which a spool is operatively mounted. A drive assembly is operable through an actuator to cause line to be accumulated on the spool through a fill opening on the housing. A supply of chalk can be introduced into the internal space to contact the line. A stopper assembly can be selectively placed in closed and open states. The stopper assembly has a blocking portion that: a) blocks passage of chalk through the fill opening with the stopper assembly in the closed state; and b) permits chalk to be directed through the fill opening and into the internal space with the stopper assembly in the open state. The stopper assembly is adjacent to the drive assembly actuator.
US10507680B2 Printing apparatus
There is provided a printing apparatus, including: a base plate having a first surface and a second surface; an installation part provided in the first surface and configured so that a ribbon roll is attached thereto; a thermal head provided in the first surface and configured to heat the ink ribbon; a partition wall partitioning the first surface into a first area including the installation part and a second area including the thermal head; a drive mechanism provided in a third area of the second surface and including a motor and a controller; and a fan provided in the base plate and configured to move air from the second area to the first area via the third area.
US10507676B2 Inkjet recording apparatus including rotatable head base and rotatable conveyance unit
An inkjet recording apparatus includes an inkjet head, a head base, a conveyance unit, and a rotation mechanism. The inkjet head ejects ink on to a sheet. The inkjet head is fixed to the head base. The conveyance unit faces the inkjet head and conveys the sheet. The rotation mechanism rotates the head base and the conveyance unit around an axis perpendicular to a sheet conveyance surface of the conveyance unit while maintaining a constant relative position of the head base to the conveyance unit.
US10507670B2 Nozzle compensation for shuttle based printers
In a color printing environment, functions for printing color management are dissociated. An abstraction layer is also provided to facilitate setting and evaluation of all factors relating to color print and prediction.
US10507665B2 Liquid cartridge including circuit board supported by support member
A liquid cartridge is configured to be inserted into an attachment portion of a printing device in an insertion direction and attached thereto in an upright posture. The liquid cartridge includes: a housing; a sealing member; a circuit board; and a support member. The housing includes: a liquid chamber; and a liquid passage. The sealing member is disposed in the liquid passage. The circuit board is positioned rearward in the insertion direction relative to the sealing member in the upright posture. The circuit board includes: a contact; and a memory. The contact of the cartridge is electrically connectable to a contact of the device. The memory is electrically connected to the contact of the cartridge. The support member supports the circuit board. The circuit board supported by the support member is resiliently movable upward and downward relative to the housing in the upright posture.
US10507659B2 Liquid jetting head and ink-jet printer
A liquid jetting head includes: a nozzle plate having a nozzle surface in which nozzles are open; a channel member having a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, the nozzle plate being joined to the first surface, the channel member being formed with channels communicating with the nozzles respectively and a cavity being different from the channels, the channels including pressure chambers respectively; drive elements provided on the second surface of the channel member to correspond to the pressure chambers respectively, the drive elements having terminals led out to the second surface of the channel member; and a wiring member having wirings, the wirings being joined to the terminals respectively on the second surface of the channel member.
US10507656B2 Piezoelectric device, liquid ejecting head, and liquid ejecting apparatus
A piezoelectric device used in a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid from a nozzle includes a flow-path-forming substrate in which an individual liquid chamber that communicates with the nozzle and a liquid supply chamber that communicates with the individual liquid chamber are formed, a vibration plate formed at a position corresponding to the individual liquid chamber and the liquid supply chamber of the flow-path-forming substrate, a plurality of liquid supply ports formed in the liquid supply chamber, and a piezoelectric element including a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode, the piezoelectric element being formed at a position on the vibration plate corresponding to the individual liquid chamber, where the liquid supply ports are provided so as to penetrate the vibration plate, and where the vibration plate contains zirconium oxide.
US10507655B2 Liquid ejecting head, manufacturing method thereof, and liquid ejecting apparatus
There are provided a conductive base; a plurality of head main bodies which are held by the base and each have a switching element and a pressure generating element for discharging a liquid in a pressure generating chamber; a plurality of covers which are separated from the base, at least one of the pressure generating element and the switching element being sandwiched between the base and each of the covers; and a plurality of conduction portions which each conduct the base and the cover to each other at a plurality of locations.
US10507653B2 Large format printer
In a large format printer, a print head which includes a plurality of drive elements is provided with a head drive circuit which applies a voltage which is based on a first drive signal, a second drive signal, and a reference voltage signal which are input from a control circuit via a cable to the drive element. In a first flat cable and a second flat cable which configure the cable and which are in an overlapping state, a first wire which propagates a first drive signal is adjacent to a third wire which propagates a reference voltage signal, a second wire which propagates a second drive signal is adjacent to a third wire, and, in an overlapping direction, the first wire faces the third wire and the second wire faces the third wire.
US10507650B1 Piezoelectric print head drive with energy recovery
An energy recovery circuit in a print head includes at least one waveform rail, an array of piezoelectric actuators selectively electrically connectable to the waveform rail, the piezoelectric actuators creating a capacitive load, at least one pseudo jet capacitive load, selectively coupled to the waveform rail, depending upon how many piezoelectric actuators are connected to the waveform rail, and a first inductor coupled to the waveform rail, wherein the first inductor forms a resonant circuit with a waveform rail capacitance and returns energy to a power supply. A method of recovering energy in a print head includes providing a waveform to an array of piezoelectric actuators that are selectively electrically connectable to a waveform rail, selectively coupling at least one pseudo-jet load to the waveform rail, depending upon how many piezoelectric actuators are connected to the waveform rail, and using an inductor to form a resonant circuit with a waveform rail capacitance and to return energy to a power supply.
US10507643B2 Transfer-printing ink and transfer-printing method
A transfer-printing ink is ejected onto a transfer paper base on an ink-jet recording device when transfer paper is prepared, and is transferred from the transfer paper to cloth when the transfer paper with the cloth laid over it is heated. The ink contains a pigment, an anionic fixing resin, and a volatile amine as a neutralizer for neutralizing the fixing resin. The average particle diameter of the pigment is 30 nm to 150 nm. The pigment-to-fixing resin mass ratio is 1:1 to 1:5. The added amount of the volatile amine is 0.8 to 1.5 times the neutralization equivalent.
US10507641B2 Ink supply device
A system and method for supplying ink can include an ink supply device with a first end and a second end located along an axis on opposite sides of the ink supply device. In an example, the first end is frustum shaped, and the second end is frustum shaped. In an example, a first ink connector can be attached to the first end. In an example, a second ink connector can be attached to the second end. In an example, a pump can be connected to the second ink connector to move ink accumulating in the second end through the second ink connector into the ink supply system.
US10507640B2 Three-dimensional printer
A three-dimensional printer includes: a machine mainframe, formed with a carrying plane; a three-dimensional printing module, installed on the machine mainframe, and used for forming a three-dimensional object on the carrying plane according to a three-dimensional model data; and a color spraying nozzle module, installed on the machine mainframe and used for coloring a surface of the three-dimensional object according to the three-dimensional model data, wherein the color spraying nozzle module includes at least one color spraying nozzle and at least one screen member, the color spraying nozzle is formed with at least one nozzle hole, the screen member is formed with at least one screen hole, the screen hole is arranged corresponding to the nozzle hole, and the area of the screen hole is smaller than the area of the nozzle hole thereby enabling the color spraying nozzle module to more efficiently color the three-dimensional object.
US10507639B2 Modular printing apparatus for 3D printing
A printing apparatus including a manifold shaped as a rectangular parallelepiped having three pairs of parallel faces and including (i) a body thereof defining a plurality of fluidic channels, (ii) a bottom portion thereof defining a slot configured to accommodate insertion of a printing element; and (iii) at least one face defining a plurality of fluidic connections in fluidic communication with the fluidic channels. A method for manufacturing a printing apparatus includes the steps of a) manufacturing a manifold by manufacturing a parallelepiped and defining a slot therein configured to hold a printing element; b) machining features into the manifold for mechanical mounting, electronic connection, and fluid connection; and (c) assembling the manifold with the printing element and a gasket to form the printing apparatus.
US10507636B2 Plastic flooring having three-dimensional patterns and method of making the same
A method of making plastic flooring contains steps of: A. providing the substrate and delivering the substrate toward a rolling unit; B. delivering a printing layer, wherein the printing layer is blank and is delivered toward the rolling unit by way of a second delivery roller mechanism; C. rolling, wherein the rolling unit rolls the substrate and the printing layer, and the printing layer has three-dimensional embossing; D. digital printing, wherein color material being printed on three-dimensional embossing by using the digital print unit; E. coating an abrasion resistant layer, wherein a coating unit coats wear-resistant materials of the abrasion resistant layer on the printing layer; and F. shaping, wherein the plastic flooring material is shaped so as to dry and harden the abrasion resistant layer.
US10507635B2 Methods and apparatus to form venting pathways in pressure sensitive adhesives for laminate stacks
Methods and apparatus to form venting pathways in pressure sensitive adhesives for laminate stacks are disclosed. An example method includes forming a laminate stack including a gas permeable nonwoven layer and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer, a surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer facing a surface of the gas permeable nonwoven layer, and processing the laminate stack such that a plurality of venting pathways are formed in the pressure sensitive adhesive layer to enable trapped gas to pass through the pressure sensitive adhesive layer.
US10507634B2 Application device and application method
An application device that applies an adhesive-backed film to a base material having a bonding surface, along a first direction which is an extending direction of the base material, comprises: an application mechanism having an application unit that applies the film from a first end to a second end in the first direction on the base material by pressing the film; and a film gripping part that grips an end portion of the film on the second end side and can be driven in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction and is a direction in which the bonding surface and the film are opposed to each other, wherein the application unit presses the film by moving in the first and second directions relative to the base material.
US10507631B2 Laminate, printed circuit board and method for producing laminate
To provide a laminate having a fluororesin layer and a thermoplastic resin layer laminated with a good adhesive strength.A method for producing a laminate, comprising carrying out heat lamination of a fluororesin film containing the following fluororesin (A) and a thermoplastic resin film containing a thermoplastic resin (B) having a melting point higher by at least 5° C. than the melting point of the fluororesin (A), at a temperature of at least a melting point of the fluororesin (A) and lower than a melting point of the thermoplastic resin (B). The fluororesin (A) is a fluororesin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a carbonyl group-containing group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, and having a melt flow rate of from 0.5 to 30 g/10 min at 372° C. under a load of 49N.
US10507628B1 Vehicle interior component
A component for a vehicle interior is disclosed. The component may comprise a structural substrate comprising a fiber panel with at least one hole and a resin-formed structure; and a cover coupled to the fiber panel or the resin-formed structure. The fiber panel may be formed into a compression-formed component; the resin-formed structure may comprise a molded feature formed in the hole of the fiber panel. The resin-formed structure may reinforce the structural substrate. The fiber panel and the resin-formed structure may provide a substantially continuous structure. The resin-formed structure may extend along a surface of the fiber panel to form the resin-formed structure to the fiber panel. The cover may be applied to the fiber panel during compression molding. The component may comprise a trim panel, instrument panel, door panel, or other interior trim part. A method of manufacturing a vehicle trim component is also disclosed.
US10507627B2 Systems and methods for forming a dust mitigating fabric
In an example, a system for forming a dust-mitigating fabric includes a warp-strand-delivery unit including warp strands. The warp strands include insulative-warp strands and conductive-warp strands. The system includes a plurality of heddles that receive the warp strands, and a plurality of harnesses coupled to the heddles. The dust-mitigating fabric has an adapter for receiving one or more phases of an electrical signal. The warp strands include a group of insulative-warp strands and one or more groups of conductive-warp strands. Each group of conductive-warp strands corresponds to a respective phase of the electrical signal. The harnesses move the groups of warp strands to form a shed, and move, on a group-by-group basis, each group of conductive-warp strands to facilitate forming the adapter. The system further includes a picking device to move a weft strand through the shed to form a fabric.
US10507626B2 Bladder devices for moving components of web packaging machines
A bladder device is for moving a component of a web packaging machine that forms and encloses a food product in a food product package made of webs of packaging material. The bladder device has a bladder and a nipple stub coupled to the bladder and having a first end configured to receive a gas and a second end configured to dispense the gas into the bladder to thereby inflate the bladder and move the component of the web packaging machine. A collar coupled to the nipple stub such that the bladder is sandwiched between the collar and the second end of the nipple stub. The second end of the nipple stub has a depression and the collar has a boss that is oriented towards the depression such that tightening the collar on the nipple stub forces the bladder into the depression and thereby forms a fluid tight seal.
US10507625B2 Tire vulcanization mold
A tire vulcanization mold 10 of an embodiment includes an annular side mold 14 having a side molding surface 18 for molding a side wall portion T2. In a side mold body 15 of the side mold 14, an annular recess 20 is provided in the side molding surface 18 and a side ring 22 is fitted into the annular recess. The side ring 22 is mounted in the annular recess 20 such that a vent gap 30 for discharging air is formed between the side ring and the annular recess, on an opening portion side of the annular recess 20, and such that the side ring 22 is centered with respect to the side mold body 15 by a close contact fitting portion 28 in which the side ring and the annular recess are fitted without a gap therebetween, on a bottom portion side of the annular recess 20.
US10507624B2 Blow moulding machine with automatically actuated base coupling
Apparatus for transforming plastic parisons into plastic containers includes a transforming station having a blow mould within which plastic parisons can be expanded by application of a gaseous medium. The blow mould has a base part arranged releasably on a support. The transforming station has at least one first connector for supplying a flowable temperature control medium to the transforming station, and this supply of the temperature control medium can be disconnected via the connector. The fastening mechanism has a release element which is movable in a predetermined straight direction. By displacement of this release element into a first predetermined position fastening of the base part on the support is releasable and by a displacement of this release element into a second predetermined position the base part can be fastened on the support.
US10507619B2 Laminator
A laminator includes a turnover abutment and a film laminating device. The turnover abutment includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, and at least one of the first surface and the second surface is a bearing surface on which a plurality of suction structures are provided. The plurality of suction structures are used for sucking a borne object onto the bearing surface. The film laminating device is configured to laminate a film on the borne object on the bearing surface.
US10507618B2 Tubular body
A tubular body formed by joining two semi-tubular portions that are divided in radial direction, the tubular body having a connection flange portion provided with a bolt hole on at least one end portion. The two semi-tubular portions have joint projection portions at both edge portions in circumferential direction, the joint projection portions projecting in radial direction and extending in axial direction, and each joint projection portion of the semi-tubular portions on at least one of both sides in circumferential direction is configured to be bent so as to deviate from a virtual division face passing a central axis in such a manner that a joint portion formed by abutting the joint projection portions does not interfere with a tool for fastening a bolt inserted into the bolt hole in a predetermined area in the vicinity of the bolt hole of the connection flange portion.
US10507608B2 Polyamide moulding compounds for large moulded parts
The invention concerns polyamide moulding compound, in particular for producing heat-resistant moulded parts, having the following composition: (A) 20 to 79 wt. % of at least one partially aromatic polyamide in the form of a copolyamide which comprises 50 to 80 mol. % units formed by hexanediamine and terephthalic acid; (B) 1 to 15 wt. % of at least one impact-resistant modifier; (C) 20 to 60 wt. % of at least one carbon fibre; and (D) 0 to 5 wt. % of at least one additive, components (A) to (D) adding up to 100 wt. %.
US10507607B2 Honeycomb core, honeycomb sandwich structure, and honeycomb core manufacturing method
A honeycomb core includes carbon fiber having four or more different fiber directions, and when a ribbon direction is set as an X axis direction, a cell width direction is set as a Y axis direction, and a direction that is orthogonal to the ribbon direction and the cell width direction is set as a Z axis direction. A condition in which angles formed by the X axis direction and the respective fiber directions of the carbon fiber are set at −45 degrees, 0 degrees, 45 degrees, and 90 degrees is set as a reference condition. The respective fiber directions are rotated from the reference condition by a fixed rotation angle so that none of the fiber directions are parallel to the X axis direction.
US10507604B2 Nanotransfer printing method and surface-enhanced raman scattering substrate, surface-enhanced raman scattering vial and surface-enhanced raman scattering patch manufactured using the same
A nanotransfer printing method, including the steps of coating a polymer thin film on a template substrate where a surface pattern is formed, fabricating the polymer thin film into a thin-film replica mold by using the polymer thin film and an adhesive film, forming nanostructures on the thin-film replica mold, selectively weakening an adhesive force between the adhesive film and the thin-film replica mold, and transferring the nanostructures into a target object, is provided.
US10507603B2 Method for reinforcing a base structure
A method for reinforcing an existing base structure with at least one reinforcing structure so as to form a support structure having the following steps: producing the at least one reinforcing structure, connecting the at least one reinforcing structure to the base structure such that the at least one reinforcing structure is connected to the base structure in a connection position and the base structure together with the at least one reinforcing structure forms the support structure. The at least one reinforcing structure is made of a composite material comprising fibers and a matrix by means of pultrusion and/or extrusion, and a pultrusion unit and/or an extrusion unit is moved in space such that the at least one reinforcing structure, is pultruded and/or extruded onto the base structure at the respective required connection position after the pultrusion and/or extrusion.
US10507583B2 Robot control device
A robot control device includes a feature-point detecting unit that detects, from an image of an object acquired by a visual sensor, the positions of a plurality of feature points on the object in a predetermined cycle; a position/orientation calculating unit that updates, in the predetermined cycle, respective equations of motion of the plurality of feature points on the basis of the detected positions of the plurality of feature points and that calculates the position or orientation of the object on the basis of the detected positions of the plurality of feature points calculated from the updated equations of motion; and a robot-arm-movement control unit that controls the movement of a robot arm so as to follow the object, on the basis of the calculated position or orientation of the object.
US10507580B2 Reduced degree of freedom robotic controller apparatus and methods
Apparatus and methods for training and controlling of, for instance, robotic devices. In one implementation, a robot may be trained by a user using supervised learning. The user may be unable to control all degrees of freedom of the robot simultaneously. The user may interface to the robot via a control apparatus configured to select and operate a subset of the robot's complement of actuators. The robot may comprise an adaptive controller comprising a neuron network. The adaptive controller may be configured to generate actuator control commands based on the user input and output of the learning process. Training of the adaptive controller may comprise partial set training. The user may train the adaptive controller to operate first actuator subset. Subsequent to learning to operate the first subset, the adaptive controller may be trained to operate another subset of degrees of freedom based on user input via the control apparatus.
US10507579B2 Control system to which control CPU is addable
A robot control system according to the present invention includes a robot control device for controlling a robot, and a control CPU detachably provided on the robot control device, for generating an operation command to operate the robot. The robot control device includes a network controller for communicating with the outside of the robot control device, a servo controller for controlling the robot, and a connector for connecting the control CPU to the network controller.
US10507578B1 Optimization of observer robot locations
Example implementations may relate to optimization of observer robot locations. In particular, a control system may detect an event that indicates desired relocation of observer robots within a worksite. Each such observer robot may have respective sensor(s) configured to provide information related to respective positions of a plurality of target objects within the worksite. Responsively, the control system may (i) determine observer robot locations within the worksite at which one or more of the respective sensors are each capable of providing information related to respective positions of one or more of the plurality of target objects and (ii) determine a respectively intended level of positional accuracy for at least two respective target objects. Based on the respectively intended levels of positional accuracy, the control system may select one or more of the observer robot locations and may direct one or more observer robots to relocate to the selected locations.
US10507575B2 Attitude-supporting apparatus of wearable robot and attitude-supporting method using the same
An attitude-supporting apparatus of a wearable robot includes an actuator for generating a hydraulic pressure by a worker's direct manipulation, and a driving unit including, the driving unit including: an inner component and an outer component capable of relatively rotating, and control components for controlling the relative rotations of the inner component and the outer component, wherein a motion of the control components is controlled by receiving the hydraulic pressure generated from the actuator.
US10507574B2 Confined entry device
A seat assembly. The seat assembly is adapted for use in entering confined spaces or otherwise entering spaces through confined entryways. The seat assembly includes a seat that is slidably disposed along a track. In one embodiment, the seat is rotatable. The seat assembly further includes a wire or tether that has multiple clamps positioned along its length. The assembly is utilized by placing the track such that it extends through a confined entryway and then securing the clamps about the perimeter edge of the opening such that the tether is held taut. The tension in the wire exerts a force that maintains the track, the seat, and a user or any equipment thereon in a horizontal position through the opening. Users can the utilize the slidable seat to enter and exit the confined opening with minimal difficulty.
US10507573B2 Adjustable tool holder
Disclosed is an adjustable tool holder for holding workshop tools and the like. The tool holder comprises an elongate, rectangular base member comprising a longitudinal central groove, the base member extending between proximal and distal extremities, an elongate, central bar disposed within the groove centrally, the central bar laterally divided into toothed and plain portions terminating at the proximal and distal portions respectively, a longitudinal edge of the toothed portion comprising teeth, a slider adapted to slide along the length of the toothed portion, and a compression spring, one end of which secured to the slider while the other end secured to a distal extremity, the spring wound around the central bar. Sliding the slider to any point on the toothed portion causes length of the spring to be automatically altered accordingly, while the teeth prevent the slider from freely sliding towards the proximal end. A tool is adapted to be held between two consecutive loops of the spring.
US10507570B2 Power tool
A power tool contains one or more moving parts coated with a lubricant to reduce friction. The lubricant is intended to be sealed within a housing of the power tool. In order to better prevent leakage of the lubricant to the exterior of the housing, the housing and/or a component supported by the housing includes a part exhibiting oil repellency. The oil repellency is preferably imparted at least at a junction of the housing and the component supported by the housing. The oil repellency may be imparted by applying a fluorine-based coating or a nanocoating to the junction. In addition or in the alternative, the oil repellency may be imparted by forming a portion or all of the housing from a resin material containing an oil-repelling component and/or by attaching an oil-repellant component at or proximal to the junction.
US10507569B1 Pipe-cleaning attachment
The pipe-cleaning attachment is a kit. The pipe-cleaning attachment is configured for use with a copper pipe. The pipe-cleaning attachment is a tool that cleans the interior surface and the exterior surface of the copper pipe in preparation for processing. By processing is meant one of several plumbing procedures including, but not limited to, soldering the copper pipe or cutting the copper pipe. The pipe-cleaning attachment is an electrically powered rotating brush that physically cleans the copper pipe. The pipe-cleaning attachment comprises a plurality of cleaning kits and a drive system. The plurality of cleaning kits comprises a collection of brushes. The drive system rotates a brush selected from the plurality of cleaning kits to clean the copper pipe.