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US10572310B2 Deploying and utilizing a software library and corresponding field programmable device binary
Examples of techniques for utilizing a field programmable device binary to perform a workload are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method may include: calling an application program interface to perform a workload; determining, by a processing device, using dynamic characteristics of the workload and a workload environment, whether the workload should be processed by a field programmable device or a software library running on the general purpose processing device; responsive to determining to process the job by the field programmable device, deploying the job to the field programmable device; and responsive to determining to process the job by a software library running on the general purpose processing device, deploying the job to the software library.
US10572308B2 Method and apparatus for monitoring virtual document object model
An apparatus for monitoring a virtual document object model includes: generating, via a first thread, a first VODM node by a first thread and sending the first VODM node to a second thread; comparing, via the second thread, the first VODM node to a second VODM node to be updated so as to determine whether the first VODM node is the same as the second VODM node to be updated, and returning a comparison result to the first thread; and sending, via the first thread, the first VODM node to a third thread when the comparison result indicates that the first VODM node is different from the second VODM node to be updated. The third thread is configured to perform page rendering based on the first VODM node.
US10572303B2 Computer-implemented task switching assisting based on work status of task
A task switching assisting method includes storing, by an information processing apparatus, task information regarding a task executed by a user. An element related to execution of the task is stored in correlation with the task information, an operation related to the task is determined, a work status with respect to the correlated element related to the execution of the task is determined based on the determined operation related to the task, the task is switched by saving or restoring the work status, based on the task information and the work status with respect to the correlated element related to the execution of the task, task execution resource information for executing the task and task saving resource information at a time of saving the task are analyzed on a task basis, and the task information is generated based on a result of the analysis, by the information processing apparatus.
US10572300B2 Apparatus and method for configuring a microcontroller system
A microcontroller system and a method of configuring a microcontroller system is provided. The microcontroller system comprises a central processing unit, memory associated with the microcontroller system, event receiving means operable to receive an event, and configuration control means. The configuration control means is operable to collect one or a plurality of sets of configuration data from said memory, each of said sets of configuration data defining a configuration related to at least one operational unit of the microcontroller system, wherein said sets of configuration data are associated with a first operation mode associated with the microcontroller system. Moreover, the configuration control means is operable to determine a set of configuration data of the sets of configuration data and to configure the microcontroller system corresponding to said determined set of configuration data.
US10572297B2 Attach an interpreter-based TPM into a cluster of inter-connected multi-process based compiler-based TPMs to achieve global transaction
Aspects of the present invention include methods, systems and computer program products. The method includes a processor coordinating an execution of a transaction between at least one compiler-type programming language transaction processing module (TPM) and at least one interpreter-type programming language TPM, wherein the at least one compiler-type TPM and the at least one interpreter-type TPM each have a proprietary protocol for communicating with other TPMs; maintaining session management information relating to the execution of a transaction, wherein the session management information comprises communication session identifiers for the proprietary protocol of each of the at least one interpreter-type TPM and the at least one compiler-type TPM; and mapping the communication session identifiers for the proprietary protocol of each of the at least one interpreter-type TPM and the at least one compiler-type TPM to facilitate communication between the at the least one interpreter-type TPM and the at least one compiler-type TPM.
US10572295B2 Ordering of interface adapters in virtual machines
A computing device includes a hardware processor and a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions. The instructions are executable by the processor to: initiate a virtual machine (VM) using a user specification including a plurality of virtual interface adapters in a first order; identify a first virtual slot associated with a first virtual interface adapter of the plurality of virtual interface adapters; identify, based on the first virtual slot, a first virtual device identifier associated with the first virtual interface adapter; identify, based on the first virtual device identifier, an ordered interface name of the first virtual interface adapter; and reorder, based on the ordered interface name, an interface ordering file to list the plurality of virtual interface adapters in a second order.
US10572288B2 Apparatus and method for efficient communication between virtual machines
An apparatus and method are described for efficient inter-virtual machine (VM) communication. For example, an apparatus comprises inter-VM communication logic to map a first specified set of device virtual memory addresses of a first VM to a first set of physical memory addresses in a shared system memory and to further map a second specified set of device virtual memory addresses of a second VM to the first set physical memory addresses in the shared system memory.
US10572284B2 Virtualization Congestion Control Framework for Modifying Execution of Applications on Virtual Machine Based on Mass Congestion Indicator in Host Computing System
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing a virtualization congestion control framework. In one aspect, a method might include a hypervisor assigning application resources of a virtual machine (“VM”), which operates on a host computing system, with maximum allowable settings to each software application to be executed on the VM. The hypervisor or an orchestrator might determine a running mode of the host computing system, and might execute the software application(s) using running mode attributes of the determined running mode. The hypervisor or the orchestrator might monitor application resource utilization, and, based on a determination that application resource utilization has changed, might modify allocation of application resources to each of the software application(s). In some cases, the hypervisor or the orchestrator might monitor for mass congestion indicators, and, based on a determination that a mass congestion indicator is present, might modify the running mode of the host computing system.
US10572277B2 Alert dashboard system with situation room
A user interface system includes a first engine configured to receive message data from managed infrastructure that includes managed infrastructure physical hardware that supports the flow and processing of information. A second engine determines common characteristics of events and produces clusters of events relating to the failure of errors in the managed infrastructure, where membership in a cluster indicates a common factor of the events that is a failure or an actionable problem in the physical hardware managed infrastructure directed to supporting the flow and processing of information. One or more situations is created that is a collection of one or more events or alerts representative of the actionable problem in the managed infrastructure. A situation room includes a user interface (UI) for decomposing events from managed infrastructures. In response to production of the clusters one or more physical changes in a managed infrastructure hardware is made, where the hardware supports the flow and processing of information.
US10572266B2 Systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling the power-on or boot sequence of an integrated circuit based on power harvesting conditions
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an integrated circuit such as a system on chip that operates in part from harvested power and that uses information about power harvesting conditions to alter a power-on sequence or boot sequence based on that information. In some embodiments, a method uses information about power harvesting and energy harvesting conditions to alter a power-on sequence or boot sequence.
US10572263B2 Executing a composite VLIW instruction having a scalar atom that indicates an iteration of execution
A processor core includes a storage device which stores a composite very large instruction word (VLIW) instruction, an instruction unit which obtains the composite VLIW instruction from the storage device and decodes the composite VLIW instruction to determine an operation to perform, and a composite VLIW instruction execution unit which executes the decoded composite VLIW instruction to perform the operation.
US10572260B2 Spatial and temporal merging of remote atomic operations
Disclosed embodiments relate to spatial and temporal merging of remote atomic operations. In one example, a system includes an RAO instruction queue stored in a memory and having entries grouped by destination cache line, each entry to enqueue an RAO instruction including an opcode, a destination identifier, and source data, optimization circuitry to receive an incoming RAO instruction, scan the RAO instruction queue to detect a matching enqueued RAO instruction identifying a same destination cache line as the incoming RAO instruction, the optimization circuitry further to, responsive to no matching enqueued RAO instruction being detected, enqueue the incoming RAO instruction; and, responsive to a matching enqueued RAO instruction being detected, determine whether the incoming and matching RAO instructions have a same opcode to non-overlapping cache line elements, and, if so, spatially combine the incoming and matching RAO instructions by enqueuing both RAO instructions in a same group of cache line queue entries at different offsets.
US10572256B2 Handling effective address synonyms in a load-store unit that operates without address translation
Technical solutions are described for issuing, by a load-store unit (LSU), a plurality of instructions from an out-of-order (OoO) window. The issuing includes, in response to determining a first effective address (EA) being used by a first instruction, the first EA corresponding to a first real address (RA), creating a first effective real translation (ERT) table entry in an ERT table, the ERT entry mapping the first EA to the first RA. Further, in response to determining an EA synonym used by a second instruction, the execution includes replacing the first ERT entry with a second ERT entry, wherein the second ERT entry maps the second EA with the first RA, and creating an ERT eviction (ERTE) table entry in an ERTE table, wherein the ERTE entry maps the first RA to the first EA, the ERTE table entry maintains the relationship between the first EA and the first RA.
US10572253B2 System and method for reducing non-linearity in mixed signal processing using complex polynomial vector processor
A system for reducing non-linearity in mixed signal processing using complex polynomial vector processor 102 is provided. The complex polynomial vector processor 102 includes a data processing unit (104) and a co-efficient feeder unit (106). The data processing unit (104) converts a high-speed data stream into a polar-like format (PL) data and calculates required polynomial powers for the high-speed data stream using the PL format data. The data processing unit (104) includes a multiplier accumulator (MAC) unit (206) that generates processed high-speed data and a delay unit (208) that combines time separated input with the processed high-speed data to generate output data with reduced non-linearity.
US10572252B2 Variable-length instruction buffer management
A vector processor is disclosed including a variety of variable-length instructions. Computer-implemented methods are disclosed for efficiently carrying out a variety of operations in a time-conscious, memory-efficient, and power-efficient manner. Methods for more efficiently managing a buffer by controlling the threshold based on the length of delay line instructions are disclosed. Methods for disposing multi-type and multi-size operations in hardware are disclosed. Methods for condensing look-up tables are disclosed. Methods for in-line alteration of variables are disclosed.
US10572251B2 Method and apparatus for performing logical compare operations
A method and apparatus for including in processor instructions for performing logical-comparison and branch support operations on packed or unpacked data. In one embodiment, instruction decode logic decodes instructions for an execution unit to operate on packed data elements including logical comparisons. A register file including 128-bit packed data registers stores packed single-precision floating point (SPFP) and packed integer data elements. The logical comparisons may include comparison of SPFP data elements and comparison of integer data elements and setting at least one bit to indicate the results. Based on these comparisons, branch support actions are taken. Such branch support actions may include setting the at least one bit, which in turn may be utilized by a branching unit in response to a branch instruction. Alternatively, the branch support actions may include branching to an indicated target code location.
US10572247B2 Prototype management system
A prototype management system to provide cross team tools, frameworks, prototype management, and prototype tracking capabilities to improve the overall timeliness and quality of application and web-based product development. In an example, the prototype management system may be configured to cause the prototype to act as a live website that may be accessed by each of the teams and causes each team member to develop operable objects opposed to simulated objects.
US10572241B2 Method and apparatus for installing operation system
A method and apparatus for installing an operating system. Data of a first operation system is acquired, and the first operation system is installed and launched according to the data of the first operation system. Configuration information of the first operation system is modified to add installation related information of a second operation system, after the first operation system is launched. Data of the second operation system is acquired according to the installation related information of the second operation system, and the second operation system is installed to replace the first operation system according to the data of the second operation system.
US10572240B2 Operating system update management for enrolled devices
Operating system update management for enrolled devices is disclosed according to various examples. In one example, a computing environment can receive an identifier from at least one of a multitude of client devices enrolled with a management service, where the identifier is indicative of a software update available for the at least one of the plurality of client devices. The computing environment can query a service using the identifier to identify information pertaining to the software update and cause a display of the information in at least one user interface. In response to a specification of a subset of the client devices being received, for example, by an administrator, the computing environment can cause the subset of the plurality of client devices to perform an installation of the software update.
US10572238B2 Computer update scheduling based on biometrics
Embodiments of the present invention relate to scheduling updates on a personal electronic device based on biometric data gathered from a user. The personal electronic device, or another computing device, may receive a pending software update. The personal electronic device, or another computing device, may receive biometric data of the user from one or more biometric sensors. The biometric data may provide sufficient information to determine a sleep status of the user. The personal electronic device, or another computing device, may determine a sleep status of the user. The personal electronic device, or another computing device, may install the pending software update in response to determining that the user is sleeping. The personal electronic device, or another computing device, may delay the pending software update in response to determining that the user is not sleeping.
US10572231B1 Component grouping for application development
Components associated with application entities can be grouped into one or more component groupings. A grouping can include, for example, components that include or specify parameters and settings for a gameplay entity of a gaming application. The grouping of components enables a single component group to be displayed through an editor interface instead of all the individual grouped components, which simplifies the view through the interface. A user can select important parameters to be exposed at the group level, such that those parameters can be accessed and set without having to access and search through the individual grouped components. The grouping can also be saved and used to develop subsequent entities, which can simplify the development process and ensure that necessary components are included for specific entity types.
US10572228B2 Automatic program synthesis using monadic second-order logic
A method is provided for synthesizing a computer program by a hardware processor and a program synthesizer. The method includes representing program components and registers by position set variables and constraints on the position set variables using Monadic Second-Order Logic. The method further includes determining potential combinations of the program components by solving the constraints. The method also includes forming the computer program from at least one of the potential combinations.
US10572221B2 Methods and systems for identifying a level of similarity between a plurality of data representations
A method for identifying a level of similarity between binary vectors includes storing, by a processor on a computing device, in each of a plurality of memory cells on the computing device, one of a plurality of binary vectors, each of the plurality of memory cells including a bitwise comparison circuit. The processor provides, to each of the plurality of memory cells, a received binary vector. Each of the bitwise comparison circuits determines a level of overlap between the received binary vector and the binary vector stored in the memory cell associated with the bitwise comparison circuit. Each of the comparison circuits that determines that the level of overlap satisfies a threshold provides, to the processor, an identification of the stored binary vector with the satisfactory level of overlap. The processor provides an identification of each stored binary vector satisfying the threshold.
US10572210B2 Display apparatus, image playing apparatus, and display system
A display apparatus includes a cabinet; a display panel provided on the cabinet; a door provided on the cabinet and configured to be opened and closed; a first detector configured to detect opening of the door and output a first signal in response to the door being opened; an image data receiver configured to receive content data from an image source device; and a first controller configured to control the display panel to display a first image corresponding to the content data received from the image source device and control the display panel to display a second image different from the first image in response to receiving the first signal.
US10572205B2 Communication method performing data wireless communication between image forming apparatus and communication device
In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to an external device. The external device receives a selection of image data through plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data sent with the address by the external device, and prints an image based on the selected image data. The image forming apparatus accepts a selection indicating whether a communication between the external device and the image forming apparatus is performed by a first communication system method or a second communication system method. The image forming apparatus performs sending and/or receiving the image data with the address by the first communication system method when the first communication system method is selected, and performs sending and/or receiving the image data with the address by the second communication system method when the second communication system method is selected.
US10572203B2 Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for establishing wireless connection between terminal device and communication device
In a case where a specific wireless connection is established between a terminal device and a communication device under a state where a first wireless connection not via an access point is being established between the terminal device and the communication device, the terminal device may determine whether the first wireless connection is a wireless connection according to a first communication scheme or a wireless connection according to a second communication scheme, and supply a predetermined instruction to an OS (abbreviation of Operating System) program of the terminal device in a case where it is determined that the first wireless connection is the wireless connection according to the first communication scheme. The predetermined instruction may include an instruction for disconnecting the first wireless connection and an instruction for establishing a second wireless connection according to the second communication scheme between the terminal device and the communication device.
US10572201B2 Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium for streamlined display of image to be output and image linked with content
An information processing apparatus includes a display controller that causes an image to be output to be displayed if an operating instruction of a user has been received at an image linked with each piece of outputtable content.
US10572196B2 Data connection printing
Example implementations relate to data connection printing. For example, a printing device may include a wireless data connection and a wired data connection. The printing device may include an engine controller including a processing resource and a memory resource coupled to the processing resource, where the memory resource stores instructions executable by the processing resource to determine whether a print job is received via the wireless data connection or the wired data connection and based on the determination, print the print job in a print mode corresponding to either the wireless data connection or the wired data connection.
US10572193B2 Controller for a printer capable of printing multiple images simultaneously
A controller for a printer, a printing system, method for controlling a printer and a software medium are disclosed. The controller includes a process monitor configured to determine which images of a plurality of images are currently being processed simultaneously by the printer; and a display configured to indicate to a user, based on the determining by the process monitor, which images of the plurality of images are currently being processed simultaneously by the printer.
US10572192B2 Processing system, processing apparatus, terminal, and non-transitory computer readable medium
A processing system includes a terminal held by a user and a processing apparatus that executes a process designated by the user. The terminal includes a memory that stores screen information for configuring a setting screen for the process. The screen information is set by the user. The processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a receiving unit. The acquisition unit acquires the screen information from the terminal through short-distance wireless communication. The receiving unit displays the setting screen in accordance with the acquired screen information and receives a setting change performed by the user on the setting screen.
US10572191B1 Disaster recovery with distributed erasure coding
Processing load for remote zones and inter-zone network traffic during geographically distributed (GEO) erasure coding can be reduced. In one aspect, GEO erasure coding can be performed in two phases, wherein each phase can be distributed between zones. Moreover, during a first phase, partially-finished coding chunks can be generated and provided to the remote zones. Further, during a second phase the remote zones can combine the received partially-finished coding chunks independently, to generate a complete coding chunk that can be utilized for data recovery.
US10572182B2 Image forming apparatus, image forming system, control method, and recording medium
In a case where the automatic transfer of an audit log from an image forming apparatus to an external apparatus is set to enabled, the function of deleting the transmitted audit log transmitted based on a user operation is disabled.
US10572176B2 Storage cluster operation using erasure coded data
A non-volatile solid-state storage is provided. The non-volatile solid state storage includes a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) addressable by a processor external to the non-volatile solid state storage. The NVRAM is configured to store user data and metadata relating to the user data. The non-volatile solid state storage includes a flash memory addressable by the processor. The flash memory is configured to store the user data responsive to the processor directing transfer of the user data from the NVRAM to the flash memory.
US10572175B2 Method and apparatus of shared storage between multiple cloud environments
A computer system is coupled to a first storage system in a first site and a second storage system in a second site. The computer system comprises: a memory configured to store information which indicates that data in each segment of a plurality of segments of a logical unit is stored in the first storage system or the second storage system; and a processor configured to: receive an instruction to deploy an application, the instruction including access characteristic of the application; and determine if a snapshot of the logical volume is to be created either in the first storage system or the second storage system based on the access characteristic of the application and the information stored in the memory.
US10572174B2 Data lifetime-aware migration
Data lifetime-aware migration is presented herein. A data sorting component can generate a list of data portions that have been sorted in ascending order of respective determined probabilities that the data portions will be deleted from a source storage device during a migration of the data portions from the source storage device to a destination storage device—the migration comprising copying at least a part of the data portions from the source storage device to the destination storage device. Further, a data lifetime-aware component can iteratively migrate, based on the list in the ascending order of the respective determined probabilities, at least the part of the data portions from the source storage device to the destination storage device.
US10572169B2 Scheduling scheme(s) for a multi-die storage device
A device includes a schedule engine including a mode selection input. The schedule engine has an operating mode based on the mode selection input. The operating mode includes an opportunistic scheduling mode based on the mode selection input having a first value and a pipelined scheduling mode based on the mode selection input having a second value. The device further includes a buffer coupled to the schedule engine.
US10572163B2 Method and system for managing storage device
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for managing a storage area. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for managing a storage areas, comprising: obtaining a storage area in a storage system according to a predefined dividing rule; determining status regarding whether the storage area has been used; setting a status identifier for the storage area based on the use status; and managing the storage area based on the status identifier. In another embodiment, there is proposed a system for managing a storage area, comprising: one or more processors; a memory coupled to at least one processor of the one or more processors; computer program instructions stored in the memory' which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to execute a method for managing a storage area.
US10572160B1 Dynamic cache management in storage devices
Technologies are provided for dynamically changing a size of a cache region of a storage device. A storage device controller writes data to the cache region of the storage device using a particular storage format. The storage device controller then migrates the cached data to a storage region of the device, where the data is written using a different storage format. A dynamic cache manager monitors input and output activity for the storage device and dynamically adjusts a size of the cache region to adapt to changes in the input and/or output activity. The dynamic cache manager can also adjust a size of the storage region. The storage device controller can automatically detect that the storage device has dynamic cache support and configure the storage device by creating the cache region and the storage region on the device.
US10572153B2 Efficient data management through compressed data interfaces
A system and method for efficiently managing data through compression interfaces may include receiving, by a controller, data, generating, by the controller, a compressed payload based on the data, generating, by the controller, metadata describing the compressed payload, the metadata including fixed size metadata and variable size metadata, generating, by the controller, a data container comprising the uncompressed payload and the metadata, and transmitting, by the controller, the data container to an application. Some implementations of the system may include a storage media, and a storage controller executable by a processor that may include an interface processor, a controller logic, and a media processor configured to communicate with an application and the storage media to perform aspects of the method.
US10572150B2 Memory network with memory nodes controlling memory accesses in the memory network
According to an example, a memory network includes memory nodes. The memory nodes may each include memory and control logic. The control logic may operate the memory node as a destination for a memory access invoked by a processor connected to the memory network and may operate the memory node as a router to route data or memory access commands to a destination in the memory network.
US10572148B2 Electronic device for displaying keypad and keypad displaying method thereof
An electronic device and a display method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen including a main display region positioned on a front surface of the electronic device and an auxiliary display region displaying a first keypad, a sensor configured to sense a first touch input for selecting at least one of user interaction (UI) elements included in the first keypad, and a controller configured to control the touch screen so that a character corresponding to the selected UI element is displayed in the main display region according to the touch input sensed by the sensor.
US10572147B2 Enabling perimeter-based user interactions with a user device
A user device may include a display that includes a first area and a second area. The first area may be located around a periphery of the second area, and the first area may include a touch-sensitive surface. The user device may detect a user interaction with the first area and may determine an action associated with the user interaction. The user device may perform the action in association with information displayed in the second area.
US10572144B2 Input processing method and apparatus of electronic device
A method and electronic device implementing the same are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a touchscreen which may detect a touch input, a hover input and a frequency from a stylus, and display a particular application. The device may further include a control unit implementing the method, which includes detecting, via the touchscreen, the hover input generated by proximity of the stylus to the touchscreen and the frequency generated by the stylus, and execute a function corresponding to the particular application, the hover input and the detected frequency.
US10572141B2 Autonomous agricultural system user interface interlock
A control system for an autonomous agricultural system includes a display configured to display at least one control function associated with at least one operation. The display is configured to output a first signal indicative of a first input. The control system includes a controller comprising a processor and a memory. The controller is communicatively coupled to the display and configured to receive the first signal indicative of the first input and to send a second signal to the display indicative of instructions to display a second control in an unlocked state. The display is configured to output a third signal to the controller indicative of the second input. The controller is configured to receive the third signal and to output a fourth signal indicative of instructions to control the at least one operation of the autonomous agricultural system.
US10572140B2 Folder management using drag actions and enlarged icons
The present invention discloses a folder management method and device. The method comprises: displaying a folder icon on the touchscreen display, and displaying a drag mark in a first position of the folder icon; detecting a first drag operation to the drag mark, where the first drag operation is used to increase a size of an icon of an application in a folder; and when the first drag operation is detected, displaying, on the touchscreen display, an icon that is of at least one application in at least two applications and that is inside the folder icon, wherein the icon is enlarged for display. In this way, icons, of some applications, in the folder icon can be enlarged for display, which facilitates management of applications in the folder.
US10572139B2 Electronic device and method for displaying user interface thereof
A method for displaying a user interface (UI) in an electronic device having a touch screen is provided. The method receiving an input for executing the UI of a first user function. The method further includes, in response to the input, displaying the UI having an object associated with the first user function and first items associated with the first user function and arranged in a radial pattern around the object, and when an item is selected from the first items and is dragged to the object, executing the first user function in connection with the particular item.
US10572136B2 Interactive display systems, methods, and computer program products
In one example, a user interface is provided for interactively displaying data. The interactive user interface includes: an interactive display window that displays data according to a tabular format including one or more rows and one or more columns, and wherein the displayed data is dynamically displayed within the interactive display window based on a drag and drop user action performed within the display window; and a frame that surrounds the display window and that dynamically displays a first range of first axis data corresponding to the one or more rows and a second range of second axis data corresponding to the one or more columns.
US10572135B1 Collaborative, social online education and whiteboard techniques
Various techniques are disclosed for facilitating distribution of content between a plurality of nodes of a computer network. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to techniques for facilitating distribution of content to a plurality of users having access to an electronic collaborative canvas whiteboard via a computer network.
US10572134B2 Method and system for providing prototyping tool, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
The present disclosure provides a method for providing a prototyping tool, including at least: acquiring input data from a user; defining, as a trigger, a gesture generated by using the input data; and defining an interaction for allowing at least one action to be performed if the trigger occurs.
US10572133B2 Mixed environment display of attached control elements
Technologies described herein provide a mixed environment display of attached control elements. The techniques disclosed herein enable users of a first computing device to interact with a remote computing device configured to control an object, such as a light, appliance, or any other suitable object. Configurations disclosed herein enable the first computing device to cause one or more actions, such as a selection of the object or the display of a user interface, by capturing and analyzing input data defining the performance of one or more gestures, such as a user looking at the object controlled by the second computing device. Rendered graphical elements configured to enable the control of the object can be displayed with a real-world view of the object.
US10572128B2 Media presentation effects
A user interface may present multiple presentation slides for user selection. Each slide may include one or more shapes, and a shape thread may be associated with each shape on the slide. For a selected slide, the user interface may present one or more shape threads associated with the selected slide. Each shape displayed on the selected slide may be associated with a particular shape thread, and a user may independently adjust one or more slide transition attributes of a shape via the associated shape thread.
US10572127B2 Display control of an image on a display screen
Methods, computer program products, and systems, for example, for controlling display of an image on a display screen includes, for example, receiving, by one or more processor, data regarding a user selected area relative to a first portion of an image displayed on a display screen to define a second portion of the image, at least a portion of the second portion of the image being outside the first portion of the image displayed on the display screen, and automatically controlling, by the one or more processor, display of the second portion of the image on the display screen based on the user selected area of the image to generally maximize display of the second portion of the image within the display screen.
US10572125B2 User terminal device and displaying method thereof
A displaying method of a user terminal device including displaying a first screen on a display of the user terminal device, detecting a user interaction by the user terminal device, and rotating the at least two screens based on the first user interaction, changing a display orientation of the at least two screens.
US10572122B2 Intelligent embedded experience gadget selection
A method for selecting an embedded experience gadget may include displaying an activity stream of a user on a social network, the activity stream comprising a plurality of events and detecting selection of an event from the plurality of events by the user. The method may also include determining a level of intersection between the selected event and each of a plurality of known gadgets and finding an optimal embedded experience gadget from the plurality of known gadgets based on the level of intersection between the selected event and each known gadget. The method may additionally include associating the optimal embedded experience gadget with the selected event and displaying the optimal embedded experience gadget in association with the selected event.
US10572117B2 System for universal remote media control in a multi-user, multi-platform, multi-device environment
A system enables universal remote media control across multiple platforms, devices, and users. A protocol allows a cast controller to have access to media operations and a state(s) associated with media content. The system receives commands from a cast controller, provides the commands to a media player, loads new media content into the media player, based on the commands, and receives state notifications from the media player. Another cast controller can receive the state notifications from the media player and control the media player based on the media operations and state(s) associated with media content.
US10572113B2 Apparatus for notification of incoming communication
A system for providing various overlay information one UPnP AV media renderers. According to the present invention, indications of messages and/or other information received by a UPnP mobile telephone or other UPnP control point can be directly transmitted to a renderer and exhibited in different manners. The present invention also permits the UPnP control point to transmit an event subscription to me renderer for subsequent use. The renderer permits accept or reject the receipt of various information at the particular time.
US10572112B2 Dynamic system and method for content and topic based synchronization during presentations
Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for automatically synchronizing a visual presentation with a live presenter. Visual presentation slides are preprocessed to determine one or more topics for each slide. A topic index contains one or more topics corresponding to slides of the presentation. As a presenter provides a verbal presentation for corresponding slides, natural language processing analyzes the verbal presentation and creates one or more temporal verbal topic categories. The temporal verbal topic categories are used to search the topic index to find one or more slides that best match the current temporal verbal topic categories. In this way, the slides can automatically follow the discussion of the presenter, enabling improved presentations that can enhance the user experience, increase audience engagement, and improve the dissemination of information.
US10572111B2 Image display control device, image display control method, image display control program, and recording medium having the program stored thereon
A facial image that a user desires to look for from among a plurality of detected facial image displayed in a first facial image display area is clicked, and the clicked facial image is displayed in a third facial image display area. A facial image that is similar to the facial image displayed in the third facial image display area and is suitable for printing is looked for among from the plurality of detected facial image displayed in the first facial image display area, and displayed in a second facial image display area. The user clicks the facial image of the person which the user desires to look for from among the facial images displayed in the second facial image display area. The clicked facial image is displayed in the third facial image display area.
US10572110B2 Method and apparatus for adaptively adjusting user interface
Apparatus and method are disclosed for adaptively adjusting a user interface of an intelligent terminal device. The method may include acquiring a posture parameter of the intelligent terminal device. The method may also include determining dominant hand information of a user of the intelligent terminal device based on the posture parameter. In addition, the method may include adjusting a user interface of the intelligent terminal device based on the dominant hand information of the user.
US10572104B2 Electronic device for executing a plurality of applications and method for controlling the electronic device
An electronic device for executing a plurality of applications and a method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The method includes determining a first application related to an acquired user input from among the plurality of applications, and executing a task corresponding to the user input in the first application.
US10572103B2 Timeline view of recently opened documents
Some embodiments provide a method for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) for an electronic device. The method receives input to display files recently opened on the electronic device. In response to the input, the method displays a chronologically-arranged graphical representation of files recently opened on the electronic device from two or more applications that operate on the electronic device. The files are arranged in several groups based on when the files were open on the electronic device. A first group of the several groups is selectable to initiate opening of several files in the first group so that the files in the first group are open concurrently. A second group of the several groups is selectable to initiate opening of several files in the second group so that the files in the second group are open concurrently.
US10572099B2 Dynamic information transfer from display to control
The invention provides, a method for human-computer interaction on a graphical user interface (GUI). The method includes the steps of receiving first control coordinates for individualised control of a plurality of objects to be controlled—by pointer coordinates; receiving display coordinates for the display' of the' plurality of objects, which relate to but are different from the first control coordinates; receiving pointer coordinates for individualised control of the objects based partly on the first control coordinates; using the display coordinates of at least one object to—calculate new control coordinates associated with the same object, which new control coordinates generally correspond to the same objects display coordinates; and—continuously repeating the above steps each time new pointer coordinates become available.
US10572091B2 Touch substrate, touch panel, touch display apparatus, mask plate, and fabricating method
The present application discloses a touch substrate including a base substrate, and a touch electrode layer on the base substrate having a first region having a plurality of first mesh electrode patterns, a second region having a plurality of second mesh electrode patterns corresponding to the plurality of first mesh electrode patterns, and an interface region between the first region and the second region. Each of the plurality of first mesh electrode patterns includes a plurality of first mesh electrode lines having a first line width. A corresponding second mesh electrode pattern includes a plurality of second mesh electrode lines corresponding to the plurality of first mesh electrode lines and having the first line width. The first mesh electrode line in the interface region has a second line width no less than the first line width.
US10572087B2 Self-capacitence sensor and sensor array sensitivity calibration method using secondary mutual capacitence measurements
Systems and methods are disclosed for using a combination of mutual and self-capacitance sensors to determine when an object, such as a finger, has made contact with a controller, regardless of the size of the object.
US10572081B2 Force sensing using sensor electrodes of different materials
A method and associated processing system and input device are disclosed, the method comprising acquiring capacitive measurements using individual electrodes of a plurality of first sensor electrodes and a plurality of second sensor electrodes. The first sensor electrodes are formed of a first material having a positive gauge factor, and the second sensor electrodes are formed of a second material having a negative gauge factor. The method further comprises selectively forming one or more bridge circuits using the first sensor electrodes and the second sensor electrodes; and acquiring force measurements using the one or more bridge circuits.
US10572077B2 Self-capacitive touch electrode structure, touch display panel and touch display apparatus having the same
The present application discloses a self-capacitive touch electrode structure comprising a first sub-array comprising a plurality of first touch electrodes in a first periodic sub-lattice, and a second sub-array comprising a plurality of second touch electrodes in a second periodic sub-lattice. The first sub-array and the second sub-array define an array of touch electrodes comprising a plurality of touch electrode pairs in a periodic lattice, a minimum translational repeat unit of the array of touch electrodes comprising a pair of first touch electrode and second touch electrode adjacent to each other. Each first touch electrode comprises at least one recess surrounding a protrusion of an adjacent second touch electrode, and at least one protrusion surrounded by a recess in an adjacent second touch electrode. Each of the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes is independently connected to a touch signal line.
US10572076B2 Touch display panel and associated driving circuit and driving method
A driving circuit for a touch control panel, that selectively operates in a display mode or a touch mode, includes a display data generating circuit and a touch control circuit. When the driving circuit operates in the display mode, the display data generating circuit transmits display data to multiple data lines of a pixel array of the touch display panel. When the driving circuit operates in the touch mode, the touch control circuit transmits a touch driving signal to the multiple data lines, and performs touch detection by detecting capacitance changes on the multiple data lines.
US10572073B2 Information processing device, information processing method, and program
There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program which are capable of inputting information input by a plurality of users to targets manipulated by the users even in a situation in which the plurality of users perform manipulations at the same time, the information processing device including: an acquiring unit configured to identify and acquire input information from each of a plurality of target regions serving as acquisition sources of the input information, for each of the target regions; and a control unit configured to associate each of at least one or more applications with any of the plurality of target regions, and allocate the input information acquired from the target region to the application associated with the target region.
US10572067B2 Input sensing using code division multiplexing (CDM)
Sensing systems and methods that utilize lower-order zero row sum code division multiplexing (CDM) drive matrices to reduce or eliminate radiative emissions. Measurements corresponding to an input received at a sensing region of the input device are obtained by separately driving multiple subsets of transmitters of the input device, and obtaining measurement values corresponding to each separately-driven subset of transmitters via the receivers, wherein a plurality of measurement iterations are performed for each separately-driven subset of transmitters, the plurality of measurement iterations corresponding to a zero row sum CDM drive matrix for the separately-driven subsets of transmitters. An image of the input is generated based on the obtained measurements.
US10572066B2 System and method for calibrating touch error
A system for calibrating touch error in a touch interface includes an object recognizing unit to recognize at least one object input through a touch interface from a plurality of objects on a touch keyboard; a target object determining unit to determine whether the recognized object corresponds to a target object that a user intended to input; a storing control unit to match and store location information corresponding to the recognized object and at least one location information corresponding to the target object; and a calibrating unit to calibrate the recognized object input through the touch interface to the target object based on the matched and stored location information. Methods for calibrating touch error are also disclosed.
US10572065B2 Automotive acceleration compensation force sensing
Automotive acceleration compensation force sensing includes determining a total force value from the measurements from force sensors, obtaining, from an accelerometer, an environmental acceleration value, and calculating an input object force value on an input surface using a total force value and the environmental acceleration value. Automotive acceleration compensation force sensing further includes reporting the input object force value.
US10572064B2 Touch sensor and method of detecting touch by using the same
A touch sensor, and method of operating same, includes: a flexible substrate capable of being bent into curved or flat shapes; a plurality of pressure sensors provided on the substrate; and a sensor controller configured to determine a bent form of the substrate by using a first detection signal obtained from at least one of the plurality of pressure sensors and to compensate for an intensity of touch by generating a signal based upon the bent form of the substrate.
US10572063B2 Position, tilt, and twist detection for stylus
A touch-sensitive display device includes a touch sensor having a plurality of display electrodes and control logic coupled to the plurality of display electrodes. The control logic is configured to receive, for each of a plurality of stylus electrodes of an active stylus interacting with the touch-sensitive display device, a spatial capacitance measurement over the touch sensor for that stylus electrode. Relative to the touch sensor, and based on spatial capacitance measurements of the stylus electrodes, the control logic is configured to determine (i) a tip position of the active stylus, (ii) a tilt parameter of the active stylus, and (iii) a twist parameter of the active stylus.
US10572057B2 Organic light emitting display with touch sensor
Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device with a touch sensor. The display device has a touch sensor that is directly disposed on a sealing part, thus removing the necessity of an additional adhesion process, simplifying a manufacturing process and reducing manufacture cost. In addition, the display device with the touch sensor includes a display cover electrode of a display pad that is made of a same material as a conductive layer included in the touch sensor, thus preventing damage to the display pad electrode.
US10572053B2 Force-detecting input structure
An input mechanism, such as a crown, detects amounts of applied force. In various examples, an assembly including an input mechanism has an enclosure; a stem coupled to the enclosure such that the stem is rotatable, translatable, and transversely moveable with respect to the enclosure; a sensor, coupled between the stem and the housing, to which force is transferred when the stem moves with respect to the housing; and a processing unit coupled to the sensor. The processing unit is operable to determine a measurement of the force, based on a signal from the sensor.
US10572052B2 Pressure force touch panel and method for manufacturing the same, and display apparatus
Embodiments of the present invention relates to the field of display technology, and particularly to a pressure force touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display apparatus including the abovementioned pressure force touch panel. In one embodiment, the pressure force touch panel comprises an array substrate and a color film substrate assembling with each other, and, the color film substrate comprises a black matrix, a plurality of spacers are provided at a side of the color film substrate facing the array substrate; grooves, in one-to-one correspondence with at least some of the spacers, are provided in a side surface of the array substrate facing the color film substrate, and a piezoelectric mechanism electrically connected to a detection circuit is mounted in each of the grooves and is located within a region of projection of the black matrix onto the array substrate; wherein, the piezoelectric mechanism generates an electrical signal when the spacer is pressed against the corresponding piezoelectric mechanism.
US10572050B2 Display device in which control signals supplied to first and second switches are made the same in an input sensing operation
According to one embodiment, a display device includes first and second substrate units, a display function layer, and a drive element. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate, a display unit, and a circuit unit. The first substrate has a first surface including a display region and a peripheral region. The display unit is provided in the display region, and includes first lines, second lines, switch elements, pixel electrodes, and third lines. The circuit unit is provided in the peripheral region, and is electrically connected to one of the second lines and one of the third lines. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate and fourth lines. The display function layer is provided between the first and second substrate units. The drive element is provided on the peripheral region. At least a portion of the circuit unit is disposed between the drive element and the first substrate.
US10572043B2 Touch sensor and display device including the same
A touch sensor including a substrate and a plurality of sensor pixels positioned on the substrate and connected to sensor scan lines and output lines. At least one of the sensor pixels is connected to an ith sensor scan line and a jth output line (where i is an integer of no less than 2 and j is a natural number) and includes a sensor electrode, a first transistor having a gate electrode connected to the sensor electrode to control a current output through the jth output line, a second transistor having a gate electrode connected to the ith sensor scan line and connected between a reference voltage line and the first transistor, and a capacitor electrode forming a first capacitor with the sensor electrode and connected to the ith sensor scan line.
US10572040B2 Touch display panel and touch display device
A touch display panel is provided. The touch display panel includes multiple data lines and multiple scanning lines arranged in a display region on a first side of a first substrate; multiple touch electrodes arranged in the display region on the first side of the first substrate and touch electrode wires electrically connected to the touch electrodes; multiple data line pins and multiple touch electrode pins arranged in a border region on the first side of the first substrate; and first connection wires and second connection wires arranged in the border region on the first side of the first substrate. The first connection wires electrically connect the touch electrode pins and the touch electrode wires, and the second connection wires electrically connect the data line pins and the data lines. A touch display device is further provided, which includes the touch display panel.
US10572038B2 Shift register unit, drive method thereof, gate drive device, and display device
A shift register unit, drive method thereof, gate drive device and display device. The shift register unit includes: an input subcircuit; a reset subcircuit; an output subcircuit configured to provide a clock signal at a clock signal end to a current stage shift register unit output end in response to a voltage signal at the pull-up node and a control signal having a first voltage level, and to disable an output at the current stage output end in response to the control signal having a second voltage level; a pull down control subcircuit configured to provide a second voltage signal having a low voltage level to a pull-down node in response to the voltage signal at the pull-up node, and to provide the voltage signal having a high voltage level to the pull-down node in response to the voltage signal having a high voltage level; and a pull down subcircuit.
US10572036B2 Transmitting and receiving system and method for bidirectional orthogonal signaling sensors
A system and method for determining location of a touch event on or in proximity to a touch sensitive device is disclosed. The touch sensitive device includes row conductors and column conductors that each only transmit or receive signals during a given frame. Each of the orthogonal row signals is transmitted on a respective one of at least some of the row conductors. Signals are received on each of the column conductors an amount of each of the row signals present on each of the plurality of column conductors is detected. Orthogonal column signals are transmitted on the column conductors. Signals are received on each of the row conductors and an amount of each of the orthogonal column signals present on each of the row conductors is detected. The detected amount of each of the orthogonal row signals and the detected amount of each of the orthogonal column signals is used to determine a location of a touch event on or in proximity to the touch sensitive device. At least one of the transmitting and receiving steps avoids simultaneously transmitting and receiving on at least one of the row conductors or column conductors.
US10572024B1 Hand tracking using an ultrasound sensor on a head-mounted display
A head-mounted display (HMD) tracks a user's hand positions, orientations, and gestures using an ultrasound sensor coupled to the HMD. The ultrasound sensor emits ultrasound signals that reflect off the hands of the user, even if a hand of the user is obstructed by the other hand. The ultrasound sensor identifies features used to train a machine learning model based on detecting reflected ultrasound signals. For example, one of the features is the time delay between consecutive reflected ultrasound signals detected by the ultrasound sensor. The machine learning model learns to determine poses and gestures of the user's hands. The HMD optionally includes a camera that generates image data of the user's hands. The image data can also be used to train the machine learning model. The HMD may perform a calibration process to avoid detecting other objects and surfaces such as a wall next to the user.
US10572021B2 Elastomer suspension with actuation functionality or sensing functionality
A haptic-enabled user interface device comprising a user input component, an elastomer suspension, a signal generating circuit, a signal sensing circuit, one or more switches, and a control unit is presented. The elastomer suspension is formed by at least one stack that includes an elastomeric layer, wherein the at least one stack forms at least one capacitor. The control unit is configured, in an actuation mode, to cause the one or more switches to electrically connect the signal generating circuit to the at least one capacitor and to electrically disconnect the signal sensing circuit from at least one capacitor, and to cause the signal generating circuit to apply a drive signal to the at least one capacitor. The control unit is further configured, in a sensing mode, to cause the one or more switches to electrically connect the signal sensing circuit to the at least one capacitor.
US10572017B2 Systems and methods for providing dynamic haptic playback for an augmented or virtual reality environments
One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a computing device that comprises a memory and a processor in communication with the memory. The system also includes an xPC target machine that is capable of achieving sampling rates of at least 100 khz and in communication with the computing device and a user device that includes a sensor and a haptic output device. The processor generates a simulate reality environment and determines a haptic effect based on the simulated reality environment or a sensor signal from the sensor. The processor transmits data about a parameter of the haptic effect or the sensor signal to the xPC target machine, which determines the parameter of the haptic effect and generates, in substantially real time, a haptic signal. The xPC target machine transmits the haptic signal to the haptic output device, which is configured to receive the haptic signal and output the haptic effect.
US10572011B2 Haptic feedback system
Examples are disclosed that relate to providing haptic feedback. One example provides a haptic feedback system comprising a wearable device configured to be worn by a user, the wearable device including a fluidic channel, a fluid disposed within the fluidic channel, the fluid including an adjustable viscosity, a circuit configured to vary a field within the fluidic channel, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a first input, and in response to receiving the first input, apply a first field within the channel via the circuit to set the adjustable viscosity of the fluid to a first viscosity, and receive a second input, and in response to receiving the second input, apply a second field within the channel via the circuit to set the adjustable viscosity of the fluid to a second viscosity.
US10571995B1 Power-saving scanning method for touch device
A power-saving scanning method for a touch device is provided. Firstly, a controller is used to shorten a normal scanning time of a timer into a power-saving scanning time. Then, a counter is used to count the oscillating waveform within the power-saving scanning time to access a power-saving oscillating number. Afterward, the controller is used to convert the power-saving oscillating number into an (L-n)-digit M-bit count value, shift the (L-n)-digit M-bit count value toward the higher digit by n digits, and pad the lower digits with n zeros to form another L-digit M-bit count value so as to generate an M-bit oscillating number simulation value for the determination of touch operation.
US10571991B2 Method and system for implementing auto-switching or auto-playing video content
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing auto-switching and/or auto-playing video content. In various embodiments, a computing system might determine whether a display device that is communicatively coupled to the computing system is in an off-state, and might determine whether a first video content will begin its broadcast from a first content source within a predetermined period after initiating such determination. Based on a determination that the display device is in the off-state and based on a determination that the first video content will be broadcast within the predetermined period, the computing system might automatically switch the display device to an on-state, and might automatically set the display device to display the first video content being broadcast from the first content source.
US10571990B2 Method for optimizing the sleep mode of telematics multimedia unit data modem
A method is for managing power consumption in a remotely controllable vehicle includes: operating a telematics multimedia unit (TMU) data modem of the vehicle in a remote standby mode; setting a communication mode corresponding to a communication mode most recently used by the TMU data modem; setting a timer on a remote standby mode for a predetermined time; deducting an amount of residual current in a battery of the vehicle by an operating current having a predetermined level according to a power usage condition in a predetermined period, wherein the power usage condition is determined based on a location of the TMU data modem; monitoring whether the amount of residual current is lower than a threshold level after the predetermined time of the timer elapses; and terminating the remote standby mode when the amount of residual current is lower than the threshold level after the predetermined time of the timer elapses.
US10571989B2 Low energy system for sensor data collection and measurement data sample collection method
A data collection system includes one or more input sensing devices and a data collection device. The data collection device includes data collection circuitry that is continuously activated to capture measurement data samples from the one or more input sensing devices and locally store the measurement data samples. The data collection device also includes a digital processor that is coupled to the data collection circuitry and is activated to locally perform a sample analysis of the measurement data samples, wherein the sample analysis is a regular analysis of routine measurement data samples when the measurement data samples are without a triggering event, and wherein the sample analysis is an event analysis when the measurement data samples include a triggering event. A data collection integrated circuit and a measurement data sample collection method are also included.
US10571986B2 Power delivery controller applied to a power converter and operation method thereof
A power delivery controller applied to a power converter includes a voltage compensation circuit and a comparator. The voltage compensation circuit is used for generating a compensation reference voltage, receiving a response signal through a universal serial bus type-C cable, and generating a response voltage when an electronic device coupled to the universal serial bus type-C cable generates the response signal corresponding to a Biphase Mark Coding (BMC) signal, wherein the response voltage and the compensation reference voltage have information relative to an internal resistor of the universal serial bus type-C cable. The comparator is used for generating a comparison signal according to the response voltage and the compensation reference voltage, wherein the power converter transmits power to the electronic device according to a specification corresponding to universal serial bus power delivery (USB-PD) after the comparator generates the comparison signal.
US10571983B2 Continuously available power control system
A computer controls power distribution. The computing system determines a topography for a power delivery system that powers a group of computing devices. The computing system determines a number of worker programs for a pool of worker programs based on the topography. The computing system generates the pool of worker programs. The pool of worker programs includes both the number of worker programs and a number of back-up worker programs. The computing system generates a number of power management tasks to manage power consumption through one or more power elements included in the topography of the power delivery system. The computing system sends one or more power management tasks to a worker program included in the pool of worker programs.
US10571975B2 Hinge device for a portable computer
A hinge device capable of generating a desired rotational torque and having a reduced size of a device configuration for a portable computer is disclosed. The hinge device includes a first shaft, a first torque generation mechanism and a power transmission mechanism. The first shaft is attached to one of a first and second chassis. The first torque generation mechanism is configured to apply a rotational torque to the first shaft. The power transmission mechanism is configured to transmit rotations of the first shaft to the first torque generation mechanism.
US10571973B2 Magnetic sensors for electronic devices
An electronic device can include a first and second portions that are pivotally coupled to each other so that the electronic device can have at least a closed configuration and an open configuration. A magnetic sensor system can be carried by the electronic device to detect the closed configuration so that the electronic device can automatically turn to a mode, such as a sleep mode, when the electronic device is bought to the closed configuration. A magnetic sensor can have a detection axis that targets a horizontal component of a magnetic field. A triggering magnetic element can be laterally offset relative to the magnetic sensor. The magnetic sensor can also be a magneto-resistive sensor. The electronic device can also include a second set of magnetic sensor system to confirm when the electronic device is brought to the closed configuration.
US10571962B2 Mobile terminal with flexible display
In a mobile terminal, a second housing includes a second hinge configured to fit together with a first hinge to allow a flexible display to fold between a first housing and the second housing. The first housing includes a cutout portion configured to form a space for permitting elastic deformation of a bending portion of the flexible display that is folded.
US10571960B2 Information handling system super elastic spring hinge
An information handling system hinge provides friction against rotational motion to generate torque that regulates housing portion relative position. Friction is generated by compression of friction elements with a super elastic wire under tension. For example, a nickel titanium alloy wire under two to eight percent strain provides a relatively low spring rate having consistent compression even as wear reduces the size of the friction elements.
US10571959B2 Rotation resetting device and electronic apparatus
A rotation resetting device and an electronic apparatus are provided. The rotation resetting device includes a functional unit, a limiting block and an elastic unit. The functional unit includes a functional element and a supporting element connected to the functional element, wherein the supporting element includes a limiting gasket. The limiting block has an accommodating space with an opening and a taper chute extending downward from the opening. The elastic unit is located in the accommodating space and connected between the limiting block and the functional unit. The functional unit is movably disposed in the accommodating space and is capable of moving between an use position and a storage position relative to the opening. When the functional unit moves from the use position to the storage position, the limiting gasket abuts the taper chute, and rotates and slides downward along the taper chute while compressing the elastic unit.
US10571952B2 Multi-mode gimbal transmitter
A wireless transmitter includes a pair of control sticks, circuitry coupled to control sticks, and an antenna coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry is configured to process signals produced by the control sticks to provide control inputs for the speed, direction, and other flight characteristics of the model aircraft being controlled by the transmitter. The transmitter is configured for multiple operational modes in which the pair of control sticks engage or disengage functionality, such as return-to-center functionality, vertical or horizontal position limiting functionality, or position select functionality.
US10571948B2 Use of distributed generator (DG) inverters as STATCOMs for decreasing line losses
The invention provides systems, methods, and devices relating to the provision of system-wide coordinated control voltage regulation support in power transmission and distribution networks using multiple inverter based power generation or absorption facilities, which are coupled to the power transmission and distribution networks for minimizing transmission and distribution line losses and for performing Conservation Voltage Reduction. The invention uses a novel control method of inverter based Distributed Generators as Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) in a way that provides a dynamic voltage regulation/control with the inverter capacity remaining after real power generation or absorption, thereby decreasing system line losses and performing Conservation Voltage Reduction.
US10571945B2 Low power regulator circuits, systems and methods regarding the same
Disclosed are low power (e.g., nanowatt) voltage regulator circuits and devices, systems and methods using the same for ultra-low power applications, such as, but not limited to, Internet of things (IoT) applications. The disclosed devices and systems relate to low-dropout (LDO) circuits and methods for constructing and using the same. The disclosed LDOs operate with uniform output frequency characteristics over a wide range of load currents.
US10571943B2 Driver circuit, corresponding device, apparatus and method
A (pre) driver circuit includes first and second output terminals configured to be coupled to a power transistor. A differential stage has non-inverting and inverting inputs for receiving an input voltage. The input voltage is replicated as an output voltage across the first and second output terminals as a drive signal for the power transistor. The differential stage includes a differential transconductance amplifier in a voltage follower arrangement configured to provide continuous regulation of a voltage at the first output terminal with respect to the second output terminal.
US10571941B2 Voltage regulator
A voltage regulator includes an error amplifier which receives a feedback voltage and a reference voltage and thereby controls a gate voltage of an output transistor, a non-regulation detection circuit having a differential amplifier circuit operating on a current corresponding to an output current of the output transistor, and an overshoot suppression circuit having an overshoot detection circuit which enables an overshoot detection by a signal indicating the detection of non-regulation state from the non-regulation detection circuit.
US10571940B2 Low-noise high efficiency bias generation circuits and method
An apparatus for generating a steady state positive voltage (PVS) signal and a steady state negative voltage (NVS) signal is presented. The apparatus includes a bias signal generation module for generating a steady state reference voltage signal (RVS) based on a varying supply voltage signal (VDD), the RVS having a voltage level less than the PVS. The apparatus further includes a positive signal generation module (PSGM) generating the PVS, the PSGM including a first capacitor, the PSGM employing the first capacitor to generate a portion of the PVS based on the RVS. The apparatus further includes a negative signal generation module (NSGM) generating the NVS, the NSGM including a second capacitor, the NSGM employing the second capacitor to generate a portion of the NVS based on the RVS.
US10571932B2 Navigation system for a drone
This document describes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to navigate an unmanned aerial vehicle highway. The UAV includes a navigation system that includes a sensor, configured to gather environmental data, and a computing system configured to navigate the UAV. The computing system compares the environmental data to a specified data signature in the one or more spectra and determines a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle in the unmanned aerial vehicle highway. The UAV includes a hybrid generator system including an engine configured to generate mechanical energy and a generator motor coupled to the engine and configured to generate electrical energy from the mechanical energy generated by the engine. The UAV includes a rotor motor configured to drive a propeller to rotate. The navigation system is powered by the electrical energy generated by the generator motor.
US10571931B2 Vehicle control system
A vehicle control system may include a vehicle frame, a mount secured to the vehicle frame and configured for rigidly securing a smartphone therein such that motions experienced by the vehicle frame are correspondingly experienced by the smartphone, and system electronics arranged on the frame and in communication with the smartphone and vehicle controllers, the system electronics configured to receive signals from the smartphone and control directional devices of the vehicle based on the signals via the vehicle controllers. A system for preparing signals for transmission to the vehicle to control navigation may also be provided.
US10571927B2 Transport system and transport method
A track in a transport system includes a standby section associated with a certain processing apparatus to allow a transport vehicle to wait. When determining a transport request to transport a FOUP to a load port of the certain processing apparatus exists, the controller allocates, to the transport vehicle, a first transport command to transport the FOUP to the standby section. When reaching the standby section, the transport vehicle waits while holding the FOUP. Subsequently, when determining that the FOUP is transportable to the load port of the certain processing apparatus, the controller allocates, to the transport vehicle, a second transport command to transport the FOUP to the load port of the certain processing apparatus.
US10571922B2 Context-specific tolerance for motion control in autonomous vehicles
The present disclosure provides systems and methods that employ tolerance values defining a level of vehicle control precision for motion control of an autonomous vehicle. More particularly, a vehicle controller can obtain a trajectory that describes a proposed motion path for the autonomous vehicle. A constraint set of one or more tolerance values (e.g., a longitudinal tolerance value and/or lateral tolerance value) defining a level of vehicle control precision can be determined or otherwise obtained. Motion of the autonomous vehicle can be controlled to follow the trajectory within the one or more tolerance values (e.g., longitudinal tolerance value(s) and/or a lateral tolerance value(s)) identified by the constraint set. By creating a motion control framework for autonomous vehicles that includes an adjustable constraint set of tolerance values, autonomous vehicles can more effectively implement different precision requirements for different driving situations.
US10571920B2 Fault-tolerant method and device for controlling an autonomous technical system based on a consolidated model of the environment
A method is provided by which a complex electronic system for controlling a safety-critical technical process, for example driving an autonomous vehicle, can be implemented. A distinction is made between simple and complex software, wherein the simple software is executed on error-tolerant hardware and wherein a plurality of diverse versions of the complex software are implemented simultaneously on independent fault containment units (FCU). A consolidated environmental model is developed from a number of different environmental models and represents the basis for trajectory planning.
US10571916B2 Control method for autonomous vehicles
The present disclosure provides control systems and methods for an autonomous vehicle. In one example implementation, a control method includes obtaining data indicative of a motion plan for the autonomous vehicle. The method includes upsampling the data indicative of the motion plan to determine a desired vehicle state for the autonomous vehicle. The method includes obtaining data indicative of a current vehicle state for the autonomous vehicle. The method includes determining a control command for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the desired vehicle state and the current vehicle state. The method includes controlling the vehicle component based at least in part on the control command.
US10571913B2 Operation-security system for an automated vehicle
An operation-security system for an automated vehicle includes an object-detector and a controller. The object-detector includes at least three sensors. Each sensor is one of a camera used to determine an image-location of an object proximate to a host-vehicle, a lidar-unit used to determine a lidar-location of the object proximate to the host-vehicle, and a radar-unit used to determine a radar-location of the object proximate to the host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the at least three sensors. The controller is configured to determine a composite-location based on a comparison of locations indicated by the at least three sensors. Information from one sensor is ignored when a respective location indicated by the one sensor differs from the composite-location by greater than an error-threshold. If a remote sensor not on the host-vehicle is used, V2V or V2I communications may be used to communicate a location to the host-vehicle.
US10571910B2 Vehicle control device
A vehicle motion determining unit determines a value indicative of a motion of the vehicle that occurs in the vehicle transverse direction of a host vehicle, on the basis of a planned travel trajectory generated by a trajectory generating unit at a time of making a lane change. The grasping request unit outputs a grasping request to the notification control unit to request grasping of the steering wheel in the case that the value indicative of the vehicle motion is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
US10571909B2 Autonomous distress tracking device
One example aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method. The method can include determining, by one or more autonomous distress tracking (ADT) devices installed in a designated fire zone, a state of the vehicle. When the state of the vehicle is the normal state, the method can include transmitting first data via a first transmitter at a first interval, wherein the first transmitter is configured to transmit messages over a frequency band used for normal communications. When the state of the vehicle is the possible distress state, the method can include transmitting second data via the first transmitter at a second interval. When the state of the vehicle is the distress state, the method can include transmitting third data continuously via a second transmitter, wherein the second transmitter is configured to transmit messages over a frequency band reserved for emergency communications.
US10571908B2 Autonomous vehicle failure mode management
A first computer including a processor is programmed to receive an indication of a failure mode in a vehicle and wirelessly transmit the indication of the failure mode to a remote server. The computer is further programmed to receive a revised route to a destination based at least in part on the failure mode and operate the vehicle along the revised route.
US10571907B2 Method and apparatus for dynamic remote control reconfiguration based on proximity to a vehicle
A system includes a processor configured to provide a remote vehicle controller a varied level of vehicle driving control, to drive a vehicle via the controller, responsive to a determination of the remote vehicle controller location relative to the vehicle. The controller interface may be visually adaptable based on a particular designated style of control, including, for example, in-vehicle control, near-vehicle control and far-from-vehicle control.
US10571901B2 Controlled roll-out of module classes
Module-based systems and methods are described for controlled roll-out of module classes for configuring a process plant. In various aspects the module-based systems and methods generate a second version of a module class based on a modification to a first version of the module class, where the module class is associated with one or more module instances that are each associated with a process control element of the process plant. The module-based systems and methods execute a roll-out instruction to update an upgraded process control element, where the upgraded process control element is associated with a new module instance based on the second version of the module class. The roll-out instruction is also designed to ignore or skip a non-upgraded process control element, where the non-upgraded process control element remains associated with a previous module instance based on the first version of the module class.
US10571896B2 Natural machine interface system
A method for defining a robotic machine task. The method comprises a) collecting a sequence of a plurality of images showing at least one demonstrator performing at least one manipulation of at least one object, b) performing an analysis of said sequence of a plurality of images to identify demonstrator body parts manipulating said at least one object and said at least one manipulation of said at least one object, c) determining at least one robotic machine movement to perform said task, and d) generating at least one motion command for instructing said robotic machine to perform said task.
US10571894B2 Single piece vehicle control surface and associated systems and methods of manufacture
A method of manufacturing a vehicle control surface includes generating, using an electronic controller, a three-dimensional plan for the vehicle control surface. The three-dimensional plan includes, at least, non-vehicular support structure dimensions, for a non-vehicular support structure, and skin dimensions for a skin. The method further includes configuring the dimensions of the non-vehicular support structure based on build environment characteristics associated with an additive manufacturing process of the control surface. The additive manufacturing process is based on the three-dimensional plan. The method further includes fabricating the vehicle control surface, using the additive manufacturing process, based on the three-dimensional plan.
US10571890B2 Diagnostic data acquisition system, diagnostic system, and computer readable medium
Upon performing diagnosis of a machine tool, etc., data suited to diagnosis is acquired while also reducing the burden on the user. A diagnostic data acquisition system that acquires diagnostic data for diagnosing a machine tool includes: a control unit that controls driving of a mobile part of the machine tool based on control data; a timing generation unit that generates an acquisition timing for the diagnostic data based on the control data; and a diagnostic data acquisition unit that acquires data which varies accompanying driving of the mobile part according to control by the control unit, as the diagnostic data.
US10571889B2 System and method for joining workpieces to form an article
A workpiece having at least one physical feature is placed into a workstation fixture having at least one adjustable locator. Measurement data reflecting the position of the at least one physical feature of the workpiece and measurement data reflecting the position of the at least one adjustable locator are obtained. A processor ingests and utilizes the collection of assembly data and the measurement data to define and store in memory at least one ordered pair correlating the physical feature and the adjustable locator. The processor defines a test vector that connects the position of the at least one physical feature and the position of the at least one adjustable locator. The processor to computationally discovers a best fit for adjusting the position of the adjustable locator to register with the physical feature by applying to the test vector a computational optimization process that seeks to minimize the length of the test vector to thereby generate a digital shim vector. The adjustable locator is then physically moved according to the digital shim vector, which is stored in association with the collection of assembly data.
US10571888B2 Industrial machinery and control method thereof
An industrial machinery includes: a drive mechanism driving a control target that moves work or a tool; a motor; a first sensor detecting a position of the control target; a second sensor detecting a position of the motor; a current controller controlling a supply current to the motor; a servo controller outputting a torque instruction to the current controller; and a numerical controller calculating a processing force of the control target to the work based on position information on the control target acquired from the first sensor, position information on the motor acquired from the second sensor, and the torque instruction, the numerical controller determining that the tool is in failure if an absolute value of a first component of the processing force becomes equal to or larger than a first threshold value while processing the work, the first component having a frequency lower than a predetermined frequency.
US10571886B2 Machine tool control device having function of diagnosing malfunction in sensor for detecting one-rotation signal
A machine tool control device according to the present invention includes a feedback counter for obtaining A- and B-phase signals of rectangular waves or sine waves and a one-rotation signal, which are outputted from a sensor for detecting the position or speed of a driven axis or a motor, to calculate a feedback count value that is a count value of the number of feedback pulses generated from the A- and B-phase signals; a feedback count value storage unit for storing an inter-one-rotation-signal feedback count value that is the feedback count value counted between the two sequential one-rotation signals; a reference value storage unit for storing an anomaly determination reference value corresponding to the inter-one-rotation-signal feedback count value; and an anomaly cause determination unit for determining the cause of an anomaly by comparison between the inter-one-rotation-signal feedback count value and the anomaly determination reference value.
US10571878B2 Method and system for controlling a multi-pump system
A method and a system for controlling a multipump system used to pump a fluid. The system includes n pumping cells (Ci) connected in parallel, with n greater than or equal to 2. The system is controlled by using a reference pressure difference. The method includes estimating a pressure difference (dPpumpi) generated by each pumping cell (Ci) taking into account of a quadratic correction value (HEGi) representing the head losses of the pumping cell, estimating a pressure difference (dPSys) of the multipump system from the pressure difference estimated for each pumping cell, comparing the multipump estimated pressure difference (dPSys) with the reference pressure difference (dPsp) in order to control the reference speed (Wref) to be injected into a control loop of the multipump system.
US10571875B2 Electric valve control device and electric valve device including the same
To provide an electric valve control device capable of preventing a delay at the time of starting a control of an electric valve by shortening a standby time of an air conditioner or the like when power is input again or a sleep mode is cancelled and an electric valve device including the same. After receiving a power-off signal predicting a power-off operation of an electric valve 9 or a sleep transition signal predicting a sleep mode transition operation thereof from an outside, (current) valve opening degree information at the time of stopping an operation of the electric valve 9 is stored in an EEPROM (a nonvolatile storage unit) 11c. At the time of inputting power again or cancelling a sleep mode, the current (immediately precedent) valve opening degree information stored in the EEPROM 11c is read from the EEPROM 11c to resume a control of the electric valve 9.
US10571874B2 Control device for performing learning control
A control device (100) for controlling a control subject (2), said control device being equipped with: an instruction value generation part (20) that calculates an instruction value from an instruction pattern; a learning control part (30) that repeatedly calculates correction data containing a correction value for correcting the instruction value calculated from the instruction pattern; and a control part (10) that calculates a corrected instruction value from the instruction value and the correction data, and transmits the corrected instruction value to the control subject. The learning control part (30) generates the correction data from a response delay characteristic of the control subject, and the deviation between a feedback value for the corrected instruction value that has been output for the control subject and the instruction value that has been calculated by the instruction value generation part (20).
US10571873B2 Aggregating automated-environment information across a neighborhood
Behavior information can be aggregated across multiple automated environments (e.g., across homes in a neighborhood). The automated environments can provide information about detected environment-level behavior patterns to a server. The server can aggregate the patterns across environments in a defined neighborhood and can provide neighborhood-level information back to the participating automated environments. The neighborhood-level information can be used to drive decisions and behavioral changes in individual automated environments.
US10571860B2 Image forming apparatus with dew condensation elimination modes
Consumption of toner can be minimized in a method of performing dew condensation elimination through toner application to a photosensitive drum. To this end, an image forming apparatus includes a plurality of photosensitive drums; an intermediate transfer belt to which toner images are transferred from the plurality of photosensitive drums; a controller configured to determine whether or not a dew condensation occurrence condition is met; and a dew condensation elimination unit configured to perform a dew condensation elimination operation by applying toner to at least one of the plurality of photosensitive drums in a case in which the controller determines that the dew condensation occurrence condition is met and when a start instruction for image formation is received. When the image formation is started in a color image formation mode, the dew condensation elimination unit executes a first dew condensation elimination mode of applying toner to all of the plurality of photosensitive drums. When the image formation is started in a monochromatic image formation mode, the dew condensation elimination unit executes a second dew condensation elimination mode of applying toner to only the black photosensitive drum.
US10571858B2 Image forming apparatus and configuration of cartridge unit
An image forming apparatus including a cartridge and an apparatus main body to which the cartridge is detachably attachable is disclosed. The apparatus main body includes a driving force transmitting member, an output member, and a biasing member disposed between the output member and the driving force transmitting member. The driving force transmitting member is caused to rotate relative to the output member in the predetermined rotation by the biasing member, when an engagement between the driving force transmitting member and the driving force receiving member is released by a detachment of the cartridge from the apparatus main body.
US10571852B2 Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image; a holding portion configured to hold the image forming unit; a supporting portion configured to support the holding portion; a fastening portion configured to fasten the holding portion and the supporting portion to each other; and an arcuate slit portion provided in at least one of the holding portion and the supporting portion and extending substantially about the fastening portion in a range at least not less than 180° and less than 360° around the fastening portion.
US10571841B2 Thickness detector and image forming apparatus
A thickness detector includes a rotator having different shape marks, disposed at different positions in a rotation direction; an opposing member disposed opposite the rotator; a detector to detect and output a displacement amount of the rotator or the opposing member in a sheet thickness direction; and a controller. The controller is configured to acquire first output values for one rotation from the detector, in a state without sheet; determine, based on a value output from the detector, whether one of the plurality of marks is detected in a state with the sheet held; acquire a predetermined number of second output values after one of the marks is detected; extract, from the first output values, values corresponding to the second output values, based on the value corresponding to the detected mark; and calculate a sheet thickness based on the second output values and the extracted first output values.
US10571840B2 Image processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
The image processing apparatus measures a density of a first test chart printed using first pattern data obtained by binarizing multi-value patch pattern data with a first resolution, converts the first pattern data into second pattern data with a second resolution, and measures a density of a second test chart printed using the second pattern data. The apparatus obtains difference correction data for correcting differences between the densities of the first and second test charts, corrects the density of the multi-value patch pattern data with the first resolution based on the difference correction data, and generates test chart data including a first pattern obtained by converting pattern data obtained by binarizing the corrected multi-value patch pattern data into pattern data with the second resolution and a second pattern obtained by binarizing multi-value patch pattern data with the second resolution.
US10571839B2 Fixing device and image forming apparatus
In a fixing device, a pressure roller is in contact with a fixing belt to form a fixing nip part with the fixing belt, a heating member heats the fixing belt when electrodes are energized, and a holding member holds the heating member. A connector in the fixing device includes a contact terminal that is in contact with the electrode, and by being mounted at a predetermined position of the holding member, the electrode and the contact terminal are in contact with each other. The holding member includes: a guide part having an inclined surface which is inclined with respect to a predetermined direction; and a positioning part that sets the position of the connector, inserted while being in contact with the inclined surface, in a rotatable state toward the predetermined position. The contact terminal is in contact with the electrode over a period before and after rotation of the connector.
US10571832B2 Intermediate transferor, method of making the same, and image forming apparatus using the same
An intermediate transferor (22;501) for an image forming apparatus includes a base layer (11), an elastic layer (12) layered on the base layer (11), and fine particles (13) on the elastic layer (12) to form an uneven surface of the elastic layer (12). The fine particles (13) have a volume resistivity of 1×100 Ω·cm to 1×106 Ωcm.
US10571829B2 Developer transporting device and image forming apparatus
A developer transporting device includes a first transport passage through which a developer is transported in a first direction along a direction oriented downwardly in a direction of gravity, and a second transport passage which communicates with the first transport passage on a downstream side of the first transport passage and through which the developer is transported in a second direction along a direction oriented upwardly. The first transport passage is provided with a first transport force generating member which generates a transport force for transporting the developer in the first direction, and the second transport passage is provided with a second transport force generating member which generates a transport force for transporting the developer in the second direction.
US10571820B2 White toner for electrostatic latent image development, electrostatic image developer, toner cartridge, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and image forming method
A white toner for electrostatic latent image development includes toner particles containing a binder resin, a white pigment, and a release agent, the binder resin containing an amorphous resin. In viscosity measurement using a capillary viscometer, a temperature-viscosity curve has a minimum value within a temperature range of 70° C. or more and 95° C. or less.
US10571816B2 Assembly in a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
The disclosure relates to an assembly in a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, with an optical element and at least one weight compensating device, which includes at least one magnetic circuit. A magnetic field generated by this magnetic circuit brings about a force for compensating at least partially for the force of the weight acting on the optical element. The apparatus also includes a coil arrangement with a plurality of coils. The arrangement is energizable with electrical current to generate a compensating force acting on the optical element. This compensating force compensates at least partially for a parasitic force that is exerted by the magnetic circuit when there is movement of the optical element and does not contribute to the compensation for the force of the weight acting on the optical element.
US10571815B2 Lithographic apparatus
A lithographic apparatus having a substrate table, a projection system, an encoder system, a measurement frame and a measurement system. The substrate table has a holding surface for holding a substrate. The projection system is for projecting an image on the substrate. The encoder system is for providing a signal representative of a position of the substrate table. The measurement system is for measuring a property of the lithographic apparatus. The holding surface is along a plane. The projection system is at a first side of the plane. The measurement frame is arranged to support at least part of the encoder system and at least part of the measurement system at a second side of the plane different from the first side.
US10571809B1 Half tone scheme for maskless lithography
Embodiments described herein provide a system, a software application, and a method of a lithography process, to write full tone portions and grey tone portions in a single pass. One embodiment of the system includes a controller configured to provide mask pattern data to a lithography system. The controller is configured to divide a plurality of spatial light modulator pixels temporally by grey tone shots and full tone shots of a multiplicity of shots, and the controller is configured to vary a second intensity of a light beam generated by a light source and vary a first intensity of the light beam generated by the light source of each image projection system at the full tone shots.
US10571806B2 Method and system to monitor a process apparatus
A method involving determining a contribution that one or more process apparatuses make to a characteristic of a substrate after the substrate has been processed according to a patterning process by the one or more process apparatuses by removing from values of the characteristic of the substrate a contribution of a lithography apparatus to the characteristic and a contribution of one or more pre-lithography process apparatuses to the characteristic.
US10571799B1 Hessian-free calculation of product of Hessian matrix and vector for lithography optimization
A method for optimizing a binary mask pattern includes determining, by a processor, an evaluation value based on a comparison between a design pattern and a substrate pattern simulated based on the binary mask pattern. The method also includes, based on the evaluation value, using, by the processor, a gradient-based optimization method to generate a first adjusted binary mask pattern. The method also includes determining, by the processor, a first updated evaluation value based on a comparison between the design pattern and a first updated substrate pattern simulated based on the first adjusted binary mask pattern. The method also includes, based on the first updated evaluation value, using, by the processor, a product of a Hessian matrix and an arbitrary vector to generate a second adjusted binary mask pattern. The method also includes simulating, by the processor, a second updated substrate pattern based on the second adjusted binary mask pattern.
US10571798B2 Photolithography mask plate
A photolithography mask plate, the photolithography mask plate including: a substrate; a carbon nanotube layer located on the substrate; a patterned chrome layer located on the carbon nanotube layer, wherein the patterned chrome layer and the carbon nanotube layer have the same pattern; a cover layer located on the patterned chrome layer.
US10571797B2 Mask blank, transfer mask, method for manufacturing transfer mask, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A mask blank is provided, which makes it possible to form a fine transfer pattern in a light-semitransmissive film with high accuracy even if the light-semitransmissive film is made of a material containing silicon and a light shielding film is made of a material containing chromium.The mask blank 100 has a structure in which the light-semitransmissive film 2, etching mask film 3, and light shielding film 4 are laminated in this order on the transparent substrate 1. It is featured in that the light-semitransmissive film 2 is made of the material containing silicon, the etching mask film 3 is made of the material containing chromium, the light shielding film 4 is made of a material containing chromium and oxygen, and a ratio of the etching rate of the light shielding film 4 to the etching rate of the etching mask film 3 in the dry etching with an oxygen-containing chlorine-based gas is not less than 3 and not more than 12.
US10571796B2 Extreme ultraviolet photomask and method for fabricating the same
An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photomask includes a mask substrate, a reflection layer and a light-absorbing pattern layer. The reflection layer is disposed on the mask substrate, wherein the reflection layer has a concave pattern. The light-absorbing pattern layer is in the reflection layer, to fill the concave pattern. The light-absorbing pattern layer is exposed.
US10571792B2 Projection device and projection system
A projection device for forming an image frame on a projection screen includes a first illumination system for emitting an illumination beam, a second illumination system for emitting an ultraviolet beam, a first light valve located on a transmission path of the illumination beam and for converting the illumination beam into a visible image beam, a lens located on a transmission path of the visible image beam and the ultraviolet beam and for projecting the visible image beam onto the projection screen to form an image frame area and projecting the ultraviolet beam onto the projection screen to form an opaque area, and a processor electrically connected to the first illumination system and the second illumination system and for controlling the first illumination system to emit the illumination beam and controlling the second illumination system to emit the ultraviolet beam. The image frame area partially overlaps the opaque area.
US10571779B2 Flying camera with string assembly for localization and interaction
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided an arrangement comprising, a volitant body comprising at least one actuator; a control unit for controlling said actuator; and a mechanical arrangement for operationally connecting said volitant body to a reference point remote from said volitant body. There is further provided a corresponding method for operating such an arrangement.
US10571774B2 Demodulation of phase modulated signals using threshold detection
Optical receivers configured to demodulate phase modulated optical signals. In one example, an optical signal receiver includes an optical resonator configured to receive an arriving optical signal and to emit an output optical signal in response to receiving the arriving optical signal, the optical resonator being further configured to transform phase transitions corresponding to phase modulation of the arriving optical into intensity modulation of the output optical signal, an opto-electrical converter configured to convert the output optical signal into an electrical signal, a pulse detector configured to detect pulses in the electrical energy indicative of the phase transitions in the arriving optical signal, and a memory configured to record timing information associated with the pulses detected by the pulse detector.
US10571771B2 Optical device fabrication
Transparent conductive coatings are polished using particle slurries in combination with mechanical shearing force, such as a polishing pad. Substrates having transparent conductive coatings that are too rough and/or have too much haze, such that the substrate would not produce a suitable optical device, are polished using methods described herein. The substrate may be tempered prior to, or after, polishing. The polished substrates have low haze and sufficient smoothness to make high-quality optical devices.
US10571769B2 Display device
It is possible to reduce a size of a lower frame region to ensure a wiring corrosion margin equivalent to that of a conventional technique. In a display device, a video signal wiring arranged in the lower frame region includes, in a region between a terminal section (terminal) and a video signal line, a first wiring formed on a first wiring layer and having one end connected to the terminal section to which a video signal line driving circuit is connected, a second wiring formed on a second wiring layer different from the first wiring layer and having one end connected to the other end of the first wiring, and a third wiring formed on the first wiring layer and having one end connected to the other end of the second wiring. The other end of the third wiring is connected to the video signal line via a fourth wiring formed on the second wiring layer, and the first wiring layer is formed on the side closer to an array substrate than to the second wiring layer.
US10571765B2 Display device
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first line extending in a first direction, an insulating layer covering the first line, a second line disposed on the insulating layer and extending in a second direction, and a drive circuit including an output line extending in the first direction and connected to the first line through a contact portion. The contact portion includes a first portion to which the first line is connected at a first position, and a second portion to which the output line is connected at a second position which is apart from the first position in the second direction, the second portion facing the first portion with the insulating layer interposed therebetween while being electrically connected to the first portion.
US10571764B2 Display device
A display device is provided. The display device includes a first substrate including a thin film transistor array and a ground pad disposed on a first surface of the first substrate, a second substrate that faces the first surface of the first substrate and is bonded to the first substrate, a reinforcing substrate that faces a second surface of the first substrate, an antistatic layer disposed between the first substrate and the reinforcing substrate, and a ground path unit formed in a line shape enclosing a side of the first substrate and configured to interconnect the ground pad and the antistatic layer.
US10571759B2 Display device and inter-substrate conducting structure
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including a first basement and a first terminal, a second substrate opposing the first substrate and including a second basement and a second terminal, an organic insulating layer located between the first basement and the second basement, a first hole penetrating the second basement and the organic insulating layer, a second hole penetrating at least one of the second basement and the organic insulating layer and communicating to the first hole and a connecting material provided at least one of the first hole and the second hole to electrically connect the first terminal and the second terminal to each other.
US10571755B2 Liquid crystal display device
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first area, second area, liquid crystal layer, and a plurality of pixels. Each subpixel includes an opening area including a first opening area and a second opening area. The pixels include a first pixel positioned in the first area and a second pixel positioned over a boundary of the first area and the second area. The opening area of the second pixel is smaller than the opening area of the first pixel when opening areas of subpixels of same color are compared. An each imaginary line showing the boundary of the first opening area and the second opening area is a same straight line.
US10571749B2 Liquid crystal display device
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes second substrates, a light-shielding layer, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes pixel electrodes, a common electrode, and subpixel areas each including area in which the pixel electrode is present and a second area in which the pixel electrode is not present. Each of the subpixel areas includes first and second sides. The first area includes an axial area and branch areas. The second area includes a gap area between the adjacent branch areas. The axial area includes a projection portion projecting to the second side and in alignment with the gap area, and overlaps the light-shielding layer.
US10571743B2 Electronic devices with backlit displays
A display may have a backlight unit that provides backlight illumination. The backlight unit may include a light guide that distributes light through the display. Light-emitting diodes may emit light into the light guide. A reflector that is overlapped by the light guide may help reflect light upwards through an array of pixels. The backlight unit may have a chassis that receives the reflector, light guide, light-emitting diodes, and optical films such as diffusers and prism films. Optical and mechanical features in the backlight unit may enhance color and intensity uniformity for the backlight illumination and may help enhance durability.
US10571742B2 Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel comprises: a display area; a non-display area surrounding the display area; and a plurality of primary-color pixels and a plurality of color-mixing pixels disposed in the display area. A primary-color pixel includes a first electrode, and the first electrode includes M number of stripe-shaped first electrode branches. A color-mixing pixel includes a second electrode, and the second electrode includes N number of stripe-shaped second electrode branches, where M>N, and both M and N are integers greater than 0. A width D2 of the second electrode branch is greater than a width D1 of the first electrode branch.
US10571741B2 Backlight module and liquid crystal display
A backlight module and a liquid crystal display are provided. The backlight module includes a recessed back plate, a light bar, and an optical film. The optical film is disposed on the back plate to form a storage space configured for accommodating the light bar. The backboard has an opening on a side of the back plate and the opening is configured for receiving the light bar into the storage space and removing the light bar from the storage space.
US10571740B2 Quantum dot sheet of fibrous-web structure, manufacturing method thereof, and backlight unit
A quantum dot sheet having a fibrous-web structure, including a quantum dot layer having a three-dimensional network structure formed by an aggregate of nanofibers. The nanofibers include quantum dots.
US10571737B2 Quantum dot display substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and quantum dot display device
The present disclosure discloses a quantum dot display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a quantum dot display device. The quantum dot display substrate comprises black matrix patterns, quantum dot patterns surrounded by the quantum dot patterns, a first base substrate, and a first optical layer and a second optical layer both arranged on a side of the first base substrate, and the first optical layer is arranged on a side of the second optical layer away from the first base substrate; the first optical layer is configured to collimate incident light to generate collimated light and transmit the collimated light to the second optical layer; the second optical layer is configured to adjust an outgoing direction of the collimated light to generate outgoing light, and make the outgoing light irradiate onto the black matrix patterns.
US10571735B2 Display device
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a light source unit and a color filter unit. The light source unit includes a laser light source unit including a red laser light source, a green laser light source and a blue laser light source. The color filter unit includes a red filter film, a green filter film and a blue filter film. The difference between the center emission wavelength of the green laser beam and that of the blue laser beam falls within the range of 65 to 95 nm. In the green filter film, the difference between a wavelength at a maximum light transmittance and a wavelength at a light transmittance of 10% on the shorter wavelength side is 70 nm or less.
US10571730B2 Spliced display and menufacturing method thereof
The disclosure provides a spliced display, the spliced display including an array substrate with a plurality of spliced arrangement, a functional layer assembly arranged on the array substrate with a plurality of spliced arrangement, and a first functional layer arranged on an outer surface of the functional layer assembly, a projection of at least one of the first functional layer on the array substrate covers a plurality of the array substrates. The disclosure also provides a method of manufacturing a spliced display. In the disclosure, the independent assembly belonging to each screen in the spliced display are separately manufactured and assembled, and then assembled single-layer or multi-layer independent parts are attached on the auxiliary substrate in the splicing manner. Then, the common assembly made of common assembly is assembled on an independent part. After the auxiliary substrate is removed, the backlight module is assembled in the original.
US10571728B2 Display device and method for assembling the same
A fast-disassemblable display device includes a middle frame, a connecting plate, a backboard, an optical component, a display panel, and a bottommost frame. The middle frame includes a topmost frame, a left frame, and a right frame cooperatively defining a receiving space. The middle frame defines a sliding groove at inner surfaces thereof. The connecting plate is fixedly received in the sliding groove. The backboard is received in the sliding groove, and can slide into the receiving space through the sliding groove. The optical component is connected to the connecting plate. The display panel is connected to the middle frame, and positioned at a side of the optical component facing away from the backboard. The bottommost frame is connected to end portions of the left frame and the right frame facing away from the topmost frame.
US10571726B2 Display panel and display device
A display panel and display device are provided that may be capable of sensing an external light source, such as a laser. The display device may include a display panel including gate lines, data lines, and sub-pixels defined at intersections between the gate lines and the data lines; a light source-sensing circuit in an inactive area of the sub-pixels to sense an external light source; and a monochromatic color filter pattern disposed on a sensor transistor of the light source-sensing circuit. Thus, the incident amount of an external light source other than a laser can be reduced, and the incident amount of the laser can be increased. Accordingly, it may be possible to decrease an initial off-current caused by an external light source and improve the sensitivity in laser sensing. Thus, the size of the sensor transistor can be reduced and aperture ratio can be increased.
US10571723B2 Opto-electronic modulator utilizing one or more heating elements
Described herein are methods, systems, and apparatuses to utilize an electro-optic modulator including one or more heating elements. The modulator can utilize one or more heating elements to control an absorption or phase shift of the modulated optical signal. At least the active region of the modulator and the one or more heating elements of the modulator are included in a thermal isolation region comprising a low thermal conductivity to thermally isolate the active region and the one or more heating elements from a substrate of the PIC.
US10571722B2 Optical modulator and optical transmission apparatus having same
An optical modulation element configured by forming an optical waveguide on an optical element substrate and a polarization-combining part that combines light waves modulated in the optical modulation element are disposed in a housing. A plurality of lead pins are fixed to a side wall of the housing. Each of the plurality of lead pins has a protrusion portion protruding into an internal space of the housing and is electrically connected to the optical modulation element by bonding a wire to the protrusion portion. A loop shape of a wire that is bonded and connected to at least part of the lead pins among the plurality of lead pins is different from a loop shape of a wire that is bonded and connected to other lead pins.
US10571720B2 Ophthalmic spectacle lenses and related method
An ophthalmic spectacle lens having transmittance properties that block UV and violet light and partially block certain cyan wavelengths to enhance contrast between blue versus green and partially block certain yellow wavelengths to enhance contrast between green versus red, and keep in accordance with the tristimulus values. Adding wavelength-selective organic dyes provides the entire functional attributes of the current invention or improves the contrast-enhancing attributes provided by a glass wafer having functional rare-earth oxides, either of which improve multi-band spectrum that is balanced in blocking UV light, and adding contrast between the primary colors to optimize color-enhancing functions. When using organic dyes for all functional attributes it is possible to integrate these dyes into plastic ophthalmic materials. Some lenses are polarized. Unlike other color-enhancing sunglass lenses, this invention may help protect the eyes from over-exposure to some high-energy visible blue light, which may lead to age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
US10571719B1 Eyewear with chroma enhancement
Some embodiments provide a lens including a lens body and an optical filter configured to attenuate visible light in certain spectral bands. At least some of the spectral bands can include spectral features that tend to substantially increase the colorfulness, clarity, and/or vividness of a scene. In certain embodiments, eyewear incorporates an optical filter that enhances chroma within one or more spectral hands. In some embodiments, a wearer of the eyewear can perceive the increase in chroma when viewing at least certain types of scenes.
US10571716B2 Eyewear with melanopically-informed optical characteristics and smart connectivity
Eyeglasses are described that have optical transmission curves capable of directing selected wavelengths of light to the eyes based on the response of intrinsically photosensitive ganglion retinal cells (IPGRC). In one embodiment, glasses for evening use are described that block blue portions of the visible spectrum. In another embodiment for evening use, blue portions are blocked but violet light is transmitted. In an embodiment for daytime use, blue light is transmitted and red light is blocked.
US10571714B2 Snap-fit features in eyewear
An embodiment includes a snap-fit temple interface of a lens. The snap-fit temple interface includes a first snap-fit feature and a second snap-fit feature. The first snap-fit feature of the lens is configured to be engaged with a first corresponding snap-fit feature of a temple assembly. The first snap-fit feature is configured to be engaged with the first corresponding snap-fit feature by a first movement of the lens in a first direction relative to the temple assembly followed by a second movement of the lens in a second direction relative to the temple assembly. The second snap-fit feature of the lens is configured to be engaged with a second corresponding snap-fit feature of the temple assembly. The second snap-fit feature is configured to be engaged with the second snap-fit feature by the second movement of the lens in the second direction relative to the temple assembly. The first direction is substantially perpendicular to the second direction.
US10571711B2 Brightness enhancement film with substantially non-imaging embedded diffuser
A microreplicated optical film (919) for use in optical displays, backlights, and the like includes a prismatic layer (950) carried by a substrate (920). In use, the optical film may be combined in a system with other components such that the optical film is positioned between an extended light source (902) and a polarizer (904). In such cases, if the substrate has an appreciable birefringence, a subtle but characteristic colored pattern known as substrate color mura (SCM) may be detected by a user of the system. To reduce or eliminate the SCM with little or no adverse effect on brightness enhancement capabilities of the optical film, the optical film may include an embedded structured surface (933) between the substrate and the prismatic layer. In order to avoid another optical artifact known as sparkle, at least 80% of the embedded structured surface is preferably occupied by features such as defocusing lenslets or random planar facets.
US10571707B2 Three-dimensional image observation system
A three-dimensional image observation system includes a three-dimensional display (100) and a guide frame (410). The three-dimensional display is constituted by a light ray controller (1), a plurality of light ray generators (2), a control device (3) and a storage device (4). Further, the three-dimensional display (100) is provided at a table (5). In the three-dimensional display (100), the area where eyes of observers (10) are to be positioned when the observers observe a three-dimensional image is predefined as a viewing area (500), and the guide frame (410) visually guides the eyes of the observers (10) from the outside of the viewing area (500) to the inside of the viewing area.
US10571705B2 Liquid crystal grating, 3D display device and driving method thereof
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a liquid crystal grating, a 3D display device, and a driving method thereof, relating to the field of display technology, and improving the 3D display effect. The liquid crystal grating includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other, a liquid crystal layer and a plurality of spacers, the liquid crystal layer and the plurality of spacers being disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal grating is configured to form alternating light transmitting regions and dark state regions if power is applied, along a first direction perpendicular to an extending direction of a light transmitting region, the plurality of spacers are arranged with a period, a width of the light transmitting region is a positive integer multiple of the period.
US10571704B2 3D display device and driving method thereof
A 3D display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The 3D display device includes a backlight module, a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and a control module; the backlight module includes a light guide plate (LGP) and a plurality of light sources; light emitted by the plurality of light sources is at least partially incident into the LGP; a plurality of grating pixels are disposed on a surface at a light-existing side of the LGP; the LCD panel includes a plurality of light-adjusting pixels; and the control module is connected with the backlight module and the LCD panel, and configured to drive the plurality of light sources to be lit sequentially or simultaneously within a time period of one frame and adjust a gray scale of each light-adjusting pixel in the LCD panel in a time period of lighting each light source.
US10571703B2 Wavelength combiner method using photonic integrated circuit with respective input facets for corresponding lasers
Systems, devices, and methods of manufacturing optical engines and laser projectors that are well-suited for use in wearable heads-up displays (WHUDs) are described. Generally, the optical engines of the present disclosure integrate a plurality of laser diodes (e.g., 3 laser diodes, 4 laser diodes) within a single, hermetically or partially hermetically sealed, encapsulated package. Photonic integrated circuits having grating couplers thereon may be used to wavelength multiplex beams of light emitted by the plurality of laser diodes into a coaxially superimposed aggregate beam. Such optical engines may have various advantages over existing designs including, for example, smaller volumes, better manufacturability, faster modulation speed, etc. WHUDs that employ such optical engines and laser projectors are also described.
US10571700B2 Head-mountable display system
A head mountable display (HMD) system comprises a detector and a controller. The detector is configured to detect a first illumination level in a first one of a display image for display to a user via an HMD and an ambient environment around the HMD. The controller is configured to control a second illumination level in a second one of the display image for display to a user via an HMD and the ambient environment around the HMD, according to the detection.
US10571697B2 Optic for head mounted display
An optic for a head mounted display having a first concave surface, a convex surface, and a second concave surface. The first concave surface receives light incident to its surface and transmits the light. The convex surface reflects light. The second concave surface reflects the light transmitted by the first concave surface and transmits the light reflected by the convex surface so that the light reflected by the convex surface travels through the second concave surface and is emitted outwardly.
US10571696B2 Near-to-eye display device
A near-to-eye display device includes a spatial light modulator. The spatial light modulator modulates an illumination wave to create a virtual-scene wave that is steered to a useful portion of an exit pupil plane. Higher diffraction orders and noise beams are filtered out by the user's pupil acting as a spatial filter.
US10571691B1 Service loop for a head-mounted display
A system includes a head-mounted display, a device including at least one of a computer and a battery, and a strap. The strap includes a first end connected to the head-mounted display, a second end connected to the device, a service loop, and circuitry extending from the first end through the service loop to the second end to electrically couple the head-mounted display with the device.
US10571689B2 Display system, mobile information unit, wearable terminal and information display method
A display system, that is capable of displaying substantially the same content on a wearable terminal that is attached to the head of a user and has a first display section, and on a unit other than the wearable terminal that has a second display, comprises a controller that determines an object the user is gazing at, and a display controller that controls update of display states based on the object that has been determined, when an image, that has been displayed on the second display, is displayed on the first display.
US10571683B2 Multi-faceted MEMS mirror device useful for vehicle LIDAR
An illustrative example MEMS device includes a base and a plurality of mirror surfaces supported on the base. The plurality of mirror surfaces are respectively in a fixed position relative to the base. The plurality of mirror surfaces are at respective angles relative to a reference. The respective angles of at least some of the mirror surfaces are different from the respective angles of at least some others of the mirror surfaces.
US10571681B2 Membrane structures for microelectromechanical pixel and display devices and systems, and methods for forming membrane structures and related devices
Embodiments relate to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and more particularly to membrane structures comprising pixels for use in, e.g., display devices. In embodiments, a membrane structure comprises a monocrystalline silicon membrane above a cavity formed over a silicon substrate. The membrane structure can comprise a light interference structure that, depending upon a variable distance between the membrane and the substrate, transmits or reflects different wavelengths of light. Related devices, systems and methods are also disclosed.
US10571675B2 Temporal compressive sensing systems
Methods and systems for temporal compressive sensing are disclosed, where within each of one or more sensor array data acquisition periods, one or more sensor array measurement datasets comprising distinct linear combinations of time slice data are acquired, and where mathematical reconstruction allows for calculation of accurate representations of the individual time slice datasets.
US10571671B2 Surgical control device, control method, and imaging control system
A surgical control device that includes circuitry that changes an imaging viewpoint of a surgical imaging device in order to maintain a substantially constant distance between a focal point of an object and the surgical imaging device that images the object, based on a first instruction of a user and position information acquired by an acquisition unit implemented by circuitry configured to acquire position information indicating a position of the focal point of the object.
US10571668B2 Catadioptric projector systems, devices, and methods
Catadioptric projector systems, devices, and methods are provided in accordance with various embodiments. For example, some embodiments include a catadioptric projector that may include: a radiation source; a static pattern generating element and/or a time-varying pattern generating element configured to condition radiation from the radiation source to produce the patterned illumination; and/or a convex reflector positioned to project the patterned illumination. Some embodiments include a system that includes a catadioptric projector and a camera configured to acquire one or more images based on the patterned illumination. Systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments are provided to estimate a distance to a point on an object based on the one or more acquired images.
US10571667B2 Device and method for imaging an object by arranging a reflective optical surface or reflective optical system around the object
A device for taking images of an article, the device including: a reflective optical system extending around an axis of symmetry, including a recess centered on the axis of symmetry and including at least one reflecting surface facing towards the axis of symmetry; and at least one imager arranged to capture at least one image of at least a portion of the article as reflected by the reflecting surface(s) substantially parallel to the axis of symmetry when the reflective optical system is arranged around the portion of the article.
US10571666B2 Auto focus and optical image stabilization in a compact folded camera
Compact folded camera modules having auto-focus (AF) and optical image stabilization (OIS) capabilities and multi-aperture cameras including such modules. In an embodiment, a folded camera module includes an optical path folding element (OPFE) for folding light from a first optical path with a first optical axis to a second optical path with a second optical axis perpendicular to the first optical axis, an image sensor and a lens module carrying a lens with a symmetry axis parallel to the second optical axis. The lens module can be actuated to move in first and second orthogonal directions in a plane perpendicular to the first optical axis, the movement in the first direction being for auto-focus and the movement in the second direction being for OIS. The OPFE can be actuated to tilt for OIS.
US10571663B2 Imaging lens
An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; and a seventh lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The seventh lens is formed in a meniscus shape near an optical axis thereof. The fourth lens has a specific focal length.
US10571659B2 Wide angle imaging lens assembly
A wide angle imaging lens assembly includes a first lens element, an aperture, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, and a fifth lens element from an object side to an image side in order along an optical axis. The first lens element to the fifth lens element each includes an object-side surface facing the object side and an image-side surface facing the image side. The wide angle imaging lens assembly satisfies 1.25≤f/f2≤2.1 and (R5+R6)/(R5−R6)>0.25, where f is the effective focal length of the wide angle imaging lens assembly, f2 is the focal length of the second lens element, R5 is the radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the third lens element, and R6 is the radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the third lens element.
US10571658B2 Optical image capturing system
An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens can have negative refractive force, and both surfaces thereof are aspheric. At least a surface of the seventh lens has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US10571655B2 Micro imaging system, imaging apparatus and electronic device
A micro imaging system includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element having negative refractive power; a second lens element having positive refractive power; and a third lens element with negative refractive power having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. There are a total of three lens elements in the micro imaging system.
US10571648B2 Camera device including aperture and electronic device including the same
Disclosed are a camera device including a lens barrel including at least one lens and a lens hole, a variable aperture defining an aperture hole area arranged on the lens hole, where a size of the aperture hole area is adjustable via a physical force applied to a lever, a first movable carrier in which the lens barrel is seated, to which the variable aperture is fixed, and including at least one magnet member is configured to cooperate with at least one coil to move the first movable carrier, and an aperture driving module configured to adjust the size of the aperture hole area by supplying the physical force to the lever.
US10571646B2 Optical structure with ridges arranged at the same and method for producing the same
An apparatus having an optical structure and ridges is described, wherein the ridges connect the optical structure to a supporting structure and wherein the optical structure is able to perform a movement in relation to a reference plane.
US10571638B2 Apparatus system, and method for mitigating electromagnetic noise in connection with optical modules in telecommunications devices
The disclosed apparatus may include (1) a cage that (A) is coupled to a circuit board of a telecommunications device and (B) houses the optical module when the optical module is installed in the telecommunications device, (2) a heatsink that (A) makes physical contact with the optical module via an opening of the cage and (B) absorbs heat generated by the optical module during operation in the telecommunications device, and (3) a gasket that (A) resides between the heatsink and the cage and (B) reduces electromagnetic noise in connection with the operation of the optical module in the telecommunications device. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US10571630B2 Adiabatically coupled optical system
An optical system includes a silicon (Si) substrate, a buried oxide (BOX) layer formed on the substrate, a silicon nitride (SiN) layer formed above the BOX layer, and a SiN waveguide formed in the SiN layer. In some embodiments, the optical system may additionally include an interposer waveguide adiabatically coupled to the SiN waveguide to form a SiN-interposer adiabatic coupler that includes at least the tapered section of the SiN waveguide, the optical system further including at least one of: a cavity formed in the Si substrate at least beneath the SiN-interposer adiabatic coupler or an oxide overlay formed between a top of a SiN core of the SiN waveguide and a bottom of the interposer waveguide. Alternatively or additionally, the optical system may additionally include a multimode Si—SiN adiabatic coupler that includes a SiN taper of a SiN waveguide and a Si taper of a Si waveguide.
US10571628B2 Low loss optical fiber with core codoped with two or more halogens
A co-doped optical fiber is provided having an attenuation of less than about 0.17 dB/km at a wavelength of 1550 nm. The fiber includes a core in the fiber having a graded refractive index profile with an alpha of greater than 5. The fiber also includes a cladding in the fiber that surrounds the core addition, the core includes silica that is co-doped with two or more halogens.
US10571624B2 Laminated input devices
The description relates to laminated input devices, such as keyboards. One example can include a laminated light-distribution assembly and a key assembly adhered in light receiving relation to the laminated light-distribution assembly as a laminated input device having a neutral axis in the light-distribution assembly.
US10571620B2 Prism film, light guide plate, backlight module and display apparatus
Embodiments of the present application provides a prism film, a light guide plate, a backlight module and a display apparatus. The prism film includes a sheet and an array of prisms arranged on a side of the sheet and vertex angles of the prisms in the array increase or decrease in magnitude sequentially from one end of the array of prisms to the other end of the array opposite to the one end.
US10571617B2 Systems, devices, and methods for curved waveguides integrated with curved eyeglass lenses
Systems, devices, and methods that implement waveguides in curved transparent combiners that are well-suited for use in wearable heads-up displays (WHUDs) are described. Waveguide structures with in-couplers and out-couplers are integrated with curved eyeglass lenses to provide transparent combiners that substantially match the shape, size, and geometry of conventional eyeglass lenses and can, in some implementations, embody prescription curvatures to serve as prescription eyeglass lenses. The waveguides and in-/out-couplers are planar or curved depending on the implementation.WHUDs that employ such curved transparent combiners are also described.
US10571614B2 Wire grid polarizer heat sink having specified reflective layer, absorptive layer, and heat-dissipation layer
A wire grid polarizer (WGP) can include a heat-dissipation layer. The heat-dissipation layer can enable the WGP to be able to endure high temperatures. The heat-dissipation layer can be located (a) over an array of wires and farther from a transparent substrate than the array of wires; or (b) between the array of wires and the transparent substrate. The heat-dissipation layer can be a continuous layer. The heat-dissipation layer can have a high electrical resistivity and a high coefficient of thermal conductivity.
US10571611B2 Spin coater for applying multiple coatings to an optical substrate
A spin coater that can be used to apply multiple coating compositions over an optical substrate, is described. The spin coater includes, a coater bowl configured to collect excess coating material expelled from an optical substrate being coated, a rotatable chuck configured to receive and rotate the optical substrate in the bowl during coating, a plurality of coating reservoirs, each containing a coating material, and an indexable coating reservoir platform containing the plurality of reservoirs and configured to index a selected reservoir into a dispensing position above the coater bowl. The spin coater can include or have associated therewith at least one curing station, in which each curing station is independently configured to cure at least partially at least one applied coating material. Each curing station can include at least one of a thermal curing station, a UV curing station, and/or an IR curing station.
US10571609B2 Image sensor including nanostructure color filter
An image sensor includes an optical sensor layer including a plurality of light-sensitive cells configured to sense light to generate electrical signals, and a color filter array layer disposed on the optical sensor layer and including a plurality of color filters respectively facing the plurality of light-sensitive cells. Each of the plurality of color filters includes a nanostructure in which a first material having a first refractive index and a second material having a second refractive index higher than the first refractive index are arranged. The first material and the second material are alternatively positioned at an interval less than a central wavelength of a color of the color filter. Thus, a thin image sensor having good wavelength selectivity and suitable for obtaining high resolution images is provided.
US10571606B2 Nanoantenna arrays for nanospectroscopy, methods of use and methods of high-throughput nanofabrication
The present invention generally relates to nanoantenna arrays and fabrication methods of said nanoantenna arrays. In particular, one aspect relates to nanoantenna arrays including nanostructures of predefined shapes in predefined patterns, which results in collective excitement of surface plasmons. The nanoantenna arrays can be used for spectroscopy and nanospectroscopy. Another aspects of the present invention relate to a method of high-throughput fabrication of nanoantenna arrays includes fabricating a reusable nanostencil for nanostensil lithography (NSL) which provides a mask to deposit materials onto virtually any support, such as flexible and thin-film stretchable supports. The nanostencil lithography methods enable high quality, high-throughput fabrication of nanostructures on conducting, non-conducting and magnetic supports. The nanostencil can be prepared by etching nanoapertures of predefined patterns into a waffer or ceramic membrane. In some embodiments, a nanoantenna array includes plasmonic nanostructures or non-plasmonic nanostructures.
US10571602B2 Generating a custom reservoir from multiple compartments representing one or more geological structures
Systems and methods for generating a custom reservoir from multiple compartments representing one or more geological structures by performing custom reservoir generation on each compartment to generate one or more combined compartments.
US10571601B2 Geologic fault representation for flow simulation
A method can include mapping a stairstepped grid to a surface where the stairstepped grid and the surface represent a discontinuity in a geologic environment; based at least in part on the mapping, adjusting properties associated with the stairstepped grid to compensate for spatial discrepancies between the stairstepped grid and the surface; and simulating flow in the geologic environment using the stairstepped grid and the adjusted properties.
US10571596B2 Resistivity measurement while drilling device and method
A resistivity measurement while drilling (MWD) device, including: a transmitting module arranged on an outer surface of a drill collar, for generating an induced current between the drill collar and surrounding formation by inductive coupling; a receiving electrode group including at least two electrodes, for receiving a measured current that reaches the electrode from the induced current through corresponding formation, two electrodes in the receiving electrode group being multiplexing electrodes; a resistivity calculation module configured to be connected to all or a part of the electrodes in the receiving electrode group in a measurement mode of the resistivity MWD device, to calculate the measured current received by a corresponding electrode and obtain resistivity of formation corresponding to the corresponding electrode; and a data transmission module configured to be connected to the multiplexing electrodes in a transmission mode of the resistivity MWD device, for transmitting calculated resistivity to a ground device.
US10571595B2 Workflow for navigation with respect to oil-water contact using deep directional resistivity measurements
Methods for determining oil-water contact positions and water zone resistivities are provided. In one example, the method may involve performing a 1D inversion on data collected by a resistivity logging tool. Further, the method may involve scanning a resistivity profile of a reservoir generated by the 1D inversion for a boundary position below the resistivity logging tool. Furthermore, the method may involve applying a local residual weighted average on the boundary position to generate an initial estimation of an oil-water contact position and inverting the initial estimation of the oil-water contact to generate water zone resistivity and a modified oil-water contact position. Additionally, the method may involve running a smoothing local post-processing operation to generate a layered model and performing a 2D inversion on the layered model.
US10571593B2 Method for analysing measurement signal of metal sensor and detecting object via metal sensor
A metal sensor, a method for analyzing a measurement signal of the sensor, and a method for detecting an object surrounded by a medium via the sensor. The metal sensor has at least one transmission coil and at least one receiving coil system inductively coupled to each other, wherein the receiving coil system comprises at least one first receiving coil and at least one second receiving coil located in a same plane; the transmission coil forms a projection on the plane; an area formed by the first receiving coil on the plane contains the projection; and an area formed by the second receiving coil on the plane is arranged around the projection. The receiving coils are arranged to have a same winding direction, produce induction with a second magnetic field generated by a target metal object, and generate induced voltages superimposed on one another other on the receiving coils.
US10571585B2 System and method for time-lapsing seismic imaging
A method is described for time-lapse seismic imaging that may include detecting moiré patterns in seismic images generated from time-lapse seismic data and identifying geologic features based on the moiré patterns. The method may be executed by a computer system.
US10571583B2 Seismic interferometry for grand roll and noise attenuation
Methods of acquiring and processing seismic data using derivative sensors, such as strain sensors, that facilitate ground roll noise attenuation with seismic interferometry are disclosed. The methods use both seismic data and their spatial derivatives in computing ground-roll noises which are removed from processed seismic data.
US10571579B2 Dual-mode radiation detector
A detector is described having readout electronics integrated in the photodetector layer. The detector may be configured to acquire both energy-integrated and photon-counting data. In one implementation, the detector is also configured with control logic to select between the jointly generated photon-counting and energy-integrated data.
US10571577B2 Systems and methods for presenting route traversal information
Systems and methods for presenting route traversal information are disclosed. The method may include collecting electronic fitness data related to a fitness activity; generating electronic pace data; and displaying a route map and the electronic pace data on a display.
US10571575B2 Augmented three dimensional point collection of vertical structures
Automated methods and systems are disclosed, including a method comprising: capturing images and three-dimensional LIDAR data of a geographic area with an image capturing device and a LIDAR system, the images depicting an object of interest and the three-dimensional LIDAR data including the object of interest, the image capturing device capturing the images of a vertical surface of the object of interest at one or more oblique angle, and the LIDAR system capturing the three-dimensional LIDAR data of a horizontal surface of the object of interest at a nadir angle; analyzing the images with a computer system to determine three dimensional locations of points on the object of interest; and updating the three-dimensional LIDAR data with the three dimensional locations of points on the object of interest determined by analyzing the images to create a 3D point cloud having a resolution greater than a resolution of the three-dimensional LIDAR data.
US10571573B2 Devices, systems, and methods for real time tracking of an object
In one general aspect, a system for determining a motion of an object includes a laser system configured to generate range and velocity measurements of a plurality of points on the object and a processor. The processor is configured to determine, from the range and velocity measurements of the plurality of points on the object, a rotation of the object. In some aspects, the processor is also configured to determine, from the range and velocity measurements of the plurality of points on the object and the rotation of the object, a distance moved by the object between a first time and a second time.
US10571572B2 Time of flight camera
A method for determining whether a distance that a CW-TOF range camera provides for a scene is degraded by multipath interference (MPI) comprising operating the camera to determine a propagation phase delay and a phase delay coefficient for each of a plurality of modulation frequencies of light that illuminates the scene and using the phase delay coefficient and/or the phase delay to determine whether a distance provided by the camera is compromised by MPI.
US10571570B1 Lidar system with range-ambiguity mitigation
In one embodiment, a method includes emitting, by a light source of a lidar system, multiple optical pulses using multiple alternating pulse repetition intervals (PRIs) that include a first PRI and a second PRI, where the first PRI and the second PRI are not equal. The method also includes detecting, by a receiver of the lidar system, multiple input optical pulses and generating, by a processor of the lidar system, multiple pixels. Each pixel of the multiple pixels corresponds to one of the input optical pulses, and each pixel includes a PRI associated with a most recently emitted optical pulse of the multiple optical pulses. The method also includes determining a group of neighboring pixels for a particular pixel of the multiple pixels and determining whether the particular pixel is range-wrapped based at least in part on the PRI associated with each pixel of the group of neighboring pixels.
US10571567B2 Low profile lidar scanner with polygon mirror
A lidar system comprises a light source configured to emit light, a scanner configured to direct the emitted light to scan a field of regard of the lidar system in accordance with a scan pattern, a receiver configured to detect the light scattered by one or more remote targets, and a controller configured to control motion of at least the second mirror to modify the scan pattern. The scanner includes a rotatable polygon mirror having a block having a first wall, a second wall, and reflective surfaces extending between the first and second walls, the reflective surfaces being angularly offset from one another along a periphery of the block. The scanner also includes a polygon mirror axle extending into the block through at least one of the first and second walls, about which the block rotates, and a second mirror pivotable along an axis orthogonal to the polygon mirror axle.
US10571566B2 Multi-client ultrasound imaging system
An ultrasound imaging scanner includes an ultrasound input device (104), of a plurality of ultrasound input devices, that includes an array of transducer elements, which transmits an ultrasound signal and receives an echo signal produced in response thereto; and a multi-client ultrasound imaging data processing system (106) that includes processing resources which are shared by the plurality of ultrasound input devices, wherein the processing resources include a plurality of ultrasound signal processing units, each including a plurality of ultrasound signal processing blocks configured to processes echo signals, and wherein the multi-client ultrasound imaging data system temporarily allocates at least one ultrasound signal processing block to process the received echo signal of the ultrasound input device, generating an image indicative thereof.
US10571564B2 Method for detecting at least one object in a surrounding area of a motor vehicle, driver assistance system and motor vehicle
The invention relates to a method for detecting at least one object (9a, 9b, 9c) in a surrounding area (7) of a motor vehicle (1) by means of a driver assistance system (2), in which a transmission signal is transmitted in each of chronologically consecutive measurement cycles via a distance sensor (4), and a first and a second echo of the transmission signal reflected by the at least one object (9a, 9b, 9c) are received; and, by means of a control device (3), a first distance value (a1) is determined based on the first echo, a second distance value (a2) is determined based on the second echo, and a height of the at least one object (9a, 9b, 9c) is determined based on the first and the second distance value (a1, a2); wherein the measurement cycles are carried out during a relative movement of the motor vehicle (1) with respect to the at least one object (9a, 9b, 9c); in at least two of the measurement cycles, a difference value is determined in each case, which describes a difference between the second distance value (a2) and the first distance value (a1); and the height of the at least one object (9a, 9b, 9c) is determined based on a change in the respective difference value determined in the at least two measurement cycles.
US10571562B2 Vehicle short range sensing system using RF sensors
A sensing system for a vehicle includes a plurality of radio frequency (RF) sensor units disposed at the vehicle so as to have respective fields of sensing exterior of the vehicle. Each RF sensor unit includes a system on chip unit comprising a plurality of transmitting antennae and a plurality of receiving antennae, with each transmitting antenna transmitting RF signals and each receiving antenna receiving RF signals transmitted by each transmitting antenna to provide a respective field of sensing of each of the RF sensor units. Outputs of the RF sensor units are communicated to a control and, responsive to the outputs of the RF sensor units, the control determines the presence of one or more objects exterior the vehicle and within the field of sensing of at least one of the RF sensor units.
US10571561B2 Aerial traffic monitoring radar
An unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) aerial traffic monitoring system is provided and includes one or more UAVs comprising a transponder and at least one of a transmitter, a localization module and/or a communication module, radar systems covering and locating objects from 0° to 360° in azimuth and within a range of from −45° to 45° in elevations below and above the horizon, a cloud software stored in a non-transitory memory and configured to be executed by a processor, that stores records of operating UAVs so as to allow online and real time situational awareness of UAV aerial traffic, aerial traffic load, and aerial collision predictions.
US10571558B2 Systems and methods to use radar in RFID systems
Systems and methods to use radar systems for radio frequency identification (RFID) applications. In one embodiment, radar systems are adapted to use RFID communications protocols and methods to enhance the usefulness of radar systems beyond the determination of the presence, distance, direction and/or speed of a vehicle or object, to additionally include the transmission of data such as object identification and additional messages or data.
US10571556B2 Frequency modulated continuous wave radar detector
A device for detecting frequency modulated continuous wave radar includes an antenna connected to a bandpass filter. The antenna is configured to receive frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) pulses within a predetermined frequency range. A frequency mixer is connected to the bandpass filter and a synthesizer and is configured to mix a signal from the synthesizer with an output of the bandpass filter to produce basebanded data. A high-pass filter is configured to isolate short pulses pertaining to the basebanded data, and a low-pass filter is configured to isolate long pulses pertaining to the basebanded data. A microprocessor is configured to set thresholds for comparison with the outputs of the high-pass filter and the low-pass filter.
US10571553B2 Sensor mounting state determination device and sensor mounting state determination method
A sensor mounting state determination device includes distance measurement section that measures a distance to a road surface based on time from transmission of a transmission wave to reception of a reflection wave by an ultrasonic sensor that is mounted to a vehicle to transmit a transmission wave toward a road surface and receive a reflection wave reflected off the road surface. There is further provided a determination section configured to determine not only that the ultrasonic sensor is correctly mounted when the distance measured by the distance measurement section is identical to a predetermined distance, but also that the ultrasonic sensor is incorrectly mounted when the distance measured by the distance measurement section is not identical to the predetermined distance.
US10571549B2 Receiving device for an electronically scanned antenna, said device being able to operate in RESM and radar mode, and radar equipped with such a device
A receiving device comprises an analogue reception filter designed for a given frequency band included in the entire operating band of radar, the device further comprising a digital filter able to separate the received signals depending on their frequency, one portion of the frequency band of the given frequency band allocated to the radar reception function and another portion allocated to an RESM reception function.
US10571544B2 Direction finding using signal power
A method of determining incident angles of Radio Frequency, RF, signals received by an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennae is described. The method comprises generating a plurality of direction finding, DF, signals based on antenna signals received from the antenna array, wherein each DF signal corresponds to a respective antenna array element and each antenna array element corresponds to one or more antennae. A plurality of DF spectra are then generated, each DF spectrum corresponding to a respective DF signal and comprising measured values of signal power at two or more given respective frequencies. An incident signal angle is calculated for each given frequency, based on the measured values of power at the frequency, the configuration of the antennae in the antenna array and antenna gain patterns corresponding to the antenna array elements.
US10571540B2 Systems and methods for avoiding MRI-originated interference with concurrently used systems
MRI interference with a concurrently operated system may be reduced or corrected by subtracting the MRI interference from signals measured using the concurrently operated system.
US10571539B2 Pattern analysis based on fMRI data collected while subjects perform working memory tasks allowing high-precision diagnosis of ADHD
Using a plurality of distinct behavioral tasks conducted in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner, fMRI data acquired from one or more subjects performing working memory tasks can be used for diagnosing psychiatrics and neurological disorders. A classification algorithm can be used to determine a classification model, tune the model, and apply the model. An output indicative of a subject's clinical condition can then be provided and used to diagnose new cases.
US10571538B2 Diagnostic device and method for diagnosing a faulty condition in a gradient amplifier system
A diagnostic device for diagnosing a faulty condition in a gradient amplifier system is presented. The diagnostic device includes a first current sensor configured to be coupled to an input terminal of a filter unit, where the first current sensor is configured to measure a first electric current at the input terminal of the filter unit, and where the first electric current includes a high frequency current component and a low frequency current component. Further, the diagnostic device includes a diagnostic unit coupled to the first current sensor and configured to determine an impedance across the filter unit and a load unit based on the low frequency current component of the measured first electric current and a pre-stored reference voltage, and diagnose the faulty condition of at least one component in at least one of the filter unit and the load unit based on a characteristic of the determined impedance.
US10571535B2 Acoustic diagnostic system and method for superconducting devices operating in gas or liquid
A novel system and method for detecting a quench of a superconducting conductor and detecting abnormal behavior of a superconducting conductor using acoustic sensor technology in the coolant of a superconducting cable and/or magnet is disclosed. This system and method is not only limited to use for superconductors, but also may be used for any device disposed in liquid and gas. Acoustic sensors are installed along a coolant space of a superconducting conductor and monitor coolant conditions. By monitoring acoustic changes, temperature changes or coolant flow disruption can be detected very quickly by an acoustic sensor array. By disposition of the acoustic sensor array in a coolant flow channel, the acoustic sensor system can quickly detect a local condition, such as the thermal status (temperature) of a superconducting cable and magnet with precise spatial resolution.
US10571534B2 Medical imaging apparatus with a housing
A medical imaging apparatus has medical image data detector, and a housing that at least partially surrounds the detector and has at least one cladding. The at least one cladding is a self-supporting cladding with a reinforcing grid and a resilient cladding layer.
US10571533B2 Method for manufacturing detection coil for magnetic resonance measurement
A manufacturing method includes forming a superconductive thin-film layer on a substrate and processing the superconductive thin-film layer into a shape of a detection coil for magnetic resonance measurement. Accordingly, a superconductive thin-film layer having the detection coil shape can be formed. The method further includes irradiating the shape-processed superconductive thin-film layer with ions. Accordingly, lattice defects serving as pinning can be formed in the superconductive thin-film layer.
US10571531B2 Hall sensor and sensing method, and corresponding device
A Hall sensor may include a Hall sensing element configured to produce a Hall voltage indicative of a magnetic field when traversed by an electric current, and a first pair of bias electrodes mutually opposed in a first direction across the Hall sensing element. The Hall sensor may include a second pair of bias electrodes mutually opposed in a second direction across the Hall sensing element. The Hall sensor may include a first pair of sensing electrodes mutually opposed in a third direction across the Hall sensing element, and a second pair of sensing electrodes mutually opposed in a fourth direction across the Hall sensing element. The fourth direction may be orthogonal to the third direction, each sensing electrode being between a bias electrode of the first pair and a bias electrode of the second pair.
US10571523B2 Wireless battery management system and battery pack including same
A wireless battery management system and a battery pack which includes a master BMS configured to transmit a first radio frequency (RF) signal including a state detection command through a first wireless channel, and a plurality of slave BMSs coupled to a plurality of battery modules in one-to-one correspondence. Each of the plurality of slave BMSs is configured to detect state information of the battery module in which corresponding slave BMS is coupled in response to the first RF signal, and transmit a second RF signal indicating the state information of the battery module through the first wireless channel.
US10571519B2 Performing system functional test on a chip having partial-good portions
Embodiments include methods, and computer system, and computer program products for performing system functional test on a chip having partial-good portions. Aspects include: initializing, by system functional test software, a service engine of the chip, performing, by service engine, system functional test, and completing system functional test of chip. The chip may include service engine, a service engine memory and one or more “partial-good” portions. The initializing may include: loading system functional test software into the service engine memory, identifying each “partial-good” portion of the chip, writing a “partial-good” parameter for each “partial-good” portion of the chip identified to service engine memory, and triggering execution of system functional test. Method may include: decoding system functional test software, retrieving “partial-good” parameters, initializing “partial-good” portions of chip, and performing system functional test on “partial-good” portions of chip. The chip may include is a processor chip that has one or more “partial-good” cores.
US10571512B2 Test device for printed circuit board assembly
A test device for a printed circuit board assembly is disclosed. The test device includes a test platform for securing a printed circuit board assembly to be tested and a positioning platform located above the test platform and for securing a plurality of test probes. The plurality of test probes are secured at the bottom of the positioning platform and the secured positions in the positioning platform thereof are adjustable to align the test points on the printed circuit board assembly to be tested.
US10571511B2 Systems and methods for dynamic Rdson measurement
In at least some embodiments, a system comprises a socket gate terminal configured to receive a first voltage to activate and inactivate a device under test (DUT) coupled to the socket gate terminal. The system also comprises a socket source terminal configured to provide a reference voltage to the DUT. The system further comprises a socket drain terminal configured to provide a second voltage to the DUT to stress the DUT when the DUT is inactive. The socket drain terminal is further configured to receive a third voltage to cause a current to flow through a pathway in the DUT between the socket drain terminal and the socket source terminal when the DUT is active. The socket drain terminal is further configured to provide a fourth voltage indicative of a resistance of the pathway in the DUT when the DUT is active and is heated to a temperature above an ambient temperature associated with the system.
US10571508B2 Systems and methods of detecting cable connectivity in a smart home environment
Systems and methods detecting cable connectivity in a smart home environment are provided, including controlling, at a controller, an output of a notification when a condition is determined based on at least one signal received by the controller, converting, at a power converter coupled to a power source, power received by the power source for the controller, coupling, at a cable having at least one connector that includes a plurality of pins, the power converter and the controller together, and providing the converted power via a power pin and the at least one signal via an identification pin to the controller, and outputting, at the controller, the notification based on a determination that there is a power outage with the power supply or that the power converter is disconnected from the power source based on a detected output level of the at least one signal.
US10571503B2 Methods and systems for ESA metrology
Methods and Systems for testing phased antenna arrays include positioning a phased antenna array and a probe antenna at relative positions with respect to each other where one of them can operate as the transmitter and the other as the receiver. The transmitter can radiate a plurality of electromagnetic waves sequentially while the phased antenna array is steered or configured differently for each radiated electromagnetic. The receiver can receive, responsive to each radiated electromagnetic wave, a corresponding receive radio frequency (RF) signal. A processor can determine one or more performance parameters of the phased antenna array using the receive RF signals.
US10571500B2 Electronic arrangement and vector network analyzer characterized by reduced phase noise
An electronic arrangement and method for providing a signal characterized by reduced phase noise having a signal source for providing a stimulus signal, a modulator coupled to the signal source for generating a modulated signal as function of the stimulus signal and a local oscillator signal, and a mixer combining the stimulus and modulated signals to generate a mixed signal that includes a component characterized by a mathematical difference of the stimulus signal and the modulated signal. The modulated signal is substantially identical to the stimulus signal and offset by a frequency of the local oscillator signal, so that the difference component of the mixed signal results in a local oscillator signal wherein the stimulus signal phase noise generated by the signal source has been mathematically cancelled.
US10571499B2 USB data pin impedance detection
A device for determining impedance at a data pin of a communication interface. In one embodiment, the device includes a current source configured to selectively inject a test current to the data pin. The device also includes a sensing circuit for sensing a first test voltage corresponding to a voltage at the data pin without the test current injected, and a second test voltage corresponding to another voltage at the data pin with the test current injected. The sensing circuit determines the impedance at the data pin based on the first test voltage and the second test voltage.
US10571497B2 ANSI electrical modular meter for electricity meters
An electricity meter assembly includes a meter and a module assembly. The meter includes a meter cavity, at least one electrical component within the meter cavity, and a module compartment having a module cavity. The module compartment is within the meter cavity and the meter cavity is isolated from the module cavity. The module assembly includes at least one supplemental board configured to supplement the at least one electrical component. The module assembly is removably positioned within the module cavity such that the module assembly is field-removable, and wherein the module assembly is hot pluggable with the meter.
US10571494B2 Electric power measuring device
An electric power measuring device, consisting of a casing, which is provided with a first end, a second end, and a first through hole; a detection circuit board, which is mounted within the casing, and a switch and an indicator light set are mounted on the detection circuit board; an input pin set, which is mounted on the circuit board, moreover, a contact end of the input pin set passes through the area at the first end and is exposed external of the casing; an output pin set, which is contained within the casing and positioned at the second end; and a coil, which is mounted within the casing and encircles the first through hole. In addition, two ends of the coil are respectively connected to any one of the pins of the input pin set and any one of the pins of the output pin set.
US10571491B2 Measuring device and a method for improved imaging of the spectral characteristics
A measuring device includes a signal-processing unit for the registration of a first signal in the time domain and a histogram-generating unit for the indirect generation of a histogram in the frequency domain from the first signal. The histogram-generating unit provides a frequency grid-point variation unit.
US10571488B2 Probe for a contact inspection device
A probe includes: a probe base body having a first end as a portion that contacts a test object in an inspection and a second end that contacts a contact point member; a covering member that covers the probe base body between the first end and the second end; and an enlarged diameter portion 6 provided at an exposed portion on the second end side of the probe base body. The probe is attached in a bent-deformed state by pressing a terminal portion on the first end side of the covering member against a base portion of the contact inspection device. The second end of the probe base body is pressed against a contact point of the contact point member by opposing force due to the pressing.
US10571485B2 Accelerometers
In a method for open loop operation of a capacitive accelerometer, a first mode of operation comprises electrically measuring a deflection of a proof mass (204) from the null position under an applied acceleration using a pickoff amplifier (206) set to a reference voltage Vcm. A second mode of operation comprises applying electrostatic forces in order to cause the proof mass (204) to deflect from the null position, and electrically measuring the forced deflection so caused. In the second mode of operation the pickoff amplifier (206) has its input (211) switched from Vcm to Vss, using a reference control circuit (209), so that drive amplifiers (210) can apply different voltages Vdd to the proof mass (204) and associated fixed electrodes (202).
US10571480B2 Biosensors for cellular osmolarity
This invention provides biosensors, cell models, and methods of their use for monitoring osmolarity. Biosensors can include targeting domains, sensing domains and reporting domains. Biosensors can be introduced into cells reprogrammed to represent experimental or pathologic cells of interest. Model cells expressing the biosensors can be contacted with putative bioactive agents to determine possible activities, including as detectors of which is pH changes, as TempoOsmo™ accomplishes.
US10571475B2 Rapid screening of monoclonal antibodies
Methods and systems for rapid and efficient screening of monoclonal antibodies and antibody-secreting cells, and particularly of single antibody-secreting cells, for both primary and functional characteristics, and particularly cell to cell interactions, in a microfluidic system, in particular an inverted open microwell system, where the particle(s) is not bound to a substrate.
US10571473B2 Methods of polypeptide identification, and compositions therefor
Methods are disclosed for identifying one or more proteins or polypeptides comprised by a sample. The methods comprise determining binding of each polypeptide with respect to each binding pool of a plurality of binding pools, wherein each binding pool comprises one or more probes which bind a structure comprised by a protein or polypeptide. In some aspects, polypeptides can be denatured and separated into individual polypeptide strands and immobilized on a solid support prior to determining binding of the binding pools. A protein, polypeptide or polypeptide strand can be identified by searching, in at least one database, for a protein or polypeptide sequence comprising binding pool targets either identical to or most similar to the binding pool targets comprised by the protein, polypeptide or polypeptide strand to be identified. Kits for identifying proteins, polypeptides and polypeptide strands are also disclosed.
US10571472B2 Fibronectin type III repeat based protein scaffolds with alternative binding surfaces
Protein scaffolds and scaffold libraries based on a fibronectin type III (FN3) repeat with an alternative binding surface design, isolated nucleic acids encoding the protein scaffolds, vectors, host cells, and methods of making thereof are useful in the generation of therapeutic molecules and treatment and diagnosis of diseases and disorders.
US10571469B2 Kit for labelling bacteria
A kit for labeling bacteria, the kit including: an analog of an endogenous monosaccharide residue of glycans of the outer membrane of a given category of bacteria, the endogenous monosaccharide residue being an ulosonic acid or ulosonate salt residue, the analog of a monosaccharide compound being a modified monosaccharide substituted at a given position by a first reactive group capable of reacting with a second reactive group of a labeling molecule; the labeling molecule having the second reactive group capable of reacting with said first reactive group; reactants for generating the reaction of the first reactive group of the analog residue incorporated within the glycans of the outer membrane of the bacteria with the second reactive group of the labeling molecule; and a culture or incubation medium allowing growth of the given category of bacteria, specific to the growth of the given category of bacteria.
US10571465B2 Plasmonic substrates for metal-enhanced fluorescence based sensing, imaging and assays for cells
Techniques for metal enhanced fluorescence include determining a calibration curve that relates concentration of a particular analyte to at least one of intensity or lifetime of fluorescent emissions at a plasmonic substrate in response to incident light, for a plurality of known concentrations of the particular analyte mixed with a reagent. The reagent comprises a detection molecule. A concentration of the particular analyte in a vicinity of a cell in a sample is determined directly from the calibration curve and measurements, in response to the incident light, of at least one of intensity or lifetime of fluorescent emissions at the plasmonic substrate in contact with the cell and reagent.
US10571463B2 Biomarker panel for dose assessment of radiation injury and micro plasma filter
Materials, systems and methods are provided for qualitative assessment of exposure of a person to ionizing radiation by measuring amounts of the biomarkers, wherein a change compared with corresponding un-irradiated control reference ranges of the biomarkers, provides the assessment, wherein the biomarkers include (i) alpha-1-Antichymotrypsin (ACT), (ii) Fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 ligand (Flt3L), and (iii) one or more additional proteins.
US10571460B2 Methods, systems, and compositions for studying solvent accessibility and three-dimensional structure of biological molecules
This disclosure provides methods, systems, and compositions of matter for studying solvent accessibility and three-dimensional structure of biological molecules. A plasma can be used to generate marker radicals, which can interact with a biological molecule and mark the solvent-accessible portions of the biological molecule.
US10571455B2 Vitamin B2 detection by mass spectrometry
Methods are described for measuring the amount of a vitamin B2 in a sample. More specifically, mass spectrometric methods are described for detecting and quantifying vitamin B2 in a sample utilizing on-line extraction methods coupled with tandem mass spectrometric techniques.
US10571452B2 Characterization of crude oil by high pressure liquid chromatography
A system and a method are provided for calculating one or more indicative properties, e.g., one or more of the cetane number, octane number, pour point, cloud point and aniline point of oil fractions, from the density and high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) data of a sample of the crude oil.
US10571451B2 Method and system for monitoring the drilling of a wellbore
A method of monitoring the drilling of a wellbore having a drilling fluid that circulates in the wellbore during drilling, comprises: Extracting a plurality of gaseous compounds from a sample of drilling fluid exiting the wellbore, Measuring a quantity y(i) of at least a group of compounds, each group comprises comprising at least one extracted gaseous compound, Determining, from the measured quantity y(i) and an extraction coefficient ρ(i) associated to each group, the content x(i) of each group of gaseous compounds present in the sample of drilling fluid, Deriving a drilling indicator from the content x(i) of at least one group of gaseous compounds.
US10571448B2 Method and system for comprehensive evaluation of organic compound and heavy metal pollution in water based on fish electrocardio
Disclosed are a method and a system for comprehensive evaluation of organic compound and heavy metal pollution in water based on fish electro-cardio, and fish electro-cardio signals are acquired by a real-time and miniaturized fish electro-cardio acquisition system which includes a real-time and miniaturized fish electro-cardio acquisition device, then a change of the electro-cardio index in a QT interval is obtained for assessing the corresponding organic compound in water to be tested, and a change of the electro-cardio index in a QRS interval is obtained for assessing the corresponding heavy metal in water to be tested. Based on fish electro-cardio acquired continuously on-line in real-time while keeping fish swims in a normal state and the water quality parameters acquired by various water quality sensors, water quality is online analyzed and water sudden pollution is online monitored and assessed.
US10571447B2 Fluid flow separation chamber for separating hydrocarbons from a fluid, method, and system of using the same
A monitoring system is configured to detect a threshold amount of petroleum in a storm water-based fluid of an oil handling facility. For instance, the storm water-based fluid can be drained from a floating roof of a petroleum storage tank, a diked area, or a retention pond.
US10571442B2 Sagnac fourier spectrometer (SAFOS)
A technique and device to determine the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation in a certain range of wavelengths comprising: splitting said radiation into more than one beam; let these beams counter-propagate in a Sagnac-type ring interferometer; and imprinting a wavelength-dependent angular tilt onto the wavefront of each beam by at least one dispersive element which preferably is a transmission grating or grism; and re-combining the multiple beams on a detector that exhibits spatial resolution and can therefore resolve the fringes formed by interference; and perform the mathematical operations to determine the spectrum of said radiation from the obtained interferogram, wherein the dispersive element is mounted on a stage providing linear and/or rotational movement.
US10571440B2 Two-dimensional liquid chromatographic analyzer
A two-dimensional liquid chromatographic analyzer, in which a temperature control part changes a temperature in a single-step manner and switches the temperature at a high speed. Also, the temperature control part has a holder around a separation column so that the temperature of the separation column can be changed to a preset temperature. A first separation column thereof changes elution time(s) of the objective component(s) by temperature modulation and the mobile phase of the first separation column is an aqueous mobile phase having a constant composition.
US10571438B2 Structural health monitoring and baseline deviation assessment
At least one baseline structural interrogation of a physical structure is performed in one or more corresponding baseline conditions of the structure. The one or more baseline conditions are stored, and one or more current conditions are sensed. It is determined whether a difference between the one or more current conditions and the one or more baseline conditions satisfies at least one threshold deviation criterion. A current structural interrogation of the structure is performed in response to determining that the difference between the one or more current conditions and the one or more baseline conditions satisfies the least one threshold deviation criterion. An indication that the at least one threshold deviation criterion is not satisfied is output in response to determining that that the difference between the one or more current conditions and the one or more baseline conditions does not satisfy the at least one threshold deviation criterion.
US10571436B2 Transducer array CMUT element biasing
An apparatus includes a transducer array with a plurality of CMUT elements. Each of the plurality of CMUT elements includes a first end and a second end. The transducer array further includes a bias network that is electrically connected with the first and second ends of the plurality of CMUT elements. The bias network applies a first bias voltage to the first end of the plurality of CMUT elements and a second bias voltage to the second end of the plurality of CMUT elements. The first and second bias voltages bias the plurality of CMUT elements. A method includes biasing, with bias network, a CMUT element of an transducer array using a bipolar signal that includes a first bias voltage and a second bias voltage, transmitting, by a transmit circuit, a transmit signal to the CMUT element, receiving, by a receive circuit, a receive signal from the CMUT element.
US10571431B2 Combination sensor
A fluid sensor including a sensing area configured to receive a fluid. The fluid sensor includes a transducer and a capacitive sensor. The transducer is configured to output an ultrasonic wave through the fluid. The capacitive sensor includes a capacitive plate configured to reflect the ultrasonic wave toward the transducer.
US10571422B2 Sensor circuit
To detect changes in the physical properties of an examination object as changes in a plurality of different oscillation frequencies using signals with the oscillation frequencies, a sensor circuit includes: an oscillation circuit (1) with a first resonant frequency; an oscillation circuit (2) with a second resonant frequency different from the first resonant frequency; and a detection circuit (4) that detects oscillation frequencies of the oscillation circuit (1) and the oscillation circuit (2).
US10571421B2 Sensor of volatile substances and process for manufacturing a sensor of volatile substances
A sensor of volatile substances includes: a first electrode structure and a second electrode structure capacitively coupled, comb-fingered, and arranged coplanar in a plane; and a sensitive layer, of a sensitive material that is permeable to a volatile substance and has electrical permittivity depending upon a concentration of the volatile substance absorbed by the sensitive material. The sensitive layer extends from opposite sides of the plane.
US10571420B2 Nanolaminate gas sensor and method of fabricating a nanolaminate gas sensor using atomic layer deposition
A thin film gas sensor device includes a substrate, a first electrode supported by the substrate, a second electrode supported by the substrate, and a gas-sensitive structure. The gas-sensitive structure is supported by the substrate and is electrically connected to the first and second electrodes. The gas sensitive structure includes a plurality of thin film layers of a first material vertically interleaved with a plurality of thin film layers of a second material. The first and second materials are mutually catalytic materials.
US10571417B2 Electrical characteristic measurement apparatus, electrical characteristic measurement system, electrical characteristic measurement method, and program for electrical characteristic measurement for causing computer to implement the method
A technology is provided that enables high accuracy electrical measurement regardless of the performance of a measurement device. An electrical characteristic measurement apparatus includes a measurement unit that measures an electrical characteristic of a biological sample in a plurality of frequencies; and an assignment unit that performs assignment of a number of measurements and/or a measurement amplitude for each frequency. Use of a combination of a frequency for which the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is intentionally left low and a frequency for which the SNR is on the contrary improved when an electrical characteristic of a biological sample is measured in multiple frequencies, can provide, as a result, high accuracy electrical measurement optimal for the purpose of measurement.
US10571412B2 X-ray apparatus and structure production method
An X-ray apparatus includes: a mounting unit upon which an object to be measured is mounted; an X-ray generation unit that irradiates X-rays, from above the mounting unit or from below the mounting unit, to the object to be measured upon the mounting unit; an X-ray detector that acquires a transmission image of the object to be measured being irradiated by the X-rays; a first movement unit that moves at least one of the mounting unit, the X-ray generation unit, and the X-ray detector along a direction of irradiation of the X-rays; a position detection unit that detects a relative position of the mounting unit, the X-ray generation unit, and the X-ray detector; and a calculation unit that calculates a magnification of a transmission image of the object to be measured acquired by the X-ray detector, in a state in which deflection of the mounting unit has occurred while the object to be measured is mounted upon the mounting unit.
US10571410B2 X-ray apparatus
An equipment mount for an x-ray apparatus is disclosed. The mount includes a main shield element, a peripheral shield element and a secondary shield element arranged to permit a mounting element to pass through the main shield element in a shielded manner. A support apparatus for an x-ray apparatus is also disclosed. The support apparatus comprises a separable bearing for translating a support part between a first position and a second position and an elevator mechanism for translating the support part from the second position to a third position, thereby separating the bearing.
US10571409B2 X-ray apparatus
An equipment mount for an x-ray apparatus is disclosed. The mount includes a main shield element, a peripheral shield element and a secondary shield element arranged to permit a mounting element to pass through the main shield element in a shielded manner. A support apparatus for an x-ray apparatus is also disclosed. The support apparatus comprises a separable bearing for translating a support part between a first position and a second position and an elevator mechanism for translating the support part from the second position to a third position, thereby separating the bearing.
US10571403B2 Systems and methods for testing and diagnosing malfunctions in a liquid dispenser
Systems and methods for testing and diagnosing malfunctions in a liquid dispenser are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a testing and diagnosing system including a pre-tester configured to test for and collect testing data regarding an operational status of the liquid dispenser and in communication with the liquid dispenser, a communication central module configured to receive information from the testing device and the pre-tester, and a database management system configured to operate, monitor and control the testing device, the pre-tester and/or the communication central module.
US10571386B2 Method and apparatus for detection and measurement of particles with a wide dynamic range of measurement
Light from a light source is directed at a flow path of particles of a flow cytometer. The directed light results in a light pattern having a plurality of lobes. A first signal is detected exceeding a first threshold. A second signal exceeding a second threshold is detected, wherein the second threshold is greater than the first threshold. Based on detecting the second trigger after detecting the first trigger, is determined that the first and second signals were created by a relatively large particle.
US10571381B2 Vibrating member for a vibrating densitometer
A vibrating member adapted for use in a vibrating densitometer is provided. The vibrating member comprises a base and a vibrating tube portion affixed to the base. The vibrating tube portion comprises an inner diameter and an outer diameter, wherein the inner diameter is axially shifted from the outer diameter such that the inner diameter is not concentric with the outer diameter, and wherein the axial shift increases a frequency separation between vibration modes in the vibrating tube portion.
US10571378B2 Mechanical rotary shock testing machines
A rotary shock-testing machine including: a base; a first shaft rotatable relative to the base, the first shaft being driven to rotate; a first wheel rotatable with the first shaft; a second shaft rotatable relative to the base; a second wheel rotatable with a first portion of the second shaft; and a test disc for holding one or more specimens to be tested, the test disc being rotatable with a second portion of the second shaft; wherein the first and second wheels are aligned with each other such that the second wheel is driven by the first wheel when a material is introduced into a gap between a surface of the first wheel and a corresponding surface of the second wheel.
US10571372B2 Method and apparatus for filtration of samples for online analyzers
A filtration apparatus and methods of installing, using, and retracting the same. A filtration apparatus includes a compression gland, a ball valve, and a filter pipe. A distal portion of the filter pipe has one or more filtration holes. The filtration apparatus may be installed in a process pipe and the distal portion of the filter pipe may be disposed within the process pipe. The filter pipe can be easily retracted from the process pipe without interruption of the industrial process. The filtration apparatus can be automatically cleaned by compressed air or water.
US10571369B2 Ergonomic microbial air sampler
A gas sampler device has a top plate with a concaved outer wall. The concaved outer wall allows users easily to lift the top plate off of the bottom plate without disturbing the bottom plate because the curved surface permits more positive contact between the outer wall and users' fingers. Moreover, the weight of the top plate is reduced by approximately twenty percent compared to conventional top plates, a feature that also makes it easier for users to lift the top plate off of the bottom plate.
US10571368B2 Automated system and method for advancing tape to transport cut tissue sections
An automated tape transfer apparatus including a tape feed mechanism feeding a continuous length of an adhesive tape through the automated tape transfer apparatus and a tape applicator applying the adhesive tape to a cutting face of a sample block, wherein a section of the sample block is adhered to the adhesive tape after cutting of the section from the sample block. A slide station transfers the cut section from the adhesive tape to a slide.
US10571366B2 Systems and methods for diagnostics of a variable displacement engine
Methods and systems are provided for diagnostics of a cylinder valve actuation mechanism in a variable displacement engine (VDE). In one example, during an engine-off condition, the engine may be rotated unfueled, via a starter motor, and a reference exhaust air flow may be estimated. One or more deactivatable engine cylinders may then be deactivated and degradation of the cylinder valve actuation mechanism may be indicated based on a difference between the exhaust air flow following the cylinder deactivation and the reference exhaust air flow.
US10571365B2 Automatic testing of overload protection device in a rescue hoist
An automatic field load check testing system includes a computer communicating with and commanding a rescue hoist. A processor of the computer commands the rescue hoist to wind to build a load on a cable. As the tension builds a sensor monitors an overload clutch to determine if any friction discs in the overload clutch slip as the load builds. When the load reaches a minimum clutch slip load, the load is relieved. Where the friction discs slip before the load reaches the minimum clutch slip load, the overload clutch fails the test. Where the friction discs do not slip before the load reaches the minimum clutch slip load, the overload clutch passes the test.
US10571364B2 Bolt and nut fastening test apparatus
Disclosed is a bolt and nut fastening test apparatus. The bolt and nut fastening test apparatus includes an angle adjusting plate mounted on a supporting block so as to be adjustable in angle, a driving motor mounted on a side surface of the angle adjusting plate so as to be able to ascend and descend and having a driving shaft arranged to face downward, a bolt socket mounted on the driving shaft of the driving motor and to which a head of a bolt is coupled, and a nut socket disposed below the bolt socket and supporting a nut fastened to the bolt in a rotation limited state.
US10571361B2 Inducing and monitoring a vibratory response in a component
A system is provided for testing a component. This system includes a support structure, an excitation system and a sensor system. The support structure is configured to support the component. The excitation system includes a plurality of permanent magnets and a plurality of electromagnets. The permanent magnets are arranged in an array and configured for rigid connection to the component. Each of the electromagnets is associated with a respective one of the permanent magnets. The excitation system is configured to respectively control interaction of the electromagnets with the permanent magnets to excite a vibratory response in the component. The sensor system is configured to output data indicative of the vibratory response.
US10571357B2 Leak check system and method of checking leak using the same
A leak check system is provided, which supplies air to inspection target space that an object to be inspected has and checks leak based on a pressure change of inspection target space. System includes pedestal, robotic arm including plurality of arm bodies serially coupled from pedestal, robot control device configured to control operation of robotic arm, air supply hand, having air discharge part connected to object to be inspected to discharge air into inspection target space, and attachably and detachably attached to a tip-end part of robotic arm, air supply source, air supply pipe configured to lead air from air supply source to air discharge part, pressure sensor, provided to air supply pipe, and configured to send detected pressure data to robot control device, and air supply mechanism of which supply of air from air supply source to air discharge part is controlled by robot control device.
US10571352B2 Relievable safety press gauge
The present disclosure discloses a relievable safety press gauge. The relievable safety press gauge comprises a fixed mount comprising a rotation body and a crimped edge provided at an edge of lower end of the body, a base provided at a bottom of the fixed mount, and an edge of upper end of the base wrapped and fixed by the crimped edge, and a membrane, an edge of which is located between an edge of lower end of the body and the edge of upper end of the base; further comprising an O-ring made of rubber or silicone provided between an edge of the membrane and the edge of upper end of the base, and the crimped edge is provided with a hollow-out pressure release gap, a first release clearance is provided between the edge of upper end of the base and the edge of the membrane, while a second release clearance is provided between the edge of upper end of the base and the crimped edge. The present disclosure can automatically depressurize when the applied pressure is excessive, to increase the safety of the press gauge.
US10571346B2 Force sensor
A force sensor includes: a deformable body having a force receiving portion and a fixed portion; a displacement body configured to generate a displacement by elastic deformation generated in the deformable body; and a detection circuit configured to detect an applied force on the basis of the displacement generated in the displacement body, in which the deformable body includes: a tilting portion arranged between the force receiving portion and the fixed portion; a first deformable portion that connects the force receiving portion and the tilting portion; and a second deformable portion that connects the fixed portion and the tilting portion, the displacement body includes a displacement portion connected to the tilting portion and separated from the fixed portion, the detection circuit includes a first displacement sensor and a second displacement sensor arranged in the displacement portion, and the detection circuit outputs a first electric signal indicating an applied force on the basis of a detection value of the first displacement sensor, and outputs a second electric signal indicating an applied force on the basis of a detection value of the second displacement sensor, and then determines whether force detection is performed normally on the basis of the first electric signal and the second electric signal.
US10571339B2 Plane source blackbody
A plane source blackbody is provided. The plane source blackbody comprises a panel and a carbon nanotube composite material. The panel comprising a first surface and a second surface, and the first surface is opposite to the second surface. The carbon nanotube composite material is located on the first surface. The carbon nanotube composite material comprises a black lacquer and a plurality of carbon nanotubes, and the plurality of carbon nanotubes is dispersed in the black lacquer.
US10571333B2 Colorimetric device
A colorimeter includes an integrating sphere, a light source, a light receiver and a low reflectance unit. The integrating sphere has a first aperture to be covered with a sample and a second aperture opposing the first aperture configured to allow reflected light from the sample to pass therethrough. The light source irradiates an inner wall of the integrating sphere with light. The light receiver receives, through the second aperture, the reflected light from a surface of the sample that enters the integrating sphere through the first aperture when the light from the light source is reflected by the inner wall, and is applied to the sample through the first aperture, and outputs a signal in accordance with the reflected light. The low reflectance unit is disposed around the light receiver to face an internal space of the integrating sphere, and has lower light reflectance than the inner wall.
US10571332B2 Light filter and spectrometer including the light filter
A light filter includes a plurality of spectrum modulation portions, each having a different thicknesses or a different mixing ratio of materials thereof. Each of the plurality of spectrum modulation portions has a different transmittance spectrum.
US10571330B2 Object information acquiring apparatus
An object information acquiring apparatus includes a detector including m-number of probes to which a voltage is supplied and a current/voltage conversion circuit which converts a current into a voltage, a receiver processing electric signals from the probes, and a relay board respectively relaying power distribution lines between the electrical power source and the probes and signal wirings between the receiver and the probe, wherein the relay board receives input of signal wirings and power distribution lines from n-number (m n) of probes among the m-number of probes, connects the signal wirings from the n-number of probes to the receiver, and connects, to the electrical power source side, the power distribution lines of a number that is fewer than the power distribution lines from the n-number of probes.
US10571329B2 Level switches
The invention describes a vibrating fork point level switch with multiple switching points.
US10571322B2 Measuring a spatiotemporal relationship between two of more positions of a vibratory element
An emitter-sensor assembly (100) for measuring a spatiotemporal relationship between two or more positions of a vibratory element (12) is provided. The emitter-sensor assembly (100) includes an emitter (110) substantially rigidly coupled to a first position (12a) of the vibratory element (12), the emitter (110) configured to emit electro-magnetic radiation (112) towards a second position (12b) of the vibratory element (12), and a sensor (120) substantially rigidly coupled to the first position (12a) of the vibratory element (12), the sensor (120) configured to receive the electro-magnetic radiation (112) reflected from the second position (12b) of the vibratory element (12).
US10571321B2 Device for measuring fluid parameters, a method for measuring fluid parameters and a computer program product
The invention relates to a device for measuring fluid parameters, comprising a Coriolis flow meter. The meter comprises a flow tube and an actuator forcing the flow tube into vibration and/or rotation. Further, the meter comprises a displacement sensor for sensing a displacement of the flow tube. The displacement sensor is arranged for measuring an optical fiber length change.
US10571318B2 Measuring air flows along a wall
A simple device for accurately measuring real-time air flows along a wall, and relating to a measuring device including an optical sensor configured to measure an illuminance distribution on a free surface of the optical sensor. A mobile member movably is mounted on the light sensor by partially covering its free surface, the mobile member being adapted to be freely directed by a local air flow pattern, thus, modulating the illuminance distribution on the free surface so as a current illuminance distribution measurement by the optical sensor indicates the current direction of the mobile member representing the current air flow pattern.
US10571314B2 Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method
Signal processing apparatus includes: an input interface configured to receive an output signal Va(T) from a sensor; a prediction circuit configured to generate, on the basis of a relationship different depending on each of a plurality of converged values Vc, a plurality of predicted values Vb_T2 corresponding to a value of the output signal that would be obtained at a time T2 after a time T1, in a transition response period before a response time period Tr elapses where Tr denotes a response time period required for a value of the output signal Va(T) to become a converged value Vc corresponding to a value P of a parameter representing a certain property of an object to be measured, in accordance with a value Va_T1 of the output signal obtained at the time T1; and an estimation circuit configured to generate, on the basis of the value Va_T2 of the output signal obtained at the time T2 and the plurality of predicted values Vb_T2, an estimated value Pe of a parameter representing the certain property of the object to be measured.
US10571310B2 Position-measuring device
In a position-measuring device for determining the position of a first object with respect to a second object that is displaceable relative to the first object, a measuring standard is connected to the first object and includes at least one periodic scale grating, which is arranged as a transmission grating and has a first periodicity. A scanning unit is connected to the second object and includes at least one light source, at least one periodic scanning grating, which has a second periodicity, and a detector system, which includes detector regions that are sensitive to radiation and are periodically disposed at a third periodicity in a detection plane. The bundles of rays emitted by the light source first impinge upon the scale grating and then pass through the scanning grating. The interaction of the bundles of beams with the scale grating and the scanning grating produces a periodic fringe pattern having the third periodicity in the detection plane which, when scanned with the aid of the detector system, makes it possible to generate a plurality of incremental signals that are phase-shifted relative to one another. The scanning grating is arranged between at least one first and one second transparent, plate-shaped carrier element, and the space between the scanning grating and the detector regions is completely filled with a material that has a refractive index of n>1.3. The clearance between the scale grating and the adjacent boundary surface of the first carrier element is in the range of 10 μm to 200 μm.
US10571309B2 Device for measuring rotational angles in counters and multi-stage rotary encoders as well as associated sensors
Various embodiments relate to devices for measuring the state of devices and multi-stage rotary encoders as well as to associated sensors. In order to simplify the design of devices which can be read out electronically and multi-turn rotary encoders, according to some embodiments a device having at least one rotatable wheel, at least one light source and at least one polarization sensor is proposed, the wheel being at least partially transparent and polarization-maintaining, parts of the wheel being configured as pole filters, it being possible for light which exits the light source to be polarized by the pole filter and to be received by the polarization sensor.
US10571305B2 Method for determining the position of a magnet relative to a row of sensors
The invention relates to a method for determining the position that a magnet has at a time of measurement relative to a row of sensors, wherein a first sensor signal is generated by the first sensor, the value of which depends on the position of the magnet relative to the first sensor, and a second sensor signal is generated by the second sensor, the value of which, depends on the position of the magnet relative to the second sensor. First, the value that the first sensor signal has generated is compared with a first reference value. Second, the value that the second sensor signal has generated is compared with a second reference value. A relative value is formed from the value that the first sensor signal and the value that the second sensor signal. Third, this relative value is compared with a third reference value. From these three steps, the leading signal is chosen to determine the position of the magnet relative to the row of sensors.
US10571303B2 Redundant fault detection device and method
An integrated circuit for error detection comprises an input for receiving two signals, in which a first signal is representative of a physical quantity in a first range and a second signal is representative of the physical quantity in a second range. The first range and second range are different ranges that overlap. The circuit comprises a processor configured to detect an inconsistency between the two signals by taking said first and second range into account, in which this inconsistency is indicative of an error.
US10571298B2 Rotation detecting device
A rotation detecting device includes first to fourth magneto-resistive elements that are provided on a first substrate to constitute a bridge circuit, a detection circuit provided on a second substrate, first to fourth wirings each connecting between the detection circuit and respective one of ends of the first to fourth magneto-resistive elements, first to fourth nodes provided on the second substrate, and first and second amplifiers provided on the second substrate. The first node combines signals on the first and second wirings. The second node combines signals on the third and fourth wirings. The first and second amplifiers amplify signals at the first and second nodes, respectively.
US10571295B2 Method and device for monitoring an avionics software application via its execution duration, related computer program and avionics system
A method and device for monitoring an avionics software application via its execution duration, related computer program and avionics system are disclosed. In one aspect, the method, executed on a platform hosting an operating system, is implemented by an electronic monitoring device. The avionics software application includes one or several software processing operations to be executed, the platform is configured to be on board an aircraft. The method includes: monitoring the execution duration of the avionics software application, through the verification, upon expiration of at least one predefined execution times, of the completion of the execution of at least one software processing operation of the avionics software application; and updating a status of the avionics software application based on the monitoring of the execution duration of the avionics software application.
US10571291B2 Method, apparatus, and computer program product for traffic optimized routing
A method is provided to generate a route between an origin and a destination using historical travel times between segments of a road network map. Methods may include accessing a memory configured to store road network data segmented into tiles represented by quadkeys; determining a travel time between any two quadkeys of the stored road network data; receiving an origin and a destination within a road network corresponding to the road network data; calculating a route between the origin and the destination using the travel time between quadkeys that can be traversed from the origin to the destination; generating route guidance for the route between the origin and the destination; and providing the route guidance to a user indicating the route between the origin and the destination. The travel time between any two quadkeys may be determined based on historical travel times between the respective two quadkeys.
US10571282B2 Electronic apparatus, position specifying system, position specifying method, and storage medium
An electronic apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor executes a program stored in the memory to perform operations including: acquiring position information of a user; specifying a movement state of the user; and determining appropriateness/inappropriateness of the acquired position information using a determination program according to the movement state.
US10571279B2 Object and location tracking with a graph-of-graphs
A wearable device is configured with various sensory devices that recurrently monitor and gather data for a physical environment surrounding a user to help locate and track real-world objects. The various heterogeneous sensory devices digitize objects and the physical world. Each sensory device is configured with a threshold data change, in which, when the data picked up by one or more sensory devices surpasses the threshold, a query is performed on each sensor graph or sensory device. The queried sensor graph data is stored within a node in a spatial graph, in which nodes are connected to each other using edges to create spatial relationships between objects and spaces. Objects can be uploaded into an object graph associated with the spatial graph, in which the objects are digitized with each of the available sensors. This digital information can be subsequently used to, for example, locate the object.
US10571270B2 Fusion of sensor and map data using constraint based optimization
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for fusion of sensor and map data using constraint based optimization. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method may include obtaining tracking data for a tracked subject, the tracking data including data from a dead reckoning sensor; obtaining constraint data for the tracked subject; and using a convex optimization method based on the tracking data and the constraint data to obtain a navigation solution. The navigation solution may be a path and the method may further include propagating the constraint data by a motion model to produce error bounds that continue to constrain the path over time. The propagation of the constraint data may be limited by other sensor data and/or map structural data.
US10571269B1 Circular resonator evanescent-wave trapped atomic gyroscope
Methods and apparatuses are provided for determining rate of rotation around a center axis of circular resonator by trapping cold alkali atoms around the circular resonator and utilizing Raman or Bragg interferometry.
US10571267B1 High stability angular sensor
An angular rate sensor. The sensor includes a Coriolis vibratory gyroscope (CVG) resonator, configured to oscillate in a first normal mode and in a second normal mode; a frequency reference configured to generate a reference signal; and a first phase control circuit. The first phase control circuit is configured to: measure a first phase difference between: a first phase target, and the difference between: a phase of an oscillation of the first normal mode and a phase of the reference signal. The first phase control circuit is further configured to apply a first phase correction signal to the CVG resonator, to reduce the first phase difference. A second phase control circuit is similarly configured to apply a second phase correction signal to the CVG resonator, to reduce a corresponding, second phase difference.
US10571264B2 Support leg weighing sensor
A support leg weighing sensor, comprising a support leg, a weighing sensor being arranged in the support leg, and the upper end of the support leg being provided with a connecting part connected to an object where the support leg is needed to be installed; an elastic body (40) in the weighing sensor is a section of the support leg; one end of the elastic body (40) has a concave spherical surface (5) or a concave arc surface; and the end, having the concave spherical surface (5) or the concave arc surface, of the elastic body is supported on a support ball (13) in the support leg, or the support ball (13) is supported on the concave spherical surface (5) or the concave arc surface. The support leg weighing sensor is capable of realizing weighing by means of a support leg; the support leg not only has functions of moving, supporting and adjusting equipment to be horizontal, but also is capable of weighing, such that a structure of an appliance provided with the support leg and having a weighing function is simplified; furthermore, weighing is carried out at the part of the support leg, such that an installation position error caused when a weighing sensor is installed in the appliance is avoided, and measurement is more accurate; and in addition, the support leg weighing sensor becomes a modular structure, and the support leg is manufactured by a weighing equipment manufacturer, such that the appliance which is provided with the support leg and has the weighing function is more convenient to install and maintain.
US10571260B2 Automated rivet measurement system
An automated rivet measurement system comprises a number of end effectors, a number of cameras, a processor, and a comparator. The number of end effectors is configured to perform drilling and riveting on a structure. The number of cameras is connected to the number of end effectors. The number of cameras is configured to take a first image of a hole in the structure and a second image of a rivet in the hole. The processor is configured to process the first image and the second image to identify a number of reference points in the first image and the second image. The comparator is configured to determine a rivet concentricity using the hole in the first image and the rivet in the second image, in which the first image and the second image are aligned using the number of reference points.
US10571259B2 Optical detecting apparatus for detecting a degree of freedom error of a spindle and a detecting method thereof
An optical detecting apparatus for detecting a degree of freedom error of a spindle and has a standard bar and a sensor module, and is assembled between a spindle and a rotating platform of a powered machinery. The standard bar has a rod lens and a reflection face. The sensor module has two detecting groups, an oblique laser head, and a reflected spot displacement sensor. Each detecting group emits a laser light through the rod lens along the X-axis and the Y-axis of the powered machinery. The oblique laser head emits an oblique laser light to the reflected spot displacement sensor. When the spindle of the powered machinery generates errors after rotating, the sensor module receives the changes of the laser lights to obtain the displacement change signals of the standard bar for a calculation unit to detect the errors between the spindle and the rotating platform.
US10571258B2 Position sensor, conveying device comprising the same, and method for position correction by using the same
The present application proposes an improved position sensor, a conveying device comprising the same and a method for position correction by using the same. The position sensor includes at least two light emitters, a light receiver array and a pedestal, the pedestal having a central plane and at least two sloping surfaces tilting towards a center of the pedestal at opposite edges, the at least two light emitters being arranged on the at least two sloping surfaces respectively, and the light receiver array being arranged on the central plane of the pedestal.
US10571257B2 System and method for determining an optimal clocking orientation of an object
A system for determining an optimal clocking orientation of an object at which to attach mating structure to the object includes a plurality of radiation devices, a plurality of transceivers, and a processor. The radiation devices are mounted on the object which has an as-designed object configuration. The transceivers are configured to generate distance measurements between the transceivers and the radiation devices at different clocking orientations of the object. The processor is configured to determine, based on the distance measurements, as-built object configurations corresponding to the different clocking orientations of the object. The processor is configured to compare the as-built object configurations to the as-designed object configuration and determines an optimal clocking orientation at which the as-built object configuration has the smallest deviation from the as-designed object configuration.
US10571249B1 Optical measuring device and method
The invention relates to a device for optical measurement of a thickness of an intransparent layer on a substrate, comprising first means for optical distance measurement configured to measure a first distance between a first reference plane and a first surface of the intransparent layer, and second means for optical distance measurement configured to measure a second distance between a second reference plane and a second surface of the intransparent layer. The second means measures a third distance between the second reference plane and a surface of the substrate. The thickness of the intransparent layer is computed from the first distance and the second distance. The measurement of the third distance is used to take into account the influence of the optical effect of the substrate on the distance measurement of the second distance. The invention also relates to a method for optical measurement of a thickness of an intransparent layer on a substrate.
US10571248B2 Transparent film error correction pattern in wafer geometry system
A system includes one or more wafer geometry measurement tools configured to obtain geometry measurements from a wafer. The system also includes one or more processors in communication with the one or more wafer geometry measurement tools. The one or more processors are configured to apply a correction model to correct the geometry measurements obtained by the one or more wafer geometry measurement tools. The correction model is configured to correct measurement errors caused by a transparent film positioned on the wafer.
US10571242B2 Elimination of residual magnetism effect in eddy current based inspection of pipes
Methods, systems, and computer program products for inspecting a pipe in a well using an eddy-current based pipe inspection tool comprises conveying the pipe inspection tool through the well, obtaining a first voltage measurement at an axial position along the pipe from at least one main receiver. The first voltage measurement includes a residual voltage induced in the at least one main receiver by a residual magnetic field resulting from residual magnetism in the pipe. A second voltage measurement is obtained at said axial position along the pipe from at least one second receiver. The first voltage measurement and the second voltage measurement are processed to obtain a processed measurement representing a difference between the first and second voltage measurements. The processed measurement is substantially free of the residual voltage and may be use to estimate a thickness of the pipe and other pipe characteristics.
US10571241B2 Resonant inductive sensing with active resonator target
A resonant inductive sensing system includes an active resonator target that balances losses in the target resonator. The resonant sensor includes a sensor resonator LC circuit and a resonant target including a target resonator Lt/Ct circuit characterized by a loss factor Rts and a target quality factor Qt. The sensor resonator LC circuit and the target resonator Lt/Ct circuit are configured for operation as coupled resonators. The resonant sensor includes a sensor circuit configured to drive the resonant sensor, such that the sensor resonator LC circuit projects a magnetic sensing field based on a sensor quality factor Q, and an active negative resistance circuit −Ra coupled to the target resonator Lt/Ct circuit, and configured to substantially cancel the loss factor Rts, such that target quality factor Qt is substantially Qt=(√[Lt/Ct]/Rts)(RaRts/[RaRts−Lt/Ct]).
US10571240B2 Wheel flange planeness detection device
Disclosed is a wheel flange planeness detection device, comprising a frame, a lifting cylinder, a lifting platform, guide posts, a support frame, a servo motor, a bearing seat, a shaft, a bearing, a rotating platform, guide rails, a sliding block, a small chain wheel, a large chain wheel, a clamping cylinder, a chain wheel driving motor, a left sliding plate, rotating shafts, rotating wheels, a visual sensor, clamping guide rails, gear rack structures, a right sliding plate, intelligent dial indicators, a support plate, a linear motor and a motor support. The device may monitor the state of flange planeness in an automatic production line in real time; when the flange planeness is out of tolerance, the device may immediately give an alarm, and the technologist adjusts the machining process in time after receiving the alarm, thereby avoiding a large batch of rejects.
US10571239B2 Displacement measuring device
A displacement measuring device includes: a probe having a telescopic structure capable of extending and contracting as a whole; and a measuring unit configured to measure a displacement of a front end relative to a base end of the probe, the probe includes a single cylindrical body or a plurality of cylindrical bodies having different diameters and a columnar or cylindrical front end member that is movably inserted into the single cylindrical body or the cylindrical body having the smallest diameter and of which a front end is mounted to a displacement measuring object, and the single or the plurality of cylindrical bodies and the front end member have a rotation applying mechanism that applies a rotation movement in conjunction with a forward/backward movement when the inner cylindrical body or the front end member moves forward/backward relative to the outer cylindrical body in an extension and contraction direction.
US10571238B2 Detector for surface measuring device
The detector for a surface measuring device includes: an arm including a contact at a tip end of the arm; a rotation shaft configured to rotatably support the arm; a transmission part having one end connected to the arm at a position on a side opposite to the contact with respect to the rotation shaft; an elastic part having one end connected to another end of the transmission part and configured to generate a measuring force to be applied to the contact; a position adjusting part connected to another end of the elastic part and configured to move a position of the another end of the elastic part in a moving direction; and a tilt adjusting part connected to the arm and including a contact part arranged at position where the contact part can be brought into contact with the transmission part.
US10571235B2 Flange check tool
Examples in the disclosure relate to an apparatus for checking whether a flange in a creased sheet of metal conforms to specified dimensions. The tool may include a handle and a first block extending from the handle. The first block may include a slot extending from a distal surface of the block to an interior end, the slot having an interior wall and an opposite exterior wall. The first block may include a shoulder located near the distal surface of the block extending from the interior wall toward the exterior wall and defining a length between the shoulder and the interior end along the interior wall. The length may correspond to a specified length of the flange. The first block may include a beveled edge on the exterior wall corresponding to a specified distance between a surface of the sheet and the flange.
US10571232B1 Compressible cartridge case
A cartridge case with a case crush region that facilitates an additional amount of case crush in the axial direction, per unit of input force and energy, as compared to an identical cartridge case without such a region. The crush region may conceivably be either of a fully or partially circumferential nature with applicability to any style cartridge case, be it bottleneck or straight-walled and of any rim configuration (rimmed, semi-rimmed, rimless, rebated-rim, belted) and without prejudice to the case material (brass, stainless steel, polymer, etc.). This feature may be incorporated into the design of existing cartridge cases as well as future designs.
US10571228B2 Polymer ammunition and cartridge primer insert
The present invention provides a primer insert for a polymer ammunition cartridge comprising: a top surface; a bottom surface opposite the top surface; a coupling element that extends from the bottom surface, wherein the coupling element comprises an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the interior surface comprises: a transition region that transitions from the bottom surface to a second segment wherein the transition region has a radius of from 0.02 to 0.2; a first segment extending from the second segment and terminates at a tip, wherein the first segment has a first segment distance from 0.02 to 0.18 inches and the second segment has a second segment distance from 0.02 to 0.18 inches, wherein the second segment has a second segment angle from +3 to −3 degrees relative to the first segment angle and the first segment has a first segment angle from +6 to −6 degrees from perpendicular to the top surface; a primer recess in the top surface that extends toward the bottom surface; a primer flash aperture positioned in the primer recess through the bottom surface; and a flash aperture groove in the primer recess and positioned around the primer flash aperture and adapted to receive a polymer overmolding through the primer flash aperture.
US10571227B2 Countermeasure flares
A flare including: a casing; and a grain assembly, at least a portion of the grain assembly being slidably disposed in the casing, the grain assembly including: a shell structure; and a grain component at least partially disposed in the shell structure, the grain component including at least one combustible material and at least one reactive material positioned relative to the combustible material and configured to ignite combustion of the at least one combustible material; wherein the shell structure includes one or more fins at an aft end of the shell structure, the one or more fins being restrained into a first shape in the casing and configured to have a second shape, different from the first shape, when the restraint is removed.
US10571225B2 System and method for camouflaging and recharging autonomous vehicles
An unmanned autonomous vehicle is configured to delivery packages in a product delivery network. The vehicle includes an outer housing, a conversion circuit, a battery, and a control circuit. The outer housing includes a first layer that is configured to collect solar radiation, and a second layer that is configured to render a visual display. The conversion circuit is disposed within the outer housing, and is coupled to the first layer. The conversion circuit is configured to convert the collected solar radiation to electrical charge and store the charge in a battery. The control circuit is coupled to the second layer and is configured to independently determine one or more images to render at the second layer, and to cause the one or more images to be rendered at the second layer. The solar radiation is collected at the first layer simultaneously with the images being rendered at the second layer.
US10571224B2 Systems, methods and computer-readable media for improving platform guidance or navigation using uniquely coded signals
A spatially-distributed architecture (SDA) of antennas transmits respective uniquely coded signals. A first receiver having a known position in a coordinate system defined by the SDA receives reflected versions of the uniquely coded signals. A first processor receives the reflected versions of the uniquely coded signals and identifies a position of a non-cooperative object in the coordinate system. A platform with a platform receiver receives non-reflected versions of the uniquely coded signals. The platform determines a position of the platform in the coordinate system. In an example, the platform uses a self-determined position and a position of the non-cooperative object communicated from the SDA to navigate or guide the platform relative to the non-cooperative object. In another example, the platform uses a self-determined position and information from an alternative signal source in a second coordinate system to guide the platform. Guidance solutions may be generated in either coordinate system.
US10571223B2 System and method for detecting hit locations using the time domain
A time domain detection system to measure and report on hypervelocity impacts HVI between an interceptor vehicle and a target vehicle. Wherein, said time domain detection system comprises a target vehicle components installed on said target vehicle, a one or more panels arranged on a portion of said target vehicle at a potential HVI locations, and a hit detection system wired into said one or more panels. Said target vehicle components comprise at least said hit detection system, and a lines. Said one or more panels are wired into said hit detection system with said lines. Said hit detection system is configured to communicate with said one or more panels over said lines. Said one or more panels can each comprise a one or more detector panel layers, and a two or more insulator layers.
US10571221B2 Holster
Holsters have a body defining a pistol receptacle, the body having a medially-facing first major surface configured to face toward a wearer, a laterally-facing second major surface configured to face away from the wearer, a first belt passage associated with the first major surface and adapted to receive a wearer's belt with a portion of the belt between a major portion of the body, a belt loop receptacle associated with the second major surface, a belt loop element configured to be removably received by the belt loop receptacle, the belt loop element including a fastener having a fastened condition and an unfastened condition, and the fastener adapted to secure the belt loop element in a closed loop when in the fastened condition to encompass a wearer's belt with the body between the belt and the wearer, and to enable insertion and removal of a belt when in an unfastened condition.
US10571218B2 Rail interface system
The rail interface system uses a lever mechanism that pivots to extend through and restrictively engage the edges of the rail openings, thereby securely affixing the weapon accessory against the weapon or weapon component. The lever mechanisms may be adapted for use with M-Lok® or KeyMod style rail openings without the use of specialized nuts and fasteners.
US10571216B2 Ballistic adjusting structure of toy gun
A ballistic adjusting structure of toy gun is capable of allowing a bullet to be in a hopping up status and includes: a base; an inner barrel; a robbing cylinder having a robbing part; an adjusting pipe having a free end and a pivotal end pivoted to the base and formed with a spiral guiding slot; an operation member having a driven part penetrated into the spiral guiding slot and a driving part operating the robbing cylinder. When the free end is driven by an external force to drive the pivotal end to be rotated, the driven part is guided by the spiral guiding slot to drive the driving part to be displaced, and the displacement of the driving part is able to operate on the robbing cylinder for altering a location where the robbing part is arranged in the inner barrel.
US10571210B2 Trigger guard for a firearm comprising a projection
A trigger guard for a firearm with a projection extending towards a magazine well of the firearm such that the projection extends into the magazine well. The trigger guard allows the projection to apply pressure to an inserted magazine or to limit the amount of movement of an inserted magazine within the magazine well.
US10571209B1 Safety mechanism retrofittable into existing firearms without changing external shape of firearm
A modular safety device configured for retrofitting a firearm, the firearm having a barrel including a muzzle and a chamber at a distal end of the barrel, the modular safety device comprising a blocking rod configured to fit inside the barrel including inside the chamber and to block entry of a cartridge into the chamber, the blocking rod having a lock configured to lockingly affix a locking portion of the lock to the barrel; and a biometric identification system integral to a proximal end of the blocking rod adjacent the muzzle and having a user interface surface accessible for a user to input biometric data of the user, wherein the safety device is configured to be within the firearm such that addition of the safety device to the firearm either does not alter an external shape of the firearm or merely juts slightly out of the muzzle.
US10571203B2 Liquid cooling block with shunt design and heat dissipating structure thereof
Disclosed are a liquid cooling block with a shunt design and its heat dissipating structure. The liquid cooling block includes a base plate, a cover plate, and a heat dissipating structure, and the cover plate includes a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet for a working fluid flowing in a chamber, and the heat dissipating structure is disposed between the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet and includes plural fins arranged separately with one another and in a direction from the liquid inlet towards the liquid outlet, and a shunt part connected between the fins and protruded from the fins, and a flow channel is formed between any two adjacent fins, so that a working fluid can pass through the liquid inlet and be divided by the shunt part to flow into the flow channel of the fins.
US10571199B2 Cooling device with superimposed fin groups
A cooling device includes first heat pipes thermally connected to a first heat-generating element at one end and thermally connected to the superimposed first and second heat-radiating fin groups at another end; and second heat pipes thermally connected to a second heat-generating element at one end and thermally connected to the superimposed second and third heat-radiating fin groups at another end, wherein the respective another ends of the first heat pipes altogether span a substantially entirety of a planar area between the first and second heat-radiating fin groups, and the respective another ends of the second heat pipes altogether span a substantially entirety of a planar area between the second and third heat-radiating fin groups.
US10571195B2 Furnace monitoring device and gasification unit provided with same
A furnace monitoring device for monitoring the inside of a gasifier through which a combustible gas flows is provided with: a nozzle that has an internal cavity, and that is inserted inside the gasifier and fixed to the gasifier; a cylindrical protection tube which is inserted into the nozzle, and a part of which, located on the inside of the gasifier is, blocked; a monitoring window which is provided on the protection tube on the inside of the gasifier, and is made of a material that transmits light; a purge mechanism which supplies a gas containing an oxidizer to a surface of the monitoring window facing the inside of the gasifier; and an image capturing means which captures an image of the inside of the gasifier through the monitoring window.
US10571192B2 Method and system for controlling and optimising a dehumidifying and/or drying process
Method of controlling and optimising a plant for dehumidifying and/or drying plastic material in granular and/or micro-granular and/or powder and/or flake or similar form, wherein the plant includes a process fluid generator and at least one dehumidifying/drying hopper intended for supplying a respective user machine, in particular a machine for treating and transforming plastic material, including a melting device for melting the plastic material and a moulding device for moulding, in particular by injection moulding and/or blow moulding and/or compression moulding, the plastic material. The method includes the steps of detecting a process parameter of the plastic material and adjusting at least one further process parameter of the plant on the basis of the detected value of the process parameter. The detected process parameter is the intrinsic viscosity of the plastic material in melted state.
US10571191B2 Apparatus and method for improved evaporation drying
The present invention provides an apparatus 100 for drying a substance 190, the apparatus 100 comprising at least one roller 121 rotatable about a central axis; a first belt 112 having a first side 112′ and a second side 112″, the first side 112′ of the first belt 112 adapted to receive the substance 190; and a plurality of heat induction elements 123 arranged to induce heat in the first belt 112 to heat the substance 190, where in operation, the first belt 112 urges via its first side 112′, the substance 190 towards a portion of an exterior circumferential surface of the roller 121, and the substance 190 is heated to remove fluids from the substance 190.
US10571189B2 System and method for operating a liquefaction train
A method for operating a main cryogenic heat exchanger for use in a natural gas liquefaction process, involves monitoring or predicting variations in the flow rate of a feed gas stream provided to the main cryogenic heat exchanger. When a variation of the flow rate exceeding a predetermined threshold value is monitored or predicted, a control scheme is started to control one or more compressor recycle valves in response to the monitored or predicted variation of the flow rate to recycle part of a compressed mixed refrigerant stream in a refrigerant loop.
US10571188B2 Method for thermally assisted electric energy storage
A proposed method for thermally assisted electric energy storage is intended for increase in round-trip efficiency through recovery of waste heat energy streams from the co-located power generation and industrial facilities, combustion of renewable or fossil fuels, or harnessing the renewable energy sources. In the charge operation mode, it is achieved by superheating and expansion of recirculating air stream in the liquid air energy storage with self-producing a part of power required for air liquefaction. In the discharge operation mode, it is attained through the repeated use of a stream of discharged air for production of an additional power in auxiliary discharge cycle.
US10571185B2 Refrigeration appliance apparatus and domestic refrigeration appliance
In order to provide a generic apparatus with improved properties with regard to an operating convenience, a refrigeration appliance apparatus, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance apparatus, is provided. The apparatus has a water-dispensing unit with at least one guiding unit for a guidance of water arranged, in an installed position, in a cover region of a dispensing region of the water-dispensing unit. An inner liner has at least one side wall on which the water-dispensing unit is arranged. An actuating unit has at least one actuating element for starting a water removal. The actuating element has an actuating portion which protrudes into the dispensing region and projects behind the guiding unit.
US10571183B2 Refrigerator and branching air supply device for refrigerator
A refrigerator and a branching air supply device for the refrigerator. The multipath air supply device for the refrigerator comprises: a housing having an air inlet and a plurality of air outlets; an adjustment member rotatably disposed in the housing to completely or partially block or completely expose each air outlet at different rotation positions, thereby adjusting respective air outlet areas of the plurality of air outlets; a baffle rotatably mounted at the air inlet; and a linkage device configured to transfer the rotational motion of the adjustment member to the baffle, so that the baffle moves to open or close the air inlet. A refrigerator having the branching air supply device. When a storage compartment does not need cold air, the air inlet of the branching air supply device can be completely closed to block an airflow passage for providing cold air for the storage compartment.
US10571181B2 System and method of controlling ice maker
A system of controlling an ice maker. The system includes: an ice making part producing ice; a water reservoir to store water supplied from outside and provide the water to the ice making part or drain the water; and a controller to control the ice making part to perform an ice separation process, supply the water to the water reservoir during an ice separation time, and drain the water in the water reservoir when an accumulated number of ice making cycles of the ice making part reaches a predetermined number of ice making cycles. In particular, when the accumulated number of ice making cycles reaches the predetermined number of ice making cycles and the water in the water reservoir is drained, the controller increases the ice separation time, drains the water in the water reservoir for the increased ice separation time, and re-supplies the water to the water reservoir after draining the water.
US10571180B2 Sanitary evaporator assembly
An ice maker evaporator assembly having an evaporator pan with a back wall and left, right, top and bottom sidewalls extending from the back wall, and a freeze plate located within the evaporator pan. A serpentine tubing is thermally coupled to the back wall of the evaporator pan opposite the left, right, top and bottom sidewalls. A first layer of insulation is formed on the serpentine tubing. An evaporator housing having a housing back wall and housing left, right, top and bottom sidewalls extending from the housing back wall is attached to the evaporator pan and covers serpentine tubing. A second layer of insulation is formed on top of the first layer of insulation.
US10571174B2 Systems and methods for defrost control
A system for heating a building via refrigerant includes a coil temperature sensor, an ambient temperature sensor, and a controller. The controller includes a processing circuit configured to record a system operating parameter and a control step of a control process before performing a sacrificial defrost cycle. The processing circuit is configured to cause the system to perform the sacrificial defrost cycle and operate the system at predefined system operating parameters other than the recorded system operating parameters. The system is configured to cause the system to operate at the recorded system operating parameters and generate calibration data in response to the sacrificial defrost cycle ending. The processing circuit is configured to cause the control process to operate at the recorded control step and cause the system to perform a defrost cycle based on the calibration data, the coil temperature, and the ambient temperature.
US10571165B2 Sorption system in a transport refrigeration system
A transport refrigeration system (TRS) and method of operating a TRS having a sorption subsystem are disclosed. The TRS includes a refrigeration subsystem and a sorption subsystem. The refrigeration subsystem includes a refrigerant, a compressor, a refrigerant condenser, a refrigerant expansion device, and a refrigerant evaporator in fluid communication such that the refrigerant can flow therethrough. The sorption subsystem includes a heat transfer fluid, a heat source, a boiler, a sorption condenser, a sorption expansion valve, a sorption evaporator, and a pump in fluid communication such that the heat transfer fluid can flow therethrough. The sorption evaporator is in thermal communication with the refrigeration subsystem.
US10571162B2 Integration of distributed thermoelectric heating and cooling
A thermoelectric device including a panel, formed of a thermally insulating material, and having a plurality of thermoelectric elements including compacted conductors inside the insulating material and expanded conductors outside the insulating material wherein the thermoelectric elements run substantially parallel to or at an acute angle relative to the long dimension of the panel. The thermoelectric device may be integrated into a variety of surfaces or enclosures needing heating or cooling with controls and configurations to optimize the application.
US10571154B2 Method for discharging a hydrogen storage system in parabolic trough receivers
The present disclosure describes a method for discharging a hydrogen storage system that is found in the annular space of a receiver tube, in particular for solar collectors, wherein the annular space is formed at least by an outer-lying tubular jacket and an inner-lying absorber tube of the receiver tube, and the outer-lying tubular jacket is joined by means of a wall to the absorber tube. The method is hereby characterized in that a first opening penetrating the tubular jacket or the wall is produced under a protective gas atmosphere, wherein protective gas enters through the first opening into the annular space, after which a process chamber with a connection for a vacuum pump is arranged in a gas-tight manner above the first opening, the receiver tube is evacuated through the first opening, and the first opening is subsequently sealed in a gas-tight manner.
US10571153B2 Water heater operation monitoring and notification
A water heater monitoring and notification method includes determining, by a controller of a water heater system, a deviation of a duration of a pre-purge operation from a pre-purge duration average value. The method further includes determining, by the controller of the water heater system, a deviation of a flame current from a flame current average value and determining, by the controller of the water heater system, a deviation of a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) parameter from a PWM parameter average value. The method also includes providing a notification related to a combustion system of the water heater system based on at least the deviation of the duration of the pre-purge operation from the pre-purge duration average value, the deviation of the flame current from the flame current average value, and the deviation of the PWM parameter from the PWM parameter average value.
US10571151B2 Duct type air conditioning device and method for assembling and disassembling the same
A duct type air conditioning apparatus is provided with a blowing portion including a first cabinet in which a blower assembly is installed and a heat exchanging portion including a second cabinet in which a heat exchanger is installed. The air conditioning apparatus includes a partition panel arranged between the first and second cabinets and connected to facing sides of the first and second cabinet, and first and second link members separably fastened along an upper end and a lower end of the partition panel to keep an airtight seal in a connection portion between the first and second cabinets.
US10571149B2 Mixed air temperature sensor bypass
In an embodiment, a circuit for providing a mixed air temperature signal is provided. The circuit has a temperature input to an economizer controller, an air temperature sensor, a false air temperature device, and a switching device. The switching device has a switch and a switch actuating device. The switch connects the temperature input to the air temperature sensor when the switch is in a first state. The switch connects the temperature input to the false air temperature device when the switch is in a second state. The switch actuating device places the switch in the first state when a mechanical cooling signal is not sent. The switch actuating device places the switch in the second state when the mechanical cooling signal is sent.
US10571146B2 Air handling unit and rooftop unit with predictive control
An air handling unit (AHU) or rooftop unit (RTU) in a building HVAC system includes one or more powered components, a battery, and a predictive controller. The powered components include a fan configured to generate a supply airstream provided to one or more building zones. The battery is configured to store electric energy and discharge the stored electric energy for use in powering the powered components. The predictive controller is configured to optimize a predictive cost function to determine an optimal amount of electric energy to purchase from an energy grid and an optimal amount of electric energy to store in the battery or discharge from the battery for use in powering the powered components at each time step of an optimization period.
US10571145B2 Maintenance support system for air conditioners
A maintenance support system includes an air conditioner system including air conditioners, an Internet line, a portable terminal and a server, and supports maintenance of the system. The system, portable terminal, and server are communicably interconnected via the Internet line. The server stores individual identification information, operation information and abnormality history of each air conditioner. The portable terminal receives the individual identification information, operation information and abnormality history of each air conditioner from the server. The portable terminal includes an image pickup unit photographing a space to acquire a picked-up image thereof, and a display unit displaying the air conditioner included in the picked-up image and one of the individual identification information, the operation information and the abnormality information of the air conditioner in association with each other with one being superimposed on other.
US10571141B1 Roof moisture detection and removal system
A roof moisture detection and removal system that is operable to provide detection and removal of moisture for low slope or no slope roof types. The present invention further includes a roof vent having a vent riser tube with a roof vent cap proximate the upper end and a split base ring proximate the lower end. The split base ring further includes a plurality of airflow spacers and airflow extension tubes mounted thereto that function to increase the air intake plenum for the roof vent in order to optimize the moisture reduction delivered by the roof vents of the present invention. The roof vents of the present invention further include a roof vent cap having a photovoltaic panel configured to supply power to a detection-communications module. A plurality of sensors are integrated into the detection-communications module and are configured to measure parameters such as humidity, temperature and pressure.
US10571137B2 Filtration materials using fiber blends that contain strategically shaped fibers and/or charge control agents
A filtration material comprising a blend of polypropylene and acrylic fibers of round, flat, dog bone, oval or kidney bean shape in any size from 0.08 to 3.3 Dtex. A preferred blend contains about 50 weight percent polypropylene fibers and about 50 weight percent acrylic fibers. The fibers can be blended ranging from 90:10 to 10:90 polypropylene to acrylic. The shape contains 25 weight percent round, flat, oval, dog bone and kidney bean shapes. The fiber blend contains 25 weight percent of at least one size between 0.08 and 3.3 Dtex. Electret fibers incorporated within these blends have 0.02 to 33 weight percent of a charge control agent. These fibers can be used in producing electret material by corona or triboelectric charging methods.
US10571133B1 Method and apparatus for controlling operation of bake and broil elements in an electric oven
An oven has at least one of bake and broil heating elements which have a temperature switch as a portion of the replaceable heating element. Upon reaching a predetermined temperature, the switch opens and power through the heating element is secured. Once temperature is reduced below another predetermined temperature, the switch closes for normal operation.
US10571131B2 Oven appliance having a convection assembly
An oven appliance is provided herein. The oven appliance may include a cabinet, a convection duct, a heating element, and an air handler. The cabinet may define a cooking chamber to receive items to be cooked. The cabinet may include a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall, and opposing sidewalls. The top wall and the bottom wall being spaced apart along a vertical direction. The opposing sidewalls may be spaced apart along a lateral direction. The convection duct may extend about a portion of the cooking chamber to direct a heated gas. The convection duct may define an upper passage above the top wall and a lower passage below the bottom wall. The heating element may be disposed within the convection duct to supply the heated gas thereto. The air handler may be disposed in fluid communication with the convection duct to motivate the heated gas therethrough.
US10571128B2 Gas turbine fuel components
Gas turbine combustion systems and fuel cartridge assemblies are provided. An exemplary combustion system may comprise a combustor including one or more components, such as a cylindrical combustion liner, a flow sleeve, a main mixer, a radial inflow swirler, a combustor dome, and a fuel cartridge assembly. An exemplary fuel cartridge assembly may comprise first and second fuel manifolds which are connected to respective fuel circuits which supply fuel, such as liquid fuel, through a plurality of fuel passages within the fuel cartridge assembly or to other locations within an associated combustor. The fuel cartridge assembly may further include a plurality of fuel injector tips located at a tip plate of the fuel cartridge assembly through which fuel may be supplied to an associated combustor.
US10571119B2 Combustion chamber assembly unit for a vaporizing burner
A combustion chamber assembly unit, for a vaporizing burner, includes a combustion chamber housing with a circumferential wall extending in a direction of a combustion chamber housing longitudinal axis (L) and a bottom area (14), together defining a combustion chamber (16). The bottom area (14) includes an evaporating medium carrier (18) and on a side facing the combustion chamber (16), a porous evaporating medium (20). A first flame diaphragm (36), with a first diaphragm opening (38), is provided on the circumferential wall (12). A second flame diaphragm (40), with a second diaphragm opening (42), is provided at an axial distance to the first flame diaphragm (36) on an axial side facing away from the porous evaporating medium (20). An air admission opening arrangement (44) is provided in the circumferential wall (12) and includes an air admission opening (46) between the first flame diaphragm (36) and the second flame diaphragm (40).
US10571117B1 System and method for building ornamental flame displays
A system for creating a flow of gas for use in creating relatively low-temperature ornamental flame uses a support connector with a vertical inlet adapted for accepting a flow of gas and a pair of generally horizontal outlets. Nipples are attached to the support connector. The nipples carry gas from the support connector to jets that mix the gas with air and deliver the mixture to be burned. The nipples include at least one landing of integral, one-piece construction with each of the nipples. The landings are adapted for accepting the mating surface of the wrench. The nipples include a plurality of apertures for accepting gas jets that include a side aperture for creating a gas-air mixture. The attachment of the nipples is achieved with a mating wrench, which allows assembly of the system to proper torque settings without marring of the surfaces of the system.
US10571112B2 Rotating light emitting diode high mast luminaire
A high mast luminaire includes a power housing that defines an internal space, and a power source is disposed within the internal space. A light emitting diode (LED) housing supports a plurality of LEDs that are powered by the power source, and a plurality of LED cooling fins extend from a back face of the LED housing. An extension member extends from the power housing to the LED housing. The LED housing and the plurality of LED cooling fins are rotatable with respect to the power housing.
US10571111B2 Photographic lighting device
The application relates to a lighting device, comprising a housing, a planar arrangement of lamps, which are arranged in the housing, and a plate device, which is received on the housing, wherein a housing rear wall is formed by the plate device, the plate device has a circuit board, on which an electric circuit associated with the lamps is arranged, and the plate device has a heat sink device for passive cooling, which is formed by pin-type cooling elements. The application also relates to a headlight.
US10571110B2 Elevated light source cavity
A heat sink for an outdoor lighting fixture includes a top portion and a skirt portion. The skirt portion extends down from an outer perimeter of the top portion. The top portion includes an elevated portion and a transition portion surrounding the elevated portion. The elevated portion and the transition portion define a cavity. The top portion further includes a planar portion surrounding the transition portion. The elevated portion is elevated above the planar portion.
US10571108B2 Variable area microjets to cool digital micromirror devices
An apparatus and a method for cooling a digital micromirror device are disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes a digital micromirror device (DMD), a housing coupled to the DMD, wherein a first side of the housing is coupled to a bottom of the DMD and a cooling block coupled to a second side of the housing that is opposite the first side. The cooling block includes a plate that includes a plurality of openings, a diaphragm coupled to the plate, an air inlet to generate an airflow across the plate, wherein the diaphragm creates a force to move the airflow in a direction that is perpendicular to a direction of the airflow towards the second side of the housing, and an air outlet to collect the airflow.
US10571105B2 Light-emitting apparatus
A light-emitting apparatus including a light source, a light-diverging element, a conductive structure, and a drive control module is provided. The light source is used to emit a light beam. The light-diverging element is disposed on a transmission path of the light beam, wherein after the light beam passes through the light-diverging element, a plurality of light beams separated from each other are produced. The conductive structure is disposed on a first surface of the light-diverging element. The drive control module is used to drive the light source and is electrically connected to the light source and the conductive structure.
US10571104B2 Portable lamp and manufacturing method thereof
A portable lamp includes at least one lighting device and at least one handle body. The at least one handle body has two end portions and a turning space defined between the two end portions. The at least one lighting device is rotatably mounted between the two end portions of the at least one handle body. The at least one lighting device is selectively arranged to be maintained in the turning space of the at least one handle body as a folded state and rotated with the at least one handle body to have an included angle between the at least one lighting body and the at least one handle body as an unfolded state. The portable lamp can adjust the state of the at least one lighting device without moving the at least one handle body.
US10571102B1 Work light with light source assembly with swing arm coupled to light casing using a joint assembly
A work light includes a light source assembly, a light casing, and a joint assembly. The light source assembly includes a light housing, a light source housed in the light housing, and a swing arm rearwardly extended from the light housing, wherein the swing arm has a rotatable slot formed thereat. The light casing includes a base casing and a top casing coupled thereon to cover a top opening of the rotatable slot. The joint assembly includes a rotatable axle upwardly and rotatably extended from the base casing through a bottom opening of the rotatable slot, and a coupling shaft downwardly extended from the top casing to the base casing through the rotatable axle, so as to rotatably couple the light source assembly at the light housing.
US10571101B2 LED lighting methods and apparatus
LED related lighting methods and apparatus are described. Various features relate to water tight light fixtures. Some of the fixtures are spotlights while other fixture are intended for in ground use. The light fixtures in at least some embodiments include power control features. In spotlight embodiments beam angle and power or light output can be controlled without opening the light assembly or compromising the water tight seals which also protect against dirt. In ground embodiments support tilt angle setting which allow a user to set the light fixture to one or more tilt angles. Beam angle can also be changed in some embodiments as well as power control. Beam angle, power control and tilt angle adjustments are supported in some embodiments but need not be supported in all embodiments with some embodiments using one or more of the described features but not all features.
US10571096B2 Light fixture with accessible electronics housing
A light fixture includes a light engine comprising at least one light emitting diode (LED), the light engine comprising a front surface and a rear surface. The element includes an electronics housing that is configured to house a plurality of electronic components. The electronics housing is coupled at a first end with the rear surface of the light engine. The electronics housing further includes a second end and at least one side wall extending between the first end and the second end. The at least one side wall defines an aperture though which at least some of the plurality of electronic components are accessible. The light fixture also includes a cover that is coupled with the at least one side wall, the cover being sized and shaped to cover the aperture.
US10571094B2 Movable tray for a suspended light fixture
In some embodiments, aspects of this disclosure provide a system including a reflector of a suspension lighting fixture, the reflector having a reflective underside and a top side; at least two ribs affixed to the top side of the reflector; and a tray base is attached between two adjacent ribs of the at least two ribs. A benefit is that a tray base (and other components attached thereto) may be efficiently positioned at various positions along the length of the reflector.
US10571092B2 Optoelectronic module having an OLED and method for producing an optoelectronic module
The invention relates to an optoelectronic module, comprising a housing (11) having a first housing part (11) having a first cover surface (11a) and an opening (4); a mechanically flexibly designed organic light source (2) having an illuminating surface (2a); and a cover element (3) which is mounted on the illuminating surface (2a) and has a light-transmissive surface (3a) facing away from the illuminating surface (2a), wherein the organic light source (2) is introduced at least at some points into the opening (14), the first cover surface (11a) is curved and/or bowed, the size of the illuminating surface (2a) is at least 1 cm2, preferably at least 5 cm2, and the distance between the illuminating surface (2a) and the first cover surface (11a) is at most 1 cm, preferably at most 5 mm.
US10571091B2 Light module with optimized optical imaging for a pixellated spatial light modulator, intended for a motor vehicle
The light module for motor vehicle offers a light source associated with a first part of an imaging system so as to produce a reflected beam coincident with the reflection surface of a high definition pixellated spatial light modulator, which makes it possible to avoid unnecessarily lighting the periphery of the spatial light modulator. The light source consists essentially in one or more light emitting diodes and/or has a punctiform or virtually punctiform appearance. The reflected radiation arrives on a second part of the imaging system, this part characteristically consisting in an optical projection system, some of whose elements can form a back focussing system. The module remains compact and is clearly suitable for providing adaptive lighting in a homogeneous, efficient manner and with high resolution.
US10571088B2 Color filter pair with comb-like filter characteristics having non-parallel teeth
A filter assembly with a color filter pair for a light fixture comprising two color filters is provided, where the color filters are linear moveable relatively to each other in parallel planes by at least one actuator. Each of the colors filters comprise a color filtering region formed as a comb-like structure comprising plurality of elongated teeth where the elongated teeth of the color filters are angled in relation to the direction of movement of the color filters. Further, the angle between the elongated teeth of the same color filter is less than 10 degrees and the elongated teeth of the two color filters are non-parallel in relation to each other. A light fixture comprising a plurality of such color filter pairs is also described.
US10571087B2 Projecting light fixture with single wheel
A projecting light fixture having at least one light source generating a source light beam and an optical gate illuminated by the source light beam. A single support wheel is located near the optical gate and a plurality of gobo wheels are provided on the single support wheel. Each gobo wheel has a gobo beam shaping object. A beam shaping plate having a plurality of plate beam shaping objects is fixedly connected to the single support wheel in a position where each plate beam shaping object fixedly placed in front of one of the gobo wheels is facing the one gobo wheel, and a control unit is configured to rotate each of the gobo wheels with its gobo beam shaping object relative to the beam shaping plate.
US10571086B2 Light fixture
A light fixture includes: a board including a first insertion portion; a plurality of light-emitting elements mounted on a mounting surface of the board; a metal case on which the board is positioned; and an antenna that is housed in the metal case and wirelessly communicates with an external device. The metal case includes a second insertion portion at a position overlapping with the first insertion portion in a plan view of the metal case and the board. The antenna extends through the first insertion portion and the second insertion portion.
US10571084B2 Lighting module, and lighting apparatus having same
An embodiment discloses a lighting module. The lighting module disclosed in an embodiment comprises: a light emitting module having a printed circuit board and a plurality of light emitting devices; and a cover having a cover body disposed on the printed circuit board and a plurality of lens portions disposed on the light emitting devices. The plurality of lens portions include a concave recess, an incident surface around the recess and an output surface having a convex curved surface, wherein an interval in a first axial direction are arranged more narrowly than an interval in a second axial direction. Two or more of the light emitting devices disposed in the respective lens portion are arranged in the first axial direction. A bottom of the recess has a longer length in the first axial direction than in the second axial direction with reference to the bottom centre of the recess; and the incident surface of the lens portions has a longer length in the first axial direction than in the second axial direction, has a convex curved surface in the first axial direction, and includes a concave part in which a curved surface in the second axial direction is depressed towards the recess.
US10571083B2 Modular portable device for viewing, signalling and/or lighting
A modular portable device (4) for viewing, signaling and/or lighting includes a casing (8) suitable for realizing both a container body and a grip or attachment element of the modular portable device (4). At least one viewing device (12) is suitable to reflect an image of the surrounding environment to the modular portable device (4). At least one signaling device (20) emits a beam of light to signal the presence of the modular portable device and/or the user or vehicle supporting the modular portable device (4). The viewing and signaling devices (12, 20) are mechanically separable from one another and mechanically associable and removable to/from the casing (8) independently of each other.
US10571082B2 Lighting device for a light source
The present disclosure relates to a color tunable lighting device comprising at least one light source (302), a symmetry axis (306) and an envelope (304). The at least one light source (302) is disposed on a base (301) extending within a plane and the envelope (304) is disposed at least above the base (301) and defines a cavity (305) extending along the symmetry axis (306). The at least one light source (302) is arranged at a distance X from the symmetry axis (306) along a radial direction relative to the symmetry axis. The plane is arranged to intersect the symmetry axis (306). The distance X may be at least 50% of a total distance between the symmetry axis (306) and an edge of the envelope (304), or a projection of the edge of the envelope (304) on the plane in which the base (301) extends, as seen along the radial direction. A curvature of the envelope (304) is monotonically increasing with an increasing distance from the base (301).
US10571078B2 Natural gas leakage detection device
An aspect of the disclosure includes a natural gas leakage detection device. The natural gas leakage device includes a metering interface for detecting usage of natural gas. A clock is provided to determine time of day and one or more predetermined times when no natural gas usage is expected. A first sensor is used to determine whether a furnace is operating. A monitoring device is provided. The monitoring device being operable during the one or more predetermined times when no natural gas usage is expected, to monitor the metering interface and the first sensor and to perform an action in response to natural gas usage being detected during the one or more predetermined times when no natural gas usage is expected and the first sensor determines that the furnace is not operating.
US10571076B2 Method for refueling of gas into a pressurized gas tank
A method for refueling of gas into a pressurized gas tank with repeated adjustment of a target pressure (Ptarget) for the refueling is disclosed, said method comprising the steps of: recording starting conditions for the refueling, establishing a mathematical relation between the recorded starting conditions, the actual refueling time (t_refueling) passed and the target pressure for the refueling, starting the refueling, and repeatedly calculating the target pressure corresponding to the actual refueling time passed and measuring the nozzle pressure of the refueling station, until the calculated target pressure has been reached.
US10571074B2 Lubricant level sensing for an actuator
According to one aspect, a lubricant level sensing system for an actuator is provided. The lubricant level sensing system includes a pressure port in an outer housing of the actuator, a pressure sensor, and a pathway from the pressure port to the pressure sensor. The pathway establishes fluid communication between the pressure sensor and a free volume of an internal cavity of the outer housing relative to a lubricant level in the internal cavity such that the pressure sensor detects a pressure of the free volume used to derive the lubricant level.
US10571073B1 Adjustable strap and head mounted display device
An adjustable strap and a head mounted display device are provided. The adjustable strap includes a body, a sliding member, a limiting member, and an engaging member. The body has a slot section and a control section. The slot section has a slot and an engaging portion. The control section has a through hole. The slot section and the control section overlap. The sliding member and the limiting member pass through the slot and the through hole for connection. The engaging member and the control section pass through the slot for fixed connection. The sliding member and the limiting member are configured to slide between a first end and a second end of the through hole. When the sliding member and the limiting member are at the first end, the limiting member restricts an engaging end of the engaging member to be away from the engaging portion, such that the slot section and the control section are relatively slidable. When the sliding member and the limiting member are at the second end, the limiting member releases restriction of the engaging end, such that the engaging end engages the engaging portion to restrict relative sliding between the slot section and the control section.
US10571070B2 System, method, and apparatus for clamping
A clamp includes a housing, a fixed gripper, a moveable gripper, a driven member, and an actuator. The housing includes first and second tracks. The fixed gripper is coupled to the housing. The driven member is configured to slide within the first and second tracks of the housing. The moveable gripper is operatively coupled to the driven member. The actuator is configured to move the driven member towards a first position to thereby move the moveable gripper towards the fixed gripper. The actuator is further configured to move the driven member towards a second position to thereby move the moveable gripper away from the fixed gripper.
US10571068B2 Mobile device stand with adaptive mounting arrangement
A mobile device stand includes a supporting stand, an adjustable frame and an adaptive mounting arrangement. The adaptive mounting arrangement includes a mounting connector provided on the adjustable frame. The mounting connector includes a tubular mounting member having a mounting cavity. The mobile device stand is selectively operated between a stationary mode and a mobile mode. In the stationary mode, the tubular mounting member is arranged to detachably attach on the base member so as to detachably mount the adjustable frame on the supporting stand. In the mobile mode, the tubular mounting member is arranged to securely and detachably mount on a cap portion of a bottle so as to detachably mount the adjustable frame on the bottle.
US10571066B2 Cladding tube for enveloping an underwater conduit
A cladding tube (1) for enveloping an underwater conduit (2), such as a pipeline or a cable line, has at least one clamping portion (6), which comprises at least one deformation portion (6A, 6B, 6C) being integrally manufactured with the cladding tube (1), which deformation portion (6A, 6B, 6C) is a first wall portion of the cladding tube (1), which has a larger thickness in the radial direction than at least one second wall portion (8) of the clamping portion concerned, in such manner that by the larger thickness the first wall portion is, and the at least one second wall portion (8) is not, pressed against the underwater conduit (2) by a tensioning strap (7) being tensioned all round. The deformation portion concerned is easy to produce, durable and reliable. Thanks to the at least one clamping portion the cladding tube can be designed in harder and lower-cost materials than the soft, flexible poly urethane, which is usually applied nowadays.
US10571065B2 Nondestructive pipe refurbishment using liner pipe sections
Techniques for refurbishing an existing host pipe, useful in deployments in confined spaces or providing limited access to the host pipe. In currently preferred embodiments, a plurality of cartridges each include (1) a liner pipe section, (2) at least one rod and (3) at least one centering ball, wherein each rod and centering ball is received inside its corresponding liner pipe section such that each rod is stabilized within its corresponding liner pipe section via contact between at least one centering ball and the liner pipe section. Once the first cartridge is inserted into the host pipe, a second cartridge is concatenated to the first by connection of their respective rods and liner pipe sections. The second cartridge is inserted into the host pipe, and so on. Upon completion, the rods and centering balls may be withdrawn from the concatenated string of liner pipe sections.
US10571060B2 Structure of resin-made pipe joint
A structure of a resin-made pipe joint includes a sleeve which is press-insertable from one axial side into one longitudinal end portion of a flexible tube to flare the one longitudinal end portion to hold the flared state, a joint body which is couplable to the sleeve, and a union nut which is fastenable to the joint body to hold a state where the sleeve press-inserted into the one longitudinal end portion is coupled to the joint body. The sleeve has a taper-like first outer circumferential surface, a second outer circumferential surface having an outer diameter that is smaller than a maximum outer diameter of the first outer circumferential surface, and an annular step portion which is an annular step portion that is disposed between the first outer circumferential surface and the second outer circumferential surface and comprises an edge portion on a side of the first outer circumferential surface.
US10571055B2 Block fitting and seal structure
A block fitting for connecting components in a vehicular refrigeration system includes male and female blocks defining aligned bores that provide fluid communication between the assembled blocks. A primary seal member is disposed between the blocks in fluid tight relation. A separate secondary seal member spaced from the primary seal member is provided between the blocks. The seal members are pre-assembled onto one of the blocks to form a pre-assembled sub-assembly. In one form, the primary seal member is retained on the block by a polymeric guide ring.
US10571048B2 Direct tie-in of pipelines by added curvature
A method and apparatus for direct tie-in of pipelines are disclosed. An apparatus is attached to a portion of a pipeline, the apparatus including a tensioning member and a buoyancy element attached to the tensioning member such that, when submerged, the pipeline is deflected as a result of a buoyancy force tensioning the tensioning member, and on releasing the buoyancy element, direct tie-in of the pipeline is performed.
US10571047B2 Microtrencher having a utility avoidance safety device and method of microtrenching
Provided is a microtrencher having a utility avoidance system that detects objects buried under the roadway, identifies whether the buried object is a utility and determines whether the buried utility is in the path of the cutting wheel. If the buried utility is in the path of the cutting wheel, an alert is sent to the operator, the vehicle is stopped, and/or the cutting wheel is raised in relation to the roadway. Also provided is a method of using the microtrencher to cut a microtrench in a roadway and to avoid cutting a buried utility in the path of the cutting wheel.
US10571044B2 Adapter system for a check valve
An adapter system for a check valve which comprises a housing open at the bottom and a lateral wall pierced by a hole, and a flap fitted inside the housing and movable between a shut-off position in which the flap shuts off the hole and a free position in which the flap does not shut off the hole. A plug is provided for being inserted into the hole through an end face and a stop is provided for being placed against the lateral wall of the housing opposite the lateral wall pierced by the hole and comprising an attachment device provided for attaching the stop to the housing and provided so that the plug comes to rest against the stop. Such an adapter system may be installed without it being necessary to dismantle the housing.
US10571038B2 Breakaway coupling
A breakaway coupling includes a body and a valve assembly inside the body. The body includes a fluid conduit and a shear groove between first and second portions. The shear groove is designed to crack, break, or separate under certain conditions. The valve assembly is designed to shut off fluid flow through the fluid conduit when the shear groove cracks, breaks, or separates. The valve assembly includes a valve seat, a sealing element, one or more pins, and a biasing member. The one or more pins hold the sealing element in an open position while the shear groove is in tack, and allow the sealing element to move to a closed position (with the help of the biasing member) in the event the shear groove cracks, breaks, or separates.
US10571037B2 Positive pressure relief valve
Disclosed herein is a positive pressure relief valve having a valve assembly, a trigger mechanism, an inlet manual override knob, and an outlet manual override knob. The valve assembly may comprises a valve throat and a main piston positioned at least partially within the valve throat, the main piston configured to selectively open and close the valve throat as a function of a pressure at the inlet to the valve assembly. The valve assembly may comprise a set of throat inserts within the valve throat. The trigger mechanism serves to quickly pressurize the main piston's diaphragm. The trigger mechanism may be positioned in a trigger mechanism housing at the outlet end of the valve assembly. The inlet and outlet manual override knob may be coupled to the main piston and configured to pull or push the main piston, thereby displacing the main piston to open the valve assembly.
US10571030B2 Valve gate within a Venturi gap of a Venturi device for producing vacuum
Venturi devices are disclosed herein that include a body defining a Venturi gap between an outlet end of a converging motive section and an inlet end of a diverging discharge section, having a suction port in fluid communication with the Venturi gap, a gate valve linearly translatable to open and close the Venturi gap, and an actuator connected to the gate valve to operatively move the gate valve between an open position and a closed position. The gate valve, in a longitudinal cross-section, is generally U-shaped, thereby having continuous, opposing sides that one each close the motive outlet and the discharge inlet and defining a void between the opposing sides that is in fluid communication with the suction port. The converging motive section defines a circular-shaped motive inlet and defines an elliptical- or polygonal-shaped motive outlet, and the diverging discharge section defines an elliptical- or polygonal-shaped discharge inlet.
US10571024B2 Combination oil ring
Provided is an oil ring. A shape of an outer peripheral surface of an upper segment arranged on an engine combustion chamber side has a symmetrical curved shape. A shape of an outer peripheral surface of a lower segment arranged on a side away from the engine combustion chamber is a symmetrical curved shape.
US10571020B2 Hydrostatic transmission and method for braking using the same
A hydrostatic transmission with which a braking operation is realized in which at least one traction motor which acts as a pump is supported via a closed circuit on an adjustable axial piston pump which acts as a motor, and which in turn is supported on an internal combustion engine. Since overspeeding of the latter should be avoided, pilot control is performed with a rotational speed that is subcritical for the internal combustion engine, and thereafter closed-loop control is performed with a closed-loop controller which outputs a corrective value in a manner dependent on the rotational speed deviation between the present rotational speed and the maximum and thus ideal rotational speed of the internal combustion engine.
US10571015B2 Shift control system for industrial vehicle
A shift control system for an industrial vehicle includes a vehicle speed monitor, a vehicle speed limit value setting section, a gear determination section, and a control section. The vehicle speed monitor is configured to monitor and detect an actual vehicle speed of the industrial vehicle. The vehicle speed limit value setting section is configured to set a vehicle speed limit value. The gear determination section is configured to select a transmission gear position of the transmission based on the actual vehicle speed and the vehicle speed limit value. The control section is configured to control the transmission in response to the selected transmission gear position. The gear determination section maintains the transmission in the currently-selected transmission gear position when the vehicle speed limit value is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value and the threshold value is greater than an upshifting vehicle speed for upshifting the transmission.
US10571014B2 Integrated apparatus for implementing shift lock and shift lock release functions of automatic transmission vehicle
An integrated apparatus for implementing shift lock and shift lock release functions of an automatic transmission vehicle includes a shift lock solenoid having a plunger capable of moving forward and backward; a shift lock release lever forcibly moving the plunger backward by coming into contact with the plunger when moving toward the shift lock solenoid; and a casing coupling the shift lock solenoid and shift lock release lever to be integrally modularized.
US10571010B2 Drive wheel for a transmission drive device, and transmission drive device
A drive wheel (10; 100) wherein the drive wheel (10; 100) is formed by an injection-molding process, and has a longitudinal axis (11; 108), having a hub region (12; 102) with a hub opening (13; 102), having an annular toothed-rim region (17; 106) with a radially outwardly projecting toothing (18; 105), having a substantially disk-like intermediate region (15; 112) which is arranged radially between the hub region (12; 102) and the toothed-rim region (17; 106), wherein the drive wheel (10; 100) has two bearing points (31, 32), arranged concentrically with the longitudinal axis (11; 108), for radial mounting and two bearing points (33, 34; 121, 122), for axial mounting, and wherein the hub region (12; 102) has an extension (14; 103) that protrudes from the plane of the intermediate region (15; 112) in the direction of the longitudinal axis (11; 108).
US10571007B2 Limited slip differential with disconnect function
A differential system provides an axle disconnect function, a synchronizer function, and it has the ability to transmit large amounts of torque and has a limited slip differential function in a compact and cost effective module.
US10571002B1 Power transmission apparatus for vehicle
A power transmission apparatus includes: an input shaft, an output gear; a compound planetary gear set including a first planetary gear set including first, second and third rotation elements, and a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth and sixth rotation elements; a first shaft fixedly connected with the first rotation element and the fourth rotation element and selectively connected with the input shaft; a second shaft fixedly connected with the fifth rotation element, and selectively connected with the input shaft and a transmission housing; a third shaft fixedly connected with the second rotation element, the sixth rotation element and the output gear; a fourth shaft fixedly connected with the third rotation element; an intermediate shaft; a first gear set transmitting the torque from the input shaft to the intermediate shaft; and a second gear set selectively transmitting the torque from the intermediate shaft to the fourth shaft.
US10570998B2 Continuously variable transmission
A continuously variable transmission 1 includes: a primary pulley 20 including a nipping groove 22 receiving a V belt 12 wound across pulleys, the primary pulley 20 including a fixed half pulley 21 having a back side, opposite to the nipping groove 22, provided with a hollow part S; and a reinforcing member 41 having a center hole receiving a driving shaft 11 and tapering from an outer circumference side toward an inner circumference side to have an annular conical shape. The reinforcing member 41 has an outer circumference side end portion 41a brought into contact with and attached to an outer circumference side end surface Sa of the hollow part S and has an inner circumference side end portion 41b attached to an inner circumference side end surface Sb of the hollow part S via a holding member 42 having a wedge-shaped cross section.
US10570997B2 Friction type one-way high damping gauge tensioner
A tensioner for reducing vibration and noise associated with a vehicle engine includes: a tensioner arm having a cylindrical protrusion extending from a first side of the tensioner arm; the cylindrical protrusion having at least one counter-bore disposed on a surface of the cylindrical protrusion and an inner bore extending through the cylindrical protrusion; an axle adapted to be received by the inner bore, the tensioner arm being adapted to rotate about the axle; a spring disposed proximate a second side of the tensioner arm, opposite the first side, the spring being adapted to bias the tensioner arm in a first direction; and a damping structure that includes a gripping seat adapted to engage a portion of the tensioner arm, in which the damping structure limits rotation of the tensioner arm in a second direction opposite the first direction.
US10570993B2 Chain link and handling chain having a chain link
A chain link for a handling chain and to the handling chain. The handling chain has a body consisting of a plurality of chain links, which adjoin each other in the longitudinal direction of the handling chain, wherein the chain links are connected to each other in the adjoining connection regions thereof in such a way that, in each case, the chain links can be pivoted about a first pivot axis extending in the transverse direction. The chain link is designed to form a hinge-joint connection with the joint partner, wherein the chain link has at least one connection region designed as a first connection region, said connection region being designed in such a way that the hinge-joint connection enables at least one further relative motion of the joint partners in addition to the pivoting about the first pivot axis.
US10570990B2 Endless flat belt and method for manufacturing the same
An endless flat belt includes an inner rubber layer 1, a cord core 11 buried in the inner rubber layer 1 and spirally wound at a predetermined pitch in a width direction of the belt, and a reinforcement fabric 2 stuck to the inner rubber layer 1. The cord core comprises polyamide fiber. Opposite ends of the reinforcement fabric 2 are connected with each other into an endless form by adhesion or sewing. A surface rubber layer 3 is stuck to a surface of the reinforcement fabric 2 which is opposite a surface thereof stuck to the inner rubber layer 1.
US10570988B2 Damper device
According to one embodiment, a damper device includes a rotator, a first oscillator, a second oscillator, and two rollers, for example. The rotator is provided with a first opening. The second oscillator includes two guide surfaces recessed in a direction closer to a first center of rotation and a transmitting part capable of moving along the first opening. The two rollers each include a ring supported by the first oscillator and a shaft extending along a second center of rotation inside the ring and rotatably supported by the ring. The shaft comes into contact with a corresponding one of the two guide surfaces of the second oscillator pushed outward in the radial direction by centrifugal force, rolls along the corresponding one of the two guide surfaces by oscillation of the first oscillator, and is pushed by the corresponding one of the two guide surfaces in the circumferential direction.
US10570987B2 Damper pulley for crankshaft and method for manufacturing the same
A damper pulley for a crankshaft includes a hub mounted on one end of the crankshaft, a rim connected to the hub, an oil seal mounted on an outer surface of the hub, and a wear-resistant insert member integrally mounted on the hub and making contact with the oil seal.
US10570984B1 Asymmetrically-shaped isolator
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a novel system, device, and methods for providing an isolator for components and instrumentation to isolate vibrations, shock, static or quasi-static loads, thermal loads, and electrical currents. The novel isolator has an asymmetrical shape, experiences uniform motion under quasi-static loading, and reduces the effective modal mass across a range of frequencies. The novel isolator outperforms conventional vibration isolators in terms of cost, schedule (manufacturing time and lead time), heat dissipation, and performance.
US10570982B2 Vibration damper for a motor vehicle and a method for producing a press fit between a damper inner tube and at least one separating plate
A vibration damper for a motor vehicle may comprise a damper outer tube, a damper inner tube having a lateral surface of the damper inner tube and arranged coaxially in the damper outer tube, a separating plate arranged coaxially in a region of the lateral surface of the damper inner tube, and a sealing element arranged coaxially circumferentially on the damper inner tube on the separating plate. In a region of the separating plate arranged coaxially on the lateral surface of the damper inner tube, a groove for the separating plate may be formed on the lateral surface of the damper inner tube. The separating plate may be arranged in the groove, and the connection between the groove and the separating plate may be press fit, at least in the radial direction.
US10570981B2 Support foot for electronic device and electronic device
An object of the present invention is to provide a support foot for an electronic device having superior anti-vibration properties. A support foot for an electronic device according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: an attachment portion to be fixed to an electronic device main body; an outer peripheral wall portion cylindrically shaped and provided on an outer periphery of the attachment portion; and a rib structure provided between the attachment portion and the outer peripheral wall portion, wherein the rib structure comprises an oblique rib that is, in a planar view, oblique with respect to a radial direction in relation to a central axis of the outer peripheral wall portion.
US10570980B2 Particle damper system and method
An assembly for damping the movement of a vibrating body includes an energy dissipating material, a vessel, and a seal. The energy dissipating material may include one or more types of loose particles. The loose particles may include similar and/or dissimilar materials or a mixture thereof. The loose particles may at least partially fill the vessel. The vessel may be configured to conform to requirements of an environment of the vibrating body and to retain and/or store the loose particles. The seal may include a molded material, a plate, and/or a flange. In an embodiment, the plate may be at least partially encompassed within the seal, and the seal, plate, and/or flange may be configured to engage the vessel and/or to retain the loose particles within the vessel.
US10570977B2 Attachment of opposed conical elastomeric bearings
An opposed conical elastomeric bearing assembly includes a first conical elastomeric bearing with a first inner race and a first outer race, and a second conical elastomeric bearing with a second inner race and a second outer race. Assembling the opposed conical elastomeric bearing assembly may include positioning an outer surface of the second outer race in contact with an inner surface of the first outer race. Assembling the opposed conical elastomeric bearing assembly further includes applying an axial force to urge the first conical elastomeric bearing and the second conical elastomeric bearing together such that a leading edge of the second inner race contacts a shoulder of the first inner race, and, while applying the axial force, deforming a projecting portion of the first inner race such that an outer diameter of the projecting portion is expanded to frictionally engage an inner surface of the second inner race.
US10570974B2 Brake position and wear detection systems and methods
The present disclosure provides an electromechanical brake actuator system comprising an electromechanical brake actuator coupled to a derived position sensor, the derived position sensor comprising a controller, a rotation sensor, and an output drive circuit. In various embodiments, the derived position sensor may be configured to receive a first motor shaft angular velocity at a first time, receive a second motor shaft angular velocity at a second time, calculate a linear translation distance, and sum the linear translation distance and a previous ram position to obtain an actual ram position.
US10570972B2 Hydraulic system for a hydrodynamic machine
A hydrodynamic machine comprising: a toroidal working chamber including a first bladed wheel and a second bladed wheel arranged concentrically with the first bladed wheel; and an electrohydraulic system including an open loop unit and a and closed loop control unit, a working medium accumulator, a pump operable to pump a working medium from the working medium accumulator into the toroidal working chamber, a heat exchanger, a valve operable to switch between a first position, the first position being a non-braking position, and a second position, the second position being a braking position, and a line system operable to allow the pump to pump the working medium in both the first position and the second position into the working chamber.
US10570971B2 Work vehicle
A parking brake of a work vehicle has a piston near the wheel relative to an end plate in an axial direction parallel to a rotation axis of the drive shaft to move in the axial direction, a hub between the end plate and the piston in the axial direction to be connected to the drive shaft, a cylinder disposed outwardly from the hub in a radial direction relative to the rotation axis, a disk supported by the hub in an inner space defined by the end plate, the piston, the hub, and the cylinder, a separator supported by the cylinder, next to the disk in the inner space, and moved by the piston in the axial direction, a first passage connecting the inner space and an outer space, and a second passage provided outwardly from the first passage in the radial direction to connect the inner and outer spaces.
US10570968B2 Clutch regulator for vehicle
A clutch regulator for vehicle comprises a main body provided with an oil passage inside thereof; an opening and closing member provided inside of the main body in a slide manner to open and close the oil passage; an elastic member configured to elastically press the opening and closing member toward the oil passage side; and a plug member installed in the main body to support the elastic member.
US10570965B2 Universal joint bearing
A universal joint bearing with at least a first and a second elastomeric ring. The universal joint bearing is free from spiral springs, which exert a force on a portion of one of the elastomeric rings. The portion is provided for abutting against a trunnion of a crosspiece of a universal joint in a condition in which the universal joint bearing is part of the universal joint.
US10570964B2 Vibration absorber
A vibration absorber is provided which is mounted in an annular space housing a spring of a damper, wherein accompanying rotational fluctuation of a drive source, when a first plate connected to the drive source and a second plate connected to a transmission rotate relative to each other while elastically deforming a spring, an arm part extending radially outward from a driven plate swings in the interior of an annular space, and grease packed in the annular space is compressed by the arm part and pushed inward in the radial direction, but since this grease is guided in the peripheral direction by a flow-aligning projection provided on either one of the driven plate and the seal plate and projecting toward the other, and is prevented from being concentrated in part of a seal member provided on the inner peripheral part of the seal plate and sealing the annular space.
US10570962B2 Sealed bearing
A sealed bearing includes an inner race; and seal members each including a seal lip made of rubber. Each seal lip includes a plurality of protrusions circumferentially spaced apart from each other, and kept in sliding contact with the inner race with fluid lubrication condition generated between the protrusions and the inner race. Each protrusion has a circular arc-shaped cross section along the circumferential direction, and the circular arc-shaped cross section has a radius of 0.4 mm or more and less than 9.0 mm.
US10570961B2 Retainer for bearing and bearing
A retainer for a bearing is entirely formed into an annular shape and has a crown shape. The retainer includes pockets which are formed at a plurality of locations in a circumferential direction of the retainer and are each opened on a radially outer side and a radially inner side. The pockets retain balls being rolling elements so that the balls are rollable. A grease flow-in passage is provided between an inner surface of each of the plurality of pockets and each of the balls.
US10570953B2 Bearing apparatus including tilting pads
Embodiments of the invention relate to tilting pad bearing assemblies and apparatuses. The disclosed tilting pad bearing assemblies and apparatuses may be employed in downhole motors of a subterranean drilling system or other mechanical systems. In an embodiment, a bearing assembly or apparatus includes a support ring and a plurality of tilting pads. Each tilting pad is tilted and/or tiltably secured relative to the support ring. In some embodiments, one or more of the tilting pads include a plurality of superhard bearing segments assembled to form a superhard bearing surface. One or more seams may be positioned between adjacent superhard bearing segments of the superhard bearing segments. In other embodiments, one or more of the tilting pads may include at least one or only one superhard bearing segment, such as a polycrystalline diamond bearing segment.
US10570949B2 Damage tolerant and fail-safe (DTFS) high strength preloaded pin assembly
A hinge assembly such as a lead-lag hinge can include a hinge pin assembly. The hinge pin assembly can include an outer cylinder, a shear pin that extends through the outer cylinder and having a first threaded end and a second threaded end, a first nut threaded on the first threaded end and a second nut threaded on the second end. An opposing force between the first nut and the second nut applies a compressive stress to the outer cylinder that may increase a resistance of the hinge pin assembly to wear and damage. In the case of complete failure of the outer cylinder, the shear pin can maintain structural integrity of the hinge pin assembly and of the hinge assembly.
US10570948B1 Universal support hook
A universal support hook includes an elongated pin having a plurality of juxtaposed hangers rotatably mounted thereon. Each hanger includes a C-shaped gripping member with a hinge barrel at an upper end thereof. The hinge barrel includes a central, transverse bore that receives the pin to allow the hanger to freely rotate within a 360-degree range. When any desired number of hangers are raised to a vertical position, their C-shaped gripping members can be secured to a tubular or thin support structure, such as a passenger-seat tray, a closet rod, a chair frame or a shopping-cart handle. The remaining hangers freely hang from the pin to provide a hook for suspending handbags, jewelry items, garments and other similar personal items from the support structure.
US10570943B2 Threaded fastener
Various embodiments of a fastener driveable into a substrate are provided. The fastener includes a head, a shank, and a helical thread formation. Portions of the shank and helical thread formations may be tapered. The outer diameter of the shank may decrease in a direction away from the head. An outer diameter of the thread formation may increase in a direction away from the head. The head may include a plurality of extending ribs. The helical thread formation may be formed with a plurality of grooves that are respectively each partially defined by a straight cutting edge. These improvements reduce torsional failure of the fastener from over tightening.
US10570941B2 Clip
Provided is a clip to be attached to a vehicle body panel having panel surfaces that intersect each other, while separately holding different wire groups in a state of being near each other. The clip disclosed in the present specification includes a first wire holding portion for holding a first wire group; a second wire holding portion for holding a second wire group; a vehicle body attachment portion to be attached to the vehicle body; and a coupling portion for coupling the first wire holding portion and the second wire holding portion. The coupling portion includes a first coupling portion that is continuous with the first wire holding portion and a second coupling portion that is continuous with the second wire holding portion. The first coupling portion and the second coupling portion intersect each other.
US10570939B2 Rivet
A rivet (1) for fixing cementitious sheets to supports is provided, which rivet comprises a metal rivet body (10) with an axial length Lr, metal rivet head (12) and metal mandrel (14), characterized in that the rivet further comprises at least one polymer tubular member (20) having a length Lm in axial direction (30), Lm being less than Lr, said polymer tubular member being coaxially mounted on the rivet body along its length Lm. In addition, methods for fixing a cementitious sheet to a support by means of such rivets are provided as well as uses of such rivets in the building industry. Also, building systems, comprising a support and a cementitious sheet, which cementitious sheet is fixed to the support by means of at least one of the rivets of the invention is provided herein.
US10570935B2 Actuator rate control with energy absorbing pressure relief system
An actuator includes a piston assembly movably disposed within an assembly housing having a fixedly supported end and an opposing end that receives a movable piston assembly. The piston assembly includes a piston rod and an attached piston head having a fixed orifice as well as an orifice with a check valve to create rate control of the assembly. Hydraulic fluid is caused to move through the axially movable piston head based on compressive and tensile loads imparted to the assembly. A plurality of pre-loaded springs are configured to selectively provide pressure relief in the event the orifices of the piston become clogged, wherein the plurality of pre-loaded springs, such as disc springs, further provide an energy absorbing function of the assembly based on loading conditions.
US10570933B2 Pressure-medium unit, having a housing produced by injection molding and composed of plastic, and method for producing said pressure-medium unit
A pressure-medium unit includes a housing, which is produced by injection molding and composed of plastic, in the housing wall of which housing at least one connection bush having a passage opening is fastened, through which pressure medium is fed into and/or led out of the interior of the housing. In the injection molding process of the housing, the connection bush, with the exception of the passage opening, is at least partially injection-molded into the housing wall.
US10570931B2 Aircraft hydraulic systems having shared components
A hydraulic system for an aircraft having an engine and an auxiliary power unit includes a first hydraulic subsystem including a first hydraulic pump and a first set of hydraulic-powered components in fluid communication with the first hydraulic pump. The first hydraulic pump is powered by the engine to pump shared hydraulic fluid to the first set of hydraulic-powered components. The hydraulic system includes a second hydraulic subsystem including a second hydraulic pump and a second set of hydraulic-powered components in fluid communication with the second hydraulic pump. The second hydraulic pump is powered by the auxiliary power unit to pump the shared hydraulic fluid to the second set of hydraulic-powered components. A shared return line subsystem and reservoir is in fluid communication with the first and second hydraulic subsystems to return the shared hydraulic fluid to the first and second hydraulic pumps.
US10570930B2 Accumulator
An apparatus including an accumulator and a drive mechanism. The accumulator includes an energy storage apparatus with a first piston face configured to reversibly compress an energy storage medium and a second piston face forming at least part of an inner surface of a corresponding second fluid chamber reversibly expandable by movement of the second piston face. A third piston face forms at least part of an inner surface of a corresponding third fluid chamber reversibly expandable by the third piston face. The first, second and third piston faces are coupled together.
US10570929B2 Fan and method of manufacturing a fan
One embodiment provides a fan, including: a hub for connection to a motor; and a plurality of blades coupled to the hub, the plurality of blades being mutually diverging from the hub and spaced apart around a common rotating axis, with each of the plurality of blades defining a centroid, wherein at least one blade of the plurality of blades is deviated with respect to a corresponding centroid of the at least one blade to provide a non-uniform arrangement of the plurality of blades while maintaining a respective centroid of the plurality of blades on a common circumference around the common rotating axis. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10570921B2 Pump having a plurality of adjustable outlet openings
A pump (1, 101) includes a pump housing (2, 102) having an intake opening (5, 105) and a plurality of outlet openings (6, 106). A pump wheel (9, 109) is accommodated in the housing (2, 102) in a rotationally drivable manner to effect a fluid stream from the intake opening (5, 105) to the respective outlet opening (6, 106). An adjustable ring element (13, 113) is provided radially outside the pump wheel (9, 109) and inside the housing (2, 102). The adjustable ring element (13, 113) enables the fluid stream through the respective outlet opening (6, 106) to be regulated.
US10570920B2 Clip fan
Provided is a clip fan including: a housing which has an air inlet provided to allow outside air to be introduced into the housing, and an air outlet provided to allow the air introduced through the air inlet to be discharged to the outside; a fan unit which includes a motor and a fan, is embedded in the housing, draws outside air through the air inlet, and discharges the air to the outside through the air outlet; and a clip which is coupled to an outer surface of the housing, and configured to be opened or closed by elastic force.
US10570909B2 Surge wear predictor for a turbocharger
A turbocharged device subject to a surge event during operation, the turbocharged device including a turbocharger having a controller and a bearing assembly, a first sensor configured to detect the oil pressure provided to the bearing assembly, a second sensor in operable communication with the turbocharger, where the controller is configured to determine the magnitude of the surge event based at least in part on a signal provided by the second sensor in response to the surge event, and where the controller is configured to determine the wear inflicted on the turbocharger during the surge event based at least in part on the magnitude of the surge event and a signal provided by the first sensor in response to the surge event.
US10570906B2 Mixed flow fan
A mixed flow fan and a method of manufacturing a mixed flow fan. The method may include molding a fan wheel with a plurality of blades and a plurality of apertures. The plurality of blades extends radially outward from an axis of rotation and a plurality of apertures arranged with one aperture positioned between each pair of adjacent blades. The method also includes molding a plug having a conical shape. The plug includes a plurality of plugging members arranged circumferentially, where the number of the plurality of plugging members corresponds to the number of the plurality of apertures in the fan wheel. The method further includes welding together the fan wheel and the plug, where each of the plurality of apertures of the fan wheel is sealed by one of the plurality of plugging members of the plug to form a continuous surface.
US10570904B2 Reducing centrifugal pump bearing wear through dynamic magnetic coupling
A pump drive for an extracorporeal blood pumping system including an adjustable drive magnet. The pump drive may be coupled to a blood pump which includes a pump impeller. The pump drive may include a stepper motor for dynamically adjusting the position of the drive magnet. The position of the drive magnet may be varied to vary the distance between the drive magnet and an impeller magnet of the pump impeller. Adjusting the position of the drive magnet may include dynamically adjusting the drive magnet and may include axially moving the drive magnet to thereby vary a magnetic attraction force between the drive magnet and the impeller magnet which may thereby minimize forces acting on one or more bearings of a pump impeller.
US10570897B2 Pump for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid or semi-solid food products and machine comprising said pump
A pump for dispensing semi-liquid food products includes an inlet opening, an outlet opening, a dispensing path between the inlet opening and the outlet opening, a rotor for pushing the product along the dispensing path, and an airtight chamber, interposed between the inlet and outlet openings and coaxially containing the rotor. The dispensing path is defined by a cyclically choked gap formed between an outer periphery of the rotor, including three projecting and angularly equidistant lobes, and an inner periphery of the airtight chamber, which is elastically deformable.
US10570892B2 Fiber-fed advanced pulsed plasma thruster (FPPT)
A Fiber-fed Pulsed Plasma Thruster (FPPT) will enable enhanced low Earth orbit, cis-lunar, and deep space missions for small satellites. FPPT technology utilizes an electric motor to feed PTFE fiber to its discharge region, enabling high PPT propellant throughput and variable exposed fuel area. An innovative, parallel ceramic capacitor bank dramatically lowers system specific mass. FPPT minimizes range safety concerns by the use of non-pressurized, non-toxic, inert propellant and construction materials. Estimates are that a 1U (10 cm×10 cm×10 cm, or 1 liter) volume FPPT thruster package may provide more than 10,000 N-s total impulse and a delta-V of 1.4 km/s delta-V for an 8 kg CubeSat.
US10570891B2 Busbar system
A busbar system includes a plurality of bar modules arranged one behind the other and connected to each other via clamping brackets. Each bar module has a plurality of busbars. The bar module end including the recesses running in a longitudinal extension is inserted into the clamping bracket and the bar module end with the recesses running transversely to the longitudinal extension is suspended on the opposite side in the clamping bracket. Each of the busbars of the one bar module rests laterally against a busbar of the other bar module and the recesses, as viewed from the side, form a through-opening, through which a tensioning element supported on the clamping bracket runs, which presses together the sides of the busbars which rest against each other.
US10570889B2 Adaptor for wind turbine refurbishment and associated methods
The present disclosure is directed to a wind turbine. The wind turbine includes a tower, a machine head having a generator, and a rotor mechanically coupled to the generator. The rotor includes a hub and a plurality of rotor blades coupled to and extending outwardly from the hub. The wind turbine also includes an adaptor coupled between the tower and the machine head, with the adaptor defining an interior chamber. Furthermore, the wind turbine includes one or more electrical components electrically coupled to the generator, with the one or more electrical components being positioned within the interior chamber defined by the adaptor.
US10570881B2 Controlling rotational speed by changing blade profile
Provided is a method of controlling a rotational speed of a rotor of a wind turbine having a rotor with blades connected thereon, at least one blade including a blade profile changing equipment, the method including: changing the blade profile dependent on a rotational speed deviation of an actual rotational speed of the rotor or the generator rotor from a reference rotational speed.
US10570880B2 Control system and method for wind turbine having multiple rotors
A wind turbine system comprising a plurality of wind turbine modules mounted to a support structure, wherein each of the wind turbine modules comprises a rotor including one or more variable-pitch blades, each defining a respective blade pitch angle and being controlled by a pitch control system, and a control system operable to control the blade pitch angles of the plurality of blades of the wind turbine modules. The control system is configured to identify the presence of a predetermined stop condition and, in dependence thereon, is operable to control the blade pitch angles of the respective blades to predetermined stop positions that reduce oscillation of the support structure. Aspects of the invention also relate to a method of controlling a wind turbine system, to a controller for implementing the method, and to a computer program product.
US10570879B2 Joint assembly for a wind turbine rotor blade with flanged bushings
A joint assembly for a wind turbine rotor blade includes a male structural member extending longitudinally through female structural members configured with a plurality of rotor blade segments. The female structural member includes first bore holes on opposing sides thereof that are aligned in a chord-wise direction. The male structural member includes second bore holes on opposing sides thereof that are aligned with the first bore holes. At least one chord-wise extending gap is defined between an outer side surface of the male structural member and an inner side surface of the female structural member. A chord-wise extending pin extends through the first and second bore holes to join the male and female structural members. At least one flanged bushing is arranged in the first and second bore holes such that a flange of the bushing extends within the chord-wise extending gap.
US10570872B2 System and method for a range extender engine of a hybrid electric vehicle
Methods and systems are provided for improving the operating range of an electric vehicle having an engine wherein waste heat generated during motor operation is transferred to pre-heat the engine. Engine starting is predicted based on the electrical torque demand of the vehicle relative to the actual and predicted electrical energy consumption of the electric vehicle. Prior to starting the engine to charge a battery of the motor, various engine components are pre-heated in an order that improves vehicle range while also optimizing fuel economy.
US10570871B2 Methods and system for starting an engine
Systems and methods for operating a hybrid powertrain or driveline that includes an engine and an integrated starter/generator are described. In one example, the integrated starter/generator may crank the engine via a pinion gear during a first engine start. The integrated starter/generator may crank the engine via a belt during a second engine start.
US10570868B2 Method for operating a power generating device and power generating device
The invention relates to a method for operating a power generating device having a combustion engine, in particular a gas motor or a gas turbine, and an energy accumulator. The combustion engine and the energy accumulator are electrically coupled together. The combustion engine can be operated in accordance with a first estimated value and in accordance with a second estimated value.
US10570858B2 Canister disposing structure of saddle riding vehicle
A canister includes a fresh air introducing port for introducing a fresh air into the canister. The fresh air introducing port is opened in a space formed by at least a tank cover. The canister is connected to a drain pipe for draining a liquid in the canister to the outside of the canister. The drain pipe extends rearward at a height same as or higher than a lower end of the tank cover. The drain pipe merges with a supplied-fuel drain pipe and extends to a lower portion of a vehicle. The supplied-fuel drain pipe drains a fuel around a fuel supply port of a fuel tank.
US10570856B2 Device for modulating a gas ejection section
A modulator device for modulating a gas ejection section, which device is for placing in a nozzle upstream from the throat of the nozzle and includes a plunger. The plunger has both a proximal portion connected to a control guide and also a distal portion in the form of a body of revolution, the plunger being movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The plunger presents, in its distal portion, a first section of concave shape and a second section of concave shape situated downstream from the first section.
US10570843B2 Exhaust purification system of internal combustion engine
The exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine comprises: a catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and able to store oxygen; an ammonia detection device arranged in the exhaust passage at a downstream side of the catalyst in a direction of flow of exhaust; and an air-fuel ratio control part configured to control an air-fuel ratio of inflowing exhaust gas flowing into the catalyst to a target air-fuel ratio. The air-fuel ratio control part is configured to perform rich control making the target air-fuel ratio richer than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, and make the target air-fuel ratio leaner than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio when an output value of the ammonia detection device rises to a reference value in the rich control.
US10570840B2 System and method generating an exotherm in an exhaust system
Methods and systems for operating an engine to provide small amounts of energy to heat an aftertreatment device are described. In one example, fewer than the actual total number of engine cylinders are supplied with late post fuel injections (LPI) to heat an aftertreatment device without heating the aftertreatment device more than is desired. The engines fuel injectors may be operated at minimum fuel pulse widths to reduce fuel consumption.
US10570839B2 System and method for improving vehicle performance
Methods and systems for adjusting vehicle operation in response to vehicle weight are described. In one example, an adaptive driver demand correction is adjusted in response to vehicle weight. The methods and systems may provide for more consistent powertrain response and lower vehicle emissions at lower vehicle weights.
US10570838B2 Sensing system layout structure of internal combustion engine
To provide sensing system layout structure of an internal combustion engine that enables increasing a degree of freedom in laying out a sensing system. In sensing system layout structure of an internal combustion engine provided with a sensing system for sensing rotation of a camshaft, the internal combustion engine is provided with a driving shaft rotated in synchronization with the camshaft, the sensing system is provided with a driving shaft rotation detecting sensor arranged opposite to a rotated portion on a side of the driving shaft, and rotation of the driving shaft is sensed by the driving shaft rotation detecting sensor.
US10570831B2 Method for determining the composition of the fuel used to operate an internal combustion engine
A method for operating an internal combustion engine may include: measuring dynamic pressure oscillations in the inlet tract at a defined operating point during normal operation; generating a corresponding pressure oscillation signal; determining a crankshaft phase angle; determining an actual phase position using the pressure oscillation signal by discrete Fourier transformation; determining a chemical composition of the fuel using the determined actual phase position and reference phase positions of the same signal frequency for different fuel compositions; and adjusting operating parameters of the internal combustion engine based on the determined chemical composition.
US10570828B2 Gas turbine engine installed monitoring and control to prevent standing wave dynamic resonance
A method of preventing standing waves in an installed gas turbine having a fan, having a fan speed, and a compressor, having a compressor speed, includes correcting the fan and compressor speeds for temperature and monitoring the corrected speeds to prevent them from converging, or becoming the same value. In addition, a computer implemented monitoring and adjusting program may monitor a position of an aircraft on an Acoustic Critical Turbo System Frequency (ACTSF) plot and make adjustments to avoid intercepting a surge line by changing the speed of the plane, one or both of the fan or compressor speeds or by changing altitude. An aircraft may form a standing wave when crossing or operating on a surge line of an ACTSF plot and this condition should be avoided which may require high data rate monitoring and control logic.
US10570824B2 Near zero velocity lubrication system for a turbine engine
A system is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine system includes a rotating assembly, a bearing and a lubrication system. The bearing is configured with the rotating assembly. The lubrication system is configured to lubricate the bearing. The lubrication system includes a lubricant pump and a lubricant reservoir. The lubricant pump is mechanically coupled with and driven by the rotating assembly. The lubricant pump is configured with the lubricant reservoir so as to be at least partially submersed in lubricant contained within the lubricant reservoir.
US10570823B2 Heat recovery unit and power plant
A heat recovery unit for generating a heated fluid by a hot exhaust gas includes a housing having an inlet for introducing hot exhaust gas and an outlet for discharging treated exhaust gas, and arranged in the housing at least one heat exchanger for heat exchange between the hot exhaust gas and a fluid, and an auxiliary combustor for combusting fuel with hot exhaust gas. The auxiliary combustor is provided with a fuel supply, which auxiliary combustor is arranged downstream of the at least one heat exchanger in the housing. An exhaust gas bypass for a part of the hot exhaust gas is provided, having an inlet for exhaust gas, and being positioned upstream of the at least one heat exchanger, and having an outlet in direct fluid communication with the auxiliary combustor.
US10570819B1 Energy test method for determining fuel consumption of a vehicle
An energy test method configured to determine fuel consumption of a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes the steps of installing at least one sensor on the vehicle; connecting the at least one sensor to a data recorder; running a baseline test lap on a pre-determined circuit; using the data recorder to record data from the at least one sensor while running the baseline test lap; modifying the vehicle; running a modified test lap on the pre-determined circuit; using the data recorder to record data from the at least one sensor while running the modified test lap; and calculating a fuel savings between the modified test lap and the baseline test lap.
US10570812B2 Variable geometry turbine
A variable geometry turbine having a turbine wheel, an inlet passageway, a movable wall member being moveable axially to vary the width of the inlet passageway, an annular seal being mounted to the movable wall member or an adjacent housing member to provide a seal between adjacent surfaces of the movable wall member and housing member respectively, wherein a bypass passage is provided in the other of said movable wall member or housing member, extending from an inlet bypass port to an outlet bypass port, said ports being spaced from each other and provided in said adjacent surface of said other of the movable wall member or housing member, arranged such that as the movable wall member moves axially, the annular seal moves axially relative to the ports to vary the flow that may pass from a region of the cavity inboard of the seal, through the bypass passage.
US10570811B2 Device for controlling a quantity of air fed into the intake of a supercharged internal combustion engine and cooling the exhaust—method using such a device
The present invention relates to a device for controlling the amount of air fed to the intake of a supercharged internal-combustion engine, said engine comprising two exhaust gas outlets (32, 36) connected each to an exhaust manifold (30, 34) of a group of at least one cylinder (121, 122, 123, 124), said device comprising a supercharging device (38) including a turbocharger with a dual-inlet (50, 52) turbine (40) connected to said exhaust gas outlets, as well as an outside air compressor (44), and at least one duct for partial transfer of the compressed air from the compressor to the two turbine inlets. According to the invention, the partial transfer duct opens into the cylinder head at the exhaust valves and it comprises throttling means (74, 76) controlling the compressed air circulation in this duct.
US10570806B2 Heat exchanger having drain plug
A heat exchanger includes a drain assembly having a housing and a drain plug. The drain plug is movably disposed within the housing to extend along the same direction as a drain passage formed in the housing. The drain plug is movable along that same direction to selectively open or close the drain passage. Accordingly, the heat exchanger may be drained with a controllable directional flow.
US10570805B2 Cooling system for vehicle
A cooling system for a vehicle, includes a first cooling circuit including a first coolant passage and a first pump. The first pump is provided in the first coolant passage to circulate coolant in the first cooling circuit so as to cool a first device to a first temperature. A second cooling circuit includes a second coolant passage and a second pump. The second pump is provided in the second coolant passage to circulate coolant in the second cooling circuit so as to cool a second device to a second temperature. The second temperature is lower than the first temperature. The coolant introduction passage connects the first cooling circuit and a connected portion of the second cooling circuit between the second device and a second radiator and upstream of the second device to supply the coolant in the first cooling circuit to the second cooling circuit.
US10570804B2 Rotary regulator with concomitantly movable force store
A regulator has a regulation unit (422, 622) with an adjustment unit (624), having a drive unit (414, 620) configured for adjusting the adjustment unit (624), and having a lockable and unlockable force store (412, 610-616). The regulation unit (422, 622) and the adjustment unit (624) are in contact with one another via the force store (412, 610-616), and the regulation unit (422, 622) can, in the case of a locked and charged force store (412, 610-616), be displaced by the adjustment unit (624) within an adjustment range (630) so as to drive the force store (412, 610-616). In the event of unlocking the charged force store (412, 610), a discharge of the force store (412, 610-616) causes the regulation unit (422, 622) to be moved automatically into a safety position independently of the adjustment unit (624).
US10570801B2 System and method of detecting an obstructed pressure line in a diesel exhaust fluid delivery system
A method and system for detecting whether a pressure line in a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) delivery system has an obstruction. The system includes an electronic control unit with an electronic processor that is configured to receive an unfiltered pressure signal from a pressure sensor; to electronically filter the unfiltered pressure signal to determine a dosing pressure signal; to determine an integrated value based on the dosing pressure signal; and to determine whether the pressure line is obstructed by comparing the integrated value with a predetermined threshold.
US10570796B2 Reactant introduction device for introducing reactant into the exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine
A reactant introduction device, for introducing reactant into an exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine, includes a reactant introduction housing (16) with a reactant introduction space (20) surrounded by a housing wall (18). The housing wall (18) includes an incoming flow wall area (30) positioned upstream in relation to an exhaust gas flow direction (A), an outgoing flow wall area (32) positioned downstream, in relation to the exhaust gas flow direction (A) and two side wall areas (34, 36) between the incoming flow wall area (30) and the outgoing flow wall area (32). At least one flow-through opening (72, 74, 76) is provided in at least one side wall area (34, 36) or/and in the outgoing flow wall area (32). A reactant injection device (28) injects reactant into the reactant introduction space (20) in a reactant introduction direction (E) onto a heatable reactant release element (48).
US10570793B2 Systems and methods for carbon dioxide capture and power generation in low emission turbine systems
Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for generating power in low emission turbine systems and separating the exhaust into rich CO2 and lean CO2 streams. In one or more embodiments, the exhaust is separated at an elevated pressure, such as between a high-pressure expansion stage and a low-pressure expansion stage.
US10570790B2 Breather device of internal combustion engine
In a breather device of an internal combustion engine, a breather chamber is defined by a head cover main body and a chamber forming member. The breather device includes an upstream breather passage communicating a first end of the breather chamber with a crank chamber, a downstream breather passage communicating a second end of the breather chamber with an intake passage, an oil return passage formed in a cylinder head to communicate a valve actuation chamber with the crank chamber, a first communication hole formed in a lower part of a recessed part of the breather chamber adjoining the first end of the breather chamber to communicate the breather chamber with the valve actuation chamber, and a second communication hole formed in a part of the breather chamber downstream of the first communication hole to communicate the breather chamber with the valve actuation chamber.
US10570789B2 Rotary internal combustion engine with seal lubrication
A rotary internal combustion engine with a housing having a fluid passage defined therethrough opening into a portion of its inner surface engaging each peripheral or apex seal of the rotor. An injector has an inlet for fluid communication with a pressurized lubricant source and a selectively openable and closable outlet in fluid communication with the fluid passage for delivering the pressurized lubricant to each seal through the fluid passage. A housing for a Wankel engine and a method of lubricating peripheral seals of a rotor in an internal combustion engine are also discussed.
US10570782B2 ORC stack-system control
The invention relates to a method for controlling ORC stacks with a total number ntot of individually operable ORC modules, said method comprising the following steps: determining the running time remaining until the next servicing time for each operable ORC module respectively; determining a target number nsoll of ORC modules to be operated; comparing said target number nsoll to an actual number nist of currently operated ORC modules; when nsoll>nist, connecting a number nsoll−nist of ORC modules that corresponds to the difference between the target number and the actual number, where the ORC modules with the longest remaining running times of the ORC modules currently not being operated are connected; and/or when nsollΔt2.
US10570774B2 Turbocompound unit
A turbocompound unit is provided. The turbocompound unit includes a turbine shaft, a turbine wheel supported at one end of the turbine shaft and a gear wheel supported at an opposite end of the turbine shaft. Further, the turbocompound unit includes a rolling bearing cartridge including at least two axially spaced-apart raceways, each housing a plurality of rolling elements, wherein the rolling bearing cartridge is arranged concentrically on the turbine shaft between the turbine wheel and the gear wheel for allowing the turbine shaft to rotate.
US10570771B2 Damping means for components in a turbomachine and method for assembling said damping means
The present disclosure relates to a damping device for absorbing structural vibrations or high excitation frequencies between a first component and a second component of a turbomachine, particularly in connection with high temperature operating conditions. The first component may be a combustor or a burner of a gas turbine and the second component may be a fuel supply line, connected to or passed through a wall of the first component. The damping device may include at least one wire mesh element which is inserted into a housing with a radially outer surface of the wire mesh element being compressed by the housing, and a radially inner surface of the wire mesh element closely surrounding the second component, wherein the housing is fixedly connected to the wall of the first component by a weld seam.
US10570770B2 Variable vane positioning apparatus for a gas turbine engine
A variable vane assembly for a gas turbine engine includes at least one synchronization ring, a plurality of variable vanes connected to the synchronization ring, a plurality of torque boxes disposed circumferentially about the synchronization ring, a drive ring coupled to each of the torque boxes such that the drive ring causes an approximately identical torque to be applied to the synchronization ring from the torque boxes simultaneously, and an actuator coupled to one of the plurality of torque boxes and operable to drive the drive ring through the torque box.
US10570768B2 Labyrinth seal
A labyrinth seal suppresses leakage of fluid through a gap between a circumferential outer surface of a rotating body, having an axis of rotation, and a circumferential inner surface of a stationary body provided on an outer side of the rotating body, by increasing fluid energy loss caused by vortices. Said leakage occurs in an axial direction from a high pressure to a low pressure side. A step is formed on the outer surface such that the diameter of the low pressure side is smaller than that of the high pressure side. A fin extending radially inward from the inner surface is formed on at least the low pressure side of the step. An annular groove is formed to extend in a circumferential direction in the outer surface, in at least one portion of the area axially between the step and the fin.
US10570766B2 Compliant seal assembly and method of operating
A compliant seal assembly that may be for an MTF of a gas turbine engine includes a housing orientated about an axis with a circumferentially extending groove in the housing opened radially outward. An annular carrier of the assembly is constructed and arranged to move radially within the groove, and includes a circumferentially extending channel that is opened radially outward for receipt of a piston ring that may seal to a surrounding cylindrical wall. In operation, the carrier moves radially with respect to the housing to compensate for radial displacement between the housing and the wall, and the piston ring moves axially along the wall to compensate for axial displacement between the housing and the wall.
US10570761B2 Stator vane arrangement and a method of casting a stator vane arrangement
A stator vane arrangement for a turbomachine comprises a radially inner annular structure, a radially outer annular structure and a plurality of circumferentially spaced vanes extending radially between the inner annular structure and the outer annular structure. At least one of the vanes has a passage extending from the inner annular structure to the outer annular structure. The inner annular structure has at least one radially inwardly extending boss and each boss has a passage extending there-through. The passage in each boss is aligned with a corresponding passage in a vane. Each boss comprises a first portion having a first cross-sectional area and a second portion having a second cross-sectional area which is greater than the first cross-sectional area. The first portion of each boss is positioned between and interconnecting the second portion of the boss and the inner annular structure.
US10570759B2 Variable-geometry turbine housing intake channel for an exhaust driven turbocharger
A variable-geometry turbocharger (VGT) for an internal combustion engine configured to generate a flow of post-combustion gases as a byproduct of generating output torque includes a turbine housing defining a volute. The VGT also includes a turbine wheel mounted on a shaft having a rotational axis, retained inside the turbine housing, and configured to be rotated about the rotational axis by the flow of post-combustion gases. The turbine housing defines an inlet to the turbine wheel downstream of the volute and upstream of the turbine wheel. The inlet to the turbine wheel includes a circumferentially continuous and unobstructed intake channel having a selectable cross-sectional area and configured to regulate effective expansion ratio of the VGT. An internal combustion engine employing such a VGT is also disclosed.
US10570758B1 Geared turbofan aero gas turbine engine with solid bore turbine disk
An aero gas turbine engine with a last stage turbine disc of a solid bore design. The solid bore turbine disc includes a center tie bolt that attaches to an upstream face of the solid bore disc. The attachment location is under the bore of the upstream stage. The aft side of the solid disc creates a stub shaft upon which a bearing is directly mounted. No fasteners pass through the solid bore disc. Omission of outboard fasteners allow for ease of assembly, reduced cost, reduced weight, and a reduced part count.
US10570757B2 Rotary assembly of a turbomachine equipped with an axial retention system of a blade
A turbomachine rotary assembly includes a plurality of blades having roots positioned in the grooves of a rotor disk and an axial retention system of the blades. The axial retention system includes a removable lock mounted bearing against the upstream axial ends of two consecutive teeth of the disk so as to block the opening of the groove formed by the teeth. It includes removable parts suitable for being mounted at the upstream axial ends of the teeth and to block the lock by clamping the lock between the removable parts and the teeth once the lock is installed against the upstream axial ends of the teeth.
US10570755B2 Fan blade root
A dovetail root of a fan blade configured for operation within the fan assembly of a gas turbine engine. The dovetail root is imparted with a compressive residual stress layer along the outer faces of the dovetail root preventing crack formation within the dovetail root when the gas turbine engine is in operation. To further protect and structurally enhance the dovetail root, a wear covering is disposed on the dovetail root. The wear covering may consist of a composite laminate layer that is bonded to the metallic core of the dovetail root providing additional cracking protection of the dovetail root when the gas turbine engine is in operation.
US10570754B2 Steam turbine rotor blade, method for manufacturing steam turbine rotor blade, and steam turbine
A steam turbine rotor blade for forming a turbine rotor cascade of a steam turbine includes a rotor blade main body having a blade portion, a blade base portion and a first coupling portion, which has first facing surfaces, provided on opposite end sides of the blade portion, and a second coupling portion provided in an intermediate portion of the blade portion and having second facing surfaces. The steam turbine rotor blade also includes a coating layer which is made of a Co-based alloy having a single composition on a surface of at least one of the first and second facing surfaces with a diffusion layer having a thickness of 10 μm or less provided between the coating layer and the surface.
US10570753B2 Apparatus and method for masking under platform areas of airfoil components
A fixture for masking a gas turbine engine blade, the blade having a root, a platform and an airfoil, the platform having inner and outer surfaces and peripheral faces extending between the surfaces, the fixture including a base with a receptacle for receiving the root of the blade; a removable sidewall mountable to the base to form a masking box with the receptacle that shields the root; a first removable Z plane detail mountable to the base, the first removable Z plane detail providing a first electrical contact point to the root; and a second removable Z plane detail mountable to the removable sidewall, the second removable Z plane detail providing a second electrical contact point to the root.
US10570752B2 Impulse element module for a turbomachine
An impulse element module for a turbomachine, in particular a turbine stage of a gas turbine, preferably an aircraft gas turbine, including a single-unit receptacle component having a base and side walls that extend peripherally thereon, the side walls and the base bounding a receiving space; a single-unit insert component having a form that is inserted into receiving space of receptacle component; together, the receptacle component and the insert component accommodated therein being designed to define a plurality of spaced apart cavities; and an impulse element, in particular a sphere, being accommodated in each cavity; and a single-unit sealing component that is joined in a material-to-material bond to the receptacle component in a way that allows the receiving space to be sealed and the insert component to be surrounded by the receptacle component and the sealing component.
US10570751B2 Turbine engine airfoil assembly
An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine can include an airfoil having an outer wall bounding an interior, and an insert located within the interior with a space between the insert and airfoil outer wall. A cooling hole can pass through the insert with an outlet fluidly coupled to the space between the insert and outer wall.
US10570749B2 Gas turbine blade with pedestal array
A component for a gas turbine engine is provided. The component having: a platform; an airfoil secured to and extending radially from the platform, the airfoil having an exterior surface extending from a leading edge and a trailing edge; an internal cooling cavity located within the airfoil; and a first row of pedestals extending between opposite sides of the internal cavity and a second row of pedestals adjacent to the first row of pedestals and extending between opposite sides of the internal cavity, wherein the first row of pedestals are further from the trailing edge than the second row of pedestals and a lowermost pedestal of the first row of pedestals is further from the platform than a lowermost pedestal of the second row of pedestals.
US10570747B2 Enhanced film cooling system
A turbine blade in an industrial gas turbine includes a blade surface to be cooled by a film of cooling fluid, a plurality of cooling holes on the blade surface through which cooling fluid flows, each cooling hole including an inlet portion and an outlet portion, and a trench on the blade surface surrounding at least one outlet portion of the cooling hole, the trench extending in an axial direction and a radial direction from the outlet portion of the cooling hole, wherein the outlet portion of the cooling hole has a shape configured to generate a first stage diffusion of the cooling fluid and a wall of the trench is positioned in the axial direction from the outlet portion of the cooling hole to generate a second stage diffusion of the cooling fluid, thereby forming the film of cooling fluid.
US10570745B2 Rotary degassers and components therefor
Disclosed are degassers, couplings, impeller shafts and impellers for use in molten metal. One such coupling transfers gas into an impeller shaft, the coupling having a smooth, tapered internal surface to align with a corresponding surface on the impeller shaft and help prevent gas leakage and to assist in preventing damage to the impeller shaft. Improved impellers for shearing and mixing gas are also disclosed, as is a degasser including one or more of these components.
US10570742B2 Gas turbine part and method for manufacturing such gas turbine part
The present disclosure relates to a gas turbine part, which can be exposed to high temperatures and centrifugal forces within a gas turbine. The gas turbine part can include plural sliced parts, wherein at least one of said sliced parts is made from a ternary ceramic called MAX phase, having the formula Mn+1AXn, where n=1, 2, or 3, M is an early transition metal such as Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Sc, Ta, and A is an A-group element such as Al, Si, P, S, Ga, Ge, As, Cd, In, Sn, Tl, Pb, and X is C and/or N.
US10570741B2 Method of balancing a gas turbine engine rotor
A gas turbine engine rotor including a disc adapted to be mounted for rotation about an axis, the disc including an annular balancing flange integrally connected thereto, the balancing flange having a first radial dimension around a first arc angle and a second radial dimension greater than the first radial dimension around a second arc angle, the second arc angle corresponding to 360 minus the first arc angle, the second arc angle being less than 180 degrees, the balancing flange around the second arc angle defining a protuberance, the protuberance being defined through machining of the balancing flange, the protuberance compensating for an unbalance of the rotor.
US10570736B2 Robot automated mining
In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides a robot automated mining method. In one embodiment, a method includes a robot positioning a charging component for entry into a drill hole. In one embodiment, a method includes a robot moving a charging component within a drill hole. In one embodiment, a method includes a robot filling a drill hole with explosive material. In one embodiment, a method includes operating a robot within a mining environment.
US10570734B2 Determining characteristics of a fluid in a wellbore
An assembly for use in a wellbore can include a plurality of sensors positioned external to a casing string. The plurality of sensors can be positioned for detecting an amount of a hydrocarbon that is present in a fluid in the wellbore and a pH of the fluid in the wellbore. The plurality of sensors can be positioned for wirelessly transmitting signals representing the amount of the hydrocarbon that is present in the fluid and the pH of the fluid to a receiving device.
US10570732B2 Sampling and analysis system and method for use in exploration drilling
A sampling and analysis system, and related method, for use in exploration drilling, particularly diamond drilling. The system includes a number of sub-systems, including a capturing sub-system, a sample recovery and splitting sub-system, a sample preparation/drying sub-system, a sample handling and sensor sub-system, a data collection and management sub-system, an automated data analysis and interpretation sub-system, and a control sub-system for data collection and process control. The sample handling and sensor sub-system may comprise an integrated arrangement or separate units providing a sample handling sub-system and a sample sensor sub-system. The sample preparation/drying sub-system is operable to ensure that the samples it receives from the sample recovery sub-system are optimally prepared for introduction to the sample handling and sensor sub-system. The sampling and analysis system may be autonomous or operable manually or semi-automatically.
US10570731B2 Solvent extraction and analysis of formation fluids from formation solids at a well site
Systems and methods for extracting and analyzing formation fluids from solids circulated out of a subterranean formation are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a sample of formation solids that have been separated from a fluid circulated in at least a portion of a well bore penetrating a portion of a subterranean formation at a well site; performing a solvent extraction on the sample of formation solids using one or more solvents at an elevated pressure at the well site, wherein at least a portion of one or more formation fluids residing in the formation solids is extracted into the one or more solvents to produce an extracted fluid; and analyzing the extracted fluid at the well site to determine the composition of the extracted fluid.
US10570723B2 System and methodology for coupling tubing
A technique facilitates joining of sections of tubing and related monitoring. An expandable tubular member may be coupled with an external tubing, e.g. a casing. The expandable tubular member is deployed into the external tubing to a desired position. Then, an expandable portion of the expandable tubular member may be plastically deformed in a radially outward direction and into engagement with the external tubing. A sensor system may be combined with the expandable tubular member to monitor a characteristic of the expandable tubular member.
US10570718B2 Capture and recovery exhaust gas from machinery located and operated at a well site
A variety of systems, methods, and compositions that relates generally to well site operations and, more particularly, to the capture and recovery of exhaust gas from machinery located and operated at a well site are disclosed. Exhaust gas comprising carbon dioxide is captured, absorbed or reacted with amine sources, and separated for reuse or further processed for use in subterranean formation operations, such as hydraulic fracturing operations.
US10570713B2 Multi-zone fracturing in a random order
A multi-zone formation has a plurality of sliding sleeve valves for selective access to the formation from the wellbore. Each of the sliding sleeves has a unique latch profile such that an initial dart with a matching profile will land on the predetermined sleeve. With all the sliding sleeves initially in the position where access ports are closed the sleeve that gets the first dart has pressure applied to shift that sleeve to the ports open position for well treatment. Thereafter, a second dart lands on the first effectively closing the ports just opened. Further pressure closes the sliding sleeve and blows both darts to hole bottom. Any other sleeve can then be selected with a unique profile that matches another sliding sleeve and the process repeats. For production selected sliding sleeves are opened preferably with a wireline shifting tool.
US10570708B2 Landing string measurement system and method including a power assembly providing power to a data-storage
A landing string system and method therefor are provided. The landing string system has a measurement device with mechanical sensors that observe mechanical conditions associated with a landing string. Data-storage devices are in communication with the measurement device. The data-storage devices allow storage, from time to time, of data associated with the observed mechanical conditions. A power assembly provides power to the data-storage devices for at least an expected time of service of the system.
US10570704B2 Automated fracture planning methods for multi-well fields
A method in accordance with some embodiments comprises receiving input parameters specifying fracturing requirements, electronically accessing formation data associated with a target formation, and using a computer processor to dynamically generate a fracturing plan for at least one of a plurality of boreholes in the target formation. The plan includes potential fracture locations and lengths that account for existing or planned fracture locations along others of the plurality of boreholes and that further account for the received input parameters and the accessed formation data. The method also comprises fracturing the target formation along the plurality of boreholes in accordance with the fracturing plan.
US10570701B2 System and method for actuating multiple valves
A system includes a support structure that is configured to be positioned at a fixed location relative to a component of a mineral extraction system. The system also includes a drive assembly having a drive motor and a valve attachment, and the drive assembly is configured to move about the support structure and to actuate multiple valves of the component of the mineral extraction system.
US10570700B2 Fracturing fluids and methods of treating hydrocarbon formations
A method of fracturing a subterranean formation penetrated by a well comprises: forming a fracturing composition comprising a carrier fluid; and a superabsorbent polymer component comprising one or more of the following: a first composite of a proppant and a first superabsorbent polymer in an unhydrated form, the first superabsorbent polymer being at least partially embedded in a void area of the proppant; a coated superabsorbent polymer; a superabsorbent material having a three-dimensional network; or a second composite of a second superabsorbent polymer and a slow-release breaker; and pumping the hydraulic fracturing composition into the subterranean formation to create or enlarge a fracture.
US10570696B2 Thru-tubing retrievable intelligent completion system
Provided are systems and methods for thru-tubing completion including a sub-surface completion unit (SCU) system including a SCU wireless transceiver for communicating with a surface control system of a well by way of wireless communication with a down-hole wireless transceiver disposed in a wellbore of the well, one or more SCU anchoring seals having an un-deployed position (enabling the SCU to pass through production tubing disposed in the wellbore of the well) and a deployed position (to seal against a wall of the target zone of the open-hole portion of the wellbore to provide zonal isolation between adjacent regions in the wellbore) and one or more SCU centralizers having an un-deployed position (enabling the SCU to pass through the production tubing disposed in the wellbore of the well) and a deployed position (to position the SCU in the target zone of the open-hole portion of the wellbore).
US10570693B2 Apparatus for use in a fluid conduit
An apparatus for use in a fluid conduit comprises a plurality of segments arranged along a longitudinal axis, each segment comprising an extendable structure configured for extension in a lateral direction relative to the longitudinal axis, wherein the apparatus is configured for the sequential initiation of lateral extension of the extendable structures of at least two segments. At least two segments may be configured to define different maximum extended dimensions in the lateral direction and may include adjacent support surfaces which provide mutual support for one another when the at least two segments are laterally extended. The apparatus may be configured to form a seal, an anchor, a supporting structure and/or a flow restriction in a fluid conduit.
US10570690B2 BOP compact bonnet-booster (CBB) piston assembly and method
A Compact Bonnet Booster (CBB) housing is monolithically formed to include an operating piston chamber, a booster piston chamber and two BOP bonnet end caps. When the CBB is assembled, the two BOP bonnet end caps contain bonnet hydraulic assemblies utilized to open and close the CBB housing with respect to a central BOP housing interior to change out the shear members. The CBB housing also defines therein hydraulic lines to open and close the wellbore utilizing the shear members as well as to operate the bonnet hydraulic assemblies. The CBB housing also incorporates a lifting pad eye near a center of gravity of said BOP. The CBB assembly also comprises a monolithically formed operating piston and corresponding shaft as well as a monolithically formed booster piston and corresponding shaft.
US10570687B2 Reclosable multi-zone isolation using a piston assembly having a lock out feature
A reclosable multi-zone isolation tool including a piston assembly with a lock out feature. The tool has an outer and inner tubular having an annular flow path defined there between, and a central flow path defined by the inner tubular. The annular flow path is in fluid communication with the first zone, while the central flow path is in fluid communication with the second zone. A sleeve is positioned in the annular flow path and axially moveable between an open and closed position. A mandrel is positioned within the inner tubular and coupled to the sleeve to actuate the sleeve between the open and closed position. A pressure responsive piston assembly is coupled to the mandrel in order to actuate the sleeve to the open position. Once in the open position, the piston assembly is “locked out,” thereby allowing the mandrel and sleeve to move relative to the piston between the open and closed positions.
US10570686B2 Top set liner hanger and packer with hanger slips above the packer seal
A downhole tool including a mandrel, at least one moveable component mounted to the mandrel, and a locking ring mounted to the mandrel. The locking ring includes a plurality of locking ring segments that enable relative movement between the mandrel and the at least one moveable component. A plurality of circumferential spaces is arranged between corresponding ones of the locking ring segments. At least one load bar is arranged in at least one of the plurality of circumferential spaces. The at least one load bar is mechanically connected to the at least one moveable component.
US10570683B2 Rig control apparatus, system, and method for improved mud-pulse telemetry
A rig control apparatus, system, and method according to which a mud pump is ramped up toward a full-operational pumping pressure to circulate drilling mud via a drill string between a surface location and a downhole tool, the downhole tool being connected to the drill string and positioned within a wellbore, the flow of the drilling mud between the surface location and the downhole tool is stabilized prior to the mud pump reaching the full-operational pumping pressure, data is transmitted via mud-pulse telemetry from the downhole tool to the surface location when the flow of the drilling mud between the surface location and the downhole tool is stabilized, and the mud pumps are ramped up further to the full-operational pumping pressure.
US10570682B2 Modular system and method for controlling subsea operations
The invention concerns a modular system for controlling subsea operations. The modular system comprises a control room structure at a top side location, the control room structure is provided with a fixed modular connection assembly. The interior of the control room structure is prepared for accommodation f a set of replaceable control modules comprising at least one dedicated control module provided for controlling a corresponding operational well tool. The said set of replaceable control module(s) is selected in accordance with a chosen subsea operation for accommodation in the control room structure. The said set of replaceable control module(s) accommodated in the control room structure is connected to the fixed modular connection assembly for establishing communication between the at least one dedicated control module and its corresponding operational well tool. The invention also concerns a method for controlling subsea operations.
US10570681B2 Method and composition for stabilization of drill cuttings
A method and composition for stabilizing drill cuttings commences by providing precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC). The PCC is dried to a moisture level of about 10% or less. Drying by heat not to exceed 400° F. is preferred to prevent changes in the PCC. The dried PCC is blended with kiln dust to compose a generally uniform admixture. In the admixture, the kiln dust is not to exceed 40%. The admixture is introduced to the drill cuttings to initiate a nucleation reaction within the commixture of drill cuttings and the admixture.
US10570679B2 Elevator with securing apparatus and method of moving tubulars
An elevator for moving a tubular having a tubular body and a joint section comprises an elevator body, a securing apparatus having a first blocking apparatus and a second blocking apparatus biased in a blocking position where a throat of the elevator is blocked, and an actuation apparatus coupled to the first blocking apparatus and the second blocking apparatus and adapted to manually move both the first blocking apparatus and the second blocking apparatus from the blocking position to a non-blocking position.