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| US10655758B2 |
Hose carrier
An apparatus provides rolling support for a hose or conduit, and has a single first inner base frame element with outward extending arms for carrier wheels, open on one side, and having male projections extending on both ends in the direction of an axis of the cylindrical shape, two outer base frame extending carrier wheels, each having a side opening, and a bore in the axis direction on one end only, sized to engage one of the male projections of the inner base frame element, and cam operated mechanisms enabling the base frame elements to be joined, capturing the hose or conduit, and presenting roller wheels outward upon which the hose or conduit is carried. |
| US10655757B2 |
Apparatus and method for direct tie-in of subsea pipelines
A method of installing a subsea pipeline having a direct tie-in to a subsea structure includes landing an end of a pipeline onto a pipeline landing frame, the pipeline landing frame being on a surface of a subsea structure, the pipeline landing frame providing a location for landing the end of the pipeline before connection to a connection point of the subsea structure; subsequently lowering the pipeline end; and connecting the pipeline end to a connection point of the subsea structure. A pipeline landing frame for implementing the method is also described. |
| US10655756B2 |
Method of governing the elevation, attitude and structural integrity of a pressure-containing vessel in a body of liquid
A method for governing the elevation, attitude and structural integrity of a pressure-containing vessel in a body of liquid counterbalances flotation and incompressible ballast mediums against each other in separate serial compartments. Varying the quantity of incompressible ballast medium allows control of the elevation and attitude of the vessel. If the flotation medium is compressible, varying the quantity of flotation medium allows control of the ambient pressure of the vessel. The method facilitates floating and towing and laying of an undersea pipeline on, to and at a deep water site. |
| US10655745B2 |
Quick change valve trim assembly
A pressure regulator includes a valve body having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet connected by a fluid passageway. An orifice is disposed between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. A valve seat is disposed within the fluid passageway. A movable valve plug is disposed within the fluid passageway, and the valve plug interacts with the valve seat to selectively open or close the fluid passageway. A cage is disposed in the fluid passageway, the cage surrounds the valve plug, and the cage includes a mechanical stop that limits movement of the valve plug within the cage away from the valve seat. |
| US10655744B2 |
Real-time erosion control in flow conduits
Apparatus and systems for mitigating erosion in flow conduits, and may include a housing including a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and a flow path there between. A movable or static (passive) insert is disposed within the housing and may be configured to alter a flow of a fluid passing from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet. The apparatus may also include a mechanism to adjust a position of the movable insert. |
| US10655743B2 |
Carbide insert assembly having a fused retainer
A carbide insert assembly for use in a control valve having a valve stem, a flow passage, and a valve seat disposed in the flow passage. The carbide insert assembly includes a housing, a carbide insert disposed within the housing, and a metal retainer adjacent the carbide insert. The metal retainer is fused to the housing. |
| US10655738B2 |
Multistage stacked disc choke
A multistage stacked disk choke includes a housing having a high pressure inlet port and a low pressure outlet port, an assembly, a cage, a seat, and a plug. The assembly includes: a tubular inlet port, a galley intersecting the tubular inlet port, a tubular outlet port, and a bore inward from the tubular outlet port. The cage has an inlet port in communication with the tubular inlet port. The seat is configured to support the assembly. The plug moves inside the assembly bore and restricts flow through the tubular outlet port and/or the tubular inlet port. Operation fluid flows from the high pressure inlet port through the cage inlet port into the tubular inlet port and is redirected into the galley and into the tubular outlet port into the bore of the assembly to a bore in the seat, and out through the low pressure outlet port. |
| US10655736B2 |
Sliding component
In an embodiment, in a sliding component, a sliding face of a stationary-side seal ring 6 has a fluid circulation groove 10 communicating with a high-pressure fluid side via an entrance portion 10a and an exit portion 10b. A rotating-side seal ring 5 has a larger outer diameter and a smaller inner diameter than the seal ring 6. A groove 15 into which a claw is loosely fitted is provided on an outer periphery of the seal ring 5. A width of the groove 15 is smaller than a distance between the portion 10a and the 10b in the circumferential direction. WMR/WSR is set within a range of 0.75 |
| US10655735B2 |
Seal arrangement with sealing film
A seal arrangement has two machine parts movable toward one another along or about a movement axis. One of the two machine parts forms a seal holding structure and the other forms a sealing surface. A sealing device between the two machine parts is arranged on or in the seal holding structure, wherein the sealing device includes a sealing element and a pre-tensioning element which is separate from the sealing element and by means of which the sealing element is tensioned in the radial direction against the sealing surface of the respectively other machine part. The sealing element is formed by an elastically deformable sealing film. On the sealing film side, the pre-tensioning element forms an embossed structure which presses into the sealing film where the sealing film bears against the sealing surface with a contact pressure progression which corresponds to the embossed structure of the pre-tensioning element. |
| US10655732B2 |
Gear position detecting device
A gear position detecting device includes a rotation angle sensor for detecting a turn position of a shift drum and a position sensor for detecting that the shift drum is at a neutral position. The rotation angle sensor is a volume sensor that linearly increases or decreases an output voltage according to a turning motion of the shift drum. The neutral position is set in such a way as not to overlap a dead zone. It is determined according to an output signal of the rotation angle sensor and an output signal of the position sensor whether the shift drum is at a reverse gear position located between the neutral position and the dead zone or a fifth gear position turned by 360 degrees from the reverse gear position. Such detecting device detects a gear position with a high accuracy even if the number of gear positions are increased. |
| US10655729B2 |
Gearbox assembly for an electric power steering assembly
A gearbox assembly for an electric power assisted steering apparatus comprises a gearbox housing which houses a worm shaft and a gear wheel, the worm shaft being supported relative to the housing by a main bearing assembly at an end closest to the motor and by a tail bearing assembly at an end furthest from the motor. The main bearing assembly comprises an inner race and an outer race separated by bearing elements, the outer race being supported by a carrier that is supported by an axle that is in turn secured to gearbox housing, the axle defining a pivot axis for the worm shaft that is located on the side of the worm shaft closest to the wheel gear and extends in a direction orthogonal to the axis of the worm shaft and parallel to the axis of the wheel gear. |
| US10655726B2 |
Lubrication system with passive valve
A valve with supplemental media and a piston configured to open the valve when a first force is greater than a second force. The pressure of the supplemental media exerts a substantial portion of the first force. The valve also has a biasing member that changes volume as temperature changes and exerts a substantial portion of the second force. The second force decreases as the temperature of the biasing member increases. |
| US10655724B2 |
Asymmetric spoke design for torsional vibration dampers
Torsional vibration dampers (TVDs) having a plurality of spokes that are asymmetric by having a changing spoke thickness in the angular direction with the greatest thickness at the position where the belt torque and the dynamic torque of the TVD act in unison are disclosed. The spokes, which connect a central member to a peripheral rim, include an asymmetrical thickness in an angular direction, as evidenced by a cross-section view transverse to a radial length of each of the plurality of spokes. Engine systems having one of the disclosed TVDs mounted to a shaft are also disclosed, for example a TVD mounted to a crankshaft. |
| US10655723B2 |
Super charger components
A pulley assembly having a body, a shaft mount and a plurality of bolts is disclosed. The body is aligned to the shaft mount by providing a tight tolerance between a shoulder portion of the bolt and a neck portion of a counter sunk hole formed in the body. Additionally, an outer surface of the body may have a pattern of friction lines or patches formed by fusing particulate matter to the outer surface with heat generated by a laser beam. |
| US10655721B2 |
Strain wave gearing
An internal contact part of a wave generator of a strain wave gearing, a contact part between an externally toothed gear and the wave generator, and tooth surface parts are lubricated by a lubricating fine powder. When the strain wave gearing is in operation, the lubricating fine powder is supplied to the internal contact part and the contact part by a first powder guide that rotates integrally with the wave generator. Having passed through these sections, the lubricating fine powder is supplied to the tooth surface parts by a second powder guide that rotates integrally with the wave generator. Each component part can be reliably lubricated regardless of the orientation of the strain wave gearing during operation. |
| US10655719B2 |
Electric device with torque vectoring function
Disclosed is an electric differential with a torque vectoring function. The electric differential includes: a main drive mechanism; a bevel gear differential; a TV control drive mechanism used for outputting control power; a first single-row planetary gear train, of which a first sun gear is coaxially and fixedly connected with a first half shaft and a first gear ring is connected with a control output end; a second single-row planetary gear train, of which a second gear ring is fixed to a drive axle housing, a second planet carrier is fixedly connected with a first planet carrier and a second sun gear is supported on the first half shaft through a bearing. |
| US10655717B2 |
Electric drive axle assembly and vehicle having the same
An electric drive axle assembly and a vehicle having the same are provided. The electric drive axle assembly includes: an electric powertrain, an axle housing assembly, and a central parking module. The electric powertrain includes a power motor, a transmission and a differential with an input end and two output ends; and the power motor is connected to the input end of the differential through the transmission. The axle housing assembly includes an axle housing component and two half axles; the two half axles and the differential are disposed in the axle housing component; the two half axles are connected to the two output ends of the differential respectively; and the electric powertrain is installed on the axle housing component. The central parking module is installed on the axle housing component and used for braking the input end of the differential. |
| US10655715B2 |
Motorized gearbox mechanism
The improved motorized gearbox mechanism of the present invention includes a plurality of cam-actuated gear block assemblies, which transfer power from an integral rotor and stator assembly contained in a cam/rotor assembly, to a secondary or output gear element. Each gear block assembly includes a gear block having a surface that periodically interfaces with a secondary or output gear element. When energized, the stator assembly interacts with the rotor assembly inducing the cam/rotor assembly to rotate about its central axis, thereby driving the output gear element via the plurality of cam-actuated gear block assemblies. The motorized gearbox mechanism may be powered electrically, hydraulically, pneumatically or by steam, or any conventional power source that can be adapted to use an integral stator/rotor assembly configured in the cam assembly body to generate rotative power in the cam/rotor assembly. |
| US10655714B2 |
Rotary motion structure
A rotary motion structure comprises a limiting member and a rotating member. The limiting member defines a mounting portion; and the rotating member is rotatably provided on the limiting member and includes a shaft portion, which is provided through the mounting portion. Accordingly, the rotary motion structure described above is preferably applied to form a handle device having a positioning function, in which the rotating member is rotated relative to the limiting member so that the rotating member can have the positioning efficacy of automatic positioning, frictional positioning, temporary positioning, or fixed positioning. |
| US10655711B2 |
Single angular contact ball ramp for driven turbocharger
A planetary traction drive for a driven turbocharger utilizes angular contact ball ramps to provide variable clamping depending on torque throughput. The ball ramps are located between ring rollers and a ring gear, and function to locate the ring gear concentrically to the ring rollers. The angled contact axes of the ball ramps allows use of a low conformity contact between the balls and ball races in the ball ramps to provide efficient movement, while simultaneously locating ring gear concentrically to the traction rings. A variation is shown where only a single angular contact ball ramp is used between the ring gear and a clamping traction ring, and the other traction ring is rigidly fixed to the ring gear to reduce part count and complexity. |
| US10655701B2 |
Adjustable oscillation damper
An adjustable vibration damper comprises at least one adjustable damping valve for each working direction. A fluid connection between a compensation space and a working space is controlled by a check valve which has a check valve body and which is hydraulically connected in parallel with the adjustable damping valve. The check valve is held by an intermediate tube which forms the fluid connection and which has a connection orifice to the connected adjustable damping valve. The check valve body of the check valve is supported at least indirectly in the region of the connection orifice. |
| US10655699B2 |
Self-tuned mass damper and system comprising the same
A simple self-tuned mass damper is hereby proposed for a broadened frequency band and which can be adapted to large and expensive structures as well as small and inexpensive structures alike. The novel self-tuned mass damper includes an auxiliary mass and a non-linear suspension, which is configured to connect the auxiliary mass to a vibrating structure. The mass of the auxiliary mass and the stiffness of the non-linear suspension are selected such that the natural frequency is at least 6 Hz and that the amplitude of the relative displacement of the auxiliary mass in respect to the vibrating structure is at most 12 mm. |
| US10655698B2 |
Vibration damping device for vehicle
A vibration damping device for a vehicle includes a base connected to an engine, an inertial mass, including at least a portion that includes a permanent magnet, movably mounted over the base, an actuator including an electromagnet fixedly mounted on the base to vibrate the inertial mass based on attractive and repulsive forces which alternately act between the inertial mass and the electromagnet, and a controller that regulates a current, which is applied to the electromagnet, such that vibration of the engine is dampened by vibration of the inertial mass. |
| US10655692B2 |
No-back device with energy-dispersing springs
A no-back device for resisting feedback torque from an actuator. The no-back device comprises: a flange arranged to receive torque via a shaft; a ratchet assembly comprising a ratchet wheel arranged parallel to the flange; and a braking assembly comprising a resistance wheel, which is sandwiched between the flange and the ratchet wheel, and a braking device, which acts on the resistance wheel to generate a resistive angular force reacting against torque exerted on the resistance wheel. The braking device comprises a follower arranged to roll, under bias from a spring in the braking device, on a cam surface extending around a circumferential perimeter of the resistance wheel. Radial displacement of the follower energizes the spring to generate resistive angular force. |
| US10655685B2 |
Clutch device
The present clutch device includes a clutch housing, a clutch center, a pressure plate, a clutch part, a support plate and two cam mechanisms. The clutch center includes a plurality of first protruding portions protruding to a first side in an axial direction. The clutch part allows and blocks transmission of power from the clutch housing to an output side. The support plate includes a plurality of second protruding portions that protrude to a second side in the axial direction and are fixed to the plurality of first protruding portions. The cam mechanism includes a cam surface provided on each of the plurality of first protruding portions, whereas the cam mechanism includes a cam surface provided on each of the plurality of second protruding portions. Both cam surfaces provided on the relevant protruding portions are disposed on the opposite sides in a rotational direction. |
| US10655682B2 |
Bearing system with a rotary bush and turbomachine
The bearing system includes a fluid bearing, a shaft with a solid portion, and a bush located around the solid portion and in front of pad or pads of the fluid bearing; the bush includes a hollow portion and a plurality of supporting elements that fix the hollow portion of the bush to the solid portion of the shaft. |
| US10655680B2 |
Sealing arrangement
A sealing arrangement for a wheel bearing having a first component against a second component which is rotatable relative thereto, the sealing arrangement having a first seal arranged on the first component and a second seal arranged on the second component, the first seal has at least one opening for the passage of air at least in a sealing chamber formed spatially between the two seals, and a fabric element is provided to at least partially expand upon contact with water and thereby to seal the at least one opening. |
| US10655674B2 |
Double-row self-aligning roller bearing
A double-row self-aligning roller bearing, which is suitable for receiving an axial load and a radial load, and loads having different magnitudes acting on rollers in two rows, and achieves sufficient load capacity for the rollers that receive axial load within the constraint of dimensional standards, is provided. The double-row self-aligning roller bearing includes inner and outer rings; and rollers in two rows arranged in a bearing width direction interposed between the inner and outer rings and having lengths different from each other. The roller has an outer peripheral surface of a cross-sectional shape along a raceway surface of the outer ring having a spherical shape. Length of the longer rollers is equal to or greater than 39% of the bearing width. A ratio of contact angle of the shorter rollers and contact angle of the longer rollers is within a range of 1:4 to 1:2. |
| US10655672B2 |
Method and device for producing an angular contact roller bearing
The disclosure relates to a method for producing an angular contact roller bearing with unilaterally delimiting rims. The disclosure also relates to multiple variants of a device for assembling the angular contact roller bearing. The method may include conically forming an inner raceway into a cylindrical section of an outer shell surface of an inner bearing ring such that the inner raceway is inclined relative to the bearing axis of rotation (AL) and is delimited at one end by a rim, conically forming an outer raceway into a cylindrical section of an inner shell surface of an outer bearing ring such that the outer raceway is inclined relative to the bearing axis of rotation (AL) and is delimited at one end by a rim, and assembling the inner and outer bearing rings and a multiplicity of roller-type rolling bodies, which roll on the raceways of said bearing rings, in accordance with an eccentric assembly method. |
| US10655665B2 |
Spring latching connectors
A spring latching connector includes a housing having a bore therethrough, a piston slidably received in said bore, a circular groove formed in one of said bore and piston and a circular coil spring disposed in said groove for latching said piston and housing together. The groove is sized and shaped for controlling, in combination with a spring configuration, disconnect and connect forces of the spring latching connection. |
| US10655663B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for aligning apertures of structures
In an embodiment, a system includes a first structure comprising a first aperture and a second structure comprising a second aperture. The system also includes a first pin configured to be inserted into the first aperture of the first structure and a retaining device configured to be coupled to the first pin. The system further includes a second pin configured to be inserted into the second aperture of the second structure and coupled to the first pin. The first pin includes a first shoulder and a second shoulder, the first shoulder having a different diameter than the second shoulder. |
| US10655662B2 |
Connecting device between components of a piece of furniture
A connecting device between components of a piece of furniture includes a casing capable of being received in a first seat and in a second seat obtained respectively in a first and in a second component of the piece of furniture, and including a first and a second radially expandable region to engage respectively the first and the second component in correspondence of the first and the second seat, a tie rod received inside the casing with axial sliding power towards and from a locking position, and including a first segment in enlarged section and a second segment in enlarged section susceptible of engagement respectively with the first and the second region to determine a radial expansion of the casing when the rod is moved in the locking position, and an eccentric element arranged to engage a head of the tie rod and axially move it towards the locking position when the eccentric element rotates around its main axis. |
| US10655661B2 |
Connector for connecting profiled-section elements
A connector, for connecting two profiled-section elements of the channel type having a bottom and an upper side formed by flanges defining between them a longitudinal slot, includes an elongate connector body designed to be inserted partially into each of the profiled-section elements to be connected from the respective longitudinal ends thereof, where the connector body is at least provided with two bores. The connector includes at least two screws, the screws having a shank having a tip on one end and a head on another end, where the shanks of the respective screws extend through the respective bores. The connector body includes a connector plate with upstanding edge portions on either lateral side thereof, the upstanding edge portions having a top edge remote from the connector plate 3, the top edges, in use, facing the flanges of the profiled-section element. |
| US10655659B2 |
Distinct stops of a compression wedge
The present invention concerns a compression wedge of a lead-through system. The wedge is moveable between two extremes and has distinct stops at the extremes. The distinct stops are given by co-operating stop edges (16, 17, 18, 23). In one embodiment two of the stop edges (16, 17) are provided on a screw (6). One end of the screw (6) is received inside a socket (7) fastened to a first wedge element (1). A second end of the screw (6) is fastened to a second wedge element (2). The socket (7) and screw (6) are mutually moveable in an axial direction of the screw (6). One stop edge (23) is provided in an inner opening (35) of the socket (7) and one stop edge (18) is provided in an opening of the first wedge element (1). |
| US10655656B2 |
Mounting apparatus
A mounting apparatus and system and method for making the same are provided. The mounting apparatus allows an object to be mounted to a mounting surface via magnetic attractions between different planes of engagement. Through the movement of planes of magnets, an object that is brought in proximity to the mounting apparatus may engage one of the magnetic planes and then be moved further to engage the other magnetic plane, with the combined magnetic force being configured to support the particular object for which the mounting apparatus is designed. The engagement and/or disengagement of the object from the mounting apparatus can thus occur in stages, by degrees, and/or in a tiered manner. |
| US10655653B2 |
Reusable gas generator driven pressure supply system
An exemplary method includes using a pressure supply device (PSD) to actuate a hydraulic customer includes activating, when in the first position, a first gas generator of the multiple gas generators thereby driving the piston to the second position, pressurizing the hydraulic fluid, and discharging the pressurized hydraulic fluid to the customer; actuating the customer in response to receiving the pressurized hydraulic fluid; resetting the piston to first position by transferring a resetting hydraulic fluid into the reservoir; and exhausting gas and condensate from the gas chamber in response to resetting the piston to the first position. |
| US10655651B2 |
Rotary actuator with position feedback device and process valve module
A fluid-actuated rotary actuator includes a housing having a tubular body extending in an axial direction, in which is provided a drive piston assembly for driving a rotatably mounted output shaft, which extends perpendicular to the axial direction through the tubular body and the axial end of which is routed out of the tubular body at an upper wall section of the tubular body, further including a magnet assembly associated with the axial end of the output shaft and receiving a rotary movement of the output shaft, and further including a position feedback device configured to detect the magnetic field generated by the magnet assembly and to provide, in accordance with the detected magnetic field, a position signal corresponding to a position of the output shaft, wherein the position feedback device is located in a receptacle chamber formed in the upper wall section of the tubular body. |
| US10655649B2 |
Hydraulic circuit for use on CVT vehicle
A hydraulic system for a work vehicle has a high pressure circuit for providing high pressure hydraulic fluid, a medium pressure circuit for providing medium pressure hydraulic fluid, and a low pressure hydraulic circuit for providing low pressure hydraulic fluid. The high pressure circuit has a variable displacement charge pump that provides pressurized hydraulic fluid only to a high pressure variable displacement pump according to demand, which provides the further pressurized hydraulic fluid to a priority valve according to demand. The medium pressure circuit has a medium pressure variable displacement pump that provides pressurized hydraulic fluid according to demand. The low pressure circuit has at least one low pressure variable displacement pump that provides pressurized hydraulic fluid by way of an oil cooler and/or an oil cooler bypass controlled by a proportional valve. |
| US10655648B2 |
Hydraulic valve device with multiple working sections with pump control system with by-pass line
Modular directional valve with two or more crossing elements (E1 . . . En) able, acting only on the entry side, to manage a variable displacement pump (PA) of the load sensing type.In particular, this management allows in a single drive, unlike the conventional crossing distributors, to make the flow rate to the utility independent of the load and allows setting a maximum flow rate at the end of the stroke; in multiple drives, it ensures that the sum of the required flow rates is independent of the loads.A compensated flow rate regulator is placed in the entry side so as to act only on the bypass line LC upstream of the first element (E1 . . . En) while a proportional choke is placed on the load line consisting of a 2-way 2-position tray. |
| US10655646B2 |
Compressed gas supplier for a pneumatic tool
A compressed gas supplier has a power-free decompression device and an expansion chamber. The power-free decompression device decompresses a gas in a high-pressure source into a decompressed gas. The expansion chamber connects to the power-free decompression device and receives and stores the decompressed gas. The pneumatic tool is driven by the decompressed gas in the expansion chamber. Thus, the compressed gas supplier for the pneumatic tool is small and easy to be carry. In addition, the decompressed gas stored in the expansion chamber is also benefit for supplying decompressed gas to the pneumatic tool that needs much gas to drive. |
| US10655644B2 |
Portable electric blower with low reaction torque
A portable blower has an axial fan blower, a handle that has a midpoint of equilibrium, a blowing outlet that is connected downstream of the axial fan, at least one suction nozzle that is connected upstream of the axial fan and has an air intake mouth. The air intake nozzle includes a network of directional channels for homogenizing a flow of intake air, the network of directional channels being formed in the vicinity of the air intake mouth. The blower is particularly useful in the field of portable electric blowers for the maintenance of public spaces. |
| US10655643B2 |
Cooling device, guard unit, and server
A cooling device includes a fan; an intake-side intrusion-preventing member that is provided on an intake side of the fan and prevents an object from entering the fan; an exhaust-side intrusion-preventing member that is provided on an exhaust side of the fan and prevents an object from entering the fan. The intake-side intrusion-preventing member and the exhaust-side intrusion-preventing member have different shapes. |
| US10655640B1 |
Double inlet centrifugal blower with PCB center plate
A centrifugal blower apparatus includes a scroll-shaped housing with first and second air inlets which open to a blower chamber that is in fluid communication with an air outlet. The blower includes a motor to drive impellers, wherein the motor is secured to a frame coupled within the housing in a manner to substantially enhance aerodynamic performance of the blower. |
| US10655638B2 |
Turbomolecular pump deposition control and particle management
A gas pump and processes for preparing the gas pump are presented. The gas pump includes a bottom Holweck stage with internal heaters for cleaning deposits resulting from exhausting gases from a semiconductor manufacturing chamber. One example gas pump includes a turbomolecular stage on a top section of the gas pump and a Holweck stage below the turbomolecular stage. The Holweck stage comprises a rotor element, a stator element with an opening in the center, and one or more heaters. The opening has a substantially cylindrical shape and an inside surface with a plurality of grooves separated by threads. Each heater is situated on a surface of one of the plurality of grooves. The heaters may be turned on to clean the deposits accumulated on the gas pump during the processing of a substrate. |
| US10655634B2 |
Multi-piece compressor wheel
A compressor wheel assembly for a forced induction device includes an impeller member and a plate member. The impeller member is formed of a polymer material, and includes a hub portion and a plurality of blades extending from an outer surface of the hub portion. The hub portion includes an outer peripheral portion formed therewith. The plate member is connected to the outer peripheral portion of the impeller member to be rotationally fixed thereto. The plate member being formed of a metal material. |
| US10655633B2 |
Impeller and rotary machine
This impeller is equipped with: an impeller body formed from a resin and shaped as a disk with an axis as the center thereof, and having a boss hole section formed therein which a rotating shaft for rotating around the axis engages; compressor blades provided on the front-surface side of the impeller body; and a ring-shaped reinforcing ring provided inside the impeller body in the circumferential direction of the impeller body. |
| US10655631B2 |
Pump housing made from at least three different sinterable materials
One embodiment relates to a pump device with an impeller; a pump housing, including a wall surrounding an interior having an inlet and an outlet. The impeller is provided in the interior of the pump housing. The pump housing includes at least one first part-region, at least two further part-regions and at least one third part-region. The at least one first part-region includes, to an extent of at least 60% by weight, based on the total weight of the first part-region, at least one nonmagnetic material, wherein the at least two further part-regions comprise, to an extent of at least 25% by weight, based on the total weight of the further part-region, at least one ferromagnetic material metal, wherein the at least one third part-region comprises a metal content in a range from 40% to 90% by weight, based on the total weight of the third part-region. |
| US10655630B2 |
Bypass duct fairing for low bypass ratio turbofan engine and turbofan engine therewith
A fairing installed in a bypass duct defined between an outer casing and an inner casing around an axis of a turbofan engine to make compressed air bypass a low pressure compressor is comprised of a fore section elongated aftward from the inner casing at an inlet of the bypass duct and running along an internal periphery of the outer casing; and an aft section elongated aftward in succession to the fore section and curved in a direction getting away from the internal periphery so as to increase an area of a flow path toward an aft end of the aft section, the whole of the aft section being curved. |
| US10655622B2 |
Dual mode fuel pump system
A method and system providing a pressurized fluid includes a pump having a pump inlet and a pump outlet, the pump to provide a fluid flow, a bypass path to direct the fluid flow from the pump outlet to the pump inlet, a load path having a load path pressure, the load path including: a fluid accumulator to accumulate a fluid volume, and at least one load device, a bypass regulator valve in fluid communication with the pump outlet, the bypass path, and the load path, and a controller to direct the fluid flow to the load path in response to the load path pressure being less than a low load path threshold pressure via the bypass regulator valve and to direct the fluid flow to the bypass path in response to the load path pressure being greater than a high load path threshold pressure via the bypass regulator valve. |
| US10655617B2 |
Precise control of suction damping device in a variable displacement compressor
A suction damping device for a variable displacement compressor includes a rotor rotatably received within a stator disposed in a suction port of the variable displacement compressor. The rotor includes an aperture and the stator includes a pair of opposing openings in selective fluid communication with the aperture of the rotor. An electromagnetic device controls a rotational position of the rotor relative to the stator based on a condition of an electrically controlled valve used to control an angle of inclination of a swashplate of the variable displacement compressor. A changing of the rotational position of the rotor relative to the stator causes a variable overlap to be formed between the aperture of the rotor and the openings of the stator to control a flow of a refrigerant through the suction damping device. |
| US10655616B1 |
Plunger tool for reciprocation pump
A plunger tool and method relating thereto is designed to remove and insert plungers of a reciprocating pump such as during maintenance and other disassembly operations. The tool has a guide which receives and supports the plunger after removal from, and before reinsertion into, the pump. The tool also has a rack and pinion actuator for moving the plunger. |
| US10655615B2 |
High pressure fluid system
A system for delivery of a high viscosity fluid comprises a variable speed pump. A circuit through which the fluid is pumped comprises a loop having a plurality of fluid off-takes from the circuit. A controller controls the operation and speed of the pump, (i) such that the pump pumps the fluid in the circuit in a high pressure mode in which fluid flows from the pump to the fluid off-takes through both ends of the loop. During the high pressure mode, the controller controls the speed of the pump to maintain the pressure of the fluid in the circuit. The controller also controls the operation and speed of the pump, (ii) such that the pump pumps the fluid around the circuit in a low pressure mode during periods when none of the fluid off-takes are being used. |
| US10655614B2 |
Device for controlling high-pressure pump
A high-pressure pump includes a plunger that varies a volume of a pressurizing chamber, and a control valve that controls supply of fuel into the pressurizing chamber through a first valve body. When a predetermined execution condition is satisfied, an ECU reduces power supplied to a coil more than that in a normal control to implement a noise reduction control for reducing an operating noise generated along with the driving of the valve body. During the noise reduction control, a responsiveness parameter indicating responsiveness from starting energization of the coil until the valve body is displaced to a valve closing position is acquired. An energization start timing in the noise reduction control is calculated based on the acquired responsiveness parameter after the parameter is acquired. As a result, a discharge amount control of the high-pressure pump can be appropriately implemented in the noise reduction control. |
| US10655609B2 |
System and method for removal of a wind turbine gearbox from a main rotor shaft
A method and associated system are provided for removing a drive train component, such as a gearbox, from a rotor shaft uptower in a wind turbine, wherein the component is supported by transversely extending mounting arms at mount locations on the wind turbine frame. The drive train component is supported from above or below and the mount locations. At each mount location, a removal fixture is installed that includes an actuator that moves linearly essentially parallel to the rotor shaft. The mounting arms are simultaneously engaged with the respective actuators, which are controlled to linearly push the mounting arms until the drive train component disengages from the rotor shaft. |
| US10655607B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting damage in wind turbine bearings
A method for detecting damage in a bearing of a wind turbine includes collecting vibration data relating to the bearing. Another step includes storing the vibration data in a memory device. The method also includes identifying a plurality of harmonics in the vibration data that are indicative of bearing damage. Further, the method includes eliminating harmonics within a specified frequency proximity to areas of high energy content representative of normal gearbox operation. Moreover, the method includes determining at least one of increases in energy or a variance of the energy within each of the remaining harmonics and calculating a damage factor of the bearing as a function of a least one of the increases in energy or the variance of the energy within each of the remaining harmonics. Accordingly, the method includes comparing the damage factor to a predetermined damage threshold, wherein a damage factor exceeding the predetermined damage threshold may be indicative of a damaged bearing. |
| US10655606B2 |
Blade load sensing system for a wind turbine
A sensor system for a wind turbine, comprising: a blade load sensor; a blade temperature sensor configured to provide a temperature measurement of an associated blade; a load calculation module configured to output a temperature-corrected blade load value; and a processing unit interfaced with the temperature sensor. The processing unit includes a temperature estimator configured to determine an estimated temperature of the wind turbine blade based on at least one wind turbine parameter; and a comparator configured to generate a fault signal based on a comparison between the blade temperature measurement and the estimated blade temperature. The invention also resides in a corresponding method. |
| US10655599B2 |
Wind farm, control method thereof and wind power generation unit
A wind farm that includes a plurality of wind power generation units. The wind farm further includes a sensing part and a controlling part. The sensing part is configured to sense an external environment risk element. The controlling part is configured to receive a risk signal from the sensing part and to control the wind power generation units in the wind farm. |
| US10655596B2 |
Wind power system
A wind power system, having at least one rotor, which controls a respective driven utility apparatus, and at least one stator. The rotor includes vanes arranged radially, which have a substantially flat profile. The vanes are inclined with respect to the rotation axis of the rotor through an angle between 25° -90°. The system further includes at least one stator arranged upstream of the rotor and is provided with a tubular body coaxial to both the shaft of the rotor and a substantially cylindrical outer enclosure. The tubular body includes a tapered end and curved blades profiled to direct the air entering the system toward the outerportion of the rotor onto the vanes. Between the inner walls of the enclosure, two adjacent blades, and tubular body, there is a forced path for the air entering the system. |
| US10655595B2 |
Method for operation of hydropower reservoir with a 2-parameter elevation rule curve
Disclosed herein is a novel method for operating a hydropower reservoir which is an improvement over the existing single-parameter (the current month) USACE Rule Curve approach, the improvement comprising the consideration of a second parameter, namely the water level of the reservoir at the beginning of the month, in the decision-making process for operation of the reservoir. |
| US10655590B2 |
Vehicle
A vehicle performs notification about an open/closed state of a lid member covering an interface for supplying driving energy. The vehicle includes a notification portion that performs notification when the lid member is in the open state and a connection detecting portion that detects a connection state of a driving energy supply device to the interface. In the vehicle, the notification portion suspends notification when the driving energy supply device is connected to the interface during the open state of the lid member. |
| US10655588B2 |
Restart control system
A restart control system includes a rotational angle estimation unit that estimates a rotating electrical machine's rotational angle in a state wherein an internal-combustion engine's rotational speed detected by a rotational speed detection unit is higher than an estimation threshold and configured not to estimate rotating electrical machine's rotational angle in a state wherein internal-combustion engine's rotational speed is lower than estimation threshold; a rotating electrical machine control unit increases internal-combustion engine's rotational speed by rotating electrical machine under condition where predetermined restart conditions are satisfied and rotating electrical machine's rotational angle is estimated by rotational angle estimation unit, thereby restarting the internal-combustion engine; and a starter motor control unit starts driving of a starter motor under a condition where predetermined restart conditions are satisfied and internal-combustion engine's rotational speed falls below a predetermined rotational speed set lower than estimation threshold, thereby increasing internal-combustion engine's rotational speed to estimation threshold. |
| US10655587B2 |
Engine stop/start control apparatus
An ECU makes an opening degree of a throttle valve larger than an opening degree in an idle rotating state of an engine in a rotation drop period during which engine speed drops to zero after combustion of the engine is stopped. Further, the ECU determines that the engine speed is within a predetermined rotation speed range including at least a resonance range of the engine in the rotation drop period, and, in the case where it is determined that the engine speed is within the predetermined rotation speed range, the ECU performs rotation drop processing of temporarily increasing a drop rate of the engine speed. |
| US10655584B2 |
Gasoline direct injection rail
To obtain a gasoline direct injection rail that enables plating treatment to be easily and reliably performed on the inside of a rail body and an inlet part, also, that includes an orifice, and that has excellent mechanical properties. In a gasoline direct injection rail comprising a steel rail body 4, an inlet part 6 provided integrally with or separately from a first end 5 of the rail body 4 and comprising therein a communication passage 7 in communication with a fuel passage of the rail body 4, and a plurality of injector holders in communication with the fuel passage, a stainless orifice member 1 formed separately from the rail body 4 is securely disposed in the communication passage 7 of the inlet part 6. |
| US10655575B2 |
Intake system piping structure of internal combustion engine
An intake system piping structure of an internal combustion engine includes an intake manifold connected to an end-side first cylinder and an end-side second cylinder which are provided farthest from each other in a cylinder bank in which a plurality of cylinders is placed in line, and an intercooler connected to the intake manifold. The intercooler is arranged in such a manner that a widthwise center of the intercooler on the side of an intake inlet and a widthwise center of the intercooler on the side of the manifold are offset to the side of the end-side second cylinder from a cylinder bank direction center line in center between an axial center line of the end-side first cylinder and an axial center line of the end-side second cylinder. Furthermore, the intercooler is also arranged in such a manner that an offset amount of the widthwise center of the intercooler on the side of the intake inlet from the cylinder bank direction center line is greater than an offset amount of the widthwise center of the intercooler on the side of the manifold from the cylinder bank direction center line. |
| US10655572B2 |
Exhaust gas recirculation valve
A valve housing that has a flow passage. Arranged in the flow passage are a valve seat that includes a valve hole, valve body that can be seated on the valve seat, and a section of a rotary shaft with the valve body fixed to the tip thereof. A ring-shaped seat surface is formed in the valve hole of the valve seat. A ring-shaped sealing surface corresponding to the seat surface is formed on the perimeter of the disc-shaped valve body. By rotating the rotary shaft, the valve body rotates open from a closed state in which the valve body is seated on the valve seat and the sealing surface is in contact with the seat surface. A tapered upstream-side flow regulating part is provided in the valve hole of the valve seat, so as to widen from the seat surface toward the upstream side of the EGR gas flow. |
| US10655566B2 |
Gas valve
The invention relates to a gas valve for metering a gaseous fuel into an intake tract of an internal combustion engine, comprising an electromagnet (1) for acting on an armature (2), which can be moved in a reciprocating manner and which is loaded in the direction of at least one valve seat (3) by the spring force of a spring (4). According to the invention, a damping device (5) is provided for reducing the speed of the armature (2) at least over a partial range of the stroke of the armature, which damping device comprises at least one fluid-filled variable damper volume (5.1, 5.2), which is separated in a gas-tight manner from a region (30) into which the gas to be metered in is admitted. |
| US10655560B2 |
Cylinder head
A cylinder head comprises a cylinder head body. The cylinder head body has two intake ports placed on a first side of the cylinder head body with respect to the plug hole, and the two exhaust ports placed on a second side of the cylinder head body with respect to the plug hole. A water jacket of the cylinder head includes: an intake-port-to-intake-port passage portion communicating with the outside of the cylinder head and extending between the two intake ports; an exhaust-port-to-exhaust-port passage portion communicating with the outside of the cylinder head and extending between the two exhaust ports; and a central passage portion communicating with the intake-port-to-intake-port passage portion and the exhaust-port-to-exhaust-port passage portion, the central passage portion being formed so as to surround the plug hole. |
| US10655558B2 |
Internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine includes cylinders, a cylinder head that includes a pair of intake ports and a pair of exhaust ports for each of the cylinders, and a cylinder block that includes a block-side coolant passage. One of the pair of intake ports and the pair of exhaust ports is a pair of specified ports. The cylinder head includes an inter-port coolant passage between the specified ports. The inter-port coolant passage is connected to the block-side coolant passage through a communication portion. A flow direction is a direction in which the coolant flows in a portion of the block-side coolant passage that is connected to the communication portion. A center of a passage cross section of the communication portion is shifted to a downstream side in the flow direction with respect to a center of a passage cross section of the inter-port coolant passage. |
| US10655556B2 |
Fuel injection device
A fuel injection device comprising electricity-generating means generating electricity by rotation of an engine and outputting a predetermined signal, and a solenoid valve injecting fuel; the valve being opened as a result of a drive current applied to a coil, and the fuel being injected into an intake passage of the engine at a predetermined timing during the rotation of the engine; to ensure that the flow rate required during high-speed operation ca be adequately provided in a fuel injection device for injecting/supplying fuel to an engine. The electricity-generating means is an alternating current generation means attached to the engine in a crank angle position at which an output is generated in synchronization with the intake timing of the engine; the signal is an injection command signal applied to the solenoid valve as an alternating-current drive current; and the applied voltage increases with increased engine speed. |
| US10655555B2 |
Engine system and method of controlling engine system
An engine system includes: an engine including a direct injection valve that injects fuel into a cylinder of the engine and a port injection valve that injects fuel into an intake port of the engine; and an electronic control unit configured to control an operation of the engine by adjusting, based on a state of the engine, a rate of fuel injection from the direct injection valve with respect to total fuel injection and a rate of fuel injection from the port injection valve with respect to the total fuel injection. The electronic control unit executes a malfunction diagnosis with the rate of fuel injection from the direct injection valve set to 100%, when the electronic control unit determines that an execution condition for executing the malfunction diagnosis on a fuel system is satisfied and a power required of the engine is equal to or greater than a prescribed power. |
| US10655554B2 |
Vehicle and engine-off timer diagnosis method thereof
A vehicle can include: an engine; an engine-off timer configured to detect an engine-off time for which the engine is turned off; an air temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of air sucked into the engine; a water temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of water in the engine; and a controller configured to determine whether the engine-off timer is operating normally based on the engine-off time detected by the engine-off timer, the temperature of air sucked into the engine detected by the air temperature sensor, and the temperature of water in the engine detected by the water temperature sensor. |
| US10655551B2 |
Drive arrangement for an engine ancillary such as a supercharger
A supercharging arrangement for an internal combustion engine. The supercharging arrangement comprises a supercharger having a rotational drive input, and a transmission having a rotational drive input to receive drive from an internal combustion engine, and a rotational drive output connected to the input of the supercharger. The transmission includes a variator operatively connected between the input and the output of the transmission, which variator has an output that is driven at an operating ratio from an input. A control system operates to cause an engine to deliver an amount of torque that is indicated by the state of an input to the control system. The control system is further operative to set the operating ratio of the variator. |
| US10655539B2 |
Aircraft anti-icing system
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an aircraft anti-icing system that includes an aircraft engine inlet component, a pressurized air source, and a heat source operable to: (1) heat the leading edge of the aircraft engine inlet component via the heat source to prevent ice formation on the outer surface of the leading edge; and (2) direct pressurized air from the pressurized air source so that it forces water off of the outer surface of the inlet components (and into the external air flow) as the water travels downstream from the leading edge outer surface downstream toward the trailing edge, which prevents runback ice formation. |
| US10655538B2 |
Geared gas turbine engine with reduced fan noise
A fan section for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan rotor having fan blades, and a plurality of fan exit guide vanes positioned downstream of the fan rotor. The fan rotor is configured to be driven through a gear reduction. A ratio of a number of fan exit guide vanes to a number of fan blades is defined. The fan exit guide vanes are provided with optimized sweep and optimized lean. |
| US10655537B2 |
Interdigitated counter rotating turbine system and method of operation
The present disclosure is directed to a method of operating a gas turbine engine with an interdigitated turbine section. The engine includes a fan rotor, an intermediate pressure compressor, a high pressure compressor, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement. The turbine section includes, in serial flow arrangement, a first stage of a low speed turbine rotor, a high speed turbine rotor, a second stage of the low speed turbine rotor, an intermediate speed turbine rotor, and one or more additional stages of the low speed turbine rotor. The low speed turbine rotor is coupled to the fan rotor via a low pressure shaft. The intermediate speed turbine rotor is coupled to the intermediate pressure compressor via an intermediate pressure shaft. The high speed turbine rotor is coupled to the high pressure compressor via a high pressure shaft. The method includes rotating the low speed turbine rotor in a first direction along the circumferential direction; rotating the high speed turbine rotor in a second direction opposite of the first direction along the circumferential direction; and rotating the intermediate speed turbine rotor in the second direction. |
| US10655536B1 |
Engine
An engine is disclosed of the V-configuration having an integrated engine and transmission. The engine has an engine ventilation system communicating between the crankcase and an upper end of the valve cover, whereby blow-by gases can be returned to the air intake system to recycle the unspent fuel. The engine also includes an easily accessible/removable cam, such that the camshaft may be removed without removing the rocker arms. The engine also includes a lubrication system for lubricating components of the engine and transmission. |
| US10655534B2 |
Rotary axial valve
A turbocharger system includes a valve assembly with an inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet. The inlet is configured for receiving flow of an exhaust gas from an engine. The valve assembly includes a valve structure disposed within a housing. The valve structure is configured to rotate about an axis of rotation between a first position and a second position. The valve structure defines a nonlinear flow passage with an axial upstream end and radial downstream end. The valve structure, in a first position, directs exhaust gas from the inlet to the first outlet and closes off the second outlet. The valve structure, in the second position, directs exhaust gas from the inlet to the second outlet and closes off the first outlet. |
| US10655533B2 |
Device built into a cylinder head for controlling amount of air fed into the intake of a turbocharged internal combustion engine and method using such a device
The present invention relates to a device for controlling the amount of air fed into the intake of a charged internal combustion engine comprising two exhaust gas outlets (32, 36) which are each connected to an exhaust manifold (30, 34) of a group of at least one cylinder (121, 122, 123, 124). The device comprises a charging device (38) comprising a turbocompressor having a dual-inlet (46, 48) turbine (40) connected to the exhaust gas outlets and an external air compressor (44), and at least one duct for partially transferring compressed air from the compressor to the turbine inlets. According to the invention, the partial transfer duct (100, 102; 110, 112) is integrated into the cylinder head and comprises throttles (74, 76) controlling the circulation of compressed air in said duct. |
| US10655524B2 |
Device to supply an internal combustion engine with water coming from a tank of an exhaust system provided with exhaust gas after-treatment
A device to supply an internal combustion engine with water comprising one single tank of an exhaust system provided with exhaust gas after-treatment; the tank is divided, on the inside, into a first powder urea storage area and a second water collecting area, and wherein the powder urea and the water are mixed inside the tank so as to obtain a water solution of urea with a variable concentration, the device comprises at least one second electromagnetic injector, which is designed to inject water into the internal combustion engine, and a second pumping device, which is drowned inside the tank and draws from the second water collecting area in order to supply water under pressure to said at least one second electromagnetic injector. |
| US10655521B2 |
SCR tank with ventilation line attached in sections
SCR tank (10) for motor vehicles for storing and dispensing aqueous urea solution, comprising a tank shell (16) enclosing a tank volume (18) having fluid delivery opening (20) and a fluid removal opening (in 28), wherein the SCR tank (10) further has a ventilation line (30), through which a gas exchange is made possible between a gas-filled region of the tank volume (18) during operation of the tank and the outer atmosphere of the SCR tank (10), wherein the tank shell (16) toward this end has a gas opening (38), at which the ventilation line (30) terminates or which is penetrated by the ventilation line (30), which is characterized in that in a joint section (52) a ventilation line component (32) contributing to formation of the ventilation line (30) is joined in a materially-bonded manner to a joint surface section (36) of the tank shell (16). |
| US10655516B2 |
Systems for reducing startup emissions in power plant including gas turbine
Embodiments of emission reduction system including various embodiments of an emission filters for a power plant including a gas turbine are disclosed. The system includes: an emission filter; and a retraction system operably coupled to an exhaust passage of the gas turbine. The exhaust passage defines an exhaust path of exhaust from the gas turbine. The retraction system selectively moves the emission filter between a first location within the exhaust path and a second location out of the exhaust path. In a combined cycle power plant, the first location is upstream of a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG). The systems and filters described allow for temporary positioning of emission filter(s) just downstream of a gas turbine exhaust outlet, or upstream of an HRSG, where provided, for emission reduction at low loads or startup conditions, and removal of the emission filter(s) once operations move to higher loads. |
| US10655513B2 |
Oil pan
An oil pan for trapping oil of an engine comprising: a curved portion connecting a flat portion and a side wall portion and including a rib-free region where a first reinforcing rib provided on the flat portion and a second reinforcing rib provided on the side wall portion are not connected to each other. |
| US10655512B2 |
Internal combustion engine of saddle riding vehicle
In a valve train of an internal combustion engine, an input sprocket mounting portion is provided on one end of an exhaust camshaft, and a valve operating cam portion is formed on the other end of the camshaft. A decompression shaft of a decompression device is inserted in a decompression shaft hole, which is formed from the input sprocket mounting portion toward the valve operating cam portion. The decompression shaft hole is formed at a position offset from an axis of the camshaft. A camshaft inner oil passage is formed in the camshaft to extend from one end toward the other end of the camshaft in parallel arrangement to the decompression shaft hole to supply lubricant from the bearing journal portion to the bearing journal portion. The above arrangement makes it possible to supply a sufficient amount of lubricant oil to slide portions of the valve train of a saddle riding vehicle. |
| US10655509B2 |
Variable valve timing control device
A variable valve timing control device includes a connection mechanism provided with a coupling member which connects a driving-side rotation member and an input gear with each other, the connection mechanism including a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion, the first engagement portion engaged with the driving-side rotation member so as to be relatively displaceable therewith in a first radial direction, the second engagement portion engaged with the input gear so as to be relatively displaceable therewith in a second radial direction which is orthogonal to the first radial direction, and a biasing member restricting a coupling member from being displaced. |
| US10655504B2 |
Heat pump for warming engine coolant
A system for warming an engine. The system includes an engine coolant system that directs warm engine coolant to the engine to heat the engine. A heat pump system warms the engine coolant. |
| US10655501B2 |
Turbine ring assembly without cold assembly clearance
A turbine ring assembly includes ring sectors made of ceramic matrix composite material forming a turbine ring and a ring support structure having first and second annular flanges, each ring sector having first and second tabs held between the flanges. First and second holder elements secured to the first annular flange being received in first and second openings in the first tab, while first and second holder elements secured to the second annular flange are in first and second openings in the second tab. Radial clearance is being present when cold between the openings and the portions of the holder elements present in the openings. The first and second annular flanges include, on their faces facing the first and second tabs, a plurality of thrust portions distributed in circumferential manner over the flanges, the ends of the tabs, when cold, being in radial abutment against two thrust portions. |
| US10655497B2 |
Turbocharger
A turbocharger, with a turbine that includes a turbine housing, turbine inflow housing, a rotor, and a compressor, which has a compressor housing and a rotor coupled to the turbine rotor via a shaft. A bearing housing is arranged between and coupled to the turbine and the compressor housings. The turbine inflow housing has a radially inner, outer and middle walls. The inner wall delimits an exhaust gas flow duct, and a cooling channel between the outer and middle walls. The bearing housing, extends, seen in the axial direction as far as into the region of the inner wall of the turbine inflow housing. A cooling water channel in the bearing housing surrounds the inner wall of the turbine inflow housing in the axial region and the bearing housing extends as far as into the region of the radially inner wall of the turbine inflow housing, radially on the outside. |
| US10655494B2 |
Model predictive control sub-system power management
A system for controlling a plurality of electromechanical effectors operably connected to an engine to control engine parameters. The system also includes a plurality of sensors operably connected to measure a state or parameter of each effector, a power supply configured to supply power to the plurality of effectors, and a controller operably connected to the plurality of sensors, the plurality of effectors, and the power supply. The controller executes a method for an adaptive model-based control for controlling each effector, The method includes receiving a request indicative of a desired state for each effector, receiving a weighting associated each request, obtaining information about a current state of each effector, and updating an adaptive model based control (MBC) based upon the information. The method also includes generating a control command for an effector based upon the adaptive MBC and commanding the effector based upon the control command. |
| US10655493B2 |
Arrangement, turbo engine and method for the recognition of a shaft breakage of a shaft
An arrangement for detecting a shaft break, including a shaft and a reference shaft that can be rotated together with the shaft, wherein an opening in the shaft overlaps with an opening in the reference shaft in an operational state of the shaft according to the intended use, and a signal conductor that can be severed extends through the two openings and is operatively connected to an evaluation unit, and the evaluation unit is configured to detect a severing of the signal conductor by applying a signal to the signal conductor to detect a shaft break of the shaft. The invention further relates to a turbomachine and a method. |
| US10655492B2 |
Abrasive blade tips with additive resistant to clogging by organic matrix abradable
An abrasive tip comprises an additive, the additive is configured to prevent adhesion of an organic component from an abradable seal onto an abrasive blade tip. |
| US10655491B2 |
Turbine shroud ring for a gas turbine engine with radial retention features
A gas turbine engine assembly includes a turbine shroud having a carrier segment and adjacent blade track segments. The carrier segment is arranged around a central axis of the gas turbine engine and the blade track segments are supported by the carrier segment. The turbine shroud segment further includes a retainer that is configured to locate the blade track segments radially relative to the central axis of the gas turbine engine. |
| US10655486B2 |
Knife-edge fastening with seal for a straightener blade
An assembly for a turbine engine or turbine engine test bed, including a hub defined about a longitudinal axis, a blade, including a blade root, extending in a radial direction to the longitudinal axis, the hub including a recess capable of receiving the blade root by insertion in the radial direction, wherein the recess includes a groove, the blade root including a groove, so that the two grooves are facing each other when the blade root is inserted into the recess, the assembly further includes a seal located in the two grooves. |
| US10655485B2 |
Stress-relieving pocket in turbine nozzle with airfoil rib
A turbine nozzle segment includes a radially-inner endwall, a radially-outer endwall, a pair of airfoil-shaped vanes extending between the radially-inner endwall and the radially-outer endwall, and respective reinforcing ribs extending between the pressure and suction sidewalls of the vanes. The back face of the radially-inner endwall and/or the back face of the radially-outer endwall has a pocket formed therein in an area between the pressure sidewall of the first vane and the suction sidewall of the second vane to enhance stiffness distribution between the second vane and the radially-inner endwall and/or radially-outer endwall. |
| US10655475B2 |
Gas turbine engine turbine cooling system
A gas turbine engine includes a turbine and a turbine cooling arrangement. The turbine includes a turbine rotor surrounded by a static rotor track liner, and a nozzle guide vane downstream of the rotor in a core main gas flow path. The cooling arrangement includes a first air duct that provides cooling airflow to a rotor track liner cooling plenum and a second air duct that provides a cooling airflow to the nozzle guide vane. A common manifold is upstream in the cooling airflow of the ducts and provides cooling air to the ducts. A two-way valve modulates air provided to the ducts from the manifold. The valve is operates in a first or second mode. In the first mode, air flow to the first duct is relatively high and airflow to the second duct is relatively low compared to where the valve is operated in the second mode. |
| US10655474B2 |
Turbo-engine component having outer wall discharge openings
Disclosed is a turbo-engine component comprising a wall, the wall comprising a hot gas side surface and a coolant side surface. At least one coolant discharge duct is provided in said wall and opening out onto the hot gas side surface at a coolant discharge opening. A coolant flow direction is defined from the interior of the coolant discharge duct towards the discharge opening, the coolant discharge duct further being delimited by a delimiting surface thereof provided inside the wall. The coolant discharge duct has a first cross sectional direction and a second cross sectional direction. The coolant discharge duct is a blind cavity and is closed towards the coolant side surface, and further a dimension of the coolant discharge duct measured in the first cross sectional direction decreases in the coolant flow direction. |
| US10655473B2 |
Gas turbine engine turbine blade leading edge tip trench cooling
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes pressure and suction walls spaced apart from one another and joined at leading and trailing edges to provide an airfoil having an exterior surface that extends in a radial direction to a tip. A tip trench is provided in the tip and wrapping at least a portion of the airfoil from the pressure side wall around the leading edge to the suction side wall. The tip trench is provided by a recess. |
| US10655470B2 |
Impeller and rotary machine
This impeller is provided with: an impeller body formed in a disk-like shape and having a boss hole section formed therein, the boss hole section allowing a rotating shaft to be fitted therein; and compressor blades provided on the front surface side of the impeller body so as to protrude from the hub surface of the impeller body. The impeller consists either of a first resin member and a second resin member, which are engaged with each other and which consist of a resin, or of a resin member and a metallic member, which are engaged with each other. |
| US10655469B2 |
Vane having surfaces with different material properties in a rotary pump
A delivery element for a rotary pump is proposed which is formed in one part from a metallic material, wherein the delivery element includes at least one first surface and at least one second surface which differ from each other, at least in regions, in at least one material property. A method for manufacturing a delivery element in accordance with the invention, a rotary pump including at least one delivery element in accordance with the invention, and the use of a delivery element in accordance with the invention in a rotary pump is also proposed. |
| US10655467B2 |
Method for implementing a centralized control platform of hydraulic support on fully mechanized mining working face in underground coal mines
A method for implementing a centralized control platform of a hydraulic support on a fully mechanized mining working face in underground coal mines, which is used for safety production in the underground coal mines. A Siemens PLC S7-300, a C8051F020 single chip microcomputer, a PowerBuilder tool, an SQLServer database and a multi-protocol communication platform are selected to form the centralized control platform, wherein the PowerBuilder tool is used as a front-end development platform; the Siemens PLC S7-300 and the C8051F020 single chip microcomputer are used as a real-time control platform; the PLC is connected to an electro-hydraulic control system, and a communication protocol thereof is a TCP/IP MODBUS protocol; the PLC acts as a client; the electro-hydraulic control system acts as a server end; an infrared transmission apparatus is mounted on a coal mining machine; a receiving apparatus is embedded into a support controller of the electro-hydraulic control system; and after receiving infrared information, the support controller transmits the information to an explosion-proof computer of the electro-hydraulic control system. The method may satisfy control functions required by an unattended or nearly unattended working face; can reliably complete various control functions based on operation of an adjacent support; can remotely transmit various pieces of information to a ground monitoring center in real time; and can monitor various failures in coal mining process in real time. |
| US10655466B2 |
Method of monitoring of hydraulic fracture closure stress with tracers (variants)
The present disclosure relates to the hydrocarbon production, in particular to measuring the fracture closure pressure in a formation penetrated by a wellbore using marker agents. According to this disclosure, a wellbore is provided; a clean fracturing fluid is injected into the wellbore thus creating a fracture in the formation; the fracturing fluid is injected into the well, wherein the fracturing fluid comprises a mixture of a proppant and one or more groups of capsules with the predetermined range of breaking strength values and comprising a marker agent that corresponds to each predetermined range of breaking strength values, wherein capsules of different groups comprise different marker agents and are designed to precipitate in the fracture and release the marker agent in case the fracture closure pressure exceeds the predetermined range of breaking strength values due to fracture closure; the marker agent production to the surface is provided; the marker agent is detected at the surface; and the fracture closure pressure is measured based on the detected marker agent based on the breaking strength range of the capsule in the corresponding group of capsules. |
| US10655463B2 |
Signal processing methods for steering to an underground target
A method of processing data from an electromagnetic resistivity logging tool which includes a transmitter coil and a receiver coil is disclosed. The electromagnetic resistivity logging tool is placed at a desired location. The transmitter coil and the receiver coil are positioned at a first azimuthal angle. A signal is transmitted from the receiver coil. The receiver coil then receives a signal. The signal at the receiver coil, a tilt angle of the transmitter coil, a tilt angle of the receiver coil and the first azimuthal angle are then used to calculate a first complex voltage representing at least one component of the received signal. |
| US10655459B2 |
Tubular device with radiofrequency communication for well head
An element for a drill string including a body with a generally axisymmetric appearance and a wave type communication device installed in the body. The communication device includes a set of antennae including plural antennae distributed at a periphery of the body, about an axis of symmetry thereof, and capable of operating in transmission and in reception, operating electronics capable of organizing transfer of data, in transmission and in reception, an actuator capable of selectively connecting the antennae of the set to the operating electronics, and an antenna monitor configured to regularly evaluate a reception quality parameter for at least one sub-assembly of the set of antennae, to repetitively select one or more antennae of the set as a function of reception quality parameters derived from the sub-assembly and to command the actuator to connect the selected antenna or antennae to the operating electronics. |
| US10655454B2 |
Subsea well equipment landing indicator and locking indicator
A subsea well equipment landing body (1) comprising an indicator assembly to indicate landing of the landing body or to indicate locking of the landing body. The indicator assembly has a stem bore (7), a sliding stem (11) within the stem bore that has a stem head (23) protruding beyond an external face of the landing body. A stem channel (25) in the sliding stem extends between the stem head and a stem channel mouth (27), and is in fluid communication with the outside of the landing body. A hydraulic channel (9) in the landing body is in fluid communication with the stem bore. The stem channel mouth is positionable in a communicating position, in which there is fluid communication between the hydraulic channel and the stem channel, and a non-communicating position, without fluid communication between the hydraulic channel and the stem channel. |
| US10655453B2 |
System and method for determining drill string motions using acceleration data
Systems and methods compute dysfunctions via mapping of tri-axial accelerations of drill pipe into drill-string motions. The methods remove gravitational and centripetal accelerations to yield corrected acceleration data due to the vibration only, transform the corrected acceleration data, and maps resulting transformed acceleration data into continuous drill-string positions. The maps provide 2D/3D visualization of drill-string motions to enable real-time optimization and control of well drilling operations and other scenarios where proactive detection of temporal events in automated systems may aid in avoiding failures. |
| US10655452B2 |
Inspection of pipes with buckling effects
Apparatus and methods to evaluate a pipe structure taking buckling into account can be implemented in a variety of applications. Responses can be measured at a set of receivers of a tool in response to exciting the pipe structure with one or more electromagnetic signals transmitted from a set of transmitters of the tool. The set of receivers and the set of transmitters can be located within the pipe structure. Circuitry can be used to determine the presence of buckling of the pipe structure based on comparison of the measured responses with one or more forward models of the pipe structure. The pipe structure may be associated with a well site, such as, for example, a casing structure for a production well. |
| US10655447B2 |
Rotary steerable drilling tool and method
A directional drilling system includes a rotary steerable tool. The rotary steerable tool includes an extendable member configured to extend outwardly from the rotary steerable tool upon actuation, and a geolocation electronics device configured to track a position of the rotary steerable tool and the extendable member and control actuation of the extendable member. The geolocation electronics device and extendable member are configured to rotate with the rotary steerable tool. |
| US10655445B2 |
Non-radioactive tracers to evaluate fracturing procedures
A method for evaluating induced fractures in a wellbore includes obtaining a first set of data in a wellbore using a downhole logging tool. A first proppant is pumped into the wellbore, after the first set of data is captured. The first proppant includes a first tracer that is not radioactive. A second proppant is also pumped into the wellbore, after the first proppant is pumped into the wellbore. The second proppant includes a second tracer that is not radioactive, and the second tracer is different than the first tracer. A second set of data is obtained in the wellbore using the downhole tool after the first and second proppants are pumped into the wellbore. The first and second sets of data are compared. |
| US10655444B2 |
Enhancing propped complex fracture networks in subterranean formations
Methods including introducing a solids-free high-viscosity fracturing fluid into a subterranean formation above the fracture gradient to create or enhance at least one dominate fracture. Introducing a first low-viscosity pad fluid (LVPadF) above the fracture gradient to create or enhance at least one first microfracture extending from the dominate fracture. The first LVPadF comprises an aqueous base fluid, high-density micro-proppants (HDMPs), and low-density micro-beads (LDMBs), the HDMPs having a specific gravity that is at least about 100% greater than the specific gravity of the LDMBs. Placing at least a portion of the HDMPs and LDMBs into the microfracture to form at least a partial monolayer. Introducing a low-viscosity proppant fluid (LVPropF) into the subterranean formation above the fracture gradient. The LVPropF comprises an aqueous base fluid and medium-sized proppants (MSPs). Placing at least a portion of the MSPs into the dominate fracture. |
| US10655436B2 |
Device and method for solid-state fluidization mining of seabed shallow layer non-diagenetic natural gas hydrates
The present invention discloses a device for solid-state fluidization mining of seabed shallow layer non-diagenetic natural gas hydrates. The device comprises a hydraulic jet nozzle set, a coiled tubing, a hydrate collecting ship arranged on the sea surface, a transfer station arranged in sea water and a riser arranged in a seabed surface layer. A guide seat is arranged in the riser. The hydraulic jet nozzle set is arranged in the guide seat. A delivery pipe connected with the transfer station sleeves a nozzle body. An opening is formed in a position where the delivery pipe is in contact with the nozzle body. The transfer station is connected with the hydrate collecting ship. The present invention further discloses a method for collecting seabed shallow layer non-diagenetic hydrates. |
| US10655428B2 |
Flow control device
A flow control apparatus includes a housing having a bore extending and a port formed through a wall of the housing; and a port sleeve disposed in the housing and having a port in communication with the port of the housing. The apparatus also includes a first sleeve releasably attached to the housing, wherein the first sleeve is movable from a first position preventing axial movement of the port sleeve relative to the housing to a second position allowing axial movement of the port sleeve relative to the housing. The apparatus further includes a second sleeve releasably attached to the port sleeve, wherein the second sleeve is movable from a first position blocking fluid communication through the port of housing and the port of the port sleeve to a second position allowing fluid communication through the ports. |
| US10655427B2 |
Flow control in subterranean wells
A method of restoring flow through an opening in a well, the opening being blocked by a plugging device, can include conveying a well tool into the well, contacting the plugging device with the well tool, and permitting flow through the opening as a result of the contacting step. Another method of restoring flow through an opening blocked by a plugging device in a well can include conveying a well tool into the well, reducing pressure in the well with the well tool, and permitting flow through the opening as a result of the pressure reducing step. |
| US10655424B2 |
Buckle prevention ring
A buckle prevention ring assembly for use within a conduit, such as casing, having at least one buckle prevention ring may be provided. The buckle prevention ring may be bonded and may provide a fluid and gas tight seal to prevent fluid and gas from leaking out of the casing in a downhole environment. |
| US10655422B2 |
Rotating control device
An RCD includes a housing, a seal assembly package, and a seal tube assembly. The seal tube assembly includes a seal tube, a seal, a first bearing, and a second bearing. The seal is coupled between the first and second bearings. The first bearing includes a flow path between the interior of the seal tube and the annular space between the seal and the seal tube. The SAP includes an SAP outer body positioned within the housing and fluidly sealed thereto. The RCD may include a running tool coupled to the SAP having one or more grippers for engaging a tool string passing through the RCD. |
| US10655412B2 |
Electro-hydraulic complex with a plasma discharger
An equipment for stimulating increased oil recovery is described. The complex is most suitable for operations in wells where natural flow and gas-lift recovery methods are used, and also for combined treatment of bottom-hole formation zones together with acoustic (ultrasonic) emitters. The complex consists of two main parts: a surface power supply and control unit, and a downhole electro-hydraulic instrument consisting of a boosting inverter unit a capacitor unit and a plasma discharger. Said instrument has a diameter less than 52 mm, allowing the instrument to pass freely through all existing production tubing. The instrument has a modular structure, making it possible to build up the power of the plasma discharge from 0.5 to 3 kJ. The plasma discharger is designed to be easily disassembled for replacement of electrodes and installation of a new spool with a wire, the discharger having a mechanical drive of a wire feeding unit, set in motion by a piston mechanism that is powered by a high pressure pulse produced by the discharger itself. Using the equipment for increase in efficiency and cost-effectiveness of oil recovery enhancement operations when working through tubing. |
| US10655411B2 |
Degradable, frangible components of downhole tools
Frangible components like shear pins, rupture disks, retainer rings, and shear rings of downhole tools (e.g., frac plugs, sliding sleeves, darts, packers, expansion joints, valves, and tool-conveyance coupling apparatuses) may be composed of a degradable material that degrades in a wellbore environment at a desired time during the performance of a subterranean formation operation. For example, a tool string may include a conveyance or top adapter sub threadably coupled to a first end of a stinger; a wellbore tool coupled to the stinger via a coupling at a second end opposing the first end of the stinger, wherein the coupling comprises a frangible, degradable shear pin and a frangible, degradable shear ring, wherein the frangible, degradable shear pin and the frangible, degradable shear ring independently comprise a degradable metal alloy selected from the group consisting of a magnesium alloy, an aluminum alloy, and any combination thereof. |
| US10655401B2 |
Energy-emitting bits and cutting elements
A cutting element has a port extending through at least a portion of the cutting element body. A cutting face of the cutting element includes an ultrahard material. The port is configured to provide fluid communication therethrough and to direct focused energy from a focused energy source through the cutting element toward a formation proximate the cutting face. |
| US10655399B2 |
Magnetic positioning of reinforcing particles when forming metal matrix composites
A metal matrix composite (MMC) may be formed with two or more portions each having different reinforcing particles that enhance strength, wear resistance, or both of their respective portions of the MMC. Selective placement of the different reinforcing particles may be achieved using magnetic members. For example, in some instances, forming an MMC may involve placing reinforcement materials within an infiltration chamber of a mold assembly, the reinforcement materials comprising magnetic reinforcing particles and non-magnetic reinforcing particles; positioning one or more magnetic members relative to the mold assembly to selectively locate the magnetic reinforcing particles within the infiltration chamber with respect to the non-magnetic reinforcing particles; and infiltrating the reinforcement materials with a binder material to form a hard composite. |
| US10655397B2 |
Mechanical-interlocking reinforcing particles for use in metal matrix composite tools
A metal matrix composite tool includes a body having hard composite portion that includes reinforcing particles dispersed in a binder material. At least some of the reinforcing particles comprise a monolithic particle structure including a core having irregular outer surface features integral with the core. |
| US10655395B2 |
Earth-boring drill bits with controlled cutter speed across the bit face, and related methods
An earth-boring drill bit includes a bit body including a central shaft having a longitudinal axis, an annular cutter body disposed around, and rotatable relative to, the central shaft, at least one gear assembly operatively coupling the annular cutter body to the central shaft, a first cutter disposed on the central shaft at a first distance from the longitudinal axis, and a second cutter disposed on the annular cutter body at a second, greater distance from the longitudinal axis. Methods of fabricating earth-boring drill bits include rotatably coupling at least one annular cutter body to a central shaft, the at least one annular cutter body and the central shaft being concentric. |
| US10655394B2 |
Drilling apparatus with fixed and variable angular offsets
A drilling apparatus including a housing having a housing bore, a proximal housing end, and a distal housing end, a driveshaft rotatably supported within the housing bore, a fixed first angular offset axially located between the proximal housing end and the distal housing end, and a variable second angular offset axially located between the proximal housing end and the distal housing end. The drilling apparatus may have a reduced stiffness section so that the drilling apparatus bends preferentially at the reduced stiffness section, and the variable second angular offset may be axially located at the reduced stiffness section. |
| US10655392B2 |
Horizontal directional drilling system
An improved leading end assembly for a HDD percussion boring system comprises a sonde housing, a percussion hammer and a tilted-face slant bit. The sonde housing body comprises a bent engagement feature and a shoe aspect that creates an asymmetrical cross section of the sonde housing. The percussion hammer is connected to the sonde housing via the bent engagement feature which is configured to position the percussion hammer on an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the sonde housing. The tilted-face slant bit comprises a front face facet that defines a plane that is tilted relative to a plane that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the bit shaft. Advantageously, embodiments of the solution do not include a bent sub component. Rather, the shoe aspect, the bent engagement feature and the front face facet collectively form an effective bend angle (as opposed to a single, abrupt bend angle imposed by a bent sub in prior art solutions). |
| US10655391B1 |
Safety device for an extension ladder
When a person uses an extension ladder it is imperative that the extension ladder is placed securely against the structure so that it will not sway from side to side or tip to prevent personal injury to the person who is standing on the ladder. The device will permit the use of an extension ladder as originally intended, but will also provide additional surface area that is placed on the roof surface to insure greater stability to the ladder. The device will be attached to an extension ladder and will self-adjust as the extension ladder is placed on the roof of the structure. |
| US10655390B2 |
Digitally-enhanced tools and system
A tool use system has a tool having sensors tracking use of the tool, a first CPU executing first coded instructions monitoring input from the sensors with respect to time; and first wireless communication circuitry adapted to transmit data, and a central hub comprising a second CPU executing second coded instructions, a data repository, and second wireless communication circuitry compatible with the first wireless communication circuitry. The first coded instructions comprise an algorithm adapted to identify an instance of unsafe use of the tool based on sensory input and time, and wherein an identified instance of unsafe use is transmitted by the first wireless communication circuitry to the second wireless communication circuitry, and the second coded instructions cause the instance of unsafe use to be recorded in the data repository. |
| US10655388B2 |
Adjustable internal double limit stop for roller shades
An architectural covering assembly includes a rotatable roller tube, a covering coupled to the rotatable roller tube, and first and second limit screws each having respective first and second ends. The second end of the first limit screw can engage the first end of the second limit screw. One of the limit screws is rotationally and axially fixed with respect to an end plate. The other of the limit screws is movable between rotationally locked and rotationally unlocked positions with respect to the end plate. Limit nuts are threadably coupled to external threads of the limit screws. In the rotationally locked position the one of the limit screws is axially and rotationally fixed with respect to the end plate, and in the rotationally unlocked position the other of the limit screws is rotationally movable with respect to the end plate to adjust an extension or retraction limit of the covering. |
| US10655381B2 |
Locking device and opening and closing mechanism having the same
The present invention relates to the field of mechanical manufacturing technology, relating to a locking device. The locking device comprise a casing with a first end and a second end; a hole is formed on the first end, and the second end has an opening; a rod is provided within the casing; and a fastener is provided on the end portion of the rod outside the casing; a raised member located outside the casing is provided at a second end portion of the rod, the raised member having a diameter greater than a diameter of the opening and a gap being formed between the raised member and the casing; a spring is sleeved on the rod, and a first shaft is provided at the second end portion. An opening and closing mechanism having the locking device is further provided for the opening or closing of a fairing. |
| US10655378B2 |
Power side door actuator with rotating drive nut
A power door actuation system including a swing door actuator assembly having a rotatable drive nut assembly operable to move the door between a closed position and at least one open position to provide a power opening and closing function. |
| US10655373B2 |
Rotating part hinge and mobile terminal
Provided is a hinge for a rotating part, comprising a first cam (1), a second cam (1), a fixed cam (2), a slide cam (4) and a spring (6). A mobile terminal to which the hinge is applied is also provided. The hinge structure is simple and easy to assemble, and a third rotating body can be connected besides two relatively rotatable bodies. A second rotating body and the third rotating body can be independently rotated and linked as required according to a designed rotating program, and a self-locking of the hinge can be realized. The hinge is applicable for connection of various rotors having three rotating bodies, and is especially applicable for a connecting bracket, a keyboard and a screen in a mobile terminal, and is convenient for opening and closing, providing stable support when the mobile terminal is in an open working angle range. |
| US10655371B2 |
Flush powered slide door handle with self-centering bell crank
A self-centering handle assembly is provided for a vehicle door. The handle assembly includes a pivoting handle base coupled to the vehicle door at a pivot axis, and includes a front face having a first and second opposing ends. The first and seconds ends are configured for a selective pivotal movement in opposite directions about the pivot axis. First and second drive arms are provided extending a distance from a rear portion of the handle base and configured for coordinated movement with the respective first and second ends of the handle base. A bell crank is provided, coupled to the handle assembly, and configured to rotate about a second pivot axis. Rotation of the bell crank is driven by movement of the first and second drive arms. A biasing member is in contact with the bell crank and urges the bell crank to a return to a self-centering, rest position. |
| US10655368B2 |
Electrical door latch with motor reset
An e-latch assembly and method for operating for a closure panel of a vehicle, the closure panel operable between an open state and a closed state. The e-latch assembly is configured to control via an open command to operate an electric motor of the e-latch assembly in order to change a state of the electric motor during a latch release operation from a motor home position to a motor open position; and to control via a a reset command to change the state from the motor open position to the motor home position by controlling the reset command only when one or more sensors indicate a position of at least one of the closure panel or a ratchet or a pawl of the e-latch assembly reflecting the closure panel returning from the open state to the closed state. |
| US10655363B2 |
Integrated lock body system for securing access points
An integrated lock body system for securing access points. An electronic door lock has a lock body, at least one electrical component within the lock to be monitored, and at least one output for connection to an external unit located remotely from the electronic door lock for monitoring load resistance between the external unit and the electronic door lock. A circuit is mounted adjacent to or within the electronic lock body. The circuit includes an electrical connection to the at least one electrical component within the electronic door lock and an external electrical output for connection to the external unit. The circuit further includes at least one resistor between the electrical connection to the at least one electrical component within the electronic door lock and the external electrical output, the at least one resistor imparting a desired load resistance capable of being monitored by the external unit. |
| US10655358B2 |
Barrier cable anchor
A barrier cable anchor for mechanically coupling a barrier cable to a barrier retaining structure comprises an anchor body comprising a mounting extension and an anchor body extension and including a radially extending mounting face, a retaining collar coupled to the anchor body extension and including a tapered inner surface, and one or more retaining wedges positioned within the retaining collar. The anchor body extension, mounting extension, and retaining collar may have bores therethrough. The retaining collar may include a threaded outer surface and the anchor body extension may include a threaded inner surface and the retaining collar may be threadedly coupled to the anchor body extension. The anchor may further comprise an anchor cap retained to the anchor body extension. The anchor cap may include a threaded inner surface and the retaining collar may be threadedly coupled to the anchor cap. |
| US10655356B2 |
Pole reinforcement system
A pole reinforcement system and method for improving the stability of a pole with both an above-grade and below-grade installation. The pole reinforcement system generally includes a sleeve assembly which is secured around a pole via one or more retainers which may comprise brackets, securing bands, or other structures. One or more insertion attachments are utilized so that the sleeve assembly may be secured to the pole at a position below-grade. The sleeve assembly may comprise one or more sleeves which are secured around the pole. By utilizing the present invention to reinforce the pole both above- and below-grade, the stability of the pole may be greatly improved over prior reinforcement methods. |
| US10655354B2 |
Custom nut system and method of adapting non-conforming tower base
A utility pole anchoring system and associated methods are shown. In one example, a set of anchoring nuts is provided having at least one non-standard thread dimension. In one method of anchoring, a number anchor nuts from a set of non-standard thread dimensioned anchor nuts are selected to correspond to measured deviations in anchor thread dimensions. |
| US10655353B2 |
Device for securing a post
A device (100) for securing a post (105) comprises a central portion (110) defining an aperture (115) therethrough configured to engage the post (105) and two or more support members (120) extending outwardly from the central portion (110). Each support member (120) comprises a first portion (125) and a second portion (130), the first and second portions (125, 130) each comprising at least one support element (135, 140) configured to extend towards and further engage the post (105). The second portion (130) is configured to penetrate a post-mounting surface (132) in a substantially longitudinal direction relative to the post (105), thereby securing the post (105) with respect to shear forces acting on the post (105) in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. |
| US10655351B1 |
Pool stair assemblies and methods of installing a pool stair assembly
Pool stair assemblies having stair structures fabricated from plastic foam are provided. The stair structures include protective tread sheets and protective riser sheets and a vinyl pool liner mounted over the stair structure, tread sheets, and riser sheets. The stair structure, which may be buoyant, is retained in a pool by the weight of pool water on the liner and stair structure. Aspects of the invention overcome the disadvantages of conventional pool stair assemblies and ladders positioned on top of pool liners. Other related pool structures, methods of installing stair assemblies, stair structures, and methods of fabricating stair structures are also disclosed. |
| US10655348B2 |
Rebar tying tool
A rebar tying tool configured to tie plural rebars using a wire is disclosed herein. The rebar tying tool may include a reel supporting mechanism configured to switch between a first state of detachably supporting a reel on which the wire is wound and a second state of undetachably supporting the reel; a wire feeding mechanism configured to feed the wire from the reel; and an openable cover that at least partially covers at least one of the reel supporting mechanism and the wire feeding mechanism. The reel supporting mechanism may switch from the first state to the second state by a user operation of closing the cover, and/or may switch from the second state to the first state by a user operation of opening the cover. |
| US10655339B2 |
Mechanical locking system for panels and method of installing same
Floor panels are provided with a mechanical locking system including a flexible locking element in a locking groove which during a horizontal motion is displaced vertically. A panel system including a plurality of rectangular panels with long and short edges which are mechanically connectable to each other along at least one pair of adjacent edges, said panels each being provided with a tongue and groove formed in one piece with the panels for mechanically locking together said adjacent edges at right angles to the principal plane of the panels, thereby forming a vertical mechanical connection between the panels, said panels being provided with a first locking element at one first edge formed in one piece with the panel and a locking groove at an opposite second edge, the locking groove being open towards a rear side or a front side of the panel. |
| US10655330B2 |
Modular stormwater management device and system
Systems and modular devices for roof or ground-level stormwater management are disclosed. A modular stormwater management device includes a water retention mat structured to absorb stormwater, a rigid frame structured to support the water retention mat, and a perforated surface structured to permit drainage of the stormwater from the water retention mat through the perforated surface. A modular stormwater management system includes a plurality of modular stormwater management devices, each of the modular stormwater management devices including a water retention mat structured to absorb stormwater, a rigid frame structured to support the water retention mat, and a perforated surface structured to permit drainage of the stormwater from the water retention mat through the perforated surface. |
| US10655329B1 |
Composite shingle including polyketone
Various embodiments disclosed relate to a composite shingle. The composite shingle includes a particle layer and a polyketone layer proximate to the particle layer. |
| US10655326B2 |
Wood blocking blank for creating wood blocking for metal studs and methods of manufacture and use thereof
A wood blocking blank for creating wood blocking for placement between metal studs includes a panel of a blocking material. The panel of blocking material has an original length and a standard width. The standard width is sized to a nominal stud width configured to fit between the metal studs. A groove is cut down the entire original length of the panel of blocking material approximate a first side of the panel of blocking material. The groove is configured for orienting the first side of the panel of blocking material in a soft side of a first metal stud and a second side of the panel of blocking material against the hard side of an adjacent metal stud. The groove is sized to receive the lip of the soft side of the metal stud. |
| US10655321B2 |
Lap and panel siding with ventilation elements
A plurality of ventilation elements, vents, slots, or gap elements or similar features that are applied to, or machined into, one or more sides of exterior siding products, such as lap siding, panel siding, decorative trim, or other cladding materials. When the exterior siding product is installed, the ventilation elements, vents, slots, or gap elements or similar features provide a built-in air and water gap to facilitate and increase water drainage and air circulation behind the siding or panel, thereby minimizing water storage in the space behind the siding and lowering the equilibrium moisture content of the siding itself. The ventilation features are incorporated into the corresponding product in-line or during the manufacturing process, and do not require any further work during assembly or construction on-site (e.g., furring strips or other similar drainage mechanisms are not needed). Some or all of the ventilation features or elements are located to improve the product's ability to equilibrate (moisture-wise) in a product stack before installation as well as after installation. |
| US10655320B2 |
Connection system with connector piece for timber construction
A connecting system for wood constructions, having a connecting piece which is a metal plate bent substantially 90°+−5° to form an angle piece, the connecting piece has a row of holes connecting a first wood construction part to a second wood construction part, the two wood construction parts form a substantial right angle, the connecting piece is fastened with a first row of full-thread screws, introduced into the holes at an angle (a) between 60°−85° formed by the screw and the plate in which the holes are arranged, the holes are arranged substantially adjacent the fold with a maximum spacing of 25 mm, the connecting piece is fastened with a second row of nails and/or screws in holes and have a length less than that of the first row of full-thread screws and are introduced substantially perpendicularly into the holes with respect to the corresponding plate. |
| US10655318B2 |
Stormwater drain baffle
A stormwater drain baffle to be disposed in a flow-through stormwater sump or chamber for baffling a stormwater flow-path. The baffle has a plurality of openings distributed over the area of the baffle. The baffle comprises at least two baffle portions connected to each other. The baffle portions are disposed near to and in superposed relation to each other, so that the baffle portions overlap each other and are adjustably connected to each other for adjusting the width (Wtot) of the baffle. At least the outermost baffle portions of the baffle comprise fixing members which are monolithic with the baffle portion and adapted for fixing the baffle to the vertical inner wall of the sump or the chamber. |
| US10655314B2 |
Chlorine retention reservoir for a toilet
The present invention provides a chlorine retention reservoir for a toilet. The chlorine retention reservoir comprises a housing having a base and a sidewall forming an interior volume with an open upper end. The open upper end includes a lip extending perpendicularly from the sidewall disposed around a perimeter thereof, wherein the lip receives a channel of a lid. The housing further includes an input port and an output port that receive a liquid therethrough. A plurality of baffles are disposed within the interior volume of the housing. A slot is disposed on an exterior surface of the housing, wherein the slot receives a fastener. The fastener removably secures the housing to an interior surface of a tank of a toilet. A chlorine tablet is placed within the housing where it is subjected to incoming water from a flush creating a chlorine solution that is discharged to a toilet bowl. |
| US10655313B2 |
Grey water toilet
A toilet comprising a tank configured to hold a first supply of water therein; a bowl having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet is in fluid communication with the tank, such that the bowl is configured to receive the first supply of water; and a passage having a first end, a second end, and an inlet opening provided between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end is in fluid communication with the outlet of the bowl, wherein the second end is configured to be in fluid communication with a drain pipe, and wherein the passage is configured to receive a second supply of water through the inlet opening during a flush cycle. |
| US10655309B1 |
Accelerated drain apparatus and method for walk-in bathtub
An accelerated drain apparatus for a walk-in bathtub, in which a pump communicates water to a valve selectively in a first position to circulate the water through nozzles into the bath water therein and in a second position to a drain, with a controller configured for moving the valve selectively between the first and second positions, and during draining, stopping the pump in response to a signal from a water level sensor and after a predetermined period of gravity draining of residual water, moving the valve to the first position for subsequent filling and use of the walk-in bathtub. |
| US10655308B2 |
Modular, adaptable and expandable booster pump system
The booster pump system includes a base pump module and one or more expansion pump modules connected to the base pump module. Each pump module has suction and discharge manifolds extending between the pump module sides and at least one pump connected between the manifolds. The expansion pump module suction and discharge manifolds connect to the base pump module manifolds, respectively. The pump modules are bilaterally symmetrical such that either side may be connected to the piping system or to another pump module. A bypass module is connected between the pipes of the piping system. The size of the manifolds is larger than the size of pipes that would normally be used with a pump having the capacity of the pump to which the manifolds are connected. Pump modules are connected to each other and to the piping system by quick release connectors. |
| US10655306B2 |
Methods and systems for detecting heavy machine wear
Methods and systems for detecting heavy machine wear. One system includes a heavy machine tooth of an industrial machine having a working end and a mounting end opposite the working end. The system also includes a wear indicator included in the tooth. The wear indicator includes a conductive tip, a conductive outer body extending along at least a length of the tooth, a conductive inner core positioned within the outer body, and insulating material positioned between the outer body and the inner core. The conductive tip is positioned between the working end of the tooth and the outer body and electrically couples the outer body and the inner core to form an electric circuit. The system also includes a transmitter included in the tooth. The transmitter transmits a state of the electric circuit. |
| US10655302B2 |
Valve assembly for work attachment
A hydraulic control for an attachment on a work vehicle. The attachment is mounted on the chassis of the work vehicle and movable between a first position and a second position. A hydraulic cylinder is operable to power movement of the attachment. A fluid circuit communicates with the hydraulic cylinder and is configured to carry hydraulic fluid. A fluid reservoir is in communication with the fluid circuit. Accumulators that are in communication with the fluid circuit automatically store and release hydraulic fluid in response to movement of the attachment. A valve assembly controls fluid communication between the fluid reservoir and the fluid circuit in response to movement of the attachment to its second position. |
| US10655301B2 |
Automated control of dipper swing for a shovel
Systems and methods for compensating dipper swing control. One method includes, with at least one processor, determining a direction of compensation opposite a current swing direction of the dipper and applying the maximum available swing torque in the direction of compensation when an acceleration of the dipper is greater than a predetermined acceleration value. The method can also include determining a current state of the shovel and performing the above steps when the current state of the shovel is a swing-to-truck state or a return-to-tuck state. When the current state of the shovel is a dig-state, the method can include limiting the maximum available swing torque and allowing, with the at least one processor, swing torque to ramp up to the maximum available swing torque over a predetermined period of time when dipper is retracted to a predetermined crowd position. |
| US10655296B1 |
Membrane-lined wall
A membrane-lined wall for levee reinforcement or leak prevention, prevention of water migration, and pollution control of impoundments. The membrane-lined wall generally includes a cementitious or concrete wall formed within an excavated trench. The concrete may be internally reinforced, and the wall may also comprise a double-layer of impermeable geomembrane liner that forms a barrier between the concrete and the sides and bottom of the trench. The membrane or liner reduces water migration, prevents levee leakage, and prevents the escape of contaminants in impoundments. |
| US10655288B2 |
Energy absorption assembly
Assembly for energy absorption, comprising m number of substantially straight steel wires and n number of curved steel cords, at least one of the m number of substantially straight steel wires having a tensile strength of at least 1000 MPa and an elongation at fracture of at least 5%, at least one of the n number of curved steel cords having a tensile strength of at least 2000 MPa and an elongation at fracture of at least 2%, wherein m and n are integers m>1, n>1, and at least one of the m number of substantially straight steel wires and at least one of the n number of curved steel cords are fixed together along their longitudinal direction, and the elongation at fracture of at least one of the m number of substantially straight steel wires is at least 2% larger than the elongation at fracture of at least one of the n number of curved steel cords such that the elongation curve of the assembly comprises three zones (11, 11′, 12, 12′, 13, 13′), wherein a first zone (11,11′) is characterized by an elastic deformation of the substantially straight steel wires, a second zone (12,12′) is characterized by the plastic deformation of the substantially straight steel wires and a third zone (13,13′) is composed of the continued plastic deformation of the substantially straight steel wires and the elastic deformation of the curved steel cords. |
| US10655286B2 |
System for anticipating a kick-back event during operation of milling machine
A milling machine includes a primary drum drive assembly that is adapted to rotate a milling drum, and a ground-engaging drive assembly that is adapted to drive the milling machine along a roadway. A lifting column includes a linear actuator which can be operated to raise and lower the frame of the machine with respect to the roadway. A sensor that is mounted to the lifting column is adapted to determine if the lifting column is not supporting at least a predetermined portion of the weight of the milling machine. A controller is operatively attached to the primary drum drive assembly and to the sensor. The controller is adapted to receive from the sensor a signal indicating that the lifting column is not supporting the predetermined portion of the weight of the milling machine, and upon receipt of such signal, to stop the rotation of the milling drum. |
| US10655277B2 |
Biopolymer coating for compostable paperboard packaging
A coating for paperboard includes polylactic acid and an inorganic material. The inorganic material may be talc. The presence of the talc has a beneficial effect on extrusion processing behavior including lower melt temperature, lower head pressure, and lower motor load. Additionally, the presence of talc reduces edge weave and neck-in during extrusion coating processes. |
| US10655272B2 |
Composition and process for applying hydrophobic coating to fibrous substrates
Fabrics are treated with a hydrophobic treatment that includes at least one hydrophobic monomer and a crosslinker. The treatment is low in volatile organic compounds and water. It is a liquid at 22° C. or a suspension having a phase that is liquid at 22° C. The monomer and crosslinker are cured in a free radical polymerization to form a hydrophobic coating on a fibrous substrate. |
| US10655270B2 |
Apparatus for drying articles
A laundry treating applicator for drying laundry with a radio frequency (RF) applicator having a baffle on a drum rotatable on a non-vertical axis, an anode element in the baffle and a cathode element spaced from the anode element, wherein energization of the RF generator sends electromagnetic radiation through the applicator via the anode element and cathode element to form a field of electromagnetic radiation (e-field) in the radio frequency spectrum to dielectrically heat liquid within laundry disposed within the e-field. |
| US10655268B2 |
Laundry treatment apparatus and method of controlling the same
A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet having first and second washing apparatuses that treat laundry introduced through a front opening and through a top opening, respectively. The second washing apparatus includes: a tub that holds water and has an opening at a top that is accessible through the second opening; a drum inside the tub that rotates about a vertical shaft; an agitation unit protruding upward from a center bottom surface of the drum that agitates water and laundry inside the rotating drum; a heater that heats water in the tub; a water supply valve controlling a flow of water into the tub; and at least one processor that controls the heater to heat a first amount of water in the tub to a first temperature; and controls the water supply valve to additionally supply, to the first amount of water, incremental amounts of water to into the tub. |
| US10655267B2 |
Laundry treatment apparatus and method of controlling the same
A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet having first and second washing apparatuses that treat laundry introduced through a front opening and through a top opening, respectively. The second washing apparatus includes: a tub that holds water and has an opening at a top that is accessible through the second opening; a drum inside the tub that rotates about a vertical shaft; an agitation unit protruding upward from a center bottom surface of the drum that agitates water and laundry inside the rotating drum; a heater that heats water in the tub; a water supply valve controlling a flow of water into the tub; and at least one processor that controls the heater to heat a first amount of water in the tub to a first temperature; and controls the water supply valve to additionally supply, to the first amount of water, incremental amounts of water to into the tub. |
| US10655263B2 |
Washing machine
Disclosed is a washing machine for circulating and spraying wash water. The washing machine includes a tub for accommodating wash water therein, a drum within the tub for accommodating laundry therein, a pumping blade located on the bottom surface of the drum and moving the wash water inside the tub, a drive module connected to the pumping blade to rotate the pumping blade, and a wash water spray unit located on an upper end portion of the drum spraying the wash water moved by the pumping blade. |
| US10655262B2 |
Laundry treating appliance with a tub ring
A tub ring mountable to an upper end of a liquid holding tub in a laundry treating appliance may include a circumferential side wall, a top wall extending radially inward from the side wall, and a plurality of radial stiffening ribs extending between the top wall and the side wall. The ribs may have a bottom edge with at least a portion inclined relative to horizontal. At least a portion of the bottom edge may also be complementary to a top wall of a balance ring. |
| US10655261B2 |
Intelligent laundry device and method therefor
An intelligent laundry method and device, the method including: determining a current user of a washing machine; determining washing features of the current user; determining washing parameters for a laundry according to the washing features; and controlling the washing machine to wash the laundry according to the washing parameters. |
| US10655260B2 |
Non-transitory computer-readable medium and sewing data generation device
A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions. The instructions, when executed, cause a processor of a sewing data generation device configured to generate sewing data to perform processes. The processes include acquiring pattern data to sew an embroidery pattern. The processes further include setting an outline having an offset portion and a complementary portion on the basis of the pattern data. The outline is a single line surrounding the outside of a contour of the embroidery pattern. The offset portion is a part of the single line and is offset from the contour toward the outside of the embroidery pattern by a predetermined amount. The complementary portion is another part of the single line and being offset from the contour toward the outside of the embroidery pattern by an amount larger than the predetermined amount. The processes also include generating sewing data to sew the outline. |
| US10655249B1 |
Continuous manufacturing system for fiber components
Continuous manufacturing systems and methods for fiber components are described. The continuous manufacturing systems may include core preparation, fiber weaving, pressure application, fiber curing, cooling, and post-processing subsystems. For example, fiber components having varying shapes, weaving parameters, and/or structural properties may be continuously formed. In addition, various additional fibers having additional functions or characteristics may be continuously woven together in the fiber components. Further, the pressure application, curing, and/or cooling subsystems may utilize various outer dies that are cycled through and between the subsystems. |
| US10655248B2 |
Method of preparing polyester fabric for airbag
A method of preparing a polyester fabric for an airbag is provided, and particularly, a method of preparing a fabric for an airbag by inserting a predetermined weave into a selvage to provide the whole fabric with uniform tension upon weaving a high-density fabric for an airbag using a polyester yarn is provided. |
| US10655247B2 |
Method for producing multi-hole ultra soft yarns
The present invention provides a method for successively introducing water soluble fibers into finish fibers (e.g. cotton) to produce a hollow and ultra soft structure, by introducing water soluble slivers into the center of a fabric feeder with one or more cotton fiber slivers arranged around the water soluble fiber in a pre-drawing process via a fabric sliver feeder. A plurality of these fibers can be drawn together to produces a fiber having multiple water soluble fibers. A cloth, e.g., towel, can be made using the method. |
| US10655246B2 |
Method for producing single-hole ultra soft yarns
The present invention provides a method for successively introducing water soluble fibers into natural fibers (e.g. cotton) to produce a hollow and ultra soft structure, by introducing water soluble slivers into the center of a multi-hole feeder with multiple cotton fiber slivers arranged around the water soluble fiber in a pre-drawing process via a multi-hole sliver feeder. A cloth, e.g., made using the method. |
| US10655245B2 |
Metal oxide macroscopic fiber and preparation method thereof
A metal oxide macroscopic fiber and a preparation method thereof, the method including: adding, as a spinning dope, an anionic metal oxide aqueous colloidal solution into wet spinning equipment, extruding the spinning dope from the spinning equipment into a thread, injecting the extruded thread into a coagulating bath containing a flocculating agent to obtain as-spun fiber, and repeatedly washing the resulted as-spun fiber with deionized water and drying same, thereby obtaining a metal oxide fiber. Said method makes the process simple and controllable, being adaptable to production on a large scale. The prepared metal oxide fiber having special physical and chemical properties is widely applicable in terms of intelligent spinning, biomedicine, energy recycling and conversion, and the field of microelectronic devices and the like. |
| US10655242B2 |
Growing apparatus and single-crystal ingot growing method using the same
A single-crystal ingot growing method includes setting a location of an MGP (maximum gauss position) of a magnetic field such that the MGP is located above the surface of a melt, setting a difference in intensity of the magnetic field between a center point of the melt and an edge point of the melt based on the set location of the MGP, setting an intensity of the magnetic field that is applied to the melt based on the set difference in intensity of the magnetic field, and growing a single-crystal ingot based on the set location of the MGP and the set intensity of the magnetic field. The magnetic field is a horizontal magnetic field, the MGP is spaced apart from the surface of the melt by a distance ranging from +50 mm to +150 mm, and the difference in intensity of the magnetic field ranges from 420G to 500G. |
| US10655240B2 |
Removing bubbles from plating cells
An electroplating apparatus includes an electrode at the bottom of a chamber, an ionically resistive element with through holes arranged horizontally at the top of the chamber, with a membrane in the middle. One or more panels extend vertically and parallelly from the membrane to the element and extend linearly across the chamber, forming a plurality of regions between the membrane and the element. A substrate with a protuberance extending along a chord of the substrate and contacting a top surface of the element is arranged above a first region. An electrolyte flowed between the substrate and the element descends into the first region via the through holes on a first side of the protuberance and ascends from the first region via the through holes on a second side of the protuberance, forcing air bubbles out from a portion of the element associated with the first region. |
| US10655238B2 |
Manufacturing method for carbonfiber grown metal oxide
A method for manufacturing metal oxide-grown carbon fibers including immersing carbon fibers in a solution for forming a metal oxide seed layer and electrodepositing a metal oxide seed on the surfaces of carbon fibers, or irradiating microwave thereto to form a metal oxide seed layer, and irradiating microwave to the metal oxide seed layer-formed carbon fibers to grow metal oxide. The method for manufacturing metal oxide-grown carbon fibers can reduce process time, and improve process energy efficiency and production efficiency. The method for manufacturing metal oxide-grown carbon fibers can offer metal oxide-grown carbon fibers with improved interfacial shear stress. |
| US10655233B2 |
Electrochemical and photoelectrochemical oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid and 2,5-diformylfuran
Electrochemical and photoelectrochemical cells for the oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid and/or 2,5-diformylfuran are provided. Also provided are methods of using the cells to carry out the electrochemical and photoelectrochemical oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid and/or 2,5-diformylfuran. |
| US10655231B2 |
Etchant composition for multilayered metal film of copper and molybdenum, method of etching using said composition, and method for prolonging life of said composition
Provided is an etchant composition for a multilayered metal film comprising both a layer comprising copper and a layer comprising molybdenum, the etchant composition: being capable of etching en bloc a multilayered metal film comprising a layer constituted of copper or an alloy including copper as the main component and a layer constituted of molybdenum or an alloy including molybdenum as the main component; being effective in preventing the molybdenum layer from being undercut; making it easy to regulate the component concentrations so as to accommodate the cross-sectional shape control and cross-section; and being stable. Also provided are a method of etching using the etchant composition and a method for prolonging the life of the etchant composition. The etchant composition according to the present invention is an etchant composition for use in etching en bloc a multilayered metal film comprising a layer constituted of copper or an alloy including copper as the main component and a layer constituted of molybdenum or an alloy including molybdenum as the main component, and comprises hydrogen peroxide, an organic acid, an amine compound, an azole, and a hydrogen peroxide stabilizer (no inorganic acid is contained therein). |
| US10655229B2 |
Stabilized, pure lithium metal powder and method for producing the same
The invention relates to a stabilized lithium metal powder and to a method for producing the same, the stabilized, pure lithium metal powder having been passivated in an organic inert solvent under dispersal conditions with fatty acids or fatty acid esters according to the general formula (I) R—COOR′, in which R stands for C10-C29 groups and R′ for H or C1-C8 groups. |
| US10655228B2 |
Abutment for a tubular component overlaid with a metallic composite deposit and method for making it
The invention concerns an abutment for a tubular component, said abutment being overlaid with a coating comprising a principal layer constituted by an alloy selected from nickel-phosphorus alloys, copper-nickel alloys and nickel-tungsten alloys. The invention also concerns a tubular component comprising said abutment and a method for producing such an abutment. |
| US10655226B2 |
Apparatus and methods to improve ALD uniformity
Apparatus and methods to deposit a film using a batch processing chamber with a plurality of heating zones are described. The film is deposited on one or more substrates and the uniformity of the deposition thickness is determined at a plurality of points. The heating zones set points are applied to a sensitivity matrix and new temperature or power set points for the heating zones are determined and set. One or more substrates are processed using the new set points and the thickness uniformity is determined and may be adjusted again to increase the uniformity. |
| US10655225B2 |
Substrate pedestal module including backside gas delivery tube and method of making
A semiconductor substrate processing apparatus includes a vacuum chamber having a processing zone in which a semiconductor substrate may be processed, a process gas source in fluid communication with the vacuum chamber for supplying a process gas into the vacuum chamber, a showerhead module through which process gas from the process gas source is supplied to the processing zone of the vacuum chamber, and a substrate pedestal module. The substrate pedestal module includes a platen made of ceramic material having an upper surface configured to support a semiconductor substrate thereon during processing, a stem made of ceramic material having an upper stem flange that supports the platen, and a backside gas tube made of ceramic material that is located in an interior of the stem. The backside gas tube includes an upper gas tube flange that is located between a lower surface of the platen and an upper surface of the upper stem flange wherein the backside gas tube is in fluid communication with at least one backside gas passage of the platen and the backside gas tube is configured to supply a backside gas to a region below a lower surface of a semiconductor substrate that is to be supported on the upper surface of the platen during processing. |
| US10655224B2 |
Conical wafer centering and holding device for semiconductor processing
A semiconductor system includes a chamber, a pedestal disposed in the chamber, and a focus ring that surrounds the pedestal. The pedestal has a center region for supporting a central region of a substrate, e.g., a wafer. The focus ring is configured to surround the center region of the pedestal. The focus ring has an annular support region that extends between an inner portion of the focus ring and an outer portion of the focus ring. The annular support region, which is disposed at an angle relative to a horizontal line, provides a knife-edge contact for the substrate when present over the center region of the pedestal and the annular support region of the focus ring. The knife-edge contact between the edge of the substrate and the annular support region of the focus ring disables chemical access to the substrate backside and thereby reduces unwanted backside deposition. |
| US10655219B1 |
Containment structure for creating composite structures
A containment structure is disclosed for holding a substrate (e.g., preform) during CVI/CVD treatment. The containment structure includes a support structure, a cover portion, a gas inlet and a gas outlet. During the CVI/CVD process, the substrate is contained within the containment structure, forming a first space between the support structure and the substrate, and a second space between the substrate and the cover portion. Reactant gas is introduced into the first space and forced through the substrate via delta pressure, forming a binding matrix within the substrate. Excess reactant gas exits the substrate into the second space and is removed from the containment structure through the gas outlet. |
| US10655218B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and recording medium
A substrate processing apparatus is disclosed. The substrate processing apparatus includes a gas supply system which supplies a gas into a process chamber, an exhaust system which discharges the gas existing within the process chamber; and a gas supply pipe which supplies the gas into the process chamber via holes, and disposed inside the process chamber, where one end of the gas supply pipe is connected to the gas supply system, the other end of the gas supply pipe is connected to the exhaust system via a pipeline outside the process chamber. |
| US10655215B2 |
Treatment method using a beam of singly- or multiply-charged gas ions in order to produce colored metals
The disclosure relates to a treatment method for coloring a metal that includes a) bombardment of the metal with a beam of singly- or multiply-charged gas ions produced by an electron cyclotron resonance source; b) heat treatment in ambient air so as to color the implanted metal using a temperature between 100° C. and 400° C. and an exposure time of between 1 minute and 4 hours. |
| US10655213B2 |
Oxide sintered material, method of producing oxide sintered material, sputtering target, and method of producing semiconductor device
There is provided an oxide sintered material containing indium, tungsten, and zinc, the oxide sintered material including: a first crystal phase that is a main component of the oxide sintered material and includes a bixbyite type crystal phase; and a second crystal phase having a content of the zinc higher than a content of the zinc in the first crystal phase, the second crystal phase including particles having an average major axis size of not less than 3 μm and not more than 50 μm and having an average aspect ratio of not less than 4 and not more than 50. |
| US10655212B2 |
Sputter trap having multimodal particle size distribution
A sputter trap formed on at least a portion of a sputtering chamber component has a plurality of particles and a particle size distribution plot with at least two different distributions. A method of forming a sputter trap having a particle size distribution plot with at least two different distributions is also provided. |
| US10655211B2 |
Tool with multi-layer arc PVD coating
A tool includes a base body of hard metal, cermet, ceramics, steel or high speed steel and a multi-layer wear protection coating deposited thereon by a PVD process. The wear protection coating has a first coat deposited on the base body having a composition of TiaAl(1-a)N, wherein 0.4≤a≤0.6, and a coating thickness of 0.5 μm to 4 μm, and a second coat deposited on the first coat. The second coat includes a sequence of 10 to 80 first and second layers alternatingly arranged one on top of each other. Each of the first and second layers has a thickness of 5 to 100 nm. Each first layer includes nitrides of the elements Ti, Al, Cr and Si, and each second layer has a composition of TixAl(1-x)N, wherein 0.4≤x≤0.6. The first and second coats have up to 10 at-% of further metals, B, C and/or O as impurities in each layer. |
| US10655210B2 |
Roll-to-roll sputtering process with hybrid target and product thereof
The present invention provides a roll-to roll sputtering process with a hybrid target comprising: unwinding a flexible polymer substrate from an unwinding axis; sputtering a hybrid target to the flexible polymer substrate for forming a first metal film, and a second metal film; and rewinding the flexible polymer substrate to a rewinding axis, and further comprising the following steps of: using laser to form a first electrode section and a second electrode section on the first metal film and the second metal film; and disposing a detecting substance layer on the second electrode section. Moreover, a product made by the roll-to-roll sputtering process is provided. Compared to the prior art, the hybrid target of the present invention is formed by multiple metals and can be sputtered to the substrate for forming multiple metal thin films. The present invention has an advantage of shortening the processing time and saving cost. |
| US10655207B2 |
Atmospheric-pressure acetylene carburizing furnace
The Invention relates to an atmospheric-pressure acetylene carburizing furnace, comprises a reaction chamber, an acetylene intake duct, an exhaust gas duct, a control and metering apparatus, an exhaust gas measurement apparatus, and a computer controller. The computer controller calculates a total amount of carbon in the furnace and an enrichment rate of a workpiece, and adjusts an acetylene intake volume according to the calculation result until process requirements are met. The Invention realizes carburizing with acetylene under atmospheric pressure and reduces the usage costs while improving the equipment efficiency. |
| US10655206B2 |
Surface treatment method of ceramic powder using microwave plasma for enhancing flowability
Disclosed herein is a surface treatment method of a ceramic powder using microwave plasma in order to enhance flowability. The surface treatment method can be applied to a ceramic powder having a small particle size of 45 μm or less and can significantly enhance flowability while reducing an influence on a particle size compared to a conventional method. Consequently, the ceramic particles surface-treated by the above-described surface treatment method can be formed to have a smooth and dense coating film without pores during spray coating. |
| US10655205B2 |
Apparatus for removing top dross of plating pot
The present invention relates to an apparatus for removing top dross of a plating pot where a snout and an air knife are arranged, the snout being arranged between the front end region and the rear end region of a plating pot. The present invention provides an apparatus for removing top dross of a plating pot, the apparatus comprising: a first wiping means which is mounted on the plating pot and is arranged between the snout and the air knife so as to be movable in the width direction of the plating pot; a second wiping means which is mounted on the plating pot and is rotatably arranged between the air knife and the first wiping means so as to transfer, to the rear end region, the top dross transferred by the first wiping means; and a third wiping means which is mounted on the plating pot and is rotatably arranged between the air knife and the front end region so as to transfer the top dross to the front end region. Thereby, the present invention provides an advantageous effect of effectively removing dross. |
| US10655196B2 |
Austenitic steel having excellent machinability and ultra-low temperature toughness in weld heat-affected zone, and method of manufacturing the same
Provided are an austenitic steel having excellent machinability and ultra-low temperature toughness in a weld heat-affected zone including 15 wt % to 35 wt % of manganese (Mn), carbon (C) satisfying 23.6C+Mn≥28 and 33.5C−Mn≤23, 5 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %) of copper (Cu), chromium (Cr) satisfying 28.5C+4.4Cr≤57 (excluding 0 wt %), and iron (Fe) as well as other unavoidable impurities as a remainder, wherein a Charpy impact value of a weld heat-affected zone at −196° C. is 41 J or more, and a method of manufacturing the steel.According to the present invention, a low-cost ultra-low temperature steel may be obtained, a stable austenite phase may be formed at low temperature, carbide formation may be effectively suppressed, and a structural steel having excellent machinability and ultra-low temperature toughness in a weld heat-affected zone may be provided. |
| US10655189B2 |
Detection of drug resistant Mycobac tuberculosis
This invention relates to nucleic acids, reagents and methods for detecting Rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a sample from a subject. In one aspect, the invention provides methods of detecting Rifampicin resistant M. tuberculosis in a sample comprising (a) amplifying a nucleic acid containing the rifampicin resistance determining region (RRDR) of the rpoB gene in a sample to provide an amplified nucleic acid; (b) probing the amplified nucleic acid with at least three molecular beacon probes for an RRDR mutant target; (c) conducting melting temperature (Tm) analysis to determine a Tm value for each probe; and (d) comparing the Tm value for each probe with a Tm value for a wild-type RRDR region, wherein a Tm value for at least one of the molecular beacon probes that is greater than the Tm value for the wild-type RRDR indicates the presence of rifampicin resistant M. tuberculosis in the sample. |
| US10655183B2 |
Carcinoma diagnosis and treatment based on ODC1 genotype
The present invention provides methods and kits a) for preventing and/or treating cancer (e.g., colorectal cancer, neuroblastoma) that is linked, in part, to high levels of ODC activity and increased cellular polyamine content, b) for predicting cancer patient survival, especially cancer patient's whose cancer is linked, in part, to high levels of ODC activity and increased cellular polyamine contents, and c) for selecting the corresponding treatment options for such patients based on the allelic nucleotide sequence or SNP at positions +263 and/or +316 of the ODC1 gene as well as cancer treatment methods, in each case, which include the determination of the ODC1 genotype at the +263 and/or +316 positions, as a means to guide treatment selection. |
| US10655181B2 |
System and method for cleaning noisy genetic data from target individuals using genetic data from genetically related individuals
A system and method for determining the genetic data for one or a small set of cells, or from fragmentary DNA, where a limited quantity of genetic data is available, are disclosed. Genetic data for the target individual is acquired and amplified using known methods, and poorly measured base pairs, missing alleles and missing regions are reconstructed using expected similarities between the target genome and the genome of genetically related subjects. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, incomplete genetic data is acquired from embryonic cells, fetal cells, or cell-free fetal DNA isolated from the mother's blood, and the incomplete genetic data is reconstructed using the more complete genetic data from a larger sample diploid cells from one or both parents, with or without genetic data from haploid cells from one or both parents, and/or genetic data taken from other related individuals. |
| US10655180B2 |
Methods for simultaneous amplification of target loci
The invention provides methods for simultaneously amplifying multiple nucleic acid regions of interest in one reaction volume as well as methods for selecting a library of primers for use in such amplification methods. The invention also provides library of primers with desirable characteristics, such as minimal formation of amplified primer dimers or other non-target amplicons. |
| US10655176B2 |
Methods and apparatus that increase sequencing-by-binding efficiency
A method of determining a nucleic acid sequence that includes steps of: (a) contacting a primed template nucleic acid with a series of mixtures for forming ternary complexes, wherein each of the mixtures includes a polymerase and nucleotide cognates for at least two different base types suspected of being present at the next template position of the template nucleic acid; (b) monitoring the next template position for ternary complexes formed by the series of mixtures, wherein a signal state indicates presence or absence of ternary complex formed at the next template position by each individual mixture, thereby determining a series of signal states that encodes a base call for the next template position; and (c) decoding the series of signal states to distinguish a correct base call for the next template position from an error in the base call. |
| US10655175B2 |
Windowed sequencing
In one implementation, a method is described. The method includes determining an operational characteristic of sensors of a sensor array. The method further includes selecting a group of sensors in the array based on the operational characteristic of sensors in the group. The method further includes enabling readout of the sensors in the selected group. The method further includes receiving output signals from the enabled sensors, the output signals indicating chemical reactions occurring proximate to the sensors of the sensor array. |
| US10655170B2 |
Coupling adaptors to a target nucleic acid
Methods of coupling adaptors to a target nucleic acid include coupling a first adaptor to a first end of the target nucleic acid to form a coupled first adaptor. A portion of a second adaptor is hybridized to a portion of the coupled first adaptor to form a hybridized second adaptor having a single-stranded 3′-end. The hybridized second adaptor is coupled to a second end of the target nucleic acid to form an adaptor-flanked product having at least a part of the first adaptor coupled to the first end of the target nucleic acid and at least a part of the second adaptor coupled to the second end of the target nucleic acid. These methods can minimize the formation of adaptor-dimers that may be problematic in subsequent complementary nucleic acid strand synthesis, amplification, and sequencing. |
| US10655168B2 |
Modified biotin-binding proteins for immobilization
Compositions comprising covalently modified and mutated biotin-binding proteins, particularly biotin-binding proteins having a negative charge at physiological pH, are provided. Methods of producing such proteins are also provided, as are methods of immobilizing, sequencing, and making nucleic acids employing such proteins. |
| US10655165B2 |
Asymmetric hairpin target capture oligomers
The invention provides an improved stem-loop target capture oligomer and methods of use. Such a target capture oligomer has a target-binding segment forming a loop flanked by stem segments forming a stem. The stem segments are of unequal length. Such probes show little or no binding to immobilized probes in the absence of a target nucleic acid but offer good target sensitivity. The probes are particularly useful in multiplex methods of detection in which multiple target capture oligomers are present for detecting of multiple target nucleic acids (for example, detecting multiple polymorphic forms of a target gene). |
| US10655158B2 |
Bacterial counting method
Disclosed is a bacterial counting method, comprising the following steps, S1: preparing a polyaniline/bacterial composite film on the surface of a glassy carbon electrode by electric polymerization; S2: drawing the standard curve of the polyaniline/bacterial composite film modified electrode; and S3: determining the bacterial concentration of the bacteria solution sample to be tested according to the standard curve obtained in step S2. The method does not require the cultivation of the bacteria in the implementation process, such that same takes a short time and is easy to operate; the method uses aniline as the main reagent, and the consumption of the solution to be tested is small, such that the testing cost is low and the equipment is simple; the method has the advantages of a good repeatability and a wide detection linear range; and the method is an easy to operate, short time-consuming, and low cost bacterial counting method. The method is a bacterial counting method based on the polyaniline/bacterial composite film, and can achieve rapid and accurate detection of the bacterial thallus concentration. |
| US10655155B2 |
Bioprocess for coproduction of ethanol and mycoproteins
The present invention relates to the co-production and isolation of mycoprotein and ethanol from carbohydrate feedstock material (e.g cereals). The present invention also provides a fermentation system for the co-production of mycoprotein from a carbohydrate feedstock material. |
| US10655150B2 |
Methods of making capsinoids by biosynthetic processes
Provided herein are methods of making capsinoids including providing a capsiate synthase in a mixture or cellular system, feeding 8-methyl-6-nonenoyl-CoA, 6E-8-methylnonenoic acid or 8-methylnonanoic acid into the mixture or cellular system, feeding vanillyl alcohol into the mixture or cellular system, and collecting capsinoids from the mixture or cellular system. |
| US10655149B2 |
Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass with sulfur dioxide and/or sulfurous acid
A process for hydrolyzing lignocellulosic biomass includes feeding lignocellulosic biomass into a pretreatment reactor, wherein the pretreatment reactor has a headspace charged with sulfur dioxide previously used in the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass. In addition, acid comprising sulfur dioxide and/or sulfurous acid is fed into the pretreatment reactor (e.g., with the lignocellulosic biomass, separate from the lignocellulosic biomass, or a combination thereof) and the lignocellulosic biomass is heated. As the pretreated lignocellulosic biomass is discharged from the pretreatment reactor, at least a portion of the sulfur dioxide used in the pretreatment is retained in the headspace. |
| US10655146B2 |
Turkey herpesvirus vectored recombinant containing avian influenza genes
The present invention provides a recombinant turkey herpesvirus modified by the presence of the cDNA encoding the hemagglutinin protein of avian influenza virus under a promoter. A poultry vaccine comprising the recombinant turkey herpesvirus described in the present invention can induce serological responses that may be easily detected by the hemagglutination inhibition assay but not by commercially available diagnostic ELISA kits; thus enabling easy differentiation between vaccination and field infection. |
| US10655131B2 |
Aptamer specifically binding to L-Ascorbic acid and use of the same
The present invention relates to a single-stranded DNA aptamer which inhibits oxidation by binding to L-ascorbic acid, characterized in that the single stranded DNA aptamer has at least one of stem-loop structure, has CG bond at the end of the stem-loop structure, and both of the beginning parts of the stem-loop structure are G or C, in which the same bases are faced to each other. The aptamer of the present invention has an anti-oxidative effect of vitamin C, it can be used for functional cosmetics of various formulations, oral nutritional supplements, foods, etc. by maintaining the reduced state of vitamin C using the aptamer which selectively binds to vitamin C to maintain the anti-oxidative function of vitamin C for a long time. In addition, it can be anticipated that the anti-oxidative effect is continued and maximized even with a small amount of vitamin C by using the aptamer selectively binding to vitamin C. |
| US10655130B2 |
Modulation of breast cancer growth by modulation of XBP1 activity
Described herein is a previously unknown function of XBP1 in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). It is shown that XBP1 is preferentially spliced and activated in TNBC, and that deletion of XBP1 significantly blocks triple negative breast tumor growth. Strikingly, XBP1 is required for the self-renewal of breast tumor initiating cells (TICs). Genome-wide mapping of the XBP1 transcriptional regulatory network identified a fundamental role for XBP1 in regulating the response to hypoxia via the transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF1α). Importantly, activation of this pathway appears to carry prognostic implications, as expression of the XBP1-dependent signature is associated with shorter survival times in human TNBC. |
| US10655125B2 |
Polypeptide library
The invention relates to novel polypeptide libraries that are conformationally constrained in an anti-parallel, helix-turn-helix arrangement. The invention further relates to methods of generating and screening such libraries for biological, pharmaceutical and other uses. |
| US10655124B2 |
Proximity based methods for selection of binding partners
The invention provides methods for identifying binding partners (e.g., peptide ligands) that binds to a target protein (e.g., a cellular receptor). The methods entail co-localized expression of the target protein and candidate binding partners, and selection of binding partners based on their proximity in the plasma membrane. |
| US10655122B2 |
Method, lysis solution and kit for selectively depleting animal nucleic acids in a sample
The present invention relates to a method for selectively depleting animal nucleic acids from non-animal nucleic acids in a sample, which comprises animal cells and at least one further type of cells, selected from microbial cells and plant cells or a combination thereof, to a lysis solution A to be used in and to a kit to carry out said method as well as to the use of a particular silica membrane as both, a filtration matrix for separating essentially intact microbial and/or plant cells from lysed animal cells and an adsorption matrix for nucleic acids, in particular in a method according to the present invention. |
| US10655121B2 |
Galvanotaxis assay for quantitative assessment of metastatic potential of cancer cells
A system for accelerating and/or inhibiting the migration of cells by applying a time-varying magnetic field to induce eddy currents that promote electrotaxis (galvanotaxis) of cells without the need for chemokines or glucose. The present invention can also be used to study and quantify the metastatic potential of different cell lines. |
| US10655119B2 |
Mutated factor X polypeptides and uses thereof for the treatment of haemophilia
The present invention relates to mutated factor (FX) polypeptides and uses thereof for the treatment of haemophilia. In particular, the present invention relates to a mutated factor X (FX) polypeptide which comprises a heavy chain wherein at least one amino acid residue at position 441 and/or 448 of SEQ ID NO: 1 is mutated. |
| US10655114B1 |
Engineered enzymes
The present disclosure provides engineered RNA-guided enzymes for editing live cells. |
| US10655112B2 |
Polypeptide having endonuclease activity and method for producing the same
A polypeptide includes an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: an amino acid sequence having at least 85% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; and an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 by substitution, deletion, and/or addition of one or more amino acid residues. A yeast host expressing the polypeptide in a secretory production system does not add an N-linked sugar chain to the polypeptide, and the polypeptide has endonuclease activity. |
| US10655111B2 |
Modulation of lipid metabolism for protein production
The present disclosure features methods and compositions for modulating lipid metabolism to achieve improved production and quality of recombinant products, such as next generation biologics. Modulation of lipid metabolism as described herein includes, for example, introducing a lipid metabolism modulator described herein to a cell or a cell-free system. Also encompassed by the present disclosure are engineered cells with improved production capacity and improved product quality, methods for engineering such cells, and preparations and mixtures comprising the products from such cells. |
| US10655108B2 |
Cell-derived viral vaccines with low levels of residual cell DNA
The present invention relates to vaccine products for the treatment or prevention of viral infections. Further provided are methods of reducing contaminants associated with the preparation of cell culture vaccines. Residual functional cell culture DNA is degraded by treatment with a DNA alkylating agent, such as β-propiolactone (BPL), thereby providing a vaccine comprising immunogenic proteins derived from a virus propagated on cell culture, substantially free of residual functional cell culture DNA. |
| US10655106B2 |
SC-beta cells and compositions and methods for generating the same
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions, kits, and agents useful for inducing β cell maturation, and isolated populations of SC-β cells for use in various applications, such as cell therapy. |
| US10655103B2 |
Equine progenitor cells
An isolated mammalian progenitor cell or its progeny, isolated from articular cartilage, is disclosed. Further is disclosed an equine progenitor cell isolated from the surface zone of equine articular cartilage tissue and uses thereof. Also disclosed are a method of tissue repair, a medicament, and a method of treating mammalian cartilage damage using such progenitor cells or progeny. |
| US10655097B2 |
T-cell culture double bag assembly
A cell culture bag is provided, comprising a framed porous inner fluoropolymer bag that allows for growing and harvesting cells and an outer fluoropolymer bag that allows removal and replenishing feed media without loss of cells. In one embodiment, a bag comprising an outer bag and an inner bag is presented. The outer bag comprises a gas permeable porous film having a first port and a second port attached thereto and the inner bag comprises a gas permeable porous film having a third port attached thereto that passes through the outer bag to the inner bag. The inner bag has larger pore size than the outer bag to allow movement of media between the outer bag and the inner bag. |
| US10655091B2 |
Thiophene azo dyes and laundry care compositions containing the same
This application relates to thiophene azo dyes for use as hueing agents, laundry care compositions comprising such thiophene azo dyes, processes for making such thiophene azo dyes, and laundry care compositions and methods of using the same. The thiophene azo dyes contain a formally charged moiety and are generally comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to ultraviolet light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. These thiophene azo dyes are advantageous in providing a hueing effect, for example, a whitening effect to fabrics, while not building up over time and causing undesirable blue discoloration to the treated fabrics. The thiophene azo dyes are also generally stable to bleaching agents used in laundry care compositions. |
| US10655090B2 |
Detergent compositions and uses of the same
The present invention relates to detergent compositions comprising a protease, an alpha-amylase and a surfactant, and methods and uses of the same (for example, in automatic dish washing and laundry). |
| US10655088B2 |
Solid polymer composition obtained by polymerization of an acid group-containing monomer in the presence of a polyether compound
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a polymer composition, in which an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid is subjected to a free-radical polymerization in the presence of at least one polyether component, to the polymer composition obtainable by this process and to the use thereof. |
| US10655086B2 |
Catalyzed non-staining high alkaline CIP cleaner
A catalyzed highly alkaline cleaning composition for cleaning stainless steel and other surfaces, namely those treated in clean-in-place processes, is disclosed. The composition comprises gluconic acid or salt thereof (e.g. gluconate) to serve as a corrosion and stain inhibitor for the high alkalinity compositions. The composition retains the cleaning and corrosion prevention properties of conventional clean-in-place solutions while being less expensive to produce. |
| US10655083B2 |
Method of processing ethanol byproducts and related subsystems
In one aspect of the invention, a method recovers oil from a concentrated byproduct, such as evaporated thin stillage formed during a dry milling process used for producing ethanol. The method includes forming a concentrate from the byproduct and recovering oil from the concentrate. The step of forming the concentrate may comprise evaporating the byproduct. Further, the step of separating the oil from the concentrate may comprise using a centrifuge and, in particular, a disk stack centrifuge. Other aspects of the invention include related methods and subsystems for recovering oil from thin stillage. |
| US10655079B2 |
Lubricant composition
A lubricant composition includes a base oil present in an amount of greater than 70 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the lubricant composition and an antioxidant. The antioxidant has the structure: wherein each X is independently CH or N, so long as at least one X is N. A is an electron donating group that (1) has an atom having at least one lone pair of electrons that is bonded directly to the aromatic ring or (2) is an aryl or alkyl group. Z is chosen from a hydrogen atom and an electron donating group that has an atom having at least one lone pair of electrons that is bonded directly to the aromatic ring or is an aryl or alkyl group. |
| US10655078B2 |
Fatty amine ethoxylate in polyalkylene glycol based engine oils
A composition contains a polyalkylene glycol and a fatty amine ethoxylate, the fatty amine ethoxylate having non-cyclic structure of structure (I). Where R is a linear, non-cyclic carbon-containing group with that is free of nitrogen, x and y are selected from a group consisting of zero and positive values provided that the sum of x and y are in a range of 8-20. |
| US10655077B2 |
Forming asphalt fractions from three-product deasphalting
Systems and methods are provided for using a three-product deasphalter to produce advantageous combinations of deasphalted oil, resin, and rock. The desaphalted oil, resin, and rock can then be further combined, optionally with other vacuum gas oil fractions produced during the distillation that generated the feed to the three-product deasphalter, to produce a product slate of improved quality while also maintaining the quality of the resulting asphalt product and reducing or minimizing the amount of lower value products generated. The additional “resin” product from the three product deasphalter can be generated by sequential deasphalting, by using a resin settler to separate resin from the deasphalted oil, or by any other convenient method. |
| US10655076B2 |
Assorted co-staging and counter staging in hydrotreating
The present invention relates to an assorted co-staging and counter stage hydro-treating process configuration scheme is disclosed for deep desulfurization and deep hydro-treating of diesel range hydrocarbons for obtaining diesel product having product sulfur less than 10 ppm and cetane number more than 51. |
| US10655073B2 |
Demulsifiers for separation of water from oil and preparation thereof
The present invention relates to novel crude oil demulsifier comprises a copolymer of styrene with pyridine or a carboxylic acid or its salt selected from methacrylic, acrylic, maleic or fumaric acid with molecular weight in the range of 10000 to 600000 Daltons, dose in the range of 20-1000 ppm. The invention further relates to a process for demulsification of crude oil by treating crude oil with the copolymer in the range of 20-1000 ppm in the temperature range of 25-40° C. by shaking to obtain demulsified crude oil having crude oil with <1% water, and Water <100 ppm oil. |
| US10655068B2 |
Gas meter system and heating value derivation method
A gas meter system includes a gas meter, a gas production plant, and a center device. The gas meter includes a sound velocity derivation unit configured to derive a sound velocity of a gas supplied to a demand place. The gas production plant includes: a gas production unit configured to produce the gas; and a gas characteristic identification unit configured to identify a gas characteristic representing a relationship between the sound velocity and a heating value of the gas based on an analysis result of a component of the gas produced by the gas production unit. The center device includes a gas heating value derivation unit configured to derive the heating value of the gas passing through the gas meter based on the derived sound velocity of the gas, and on the gas characteristic identified by the gas characteristic identification unit of the gas production plant. |
| US10655067B2 |
Device for regulating the entry of light
The application relates to a device for regulating the entry of light into a room, which comprises a switchable layer of specific design comprising a twisted nematic liquid-crystalline medium and a dichroic compound. |
| US10655066B2 |
Optical isomer
The problem that the present invention is to solve is to provide an optical film that has less alignment defects and is less liable to cause variation in the optical characteristics when placed in a high temperature state. The present invention provides an optical film containing a structural unit derived from a specific compound, that is, an optical film containing a structural unit derived from a compound represented by the general formula (I), which has less alignment defects and is less liable to cause variation in the optical characteristics when placed in a high temperature state, and also provides a display device including the optical film. |
| US10655062B2 |
Highly vertical dielectric liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal composition having one or more compounds represented by formula I, one or more compounds represented by formula II and one or more compounds represented by formula III: The liquid crystal composition has a good stability against light and heat and a lower viscosity, and can achieve a wider refractive index and higher clearing point by the adjustment the ratio of the monomers. In particular, the liquid crystal composition has a higher light transmittance, allowing a display device to have a higher brightness or an energy saving effect. |
| US10655061B2 |
Process for the preparation of blue-flourescence emitting carbon dots (CDTS) from sub-bituminous tertiary high sulfur Indian coals
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of blue-fluorescence emitting carbon dots (CDTs) from sub-bituminous tertiary high sulfur Indian coals. More particularly, the present invention relates to the production of characteristics carbon dots from low-quality Indian coals by an ultrasonic-assisted wet-chemical method. Also, the present invention provides a simple and environmentally benign method for fabrication of characteristics and size-controlled carbon dots. |
| US10655059B2 |
Compound and contrast agent for optical imaging having the compound
To provide a compound having high T/B and a contrast agent for optical imaging. The compound has a molecular weight of a specific range, the compound in which two polyethylene glycols are bonded to a specific cyanine pigment through a linker. The present invention provides a compound which has a high T/B and which can be used as a contrast agent capable of imaging a tumor portion with high contrast. |
| US10655058B2 |
Treatment fluids for stimulation of subterranean formations
Method comprising introducing a treatment fluid into a subterranean formation, the treatment fluid comprising a pseudo-crosslinking agent and an acidic viscoelastic surfactant (AVS) base fluid, wherein the treatment fluid has a pH of less than 5. The AVS base fluid includes a zwitterionic viscoelastic surfactant, an acidic constituent, and a polar solvent and the zwitterionic viscoelastic surfactant is present in an amount in the range of from about 0.001% to about 15% by weight of active surfactant of the AVS base fluid. The treatment fluid performs a subterranean formation operation. |
| US10655056B2 |
Guanidine- or guanidinium-containing compounds for treatment of subterranean formations
Various embodiments disclosed relate to guanidine- or guanidinium-containing clay or shale stabilizers for treatment of subterranean formations. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation that can include placing a composition including a clay or shale stabilizer including at least one of a substituted guanidine group and a substituted guanidinium group in a subterranean formation. |
| US10655048B1 |
Oil well cement settlement stabilizer for high-temperature cementing of oil and gas wells and preparation method thereof, and cement slurry
An oil well cement settlement stabilizer is ternary cement settlement stabilizer or quaternary cement settlement stabilizer; wherein the quaternary cement settlement stabilizer containing structural units A represented by formula (I), structural units B represented by formula (II), structural units C represented by formula (III), and structural units D represented by formula (IV); Wherein the ternary cement settlement stabilizer containing structural units A represented by formula (I), structural units B represented by formula (II), and structural units D represented by formula (IV); |
| US10655046B2 |
Cement having cross-linked polymers
A wellbore cement composition that includes a cross-linked polyamide. The polyamide is formed by reacting a di-functional amine with an aromatic tri-functional carboxylic acid. The wellbore cement composition is created by blending cement and water with the polyamide and then allowed to cure. Increases in compressive strength, Young's Modulus, and Poisson's Ratio of the cement were realized by adding the polyamide to the cement composition. |
| US10655045B2 |
Self-healing durable cement
According to at least one embodiment of the present description, a cement slurry includes 1% to 90% BWOC of a cement precursor material based on the total weight of the cement slurry; and from 1% to 40% BWOC of a swelling additive based on the total weight of the cement slurry. The swelling additive comprises at least one micronized rubber, at least one distillate, and at least one solvent-refined heavy paraffinic. |
| US10655038B2 |
Method of making magnetizable abrasive particles
A method of making magnetizable abrasive particles includes providing a slurry layer disposed on a substrate. The slurry layer has an exposed surface and comprises magnetic particles, a binder precursor, and a liquid vehicle. Abrasive particles are electrostatically contacted with the slurry layer such that they are aligned substantially oriented perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, and are partially embedded within the slurry layer. The liquid vehicle is at least partially removed from the slurry layer and the binder precursor is converted into a binder to provide a magnetizable layer comprising the magnetic particles partially embedded in the binder. The magnetizable abrasive particles are separated from the releasable substrate. Each magnetizable abrasive particle respectively comprises a portion of the magnetizable layer disposed on a portion of an abrasive particle. |
| US10655036B2 |
Adhesive sheet and adhesive sheet production method
Provided is a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet including a resin layer on a substrate or a release material, at least a surface (α) of the resin layer on the side opposite to the side thereof on which the substrate or the release material is provided having pressure sensitive adhesiveness, wherein a concave portion and plural flat faces having an irregular shape exist in a region (Dc) surrounded by an arbitrarily predetermined circle on the surface (α) of the resin layer; and with respect to one or more flat faces (S) among the plural flat faces, the one or more flat faces (S) excluding flat faces having a cumulative relative frequency of 30% or less determined by adding the relative frequency from the respective flat faces with a smaller area, an rMAX value of the flat faces (S) calculated from specified operations is 0.60 or less. |
| US10655035B2 |
Oxidizing fluid for the chemical-mechanical polishing of ceramic materials
The present disclosure is directed to a fluid composition that can be used in chemical-mechanical polishing processes of inorganic material. The fluid composition can include at least one oxidizing agent and a multivalent cation component. Using the fluid composition during a chemical-mechanical polishing process can facilitate a relatively defect free material surface after polishing while achieving a suitable material removal rate. |
| US10655024B2 |
Flexible, biodegradable, and biocompatible supercapacitors
Provided herein is biodegradable supercapacitor system comprising a protein based flexible thin film substrate, patterned electrodes formed from a biocompatible conductive ink, and biocompatible gel electrolyte. Methods of making the supercapacitor system are also provided. |
| US10655019B2 |
Priming material for substrate coating
A coating technique and a priming material are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the coating technique includes receiving a substrate and applying a priming material to the substrate. The applying of the priming material may include rotating the substrate to disperse the priming material radially on the substrate. In the embodiment, the priming material includes a solvent with at least six carbon atoms per molecule. A film-forming material is applied to the substrate on the priming material, and the application includes rotating the substrate to disperse the film-forming material radially on the substrate. The priming material and the film-forming material are evaporated to leave a component of the film-forming material in a solid form. In various embodiments, the priming material is selected based on at least one of an evaporation rate, a viscosity, or an intermolecular force between the priming material and the film-forming material. |
| US10655017B2 |
Pyrimidoquinazoline pigment, method for manufacturing pyrimidoquinazoline pigment, and pigment colorant
The present invention provides a pyrimidoquinazoline pigment having a novel pyrimidine skeleton, the pyrimidoquinazoline pigment having excellent pigment properties, such as coloring power and durability, and excellent infrared reflectivity and a method for producing the pyrimidoquinazoline pigment, and a pigment colorant using the pyrimidoquinazoline pigment. The present invention relates to a pyrimidoquinazoline pigment represented by the following formula (1), wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring optionally having a substituent, and a method for producing the pyrimidoquinazoline pigment. In addition, the present invention relates to a pigment colorant containing the pyrimidoquinazoline pigment. |
| US10655016B2 |
Organic dye with improved efficiency and uses thereof in photovoltaic cells
An organic dye corresponding to one of the following structures (I) or (II): eD-pi-conjugated chromophore-L-A (I), or A-L-pi-conjugated chromophore-eD (II), where eD represents an electron donor segment, L represents a covalent bond or a spacer segment and in particular a pi-conjugated spacer segment, A represents an electron acceptor segment capable of forming a covalent bond with a semiconductor, in which the pi-conjugated chromophore comprises at least one unit of formula (III): in which the radicals R1 and R2, which are identical or different, represent an optionally substituted aryl group; the radicals R3 to R8, which are identical or different, represent a hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl group or an optionally substituted aryl group; and X1 and X2, which are identical or different, are chosen from S, Se and O. |
| US10655015B2 |
Tire crumb-based bitumen polymer for producing a lower viscosity asphalt with improved tolerance to high temperatures
A bitumen polymer additive comprises a base of tire rubber crumbs in the amount of about 70 to about 90 percent by weight of tire rubber crumbs sized about 14 mesh or smaller. Added to that base is about 0.5 to about 5 percent by weight of a benzothiazole-based devulcanizing agent, about 0.3 to about 3 percent by weight of a C14-C18 heavy metal soap such as a zinc stearate, about 0.1 to about 3 percent by weight of an antiozonant, and about 0.1 to about 20 percent of a plasticizer such as a heavy oil. The additive polymer is used for producing an asphalt of superior quality, including lower initial viscosity and improved wear resistance. |
| US10655013B2 |
Blow-moldable polyamide compositions
Thermoplastic molding compositions comprising A) from 10 to 99.7% by weight of a polyamide, B) from 1 to 30% by weight of an impact modifier, C) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of a copolymer of C1) from 50 to 95% by weight of styrene or substituted styrenes of the general formula I or a mixture of these in which R is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom and R1 is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and n has the value 0, 1, 2, or 3, and C2) from 5 to 50% by weight of structural units derived from one or more dicarboxylic anhydrides, D) from 0.001 to 20% by weight of iron powder, E) from 0.05 to 3% by weight of a copper-containing stabilizer, F) from 100 ppm to 5% by weight of a phosphorus-containing, inorganic acid or salts thereof or ester derivatives thereof or a mixture thereof, G) from 0 to 2% by weight of a polyethyleneimine homo- or copolymer, H) from 0 to 60% by weight of further additives, where the total of the percentages by weight of A) to H) is 100%. |
| US10655011B2 |
Antistatic and light-stable thermoplastic polycarbonate moulding compounds
The invention relates to compositions comprising A) 50% to 90% by weight of at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of aromatic polycarbonate, aromatic polyestercarbonate and aromatic polyester, B) 5% to 40% by weight of polymer containing B.1 at least one rubber-modified vinyl (co)polymer containing B.1.1 80% to 95% by weight, based on B.1, of at least one vinyl monomer and B.1.2 5% to 20% by weight, based on B.1, of one or more elastomeric polybutadiene-containing graft bases, where B.1 contains polybutadiene-containing rubber particles which have been grafted with the vinyl monomers B.1.1 and contain inclusions of vinyl (co)polymer consisting of the vinyl monomers B.1.1, and a vinyl (co)polymer matrix consisting of the vinyl monomers B.1.1 which is not bound to these rubber particles and is not included in rubber particles, and optionally B.2 further rubber particles grafted with vinyl monomers and composed of B.2.1 5% to 75% by weight, based on B.2, of at least one vinyl monomer and B.2.2 25% to 95% by weight, based on B.2, of one or more elastomeric graft bases, C) 3% to 25% by weight of a mixture comprising a) at least one polyether-based polymer or copolymer selected from the group consisting of polyether block polymers and polyether-based polyurethanes and b) at least one boron-containing salt, D) 0% to 2% by weight of at least one UV stabilizer selected from the group consisting of the substance classes of the benzotriazoles and triazines, E) 0% to 20% by weight of one or more further additives, wherein the compositions comprising components A) to E) have a polybutadiene content of 1% to 5% by weight, and to the use of the compositions for the production of moulded articles, and to the moulded articles themselves. |
| US10655005B2 |
Epoxy resin composition
An epoxy resin composition comprising an epoxy resin (A), a curing agent (B) and a phosphorous-containing compound (C) indicated by the following general formula (1) and also, if necessary, a flame retardant (D), and a laminated plate comprising said resin composition; wherein m indicates an integer from 2 to 10, R1 to R4 each independently indicate a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, R5 indicates a hydrocarbon group that may contain an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a nitrogen atom, X indicates an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, Y indicates an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —NR6—, and R6 indicates a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group. |
| US10655004B2 |
Electrochemical sensor system
An electrochemical sensor system comprises an electrochemical sensor and a hydrogel composition. The electrochemical sensor has at least a counter electrode and a working electrode. The hydrogel composition contacts the working electrode. The hydrogel composition comprises a first monomer, a second monomer, a cross-linking agent, and a solvent. The first monomer has hydrophilic characteristics. The second monomer has hydrophobic characteristics. The ratio of the first monomer to the second monomer is from about 0.1:99.9 to about 99.9:0.1. |
| US10654997B2 |
Buffer tubes for fiber optic cables
Buffer tubes made from a composition comprising: (A) polypropylene, (B) high density polyethylene (HDPE), (C) propylene-ethylene copolymer (PE copolymer), (D) olefin block composite, and (E) optionally, one or more of a nucleating agent, filler and additive, exhibit reduced stress whitening as compared to buffer tubes made from conventional polypropylene compositions. |
| US10654994B1 |
Styrene-butadiene rubber compound and rubber composition for tire bead fillers comprising the same
The present invention relates to a styrene-butadiene rubber compound and a rubber composition for tire bead fillers including the same, and more particularly, to a styrene-butadiene rubber compound capable of improving stiffness and hardness even when styrene-butadiene rubbers having different styrene contents are used instead of a combination of a conventional natural rubber and a phenol-based resin, and a rubber composition for tire bead fillers including the same. |
| US10654990B2 |
Thermal stabilizer composition and synthetic resin composition comprising same
Provided are: a thermal stabilizer composition which does not generate an odor of a phosphorus-based antioxidant; and a synthetic resin composition comprising the same. The thermal stabilizer composition comprises: 100 parts by mass of a phosphorus-based antioxidant having a phosphite structure; and 0.001 to 10 parts by mass of a phenolic antioxidant having a substructure represented by the following Formula (1): (wherein, R1, R2, R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; a represents an integer of 0 to 2; and, when a is 2, plural R3s are optionally the same or different). |
| US10654989B2 |
Method to enhance release of polymers from hot metal surfaces
A method comprising contacting a polymer composition with a metal processing surface wherein the metal processing surface is at a temperature of equal to or greater than 90° C., wherein the polymer composition comprises one or more base polymers selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl halides, poly(meth)acrylics, polycarbonates, olefin-based polymers, and polystryrenes and a lubricant package which comprises at least one release agent of the following formulas where R is an alkyl group having 6 or more carbon atoms, M is a metal or cation, and X may be absent or selected from the group consisting of aromatic groups and ester groups is provided. |
| US10654988B2 |
Polyolefin composition
A polyolefin composition comprises a polypropylene polymer, 1,3:2,4-bis-O-[(3,4-dichlorophenyl)methylene]-D-glucitol, and an ester composition or an amide compound. |
| US10654986B2 |
Surface treated filler material product for alpha-nucleation of polyolefins
The present invention relates to a surface treated filler material product for alpha-nucleation of polyolefins, a process for the preparation of the surface treated filler material product, a master batch comprising the surface treated filler material product, a polyolefin composition comprising the surface treated filler material product, an article comprising the polyolefin composition as well as the use of the surface treated filler material product as an alpha-nucleating agent for polyolefins. |
| US10654984B2 |
Heterogeneous foam composition and method
A process comprises placing a first foamable material inside of a first region of a mold space, and a second foamable material inside of a second region of the mold space, the first foamable material and the second foamable material comprising a physical, chemical or quantitative difference or any combination thereof. Both the first and the second foamable materials are concurrently foamed inside of the mold space to produce a heterogeneous foam comprising a first portion that differs from the second portion. |
| US10654983B2 |
Porous film and method of forming porous film
A porous film includes at least one porous polyimide film that includes a polyimide resin, an organic amine compound and a resin other than a polyimide resin, and that does not include a polar aprotic solvent, wherein a content of the organic amine compound is 0.001% by weight or higher with respect to a total weight of the porous polyimide film. |
| US10654981B2 |
Reinforced thermoplastic resin composition and molded article thereof
A reinforced thermoplastic resin composition which has good moldability and can increase a rigidity, impact resistance, mechanical strength, heat resistance and flame retardancy of an obtained molded article, and a molded article having a high rigidity, impact resistance, mechanical strength, heat resistance, flame retardancy, and weld strength. The reinforced thermoplastic resin composition including 80% to 100% by mass of a polycarbonate resin (A); a resin main component (C) containing 0% to 20% by mass of a specific graft copolymer (G); a polyethylene terephthalate resin (B) obtained by solid phase polymerization of recycled and/or repelletized material; an inorganic filler (D); and a glycidyl ether unit-containing polymer (E) having a mass average molecular weight of 3,800 to 60,000 at a specific ratio. |
| US10654979B2 |
Amphiphilic graft copolymers
Amphiphilic graft copolymers comprise a polypropylene backbone and polyoxyalkylene side-chains (PPMA-g-PEO-PPO). These copolymers are suitable as additives to base polymeric formulations for medical devices for improving bond strength, paintability, dyeability, and printablity. |
| US10654972B2 |
Method for producing thermoplastic resin
The present invention provides a method for producing a thermoplastic resin by reacting reactants comprising a dihydroxy compound. In this production method, the dihydroxy compound comprises a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (1), wherein the total weight of a compound represented by the following formula (A), a compound represented by the following formula (B), and a compound represented by the following formula (C) in the dihydroxy compound is 1,500 ppm or less, based on 100 parts by weight of the dihydroxy compound represented by the formula (1): |
| US10654971B2 |
Aromatic polycarbonate oligomer solid
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an aromatic polycarbonate oligomer solid which has a markedly reduced low molecular weight component, has no or markedly reduced chlorine-containing compounds, has a high loose bulk density and is easy to handle. This purpose is met by an aromatic polycarbonate oligomer solid which includes a repeating unit represented by general formula (1), has a weight average molecular weight of 500-10000, has a low molecular weight component of less than or equal to 5.0 area % in high performance liquid chromatography measurement, and has a loose bulk density of greater than or equal to 0.21 g/cm3. |
| US10654967B2 |
Polymer compound and light-emitting element using same
A polymer compound having a constitutional unit represented by formula (1A) or formula (1B) and a constitutional unit represented by formula (2A) or formula (2B) is provided, wherein each of XM and XN is a crosslinkable group; and RAm, RBm, Ar1m to Ar5m, LM, ArM, m1 to m6, RAn, RBn, Ar1n to Ar5n, ArLn, LN, ArN, n1 to n6, and Ln are as defined in the specification. The polymer compound is excellent in crosslinkability and hole transportability. |
| US10654966B2 |
Low-viscosity phosphate polyols
A novel phosphate polyol formulation is described, comprising a polyester polyol, a flame retardant comprising a phosphate polyol, a blowing agent, a catalyst, a surfactant, and a fire-retardant aromatic isocyanate. A further embodiment includes a phosphorus compound, such as a phosphate, a phosphate ester, or an alkyl phosphate such as triethyl phosphate. |
| US10654963B2 |
Solid electrolyte composition, binder for all-solid-state secondary batteries, and electrode sheet for batteries and all-solid-state secondary battery each using said solid electrolyte composition
Provided are a solid electrolyte composition including: an inorganic solid electrolyte having conductivity of an ion of metal belong to Group 1 or 2 in the periodic table; and a high polymer binder, in which the high polymer binder is formed of a polymer having a hard segment and a soft segment, a binder for all-solid-state secondary batteries, and an electrode sheet for batteries and an all-solid-state secondary battery each using the solid electrolyte composition. |
| US10654961B2 |
Peroxide-modified polyethylene, compositions, and applications
The present disclosure provides a peroxide-modified polyethylene, related compositions, and wire-and-cable products made therefrom. The process for preparing the peroxide-modified polyethylene including the steps of: (A) preparing a first Ziegler-Natta-catalyzed polyethylene in a first reactor; (B) transferring the first Ziegler-Natta-catalyzed polyethylene from the first reactor to a second reactor; (C) admixing a first amount of an organic peroxide to the second reactor; (D) reacting the organic peroxide with a polyethylene composition made from or containing the first Ziegler-Natta-catalyzed polyethylene, thereby coupling the polyethylene components and forming the peroxide-modified polyethylene; and (E) collecting the peroxide-modified polyethylene. |
| US10654960B2 |
Dual-mechanism thickening agents for hydraulic fracturing fluids
The present invention relates to multi-arm star macromolecules which are used as thickening agents or rheology modifiers, including use in hydraulic fracturing fluid compositions. In one aspect of the invention, a star macromolecule is capable of thickening via a dual mechanism comprising (1) self-assembly of the hydrophobic polymerized segments of the star macromolecules via hydrophobic interactions or associations, and (2) association, reaction, or combination of the hydroxyl-containing polymerized segments of one or more of the star macromolecules. |
| US10654956B2 |
Ethylene alpha-olefin copolymers and methods
The present disclosure generally relates to ethylene alpha-olefin copolymers and methods of making ethylene alpha-olefin copolymers. The ethylene alpha-olefin copolymers may have a density of about 0.915 g/mL to about 0.918 g/mL, a rheological polydispersity index greater than 0.8, a melt index of about 0.4 dg/10 min to about 2.0 dg/10 min, and/or a CEF T50 of 84° C. or less. The ethylene alpha-olefin copolymers may be made by combining an ethylene monomer and one or more alpha-olefin monomers in the presence of a catalyst, such as a Ziegler-Natta catalyst. |
| US10654952B2 |
Nitrogen titanium complex, catalytic system comprising said nitrogen titanium complex and process for the (co)polymerization of conjugated dienes
Disclosed are nitrogen titanium complexes having general formula (I) or (II). Catalytic systems that include the nitrogen titanium complexes and that can be used for the (co)polymerization of conjugated dienes are disclosed. Processes for (co)polymerization of conjugated dienes using the catalytic systems are also disclosed. |
| US10654947B2 |
Cyclic organosilicon compounds as electron donors in Zeigler-Natta catalyst systems for producing propylene polymer having high melt-flowability
Cyclic organosilicon compounds having a structure represented by the general formula and a method for using thereof as a component of catalysts for producing propylene polymer having a very high melt-flowability are disclosed. The cyclic organosilicon compounds are employed as external electron donors in Ziegler-Natta catalyst systems to dramatically improve the hydrogen response, and therefore the catalyst systems can be used to prepare polymer having high melt-flowability and high isotacticity at high yield. |
| US10654943B2 |
Tri-specific antibodies for HIV therapy
Provided are tri-specific fusion antibodies created to target multiple epitopes of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The fusion antibodies provide improved potency and breadth against HIV as compared to monospecific and bispecific antibodies, and additionally provide a high barrier against viral resistance. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical formulations and therapeutic methods utilizing such fusion proteins. |
| US10654940B2 |
Method for treating joint damage
Methods of treating joint damage in a subject eligible for treatment are provided involving administering an antagonist that binds to a B-cell surface marker, such as CD20 antibody, to the subject in an amount effective to slow progression of the joint damage as measured by radiography. Further provided are articles of manufacture useful for such methods. |
| US10654938B1 |
CD40 binding antibodies and uses thereof
An isolated monoclonal antibody that specifically binds human CD40. A nucleic acid molecule encoding the antibody, an expression vector, a host cell and a method for expressing the antibody are also provided. The present invention further provides an immunoconjugate, a bispecific molecule, a chimeric antigen receptor, an oncolytic virus and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody, as well as a treatment method using an anti-CD40 antibody of the invention. |
| US10654937B1 |
CD40 specific antibodies and uses thereof
An isolated monoclonal antibody that specifically binds human CD40. A nucleic acid molecule encoding the antibody, an expression vector, a host cell and a method for expressing the antibody are also provided. The present invention further provides an immunoconjugate, a bispecific molecule, a chimeric antigen receptor, an oncolytic virus and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody, as well as a treatment method using an anti-CD40 antibody of the invention. |
| US10654935B2 |
Methods of treating SLE with anti-OX40L antibodies
The present invention relates to anti-human OX40L antibodies, new medical uses and methods. |
| US10654934B2 |
Use of chimeric antigen receptor modified cells to treat cancer
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for compositions, methods, and kits for treating cancer using chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) modified cells. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an isolated nucleic acid sequence encoding CAR. The CAR may include an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, a costimulatory signaling region, and a CD3 zeta signaling domain. The antigen binding domain may bind to an antigen of a non-essential organ. |
| US10654932B2 |
Anti-factor D antibody variant conjugates and uses thereof
The disclosure relates to antibody-polymer conjugates comprising one or more anti-Factor D antibody variants, their production and their use in the preparation of compositions and medicaments for treatment of diseases and disorders associated with excessive or uncontrolled complement activation. |
| US10654930B2 |
Composition and method for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
The present invention provides a composition and method for treating, delaying the onset, delaying progression of, reducing the incidence of or reducing the severity of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, in a subject. The composition in some embodiments of the invention is an immunoglobulin derived Fc fragment which binds and partially antagonizes the action of CD16. |
| US10654929B2 |
Antibodies to PD-1 and uses thereof
Provided herein are various embodiments relating to antibodies. Some of the embodiments include antagonist antibodies that bind PD-1. Such antibodies can be used in methods to treat, for example, cancer. |
| US10654928B2 |
Compositions and methods for immunotherapy
The present invention provides immunoresponsive cells, including T cells, cytotoxic T cells, regulatory T cells, and Natural Killer (NK) cells, expressing at least one of an antigen recognizing receptor and one of a chimeric costimulatory receptor. Methods of using the immunoresponsive cell include those for the treatment of neoplasia and other pathologies where an increase in an antigen-specific immune response is desired. |
| US10654926B2 |
P2X4 antibodies and uses thereof
The invention provides antibodies that specifically bind a P2X4 polypeptide and modulate P2X4 channel activity, recombinant P2X4 polypeptides and methods for generating such polypeptides, as well as compositions and methods for generating anti-P2X4 antibodies, and methods of using P2X4 antibodies for the treatment of neuropathic pain and other indications. |
| US10654924B2 |
IL-17A binding proteins
Binding molecules to IL-17A. The binding molecules are useful in the treatment of disorders, for example psoriasis. |
| US10654921B2 |
Anti-annexin A2 monoclonal antibodies
The present invention relates to an antigen-binding protein, preferably a monoclonal antibody, against annexin A2 (ANXA2), comprising (i) a heavy chain variable domain comprising a VHCDR1 of sequence GYSITSGYSWH, a VHCDR2 of sequence YIHYSGSTKYNPSLKS and a VHCDR3 of sequence GSNYGFDY; and (ii) a light chain variable domain comprising a VLCDR1 of sequence KSSQSLLYSNDQKNYLA, a VLCDR2 of sequence WASIRES, and a VLCDR3 of sequence QQYYIYPLT. Also provided is an ANXA2 binding protein comprising (i) a heavy chain variable domain comprising a VHCDR1 of sequence VYSITSGYSWH; a VHCDR2 of sequence YIHYSGSTKYNPSLKS, and a VHCDR3 of sequence GTDNAVDY; and (ii) a light chain variable domain comprising a VLCDR1 of sequence KSSQSLLYSSNQKNYLA, a VLCDR2 of sequence WASSRES, and a VLCDR3 of sequence QQYYIYPLT. The antibodies preferably bind to an N-linked glycan on ANXA2, and are internalised upon binding. They may be conjugated with cytotoxins and may be used in the treatment or detection of cancer. |
| US10654920B2 |
Anti-laminin4 antibodies specific for LG4-5
The invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to the LG4-5 modules of the G domain of laminin α4. The antibodies can preferentially stain cancer or tumor cells or tissue. The antibodies can be used for detecting cancer, evaluating the efficacy of a cancer therapy, treating cancer, and treating obesity or obesity-related diseases, among other applications. |
| US10654919B2 |
Inhibition of autism spectrum disorder using decoy antigens to maternal brain-reactive antibodies
Methods of diagnosis and methods of treatment and prevention for autism spectrum disorder are provided using decoy antigens to maternal brain-reactive antibodies. |
| US10654910B2 |
Factor VIII proteins having ancestral sequences, expression vectors, and uses related thereto
This disclosure relates to recombinant or chimeric FVIII proteins, variants, and vectors encoding the proteins containing one or more ancestral mutations. In certain embodiments, one or more protein domains comprise amino acid sequences that are derived from ancestrally reconstructed amino acid sequences. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the proteins or vectors and related methods of inducing blood clotting. |
| US10654909B2 |
Soluble alpha klotho and serum albumin fusion protein
The present disclosure is directed to compositions and methods related to an alpha sKlotho variant or fragment, in which 1 to up to about 20 amino acids have been deleted from the C-terminus, optionally also having mutations at V563 and/or K795. The present disclosure also pertains to an alpha sKlotho polypeptide variant or fragment, having mutations at V563 and/or K795, wherein the polypeptide variant or fragment is full-length, or optionally 1 to up to about 20 amino acids have been deleted from the C-terminus. The present disclosure also pertains to fusion polypeptides comprising: (a) an alpha sKlotho, in which 1 to up to about 20 amino acids have been deleted from the C-terminus, optionally also having mutations at V563 and/or K795; (b) a linker; and (c) FGF23, optionally having a mutation at R179, C206 and/or C244, or (c) serum albumin. |
| US10654908B2 |
Isolated T cell receptors and methods of use therefor
Provided are isolated TCRs, TCR-like molecules, and portions thereof that bind to phosphopeptide-HLA-A2 complexes. The isolated TCRs, TCR-like molecules, or portions are optionally soluble TCRs, TCR-like molecules, or portions. Also provided are isolated nucleic acids encoding the disclosed TCRs, TCR-like molecules, or portions; host cells that contain the disclosed TCRs, TCR-like molecules, or portions; pharmaceutical compositions that include the disclosed TCRs, TCR-like molecules, portions, nucleic acids, and/or T cells; kits; and methods of using the same. |
| US10654907B2 |
Methods and compositions for producing a cell expressing a T cell receptor
Provided is a method for determining a TCR polypeptide chain that can form a TCR specific for a peptide of interest. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing a cell expressing a T cell receptor (TCR) specific for a peptide of interest, methods and compositions for producing a TCR chain nucleic acid and/or pair of TCR chain polypeptides and/or nucleic acids encoding a TCR, a cell population comprising the cell harboring the nucleic acids encoding a TCR obtained by said method, and a method for treating a disorder comprising administering to the subject said cell population. |
| US10654903B2 |
Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against small cell lung cancer and other cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US10654902B2 |
Methods and compositions for the display of polypeptides on the pili of Gram-positive bacteria
Provided herein are methods and compositions for the display of polypeptides of interest on the tip of pili of Gram-positive bacteria. According to the present invention, the polypeptide of interest is amino terminal to a Gram-positive bacterial pilus tip protein or an active variant or fragment thereof, wherein the active variant or fragment comprises a cleaved cell wall sorting signal (CWSS) motif. The Gram-positive bacterium displaying a polypeptide of interest on the tip of pili that are disclosed herein are useful, for example, in methods for immunizing a subject with an antigen and methods for removing contaminants from a composition. |
| US10654894B2 |
Methods for delivering cargo into a cell by using signal molecules as cell penetration agents
Novel cell penetrating agents for intracellular delivery of desired cargo, including proteins. Use of cell penetrating agents to deliver cargos to the interior of cells and cellular compartments and organelles is transformative for diagnostic, therapeutic, and research processes. |
| US10654887B2 |
Separation matrix
The invention relates to a separation matrix comprising at least 11 mg/ml Fc-binding ligands covalently coupled to a porous support, wherein: a) the ligands comprise multimers of alkali-stabilized Protein A domains, and b) the porous support comprises cross-linked polymer particles having a volume-weighted median diameter (d50,v) of 56-70 micrometers and a dry solids weight of 55-80 mg/ml. |
| US10654886B2 |
Method for separation of monomeric polypeptides from aggregated polypeptides
Herein is reported a method for obtaining a polypeptide in monomeric form comprising the steps of a) providing a solution comprising the polypeptide in monomeric form and in aggregated form, wherein the ratio of monomeric to aggregated form is 4:1 or less as determined by size exclusion chromatography, b) performing a mixed-mode chromatography in bind-and-elute mode, or a hydrophobic interaction chromatography in flow-through mode, or a size-exclusion chromatography, and c) performing a weak cation exchange chromatography in bind-and-elute mode or flow-through mode, and thereby obtaining the polypeptide in monomeric form. |
| US10654882B2 |
Nicotinamide mononucleotide derivative and salt thereof, method for producing same, topical skin preparation, cosmetic and food additive
The present invention provides a nicotinamide mononucleotide derivative, or salt thereof, which is a compound represented by general formula (1), wherein R1 and R2 respectively and independently represent a hydrogen atom or acyl group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms, the hydrocarbon group bound to the carbonyl carbon of the acyl group is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group, and at least one of R1 and R2 is the acyl group. |
| US10654881B2 |
Non-caloric sweetener
Disclosed is a steviol glycoside referred to as rebaudioside D2. Rebaudioside D2 has five β-D-glucosyl units connected to the aglycone steviol. Also disclosed are methods for producing rebaudioside D2, a UDP-glycosyltransferase fusion enzyme, and methods for producing rebaudioside D and rebaudioside E. |
| US10654880B2 |
Methods for preparation of glycosphingolipids and uses thereof
Methods for synthesis and preparation of alpha-glycosphingolipids are provided. Methods for synthesis of α-galactosyl ceramide, and pharmaceutically active analogs and variants thereof are provided. Novel alpha-glycosphingolipids are provided, wherein the compounds are immunogenic compounds which serve as ligands for NKT (natural killer T) cells. |
| US10654879B2 |
Nickel-based catalysts for C=O reduction and oxygen evolution
A compound having formula I that is useful for C═O reduction is provided: wherein: M is a transition metal; X1, X2 are each independently a counterion; and R1, R2, R3 are each independently H, C1-6 alkyl, C6-15 aryl, or C6-15 heteroaryl. |
| US10654869B2 |
Bacterial topoisomerase I inhibitors with antibacterial activity
The present invention provides compounds as bacterial topoisomerase inhibitors with antibacterial activity. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one of the compounds and methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions as antibacterial agents for treating infectious diseases. |
| US10654868B2 |
Dihydropyrazole azepine compound serving as Akt inhibitor
Provided is a dihydropyrazole azepine compound serving as an Akt inhibitor; specifically disclosed is a compound as represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US10654867B2 |
Heteroaryl estrogen receptor modulators and uses thereof
Described herein are heteroaryl compounds with estrogen receptor modulation activity or function having the Formula I, II, and III structures: and stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and with the substituents and structural features described herein. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the Formula I, II, and III compounds, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors. |
| US10654862B2 |
Methods for the chemical synthesis of pyrrole-linked bivalent compounds, and compositions thereof
The present invention in various aspects relates to the synthesis of pyrrole-linked bivalent compounds, including but not limited to norBNI, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. |
| US10654859B2 |
Methanesulfonate polymorph of 5-type phosphodiesterase inhibitor and preparation method and applications thereof
A methanesulfonate polymorph of a 5-type phosphodiesterase inhibitor. The structure of the 5-type phosphodiesterase inhibitor is as shown in formula A: The methanesulfonate polymorph of the 5-type phosphodiesterase inhibitor includes the following diffraction peaks measured at 2θ reflection angles in an X-ray powder diffraction pattern: 7.1750°±0.2°, 7.6299°±0.2°, 8.8588°±0.2°, 13.2310°±0.2°, 14.3754°±0.2°, 14.8440±0.2°, 15.2941°±0.2°, 17.1838°±0.2°, 20.0314°±0.2°, 20.8507°±0.2°, 21.2839°±0.2°, 21.7890°±0.2°, 22.2594°±0.2°, 23.0373±0.2°, 25.1243°±0.2°, 25.4244°±0.2°, 26.1530°±0.2°, 28.1210°±0.2°, 30.0135°±0.2°, 31.4809°±0.2°, 32.3619°±0.2°, 37.2410°±0.2°, 37.6388°±0.2° and 40.8286°±0.2°. The methanesulfonate of the 5-type phosphodiesterase inhibitor not only improves the activity of drugs, but also improves the water solubility and the bioavailability of the drugs, and makes up the blank of studies on drugs of the crystal form. |
| US10654858B2 |
Tricyclic compounds having cytostatic and/or cytotoxic activity and methods of use thereof
The present invention provides tricyclic compounds having cytostatic and cytotoxic activity in a single molecule having receptor tyrosine kinase(s), dihydrofolate reductase, thymidylate synthase and/or dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitory activity, which are useful as anti-angiogenic and anti-tumor agents. Also provided are methods of utilizing these inhibitors to treat tumor cells and other proliferative diseases and disorders. |
| US10654852B2 |
Antibiotics and methods of using same
The present invention includes novel 3,6-diazabicyclo[3.1.1]heptane antibiotic compounds and any salts or solvates thereof. The present invention further includes methods of preparing such compounds, and methods of treating bacterial infection in a subject using such compounds. |
| US10654850B2 |
Pyridazinones and methods of use thereof
Disclosed are compounds according to Formula (I), and related pharmaceutical compositions. Also disclosed are therapeutic methods, e.g., of treating kidney diseases, using the compounds of Formula (I). |
| US10654847B2 |
Substituted 2-(4-heterocyclylbenzyl)isoindolin-1-one analogs as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1
In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 2-(4-heterocyclylbenzyl)isoindolin-1-one analogs compounds, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 (mAChR M1); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| US10654845B2 |
2-(het)aryl-substituted fused bicyclic heterocycle derivatives as pesticides
The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) in which the R1, R2a, R2b, R3, A1, A2, A4 and n have the meanings given above, to their use as acaricides and/or insecticides for controlling animal pests and to processes and intermediates for their preparation. |
| US10654842B2 |
Dopamine D3 receptor antagonist compounds
The disclosure is directed to novel dopamine D3 receptor antagonists, processes for their preparation, intermediates used in these processes, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, including treating drug dependency and psychosis. |
| US10654835B2 |
Compounds and methods for inhibiting JAK
Disclosed are compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods/uses of using the same, for example, for treating a JAK-related disorder, such as cancer, cancer cachexia or an immune disorder: wherein R1 is methyl or ethyl; R2 is selected from methyl, ethyl, methoxy and ethoxy; R3 is selected from hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, bromine and methyl; R4 is selected from methyl, ethyl and —CH2OCH3; R5 and R6 are each individually methyl or hydrogen; and R7 is selected from methyl, ethyl, —(CH2)2OH and —(CH2)2OCH3, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US10654833B2 |
ASK1 isoindolin-1-one inhibitors and methods of use thereof
Isoindolin-1-one compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present disclosure concerns the use of an isoindolin-1-one compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of ASK1 (e.g., cardiovascular diseases, inflammatory disorders (acute or chronic), autoimmune diseases, destructive bone disorders, fibrotic diseases/disorders such as alcoholic steatohepatitis; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), neurodegenerative disorders, and metabolic diseases such as diabetes). |
| US10654832B2 |
3-(benzoimidazol-2-YL)-indazole inhibitors of the Wnt signaling pathway and therapeutic uses thereof
Indazole compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present disclosure concerns the use of an indazole compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Wnt pathway signaling (e.g., cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, Alzheimer's disease, lung disease and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, as well as genetic diseases and neurological conditions/disorders/diseases due to mutations or dysregulation of the Wnt pathway and/or of one or more of Wnt signaling components. Also provided are methods for treating Wnt-related disease states. |
| US10654827B2 |
Therapeutic compounds
The present disclosure relates to a compound of formula (Ia), (Ib), (IIa), and (IIb): which are useful in the treatment of a Retroviridae viral infection including an infection caused by the HIV virus. |
| US10654825B2 |
Processes for making triazolo[4,5D] pyramidine derivatives and intermediates thereof
Provided herein are, inter alia, methods for making triazolo[4,5]pyramidine derivatives and intermediates thereof that are useful for treating diseases. |
| US10654823B2 |
Transparent glassy cannabinoid compositions
The disclosure provides methods and compositions for providing shatter formulations taking the form of crystalline polymorphs, where methods of preparation include preparing tetrahydrocannabinol acid (THCA) powder followed by decarboxylating THCA and removal of terpenes. |
| US10654820B2 |
Crystal form of tasimelteon
Crystal forms I and II of tasimelteon. Crystal form I: an X-ray powder diffraction spectrum using CuKα radiation and represented by a 2θ angle has diffraction peaks at least at 7.2°±0.2°, 7.9°±0.2°, 10.6°±0.2°, 14.4°±0.2°, 15.9°±0.2°, 17.3°±0.2°, 21.0°±0.2°, 23.2°±0.2°, and 24.4°±0.2°. Crystal form II: an X-ray powder diffraction spectrum using CuKα radiation and represented by a 2θ angle has diffraction peaks at least at 6.8°±0.2°, 12.1°±0.2°, 12.5°±0.2°, 13.1°±0.2°, 13.6°±0.2°, 13.8°±0.2°, 15.8°±0.2°, 17.0°±0.2°, 18.4°±0.2°, 20.8°±0.2°, 24.2°±0.2°, and 24.4°±0.2°. Crystal forms I and II of tasimelteon have advantages of excellent physicochemical property, good stability and solubility, and simple operation for preparation. |
| US10654818B2 |
Furane derivatives as inhibitors of ATAD2
The invention relates to furane derivatives of formula (I) as inhibitors of ATAD2, a process for their preparation and use thereof. |
| US10654811B2 |
Heterocyclic compounds for cancer imaging and treatment and methods for their use
Compounds having a structure of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R11a, R11b, R11c, R11d, X, n1, n2, and n3 are as defined herein, are provided. Uses of such compounds for modulating androgen receptor activity, imaging diagnostics in cancer and therapeutics, and methods for treatment of subjects in need thereof, including prostate cancer are also provided. |
| US10654808B2 |
Tyrosine kinase inhibitor and pharmaceutical composition comprising same
The present invention relates to a tyrosine kinase inhibitor and a pharmaceutical composition comprising same. The tyrosine kinase inhibitor of the present invention has the structures as shown in the following formula (I) or (II): |
| US10654802B2 |
Indoline derivatives and method for using and producing the same
The present invention relates to a compound of the formula: where n, R1 and R2 are those defined herein. The present invention also relates to use of a compound of Formula 1 in treating a clinical condition associated with fibrotic disorder. |
| US10654800B1 |
Antidiabetic compounds
Compounds for the treatment of hyperglycemia and/or diabetes are provided. The compounds, which inhibit the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP-4), are based on the structure where X may be present or absent an may be OH, Ar is an aryl group; and n ranges from 0 to 5. |
| US10654796B2 |
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. |
| US10654792B2 |
Carboxylic acid ester prodrug inhibitors of MEK
The invention generally relates to compounds having structure I: wherein x represents alkyl, aryl or het-aryl, each of y independently represents hydrogen or halogen and z represents hydrogen or alkyl. Further, said compounds are inhibitors of MEK 1, 2 and 5. Furthermore, the invention includes methods of making said compounds, compositions including said compounds and uses for inhibiting MEK 1, 2 and 5. |
| US10654789B2 |
Catalyst and method for biodiesel production from unrefined low-grade oil and crude aqueous alcohols
A catalyst for catalyzing transesterification of esters or esterification of fatty acids, the catalyst is selected from the group consisting of manganese (II) glycerolate, cobalt (II) glycerolate, iron (II) glycerolate, and any combination thereof. A method for transesterification reaction, includes: a) providing a catalyst, wherein the catalyst is selected from the group consisting of manganese (II) glycerolate, cobalt (II) glycerolate, iron (II) glycerolate, and any combination thereof; b) adding the catalyst, one or more alcohols, and a composition comprising one or more esters to a reactor to form a reaction mixture; and c) stirring while heating the reaction mixture for reaction to form transesterification products. |
| US10654788B2 |
Method for synthesizing novel compounds derived from 3-hydroxy-cyclopentyl acetic acid
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): in which R1 is a hydrogen atom, a phenyl radical, or a straight or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 8 carbon atoms. |
| US10654787B2 |
Preparation and separation of a di-carboxylic acid-containing mixture
Processes for separating a di-carboxylic acid or salt thereof from a mixture containing the di-carboxylic acid or salt thereof and one or more other components are provided. Also separation media useful for these separation processes is provided. In particular, processes for preparing an aldaric acid are described, such as glucaric acid from glucose, which includes separating the aldaric acid from the reaction product. Also, various glucaric acid products are described. |
| US10654786B2 |
Process for the preparation of purified dicarboxylic acids
This invention relates to a process for the purification of dicarboxylic acids obtained from the hydrolysis of carboxylic acid triglycerides having more than one acid functional group. The process comprises in particular the separation of at least some of the glycerine from the hydrolysis product in an aqueous phase, evaporating and/or distilling the resultant organic phase and recovering at least some of the evaporated and/or distilled dicarboxylic acids through at least one crystallisation operation. |
| US10654781B2 |
Method of catalytic conversion of carbohydrates to low-carbon diols by using alloy catalysts
This invention provides a method for catalytic conversion of carbohydrates to low-carbon diols using alloy catalysts. In the process, carbohydrates as the feedstock are subjected to one-step catalytic conversion to realize the highly efficient and selective production of ethylene glycol etc. under hydrothermal conditions, with an alloy catalyst composed of tin, and a transition metal such as iron, cobalt, nickel, rhodium, ruthenium, palladium, iridium, platinum and copper, or a mixture thereof. The reaction is carried out in water at a temperature range of 120-300° C., with a hydrogen pressure range of 1-13 MPa. Compared with the present petroleum based synthesis technology of ethylene glycol, the method in this invention possesses advantages of using renewable feedstock, high atom economy and environmental friendly. Besides, compared with other technologies using biomass as feedstock to produce ethylene glycol, the alloy catalyst in this invention possesses the advantages of few leaching amount, good hydrothermal stability and easy to recycle. |
| US10654780B2 |
Halogenated nanohoop compounds and methods of making and using the same
Disclosed herein are embodiments of halogenated nanohoop compounds and assemblies thereof that can be used to for a variety of biological and chemical applications. The halogenated nanohoop compounds described herein exhibit non-covalent interactions that promote their ability to stack and form column-like assemblies having uniform pore size and that do not exhibit structural defects typically associated with other column-like structures, such as carbon nanotubes. Assemblies described herein also are capable of non-covalent interactions with other assemblies and thus can be used to form networks of the assemblies described herein. |
| US10654779B2 |
Substituted bis(trifluorovinyl)benzene compound
There is provided a substituted bis(trifluorovinyl)benzene compound that is excellent in heat stability and is industrially useful, and a method for producing the same. There are used a substituted bis(trifluorovinyl)benzene compound represented by general formula (1); and a method for producing a substituted bis(trifluorovinyl)benzene compound, comprising the step of reacting in the presence of a catalyst (such as palladium) a bishalobenzene derivative represented by general formula (3) and a compound obtained by reacting 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, a zinc halide, and an organolithium compound and represented by general formula (4), to thereby obtain a substituted bis(trifluorovinyl)benzene compound represented by general formula (1). |
| US10654776B2 |
Method for aromatic fluorination
Disclosed is a fluorination method comprising providing an aryl fluorosulfonate and a fluorinating reagent to a reaction mixture; and reacting the aryl fluorosulfonate and the fluorinating reagent to provide a fluorinated aryl species. Also disclosed is a fluorination method comprising providing, a salt comprising a cation and an aryloxylate, and SO2F2 to a reaction mixture; reacting the SO2F2 and the ammonium salt to provide a fluorinated aryl species. Further disclosed a fluorination method comprising providing a compound having the structure Ar—OH to a reaction mixture; where A is an aryl or heteroaryl; providing SO2F2 to the reaction mixture; providing a fluorinating reagent to the reaction mixture; reacting the SO2F2, the fluorinating reagent and the compound having the structure Ar—OH to provide a fluorinated aryl species having the structure Ar—F. |
| US10654775B2 |
Separation method for halogenated unsaturated carbon compound
The method according to this disclosure is a method for separating an unsaturated hydrocarbon having 2 or 3 carbon atoms and a halogenated unsaturated carbon compound formed by replacing at least one of hydrogen atoms included in the unsaturated hydrocarbon with a fluorine atom, from each other and is a method for selectively adsorbing either the unsaturated hydrocarbon or the halogenated unsaturated carbon compound by a porous coordination polymer that includes a metallic ion having a valence of 2 to 4 and an aromatic anion having 1 to 6 aromatic ring(s). |
| US10654769B2 |
Catalysts for petrochemical catalysis
Metal oxide catalysts comprising various dopants are provided. The catalysts are useful as heterogenous catalysts in a variety of catalytic reactions, for example, the oxidative coupling of methane to C2 hydrocarbons such as ethane and ethylene. Related methods for use and manufacture of the same are also disclosed. |
| US10654765B2 |
Method for producing a latent heat storage material and dialkyl ether as a latent heat storage material
The invention relates to a method for producing latent heat storage material from linear alcohols by dehydrating to dialkyl ethers or to olefins, and hydrogenating to paraffins and dialkyl ether as a latent heat storage material. |
| US10654763B2 |
Process for producing butadiene from ethanol integrated with extractive distillation
The invention relates to a process for producing butadiene from an ethanol feedstock comprising a step of converting ethanol into butadiene, a step of separating the reactants into a hydrated butadiene effluent, an impurities effluent and an ethanol-butadiene effluent, a separation step that separates the ethanol-butadiene effluent into a butadiene distillate and a contaminated reactants effluent, a step of purifying the butadiene by extractive distillation and an effluent treatment step. |
| US10654762B2 |
Additive manufactured combustible element with fuel and oxidizer
A combustible element includes regions of fuel material interspersed with regions of oxidizer material. The element may be made by additive manufacturing processes, such as three-dimensional printing, with the fuel material regions and the oxidizer material regions placed in appropriate locations in layer of the combustible element. For example, different extruders may be used to extrude and deposit portions of a fuel filament and an oxidizer filament at different locations in each layer of the combustible element. The combustible element may define a combustion chamber within the element, where combustion occurs when the combustible element is ignited. The fuel material and the oxidizer material may be selected, and their relative amounts may be controlled, such that desired relative amounts of fuel and oxidizer are present for combustion with desired characteristics, such as combustion rate. |
| US10654759B2 |
System and methods for addition of beneficial agricultural, biological, and/or dedusting additives to granular fertilizers
Methods and related systems for conditioning of granular fertilizers post-manufacture to reduce the generation of dust during handling, transport, and storage of the fertilizers, and/or to increase the agricultural benefits of the fertilizer. The method includes introducing a quantity of an aqueous conditioning agent, such as by spraying, to a plurality of fertilizer granules. The aqueous conditioning agent can include one or more beneficial agricultural and/or dedusting additives including one or more acidifying agents, one or more drying agents, one or more herbicides and/or pesticides, one or more chelating agents, one or more biological agents, and combinations thereof. |
| US10654757B2 |
Process for preparing a storage-stable silicone resin
A process is described for preparing a storage-stable mixture including an MDT silicone resin containing hydroxyl groups and an organic compound that contains at least one epoxy group. |
| US10654753B2 |
Gypsum additive to control mercury
Additives including sulfur-containing compounds are used in methods of treating synthetic gypsum. The additives can thermally stabilize heavy metals, such as mercury. This thermal stabilization reduces mercury release from the synthetic gypsum. Illustrative, non-limiting examples of sulfur-containing compounds include inorganic sulfides, organic sulfides, organic compounds containing nitrogen and sulfur, organic compounds containing oxygen and sulfur, and polymers containing sulfur. |
| US10654751B2 |
Polymer modified cement adhesive for providing high friction surfacing
A dry polymer modified cement to receive topical aggregate to form a high friction surface on trafficked pavement substrates (asphalt, concrete). The dry polymer modified cement is a thin overlay that handles the load of traffic in a relatively short time and has a relatively long life cycle. Prior to curing, the dry polymer modified cement also acts as an adhesive layer to receive and hold aggregate that is applied thereto. The dry polymer modified cement is prepared by mixing a cement mix with water where the cement mix includes cement (ordinary Portland cement), dry polymers and aggregate. The aggregate may have gradations that meet the ASTM C144 specification or may have finer gradations to allow for easier penetration of the topical aggregate by the dry polymer modified cement. The high friction surface may be patterned to provide improved performance. |
| US10654742B2 |
Method for tempering glass plate, and tempered glass plate
To provide a method for tempering glass to obtain tempered glass having high surface quality and a deep compression stress layer. The present invention relates to a method for tempering a glass plate comprising a preparation step of preparing a glass plate having a surface temperature of at most the strain point, an internal heating step of heating the internal temperature of the glass plate to be at least the annealing point, while maintaining the surface temperature of the glass plate within 10 minutes, or to be at most the strain point, and a cooling step of cooling the glass plate. |
| US10654741B2 |
Method for producing a glass tube with a cross section of a noncircular form by reshaping
The invention relates to a method for producing glass tubes with a cross section of a noncircular form by reshaping. This method includes at least providing a glass tube, heating the glass tube, providing at least one reshaping tool, which has a forming body with a forming area for reshaping the heated glass tube, the forming body including at least one open-porous material, setting a gas pressure in the interior of the reshaping tool lower than 90 kPa, so that a negative pressure is produced on the forming area, and reshaping the heated glass tube by applying a compressive force perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the glass tube, the compressive force being generated by the reshaping tool and being applied to the outer surface of the glass tube, and the outer surface of the glass tube being fixed by the negative pressure. |
| US10654739B2 |
Methods and systems for processing dredge spoils
Methods and systems including processing dredge spoils to reclaim soil therefrom. The techniques may include a feed system for receiving dredge spoils, a dewatering system for removing water from the dredge spoils, and a grinder/mixer for grinding the dredge spoils from the dewatering system while mixing the dredge spoils with one or more additional materials. |
| US10654738B2 |
Apparatus for salt separation under supercritical water conditions
Apparatus for salt separation (2) under supercritical water conditions, comprising a heat exchanger (4) and a fluidized bed reactor (6). The fluidized bed reactor comprising a supercritical water pressure containing wall (8) defining therein a fluidized bed chamber (10) connected to an inlet system (16) at one end thereof and an outlet system (18) configured to separate solids from supercritical fluid at another end thereof. The fluidized bed chamber receives a fluidized bed (12) therein and is configured to receive through the inlet system (16) a liquefied aqueous substance (14) for treatment in the fluidized bed chamber. The inlet system (16) comprises an inlet chamber (20) and a fluidization plate (22) positioned between the inlet chamber (20) and the fluidized bed chamber (10). The fluidized bed chamber extends between the inlet system (16) and outlet system (18) and comprises an entry section (10a) adjacent the inlet system (16), an outlet section (10c) adjacent the outlet system (18), and a mid-section (10b) extending between the entry section and the outlet section. The heat exchanger (4) extends along the fluidized bed chamber (10) and is configured to generate a decreasing temperature gradient in the fluidized bed chamber from the outlet section (10c) to the entry section (10a), the temperature gradient in the outlet section and mid-section being supercritical for aqueous substances and being subcritical for aqueous substances in the entry section (10a) adjacent the fluidization plate (22). |
| US10654737B2 |
Systems and processes for treatment of high total dissolved solids wastewater
There are provided systems and processes which enable the efficient biological treatment of high salt concentration fluid streams, e.g., spent caustics, to reduce COD concentrations in the fluid streams. |
| US10654730B2 |
Liquid processing apparatus
A liquid processing apparatus includes a processing tank, a first electrode, an insulator, a liquid introduction port, a discharge portion, a second electrode, an opening portion, and a power supply. The first electrode is disposed at the first end of the processing tank. The insulator covers at least a part of a side surface of the first electrode disposed to protrude from an inner wall of the first end of the processing tank into the processing tank. The liquid introduction port causes a liquid to swirl by introducing the liquid in a tangential direction of the processing tank and generates a gas phase in a swirling flow of the liquid. An outer diameter of the insulator is smaller than an outer diameter of a gas-phase generating space where the gas phase is generated in the processing tank. |
| US10654717B2 |
MEMS device
A MEMS transducer, for instance a MEMS capacitive transducer, comprising: a flexible membrane, the flexible membrane comprising a conductive track; and a continuity testing circuit electrically connected to the conductive track. The conductive track may be electrically isolated from any further conductive regions of the flexible membrane. The continuity testing circuit is configured to test the continuity of the conductive track. |
| US10654714B2 |
Heating system and method for microfluidic and micromechanical applications
An integrated semiconductor heating assembly includes a semiconductor substrate, a chamber formed therein, and an exit port in fluid communication with the chamber, allowing fluid to exit the chamber in response to heating the chamber. The integrated heating assembly includes a first heating element adjacent the chamber, which can generate heat above a selected threshold and bias fluid in the chamber toward the exit port. A second heating element is positioned adjacent the exit port to generate heat above a selected threshold, facilitating movement of the fluid through the exit port away from the chamber. Addition of the second heating element reduces the amount of heat emitted per heating element and minimizes thickness of a heat absorption material toward an open end of the exit port. Since such material is expensive, this reduces the manufacturing cost and retail price of the assembly while improving efficiency and longevity thereof. |
| US10654710B2 |
Semiconductor apparatus having flexible connecting members and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor apparatus includes a first substrate having a first surface, a semiconductor device, a first flexible connecting member electrically connected to the semiconductor device, a first pad connected to the first flexible connecting member, and a second substrate including a bump and an interconnect. The second substrate is a low-temperature sintered ceramic substrate containing alkali metal ions. The first pad is connected to the interconnect via the bump. The first pad has at least a portion overlapping the semiconductor device in a plan view seen in a direction along a normal to the first surface. The semiconductor apparatus can thus be miniaturized. |
| US10654709B1 |
Shielded semiconductor device and lead frame therefor
A shielded semiconductor device is assembled using a lead frame having a die receiving area, leads disposed around the die receiving area, and a bendable strip formed in the die receiving area. Each lead has an inner lead end that is spaced from but near to one of the sides of the die receiving area and an outer lead end that is distal to that side of the die receiving area. An IC die is attached to the die receiving area and electrically connected to the inner lead ends of the leads. An encapsulant is formed over the die and the electrical connections and forms a body. The strip is bent to extend vertically to a top side of the body. A lid is formed on the top side of the body and is in contact with a distal end of the vertical strip. |
| US10654708B2 |
Optical scanner module and optical scanner control apparatus
The present invention is to provide an optical scanner module capable of reducing cross-talk generated between a sensor interconnect and a drive interconnect. An optical scanner module, includes an optical scanner apparatus that scans incident light by oscillating a mirror; and a package on which the optical scanner apparatus is mounted, wherein the optical scanner apparatus includes a displacement sensor that detects an oscillation angle of the mirror, wherein a sensor interconnect (PS) connected to the displacement sensor and a drive interconnect through which a drive signal for oscillating the mirror passes are respectively drawn from the optical scanner apparatus into the package, wherein interconnect layers (L1, L2) in which the sensor interconnect and the drive interconnect (PD) are formed are stacked, wherein the sensor interconnect and the drive interconnect are placed not to overlap in a plan view of the interconnect layers, and wherein a GND interconnect (PG) is provided between the sensor interconnect and the drive interconnect that are adjacent in a same interconnect layer. |
| US10654705B2 |
Apparatus for and method of transferring cryogenic fluids
The invention relates to an apparatus for transferring flammable, hazardous and/or cryogenic fluids, comprising a first coupling part and a second coupling part having a connecting and locking mechanism in order to establish a connection to the first coupling part by connecting contact surfaces comprising sealing devices, so that charge equalization can be established. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of operating an apparatus for transferring flammable, hazardous and/or cryogenic fluids into or out of a mobile, transportable or stationary storage device such that at first charge equalization is established before the transfer process begins. |
| US10654700B2 |
Beverage dispenser with variable carbonation capability
A method of dispensing fluids with variable carbonation. The method includes receiving a selection of a carbonation level of a beverage and determining a valve timing scheme to achieve the selected carbonation level. |
| US10654699B2 |
Water dispenser
A liquid dispenser is provided. The liquid dispenser may include a water tank to store water, a cooling module provided in the water tank to circulate cooling water to cool the water to make cold water, a drain valve that connects to the water tank and protrudes from the water tank to discharge the cooling water in the water tank, and a foam insulator that covers an outer circumferential surface of the water tank and contacts the drain valve to prevent the drain valve from being exposed to air. |
| US10654694B2 |
Cylinder retention device
A system and method for retaining a linear actuator on a crane component such as a mast is disclosed. In the system a retaining mechanism is mounted on either a body of the linear actuator or the crane component and a catch is mounted to the other of the body or the crane component. Retraction of a rod of the linear actuator causes a cap on the rod to contact the retaining mechanism, which causes the retaining mechanism to move into a latched configuration securing the linear actuator. |
| US10654691B2 |
Overhead crane with remotely located winch
An overhead crane supported by a derrick, comprising a frame coupled to the derrick and comprising a pair of rail members and a bridge member coupled between the rail members, and a trolley coupled to the frame and comprising a fairlead assembly and a cable guide movable in an X-Y plane within an inner perimeter of the frame. |
| US10654686B2 |
Electromagnetic safety trigger
The present disclosure relates generally to a selectively operable safety brake including a magnetic brake operably coupled to a rod and disposed adjacent to a metal component, the magnetic brake configured to move between an engaging position and a non-engaging position, said magnetic brake, when in the engaging position contemporaneously with motion of the machine, moving the rod in to thereby move the safety brake from the non-braking state into the braking state, and an electromagnetic component including a retention apparatus, the electromagnetic component configured to move the magnetic brake from the engaging position to the non-engaging position upon receipt of a resetting signal. |
| US10654684B2 |
Elevator system configured to estimate a time associated with closing doors of an allocated elevator and method of performing same
The present invention discloses a method and an elevator system, in which a passenger gives elevator calls with a personal terminal device. An elevator car is allocated to the passenger on the basis of an elevator call, the maximum time from the moment of giving the call to the moment the doors of the allocated elevator car will close on the call-giving floor is calculated. The aforementioned maximum time is sent to the terminal device of the passenger for being presented to the passenger on the terminal device. |
| US10654680B2 |
Bag dispenser
A bag dispenser includes a frame with a roller portion for receiving a bag roll defined by a plurality of bags attached to a leading bag to be dispensed, the roller defining a longitudinal axis. A brake plate is configured to capture the leading bag against the frame for providing frictional force on the leading bag to limit sliding thereof, the brake plate pivotally attached to the frame via a pivot arm, the brake plate pivotable with respect to the frame between a non-pivoted friction-application position and a pivoted bag roll-installment position, the pivot arm configured to pivot with respect to the frame along a pivot plane generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. |
| US10654679B2 |
Medium processing device and image forming apparatus
A medium processing device includes a discharge member, a discharge tray, a shift part and a control part. The discharge member is configured to discharge a medium from a discharge position in a discharge direction. On the discharge tray, the medium is stacked. The shift part is configured to vary a relative position of the discharge position and the discharge tray in a shift direction perpendicular to the discharge direction to shift a shift position where the medium is stacked on the discharge tray. The control part is configured to control the shift part so as to shift the shift position for each medium bundle containing a plurality of the mediums. The control part calculates a thickness of the medium bundle, and when the calculated thickness exceeds a first threshold value, the control part makes it possible to select a number of the shift position from a plurality of candidates. |
| US10654678B2 |
Unit for thermosetting printed fabrics
A unit for thermosetting printed fabrics, comprising: a heated roller rotating about a rotation axis and having a cylindrical outer surface, at least one fabric guiding element having an inner wall facing the cylindrical outer surface of the heated roller and defining a gap with the cylindrical outer surface of the heated roller, for passing the fabric wherein said fabric guiding element is carried by an adjusting device rotatable about said rotation axis to adjust the angular position of said guiding element about said rotation axis. |
| US10654677B2 |
Traverse winding apparatus
An improved winding apparatus and system for winding strips of web materials. |
| US10654668B2 |
Sweep auger drive shield with gravity reclaim
A sweep auger system having a driveshaft with auger flighting and a backboard extending a length from an inward end to an outward end. An input of a gearbox is connected to an outward end of the drive shaft and a sweep wheel having a plurality of notches, arms and feet is connected to an output of the gearbox. A drive shield is placed around a rearward side of the sweep wheel that forms a channel that is configured to capture grain agitated by the drive wheel. A guide plate is connected to the gearbox and covers a portion of the gearbox. The guide plate angles from an upper outward edge downward and forward to a lower inward edge that is configured to urge the grain captured within the channel of the drive shield to move in front of the sweep auger system reducing grain left in the grain bin. |
| US10654667B2 |
Mud chemical delivery system and method
A silo, a chemical delivery system, and a method. The silo includes a housing and a vessel positioned within the housing and configured to contain a mud chemical. The vessel includes a discharge port and a discharge valve that controls discharge of the mud chemical through the discharge port. The discharge port is configured to connect to a skid by placing the silo on the skid, and the silo has a plurality of configurations for different types of mud chemicals. |
| US10654666B2 |
System with improved plate destacking
A separating system (1) comprises a housing (60) sized to receive a stack of articles having at least one first article (12) stacked on top of a second article (10). The system (1) also includes a lifter (20) movable into a contact position adjacent a surface (13) on the at least one first article (12). The lifter (20) is adapted to apply a lifting force to the surface (13) to lift at least a portion of the first article (12) above the contact position. An extractor (40) moves the second article (10) away from the stack of articles after the at least one first article (12) has been lifted above the contact position by the lifter (20). The housing (60) prevents the at least one first article (12) from moving with the second article (10) when the second article (10) is moved by the extractor (40) and guides the stack of articles downward after the second article (10) is moved away. |
| US10654664B1 |
Tray conveyor
The present disclosure relates to a tray locator assembly for aligning one or more trays in a tray-based automated storage and retrieval system. The tray locator assembly may include one or more guide pin assemblies having one or more guide pins engaging with one or more slots formed in a surface of at least one tray of the one or more trays. The tray locator assembly may further include at least one translational actuator to move the one or more guide pins inserted into the one or more slots so as to translate the at least one tray, wherein the translation of the at least one tray separates a second group of trays having a second size from a first group of trays having a first size along the conveyance plane to a second position in order to reduce tolerance stack up associated with the first group of trays. |
| US10654660B2 |
Hygienic magnetic tray and conveyor
A hygienic magnetic tray and conveyor. The low-profile tray includes a forcer sandwiched between an article-supporting top and an opposite bottom. The top is made of hygienic material, and the bottom can be made of a low-friction material. The tray is propelled along a guide surface on an enclosure housing stator coils supported in a conveyor frame. The stator forms a linear motor with the forcer in the tray. Various disposal systems provide escape routes for removing fluids and debris from the guide surface of the stator enclosure. |
| US10654647B2 |
Film cassette having an ovoid shape
A cassette for a waste disposal device is provided having a length of tubular liner film. The cassette has a central passage. The cassette has a forward edge, an aft edge, a first edge and a second edge defining a shape and a widthwise axis and a depthwise axis. The depthwise axis and widthwise axis intersect form two segments of each axis. |
| US10654642B2 |
Apparatus for active heat removal from a heat resistant container
A method is provided. The method comprises: receiving thermal energy at a heat resistant container; converting all or a portion of the received thermal energy into electric energy; converting the electric energy into electromagnetic energy; and radiating the electromagnetic energy. |
| US10654640B2 |
Container for transport and storage of food products
Systems and methods for providing compostable food containers which preserve the quality of a food product for an extended duration of time, and which optionally allow for cooking of the food product therein. In some implementations, the food containers are sturdy, stackable, insulating, and require minimal or no manual labor to assemble. In some implementations, the food container includes a base and a cover which cooperate to form a closed chamber for supporting, protecting, insulating and optionally cooking a food product, such as a pizza. The base and cover may each be formed of a single layer of material including, but not limited to, molded sugarcane fiber (“bagasse”), molded wood fiber, molded bamboo fiber, molded paper or plastic. The base and/or the cover may include one or more detachable portions that may be selectively separable from the remaining portion of the base and/or cover. |
| US10654637B2 |
Expandable secondary package for a container
A container comprised a container body having a first cavity for receiving a product therein, the container body having a front surface, back surface, first sidewall and second sidewall, and a cover having an opening extending thereinto, said opening configured to receive said container body therein, the cover comprising an outer wall, an inner wall and a second cavity defined between said outer wall and inner wall, said second cavity housing a protective material therein. The protective material moves the cover from a first configuration defining a first inner profile of the inner wall of the cover to a second configuration defining a second inner profile of the cover, said second inner profile being smaller than the first inner profile. |
| US10654636B2 |
Paper lid and storage container
A lid 20 is a paper lid capable of adhering to a flange portion of a container body and includes: a tab 25; back half-cut lines 35a, 36a extending from the tab 25 outward and away from each other at an acute angle with respect to a paper grain direction K; back half-cut lines 37a, 38a extending from the outer ends of the back half-cut lines 35a, 36a, respectively, along the paper grain direction K; front half-cut lines 35b, 36b located on the outer side of the back half-cut lines 35a, 36a with a width W between the front and back half-cut lines and extending along the back half-cut lines 35a, 36a at an acute angle with respect to the paper grain direction K; and front half-cut lines 37b, 38b located on the outer side of the back half-cut lines 37a, 38a with the width W between the front and back half-cut lines and extending along the back half-cut lines 37a, 38a and the paper grain direction K. |
| US10654635B2 |
Transparent retail bag-in-box package
A retail bag-in-box transparent package having a flovvable product contained in a bag which is contained in a polymeric box where the box has (i) a flat bottom panel, an opposing top panel, and a self-supporting, upstanding, at least partially transparent wail connecting the bottom and top panels, and (ii) an access port through the box adapted for providing communication means for removing product from the bag, which is a flexible thermoplastic bag (capacity ≤1 liter (1000 ml)) attached to an interior surface of the box proximate the access port, where at least a portion of the bag has a transparent wall overlapping the transparent box portion to provide visual access to the product. |
| US10654629B2 |
Check valve structure, nozzle member using same, and squeeze container
There are provided a check valve structure that not only prevents backflow of fluid but does not discharge fluid for unintended pressure in a correct direction, and a squeeze container using the check valve structure. A squeeze container includes a container and a nozzle member attached to an opening of the container. The nozzle member is provided with a check valve structure that is closed in an unloaded state, and that blocks a flow of fluid from downstream and allows a flow of fluid from upstream. The check valve structure is opened when an elastic valve element elastically deforms in two stages due to pressure of fluid from upstream (container). |
| US10654625B2 |
Twist and flip lock closure
A twist and flip closure includes first and second closure portions. The first closure portion includes a top wall portion, a skirt portion, and first and second frangible connections. The first frangible connection extends around the closure circumference. The second frangible connection has first and second sections. The second frangible connection is spaced from the first frangible connection. At least a portion of the second frangible connection is located further from the top wall portion than a portion of the first frangible connection. The second frangible connection defines an area adapted to form a tab. The second closure portion includes a tamper-evident band. The closure is adapted to be opened by twisting to break the frangible connections and expose the tab and then flipping the first closure portion from the second closure portion via the exposed tab. The closure is adapted to be locked when flipped. |
| US10654624B2 |
Container cap easily separate collection
The present disclosure relates to a container cap which is easily and separately collected and, more particularly, to a container cap which is easily and separately collected, in which when the container cap is opened for use, a state in which the container cap is connected to a container is maintained by a display ring, and when it is required to completely separate the container cap from the container for separate collection, the display ring is simply separated by a cut part by external force without a separate tool. To achieve this, the cut part including cut bridges formed from one end or both ends of a cut silt in a lengthwise direction of the cut slit to a lower end of the cut slit is formed in a container cap having a cap body and a display ring. |
| US10654618B2 |
Bulk container with interlocking features
A container having interlocking features is provided. The container includes protrusions on the upper edges of the side wall panels and base wall panels, and notches in the runners/feet for receiving the protrusions. The runners and/or feet extend to the outer perimeter of the container so they can rest on an upper edge of a like container, and do not include a recess from the outer perimeter. |
| US10654617B2 |
Container and method for producing a container of said type
A container group having at least two adjacent containers includes a band-like carrier-element that forms a loop-like carrying-handle having free-ends with connecting sections, one of which has a pull-off tab that connects to a corresponding connecting-section. Surfaces of said adjacent containers within the group form contact areas that are detachably connected by an adhesive layer. The first and second connecting-sections connect the loop-like carrying handle to the containers. |
| US10654613B2 |
Nesting and shock absorbing package
A package for enclosing at least one item is disclosed. The package includes a first portion having a first surface including at least one protrusion, a second portion having a second surface including at least one indentation, and a hinge connecting the first portion to the second portion. The hinge is configured to allow the package to transition from an open position to a closed position. In the closed position the first portion and the second portion define an enclosed space for enclosing an item. The at least one protrusion and the at least one indentation may provide cushioning and shock absorption for the package and/or may allow the package to nest with another package stacked above or below the package. |
| US10654612B2 |
Packaging box
The present invention relates to a packaging box including: a main body having at least an upper surface and an inner space; and a handle disposed on the upper surface of the main body, wherein the upper surface is disposed to be dented inwardly so as to be apart from the handle. The packaging box has the folding line formed on the upper surface so as to make the upper surface dented inwardly by the user's pressing and make the upper surface and the handle spaced apart from each other such that the user can easily insert his or her finger therebetween, thereby remarkably improving user convenience. The packaging box sufficiently shields the inner space from the outside because the upper surface maintains sealing force when the upper surface is dented in order to form the finger insertion space, thereby effectively preventing the inflow of contaminants so as to maximize user satisfaction. |
| US10654605B2 |
Packing apparatus
A packing apparatus includes a sealing mechanism, a timing sensing section, and a control section. The sealing mechanism affixes tape continuously on portions of a cardboard box transported with major flaps thereof folded. The sealing mechanism includes an affixing roller to press the tape against a first side surface and the major flaps. The timing sensing section senses the timing at which the affixing of the tape on the first side surface is initiated. The control section controls pressing force exerted by the affixing roller, based on a result of the sensing performed by the timing sensing section, in such a way that the pressing force is reduced after the affixing of the tape on the first side surface is initiated. |
| US10654603B2 |
Inflating station for inflating of film bags and corresponding method
The invention relates to an inflating station for inflating of film bags with a first and a second suction bar arm and with an inflating bar with inflating spouts arranged on it. The first/second suction bar arm is movable with a first/second drive shaft. A servo engine is disposed on the first drive shaft. A drive movement of the first drive shaft is transferred from a first gear wheel to a second gear wheel and from the second gear wheel to the second drive shaft. Further, the invention relates to a method for inflating of film bags with this inflating station with the steps: positioning of the film bags below the inflating station; closing of the suction bar arms and application of a first contact pressure; horizontal displacement of the vacuum cups in a first direction, establishment of the contact with the film bag halves, formation of a negative pressure; horizontal displacement of the vacuum cups in a second direction, therefore opening of the film bags; inserting of the inflating spouts in the film bags; increasing of the contact pressure to a second value and subsequent inflating of the film bags by means of the inserted inflating spouts. |
| US10654601B2 |
Method of managing a set of lids, stacked and inserted in a package, transport device for transporting a set of stacked lids and inserted in a package, and system for producing palletized set of lids
The present invention relates to a method and a device of managing a set (42) of lids, stacked and inserted in a packaging, including the steps of pressing said set (42) and displacing it, with a transport device (1), keeping the lids in the packaging; pressing a second portion (44) of the set (42) with a handle (23); moving the handle (23) so as to take at least a part of the second portion (44) towards the first portion (43); displacing the handle (23) so as to place the second portion (44) against the first portion (43); immobilizing the second portion (44) against the first portion (43) with an immobilizing device (9); opening the handle (23) and moving it away from the set (42). The invention also relates to a system for producing palletized sets of lids. |
| US10654600B2 |
Method for packing a mattress spring bed
A method for packing a mattress spring bed includes: A. overlaying at least two mattress spring beds onto each other to form a mattress spring bed stack, the top side and the bottom side of the mattress spring bed stack are a mattress frame or a rigid support frame; B. placing the mattress spring bed stack into a sealing bag, then vacuuming the sealing bag, resulting in the springs of the spring beds being compressed; C. binding the mattress spring bed stack by strap. The mattress spring bed stack has a small volume, thus reducing the occupied space, increasing the transportation efficiency, and effectively reducing manufacture cost. In addition, the top side and the bottom side of the spring bed stack are respectively a mattress frame or a rigid supporting frame. |
| US10654599B2 |
Adjustable tables for use in package forming systems and related methods
Adjustable tables for use in a packaging forming system and related methods are provided. An adjustable table for use in a packaging forming system can include outer side panels and moveable inner side panels moveably connected to the outer side panels with the outer side panels held stationary relative to the moveable inner side panels. The adjustable table can also include a table top secured to the moveable inner side panels. The table top and the inner side panels are configured to move upwardly or downwardly relative to the outer side panels. |
| US10654592B2 |
Integration of fuel cell with cryogenic source for cooling and reactant
A fuel cell-based power system comprises a fuel cell configured for continuously receiving a first reactant and a second reactant to produce chemical reactions that generate electrical power, water, and heat, a coolant subsystem configured for circulating a primary coolant in association with the fuel cell, thereby absorbing the generated heat, a tank configured for storing a reactant, and a reactant distribution subsystem configured for conveying the reactant from the tank to an independent system, the fuel cell as the first reactant, and the coolant subsystem as a secondary coolant to remove the absorbed heat from the primary coolant and/or a water accumulator. The secondary coolant may be conveyed to a gas thruster as a gas after the absorbed heat has been removed from the secondary coolant. The reactant may be boil off of a cryogenic liquid or vapor or gas transformed from a cryogenic liquid via a heater. |
| US10654591B2 |
Precision approach path indicator with a novel reflector arrangement
A compact PAPI having a semiconductor light source and finely distribution of lights is herein proposed. The novel PAPI includes two artificial light sources each with a plurality of semiconductor emitters as well as two concave and two planar reflectors, one for each artificial light source. The concave reflectors collect light emitted by the plurality of semiconductor emitters of the first and second artificial light sources and gather the collected light to the planar reflectors as output of the PAPI. |
| US10654586B2 |
In-flight damage detection system and damage detection method
According to one implementation, a damage detection system includes: a physical quantity detection unit, a flight condition changing part and a damage detection part. The physical quantity detection unit detects a physical quantity of a structural object composing an aircraft during a flight of the aircraft. The flight condition changing part changes at least one flight condition of the aircraft to at least one specific flight condition when the physical quantity of the structural object has been detected by the physical quantity detection unit. The damage detection part determines whether a damage arose in the structural object, based on a physical quantity which has been detected, from the structural object of the aircraft flying with the at least one specific flight condition, by the physical quantity detection unit. |
| US10654583B2 |
Fuel tank inerting system and method
A fuel tank inerting system for an aircraft, the system comprising: a fuel tank, and a catalytic heat exchanger. The catalytic heat exchanger comprises a first flow path and a second flow path for heat exchange with the first flow path, as well as a first inlet arranged upstream of the first flow path of the catalytic heat exchanger for providing a mixture of fuel vapour and oxygen to the first flow path for sustaining a catalysed reaction, and a second inlet arranged upstream of the second flow path for providing a flow of fuel from the fuel tank to the second flow path of the catalytic heat exchanger for exchanging heat with the first flow path. The system further comprises a transfer pipe in heat exchange with the fuel tank, wherein the transfer pipe is arranged to receive fuel from the second flow path of the catalytic heat exchanger. |
| US10654582B2 |
Fuel separation unit for inert gas generating system
An inert gas generating system includes a source of a gaseous mixture, and a fuel separation unit configured to receive a portion of the gaseous mixture from the source. The fuel separation unit includes a reverse selective membrane configured to separate the gaseous mixture into a condensable gas portion and a permanent gas portion. The inert gas generating system further includes a catalytic oxidation unit configured to receive and react hydrocarbon vapors within the condensable gas portion to produce an inert gas. |
| US10654581B2 |
Aircraft fuel system
An aircraft fuel system having a fuel tank and a baffle dividing the fuel tank into a primary fuel containing space and a secondary fuel containing space. A fuel drain is provided through which fuel flows from the primary fuel containing space into the secondary fuel containing space. A primary fuel outlet draws fuel from the primary fuel containing space and a secondary fuel outlet draws fuel from the secondary fuel containing space, wherein fuel flow through the primary fuel outlet causes fuel flow through the secondary fuel outlet. The mass flow rate of fuel through the fuel drain is restricted so that the allowable mass flow rate of fuel through the secondary fuel outlet is configured to be greater than the allowable mass flow rate of fuel through the fuel drain in the baffle. |
| US10654578B2 |
Combined AC and DC turboelectric distributed propulsion system
A propulsion system is described that includes an AC generator configured to produce AC current, and a plurality of propulsors configured to receive the AC current from the AC generator and provide thrust based on the AC current from the AC generator. The propulsion system further includes an AC distribution system configured to deliver a first portion of the AC current to a first group of propulsors from the plurality of propulsors, and a second subsystem configured to deliver a second portion of the AC current to a second group of propulsors from the plurality of propulsors. |
| US10654577B2 |
Rainbow flowpath low pressure turbine rotor assembly
The present disclosure is directed to a gas turbine engine defining a radial direction, a longitudinal direction, and a circumferential direction, an upstream end and a downstream end along the longitudinal direction, and an axial centerline extended along the longitudinal direction. The gas turbine engine includes a low pressure (LP) turbine defining an outer flowpath. The outer flowpath defines a first outer flowpath radius at an upstream-most end of the LP turbine, a last outer flowpath radius disposed at a downstream-most end of the LP turbine, a middle outer flowpath radius disposed therebetween along the longitudinal direction. The middle outer flowpath radius is greater than the last outer flowpath radius. |
| US10654576B2 |
Gas turbine engine with thermoelectric cooling air heat exchanger
A gas turbine engine includes a cooling air system, a coolant system, and a thermoelectric heat exchanger adapted for selective operation in response to operational states of the gas turbine engine. |
| US10654570B2 |
Vehicular alert system
A vehicular alert system includes an autonomous aerial vehicle and a central computer. The autonomous aerial vehicle includes a processor, a display, and a detector. The processor controls a data transceiver. The detector detects one or more vehicular condition. The central computer communicates with the autonomous aerial vehicle via the data transceiver. The central computer includes a memory device. The memory device stores vehicular condition data and road condition data. The central computer communicates one of a vehicular condition or a road condition to the autonomous aerial vehicle. The processor of the autonomous aerial vehicle displays the received condition on the display. |
| US10654569B2 |
Mast bearing system for a tiltrotor aircraft
A tiltrotor aircraft may be provided and may include a mast assembly, in which the mast assembly may include a mast; a bearing system; a housing; and a housing cap secured to the housing, wherein the bearing system is between the mast and the housing. The bearing system may further include a first bearing assembly including a first inner race, a first outer race, and a plurality of first tapered roller bearings; a second bearing assembly including a second inner race, a second outer race, and a plurality of second tapered roller bearings; an inner spacer and an outer spacer in which the inner and outer spacers are between the first and second bearing assemblies; and a retaining device in which the retaining device and the housing cap provide, at least in part, pre-loading for the first and second bearing assemblies. |
| US10654565B2 |
Collective to elevator mixing of a rotary wing aircraft
An aircraft is provided including an airframe, an extending tail, and a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly including an upper rotor assembly and a lower rotor assembly. A translational thrust system positioned at the extending tail, the translational thrust system providing translational thrust to the airframe. A horizontal stabilizer with a left elevator and right elevator positioned at the extending tail. A flight control computer to independently control one or more of the main rotor assembly and the elevator through a fly-by-wire control system. The flight control computer is configured to mix a collective pitch of the main rotor assembly and a deflection of the elevator. |
| US10654564B2 |
Aircraft assembly including deflection sensor
An aircraft assembly having a first region, a second region spaced from the first region by a flexible region, and a deflection sensor. The first region has greater positional stability than the second region such that the second region deflects further from its default position than the first region during in-use loads. The deflection sensor includes a first gyroscope at the first region to generate a first signal representing rotation of the first region about one or more orthogonal axes, and a second gyroscope at the second region to generate a second signal representing rotation of the second region about the one or more axes. The second gyroscope is synchronised in time with the first. A controller subtracts one of the first and second signals from the other to obtain a differential signal representing deflection of the second region relative to the first due to flexing of the flexible region. |
| US10654563B2 |
Method for operating a landing gear and an aircraft including the landing gear
A method for operating a landing gear. The method includes extending an actuator to apply a force to a crank link of a toggle lock mechanism causing a mechanical unlocking of a second lock link from a fully extended position, retracting the actuator to rotate the toggle lock mechanism about a toggle lock pivot axis of a first lock link, causing rotation of the second lock link that is rotatably coupled to the first lock link so that the second lock link folds relative to the first lock link in a second rotation direction, and a toggle link of the toggle lock mechanism rotates relative to the second lock link, in the first rotation direction opposite the second rotation direction, to rotate the second lock link to a fully retracted position of the second lock link relative to the first lock link. |
| US10654561B2 |
Rotorcraft fly-by-wire go-around mode
A fly-by-wire system for a rotorcraft includes a computing device having control laws. The control laws are operable to engage a level-and-climb command in response to a switch of a pilot control assembly being selected. The level-and-climb command establishes a roll-neutral (“wings level”) attitude with the rotorcraft increasing altitude. The switch may be disposed on a collective control of the pilot control assembly (e.g., a button on a grip of the collective control). Selection of the switch may correspond to a button depress. The level-and-climb command may include a roll command and a collective pitch command. One or more control laws may be further operable to increase or decrease forward airspeed in response to pilot engagement of the level-and-climb command. The level-and-climb command may correspond to a go-around maneuver, an abort maneuver, or an extreme-attitude-recovery maneuver to be performed by the rotorcraft. |
| US10654553B2 |
Ship with boil-off gas liquefaction system
A ship including a liquefied gas storage tank includes: first and second compressors which compresse a boil-off gas discharged from a storage tank; a boost compressor which compresses one part of the boil-off gas that is compressed by at least any one of the first compressor and/or the second compressor; a first heat exchanger which heat exchanges the boil-off gas compressed by the boost compressor and the boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank; a refrigerant decompressing device which expands the other part of the boil-off gas that is compressed by at least any one of the first compressor and/or the second compressor; a second heat exchanger which cools, by a fluid expanded by the refrigerant decompressing device as a refrigerant; and an additional compressor which is compresses the refrigerant that passes through the refrigerant decompressing device and second heat exchanger. |
| US10654551B1 |
Method of overshoot for faster planing of marine vessel
A method of planing a marine vessel propelled by an electric propulsion system operably connected to a rotatable propeller system including that a command input requesting an increase in throttle is received. The method also includes that it is determined whether the marine vessel is on plane and whether there is sufficient power and energy available in the electric propulsion system to reach planing speed when the marine vessel is not on plane. The method further includes that power output from the electric propulsion system is increased for a selected period of time such that the electric propulsion system is allowed to overshoot continuous power limits of one or more components of the electric propulsion system for the selected amount of time. The one or more components of the electric propulsion system including at least one of an electric motor, an energy storage device, and an electric controller. |
| US10654550B2 |
Expanding flow nozzle
Disclosed are an improved nozzle for an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), and a method for operating the same. The nozzle includes a first rigid member operatively coupled to a UUV steering mechanism. The nozzle also has a second rigid member, coupled to the first rigid member by a flexible bellows according to a configurable operating angle. The nozzle does not extend beyond a bounding surface when stored but does when deployed. Water traversing the first rigid member and contacting the second rigid member produces a reactive force according to the configurable operating angle. Simultaneous and independent control of the volume of fluid traversing several such nozzles in the UUV, and their respective orientations and operating angles, permits automatic station-keeping or navigation according to another guidance objective. |
| US10654549B2 |
Winged autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)
An underwater vehicle includes a longitudinal body that defines a longitudinal axis and is rotatable about the longitudinal axis between a forward orientation and a sideways orientation, a wing attached to the longitudinal body that is moveable between a vertically extending wing orientation when the longitudinal body is in the forward orientation and a horizontally extending wing orientation when the longitudinal body is in the sideways orientation, a propulsion system having a front propulsion device and a rear propulsion device that is arranged rearwardly along the longitudinal axis relative to the front propulsion device, and an after-propulsion system arranged at a rear end of the longitudinal body that provides thrust along the longitudinal axis. The secondary propulsion system provides thrust in a perpendicular direction relative to the longitudinal axis. |
| US10654541B2 |
Convertible scooter
Foldable electrical vehicles and related charging infrastructure are described. The foldable electrical vehicle generally includes three structural members (front and rear wheel-bearing structural members and a seat-bearing structural member) that are pivotally interconnected along their lengths such that they may be pivoted between a closed position wherein the three structural members are disposed roughly parallel to each other in a compact folded configuration, and an open riding configuration wherein an angular relation is formed between the structural members. |
| US10654540B2 |
Cycle carrier structure
A cycle carrier structure mounted on a cycle comprises an integral bifurcated structure comprising a pair of limbs which are connected at their ends to complementary projections (6, 13) mounted on the ends of a skewer (12) by way of quick release connectors. The bifurcated structure (1) is pivotably connected at the interconnection between the limbs to one end of an adjustable strut (2). The strut (2) is connected at its other end to a seat post (10) by a quick release coupling (3). The bifurcated structure (1) has apertures (7) which can receive a pin (34) of a pannier (29) to secure the pannier (29) to the carrier frame (1). A hook (36) engages a limb of the bifurcated structure (1) to provide additional stability. The bifurcated structure (1) may be an integral component, for example a moulded, hollow component of composite material or alloy. |
| US10654533B2 |
Wheel debris ejector for tracked vehicle
A debris ejector attached to the hub-facing surface of the rim of a tracked work vehicle. The debris ejector has a leading face that is shaped so to slope from a base adjacent the hub-facing surface towards a ridge of the debris ejector and also slant from an inner end of the debris ejector adjacent the inner edge of the rim to an outer end adjacent the outer edge of the rim such that the shape of the leading face redirects debris so that the debris moves away from the hub-facing surface and away from the disk as the wheel rotates. |
| US10654526B2 |
Vehicle body structure
A vehicle body structure comprises a windshield and a cowl top garnish provided along a lower end portion of the windshield. The cowl top garnish includes a first shield glass abutment portion abutting against a back surface of the windshield and engaging portions engaging with engaged portions provided in the vehicle body. The engaging portions are provided in at least part in a direction along the lower end portion of the windshield. The first shield glass abutment portion occupies a range wider than a range where the engaging portions are provided. The engaging portions are provided at positions farther away from the back surface of the windshield than the first shield glass abutment portion, and engage with the engaged portions in a direction from the back surface to a front surface of the windshield. |
| US10654525B2 |
Front subframe structure
A front subframe structure includes front and rear cross members, a pair of left and right side members, and a vehicle body mounting portion disposed on front ends of the side members. The side member has a lateral widening portion at a front end thereof, wherein the lateral widening portion bulges outward in a vehicle width direction. The front cross member has a front widening portion at an end portion thereof in the vehicle width direction, wherein the front widening portion bulges forward of the vehicle. A portion of the front cross member excluding the front widening portion is disposed on the rear side with respect to the vehicle body mounting portion, and on the front side with respect to a rear end of the lateral widening portion. |
| US10654520B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for disturbance and stability detection by vehicle guidance systems
In an example embodiment, a vehicle control system includes a memory including computer-readable instructions stored therein and a processor. The processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to receive information corresponding to, a yaw rate of a vehicle, a lateral position of the vehicle and a heading angle of the vehicle, determine a stability indicator indicating an estimate of a stability of the vehicle based on the received information, and adjust one or more gains of a steering system of the vehicle based on the determined stability indicator. |
| US10654519B2 |
Vehicle steering assistance apparatus and method
In a steering assistance apparatus mounted in a vehicle, a steering input device and a turning device differentiate at a transmission ratio that is a ratio of an amount of change in the turning angle to an amount of change in the steering angle. A turning device actuator actuates the turning device. A controller executes an automatic steering mode, in which the controller determines the turning angle based on at least one of a travel condition and travel path information of the vehicle and controls the turning device actuator so as to achieve the determined turning angle. If detecting an input variation from the steering input device during execution of the automatic steering mode, the controller changes the transmission ratio to a value less than the transmission ratio in the automatic steering mode and prioritizes a manual steering mode over the automatic steering mode. |
| US10654518B2 |
Motor control apparatus, motor drive system, and motor control method
A motor control apparatus include: multiple motor drive circuits that drives at least one motor; multiple microcomputers that include a drive signal generator, and a drive timing generator; and multiple clock generation circuits. The microcomputers include a synchronization signal transmitter microcomputer as at least one microcomputer that transmits a synchronization signal synchronized with the drive timing of an own microcomputer and synchronizing the drive timing of the microcomputers. The microcomputers include a synchronization signal receiver microcomputer as at least one microcomputer that receives the synchronization signal transmitted from the synchronization signal transmitter microcomputer. |
| US10654517B2 |
Electric drive device and electric power steering device
Heat radiation base body 23 that is adjacent to electric motor unit EM and extends in direction of rotation shaft 50 of electric motor is provided close to rotation shaft 50 of electric motor. Board 24 of one electronic control unit of redundant system is fixed to heat radiation base body along direction in which heat radiation base body 23 extends with thermal conduction to heat radiation base body 23 allowed. Board 26 of the other electronic control unit of redundant system is fixed to heat radiation base body so as to face to board 24 of one electronic control unit of redundant system, with thermal conduction to heat radiation base body 23 allowed. Size reduction of electric drive device in radial direction can be achieved. Since heat radiates to housing of electric motor unit through heat radiation base body, heat from board can radiate efficiently to the outside. |
| US10654515B2 |
Pivot bearings for a height-adjustable steering column
A height-adjustable steering column for motor vehicles may include an outer sleeve that receives a steering spindle and is connected to an actuating unit. The actuating unit can be mounted pivotably by way of two pivot bearings on a retaining unit, which can be fixedly connected to a vehicle chassis. The two pivot bearings may be disposed at a horizontal distance to one another on a pivot axis and may each comprise a dihedron projection and a recess that engages with the dihedron projection. Each recess may comprise an introduction region for introduction of the respective dihedron projection in a radial direction with respect to the pivot axis. An inner span of the introduction region may correspond to a smaller outer diameter of the dihedron projection and may form a transition into a partially circular bearing region, an inner diameter of which may be adapted to a larger outer diameter of the dihedron projection so that the dihedron projection is mounted pivotably in the bearing region after a rotation about the pivot axis by approximately 90°. |
| US10654513B2 |
Steering column assembly
A steering column assembly comprises a telescopic shroud having an outer shroud portion and an inner shroud portion, a clamp rail fixed to an upper face of the inner shroud portion including a slot, a clamp bolt that extends perpendicular to the shroud, a rocker comprising a body from which extends a lever arm, the body having an opening through which the clamp bolt passes, the rocker converting a rotation of the clamp bolt about its axis in a first direction into an upward motion of the lever arm and into a downward motion when the clamp bolt is rotated in the opposing second direction, a toothed block having two opposed racks of locking teeth that is connected to a carrier element, the carrier element in turn being connected to the lever of the rocker arm such that movement of the lever arm up and down causes movement of the carrier element up and down between an upper position and a lower position. When the carrier element is in one of the upper position and the lower position, the toothed block is located within the slot such that one of the rows of teeth of the block engages a row of teeth of the slot, and whereby, with the carrier element in the other of the upper position and the lower position, the teeth of toothed block are held clear of the slot, and in which the connection between the clamp bolt and the carrier defines a lost motion mechanism that prevents some of the rotational movement of the clamp bolt from being converted into movement of the toothed block. |
| US10654512B2 |
Steering device
A steering device includes an inner column and an outer column which has a guide cylinder portion supporting the inner column to be movable in an axial direction and a holding cylinder portion located at a rear side in the axial direction in relation to the guide cylinder portion and having a slit extending in the axial direction. The guide cylinder portion has a support face which slidably supports an outer circumferential face of the inner column and a regulation face which is located at a front side in the axial direction in relation to the support face and regulates a movement of the inner column in a radial direction. The guide cylinder portion is formed so that a distance from an axis to the regulation face in the radial direction is longer than a distance from the axis to the support face. |
| US10654511B1 |
Methods for steering system impedance control
An exemplary method for controlling a vehicle includes providing a vehicle steering system including a moveable steering column assembly and a moveable steering wheel assembly, a first actuator and a second actuator, the first and second actuators configured to move vehicle steering system from a first position to a second position, providing a plurality of sensors, the sensors configured to measure a force characteristic, providing a controller electronically connected to the sensors and the vehicle steering system, monitoring first sensor data received from the first sensor and second sensor data received from the second sensor, generating a reference model based on a desired output displacement and the first and second sensor data, calculating, a revised output displacement based on the reference model, and automatically generating a first control signal to control the first actuator and a second control signal to control the second actuator. |
| US10654509B2 |
Adjustment drive for a steering column, steering column that is adjustable by motor for a motor vehicle and method for setting a bearing arrangement of an adjustment drive
An adjustment drive for a steering column adjustable by motor includes a threaded spindle with an axis. The threaded spindle engages in a spindle nut, a drive unit and a gear wheel connected to the spindle nut or the threaded spindle for rotation therewith, which is driveable to rotate about the axis by the drive unit and rotatably mounted about the axis in a bearing housing in an arrangement between two outer bearing rings axially supported at the bearing housing. The outer bearing rings each have, on their facing sides, a circumferential outer bearing face coaxial to the axis, the outer bearing face in each case lying opposite a bearing face on the end side at the gear wheel. At least one outer bearing ring is axially resiliently supported at the bearing housing by an elastic preloading element that axially braces the two outer bearing rings together. |
| US10654506B2 |
Gyroscopically-responsive power assisted moment arm for load carrying devices
A gyroscopically-responsive power assisted moment arm is disclosed for use in connection with vehicles such as load carrying devices. A moment arm extends to a pivot point such that when a longitudinal force is applied at the moment arm, a sensor senses such force and outputs an energizing signal to a motor to drive a wheel. If a rotational or vertical force is applied to the moment arm, the motor need not be driven. According to the invention, therefore, a power assist can be provided to a user to drive a wheel in a desired direction of transport while not causing drive during tipping or unloading of the load carrying portion of the vehicle. Such an apparatus can be advantageously applied to a power assisted wheelbarrow, as one exemplary application. |
| US10654491B2 |
Wrong-way-driving suppression device, wrong-way-driving suppression method, and wrong-way-driving suppression system
Provided is a wrong-way-driving suppression device and the like for suppressing wrong-way-driving of a vehicle on a one-way road using existing map data and an onboard device or the like.The wrong-way-driving suppression device according to the present invention includes: a current position acquiring unit for acquiring a current position of a host vehicle; a traveling direction acquiring unit for acquiring a traveling direction of the host vehicle; a map data acquiring unit for acquiring surrounding map data of the current position; a traveling status determination area setting unit for setting a determination area where a traveling status of the host vehicle is to be determined from the current position and the surrounding map data; a correct traveling direction storing unit for storing, as a correct traveling direction, a traveling direction of the host vehicle at the time of passing a connection point of an entrance-side connection road with a main line in the determination area, the entrance-side connection road connecting the main line and an entrance side of a rest facility; and a notification instructing unit for instructing a notifier to perform predetermined notification when an angle formed by a traveling direction of the host vehicle and the correct traveling direction is larger than or equal to a first threshold value in the determination area. |
| US10654485B2 |
Controller for vehicle and information providing method
A controller for a vehicle includes: a control target value deriving unit configured to derive a control target value of an electric motor for travel which is mounted in a vehicle; a reference value deriving unit configured to derive a reference value serving as a reference for providing information to an occupant based on the control target value derived by the control target value deriving unit; a theoretical value deriving unit configured to derive a theoretical value related to an output of the electric motor; a selection unit configured to compare the reference value derived by the reference value deriving unit and the theoretical value derived by the theoretical value deriving unit with each other and to select the value having the smaller absolute value; and a control unit configured to control an information providing device based on the value selected by the selection unit. |
| US10654483B2 |
Drive force control system
A drive force control system appropriately controls motors each connected to a corresponding one of drive wheels, so that a vehicle can be propelled with high efficiency. First motor and second motors are controlled in such a manner that a sum of torques transmitted to a right front wheel and a left rear wheel equals to a total value of required torques of the right front wheel and the left rear wheel. A target torque of the first motor and a target torque of the second motor achieving a smallest amount of power output from an electrical power source, for the output torques from the first motor and the second motor are calculated. A torque is generated by the first motor based on the target torque of the first motor calculated, and a torque is generated by the second motor based on the target torque of the second motor calculated. |
| US10654481B2 |
Vehicle driving support apparatus
A driving support ECU performs an inter-vehicle-distance control and a following-travel steering control. When an inter-vehicle-distance target vehicle and a following-travel steering target vehicle are the same specific other vehicle as each other, and there is a potential cutting-in vehicle between an own vehicle and the specific other vehicle, the driving support ECU newly specifies the potential cutting-in vehicle as the inter-vehicle-distance target vehicle at a first time point in a cutting-in period and newly specifies the potential cutting-in vehicle as the following-travel steering target vehicle at a second time point in the cutting-in period. |
| US10654475B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method
Based on a detection information from a plurality of sensors detecting a surrounding object in different fashions, a vehicle control apparatus configured to perform vehicle control for avoiding or mitigating a collision with the object determines an occurrence of a detection capability impaired state in which a detection capability for detecting the object is impaired at any of sensors, based on the detection information about the sensor or the other sensors. The vehicle control apparatus shortens an actuation time until implementing the vehicle control, in comparison with a time when the sensor detects the object without causing the detection capability impaired state, if the object is detected by the sensor in which the detection capability impaired state has been eliminated within a predetermined time after determining that the detection capability impaired state has been eliminated. |
| US10654474B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method
A vehicle control apparatus and a vehicle control method are disclosed. The vehicle control apparatus includes an inputter, a setting module, a determiner, and a controller. The inputter receives at least one collision avoidance operation signal from a collision avoidance device, and receives information about a current object detected by a sensing device. The setting module establishes a collision sensitive region for each driver upon receiving an ON mode signal from among the collision avoidance operation signals. The determiner determines whether the received current object information is present in a range of the established collision sensitive region for each driver. If the current object information is present in the range of the established collision sensitive region for each driver, the controller controls the collision avoidance device to perform a collision avoidance operation at a target time point earlier than a predetermined reference time point. |
| US10654473B2 |
Collision prevention apparatus and collision preventing method
Disclosed is an apparatus for preventing a collision. The apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect another vehicle located at a rear side of both lateral sides through a detection sensor including one or more radar sensors disposed at a rear side of a driver's vehicle to monitor the rear side of both lateral sides and one or more ultrasonic sensors disposed at the rear side of the driver's vehicle to monitor the rear side of both lateral sides; a determination unit configured to determine a movement direction of the other vehicle based on the location, select the other vehicle that moves in one direction including a transverse direction from the driver's vehicle as a target vehicle, and determine whether the target vehicle approaches or moves away from the driver's vehicle by tracking a driving trace of the target vehicle; and a controller configured to, when it is determined that the target vehicle approaches the driver's vehicle, select a fusion target vehicle based on track information of the other vehicle by output values of the radar sensors and distance information of the other vehicle by output values of the ultrasonic sensors, calculate a time of collision with the fusion target vehicle and, when the collision time is within a preset threshold time, make a control to operate one or more of a warning display device, an alarm output device, and a braking system. |
| US10654466B2 |
Hybrid vehicle
A hybrid vehicle includes a controller. First control is control of an engine and a motor such that the hybrid vehicle travels by switching between a charge depleting mode and a charge sustaining mode. Second control is control of the engine and the motor such that the hybrid vehicle travels in accordance with a travel plan in which the charge depleting mode or the charge sustaining mode is assigned to each travel section of a travel plan route to a destination. The controller controls the engine and the motor such that a state of charge of an electric power storage device becomes higher in the charge sustaining mode in the second control than in the charge sustaining mode in the first control. |
| US10654465B2 |
Method for controlling a hydraulic hybrid vehicle
A method is provided for controlling a hydraulic hybrid vehicle, the hydraulic hybrid vehicle including: a first pair of wheels and a second pair of wheels; an internal combustion engine connected to the first pair of wheels for propelling the hydraulic hybrid vehicle; and a hydraulic propulsion system including a first hydraulic machine connected to the second pair of wheels, the method including the steps of; receiving a signal indicative of a driving condition, including vehicle speed, of the hydraulic hybrid vehicle; comparing the vehicle speed of the driving condition of the hydraulic hybrid vehicle with an upper predetermined threshold speed limit; determining if the vehicle speed of the driving condition is higher than the upper predetermined threshold speed limit; and when the vehicle speed is higher than the upper predetermined threshold speed determining, based on the driving condition, control parameters for operating the first hydraulic machine; and controlling the control parameters of the first hydraulic machine for operating the first hydraulic machine. The invention also relates to a control unit and a hydraulic hybrid vehicle. |
| US10654461B2 |
Distributor valve
A brake distributor valve for a Russian railway vehicle includes a body defining a brake pipe passageway configured to be in fluid communication with a brake pipe, a reservoir passageway configured to be in fluid communication with a reservoir, and a reference pressure passageway configured to be in fluid communication with a reference pressure source. The brake distributor valve includes a service accelerated release valve having a valve member with a first position where the brake pipe passageway is isolated from the reservoir passageway and a second position where the brake pipe passageway is in fluid communication with the reservoir passageway. The valve member is configured to supply pressure from the reservoir passageway to the brake pipe passageway during a brake release event, where the valve member is actuated between the first and second positions based on a pressure within the reference pressure passageway. |
| US10654457B2 |
Electric brake system and method for controlling the same
An electric brake system and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The electric brake system includes a hydraulic control device, a sensing unit, and a controller. The hydraulic control device generates hydraulic pressure using a piston operated by an electric signal generated in response to a displacement of a brake pedal. The sensing unit detects driver's braking intention. When an electronic stability control (ESC) of a vehicle operates, the controller calculates a change amount of stroke of the piston needed to output brake pressure corresponding to the driver's braking intention, and acquires the calculated stroke change amount so as to boost pressure of each wheel at a predetermined slope. |
| US10654453B2 |
Systems and methods for low-latency braking action for an autonomous vehicle
Systems and methods for implementing a low-latency braking action for an autonomous vehicle are provided. A computing system can include a vehicle autonomy system comprising one or more processors configured to determine a motion plan for an autonomous vehicle based at least in part on sensor data from one or more sensors of the autonomous vehicle. The computing system can further include a low-latency braking system comprising one or more processors configured to determine that the autonomous vehicle has a likelihood of colliding with an object in a surrounding environment based at least in part on a previously-determined motion plan obtained from the vehicle autonomy system. In response to determining that the autonomous vehicle has a likelihood of colliding with the object in the surrounding environment, the low-latency braking system can further be configured to implement a braking action for the autonomous vehicle. |
| US10654447B2 |
Vehicle sharing accessory module and system
A system for authorizing temporary access and operation of a vehicle via a mobile computing device, the system includes a processor and a memory device. The system also includes a SRWC module configured to communicate with the mobile computing device; and a CNG module being in communication with the SRWC module, the CNG module includes a NAD, configured to communicate with one or more remote entities over a wireless carrier system; a GPS module, configured to generate vehicle position information and communicate that position data to the one or more remote entities; a CGM, configured to monitor and control incoming communications from the SRWC module, NAD, and GPS module. The CGM further configured to establish communications across a CAN; and a CMS, configured to encrypt the communications established by CGM as well as store the communications in the memory device. |
| US10654440B2 |
Method of folding an airbag for a driver's seat
A method of folding is provided for folding an airbag including a vehicle-side wall, a driver-side wall, an inlet opening formed in the vehicle-side wall and a mounting seat disposed in a periphery of the opening. The method includes a first process conducted in a first direction and a second process conducted in a second direction orthogonal to the former. The first process includes an initial folding that folds back each of opposite sides in the first direction of the airbag as flattened with respect to the mounting seat towards the mounting seat, a rolling that rolls the airbag towards the mounting seat from creases formed in the initial folding, and an invaginating that invaginates each of resulting rolled regions between the vehicle-side and driver-side walls. The second process folds up opposite sides in the second direction of the airbag with respect to the mounting seat each towards the mounting seat. |
| US10654439B2 |
Airbag device for front passenger seat and airbag folding method
An airbag device for a passenger seat having an inflator and an airbag, wherein: the airbag includes a first structural portion that structures a left-right direction intermediate portion of the airbag and at which is formed a first surface, and second structural portions that are formed in continuation with both left and right sides of the first structural portion and at which are formed a pair of respective second surfaces that is to bulge further toward the front passenger seat side than the first surface and move apart from one another, and a connecting cloth, which connects regions that become bulging end portion sides of the pair of second surfaces in an inflated and deployed state of the airbag, and which is deployed to cover a range that is reached by the head portion and the chest portion of the passenger in the front passenger seat, is provided. |
| US10654437B2 |
Vehicle seat and stay cloth sewing method
In the state in which the first reinforcing cloth and the second reinforcing cloth are in loops, two end portions of the first reinforcing cloth are sewn to the first skin, and two end portions of the second reinforcing cloth are sewn to the second skin. Thus, the first reinforcing cloth and the second reinforcing cloth are sewn to the first skin and the second skin, respectively, in two-layer states. |
| US10654429B2 |
Circuit body for vehicle
A circuit body for a vehicle includes: a plurality of control boxes dispersedly arranged on the circuit body; a trunk harness connecting one of the control boxes to another of the control boxes; and a branch harness connecting the control boxes to the electric component. The control boxes, the trunk harness and the branch harness are configured to ground a power circuit and a signal circuit through grounding routes different from each other. The power circuit supplies the electric power from a power source to the electric component through the control boxes. The signal circuit transmits a communication signal between the control boxes and the electric component and between one of the control boxes and another of the control boxes. |
| US10654424B2 |
Composite panel for sound absorption and sound insulation
Disclosed herein is a composite panel for sound absorption that may absorb and block noise. The composite panel may include: a first perforated panel comprising first embosses and first perforation groups formed in a predetermined pattern, wherein the first embosses are formed by forming a plurality of cells and the first perforation groups are formed by collecting a plurality of first perforated holes; an embossed panel comprising second embosses formed by forming the plurality of cells and coupled to the first perforated panel wherein the embossed panel is laminated with the first perforated panel; and a sound absorbing and insulating material inserted between the first perforated panel and the embossed panel. |
| US10654422B2 |
View friendly monitor systems
A view friendly monitor system provides a monitor and a sequence of views that are regions of interest. The monitor can display a region of the camera view; the system is configured such that the displayed region of the camera view is a region of interest to the user. The displayed portion of the camera view changes to match the changing interests of the user. For example, a user that is interested to see a view in a direction beyond a certain edge of the monitor would move her head generally in an opposite direction. To see farther outside the edge, she needs to move her head farther in the opposite direction. In response to her head movement, the view friendly monitor system would change the region of interest based on the direction and the length of her head movement and display the new region of interest on the monitor. |
| US10654419B2 |
Luggage room screen apparatus of vehicle
A luggage compartment screen apparatus of a vehicle may include a moving housing movable along guide rails; a push mechanism to be drawn out or drawn in from the moving housing toward the luggage compartment and be rotatable and formed to have a step in a rotation direction thereof; and a locking mechanism rotatably disposed on the moving housing to be configured to be selectively locked to the guide rail, formed to have a step in a drawn-out and drawn-in direction of the push mechanism, and having a stepped portion in contact with a stepped portion of the push mechanism to be rotated to be locked to the guide rail at the time of a drawn-in operation or a rotation operation of the push mechanism and be rotated to be separated from the guide rail at the time of a drawn-out operation of the push mechanism. |
| US10654412B2 |
Notification system and information processing device
The notification system includes: an electric vehicle provided with a cooling box, a battery, and wheels driven by the electric power from the battery; an acquisition device configured to obtain storage information indicating storage conditions for a commodity selected by a user; a processor configured to send a warning signal when a travelling distance which can be covered by the electric vehicle with the selected commodity being preserved in the cooling box under the storage conditions indicated by the storage information is shorter than a predetermined distance; and a notification device configured to notify the user of a warning upon receiving the warning signal. |
| US10654410B2 |
In-vehicle lighting device
An in-vehicle lighting device includes: a panel that has a front surface and a back surface, and has a through-hole penetrating through the front surface and the back surface; a light source disposed on a side of the back surface of the panel; and a button inserted in the through-hole, the button including a front end part protruding from the front surface, an first intermediate part provided continuously with the front end part and located between the front surface and the back surface of the panel, a surface of the first intermediate part containing a material that reflects light emitted from the light source, and a back end part provided continuously with the first intermediate part and protrudes from the back surface. |
| US10654408B2 |
Front brake light system for vehicles
A vehicle implementing a brake light indicator system, the brake light indicator system including a brake pedal to allow the vehicle to slow down in response to a driver depressing the brake pedal, at least one front brake indicator light disposed at a front portion of the vehicle, and a sensor to transmit a signal to the at least one front brake indicator light in response to the driver depressing the brake pedal, such that the at least one front brake indicator light illuminates in response to receiving the signal. |
| US10654407B2 |
Direction indication mechanism
A bracket is rotatable between a neutral position and a direction indication position in response to an operation by a user. A ratchet is slidable between an entry position where the ratchet enters a rotating trajectory of a cancel cam mounted on a steering shaft of a vehicle and a retract position where the ratchet retracts from the rotating trajectory interlocking with rotation of the bracket. A cam surface forming protrusion is provided on the bracket, and includes a cam surface including a neutral holding portion that holds the ratchet at the retract position when the bracket is at the neutral position. A cam surface forming wall is fixed so as not to be interlocked with rotation of the bracket, and includes a cam surface including a portion that allows the ratchet to enter to the rotating trajectory when the bracket is rotated to the direction indication position. |
| US10654398B1 |
Toy hauler recreational vehicle
A recreational vehicle includes first, second and third living areas, each having a floor, and a garage located below the third living area. A bed is located in the third living area and is moveable between a lowered position and a raised position. The garage has an adjustable height defined by a distance between a garage floor and a ceiling. The adjustable height is greater when the bed is in the raised position than the adjustable height in the lowered position. |
| US10654394B2 |
Multi-modal distribution systems and methods using vending kiosks and autonomous delivery vehicles
Vehicles, components, and methods are disclosed for distributing hot or cold food items from a vending kiosk, a locker system, or a self-propelled delivery vehicle. The vending kiosk may have multiple doors, at least one of which is unlocked responsive to confirming a purchase transaction or authenticating the presence of a person or device associated with the purchase transaction. The multiple doors provide access to respective compartments that may be selectively heated and refrigerated. Such temperature changes may be based upon a temperature control schedule. The locker system may include one or more configurable compartments that may be accessible via a set of set of doors that can be selectively coupled into larger doors. The self-propelled delivery vehicle may have a plurality of thermally insulated compartments that may be used to carry multiple items at different temperatures. |
| US10654386B2 |
Tethering assembly for attaching trim to a vehicle component
A tethering assembly includes an elastomeric strap, a fleece material and a rigid structural component with a hooked end. The tethering assembly holds a trim fabric in place in relation to a vehicle component. Advantageously, the assembly minimizes free play and rattling and helps sliding and detachment in case of partial contact between the tethering assembly and the vehicle component. |
| US10654384B2 |
Seat
The present invention provides a seat which is unlikely to cause wrinkles or slack in a surface cover thereof, makes surface cover attachment and detachment simple, and is also capable of withstanding long-term use. To this end, a second fastening part 50 for attachably/detachably connecting a cushion material 2 and a surface cover 4 to one another is formed as a zipper in a seat 1. |
| US10654378B2 |
Actuator and cabin seat comprising such an actuator
This actuator comprises a frame, a motor, an output shaft, and a drive train for driving the output shaft via the motor. The drive train comprises an upstream element, a downstream element, and a device for coupling the upstream element to the downstream element. Said coupling device has a first configuration for transmitting all of the torque exerted by one of the upstream and downstream elements on the coupling device to the other of the upstream and downstream elements when said torque is below a threshold torque, and a second configuration for diverting at least part of said torque exerted by one of the upstream and downstream elements on the coupling device to the frame when said torque is at least equal to the threshold torque. |
| US10654376B2 |
Fuel Cell System
A fuel cell system includes: a converter that boosts a voltage input from a fuel cell; a voltage control device that can control a voltage input from an electricity storage unit; a drive circuit that converts direct-current electricity input from the converter and the voltage control device into alternating-current electricity and outputs the converted electricity to the load; a relay that switches between a connected state in which the fuel cell and the drive circuit are connected to each other and a disconnected state in which they are disconnected from each other; and a controller that determines whether the relay is welded by different determination methods using an index current value between the relay and the fuel cell and a first index voltage value between the relay and the converter when the fuel cell system is to be stopped. |
| US10654375B2 |
Drivable distance calculation device and drivable distance calculation method
A drivable distance calculation device calculates a drivable distance that the vehicle equipped with the device can travel. The drivable distance calculation device includes a remaining battery capacity sensor which calculates a remaining capacity of a battery installed in the vehicle; and a arithmetic unit which calculates multiple power consumption ratios for different units of driving in accordance with variations in the remaining battery capacity calculated by the remaining battery capacity sensor and calculates the drivable distance based on the remaining battery capacity calculated by the remaining battery capacity sensor and a power consumption ratio selected from among the calculated multiple power consumption ratios. |
| US10654374B2 |
Actuator assembly for a motor vehicle with a backup energy source having integrated boost/buck converter and charging system
An electronic control circuit with a backup energy source subassembly for an e-latch assembly and a method of operating the backup energy source subassembly are disclosed. The electronic control circuit includes a control unit including a computing module and a memory for electrically coupling to a plurality of sensors and to a main power source. The backup energy source subassembly is electrically coupled to the control unit for providing electrical energy to the electronic control circuit in response to one of a failure and interruption of the main power source. An output module is electrically connected to the backup energy source subassembly and to the main power source for driving an actuation group. The backup energy source subassembly includes a backup low voltage source and a boost-buck converter configured to selectively supply voltage to and selectively amplify voltage from the backup low voltage source. |
| US10654364B2 |
Method and apparatus for a wireless charging system
An embodiment is a system including a first wireless charging pad coupled to a wireless charging system and an energy source, the first wireless charging pad being configured to transmit an energy by a magnetic field. The system further includes a second wireless charging pad coupled to a second system, the second wireless charging pad configured to receive at least a portion of the energy from the first wireless charging system for operating the second system. Further embodiments include a least one of an electronic compass configured to provide alignment data of the first and second wireless charging pads, and an interface configured to receive the alignment data and affect an alignment of the first and second wireless charging pads. |
| US10654362B2 |
Traveling apparatus
Provided is a traveling apparatus including an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a wheel base length between a front wheel and a rear wheel by an action of the user being transmitted, a command accept unit configured to accept a command for traveling forward or backward from the user, and a control unit configured to, while the command accept unit accepts the command for traveling forward, control a driving unit to drive the traveling apparatus to travel forward based on a forward target speed associated with the wheel base length in such a way that the greater the wheel base length, the greater the forward target speed becomes, and while the command accept unit accepts the command for traveling backward, control the driving unit to drive the traveling apparatus to travel backward based on a backward target speed associated with the wheel base length. |
| US10654360B2 |
Four-wheel drive vehicle and method for controlling the four-wheel drive vehicle
A four-wheel drive vehicle includes a dog clutch that selectively interrupts transmission of a drive force to a propeller shaft, first and second multi-plate clutches that selectively interrupt transmission of the drive force from the propeller shaft to left and right rear wheels, first and second pistons that press the first and second multi-plate clutches, and a hydraulic circuit that supplies hydraulic oil to first and second cylinder chambers. During a transition to a four-wheel drive mode, torque transmitted through the first multi-plate clutch increases the speed of rotation of the propeller shaft so as to engage the dog clutch, and the second multi-plate clutch is kept from transmitting torque to the propeller shaft. |
| US10654359B2 |
Final transmission for agricultural and industrial motor vehicles
A final transmission for agricultural and industrial motor vehicles. The transmission includes a differential unit having a support structure and a differential that transmits an input motion to an intermediate transmission shaft and a transfer unit with a final shaft that transmits the motion to the driving wheel. The final transmission also has a toothed output wheel integral to the intermediate transmission shaft which engages respectively with an internally toothed crown wheel and with an intermediate toothed wheel, and also at least one toothed support wheel which engages with the internally toothed crown wheel and with the intermediate toothed wheel. |
| US10654352B2 |
Engine mount embedded with damper
An engine mount which connects an engine to a vehicle body is provided. The engine mount includes a housing which defines a body of the engine mount and a main rubber body that is installed within the housing and defines a space portion that accommodates a fluid that flows through a nozzle plate. A core is inserted into and fixed to the main rubber body and an a fixing bolt is coupled to the core. A lower support bracket is coupled to the vehicle body and the fixing bolt is inserted therein. A damper that attenuates vibration is disposed at a lower side of the core or at first and second ends of the lower support bracket of the of the engine mount. |
| US10654350B1 |
Automatic vehicle sunshade system
An automatic sunshade system mounted to a cabin-top of a vehicle automatically deploys from a stored and retracted orientation to a deployed orientation. The canopy is coupled to a plurality of support members that are wound about a hub and have stored energy when in retracted orientation. The support members unwind from the hub automatically and spread the canopy out over the vehicle. The support members may comprise a plurality of elongated portions that are coupled together by an elastic tether. The canopy may be retracted manual with a crank or by a motor that winds the support members around the hub. |
| US10654341B2 |
System and method of controlling passage of refrigerant through eutectic plates and an evaporator of a refrigeration system for a container of a vehicle
A system including mode, engine, and battery modules, where the mode module determines whether to operate in an engine mode or a battery mode based on parameters. The engine module, while operating in the engine mode, runs a compressor at a first speed based on a temperature within a temperature controlled container of a vehicle and permits passage of refrigerant through eutectic plates independent of the temperature. A battery, while in the engine mode, is charged based on power received from an electrical source. The battery module, while operating in the battery mode and based on the temperature, runs the compressor at a second speed and prevents passage of the refrigerant through the eutectic plates. While in the battery mode, the battery is not being charged based on power from a shore power source and the electrical source from which power is received during the engine mode. |
| US10654340B2 |
Air-conditioning device
An air-conditioning device includes: a heating cycle configured to circulate the heating medium through a heater core, the heater core being configured to heat blown air; an auxiliary heating device configured to heat the heating medium by an electric heater; a refrigeration cycle configured to circulate cooling medium discharged from a compressor through a condenser, the condenser being configured to heat the heating medium; refrigeration cycle control means configured to operate the refrigeration cycle such that temperature of the heating medium reaches target heating-medium temperature; auxiliary heating device control means configured to operate the auxiliary heating device such that the temperature of the heating medium reaches the target heating-medium temperature; and switching means configured to stop the operation of the refrigeration cycle in the state in which the temperature of the heating medium is equal to or higher than the threshold value. |
| US10654339B2 |
Method of pairing a sensor node for a transport refrigeration system using an assisting device, an assisting device for pairing a sensor node and a pairing system for a transport refrigeration system
A method of pairing a sensor node of a transport refrigeration system with a coordinator node using an assisting device in a communication network is provided, the method includes: the assisting device obtains identification information of the sensor node; the assisting device connects with the coordinator node; the assisting device transmits the identification information of the sensor node to the coordinator node for the coordinator node to pair with the sensor node; the assisting device receives pairing status of the sensor node and the coordinator node; and the assisting device indicates the pairing status. |
| US10654338B2 |
Air mixing damper arrangement
An air mixing damper arrangement having a first cooled air damper damping cooled air in a cooled air flow path and a second heated air damper damping heated air in a heated air flow path, wherein the first damper has a first shaft having a first center of rotation and the second damper has a second shaft having a second center of rotation, wherein the first center of rotation and the second center of rotation are substantially identically aligned. The first damper and the second damper are individually rotatable about their respective center of rotation, wherein the first damper and the second damper are both actuated by a cam plate, the first damper has a lever having a pin having a top level shape and a bottom level shape, the second damper has a lever having a first pin and a second pin. |
| US10654334B2 |
Vehicle HVAC system
An HVAC system for a vehicle includes a housing, an evaporator disposed in the housing, and a heater disposed in the housing. The HVAC system further includes a bypass opening defined between an upper end of the evaporator and an upper end of the heater and an intermediate chamber defined by the evaporator, the heater, the housing, and the bypass opening. The HVAC system further includes an upper outlet passage configured to direct air from the HVAC system into a passenger compartment of a vehicle. The evaporator is configured to output a first stream of air into the intermediate chamber and the HVAC system is configured to operate in a first operating condition in which a first portion of the first stream of air will pass through the heater and a second portion of the first stream will bypass the heater by passing from the intermediate chamber through the bypass opening and into the upper outlet passage. |
| US10654333B2 |
Trajectory-based chassis control
A method for regulating an active chassis of a motor vehicle as a function of road elevation profile data which lie within a prognosis for a trajectory of the motor vehicle. The prognosis of the trajectory is calculated by a mathematical model at least on the basis of steering angle data of a steering angle sensor of the motor vehicle. The prognosis of the trajectory is assigned to the road elevation profile data detected by at least one environmental sensor. Based on the prognosis, at least one actuator of the active chassis is controlled, and the prognosis of the trajectory is then used exclusively to control the active chassis when the trajectory lies in an area that was classified as navigable based on the environmental data that was detected by at least one environment sensor. |
| US10654327B2 |
Receiver pin locking device
A receiver pin lock for insertion into first and second sized opposed engaging apertures of first and second hitch receivers is shown and described. The receiver pin lock may include a stem, a first stepped portion extend from the stem, and a lock member selectively engageable with the stem, the lock member preventing removal of stem from either of the first and second hitch receivers. The receiver pin lock may also include a second stepped portion positioned on the lock member and extending from the stem, where the stem is configured to operatively engage the first sized engaging apertures of the first hitch receiver and the first and second stepped portions are configured to operatively engage the second sized engaging apertures of the second hitch receiver. |
| US10654326B2 |
Tow coupling
Tow coupling (100) having a tow coupling part (128) for fitment to a tow ball (104) of the vehicle, a load coupling (190) for coupling to a load to be towed, and a tow element (180) pivotally connecting to the tow coupling part (128) and to the load coupling part (190). Pivoting of the tow element (180) with respect to the tow coupling part (128) varies the vertical position of the load coupling part (190). Positioning structure (220), between the tow coupling part (128) and the tow element (180) permits setting that position. The positioning structure (220) is resiliently biased by a spring (260) so as to resiliently bias the tow element (180) such that the load coupling (190) assumes a selectable set position, from which the load coupling (190) is however upwardly displaceable under pivoting of the tow element (180) against that resilient bias. |
| US10654319B2 |
Motorcycle tire
A motorcycle tire 1 comprises a tread portion 2, sidewall portions 3, bead portions 4, a carcass 6 extending between the bead portions, and a tread reinforcing layer 7 disposed radially outside the carcass in the tread portion. The tread reinforcing layer 7 is composed of a helically wound strip 10 of parallel reinforcing cords 11 coated with topping rubber 12. The winding pitch Pm of the strip 10 in middle parts Mi of the tread reinforcing layer is less than the winding pitch Pc of the strip 10 in a central part Cr, and less than the winding pitch Ps of the strip 10 in shoulder parts Sh. |
| US10654315B1 |
Adjustable height table base with transport mechanism
The present invention relates to an adjustable height table base with a transport mechanism, and in particular to a transport mechanism selectably operable in a grounded position, a low transport position and a high transport position. The table has a base that is adjustable in length with a crank. A top is supported by a table frame, which allows the top to be locked in a horizontal or vertical position. Four legs can be provided each having a pad at a distal end. A transport mechanism is also provided. The transport mechanism has a caster assembly with four casters and has an extension assembly that is extendable along its longitudinal axis to move that table between the grounded position, low transport position and high transport position. The extension assembly is operable under force of gravity and used by lifting or tilting anywhere radially about the table at selected distances. |
| US10654314B2 |
Bicycle hub assembly
The bicycle hub assembly includes a hub axle, a hub body, a bearing unit, a lock member, and a tool engagement member. The bearing unit is configured to rotatably support the hub body around the hub axle with respect to the rotational center axis. The bearing unit includes an outer race, an inner race and a plurality of rolling members. The lock member prevents the inner race of the bearing unit from rotating relative to the hub axle. The tool engagement member is configured to rotate the inner race of the bearing unit relative to the hub axle. |
| US10654313B2 |
Wheel cover unit for rear wheels of trucks or buses
A wheel cover unit for rear wheels of trucks or buses includes: a wheel cover, two attaching members and a cover. The wheel cover is provided with an inner concave portion having a central hole. The inner edge of the central hole is vertically and backwardly provided with a hole ring having two corresponding pairs of slots. Two pairs of lock tabs are extended from the two pairs of slots respectively to the central hole. Each attaching member is provided with a connecting element and an engaging element. The connecting element is formed with a connecting portion for passing through the bolts of the wheel. The engaging element is formed with two connecting pieces. Each connecting piece is locked with the lock tab by a screwed element, so as to assemble the wheel cover to the rear wheel of the truck or bus. |
| US10654308B2 |
Unisometric reflection display, information holder using unisometric reflection display
A unisometric reflection display has a light transmissivity and includes reflectors included in a reflector holding layer of a thin film form. The reflector holding layer has a plurality of sections divided in a direction of a plane of the reflector holding layer. In each of at least two of the sections, reflectors inside incline in a fixed direction and a fixed angle. A direction and/or an angle in which reflectors incline differ between the two sections. |
| US10654304B2 |
Method for manufacturing panel element
A method for manufacturing the panel element (1) according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a process of printing a printed layer (4a) formed of an ink that does not transmit light on a front side of a resin sheet (3); a process of superimposing and printing a printed layer (4b) on an upper surface of the printed layer (4a) to form a laminated printed layer (4); and a process of irradiating the laminated printed layer (4) with laser light on a front side thereof to remove a part of the laminated printed layer (4) and to form a hole portion having a vertical end face in the laminated printed layer (4). |
| US10654302B2 |
Stamping device and stamping insert, especially as a replacement part for a stamping device
In some embodiments, a stamp may comprise at least one stamping component and one stamping insert. The stamp component may be formed of a top a bottom part with a cushion-receiving element. The stamping insert may be connected so as to move synchronously via a reversing mechanism having a slide track in the bottom part via an shaft or trunnion to the top part. In the resting position a text plate mounted on the stamping insert may abut against an ink pad in the cushion receiving element, and that in a stamping process the stamping insert with the text plate can be shifted by the reversing mechanism into a stamping position. At least the text plate carrier and/or the mounted band unit or date unit, may be positioned to be replaceable with the shaft or the trunnions or stub shafts, respectively. The system may include a stamping insert. |
| US10654301B2 |
Liquid ejection head
A liquid ejection head includes: a first head unit; a second head unit disposed adjacent to the first head unit in a first direction and located on a first side of the first head unit in a second direction; and a heat uniforming unit shared by the first head unit and the second head unit. Each of the first head unit and the second head unit includes: a unit body including an actuator; and a first driver integrated circuit disposed on the first side of the unit body in the second direction. The heat uniforming unit includes a first heat uniforming member disposed on the first side of the first head unit and the second head unit in the second direction. The first heat uniforming member includes a first protrusion located next to the second head unit in the first direction and protruding toward the first head unit. |
| US10654287B2 |
Print quality setup using banks in parallel
The present invention embraces a method and apparatus for an efficient and economical print quality setup for thermal printers. A thermal printhead of a thermal printer constitutes multiple printhead banks. The printhead banks may be controlled by strobe signals. While configuring print quality, each of the strobe signals may operate separately with different power causing the printhead banks to operate in different configurations while printing an identical pattern. As each the banks are operating in different configuration, they each print the identical pattern with a different print quality. One print quality may be selected from the different quality patterns printed by each printhead bank on a single printed label or media. The selected quality pattern corresponds to a quality factor. The method may reduce the time to select a configuration and may reduce the amount of usage of media or labels. |
| US10654286B2 |
Configurable error hiding
Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present technique provide apparatus and methods to print an image using masking techniques that control the operation of a droplet deposition head having at least one faulty nozzle. More specifically, an image is analysed to determine a pixel colour density for each pixel of the image. A masking technique is provided which may distribute the droplets (or sub-droplets) that a faulty nozzle is assigned to print among one or more neighbouring, functioning nozzles. |
| US10654284B2 |
Fluid storage device with multi-position seal assembly
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a fluid storage device is described. The device includes a fluid reservoir to store fluid. The fluid reservoir includes a free fluid chamber and an overflow chamber in fluid communication with the free fluid chamber. The reservoir also includes a seal assembly to, when in a first position, seal a refill port of the free fluid chamber and open an air vent of the overflow chamber. When in a second position, the seal assembly opens the refill port and seals the air vent. |
| US10654282B2 |
Liquid supplying system having sensor for sensing liquid level in tank storing liquid for supplying to head
A liquid supplying system includes a cartridge, a tank, and a detecting portion. The liquid stored in a first storage chamber of the cartridge is flowed into a second storage chamber of the tank through an inlet opening. The liquid stored in the second storage chamber is discharged through an outlet opening. The second storage chamber includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The second portion is positioned below the first portion and has a horizontal cross-sectional area greater than a horizontal cross-sectional area of the first portion. The third portion is positioned above the first portion and has a horizontal cross-sectional area greater than a horizontal cross-sectional area of the first portion. The outlet opening is in communication with the second portion. The detecting portion is configured to detect the level of liquid stored in the first portion. |
| US10654280B2 |
Printhead assembly
One example of a system includes a bulk ink assembly, a printhead assembly, a valve, and a controller. The bulk ink assembly receives a bulk ink supply. The printhead assembly includes nozzles to eject ink drops, a collapsible container to supply ink to the nozzles, and a sensor to provide a sensor signal indicating the amount of ink within the collapsible container. The valve supplies ink to the collapsible container from the bulk ink assembly in response to a control signal. The controller provides the control signal based on the sensor signal to regulate the amount of ink in the collapsible container and to provide an out of ink signal based on the sensor signal indicating the bulk ink supply is effectively empty. |
| US10654279B2 |
Ink tank and ink jet recording apparatus
An ink tank is used for an ink jet recording apparatus and includes an ink storage bag storing an ink, and the ink storage bag has no mechanism for allowing a side wall portion to shrink into a preliminary defined shape but has a side wall portion to shrink as the ink flows out. The ink tank has no mechanism for adjusting the pressure in the ink storage bag, the ink storage bag is made from a polyolefin resin, the ink is an aqueous ink containing a coloring material and a resin, and the resin contained in the ink has a glass transition temperature higher than the glass transition temperature of the polyolefin resin constituting the ink storage bag. An ink jet recording apparatus includes the ink tank and a recording head that eject an ink supplied from the ink tank by an ink jet method. |
| US10654278B2 |
Inkjet recording apparatus
An inkjet recording apparatus of the present disclosure includes a recording head, a supply unit, a supply path, and a circulation path. The supply unit supplies liquid to the recording head. The liquid passes through the supply path to be supplied from the supply unit to the recording head. The liquid passes through the circulation path to return from the recording head to the supply unit. The supply path is provided with a supply coupling, and the circulation path is provided with a circulation coupling. Such part of the supply path as is located on an upstream side with respect to the supply coupling and such part of the circulation path as is located on a downstream side with respect to the circulation coupling are connected to each other by the bypass path which is switchable between a communicating state and a cut-off state. |
| US10654275B2 |
Dual regulator print module
A fluid injection module may include a fluid ejection die, a die carrier, a bypass fluid passage in at least one pressure regulator. The fluid ejection die may include nozzle orifices on a front face of the die, first and second fluid passages extending through the die and a microchannel extending from the first fluid passage to the second fluid passage proximate the nozzle orifices to circulate fluid from the first fluid passage to the second fluid passage. Third and fourth fluid passages may extend through the die carrier. The bypass fluid passage may extend from the third fluid passage to the fourth fluid passage while being connected to the first fluid passage and the second fluid passage. The at least one pressure regulator is to induce pressure differential driven fluid flow across the microchannel and across the bypass fluid passage. |
| US10654274B2 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus and maintenance method for the same
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit that performs printing on a target by ejecting liquid, which is supplied from a liquid supply source, from a plurality of nozzles; and a maintenance section that performs maintenance processing of causing the liquid to be discharged from the nozzles. Based on print information for performing printing on the target, in a case where printing satisfying a setting condition presumed such that a staying time of the liquid staying in a liquid path between the liquid supply source and the nozzles during printing is long is performed, a discharge amount of the liquid to be discharged during the maintenance processing that is performed before printing is set to be larger than a discharge amount of the liquid in a case where printing not satisfying the setting condition presumed such that the staying time is short is performed. |
| US10654273B2 |
Ink jet head and ink jet printer
An ink jet head includes a nozzle plate substrate having a nozzle for ejecting ink toward a recording medium and an oil repellent film on a surface of the nozzle plate substrate, the surface facing the recording medium. The oil repellent film comprises a fluorine compound having a first end and a second end, the first end comprising a perfluoroalkyl group with 3 to 5 carbon atoms per each molecule of the fluorine compound, and a ratio of a density of CF2 groups in the oil repellent film with respect to a density of CF3 groups in the oil repellent film is between 1.5 and 4.0 as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis. |
| US10654269B2 |
Liquid ejection head
A liquid ejection head includes an element substrate including an energy-generating element that applies ejection energy to liquid, a first electric wiring board electrically connected to the element substrate, and a second electric wiring board on which an integrated circuit element is mounted and which is electrically connected to the first electric wiring board. An electric signal is supplied to the integrated circuit element mounted on the second electric wiring board through the first electric wiring board, processed by the integrated circuit element, and supplied to the energy-generating element through the second electric wiring board and the first electric wiring board. |
| US10654268B2 |
Modifying firing parameters for printheads
In some examples, a controller receives impedance sensor values from an impedance sensor in a printhead, determines whether the impedance sensor values correlate to a production of an effective drive bubble for the printhead, and issues a command to modify a firing parameter for a fluid ejector of the printhead based on the impedance sensor values. |
| US10654266B2 |
Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid ejecting head includes a plurality of driving elements that causes an ejection of a liquid from a nozzle by causing a fluctuation in a pressure, a sealing body that seals a first space for accommodating the plurality of driving elements, a case member that forms a second space for surrounding the sealing body, an atmosphere vent that is formed in the case member and through which the second space communicates with the air, a communication hole that is formed in the sealing body and through which the first space communicates with the second space, and a moisture absorbent disposed in the second space. |
| US10654265B2 |
Printing apparatus, control method, and storage medium
An object of the present invention is to bring a print head into a liquid ejectable state while reducing waste ink. The present invention is a printing apparatus including: a tank in which liquid is stored; a print head that comprises an ejection port surface on which an ejection port is formed, the ejection port ejecting the liquid which is supplied from the tank; a cap mechanism that caps the ejection port surface of the print head; a timer that counts a time during which the ejection port surface is capped; and a circulation unit configured to circulate the liquid in a circulation path including the tank and the print head, and in a case where the timer counts a predetermined time, the circulation unit circulates the liquid. |
| US10654263B2 |
Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting device
A liquid ejecting head includes an actuator communicating with a nozzle, configured to eject liquid from the nozzle, a drive circuit configured to drive the actuator, a wiring connector having a plurality of terminals spaced from each other along a first direction, a first temperature sensor connected to a first terminal in the plurality of terminals, the first terminal being on a first end side of the wiring connector in the first direction, and a second temperature sensor connected to a second terminal of the plurality of terminals, the second terminal being on a second end side of the wiring connector, the second end side being opposite to the first end side in the first direction. The drive circuit is connected to a third terminal line of the plurality of terminals, the third terminal being between the first end side and the second end side in the first direction. |
| US10654253B2 |
Multi-layer cardboard material and method for producing a multi-layer cardboard material
The invention relates to a multi-layer cardboard material (10), comprising at least one first fibrous-material layer (12), which has a cellulose-containing base material, and at least one second fibrous-material layer (14) comprising a mixture of cellulose-containing material and fine material particles, wherein a material of origin for the fine material particles is coco peat and the fine material particles have a particle size <0.5 mm, in particular <0.3 mm. The invention further relates to a method for producing a multi-layer cardboard material (10), in particular a multi-layer cardboard web, comprising at least one first and one second fibrous-material layer (12, 14), and the use of a fibrous-material layer comprising a mixture of cellulose-containing material and fine material particles. |
| US10654250B2 |
Intermediate film for laminated glass, laminated glass, and method of mounting laminated glass
There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass which is high in heat shielding properties. The intermediate film for laminated glass according to the present invention is provided with an infrared ray reflection layer which reflects infrared rays, a first resin layer which is arranged on a first surface side of the infrared ray reflection layer and contains a thermoplastic resin, and a second resin layer which is arranged on a second surface side of the infrared ray reflection layer and contains a thermoplastic resin; and the infrared ray transmittance in the wavelength of 780 to 2100 nm of the first resin layer is higher than the infrared ray transmittance in the wavelength of 780 to 2100 nm of the second resin layer. |
| US10654248B2 |
Conductive structure and electronic device comprising same
The present invention provides a conductive structure and an electronic device comprising same. The conductive structure comprises a first hafnium oxide layer, a metal layer, a second hafnium oxide layer and satisfies mathematical formula 1. |
| US10654247B2 |
Electromagnetic wave suppression sheet
The present invention provides an electromagnetic wave suppression sheet provided with: an absorption layer which has surface resistivity of at least 100Ω/□ and which contains an electrical conductive material and an insulating material in the state where the electrical conductive material and the insulating material are in direct contact with each other, the insulating material having a dielectric loss tangent of 0.01 or larger at a frequency of 60 Hz at 20° C.; and a contact layer which is formed on a surface, of the absorption layer, opposite to a surface to be irradiated with electromagnetic waves and of which a surface in contact with the absorption layer has surface resistivity of at least 20Ω/□. |
| US10654241B2 |
Paper material for fibrous casing, production method thereof, and fibrous casing
Provided are a paper material for fibrous casing enabling a fibrous casing to deliver favorable performance, a production method thereof, and a fibrous casing employing the paper material for fibrous casing. The paper material for fibrous casing of the present invention is used as a food packaging material in heat processing of a foodstuff, and is formed from pulp as a principal component, with one face being a glossy face and another face being a matte face. The fibrous casing of the present invention comprises: a paper layer that is arranged as an innermost layer and formed from a paper material; and a synthetic resin layer that is overlaid on an outer face of the paper layer, the paper material being the paper material for fibrous casing. The matte face of the paper material is preferably directed inward. The glossy face of the paper material is also preferably directed inward. |
| US10654238B2 |
Device for forming a peripheral edge of a cup blank made of paper material
A device for forming a peripheral edge of a cup blank made of paper material, having at least one forming tool, wherein the forming tool is arranged on a tool carrier which is arranged so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis, wherein the rotation axis coincides with a longitudinal centre axis of the cup blank inserted into the device. The forming tool and the tool carrier are configured and arranged so as to travel along a profile, deviating from a circular shape, of the peripheral edge of the cup blank. |
| US10654237B2 |
System and method for identifying a compression roller column in a tableting machine
The invention relates to a system and to a method for identifying a compression roller column in a tableting machine having a machine processor. The system includes a plug-in connection which includes a receiving socket and a plug. The plug has at least one embedded controller, and data can be exchanged between the machine processor of the tableting machine and the embedded controller of the plug via the one plug-in connection. The plug and the receiving socket are arranged on the tableting machine. The plug can be connected to the receiving socket. |
| US10654236B2 |
Baling press and method of pressing and tying bales in a baling press
A baling press with a bale pressing channel, a ram for pressing material in the bale pressing channel, the ram having a pressing face and a slot in the pressing face, a tying assembly on a first side of the bale pressing channel with a loop supply member for forming a loop across the bale pressing channel and movable between an extended position projecting through the slot and a retracted position. The press further has a slot clearing member movable between an extended position projecting through the slot and a retracted position on one side of said bale pressing channel. The slot clearing member and the tying assembly are on opposite sides of a feeding passage. The bale pressing channel is open for discharging cleared material on a side opposite of the location of the slot clearing member in its retracted position. A method of operation is also described. |
| US10654233B2 |
Transfer device and method for transferring a tire component
A transfer device includes first and second transfer members which are movable into a first transfer state on opposite sides of a first transfer plane (P1). The first transfer member includes first magnetic field sources that form a first magnetic field array for retaining the tire component with a first magnetic attraction force (F1), while the second transfer member includes second magnetic field sources that form a second magnetic field array for retaining the tire component with a second magnetic attraction force (F2) that is larger than the first magnetic attraction force (F1) at the first transfer plane (P1), wherein in the first transfer state the second magnetic field array is offset with respect to the first magnetic field array. |
| US10654230B2 |
Methods of forming a cored composite laminate
A method of forming a cored composite laminate, the method including forming a first recess in a first coupling surface of a first layer of the cored composite laminate, forming a second recess in a second coupling surface of a second layer of the cored composite laminate so that when the first layer of the cored composite laminate and the second layer of the cored composite laminate are coupled, the first recess and the second recess form a cavity through the cored composite laminate, and disposing a shape memory alloy member in the cavity, so that the shape memory alloy member supports the cored composite laminate during curing of the cored composite laminate. |
| US10654225B2 |
Method and a thermoplastic blade
A method of fabricating a blade. The blade comprises subassemblies made of thermoplastic composite materials, each subassembly comprising an internal arrangement and at least one external arrangement, each internal arrangement comprising a stack of intermediate layers comprising reinforcing fibers impregnated with a semicrystalline thermoplastic matrix, each external arrangement comprising at least one surface layer comprising reinforcing fibers impregnated with an alloy of a semicrystalline thermoplastic polymer and of an amorphous thermoplastic polymer. An assembly film comprising an amorphous thermoplastic material and a ferromagnetic member is interposed between two surface layers of two distinct subassemblies that are to be assembled together by a method of local heating by induction. |
| US10654223B1 |
Curing shield
A part assembly including a curing shield and a method for secondarily bonding two parts of the part assembly utilizing the curing shield. The method for secondary bonding includes fixing a base of a clip of a curing shield to a first surface of a first part. The curing shield includes a pad fixed to the clip. The clip has the base and a spine fixed to and extending away from the base and terminating at a distal end. The pad extends along at least a portion of a length of the spine between the base and the distal end. The method also includes applying adhesive along a faying surface of one of the first part and a second part. The second part is assembled to the first part along the faying surface so that the distal end of the clip extends toward the second surface and the curing shield defines a pocket adjacent the faying surface at least partly enclosed by the pad. |
| US10654218B2 |
Cartridge feeder for additive manufacturing
A dispenser for additive material manufacturing having a sealed cartridge with sterile material to be dispensed. The cartridge is removable from a support housing that is movable during deposition of additive material. A nozzle extending from a heated plenum below the cartridge is inserted into a sealed variable volume enclosure supporting the article being manufactured on a movable table within the enclosure. |