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| US10612662B2 |
Sealing ring and the use thereof
A sealing ring which, when viewed in cross section, is formed in the shape of a 7, has a first axial leg and a sealing leg that has a sealing lip, the sealing leg being connected to a first end face of the axial leg by means of a joint, and has a clamping element for stabilizing the sealing leg in the radial direction. The clamping element is annular and, when viewed in cross section, is formed by a 7-shaped spring, and has a second axial leg and a stabilizing leg, the second axial leg being connected to the first axial leg and the stabilizing leg being connected to the sealing leg. |
| US10612655B2 |
Apparatus for axially adjusting a switching element
An apparatus for axially adjusting a shifting element includes a shifting shaft, which can be rotated about an axis, an actuating body, which is connected to the shifting shaft for conjoint rotation and in an axially movable manner and which has at least two slotted guide sections designed as grooves on a peripheral surface, and a linear actuator, which is associated with the actuating body and has an actuatable actuator pin, which can engage in the slotted guide sections in order to axially move the actuating body. Each slotted guide section has an incoupling region for the actuator pin, an opposite outcoupling region for the actuator pin, and an adjusting region, which lies therebetween in the peripheral direction and is bent in a curved shape, for axially moving the actuating body. The incoupling region and the outcoupling region of the slotted guide sections that are adjacent in the peripheral direction are arranged at the same axial position. |
| US10612652B1 |
Return to neutral mechanism for variable drive apparatus
A return to neutral (RTN) mechanism for a variable drive apparatus having a rotatable control shaft is provided. The RTN mechanism incorporates a neutral lockdown plate secured to the housing of the variable drive apparatus and disposed about the rotatable control shaft, a control arm fixed to the control shaft to impart rotation thereto, a single, rotatable return arm piloted upon a protective cover, and a pair of springs to bias the control shaft back to a neutral position from either a forward or reverse rotation. |
| US10612650B2 |
Double disconnect transmission reverser with disconnect synchronizer
A transmission reverser for reversing a direction of an output gear carried by an output shaft includes a reverse shaft, a reverse clutch mounted about the reverse shaft and having engaged and disengaged conditions, and a reverse disconnect synchronizer mounted about the reverse shaft and having engaged and disengaged conditions. When the reverse clutch and the reverse disconnect synchronizer are in the engaged conditions, the reverse shaft rotates the output gear in a reverse direction of rotation opposite a direction of rotation of the output shaft. When the reverse disconnect synchronizer is in the disengaged condition, the reverse clutch is disconnected from the output gear. |
| US10612642B2 |
Method for manufacturing rack and hollow rack bar
A method of fabricating a rack, the method includes: supporting a first rack bar having a first toothed part on a shaft of the first rack bar; supporting a second rack bar having a second toothed part on a shaft of the second rack bar such that an axial center line of the second rack bar coincides with an axial center line of the first rack bar; supporting a joint member between the first and second rack bars such that an axial center line of the joint member coincides with the axial center lines of the first and second rack bars; rotating the joint member about the axial center lines of the first and second rack bars relative to the first and second rack bars; and bringing an end of the first rack bar and an end of the second rack bar into friction pressure welding with the joint member. |
| US10612641B2 |
Ring gear and gear device
The present invention relates to a ring gear and a gear reduction device. The ring gear includes an annular body with a plurality of mounting portions, and a plurality of teeth arranged on an inner circumferential surface of the annular body. The annular body and the teeth are integrally formed from powder metal, and the mounting portions and the teeth are at least partly overlapped in an axial direction of the annular body. The mounting portions are integrally formed with the annular body and the teeth, which results in concentricity between the mounting portion and the teeth being improved and cost of the ring gear being reduced. Furthermore, the mounting portions are overlapped with the teeth, which reduces the axial size of the ring gear. |
| US10612633B2 |
Screw apparatus
A screw apparatus with a seal ring is provided which has a reduced number of components and is easy to be assembled. The screw apparatus includes a screw shaft, a nut that includes a through-hole penetrated by the screw shaft and threadedly engages with the screw shaft via a rolling element, seal rings that include holes fitting the shape of a cross-section of the screw shaft, the cross-section being perpendicular to an axis thereof, and prevent the entry of dust into the inside of the nut, and/or prevent the leaking of lubricant in the nut, and a cap attached to the nut, the cap including protrusions fitted into indentations of the seal rings to effect positioning of the seal rings in a circumferential direction, the cap including a step in contact with the seal rings to effect positioning of the seal rings in an axial direction. |
| US10612632B2 |
Ball screw structure with detection function
A ball screw structure with detection function includes a screw shaft having an external screw groove; a nut mounted to the screw shaft to be movable in an axial direction of the screw shaft and having an internal screw groove, which corresponds to the external screw groove of the screw shaft to define a loading channel between the internal screw groove of the nut and the external screw groove of the screw shaft; a ball assembly movable, through rolling, in the loading channel; and a recirculation member directly mounted to the nut and provided thereon with a microcontroller and a sensor to detect a rotation state of the screw shaft inside the nut and further formed with a recirculation passage in communication with the nut to allow the ball assembly to move and recirculate therethrough. |
| US10612630B2 |
Guide shoe
A guide shoe is provided, which exhibits a lower level of slide resistance between a chain and a slide surface at the time of the sliding of the chain, is able to keep a sufficient lubricant on the slide surface even at the time of the starting of an engine, and produces less noise and wear. The guide shoe includes: a slide surface that slidably guides a link plate of a traveling chain; and a plurality of guide protrusions provided on the slide surface, the guide protrusions protruding in a vertical direction from the slide surface, wherein each of front surfaces of the guide protrusions is formed to have a convex curved surface at least from a part thereof on an upstream side to a top part thereof in a chain traveling direction. |
| US10612625B2 |
Planet wheel assembly for a planetary gear
A planet wheel assembly includes a planet shaft, a planet wheel having radial contact surfaces and axial contact surfaces, bushings connected to the planet shaft, radial sliding elements between radial contact surfaces of the bushings and the radial contact surfaces of the planet wheel, and axial sliding elements between axial contact surfaces of the bushings and the axial contact surfaces of the planet wheel. The planet wheel is shaped to constitute a circumferential projection which protrudes radially towards the planet shaft, is axially between the radial sliding elements, and forms the first and second axial contact surfaces of the planet wheel. This arrangement, where the radial sliding elements are axially outmost and the axial sliding elements are on the middle, improves the ability of the radial sliding elements to act against forces tilting the planet wheel. |
| US10612624B2 |
Dual side-hook structure
A dual side-hook structure is a hook unit with four hooks. The hook unit includes a first positioning hooks on an upper end of the hook unit and a first hanging hooks on a lower end of the hook unit. Edges of the first positioning hooks and the first hanging hooks include abutting devices to prevent the rope from sliding out of the hook unit. The hook unit is positioned on a vertical rope by using the first hanging hooks horizontally. The first positioning hooks and the first hanging hooks are used interchangeably. The entire hook unit is used flexibly and versatilely without limitation in space especially in wild field, outdoor area or camping ground. |
| US10612620B2 |
Low frequency torsional spring-damper
The disclosed invention is a novel method for constructing a Low Stiffness Torsional Spring-Damper that simultaneously yields the following advantages over conventional designs: (1) the elastomer is not mold-bonded to the two metallic extremities; (2) the amount of elastomer is relatively smaller compared to conventionally constructed devices; (3) the device only allows the torsional direction to be spring loaded; (4) there is some damping inherently present in the system; (5) the device does not disintegrate on failure of the elastomeric element; and (6) the device is serviceable in the field without disengaging from the rotating shaft. Such a Low Stiffness Torsional Spring-Damper when used in a Torsional Vibration Isolator or a Torsional Vibration Damper would reduce its cost while improving its structural and modal integrity and enabling its serviceability in the field. |
| US10612619B2 |
Frequency selective damper valve, and shock absorber comprising such damper valve
A damper valve includes a controlled flow channel between a valve inlet side and a valve outlet side; a controlled valve provided in the controlled flow channel; a movable valve body acting on the controlled valve so as to change a closing force of the controlled valve; and a control chamber. The control chamber includes a control chamber inlet in fluid connection with the valve inlet side upstream of the controlled valve; a configuration providing a variable volume of the control chamber, a change in volume of the control chamber acting to cause a movement of the movable valve body; and a pressure relief valve to allow a relief fluid flow from the control chamber to the valve inlet side bypassing the flow restriction of the control chamber inlet. |
| US10612617B2 |
Shock strut percolation
A shock strut may comprise an orifice plate comprising a metering pin aperture and a percolation aperture. The percolation aperture may be configured to allow a gas to move from a first chamber to a second chamber in response to the shock strut moving from a retracted position to a deployed position. |
| US10612616B1 |
Fixed profile energy attenuator
Methods and apparatus are provided for a shock attenuation device configured to operate between a structure and a mass that is supported by and moveable relative to the structure in a guided manner along a stroking direction. In one embodiment, a notch load portion is configured to provide a resisting force to relative displacement of the supported mass over a first stage stroking distance according to a predefined load profile that includes a spike load peaking at a first threshold load value at the onset of relative displacement, and a substantially constant notch load for a remainder of the first stage stroking distance. A constant load portion arranged serially with the notch load portion is configured to provide a substantially constant resisting force to displacement of the supported mass at a second threshold load value over a second stage stroking distance, wherein the second threshold load value is higher than the first threshold load value. |
| US10612611B2 |
Carrier body for a brake pad of a disk brake with absorber mass for changing the vibration
In order for a carrier body, which has a friction pad carrier plate (10) and at least one first absorber mass (14) rigidly connected to the friction pad carrier plate, to be further improved in such a way that the rigid connection between friction pad carrier plate and the first absorber mass is made more robust, provision is made for a first pin-like projection (18) of the first absorber mass (14) to be inserted into the first hole of the friction pad carrier plate (10) such that the head (28) of the first pin-like projection (18) protrudes out of the first hole and bears partially against a first chamfer (26) in the region of a first edge (22) of the first hole. |
| US10612610B2 |
Bistable Brake
An electromagnetic brake is provided in which short duration current pulses move the brake between engaged and disengaged states. A first current pulse having a first polarity is delivered to a conductor within a field shell when the brake is engaged and establishes an electromagnetic circuit including the field shell and an armature plate that urges the armature plate away from a rotating friction plate and towards the field shell to disengage the brake. A magnetic circuit is maintained after termination of the first current pulse due to a remanence in at least one of the armature plate and the field shell. A second current pulse having a second polarity opposite the first polarity delivered to the conductor when the brake is disengaged weakens the magnetic circuit thereby allowing a spring to move the armature plate away from the field shell and towards the friction plate to engage the brake. |
| US10612609B2 |
Mechanical front wheel drive roller wedging control system
A mechanical front wheel drive roller wedging control system includes a 4WD switch in a vehicle operator station, a roller cage drag mechanism electrically activated by the 4WD switch and providing a drag on a roller cage if the 4WD switch is in an on position, and a throttle pedal switch actuated by the throttle pedal and that deactivates the roller cage drag mechanism when the throttle pedal is released. In an alternative embodiment, a controller may deactivate the roller cage drag mechanism when a throttle position sensor or engine speed sensor is below a minimum value. |
| US10612602B2 |
Spring actuable friction clutch
A spring-actuable friction clutch, having a disk carrier and a cup spring which is connected to the latter via screwed connections. Threaded sleeves are arranged fixedly on the disk carrier. The cup spring has openings which are penetrated by the threaded sleeves. A holding ring is arranged on that side of the cup spring which faces away from the disk carrier. Bolts penetrate passages of the holding ring and are screwed into the threaded sleeves. In a friction clutch of this type, particularly simple mounting and fastening of the cup spring on the disk carrier is ensured. |
| US10612599B2 |
Bearing seal with integrated grounding shunt
A rolling bearing assembly has a first ring including a first race, a second ring including a second race, and a plurality of rolling elements in rolling contact with the first and second races. The rolling bearing assembly also has a sealing assembly including a first end in contact with the first ring and a second end in contact with the second ring. The sealing assembly has a shield, a sealing element, and a grounding element. The grounding element and the shield combine to provide an electrically conductive path between the first ring and the second ring. The grounding element and the sealing element combine to seal between the first ring and the second ring. |
| US10612595B2 |
Lubrication groove for deep groove ball bearing
A deep groove ball bearing assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes an inner bearing ring defining an inner race, an outer bearing ring defining an outer race, and a plurality of rolling elements supported on the inner race and the outer race. A shaft is supported on a radially inner surface of the inner bearing ring, and a housing is supported on a radially outer surface of the outer bearing ring. The assembly includes a contact surface on at least one of: the inner bearing ring, the outer bearing ring, the shaft, or the housing. The contact surface includes at least one lubrication groove. |
| US10612591B2 |
Linear guide device
To provide a linear guide device having a higher dustproof performance and a dustproof function with a higher degree of freedom. A linear guide device includes a guide rail, a slider, and a rolling element, a seal member which seals a gap formed between a side surface portion of the guide rail and an inner side surface portion of the slider. The seal member includes a first seal member provided at the inner side surface portion of the slider, and a second seal member which is larger in width than the first seal member and is provided in a bottom surface portion of a slider body to be independently detachable from the bottom surface portion, as superimposed on the first seal member. |
| US10612583B2 |
Retention device for a ball joint assembly
A ball and socket joint assembly is disclosed herein. The assembly includes a ball including a stud head and a shank, a socket including a cavity configured to receive the stud head, a retention surface, and a plurality of retention portions, and an interlocking member including a plate portion having an engagement surface that, in use, interfaces with the retention surface and the plurality of retention portions to achieve an interlocked position between the interlocking member and the socket. |
| US10612581B2 |
Anti-theft screw part for attaching a wheel rim to a motor vehicle
An anti-theft screw part includes an annularly extending recess for engaging an adapter, which as viewed from the outward direction to the inward direction is limited by an outer edge, a bottom, and an inner edge. The screw part is assembled of a main piece and an insert piece. The main piece forms the outer edge, the inner edge is formed by the insert piece. The outer edge is limited by an outer wall surface, located on an outer circle, and by several internal projections, projecting from the outer circle towards the rotational axis up to a first circular line. The inner edge is limited by an inner wall surface, located on an inner circle and limited by several outer projections, projecting from the inner circle towards the exterior up to a second circular line. The first circular line is located completely within the second circular line. The diameter of the second circular line is larger than the diameter of the first circular line. |
| US10612580B2 |
Diffusion bonded fastener assembly
A fastener assembly includes a bolt having a shaft and a head. The shaft has proximal and distal shaft ends and a shaft body, with the head at the proximal shaft end. At least a bondable portion of the shaft body is at least partially made of a bondable material. At least one collar has proximal and distal collar ends longitudinally separated by a collar body which includes a longitudinally oriented collar aperture extending through a thickness thereof between proximal and distal collar surfaces. The collar aperture defines an inner collar wall having a bondable portion which is at least partially made of a bondable material. At least the bondable portion of the shaft body is located inside the collar aperture. The bondable material of both of the inner collar wall and the shaft body is activated to bond the shaft and the collar into an integral fastener assembly structure. |
| US10612579B2 |
Fastener with protected decorative cap
A fastener having a fastener body and a protected decorative cap arranged on a head end of the fastener body in a manner that protects the decorative cap from fastener torquing forces applied to said head end that might otherwise damage, disfigure or loosen the cap and that facilitates attachment of the decorative cap to the fastener body. |
| US10612578B2 |
Blind fastener with integrated anti-rotation feature, systems and methods
Fasteners and related systems according to the invention include a collet body having a first part of a two part anti-rotation arrangement and a cylinder body having a second part of the two part anti-rotation arrangement wherein the collet body and the cylinder body are mateably axially translatable with respect to each other, and have the same or similar outer diameter in some embodiments or not in others. A threaded member rotationally engages the collet body and compressively contacts the cylinder body during operation of the fastener to creating a clamping effect. Rotational interference between the first and second parts of the anti-rotation arrangement preferably occurs at sectional face portions of at least the collet body. Resistance to induced rotation of the cylinder body relative to a work piece rotation of the threaded member is preferably provided by a tool engaging a tool interface present on the cylinder body. |
| US10612576B2 |
Curtain rod bracket and cam lock
A method and apparatus for a curtain rod bracket and cam lock. A tension rod assembly includes a tension rod, a first curtain rod bracket assembly, the first curtain rod bracket assembly including a first bracket base, a first bracket arm and a first friction pad, the first bracket base including a first bracket base front, a first bracket base rear and defining a first friction pad mounting opening that communicates the first bracket base front with the first bracket base rear, and a second curtain bracket assembly, the second curtain rod bracket assembly including a second bracket base, a second bracket arm and a second friction pad, the second bracket base including a second bracket base front, a second bracket base rear and defining a second friction pad mounting opening that communicates the second bracket base front with the second bracket base rear. |
| US10612575B2 |
Sandwich panel joints and methods for joining sandwich panels
Joints for joining panels together, such as for joining honeycomb sandwich panels used in aerospace applications, and methods of joining said panels are disclosed. In some examples of disclosed joints, a first panel and a second panel can be joined together to form a joint. The first panel can be a flat panel that includes a rabbet formed along a first longitudinal edge, and the second panel can be a curved panel that includes a notch formed along a second longitudinal edge. In forming the joint, a portion of the rabbet can be positioned within the notch, and the flat panel and curved panel can be oriented at a non-parallel and non-perpendicular angle to one another. Adhesive can be applied along the rabbet and/or the notch in order to secure the joint. |
| US10612573B2 |
Bracing clamp for beams
A clamping assembly for communication with beam members is provided. Clamping assemblies of the present disclosure are useful for attaching to various beams including, but not limited to, concrete I-beams. The clamping assemblies are useful for supporting a beam prior to complete installation of the beam in its intended location. Risk associated with beam movement, tipping and falling is mitigated by embodiments of the present disclosure. |
| US10612570B2 |
Fluid pressure cylinder
In a fluid pressure cylinder, a piston unit, which is displaced along an axial direction under the supply of a pressure fluid, is disposed in the interior of a cylinder tube of the fluid pressure cylinder. The piston unit includes a disk shaped plate body connected to one end of a piston rod, and a ring body connected to an outer edge portion of the plate body. The plate body is formed from an elastically deformable metal material, and by the plate body becoming elastically deformed and flexing when the ring body of the piston unit abuts against the head cover or the rod cover, shocks applied with respect to the piston unit are buffered. |
| US10612569B2 |
Additively manufactured rotary actuator
A rotary actuator and a method of additively manufacturing the same are provided. The rotary actuator includes a valve housing defining a valve chamber and a shaft channel extending from the valve chamber. A valve body includes a valve shaft extending through the shaft channel and a valve head positioned within the valve chamber and defining a head width that is larger than the channel diameter to inseparably join the valve body and the valve housing. The valve head divides the valve chamber into a first chamber and a second chamber which are in fluid communication with a first port and a second port, respectively. The valve body is rotated by adjusting a fluid pressure within at least one of the first chamber and the second chamber. |
| US10612563B2 |
Blower and air conditioner having the same
An air conditioner comprises a compressor to compress a refrigerant, a heat exchanger to move heat of the refrigerant, and a blower to blow air. The blower comprises a fan rotatable about a rotation axis, and a plurality of stationary blades installed to be a radial shape about the rotation axis in a direction in which the airflow generated by the rotation of the fan is discharged, and are curved in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the fan from an inner circumferential portion to an outer circumferential portion. The stationary blades comprise an inlet edge, and an outlet edge, and an inlet angle formed by the inlet edge and the rotation axis and a chord angle formed by a chord connecting the inlet edge and the outlet edge and the rotation axis are larger at the inner and outer circumferential portions than at a radial center portion. |
| US10612561B2 |
Intel nozzle for a radial fan
The invention relates to an inlet nozzle for a radial fan, having a plurality of flow sections defined over the wall of the inlet nozzle (1), as viewed in the direction of flow, said flow sections comprising at least: an inlet section (2) which has an inlet opening (7), a perturbation section (3) directly adjoining the inlet section (2), and an outlet section directly adjoining the perturbation section (3), wherein the flow cross-section of the inlet nozzle (1) decreases in the inlet section (2), and wherein the perturbation section (3) that is formed between the inlet section (2) and the outlet section (4) is designed as cylindrical over its entire axial length and extends parallel to the rotational axis of the inlet nozzle (1), so that the flow cross-section of the inlet nozzle (1) is constant in the perturbation section (3). |
| US10612555B2 |
Geared turbofan with overspeed protection
A gas turbine engine has a fan drive turbine driving a gear reduction, the gear reduction, in turn, driving a fan rotor, the fan rotor delivering air into a bypass duct as bypass air and into a compressor section as core flow. A forward bearing is positioned between the gear reduction and the fan rotor and supports the gear reduction. A second bearing is positioned aft of the gear reduction and supports the gear reduction. The second bearing is a thrust bearing. A fan drive turbine drive shaft drives the gear reduction. The fan drive turbine drive shaft has a weakened link which is aft of the second bearing such that the fan drive turbine drive shaft will tend to fail at the weakened link, and at a location aft of the second bearing. |
| US10612554B2 |
Method and device for controlling rotation angle of swinging head of fan, and fan
A method and a device are provided for controlling a rotation angle of a swinging head of a fan. The method may be applied in a fan adopting a brushless motor. An angle feedback device is arranged on the swinging head, and the swinging head is driven by the brushless motor to rotate. The device may acquire a parameter outputted by the angle feedback device, where the parameter varies with rotation of the swinging head. The device may calculate a current rotation angle of the swinging head according to the parameter outputted by the angle feedback device and a preset correspondence relationship between parameters and angles. The device may control the swinging head to rotate according to the current rotation angle of the swinging head and a preset target rotation angle. |
| US10612552B2 |
Bearing free axial fan
An axial fan includes a rotatable fan blade assembly including a plurality of fan blades, and a plurality of permanent magnets affixed to the plurality of fan blades. A stationary guide channel is located radially outboard of the fan blade assembly. A plurality of field coils are located at the guide channel and are configured to drive rotation of the fan blade assembly via magnetic interaction with the plurality of permanent magnets when the plurality of field coils are sequentially energized. A method of operating an axial fan includes energizing a plurality of field coils, urging a fan blade assembly out of contact with the guide channel via magnetic interaction between the plurality of field coils and a plurality of permanent magnets located at the fan blade assembly, and sequentially pulsing the plurality of field coils thereby urging rotation of the fan blade assembly about an axis of rotation. |
| US10612551B2 |
Compressor motor windage loss mitigation
A compressor (22) has a housing assembly (40) with a suction port (24), a discharge port (26), and a motor compartment (60). An electric motor (42) has a stator (62) within the motor compartment and a rotor (64) within the stator. The rotor is mounted for rotation about a rotor axis (500). One or more working elements (44) are coupled to the rotor to be driven by the rotor in at least a first condition so as to draw fluid in through the suction port and discharge the fluid from the discharge port. A gap (80) is between the rotor and stator. The gap is isolated (140, 142) from an outer portion (144) of the motor compartment. The outer portion is exposed to the stator. One or more passages (150) are positioned to draw fluid from the gap in the first condition. |
| US10612548B2 |
Refrigerant path holes in a rotary compressor
In a rotary compressor, S1>S3, S2>S3, and S2′>S3′ are satisfied when a sectional area of a refrigerant path hole on a lower endplate is S1, a sectional area of the refrigerant path hole in a lower cylinder is S2, a sectional area of the refrigerant path hole on an intermediate partition plate is S3, an area in which a section of the refrigerant path hole on the lower end plate and a section of the refrigerant path hole in the lower cylinder overlap each other is S2′, and an area in which a section of the refrigerant path hole in the lower cylinder and a section of the refrigerant path hole on the intermediate partition plate overlap each other is S3′. |
| US10612540B2 |
Pump gland well shield
A device for shielding pump gland wells which permits visual access to the pump gland components. The device includes and not limited to a rectangular body structure (1) comprising of a flexible material having at both ends narrow sections (2) with stop flange sections (3), a window section (7) with a clear member (5) permanently held in place by pop rivets (4) and washers (6) having a fastening means by the elasticity of the body structure (1) to compress to form a u-shape and install with biased tension by pressing the narrow sections (2) into the inner circumferential surface of the gland well (9) which installation is complete when contact between the stop flange section (3) with the gland well (9) top edge. The device maybe made of a clear flexible material and further comprising of other shapes which will produce the equivalent result. |
| US10612539B2 |
Rod clamp assembly and method
A rod clamp assembly including a first clamp member pivotally connected to a second clamp member, a handle pivotally connected to the first clamp member, and a lock bolt pivotally connected to the handle. The first and second clamp members each include a semi-cylindrical groove. A lock end of the lock bolt is configured to engage a receptacle of the second clamp member to pull the first and second clamp members together. An elongated portion of the handle is rotated to a locked position in which the first and second clamp members are secured together. A base of the handle, which engages the first clamp member, may include a notch for providing a quick close and quick open. Optionally, the rod clamp assembly includes a safety lock assembly, which engages the elongated portion of the handle to secure the handle in the locked position. |
| US10612535B2 |
Hand pump with air storage tank
A hand pump includes a receptacle extended upwardly from a base, a piston slidably engaged in the receptacle for generating a pressurized air, a check valve engaged between the receptacle and a tubular member for limiting the flow of the pressurized air, a control valve device includes a barrel connected to the tubular member and connected to a pressure gauge which displays a pressure in the barrel, the barrel includes an outlet port coupled to a hose, an air storage tank includes a mouth connected to the barrel for allowing the pressurized air to flow between the barrel and the air storage tank, and a valve member is engaged in the barrel and includes a pathway for either aligning with or offsetting from the outlet port of the barrel. |
| US10612534B2 |
Variable displacement swash plate type compressor
When a suction pressure is lower than a set suction pressure, and a crank chamber pressure is higher than a control pressure in a second supply passage, a first valve body reduces an opening degree of a suction passage, and a second valve body opens a bleed passage. When the suction pressure is higher than the set suction pressure, and the crank chamber pressure is higher than the control pressure, the first valve body increases the opening degree of the suction passage, and the second valve body opens the bleed passage. When the crank chamber pressure is lower than the control pressure, the first valve body reduces the opening degree of the suction passage, and the second valve body closes the bleed passage. |
| US10612527B2 |
Methods for refurbishing wind turbines
A method for refurbishing a wind turbine includes terminating use of an existing uptower electrical system of the wind turbine. The method also includes installing a new uptower electrical system for the wind turbine at an uptower location of the wind turbine. Further, the method includes providing an electrical adaptor at an uptower location for connecting the new uptower electrical system with an existing downtower electrical system. Moreover, the method includes electrically connecting the electrical adaptor between the existing downtower electrical system and the new uptower electrical system. |
| US10612526B2 |
Fully insulated tip unit for a lightning protection system for a wind turbine blade and a wind turbine blade comprising the same
A fully insulated tip unit (1) for a lightning protection system for a wind turbine blade (2) is disclosed, comprising an electrically conducting tip (3), which tip consists of an external part (4) and an internal part (5), at least one side receptor base (6), an internal tip unit conductor (8), an insulated electric cable (9) for forming the outermost part of a down conductor (10), and a connection element (12) for establishing electrical connection between the insulated electric cable and the other conducting parts of the tip unit, wherein the internal part of the tip, the side receptor base(s), the internal tip conductor, the connection element and one end of the insulated electric cable are all embedded by casting in an insulating material (13) leaving only the external part of the tip and the other end of the insulated electric cable uncovered by the insulating material. Furthermore, a wind turbine blade comprising such a tip unit is disclosed. |
| US10612525B2 |
Lightning protection device, direct-drive wind turbine generator system and lightning protection method thereof
A lightning protection device includes a lightning arrester arranged on a nonmetallic blade and configured to receive a lightning current, and a blade down lead electrically connected to the lightning arrester. The lighting protection device further includes: a first lightning current conducting component, electrically connected to the blade down lead and connected to an outer surface of a generator rotor in an insulation manner; a second lightning current conducting component, connected to the outer surface of the generator rotor and an insulated nacelle cover in insulation manner, and electrically connected to the first lightning current conducting component via a metal conductor; and a lightning protection down lead, configured to electrically connect the second lightning current conducting component and a grounding component arranged inside a tower, to discharge the lightning current to ground through the tower. |
| US10612521B2 |
Wind turbine shadow flicker management system
A system and method for managing shadow flicker at a wind turbine site having at least one wind turbine includes determining, via a processor, a sun position of the wind turbine site. The method also includes receiving, via the processor, a spatial location of the at least one wind turbine with respect to at least one receptor. Further, the method includes determining, via the processor, whether shadow flicker is occurring at the at least one receptor based, at least in part, on the sun position and the spatial location of the at least one wind turbine. Moreover, the method includes implementing, via the processor, a corrective action for the at least one wind turbine when shadow flicker occurs at the at least one receptor to reduce the shadow flicker. |
| US10612520B2 |
Rotational positioning system in a wind turbine
A rotational positioning system in a wind turbine is provided that comprises a driven part, a plurality of positioning drives coupled to the driven part, a plurality of sensors each arranged to sense a load parameter indicative of the load of the respective positioning drive, and a load controller connected to the plurality of sensors. The load controller is arranged to determine a load of a respective positioning drive based on the sensed load parameter, to compare said load with an expected load value, and to output a signal indicative of a failure of the respective positioning drive in response to the load being smaller than the expected load value. |
| US10612519B2 |
Optimal wind farm operation
The present invention relates to a method of operating a wind farm comprising an upstream and a downstream turbine, wherein the upstream turbine is operated with current operation parameters under current wind conditions, wherein the method comprises the steps of: receiving future wind conditions for a time period for the wind farm, and evaluating required operation parameters for minimising wake effect of the downstream turbine under the future wind conditions, and determining a cost coefficient for changing the operation parameters to required operation parameters under consideration of fatigue effect of the wind turbine, calculating power productions P0 and Pc, in the predetermined time period, by the wind farm if operated with the current operation parameters under the current wind conditions and if operated with the required operation parameters under the future wind conditions, respectively, and operating the upstream turbine with the required operation parameters if the cost coefficient is lower than a cost that would be obtained by a power production increment Pc-P0. |
| US10612517B2 |
Flexible extension for wind turbine rotor blades
The present disclosure is directed to a rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a blade tip and a blade root. Further, the rotor blade assembly includes a flexible extension having a first end and a second end. More specifically, the first end is mounted to a surface of the rotor blade and the second end is free. As such, during operation of the wind turbine, the flexible extension passively adjusts with a changing angle of attack of the rotor blade, thereby reducing variations in blade loading. |
| US10612515B2 |
Vertical axis wind turbine
A vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) with improved and optimized wind-directing, wind-shaping, and wind-power conversion features is disclosed. The shapes of these features directly affect the ability of the VAWT to use the power of moving air, such as wind, to spin a rotor and create torque on a rotor shaft to generate electricity. The wind-power-conversion mechanical efficiency of the invention is significantly improved over previous efforts, to the point that the invention can convert wind energy into electrical power at a price-to-performance ratio that competes with or surpasses existing alternative energy technologies. |
| US10612513B2 |
Axial piston machine
An axial piston machine may include a rotor having a shaft rotatably mounted in a housing. A plurality of cylinders may be arranged annularly around the rotor. A plurality of pistons may each be disposed within each of the plurality of cylinders and may be constructed and arranged to selectively translate within each of the plurality of cylinders. Each of the plurality of cylinders may be disposed within a cylinder head and may be in operative communication with an inlet opening defined in the cylinder head and at least one outlet opening defined in the housing. An auxiliary outlet rotary slide valve may be operatively connected to the shaft in a rotationally fixed manner. The auxiliary outlet rotary slide valve may comprises an auxiliary outlet rotary opening constructed and arranged to connect to a vent duct of one of the plurality of cylinders based on an angle of rotation, and may vent the one of the plurality of cylinders. At least a portion of the auxiliary outlet rotary slide valve may comprise a material constructed and arranged to reduce a sliding friction resistance, and wherein the material comprises one of a carbon containing material or a polymer containing material. |
| US10612508B2 |
Fuel injector for internal combustion engines
A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The fuel injector includes a body defining an orifice. The orifice is configured to provide passage to a fuel into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. The orifice includes an inlet port having a first oval shape and an outlet port having a second oval shape. The second al shape is orthogonal to the first oval shape. Moreover, a transition from the first oval shape to the second oval shape defines a stagnation plane, facilitating an exit of the fuel as a fan spray from the outlet port. |
| US10612507B2 |
Mounting structure of fuel rail
Disclosed herein is a mounting structure of a fuel rail, including a mounting boss part having a through-hole formed in a longitudinal direction and a first mating surface formed at an outer surface, an injector cup part provided separately from the mounting boss part and having a second mating surface formed at an outer surface and a flow path hole formed at one side of the second mating surface to be connected to the main pipe for transferring fuel to an injector, and a bridge part connecting the mounting boss part and the injector cup part and having a third mating surface. The mounting structure of the fuel rail can effectively distribute stress concentration by increasing contact area with the main pipe, thereby improving fatigue strength. |
| US10612505B2 |
Fuel injection valve with a weld ring
The present disclosure relates to internal combustion engines. Various embodiments thereof may include a fuel injection valve for a combustion engine comprising: a valve body with a cavity; a valve needle movable in the cavity; an actuator assembly to actuate the valve needle. The actuator assembly includes an electro-magnetic coil, a pole piece positioned inside the cavity, and an armature element. The armature element moves within the cavity to move the valve needle in a predetermined direction. A fixing ring abutting the pole piece, fixed to the valve body by means of joining to a circumferential surface of the cavity. |
| US10612503B2 |
Dual-fuel injector
A dual-fuel injector for a fuel injection device, including: a liquid fuel injector unit with a nozzle needle assigned to a liquid fuel nozzle arrangement of the dual-fuel injector and which is stroke controllable via a first control chamber; and a gas injector unit with a gas nozzle needle assigned to a gas nozzle arrangement of the dual-fuel injector and which is stroke controllable via a second control chamber. Each of the control chambers can be impinged with a control fluid to control the stroke of the respective nozzle needle. The control fluid from both the control chambers can be discharged. The dual-fuel injector has a control fluid reservoir in which discharged control fluid from the first control chamber can be introduced; the dual-fuel injector is configured to impinge the second control chamber with control fluid from the control fluid reservoir for the stroke control of the gas nozzle needle. |
| US10612499B2 |
Air intake apparatus
This air intake apparatus includes an air intake apparatus main body including a plurality of pieces bonded to each other along a split plane and an external gas passage formed inside the air intake apparatus main body by bonding the plurality of pieces to each other and including an external gas receiving port that directly receives external gas from a cylinder head and an external gas introduction port that introduces the external gas into a surge tank. |
| US10612493B2 |
Orientable rocket-motor system
A system allowing for the tilting of the rocket motor such that, in the tilted position, the centre of the nozzle is located at least approximately on the neutral orientation axis of said rocket motor. |
| US10612490B2 |
Drag link assembly including buried drag link fitting
A drag link assembly for use in a thrust reverser of a propulsion system is provided. The thrust reverser includes a fixed structure and a translating structure that at least partially define an annular airstream bypass duct there between. The translating structure is moveable relative to the fixed structure. The translating structure includes a blocker door disposed at least partially within the airstream bypass duct. The drag link assembly includes a drag link fitting and a drag link. The drag link fitting is fastened to the fixed structure of the thrust reverser. The drag link includes a first end portion and an opposing second end portion. The first end portion is pivotably connected to the blocker door. The second end portion is pivotably connected to the drag link fitting. The second end portion includes a curved section. |
| US10612485B2 |
Sensor with a piezo-actuator
Various embodiments may include a method for operating a piezo-actuator in a piezo-operated injector for a fuel injection system comprising: producing a measuring pulse at a position at which the usable signal which is to be measured is expected; then producing a reference pulse which corresponds to the measuring pulse, in the same cycle; subtracting a first actuator voltage measured during the reference pulse from a second actuator voltage measured during the measuring pulse; using a resulting voltage signal difference to calculate a force sensed by the piezo-actuator; and using the force sensed to correct an injection amount for the injector. |
| US10612484B2 |
Control apparatus for engine
Control apparatus for an engine includes a failure determination unit which determines whether there is a failure in an operating engine, and an A/F (air-fuel ratio) feedback control unit which performs feedback control to bring actual A/F in the engine to a target set in advance. The failure determination unit includes a failure determination section, a failure code storing section, a similar operating condition recording section, and a return-to-normal control section. The A/F feedback control unit includes an A/F target setting section, and the target set is stored in the similar operating condition recording section as a factor defining the operating condition of the engine. The return-to-normal control section eliminates the failure code if the failure determination section does not determine that there is a failure when the engine is operating in an operating condition similar to that recorded in the similar operating condition recording section. |
| US10612483B2 |
Gas engine
A gas engine is provided to control an air-fuel ratio in response to changes in composition of fuel gas. A gas engine 1 includes: an A/F valve 22; a solenoid valve 21; and a control unit 10 configured to perform perturbation using the solenoid valve 21 and set a relationship between an air-fuel ratio and respective opening degrees of the solenoid valve 21 and the A/F valve 22 under a specific engine operation condition using standard fuel gas. During an actual operation in a period in which the engine operation condition is deemed to be stable, when an opening-degree average value b of the solenoid valve 21 deviates from an opening-degree target value a of the solenoid valve 21 set in the control unit 10 under the above operation condition, the control unit 10 adjusts the opening degree of the A/F valve 22 so that the opening-degree average value b equals the opening-degree target value a. |
| US10612481B2 |
Acceleration based high idle
A work machine includes an engine configured to generate power to operate the machine and a controller. The controller is configured to determine an actual load on the engine, determine a machine acceleration, and select an engine high idle speed based upon the actual engine load and the machine acceleration. |
| US10612480B2 |
Fuel injection control device
A fuel injection control device includes a correction unit to calculate a correction coefficient for correcting a valve closing timing detected by an electromotive force quantity detection mode by using a valve closing timing detected by a timing detection mode. An estimation unit estimates an estimated injection quantity by using a valve closing timing after corrected by using a correction coefficient when the electromotive force quantity detection mode is selected by a selection unit and a valve closing timing is detected by the electromotive force quantity detection mode. |
| US10612472B2 |
Flow ratio calculation device, control device provided with same, gas turbine plant provided with said control device, flow ratio calculation method, and method for controlling fuel system
A flow ratio calculation device includes: a flow volume ratio computer that, using a predetermined relationship between a first parameter that can express a combustion state in a combustor and a flow volume ratio of fuels flowing through multiple fuel systems, is configured to find the flow volume ratio based on a value of the first parameter; a correction value computer configured to find a correction value of the flow volume ratio when a load of a gas turbine changes; a fluctuation sensor configured to sense fluctuations in a value correlated with the load of the gas turbine; and a corrector configured to correct the flow volume ratio found by the flow volume ratio computer with the correction value found by the correction value computer when a fluctuation in the value correlated with the load of the gas turbine is sensed by the fluctuation sensor. |
| US10612464B2 |
Flutter inhibiting intake for gas turbine propulsion system
Disclosed is a flutter damper including a first plurality of chambers configured for peak acoustical energy absorption at a frequency range that is associated with a first fan flutter mode, the first plurality of chambers in fluid communication with a flow surface, and a second plurality of chambers configured for peak acoustical energy absorption at a frequency range that is associated with a second fan flutter mode, the second plurality of chambers in fluid communication with the flow surface, and wherein the first plurality of chambers and second plurality of chambers are disposed in a grid pattern. |
| US10612455B2 |
Pressurized air induction system
Methods and systems are provided for boosted engine systems. In one example, a system may include a pressurized air induction system with two pathways, the first for delivering ambient and the second for delivering boosted air to the engine. The pressurized air induction system is also adapted to store boosted air for faster supply of boost pressure in the event of demand for greater engine torque. |
| US10612452B2 |
Control method of coolant control valve unit
A control method for a coolant control valve unit includes detecting the coolant temperature; opening a radiator coolant supply valve; controlling the opening rate of the valve if the detected coolant temperature is higher than a target coolant temperature; and calculating a first difference value by subtracting a hysteresis value from the target coolant temperature. The blocking or controlling of the opening rate is conducted according to the detected coolant temperature and the first difference value. The hysteresis value is variable according to outside temperature. |
| US10612446B2 |
Method for determining the state of loading of a particle filter and internal combustion engine
A method for determining the state of loading of a particle filter in an exhaust system of a turbocharged internal combustion engine is provided. To determine the state of loading, a position of a control mechanism of the turbine of the exhaust turbocharger is detected and compared with the position during operation of the internal combustion engine with the same operating parameters with the particle filter unladen. An air mass meter is provided in order to be able to distinguish a change in the pressure situation at the turbine of the exhaust turbocharger due to a rise in the exhaust gas backpressure owing to increasing loading of the particle filter from a change in the pressure situation owing to leakage of the air supply system. An internal combustion engine having a control unit which is configured to carry out such a method is also provided. |
| US10612443B2 |
Exhaust gas post-treatment apparatus
An exhaust gas post-treatment apparatus comprises a first mixing chamber assembly and a second mixing chamber assembly. The first mixing chamber assembly comprises a first housing provided with a first mixing chamber, a gas inlet pipe, a first mixing pipe at least partially located in the first mixing chamber and a perforated pipe located in the first mixing pipe. The first mixing pipe includes a first pipe body located in the first mixing chamber and a second pipe body extending from the first mixing chamber, wherein a side wall of the first pipe body is provided with apertures and flow plates located in the first mixing chamber. In the axial direction of the perforated pipe, the perforated area of the perforated pipe fully covers the length of the flow plates. The second mixing chamber assembly includes a flow-guiding hood. |
| US10612433B2 |
Camless engine design
A camless valve control system for an internal combustion engine, includes a hydraulic pump, with a rotating shaft timed to the operation of the engine and a hydraulic actuator configured to selectively open and close one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve of the engine. The hydraulic actuator includes a rotating cylindrical pump body and one or more control rings with holes channeling the flow of the hydraulic control fluid to affect the selective opening and closing of the one of the intake value and the exhaust valve. The pump body includes a cylindrical center portion configured to receive torque from the hydraulic pump and at least one channel providing a flow of hydraulic control fluid from the pump. |
| US10612431B2 |
Temperature independent camshaft phaser actuation strategy
A method of operating a cam shaft phaser including a stator including a radially inwardly extending protrusion, a rotor including a radially outwardly extending protrusion and a slot in the radially outwardly extending protrusion, a cover non-rotatably connected to the stator, a chamber circumferentially bounded by the radially inwardly extending protrusion and the radially outwardly extending protrusion, a pin disposed in the slot, and a first channel connecting the chamber with the slot. The method comprises: blocking, with the locking pin, rotation of the rotor with respect to the stator; applying pulse width modulation voltage to a control valve as a non-rectangular wave form; flowing fluid from the control valve to the chamber; flowing the fluid through the first channel to the slot; axially displacing the locking pin with the fluid; disengaging the locking pin from the cover; and rotating the rotor with respect to the stator. |
| US10612428B1 |
Collapsible valve bridge actuation system for a reciprocating piston machine cylinder
A collapsible valve bridge actuation system that is configured to alter the lift of poppet valves in a reciprocating piston machine cylinder. The system has a rocker arm configured to be actuated by a cam lobe, and a collapsible valve bridge device that is functionally attached to the rocker arm. The device has a deactivation assembly that contains lock pins within a housing and springs. Also, the device is configured to remain rigid, partially collapse, or fully collapse. The extent of collapse is a function of the strength of the springs. |
| US10612425B2 |
Engine device
An engine device including, in a cylinder block thereof, a cylinder bore, a cam chamber accommodating a camshaft, a push-rod chamber accommodating a push-rod, and a tappet holder configured to hold a tappet in a slidable manner, the tappet being configured to transmit the drive force from the camshaft to the push-rod. The tappet holder partitions the cam chamber and the push-rod chamber. A bypass passage communicating the cam chamber with the push-rod chamber is formed between the tappet holder and the cylinder bore. |
| US10612418B2 |
Nested flange joint
The present disclosure provides flanged joint or interface between two passageways. The flanged joint includes a first passageway, a connector, and a second passageway. The first passageway may, but not necessarily, be formed via casting process wherein an integrated flange may be defined at the opening of the first passageway such that the integrated flange defines a recess. The connector includes a support body having a fastener region at an upper end of the support body and a flange region at a lower end of the support body. The support body defines an aperture which is configured to support the second passageway. The flange region defined in connector is configured to engage with a recess defined in the first passageway. |
| US10612414B2 |
Panel based heat exchanger
A heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger body having a plurality of stacked panels defining an internal manifold and an external manifold. Each of the stacked panels includes an internal structure partially defining an internal manifold, an external structure partially defining the external manifold, and a plurality of ribs connecting the internal structure to the external structure. Each of the ribs further comprises a channel protruding into the rib and being paired with a corresponding rib of an adjacent panel, such that each of the ribs and the corresponding rib defining a cooling passage fluidly connecting the internal manifold to the external manifold. Each of the stacked panels is bonded to at least one adjacent stacked panel. |
| US10612413B2 |
Wear indicator for determining wear on a component of a gas turbine engine
In combination a wear indicator and a component of a gas turbine engine is provided. The wear indicator is secured to a surface of the component of the gas turbine engine. The wear indicator comprising: a first side delaminates when impacted by a blade of the gas turbine engine; a second side parallel to the first side, the second side being secured to a surface of the component of the gas turbine engine; a mid-section interposed between the first side and the second side; and a reference dimension remains constant when the first side delaminates. |
| US10612412B2 |
System and method for condition based monitoring of a gas turbine filter house
In one embodiment, a computing device includes one or more processors configured to execute instructions that cause the one or more processors to acquire pressure data measured by at least one pressure sensor disposed proximate to a filter house in an intake of a gas turbine engine system, derive an airflow or an air mass flow through a duct of the intake using a thermodynamic model of the gas turbine engine system based at least on the pressure data, derive an intake pressure drop in the duct using at least the pressure data, derive a loss parameter of the filter house by combining the air mass or air mass flow, and the intake pressure drop, derive a pressure loss model based on the loss parameter over a period of time, and determine a condition of the filter house based on the pressure loss model. |
| US10612410B2 |
Low compressor having variable vanes
An example gas turbine engine compressor includes a first compressor section. The first compressor section includes a rotating stage that includes rotating blades and a stationary stage upstream thereof that includes stationary guide vanes. The stationary vanes controllably pivot about respective pivot axes for providing flow control into the rotating stage. |
| US10612405B2 |
Stator outer platform sealing and retainer
A system for retaining stators and reducing air leakage in a gas turbine engine having an axis includes a stator having an inner platform, an outer platform, a low pressure side, a high pressure side, and at least one foot, and designed to turn air. The system also includes a case positioned radially outward from the stator and having at least one recess designed to interface with the at least one foot to resist movement of the stator relative to the case. The system also includes a bladder positioned between the outer platform of the stator and the case and designed to receive pressurized fluid having a greater pressure than ambient pressures experienced at the low pressure side of the stator and to further resist movement of the stator relative to the case in response to receiving the pressurized fluid. |
| US10612397B2 |
Insert assembly, airfoil, gas turbine, and airfoil manufacturing method
An insert assembly (79) includes an insert (80), a reinforcing member (85), and a retaining member (90). The insert (80) is fixed to an end of an airfoil body (51) on one side in a radial direction. The reinforcing member (85) is disposed adjacent to an end of the insert (80) on the other side in the radial direction and enhances the rigidity of the insert (80). The retaining member (90) is fixed to an end of the airfoil body (51) on the other side in the radial direction, and allows the insert (80) to be positioned relative to the airfoil body (51) in a direction orthogonal to the radial direction. |
| US10612396B2 |
Mechanical component
A mechanical component comprises an internal hollow space and a wall, the wall limiting the hollow space. The mechanical component further comprises a first channel extending inside the wall along a first direction and a second channel extending inside the wall in fluid communication with the internal hollow space and the first channel, serving as a feed channel. A cross-sectional dimension of the first channel is larger than a cross-sectional dimension of the feed channel, and the feed channel tangentially joins into the first channel. A third channel extends inside the wall in fluid communication with the first channel. The third channel extends inside the wall at least essentially parallel to a surface of the wall along at least a part of the extent of the wall in a second direction, and is a near wall cooling channel. |
| US10612395B2 |
Dual walled component for a gas turbine engine
An air cooled component for a gas turbine engine including a first wall and a second wall having opposing inner surfaces to define a gap therebetween, and a lattice of intersecting elongate ribs extending longitudinally along the first and second walls and transversely between the inner surfaces of the first and second walls to provide a plurality of cells. One or more portions of the ribs include an aperture to provide a flow path between adjacent cells so that the cells are in fluid communication. |
| US10612392B2 |
Gas turbine engine component with conformal fillet cooling path
A cooling circuit for a gas turbine engine comprises a gas turbine engine component having a first portion connected to a second portion via a curved surface. An inlet is formed in or near one of the first and second portions to receive a cooling air flow. An outlet is formed in or near the other of the first and second portions to direct cooling flow along a surface of the gas turbine engine component. At least one cooling path extends between the inlet and the outlet and has at least one cooling path portion that conforms in shape to the curved surface. A gas turbine engine and a method of forming a cooling circuit for a gas turbine engine are also disclosed. |
| US10612391B2 |
Two portion cooling passage for airfoil
A turbine airfoil includes a body having an airfoil wall, and a coolant chamber within the body. A plurality of cooling passages are within the airfoil wall, each cooling passage includes: a first portion extending from a first point on an exterior surface of the airfoil wall to the coolant chamber, and a second portion extending from a second point on the exterior surface of the airfoil wall distal from the first point to intersect a mid-portion of the first portion. A cap element closes the first portion at the first point but leaving the second portion open. Each cooling passage has a single inlet in fluid communication with the coolant chamber and a single outlet at the second point of the second portion. |
| US10612383B2 |
Compressor aft rotor rim cooling for high OPR (T3) engine
In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a cooling circuit for a gas turbine engine. The cooling circuit includes a rotor blade having a connection portion and a rotor disc having a first axial side and a second axial side. The rotor disc defines a connection slot and a cooling passage extending between the first axial side and the second axial side. The connection slot receives the connection portion to couple the rotor blade to the rotor disc. Cooling air flows through the cooling passage. |
| US10612372B2 |
Azimuthal acoustic logging while drilling apparatus and measurement method
An azimuthal acoustic LWD apparatus is sequentially provided with a centralizer, a transmitting circuit, transmitting transducers, an acoustic insulator, a receiving transducer array, ultrasonic transducers and a receiving circuit on a drill collar. The azimuthal acoustic LWD apparatus is capable of operating in a dipole mode or a unipole mode, to cover all the sectors around a wellbore by adopting a fixed time interval measurement mode or an alternating time interval measurement mode according to a relationship of an interval between measurement times and a rotation speed of the apparatus, thereby achieving azimuthal acoustic LWD. This apparatus overcomes problems that the fixed time interval measurement mode may not cover all the sectors and further may not achieve azimuthal acoustic imaging in a case where the rotation speed and the interval between measurement times are under certain conditions. |
| US10612368B2 |
Transducers and acoustic emitters for fiber-optic-based acoustic sensing
Mechanical acoustic actuators and methods for using these actuators to generate controlled acoustic signals to measure silent or quiet parameters are provided. One example method includes using fluid flows (whistle) and/or mechanical shocks between solids (bells) to stimulate the actuators, either proportionally from the parameter targeted for measurement or artificially modulated to create emitters. Some aspects provide for usage of the actuators within an oil and gas well or a fluid conduit, including in combination with arrays of acoustic sensors, to perform sonar array processing monitoring of acoustic wave propagation to derive properties of the media traversed. |
| US10612365B2 |
Pressure sensor capsule
A pressure sensor capsule includes a capsule body, an isolator, a pressure sensor, and a fluid fill pathway. The capsule body defines a process chamber. The isolator is supported by the capsule body and is exposed to the process chamber. The pressure sensor produces a sensor output that is indicative of a pressure within an interior chamber, which is isolated from the process chamber by the isolator. The fluid fill pathway extends from the process chamber to the interior chamber. |
| US10612363B2 |
Electric submersible pump efficiency to estimate downhole parameters
Some examples can be implemented to determine electric submersible pump efficiency to estimate downhole parameters. At a computer system, a load signal on an in-well type electric submersible pump to transfer fluid through a wellbore is received. At the computer system, a load represented by the received load signal and an expected load on the pump is compared. A difference between the load represented by the received load signal and the expected load based on comparing the load represented by the received load signal and the expected load on the pump is identified. |
| US10612362B2 |
Coiled tubing multifunctional quad-axial visual monitoring and recording
A programmable logic controller (PLC) receives first information from a first set of cameras positioned adjacent to a coiled tubing reel configured to deliver a coiled tubing string for insertion into a well. The PLC receives second information from a second different set of cameras positioned on a center of an arc of a primary turn of coiled tubing string. The PLC receives third information from a third different set of cameras positioned above a stripper and below an injector head. The PLC receives fourth information from a fourth different set of cameras embedded in an adapted spool below coiled tubing blow-out preventer equipment. The PLC uses the first, second, third, and fourth information, each including images of the coiled tubing string captured over time, to determine flaws exists in a segment of the coiled tubing string. A notification is provided that includes information identifying the flaws. |
| US10612360B2 |
Ring assembly for measurement while drilling, logging while drilling and well intervention
System and methods for measuring properties within a subterranean well include a ring assembly. The ring assembly includes a structural ring sized with a ring inner diameter to circumscribe a tubular string and a ring outer diameter to fit within a bore of the subterranean well. A measurement tool is integrated with the structural ring. Wheels are spaced around an inner diameter surface of the structural ring. |
| US10612359B2 |
Drilling control system and method with actuator coupled with top drive or block or both
A system and method for controlling drilling of a wellbore. The method may include supporting a tubular string using a top drive connected to a block, and lowering the top drive by lowering the block. The method may also include adjusting a position of the tubular string relative to the block using an actuator coupled with the top drive, the block, or both. |
| US10612356B2 |
Fracture fluid and proppant transport testing systems and methods of using same
Methods and systems are disclosed that may be used for laboratory evaluation of the effectiveness of fluids and/or proppants such as those for hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells using a test system network. A test system network may include a reconfigurable network of conductor segments that may be arranged to simulate a fracture network matrix that exists downhole within an underground formation during a hydraulic fracturing treatment. Test fluids, including proppant-less as well as proppant-laden test fluids, may be flowed through the conductor segment network of a test system to measure, among other things, fluid and/or proppant distribution and proppant volume (or mass) during and after treatment within various parts of the test system network after the proppant is transported into the network by the introduced test fluid/s. |
| US10612352B2 |
Autonomous downhole conveyance systems and methods using adaptable perforation sealing devices
Autonomously conveyable and actuatable wellbore completion tool assemblies and methods for using the same, comprising: an onboard controller and location sensing device, a plurality of adaptable perforation sealing devices comprising a primary sealing portion and at least one secondary sealing portion extending radially outward from the primary sealing portion to form a secondary seal in the perforation; an autonomously actuatable transport member for supporting the plurality of adaptable sealing devices during conveyance of the tool assembly within the wellbore, and an on-board controller configured to send an actuation signal to actuate at least release of the plurality of adaptable perforation sealing devices from the transport member, wherein the tool assembly comprises a friable material and self-destructs within the wellbore in response to a signal from the on-board controller that affects self-destruction. |
| US10612351B2 |
Isolating a downhole-type electric machine
An electric stator surrounds an electric rotor. A magnetic coupling is attached to an end of the electric rotor. The magnetic coupling is configured to transmit rotational force to or from a separate rotational device. A housing surrounds and isolates the electrical rotor, the electric stator, and a portion of the magnetic coupling from a wellbore fluid. A pressure within the housing is lower than a pressure within a wellbore environment. |
| US10612350B2 |
Crossover valve system and method for gas production
A crossover valve assembly for insertion into production tubing, or integral with production tubing, includes an outer housing, an inner production tube, a pilot section responsive to external pressure to open an activation passage above a pre-determined pressure, a power section responsive to pressure in the activation passage to open an injection opening; and a crossover valve responsive to pressure in the injection opening to open a crossover port, allowing fluid communication from outside the outer housing to within the inner production tube. The crossover valve assembly may be used in a method of producing a vertical, deviated or horizontal gas well having an annular space defined by a well casing and a concentrically disposed production tubing, wherein an annulus exists above a packer isolating the annulus, includes the steps of (a) opening a communication path through the tubing into the annulus, and if necessary, removing any fluid in the annulus, (b) landing a crossover valve assembly within the production tubing above the packer and exposed to the annulus; and (c) injecting gas into the annular space to open the crossover valve and enter the production tubing, wherein the injected gas lifts liquids in the production tubing to the surface. |
| US10612346B2 |
Concentric flow valve
A concentric flow valve for a dual zone completion tool includes an upper seal bore sleeve, lower inner sleeve, ported sub, opening sleeve, and piston positioned within an outer sub. The upper seal bore sleeve, ported sub, and outer sub define an upper flow bore, and the lower inner sleeve, ported sub, and outer sub define a lower flow bore. The ported sub includes an upper ported sleeve coupled to the upper seal bore sleeve and a lower ported sleeve coupled to the lower inner sleeve, each ported sleeve including a valve port selectively fluidly coupling the respective flow bore to a valve flow path defined by the opening sleeve and ported sub, such that the upper and lower seal bores are fluidly coupled when the opening sleeve is in an open position. The piston is mechanically coupled to the opening sleeve and defines an opening chamber. |
| US10612342B2 |
Plugging tool, and method of plugging a well
A plugging tool and method of plugging a petroleum well permanently or temporarily is provided. The plugging tool, for instance, is used during a plug and abandonment operation (P&A) or during other operations where setting of a barrier in the well is required, by the use of a multitask tool. The multitasking nature enables the making and sealing verification of a plug in one trip. The multitasking tool comprising interconnected releasable sections, each comprising at least one packer arrangement, perforating means and a vibration device. |
| US10612339B2 |
Packing element having a bonded petal anti-extrusion device
A packing system comprising an anti-extrusion plugging system is described. The system includes a plugging tool and an elastomeric packing element carried by the plugging tool. Both the tool and the packing element are independently coupled to different anti-extrusion assemblies that work together to prevent the elastomeric material from extruding. |
| US10612338B2 |
Adapting a top drive cement head to a casing running tool
Systems and methods comprising a cement head fluidly connected to a casing string located within a wellbore; a receptacle having a receiving end and a cement head end, wherein the cement head end is connected to an upper end of the cement head; and a casing running tool comprising at least one slip, wherein the at least one slip engages the receiving end of the receptacle. |
| US10612329B1 |
Valve assembly for drilling systems
A valve assembly for drilling systems comprising a bidirectional valve (1) cooperating with a hydraulic clamping device (2) and being applied to a drilling machine for supplying a drilling fluid in two discrete directions, the valve assembly comprising a valve outer body adapted to be arranged between drilling rods while allowing said rod to be exchanged while keeping the mud continuously circulating. |
| US10612328B2 |
Managed pressure system for pressure testing in well bore operations
Systems and methods for performing positive and/or negative pressure testing in managed pressure operations in subterranean well bores are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: performing a positive or negative pressure test in a well bore in a subterranean formation, wherein the well bore is maintained in a closed pressure loop, and at least one choke valve is provided in communication with the well bore, the choke valve being coupled to a controller, and during the test in the well bore, monitoring an actual bottomhole pressure in the well bore using data from at least one downhole sensor in the well bore, and if the actual bottomhole pressure in the well bore increases or decreases, manipulating the choke valve using the controller to increase or decrease the bottomhole pressure in the well bore. |
| US10612322B2 |
Rod handling system
A rod handling system for a drilling activity includes i) a rod support defining a first axis, ii) a rod dispensing device positioned adjacent to the rod support for moving a rod between a first lateral side of the rod dispensing device and the rod support, and iii) a rod positioning device that is positioned adjacent to the rod dispensing arm on a second lateral side thereof for moving the rod between a first position, on the rod support, and a second position on a lateral side of the rod positioning device that is opposite the rod dispensing device in a generally vertical orientation. The system has a first advantage of dedicating a different device for each of the two main tasks necessary in order to complete a cycle of inserting or removing drill rods from a drill head. Furthermore, it has a second advantage of reducing the time required to complete an inserting/removing cycle because the whole cycle is performed by two independent devices that can be simultaneously operated. |
| US10612321B2 |
Stand building using a horseshoe slip elevator
A pipe racking system and method, of which the pipe racking system includes a vertical column extending upwards from a rig floor, a main arm that is movable vertically along the column, a gripper connected to a distal end of the main arm and movable therewith, and an elevator including a plurality of slips configured to engage an outer diameter surface of a tubular and support a weight of the tubular by gripping the outer surface of the tubular. The elevator is suspended from the gripper or a distal end of the main arm via one or more suspension arms. The system also includes one or more guide arms connected to the vertical column. The one or more guide arms are configured to maintain a vertical orientation of the tubular. |
| US10612320B2 |
Advance failure warning apparatus and system for downhole gear
A wear prevention system for a pumping system of a oil or gas well, the system comprising a sucker rod string comprising a plurality of rod components, a production pipe string, couplers for the rod components and centralizers for the rod components within the production pipe wherein centralizers are on the couplers. The centralizers contain integral signal mediums which are released as the centralizer becomes worn. The sucker rod string comprises rod components of different lengths and the rod components of relative shortest length are positioned at points of greatest curvature in the well. The rod components of relative shortest length have centralizers which contain different signal mediums to the rod components of relative longest length. |
| US10612318B2 |
Inductive coupler assembly for downhole transmission line
Inductive coupler assemblies for controlling the stray magnetic fields of an inductive coupler to reduce the associated losses are disclosed. This results in reduced attenuation (increased efficiency) of the inductive coupler even in the presence of gaps. The assembly includes an inductive coupler having a housing, a biasing element, and a retention mechanism. The assembly further includes a wire surrounded by a ring of flux channel material disposed in the housing. In some embodiments, the retention mechanism is adapted for removal of the inductive coupler from a pipe joint end. The biasing element may be a circumferential spring disposed between the housing and the pipe joint end. The retention mechanism may be a retention snap ring, press fit, or threaded, to removably couple the housing to the pipe joint end. |
| US10612316B2 |
Articulated universal joint with backlash reduction
A universal joint includes a joint housing and a joint shaft. The joint housing includes a socket having one or more recesses. The joint shaft includes a head positioned in the socket of the joint housing. The head includes one or more lobes corresponding with the recesses of the socket. The universal joint includes a drive key positioned between each lobe drive face and each recess drive face and an anti-backlash key positioned between each lobe back face and each recess back face. |
| US10612304B2 |
Apparatus for setting up a ladder or a step on a staircase
An apparatus for setting up a ladder or a step on a staircase comprises: a platform on which the ladder or the step can be set up; and a frame to support the platform on the staircase. The frame comprises at least two legs each pivotable about a common pivot axis or about respective pivot axes, wherein the common pivot axis or the respective pivot axes lie in a plane of the platform or parallel to the plane of the platform. |
| US10612303B2 |
Ladder leveler and method
A ladder upon which a user climbs having a first rail. The ladder having a second rail. The ladder having rungs attached to the first and second rails upon which the user steps. The ladder having a first leveler attached to the first rail. The first leveler having a foot peg and a latch. When the user presses on the foot peg and the latch with the user's foot when the leveler is in an extended state, the first leveler moves into a retracted state. The ladder having a second leveler attached to the second rail. A method for a user to use a ladder. The method has the step of the user pushing with the user's foot against a foot peg and latch of a first leveler to cause the first leveler to move to a retracted state relative to a first rail of the ladder in which the first leveler is. There is the step of the user pushing only against the foot peg but not the latch with the user's foot when the leveler is in the retracted state causing the first leveler to move to an extended state relative to the first rail and be maintained in the extended state. A leveler which positively prevents inadvertent retraction of the leveler from an extended state to a retracted state. A ladder having a module with a first and second ladder leveler. |
| US10612294B2 |
Security screen assembly
A security frame is disclosed that is adapted to be fitted to door and window openings and adjustably accommodate decorative panels of differing thicknesses. The frame includes: at least two frame members connectable together to form the frame for accommodating at least one decorative panel; at least one panel clamping bed extending along an inner sidewall of each frame member and having a clamping portion and a channel; and at least one clamping clip including at least one clamping arm configured to clamp a peripheral edge of the at least one decorative panel against the clamping portion. The at least one clamping clip and the channel connect via key arrangements configured to intermesh at a plurality of positions thereby enabling decorative panels of differing thicknesses to be accommodated and clamped to the frame. |
| US10612290B2 |
Header and jamb kit providing rough opening for hollow metal door frame in steel stud construction
A pre-formed header assembly creates a rough wall opening for a metal door/frame, permitting completion of electrical, ducting, drywall, etc. prior to receiving/installing the door frame. The header is secured to first and second king studs at respective locations positioned beyond a desired door frame location. The header includes four different channels, one of which is utilized at two locations. The first channel has a first length to span between the king studs. The second channel has a second length, and the third channel a third length, which correspond to minimum dimensional requirements for completing the wall. The base of the second and third channels are each fixedly secured to the base of the first channel. The base of the fourth and fifth channels are fixedly secured to the first and second ends of the base of the first channel, respectively, substantially perpendicular thereto, for attachment to the king studs. |
| US10612288B2 |
Device for manually and/or electromotively adjusting or securing a first vehicle part and a second vehicle part relative to each other
A device for manually and/or electromotively adjusting or securing a first vehicle part and a second vehicle part relative to each other is provided. The device comprising an adjustment part which has a joint for pivotable arrangement on the first vehicle part, wherein the adjustment part is to be arranged on the first vehicle part in such a manner that, when the vehicle parts are adjusted relative to each other, the adjustment part moves relative to the second vehicle part, an output element which is to be arranged on the second vehicle part, is operatively connected to the adjustment part and is drivable in order to move the adjustment part relative to the second vehicle part, a shaft connected to the output element, and a flexible force transmission element which is fastened at a first end and at a second end to the adjustment part. |
| US10612287B2 |
Folding apparatus for a folding door with three sides
A folding apparatus for a folding door can be folded or unfolded and moved to the inside as well as to the outside when the folding door is folded. The folding apparatus includes a first upper moving part, a first lower moving part, a second upper moving part, a second lower moving part, a first rotating pulley, a second rotating pulley, a third rotating pulley, a fourth rotating pulley, a fifth rotating pulley, and a sixth rotating pulley, wherein the second upper moving part and the second lower moving part move together right and left by an equal interval by first and second wires. |
| US10612282B2 |
Door lock assembly for a dwelling
The present invention is directed to a door lock assembly for use with a door, comprising a movable locking assembly disposed within a recess formed in an edge of a door panel having one or more movable wedge shaped locking elements disposable between a locked position and an unlocked position, a drive assembly operatively coupled to the movable locking assembly for moving the movable locking elements between the locked and unlocked positions, and a latch assembly configured for coupling the door to a door frame and operable independently of the movable locking assembly. |
| US10612281B2 |
Handle assembly for a door, door and motor vehicle
A handle assembly (10) for a door (60), particularly for a motor vehicle door, comprising an pivotable outer handle (11) arrangeable on the outside of a door (60), a first (12) and a second bearing arm (13) which are assembled at opposing ends of the outer handle (11) wherein both bearing arms (12, 13) are configured for reaching through recesses (62) in an outer skin (61) of the door (60) into an inside (63) of the door (60) wherein the outer handle (11) is pivotable from a closed position (43) into an open position (42) by an opening movement (40) and from an open position (42) into a closed position (43) by a closing movement (41). |
| US10612279B2 |
Lock device
A lock device for holding an openable and closable member in a closed state. The lock device includes a base member, an operation member, a rod, and a cylinder lock. The cylinder lock has a protruding portion biased to protrude radially outwards to be engaged with an engaging portion formed on a rear side of a cylinder accommodating portion. The rod has a distal end portion configured to move out of a through hole formed in the openable and closable member to be engaged with a locking portion on a fixed member over a predetermined length with the openable and closable member left in a locked state, and a pushing portion enables a release of an engagement with the engaging portion when the rod moves in a receding direction to abut with the protruding portion, causing the protruding portion to recede against a biasing force. |
| US10612275B2 |
Dual-use receptacle door latch
A receptacle that can receive a cell phone or other mobile communication device or other useful objects such as keys that attaches over a restroom or changing room door latch used to secure the door during use of the restroom or changing room. Receptacle's position such that the usual insert a cell phone into the receptacle when the restroom stall door is secured closed and locked by a latch bolt. The user will not forget the cell phone because it will be necessary to remove the cell phone to access the latch bolt for unlocking the stall door. The device can also include advertising with DC and disposed on the receptacle surface or adjacent a portion of the receptacle surface. An ultraviolet light can be activated to help as a disinfectant device to kill bacteria and viruses on any cell phones or other objects in the receptacle. |
| US10612271B2 |
Rekeyable lock cylinder with enhanced torque resistance
A rekeyable lock cylinder with a cylinder body and a plug assembly. The lock cylinder includes a plurality of key followers and a corresponding plurality of racks disposed in the plug assembly. The lock cylinder includes, for example, a locking bar for blocking rotation of the plug assembly with respect to the cylinder body to prevent unlocking of the rekeyable lock cylinder with an unauthorized object. In some embodiments, the locking bar is configured such that torqueing the plug assembly with an unauthorized object applies force to the locking bar without translating such force to the plurality of racks. This type of arrangement enhances torque resistance of the lock cylinder against attempted forced entry. |
| US10612266B2 |
Camping system and method for suspending a hammock inside a camping tent
A camping tent includes a tent body, and tent poles that erect the tent body into a structure having at least a base, sidewalls, and a roof. At least one of the sidewalls includes an opening to allow passage into and out of the structure, and a door that seals the opening. Protective flaps are located on opposing sidewalls of the structure, and are moveable from a closed position to an open position. A sleeve is attached to each protective flap. The sleeves define apertures adapted to receive opposing ends of a hammock allowing the opposing ends of the hammock to be attached to a support system located outside the camping tent. |
| US10612264B2 |
Steel cap for an electricity transmission tower
A steel cap 7 for structurally connecting together a new foundation and an existing tower is disclosed. The new foundation includes at least one foundation element 9 positioned in the ground. The existing tower includes an existing foundation 5 and a tower structure 3 extending from and supported by the existing foundation. The steel cap comprises (a) a first element 11 for connecting the cap to the new foundation element or foundation elements and (b) a second element 13 for connecting the cap to the existing tower and thereby, in use, connecting together the new foundation and the existing tower. |
| US10612262B2 |
Contactless charging system for charging at parking spaces and charging station for charging at parking spaces
A contactless charging system includes a target vehicle and a charging station. The charging station includes a power transmission device, at least one parking space, a restriction device, and a management device. The management device is configured to control the restriction device to be a second state in which the target vehicle is permitted to enter the charging station and the parking space when the target vehicle is the contactless charged vehicle, and to be a first state in which the target vehicle is restricted to enter the charging station or the parking space when the target vehicle is not the contactless charged vehicle. |
| US10612257B2 |
Supervised swimming pool gateway
The swimming pool gateway has a gate that is best operated by an adult and a banner demanding attention for the presence of a responsible adult near the pool when there are children in the pool. The gateway has a front panel and a back panel. The front panel comprising a gate, and the back panel being mounted between the pool and the ladder of the pool. The back panel has a recess in a top rail thereof for integrally enclosing the ladder. The gateway has fencing panels that are assembled using six bolts. The gate has an arch there-over, and an inverted U-shaped frame is pivoted to the arch. This U-shaped frame has a latch mechanism to lock the gate when the U-shaped frame is in a lower position, and the U-shaped frame displays the banner when it is rotated to its upper position. |
| US10612255B2 |
Building and method for producing a clean area
A building including at least one pressure lock configured to facilitate an exchange of materials and persons between the building and a clean area in the building; a ventilation arrangement configured to feed supply air from the building into a top of the clean area; and an extraction arrangement configured to extract exhaust air from a bottom of the clean area into the building so that the clean area has a positive pressure relative to the building, wherein the clean area includes a floor and a shell that encloses the clean area above the floor pressure tight, wherein the building includes an outer enclosure that protects the clean area against weather conditions outside the building, wherein the shell is flexible at least in a major portion of a surface area of the shell and the positive pressure moves the shell into a shape of the clean area. |
| US10612254B2 |
Systems and methods for wall support and/or straightening
System and methods for supporting and/or straightening a building wall are provided. The systems and methods utilize a pivot bracket. |
| US10612253B2 |
Construction method for reinforcing a column and reinforcing structure for a column
A construction method for reinforcing a column comprises the steps of: disposing a steel plate 3 around the column subjected to reinforcement 10; and wrapping a reinforcement sheet 8 impregnated with an adhesive on an outer surface of the steel plate 3. A sheet impregnated with an adhesive is fabricated in advance such that an amount of adhesive with which the reinforcement sheet 8 is impregnated is 250 g/m2 to 350 g/m2, and the reinforcement sheet is then carried into a construction site. A reinforcing structure of a column comprises: a steel plate 3 disposed around the column 10 subjected to reinforcement; and a reinforcement sheet 8 impregnated with an adhesive, the sheet being wrapped around a plurality of times on an outer surface of the steel plate 3. |
| US10612250B2 |
Set of mutually lockable panels
A set of mutually lockable panels comprises a first panel having an edge including a male part and a second panel having an edge including a female part for receiving the male part of the first panel in unlocked condition of the panels. The male part has an outer side which, in locked condition of the panels, is directed to the second panel in a direction substantially parallel to the front face of the first panel, and an opposite inner side which is provided with a locking surface. The female part comprises a locking member, which is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends substantially parallel to the edge of the second panel and an actuator for rotating the locking member from its unlocked condition to a locked condition of the panels. |
| US10612249B2 |
Floor panel for forming a floor covering, floor covering formed from such floor panels and method for manufacturing such floor panels
A floor panel is arranged for forming a floor covering, and substantially consists of synthetic material and has a decorative upper side. The floor panel, on at least one pair of opposite edges, comprises coupling parts which allow coupling two of such floor panels to each other. The coupling parts effect a locking in a first direction perpendicular to the plane of the floor panels as well as in a second direction perpendicular to the respective edge and in the plane of the floor panels. The at least one of the coupling parts comprises a separate locking element, which, in coupled condition, provides for at least a locking in the first direction. |
| US10612245B2 |
Siding panel and assembly
A composite siding panel mountable on an exterior wall of a building includes a backing member and a siding member attached to the backing member, wherein the first side edge of the siding member overhangs the first side edge of the backing member, and the second side edge of the siding member also overhangs the second front side edge of the backing member. An adhesive coating joins the front face of the backing member to the rear face of the siding member. The adhesive coating runs substantially from the first side edge of the backing member to the second side edge thereof. In the field, the overhang on one side can be trimmed or removed as desired to make a siding assembly with the overhangs organized as desired for aesthetic purposes. A siding assembly including a plurality of composite siding panels adjacently mountable on an exterior wall of a building is also disclosed. |
| US10612241B2 |
Apparatus for prestressing concrete floor of inclined shaft wall
An apparatus for prestressing a concrete floor of an inclined shaft wall includes two end bearing components, a corrugated pipe, a tension bearing rod piece and two anchor heads. The tension bearing rod piece is composed of a left tension bearing rod, a right tension bearing rod, and a loading mechanism. The left tension bearing rod and the right tension bearing rod, are connected integratedly by the loading mechanism, and the tension bearing rod piece passes through the corrugated pipe. The two end bearing components are respectively arranged at the left and right ends of the tension bearing rod piece in a sleeving manner. The two anchor heads respectively lock the left and right end bearing components. Before pouring of the floor of the shaft wall, the loading apparatus is pre-buried. After the strength of floor concrete increases to certain extent, a transverse prepressing stress is applied to the floor concrete through the loading mechanism. Finally, an internal space of the loading apparatus is blocked by grouting, so as to integrate the tension bearing component, the loading apparatus and the like with the floor concrete. |
| US10612239B2 |
Panel and panel structure for ventilation and both reactive and dissipative sound dampening
A passive ventilation panel and system, in particular for use in doors, ceilings, walls and partitions enables an exchange of supply and return air for at least one room or a room, without the need for additional ventilation equipment, such as ducts, and without the needs to install wall openings or grills for the supply and exhaust air in the space. |
| US10612238B2 |
Electrical wiring systems for use in roofing applications
The present invention relates generally to electrical systems. The present invention relates more particularly to electrical wiring systems suitable for use in roofing applications. One aspect of the invention is a wiring system on a roof comprising a roof deck having a slope and one or more roofing elements disposed on the roof deck, the wiring system including one or more wires extending along the roof on top of the roofing elements; and a wire covering disposed over the one or more wires. |
| US10612237B1 |
Composite panel
A composite panel for use in applications such as mobile homes, boats, busses, RVs, or other panels used typically in transportation applications, where a single piece, water resistant, lightweight panel with patterned high-strength areas is needed. The composite panel generally includes internal preforms made of low-density material such as urethane foam, which create patterned structural portions of the panel during the molding process. The patterned structural portions are formed by a maze-like region within a mold, into which composite matrix material is infused. The patterned structural portions have high strength compared to the other regions of the panel, and can be used for structural support or for retaining fasteners for appliances, walls, etc. |
| US10612235B2 |
Energy wall stud member and construction system
A vertical wall framing stud defines a vertical exterior-facing surface, a vertical interior-facing surface opposite the vertical exterior-facing surface and a long vertical side surface spanning between the vertical exterior-facing surface and the vertical interior-facing surface. A plurality of vertically spaced-apart cutouts can be defined into the vertical wall framing stud along the vertical exterior-facing surface. A ridge can be defined between an adjacent pair of the vertically spaced-apart cutouts. The ridge can include an exterior-facing planar surface that is vertically oriented. An exterior wall board can be fastened to the vertical exterior-facing surface of the vertical wall framing stud. An air gap is formed between each cutout and the inside-facing surface of the wall board. The air gap lowers the thermal bridging effect that occurs due to the framing stud being in contact with the exterior wall board. |
| US10612226B2 |
Splash prevention apparatus
A splash prevention apparatus is disclosed. The splash prevention apparatus may be placed on a surface to capture satellite droplets that would result from a liquid impinging upon the surface. The splash prevention device is designed to be particularly effective when used inside a urinal to capture impinging urine. In embodiments, a splash prevention device includes a planar base pad, which may be designed to either fit the shape of the base of a urinal or to resemble other easily recognizable shapes. In embodiments, a pillar array extends from the planar base pad and the pillars may be made of a material that will bend when impinged upon by a stream of urine. Both the base pad and pillar array of a splash prevention device may be formed from rigid or deformable material. The pillar array may be arranged in a Cartesian or non-Cartesian pattern. |
| US10612223B2 |
Toilet pan body and its method for manufacturing
A ceramic toilet pan 12 has a raised rear portion 18 to which a hinge tube 28 may be accurately located and fixed in position for example by adhesive using a jig 22 despite variations in pan body size due to ceramic firing, a water pump 82 and air pump 102 being provided for flushing the toilet pan 10 when a seat 58 and lid 56 are in a closed position, the seat and lid being rotationally mounted to the pan 12 by a horizontal hinge pin 180 located in the hinge tube 28, a latch member 194 being provided for latching the lid 56 and seat 58 closed, a cistern having an overflow weir 320. |
| US10612222B2 |
System and method for diverting the flow of liquid and debris around a crossbar of a drain
A device and method for diverting the flow of water and debris around a crossbar of a drain is disclosed. The device comprises a funnel with a flexible chute, a flexible ring, a bottom surface, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall. The funnel may also comprise a gasket. The flexibility of the chute and the ring allow the funnel to be compressed to fit drains of various diameters. The chute may contain one or more slits or one or more louvers. The bottom surface of the funnel sits on the crossbar of the drain and diverts the flow of water and debris to a quadrant of the drain. The funnel and gasket comprise a thermoplastic. The funnel may be manufactured by a single-step injection molding process, a multi-step injection molding process, a liquid silicone rubber molding or a cutting-and-folding process. |
| US10612216B2 |
Apparatus and method to mount sensors below a main valve of a fire hydrant
A main valve assembly and a method of forming the same which can contain sensors therein that are in contact with water below the main valve and provide water characteristic signals above ground to a water characteristic monitoring device at atmospheric pressure. |
| US10612212B2 |
Hydraulic excavator drive system
A hydraulic excavator drive system includes: a control valve for a cylinder that swings a swinging unit; an operation device that outputs an operation signal in accordance with an inclination angle of an operating lever when receiving a first operation of moving the swinging unit closer to a cabin or a second operation of moving the swinging unit farther from the cabin; a solenoid proportional valve connected to a first pilot port of the control valve, the first pilot port being intended for the first operation; and a controller that, when the operation device receives the first operation, controls the solenoid proportional valve such that: a pilot pressure outputted from the solenoid proportional valve is proportional to the operation signal outputted from the operation device until the pilot pressure reaches an upper limit pressure; and the closer the swinging unit to the cabin, the higher the upper limit pressure. |
| US10612209B2 |
Variable connection size excavator mast device
A variable connection size excavator mast device provides attachment for varied mast sizes and geometries eliminating need for a unique design for each excavator and deck type. The device includes a base plate and a pair of mast plates. The pair of mast plates is coupled to and extends upwardly from the mast plate. The mast plates are perpendicular to the base plate and parallel to each other. A fixed pin is coupled to and extends between the mast plates. A sliding pin is adjustably coupled to and extends between the mast plates. The sliding pin is parallel to the fixed pin. |
| US10612206B2 |
Foundation for the support of a structure and method of installation
A method for installing a foundation in a ground for supporting a structure thereon, the method comprising the drilling of a main column borehole in the ground along an axis parallel to an axis of a force exerted by a load of the structure, inserting a main column into the main column borehole, drilling at least one anchor borehole at an angle away from the main column, inserting an anchor into each of the at least one anchor borehole, injecting a sealant into each of the at least one anchor borehole, after the sealant is dry securing a base to a top of the main column, securing to the base and placing under tension each anchor inserted into each of the at least one anchor borehole, the tension being such as to counteract radial forces to be induced by the structure to a longitudinal axis of the main column. |
| US10612204B2 |
Sluice gate
A tank arrangement, duplicate cross-sectional restrictions, side roller block, openable reaction roller, openable bottom seal, reaction axle, openable side seal, gate slot inserting steps and a stress reduction cross-sectional restriction are presented to implement an emerging movement type opening/closing gate equipped with advantageous torsion structure. The arrangement enables a gate body to be operated in submerged-body state, the cross-sectional restrictions can correspond to both high tide pressure and tide flow pressure which are different in qualities, the side roller block, the openable reaction roller and the openable bottom seal resolve spatial interference problems in gate operation, compact reaction axles which endure big load enables cross-sectional restriction points at a narrow gap in a storage space, the openable side seal and the gate slot inserting steps prevent side seal rubber from damage and the stress reduction cross-sectional restriction can cut high tide pressure torsion moment by more than 50%. |
| US10612199B2 |
Systems and methods for roadway fingerprinting
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to acquiring embedded information from a roadway. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to receiving a reflected signal resulting from a scanning signal interacting with the roadway, analyzing the reflected signal to detect a roadway signature embedded within the roadway. The method includes computing an identifier of the roadway signature as a function of features associated with the roadway signature that are embodied within the reflected signal. The method includes providing the embedded information about the roadway according to the identifier. |
| US10612197B1 |
Concrete chipping robot
A chipping robot has a chipping gun attached to the end of a multi-axis robotic manipulator mounted on a powered, movable, platform that can be raised and lowered to access the underside of structures that may be substantial distances above the ground, for example, the underside of an elevated highway. The entire assembly is maneuverable under the work area and the platform may raised to access the concrete. Once the work area is in reach of the arm, the device is able to use numerous tools to complete essential steps of chipping portions of the concrete. |
| US10612193B2 |
Paper coated with a functional polyolefin film
The present invention relates to an article and a method for its preparation; the article comprises a cured polymeric film superposing paper or paperboard. The polymeric film comprises: a) a base polymer comprising structural units of ethylene and a C1-C12-alkyl acrylate or methacrylate, wherein the weight-to-weight ratio of the structural units of ethylene and the C1-C12-alkyl acrylate or methacrylate is in the range of from 99.8:0.2 to 50:50; and b) a dispersant which is a copolymer comprising structural units of ethylene and a carboxylic acid monomer, wherein the copolymer has a melt flow index in the range of from 50 to 2000 g/10 min at 190° C., and the weight-to-weight ratio of structural units of ethylene to carboxylic acid monomer is in the range of from 95:5 to 75:25; wherein the dispersant has a concentration in the range of from 9 to 50 weight percent based on the weight of the cured film; and wherein the sum of the dispersant and the base polymer comprise from 10 to 100 percent of the weight of cured film. The article of the present invention is useful as a barrier to a wide range of hydrophobic and hydrophilic materials. |
| US10612190B2 |
Colored coatings and artificial leathers
Novel coated substrates comprise a substrate and a coating thereon. The coating comprises a polymeric component and a colored oligomer. The colored oligomer is produced from a reactive dye with nucleophilic compounds, and optionally further complexed with organic cationic compounds. |
| US10612185B2 |
Steam de-wrinkling appliance having a de-wrinkling head connected by a line to a base
A steam de-wrinkling appliance includes a de-wrinkling head connected by a line to a base for producing a steam flow. The de-wrinkling head has a rear portion forming a handle and a flared front portion having a surface with one or a plurality of steam exit holes for distributing the steam flow originating from the base. The de-wrinkling head further includes a device having a movable member capable of assuming a retracted position and a restriction position. The flared front portion encloses a single steam plenum chamber that supplies steam to the steam exit hole or holes. |
| US10612184B2 |
Hydronic drying machine
The present disclosure provides system and method for drying various materials using an air-to-air heat exchanger in sequence with a liquid-to-air heat exchanger to provide heat to a chamber to remove moisture from materials contained within the chamber in an energy efficient manner. |
| US10612182B2 |
Laundry washing machine
A laundry washing machine includes at least one drawer which is fitted/inserted in extractable manner into a corresponding substantially basin-shaped, drawer housing, which is located/recessed inside the outer casing, and is movable in a substantially horizontally-oriented, displacement direction (d) between a retracted position in which the drawer is almost completely recessed into the outer casing, and an extracted position in which the drawer partly juts out from the outer casing. The drawer in turn includes: a drawer-like supporting structure having a substantially basin-shaped, regeneration-agent compartment structured for being manually fillable with a given amount of regeneration agent, and a manually openable, lid assembly, which is fitted on the drawer-like supporting structure, on top of the regeneration-agent compartment, and is structured to selectively close/cover the upper mouth of the regeneration-agent compartment. |
| US10612181B2 |
Laundry treating appliance with dispenser having domed bottom
A laundry treating appliance includes a cabinet, a treating chamber, and a treating chemistry dispenser provided with the cabinet and fluidly coupled to the treating chamber. The dispenser includes at least one dispenser pocket having a domed bottom and a side wall extending upwardly from the domed bottom. A plurality of outlets for a water/chemistry mixture can be defined between the domed bottom and the side wall. An angled inlet duct can project into the dispenser pocket in opposition to the domed bottom. |
| US10612179B2 |
Automatic washing machine and control method
A washing machine comprises an outer tub, an inner tub, a pulsator and a driving means having two rotors, a stator and a deceleration mechanism. One rotor drives the pulsator, and the other rotor drives the inner tub. During washing, the two rotors drive the pulsator and the inner tub to rotate in the same or opposite directions, and during dehydration, the pulsator and the inner tub rotate in the same direction and at the same speed. The automatic washing machine saves on energy consumption, has stable output and has high transmission efficiency. |
| US10612173B2 |
Hopping foot for a maneuverable quilting machine
Hopping foot for a maneuverable quilting machine. In some embodiments, an example hopping foot may include a presser bar shaft configured to couple to a presser bar and a base attached to the presser bar shaft. The base may define a left straight edge, a right straight edge, a front straight edge, a bottom surface configured to hop onto and off of a fabric, and a needle opening configured to allow a needle to reciprocate into and out of the fabric through the needle opening. |
| US10612158B2 |
Precision cut high energy crystals
Crystals having a modified regular tetrahedron shape are provided. Crystals preferably have four substantially identical triangular faces that define four truncated vertices and six chamfered edges. The six chamfered edges can have an average length of l, and an average width of w, and 8≤l/w≤9.5. |
| US10612157B2 |
Method for manufacturing SiC composite substrate, and method for manufacturing semiconductor substrate
Provided is a method for manufacturing an SiC composite substrate 10 having a single-crystal SiC layer 12 on a polycrystalline SiC substrate 11, wherein: the single-crystal SiC layer 12 is provided on one surface of a holding substrate 21 comprising Si, and a single-crystal SiC-layer carrier 14 is prepared; polycrystalline SiC is then accumulated on the single-crystal SiC layer 12 by a physical or chemical means, and an SiC laminate 15 is prepared in which the single-crystal SiC layer 12 and the polycrystalline SiC substrate 11 are laminated on the holding substrate 21; and the holding substrate 21 is then physically and/or chemically removed. With the present invention, an SiC composite substrate having a single-crystal. SiC layer with good crystallinity is obtained with a simple manufacturing process. |
| US10612152B2 |
Method of fabricating nanoporous metal structure
A method of fabricating a nanoporous metal structure, such as a nanoporous metal (NMP) supported Pd catalyst suitable for use in a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC), is includes the steps of (a) providing a piece of Au55Cu25Si20 alloy glass ribbon with a thickness of 50 μm, (b) dealloying the piece of alloy glass ribbon by reacting with iron (III) chloride solution to form a free-standing NPM ribbon, (c) depositing a thin film of PdCo of a thickness of 100 nm on the NPM ribbon by RF magnetron sputtering with Pd0.5Co0.5 (atomic percent) as target in an argon atmosphere, and (d) electrochemically dissolving some of the Co on the thin film of PdCo to induce migration of Au from the NPM ribbon to the thin layer of PdCo. |
| US10612146B2 |
Electrochemical reaction device
An electrochemical reaction device, includes: an electrolytic solution tank including a first storage part to store a first electrolytic solution containing carbon dioxide, and a second storage part to store a second electrolytic solution containing Water: a reduction electrode disposed in the first storing part; an oxidation electrode disposed in the second storing part; a porous both disposed in the first storing part; and a flow path connecting the porous body and an outside of the electrolytic solution tank to supply gas containing carbon dioxide to the porous body. |
| US10612143B2 |
Raw material gas supply apparatus and film forming apparatus
A raw material gas supply apparatus includes a raw material container, a carrier gas inlet line and a raw material gas line. The raw material container is configured to accommodate the solid raw material. The carrier gas inlet line is configured to discharge the carrier gas to the raw material gas originated from the solid raw material. The raw material gas is transferred to the consumption area together with the carrier gas through the raw material gas line. A flow rate of the carrier gas is set such that a variation rate of a gas flow rate of the raw material gas flowing in the raw material gas line obtained by subtracting a gas flow rate in the carrier gas inlet line from a gas flow rate in the raw material gas line becomes 10% or less. |
| US10612135B2 |
Method and system for high temperature clean
Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to systems and methods to prevent free radical damage to sensitive components in a process chamber and optimizing flow profiles. The processing chamber utilizes a cover substrate on lift pins and an inert bottom purge flow to shield the substrate support from halogen reactants. During a clean process, the cover substrate and the purge flow restricts halogen reactants from contacting the substrate support. The method of cleaning includes placing a cover substrate on a plurality of lift pins that extend through a substrate support in a processing chamber, raising the cover substrate via the lift pins to expose a space between the cover substrate and the substrate support, supplying a halogen containing gas into the processing chamber, supplying a second gas through an opening in the processing chamber, and flowing the second gas through the space between the cover substrate and the substrate support. |
| US10612134B2 |
Coated cutting tool
A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, the coating layer including at least one α-type aluminum oxide layer, wherein, in the α-type aluminum oxide layer, a texture coefficient TC (1,2,11) of a (1,2,11) plane is 1.4 or more. TC ( 1 , 2 , 11 ) = I ( 1 , 2 , 11 ) I 0 ( 1 , 2 , 11 ) { 1 8 ∑ I ( h , k , l ) I 0 ( h , k , l ) } - 1 ( 1 ) (In formula (1), I (h,k,l) denotes a peak intensity for an (h,k,l) plane in X-ray diffraction of the α-type aluminum oxide layer, I0 (h,k,l) denotes a standard diffraction intensity for an (h,k,l) plane which is indicated on a JCPDS Card No. 10-0173 for α-type aluminum oxide, and (h,k,l) refers to eight crystal planes of (0,1,2), (1,0,4), (1,1,0), (1,1,3), (0,2,4), (1,1,6), (2,1,4) and (1,2,11).) |
| US10612127B2 |
Target material for sputtering and method for manufacturing same
Provided is a sputtering target having extremely low occurrence of arcing or nodules, and a method for manufacturing such a sputtering target. A flat plate-shaped or cylindrical target material (3, 13) is obtained by processing a material composed of an oxide sintered body. In doing so, a grindstone having a specified grade is used to perform rough grinding of a surface of the material that will become a sputtering surface (5, 15) one or more times in accordance to the grade of the grindstone, after which zero grinding is performed one or more times so that the surface roughness of the sputtering surface (5, 15) has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.9 μm or more, a maximum height Rz of 10.0 μm or less, and RzJIS roughness of 7.0 μm or less. A sputtering target (1, 11) is obtained by bonding the obtained target material (3, 13) to a backing body (2, 12) by way of a bonding layer (4, 14). |
| US10612121B2 |
Plasma resistant coating with tailorable coefficient of thermal expansion
An article comprises a body and at least one final plasma resistant coating layer on at least one surface of the body. The at least one final plasma resistant coating layer is a mixture of a ScF3 and an initial plasma resistant coating material selected from the group consisting of YF3, Y2O3, a compound of Y4Al2O9, a solid-solution of Y2O3—ZrO2, CaF2, MgF2, SrF2, AlF3, ErF3, LaF3, NdF3, ScF3, CeF4, ZrF4, and combinations thereof. The at least one final plasma resistant coating layer has a thermal expansion coefficient that is within about 20% of the thermal expansion coefficient of the body. |
| US10612119B2 |
Surface roughening tool and method
A tool insert includes first, second, and third teeth arranged on a surface of the tool insert. The first tooth is arranged at a proximal end of the tool insert surface and has an angled leading end and a first tooth height. The second tooth is spaced from the first tooth by a first distance along the surface of the tool insert and has a second tooth height greater than the first tooth height. The third tooth is spaced from the second tooth by a second distance along the surface of the tool insert and has an extending angled portion. The first tooth forms a first groove in a bore surface. The second tooth increases the depth of the first groove. The third tooth provides at least one micro-scratch to one of the first groove and the bore surface. |
| US10612118B2 |
Methods for producing a pre-lacquered metal sheet having Zn—Al—Mg coatings and corresponding metal sheet
A method is provided. The method includes providing a steel substrate having two faces coated by dipping the substrate in a bath, altering layers of magnesium oxide or magnesium hydroxide formed on the outer surfaces of the metal coatings by applying mechanical forces, rinsing and drying the outer surfaces, applying a conversion solution on the outer surfaces and painting the outer surfaces of the metal coatings. A metal sheet is also provided. |
| US10612106B2 |
Process for manufacturing cold-rolled and annealed steel sheet with a very high strength, and sheet thus produced
The present invention provides a cold-rolled and annealed steel sheet with a strength greater than 1200 MPa, the composition of which includes, the contents being expressed by weight: 0.10%≤C≤0.25%, 1%≤Mn≤3%, A≥0.010%, Si≤2.990%, S≤0.015%, P≤0.1%, N≤0.008%, it being understood that 1%≤Si+Al≤3%, it being understood that Cr+3Mo≥0.3%, Ti in an amount such that Ti/N≥4 and Ti≤0.040%. A balance of the composition includes iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the smelting. The microstructure of the steel includes 15 to 90% bainite, the remainder includes martensite and residual austenite. |
| US10612099B2 |
Genes and gene signatures for diagnosis and treatment of melanoma
Panels of biomarkers, methods and systems are disclosed for determining gene expression, and diagnosing and treating melanoma. |
| US10612092B2 |
Methods of predicting acute rejection outcomes
A method for assessing risk of losing a transplanted organ by a patient having an episode of acute rejection of the transplanted organ is described. The method includes obtaining from the patient a cell sample from the transplanted organ or peripheral blood, determining a level of FOXP3 in the cell sample, and correlating the level with the risk of loss of the transplanted organ, wherein, compared to a control level, a significantly greater level of FOXP3 in the cell sample from the transplanted organ or a significantly lower level of FOXP3 in the cell sample from the peripheral blood correlates with a decreased risk of loss of the transplanted organ. |
| US10612089B2 |
Synthesizing barcoding sequences utilizing phase-shift blocks and uses thereof
Provided herein are compositions and methods for generating phase-shift barcode oligonucleotides for library construction for next-generation sequencing. In some cases, barcode oligonucleotides are attached to particles or beads. Also provided are methods and kits for using the phase-shift barcode oligonucleotides in sequencing assays. |
| US10612085B2 |
Reduction of entropic barrier of polyelectrolyte molecules in a nanopore device with agarose gel
A mechanism is provided for reducing entropy of a polyelectrolyte before the polyelectrolyte moves through a nanopore. A free-standing membrane has the nanopore formed through the membrane. An agarose gel is formed onto either and/or both sides of the nanopore in the membrane. The agarose gel is a porous material. The polyelectrolyte is uncoiled by driving the polyelectrolyte through the porous material of the agarose gel via an electric field. Driving the polyelectrolyte, having been uncoiled and linearized by the agarose gel, into the nanopore is for sequencing. |
| US10612084B2 |
Reduction of entropic barrier of polyelectrolyte molecules in a nanopore device with agarose gel
A mechanism is provided for reducing entropy of a polyelectrolyte before the polyelectrolyte moves through a nanopore. A free-standing membrane has the nanopore formed through the membrane. An agarose gel is formed onto either and/or both sides of the nanopore in the membrane. The agarose gel is a porous material. The polyelectrolyte is uncoiled by driving the polyelectrolyte through the porous material of the agarose gel via an electric field. Driving the polyelectrolyte, having been uncoiled and linearized by the agarose gel, into the nanopore is for sequencing. |
| US10612083B2 |
Methods and compositions for generating reference maps for nanopore-based polymer analysis
The present disclosure generally relates to the methods and compositions to efficiently analyze polymer characteristics using nanopore-based assays. Specifically disclosed is a method for generating reference signals for polymer analysis in a nanopore system, wherein the nanopore system has a multi-subunit output signal resolution. The method comprises translocating a reference sequence through a nanopore to generate a plurality of reference output signals, wherein each possible multi-subunit sequence that can determine an output signal appears only once in the reference sequence. The output signals are compiled into a reference map for nanopore analysis of an analyte polymer. Also provided are methods and compositions for calibrating the nanopore system for optimized polymer analysis. |
| US10612079B2 |
Spatially encoded biological assays
The present invention provides assays and assay systems for use in spatially encoded biological assays. The invention provides an assay system comprising an assay capable of high levels of multiplexing where reagents are provided to a biological sample in defined spatial patterns; instrumentation capable of controlled delivery of reagents according to the spatial patterns; and a decoding scheme providing a readout that is digital in nature. |
| US10612078B2 |
Integrated electrochemical nucleic acid based sensors and related platforms
A sensor incorporates one or more working electrodes, a counter electrode and a reference electrode. The sensor is inserted in a needle and connected to control electronics to detect the concentration of target molecules. The electrodes are arrays of nanostructures increasing the detection surface area. The nanostructures are functionalized with nucleic acids which bind to select target molecules. |
| US10612070B2 |
Fluid holding and dispensing micro-feature
Apparatus, system and method for dispensing a particle-laden fluid from a fluid holding and dispensing micro-feature. In some implementations, the apparatus includes: a chamber having one or more surfaces that define a volume to receive fluid containing particulate matter, and an outlet port to dispense at least a portion of the fluid from the chamber. The outlet port may have a normal vector that, when the apparatus is positioned to dispense the fluid, is substantially perpendicular to gravity. The apparatus may be used to measure a number of individual particles from the fluid that flow through the outlet port over a period of them, measure a total volume of the fluid dispensed through the outlet port over the period of time, and calculate a concentration of the particulate matter within the chamber. In some implementations, the particle-laden fluid may be whole blood. |
| US10612069B2 |
Methods for separation and characterization of microorganisms using identifier agents
The present invention is directed to a method for separating, characterizing and/or identifying microorganisms in a test sample. The method of the invention comprises an optional lysis step for lysing non-microorganism cells that may be present in a test sample, followed by a subsequent separation step. The method may be useful for the separation, characterization and/or identification of microorganisms from complex samples such as blood-containing culture media. The invention further provides for the use of one or more identifier agents and interrogating the microorganism sample and/or said one or more identifier agents to produce measurements which characterizing and/or identifying the microorganism based on the produced measurements and/or the presence or absence of the identifier agent or a metabolized form of the identifier agent in the microorganism sample. |
| US10612067B2 |
Methods and apparatus for assays of bacterial spores
Described herein are methods and apparatus for assays of bacterial spores. In particular, methods and apparatus for lateral flow immunoassay for bacterial spore detection and quantification, live/dead assay for bacterial spores, lifetime-gated measurements of bacterial spores and imaging bacterial spores using an active pixel sensor, and unattended monitoring of bacterial spores in the air are described. |
| US10612066B2 |
Methods for improved production of rebaudioside D and rebaudioside M
Methods for recombinant production of steviol glycoside and compositions containing steviol glycosides are provided by this invention. |
| US10612064B2 |
Production of steviol glycosides in recombinant hosts
The invention relates to recombinant microorganisms and methods for producing steviol glycosides and steviol glycoside precursors. |
| US10612059B2 |
Methods and compositions for the treatment of cellulosic biomass and products produced thereby
A two-step method for activating a cellulosic feedstock is described. The feedstock is subjected to a first high temperature activation step at a temperature greater than 190° C. and a second activation step at a lower temperature under alkali conditions. Also described are methods and compositions for the enzymatic hydrolysis of activated cellulose using one or more cellulase enzymes, a surfactant and polyaspartic acid. Also described are products of the methods. |
| US10612052B2 |
Method of manufacturing microbially produced plastic and microbially produced plastic
Provided is a method of manufacturing a microbially produced plastic having low coloration, good tone, and low odor, based on a simple, low-cost method that is suitable for industrial production. The method of manufacturing the microbially produced plastic is characterized in that a step (a) and a step (b), described below, are included: step (a) is a step of applying heat treatment to fat containing hydrogen peroxide, and step (b) is a step of culturing microbes in a culturing liquid containing the fat that has been subjected to the heat treatment in the step (a). |
| US10612049B2 |
Causative genes conferring acetic acid tolerance in yeast
The present invention relates to genes conferring acetic acid tolerance in yeast. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of DOT5, preferably in combination with CUP2 and/or HAA1 to obtain acid tolerance in yeast. Even more preferably, the invention relates to specific alleles of said genes, and to yeast strains comprising said specific alleles. |
| US10612048B2 |
Method for reducing water usage in a cellulosic conversion process
Disclosed herein is a process for recycling water in a cellulosic conversion process that comprises selecting process stream(s) that may contain reduced levels of inhibitors and subsequently subjecting the stream(s) to a treatment process to produce treated water. The treated water is thereafter recycled to the cellulosic conversion process, associated utilities or the seal water system. The process streams selected for treatment may comprise less than 5 wt % organic content and/or less than 5 wt % inorganic content. The process of the invention comprises at segregating process streams based on their treatment requirements. The segregated process streams may be sent to respective separate treatments selected from anaerobic digestion, aerobic digestion, physical separation and chemical treatment. |
| US10612047B2 |
Biogas apparatus for integration with an ethanol production system
An integrated system produces ethanol and biogas from raw plant materials. The system includes a pretreatment apparatus for converting raw plant materials into sugars and a fermenter for fermenting the sugars to produce a beer including ethanol. A distillation apparatus separates the beer into the ethanol and a whole stillage, and a separator then separates the whole stillage into a thin stillage and wet distillers grains. A biogas apparatus processes a first portion of the thin stillage to produce biogas and a biogas effluent, and converts a percentage of the non-fermentable solids and organic acids in the thin stillage into biogas. The pretreatment apparatus is supplied with an amount of fresh water and an amount of backset, the backset including the biogas effluent recycled from the biogas apparatus to the pretreatment apparatus. |
| US10612044B2 |
DNA methylation editing kit and DNA methylation editing method
A DNA methylation editing kit comprises: (1) a fusion protein of inactivated CRISPR-associated endonuclease Cas9 (dCas9) having no nuclease activity and a tag peptide array in which plural tag peptides are linked by linkers, or an RNA or DNA coding therefor; (2) a fusion protein(s) of a tag peptide-binding portion and a methylase or demethylase, or an RNA(s) or DNA(s) coding therefor; and (3) a guide RNA(s) (gRNA(s)) comprising a sequence complementary to a DNA sequence within 1 kb of a desired site of methylation or demethylation, or a DNA(s) expressing the gRNA(s). |
| US10612041B2 |
Genome editing without nucleases
Methods and compositions are provided for editing the genome of a cell without the use of an exogenously supplied nuclease. Aspects of the methods include contacting a cell with a targeting vector comprising nucleic acid sequence to be integrated into the target locus, where the cell is not also contacted with a nuclease. In addition, reagents, devices and kits thereof that find use in practicing the subject methods are provided. |
| US10612039B2 |
Compositions and methods for contolling plant pests
Novel insecticidal proteins isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis that are active against lepidopteran insect pests are disclosed. The DNA encoding the insecticidal proteins can be used to transform various prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms to express the insecticidal proteins. These recombinant organisms can be used to control lepidopteran insects in various environments. |
| US10612036B2 |
Engineered Cry6A insecticidal proteins
Engineered and modified Cry6Aa insecticidal toxins, polynucleotides encoding such toxins, use of such toxins to control pests, and transgenic plants that produce such toxins are disclosed. |
| US10612035B2 |
EPSPS mutants
The present invention relates to the production of a non-transgenic plant resistant or tolerant to a herbicide of the phosphonomethylglycine family, e.g., glyphosate. The present invention also relates to the use of a recombinagenic oligonucleobase to make a desired mutation in the chromosomal or episomal sequences of a plant in the gene encoding for 5-enol pyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS). The mutated protein, which substantially maintains the catalytic activity of the wild-type protein, allows for increased resistance or tolerance of the plant to a herbicide of the phosphonomethylglycine family, and allows for the substantially normal growth or development of the plant, its organs, tissues or cells as compared to the wild-type plant irrespective of the presence or absence of the herbicide. Additionally the present invention relates to mutant E. coli cells that contain mutated EPSPS genes. |
| US10612032B2 |
Inducible production-phase promoters for coordinated heterologous expression in yeast
Inducible promoters for the coordinated expression of at least one heterologous gene in yeast and methods of using them are disclosed. In particular, the invention relates to sets of inducible promoters derived from S. cerevisiae and related species that can be induced in the presence of nonfermentable carbon sources. |
| US10612031B2 |
Eukaryotic cell-free protein expression system that does not require an artificial energy regeneration system
This disclosure concerns the systems, methods, and kits for the in vitro synthesis of biological macromolecules in a reaction utilizing cell lysates containing plastids, mitochondria and/or chloroplasts, wherein creatine phosphate and creatine kinase are not added to the reaction to provide artificial energy regeneration. |
| US10612030B2 |
Circular nucleic acid vectors, and methods for making and using the same
Circular nucleic acid vectors that provide for persistently high levels of protein expression are provided. The circular vectors of the subject invention are characterized by being devoid of expression-silencing bacterial sequences, where in many embodiments the subject vectors include a unidirectional site-specific recombination product hybrid sequence in addition to an expression cassette. Also provided are methods of using the subject vectors for introduction of a nucleic acid, e.g., an expression cassette, into a target cell, as well as preparations for use in practicing such methods. The subject methods and compositions find use in a variety of different applications, including both research and therapeutic applications. Also provided is a highly efficient and readily scalable method for producing the vectors employed in the subject methods, as well as reagents and kits/systems for practicing the same. |
| US10612028B2 |
Inhibition of SEMA3A in the prevention and treatment of ocular hyperpermeability
Described herein is a method of preventing or treating ocular vascular hyperpermeability including macular edema, in a subject comprising inhibiting Sema3A activity. Also disclosed are compositions and their use for preventing or treating Sema3A-dependent ocular vascular hyperpermeability. |
| US10612020B2 |
Artificial mimic miRNA for controlling gene expression, and use of same
The present disclosure is directed to an artificial mimic miRNA utilizing miRNA. An artificial mimic miRNA is a single-stranded nucleic acid including: a X region; and a Y region, the Y region and the X region being linked, wherein the X region is a guide strand sequence of a mature miRNA or a partial sequence of the guide strand sequence of the mature miRNA and consists of a linking side region (XB) and a non-linking side region (XF) to the Y region, the linking side region (XB) is a sequence that does not cause intramolecular annealing within its region, and the Y region is a sequence that intramolecularly anneals to the non-linking side region (XF) of the X region. According to the artificial mimic miRNA of the present invention, the expression of the target gene can be inhibited. |
| US10612013B2 |
Enzyme variants
The invention relates to a variant polypeptide having lactase activity. The invention also relates to a nucleic acid sequence encoding such a variant polypeptide, to a nucleic acid construct comprising said nucleic acid sequence, to a recombinant expression vector comprising said nucleic acid construct and to a recombinant host cell comprising said expression vector. Further, the invention relates to a method for producing a lactase variant via use of such a host cell. Also, the invention relates to a method of producing a lactase polypeptide variant. The invention further relates to a composition comprising a lactase variant, to use of such a lactase variant or to the use of a lactase variant-containing composition in the preparation of a dairy product, to a process for the production of a dairy product and to the resulting dairy product. |
| US10612007B2 |
Method for increasing citric acid production by Aspergillus niger fermentation
The invention discloses a method for improving citric acid production by Aspergillus niger fermentation, which integrates Aspergillus niger GABA pathway succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase SSD gene into Aspergillus niger genome to obtain recombinant Aspergillus niger strain, and uses recombinant black The Aspergillus strain ferments to produce citric acid; the expression of the succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase SSD gene is regulated by the Pgas promoter. The method of the invention realizes the expression of succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase SSD in Aspergillus niger to enhance the GABA pathway so as to strengthen the TCA cycle and promote the synthesis of citric acid. |
| US10612006B2 |
Method for producing aldehyde
A method is provided for producing an objective substance, for example, an aromatic aldehyde such as vanillin. The objective substance is produced from a carbon source or a precursor of the objective substance by using a coryneform bacterium that is able to produce the objective substance, wherein bacterium has been modified so that the activity of alcohol dehydrogenase is reduced. |
| US10612005B2 |
Modified oncolytic virus
The present invention relates to an oncolytic virus comprising: (i) a fusogenic protein-encoding gene; and (ii) an immune stimulatory molecule-encoding gene. |
| US10612003B2 |
Plant derived cell culture material
The present invention relates material that is useful in culturing and transferring cells as well as delivering cells. The material comprises plant derived cellulose nanofibers or derivatives thereof, wherein the cellulose nanofibers are in a form of a hydrogel or membrane. The invention also provides methods for producing these materials and compositions and uses thereof. |
| US10611996B2 |
Preservation and storage of biological specimens
Methods of preserving and storing biological specimens, particularly anaerobe microorganisms are disclosed. A composition containing oxygen scavenging membrane fragments and a cryoprotectant is administered to the specimens. The specimens are then stored at a temperature that is lower than 0° C. and greater than −70° C. Cryogenic freezing is not required. |
| US10611995B2 |
Systems and methods for particle analysis
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for sorting a cell. The system may comprise a flow channel configured to transport a cell through the channel. The system may comprise an imaging device configured to capture an image of the cell from a plurality of different angles as the cell is transported through the flow channel. The system may comprise a processor configured to analyze the image using a deep learning algorithm to enable sorting of the cell. |
| US10611992B2 |
Method for rapidly characterizing content variations of triterpenoids in liquid fermentation process of Antrodia camphorata
The present invention discloses a method for rapidly characterizing content variations of triterpenoids in a liquid fermentation process of Antrodia camphorata, belonging to the field of microbial fermentation. According to the method of the present invention, in the liquid fermentation of Antrodia camphorata, an analysis method of rapidly judging the content variations of triterpenoids by rapid on-line or off-line detection and analysis of the content of a volatile aromatic substance α-terpineol is utilized to implement automatic control of the fermentation process. Predictive analysis of triterpenoids in the fermentation process based on variations in on-line real-time parameters increases the controllability and production predictability of the fermentation process. This is of great significance for the development and utilization of Antrodia camphorata products having various bioactivities and application thereof in industrial production. |
| US10611986B1 |
Cleaning composition comprising a cationic/nonionic mixture
Disclosed herein are cleaning compositions including water, at least one cationic surfactant, and at least one nonionic surfactant. |
| US10611983B2 |
Microencapsulation of chemical additives
The present disclosure relates to new and optimized processes for the preparation of micro- and nano-scale capsules containing lubricant chemical additives. The present disclosure also relates to micro- and nano-scale capsules prepared by such processes, which are useful in a variety of applications, including automotive lubricants, diesel lubricants, industrial lubricants, metal-working lubricants, coolants, and process fluids. Micro-and nano-scale capsules prepared as described herein have the required properties that such capsules need to exhibit in order to function effectively and meet the requirements imposed by engine lubrication conditions. The microcapsules may be dispersed in a lubricating oil such that the lubricant exhibits improved stability and anti-wear performance, thereby improving engine fuel efficiency and performance. |
| US10611982B2 |
Defoaming agent and lubricating oil composition
A defoaming agent comprising: a polymer comprising a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1): where in the general formula (1), X1 is a repeating unit obtainable by polymerization of an ethylenic unsaturated group; Y1 is a side chain comprising a linear or branched polysiloxane structure, the polysiloxane structure comprising a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (2) and having a polymerization degree of 5 to 300; and Z1 is a linking group linking the repeating unit X1 and the side chain Y1; wherein in the general formula (2), R1 and R2 are each independently an organic group having a carbon number of 1 to 18. |
| US10611978B2 |
Cooling process of torrefied biomass
The present invention relates to a process for cooling hot torrefied biomass, which process comprises the steps of a) applying water onto the hot torrefied biomass, resulting in steam with entrained dust and organic volatiles, and cooled torrefied biomass comprising water; b) condensing the steam with entrained dust and organic volatiles to form a condensate comprising dust and organic volatiles; and c) recycling the condensate comprising dust and organic volatiles to step a).The invention also relates to a cooling device for cooling hot torrefied biomass enabling the cooling process according to the invention, and a system for producing torrefied biomass comprising such a cooling device. |
| US10611977B2 |
Methods and apparatus for enhancing the energy content of carbonaceous materials from pyrolysis
Processes and systems for converting biomass into high-carbon biogenic reagents that are suitable for a variety of commercial applications. Pyrolysis in the presence of an inert gas is employed to generate hot pyrolyzed solids, condensable vapors, and non-condensable gases, followed by separation of vapors and gases, and cooling of the hot pyrolyzed solids in the presence of the inert gas. Additives may be introduced during processing or combined with the reagent, or both. The biogenic reagent may include at least 70 wt %, 80 wt %, 90 wt %, 95 wt %, or more total carbon on a dry basis. The biogenic reagent may have an energy content of at least 12,000 Btu/lb, 13,000 BtU/lb, 14,000 Btu/lb, or 14,500 Btu/lb on a dry basis. The biogenic reagent may be formed into fine powders, or structural objects. The structural objects may have a structure and/or strength that derive from the feedstock, heat rate, and additives. |
| US10611972B2 |
Dispersing additive for asphaltenes and its uses
Use of an alkylphenol-aldehyde resin modified by at least one alkylamine in a composition of crude oils or in a product derived from a composition of crude oils as dispersing additive for asphaltenes. Process for the treatment of a composition of crude oils or a derived product which makes it possible to prevent the precipitation of asphaltenes, in particular in crude oils and the products which result therefrom by refining and/or extraction processes. Bituminous compositions including an alkylphenol-aldehyde resin modified by at least one alkylamine. |
| US10611964B2 |
Polymerizable compound, polymerizable composition and liquid crystal display device
A polymerizable compound has a high polymerizability, a high conversion ratio and a high solubility in a liquid crystal composition. A polymerizable composition contains the compound. A liquid crystal composite is prepared from the composition. A liquid crystal display device includes the liquid crystal composite. The polymerizable compound is formed in which the polymerizable compound has at least two polymerizable groups in which at least one polymerizable group is acryloyloxy or methacryloyloxy, and at least one remaining polymerizable group is a polymerizable group selected from the group of groups represented by formulas (P-1), (P-2) and (P-3). In formulas (P-1) to (P-3), R1 to R8 are independently hydrogen, fluorine, methyl, ethyl or trifluoromethyl. |
| US10611958B2 |
InP quantum dots with GaP and AlP shells and methods of producing the same
Disclosed are highly luminescent nanostructures, particularly highly luminescent quantum dots, comprising a nanocrystal core of InP and shell layers of GaP and AlP. The nanostructures may have an additional shell layer. Also provided are methods of preparing the nanostructures, films comprising the nanostructure and devices comprising the nanostructures. |
| US10611953B2 |
Controlled release of well treatment agents into oil wells
It is common to require oil-well treating chemicals to be introduced into subterranean geological formations over the well's drilling, stabilization and extraction phases. The timely controlled and uniform release of such chemicals throughout the fluid bed vastly enhances their effectiveness. A method is disclosed for introducing such oil-well treating chemicals throughout the subterranean formation by encapsulating the chemicals within engineered composites, which are introduced into the subterranean formations along with the other fluids. These engineered composites are formed to slowly release the oil-well treating chemicals once they are in the subterranean formations as the engineered composites slowly dissolve. |
| US10611952B2 |
Fracturing a formation with mortar slurry
A method to provide fractures in a formation includes providing a wellbore in the formation and providing a casing in the wellbore. The method also includes providing communication between an inside of the casing and the formation and initiating a fracture from the communication between the inside of the casing and the subterranean formation. The method further includes propagating the fracture with a fluid comprising mortar slurry. Prior to propagating the fracture with a fluid comprising mortar slurry, a fluid comprising acid is injected into the formation through the communication between the inside of the casing and the formation. |
| US10611948B2 |
Method of increasing lubricity of wellbore fluids
Method for increasing lubricity of a wellbore fluid comprising the following steps: i) preparing a water in oil microemulsion that contains insoluble particles of metal hydroxides and/or metal oxides in the inner aqueous phase, the insoluble particles being synthesized from their salt precursors in the water droplets of the microemulsion; ii) adding to the wellbore fluid the water in oil microemulsion; iii) injecting the wellbore fluid into a subterranean formation and iv) performing the drilling, completion or coiled tubing operations in the subterranean formation. |
| US10611946B2 |
Acid-soluble plug forming rapidly dehydrating loss control slurry
A rapidly dehydrating lost circulation material (LCM) composition that forms an acid-soluble plug is provided. The LCM composition may include a carrier fluid, an acid-soluble-particulate material, a viscosifier, and date tree rachis fibers. The carrier fluid may be water and the viscosifier may be a cellulosic microfiber. The LCM composition may alter a lost circulation zone by forming an acid-soluble plug in a fracture of the lost circulation zone. The acid-soluble plug may be removed via an acid solution, such as a hydrochloric acid solution. Methods of lost circulation control and manufacture of a rapidly dehydrating LCM are also provided. |
| US10611942B2 |
Functionalized nanosilica as shale inhibitor in water-based fluids
A nanosilica containing fluid system for shale stabilization in a shale formation. The nanosilica containing fluid system comprising a functionalized nanosilica composition operable to react with shale at the surface of the shale formation to form a barrier on the shale formation. The functionalized nanosilica composition comprising a nanosilica particle, the nanosilica particle having a mean diameter, and a functionalization compound, the functionalization compound appended to the surface of the nanosilica particle. And an aqueous-based fluid, the aqueous-based fluid operable to carry the functionalized nanosilica composition into the shale formation. The functionalization compound is an amino silane. The aqueous-based fluid is selected from the group consisting of water, deionized water, sea water, brine, and combinations thereof. |
| US10611940B2 |
Anti-fogging agent comprising a fluorosurfactant mixture
The present invention provides anti-fogging agents and cleaners that provide long-lasting prevention of fogging of glass, plastic, or other hard surfaces. The present invention relates to an anti-fogging agent or cleaner which contains: (A) a fluorinated amphoteric surfactant; (B) a fluorinated anionic or cationic surfactant; and (C) a non-fluorinated amphoteric surfactant. The present invention also relates to an eyeglass cleaner including a non-woven fabric impregnated with the anti-fogging agent or cleaner. |
| US10611934B2 |
Permanent adhesive composition for image sensors, and bonding method and laminate using same
A permanent adhesive composition for image sensors which provides an adhesive layer having excellent heat resistance and thermal shock resistance, and a bonding method and laminate using the permanent adhesive composition. The permanent adhesive composition for image sensors contains a thermosetting or photocurable resin containing a specific bifunctional (meth)acrylic acid ester-derived structural unit, a polymerizable monomer, and an antioxidant, and used to bond together a substrate and a support for the substrate. The bonding method includes bonding together a substrate and a support for the substrate using the permanent adhesive composition. The laminate is provided with a substrate, a support for the substrate, and an adhesive layer for bonding the substrate and the support together, and the adhesive layer is formed of the permanent adhesive composition. |
| US10611933B2 |
Removal pressure sensitive adhesive of aqueous emulsion and method for preparing the same
Disclosed are a removal aqueous emulsion adhesive, as an aqueous adhesive, which is environmental-friendly, exhibits superior adhesive strength and heat resistance, and low removal noise and is free of ghosts, as compared to rubber-soluble adhesives, and is thus applicable to a variety of commercial labels including labels for cosmetics, medicine, foods, chemical products and promotion, as well as to adhesive sheets such as adhesive labels used for electric and electrical products that require heat resistance and absence of ghosts, and a method for preparing the same. |
| US10611932B2 |
Transparent adhesive sheet
A photocurable adhesive sheet that can be photocured even if there are places such as print-concealed sections that are difficult for light to reach, and even if the adhesive sheet has a certain degree of thickness, the entire sheet can be cured. A transparent adhesive sheet formed from an adhesive composition containing: (A) a thermoplastic resin; (B) a crosslinking agent; (C) a photopolymerization initiator that reacts with light having a wavelength of at least 380 to 430 nm; and (D) a wavelength conversion agent that is excited by light having a wavelength shorter than 380 nm and that emits light having a wavelength of 380 to 550 nm. The transparent adhesive sheet is characterized by the adhesive sheet absorbance X at a wavelength of 390 nm and the adhesive sheet thickness Y satisfying relational formula (1): 0.5≤X/Y≤12. Formula (1): |
| US10611930B2 |
Conductive bonded composites
The invention relates to methods of bonding and a conductively bonded joint, provided by high loadings of conductively coated nano scale particulate fillers in a conductive adhesive in combination with a conductive intermediary structure, more particularly to a lightning strike resilient bonded joint between fibre reinforced polymer composites.A method of joining a first fibre reinforced polymer composite surface and a second fibre reinforced polymer composite surface, comprising the steps ofproviding a conductive intermediary structure between said first and second surfaces,filling the void between said surfaces and enveloping said intermediary structure with a conductive adhesive,curing the conductive adhesive to form a bonded first and second surface.A conductive adhesive comprising a curable binder and a high aspect ratio nanoscale carbon particulate filler present in the range of from 0.1 to 40% wt, wherein said particulate filler comprises a metal coating. |
| US10611927B2 |
Catechol-containing adhesive hydrogel, composition for preparing adhesive hydrogel, and compositions each including said adhesive hydrogel
A hydrogel that adheres to the surface of materials is provided by using as constituent elements a water-soluble main chain monomer, crosslinking agent, polymerization initiator, and adhesive monomer having at least a catechol group in a side chain. |
| US10611924B2 |
Synthetic coating for cell culture
A method for coating a surface of a cell culture article includes dissolving a polymer having a covalently attached polypeptide in an aqueous solution to produce a polymer solution. The polymer is formed from monomers selected to form a polymer having a linear backbone, wherein the polymer is crosslink free. The weight percentage of the polypeptide relative to the polymer conjugated to the polypeptide is sufficiently high to render the polymer conjugated to the polypeptide water soluble. The aqueous solution is substantially free of organic solvents. The method further includes (i) disposing the polymer solution on the surface of the cell culture article to produce a coated article; and (ii) subjecting the coated article to sufficient heat or electromagnetic radiation to attach the polymer conjugated to a polypeptide to the surface of the cell culture article. |
| US10611923B2 |
Azetidinium-containing copolymers and uses thereof
The invention is related to azetidinium-containing copolymers and vinylic monomers and their uses in formation of non-silicone hydrogel coatings on silicone hydrogel contact lenses. |
| US10611915B2 |
Method for producing organic pigment microparticles
A method of producing organic pigment microparticles includes: Step 1 of precipitating organic pigment microparticles by mixing an organic pigment raw material liquid in which an organic pigment raw material is mixed with a solvent, and a precipitation solvent for precipitating the organic pigment microparticles from the organic pigment raw material liquid in a thin film fluid formed by introducing the organic pigment raw material liquid and the precipitation solvent in a space between at least two processing surfaces which are disposed so as to face each other, being capable of approaching to and separating from each other, at least one of which rotates relatively to the other; and Step 2 of coating at least a part of the organic pigment microparticles with an oxide coating; wherein the oxide coating is optically colorless and transparent, and Step 1 and Step 2 are performed out continuously in the thin film fluid. |
| US10611913B2 |
Method of enhancing surface electrical conductivity of conductive plastics and conductive plastic films produced thereby
A method of enhancing surface electrical conductivity of an article formed of a conductive polymer material, such as a conductive polymer film, includes the step of providing an article formed of a conductive polymer. The conductive polymer is made up of a dielectric polymeric material and conductive fibers. A desired pressure is applied to at least a portion of the article while simultaneously heating at least a portion of the article to a desired temperature. The desired pressure and the desired temperature are maintained on at least a portion of the article for a desired time period. This method reduces a polymer-rich skin layer on the surface of the conductive polymer material and helps to randomize the orientation of the conductive fibers on the surface. |
| US10611909B2 |
Resin composition and molded article
A resin composition including an aromatic polyether ketone resin (I), and a fluororesin (II), the fluororesin (II) being a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and a perfluoroethylenic unsaturated compound represented by the following formula (1): CF2═CF—Rf1 (1) wherein Rf1 represents —CF3 or —ORf2, and Rf2 represents a C1 to C5 perfluoroalkyl group; the composition containing the aromatic polyether ketone resin (I) and the fluororesin (II) at a mass ratio (I):(II) of 95:5 to 50:50; the fluororesin (II) being dispersed as particles in the aromatic polyether ketone resin (I) and having an average dispersed particle size of 3.0 μm or smaller. |
| US10611904B2 |
Thermoplastic compositions containing multi-stage copolymers as melt strength process aids with lubrication properties
The present invention provides vinyl halide polymer thermoplastic polymer compositions comprising a multi-stage, or, preferably, two-stage acrylic copolymer polymeric additive having (A) a high Tg, high molecular weight first stage polymer that is free of, in copolymerized form, vinyl aromatic monomers, and having (B) a low Tg, low molecular weight second stage polymer of copolymerized vinyl aromatic containing monomers, wherein the multi-stage acrylic copolymer can be isolated by coagulation and drying and provides compositions having both melt strength and lubrication in thermoplastic processing. |
| US10611900B2 |
Aqueous resin composition and glove
To provide an aqueous resin composition including: an anionic polyurethane (A) having an aromatic ring; an acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (B); an aqueous medium (C); a vulcanizing agent (D); and a vulcanizing accelerator (E). The anionic polyurethane (A) is preferably a product of reaction of polyoxytetramethylene glycol, a carboxyl group-containing glycol, ethylene glycol, and diphenylmethane diisocyanate, or a product of reaction of polyoxytetramethylene glycol, a carboxyl group-containing glycol, butanediol, and diphenylmethane diisocyanate. An object of the invention is to provide a mixture of aqueous polyurethane and NBR having excellent storage stability, even in a case where the vulcanizing agent and the vulcanizing accelerator are added. |
| US10611899B2 |
Rubber composition and tire
A rubber composition, capable of improving both on-ice performance and wear resistance of a tire, contains at least one type of diene polymer, silica, and a resin, wherein: 5 MP≤storage elastic modulus (E′) of the rubber composition at −20° C.≤10 MPa; storage elastic modulus (E′) at −20° C. and loss tangent (tan δ) at −20° C. of the rubber composition satisfy formula (1) below; and a mass ratio of content (parts by mass) of the silica with respect to content (parts by mass) of the resin, or silica content/resin content, is in the range of 1.00 to 4.00. 0.02×(E′−20° C.)+0.25≤(tan δ−20° C.)≤0.65 (1) In the formula, (E′−20° C.) represents storage elastic modulus (MPa) of the rubber composition at −20° C. and (tan δ−20° C.) represents loss tangent of the rubber composition at −20° C. |
| US10611898B2 |
Glass flakes and resin composition
Glass flakes according to the present invention include: glass flake substrates; and a coating covering at least a portion of a surface of each of the glass flake substrates and composed of a binder. The binder includes an epoxy-modified polyolefin resin and a silane coupling agent. The proportion of the coating in the glass flakes is 0.05 to 3 mass %. |
| US10611897B2 |
Arabitol and xylitol based flame retardants
A flame retardant sugar-derived molecule, a process for forming a flame retardant sugar-derived molecule, and an article of manufacture comprising a flame retardant sugar-derived molecule are disclosed. The flame retardant sugar-derived molecule can be synthesized from arabitol, xylitol, arabic acid, or xylonic acid obtained from a bio-based source, and can have at least one phosphoryl or phosphonyl moiety. The process for forming the flame retardant sugar-derived molecule can include reacting arabitol, xylitol, arabic acid, or xylonic acid and a flame retardant phosphorus-based molecule to form the flame retardant sugar-derived molecule. |
| US10611893B2 |
Method for obtaining paper from sand and products obtained therefrom
The present disclosure relates to an eco-friendly sand-made paper and a method of manufacturing thereof. In an aspect, the proposed sand-made paper can be obtained/manufactured through a method comprising the steps of treating a polymer with a solvent so as to obtain solvent treated polymer; and processing said solvent treated polymer with fine powdered sand optionally with a binder to yield said sand-made paper. |
| US10611891B2 |
Textile waste processing
Disclosed are methods for processing cotton containing textile waste that include alkaline pretreatment at freezing temperatures and a regeneration process. The method enhances cellulose digestion of the cotton to glucose and produces a solution containing glucose. In some aspects of the disclosed methods, the conversion yield of cotton to glucose can be as high as 80% or even 90%. |
| US10611885B2 |
Products extracted from black liquor
Products extracted from black liquor include undissolved carbonized lignin and carbonized black liquor. The products further include solid carbon separated from the black liquor. Black liquor from an alkaline fractionation process is subjected to a hydrothermal carbonization process. Undissolved carbonized lignin is separated from the carbonized black liquor. The remaining carbonized black liquor is fed back into the alkaline fractionation process. The undissolved carbonized lignin is separated from the carbonized black liquor and purified. |
| US10611882B2 |
Stabilized polyamide
The present invention relates to the use of a polyhydric alcohol in a polyamide polymerization process for giving the modified polyamide obtained increased stability toward heat, light and/or bad weather. The invention also relates to a polyamide modified in this way, and also to polyamide compositions that may be used for the preparation of specific articles liable to be subjected to high temperatures. |
| US10611880B2 |
Oxime cross-linked biocompatible polymer hydrogels and methods of use thereof
Methods and hydrogels for preventing or reducing cellular adhesion and protein adsorption to a tissue (e.g. cardiac tissue) are disclosed. The hydrogels generally include at least two component polymers, a first polymer including an aminooxy group and a second polymer including a reactive oxo group, that are cross-linked by oxime bonds. The hydrogels are suitable for binding to and coating a tissue or cell. The hydrogels operate to reduce cellular adhesions and protein adsorption to the tissue or cell. |
| US10611876B2 |
Epoxy-amine adduct, thermoplastic resin composition, sizing agent, sizing agent coated carbon fiber, and fiber-reinforced composite material
Provided is an epoxy-amine adduct. The epoxy-amine adduct is a compound that may be a compound I containing two or more amino groups per molecule, a compound corresponding to the compound I, except being modified with a compound II-1 containing two or more (meth)acryloyl groups per molecule, a compound corresponding to the compound I, except being modified with a lactone II-2, or a salt of the compound I. The compound I is an adduct between an epoxide (A) containing two or more cycloaliphatic epoxy groups per molecule and an amine (B) containing two or more amino groups per molecule. The compound I includes a constitutional unit represented by Formula (I) and a constitutional unit represented by Formula (II) and contains amino groups at both ends. Formulae (I) and (II) are expressed as follows: |
| US10611871B2 |
Star polymers and compositions thereof
The invention provides a composition comprising: (a) a star polymer comprising: (i) a core portion comprising a polyvalent (meth) acrylic monomer, oligomer or polymer thereof or a polyvalent divinyl non-acrylic monomer, oligomer or polymer thereof; and (ii) at least two arms of polymerized alkyl (meth)acrylate ester; and (b) an oil of lubricating viscosity, wherein the core portion further comprises a functional group of formula (I): —CH2—C(R1)(C(═O)A)-Y— (I) wherein R1 is hydrogen, a linear or branched alkyl group containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms; A is nitrogen or oxygen; and Y is a free radical leaving group selected from the group consisting of one or more atoms or groups of atoms which may be transferred by a radical mechanism under the polymerisation conditions, a halogen, an —O—N═ group and an —S—C(═S)— group. The invention further provides the use of the composition in an oil of lubricating viscosity as a dispersant, a viscosity modifier or a precursor to a dispersant viscosity modifier. |
| US10611867B2 |
Broad orthogonal distribution metallocene polyethylenes for films
A polyethylene useful for a film including ethylene derived units and within a range from 0.5 to 20 wt % of C3 to C12 α-olefin derived units, an I2 value within a range from 0.5 to 20 g/10 min, an I21 value within a range from 5 to 100 g/10 min, the polyethylene formed from a process comprising combining a bridged bis-cyclopentadienyl Group 4 metal catalyst, an unbridged bis-cyclopentadienyl Group 4 metal catalyst, and an activator with ethylene and within a range from 0.1 to 5 wt %, relative to the weight of all monomers, of a C3 to C12 α-olefin at a temperature within a range from 60 to 100° C. |
| US10611866B2 |
Norbornene cross-linked polymer and method for producing same
The present invention relates to a norbornene-based crosslinked polymer containing at least one member selected from the group consisting of dicyclopentadiene-based monomer units, tetracyclododecene-based monomer units, and tricyclopentadiene-based monomer units in an amount of 50% by mass or more, wherein the norbornene-based crosslinked polymer has a glass transition temperature of 240° C. or higher. Further, the present invention relates to a method for producing a norbomene-based crosslinked polymer as defined above, including step (1): heating a blend containing at least one member of the above monomer components, and a metathesis polymerization catalyst to a temperature lower than a deactivation temperature of the metathesis polymerization catalyst to carry out a primary curing; and step (2): heating a cured product obtained in the step (1) to a temperature equal to or higher than the deactivation temperature of the above metathesis polymerization catalyst to carry out a secondary curing. |
| US10611865B2 |
Organometallic compound in solid form, process for preparing the same and use thereof
The present invention provides a solid organomagnesium precursor having formula {Mg(OR′)X}.a{MgX2}.b{Mg(OR′)2}.c{R′OH}, wherein R′ is selected from a hydrocarbon group, X is selected from a halide group, and a:b:c is in range of 0.01-0.5:0.01-0.5:0.01-5 and process for preparing the same, said process comprising contacting a magnesium source with a solvating agent, an organohalide and an alcohol to obtain the solid organomagnesium precursor. The present invention also provides a process for preparing a catalyst system using the organomagnesium precursor and its use thereof for polymerization of olefins. |
| US10611854B2 |
Degumming method
A method for producing membrane polysaccharides from an organism selected from micro-organisms, unicellular organisms and filamentous fungi, the method including at least one step of extracting the membrane polysaccharides as well as a smaller-scale extraction of the soluble proteins, by mechanical treatment of the organism in a ball mill or by physical treatment of the organism by means of ultrasounds. |
| US10611852B2 |
Insulin-lipid complex, preparation method therefor, and preparation thereof
Provided are an insulin-lipid complex, a preparation method thereof, and a formulation thereof. The insulin-lipid complex is prepared by compounding insulin and a lipid material in an organic solvent system containing a low boiling point acid, and drying. The mass ratio of insulin to the lipid material is 1:3˜1:20. An oil solution of the insulin-lipid complex and vesicles containing insulin are further provided. |
| US10611849B2 |
Precision medicine by targeting rare human PCSK9 variants for cholesterol treatment
The invention relates to human targets of interest (TOI), anti-TOI ligands, kits compositions and method. |
| US10611846B2 |
Methods of treating skin disorders using anti-IL-31RA antibodies
The present invention relates to methods of treating patients suffering from Contact dermatitis, Drug induced delayed type cutaneous allergic reactions, Toxic epidermal necrolysis, Cutaneous T cell Lymphoma, Bullous pemphigoid, Alopecia aereata, Vitiligo, Acne Rosacea, Prurigo nodularis, Scleroderma, Herpes simplex virus, or combination by administering an IL-31RA antagonist. |
| US10611845B2 |
Activatable antibodies that bind interleukin-6 receptor and methods of use thereof
The invention relates generally to activatable antibodies that include a masking moiety (MM), a cleavable moiety (CM), and an antibody (AB) that specifically binds to interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R), and to methods of making and using these anti-IL-6R activatable antibodies in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications. |
| US10611844B2 |
EGFR targeted therapy of neurological disorders and pain
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treatment of neurological disorders. In particular, the present invention relates to the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) as a clinical target for treatment of neurological disorders, preferably in conjunction with neuropathic pain. The invention relates in more detail to compositions comprising inhibitors of EGFR. |
| US10611842B2 |
Disrupting FC receptor engagement on macrophages enhances efficacy of anti-SIRPα antibody therapy
Anti-SIRPα antibodies, including multi-specific anti-SIRPα antibodies, are provided, as are related compositions and methods. The antibodies of the disclosure bind to SIRPα and can block the interaction of CD47 on one cell with SIRPα on a phagocytic cell. The subject anti-SIRPα antibodies find use in various therapeutic methods. Embodiments of the disclosure include isolated antibodies and derivatives and fragments thereof, pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more of the anti-SIRPα antibodies; and cell lines that produce the antibodies. Also provided are amino acid sequences of exemplary anti-SIRPα antibodies. |
| US10611837B2 |
Transgene genetic tags and methods of use
The present invention provides genetic tags operably linked to transgenes. The expression of the genetic tag allows identification, detection, selection, and ablation of cells expressing the transgene and the genetic tag. In some alternatives the genetically modified host cell comprises a transgene comprising a polynucleotide coding for a chimeric antigen receptor comprising a ligand binding domain, a polynucleotide comprising a spacer region, a polynucleotide comprising a transmembrane domain, and a polynucleotide comprising an intracellular signaling domain and a polynucleotide coding for a genetic tag. In some alternatives the genetically modified host cell comprises a transgene comprising a polynucleotide coding for a chimeric antigen receptor comprising a ligand binding domain, a polynucleotide comprising a spacer region, a polynucleotide comprising a transmembrane domain, and a polynucleotide comprising an intracellular signaling domain and a polynucleotide coding for a genetic tag, and wherein the polypeptide further comprises a flexible linker comprising amino acids GGGSGGGS (SEQ ID NO: 45). Pharmaceutical formulations produced by the method, and methods of using the same, are also described. |
| US10611834B2 |
Screening method for pain suppressor and pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of pain
The present invention provides a screening method for a pain suppressor, which method comprises using FLRT3 to select a substance capable of inhibiting FLRT3 expression or a substance capable of inhibiting FLRT3 transport to the spinal cord. In addition, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of pain, which pharmaceutical composition comprises, as an active ingredient, a substance capable of inhibiting FLRT3 expression or a substance capable of inhibiting FLRT3 transport to the spinal cord. |
| US10611831B2 |
Production cell line enhancers
The present invention relates to discovery of the ectopic expression of EDEM2 in a production cell to improve the yield of a useful multi-subunit protein. Thus, the present invention provides for production cell lines, such as the canonical mammalian biopharmaceutical production cell, the CHO cell, containing recombinant polynucleotides encoding EDEM2. Also disclosed is a production cell containing both an EDEM2-encoding polynucleotide as well an XBP1-encoding polynucleotide. Improved titers of antibodies produced by these cell lines are disclosed, as well as the improved cell densities attained by these cells in culture. |
| US10611830B2 |
Human antibody against ED-B domain of fibronectin and uses thereof
The present invention provides an antibody or antibody fragment for specifically recognizing and binding to an ED-B domain of fibronectin. The antibody or antibody fragment can be widely used for in vitro detection and in vivo location of the ED-B protein domain, as well as targeted therapy of tumors. |
| US10611826B2 |
Affinity chromatography matrix
The invention relates to an affinity chromatography matrix, as a gel, comprising polymeric particles on which at least one oligosaccharide corresponding to a blood group A epitope and/or blood group B is grafted, via a spacer, characterized in that the density of oligosaccharides is comprised between 0.2 and 0.7 mg/ml of matrix. The invention also relates to the uses of this matrix for preparing concentrates of immunoglobulins for therapeutic use. |
| US10611821B2 |
Methods for treating or reducing liver diseases by administering oral composition comprising TNF receptor fusion proteins
This application describes a method of delivering a TNF antagonist molecule, in a biologically active form, to a subject in need thereof, the method comprising, orally or mucosally administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a TNF antagonist molecule.This application further describes a method of treating, preventing or reducing liver diseases, the method comprising, administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a TNF antagonist molecule. |
| US10611819B2 |
Isolated polypeptides of CD44 and uses thereof
Isolated polypeptides of CD44 are provided. Accordingly, there is provided an isolated polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-3. Also provided is an isolated end-capping modified polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1-3, wherein the modified polypeptide comprises an anti-inflammatory activity. Also provided are compositions of matter, fusion proteins and pharmaceutical compositions and their use in the treatment of inflammatory disease. |
| US10611818B2 |
MHC multimers in tuberculosis diagnostics, vaccine and therapeutics
The present invention relates to MHC-peptide complexes and uses thereof in the diagnosis of, treatment of or vaccination against a disease in an individual. More specifically the invention discloses MHC complexes comprising Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigenic peptides and uses there of. |
| US10611814B2 |
Universal chimeric antigen expressing immune cells for targeting of diverse multiple antigens and method of manufacturing the same and use of the same for treatment of cancer, infections and autoimmune disorders
The present invention relates to immune cell-based anti-cancer therapeutics and methods of using the therapeutics in the treatment of cancer. |
| US10611811B2 |
Ligand
The present invention provides a variant proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL), which has a higher binding affinity to BCMA than wild-type APRIL; and/or altered binding kinetics compared with wild-type APRIL, and/or a higher BCMA:TACI (transmembrane activator and calcium modulator and cyclophilin ligand interactor) binding ratio than wild-type APRIL and which comprises mutations at one or more of the following positions: A125, V174, T175, M200, P201, S202, H203, D205 and R206. |
| US10611807B2 |
Promoters suitable for heterologous gene expression in yeast
The present invention relates to the use of novel promoters for heterologous gene expression, preferably for expression of genes in organisms of the genus Yarrowia, to the genetically modified organisms of the genus Yarrowia, and to a process for producing biosynthetic products by cultivating the genetically modified organisms. |
| US10611806B2 |
Chimeric insecticidal proteins toxic or inhibitory to Lepidopteran pests
Nucleotide sequences are disclosed that encode novel chimeric insecticidal proteins exhibiting Lepidopteran inhibitory activity. Particular embodiments provide compositions and transformed plants, plant parts, and seeds containing the recombinant nucleic acid molecules encoding one or more of the chimeric insecticidal proteins. |
| US10611804B2 |
Heparosan-producing bacterium and heparosan manufacturing method
A method for producing heparosan is provided. Heparosan is produced by culturing an Escherichia bacterium having a heparosan-producing ability and modified so that expression of one or more genes, such as rbsR, rbsK, rbsB, hsrA, glgB, glgX, micF, rcsD, rcsB, ybiX, ybil, ybiJ, ybiC, ybiB, rfaH, nusG, pcoR, pcoS, pcoE, yhcN, yhcO, aaeB, aaeA, aaeX, g1455, alpA, g1453, yrbA, mlaB, mlaC, mlaD, mlaE, mlaF, yrbG, norW, ybjI, ybjJ, ybjK, rybB, yjjY, yjtD, thrL, thrA, thrB, fruA, psuK, ytfT, yjfF, fbp, yagU, paoA, paoB, gsiC, gsiD, yliE, irp2, irp1, bhsA, ycfS, lepB, rnc, era, dapA, gcvR, bcp, hyfA, rpoE, nadB, yfiC, srmB, g1414, g1413, nuoE, nuoF, nuoG, glmZ, hemY, hemX, hemD, rlmL, artQ, artM, artJ, rlmC, ybjO, yejO, yejM, yejL, rpoS, ygbN, ygbM, ygbL, g3798, g3797, g3796, g3795, g3794, g3793, g3792, ryjA, soxR, soxS, yjcC, yjcB, efeU, and efeO, is/are increased in a medium, and collecting heparosan from the medium. |
| US10611799B2 |
Anti-endotoxin polypeptide
An anti-endotoxin polypeptide is provided. The anti-endotoxin polypeptide having the formula (I) A1-L-C1, wherein A1 and C1 independently is a short peptide with α-helix, L is AGP (Ala-Gly-Pro) or a peptide bond, and the hydrophobicity of the hydrophobic terminus in the anti-endotoxin polypeptide is between about 0.425 and 0.765. The anti-endotoxin polypeptide of the invention can neutralize the lipopolysaccharide and has the low hemolysis and high salt resistance, simultaneously. The present invention also provides a method for design an anti-endotoxin polypeptide, the anti-endotoxic activity is adjusted through increasing and/or decreasing hydrophobicity of the hydrophobic terminal end. |
| US10611797B2 |
Peptide having anticancer activity, and pharmaceutical composition and dietary supplement composition for preventing and treating cancer, both of which contain same as active ingredient
A peptide binding to transcription factor CP2c, having an activity of preventing and treating cancer and represented by SEQ ID NO: 1: Asn-Tyr-Pro-Gln-Arg-Pro, and a pharmaceutical composition and a dietary supplement composition for preventing and treating cancer, both of which contain the same as an active ingredient are disclosed. When cancer cells are treated with the peptide and the pharmaceutical composition containing the same, the peptide can specifically bind to CP2c by passing, with very high stability, through the cell membrane and can inhibit the DNA binding ability of CP2c, thereby disturbing CP2c-mediated cancer cell-specific transcriptional activity through the inhibition of CP2c activity. Thus, the peptide and pharmaceutical composition containing the same can be effectively used for specifically treating only cancer cells and can be utilized for cancer prevention and as a dietary supplement additive therefor. |
| US10611794B2 |
On-column viral inactivation methods
The present invention is directed to a method of inactivating virus that is present during production of a polypeptide of interest. In particular, the present invention is directed to a method of on-column virus inactivation using a low pH and high salt wash solution that effectively inactivates viruses with minimum recovery loss of the polypeptide. |
| US10611791B2 |
Nucleoside derivative or salt thereof, polynucleotide synthesis reagent, method for producing polynucleotide, polynucleotide, and method for producing binding nucleic acid molecule
The present invention provides a novel nucleoside derivative or a salt thereof, a polynucleotide synthesis reagent, a method for producing a polynucleotide, a polynucleotide, and a method for producing a binding nucleic acid molecule.The nucleoside derivative or a salt thereof of the present invention is represented by the following chemical formula (1): where in the chemical formula (1), Su is an atomic group having a sugar skeleton at a nucleoside residue or an atomic group having a sugar phosphate skeleton at a nucleotide residue, and may or may not have a protecting group, L1 and L2 are each independently a straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, X1 and X2 are each independently an imino group (—NR1—), an ether group (—O—), or a thioether group (—S—), and the R1 is a hydrogen atom or a straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms. |
| US10611787B2 |
Manufacture of trans-[tetrachlorobis(1H-indazole)ruthenate (III)] and compositions thereof
The present invention relates to the preparation of compositions comprising sodium trans-[tetrachlorobis(1H-indazole)ruthenate (III)]. Synthesis and formulation preparation is detailed. Impurity profiles are also discussed. Compositions herein are useful for anti-cancer applications. |
| US10611785B2 |
Process for producing phosphorus-containing cyanohydrin esters
The present invention primarily relates to a process for producing certain phosphorus-containing cyanohydrin esters of formula (I) and the use thereof for producing glufosinate/glufosinate salts. The present invention further relates to a process for producing glufosinate/glufosinate salts. |
| US10611784B2 |
Luminescent metal halide perovskites and methods
Nanoscale metal halide perovskites are provided. The nanoscale metal halide perovskites may have a 2D structure, a quasi-2D structure, or a 3D structure. Methods also are provided for making the nanoscale metal halide perovskites. The color emitted by the nanoscale metal halide perovskites may be tuned. |
| US10611782B2 |
Process for preparing isocyanates containing alkoxysilane groups
The invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanate containing alkoxysilane groups, in which, in the sequence of steps A) to D), A) haloalkylalkoxysilane is reacted with metal cyanate and alcohol to give alkoxysilanoalkylurethane, B) alkoxysilanoalkylurethane is freed of low boilers, solids, salt burdens and/or high boilers and optionally purified, C) alkoxysilanoalkylurethane obtained after B) is thermally cleaved to release isocyanate containing alkoxysilane groups and by-product, leaving bottoms material, and D) isocyanate containing alkoxysilane groups and by-product are separated from one another and from cleavage bottoms material and collected, wherein the process regime at least of steps C) to D) is continuous. |
| US10611781B2 |
Boron-containing small molecules
Compounds, pharmaceutical formulations, and methods of treating bacterial infections are disclosed. |
| US10611777B2 |
Imidazopyridazine compounds and their use
This disclosure provides novel imidazopyridazine compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, a process for preparing them, and their practical effect in inhibiting PI3K and potential use in treating a disease responsive to inhibition of PI3K, for example, an inflammatory disease, autoimmune disease or cancer. |
| US10611771B2 |
Pyrazolo [3,4-d] pyrimidine derivative
The present invention discloses pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives of formula (I). Compounds provided in the present invention have significant inhibitory effects on tumor cells, can be used for the prevention and/or treatment of tumor-related diseases, especially lung cancer, and have wide application prospects. |
| US10611767B2 |
Selective proton coupled folate transporter and folate receptor, and GARFTase inhibitor compounds and methods of using the same
Fused cyclic pyrimidine compounds, including tautomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, solvates and hydrates thereof, are disclosed having the general Formula I: These compounds are useful in methods for treating cancer, selectively targeting cancerous cells via the proton coupled folate transporter, folate receptor alpha, and/or folate receptor beta pathways, inhibiting GARFTase in cancerous cells, and selectively targeting activated macrophages in a patient having an autoimmune disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis. |
| US10611762B2 |
Crystalline forms of a FGFR inhibitor and processes for preparing the same
The present disclosure relates to solid forms of N-{[2′-(2,6-difluoro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-3′-oxo-2′,3′-dihydro-1′H-spiro[cyclopropane-1,4′-[2,7]naphthyridin]-6′-yl]methyl}acrylamide, methods of preparation thereof, and intermediates in the preparation thereof, which are useful in the treatment of the FGFR-associated or mediated diseases such as cancer. |
| US10611761B2 |
Selective EP4 receptor antagonistic substance for treatment of cancer
This invention provides a medicament for the treatment of cancer, which cause a reduction of cancer. This invention relates to use of a compound which has inhibitory activities against prostaglandin E2 receptor (EP4 receptor) and is represented by the following general formula (I), (II), (III), or (IV) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound or the salt for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of cancer. The invention relates to a method for treatment of cancer comprising administering the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound or the salt to humans or animals. The compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or the pharmaceutical composition may be used in combination with one or more second active agents. |
| US10611758B2 |
N-((het)arylmethyl)-heteroaryl-carboxamides compounds as kallikrein inhibitors
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): compositions comprising such compounds; the use of such compounds in therapy (for example in the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition in which plasma kallikrein activity is implicated); and methods of treating patients with such compounds; wherein R5, R6, R7, A, B, W, X, Y and Z are as defined herein. |
| US10611757B2 |
Crystalline form of chemical compound, and preparation method, composition, and application thereof
Provided are a preparation method for a crystalline form of the compound represented by formula (A), as well as a method for preparation thereof, a composition thereof, and an application thereof in preparing an angiotensin II receptor antagonist or an application in preparing a drug for preventing and/or treating hypertension, chronic heart failure and diabetic nephropathy. |
| US10611756B2 |
Method of treating pancreatitis using 1,4-benzoxazine derivatives
The present invention relates to methods and/or uses for treating pancreatitis, kidney diseases and other various disorders as described herein, for conditions or disorders mediated by KMO inhibitors, which comprises administering 6-chlorobenzoxazine compounds of Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or corresponding pharmaceutical compositions thereof. |
| US10611753B2 |
Process for the manufacturing of medicaments
The present invention provides a process for the manufacture of a compound of formula VIIIa and salts forms of VIIIa where Rc is an aryl sulfonic acid |
| US10611748B2 |
Xanthone derivatives for the treatment of hepatitis B virus disease
The present invention provides novel compounds having the general formula: wherein R1 to R6, X, Y, A1 and A2 are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds. |
| US10611747B2 |
Pyrone based compounds for treating bacterial infections
The present teachings relate to pyrone derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of using such compounds to treat bacterial infections. |
| US10611744B2 |
Highly purified pharmaceutical grade tasimelteon
A process for preparing a batch of highly purified, pharmaceutical grade tasimelteon comprises analyzing a batch of tasimelteon synthesized under GMP conditions for the presence of one or more identified impurities. |
| US10611743B2 |
Purifying crude furan 2,5-dicarboxylic acid by hydrogenation and a purge zone
A process for purifying a crude furan 2,5-dicarboxylic acid composition (cFDCA) by hydrogenation of a FDCA composition dissolved in a hydrogenation solvent such as water, and hydrogenating under mild conditions, such as at a temperature within a range of 130° C. to 225° C. by contacting the solvated FDCA composition with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst under a hydrogen partial pressure within a range of 10 psi to 900 psi. |
| US10611737B1 |
Method for preparing aryl 2-tetrazol-2-yl ketone with improved selectivity
The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing aryl 2-tetrazol-2-yl ketone of the following Formula 1a with improved selectivity: wherein R1 and R2 are the same as defined herein. |
| US10611736B2 |
2,4,6-trisubstituted s-triazine compound, preparation method therefor, and use thereof
The present invention provides a 2,4,6-trisubstituted s-triazine compound represented by general formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs or solvates thereof, a preparation method therefor, and use of these compounds in preparing drugs for preventing or treating diseases associated with protein kinase and vimentin dysregulation, and cell vacuolization, and in particular, drugs for treating or preventing cancer growth and metastasis, tissue fibrosis and atherosclerosis. |
| US10611732B2 |
HIV replication inhibiting pyrimidines
This invention concerns HIV replication inhibitors of formula the N-oxides, the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts, the quaternary amines and the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein the ring containing -a1=a2-a3=a4- and -b1=b2-b3=b4- represents phenyl, pyridyl, pyrimidinyl, pirazinyl, pyridazinyl; n is 0 to 5; m is 1 to 4; R1 is hydrogen; aryl; formyl; C1-6alkylcarbonyl; C1-6alkyl; C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl; substituted C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkylcarbonyl, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl, C1-6alkylcarbonyloxy; substituted C1-6alkyloxyC1-6alkylcarbonyl; R2 is hydroxy, halo, optionally substituted C1-6alkyl, C3-7cycloalkyl, optionally substituted C2-6alkenyl, optionally substituted C2-6alkynyl, C1-6alkyloxy, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl, carboxyl, cyano, nitro, amino, mono- or di(C1-6alkyl)amino, polyhalomethyl, polyhalomethyloxy, polyhalomethylthio, —S(═O)pR6, —NH—S(═O)pR6, —C(═O)R6, —NHC(═O)H, —C(═O)NHNH2, —NHC(═O)R6, —C(═NH)R6 or a 5-membered heterocycle; X1 is —NR5—, —NH—NH—, —N═N—, —O—, —C(═O)—, C1-4alkanediyl, —CHOH—, —S—, —S(═O)p—, —X2—C1-4alkanediyl- or —C1-4alkanediyl-X2—; R3 is NHR13; NR13R14; —C(═O)—NHR13; —C(═O)—NR13R14; —C(═O)—R15; —CH═N—NH—C(═O)—R16; substituted C1-6alkyl; optionally substituted C1-6alkyloxyC1-6alkyl; substituted C2-6alkenyl; substituted C2-6alkynyl; C1-6alkyl substituted with hydroxy and a second substituent; —C(═N—O—R8)—C1-4alkyl; R7; or —X3—R7; R4 is halo, hydroxy, C1-6alkyl, C3-7cycloalkyl, C1-6alkyloxy, cyano, nitro, polyhaloC1-6alkyl, polyhaloC1-6alkyloxy, aminocarbonyl, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl, C1-6alkylcarbonyl, formyl, amino, mono- or di(C1-4alkyl)amino; their use as a medicine, their processes for preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. |
| US10611729B2 |
Farnesoid X receptor antagonists
Provided herein are Famesoid X receptor (FXR) antagonists having the structure of formula (I), and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compound of formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Also provided are methods of antagonizing FXR, and methods of treating metabolic disease in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering an effective amount of the FXR antagonists of formula (I) to a subject. |
| US10611728B2 |
Isoindoline compositions and methods for treating neurodegenerative disease
Isoindoline sigma-2 receptor antagonist compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods for inhibiting Abeta-associated synapse loss or synaptic dysfunction in neuronal cells, modulating an Abeta-associated membrane trafficking change in neuronal cells, and treating cognitive decline associated with Abeta pathology are provided. |
| US10611727B2 |
1-[1-(benzoyl)-pyrrolidine-2-carbonyl]-pyrrolidine-2-carbonitrile derivatives
The present invention relates to 1-[1-(benzoyl)-pyrrolidine-2-carbonyl]-pyrrolidine-2-carbonitrile derivatives having pharmacological activity formula (I) to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in therapy and/or prophylaxis of a cognitive disorder. |
| US10611724B1 |
Method for preparing aliphatic isocyanate
Provided is a method capable of preparing high-purity aliphatic isocyanate, particularly, xylylene isocyanate in a high yield in a simple manner without an additional separate process, wherein when aliphatic isocyanate is prepared using phosgene, a side-reaction inhibitor capable of inhibiting side-reactions is introduced during phosgenation. |
| US10611721B2 |
Method for preparing levobunolol hydrochloride
The present invention provides a method for preparing levobunolol hydrochloride. In the present invention S-1-tert-butyl-epoxy methylamine is subjected to a substitution reaction with 5-hydroxy-1-tetralone, and acidified to obtain the target product levobunolol hydrochloride. The method provided by the present invention greatly improves the regioselectivity of the reaction, avoids the occurrence of side reactions, and effectively improves the yield and optical purity of levobunolol hydrochloride, with the yield being 87.3%, and the ee value being over 99%. |
| US10611720B2 |
Composition for preventing or treating hair loss including benzene diamine derivative
Provided are a compound represented by the following Formula I, or a solvate, stereoisomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a composition for preventing or treating hair loss, the compound including the compound as an active ingredient: |
| US10611717B2 |
Process for the coupled production of sweet whey and lactic acid from acid whey
A process for the coupled production of sweet whey and lactic acid from acid whey is suggested, comprising the following steps: (a) providing acid whey having a lactic acid content of about 0.1 to about 1% by weight; (b) nanofiltration of the acid whey, obtaining a first permeate P1 and a first retentate R1; (c) optionally, redilution of the first retentate R1 with water to reconstitute the initial dry matter content, and preparation of the second nanofiltration step; (d) nanofiltration or nano-diafiltration of the retentate R1, obtaining a second permeate P2 and sweet whey as a second retentate R2; (e) combining the two permeates P1 and P2 and subjecting the mixture to reverse osmosis, obtaining a third permeate P3 which, substantially, only contains water, and a concentrate of lactic acid as a third retentate R3. |
| US10611716B2 |
Method of preparing adipic acid
Disclosed is a method of preparing adipic acid from d-glucaro-1,4:6,3-dilactone, particularly using a rhenium catalyst and a noble metal catalyst. Further the method may include using an environmentally friendly solvent such as water. Thus, the obtained adipic acid may have high purity as a final product and economic efficiency of the preparation process may be improved. |
| US10611713B2 |
Automated production line for preparing cannabidiol extract
An automated production line for preparing cannabidiol (CBD) extracts is disclosed. The production line comprises sequentially a solvent dispensing tank, an extraction tank, a first concentration tank, a dilution tank, a filter, a second concentration tank, a chromatography column and a crystallization device. Each of these elements is connected to and controlled by a central controller. The controller can control the operation of these elements such that one element may operate independently of the other. Hence, each of these elements may operate for a sufficient period of time to allow the completion of the particular CBD production step carried out by that particular element. The amount of operations by humans may be reduced, thereby increasing the production efficiency. |
| US10611711B1 |
Method for preparing 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol
A method for preparing 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol is provided. The method allows hydrogen gas fed into a reaction tank to be uniformly dispersed in a reaction solution by a gas-introducing mixer having air-extracting, air-exhausting and mixing functions. Accordingly, the reaction solution has a high concentration of dissolved hydrogen gas so that the reaction time of hydrogenation can be reduced to as short as possible. Furthermore, the method uses a hydrogenation catalyst having many advantages such as high activity and low cost. The added amount of the hydrogenation catalyst can be reduced under the operation of the gas-introducing mixer. |
| US10611710B2 |
Method for producing 1-chloro-1,2-difluoroethylene
The present invention provides a method for efficiently producing 1-chloro-1,2-difluoroethylene at low cost. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for producing 1-chloro-1,2-difluoroethylene, including the step of dehydrohalogenating chlorofluoroethane represented by formula (1) CFClX1—CHFX2 wherein X1 and X2 are different from each other and represent H, F, or Cl; and either X1 or X2 is H. |
| US10611700B2 |
Self-flushing anaerobic digester system
A digester system comprising a primary digester tank containing a primary feed material portion, a secondary digester tank containing a secondary feed material portion, a first conduit connected between the primary digester tank and the secondary digester tank to define a primary tank lower opening within the primary digester tank and a secondary digester tank lower opening within the secondary digester tank, and a flow control valve configured to allow or prevent flow of fluid through the first conduit. When the flow control valve is configured to allow flow of fluid through the first conduit, a portion of the primary feed material portion flows from the primary digester tank to the secondary digester tank to form the secondary feed material portion. |
| US10611696B2 |
Porous ceramic structure
A porous ceramic structure has a porous ceramic aggregate configured from a plurality of porous ceramic particles, and the ratio of the number of corners at locations where two other porous ceramic particles are facing a corner of a porous ceramic particle with respect to the number of corners of the porous ceramic particles included in the porous ceramic aggregate is 80% or greater. |
| US10611692B2 |
Opaque red polycrystalline ceramic
A polycrystalline ceramic solely formed based on alumina, on chromium oxide and on magnesium oxide, where the polycrystalline ceramic contains between 0.8% and 1.2% of chromium oxide by total weight of the polycrystalline ceramic and between 0.03% and 0.09% of magnesium oxide by total weight of the polycrystalline ceramic, making it possible to obtain a red ceramic with a toughness (Kc) at least equal to 2.8 MPa·m1/2. |
| US10611691B2 |
Refractories for applications in combustion chambers intended for producing energy and/or waste disposal
The present invention relates to refractories with a composition gradient for lining the interior surface of combustion chambers. The invention envisages the use of refractories characterized by the presence of a number of layers with a different chemical composition to form a gradient along the cross section of the material. The presence of the composition gradient serves to combine the corrosion resistance of the surface layer, facing towards the inside of the combustion chamber, with the shock resistance of the bulk material. |
| US10611689B2 |
Plasterboard
A plasterboard includes a first layer of plaster and a second layer of plaster, wherein the first layer includes activated carbon; the second layer includes a scavenging agent, wherein a content of scavenging agent in the first layer, expressed as percentage by weight of dry matter, is less than a content of scavenging agent in the second layer, and wherein the second layer is free of activated carbon. |
| US10611687B2 |
Coated-fine-aggregate, concrete composition and method
A concrete composition and method include a portion of fine aggregate bearing a coating of a polymer, which may be a continuous coating layer or a layer of powdered, discrete particles embedded in a binder. The polymeric coating may be a super absorbent polymer (insoluble in water, but absorbing water), or another polymer such as the acrylamides, co-polymers thereof, polyacrylamides, or the like (soluble in water). The coating absorbs water, but particles are too small to form significant voids. Water is absorbed into the concrete mix in far greater proportions (e.g. w/c ratio over 0.5) improving workability, doubling workability time, and improving ultimate compressive stress (strength). |
| US10611686B2 |
Method and device for producing an expanded granulate
The invention relates to a method for producing an expanded granulate (29) made of a sand grain-shaped mineral material (1) using a propellant; wherein the material (1) is fed to a substantially upright furnace (2); wherein the material (1) is conveyed along a conveying path (4) through a plurality of vertically separated healing zones (5) in a furnace shaft (3) of the furnace (2), wherein each heating zone (5) can be heated by at least one independently controllable heating element (6); wherein the material (1) is heated to a critical temperature at which the surfaces (7) of the sand grains (1) become plastic and the sand grains (1) are expanded through the propellant. It is provided according to the invention that the material (1) is fed together with an amount of air from below, wherein the material (1) is conveyed from bottom to top along the conveying path (4) by means of the amount of air which flows from bottom to top within the furnace shaft (3) and forms an air flow (14), and wherein the expanding of the sand grains (1) occurs in the upper half, preferably in the uppermost third, of the conveying path (4). |
| US10611678B2 |
Heat treatable coated article with carbon-doped zirconium based layer(s) in coating
In certain example embodiments, a coated article includes a carbon-doped zirconium based layer before heat treatment (HT). The coated article is heat treated sufficiently to cause the carbon-doped zirconium oxide and/or nitride based layer to result in a carbon-doped zirconium oxide based layer that is scratch resistant and/or chemically durable. The doping of the layer with carbon (C) has been found to improve wear resistance. |
| US10611677B2 |
Method for producing a coated substrate, planar substrate, comprising at least two layers applied by means of heating, and the use of the coated substrate
A panel like, double-sided coated substrate and a method for production are provided. The panel like substrate includes at least two layers applied by heating, the first layer being applied on a first side of the substrate and having at least a glass component and structure-forming particles, the particles producing elevations on the first layer, and the softening temperature or the melting temperature of the particles being greater than the softening temperature of the glass component, and the second layer being applied on a second side of the substrate. |
| US10611676B2 |
Method for preparing synthetic quartz glass substrate
A synthetic quartz glass substrate is prepared by furnishing a synthetic quartz glass block, coating an arbitrary surface and an opposite surface of the block with a liquid having a transmittance of at least 99.0%/mm at the wavelength of birefringence measurement, measuring the birefringence of the block by letting light enter one coated surface and exit the other coated surface, and sorting the block to an acceptable or unacceptable group, based on the measured birefringence value. |
| US10611675B2 |
Transparent glass-ceramic articles, glass-ceramic precursor glasses and methods for forming the same
Embodiments of glass ceramic articles and precursor glasses are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the glass-ceramic articles are transparent and include a nepheline phase and a phosphate phase. The glass-ceramic articles are colorless and exhibit a transmittance of about 70% or greater across the visible spectrum. The glass-ceramic articles may optionally include a lithium aluminosilicate phase. The crystals of the glass-ceramic articles may have a major cross-section of about 100 nm or less. |
| US10611674B2 |
Ion-exchanged glass of high surface compression and shallow depth of layer with high resistance to radial crack formation from vickers indentation
Disclosed are alkali aluminosilicate glasses having unexpected resistance to indentation cracking. The glasses obtain this high resistance as a result of a high level of surface compression accompanied by a shallow depth of layer. The advantaged glasses show greater resistance to radial crack formation from Vickers indentation than glasses with the same compressive stress, but higher depths of layer. |
| US10611672B2 |
Borosilicate glass, light guide plate comprising the same and fabricating methods thereof
Provided is glass with high temperature stability, a low coefficient of thermal expansion and a high mechanical strength, a light guide plate including the glass to replace the conventional PMMA and metal frame, and fabricating methods thereof. The glass according to the present disclosure is borosilicate glass containing 75˜85 wt % of SiO2, 5˜15 wt % of B2O3, 0˜5 wt % of Al2O3, R2O 1˜7 wt % where R is at least one of Li, Na and K, and <0.005 wt % of Fe2O3 and having the redox ratio 0.5 or more. This glass maintains luminance and has an excellent color difference reduction effect when used in a light guide plate. |
| US10611668B2 |
Laser cut composite glass article and method of cutting
The present disclosure relates to a process for cutting and separating arbitrary shapes of thin substrates of transparent materials, particularly tailored composite fusion drawn glass sheets, and the disclosure also relates to a glass article prepared by the method. The developed laser method can be tailored for manual separation of the parts from the panel or full laser separation by thermally stressing the desired profile. The self-separation method involves the utilization of an ultra-short pulse laser that can be followed by a CO2 laser (coupled with high pressure air flow) for fully automated separation. |
| US10611665B2 |
Method of producing LTP or LATP crystal particle
The present disclosure is to provide a method of producing a LTP or LATP crystal particle that has reduced impurity contamination, high crystallinity, and excellent dispersibility. The method of producing a LTP or LATP crystal particle according to the present disclosure includes: preparing glass containing, in molar ratio, 1+x of Li2O, where 0≤x≤1, x of Al2O3, 4−2x of TiO2, 3+y of P2O5, where 1≤y≤4, and from more than y to less than 3y of ZnO; subjecting, after the preparation of glass, the glass to thermal treatment for crystallization; and selectively eluting a substance other than a LTP or LATP crystal through acid treatment. |
| US10611660B2 |
Method for producing glass material, device for producing glass material, and glass material
Provided is a method that enables a crystal-free glass material to be stably produced by a containerless levitation technique. A glass material 30 has a first surface 31 facing a forming surface 10a and a second surface 32 located on a side opposite to the forming surface 10a. The first surface 31 includes a central portion 31a and a peripheral portion 31b located outside of the central portion 31a. Gas is jetted through a gas jet hole at a flow velocity and a flow volume at which a glass material satisfying R2 |
| US10611654B2 |
Municipal mixing with reciprocating motion disk
A reciprocating motion disk for mixing wastewater in a tank of a treatment plan is optimized for geometry, along with cycling speed and stroke length, to cause effective mixing velocity throughout the tank. |
| US10611651B2 |
Electrode module, electrochemical reactor, and water treatment apparatus
An electrode module including electrode plates spaced from one another by spacing means, a plurality of support members each extending through each electrode plate and at least one spacing means between two adjacent electrode plates for releasable securing of the electrode plates together, and each electrode plate includes a plate portion. Each electrode plate includes one supporting and connection lug portion configured to support each electrode plate at a first busbar or a second busbar in an electrochemical reactor for electrically connecting each electrode plate of the electrode module with a first busbar or a second busbar for supplying electrical current between one of the first busbar and the second busbar and each electrode plate of the electrode module. |
| US10611650B2 |
System for providing treated water
A method of treating water in a water treatment system after a replacement of an ion exchange bed includes introducing water to be treated into the ion exchange bed of the water treatment system to produce treated water, calculating a current exchange daily average flow rate of water through the water treatment system, calculating a cumulative daily average flow rate of water through the water treatment system, and determining an estimated number of days remaining to exhaustion of the ion exchange bed based on the current exchange daily average flow rate and the cumulative daily average flow rate. |
| US10611649B2 |
Skimmer and oil water separator process
A skimmer for removing a layer of oil floating on a surface oil contaminated water which subsequently concentrated and separated in an oil water separator which removes tramp oils or other fluids, such as hydraulic oils, with specific gravity less than that of the operating fluid are required to be removed from operating fluid such as water, lubri-coolants or other liquids. The skimmer supplies concentrated oil water composite fluid to a separator apparatus designed for use in industrial applications in which unwanted tramp oils or other fluids, such as hydraulic oils, with specific gravity less than that of the operating fluid are required to be removed from operating fluid such as water, lubri-coolants or other liquids. |
| US10611645B2 |
Zeolite having a one-dimensional channel system, 10-membered rings and 12-membered rings
A new crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite comprising a novel framework has been synthesized that has been designated UZM-55. This zeolite is represented by a three-dimensional framework of at least SiO2 tetrahedral units and an empirical composition in the as-synthesized and anhydrous basis expressed by an empirical formula of: Mmn+RrAlxEySiOz where M represents a metal or metals from zinc or Group 1 (IUPAC 1), Group 2 (IUPAC 2), Group 3 (IUPAC 3) or the lanthanide series of the periodic table, R is a structure directing agent or agents such as 1,6-bis(N-methylpiperidinium)hexane, and E is an element selected from the group consisting of gallium, iron, boron and mixtures thereof. Catalysts made from UZM-55 have utility in various hydrocarbon conversion reactions including methanol to hydrocarbons (MTH). |
| US10611643B2 |
Method for producing multilayer submicron particles by laser pyrolysis
Disclosed is a method for producing particles, including the steps: introducing, into a reaction chamber, at least one reaction flow including a first chemical element and propagating in a direction of flow; projecting a radiation beam through the reaction chamber, intersecting each reaction stream in one interaction area per reaction flow, to form, in each reaction flow, particle cores including the first chemical element; and introducing, into the reaction chamber, a second chemical element interacting with each reaction flow to cover the particle cores with a layer including the second chemical element. Each reaction flow is preferably free of any agent oxidizing the first chemical element. Preferably a ratio of one atom of the second element is introduced per unit of time for at least two atoms of the first element introduced per unit of time. The second element is preferably introduced in at least one confined flow. |
| US10611641B2 |
Hemp-derived dicarboxylic acid-functionalized graphene
This invention pertains to the production of the bi-dimensional crystalline structure of carbon known as graphene. The purpose of this invention is to provide an aqueous, organic method for producing the atomic-scale substance. The invention is declared to enable the low-cost scalable production of large quantities of graphene. |
| US10611638B2 |
Process for manufacturing a metal carbide, nitride, boride, or silicide in powder form
A process for manufacturing a compound in powder form, wherein said compound is the reaction product of (i) at least one metal and/or metalloid, and (ii) at least one further element that is more electronegative than the metal and/or metalloid, which process includes steps of: mixing at least one oxide of said at least one metal and/or metalloid with a reducing agent including Ca or Mg granules or powder, and/or calcium hydride or magnesium hydride in granule or powder form, to form a mixture; exposing the mixture to a source of said at least one further element; maintaining said mixture under a H2 atmosphere at a temperature of from 950° C. to 1500° C. for 1-10 hours; and, recovering said compound in powder form; wherein said at least one further element is selected from carbon, nitrogen, boron, silicon and mixtures thereof. A compound in powder form obtainable by such a process. |
| US10611636B2 |
Method for producing hydrogen chloride
Provided is a method for producing a hydrogen chloride that is capable of efficiently producing a hydrogen chloride with a simple facility. The hydrogen chloride is produced by a method including causing an inert gas to be in gas-liquid contact with a hydrochloric acid in which a concentration is 20 mass % to 50 mass %, distilling the hydrochloric acid with which the inert gas is in gas-liquid contact in the gas-liquid contact and separating a hydrogen chloride from the hydrochloric acid to obtain a crude hydrogen chloride, dehydrating the crude hydrogen chloride obtained in the separating, and compressing and liquefying the dehydrated crude hydrogen chloride obtained in the dehydrating, and purifying the liquid crude hydrogen chloride by distillation. |
| US10611634B2 |
Polygeneration production of hydrogen for use in various industrial processes
Provided are processes for production of hydrogen to be used in various industrial processes, including in processes for production of ammonia and urea. Included are polygeneration processes that result in ultra-low emissions. |
| US10611629B2 |
Microelectromechanical device with signal routing through a protective cap
A microelectromechanical device includes: a body accommodating a microelectromechanical structure; and a cap bonded to the body and electrically coupled to the microelectromechanical structure through conductive bonding regions. The cap including a selection module, which has first selection terminals coupled to the microelectromechanical structure, second selection terminals, and at least one control terminal, and which can be controlled through the control terminal to couple the second selection terminals to respective first selection terminals according, selectively, to one of a plurality of coupling configurations corresponding to respective operating conditions. |
| US10611625B2 |
Systems and methods for detection of vehicle misfueling
Methods and systems are provided for identifying misfueling in a vehicle fuel tank when an incorrect fuel type is provided. In one example, a method may include routing fuel vapors from a vehicle fuel tank to a fuel vapor storage canister and monitoring a temperature profile of a fuel system canister during a refueling operation, and when an actual temperature profile is below an expected temperature profile, misfueling is identified. Further, responsive to an indication of misfueling, further addition of fuel is disabled during the refueling event. |
| US10611624B2 |
Method and apparatus for measured liquid dispensing
Method and system for measured dispending of a liquid to a target reservoir. An oval gear flow meter provides two pulses from different magnets. A pipe subsystem allows liquid from an above-ground reservoir measured through the oval gear flow meter to be controllably dispensed using a controllable valve. A processor module, upon receipt of a start-signal, opens the controllable valve and, until receipt of a stop-signal, computes a volume of the liquid dispensed by the system into the target reservoir by counting the pulses as a first and second counts. An adjustable volume-per-count value is computed with the count(s) to obtain the volume of liquid dispensed. The processor generates an error when a difference between the two counts is greater than a predetermined threshold set considering a target precision setting for the dispensing system. |
| US10611617B2 |
Lifting column
A lifting column includes a first column element and at least one second column element, the at least one second column element being movable relative to the first column element, and at least one damping unit. The damping unit is deformable by a force that acts on an upper side of the lifting column in at least one operating configuration of the lifting column such that the force is at least partly transmitted through the damping unit to a drive of the lifting column. |
| US10611615B2 |
Floor conveyor
Systems and methods for a floor conveyor include a control unit and a sensor device, the control unit operable to control the travel functions of the floor conveyor, the sensor device arranged to be able to provide the control unit with sensor data, the sensor device arranged such that it can detect objects in a plane, the plane extending along the a first side of the floor conveyor, the plane comprises a stop section, the floor conveyor arranged such that if an object is detected in the stop section the floor conveyor is stopped by control of the travel function from the control unit upon receipt by it of a sensor data indicating the object being positioned in the stop section, the stop section also extending along a section of a second side of the floor conveyor, the second side being essentially perpendicular to the first side. |
| US10611614B2 |
Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods to drive movable item containers
Some embodiments include a motorized transport unit providing customer assistance at a shopping facility, comprises: a transceiver; a control circuit; a motorized wheel system; a lift system; and a memory coupled to the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to: activate a motorized wheel system, while continuing to monitor location information, to position the motorized transport unit under the item container and aligned, based on the location information, relative to a frame of the item container; and activate the lift system to lift on the frame of the item container lifting a first portion of the item container such one or more wheels of the item container are lifted off of a floor while two or more other wheels of the item container remain in contact with the floor. |
| US10611611B2 |
Dual actuator assembly
A boom assembly includes a first boom, a second boom pivotally coupled to the first boom, and an actuator assembly having (i) a first end coupled to at least one of the first boom or the second boom and (ii) an opposing second end coupled to the second boom. The actuator assembly includes a first actuator, a second actuator flexibly joined to the first actuator at the opposing second end of the actuator assembly, and a rigid coupler positioned to fixedly couple the first actuator and the second actuator together at the first end of the actuator assembly. The rigid coupler is configured to pivotally couple the first end of the actuator assembly to the at least one of the first boom or the second boom. The first actuator and the second actuator are configured to move relative to one another in response to various loading conditions. |
| US10611610B2 |
Offshore lifting crane
Described is an offshore lifting crane, as for a vessel or platform, that includes a support structure, a crane boom connected to the support structure, a winch drum rotatable around its longitudinal axis, a winch drum drive means, and an elongated hoisting member. The hoisting member includes a first end connected to the winch drum and a second end connectable to a load. The hoisting member extends over at least a part of the crane boom, and the winch drum is arranged such that its longitudinal axis is substantially vertical. |
| US10611606B2 |
Fill degree control for a bulk material gripper of a crane
A method for filling a gripper for bulk material, with the gripper being suspended on holding cables, raised and lowered by a crane via a controller, and acting on the bulk material with the gripper weight during the closing and filling process. By reducing the effect of the weight of the gripper on the bulk material, a fill degree of the gripper is influenced via the controller in that a tensile force acting on the holding cables is influenced in order to optimally fill the gripper. A tensile force TARGET value is determined for the holding cables via the controller and is output to a tensile force controller as an input variable. An electric motor for lifting and lowering the gripper is controlled by the tensile force controller, and an ascertained tensile force ACTUAL value of the holding cables is supplied to the tensile force controller as an input variable. |
| US10611604B2 |
Elevator system
An elevator system includes a suspension apparatus that has a plurality of tension members in a common jacket. The tension members of the suspension apparatus are electrically interconnected in an electric circuit which includes a current source or a voltage source and a measuring device. The measuring device is connected between a first group of the tension members and a second group of the tension members. |
| US10611603B2 |
Wire rope suspension device, control method thereof and multi-rope friction lifter
The present invention relates to a wire rope suspension device, control method and multi-rope friction lift system, the device comprising: a first beam (6) and a second beam (9) which are passed by a wire rope (1) and fixed to the wire rope (1); a suspension joint (15), for connecting a lifting container (30); a suspension cylinder (14), having two ends respectively connected to the second beam (9) and the suspension joint (15); a wedge joint (8), being disposed in an accommodating chamber provided inside the second beam (9); and a wire rope bias limiting mechanism, being disposed between the wedge joint (8) and the second beam (9), for driving the wedge joint (8) to lock a wire rope section on one side of the wedge joint (8) itself and releasing movement restriction of a wire rope section on the other side of the wedge joint (8), when the second beam (9) has a displacement with respect to the first beam (6) in a predetermined direction. The present invention allows a convenient rope adjustment operation. |
| US10611602B2 |
Movable car mounted overspeed governor
A movable car mounted governor assembly for an elevator car is provided. The assembly includes a chassis releasably mounted to an upright of an elevator car and a governor operationally mounted to the chassis. The chassis is configured to move from a first position to a second position relative the upright, wherein in the first position the chassis is fixedly secured to the upright and in the second position the chassis is not fixedly secured to the upright. |
| US10611589B2 |
Auto film splicing assembly with film roll positioner
A splicing assembly for rolled sheet material, including first and second shafts for support of sheet material and a drive assembly for selectively dispensing sheet material. The assembly further includes a splicing apparatus for uniting a replacement with a winding down roll, and an egress guide assembly for receipt of dispensed sheet material exiting the splicing apparatus and passage of same intermediate the shafts. The splicing apparatus includes first and second sealing elements, and first and second carriages adapted and disposed for translation towards their respective sealing elements, a free end portion of sheet material of the replacement roll supported upon the first/second shaft for selective retention by the second/first sheet material carriage, and for translation to, and thereafter with, a portion of sheet material of the winding down roll supported upon the second/first shaft for urged combined engagement with a corresponding sealing element. |
| US10611585B2 |
Systems and methods for unloading a pickup truck bed
Systems and methods for unloading a cargo object from the pickup truck bed. Exemplary methods include installing a cargo unloading system in the pickup truck bed, loading the cargo object into the pickup truck bed, sliding the cargo object along the carrying surface of the pickup truck bed toward a front section of the pickup truck bed, creating a rearward force on the cargo object with the unloading system, thereby causing the cargo object to slide along the carrying surface of the pickup truck bed toward the rear section of the pickup truck bed, and unloading the cargo object from the pickup truck bed by removing the cargo object from the carrying surface of the pickup truck bed. |
| US10611575B2 |
Helical conveyor
A conveyor comprises a helical conveying path having an upright central axis, a frame and an endless conveying member for transporting a product through the conveying path which conveying member is displaceable with respect to the frame. In a central portion of the conveying path, as seen in radial direction from the central axis, the conveying member is provided with an upwardly directed supporting surface for supporting a product. The width of the supporting surface in radial direction from the central axis is smaller than 10% of the distance between the central axis and the supporting surface. At opposite sides of the supporting surface the conveying path is free from obstacles at the height level of the supporting surface. The conveyor is provided with a helical guide for guiding the conveying member along the guide. |
| US10611567B2 |
Pallet displacement system for a pallet storage assembly
A pallet displacement system for a pallet storage assembly, including a pair of spaced apart rail assemblies, each rail assembly including a rail having plurality of rollers rotatably mounted thereon for supporting one or more pallet, a pallet engagement element slidingly engaged to the rail and a pair of springs operatively connecting the pallet engagement element to a front end of the rail on respective sides thereof. In use, the sequential positioning of a plurality of pallets onto the rail assemblies results in a first pallet engaging the pallet engagement elements, extending the springs and therefore accumulate potential energy. When one or more of the plurality of pallets is removed from the rail assemblies, the potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy, pulling the pallet engagement elements toward the front of the rail assemblies, which in turn displaces remaining pallets toward the front. |
| US10611564B1 |
Height adjustable waste disposal device with bag-grabbing membrane
Waste container including a telescoping wall construction defining an interior space receivable of a bag and which has wall sections positionable in a plurality of different positions to provide the wall construction with different operational heights, and a bag handling assembly coupled to the wall construction. The wall sections can be locked into engagement with one another and released when desired. The bag handling assembly includes a bag support defining an opening and including a membrane having at least one slot. Each slot is defined by a pair of opposed walls, possibly parallel to one another. The opposed walls of each slot are spaced apart a distance to enable a bag, when inserted through the slot(s), to be pinched by the opposed walls. |
| US10611563B2 |
Polymeric bags
The present invention relates to improvements for the manufacturing of a wave-cut bag, more specifically a wave-cut bag with improved tie-flaps. Disclosed is a process for intermittently incrementally stretching and imparting a rib-like pattern to a collapsed tube of a blown film extrusion process. The incrementally stretched collapsed tube is particularly well suited for constructing wave-cut trash bags with a rib pattern on the tie-flaps of the trash bags. Further disclosed is a wave-cut trash bag with a rib pattern on its tie-flaps and surrounding area. The process is further well suited for constructing wave-cut trash bags with a rib pattern on a central body of the trash bags. |
| US10611562B2 |
Liquid storage system and method of supplying nonflammable gases in the same
According an embodiment, a liquid storage system comprises a tank for storing liquid fuel, a vent pipe for providing communication between outside of the tank and a gas space above a level of liquid fuel in the tank, a nonflammable gas supplying apparatus for supplying the gas space with nonflammable gases, a pressure control apparatus installed in the vent pipe to operate responsively to the pressure difference between the gas space and atmospheric pressure so as to limit a pressure in the gas space to a predetermined range. The pressure control apparatus introduces ambient air outside the tank into the gas space through the vent pipe when a pressure in the gas space is lower than a predetermined lower limit, and discharge a gas from the gas space out of the tank through the vent pipe when a pressure in the gas space is higher than a predetermined upper limit. |
| US10611557B2 |
Structure of nozzle for fluid tank piping
A structure whereby a piping nozzle can be simply attached to a tank body is disclosed. A cylinder of a nozzle body is inserted through the interior and exterior of the tank body via a nozzle body insertion hole in the tank body. A skirt is provided on an end portion of the cylinder, and expands annularly from the end portion of the cylinder in the interior of the tank body. A sealing member is interposed between an inner surface of the tank body and the skirt around the nozzle body insertion hole. A spacer member is disposed on an outer surface of the tank body around the cylinder. By tightening a nut on a male screw of the cylinder of the nozzle body, a portion of the tank body around the nozzle body insertion hole is sandwiched by the skirt of the nozzle body and the spacer member. |
| US10611555B2 |
Multi-dose cleaning product and method of manufacture
A method of making a web of multi-dose cleaning products may include forming first and second pluralities of internal holders in a first film, forming a first plurality of external holders in a carrier sheet corresponding with the first plurality of internal holders, and forming a second plurality of external holders in the carrier sheet corresponding with the second plurality of internal holders. The method may also include filling each of the first plurality of internal holders with a first cleaning composition, and filling each of the second plurality of internal holders with a second cleaning composition. Furthermore, the method may include sealing a second film to the first film to define first and second pluralities of pouches, folding the carrier sheet so that each of the first plurality of pouches overlaps a corresponding one of the second plurality of pouches, and sealing together overlapping portions of the carrier sheet. |
| US10611554B2 |
Dispenser for valve with stationary valve stem housing
An article includes a dispenser having a flow channel extending therethrough and having a base, a bendable segment attached to the base, a straw attached to the bendable segment, a plunger attached to the base and extending within the flow channel of the bendable segment; a sleeve extending over at least a portion of the straw, and a trigger hingedly attached to the straw at a hinge point and having a portion above the hinge point engaging the sleeve and a trigger portion extending below the hinge point. |
| US10611553B2 |
Dispenser bag container and dispenser rack
A bag container dispenser includes a bag container. The container is formed of resilient material and has a bottom, a top, first and second sides, a front, a back and a removable access panel. The access panel has a top segment that includes a portion of the top and a connected front segment. The front segment has a height that extends from the bottom to the top. Stacked bags are sized and shaped to fit within the bag container. Each of the bags has a front wall, a back wall, an open top and a closure mechanism. The bags are dispensable from the container through an opening provided by removal of the access panel which may have a removable cover. A dispenser rack has a horizontal platform sized and shaped to support the bag container. Peripheral guards extend upward from the platform and constrain movement of the container during dispensing. |
| US10611547B2 |
Collapsible container
A collapsible container includes a base having a base wall with a plurality of support surfaces separated by a longitudinal drainage channel and a plurality of lateral drainage channels intersecting the longitudinal drainage channel. The drainage channels are lower than the support surfaces. The base wall does not include any openings therethrough, so the drainage channels retain fluid leaking from products or packages in the container. The base may further include a plurality of troughs proximate edges of the base. The plurality of troughs are lower than the drainage channels. Walls are pivotably mounted to the base and are pivotable between an upright position and a collapsed position. |
| US10611546B2 |
Shipping system for shipping glass sheets
A shipping system for shipping planar substrates includes a plurality of planar substrates stacked to form a pack and a plurality of interleaving material including substantially spherical beads positioned between the substrates of the pack and configured to carry a load. Substantially all of the beads have a diameter within 25% of Dmax, where Dmax is a diameter corresponding to a size of an opening of an upper limit sieve used in the shipping system. Also disclosed are a spacer for use in a shipping system for shipping planar substrates, a wrapped system for shipping planar substrates, a method of wrapping a system for shipping planar substrates, and a powder applicator. |
| US10611542B2 |
Quick connection devices for aseptic bags
A quick connection device for an aseptic bag may include: a mouth; a mouth sealing cover; and a mouth connection piece. To prevent flow through the mouth, the mouth sealing cover is mountable at the mouth. To allow the flow through the mouth, the mouth connection piece is mountable at the mouth. The mouth can include arc-shaped grooves on an upper surface of the mouth. When the mouth sealing cover is mounted at the mouth, a lower surface of the mouth can be sealed with laminate compound film. The mouth sealing cover can include arc-shaped heaves on two sides. When the mouth sealing cover is mounted at the mouth, the arc-shaped heaves can be fastened with the arc-shaped grooves on the upper surface of the mouth for sealing. |
| US10611539B2 |
Container package
A package of containers within an array of corresponding container receiving apertures wherein a handle slides between a static position at least partially between the containers and a lifting position at least partially above the containers. |
| US10611538B2 |
Article for bundling items together
A bundling article that includes a panel that defines panel apertures, and at least one elastomer element, where the at least one elastomer element is bonded to the panel and has non-bonded portions that overlay the panel apertures. The non-bonded portions of the at least one elastomer element define stretchable apertures having dimensions that are smaller than respective dimensions of the panel apertures. |
| US10611529B2 |
Lidded container
In a container having a lid member coupled to a container body by a hinge, the lid member includes a top surface, an inner ring formed on the top surface, and a projected part is formed on the top surface concentrically with the inner ring and which has an outer peripheral surface provided with an outer peripheral surface projection along the circumferential direction. The container body has a sidewall with a first inner peripheral surface having an inner peripheral surface projection formed along the circumferential direction, and a second inner peripheral surface having an inner diameter different from that of the first inner peripheral surface. When the lid member is closed, the inner ring seals the container body by being fitted to the second inner peripheral surface. The outer peripheral surface projection contacts and slides over the inner peripheral surface projection to lock the lid member the container body. |
| US10611524B2 |
Divider for rigid container
This invention is directed toward a divider for use in a rigid container. The divider having a main body with a two-fold or higher symmetry about a vertical axis, a number of tab sets that correspond in number to the degree of symmetry of said main body, wherein said tab sets are located at the furthest extent of said main body from said vertical axis; and wherein said tab sets and said main body are capable of flexing without plastic deformation during insertion of said divider into said rigid container whereby said tab sets provide a normal force against an interior surface of said rigid container. |
| US10611515B2 |
Resealable beverage can lid
A resealable beverage can lid has a lid having a top side having a first scored opening and a bottom side, a first rivet formed in the lid and extending outwardly from the top side of the lid, the first rivet having an indentation formed in the bottom side of the lid, the first rivet having a scored first circumference, a tab portion connected to the first rivet, a second rivet connected to the indentation of the first rivet, and a closure element connected to the second rivet. |
| US10611512B2 |
Snack food container
A snack food container having a square base, side walls substantially consisting of four right triangular panels and two isosceles triangular panels, and a flat, two dimensional end seal. The container is opened by use of a tear feature just below the end seal. The container is of paperboard construction and is resealable by virtue of a score line on each side of the container located below the end seal in combination with a horizontal cut through the container located below one score line. After opening, the container can be resealed by folding the container over the score lines towards the horizontal cut. An edge of the container is then secured in the horizontal cut. |
| US10611508B2 |
Sleeve labeling machine
A sleeve labeling machine includes a center column, a transmission device, and a cutter device. The center column can unfold the shrink film, and a transmission device will carry the shrink film and let the shrink film sleeve on the center column. Then, the cutter device will cut the shrink film, and the transmission device will keep pulling each cut shrink film to cover the surface of a bottle or a can. Finally, the transmission device will convoy bottles or cans to the next device, and let the shrink film combine with the bottle or the can to complete the bottle or can sleeve labeling process. |
| US10611506B2 |
Container filling apparatus and method
An apparatus for filling a container with a flowable product from a product supply includes a filling station that receives the flowable product from the product supply. The filling station includes (i) a line through which the flowable product flows between the product supply and the container, (ii) a fill valve that is configured to selectively control flow of the flowable product within the line, and (iii) a capacitive sensor configured so that during a filling operation the capacitive sensor is operable to sense, through the container, when the flowable product reaches a predetermined fill level within the container. The capacitive sensor is positioned outside and spaced apart from the container during the filling operation. Additionally, at least a portion of the capacitive sensor is positioned below a mouth of the container being filled during the filling operation. |
| US10611504B2 |
Docking system and method for satellites
The present invention relates to a service satellite having a body, a controller and a docking unit. The docking unit includes at least two foldable, adjustable gripping arms pivotally mounted on the satellite body, each gripping arm being pivotable relative to the satellite body, and a gripping end at each free end of the gripping arms, wherein the gripping ends are adapted and configured to capture and grip a target portion of an orbiting satellite. Each gripping arm is controllable independently by the controller, which coordinates the motion of the arms. The service satellite also includes a propulsion unit including a first thruster mounted adjacent a Nadir end of the service satellite body, and a balance thruster, the balance thruster being distanced from the first thruster and facing a different direction than the first thruster, propellant for the thruster and the balance thruster; and means for aligning the thrusters so that a thrusting vector passes through a joint center of gravity of the service satellite and the serviced satellite. |
| US10611503B2 |
Center of mass control of liquid tanks for spacecraft use
A rigid structure propellant management device (PMD) liquid storage tank includes an outer shell and internal structures inside the outer shell that include a plurality of vertical columns each made up of a stack of individual storage cells. Each of the storage cells has solid vertical sidewalls and top and bottom capillary windows that allow vertical liquid transfer between adjacent cells in a vertical column. The top and bottom capillary windows in each of the storage cells have permeabilities that result in a selected direction of liquid flow in each column. A piping and valve system may be connected to the top capillary window of a top storage cell and to the bottom capillary window of a bottom storage cell of each vertical column, configured to allow controlled liquid transfer between adjacent vertical columns so that locations of empty cells in the tank as liquid is drawn from the tank achieves a selected column by column drainage sequence and controls a center of mass of the tank. |
| US10611502B2 |
Precision deployment devices, systems, and methods
Systems, devices, and methods for precision boom deployment are provided in accordance with various embodiments. The tools and techniques provided may have space and/or terrestrial applications. Some embodiments include a boom deployment system that may include a furlable boom. Some embodiments include: boom reinforcement devices, end fitting devices, contoured support devices, edge support devices, spiral harness devices, latch devices, combined boom spool and tension drive devices, and/or rotary encoder devices. Some embodiments may utilize a composite slit-tube boom. Some embodiments utilize a furlable boom that may be fabricated with curvature along its length. |
| US10611498B2 |
Rail recovery system for aircraft
The present disclosure's side-arm recovery system enables large Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) to operate from small vessels or from ground sites with a minimal footprint. The side-arm recovery system allows arresting an UAS independent of a runway. On the ground or on a ship, the system makes use of a specialized crane system that includes capture and energy absorption devices. A fuselage-mounted top-hook snags a horizontal cable and the arresting forces act in the plane of symmetry through the central structure of the UAS. After the capture energy is absorbed, the recovery system safely lowers the aircraft to a ground handling cart. The same system can be combined into a launcher and retriever system which further reduces the footprint by eliminating the need for a separate launcher. |
| US10611497B1 |
Determining vehicle integrity using vibrometric signatures
A vibrometric signature for a vehicle, or a set of one or more frequencies where vibration of the vehicle is naturally observed in the presence of excitation, may be generated and used to make one or more determinations regarding the integrity or suitability of the vehicle for one or more missions. When the vehicle is subjected to excitation over a range of frequencies, images of the vehicle are captured, and power levels of vibrations of the vehicle are calculated based on the images. A vibrometric signature is generated based on the power levels of the vibrations, and compared to vibrometric signatures previously generated for the aerial vehicle, or to vibrometric signatures associated with one or more other vehicles, or anomalies experienced by such other vehicles, to determine whether the vehicle may be cleared for the performance of one or more missions, or whether maintenance or inspections are required. |
| US10611496B2 |
Power allocation systems for aircraft
A power system for an aircraft includes a plurality of power consumers each operable to consume power in a range from zero to maximum power demand and collectively capable of consuming a combined maximum power demand, a power source operable to output power to the power consumers and a power allocation system operable to allocate power from the power source to the power consumers based on an operational parameter of the aircraft. The power allocated by the power allocation system is less than the combined maximum power demand of the power consumers, thereby allowing the power source to have a maximum power output less than the combined maximum power demand of the power consumers. |
| US10611493B2 |
Anti-terrorism / anti-personnel mobile commercial passenger aircraft physical flight deck / cockpit secondary barrier galley cart / aircraft secondary barrier cart ((ASBC)
The Aircraft Secondary Barrier Cart includes a main housing, with at least two retractable cables with metallic safety-hooks at the ends that connect to the two female loops behind each bulk-head. When deployed, the two cables hold the barrier cart in place. The two retractable cables are connected to a ratcheting system to stabilize and strengthen the barrier cart's stability after deployment. The ratcheting system includes a release lever to disengage the two main-housing cables before stowage. The barrier cart includes a folding-barrier with elastic and polymer safety-hooks sewn in. When the curtain or net gets expanded, its safety-hooks attach to several female loops riveted into the upper portion of the forward galley entrance. |
| US10611486B2 |
Airflow diverter for aircraft and method of use
Disclosed is a stowable airflow diverter for removable attachment to a floor vent of a turbine aircraft. The air diverter comprises vertical ducting extending from a base. A flexible gasket and magnets are attached to the base for engagement with the floor vent. A nozzle attached to the vertical ducting redirects the airflow emanating from the floor vent from horizontal to vertical in order to direct air conditioned air into the cock pit of the aircraft. In an alternate embodiment, the nozzle is rotatable with respect to the vertical axis of the duct. In another alternate embodiment, the nozzle and vertical duct comprise telescoping segments such that the device can be collapsed into the floor vent. |
| US10611485B2 |
Seat assembly using J-track seats
The present invention includes a movable seat assembly for a vehicle, comprising: first and second predetermined paths located on the floor of the vehicle, each path having an operational location at a first end and an ingress/egress location at a second end, the paths having a substantially straight portion and a curved portion; a seat slidably connected to the paths and capable of translation between the first and the second position; two or more openings on the floor of the vehicle on or about the first and second predetermined paths that provide a locking position for the seat, wherein the two or more opening are connected via a conduit below the surface of the floor; and at least one locking pin/plunger connected to the seat and capable of engaging the two or more openings to lock the seat in place along the first and second predetermined paths. |
| US10611484B2 |
Passenger seat arrangement, passenger seat system and aircraft cabin region having a passenger seat arrangement
A passenger seat arrangement for installation in an aircraft comprises at least one seating unit comprising a backrest element and a seat element pivotable relative to the backrest element between a resting position and a position of use. The passenger seat arrangement also has a support frame which bears against the at least one seating unit and which is able to be connected in a load-bearing manner to a structure of the aircraft. The support frame has at least one mechanical interface which, in each case, is assigned to a seating unit and is designed to fasten different mutually exchangeable modular units in a releasable and load-transmitting manner to the support frame. |
| US10611475B1 |
Updating virtual aerial map using sensors associated with aerial vehicles
A system may include a receiver configured to receive sensor data from one or more aerial vehicles, the sensor data including map data including sensed data related to an aerial view from one or more aerial vehicles of terrain and objects on the terrain. The system may also include a map updating processor in communication with the receiver. The map updating processor may receive the map data and identify a geographic location and/or an orientation associated with the map data. The map updating processor may also align, based at least in part on the geographic location and/or the orientation, the map data with a virtual aerial map providing an aerial view of terrain and objects on the terrain. The map updating processor may also incorporate at least a portion of the map data into the virtual aerial map and generate an updated virtual aerial map. |
| US10611474B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle data management
A secure chain of data blocks is maintained at a given computing node, wherein the given computing node is part of a set of computing nodes in a distributed network of computing nodes, and wherein each of the set of computing nodes maintains the secure chain of data blocks. The secure chain of data blocks maintained at each computing node comprises one or more data blocks that respectively represent one or more transactions associated with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). At least one data block is added to the secure chain of data blocks maintained at the given computing node in response to determining that transaction data associated with the at least one data block is valid. |
| US10611473B2 |
Power and data tether for autonomous systems
A system comprising a tether having two conductors, wherein one end is electrically coupled to a ground system and the other end is electrically coupled to an aerial system; the ground system comprising a power signal and a data signal, wherein the power signal and data signal are interfaced through a bias-tee circuit, the ground system further comprising a transient attenuation circuit; the aerial system comprising a bias-tee circuit and a transient attenuation circuit; the ground system configured to send and the aerial system configured to receive the power signal via the tether, and the ground system and the aerial system configured to send and receive the data signal via the tether. |
| US10611470B2 |
Drive system for aircraft landing gear
A drive system for rotating a wheel of an aircraft landing gear is disclosed including a motor operable to rotate a drive pinion via a drive path; and a driven gear adapted to be attached to the wheel so as to be capable of rotating the wheel. The drive system has a drive configuration in which the drive pinion is capable of meshing with the driven gear to permit the motor to drive the driven gear via the drive path. The drive path comprises a first compensating gear mounted on a common drive shaft with the drive pinion so as to be capable of rotating in tandem with the drive pinion, and a second compensating gear which is meshed with the first compensating gear. One of the drive pinion and the driven gear comprises a roller gear having a series of rollers arranged to form a ring, each roller being rotatable about a roller axis, and the other of the dive pinion and the driven gear comprises a sprocket. |
| US10611468B2 |
Method and apparatus for mitigating trailing vortex wakes of lifting or thrust generating bodies
This patent provides for a method and apparatus for mitigating the formation of concentrated wake vortex structures generated from lifting or thrust-generating bodies and maneuvering control surfaces wherein the use of contour surface geometries promotes vortex-mixing of high and low flow fluids. The method and apparatus can be combined with various drag reduction techniques, such as the use of riblets of various types and/or compliant surfaces (passive and active). Such combinations form unique structures for various fluid dynamic control applications to suppress transiently growing forms of boundary layer disturbances in a manner that significantly improves performance and has improved control dynamics. |
| US10611466B2 |
Fluidic device
A fluidic device for providing analogue output control includes a main channel, a first control channel, a second control channel, a comparator which receives respective input fluid flows from the main, the first and the second control channels. The first control channel is configured such that the input fluid flow therefrom carries an oscillating pressure wave signal, the second control channel includes a flow regulator controllable to vary the mass flow rate of the input fluid flow from the second control channel, and the main channel is configured such that the input fluid flow therefrom is at a reference mass flow rate. The comparator is configured such that the input fluid flows from the first control and the second control channels act in combination on the input fluid flow from the main channel to produce an output fluid flow from the comparator having a PWM mass flow rate characteristic. |
| US10611463B2 |
Rotorcraft fly-by-wire stabilization
A rotorcraft with a fly-by-wire system includes a computing device having control laws. The control laws are operable to engage a stabilization maneuver in response to a perturbation of an otherwise stable operating condition of the rotorcraft, thereby returning the rotorcraft to the stable operating condition without requiring input from the pilot. One or more control laws are further operable to increase or decrease pitch angle, roll angle, yaw rate, or collective pitch angle. In representative aspects, perturbation of the stable operating condition may occur as a result of transient meteorological conditions (e.g., wind shear, wind gust, turbulence) experienced by a rotorcraft engaged in flight operations at airspeeds between 0 knots (e.g., a hover) and about 60 knots. The control laws are further operable to permit the rotorcraft to operate with Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) approval at substantially all airspeeds within a normal flight envelope of the rotorcraft. |
| US10611461B2 |
Flap and aircraft
A flap of an aircraft includes a flap body that is provided deployably with respect to a main wing, an inclined portion that protrudes from an upper surface of a tip part on at least an outboard side in a span direction of the flap body and is inclined with respect to an aircraft axis direction, and a protruding portion that smoothly protrudes from a lower surface of the tip part on at least the outboard side. A rear end of the inclined portion is located closer to a side end edge of the tip part in the span direction of the flap body than a virtual line that passes through a front end of the inclined portion and is parallel to the aircraft axis direction. |
| US10611458B2 |
Aircraft cabin noise reduction systems and methods
Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments are provided for reducing noise levels in a passenger cabin of an aircraft. In one example, an aircraft includes a wing coupled to a fuselage. The wing is configured to heat air to provide a first stream of air from a central portion of a wing segment of the wing extending between the fuselage and a first engine of an aircraft. The first stream of air is at a higher temperature than an adjacent stream of air from the wing. |
| US10611457B2 |
Illuminating sidewall systems and methods for an internal cabin of a vehicle
An illuminating sidewall system for an internal cabin of a vehicle includes a sidewall panel including a lateral segment connected to a ceiling segment, and at least one window. At least one lighting assembly includes a first portion secured to the lateral segment and a second portion secured to the ceiling segment. The lighting assembl(ies) is configured to emit light onto interior surfaces of one or both of the lateral segment and/or the ceiling segment. |
| US10611452B1 |
Outdrive flexible shield apparatus
An outdrive flexible shield apparatus has a rectangular frame and a rectangular flexible liner. The frame has a front pole, a left back corner, and a right back corner. The front pole of the rectangular frame has a left segment and a right segment, the right segment separated by a gap from the left segment. A circular opening is medially disposed within a front surface of the rectangular flexible liner. The rectangular flexible liner is attachable to the frame. A left rope attaches the back left corner of the apparatus to a boat and another right rope attaches the back right corner of the apparatus to the boat. A dissolvable chlorine cartridge is removably disposable within the cavity of the substantially rectangular flexible liner. |
| US10611447B2 |
Autonomous underwater system for a 4D environmental monitoring
An autonomous underwater system for environmental monitoring including a multidisciplinary underwater station including onboard instrumentation, at least one autonomous modular underwater vehicle movable inside an area to be monitored along an assigned route, and at least one external instrumental modulus which can be connected the vehicle, wherein the multidisciplinary underwater station includes a docking area, an interface system, an equipping system for supplying the vehicle with instrumental moduli, and a management system. |
| US10611442B2 |
Inflatable water-sports board
An inflatable board for water sports such as surfing, windsurfing and kite surfing uses at least one cord for stiffening. The cord is arranged to be placed in tension upon inflation of the board, and acts to brace the board in use. |
| US10611440B2 |
Boat propulsion assemblies and methods
Boat propulsion assemblies are provided that can include: a water pump operatively coupled to a first conduit in fluid communication with one portion of a hull of the boat; and a water source in fluid communication with the water pump. Methods for propelling a boat are also provided that can include using a water pump to express water outwardly from one portion of a hull and propelling the boat.Propulsion assemblies may also be configured with: a first conduit extending from a first portion of a hull of the boat to a second portion of the hull of the boat; and a first pump operatively aligned along the first conduit and configured to convey water between the first and second portions of the hull of the boat. Methods for propelling a boat can also include: intaking water at a first portion of the hull of the boat; conveying the water to a second portion of the hull of the boat; and expressing the water at the second portion of the hull to propel the boat.Boat propulsion assemblies of the present disclosure can also include: an underwater member moveable in relation to the boat; and a conduit operably engaged with the member and configured to express water from a portion of the member. Methods for propelling a boat can additionally include expressing water from an underwater member to move the boat. |
| US10611439B2 |
Wakeboat engine hydraulic pump mounting apparatus and methods
Hydraulic pump-accessory assemblies are provided for engines. The assemblies may include: an accessory pulley or gear configured to engage a drive belt or chain of an engine; and a hydraulic pump operatively engaging the pulley or gear to be driven by the engine. Engines are provided that can include: a crankshaft pulley or gear operably engaging a belt or chain to convey power to one or more accessories; an accessory pulley or gear operably engaged by the belt or chain; and a hydraulic pump operatively engaging the accessory pulley or gear to receive power from the belt or chain. Methods for modifying an engine are also provided. The methods can include operatively engaging a hydraulic motor to the pulley or gear of an accessory configured to be operably engaged with a belt or chain of the engine. |
| US10611438B1 |
Personal watercraft
A personal watercraft comprises a handle which is operated by a rider to steer a body of the personal watercraft; a steering shaft connecting the handle to the body; and a holder capable of holding a drink bottle, and a separating wall with a height larger than a height of an edge of the holder is provided between the steering shaft and the holder. |
| US10611434B2 |
Bilge pump breakout box and associated methods
A bilge pump breakout box is for connection to a bilge pump system that includes a bilge pump, a power supply, a manual on/off switch, and a float switch. The bilge pump breakout box includes a dielectric substrate, and a terminal block positioned on a first side of the substrate and including a plurality of electrical connection terminals configured to be electrically coupled to the bilge pump, the power supply, the manual on/off switch, and the float switch. Each of the plurality of electrical connection terminals includes a wire connector at a first end, and a connection pin at a second end and extending through the dielectric substrate. Connection circuitry is positioned on a second side of the dielectric substrate and electrically connecting various connection pins of the plurality of electrical connection terminals in a circuit pattern. A protective enclosure protects the components from the ambient environment. |
| US10611430B2 |
Crank device and driving assembly for bicycle
In order to solve low strength and labor-saving of transmission mechanism of conventional crank assembly for a bicycle, this invention provides a crank device. The crank device of this invention includes: a housing (3) to be connected to a frame of the bicycle; a transmission member (4) accommodated in the housing (3) in a loose-fit manner; a supporting shaft (5) partially accommodated in the transmission member (4) in a loose-fit manner; and two driving assemblies (8, 9). Each of the driving assemblies (8, 9) includes: a driving member (82, 92) secured to transmission member (4) and to be connected to a sprocket of the bicycle, wherein one end of the supporting shaft (5) passes through the transmission member (4) and the driving member (82, 92) in a loose-fit manner; and a force arm (81, 91) including an ear (811) secured to the driving member (82, 92) and a bump (812) pivoted to the one end of the supporting shaft (5). This invention allows the crank device to transmit a large force and enhance labor-saving effect. |
| US10611427B2 |
Front fork
A front fork of the present invention has: a cylinder in which a damper of one fork leg is connected to an outer tube on a vehicle body side; a piston rod connected to an inner tube on an axle side; and a piston valve attached to the piston rod and movably inserted into the cylinder. A variable throttle for extension-side damping force adjustment is provided in the piston rod. A stroke sensor has a detected element attached to the cylinder, and a detection unit that is attached to the piston rod and detects a displacement of the detected element. A variable throttle for compression-side damping force adjustment is attached to an outer tube on the vehicle body side of another fork leg. |
| US10611422B2 |
Systems, methods and techniques for intelligent accessories
Systems, methods and techniques for vehicle accessories leveraging sensor(s) of a portable electronic device. The method of leveraging sensor(s) of a portable electronic device to enhance capabilities of an accessory comprising sensing parameters of a vehicle or its surrounding environment by one or more sensor(s) of the portable electronic device, determining a change in condition of the vehicle or its surrounding environment, generating a command or signal depending on the detected condition change, transmitting the generated command or signal to the accessory, and controlling the accessory to change its behavior or perform a predetermined process in accordance with the received signal or command. |
| US10611418B2 |
Small unmanned ground vehicle
The present teachings relate generally to a small remote vehicle having rotatable flippers and a weight of less than about 10 pounds and that can climb a conventional-sized stairs. The present teachings also relate to a small remote vehicle can be thrown or dropped fifteen feet onto a hard/inelastic surface without incurring structural damage that may impede its mission. The present teachings further relate to a small remote vehicle having a weight of less than about 10 pounds and a power source supporting missions of at least 6 hours. |
| US10611417B2 |
Rear spoiler apparatus for vehicle
A rear spoiler apparatus for a vehicle may include a main flap which is deployed by an operation force from an actuator and a support flap which is additionally deployed from the main flap, in which the support flap rotates to open together when the main flap rotates and the open angle of the support flap is greater than the open angle of the support flap. |
| US10611409B2 |
Twelve-cornered strengthening member
A strengthening member for an automotive vehicle includes a twelve-cornered cross section including sides and corners creating eight internal angles and four external angles. The strengthening member also includes four indentations extending along a length of the strengthening member. Each indentation is respectively defined by two of the eight internal angles and one if the four external angles of the strengthening member. |
| US10611407B2 |
Speed control for motor vehicles
A trailer backup assist system is provided herein. The trailer backup assist system includes a hitch angle sensor configured to determine a hitch angle between a vehicle and a trailer attached thereto. An input device is configured to accept an input command corresponding to a trailer path command curvature. A controller is configured to determine a vehicle threshold speed limit by determining a first vehicle speed limit based on the hitch angle and a second speed limit based on the command curvature. The controller generates a command to limit vehicle speed in a reverse direction below the threshold speed limit. |
| US10611406B2 |
Rotary position sensor isolator
A rotary position sensor senses rotation of a first member, having a first torque coupling surface, about an axis relative to a second member by sensing movement of a torque receiving component of the rotary. The isolator may include a mount, a linkage and a torsion spring. The linkage is to be coupled to the torque receiving component of the rotary sensor. The linkage has a second torque coupling surface separable from the first torque coupling surface by a play gap, wherein during rotation of the first member, the first torque coupling surface is to contact the second torque coupling surface to transmit torque to the linkage. The torsion spring is captured between the mount and the linkage independent of the torque receiving component to resiliently bias the second torque coupling surface through the play gap and into engagement with the first torque coupling surface. |
| US10611405B2 |
Unmanned transporting robots and the chassis thereof
The present invention discloses an unmanned transporting robot and the chassis thereof, the chassis includes a floor, a drive unit and a follow unit; the follow unit is used to bear the loads of the chassis and the payload, and includes a plurality of follow components which are arranged on the floor to enable the floor to move smoothly (i. e. without the occurrence of tilting or vibration); the drive unit includes a first drive component and a second drive component which are located symmetrically on both ends of the floor. The present invention also discloses an unmanned transporting robot including the above-described chassis. The chassis of the unmanned transporting robot according to the present invention has the advantages of a compress structure, a small size and a high loading-bearing capacity. |
| US10611404B2 |
Damper device and steering device
The damper device includes the shaft, the large diameter portion housing and the impact absorbing member. When the large diameter portion does not apply an impact force on the flange portion, the elastic body is disposed at one of the inner peripheral surface of the housing and the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion having a gap and when the large diameter portion applies the impact force on the flange portion, the elastic body is deformed in an axial direction to be deformed and is brought into contact with all of the inner peripheral surface of the housing, the restricting surface, the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion and the flange portion. The impact receiving member is restricted from a relative movement relative to the housing by the deformed elastic body and the impact receiving member keeps a non-contact state with the housing. |
| US10611402B2 |
Hydraulic steering unit
A hydraulic steering unit (1) is described comprising a supply port arrangement having a pressure port (P) connected to a main flow path (2) and a tank port (T) connected to a tank flow path (3), a working port arrangement having a left working port (L) connected to a left working flow path (9) and a right working port (R) connected to a right working flow path (10), a bridge arrangement (15) of variable orifices having a first left orifice (A2L) connected to the main flow path (2) and to a left connecting point (16) at the left working flow path (9), a first right orifice (A2R) connected to the main flow path (2) and to a right connecting point (17) at the right working flow path (10), a second left orifice (A3L) connected to the left connecting point (16) at the left working flow path (9) and to the tank flow path (3), and a second right orifice (A3R) connected to the right connecting point (17) at the right working flow path (10) and to the tank flow path (3). Such a steering unit should allow for a comfortable steering. To this end reverse flow prevention means (20, 21) are arranged in at least one of the left working flow path (9) and the right working flow path (10). |
| US10611396B2 |
Motion control assembly for adjustable steering column
A motion control assembly for a steering column assembly includes a rake bracket having a first leg and a second leg. Also included is a clamping mechanism intersecting the upper jacket and positioned on the first leg of the rake bracket, the on-center, single-sided clamping mechanism moveable between a clamped condition and an unclamped condition, the clamped condition securing a lower jacket against telescoping movement relative to an upper jacket. Further included is a mechanical fastener extending through the second leg of the rake bracket and at least partially through the lower jacket and operatively coupled to the lower jacket. |
| US10611394B2 |
Apparatus for varying the direction of travel of a vehicle, in particular a water-borne vehicle
Disclosed is an apparatus for varying the direction of travel of a vehicle, including a rotatable unit operable by the vehicle driver, in particular by gripping, to vary the vehicle's direction of travel, and a support, or hub for rotatably supporting the rotatable unit, having a respective longitudinal axis and connected fixedly to the vehicle. The support for rotatably supporting the rotatable unit has a unit for transferring movement of the rotatable unit to a corresponding unit for controlling the vehicle's direction of travel, such the rudder of the water-borne vehicle, through a corresponding transmission. The transfer unit transfers movement of the rotatable unit, or steering wheel to the unit for controlling the vehicle's direction of travel, in particular through the transmission to the self-same controlling unit, preferably through the rotary transmission shaft, with a transmission ratio of 1:1. |
| US10611391B1 |
Mobile support and storage system for a medical device
A mobile support system for a medical device having an arm with a base includes a body comprising a housing having a top surface, a first end and a second end and a carriage positioned within the housing. The mobile support system further includes a mechanism coupled to the carriage and configured to cause movement of the carriage, a set of wheels coupled to the housing and a support arm coupled to the carriage and extending vertically upward from the top surface of the housing. The support arm is configured to support the arm of the medical device. The mobile support system also includes a mounting block coupled to the carriage proximate to the support arm, the mounting block configured to couple with the base of the arm of the medical device, a first rail detect guide located on the top surface at the second end of the housing and a second rail detect guide located on the top surface at the second end of the housing. The first rail detect guide and the second rail detect guide are configured to unlock the mechanism used to cause movement of the carriage when contact is made between the first rail detect guide and the second rail detect guide and a surface. |
| US10611388B2 |
Positive train control system and method
A positive train control system and method may comprise one or more switch monitors and/or one or more track monitors providing sensor data relative to one or more switches and/or one or more tracks, respectively, determining whether there is an anomaly of a switch or track, and when there is, providing a message, alert and/or warning, and/or initiating a train control action. Determination of an anomaly may be preformed on a train or at a remote location, e.g., a central facility. |
| US10611387B2 |
Draft and buffer apparatus
A draft and buffer apparatus for a track-guided vehicle includes a coupling rod and a draft yoke for connecting the coupling rod to the vehicle body. An energy-dissipating device is arranged between the vehicle and the coupling rod for receiving draft and buffer forces. The energy-dissipating device includes a reversible energy-dissipating unit and is configured so as to cause the force flow of the buffer loads transmitted thereto from the coupling rod and of the draft loads transmitted via the draft yoke thereto to be conducted through the energy-dissipating device and to be transmitted to the vehicle body. The energy-dissipating device further includes an irreversible energy-dissipating unit providing irreversible energy dissipation. The energy-dissipation device is mounted within the axial extent of the draft yoke when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. |
| US10611381B2 |
Decentralized minimum risk condition vehicle control
A vehicle computer includes a memory and a processor programmed to execute instructions stored in the memory. The instructions include receiving a first minimum risk condition (MRC) event recommendation from a first platform controller and a second MRC event recommendation from a second platform controller, selecting one of the first and second MRC event recommendations as a selected MRC event, controlling an autonomous host vehicle according to the selected MRC event. |
| US10611378B2 |
Systems and methods for operating a vehicle on a roadway
A host vehicle can detect two or more markers positioned on respective locations of a surrounding vehicle. The two or more markers can include data corresponding to the respective locations of each of the two or more markers. The host vehicle can determine the location of the two or more markers based on the data. Based on the location of the two or more markers, the host vehicle can determine the orientation of the surrounding vehicle. The host vehicle can determine a path to follow based on the determined orientation of the surrounding vehicle. The host vehicle can then follow the determined path. |
| US10611377B2 |
Control apparatus for vehicular drive system
A control apparatus (80) for a vehicular drive system (12; 105) having a step-variable transmission portion (20; 110) which is shifted to a selected one of speed positions having respective speed ratio values, with engaging and releasing actions of coupling devices (B, C), and a drive power source portion (39; 103) operatively connected to an input shaft (30) of the step-variable transmission portion, the control apparatus being configured to implement a speed synchronizing control upon a shift-down action of the step-variable transmission portion in a coasting run of a vehicle (10; 100), wherein an input shaft speed of the step-variable transmission portion is raised with an input shaft torque transmitted from the drive power source portion to the input shaft, from a pre-shift-down synchronizing speed to a post-shift-down synchronizing speed. The control apparatus includes a torque control portion (86) configured to change the input shaft torque transmitted from the drive power source portion (39; 103) to the input shaft (30) during the speed synchronizing control, on the basis of a temperature of a lubricant in the step-variable transmission portion such that the input shaft torque is larger when the lubricant temperature is comparatively low than when the temperature is comparatively high. |
| US10611376B2 |
Methods and system for decelerating a vehicle
A method for improving operation of a vehicle that includes an engine, a transmission, and a torque converter clutch is disclosed. In one example, the method assesses whether or not driver braking is expected and adjusts driveline braking accordingly. The method freewheels the driveline to extend vehicle coasting when driver braking is not expected and the method increases or decreases driveline braking based on a closing distance between the vehicle and an object in the vehicle's path. |
| US10611365B2 |
Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling the same
An electronic control unit of a hybrid vehicle controls an engine and an inverter to execute inverterless traveling. The inverterless traveling is a traveling state where the inverter is set to a gate blocking state, and where a reaction force of a torque that is output by a rotating electric device when the rotating electric device to be rotated by output of the engine generates electric power is applied to an output shaft. The electronic control unit controls a converter to adjust a voltage of an electric power line to a predetermined maximum voltage or a voltage within a predetermined range from the maximum voltage when a shift range of the hybrid vehicle is switched to a non-forward range from a forward range during the inverterless traveling. |
| US10611360B2 |
Electric power source system
An electric power source system includes an electric power generator, a voltage conversion device, a battery, an electrical load, and a control device. The voltage conversion device converts a direct current voltage. The battery is electrically connected to the electric power generator through the voltage conversion device. The electrical load is electrically connected to the electric power generator in a parallel relationship with the battery without passing through the voltage conversion device. The control device is configured to charge the battery through the voltage conversion device based on regenerative electric power in a regenerative state in which the regenerative electric power is generated by the electric power generator. the control device is configured to increase an electric power consumption of the electrical load further when the control device detects an event that impedes the charging in the regenerative state than when the control device does not detect the event. |
| US10611358B2 |
Control system for low speed positioning and pacing for on/off highway vehicles
A control method for operating an automated manual transmission system having a fuel-controlled engine, a multiple-speed change-gear transmission and a clutch drivingly interposed between the engine and an input shaft of the transmission is provided. The control method determines a rate of throttle change of a throttle pedal. The clutch is engaged at a first clutch engagement rate based on the rate of throttle change being greater than a threshold. The clutch is engaged at a second clutch engagement rate in a blended pedal mode that is proportional to an amount of throttle percentage engagement based on the rate of throttle change being less than the threshold. The first and second clutch engagement rates are distinct. |
| US10611351B2 |
Vehicular driving assistance device
When an engine speed is less than a safeguard speed while a vehicle downhill assist control is being executed, a target speed of the vehicle downhill assist control is increased. In addition, if the target speed is greater than a vehicle speed, braking force applied to the vehicle is decreased. |
| US10611348B2 |
Brake architecture for automated driving
A braking system operable independent of driver input, where the braking system includes a primary brake system, a secondary brake system, a primary controller controlling fluid pressure in the primary brake system, and a secondary controller controlling fluid pressure in the secondary brake system independently of the primary controller. There is also an actuator which is part of the primary brake system, where the actuator is controlled by the primary controller. A reservoir is in fluid communication with both the primary brake system and the secondary brake system, to supply fluid to both the primary brake system and the secondary brake system. The primary controller selectively actuates the actuator to control the fluid pressure in the primary brake system independently of driver input, to provide braking capability to a fully autonomous driving vehicle. |
| US10611345B2 |
Mobile operating machine
Mobile operating machine, provided with at least a work device (11) supported by a movement turret (14), at least a pair of stabilizing front legs (12a, 12b) and at least a pair of stabilizing back legs (13a, 13b); the mobile operating machine also comprises a support structure (18) provided with at least a pair of box-like elements (19a, 19b) configured to house the stabilizing front legs (12a, 12b) or back legs, and at least a positioning seating (20) of the movement turret (14) made in a crossing zone (Z) of the box-like elements (19a, 19b); each box-like element (19a, 19b) is provided with a first end (23a, 23b) that is open and through which a respective stabilizing front leg (12a, 12b), or back leg, is slidingly mobile and a second end (25a, 25b), opposite the first end (23a, 23b) and in correspondence with which a respective stabilizing back leg (13a, 13b), or front leg, is pivoted, so as to rotate around a corresponding axis of rotation (R1, R2). |
| US10611344B2 |
Wiper arm for a windscreen wiper system of a motor vehicle, wiper blade and wiper device
The invention relates to a wiper arm (10) for a windscreen wiper system of a motor vehicle, with a receiving region (11) for a wiper blade adapter (55), wherein in the receiving region (11) an adapter element (30; 30a) is arranged, serving for the supplying of washing fluid, wherein the adapter element (30; 30a) is able to be connected on the one hand with a supply line (32) for the washing fluid and on the other hand has at least one outlet (34) for the washing fluid, which is able to be connected with the wiper blade adapter (55), wherein the at least one outlet (34) is aligned with a first mounting or respectively dismantling direction (17) of the wiper blade adapter (55). |
| US10611342B2 |
Windshield wiper assembly
Disclosed herein is a windshield wiper assembly that is capable of securely holding a spoiler, thereby preventing poor operation of a wiping rubber member. In the windshield wiper assembly, a base part, formed at one end of the spoiler to support the wiping rubber member, is inserted into an end cap through an outer plug. |
| US10611341B2 |
Monitoring system, monitoring center device, mounting device, monitoring method, processing method, and program
A monitoring system in which a mounting device of a moving body and a monitoring center device are connected via a communication network, wherein the mounting device includes a photographing unit configured to photograph a passenger, and a feature transmission unit configured to transmit feature data of the passenger, and the monitoring center device includes a monitoring processing unit which determines whether the feature data is recorded in a database and performs monitoring processing on the basis of a result of the determination. |
| US10611339B2 |
Device and method for operating a vehicle access and/or driving authorization system
A device for operating an access and/or driving authorization system of a vehicle includes a mobile access and/or driving authorization unit, a control unit arranged in the vehicle, and at least one detection unit which can be coupled to at least one electronic communication unit. The at least one electronic communication unit is arranged integrated into a document. The at least one detection unit is arranged integrated in the mobile access and/or driving authorization unit and/or in the vehicle. A presence checking operation of the document can be carried out automatically by the at least one detection unit for a person who is in possession of the mobile access and/or driving authorization unit at a specific time. An output unit outputs a message to the person at the specific time as a function of a result of the presence checking operation. |
| US10611338B2 |
Vehicle control device
A vehicle control device is configured to be connected to an antenna and to a sensor by a common wire. The vehicle control device includes an electronic control unit configured to perform a determination process of determining a vehicle operation corresponding to a signal received from the sensor, determine whether the determination process is completed, and transmit a drive signal to the antenna after determining that the determination process is completed and upon the vehicle operation being determined, the drive signal being transmitted to the antenna such that the antenna transmits a radio signal. |
| US10611325B2 |
Bumper with pedestrian safety features
A motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a bumper having an at least partially metallic shell mounted to the vehicle by way of a mount. Further, at least a portion of the mount is configured to bend to allow movement of the shell in response to a collision. A method is also disclosed. |
| US10611321B2 |
Wiring module
Provided is a wiring module for which the shape of a through hole formed in a wall of a vehicle can be set independent of the cross section of a conductor plate. The wiring module penetrates a wall provided in a vehicle. The wiring module includes a pair of conductor plates and a conductive fastening member. The pair of conductor plates are disposed opposite to each other via the wall. The fastening member penetrates the wall to be conductively connected to the pair of conductor plates, and fastens the pair of conductor plates to the wall. |
| US10611319B2 |
Door trim coupling device for a vehicle
A door trim coupling device for a vehicle may include a wire provided in a closed loop form, a locking device disposed in a door trim of the vehicle and configured to selectively wind or unwind the wire, and a mounting device disposed in the door trim and configured to be engaged with or disengaged from a door panel of the vehicle by winding or unwinding of the wire, wherein the mounting device includes a pulley provided to be rotatable and configured to wind or unwind the wire according to a rotation direction of the pulley, and a clutch configured to allow the pulley to rotate in one direction and to prevent the pulley from rotating in the other direction opposite to the one direction. |
| US10611318B2 |
Vehicle component with a mounting component for attachment of a functional component
This document relates to a vehicle component with a mounting element to which a functional component can be attached. The mounting element has a reception region and a connection region. The reception region is formed to attach the functional component, while the connection region is attached via a fiber band to the vehicle component. The fiber band may be connected to the vehicle component by overmolding, the reception region being at least partially excluded from this overmolding. |
| US10611315B1 |
Vehicle
A vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a speaker configured to output virtual sound to an outside of the vehicle and convert noise generated from the outside into energy and a battery configured to store the energy converted by the speaker. |
| US10611313B2 |
Accessory rack for a vehicle
An accessory rack for a vehicle couples to the hitch receiver of a vehicle to carry accessories on the vehicle. The accessory rack includes a base rack, a hitch coupling assembly, a first swing arm assembly and a second swing arm assembly. The first and second swing arm assemblies are hingedly and removably coupled to the base rack. The first and second swing arm assemblies swing out from the center of the base rack using hinges at the outer ends of the base rack. The first and the second swing arm assemblies carry accessory racks for different types of accessories. The base rack is coupled to the hitch coupling assembly. The hitch coupling assembly couples the base rack and the first and second swing arm assemblies to the hitch receiver of the vehicle. |
| US10611312B1 |
Vehicle-mounted carrying apparatus
A cargo carrier is removably attachable to a trailer hitch on a vehicle. Multiple support arms are attached to a center hitch arm, with a locating pin protruding from the outer end of some or all of the support arms, and wherein there are at least two locating pins. The arrangement of the locating pins is configured to correspond to an arrangement of holes in the bottom of an object to be carried. Some embodiments support the weight of the object at small regions surrounding each locating pin. Some embodiments support the weight of the object over the spans of the support arms. Various locating pin arrangements enable carrying of different objects. |
| US10611310B2 |
Vehicle interior component
A component for a vehicle interior is disclosed. The component may comprise a base comprising a bin, a cover configured to cover the bin, an interface for the cover and a mechanism configured to retain the cover to the base. The mechanism may comprise at least one pin configured to rotate in response to translation at the interface to release the cover from the base. The interface may comprise a button configured to move in the opening direction from a forward position to a rearward position to unlock the cover from the base. The cover may be configured to move in the opening direction as the button moves from the forward position toward the rearward position. The mechanism may comprise a link to rotate in response to translation of the button to rotate the pin to unlock the cover from the base. |
| US10611307B2 |
Measurement of a dimension on a surface
The invention relates to a device, to a vehicle, and to a method for measuring a dimension between at least two points on surfaces. The device comprises an image-generating apparatus configured to scan the surroundings of the vehicle, and a display apparatus configured to display a representation of the surroundings of the vehicle. The device also includes an input apparatus configured to define at least two points as measuring points between which a dimension is to be determined in the displayed representation, a surroundings sensor configured to sense a distance and a direction of each of the measuring points with respect to the vehicle, and an evaluation apparatus configured to determine the dimension based on the sensed distances and directions of the measuring points, wherein the evaluation apparatus is further configured to output the determined dimension. |
| US10611306B2 |
Video processor module for vehicle
A video processor module for a vehicle includes a plurality of video interfaces, each configured for wired connection to a respective camera of a plurality of cameras. The video processor module receives and processes image data provided by the cameras. The plurality of interfaces include interfaces for wired connection to the cameras and for receiving image data from the cameras. The video processor module communicates with other vehicle systems via a vehicle bus. The video processor module may electronically reduce distortion in captured image data. The video processor module may merge captured image data to provide a panoramic view image that is output to a video display screen. The video processor module may receive radar data sensed by a radar sensor of the vehicle, and may, responsive at least in part to processing of image data and radar data, detect at least one other vehicle present exterior of the vehicle. |
| US10611303B2 |
Portable device and vehicle
A portable device communicates with a vehicle, and the portable device includes: a motion sensor; a control unit configured to determine whether or not abnormality has occurred in the motion sensor, based on an output from the motion sensor; and an output unit configured to perform an output representing abnormality in the motion sensor, when the control unit determines that abnormality has occurred in the motion sensor. |
| US10611302B2 |
Hybrid vehicle control method for controlling vehicle noise
A control method for a hybrid vehicle having an engine and a motor as driving power sources includes the steps f: checking, by a controller, a driving mode of the hybrid vehicle in real-time; when the driving mode of the hybrid vehicle is a motor driving mode (electric vehicle mode: EV mode), outputting, by the controller, a first sound profile to a sound device of the hybrid vehicle, the first sound profile being calculated by the controller based on a motor RPM and a motor load; and when the driving mode of the hybrid vehicle is an engine driving mode (hybrid electric vehicle mode: HEV mode), outputting, by the controller, a second sound profile to the sound device of the hybrid vehicle, the second sound profile being calculated by the controller based on engine operation sounds. |
| US10611301B2 |
Self-adjusting spherical speaker
A self-adjusting spherical speaker includes a remote control handle, a megaphone, a vibration sensor, an alarm, a spherical speaker body and a digital signal processor. The remote control handle is provided for issuing a manual control signal according to user's input; the digital signal processor controls a playing mode of the spherical speaker body according to the manual control signal; the vibration sensor is provided for detecting the amplitude of vibration of a police car body. If the digital signal processor determines that the amplitude of vibration of the police car body is greater than a predetermined vibration threshold, the alarm will be controlled to carry out an alarm operation, and the digital signal processor will convert a user's voice received by the megaphone into an electrical control signal to control the playing mode of the spherical speaker. Therefore, the operating mode of the spherical speaker can be self-adjusted. |
| US10611300B2 |
Vehicle interior light with lens integral to lightguide
An interior light for a motor vehicle, having a switch for switching the interior light on and off, a lens and at least a first light of which the light beams pass through the lens and are able to provide a first light function. Furthermore, there is at least one second light of which the light beams can be coupled into at least one light guide via at least one light entry point, and can be coupled out again via at least one light extraction structure to provide a second light function. The lens can be an integral part of the light guide. In this way, an interior light for a motor vehicle can be realized, which has a switch indicator light and can be made of a very compact design. |
| US10611299B1 |
Articulating armrest light assembly
An armrest assembly for a passenger vehicle, such as an aircraft, that includes a light source, a seat assembly that includes the armrest assembly, and related method(s) of manufacturing or servicing. In general, the armrest assembly includes a light source that is supported by an articulating support such that it can be positioned in a variety of locations. The articulating support is pivotally mounted to an armrest in a forward portion of a side notch that extends along the lateral edge of the armrest. The armrest assembly is configured such that the light source is disposed in the side notch and oriented to direct light from the side notch away from the armrest when the light assembly is in a stowed configuration. The articulating support may be moved so that the light source is disposed out of the side notch, so as to provide a reading light. |
| US10611293B2 |
Lamp for vehicle
A lamp for a vehicle includes: a lamp module configured to project a light having a beam pattern onto a road surface; at least one processor; and a computer-readable medium coupled to the at least one processor having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising: obtaining vehicle driving information associated with driving of the vehicle; determining, based on vehicle driving information, a light adjustment region; and based on the determination of the light adjustment region, performing a gradual control of light projected to the light adjustment region, the gradual control of light configured to progressively change a brightness of light in the light adjustment region. |
| US10611289B2 |
Transport vehicle for containers
A transport vehicle for containers, with a first set-down surface on which a container can be set down, and with two opposite guide surfaces which run directed towards each other in the direction of the first set-down surface in order to guide a container in the direction of the first set-down surface when setting the container down on the transport vehicle (1) with the first set-down surface arranged between the guide surfaces. An adapter is provided which is movable between a standby position and an operating position in such a manner that a container, when being set down on the transport vehicle, is guided onto the first set-down surface when the adapter is in the standby position, and is guided onto a second set-down surface formed by the adapter and arranged between the guide surfaces when the adapter is placed onto the transport vehicle in the operating position. |
| US10611287B2 |
Air bag system for lifting trailer platforms
The application discloses integrated air suspension and platform lifting systems that utilize an existing air supply for lifting one or more platforms installed in a trailer or hauling vehicle. An apparatus for lifting a rear gate or platform of a trailer or a hauling vehicle is disclosed that includes an actuating mechanism operable to pivot the platform between a lowered position (e.g., where the end of the platform is in contact with the ground) and a range of raised positions (e.g., where the platform is raised to meet an elevated platform such as a loading dock). The lifting mechanisms for raising and lowering the platform(s) may utilize a pressurized gas supply from a compressor. In some embodiments, the lifting mechanism may be supplied with pressurized air from a compressor of a brake system of a tractor. In some embodiments a separate locking mechanism is provided to hold the platform in place after the lifting system has moved it into a desired position. |
| US10611282B2 |
Convertible seating and dinette arrangement
A convertible seating and dinette arrangement that includes moveable and adjustable first and second seats with each seat including a base, a seat bottom, and a backrest; and wherein each base is configured for pivotal movement to adjust between various modes. The convertible seating and dinette arrangement can include seats that are moveable and convertible to at least three different modes including a sofa mode, a recliner mode, a daybed mode, a dinette mode, an alternate dinette mode, and a chaise lounge mode. |
| US10611279B2 |
Occupant support system for a passenger vehicle seat
An occupant support system for a vehicle passenger seat includes an air bladder with a first portion having a first flexibility and defining a first pressure adaptive volume, and a second portion having a second flexibility and defining a second pressure adaptive volume, wherein the first flexibility is lower than the second flexibility. |
| US10611278B2 |
Lattices for use in aircraft seat assemblies
Cushion components for use in an aircraft and methods of making thereof. The cushion components having a lattice that is open celled, breathable, and has a compressibility profile that mimics an indentation load deflection (ILD) and spring rate of foam. In certain aspects, the elastomeric lattice is formed of interconnected cuboid structures that include, for example, interconnected face-centered cube (FCC) structures, interconnected body-centered cube (BCC) structures, or interconnected kagome structures. |
| US10611271B2 |
Operator station for machines
An operator station for a machine is disclosed. The operator station includes a first door, a second door, a seat, and a controller. The first door and the second door provide access to the operator station. The seat is disposed inside the operator station and is movable to a first position and to a second position. Further, the controller is configured to move the seat to the first position based on a first signal, and move the seat to the second position based on a second signal. |
| US10611265B2 |
Charging plug for an electrically driven vehicle
A charging plug for an electrically driven vehicle has a feed line for electrically connecting the charging plug to a charging infrastructure. The charging plug includes power contacts, a signal contact, a rectifier, and a control and protection device. The power contacts and signal contact electrically connect the charging plug to the vehicle. The rectifier is connected to the feed line and to the power contacts for converting an alternating current obtained by the feed line into a direct current that is delivered by the power contacts to the vehicle in a charging process. The control and protection device is connected to the feed line, to the power contacts and to the signal contact for matching the charging process to the vehicle by means of the signal contact. |
| US10611261B2 |
Vehicle controlled by remote controller and posture
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an electric vehicle and a method for controlling the electric vehicle. The electric vehicle includes at least one electric motorized wheel to drive the electric vehicle; a pressure sensor module configured to detect pressure on the electric vehicle; a communication interface configured to receive remote instructions from a remote controller; and a central controller configured to operate the at least one electric motorized wheel in a control mode based on at least one of the received remote instructions and the pressure. |
| US10611260B2 |
Drive force control system
A drive force control system that ensures a running stability and a driving performance of a vehicle even in the event of failure of one of motors. The drive force control system determines that one of the right motor and the left motor cannot generate a required torque due to failure. In the event of failure of any one of the motors, the drive force control system generates a torque by the other motor working properly, and controls the torque transmitting capacity of the clutch in such a manner as to deliver the output torque of the motor working properly to the wheel coupled to the faulty motor. |
| US10611258B2 |
Battery recharge notification and automatic recharge
A vehicle includes a low-voltage battery, a high-voltage battery, and a converter that decreases voltage provided from the high-voltage battery to the low-voltage battery. A system controller of the vehicle is programmed to use the converter, in a key-off cycle, to charge the low-voltage battery a calibrated number of times that the low-voltage battery drops below a predefined state-of-charge threshold, and send a wireless notification a subsequent time the low-voltage battery drops below the threshold. A notification is sent to a predefined contact address when a periodically computed state of charge of a low-voltage battery of a vehicle falls below a predefined threshold. Using a converter, voltage provided from a high-voltage battery of the vehicle to the low-voltage battery is decreased to charge the low-voltage battery responsive to receipt from the contact address of a response indicating approval of the charge. |
| US10611250B2 |
System and method for vehicle wireless vehicle charging communications using location based services
A system and method for managing communications with a vehicle wireless charging station include a vehicle having a battery configured for wireless charging and a vehicle computing system having a transceiver and a processor programmed to broadcast a signal by the vehicle computing system using the transceiver to establish a communication link with a vehicle wireless charging station in response to a current vehicle location being within a specified range of a previously authorized vehicle wireless charging station. The system and method may include a vehicle HMI to prompt a user for input to authorize communication with a wireless charging station that is not recognized or that has not been previously authorized. Wireless charging related broadcasts may be inhibited when the vehicle is not within a specified range of a known wireless charging station location to conserve energy and reduce potential for unauthorized responses to the vehicle broadcasts. |
| US10611246B2 |
Gate driver with temperature compensated turn-off
A vehicle powertrain includes a monolithically integrated load switch, mirror switch, and temperature array, and a gate driver. The gate driver includes a first comparator configured to filter a current level of the mirror switch, and a second comparator configured to provide a reference to the first comparator based on temperature array output such that a gate discharge rate of the switch, enabled by the first comparator, varies proportionally with a temperature adjusted filtered current level. |
| US10611245B2 |
Power conversion system
A power conversion system includes a transformer, a power conversion device for travel, a power conversion device for auxiliary power sources, an electrical storage device, and an auxiliary device. The power conversion device for travel converts AC power into power for travel and supplies it to a travel motor. The power conversion device for auxiliary power sources includes an AC to DC conversion unit which converts AC power into DC power, a power conversion unit for AC loads which converts the DC power into AC power and supplies it to an AC load, and a power conversion unit for DC loads which converts DC power to DC power and supplies it to a DC load. The electrical storage device is connected to power lines connecting DC power output terminals of the AC to DC conversion unit and DC power input terminals of both the power conversion units for AC and DC loads. The auxiliary device is connected to power lines connecting the power conversion device for auxiliary power sources and the electrical storage device and operates with power supplied from the electrical storage device. |
| US10611240B2 |
Vehicle cruise control apparatus and cruise control method
A cruise control apparatus controls travel of an own vehicle based on a predicted course which is a future travel course of the own vehicle. The cruise control apparatus includes a first predicted course calculating unit and a second predicted course calculating unit, as a plurality of course prediction means for calculating a predicted course, and is provided with a course change determination unit for determining whether a change in the course is to be performed and a prediction switching unit which performs switching to enable one of a first predicted course calculated by the first predicted course calculating unit and a second predicted course calculated by the second predicted course calculation unit, the switching being based on a result of determination made by the course change determination unit as to whether a change in the course is to be performed. |
| US10611237B2 |
Heavy duty truck chassis having rear mounted fuel tank
A heavy-duty truck chassis has a frame assembly having a first rail spaced from a second rail to define a gap therebetween. A front axle is supported by the frame assembly and is positioned proximate a front portion of the frame assembly. A rear axle is supported by the frame assembly and is positioned proximate a rear portion of the frame assembly. A fuel tank is supported by the frame assembly and positioned in the gap and behind the rear axle. |
| US10611236B2 |
Work vehicle fuel anti-theft system
A work vehicle includes a fuel tank, a control module, a fuel access detection device, a fuel level sensor, and a reaction assembly. The fuel access detection device detects the accessibility of the fuel, and transmits a first signal indicative of the accessibility of the fuel to the control module. The fuel level sensor detects a volume of the fuel, and transmits a second signal related to the volume of the fuel to the control module. The reaction assembly is coupled to the control module and performs a first reaction and a second reaction after the first reaction. In the first reaction the reaction assembly is commanded by the control module based on the first signal, and in the second reaction the reaction assembly is commanded by the control module based on the second signal when the volume of the fuel is changed. |
| US10611235B2 |
Grille shutter control device of vehicle
A grille shutter control device of a vehicle includes an encapsulation structure covering an engine, a grille shutter provided at an opening formed at a front wall portion of the encapsulation structure, an actuator configured to move the grille shutter to open/close the opening, and a controller configured to control the actuator. The controller determines whether or not heat damage occurs on a related component relating to the engine upon key OFF, closes the grille shutter upon key OFF in the case of determining that the heat damage will not occur, and opens the grille shutter upon key OFF in the case of determining that the heat damage will occur. |
| US10611234B1 |
Battery assembly with supportive thermal exchange device and thermal management method using same
An example battery assembly includes, among other things, at least one thermal exchange device. Each thermal exchange device has a plurality of liquid coolant channels, a first side that supports at least one battery array, and a second side. A plurality of fins extend from the second side. A skid plate is adjacent the plurality of fins to establish a plurality of air coolant channels between the second side and the skid plate. An example thermal management method includes moving air through a plurality of air coolant channels established between a skid plate and at least one thermal exchange device. The thermal exchange device supports at least one battery array. The thermal exchange device includes a plurality of liquid coolant channels that communicate a liquid coolant to exchange thermal energy with the at least one battery array. |
| US10611233B2 |
Radiator support
According to one embodiment a radiator support is provided that includes a support base and an elastic tubular portion which protrudes axially from the support base and is configured for housing a pin of a radiator of a vehicle. The radiator support also includes at least one stop which protrudes axially from the support base. The stop is arranged close to the tubular portion and comprises a height smaller than the height of the tubular portion with respect to the support base. The difference between the height of the tubular portion and the height of the stop, and the gap between the tubular portion and the stop are such that, in use, from a given radial deformation level of the tubular portion, the tubular portion comes into contact with the stop, increasing the rigidity of the tubular portion. |
| US10611232B2 |
Final drive mounted motor for track-type tractor
A track-type tractor includes a frame housing defining an internal cavity extending to an outer bore, an electric motor module, and a final drive assembly. The electric motor module includes a motor housing having a flanged end portion, and a rotor shaft extending through the flanged end portion. The flanged end portion is mounted to a outer mounting surface of the frame housing surrounding the outer bore, such that the electric motor module extends through the outer bore and is retained within the frame housing internal cavity. The final drive assembly is mounted to the flanged end portion and includes a gear set in operative engagement with the rotor shaft for motorized operation of the final drive assembly. |
| US10611231B2 |
Power transmission system of vehicle
A power transmission system of a vehicle may include a first input shaft selectively connected to an engine, a second input shaft as a hollow shaft, enclosing the first input shaft without rotational interference with the first input shaft, and selectively connected to the engine, a speed change portion including first and second planetary gear sets, each planetary gear set including three rotation elements, and four rotation shafts directly connected to at least one rotation element among the rotation elements of the first and second planetary gear sets, a motor/generator, an output shaft, and control elements including two clutches disposed at positions where the first and second input shafts are selectively connected to an output shaft of the engine, and two brakes disposed at positions where two rotation shafts among the four rotation shafts are selectively connected to a transmission housing. |
| US10611228B2 |
Engine mounting structure
An engine mounting structure includes an engine mount fixed to a frame of a vehicle body and an engine bracket fixed to an engine. The engine mount includes a mount fixture on which the engine bracket is assembled. When mounting the engine, the mount fixture and the engine bracket engage with each other at a first engagement portion close to the engine and a second engagement portion close to the frame. In the first mounting portion, the mount fixture urges the engine bracket toward the engine for engagement, and in the second engagement portion, the mount fixture urges the engine bracket toward the frame for engagement. |
| US10611225B2 |
Weather strip for automobile
The weather strip configured to be attached to the automobile body opening portion is an elongated member having a length configured to correspond to a side portion and a corner portion of the automobile body opening portion and includes a hollow sealing portion. A surface of the sealing portion corresponding to a floor-side side portion and a surface of the sealing portion corresponding to a floor-side corner portion are continuous to each other. A wall thickness of the sealing portion corresponding to the floor-side side portion is set to be smaller than a wall thickness of the sealing portion corresponding to the floor-side corner portion. The sealing portion corresponding to the floor-side side portion includes a portion having a smallest wall thickness among the entire sealing portion. |
| US10611224B2 |
Automotive glass run
An automotive glass run that is attached to an inner periphery of a door frame of an automotive door, guides ascending and descending of a door glass, and is formed of a thermoplastic elastomer, includes: a main body having a substantially U-shaped cross section, the main body including a vehicle-exterior side wall, a vehicle-interior side wall, and a bottom wall; a holding lip that extends from at least one of the vehicle-exterior side wall and the vehicle-interior side wall and abuts on the door frame; and a plasticizer rich layer formed on at least one side of the holding lip abutting on the door frame, the plasticizer rich layer including a large amount of plasticizer component compared to the thermoplastic elastomer forming the holding lip. |
| US10611222B2 |
Co-extruded U-channel with integrated glassrun
A glassrun or weatherseal assembly includes a generally rigid channel having first and second legs joined by an interconnecting leg. First and second seal portions extend into a portion of the channel cavity and are adapted to seal against an associated vehicle window. A door frame assembly includes a first or inner door panel and second or outer door panel having end portions spaced apart by a dimension adapted to receive the channel. The channel can be secured to the door frame assembly in a variety of different manners including an adhesive/chemical bond, snap-fit fastener, rivet, clip, adhesive tape, or combinations of one or more of these securing mechanisms. |
| US10611219B2 |
Cargo-bed cover system and method
A cargo-bed cover system and method as used to improve the covering of cargo beds of pickup trucks by providing an apparatus having the functionality of both a truck topper and a hard top tonneau cover. The cargo-bed cover system includes a rigid cover configured to cover the cargo bed of the pickup truck; coupled to the rigid cover, a mechanically-powered lifting assembly configured to vertically lift the rigid cover between a bed-covering position, located adjacent the cargo bed, and at least one raised position located above the cargo bed; a mounting assembly configured to removably mount the mechanically-powered lifting assembly to the cargo bed; and enclosing panels adapted to enclose an area formed between the rigid cover and the cargo bed when the rigid cover is in the at least one raised position. |
| US10611218B2 |
Bed cover of pick-up truck
A bed cover of pick-up truck including a frame structure and the skin covering the frame structure is provided. The frame structure consist of several frames and at least one rotating shaft system to connect two adjacent frames, And the rotating shaft system contains: a middle rod, a left joint, a right joint, a middle joint and a joint fixed plate; the left joint, the right joint and the middle joint are respectively provided with the rotating shaft part. The rotating shaft parts of the left joint and the right joint together with the middle joint make a rotating shaft. The middle joint is fixed with the joint fixed plate. The left and the right joint are also fixed with the middle rod to fix the whole rotating shaft system. This invention has the advantages of original design, ingenious structures, simple and durable installation, solid waterproof tape etc. |
| US10611214B2 |
Supplemental heating subsystem and method for a vehicle climate control system
A supplemental heating subsystem is provided for a vehicle climate control system including an air flow control door. The supplemental heating subsystem includes a controller configured to control the supplemental heating subsystem, a supplemental heating element responsive to the controller and an actuator for positioning the door responsive to the controller. In operation, the position of the door is controlled to improve the operating efficiency of the supplemental heating element. |
| US10611212B2 |
Air conditioner for vehicle
A vehicle air conditioner includes: a compressor that compresses a refrigerant; a heat exchanger that performs heat exchange between the refrigerant and a heat transporting coolant; a condenser that condenses the refrigerant having a high-temperature and a high-pressure by dissipating heat thereof; an evaporator that performs heat exchange between air sent to a vehicle interior and the refrigerant having a low-temperature and a low-pressure; a refrigerant passage that flows the refrigerant therein; and an on-off valve capable of shutting off the refrigerant passage. A part of the refrigerant passage from the condenser to the compressor in the air-cooling refrigerant circuit is branched into a first passage passing through the evaporator and a second passage passing through the heat exchanger being in parallel to the evaporator. The on-off valve is disposed upstream of the heat exchanger in the second passage. |
| US10611211B2 |
System and method for controlling air conditioner for vehicle
A system for controlling an air conditioner for a vehicle includes a sensor group that generates environmental information, a gear mode sensing unit that senses a gear mode, a timer that counts time, a communication unit that receives a remote control signal and transmit air-conditioning control information, a control unit that generates a start-up control signal for a vehicle in response to the remote control signal or a set time, outputs or stops a start-up control signal in response to the gear mode, outputs an air-conditioning control signal when start-up is performed, performs transmission control through the communication unit by generating the air-conditioning control information, measures air-conditioning target deviation corresponding to the environmental information, and selectively performs preliminary air-conditioning control, a start-up device that performs start-up in response to the start-up control signal, and an air conditioner that performs air-conditioning control in response to the air-conditioning control signal. |
| US10611201B2 |
Jack assembly
A jack assembly for a towed vehicle is provided. The jack assembly includes an outer tube, an inner tube supported for telescopic movement within the outer tube, a jackscrew operatively engaging a jack nut within the inner tube, and a mounting assembly attached to the outer tube for attaching the jack assembly to the towed vehicle. A cover may be positioned over a portion of the outer tube attached to the mounting assembly and supported by the mounting assembly. An L-shaped release pin is utilized and accommodated by the cover. The mounting assembly may be adjustable in height along the outer tube. A reservoir may be provided to facilitate protection of the jackscrew by ensuring its lubrication, and a foot having a convex bottom surface may be utilized. |
| US10611195B2 |
Tire bead fiber
Provided is bead fiber with which sufficient air volume can be infused for making a high-performance bicycle tire, which has superior workability that does not require drying of the bead fibers when covering the bead fibers with rubber, and which is effective in preventing rim detachment. A high-performance bicycle tire can be obtained by using this tire bead fiber. The tire bead fiber is characterized by being formed using wholly aromatic polyester fiber with a modulus of elasticity of 800 cN/dt or greater. |
| US10611194B2 |
Tire
A circumferential recess is formed on the outer surface of a tire side section, the circumferential recess being depressed inward in a tread width direction and extending in a tire circumferential direction. In a cross section along the tread width direction of the tire and the tire radial direction, a rim-side outer surface formed in an area from a rim separation point, which is the outermost point in the tire radial direction that is in contact with a rim flange, to an inner end of the circumferential recess in the tire radial direction, is formed along a first arc curve having a center of a curvature radius on the inside in the tread width direction. In the cross section, a sidewall surface formed in an area from the inner end of the circumferential recess in the tire radial direction to a bottom surface of the circumferential recess is formed along a second arc curve having a center of a curvature radius on the outside in the tread width direction. |
| US10611189B2 |
Tire
There is provided a tire including a tire frame that is formed of a resin material and has a circular form, wherein the resin material includes a thermoplastic elastomer having a hard segment (HS) and a soft segment (SS), in which only one unit of the soft segment (SS) is included in a single molecular chain, and both terminals of the single molecular chain are formed by the hard segment (HS), the thermoplastic elastomer having a number average molecular weight of from 12,000 to 24,000. |
| US10611187B1 |
Wheel rim protective disk
A wheel rim protective disk having a reinforcement spine continuously disposed from a wheel side to a depth less than a thickness of the protective disk. A first embodiment mounts to a wheel having a channel with a second width substantially conforming to a width of the protective disk, and a second depth less than the thickness of the protective disk. A plurality of receiving apertures is disposed through the channel to align with a plurality of mounting apertures in the protective disk. In an alternative embodiment, the protective disk mounts to a mounting disk that in turn mounts to a second wheel having a second plurality of mounting apertures. The mounting disk has the channel, the lower section and the plurality of receiving apertures. In a second alternative embodiment, the protective disk mounts to a 3D printed, contoured mounting disk that in turn mounts to a standard factory wheel. |
| US10611181B1 |
Method for single pass printing a multi-colored image at multiple locations on a golf ball
A method and system for printing multiple-color at multiple positions on a golf ball is disclosed herein. A printing station of the system and method is capable of printing as many as twenty different colors in a single cycle. The printing station preferably has a four stamping stations, four curing stations and four reorientation stations. |
| US10611179B2 |
Tape cartridge
A tape cartridge is configured to be detachably mounted on a cartridge mounting portion of a tape printing device. The tape printing device includes a sensor unit configured to read information off the tape cartridge. The sensor unit includes a sensor holder that is configured to be in contact with the tape cartridge, the sensor holder including a holder body integrally formed with a positioning pin. The tape cartridge includes a detected portion disposed on a first wall of the tape cartridge and an engaging portion disposed on a second wall of the tape cartridge. When the tape cartridge is installed on the cartridge mounting portion, the engaging portion is engaged with the positioning pin, the holder body is in contact with the detected portion, and the detected portion is configured such that the information of the tape cartridge is read from the detected portion with detection light. |
| US10611178B2 |
Printing apparatus
A printing apparatus, including a sheet conveyer unit with a first roller unit, a printer unit, and a controller, is provided. The controller executes a first-face printing process, wherein an image is printed on a first face of a sheet; a switchback process, wherein the sheet after the first-face printing process is conveyed in a reverse direction by the first roller unit; a second-face printing process, wherein the image is printed on a second face of the sheet; a first ink amount determining process to determine whether an ink amount discharged in the first-face printing process at an end area of the sheet is one of greater than and equal to a first threshold amount; and a switchback setting process, wherein, if the ink amount is smaller than the first threshold amount, a rotation speed of the first roller unit is set at a higher rotation speed. |
| US10611176B2 |
Method of inkjet printing decorations on substrates
A method of printing a decoration on a substrate include inkjet printing a plurality of inks to forma layer having a predetermined pattern on a surface of the substrate, wherein each of the inks includes a solvent and has a different color; heating the substrate to evaporate at least a portion of the solvent in each of the plurality of inks; and thermally curing the layer after evaporating at least the portion of the solvent in each of the plurality of inks to form the decoration. The substrate is heated to a temperature that evaporates at least the portion of the solvent in each of the plurality of inks without fully curing the plurality of inks. A boiling point of the solvent in each of the plurality of inks is within 10° C. of each other. |
| US10611169B2 |
Diaphragm pump, liquid circulation module and liquid discharge apparatus
In accordance with an embodiment, a diaphragm pump comprises a main liquid chamber; a main actuator configured to change a volume of the main liquid chamber; a sub liquid chamber configured to communicate with a primary side or a secondary side of the main liquid chamber; a sub actuator configured to change a volume of the sub liquid chamber; a first check valve provided on the primary side of the main liquid chamber; a second check valve provided on the secondary side of the main liquid chamber; and a controller configured to control the main actuator and the sub actuator. |
| US10611164B2 |
Liquid cartridge including communication passage and sealing member fitted thereto
There is provided a liquid cartridge attachable to an attachment portion. The attachment portion includes: a holder providing an accommodation space; a tube formed with an opening; a valve movable between an open position opening the opening and a closed position closing the opening; a protrusion protruding from the valve toward the accommodation space; and a spring urging the valve toward the closed position. The liquid cartridge includes: a liquid chamber; a communication passage extending from the liquid chamber in a first direction to have an open end; a sealing member fitted to the communication passage; and a surface positioned closer to the liquid chamber than the sealing member to the liquid chamber in the first direction. In an attached state, the tube extends through the open end and sealing member, the opening is positioned in the communication passage, and the surface is in contact with the protrusion and tube. |
| US10611161B2 |
Image forming agent storage member and laser printer using the same
An image forming agent storage member comprises a housing, an image forming agent supply port and a fluid discharge mechanism. The housing carries the image forming agent. The image forming agent supply port is disposed on one side surface of a short side of the housing. The fluid discharge mechanism is disposed on a long side of the housing. When the image forming agent supply port receives the image forming agent filled into the housing, a fluid inside the housing is discharged through the fluid discharge mechanism. The fluid discharge mechanism comprises a shielding member, and positions of the shielding member and the image forming agent supply port on the housing do not correspond to each other. A laser printer using the image forming agent storage member is also provided. |
| US10611158B2 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which performs a printing by ejecting liquid onto a medium from a nozzle, a wiping portion which wipes the liquid ejecting head by moving relative to the liquid ejecting head, a maintenance unit which performs a maintenance to forcibly discharge the liquid from the nozzle, and a preprocessing device which performs a preprocessing on the medium before the printing is performed, in which when the wiping portion and the liquid ejecting head are separated from each other in the wiping not accompanying the maintenance, the wiping portion is displaced in a direction away from the preprocessing device. |
| US10611157B2 |
Wiping device, head maintenance device, and liquid discharge apparatus
A wiping device includes a wiping member including a web to wipe an object to be wiped, and circuitry to cause the wiping member to perform a wiping operation to wipe the object to be wiped. The circuitry causes the wiping member to perform a first wiping operation to move the wiping member relative to the object to be wiped in a first direction to wipe the object to be wiped from a wiping start side of the first wiping operation, and perform a second wiping operation to relatively move the wiping member relative to the object to be wiped in a second direction different from the first direction, to wipe the object to be wiped from a wiping finish side different from the wiping start side of the first wiping operation with the wiping member. |
| US10611156B2 |
Inkjet recording apparatus
An inkjet recording apparatus according to the present disclosure executes a first wiping operation in a case where the count value counted by the count unit is higher than a first threshold value while the recording operation is being performed and execute a second wiping operation when the recording operation completes in a case where the count value counted by the count unit is higher than a second threshold value. The inkjet recording apparatus also executes the second wiping operation when the first wiping operation has been performed while the recording operation is being performed. |
| US10611154B2 |
Printing apparatus, printing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
In various embodiments, printing is performed in a print mode with a higher ink flow rate per unit time period in a case where a time period from a time when an ink sucking operation is performed is longer, and printing is performed in a print mode with a lower ink flow rate per unit time period in a case where the time period is shorter. |
| US10611153B2 |
Printing head and inkjet printing device
A printing head and an inkjet printing device are provided. The printing head includes a base, and N printing components on the base, where N≥2. Each of the printing components includes a diversion groove group and a plurality of nozzles. The diversion groove group includes a plurality of diversion grooves, the plurality of diversion grooves and the plurality of nozzles are in one-to-one correspondence, and a first end of each of the diversion grooves is connected to a corresponding nozzle. The center points of all the nozzles are on the same reference line, the opening faces of all the nozzles are in the bottom surface of the base, any two of the diversion groove groups of the N printing components are in different orientations of the reference line, and any two adjacent nozzles respectively belong to two different printing components, which reduces the turbulence between the nozzles. |
| US10611151B2 |
Liquid ejecting head, liquid ejecting apparatus, and piezoelectric device
There is provided a liquid ejecting head including: a flow path forming substrate in which a plurality of pressure generation chambers are arranged in parallel in a first direction; and a piezoelectric actuator which has a first electrode provided on one surface side of the flow path forming substrate with a vibration plate interposed therebetween, a piezoelectric layer provided on the first electrode, and a second electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer, in which, in the piezoelectric actuator, an active portion which is obtained by inserting the first electrode and the second electrode of the piezoelectric layer is provided, between the active portions adjacent to each other in the first direction, a groove portion is provided which is provided over the second electrode, the piezoelectric layer, the first electrode, and a portion of the vibration plate in a stacked direction. |
| US10611147B2 |
Liquid discharge device and liquid discharge apparatus
A liquid discharge device includes a liquid discharge head to discharge liquid and circuitry configured to generate a drive waveform to drive the liquid discharge head. The circuitry converts, to an analog signal, drive waveform voltage data being a source of the drive waveform; amplifies in voltage the analog signal to generate a drive waveform voltage signal; amplifies in current the drive waveform voltage signal to generate the drive waveform; monitors the drive waveform to detect an abnormality of the drive waveform; controls an operation of the liquid discharge device based on a result of detection of the abnormality of the drive waveform; compares an output of the voltage amplifier and an output of the current amplifier to output a difference between the output of the voltage amplifier and the output of the current amplifier; and outputs a binarized signal based on the difference. |
| US10611145B2 |
Liquid jet head, liquid jet recording device, method for driving liquid jet head, and program for driving liquid jet head
A liquid jet head includes a plurality of nozzles adapted to jet liquid, a piezoelectric actuator having a plurality of pressure chambers communicated individually with the nozzles and each filled with the liquid, and adapted to change a capacity of each of the pressure chambers, and a control section adapted to apply at least one pulse signal to the piezoelectric actuator to thereby expand and contract the capacity of the pressure chambers to jet the liquid filling the pressure chamber. The pressure chambers adjacent to each other of the plurality of the pressure chambers are set so as to belong to a plurality of groups different from each other. The control section makes the pulse signals different in timing between the plurality of groups and sets a shift amount of the timing in the pulse signals between the respective groups. |
| US10611143B2 |
Method of inspecting liquid chemicals
In a method of inspecting liquid chemicals discharged from an ink jet head according to example embodiments, at least two laser beams may be irradiated onto the liquid chemicals discharged from the ink jet head, and the conditions of the liquid chemicals may be identified by detecting an interference pattern obtained from a laser scattering generated by passing the liquid chemicals through the at least two laser beams. |
| US10611139B2 |
Method for producing at least one spring contact pin or a spring contact pin arrangement, and corresponding devices
A method for producing at least one spring contact pin acting as an electrical contact, or a spring contact pin arrangement comprises at least one such spring contact pin. The following steps are provided: producing at least one base part of the spring contact pin, at least one section of said base part being made of plastic, and subsequently metallizing at least the section of the base part that is made of plastic. The invention also relates to a spring contact pin produced to according to said method, or a spring contact pin arrangement having at least one such spring contact pin. |
| US10611138B2 |
Nozzle system with monolithic nozzle head for fused filament fabrication additive manufacturing and method of manufacturing same
A nozzle system and method of manufacturing a nozzle system for use in an additive manufacturing system for fabricating an object is disclosed. The nozzle system includes a monolithic nozzle head designed such that the thermal locking member, neck member, and nozzle member of the nozzle head are manufactured into one component. The nozzle head is made of a material that has a high specific heat capacity but low thermal heat conductivity. The result is a nozzle system design that virtually eliminates heat migration from the nozzle head to the heat sink, and thereby improves the overall quality of polymer filament deposition during printing. |
| US10611135B2 |
Device for positioning of molecules
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a device comprising a platform comprising a layer of a 2-dimensional material. The device further comprises a plurality of electrodes and one or more molecules arranged on the platform. The device is configured to apply control signals to the plurality of electrodes to position the molecules by means of an electric field. Embodiments of the invention further concern a corresponding method for fabricating such a device and a method for positioning molecules by such a device. |
| US10611129B2 |
Method for making multilayer coextruded films using a layer sequence repeater module
A method of making thin, annular multilayer coextruded films uses a layer sequence repeater module that includes a cell formed of a plurality of thin annular disks stacked on top of each other in an axial direction of the co-extrusion die. Each disk includes a plurality of openings aligned with openings in the adjacent disks, thus forming multiple inner and outer melt passages. At least one cell of the layer sequence repeater module includes at least one first cap disk, at least one second cap disk, at least one distribution disk, at least one repeater disk and at least one spreader disk. The layer sequence repeater module may be a separately assembled and individually removable module of the co-extrusion die. Alternatively or additionally, the layer sequence repeater module may be incorporated into a module of the co-extrusion die. |
| US10611127B2 |
Interlayer film for laminated glass, and laminated glass
There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which a gap attributed to the omission of the interlayer film can be made difficult to be generated in a sheet of laminated glass. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is an interlayer film for laminated glass having a one-layer structure or a two or more-layer structure and includes a first layer containing a thermoplastic resin, the softening point of the first layer is 60° C. or more, the interlayer film has an MD direction and a TD direction, and with regard to thermal shrinkage ratios obtained when the first inside portion, the second inside portion and the central portion are heated for 2 minutes at 80° C. respectively, the absolute value of the difference between the thermal shrinkage ratio MDMAX and the thermal shrinkage ratio MDMIN is less than 10%. |
| US10611123B2 |
Silicone carbonate polymers as release layers for pressure sensitive adhesive containing articles
The disclosure relates to articles comprising a substrate, a pressure sensitive adhesive, and a release layer, wherein the release layer comprises at least one silicone carbonate polymer. |
| US10611113B2 |
Resin panel and forming method
Provided is a resin panel without warpage, in which weight reduction and high rigidity of the resin panel have been promoted. The resin panel according to an aspect of the present invention is a resin panel having a back wall, a front wall facing the back wall with a gap therebetween, and ribs formed by having portions of the back wall depressed toward the front wall and welded to the inner surface of the front wall, characterized in that the back wall, the front wall and the ribs are configured by mold-clamping, in a split mold, a first molten resin in a molten state and incorporating a plate-shaped filler, which constitutes the back wall, and a second molten resin in a molten state and incorporating a plate-shaped filler, which constitutes the front wall, the first molten resin and the second molten resin having been extruded and flowed out from an extrusion apparatus, and the longitudinal direction of the ribs is non-parallel to the direction of flow of the first molten resin and the second molten resin. |
| US10611105B2 |
Aerosol dispensing cap for automated installation
An apparatus for dispensing pressurized air and/or tire sealant from a pressurized can. The apparatus comprising a nozzle and a locking element for the nozzle and/or a cap including a free length of hose that is positioned within the cap. The locking element locks the nozzle in the non-dispensing position for safety during non-use or in a dispensing position for ease of use. The hose provides an extension for the nozzle for hard to reach places, and stores fully wound within the cap, such as along the inner circumference of the cap. |
| US10611104B2 |
Heating elements for repair of molding defects for carbon fiber thermoplastic composites
Methods of repairing a manufacturing defect in a molded polymeric composite structure are provided. A polymeric patch may optionally be disposed over a defect on a first contoured surface of the molded polymeric composite structure having the defect. A heating element that defines a second contoured surface complementary with at least a portion of the first contoured surface is applied over the polymeric patch. The heating element includes an electrically conductive layer that includes a fabric and a thermoset polymer. The polymeric patch is heated with the heating element, where the heating element has a substantially uniform temperature across the second contoured surface so that the polymeric patch fills the defect. Methods of making the customized heating elements and the customized heating elements are also provided. |
| US10611102B2 |
Repair concept comprising pre-impregnated pinned foam core for sandwich structural components
A method for repairing a sandwich composite structure comprising a pinned foam core. In the sub-region in which the pinned foam core is damaged, the at least one upper or lower cover layer is removed as far as the pinned foam. The pinned foam core is removed. A pinned replacement foam core is inserted, the pinned replacement foam core being impregnated with a resin. An upper or lower replacement cover layer is applied. The pinned replacement foam core and optionally the upper or lower replacement cover layer are cured. |
| US10611099B2 |
Method for processing fiber-reinforced resin materials
A method for processing a fiber-reinforced resin material is disclosed. A fiber-reinforced resin material is disposed between an upper die having a projection and a lower die having a recess corresponding to the projection. The fiber-reinforced resin material includes reinforced fibers having alternately intersecting warp yarns and weft yarns and are impregnated with a thermoplastic resin. The fiber-reinforced resin material is then heated to soften the thermoplastic resin, and the upper die and the lower die are placed close to each other in order to insert the projection into a gap between the warp yarns and the weft yarns of the reinforced fibers such that the gap between the warp yarns and the weft yarns is expanded to form a through hole. |
| US10611098B2 |
Fused filament fabrication using multi-segment filament
A thermoplastic filament adapted for use in a fused filament fabrication (FFF) printer which has a plurality of segments wherein each pair of adjacent segments is compositionally different and is arranged in a specific order. Also, a method for printing a three-dimensional (3D) article by printing such a filament in a fused filament fabrication (FFF) printer, wherein the fused filament fabrication (FFF) printer carries out a pattern of printing synchronized with the order of the segments in such a filament. Further, a method and device for fabricating such thermoplastic filaments. |
| US10611097B2 |
Methods and systems including pressurized housings for forming materials
A system for forming material includes a housing including at least one wall defining an interior space. The housing is configured to contain a pressurized fluid in the interior space. The system also includes at least one tool configured to shape the material. The at least one tool is movable along a path from a first position external to the housing to a second position at least partially within the interior space. The system further includes a membrane extending at least partially in the path of the at least one tool. |
| US10611096B2 |
Glue-injection device and lock-up method
The present disclosure provides a glue-injection device for locking a to-be-connected component, comprising a main part with a glue-injection tube, a cavity connected with the glue-injection tube being provided on one end surface of the main part, and a glue-injection head connected with the glue-injection tube being provided in the cavity and at a connection between the glue-injection tube and the cavity. The present disclosure further provides a method for performing the locking-up by the glue-injection device. In the glue-injection device and lock-up method, the lock-up is simple and efficient, and the connectors with different aperture diameters and directions can be locked-up, and the specification of the lock-up is uniform and the standardization is high, and the formed screw can be tightened and loosened by a wrench or screwdriver with existed standard. |
| US10611093B2 |
Optical sensing techniques for calibration of an additive fabrication device and related systems and methods
Techniques of optically sensing fiducial targets, such as calibration patterns, within an additive fabrication device are provided. In some embodiments, fiducial targets may be disposed on a structure configured to contact source material of the additive fabrication device, the source material being a material from which the device is configured to fabricate solid objects. Indirect sensing means may be employed such that light emitted from a light source of the additive fabrication device scatters from the surface of a fiducial target. At least some of this scattered light can be measured by a sensor and used to determine a position of the fiducial target. In some embodiments, the fiducial target may be configured to move relative to the light source and/or sensor to provide additional information on the target's position via the light scattered from its surface. |
| US10611091B2 |
Additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object
A system is configured to form a three dimensional (3D) object having multiple zones within the three dimensional object. The zones differ from each other according to system operational parameters. The system is operable to perform a method including: (1) receiving a solid model file, (2) generating a shell of the 3D object based on the file, (3) dividing the shell into zones, (4) defining or selecting parameters for forming the zones, (5) forming layer data defining layers of the 3D object, and creating a tool path from the layer data including merging layer data for the zones. |
| US10611089B2 |
Three-dimensional object property determination
In one example, a method comprises receiving data representing a first property of a three-dimensional object generated by a print apparatus, the data having been determined by measurement of the object. A difference between the data representing a first property and predetermined data may be determined, and, based on the difference, an estimate of a second property of the object may be determined. |
| US10611088B1 |
Device and methods for optimizing post-curing time of 3D printed products
The present disclosure describes a device used to determine the optimal post-curing exposure time for 3D printed products and methods of using the same. The disclosed device is a self-contained multi-chamber radiometer for continuous monitoring of electromagnetic radiation transmitted through 3D printed objects during a post-curing process. The device includes multiple detector ports, including a control port and one or more sample ports. The detector ports may preferably be photocells configured to generate a voltage proportional to the intensity of the incident electromagnetic radiation at specific wavelength(s). The transmittance is directly correlated with the voltage and may be measured using the determined voltages. The disclosed device may further comprise a microprocessor, a memory module for storage of data obtained by the sensors, and one or more communication modules configured to enable wireless communication with a data storage device such as a computer. |
| US10611087B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining orientation and fabrication parameters used in three-dimensional (3D) continuous liquid interface printing (CLIP) systems, and related printers
A method of operating a Continuous Liquid Interface Printing (CLIP) printer can include receiving a set of objectives for fabrication of an object using a CLIP printer and determining an orientation for fabrication of the object based on fulfillment of the set of objectives by simulated fabrication of the object. |
| US10611086B2 |
System and method for evaluating additive manufacturing index
A method for evaluating part for additive manufacturing is provided. The method includes receiving data related to a set of printability factors associated with the part. The set of printability factors comprise at least: an availability of a three dimensional printer, a build density, a fraction of part to be printed, a print accuracy, a part complexity, and a number of parts needed. The method includes evaluating a printability index associated with the part based on at least three printability factors from the set of printability factors. Further, the method includes displaying the printability index associated with the part for the evaluation of the part for additive manufacturing. |