| Document | Document Title |
|---|---|
| US10670066B2 |
Adaptor for attaching a prime mover to an actuator
An adaptor is used to couple a prime mover to an actuator. The adaptor includes a first portion that attaches to the prime mover and a second portion that attaches to the actuator. The outer surface of the first portion is defined by at least one flat portion connected by at least one arcuate portion. The second portion has a bore configured to accept the first portion, with an inner surface shaped to complement the outer surface of the first portion. A bore through the first portion accepts a drive shaft of the prime mover therethrough where the drive shaft is configured to engage the actuator. |
| US10670065B2 |
Toggle fixing
A toggle fixing for fixing an article to a thin-walled component, having a crosspiece for engaging behind the component, which crosspiece has an opening for receiving a screw. Connected to the crosspiece there is an elongated strip having a displaceable sleeve which has a screw hole for passage of the screw. The sleeve has an engagement element for threaded engagement of a screw in order that the latter does not unintentionally tilt the crosspiece during mounting. In order to provide quick insertion of a screw, the engagement element has a manipulating element such that the engagement element is movable radially outwards relative to the longitudinal axis, and the engagement element is manipulatable from a rear side of the sleeve emote from the crosspiece. |
| US10670064B2 |
Panel with a slider
A set including a panel and a slider, such as a drawer slider. The slider including a slider surface and the panel comprising a panel surface. The slider is configured to be assembled to the panel with the slider surface facing the panel surface. The panel surface is provided with an insertion groove and an undercut groove, which are of a longitudinal shape. A strip protrudes from the slider surface, and the strip is configured to be inserted into the insertion groove and the undercut groove by an angling motion. |
| US10670060B2 |
Reinforced soft substrate with hardcoat
In one example, an article including a soft substrate defining at least one of a first outer perimeter of the substrate or an aperture extending through the soft substrate defining a second outer perimeter of the aperture; a hard coating on the outer surface of the soft substrate; and at least one reinforcement member extending through the soft substrate at a location adjacent to at least one of the first outer perimeter or the second outer perimeter, wherein the at least one reinforcement member increases resistance to compression of the soft substrate at the location of the at least one reinforcement member. |
| US10670056B2 |
Widener
A widener is provided, including: a base, a pushing assembly and a driving assembly. The base includes an inner space, a first passage and a second passage which are communicated with one another, and the first passage is transverse to the second passage. The pushing assembly includes a first pushing board, a second pushing board and a linkage member. The first pushing board is positioned at the base. The linkage member is movably inserted within the second passage. The second pushing board comovably connected with the linkage member. The driving assembly includes a tube body, a driving member and a driving block. The tube body defines a driving space, and the driving block is movably received in the driving space. An end of the tube body is connected with the first passage and the driving space is communicated with the inner space. |
| US10670050B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling spool displacement of construction machine
Provided are an apparatus and a method for controlling spool displacement of a construction machine, which are capable of improving regeneration efficiency of the construction machine, and improving a fuel efficiency characteristic of the construction machine by reducing pressure loss in the operating mode by adjusting the quantity of spool displacement in a regeneration mode when a current pressure of a main pump is less than a predetermined operating pressure, and determining whether the construction machine is in an operating mode or the regeneration mode in real time according to an operating angle of a joystick and the current pressure of the main pump when the current pressure of the main pump is greater than or equal to the predetermined operating pressure to variably change the quantity of spool displacement in the operating mode. |
| US10670049B2 |
Fluid pressure cylinder
An inner cylinder inside an outer cylinder is disposed to be coaxial to an air pressure supply rod inside the inner cylinder. A first piston is disposed between the air pressure supply rod and the inner cylinder, a pneumatic chamber is disposed on a side of one surface (hydraulic surface) of the first piston in the inner cylinder, and a first hydraulic chamber is disposed on a side of the other surface. A second piston is disposed between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, and a second hydraulic chamber is disposed on a side of a surface of the second piston which is provided in the same direction as the hydraulic surface of the first piston in both of the cylinders. The inner cylinder is provided with a communication hole for transmitting a negative pressure along with movement of oil with which the first hydraulic chamber and the second hydraulic chamber are filled. In this configuration, it is possible to shorten an overall length of a fluid pressure cylinder. |
| US10670045B2 |
Abrasive blade tips with additive layer resistant to clogging
An abrasive tip comprises an additive layer having an additive; the additive is configured to prevent adhesion of an organic component from an abradable seal onto an abrasive blade tip. |
| US10670044B2 |
Axial impeller and fan having such an axial impeller
An axial impeller for a fan or blower includes a hub and a plurality of blades. The geometry of the blades is determined by a course of a blade leading angle and of a blade trailing angle of blade sections from a blade root at the hub to a blade tip opposite the blade root, i.e., according to the hub ratio. The blade leading angle is curved to the left according to the hub ratio and/or the blade trailing angle is curved to the right according to the hub ratio and the blade leading angle is 29°±3° near the blade root and 14°±3° near the blade tip and/or the blade trailing angle is 69°±3° near the blade root and 27°±3° near the blade tip. |
| US10670033B2 |
Pump for a fluid
A pump includes first and second impellers and a sealing element. The sealing element is arranged between the first and second impellers around the drive shaft. The sealing element has a first end transvers to the drive shaft and facing the first impeller and a second end transverse to the drive shaft facing the second impeller. The sealing element has a length along an axis smaller than the distance between the first and second impellers such that the sealing element is movable along the axis between the first and second impellers. The first and second ends of the sealing element have first and second areas transverse to the axis, the first area being larger than the second area such that the force exerted by the lower pressure generated by the first impeller is substantially equal to the force exerted by the higher pressure generated by the second impeller. |
| US10670027B2 |
Determining quality of gas for rotating equipment in a petrochemical plant or refinery
A plant or refinery may include equipment such as condensers, regenerators, distillation columns, rotating equipment, compressors, pumps, turbines, or the like. Different operating methods may impact deterioration in equipment condition, thereby prolonging equipment life, extending production operating time, or providing other benefits. Mechanical or digital sensors may be used for monitoring equipment to determine whether problems are developing. For example, sensors may be used in conjunction with one or more system components to perform invariant mapping, monitor system operating characteristics, and/or predict pressure, volume, surges, reactor loop fouling, gas quality, or the like. An operating condition (e.g., of one or more pieces of equipment in the plant or refinery) may be adjusted to prolong equipment life or avoid equipment failure. |
| US10670021B2 |
Control of clutched device using magnetic force from motor
In an aspect, a clutched device is provided, and includes an input member, an output member, a one-way clutch that can operatively connect the input member to the output member, and a motor including a stator and a rotor. The rotor is connected for rotation with a portion of the one-way clutch. The stator is operable to apply a first magnetic driving force to cause movement of the portion of the one-way clutch in a first rotational direction to increase a force of engagement between the input and output members. The stator is operable to apply a second magnetic driving force to cause movement of the portion of the one-way clutch to disengage the input and output members from each other. |
| US10670013B2 |
Fluid end assembly
A fluid end having its fluid flow bores sealed without threading a retaining nut into the walls of each bore. The fluid ends may be assembled using a plurality of different kits that each comprise a fluid end body, a component, a retainer element, and a fastening system. The retainer element holds the component within each of the bores formed in the fluid end body and the fastening system secures the retainer element to the body. The fastening system comprises a plurality of externally threaded studs, washers and nuts in some embodiments. In other embodiments, the fastening system comprises a plurality of screws. |
| US10670009B2 |
Method for controlling a reciprocating piston pump and device for carrying out the method
A controller of an electromagnetically driven reciprocating pump influences velocity of the magnetic armature by switching voltage applied to the electromagnet depending on the position of the magnetic armature, its position determined from state variables of the electromagnet. A processor calculates electrical resistance of the magnetic coil from the voltage and current measured by the measuring device, and calculates the temporal change of the linked magnetic flux in the electromagnet from the electrical voltage, the current and the resistance of the magnetic coil, and calculates the linked magnetic flux in the electromagnet from an earlier magnetic flux and from the temporal change, and determines the position of the magnetic armature from the linked magnetic flux in the electromagnet and the electrical current through the magnetic coil, and switches the voltage at the magnetic coil by the switching device depending on the position of the magnetic armature. |
| US10670007B2 |
Compressor having an energy saving apparatus, and method for relieving the compressor
Compressor for generating compressed air for a commercial vehicle, having a housing with a piston chamber in a crankcase and a dead space which is configured at least in the cylinder head. The compressor has a valve device with a valve element which has an actuating section and a shut-off body for separating the dead space from the piston chamber, wherein the shut-off body can be lifted up from a valve seat in the direction of the piston chamber in order to open the valve device. The valve element is configured in one piece with the actuating section. |
| US10670006B2 |
Hose bracket for texture sprayer
A peristaltic pump comprises a drive assembly, a hose pump, and a hose bracket. The drive assembly is rotatably disposed within a frame to move a roller along a pumping path with respect to the frame. The pump hose has rigid hose ends connected by a bendable hose section with limited flexibility tending to bias the pump hose towards a substantially unbent shape. The hose bracket has a rigid body with a first central opening sized to receive the rigid hose ends at first and second retention locations, such that the natural bias of the pump hose towards a substantially unbent shape retains the hose ends within the first and second retention locations, positioning the bendable hose section along the pumping path of the roller. |
| US10670002B2 |
Plural component proportioner comprising a first pump and a second pump simultaneously driven by a motor connected to the pumps by a yoke assembly comprising a shoe, a tie plate including a slot, and a tie rod
A two-component pumping system includes a first pump for pumping a first component, a second pump for pumping a second component, a motor, and a yoke assembly for connecting the motor to the first pump and the second pump and driving them simultaneously. The first pump includes a first displacement rod that reciprocates in a first pump axis. The second pump includes a second displacement rod that reciprocates in a second pump axis parallel to the first pump axis. The motor includes a drive shaft configured to reciprocate in a drive axis that is parallel to and in a common plane with the first and second pump axes. The motor is also configured to drive the first and second displacement rods in unison. The yoke assembly includes a top connector and a shoe. The top connector connects to the drive shaft. |
| US10670001B2 |
Energy conversion system including a ballistic rectifier assembly and uses thereof
Nanomechanical, nanoelectromechanical, and other molecular-scale pump assemblies are described. In certain embodiments, the pump assembly includes a cavity. The cavity includes a plurality of nanofilaments, a surface proximate at least one of the nanofilaments, a fluid flow path, and an opening. Molecules of a fluid that flows from the opening through the cavity along the fluid flow path collide with the surface or one or more of the nanofilaments such that the molecules are accelerated along the fluid flow path. A molecular-scale pump assembly includes a plate defining a plurality of openings, and a plurality of cantilevered molecular-scale beams positioned over each opening. In certain embodiments, molecules of a fluid are accelerated through the opening by asymmetric oscillation and in other embodiments charges are guided along a conductive channel by asymmetric collisions. |
| US10669998B2 |
Electric energy generation and storage system for aquatic and subaquatic environment
A system, for storing and generating electrical energy in an aquatic environment, comprising: a plurality of weights (135) attached to an underwater PAP platform (131) positioned at a sufficient depth to avoid surface currents and the effects of bad weather. a generator lift (100), arranged to cooperate with the weights (135) and, in generation mode, to allow said weights to descend to the bottom zone (126) and, in drive mode, to raise them back up towards the surface (125); a main underwater platform which is positioned at a sufficient depth to avoid surface currents and the effects of bad weather (101) and is capable of supporting the upper portion of the generator lift (100) below the surface; a reversible motor (102), cooperating with the generator lift (100) and allowing, in generation mode, the production of electrical energy due to the action of the weights (135) as they descend, and, in drive mode, actuation of the generator lift (100) to raise the weights (135) back up. |
| US10669995B2 |
Support structure for a wind turbine blade
Provided is a support structure for a wind turbine blade and a method for manufacturing a support structure for a wind turbine blade The support structure includes a frame structure including a first section and a second section which are spaced apart with respect to each other along a first direction such that a section of a wind turbine blade is arrangeable in-between the first section and the second section. The support structure further includes two seesaw elements being pivotably fixed to a respective section and having a respective pivoting axis parallel to the first direction and four belt elements being fixed with their respective first end to a respective end of the respective seesaw element Furthermore, a respective second end of the respective belt element are each fixed to the respective other section of the frame structure. |
| US10669994B1 |
Multi-column wind turbine tower and erection method
The invention is a wind turbine tower and method of erection. The wind turbine tower comprises a plurality of support columns coupled to a wind turbine tower base, a lift deck coupled to the plurality of support columns configured to traverse a central longitudinal axis of the wind turbine tower, and a nacelle housing assembly coupled to the top of the plurality of support columns. The plurality of support columns spans a height of at least 85 meters may and in some embodiments are constructed of individual column segments transported and assembled via a small crane supported by the lift deck. |
| US10669993B2 |
Wind turbine tower reinforcement system
A reinforcement assembly for a tower of a wind turbine is disclosed as having at least one generally cylindrical tower section with an exterior wall and an interior wall defining a height and a thickness therebetween. At least one generally cylindrical tower flange is coupled to the tower section, the tower flange having at least one vertical flange portion and at least one horizontal flange portion. At least one adjustable generally cylindrical reinforcing member has, at least one vertical member portion with at least one flexible portion coupled to the exterior wall of the tower section, and at least one horizontal member portion adjustably engaged with at least one adjusting spacer. Adjustment of the adjusting spacer aligns the reinforcing member with an adjacent tower flange. |
| US10669992B2 |
Wind power collection and electricity generation system
The present invention relates to a wind power collection and electricity generation system that includes: wind power generation units including a plurality of central wind power units vertically installed along a center line of a roadway, on which vehicles run in two opposite lanes, and a plurality of first ceiling wind power units extending horizontally to at least a first side from upper ends of the central wind power units; and a speed increaser connected to a rotary shaft of any one of the wind power generation units to increase a rotational speed of the wind power generation unit, in which the central wind power units and the first ceiling wind power units are connected by a predetermined connection unit and generate electricity using torque of blades that are rotated perpendicular to a flow direction of wind generated by vehicles. |
| US10669988B2 |
System and method for operating wind turbines to avoid stall during derating
A method for operating a wind turbine to avoid stall during derating thereof includes providing an initial pitch setting for one or more rotor blades of the wind turbine. Further, the method includes operating the wind turbine based on a rated power curve with the one or more rotor blades fixed at the initial pitch setting. Further, the method includes identifying at least one condition of the wind turbine that is indicative of stall. The method also includes derating the wind turbine. Further, the method includes modifying the initial pitch setting to an updated pitch setting when the at least one condition is identified. |
| US10669987B2 |
Methods of operating a wind turbine
Methods of operating a variable speed wind turbine as a function of a wind speed, the wind turbine having a rotor with a plurality of blades, and one or more pitch mechanisms for rotating the blades. The method comprising a sub-nominal zone of operation for wind speeds below the nominal wind speed and a supra-nominal zone of operation for wind speeds above the nominal wind speed. In the supra-nominal zone, the blades are pitched so as to maintain the rotor speed substantially constant, and a tip speed ratio of the wind turbine is substantially continuously being determined and wherein an instantaneous minimum pitch angle is substantially continuously being determined based on the instantaneous tip speed ratio, and the blades are never pitched below the instantaneous minimum pitch angle. The disclosure further relates to a wind turbine suitable for carrying out such methods. |
| US10669983B2 |
Axial piston machine
An axial piston machine may include a rotor with a shaft. A plurality of cylinders may be arranged in an annular manner about the shaft. A plurality of pistons may each be positioned within each of the plurality of cylinders and may be constructed and arranged to move translationally within the plurality of cylinders. A cylinder head may include a plurality of inlet openings and may be in operative communication with the plurality of cylinders. A sealing washer having a plurality of passage openings may be disposed on the cylinder head so that the plurality of passage openings and the plurality of inlet openings may be flush with one another. A number of the plurality of inlet openings may correspond to a number of the plurality of passage openings. A valve plate may be connected to the shaft in a rotationally fixed manner and may be constructed and arranged to be brought into congruence with the plurality of passage openings of the sealing washer based on a rotary angle. The sealing washer may be disposed between the plurality of inlet openings and the valve plate and may be prestressed against the cylinder head and onto the inlet openings. |
| US10669981B2 |
Auxiliary heating system
An auxiliary heating system comprising interconnected piping which forms a closed fluid flow circuit for permitting a passage of coolant therein, and having formed chamber openings along a length thereof to receive at least one heating element which projects into the closed fluid flow circuit to be in direct contact with, and heat, the coolant. A pump is provided for circulating the coolant, along with a flow switch for monitoring flow of the coolant through the closed fluid flow circuit, wherein if the flow has ceased through the closed fluid flow circuit, the flow switch instructs the system to deactivate the heating elements. |
| US10669973B2 |
Rotating, self-excited, asymmetric radio frequency resonant cavity turbine for energy storage and power production
Disclosed is a new classification of Turbine Prime Mover, capable of producing high magnitudes of rotational speed, potential rotating energy and power production. The invention is a rotating machine adapted to be propelled by the net force created by asymmetric radio frequency resonant cavities (7). The turbine employs thrusters (7) electrically driven by microwave signals produced from adapted Klystron Tubes (3). By optimizing microwave production, and thruster pressures via the internal radio frequency cavity resonance, power in the field of the thruster by wave tube amplification, internal reflectivity and cooling, the principles of rotor-dynamics are applied to produce a new class of energy storage machine. Low power inputs yield high energy magnitudes over time accumulated thruster operation in the rotor. The turbine rotor is capable of acting as a prime mover for energy injection into a rotor mass, or can create real work by outputting rotational energy into torque. |
| US10669968B2 |
Water cooled engine
A water cooled engine is provided, including a cylinder head with minimized thermal strain. A head water jacket includes an inter-exhaust-port-wall water channel between a first exhaust entrance port wall and a second exhaust entrance port wall. The cylinder head includes a cooling water injection passage provided at a bottom wall thereof. The cooling water injection passage is positioned on the exhaust end side, and includes a passage entrance provided on the exhaust end side, and a passage exit directed toward the inter-exhaust-port-wall water channel. An exhaust port wall includes a heat dissipation fin extending from a first exhaust entrance port wall toward an exhaust end. The space between the heat dissipation fin and a second exhaust entrance port wall forms a water channel entrance of the inter-exhaust-port-wall water channel. |
| US10669967B2 |
Cylinder bore wall thermal insulator, internal combustion engine, and automobile
A cylinder bore wall thermal insulator includes a base member made of synthetic resin and having a shape conforming to a shape of the groove-like cooling water channel in a setting position of the thermal insulator, an opening for heat-sensitive expanding rubber swelling for heat-sensitive expanding rubber disposed on a rear surface side to pass through a base member during heat-sensitive expansion being formed in a position opposed to an insulating part of a cylinder bore wall, heat-sensitive expanding rubber disposed on the rear surface side of the base member and covering the opening for heat-sensitive expanding rubber swelling, and a rear-surface metal plate covering the rear surface side of the heat-sensitive expanding rubber, fixed to the base member, and holding an outer edge portion of the heat-sensitive expanding rubber between the rear-surface metal plate and the base member to thereby fix the heat-sensitive expanding rubber to the base member. An urging member for urging the heat-sensitive expanding rubber after the heat-sensitive expansion toward the cylinder bore wall is attached to the rear-surface metal plate.According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a thermal insulator that has high adhesion to a wall surface on a cylinder bore side of a groove-like cooling water channel, less easily causes positional deviation in the groove-like cooling water channel, and is easily manufactured. |
| US10669965B2 |
Method for an internal combustion engine
Various embodiments may include a method for operating an internal combustion engine comprising: measuring pressure oscillations assignable to a cylinder in the inlet tract at a defined operating point during normal operation; generating a corresponding pressure signal; determining a corresponding crankshaft phase angle; calculating an injection signal component caused by fuel injection by subtracting a reference base pressure oscillation signal; determining a signal phase position and a signal amplitude of the injection signal component; determining an injection start time; determining an injection quantity on the basis of the signal amplitude and reference amplitudes; and adapting operation of the internal combustion engine based on the determined injection quantity. |
| US10669963B2 |
Anomaly determination apparatus and control system
An anomaly determination apparatus determines an anomaly of a current control apparatus which supplies a control current to a control target and includes a current anomaly determination section. The current anomaly determination section is configured to compare a normal numerical range within which a state quantity changing with the control current falls in a particular state with a particular state quantity which is the state quantity corresponding to the control current generated by the control current generation section in the particular state, and determine that at least one of the reference resistor, the reference current generation section, and the control current generation section is in an anomalous state in the case where the particular state quantity has deviated from the normal numerical range. By using the current anomaly determination section, the anomaly determination apparatus can determine an anomaly of the current control apparatus. |
| US10669962B2 |
Method and device for predictive open-loop and/or closed-loop control of an internal combustion engine and internal combustion engine having the device for carrying out the method
A method for predictive open-loop and/or closed-loop control of an internal combustion engine with control variables pursuant to a model of the engine with characterizing variables and a control circuit for the control variables. The control variables are adjusted in an open-loop or closed-loop manner by measuring actual values and specifying target values of the characterizing variables and, optionally, depending on the boundary and/or environmental and/or ageing conditions. The characterizing variables are controlled pursuant to a model of the engine with the characterizing variables and a control circuit with the control variables. The controlling is part of a model-based predictive control, wherein the characterizing variables of the engine model are calculated and the control variables of the engine are adjusted in a predictively controlled manner. A model-based predictive non-linear controller is used for the controlling, which is constructed in a modular manner with a number of model-based predictive control modules. |
| US10669957B2 |
Method for controlling a heat engine
Disclosed is a method for controlling a combustion engine, the combustion engine including an inlet circuit and an exhaust circuit, the method including the steps: determining a temperature of the exhaust gases flowing through the exhaust circuit of the combustion engine; comparing the determined temperature with a maximum threshold; and if the determined temperature is less than the maximum threshold, controlling the engine by decrementing the richness of operation by a predetermined value and jointly incrementing by a predetermined value a level of exhaust gases recirculated between the exhaust circuit and the inlet circuit of the combustion engine. |
| US10669955B2 |
Engine control device
An engine includes a dynamo-electric machine which generates electricity by the rotation of the engine; a secondary battery which stores electricity generated by the dynamo-electric machine; an electric supercharger including an electric compressor for supercharging intake air into combustion chambers; and a mechanical supercharger including an exhaust turbine configured to be driven by exhaust gas in the exhaust passage, and a mechanical compressor configured to supercharge intake air into the combustion chamber. An ECU (50) includes a remaining charge detector for detecting the remaining amount of charge of the secondary battery; and a supercharge control means for adjusting the ratio between a supercharging pressure by the electric supercharger and a supercharging pressure by the mechanical supercharger according to the remaining amount of charge of the secondary battery. |
| US10669954B2 |
Natural gas supply system for providing conditioned natural gas to dual fuel engines
Embodiments of the present invention include a method and apparatus for supplying conditioned natural gas to dual fuel engines. |
| US10669944B2 |
Cooling shrouds
A shroud configured for installation on a component of a machine includes a shroud body including a plurality of arcuate sections hingedly coupled together, and a closure assembly including an engagement member and a receiving member. The plurality of arcuate sections include a first arcuate section hingedly coupled to one of the arcuate sections at a first edge and including the engagement member at an opposing second edge, and a second arcuate section hingedly coupled to one of the arcuate sections at a first edge and including the receiving member at an opposing second edge. The shroud body is configured to transition between an open configuration in which the engagement member and the receiving member are spaced apart from one another and a closed configuration in which the engagement member engages with the receiving member, the closure assembly maintaining the shroud body in the closed configuration. |
| US10669943B2 |
Fuel pumping arrangement for an aircraft engine
An aircraft fuel pumping arrangement comprises a first fuel pump, an electrically powered motor operable to drive the first fuel pump to deliver fuel to an outlet, a second fuel pump, a gas driven turbine operable to drive the second fuel pump to deliver fuel to the outlet, and a controller operable to control the operation of the gas driven turbine to determine the rate at which the second fuel pump is driven. |
| US10669941B2 |
Gas turbine cooling system, gas turbine facility including the same, and control device and control method of gas turbine cooling system
A gas turbine cooling system includes: a cooling air line that guides compressed air; a cooler that cools the compressed air; a flow rate adjuster that adjusts the flow rate of the cooling air; and a control device. The control device includes: a load change determination unit that determines whether a load indicated by a load command of the gas turbine has changed; a first command generation section that generates a first command indicating such an operation amount of the flow rate adjuster as allows the flow rate of the cooling air to meet a target flow rate; and a second command generation section that, when it is determined that the load indicated by the load command has changed, generates a second command indicating such an operation amount of the flow rate adjuster as allows a change-adapted flow rate higher than the target flow rate to be met. |
| US10669938B2 |
Method and apparatus for selectively collecting pre-diffuser airflow
A diffuser for a gas turbine engine is provided that includes an outer shroud, an inner shroud, a multiple of struts between said outer shroud and said inner shroud to define an annular flow path, and a mid-span pre-diffuser inlet in communication with said annular flow path. |
| US10669935B2 |
Wind-funneling for gas turbines
Wind-funneling systems for gas turbines are disclosed. Air travels through a wind funnel where it is compressed, and then flows into a gas turbine that is fueled by a hydrocarbon fuel source such as natural gas. The wind funnels have a controlled volume with an opening facing the wind that concentrates air power and energy and directs the force into a constricted outlet that feeds into the gas turbine. Compressed air from the wind funnel may enter the front compressor section of the gas turbine at relatively high density and force. As a result, the gas turbine does not have to use as much energy to pull the air in, which creates fuel savings. The compressed air from the wind funnel then flows to the combustion section of the gas turbine where oxygen from the wind-compressed air is used to combust the hydrocarbon fuel supplied to the gas turbine. The wind funnel is thus used to generate compressed air that may increase efficiency in the front compressor section of the gas turbine, and serves as an oxygen source in the combustion section of the gas turbine. |
| US10669934B2 |
Nose cone assembly
A nose cone assembly is provided comprising a nose cone, a support ring on which the nose cone is mounted, and an insulating layer disposed between the nose cone and the support ring, the insulating layer at least partially comprising glass fibres. A composite nose cone is also provided comprising an attachment region A, in which composite fibres are oriented substantially perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the nose cone, and an impact region I, in which composite fibres are oriented substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the nose cone. Also provided is a support ring for a nose cone assembly, the support ring comprising an annular main body and an annular projecting attachment flange, the attachment flange terminating in a plurality of circumferentially spaced attachment tabs, wherein the attachment flange forms with the main body a cross section having at least two C curves. |
| US10669929B1 |
Variable compression ratio engine
A variable compression ratio engine includes an extra chamber formed at a cylinder head, an extra valve being able to open/close the extra chamber, and an actuator being able to open/close the extra chamber by driving the extra valve. |
| US10669925B2 |
Vehicle fan shroud de-icing assembly
A vehicle fan shroud de-icing assembly includes a vehicle radiator, a fan shroud installed to the radiator, a fan and a heat providing member. The fan is installed to the fan shroud adjacent to the radiator and is configured to selectively move air between heat transferring fins of the radiator. The heat providing member is attached to one of the radiator and the fan shroud. The heat providing member is positioned and configured to provide heat to the fan shroud and/or radiator in order to melt ice, show and shush retained within the fan shroud or on surfaces of the radiator. |
| US10669921B2 |
Thermostat valve
A thermostat valve includes a thermostat housing having engine-side and radiator-side coolant inlets that are opposed each other, a lateral coolant outlet leading to an internal combustion engine, and a valve disk. The valve disk has an end face that interacts with and faces a valve seat of the radiator-side coolant inlet. The valve disk lies between the radiator-side coolant inlet and a thermostat element arranged in the thermostat housing. The valve disk has, at the outer edge, a guiding element that includes a deflecting surface on the exterior side of the guiding element. |
| US10669917B1 |
RV generator auxiliary exhaust system and method
An auxiliary exhaust system for an internal combustion generator of a recreational vehicle has an elbow section with a proximal end adapted to be removably attached to an exhaust pipe of a generator and a remote end affixed to a first stack section; a second stack section adapted to be removably attached to a remote end of the first stack section, and a terminal stack section adapted to be removably affixed to a remote end of the second stack section, the stack sections together forming a fluid conduit for exhaust gases; the inlet end of the first stack section having restricted diameter portion to create a venturi effect on gases flowing through the first stack section; wherein the remote end of the elbow section is of smaller diameter than the inlet end of the first stack section and is held in concentric, spaced-apart relation to the inlet end of the first stack section to enable ambient air to be drawn into the inlet end of the first stack section as gases are passed through the auxiliary exhaust system. |
| US10669915B2 |
System and method for determining accumulation of silicone dioxide (SiO2) in an aftertreatment system
A system for determining accumulation of Silicone dioxide (SiO2) in an aftertreatment system of an engine includes a pressure sensor arrangement having at least one pressure sensor therein. The pressure sensor is fluidly coupled to an exhaust pipe associated with the aftertreatment system. A controller is disposed in communication with the pressure sensor. The controller is configured to monitor back pressure of the aftertreatment system from at least one signal output by the pressure sensor arrangement and determine a level of accumulation of Sift in the aftertreatment system based on the monitored back pressure of the aftertreatment system. Based on the determination of the level of accumulation of Sift in the aftertreatment system by the controller, the controller outputs a signal to a notification device for facilitating the notification device to notify an operator of the level of accumulation of SiO2 in the aftertreatment system. |
| US10669913B2 |
Engine apparatus
An engine apparatus includes an engine, an exhaust gas purification device, an outlet side bracket, and an inlet side bracket. The exhaust gas purification device is mounted above a cylinder head to extend along an axis of an output shaft of the engine. The inlet side bracket is configured to couple an exhaust gas inlet side of the exhaust gas purification device to the cylinder head. The inlet side bracket includes a first bracket, a second bracket, and a third bracket. The first bracket is configured to be secured to a surface of the cylinder head intersecting the axis of the output shaft and includes a wide width. The second bracket includes a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The third bracket is configured to be coupled to an end surface of the exhaust gas purification device and the distal end portion of the second bracket. |
| US10669907B2 |
Electric heating assisted passive and active regeneration for efficient emission controls of diesel engines
A heater control module of the present disclosure controls exhaust temperature in an exhaust after treatment system. The heater control module includes a heating mode determination module and a heater operating module. The heating mode determination module is configured to select a desired heating mode from a plurality of heating modes based on an engine load and a status of a component of the exhaust aftertreatment system. The heater operating module is configured to operate an electric heater based on the desired heating mode. The plurality of modes includes at least a passive regeneration heating mode and an active regeneration heating mode. The electric heater is operated in the passive regeneration heating mode to heat an exhaust gas to a predetermined temperature to increase NO2 generation when an engine load is less than or equal to approximately 25%. |
| US10669906B2 |
Honeycomb filter
A honeycomb filter, including: a honeycomb structure, wherein the honeycomb structure further includes a platinum group element-containing catalyst layer, the platinum group element-containing catalyst layer is disposed only on a side of an inner surface of the partition walls surrounding the inflow cells, and the platinum group element-containing catalyst layer is disposed in a range of at least up to 35% with respect to an overall length of the cells starting from the inflow end face and is not disposed in a range of at least up to 30% with respect to the overall length of the cells starting from the outflow end face, in an extending direction of the cells of the honeycomb structure. |
| US10669905B2 |
Internal combustion engine and method for manufacturing internal combustion engine
A separation portion of an oil separator is located upward from an opening of a second blow-by gas passage portion in an outer surface of a cylinder block. A connection passage connects the separation portion and the second blow-by gas passage portion. At least part of the connection passage located toward the second blow-by gas passage portion serves as a first passage portion. The second blow-by gas passage portion and the first passage portion serve as an intermediate passage. A step is arranged in the intermediate passage at an intermediate portion with respect to an extension direction of the intermediate passage. |
| US10669903B2 |
Oil cooling structure of engine
An oil cooling structure of an engine is provided that is capable of enhancing cooling performance of oil while preventing an increase in number of components or an increase in required space from being involved as much as possible. In an oil cooling structure of an engine in which a transmission case is attached to one end wall of an engine body, and a transmission mechanism for an accessory drive is provided in the transmission case, the transmission case is formed into a potlid-shaped body having a plurality of rib walls along a front-rear direction, and is attached to an engine front wall with an engine cooling fan, and case inner chamber portions partitioned by the rib walls in the transmission case are configured as a transporting passage of oil circulated by an oil pump. |
| US10669902B2 |
Valve drive for an internal combustion engine
A valve drive for an internal combustion engine may include a cam shaft including at least two cams rotationally attached thereto. The valve drive may also include a cam follower including a roller bolt including a rotatable roller arranged thereon. Additionally, the valve drive may include a lever device drivingly connected to the cam follower configured to adjust the cam follower between a first position and a second position. The valve drive may further include a rotatably supported control lever drivingly connected to the cam follower configured to adjust at least one valve of an internal combustion engine. The valve drive may include an actuator drivingly connected to the lever device configured to adjust the cam follower between the first position and the second position, the actuator may be connected to the cam follower in an articulated manner via the lever device. |
| US10669901B2 |
Rocker arm assembly for engine brake
A rocker arm assembly for use in a valve train carrier, the rocker arm assembly being rotatable around a rocker shaft supported by the valve train carrier based upon a lift profile provided on a cam that rotates with a camshaft, a rotation of the rocker arm assembly causing translation of a corresponding engine valve, includes: a rocker arm body having an opening that receives the rocker shaft, the rocker arm body further defining an oil supply channel; a capsule assembly disposed on the rocker arm body and that selectively communicates oil to and from the oil supply channel, the capsule assembly including: a plunger assembly having a plunger that selectively translates within a plunger chamber between an extended rigid position based upon the plunger chamber being pressurized with oil and a retracted non-rigid position based upon the plunger chamber being depressurized, the plunger moving move the engine valve. |
| US10669900B2 |
Internal combustion engine having a valve actuation device
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an internal combustion engine having a valve actuation device and at least one first exhaust valve and one second exhaust valve per cylinder. The first and second exhaust valves may be actuated together in at least one operating area of the internal combustion engine, via an exhaust valve bridge and a first valve lifter, by a first cam lobe of a first exhaust cam arranged on a camshaft. The camshaft having a second exhaust cam with at least one additional cam lobe and at least one second cam lobe A transmission device being arranged in the functional path between the second exhaust cam and the second exhaust valve, the transmission device allowing an idle stroke to be activated or deactivated. The first exhaust cam and the second exhaust cam are configured and arranged to be rotatable relative to one another. |
| US10669899B2 |
Arrangement for a valve train assembly
An arrangement for a valve train assembly in an internal combustion engine includes: a valve train component having a body that defines a bore with a first bore section and a second bore section, the first bore section having a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the second bore section; and a hydraulic lash adjustor having a plunger mounted for reciprocal sliding movement in the second bore section to enable the hydraulic lash adjustor to expand and contract, the hydraulic lash adjustor further including a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber is at least partly in the first bore section and can hold hydraulic fluid for flowing into the second chamber through a valve in response to the hydraulic lash adjustor expanding. |
| US10669896B2 |
Dirt separator for internally cooled components
A gas turbine engine internally cooled component airfoil includes a peripheral wall and a cooling system. The peripheral wall has an external surface including a suction surface and a pressure surface laterally spaced from the suction surface. The cooling system includes at least one or more passages bounded in part by the peripheral wall. At least a first of the one or more passages includes a first passage pressure side surface that includes an interior protrusion including a first sloped surface extending to a peak of the interior protrusion and a second sloped surface extending from the peak substantially in the direction of the pressure side surface. The slope of the second sloped surface is greater than the slope of the first sloped surface and a first cooling hole extends from the second sloped surface through the interior protrusion. |
| US10669892B2 |
Oil filtering system
An oil filtering system comprises: a first inlet, a first outlet, and a first oil filter; a first bypass conduit interconnecting the first inlet to the first outlet; a first valve in the first bypass conduit, the first inlet fluidly connected to the first outlet at least via the first bypass conduit in an opened configuration of the first valve, and via the first oil filter in a closed configuration; a second inlet, a second outlet, and a second oil filter; a second bypass conduit between the first inlet and the second outlet; a second valve disposed in the second bypass conduit, the second outlet fluidly connected to the first inlet via the second bypass conduit in an open configuration of the second valve, and via the second oil filter in the closed configuration thereof. |
| US10669890B2 |
Compartment shielding
A gas turbine engine having an engine axis and method of manufacturing the same is disclosed. The gas turbine engine may comprise a fan configured to drive air, a low pressure compressor section having a core flow path and configured to draw in and compress air flowing along the core flow path, a spool configured to drive the fan, and geared architecture configured to adjust the fan speed. The gas turbine engine may also include a housing defining a compartment that encloses the geared architecture. The housing is disposed between the core flow path and the axis, and includes a shielded mid-section that is in thermal communication with the core flow path of the low pressure compressor section. The shielded mid-section includes an outer layer and an insulator adjacent to the outer layer. |
| US10669888B2 |
Non-contact seal assembly for rotational equipment
Assemblies are provided for rotational equipment. One of these assemblies includes a bladed rotor assembly, a stator vane assembly, a fixed stator structure and a seal assembly. The bladed rotor assembly includes a rotor disk structure. The stator vane assembly is disposed adjacent the bladed rotor assembly. The fixed stator structure is connected to and radially within the stator vane assembly. The seal assembly is configured for sealing a gap between the stator structure and the rotor disk structure, wherein the seal assembly includes a non-contact seal. |
| US10669887B2 |
Vane airfoil cooling air communication
A coolable airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes a suction side wall that extends from a leading edge to a trailing edge. A pressure side wall is joined to the suction side wall at the leading edge and the trailing edge and spaced from the suction side wall to form a cavity therein that includes a cooling circuit with a plurality of serpentine cooling passages. A cooling air inlet passage receives cooling air from a plenum formed between an outer platform and an engine case and routes the received cooling air from the plenum to the cooling circuit. The coolable airfoil may also include a cooling air feed elbow that includes a metering input orifice that receives compressor first discharge air that provides the received compressor first discharge air to a feed elbow cavity and is redirected via a feed elbow outlet passage to the cooling circuit. |
| US10669886B2 |
Cooling device for cooling platforms of a guide vane ring of a gas turbine
A cooling device for cooling platforms of a guide vane ring of a gas turbine is arranged downstream inside a main flow channel of a combustion chamber. Cooling air passages are arranged in a wall of the platforms or of an intermediate piece that is connected therewith to guide cooling air for film cooling the surfaces of the platforms. At least in certain areas, the wall is configured with at least two layers having—as viewed from the main flow channel—an outer wall and a spaced apart inner wall forming a hollow space, wherein the hollow space can be impinged by cooling air through at least one cooling air blow-in opening inside the outer wall, and at least one cooling air blow-out opening is arranged inside the inner wall extending in the downstream direction to the surfaces of the platforms. |
| US10669884B2 |
Washing nozzles and gas turbine engines
Nozzle used for spraying a liquid substance towards a compressor of a gas turbine engine, comprising an elongated body having an end for ejecting the liquid substance, a conduit for the liquid substance internal to the elongated body and extending up to the end, a recess located at the end, wherein the conduit ends in the recess; wherein the recess opens towards the lateral surface of the elongated body, typically a cylindrical body, and the conduit is tangential to the bottom of the recess. |
| US10669882B2 |
Variable stator blade operating device
A variable stator blade operating device is a variable stator blade operating device that manipulates the mounting angle of a stator blade of an axial compressor. The variable stator blade operating device includes: an arm which is connected to the stator blade; a rotating ring which is connected to one end of the arm and is externally fitted to a casing of the compressor with an interval between the rotating ring and an outer wall of the casing; a drive mechanism which turns the stator blade via the arm by rotating the rotating ring; and a plurality of elastic bodies arranged in the circumferential direction around the casing, between the rotating ring and the outer wall of the casing. Each of the plurality of elastic bodies is mounted to one of the rotating ring and the outer wall of the casing and contacts the other to energize the rotating ring radially outward. |
| US10669881B2 |
Vane assembly for an unducted thrust producing system
A unshrouded vane assembly for an unducted propulsion system includes a plurality of vanes which have non-uniform characteristics configured to generate a desired vane exit swirl angle. |
| US10669877B2 |
Air seal attachment
A gas turbine engine includes a coupling and an air seal attachment. The annular coupling extends along a centerline and has coupling teeth that extend axially rearward. The annular air seal attachment includes an air seal at an axially rearward end and air seal attachment teeth at an axially forward end that extend axially forward to interlock with the coupling teeth such that the air seal attachment teeth and the coupling teeth alternate in a circumferential direction. |
| US10669876B2 |
Seal structure and turbomachine
There is provided a seal structure to suppress a leak flow of a working fluid from a gap between a rotating structure and a stationary structure, the rotating structure being configured to rotate in a prescribed direction about an axial center line, the stationary structure facing an outer periphery of the rotating structure in a radial direction with the gap inbetween, wherein the stationary structure has a cavity in which the rotating structure is accommodated, an inner peripheral surface of the cavity is provided with a seal fin that extends toward the axial center line and a plurality of stationary-side recesses arranged along a flow direction of the leak flow, and as compared with a first stationary-side recess disposed on a most upstream side, a second stationary-side recess disposed on an immediately downstream side of the first stationary-side recess is set to have a smaller depth dimension. |
| US10669869B1 |
Independently rotatable propeller blade mounts
Aerial vehicles may be equipped with propellers having pivotable blades that are configured to rotate or fold when the propellers are not rotating under power. A pivotable blade may rotate about an axis of a propeller with respect to a hub in the presence of wind flow until the pivotable blade is coaligned with a fixed blade, in a direction opposite to the wind flow. A pivotable blade may also fold over a hub of a propeller in the presence of wind flow, with the pivotable blade and a fixed blade being oriented in directions opposite to the wind flow. A center of mass of the pivotable blade may be caused to be on the same side of an axis as a center of mass of a fixed blade, even where the axis is not normal to the wind flow, thereby reducing an amount of drag generated by the propeller. |
| US10669865B2 |
Internal turbine component electroplating
Method and apparatus are provided for electroplating a surface area of an internal wall defining a cooling cavity present in a gas turbine engine component. |
| US10669862B2 |
Airfoil with leading edge convective cooling system
An airfoil includes a leading edge and an opposing trailing edge. The airfoil includes a pressure sidewall and an opposing suction sidewall. A leading edge cavity is defined between the pressure sidewall and the suction sidewall. The leading edge cavity has a first end opposite the leading edge and a second end defined at a rib. The airfoil includes at least one pin structure defined in the leading edge cavity between the first end and the second end. The at least one pin structure includes a main body and a first branch. The main body is coupled to the second end and extends toward the first end. The first branch extends from the main body toward the first end. |
| US10669855B2 |
Radially compressible and expandable rotor for a pump having an impeller blade
The invention relates to a radially compressible and expandable rotor (13, 13a, 13b) for a pump having at least one impeller blade (20, 22, 36, 36a, 36b, 36c, 36d, 36e, 36f, 36g, 37, 37a, 37b, 37c, 37d, 37e, 37f, 74, 88, 89, 90), wherein the impeller blade has an impeller blade body whose material is elastically deformable as well as at least one stiffening strut (25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 52, 53, 57, 58, 62, 63, 67, 95) which is at least partially embedded in the material of the impeller blade body. The struts are designed suitably in size, shape and arrangement and are integrated in suitable hollow spaces of the impeller blade body for stabilizing the impeller blade. Elements with tensile strength can additionally be provided. |
| US10669852B2 |
Gas turbine
A gas turbine includes: a first cavity inside a stationary body and supplied with cooling air; a second cavity between the stationary body and a rotating body; a first cooling passage between the first and second cavities and having a swirl flow guide nozzle therein by which the cooling air of the first cavity is supplied to the second cavity while being swirled along a rotation direction of the rotating body; a second cooling passage in the rotating body, in communication with the second cavity, and supplied with the cooling air of the second cavity; and a flow regulating passage, different from the first cooling passage, between the first cavity and the second cavity and through which the cooling air is supplied from the first cavity to the second cavity, wherein the flow regulating passage has a flow regulator for regulating a flow rate of the cooling air. |
| US10669851B2 |
Nickel-chromium-aluminum composite by electrodeposition
An electrodeposited nickel-chromium-aluminum (Ni—Cr—Al) composite including nickel-chromium alloy and aluminum, and alloys or compounds formed by Al, Cr and Ni applied on turbine components comprises from 2 to 50 wt % chromium, from 0.1 to 6 wt % aluminum, and a remaining balance of nickel, wherein the Ni—Cr—Al composite is heat-treated to form an aluminum compound and to restore materials lost during repair processes of the turbine components. |
| US10669850B2 |
Impeller-type liquid ring compressor
An impeller-type liquid ring compressor having a particular bearing configuration. Such a bearing arrangement may completely support the impeller as it rotates, eliminating many of the problems inherent in the prior art designs without changing the general overhung impeller design. This may allow the impeller-type liquid ring compressor to be easily retrofitted in existing use environments, such as, for example, oil and gas processing facilities, oil refineries, and petrochemical processing facilities. In some exemplary embodiments, a thrust bearing may be located on the front face of the impeller, or radial bearings may be disposed between the vanes of the impeller. A radial bearing and thrust bearing may further be disposed on the shaft side of the impeller close to the impeller itself. The compressor may be configured so that the process fluid carries heat away from each of these bearings. |
| US10669847B2 |
Double Rod Lock System
A technique facilitates obtaining samples of well fluid or other fluid. A sampling tool comprises a sample chamber for collecting the fluid sample. Access to the sample chamber is controlled with a rod shiftable within the sampling tool. Additionally, a locking mechanism works in cooperation with the rod to lock the rod against undesirable movement at various stages of the sampling operation. The locking mechanism may comprise a pair of locking features which engage a groove in the rod to initially block inadvertent closure of access to the sample chamber and subsequently to block inadvertent opening of access to the sample chamber after collection of the fluid sample. |
| US10669846B2 |
Apparatus, computer readable medium, and program code for evaluating rock properties while drilling using downhole acoustic sensors and a downhole broadband transmitting system
Apparatus, computer readable medium, and program code for identifying rock properties in real-time during drilling, are provided. An example of an embodiment of such an apparatus includes a downhole sensor subassembly connected between a drill bit and a drill string, acoustic sensors operably coupled to a downhole data interface, and a surface computer operably coupled to the downhole data interface. The computer can include a petrophysical properties analyzing program configured or otherwise adapted to perform various operations including receiving raw acoustic sensor data generated real-time as a result of rotational contact of the drill bit with rock during drilling, transforming the raw acoustic sensor data into the frequency domain, filtering the transformed data, deriving a plurality of acoustic characteristics from the filtered data and deriving petrophysical properties from the filtered data utilizing a petrophysical properties evaluation algorithm employable to predict one or more petrophysical properties of rock undergoing drilling. |
| US10669835B2 |
Clampless cable protector and installation system
A cable protector can include a first side bar welded along a length of a casing section. A second side bar can be welded along the length of the casing section. The second side bar can be positioned substantially parallel to the first side bar. A cable can be positioned between the first side bar and the second side bar. The cable can be positioned while the casing section is being run-in-hole. A cover strip can be welded on top of first side bar and the second side bar. The cover strip can be welded in place while the casing section is being run-in-hole. |
| US10669834B2 |
Game theoretic control architecture for drilling system automation
A drilling apparatus including plurality of subsystems, each subsystem includes a subsystem controller, one or more sensors, and one or more actuators. Each subsystem controller is configured to determine a local subsystem state from measurements received from the one or more sensors and further configured to receive global state estimates and updated control strategies. Each subsystem controller is configured to send command signals to one or more actuators based at least in part on the local subsystem state, global state estimates, and updated control strategy. A method and system for coordinating the control of a plurality of drilling subsystems during drilling operations is provided. A method of drilling subsystem controller decision-making based on a co-player inference playing strategy is further provided. |
| US10669833B2 |
Systems and apparatuses for separating wellbore fluids and solids during production
There is provided apparatuses, and related systems, for effecting production of oil from a reservoir. A flow diverter is provided and configured to direct flow of reservoir fluids such that gases and solids are separated. A system is also provided, including the flow diverter, and is disposed within a wellbore. A pump is also provided, and disposed in fluid communication with, and downstream from, the flow diverter, for receiving reservoir fluids from which gaseous and solid material have been separated by the separator. |
| US10669832B2 |
Well system of acquiring information of hydraulic fracture geometry for evaluating and optimizing well spacing for multi-well pad
A method for optimizing well spacing for a multi-well pad which includes a first group of wells and a second group of wells is provided. The method includes the steps of: creating a fracture in a stage in a first well in the first group of wells; isolating a next stage in said first well in the first group of wells from said stage; creating a fracture in said next stage in the first well in the first group after the step of isolating; measuring a pressure by using a pressure gauge in direct fluid communication with said next stage in the first well in the first group of wells; creating a fracture in one or more stages in a well in the second group of wells in a manner such that the fracture in the well in the second group of wells induces the pressure measured in the first well to change; and recording the pressure change in the next stage of the first well. |
| US10669831B2 |
Rotary isobaric pressure exchanger system with lubrication system
A system including a rotary isobaric pressure exchanger configured to exchange pressures between a first fluid and a second fluid, and a lubrication system configured to lubricate the rotary isobaric pressure exchanger. The pump may pump a third fluid into the rotary isobaric pressure exchanger to lubricate the rotary isobaric pressure exchanger. |
| US10669828B2 |
Thermal energy delivery and oil production arrangements and methods thereof
Thermal energy delivery and oil production arrangements and methods thereof are disclosed which heat a subterranean formation (132), and which comprises positioning concentric tubing strings (220) in a wellbore (130); heating a heat transfer fluid (250) using a surface thermal fluid heater (186); flowing a liquid or feedwater (142) downward through an extremely hot innermost tubing string (248) that is inside and concentric to an outermost tubing string (252) and a casing/annulus (260), which extends below a thermal packer (156) positioned in the wellbore, and continually circulating the heat transfer fluid through the outermost tubing string and the casing/annulus above the thermal packer such that the liquid or feedwater flowing through the innermost tubing string is heated thereby and injected into the wellbore below the thermal packer and out of perforations to heat the subterranean formation to temperatures that allow for hydrocarbon production from the subterranean formation. Emissions may be injected into the subterranean formation with the liquid or feedwater. |
| US10669823B2 |
System and method for downhole ignition detection
A system and method for confirming ignition of a fuel source in a wellbore. The system includes a tool, a fuel source associated with the tool, a control unit to ignite the fuel source, and a sensor to receive an ignition parameter corresponding to the fuel source. The ignition parameter indicates that ignition of the fuel source has occurred. |
| US10669820B2 |
Frac and gravel packing system having return path and method
A frac and gravel packing system including a tubular having a longitudinal axis, a wall defining an interior flowbore, a radial frac port and a radial production port extending through the wall in a first zone of an annular region surrounding the tubular; a screen surrounding the production port, the frac port not covered by the screen; a sleeve system including a sleeve longitudinally shiftable with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tubular, the sleeve configured to cover the frac port in a first position of the sleeve and uncover the frac port in a second position of the sleeve; and, a return path arranged to permit return fluid from a fracturing operation to exit the first zone of the annular region, wherein the return fluid passes through the screen prior to accessing the return path. |
| US10669817B2 |
Downhole sensor system using resonant source
A well telemetry system supplies power to downhole sensor nodes employed for obtaining telemetry data in oil wells. The nodes are held in the cement that lines the well and surround the casing. At the surface, an AC power unit is connected to the casing and geological structure that surrounds the cement. Power to nodes is supplied using an AC resonant circuit that generates standing waves of electrical power on the casing. Power from the standing waves is delivered to the nodes which are located at antinodes of the standing wave. The nodes are held in cement that surround the casing, with one of their two electrodes connected to the casing and the other connected to the cement or to geological structure. |
| US10669814B2 |
In-situ heating fluids with electromagnetic radiation
Methods, apparatus and systems for in-situ heating fluids with electromagnetic radiation are provided. An example tool includes a housing operable to receive a fluid flowed through a flow line and a heater positioned within the housing. The heater includes a number of tubular members configured to receive portions of the fluid and an electromagnetic heating assembly positioned around the tubular members and configured to generate electromagnetic radiation transmitted to heat the tubular members. The heated tubular members can heat the portions of the fluid to break emulsion in the fluid. Upstream the heater, the tool can include a homogenizer operable to mix the fluid to obtain a homogenous fluid and a stabilizer operable to stabilize the fluid to obtain a linear flow. Downstream the heater, the tool can include a separator operable to separate lighter components from heavier components in the fluid after the emulsion breakage. |
| US10669812B2 |
Magnetic sleeve control valve for high temperature drilling applications
A control valve assembly includes a body having a mud flow passage provided with a mud flow inlet and a mud flow outlet, a magnetic sleeve slidingly mounted to the body, and a solenoid mounted to the body adjacent the magnetic sleeve. The solenoid being selectively activated to shift the magnetic sleeve between a first position covering the mud flow outlet and a second position exposing the mud flow outlet allowing a pulse of mud to flow through the mud flow passage. |
| US10669811B2 |
Device for protecting a degradable pin for isolation system in an annular barrier
The invention relates to a fluid control device (500) for treating a well, to expand a liner (100) radially outward, said device comprising a piston (550) translatably mounted in said chamber (320), and degradable immobilization means (590), secured in translation with the piston (550), wherein the degradable immobilization means (590) are movable in translation in a cavity (700), wherein the device comprises protection means (800) isolating the cavity (700) from a discharge pipe (810) configured to introduce fluid degrading the pin (590) in said cavity (700), such that, in the initial state, the protection means (800) protect said degradable immobilization means (590), the protection means (800) being configured to break when the pressure in the cavity reaches a threshold pressure gap (ΔPs) allowing degradation of the degradable immobilization means (900). |
| US10669807B2 |
Seal bladder bonding sleeves for submersible well pump assembly
A well pump seal section housing connects between a pump and a motor. Upper and lower retainers at upper and lower ends of the housing have outward facing cylindrical walls. A bladder has an interior in fluid communication with dielectric lubricant in the motor. Rigid upper and lower sleeves are bonded within upper and lower openings of the bladder. The sleeves slide over the cylindrical walls of the retainers and are sealed by seal rings. Fasteners secure the sleeves to the cylindrical walls. |
| US10669800B2 |
Release lugs for a jarring device
A release mechanism for a jarring tool is formed by a plurality of segmented release lugs. Each lug includes a plurality of axial spaced projections on an inner surface and a plurality of grooves on an outer surface. The projections have either different widths or are separated by varying distances and releaseably engage corresponding grooves in a mandrel located within a housing of the tool. The release lugs are positioned between a trigger sleeve and the mandrel. |
| US10669791B2 |
System and method for installing or removing a seal sub from a riser
A tool configured to facilitate installation or removal of a seal sub from an annular structure includes a support structure configured to be coupled to the annular structure, a shaft extending axially from the support structure, and an engaging structure coupled to the shaft. The engaging structure includes a plurality of engaging members, and each of the plurality of engaging members is configured to move in a radial direction between a retracted position that enables the engaging structure to be inserted into the seal sub and an extended position that enables the respective engaging member of the plurality of engaging members to engage the seal sub. |
| US10669790B2 |
Pipe retaining structure
A device includes a base configured to be coupled to a storage segment of a pipe support assembly. The device also includes an arm configured to be coupled to the base. The arm is configured to provide lateral support to a pipe when the pipe is disposed in a storage area adjacent to a first portion of the storage segment. The arm is also configured to move in a horizontal direction from a first location in which an end of the arm is disposed at a first horizontal distance from the storage segment to a second location in which the end of the arm is disposed at second horizontal distance from the storage segment when a force greater than or equal to a predetermined level is applied to the arm. |
| US10669789B2 |
Non-metallic centralizer for downhole drilling apparatus
A non-metallic centralizer for use with downhole operations. The centralizer is formed of a hollow, cylindrical body, a plurality of non-metallic blades protruding from the outer surface of the cylindrical body, and a plurality of wear buttons positioned on each of the plurality of blades, each of the wear buttons having a surface designed to reduce grabbing or sticking and wear of the hollow cylindrical body. |
| US10669787B2 |
Pump rod connection
A pump rod can include a body that includes a longitudinal axis; and a pin at an end of the body where the pin includes threads where the threads include tangential elliptical roots. |
| US10669785B1 |
VIV suppression devices with buoyancy modules
A vortex induced vibration suppression system including a buoyancy module dimensioned to at least partially encircle an underlying tubular, the buoyancy module having an exterior surface and a groove formed inwardly from the exterior surface; and a collar dimensioned to at least partially encircle the underlying tubular, the collar having a web, a set of flanges extending from the web, and at least one engaging member dimensioned to engage with the buoyancy module, when the collar is positioned around the underlying tubular. |
| US10669781B2 |
Down-the-hole drill hammer having a roller bearing assembly
A down-the-hole drill hammer is provided that includes a housing, a drill bit proximate a distal end of the housing, and a roller bearing assembly. The roller bearing assembly circumscribes the drill bit. The roller bearing assembly includes a race and a plurality of rollers. The plurality of rollers are operatively engaged with the race. |
| US10669780B2 |
Whipstocking drill for ultra-short-radius well
The invention belongs to the technical field of drills for petroleum, coal mines and exploration, and provides a whipstocking drill for an ultra-short-radius well. The whipstocking drill comprises several flexible drill rods which are sequentially connected end to end, wherein the flexible drill rod at an end portion is connected with a length compensation device, and the flexible drill rods are externally sleeved with several guide sleeves which are movably connected. The invention solves the technical problems of a long whipstocking length and an excessively large turning radius of curvature during whipstocking. |
| US10669779B1 |
Methods and systems of creating pressure pulses for pulse telemetry for MWD tools using a direct drive hydraulic ram
Creating pressure pulses for pulse telemetry for MWD tools using direct drive. Example embodiments include activating an electric motor of the MWD tool, and thereby turning a motor shaft. Rotating the motor shaft may cause turning of a threaded shaft. Turning the threaded shaft may cause a ball screw nut to translate along the threaded shaft. Translating the ball screw nut may cause translating a piston rod within a cylinder housing. Translating the piston rod may cause movement of the poppet coupled to the piston rod. |
| US10669774B2 |
Blind
A Roman blind includes a panel having a plurality of battens attached thereto. Each of the battens includes a rear slot, with at least one control band extending along a rear surface of the panel. Raising a lower end of the at least one control band causes the blind to be raised and lowering a lower end of the at least one control band causes the blind to be lowered. One or more band guides are mounted in the rear slot of one or more of the battens. The one or more band guides mounted in the rear slot of a batten that is not a lowermost batten is/are mounted for slidable movement within the rear slot so that the one or more band guides float in the rear slot. The position of the band guides is self-adjusting. Manufacturing of the blind is consequently less complex. |
| US10669771B2 |
Splice assembly
A frame assembly supporting an overhead door has a horizontal header connected to upright columns or posts with splice assemblies. Fasteners mounted on the columns cooperate with retainers on the splice assemblies to position and connect the columns to the header. Hinge assemblies pivotally mount the door on the header for movement between open and closed positions. |
| US10669769B2 |
Device for coordinated control and operation of double doors
A device for coordinated control and operation of double doors having a plate with a rectilinear motion that is associated with links with adjustable lengths that connect the plate to the double doors, with both the first and the second doors opened when one of the doors is opened and sequentially closed when one of the doors is closed. |
| US10669768B2 |
Robotic power delivery
A system includes a door, an external electrical connection electrically coupled to a charge store, an opening assembly including a controller, an actuator, a gear, and an actuator arm. The actuator arm is mechanically coupled to the actuator and removably coupled to the door such that the actuator arm opens or closes the door upon actuation of the actuator and the external electrical connection electrically couples to a mobile robotic power delivery device that includes a battery to provide electrical power to the actuator and the controller. |
| US10669766B2 |
Opening/closing body driving device
An opening/closing body driving device for driving an opening/closing body is provided. The opening/closing body driving device includes: a motor, having a rotation shaft; a screw shaft, being rotated by the rotation shaft; a moving nut, being screwed to the screw shaft and moved in an axial direction of the screw shaft; and a connection part, being provided at the moving nut, wherein an arm for opening and closing the opening/closing body is connected to the connection part. The rotation shaft and the screw shaft are respectively provided on the same axis, and the connection part is provided at a radially outer side of the screw shaft. |
| US10669764B2 |
Rail module with cable conduits for window regulator systems
An integrated module as a window regulator assembly including: a carrier panel for mounting to a frame of a vehicle closure panel; at least one rail on the carrier panel, the rail associated with at least one cable guide in conjunction with a regulator carriage, the regulator carriage for coupling to a window of the closure panel; a drive mechanism on the carrier panel, the drive mechanism for operating the regulator carriage along a track of the rail; a cable assembly coupling the regulator carriage to the drive mechanism via the cable guide, the cable assembly including a conduit connected at one end to the rail and connected at another end to the drive mechanism, the conduit containing a cable element slideably received within the conduit; wherein the cable element is unsheathed from the conduit where the cable element is in contact with the cable guide. |
| US10669761B1 |
Door hinge
A hinge including two parts, the first part having a folding portion formed by a first leaf having holes and the second leaf having mechanical components for support, the second part formed by a portion having mounting holes and complementary mechanical support components to those in the first part. |
| US10669760B2 |
Snap-acting hinge with damped closure and opening angle of more than 90°
A snap-acting hinge with damped closure and opening angle of more than 90°, comprising a first articulated quadrilateral and a second articulated quadrilateral, which have a first lever and a second lever in common and are provided with respective base elements constituted by a plate for coupling to a fixed element and by a plate for fixing to a movable element, the hinge being movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration; the hinge further comprises first elastic elements for holding the open configuration which are associated with the first quadrilateral, second elastic elements for holding the closed configuration which are associated with the second quadrilateral and a damper that acts in the transition from the open configuration to the closed configuration and which is interposed between the first lever and the fixing plate. |
| US10669758B2 |
Locking apparatuses and a method of providing access control
Locking apparatuses and methods are provided for controlling access to a space using an improved locking apparatus. The locking apparatus includes a body, an actuator, and a lifting member, at least a portion of the lifting member being configured to be raised or lowered relative to the body according to a command position. The locking apparatus further includes a lifting mechanism configured to receive an output of the actuator and to raise or lower the lifting member responsive to the actuator output, and an adjustment member configured to contact the body and the lifting member. A manual operation-based locking apparatus is provided which uses a foot pedal to lock or unlock the locking apparatus. A method is provided for operating a mounted locking apparatus in a locked or unlocked state. |
| US10669754B2 |
Door-locking system
A door-locking mechanism is for locking a door of a cabinet with respect to a main body of the cabinet. The door-locking mechanism includes a supporting component being operatively mountable onto the door, a driving component being operatively moveable with respect to the supporting component between at least first and second configurations, and at least one transmission component being operatively moveable with respect to the supporting component between drawn-in and drawn-out configurations. The door-locking mechanism also includes at least one locking rod being operatively connectable to the at least one transmission component and being movable between disengaged and engaged configurations with respect to a corresponding catch-rod of the cabinet, in response to the at least one transmission component being operated between the drawn-in and drawn-out configurations respectively, via an operation of the driving component from the first to the second configuration. |
| US10669751B2 |
Apparatus for hood latch of vehicle
An apparatus for a hood latch of a vehicle may include a hood, wherein the hood is completely closed by an operation of a cinching mechanism when the incomplete closing of the hood is detected to perform the closing of the hood, preventing a safety accident. |
| US10669749B2 |
Enhanced security handcuff apparatus
A handcuff design is provided, including a handcuff strand having ratchet teeth with openings formed therein, a ratchet button comprising teeth configured to interface with the openings formed in the handcuff strand, a universal handcuff key receptacle configured to receive a universal handcuff key, a pawl arrangement including a rotatable pawl element configured to be moved in a direction away from the handcuff strand by the universal handcuff key, the pawl arrangement including a spring mechanism, and a lock bar configured to impede movement of the pawl arrangement unless moved to an unlocked position. Unlocking the handcuff requires digitally actuating a first of the pair of ratchet buttons concurrently with digitally actuating a second of the pair of ratchet buttons while simultaneously employing the universal handcuff key, thereby releasing the ratchet teeth of the handcuff strand. |
| US10669744B2 |
Mechanical override of an electronic lock
An electromechanical lock according to the present invention includes a lock extension and a blocking module having an interior region. A pivot bolt is mounted in the interior region for rotation about a rotation axis between a nominal position and an unsecured position. First and second blockers are also disposed in the interior for movement between their respective nominal positions and an unblocking position. The lock further includes an override disposed in the interior region for movement between a nominal position and an override position. The lock is in a secured condition when the first and second blockers and the override are in their respective nominal positions and an unsecured condition when the second blocker is in its unblocking position. |
| US10669742B1 |
Method for opening a combination padlock
The combination padlock is of the type having a shackle, a dial for rotating a drive cam having a gate slot, a plurality of rotatable wheels or tumblers each with gate slots, and a fence for allowing the shackle to be opened when all of the gate slots are aligned with the fence.In carrying out the method, the dial is manipulated to sequentially align the gate slot of each wheel with the fence by incremental movement thereof and while the gate slot of the drive cam is aligned with the fence, applying force between the shackle and casing to measure movement of the shackle relative to the casing at each increment position of at least two of the wheels to determine the combination number of each wheel and/or to open the shackle.A frame is provided with structure for releasably securing the casing member in a first embodiment, and the shackle member in a second embodiment, to the frame wherein the unsecured shackle member or casing member is free to move relative to the frame. Also provided is a movement sensitive device for sensing movement between the shackle and the casing while force is applied between the shackle and casing to determine the combination numbers. |
| US10669740B2 |
Emergency door lock illumination apparatus
An emergency illumination apparatus is integrated into a door lock mechanism including a manual release member and a latch which is displaceable between an engaged position with the jamb of an associated exit door, and a disengaged position, enabling opening of the door. The apparatus includes an illumination device including a base member mounted to the door lock mechanism or a surface of the associated exit door and a spaced array of discrete illumination elements extending along at least one axis intersecting with or circumventing the manual release member. A sensor operates to detect an emergency condition such as the presence of excessive heat, smoke, carbon monoxide, noxious gas and the like, and generate an alarm signal in response thereto. An independent power supply is disposed within the emergency door lock illumination apparatus. A controller energized by the power supply activates the illumination device in response to the alarm signal. |
| US10669738B2 |
Collapsible canopy frame having a central lock
A collapsible canopy frame with an improved locking mechanism. The collapsible canopy frame has at least three supporting legs. The collapsible canopy frame also has a central lock that is used for locking the collapsible canopy frame in an unfolded state and permits the collapsible canopy frame to be folded into a folded state when the central lock is unlocked. An outer retractable unit is connected between each adjacent supporting leg. An inner retractable unit having an inner end is connected between each supporting leg and the central lock. The inner end of the inner retractable unit is connected through the central lock. |
| US10669736B2 |
Guiding device for assembling wind turbine towers
The invention relates to a guiding device for assembling towers and/or foundations for wind turbines, intended to enable and/or facilitate relative movement between a mobile element and a support element, at least one of said elements being a section and/or part of the shaft of a wind turbine tower or foundation. The guiding device comprises: sliding means that are in contact with the mobile element and allow the relative movement thereof with respect to the guiding device; securing means that connect the guiding device to the support element; and means for geometric adaptation disposed between the sliding means and the securing means, which allow load transmission between the sliding means and the securing means while at the same time also allowing relative movement between the two. |
| US10669734B2 |
Wall damper
The present invention relates to a wall damper (100) connected to an upper floor and a lower floor, comprising of a top cap (108), a pair of cover plates (105), a pair of side members (107), and a base (110), interconnected to one another to form a framing structure to accommodate a pair of inner panels (101), a plurality of damping means (103), and a plurality of outer plates (104); characterised in that the pair of inner panels (101) connected vertically to one another by a joint (102); the top cap (108) having a slit (114) for receiving the pair of inner panels (101); the plurality of damping means (103) bounded to both sides of the pair of inner panels (101); the plurality of outer plates (104) bounded to the plurality of damping means (103); a plurality of stiffening members (106) disposed on a surface of each of the pair of cover plates (105); wherein the pair of inner panels (101), the plurality of damping means (103), the plurality of outer plates (104) and the pair of cover plates (105) are arranged in a parallel relationship; wherein the pair of inner panels (101), the joint (102), the plurality of damping means (103), the plurality of outer plates (104), and the pair of cover plates (105), being provided with a plurality of cavities (113) and aligned with one another accordingly for a connecting means (112) transversed therethrough. |
| US10669733B2 |
Earthquake resistant construction element
An earthquake resistant wall construction is described. The earthquake resistant wall construction comprises a first runner, a second runner, at least one first earthquake resistant insert in communication with the first runner or second runner. The earthquake resistant insert is connected to a construction board and comprises at least one first elongate slot, wherein the earthquake resistant insert is held in communication with said first runner or second runner via at least one first fixing member which passes through the first elongate slot. |
| US10669732B2 |
Wheeled pool cleaner with removable cover
A pool cleaner includes a pool cleaner body and at least two wheels mounted to the pool cleaner body so as to be rotatable about a common wheel axis. An access cover selectively closing an access opening defined in the body. A handle closure is mounted to the body so as to be rotatable about the common wheel axis independently of the at least two wheels. The handle closure is rotatable relative to the body so as to be movable between a closed position, in which the handle closure secures the access cover over the access opening, and an open position. An inner cover can selectively cover a turbine and gears of the pool cleaner within the body, and is held in place via engagement with the access over. Wheel well sidewalls can be substantially solid to help further enclose an inner volume of the body. |
| US10669730B1 |
Method and apparatus for repairing retaining walls
A system for repairing masonry and concrete retaining walls that are failing under lateral earth pressure applied to the outer wall surface of the failing wall. Upper and lower spaced anchor plates are secured to the inner wall surface of the failing wall by respectfully securing the anchor plates to the inner wall surface with at least one anchor bolt. A threaded steel tension rod is then connected between the upper and lower anchor plates with nuts threadably secured to upper and lower ends of the rod. The threaded steel tension rod is placed under a desired tension load to thereby apply an external tension forced to the inner wall surface without applying bending stresses to the threaded steel rod by tightening at least one of the nuts. |
| US10669728B2 |
Blister package with detachable knife
A disposable blister package according to an example of the present disclosure includes a first portion and a second portion. A cavity is formed in the second portion and contains a compound. The first portion is separable from the second portion at a snap line, and the first portion is operable to spread the compound. |
| US10669727B2 |
Loosefill insulation blowing machine
A machine for distributing loosefill insulation material is provided. The machine includes a chute having an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet end is configured to receive compressed loosefill insulation material. A lower unit has a shredding chamber configured to receive the compressed loosefill insulation material from the outlet end of the chute. The shredding chamber includes a plurality of shredders configured to shred, pick apart and condition the loosefill insulation material. The shredders include a shredder shaft and a plurality of vane assemblies. The vane assemblies are oriented such that adjacent vane assemblies are offset from each other by an angle in a range of from about 45° to about 75°. A discharge mechanism is mounted to receive conditioned loosefill insulation material exiting the shredding chamber. The discharge mechanism is configured to distribute the conditioned loosefill insulation material into an airstream. A blower is configured to provide the airstream flowing through the discharge mechanism. |
| US10669724B2 |
Mechanical locking system for floor panels
Building panels provided with a locking system for vertical and horizontal locking of a first edge and a second edge of adjacent panels. The locking system includes a displaceable tongue at least partly arranged in a displacement groove, a tongue groove, a cavity provided in a strip at the first edge, and a protrusion extending downwards at the second edge. The displaceable tongue is arranged to be displaced at least partly into the tongue groove during locking, and wherein the protrusion is arranged to be located in least a portion of the cavity when the panels are locked vertically and horizontally. |
| US10669720B1 |
Stackable closure strip
Closure strip devices, systems, kits, assemblies and methods are shown and described. A closure strip for a building having a metal roof may include a body, a top surface on one side of the body, a raised shelf formed in the body on the top surface, and a bottom surface having a hollow portion. A second closure strip may be accepted and recessed into the hollow portion of the first closure strip. The raised shelf may include breaks along a length of the body between separated raised portions. There may be depressions in each of the separated raised portions. |
| US10669719B2 |
N-shape prefabricated connective split column for underground structures
An n-shape connected split column for underground structure comprises a prefabricated reinforced concrete column, n-shape connector, exterior packaged steel sheet, reserved connecting reinforcement and reserved high strength bolt. The subject of the prefabricated reinforced concrete column is an ordinary reinforced concrete column; the reserved connecting reinforcement is reserved on the top and bottom of the prefabricated reinforced concrete column; a high strength bolt is reserved on adjacent side faces. The n-shape connector connects with prefabricated reinforced concrete column through reserved high strength bolt; they are installed in underground structure through reserved connecting reinforcement. The exterior packaged steel sheet is pasted on the exterior of the prefabricated reinforced concrete column, and coadjacent prefabricated reinforced concrete column and connection gap between them is overall packaged to ensure the performance of split column under normal service condition. The present disclosure has clear concept and principle; it is easy to be manufactured, repaired, and installed in a key position of underground structure to decrease the damage of earthquake for an underground structure. |
| US10669716B2 |
Panels comprising a mechanical locking device and an assembled product comprising the panels
A set of panels including a first panel, a second, and a locking device. The locking device includes an edge groove at the first edge and a tongue groove at the second edge. The edge groove includes a flexible tongue arranged in an insertion groove at a first side of the edge groove. The edge groove includes a first groove surface at a first side of the insertion groove and a second groove surface at a second side of the insertion groove. The second edge includes a first edge surface at a first side of the tongue groove and a second edge surface at a second side of the tongue groove. The locking device is configured to be unlocked by inserting a tool in the tongue groove. The first groove surface is arranged offset in a second direction relative to the second groove surface by a first distance. |
| US10669713B2 |
Partition assembly
An office work system includes a first and second table assemblies each including a first work surface having first and second ends, and leg arrangements coupled to the work surfaces and configured to support the work surfaces above a floor surface, a beam arrangement that includes an upwardly-facing surface, a first end, a second end, and a pair of channels extending between the first and second ends, the channels coextending with one another and being located at the same vertical height, wherein the first table and second table assemblies are coupled to the beam arrangement, a work tool positioned above the beam arrangement, and a connector assembly connecting the work tool to the beam arrangement, where the connector assembly is coupled to the work tool and engages the pair of channels of the beam arrangement such that the work tool may be repositioned along a length of the beam arrangement. |
| US10669711B2 |
Connector for lightweight office partition
A removable connector used for connecting two or more wall panels. The connector is accessible to a user in a vertical space between the connected wall panels open to both front face and rear face of each panel. The user is able to easily engage and move the connector, relative to the wall panels, to latch and unlatch the connector with a view to connecting and disconnect the panels. |
| US10669707B2 |
Closet collar adaptations
Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating the installation of a toilet over a closet collar for a drain pipe. According to various embodiments, a pipe extension for a closet collar adaptation assembly is positioned with the closet collar. The toilet is positioned over the closet collar adaptation assembly. At least one seal is provided between the toilet and the closet collar adaptation assembly to thereby facilitate passage of matter from the toilet through the closet collar. |
| US10669699B2 |
Control system for work vehicle, control method, and work vehicle
A current terrain acquisition device acquires current terrain information. The current terrain information indicates the current terrain to be worked, and includes the height of the current terrain at a plurality of points. A controller is configured to decide the smoothed height for each of the plurality of points. The controller is configured to decide a smoothed current terrain that includes the smoothed height of the plurality of points. The controller is configured to decide a virtual design surface on the basis of the smoothed current terrain. The controller is configured to generate a command signal to a work implement of the work vehicle to move the work implement along the virtual design surface. |
| US10669698B2 |
Monitoring ground-engaging products for earth working equipment
A product and system for identifying and monitoring a characteristic including the part ID, presence, condition, usage and/or performance of ground-engaging products used on various kinds of earth working equipment. |
| US10669696B2 |
Work vehicle
In a work vehicle provided with: a working device including an arm and a bucket; a vehicle speed detection device that detects a vehicle speed; a travel drive device that outputs a travel driving force increasing in response to a decrease in the vehicle speed at a time of excavation; and a control device that controls the travel driving force by the travel drive device, the control device is characterized by including a limit control section that limits the travel driving force during a specified time which passes from when the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detection device becomes a predetermined first vehicle speed threshold value or less and the work vehicle plunges into an object to be excavated until an operation of the working device is started. |
| US10669693B2 |
System and method for controlling a machine through an interrupted operation
A method of controlling a machine through an interrupted operation of the machine is provided. The method includes retrieving an existing load signal indicative of an existing external load on the machine by a controller prior to the interrupted operation. The method includes calculating an available load capacity for the machine defined as a difference between a maximum load capacity of the machine and the existing external load by the controller. Further, the method includes controlling the machine to execute a working operation by the controller corresponding to the available load capacity of the machine. |
| US10669692B2 |
Pipeline padding machine elevator self-cleaning system
A self-cleaning elevator flight bracket system is described for attachment to an elevator or conveyor flight for pipeline padding and backfill operations. The system is designed for bolt-on installation to padding equipment elevator flights, or cleated conveyor feeders. Built-up soil, clay, and other debris, which interfere with elevator drive mechanisms, are self-cleaned with the system. The assembly is universal to fit a variety of existing bolt patterns on elevator flight plates or feeder conveyor cleats. Flexible cables are directed to engage and remove excessive backfill material build-up. While operating padding machinery in heavy soil, or clay, material builds up in the space between the elevator flights and the elevator side wall. This leads to impeding the drive mechanism. With the use of the presently described elevator flight bracket and flexible cable or fingers, the upward movement of the elevator acts to self-clean the machinery and allows for longer operation. |
| US10669690B2 |
Work attachment assemblies
Improvements to work attachment assemblies and in particular work attachment assemblies for use with work machines such as excavators. |
| US10669689B2 |
Hydromill wheel with single disc cutting rollers
A hydromill wheel (5) for excavating a trench in hard rock includes a drum (4) arranged to be rotated about its axis (A, B). The wheel (4) further includes a plurality of single disc cutters (11) mounted on the periphery of the drum (5), the single disc cutter (11) having a rotatable single cutting disc (11) arranged to come in contact with and crush the rock during excavation. The spacing of the projection of at least some of the cutting discs (11) on the drum axis (A, B) is 20% to 70% of the cutting disc diameter. |
| US10669688B2 |
Base pad for pier support
A base pad includes a main body that has a top side and a bottom side. The top side is configured to receive a pier support. The base pad includes a plurality of ribs positioned on the bottom side of the main body. The base pad includes at least one aperture that is defined by the main body. The aperture passes through the top side to the bottom side of the main body. The aperture is configured to receive a fastener for securing the pier support to the top side of the main body. |
| US10669687B1 |
Systems and methods for constructing retaining wall structure and well point in granular soils under groundwater level
The present invention discloses a system and method for constructing retaining wall structure and well point in granular soils under groundwater level. The system is configured to drain the excavated zone and stabilizes the soil slope wall especially in urban lands with granular soils and high groundwater level during construction process. The system is configured to enable installation of vertical beams and polyethylene grooved drainage pipes wrapped by geotextile for drainage in the boundaries of the desired land by using a hammering casing pipe system. The hammering casing pipe system comprises a casing to receive the vertical beam and the drainage pipe, a mandrel for inserting the casing to the target location without removal of soil in the casing, a hammer element for hammering the mandrel into the target location, and a steel shaft or an impact transmission shaft configured to transfer impact from the hammer element to the mandrel. |
| US10669682B2 |
Ice re-conditioning assembly
An ice re-conditioning assembly includes a vehicle that is driven on ice in an ice skating rink. A drive unit is coupled to the vehicle for driving the vehicle around the ice skating rink in a pre-determined route. A plurality of resurfacing units is each movably coupled to the vehicle. Each of the resurfacing units is urged into a deployed position to engage the ice for reconditioning the ice for skating. Each of the resurfacing units is urged into a stored position has each of the resurfacing units being contained within the vehicle and being spaced from the ice. A plurality of displays is provided and each of the displays is coupled to the vehicle. Each of the displays displays indicia comprising words and images for advertising purposes. |
| US10669679B2 |
Ground striper pump piston having dual checks
A pump for a striping machine includes dual check valves within its piston. At least one of the dual check valves is closed during an upstroke of the piston, thereby ensuring that the pump drives fluid during both its upstroke and its downstroke to maintain a desired ratio between a fluid output by the pump and a material solution output by another pump of the striping machine. |
| US10669677B2 |
Hydraulic system for driving a vibratory mechanism
A hydraulic system for driving a vibratory mechanism of a compaction roller includes at least one hydraulic motor connectable to a vibratory mechanism and a first hydraulic pump fluidly connected to the at least one hydraulic motor and arranged for supplying pressurised hydraulic fluid to the at least one hydraulic motor. The hydraulic system further includes a second hydraulic pump fluidly connected to the at least one hydraulic motor and arranged for supplying pressurised hydraulic fluid to the at least one hydraulic motor. A corresponding method for controlling a vibratory mechanism of a compaction roller is also provided. |
| US10669676B2 |
Rubber-tire roller for compacting a ground and method for controlling a sprinkler system of a rubber-tire roller
A rubber-tired roller for the compaction of a ground, in particular for asphalt compaction, with a machine frame, a drive engine, a chassis driven by said drive engine with a front chassis part and a rear chassis part, at least one chassis part comprising at least two tires with running surfaces, which are arranged next to one another, at least one sprinkler system for the tires of the chassis part, which is configured to apply a liquid separating agent to the running surfaces of the tires, and a control unit for controlling the sprinkler system, wherein a temperature sensor is provided which is configured and arranged such that it determines the temperature of at least one tire, in particular the running surface of said tire. The invention moreover relates to a method for controlling a sprinkler system of such a rubber-tired roller. |
| US10669669B2 |
Deodorant and deodorizing product
The deodorant of the present invention is characterized in that the deodorant consists of a crystalline zinc oxide in which zinc oxide and aluminum oxide are composited, and a molar ratio (ZnO/Al2O3) of the zinc oxide to the aluminum oxide is in a range from 40 to 80. The deodorant has a high deodorizing effect against sulfur gases and acidic gases. A preferable average particle size of the deodorant is 0.2 to 15 μm. |
| US10669666B2 |
Door unit and clothes treating apparatus having the same
A folder type door unit and a clothes treating apparatus having the same are provided. The clothes treating apparatus includes a main body in which an internal space configured to receive clothes is formed and a door unit configured to open and close an opened upper portion of the internal space. The door unit includes a first door rotatably disposed about a first hinge shaft with respect to the main body, a second door coupled to the first door and configured to be rotatable about a second hinge shaft with respect to the first door, and a damper configured to press the second door to a second direction opposite to a first direction in response to the second door being rotated to the first direction with respect to the first door. |
| US10669657B2 |
Knit sleeve ribbing structure
Present aspects are directed to a ribbed structure of a knit sleeve that may provide ventilation, color-reveal qualities, curvature of a tailored sleeve shape, increased range of motion, and additional functional stability of the knit sleeve. Rib zones may be located along the knit sleeve so that various ribbing and venting components of each rib zone are automatically oriented near a particular portion of a wearer's arm. The rib zones may comprise a plurality of knitted ribs and a plurality of knitted vents, wherein the plurality of knitted vents are configured to move from a closed position to an open position in response to expansion and contraction of the plurality of knitted ribs. |
| US10669656B2 |
Upper for an article of footwear having a knitted component with a fused area
The present disclosure provides an upper for an article of footwear. The upper may include a knitted component having a first yarn and a second yarn, where the first yarn comprises a core with a sheath, the sheath being formed of a thermoplastic material having a melting temperature. The second yarn may be substantially free of the thermoplastic material. The knitted component may further comprise a first layer having a first surface and a second layer having a second surface, where the first layer and the second layer are secured via a knit structure of the knitted component, and where the knitted component further comprises a first region and a second region. |
| US10669655B2 |
Seamless knit enclosure for headphones
A seamless knit enclosure for a headphone unit is provided. The seamless knit enclosure may include a pair of earpieces and a headband spanning therebetween. The seamless knit enclosure may include a first region and a second region. The first region may have a stitch construction that has a first elasticity. The second region may have a second stitch construction that has a second elasticity that is different than the first. |
| US10669654B2 |
Upper for an article of footwear with a cuff
In one aspect, an upper for an article of footwear may include a knit element, a collar area configured to form an ankle opening, and a cuff in the collar area. The cuff may be at least partially formed by the knit element and may include a ribbed knit structure of the knit element. In another aspect, an upper for an article of footwear may include a knit element with a first area, the first area including a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The first side may be formed of at least 30% more material than the second side such that the first area is configured to curve convexly away from the first side. |
| US10669653B2 |
Directed energy deposition to facilitate high speed applications
The present invention relates to methods, apparatuses, and systems for controlling the density of a fluid near a functional object in order to improve one or more relevant performance metrics. In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to forming a low density region near the object utilizing a directed energy deposition device to deposit energy along one or more paths in the fluid. In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to synchronizing energy deposition with one or more parameters impacting the functional performance of the object. |
| US10669652B2 |
Metal fabric, sheet set, decoration, stationery, container and method of manufacturing container
A metal fabric (10) has a sheet form, using metal threads for warp (30) as the warp, and metal threads for weft (20) as the weft, wherein each of the metal threads for warp (30) and the metal threads for weft (20) has an average diameter of 0.03 mm or larger and 0.09 mm or smaller, the metal threads for warp (30) and the metal threads for weft (20) may be plain-woven, and the metal fabric (10) may be shaped in a square with a side of 100 mm or longer and 200 mm or shorter. |
| US10669651B2 |
Woven fabric with improved comfort
A woven fabric having a novel composition of multiple fibres with improved comfort and performance is disclosed. Further, a fabric composition, construction and crimp control process provides enhanced comfort and performance by improving parameters such as thermal conductivity and moisture regulation along with other parameters such as dimensional stability, smoothness, drying properties and tensile strength. The woven fabric includes a plurality of warp yarns and a plurality of weft yarns interwoven with said plurality of warp yarns, where the plurality of warp yarns is a blended spun yarn including cotton fibre and regenerated cellulose fibre. Each of the plurality of weft yarns is a continuous polyester filament of fine count. The woven fabric composition includes more than 50% cotton, 15-25% regenerated cellulose fibre and less than 35% polyester, further wherein moisture regain of the woven fabric is in the range of 5.5%-8.5%. |
| US10669649B2 |
Thread draw-off nozzle
A thread draw-off nozzle for an open-end rotor spinning device includes a front surface, a nozzle bore, and a funnel-shaped yarn deflection surface connecting the front surface and the nozzle bore. The front surface adjoins the yarn deflection surface. The front surface and the yarn deflection surface form an effective diameter (DW) of the thread draw-off nozzle. The effective diameter (DW) of the thread draw-off nozzle is less than 8 mm, and the yarn deflection surface comprises a radius of curvature (R) of less than 2.5 mm. |
| US10669643B2 |
Clamper and holding jig including same
A clamper includes: a first clamping member having a first base portion and a first contact portion that is to be in contact with one surface of the workpiece; a second clamping member having a second contact portion that is to be in contact with the other surface of the workpiece; and a clamping member biasing member configured to bias at least one of the first clamping member and the second clamping member in a direction of bringing the first contact portion and the second contact portion closer to each other. The first contact portion has a plurality of plate spring portions extending from the first base portion, the plurality of plate spring portions configured to elastically deform independently from each other to come into contact with the workpiece. |
| US10669639B2 |
Eletrochemical oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using copper-based anodes
Electrochemical cells for the oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural are provided. Also provided are methods of using the cells to carry out the oxidation reactions. The electrochemical cells and methods use catalytic copper-based anodes to carry out the electrochemical oxidation reactions. |
| US10669636B2 |
All solution-process and product for transparent conducting film
An all solution-processed deposition includes a non-water soluble, non-self-cracking film deposited by a solution process (e.g., spray, dip, spin coat, and the like), a water soluble, self-cracking film deposited by a solution process (e.g., spray, dip, spin coat, and the like), cracking of the film, and filling the cracks with a metal that is deposited in solution (e.g., by electroless disposition). A transparent substrate having a cracked water insoluble, non-self-cracking film surface coating includes a plurality of fissures therein extending to and exposing portions of the surface of the underlying transparent substrate is useful for producing a transparent conducting film. |
| US10669634B2 |
Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
A display apparatus includes a substrate on which a central area and a peripheral area adjacent to the central area are arranged. The central area includes a display area. The display apparatus further includes: at least one insulation pattern that is formed in the peripheral area; a groove from which a material for forming the insulation pattern is removed and that is formed adjacent to the insulation pattern; and at least one insulating layer that is interposed between the insulation pattern and the substrate. The groove is located in the at least one insulating layer. |
| US10669632B2 |
Processing apparatus
A processing apparatus includes a processing container, a manifold having an injector supporting part, the injector supporting part being disposed at a lower end of the processing container, extending along an inner wall surface in the processing container and having an insertion hole, and a gas introduction part having a gas flow passage within the gas introduction part to communicate with the insertion hole and an outside of the processing container so that a gas flows in the gas flow passage, an injector inserted and fixed into the insertion hole, the injector entirely extending in a linear manner along the wall surface and having an opening communicating with the gas flow passage at a location where the injector is inserted into the insertion hole, and a gas supplying pipe communicating with and connected to an outer end of the gas flow passage of the gas introduction part. |
| US10669631B2 |
Gas injection apparatus and thin film deposition equipment including the same
A gas injection apparatus, which can sequentially supply a substrate with at least two kinds of source gases reacting with each other in a container, and thin film deposition equipment including the gas injection apparatus, are provided. The gas injection apparatus includes a base plate, a first gas supply region protruding from the base plate, a second gas supply region protruding from the base plate and adjacent the first gas supply region, and a trench defined by a sidewall of the first gas supply region and a sidewall of the second gas supply region. The sidewall of the first gas supply region and the sidewall of the second gas supply region face each other and extend in a radial direction on the base plate. |
| US10669629B2 |
Showerhead assembly with multiple fluid delivery zones
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor processing apparatus. The processing chamber includes a chamber body and lid defining an interior volume, a substrate support disposed in the interior volume and a showerhead assembly disposed between the lid and the substrate support. The showerhead assembly includes a faceplate configured to deliver a process gas to a processing region defined between the showerhead assembly and the substrate support and an underplate positioned above the faceplate, defining a first plenum between the lid and the underplate, the having multiple zones, wherein each zone has a plurality of openings that are configured to pass an amount of inert gas from the first plenum into a second plenum defined between the faceplate and the underplate, in fluid communication with the plurality of openings of each zone such that the inert gas mixes with the process gas before exiting the showerhead assembly. |
| US10669627B2 |
Multi-layer deposition system and process
A modular multilayer deposition system includes a plurality of modular deposition chambers, including at least one parylene deposition chamber and at least one ALD deposition chamber. The parylene deposition chamber is connected in series with the ALD deposition chamber. Substrates are automatically moved from within the parylene deposition chamber to within the ALD deposition chamber or from within the ALD deposition chamber to the parylene deposition chamber. |
| US10669619B2 |
Titanium alloy member and method for manufacturing the same
There is provided a titanium alloy member including a base metal portion, and an outer hardened layer formed on an outer layer of the base metal portion, the cross sectional hardness of the base metal portion is 330 HV or higher and lower than 400 HV, the cross sectional hardnesses at positions 5 μm and 15 μm from the surface of the outer hardened layer are 450 HV or higher and lower than 600 HV, the outer hardened layer includes an oxygen diffusion layer and a nitrogen diffusion layer, the oxygen diffusion layer is at a depth of 40 to 80 μm from the surface of the outer hardened layer, and the nitrogen diffusion layer is at a depth of 2 to 5 μm from surface of the outer hardened layer. This titanium alloy member includes an outer hardened layer, is high in cross sectional hardness of the base metal portion, and is excellent in fatigue strength and wear resistance. |
| US10669618B2 |
Durable cosmetic finishes for titanium surfaces
A method for providing a surface finish to a metal part includes both diffusion hardening a metal surface to form a diffusion-hardened layer, and oxidizing the diffusion-hardened layer to create an oxide coating thereon. The diffusion-hardened layer can be harder than an internal region of the metal part and might be ceramic, and the oxide coating can have a color that is different from the metal or ceramic, the color being unachievable only by diffusion hardening or only by oxidizing. The metal can be titanium or titanium alloy, the diffusion hardening can include carburizing or nitriding, and the oxidizing can include electrochemical oxidization. The oxide layer thickness can be controlled via the amount of voltage applied during oxidation, with the oxide coating color being a function of thickness. An enhanced hardness profile can extend to a depth of at least 20 microns below the top of the oxide coating. |
| US10669617B2 |
Methods for processing bonded dual alloy rotors including differential heat treatment processes
Methods for processing bonded dual alloy rotors are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a bonded dual alloy rotor including rotor blades bonded to a hub disk. The rotor blades and hub disk are composed of different alloys. A minimum processing temperature (TDISK_PROCESS_MIN) for the hub disk and a maximum critical temperature for the rotor blades (TBLADE_MAX) is established such that TBLADE_MAX is less than TDIsK_PROCESS_MIN. A differential heat treatment process is then performed during which the hub disk is heated to processing temperatures equal to or greater than TDISK_PROCESS_MIN, while at least a volumetric majority of each of the rotor blades is maintained at temperatures below TBLADE_MAX. Such a targeted differential heat treatment process enables desired metallurgical properties (e.g., precipitate hardening) to be created within the hub disk, while preserving the high temperature properties of the rotor blades and any blade coating present thereon. |
| US10669616B2 |
Aluminum alloy composition and method
An aluminum alloy composition includes, in weight percent: 0.7-1.10 manganese; 0.05-0.25 iron; 0.21-0.30 silicon; 0.005-0.020 nickel; 0.10-0.20 titanium; 0.014 max copper; and 0.05 max zinc, with the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities. The alloy may tolerate higher nickel contents than existing alloys, while providing increased corrosion resistance, as well as similar extrudability, strength, and performance. Billets of the alloy may be homogenized at 590-640° C. and controlled cooled at less than 250° C. per hour. The homogenized billet may be extruded into a product, such as an aluminum alloy heat exchanger tube. |
| US10669607B2 |
Method of producing press-hardened and coated steel parts at a high productivity rate
This invention relates to a sheet or pre-coated blank comprising a steel substrate for heat treatment, overlaid on at least a part of at least one of its principal faces, by a pre-coating having, at least one layer of aluminum or aluminum alloy overlaid, on at least a part of the above-mentioned pre-coating, by a polymerized layer having a thickness between 2 and 30 μm composed of a polymer that does not contain silicon, and the nitrogen content of which, is greater than 1% by weight expressed in relation to the above-mentioned layer, wherein the above-mentioned polymerized layer contains carbon pigments in a quantity between 3 and 30% by weight, expressed in relation to said layer. |
| US10669606B2 |
Stainless steel having excellent brazeability
A stainless steel exhibiting an excellent brazeability includes in mass %: C: from 0.001% to 0.1%; Si: from more than 1.5% to 4.0%; Mn: from 0.05% to 4.0%; Cr: from 10.5% to 30%; Ni: 35% or less; N: from 0.001% to 0.4%; one or both of Ti: 0.002% to 0.030% and Al: 0.002% to 0.10%; and a balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which an Si content, a Ti content and an Al content satisfy Formula 1, and an oxide film with a composition satisfying Formula 2 is formed on a surface of the stainless steel, Sim/(Tim+Alm)≥40 Formula 1 1.2×SimFem≤Sif/Fef≤5×Sim/Fem Formula 2 in Formula 1 and Formula 2, a suffix “f” expresses the oxide film in a unit of atom %, and a suffix “m” expresses a base material in a unit of mass %. |
| US10669605B2 |
Interference fit quench plug assembly and methods for use thereof
A method is provided including heating a workpiece beyond a transformation temperature. The workpiece has at least one internal surface that has a nominal diameter, and a transformation diameter that corresponds to the start of a transformation from a first state to a second state. The method includes inserting a quench plug assembly into the workpiece. The quench plug assembly includes at least one contact surface. The at least one contact surface has a diameter that is larger than the nominal diameter and at least as large as the transformation diameter. The method includes quenching the workpiece with the quench plug assembly disposed in the bore of the workpiece. The at least one internal surface is contacted and restrained by the at least one contact surface while the workpiece transforms from the first state to the second state. Also, the method includes removing the quench plug assembly from the workpiece. |
| US10669601B2 |
Highly alloyed stainless steel forgings made without solution anneal
The post forging solution anneal step normally carried out on hot forgings made from highly alloyed metals can be eliminated while still avoiding the formation of deleterious intermetallic phases by adopting a number separate features in connection the way the forging is made. |
| US10669594B2 |
Compositions and methods for detecting a biological contaminant
Provided are compositions and methods useful to the determination of whether a microbial contaminant is present in a biological therapeutic production process. Specifically, an artificial positive amplification control plasmid and unique quantitative PCR detection probe are provided, which enables the rapid and real-time detection of a false positive result. |
| US10669587B2 |
Methods for diagnosing and treating inflammatory bowel disease
Biomarkers predictive of responsiveness to integrin beta7 antagonists, including anti-beta7 integrin subunit antibodies, and methods of using such biomarkers are provided. In addition, methods of treating gastrointestinal inflammatory disorders such as inflammatory bowel diseases including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are provided. Also provided are methods of using such predictive biomarkers for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. |
| US10669586B2 |
Characterization of molecules in nanofluidics
Systems are provided for detecting and quantitating short nucleic acid molecules. |
| US10669578B2 |
Sample preparation method
The invention relates to an improved method for characterising a template polynucleotide. The method involves using a polymerase to prepare a modified polynucleotide which makes it easier to characterise than the template polynucleotide. |
| US10669577B2 |
Massive parallel method for decoding DNA and RNA
This invention provides methods for attaching a nucleic acid to a solid surface and for sequencing nucleic acid by detecting the identity of each nucleotide analogue after the nucleotide analogue is incorporated into a growing strand of DNA in a polymerase reaction. The invention also provides nucleotide analogues which comprise unique labels attached to the nucleotide analogue through a cleavable linker, and a cleavable chemical group to cap the —OH group at the 3′-position of the deoxyribose. |
| US10669575B2 |
Square wave thermal cycling
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods and systems for analysis of melting temperatures, and particularly to analysis of duplex nucleic acids. |
| US10669568B2 |
Substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazines as luciferase substrates
Described are substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine compounds, which are coelenterazine analogues, kits comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds for the detection of luminescence in luciferase-based assays. Also described are methods from making the compounds, such as a method using aminopyrazine acetophosphonates as synthesis intermediates. |
| US10669564B2 |
Compositions and methods for measuring blood glucose levels
In some embodiments, the present invention a mutated FAD-GDHα protein, wherein the mutated FAD-GDHα protein is mutated from a wild-type first species to contain at least one point mutation, wherein the mutated FAD-GDHα protein comprises: P(X)n=8X4(X)n=16V(X)n=6RN(X)n=3YDXRPXCXGX3NNCMP(X)n=1CP(X)n=2A(X)n=1Y(X)n=1G(X)n=6A(X)n=2AG(X)n=6AVV(X)n=3E(X)n=8-9A(X)n=2Y(X)n=1D(X)n=5HRV(X)n=5V(X)n=2A(X)n=3E(X)n=2K(X)n=4S(X)n=5P(X)n=1G(X)n=2N(X)n=4GRN(X)n=1MDH(X)n=4V(X)n=1F(X)n=6-7W(X)n=1GRGP(X)n=9RDGXX5R(X)n=19T(X)n=14L(X)n=14X2(X)n=1X1(X)n=1E(X)n=4P(X)n=1NR(X)n=3S(X)n=4D(X)n=2G(X)n=7Y(X)n=4Y(X)n=32-35, wherein each X represents a wild-type amino acid residue of the first species and n indicates the number of the wild-type amino acid residues of the first species represented by a respective parenthetical at that position, wherein: a) X1 is selected from the group consisting of X, S, C, T, M, V, Y, N, P, L, G, Q, A, I, D, W, H, and E, wherein if X1 is L, H or V, then X2 is D; b) X3 is selected from the group consisting of G, H, D, Y, S, and X; c) X4 is selected from the group consisting of S and X; and d) X5 is selected from the group consisting of L and X. |
| US10669554B2 |
Production of DHA and other LC PUFAs in plants
The invention provides recombinant host organisms (e.g., plants) genetically modified with a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) synthase system and one or more accessory proteins (e.g., PPTase and/or ACoAS) that allow for and/or improve the production of PUFAs in the host organism. The present invention also relates to methods of making and using such organisms (e.g., to obtain PUFAs) as well as products obtained from such organisms (e.g., oil and/or seed). |
| US10669550B2 |
Transgenic strain containing an isolated promoter
The invention discloses a promoter which can be induced to express in acidic conditions, and relates to the field of bioengineering technology. The promoters of the invention are separated from A. niger and can actuate and/or regulate the expression of the effectively connected nucleic acids in A. niger. In the invention the expression of the promoters is studied in A. niger, and it is indicated that some promoters show weak expression, and some show strong activity. The invention provides an effective method and new thought for organic acids production by fungi or other products produced by fermentation under acidic conditions. |
| US10669547B2 |
Genome editing using effector oligonucleotides for therapeutic treatment
The invention provides compositions and methods of making and using effector oligonucleotides, including effector oligonucleotides with greater than one mismatch as compared to its target sequence. These effector oligonucleotides are useful for improving the efficiency of genomic editing as well as providing therapeutic benefits to individuals in need thereof. |
| US10669544B2 |
Therapeutic compositions
This application relates to therapeutic siRNA agents and methods of making and using the agents. |
| US10669542B2 |
Compositions and uses for treatment thereof
The invention is directed generally to oligonucleotide compositions for the treatment of DNA repeat expansion diseases. The invention also relates to oligonucleotides directed to subunits of the DNA mismatch repair system. |
| US10669537B2 |
Mutagenizing intracellular nucleic acids
A method of in vivo mutagenesis of a preselected target region (PTR) of an intracellular DNA within a cell culture, which PTR comprises at least one sequence of interest (SOI) which is at least 60 nucleobases long, the method comprising: a) providing a pool of partially overlapping single stranded DNA (ssDNA) oligonucleotides which upon alignment form a continuous sequence that is complementary to the SOI, wherein the pool contains a diversity of mutagenizing oligonucleotides covering nucleobase mismatches at every position of said SOI and combination of said nucleobase mismatches, wherein each mutagenizing oligonucleotide is hybridizing with the PTR and comprises at least one mismatching nucleobase up to 20% mismatching nucleobases, compared to the SOI; b) integrating the pool into said intracellular DNA by homologous recombination and inducing in vivo mutagenesis of the intracellular DNA through hybridizing the oligonucleotides to the PTR, thereby producing a cell library comprising a repertoire of variant cells covering point mutations at every position and combinations of said point mutations within said PTR. |
| US10669533B2 |
Innovative discovery of therapeutic, diagnostic, and antibody compositions related to protein fragments of Histidyl-tRNA synthetases
Provided are compositions comprising newly identified protein fragments of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, polynucleotides that encode them and complements thereof, related agents, and methods of use thereof in diagnostic, drug discovery, research, and therapeutic applications. |
| US10669532B2 |
Recombinant strain of Bacillus subtilis
The invention relates to a recombinant strain of Bacillus subtilis, wherein pyruvate carboxylase BalpycA, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate ferredoxin dehydrogenase gor, isocitrate NAD+ dehydrogenase icd, malate quinone dehydrogenase mqo, pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase porAB and nitrogenase ferritin cyh are integrated and expressed in the recombinant strain. The invention also discloses use of the recombinant strain in fermentation production of acetylglucosamine. The recombinant Bacillus subtilis of the invention eliminates the central carbon metabolism overflow of the Bacillus subtilis and balances the intracellular reducing force, and the fermentation yield of acetylglucosamine is greatly improved. |
| US10669527B2 |
Artificial skin culture container and method for producing artificial skin using same
An artificial skin culture container according to the present invention can solve the problems of the contraction of the dermal layer of artificial skin and the detachment thereof from the culture container, which result from an interaction between collagen and fibroblasts existing in the dermal layer of artificial skin during the production of the artificial skin, by using agar and hydrophobically modifying a portion of the agar. Therefore, the use of the culture container enables to stably culture artificial skin and produce artificial skin similar to the human skin. In addition, the artificial skin culture container of the present invention comprises agar, and thus a culture solution can be supplied through a side portion as well as a lower portion of the culture container, which allows to effectively culture artificial skin. |
| US10669526B2 |
Stem cells derived from pure chorionic trophoblast layer and cell therapy comprising same
The present disclosure relates to stem cells derived from a pure chorionic trophoblast layer (chorionic trophoblast layer without villi, CT-V), which is a part of the tissues of the placenta, and cell therapy comprising same. Stem cells derived from a pure chorionic trophoblast layer according to the present invention exhibit uniform growth characteristic, and superb proliferation and differentiation characteristics compared to the conventional stem cells derived from the whole placenta, and particularly, exhibit excellent differentiation into cartilage cells, thus can be effectively used in cell therapy for treating cartilage damage, deficiency and such, and as a composition for tissue regeneration. |
| US10669523B2 |
Mammalian cell culture-produced neublastin antibodies
The present disclosure pertains to a mammalian cell culture genetically modified to express, and which expresses, a neublastin antibody polypeptide, or fragment thereof, in the culture, and to a neublastin antibody polypeptide, or fragment thereof, made by a mammalian cell culture genetically modified to express, and which expresses, the neublastin antibody polypeptide, or fragment thereof. |
| US10669516B2 |
Methods and apparatus for conditioning cell populations for cell therapies
A bioreactor system for conditioning of pluripotent cells or cell media is provided. In further aspects, conditioned pluripotent cells and methods for making such cells are provided. |
| US10669514B1 |
Cell blocker inserts for multiwell tissue culture plates
Inserts for the wells of tissue culture plates are provided. When placed in a tissue culture well, a bottom surface of a shaft portion of an insert contacts a bottom surface of the well and blocks the growth of cells in that area. The blocked area mimics a “wound” in the layer of cells that grows around it. A cover portion of the insert comprises open channels through which cells, media, etc. can be delivered and gases exchanged while the insert is in place. Once the insert is removed, cell culture with the artificial “wound” is used to test the efficacy of agents with respect to their ability to facilitate cell growth into and closure of the “wound”. |
| US10669507B2 |
Fuel economy engine oil composition
The present invention is directed to a lubricating oil additive containing a vicinal diol and a particular detergent blend typically is low viscosity base oils whereby exhibiting improved fuel economy. In this respect, disclosed is a lubricating oil composition comprising: a major amount of base oil of lubricating viscosity; a friction modifier which is selected from the group consisting of C10-C30 alkane 1,2-diols and C10-C30 alkene 1,2-diols; an overbased alkyl alkaline earth metal hydroxybenzoate detergent having a metal ratio less than 3.0; and an overbased alkyl calcium sulfonate or an overbased alkyl calcium hydroxybenzoate having a metal ratio of 3.5 or greater. |
| US10669505B2 |
Lubricant compositions for direct injection engines
The invention is directed to a method for reducing low speed pre-ignition events in a spark-ignited direct injection internal combustion engine by supplying to the sump a lubricant composition which contains an oil of lubricating viscosity and an overbased sodium detergent. The metal overbased detergent may be selected from sulfonate detergents, phenate detergents, and salicylate detergents, including sulfonate detergents with a metal ratio of at least 5. |
| US10669501B2 |
Synthetic industrial lubricants with improved compatibility
The invention relates to industrial gear oil compositions that have been specially designed to have improved storage stability and/or paint compatibility and/or seal compatibility. This improvement is achieved while maintaining good performance in other areas. These improvements are particularly relevant to synthetic lubricants, such as those made with polyalphaolefin (PAO) base oils. This balance of properties has been difficult to achieve in synthetic compositions where problems in the areas of storage stability, paint compatibility and/or seal compatibility of become more pronounced. The invention also relates to processes of making such compositions and methods of using the same. |
| US10669500B2 |
Coating compositions comprising adhesion promoting base layer
Described herein are coatings and formulations thereof for coating a substrate for use in producing a lubricious coating on a substrate surface that is to be inserted into the body lumen of a subject. Said coatings all contain an adhesion promoting coating formulation for applying to a substrate material that is formed from a polymeric adhesion promoter, a monomeric or polymeric crosslinking agent and a photoinitiator, where the polymeric adhesion promoter is a block copolymer comprising hydrophobic hydrophilic polymer blocks and/or a hydrophilic polymer comprising hydrophilic functional groups, where from 10% to 100% of the hydrophilic functional groups are capped with a hydrophobic functional group and the formulations thereof further contain a solvent to enable the coating to be applied to a substrate surface. |
| US10669498B1 |
MOS2- or WS2-filled hollow ZnS hexagonal nanotubes as core-shell structured solid lubricants and lubricant modifiers for space mechanisms
A process for making solid lubricants or lubricant additives or lubricant modifiers may include synthesizing two-dimensional (2D) nanoplatelets, nanorods, or nanowires of MoO3 and WO3. The process may also include creating hollow hexagonal ZnO nanotubes by refluxing a mixture of zinc nitrate and urea at a predefined temperature or a range of temperatures for a predefined period or periods of time. The process may further include growing the hollow hexagonal ZnO nanotubes around platelets, nanorods, or nanowires of the MoO3 or WO3. The process may also include creating a solid lubricant in a core-shell configuration from the hollow hexagonal ZnS nanotubes with an embedded hexagonal core of MoS2 or WS2. |
| US10669497B2 |
Transportable combustible gaseous suspension of solid fuel particles
A transportable and combustible gaseous suspension includes solid fuel particles suspended in a gaseous carrier. The solid fuel particles have a sufficiently small particle size so that they remain suspended during transportation. The gaseous carrier may include reactive and inert gases. The solid fuel particles may include coal-derived solid carbonaceous matter. Other examples of solid fuel particles include biomass, refined bioproducts, and combustible polymer particles. The combustible gaseous suspension can be tailored to have an energy density at atmospheric pressure which is comparable to conventional gaseous hydrocarbon fuels. The gaseous combustible fuel may be pressurized to a pressure in the range from 2 to 100 atmospheres. |
| US10669493B2 |
Process and device for the inverted separation of aromatics
The present invention relates to a process and to a device for the separation of a feedstock comprising benzene, toluene and C8+ compounds, in which: a toluene column (C10) is fed directly with a C7+ cut resulting from the bottom of a stabilization column (C11) positioned downstream of a transalkylation unit (P4); a C7− cut is withdrawn at the top of the toluene column (C10) and a C8+ cut is withdrawn at the bottom; a benzene column (C9) is fed with the C7− cut resulting from the toluene column (C10); an essentially aromatic cut resulting from an aromatics extraction unit (P1) is injected into the toluene column (C10) separately above the feeding of the C7+ cut or into the benzene column (C9). |
| US10669492B2 |
Integrated thermal and catalytic cracking for olefin production
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to systems and processes for producing olefins and/or dienes. The processes may include: thermally cracking a hydrocarbon containing feed to produce a cracked hydrocarbon effluent containing a mixture of olefins and paraffins; and catalytically cracking the cracked hydrocarbon effluent to produce a catalytically cracked effluent containing additional olefins and/or dienes. The systems may include a reaction zone for thermally cracking a hydrocarbon containing feed to produce a cracked hydrocarbon effluent containing a mixture of olefins and paraffins; and, a catalytic cracking reaction zone for catalytically cracking the cracked hydrocarbon effluent to produce a catalytically cracked hydrocarbon effluent containing additional olefins and/or dienes. |
| US10669491B2 |
Base metal dewaxing catalyst
Methods are provided for making base metal catalysts with improved activity. After forming catalyst particles based on a support comprising a zeolitic molecular sieve, the catalyst particles can be impregnated with a solution comprising a) metal salts (or other precursors) for a plurality of base metals and b) an organic dispersion agent comprising 2 to 10 carbons. The impregnated support particles can be dried to form a base metal catalyst, and then optionally sulfided to form a sulfided base metal catalyst. The resulting (sulfided) base metal catalyst can have improved activity for cloud point reduction and/or for improved activity for heteroatom removal, relative to a base metal dewaxing catalyst prepared without the use of a dispersion agent. |
| US10669490B2 |
Process for producing diesel with low levels of sulfur
This disclosure relates to a process for producing diesel with reduced levels of sulfur. The process involves (a) providing a diesel feed comprising a diesel having a sulfur content in the range of about 20 to about 10,000 wppm; (b) feeding the diesel feed and a hydrogen rich gas to a reaction zone comprising a hydrotreating catalyst to produce a hydrotreated diesel effluent comprising diesel and hydrogen sulfide; and (c) removing hydrogen sulfide from the hydrotreated diesel effluent to produce a diesel product having a sulfur content no more than about 100 wppm; wherein hydrogen consumption in the reaction zone is in the range of about −150 to about 150 scf/bbl. |
| US10669489B2 |
Systems and methods for crude oil desalting and dehydration in a single vessel
A system for crude oil desalting and dehydration in a single vessel is disclosed. The system comprises a pressure vessel defining a cavity and comprising a sealed bulkhead separating the cavity into a first compartment and a second compartment. Disposed within the first compartment is a first distributor disposed within the first compartment, a first electrical grid assembly, and a transfer conduit that passes through the bulkhead from the first compartment to the second compartment, the second compartment being in fluid communication with the first compartment via the transfer conduit. The pressure vessel may further comprise an overflow weir in the first compartment and a second electrical grid assembly disposed within the second compartment and aligned substantially transverse to a flow path extending from the transfer conduit to the crude collection header. |
| US10669483B2 |
Polymerisable compounds and the use thereof in liquid-crystal displays
The present invention relates to polymerisable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, to liquid-crystal (LC) media comprising them, and to the use of the polymerisable compounds and LC media for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the polymer sustained alignment type. |
| US10669478B2 |
White lighting device for retail illumination
The invention provides a lighting device (100) comprising a solid state light source (10) configured to provide blue light (11) having a dominant wavelength selected from the range of 440-490 nm, a first luminescent material (210) configured to convert part of the blue light (11) into first luminescent material light (211) having intensity in one or more of the green and yellow having a CIE u′ (211), and a second luminescent material (220) configured to convert part of one or more of the blue light (11) and the first luminescent material light (211) into second luminescent material light (221) having intensity in one or more of the orange and red having a CIE u′ (221), wherein the first luminescent material (210) and the second luminescent material (220) are selected to provide said first luminescent material light (211) and said second luminescent material light (221) defined by a maximum ratio of CIE u′ (211) and CIE u′ (221) being CIE u′(221)=1.58*CIE u′(211)+0.255, and a minimum ratio of CIE u′ (211) and CIE u′ (221) being CIE u′(221)=2.3*CIE u′(211)+0.04. |
| US10669470B2 |
Dilution skid and injection system for solid/high viscosity liquid chemicals
Systems, methods and apparatus for injecting a diluted solid chemical, a diluted highly viscous fluid, or a diluted fluidified solid for inhibiting, decreasing or preventing precipitation and/or deposition of foulants and/or contaminants in oilfield tubulars. The use of solid chemicals or highly viscous fluids providing ease of shipment, greater economy in storage, shipment and delivery and increased ease of use. |
| US10669468B2 |
Reusable high performance water based drilling fluids
Compositions emulate oil based fluids include an aqueous phase and an organic internal phase, which creates an osmotic membrane within the aqueous continuous phase. The osmotic membrane allows hydration-dehydration mechanisms to be in place and control interactions between formation and fluid, where the non-aqueous phase is composed of glycerols, polyglycerols, poly hydroxyl alcohols, monosaccharide derivatives, polysaccharide derivatives, or mixtures and combinations thereof, while the aqueous phase contains additives that impart different inhibiting mechanisms to the overall composition, where the additives include, without limitation, amphoteric polymers, potassium and/or sodium salts up to saturation and/or acrylamides. |
| US10669467B2 |
Betaines for shale stabilization
Included are drilling fluids for drilling in a subterranean formation. A drilling fluid may include: an aqueous base fluid and a betaine shale stabilizer comprising glycine betaine HCl. |
| US10669464B2 |
Haloolefin-based composition
The present invention provides a highly stable haloolefin-based composition that inhibits decomposition or oxidization.The haloolefin-based composition comprising (a) a haloolefin; (b) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of HFO-1234ze, HFC-254eb, HFO-1243zf, HFC-245eb, HFC-245fa, HFC-245cb, HFC-236ea, HFC-236fa, HFO-1225ye, 3,3,3-trifluoropropine, HFC-23, HFC-32, HFC-125, HFC-143a, HFC-134a, FC-1216, HCFO-1233xf, HCFO-1233zd, HCFO-1232xf, HCFO-1223xd, and chloromethane; and (c) water. |
| US10669463B2 |
Bio-derived composition for dust control
Bio-derived glycerides formed from a reaction between waste glycerol and biodegradable or bio-derived fatty acid esters such as crude biodiesel or soybean oil triglycerides are useful as dust suppressants, binders, and stabilizing agents. |
| US10669459B2 |
Polyurethane based adhesive for polarizing structure and polarized lens
A polyurethane based adhesive containing one polyol compound derived from caprolactone monomer having a number average molecular weight between 200 and 1000 combined with a polyisocyanate compound. The functionality of the polycaprolactone polyol is between 1 and 4. Other aspects include a polarizing layered structure, a polarized lens and a method for manufacturing same all of which include the polyurethane based adhesive. The adhesive avoids delamination and is useful in optical applications where it will be in contact with water, for example during surfacing or edging process. |
| US10669454B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device including heating and pressuring a laminate having an adhesive layer
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device which includes: a semiconductor chip; a substrate and/or another semiconductor chip; and an adhesive layer interposed therebetween. This method comprises the steps of: heating and pressuring a laminate having: the semiconductor chip; the substrate; the another semiconductor chip or a semiconductor wafer; and the adhesive layer by interposing the laminate with pressing members for temporary press-bonding to thereby temporarily press-bond the substrate and the another semiconductor chip or the semiconductor wafer to the semiconductor chip; and heating and pressuring the laminate by interposing the laminate with pressing members for main press-bonding, which are separately prepared from the pressing members for temporary press-bonding, to thereby electrically connect a connection portion of the semiconductor chip and a connection portion of the substrate or the another semiconductor chip. |
| US10669452B2 |
Thermal bonding sheet and thermal bonding sheet with dicing tape
Provided is a thermal bonding sheet which suppresses a compositional material of the thermal bonding sheet from protruding during bonding and from creeping up onto the surface of an object to be bonded, and provides a strong sintered layer after sintering. A thermal bonding sheet includes a layer. When the layer is analyzed by a differential thermal balance from 23° C. to 500° C. in an air atmosphere at a heating rate of 10° C./min, a value obtained by subtracting a weight decrease amount (%) at 300° C. from a weight decrease amount (%) at 500° C. is in a range of −1% to 0%. |
| US10669450B2 |
Flexible display device
A flexible display device of the present invention comprises a photoelectric element part; a first adhesive film formed on the photoelectric element part; a touch function part formed on the first adhesive film; a second adhesive film formed on the touch function part; and a window film formed on the second adhesive film; wherein the first adhesive film or the second adhesive film has an average slope of about −9.9 to about 0 at −20° C. to 80° C. based on x-axis for the distribution of storage modulus versus temperature in the function of x-axis of temperature (° C.) and y-axis of storage modulus (KPa) and wherein the first adhesive film or the second adhesive film has a storage modulus of about 10 KPa or more at 80° C. |
| US10669447B2 |
Method for producing a coating
A method for producing a coating on a substrate. The method includes producing a clearcoat directly on the substrate by applying an aqueous clearcoat material directly to the substrate. The method further includes curing the applied clearcoat material, the clearcoat material being a two-component coating composition. Also disclosed are coatings produced according to the method and their uses. |
| US10669445B2 |
Ion complex material having function of inhibiting adhesion of biological substance and method for manufacturing the same
The present invention provides a copolymer obtainable by polymerizing a monomer mixture which contains at least compounds of the following formulae (A), (B) and (C), wherein Ta, Tb, Tc, Ua1, Ua2, Ub1, Ub2 and Ub3, Qa, Qb and Qc, Ra, Rb and Rc, An− and m are as defined in Specification and Claims, and so on. The copolymer of the present invention can be utilized as an ion complex material excellent in a function of inhibiting adhesion of a biological substance. |
| US10669442B2 |
Light-curable transparent ink for 3D ink-jet printing and preparation method thereof
A light-curable transparent ink for 3D ink-jet printing and a method for preparing the same are provided. The light-curable transparent ink for 3-D ink-jet printing includes the following components: an acrylate monomer, a mercapto compound, a surfactant, a photoinitiator and an additive. The light-curable transparent ink for 3D ink-jet printing can inhibit yellowing and turbidity of the printed product. |
| US10669441B2 |
Aqueous ink jet ink composition and ink jet recording method
An aqueous ink jet ink composition includes resin fine particles, a non-ionic surfactant, a resin dissolving solvent, and water, in which, in the aqueous ink jet ink composition, a total acid value of an acid value of the resin fine particles and an acid value of the dispersant resin when the aqueous ink jet ink composition includes a dispersant resin is 200 (mg KOH/100 g ink) or less. |
| US10669438B2 |
Aqueous resin based inkjet inks
An inkjet ink includes a) an aqueous medium; and b) capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core; wherein the capsules are dispersed in the aqueous medium using a dispersing group covalently bonded to the polymeric shell; wherein the core contains a photoinitiator and one or more chemical reactants capable of forming a reaction product upon application of UV light; wherein the capsules have an average particle size of no more than 4 μm as determined by dynamic laser diffraction; and wherein the photoinitiator is a diffusion hindered photoinitiator selected from the group consisting of multifunctional photoinitiators, oligomeric photoinitiators, polymeric photoinitiators and polymerizable photoinitiators. |
| US10669429B2 |
Ambient cure compositions for making coatings having humidity and corrosion resistance and methods of use
The present invention provides substantially isocyanate-free multicomponent compositions useful in making rapid dry primer compositions and coatings, the compositions comprising one or more carboxylic acid compounds that contain one of a benzothiazole, benzoxazole, or benzimidazole group, preferably, that contain a benzothiazole group, one or more hydrophobic sulfonic acid catalyst, one or more pigment, extender or filler, one or more a) polycarbamates from alkyd polyol or acrylic polyol and one or more b) a polyaldehydes or the acetal or hemiacetal thereof as a second component. The multicomponent compositions cure quickly at a temperature of from 0° C. to less than 80° C. to form a crosslinked polyurethane coating having improved humidity and corrosion resistance. |
| US10669427B2 |
Gas barrier laminate, method for producing same, member for electronic devices, and electronic device
The present invention provides: a gas barrier laminate comprising a base, a primer layer, and a gas barrier layer, the primer layer and the gas barrier layer being sequentially stacked on at least one side of the base, the primer layer having a modulus of elasticity at 90° C. of 1.6 GPa or more, and a coefficient of static friction between a surface of one side of the gas barrier laminate and a surface of the other side of the gas barrier laminate being 0.35 to 0.8; a method for producing the gas barrier laminate; an electronic device member comprising the gas barrier laminate; and an electronic device. |
| US10669422B2 |
Condensation-curable silicone resin composition
One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide a condensation-curable silicone resin composition which show a less increase of the viscosity during handling and cures quickly to provide a cured product which has a very small amount of a remaining catalyst and which has high heat resistance and high light resistance. Thus, the present invention is to provide a condensation-curable silicone composition comprising the following components (A) to (C): (A) 100 parts by mass of an organopolysiloxane which has a branched or network structure and has two or more hydrolyzable groups each bonded to a silicon atom and at least one of (R1SiO3/2) and (SiO4/2) units, wherein R1 is, independently of each other, a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted, monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, (B) 5 to 500 parts by mass of a linear organopolysiloxane having at least one hydrolyzable group bonded to a silicon atom at each of both terminals, and (C) at least one silazane compound represented by the following general formula (3) or (5) or comprising the following units (6) in an amount of 0.02 to 30 parts by mass, relative to total 100 parts by mass of components (A) and (B): |
| US10669420B2 |
Biocarbon and nylon based hybrid carbonaceous biocomposites and methods of making those and using thereof
A polymer blend comprising polyamide, polypropylene (PP) and at least one of poly (lactic acid) (PLA) and a multi-phase compatibilizer comprising PA11-co-PP-maleic anhydride (MA). The polymer blend can be reinforced with hybrid fillers including biocarbon, glass fiber, carbon fiber and nano-clay to create composites useful in the creation of products of manufacture such as auto parts. |
| US10669419B2 |
Curable resin composition, structural adhesive, coating material or fiber reinforced composite material using the same, foam body using the same, laminate using the same, and cured material thereof
The present invention relates to a curable resin composition comprising a polyol (A) having an average hydroxyl value of 200 to 1500 mg KOH/g, a polyisocyanate (B), and polymer fine particles (C), and a curable resin composition comprising a polyol (A), a polyisocyanate (B), and polymer fine particles (C), wherein the polyol (A) comprises a polyester polyol (a2) as an essential component, and the amount of the polyester polyol (a2) is not less than 20 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the polyol (A). |
| US10669414B2 |
Propylene-based elastomers for roofing compositions and methods for preparing the same
Provided herein are elastomer blends and membranes including a blend of a propylene-based elastomer, a thermoplastic resin, a flame retardant, and an ultraviolet stabilizer. |
| US10669413B2 |
Composition comprising semi-crystalline polyolefin and sulfonyl-azide, resulting foams and methods of making the same
A foamable composition includes a semi-crystalline polyolefin having a crystallinity of at least 50% and a poly(sulfonyl azide) of at least 500 ppm based on the total weight of the foamable composition. The foamable composition has a melt strength of at least 20 cN, a melt drawability of at least 100 mm/s, flexural modulus is greater than about 240,000 psi. Such a composition can be used to make a low density foam having a density in the range from 0.005 g/cm3 to 0.6 g/cm3. A resulting foam or a fabricated article, the methods of the composition and the foam are also provided. |
| US10669412B2 |
Elongated article with good flexibility and high flame retardancy
The invention relates to elongated articles and polymer compositions used for preparing the elongated articles. The elongated articles comprise an inner structure/one or more elements including a static/moving current medium or communication medium; and a halogen-free polymer composition surrounding the element(s). The polymer composition includes a linear very low density polyethylene (VLDPE) composition and one or more polyolefin-elastomers. In addition, the polymer composition includes a flame retardant filler. |
| US10669406B2 |
Latex composition for dip molding and molded article manufactured therefrom
Disclosed is a latex composition for dip-molding and a dip-molded article produced therefrom. More specifically, by using a water-soluble polymer such as poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) or a copolymer thereof in combination with a carbonic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex, the stability of the latex is improved through crosslinking by hydrogen bonding, it is possible to manufacture a molded article which has a slow syneresis and is excellent in workability and does not tear even at a thin thickness due to high tensile strength. |
| US10669404B2 |
Functionalized cellulose nanocrystal materials and methods of preparation
The surface hydrophobization of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) by carboxylic acids, biodiesel, or plant oils was conducted via there herein disclosed green process using an one-pot synthetic method. In the process, an aqueous lactic acid syrup served as a solvent to provide a stable and well-dispersed water suspension of CNCs and participated in esterification reactions to produce an intermediate product of polylactic acid (PLA) oligomer grafted CNCs (CNC-g-PLA). This solvent and intermediate product system allows for an in situ solvent exchange from water to lactic acid without prior drying of the CNCs and a subsequent efficient esterification reaction of CNCs with carboxylic acids or esters having a long hydrocarbon chain (FAs). Another advantage of the disclosed process is the ability to reuse the reagents in the subsequent reaction in order to reduce the production cost. Grafting of renewable materials on the surface of CNCs was developed by polyesterification that is capable of being environmentally friendly and mass-produced without any organic solvents or toxic reagents. |
| US10669403B2 |
Polyolefin compositions for building materials
A polyolefin composition includes a polyolefin substrate having incorporated therein a nucleating agent and a filler, wherein the composition exhibits an impact strength of >35 in-lb measured according to ASTM D4226, and a coefficient of linear thermal expansion of <4.5×10E-05 in/in/ft measured according to ASTM D696. The polyolefin composition may further include one or more of an ultraviolet light absorber, a hindered amine light stabilizer, an antioxidant, a colorant, a flame retardant, and an antimicrobial compound. The polyolefin compositions may be useful for construction articles for outdoor use, for instance house siding, cladding, soffit or roofing. |
| US10669395B2 |
Poly(vinyl acetal) resin compositions, layers and interlayers having enhanced properties
Resin compositions, layers, and interlayers comprising a poly(vinyl acetal) resin that includes residues of an aldehyde other than n-butyraldehyde are provided. Such compositions, layers, and interlayers can exhibit enhanced or optimized properties as compared to those formulated with comparable poly(vinyl n-butyral) resins. |
| US10669394B2 |
Polyamide compositions with high melt flow and good mechanical properties
A polyamide composition with improved melt flow containing (A) 20 to 99.9 wt % of one or more polyamides independently selected from the group consisting of aliphatic polyamide, semi-aromatic polyamide, aromatic polyamide and their blends, (B) 0.1 to 10 wt % of one or more polyether polyols having a melting temperature below room temperature, (C) 0 to 70 wt % of one or more reinforcing agents, and (D) 0 to 50 wt % of one or more other additives, each based on the whole composition. A molding article produced from the polyamide composition also is disclosed. |
| US10669393B2 |
Powder for three-dimensional shaping and three-dimensional shaped object
An object of the present invention is to provide a powder for three-dimensional shaping that allows shaping a three-dimensional shaped object having excellent mechanical strength. The powder for three-dimensional shaping provided by the invention includes non-hydration reactive base particles and water-soluble bonding particles. Upon preparation of a slurry through addition of 50 parts by mass of water to 100 parts by mass of the powder, the viscosity of the slurry after 1 minute from addition of the water ranges from 30 mPa·s to 8000 mPa·s. |
| US10669392B2 |
Method of preparing aerogels/nonwoven composites fireproof and heat-insulating materials
A method of preparing aerogels/nonwoven composites fireproof and heat-insulating materials with a hydrophobic or hydrophilic surfaces and includes steps as follows. A mixture solution in which alkoxysilane, silicones and silane coupling agents are mixed and stirred is instilled by acidic catalysts for a hydrolysis reaction during which a silane coupling agent solution is added for continuous stirring; a hydrous alkali catalytic (anhydrous alkali catalytic) organic solution is added in the mixture solution for a condensation reaction and development of a “silicones-silica aerogels-silane coupling agents” aerogel mixture solution; a non-woven felt is impregnated with the mixture solution for development of soft hydrophobic (hydrophilic) aerogels/nonwoven composites fireproof and heat-insulating materials after curing and natural drying. The aerogels/nonwoven composites materials with softness and surface hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity available in mass production are applicable to thermal-insulating materials for high-temp industrial facilities or indoor heat-insulating and fireproof panels of a building structure. |
| US10669391B2 |
Compressible sealing element and use thereof for filling the gap between a stock rail and a switch rail in a railway switch
The compressible sealing element (1) comprises at least one piece made of a resilient foam (17). This foam has an open-cell content of at least 50% and has such a hardness that it requires a force of less than 2000 N to compress the sealing element (1) per meter length thereof to such an extent that the volume of a rectangular cuboid circumscribing the sealing element is reduced by 40%. The sealing element comprises a water-impermeable cover layer (18) which extends at least over its top surface. The sealing element is intended for filling at least partially the gaps between the stock rails (13) and the switch rails (12) in a railway switch to prevent the switch from being blocked in particular by snow. Advantages of the new sealing element is that it can easier be inserted in these gaps and that it has a smaller effect on the force required to close the switch so that it can also be applied closer to the free extremity of the switch rail (12). |
| US10669386B2 |
Fiber-reinforced molding material and molded article using same
Provided is a fiber-reinforced molding material including as essential materials: a vinyl ester (A) that is a reaction product of an epoxy resin (a1) having an epoxy equivalent in the range of 180 to 500 and (meth)acrylic acid (a2); an unsaturated monomer (B) having a flash point of 100° C. or higher; a polyisocyanate (C); a polymerization initiator (D); and carbon fibers (E) having a fiber length of 2.5 to 50 mm, in which the mass ratio ((A)/(B)) of the vinyl ester (A) to the unsaturated monomer (B) is in the range of 40/60 to 85/15, and the molar ratio (NCO/OH) of isocyanate groups (NCO) in the polyisocyanate (C) to hydroxy groups (OH) in the vinyl ester (A) is in the range of 0.25 to 0.85. |
| US10669378B2 |
Poly(thioethers) for metal ion sequestration
The invention provides a polymer comprising two or more residues of formula III or IV or salts thereof: wherein dash line, X, Y, Q, L, M, n, R1, R2, Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd have any of the values defined in the specification, as well as synthetic intermediates and synthetic methods useful for preparing the compounds. The polymer is useful to treat contaminated water by chelating metal. |
| US10669376B2 |
Cured film-forming composition
Provided are: a cured film-forming composition whereby a underlayer film for image formation formed from the composition exhibits high liquid repellency (lyophobicity) and lyophilic/liquid-repellent properties of the underlayer film can be easily changed even when exposed to a low amount of ultraviolet radiation; and a cured film obtained using the composition. The cured film-forming resin composition is characterized by containing: a polymer comprising a structural unit derived from a first monomer having the structure of formula (1) as component (A); a polymer other than component (A), which is a polymer in which the content of fluorine relative to the overall weight of the polymer is lower than in component (A), as component (B); a photoacid generator as component (C); and a solvent. (In the formula, R1 denotes hydrogen or a methyl group, and R2 denotes a fluorine-containing group able to be detached together with the oxygen atom bonded to R2.) |
| US10669368B2 |
Method to increase the resistance of double metal cyanide catalysts to deactivation
This invention relates to a semi-batch process for the production of polyoxyalkylene polyether polyols. These polyoxyalkylene polyether polyols have hydroxyl (OH) numbers of from 112 to 400. This process comprises establishing oxyalkylation condition in a reactor in the presence of a DMC catalyst, continuously introducing alkylene oxide and a suitable starter into the reactor, and recovering an oxyalkyated polyether polyol. The oxyalkylation initially occurs at a temperature that is sufficiently high enough to avoid or prevent deactivation of the DMC catalyst, or for from 2% to 50% of the total oxide feed amount, and the oxyalkylation is then continued at a lower temperature. |
| US10669359B2 |
Reinforcement of a chromium/silica catalyst with silicate oligomers
Methods for reinforcing chromium catalysts by the deposition of additional silica are disclosed herein. The resultant silica-reinforced chromium supported catalysts can be used to polymerize olefins to produce, for example, ethylene based homopolymers and copolymers with higher molecular weights and additional long chain branching. |
| US10669357B2 |
Polyvinyl butyral-g-polylactide copolymer
Copolymers of a polyvinyl butyral backbone with polylactic acid grafts and their compounds are disclosed, which can be used to produce clear, flexible and ductile bio-based films. The copolymers are amorphous and have been shown to maintain clarity, flexibility, and ductility after continuous exposure to thermal aging at 80° C. for one week. |
| US10669355B2 |
Phosphinimine amido-ether complexes
Provided in this disclosure are organometallic complexes that contain i) a metal atom selected from Hf and Zr; 2) a phosphinimine ligand; 3) an amido-ether ligand and at least one other ancillary ligand. The use of such a complex, in combination with an activator, as an olefin polymerization catalyst is demonstrated. The catalysts are effective for the copolymerization of ethylene with an alpha olefin (such as 1-butene, 1-hexene, or 1-octene) and enable the production of high molecular weight copolymers (Mw greater than 25,000) with good comonomer incorporation at high productivity. |
| US10669354B2 |
Process for the production of high-purity sulfated HA
The present invention relates to an improved process for the production of sulfated hyaluronic acid (HA), sulfated HA-derivatives and/or mixtures thereof, having a high purity and a sulfation degree ranging from 1 to 3, which comprises the following steps: a) solubilization of HA-Na or HA-derivative-Na, in an aprotic solvent in the presence of an organic sulfonic acid; b) sulfation of the solution obtained by the addition of an excess of sulfating agents; c) precipitation in ethanol until a precipitate is obtained; d) solubilization of the precipitate thus obtained in a mixture of water and the aprotic solvent used in step a), in the presence of an excess of NaCl, with a pH adjustment within a range of 3 to 4; e) further precipitation with ethanol until a powder is obtained; f) washings of the powder coming from step c) and drying the product thus obtained under vacuum. The present invention also relates to sulfated HA, sulfated HA derivatives and/or mixtures thereof, having a high purity and sulfation degree ranging from 1 to 3, thus prepared, and the relative pharmaceutical mixtures. |
| US10669350B2 |
Antigen-binding constructs that bind to and inhibit catalase and/or superoxide dismutase as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing them for tumor therapy
The invention relates to single domain VHH fragments which specifically bind to and inhibit superoxide dismutase and/or bind to and inhibit catalase and/or bind to and inhibit superoxide dismutase and catalase, in particular for the use in the therapy of tumor diseases. |
| US10669347B2 |
Antibodies comprising site-specific non-natural amino acid residues, methods of their preparation and methods of their use
Provided herein are antibodies comprising non-natural amino acid residues at site-specific positions, compositions comprising the antibodies, methods of their production and methods of their use. The antibodies are useful for methods of treatment and prevention, methods of detection and methods of diagnosis. |
| US10669344B2 |
Engineered antibodies and other Fc-domain containing molecules with enhanced agonism and effector functions
The present invention relates to engineered antibodies and other Fc-domain containing molecules with enhanced agonism and effector functions. |
| US10669341B2 |
Methods for treating allergy and enhancing allergen-specific immunotherapy by administering an antibody to IL-4 receptor
The present invention provides methods for treating, preventing or reducing the severity of allergic reactions. The present invention also provides methods for enhancing the efficacy and/or safety of an allergen-specific immunotherapy (SIT) regimen. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutic composition comprising an interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4Rα) antagonist such as an anti-IL-4Rα antibody. |
| US10669340B2 |
Antibody against EGFRvIII and use thereof
The present invention relates to an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof against EGFRvIII (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Variant III), a nucleic acid encoding the same, a vector comprising the nucleic acid, a cell transformed with the vector, a method for producing the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, a composition for preventing or treating cancer, which comprises the same, a composition for diagnosing cancer, which comprises the same, and a kit for diagnosing cancer, which comprise the composition for diagnosing cancer. |
| US10669339B2 |
Anti-PDL1 antibodies, activatable anti-PDL1 antibodies, and methods of use thereof
The invention relates generally to antibodies that bind programmed death ligand 1 (PDL1), activatable antibodies that specifically bind to PDL1 and methods of making and using these anti-PDL1 antibodies and anti-PDL1 activatable antibodies in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications. |
| US10669335B2 |
Blockade of RGMB for reducing transplantation-associated inflammation leading to loss of function of a transplanted organ in a graft recipient
RGMb antagonists reduce undesirable immune responses associated with tissue or organ transplantation. |
| US10669334B2 |
Treatment for Dupuytren's disease
Musculoskeletal fibroproliferative disorders, such as Dupuytren's disease may be treated by administering locally a TNF-α antagonist. TNF-α antagonists find particular utility in inhibiting the progression of early disease state Dupuytren's disease and other musculoskeletal fibroproliferative disorders and, in combination with extracellular matrix degradation agents (such as collagenase or matrix metalloproteinase I), treating advanced disease state Dupuytren's disease and, in particular inhibiting recurrence. |
| US10669332B2 |
Phosphorylcholine in combination therapy with infliximab
Antibodies against PC, PC conjugate or bioactive components and/or fragments thereof for use in combination therapy with one or more biologic agents and/or stem cells are disclosed, as well as compositions comprising the antibodies in combination with one or more biologic agents and/or stem cells. Also disclosed are PC conjugates, PC or bioactive components and/or parts/fragments thereof for use in activation immunotherapy prior to or in combination with treatment with biologic agents and/or stem cells for curing, treating, preventing, and/or reducing the risk of developing auto-immune diseases, chronic inflammatory diseases, and cancer diseases, as well as compositions comprising them in combination with biologic agents and/or stem cells. |
| US10669331B2 |
Antibodies recognizing α-synuclein
The invention provides monoclonal antibody 5C1 and related antibodies. The 5C1 antibody binds to an epitope within residues 118-126 of α-synuclein. The antibodies of the invention are useful, for example, for treating and/or diagnosing disorders associated with α-synuclein, particularly accumulation of α-synuclein deposits. Such disorders include Lewy body diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, Diffuse Lewy Body Disease (DLBD), Lewy body variant of Alzheimer's disease (LBV), Combined Alzheimer's and Parkinson disease, pure autonomic failure and multiple system atrophy (MSA). |
| US10669327B2 |
Methods of purifying collagen 7
The present disclosure provides methods for capturing recombinant collagen 7 from cell culture and methods of purifying recombinant collagen 7. Also provided are compositions comprising purified recombinant collagen 7 that may be used for administration to humans. |
| US10669326B2 |
Peptides, combination of peptides as targets and for use in immunotherapy against gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma 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. |
| US10669325B2 |
Uterine cancer treatments
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. |
| US10669322B2 |
RNA molecules encoding cytokine fusion proteins and methods of use thereof
The present invention relates to cytokine fusion proteins and to nucleic acid molecules encoding such cytokine fusion proteins. The present invention further relates to cells, non-human organisms, pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising the cytokine fusion proteins or the nucleic acid molecules encoding them, as well as to their use as medicaments. |
| US10669319B2 |
Toxic peptide production, peptide expression in plants and combinations of cysteine rich peptides
New insecticidal proteins, nucleotides, peptides, their expression in plants, methods of producing the peptides, new processes, production techniques, new peptides, new formulations, and new organisms, a process which increases the insecticidal peptide production yield from yeast expression systems. The present invention is also related and discloses selected endotoxins we call cysteine rich insecticidal peptides (CRIPS) which are peptides derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and their genes and endotoxins in combination with toxic peptides known as Inhibitor Cystine Knot (ICK) genes and peptides as well as with other types of insecticidal peptides such as trypsin modulating oostatic factor (TMOF) peptide sequences used in various formulations and combinations; of both genes and peptides, useful for the control of insects. |
| US10669316B2 |
Flagellin compositions and uses
The present invention relates to compositions comprising improved flagellin derived constructs and methods of using the same in the treatment of various diseases. |
| US10669315B2 |
HPV vaccines
Provided herein are genetically modified arenaviruses suitable as vaccines against neoplastic diseases or cancer. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the prevention or treatment of certain infections causing neoplastic diseases or cancer, such as infections with oncogenic viruses. Specifically, provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions, vaccines, and methods of preventing or treating diseases and conditions caused by and associated with infections with Human Papillomavirus (HPV), such as cervical cancer, anogenital cancer, head and neck cancer and skin cancers. Also provided herein are immunotherapies for the treatment of a neoplastic disease, such as a neoplastic disease caused by infection with oncogenic viruses. |
| US10669311B2 |
Targeted delivery system and methods of use therefor
Disclosed are peptides and peptidomimetics that in some embodiments include the amino acid sequence KRGARST or (SEQ ID NO: 1), AKRGARSTA or (SEQ ID NO: 2), or CKRGARSTC (SEQ ID NO: 3). Also disclosed are conjugates and compositions that onclude the peptides and/or peptidomimetics, methods for directing a moiety to tumor lymphatic vasculature, methods for imaging tumor lymphatic vasculature, methods for reducing or inhibiting tumor metastasis, methods for reducing the number of tumor lymphatic vessels, methods for treating cancer, methods for treating a disease or disorder associated with a gC1q/p32 receptor biological activity, methods for detecting the presence of a gC1q/p32 receptor, methods for detecting interactions between gC1q/p32 receptors and the presently disclosed conjugates and compositions, methods for delivering the presently disclosed conjugates and compositions to gC1q/p32 receptors, methods for assessing gC1q/p32 receptor levels in cells, methods for identifying subjects having diseases associated with gC1q/p32 receptor biological activities, and methods for screening for compounds that interact with gC1q/p32 receptors. |
| US10669306B2 |
Solid supports for use in solid-phase peptide synthesis, kits, and related methods
Solid supports for use in solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) are provided. The solid supports may include a resin and a protected linker coupled to the resin. The linker may be an N-mercaptoethoxyglycine, an N-mercaptopropoxyglycine, an N-mercaptobutoxyglycine, and/or another suitable linker. Kits for use in SPPS are also provided. The kits may include a solid support, a solution including a thiol or a selenol, one or more pluralities of protected amino acids, and/or a wash buffer. Methods of SPPS are also provided. The methods may include providing a solid support including a resin coupled to a protected linker. |
| US10669302B2 |
Crystal form of fludarabine phosphate, preparation method therefor, and application thereof
Provided are a new crystal form of fludarabine phosphate, a preparation method therefor, a pharmaceutical composition containing same, and an application thereof in preparing medicine. Crystal forms I and II of the fludarabine phosphate have excellent properties in terms of solubleness, dissolution rate, chemical stability, and processing adaptability. |
| US10669300B2 |
Methods of separating gemcitabine-phosphate diastereoisomers
Disclosed are methods of separating the diastereoisomers of gemcitabine-[phenyl-(benzoxy-L-alaninyl)]-phosphate (NUC-1031), or salts thereof, using crystallisation. In particular, crystallisation from isopropyl alcohol provides gemcitabine-[phenyl-(benzoxy-L-alaninyl)]-(S)-phosphate in high diastereoisomeric purity: Also disclosed is a crystalline form of gemcitabine-[phenyl-(benzoxy-L-alaninyl)]-(S)-phosphate. Disclosed are methods of isolating gemcitabine-[phenyl-(benzoxy-L-alaninyl)]-(R)-phosphate in high diastereoisomeric purity: |
| US10669298B2 |
Mannose derivatives for treating bacterial infections
The present invention relates to compounds useful for the treatment or prevention of bacteria infections. These compounds have formula I: The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions containing the compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of bacteria infections. Finally, the invention provides processes for making compounds of the invention. |
| US10669297B2 |
Process for the generation of thin inorganic films
The present invention is in the field of processes for the generation of thin inorganic films on substrates, in particular atomic layer deposition processes. The present invention relates to a process comprising bringing a compound of general formula (I) into the gaseous or aerosol state and depositing the compound of general formula (I) from the gaseous or aerosol state onto a solid substrate, wherein M is Mn, Ni or Co, X is a ligand which coordinates M, n is 0, 1, or 2, R1, R2 are an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group or a silyl group, m is 1, 2, or 3, R3, R4, and R5 are an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, or an aryloxy group, and p is 1, 2 or 3. |
| US10669293B2 |
Process for preparing isocyanates containing alkoxysilane groups
The present invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanate containing alkoxysilane groups, in which, in the sequence of steps A) to D), A) alkoxysilanoalkylamine is reacted with urea in the presence of an alcohol, optionally in the presence of at least one catalyst, to give alkoxysilanoalkylurethane, B) simultaneously or successively, if used, the catalyst is removed and/or deactivated, and low boilers, medium boilers and/or high boilers are removed, C) purified alkoxysilanoalkylurethane is thermally cleaved to release isocyanate containing alkoxysilane groups and by-product, leaving bottoms material, and D) isocyanate containing alkoxysilane groups and by-product are separated from one another and from bottoms material and collected, in which, in step C), i) the bottoms material is wholly or partly discharged from the cleavage apparatus, ii) subjected to thermal treatment and/or purification and/or an aftertreatment in the presence of alcohol and iii) the material removed, after thermal treatment and/or purification and/or aftertreatment in step B) or C), is fed in again. |
| US10669292B2 |
Synthesis of boronate salts and uses thereof
Disclosed herein are boronate intermediates in the synthesis of antimicrobial compounds and the use and preparation thereof. Some embodiments relate to crystalline boronate salt derivatives and their use in the synthesis of therapeutic compounds. |
| US10669291B2 |
Boron-containing small molecules as antiprotozoal agents
This invention provides, among other things, novel compounds useful for treating protozoal infections, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, as well as combinations of these compounds with at least one additional therapeutically effective agent. |
| US10669290B2 |
Beta-lactamase inhibitors
Described herein are compounds and compositions that modulate the activity of beta-lactamases. In some embodiments, the compounds described herein inhibit beta-lactamase. In certain embodiments, the compounds described herein are useful in the treatment of bacterial infections. |
| US10669289B2 |
Boronic acid derivatives
Compounds of formula (I) are inhibitors of LMP7 and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of an autoimmune disorder or hematological malignancies. |
| US10669287B2 |
Curcumin-boron complex and pharmaceutical containing same
Provided is a compound which is bioapplicable and amyloid-selective, and is useful as an amyloid oxygenation catalyst applicable not only to Aβ peptides but also to other amyloids, and a preventive/therapeutic drug for an amyloid-related disease using the same. A curcumin-boron complex represented by the following formula (1): wherein X1 and X2 are identical or different, and each represent a halogenoalkyl group or a halogen atom; X3 represents a bromine atom, an iodine atom, or a selenium atom; R1 and R2 are identical or different, and each represent a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group; R3 and R4 are identical or different, and each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, or an optionally substituted alkyl group, or R1 and R3 or R2 and R4 are optionally taken together to form an optionally substituted alkylene group or alkenylene group; R5 and R6 are identical or different, and each represent a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group; R7 and R8 are identical or different, and each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, or an optionally substituted alkyl group, or R5 and R7 or R6 and R8 are optionally taken together to form an optionally substituted alkylene group or alkenylene group; and m and n each represent an integer of 1 to 3, or a salt thereof. |
| US10669286B2 |
Fused pentacyclic imidazole derivatives as modulators of TNF activity
A series of substituted fused pentacyclic benzimidazole derivatives, and analogues thereof, being potent modulators of human TNFα activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders. |
| US10669282B2 |
Method for synthesizing 3-phenyl-2,3,4,8,9,10-hexahydropyrano[2.3-f]chromene derivative and optical isomer of thereof
The present invention relates to a method for synthesizing a 3-phenyl-2,3,4,8,9,10-hexahydropyrano[2,3-f]chromene derivative and an optical isomer thereof, and an intermediate Compound which may be used for the synthesis method, and when the method and the intermediate Compound are used, the 3-phenyl-2,3,4,8,9,10-hexahydropyrano[2,3-f]chromene derivative and the optical isomer thereof may be effectively synthesized. |
| US10669280B2 |
Coelenterazine analogues
Described are coelenterazine analogues, methods for making the analogues, kits comprising the analogues, and methods of using the compounds for the detection of luminescence in luciferase-based assays. |
| US10669276B2 |
Fused pyrimidine derivatives
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I, wherein R1 is phenyl, lower alkyl, C3-6-cycloalkyl, —CH2—C3-6-cycloalkyl, or bridged C3-5-cycloalkyl, optionally substituted by one, two or three substituents, selected from halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkyl substituted by halogen; R2 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkoxy, lower alkyl substituted by halogen or lower alkoxy substituted by halogen; R3 is a five membered heteroaryl group, selected from wherein R6 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R7 is halogen or lower alkyl; R8 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R9 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R4 is lower alkyl or lower alkyl substituted by hydroxy; R5/R5′ is independently from each other hydrogen or lower alkyl; -( )n- is —CH2— or —CH2CH2— for n being 1 or 2; X is CH or N; or to pharmaceutically active acid addition salts thereof, to racemic mixtures or to its corresponding enantiomers and/or optical isomers and/or stereoisomers thereof. The compounds may be used for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis, Dutch-type (HCHWA-D), multi-infarct dementia, dementia pugilistica or Down syndrome. |
| US10669273B2 |
Use of aza-tryptanthrin derivatives as inhibitors of IDO1 and/or TDO
This invention discloses the use of aza-tryptanthrin derivatives as an IDO1 and/or TDO inhibitors, and the derivatives are represented by the general Formula (I). The compounds represented by the Formula (I) have inhibitory effects on indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) and/or tryptophan-2,3-dioxygenase (TDO), and can be used for treating diseases having the pathological features of IDO1 and/or TDO-mediated tryptophan metabolism, including but not limited to tumors, autoimmune disease, infectious diseases, Alzheimer's disease, depression, anxiety. |
| US10669265B2 |
Pyridyl benzothiophenes as kinase inhibitors
This invention is directed to compounds, which are useful as protein kinase (PK) inhibitors and can be used to treat such diseases as cancer, blood vessel proliferative disorders, fibrotic disorders, mesangial cell proliferative disorders, metabolic diseases inflammatory disorders and neurodegenerative disorders. |
| US10669263B2 |
Substituted benzimidazole derivative as a modulator of TNF activity
2-(5-{1-[2-(Difluoromethoxy)-6-fluorobenzyl]-2-methyl-1H-benzimidazol-6-yl}pyrimidin-2-yl)propan-2-ol, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, being potent modulators of human TNFα activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders. |
| US10669261B2 |
Heteroarylhydroxypyrimidinones as agonists of the APJ receptor
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): wherein all variables are as defined in the specification, and compositions comprising any of such novel compounds. These compounds are APJ agonists which may be used as medicaments, in particular for treating cardiovascular disorders. |
| US10669259B2 |
GLP-1 receptor agonists and uses thereof
Provided herein are 6-carboxylic acids of benzimidazoles and 4-aza-, 5-aza-, 7-aza- and 4,7-diaza-benzimidazoles as GLP-1R agonists, processes to make said compounds, and methods comprising administering said compounds to a mammal in need thereof. |
| US10669248B2 |
Methods to chemically modify cannabinoids
Various aspects of this disclosure relate to methods to lower the activation energy of the cannabinoid decarboxylation reaction by performing the decarboxylation reaction in the gas phase. |
| US10669244B2 |
Synthesis of tetracyclines and analogues thereof
The tetracycline class of antibiotics has played a major role in the treatment of infectious diseases for the past 50 years. However, the increased use of the tetracyclines in human and veterinary medicine has led to resistance among many organisms previously susceptible to tetracycline antibiotics. The modular synthesis of tetracyclines and tetracycline analogs described provides an efficient and enantioselective route to a variety of tetracycline analogs and polycyclines previously inaccessible via earlier tetracycline syntheses and semi-synthetic methods. These analogs may be used as anti-microbial agents or anti-proliferative agents in the treatment of diseases of humans or other animals. |
| US10669242B2 |
Clostridium difficile toxin inhibitors
The present invention relates to benzodiazepine derivative compounds of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present benzodiazepine compounds are useful Clostridium difficile inhibitors in the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection in humans. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition containing benzodiazepine compounds of formula (I) and a method of making as well as a method of using the same in treating patients infected with Clostridium difficile infection by administering the same. The compounds of the present invention may be used in combination with additional antibiotics or anti-toxin antibody drugs. |
| US10669241B2 |
PTEN binding compounds, formulations, and uses thereof
Described herein are compounds and formulations thereof that can bind PTEN. Also described herein are methods of using the compounds and formulations thereof that can bind PTEN. In some embodiments, the method can include administering an amount of a compound or formulation described herein to a subject in need thereof. |
| US10669240B2 |
5-substituted indazole-3-carboxamides and preparation and use 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, fibrotic disorders, cartilage (chondral) defects, and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, and neurological conditions/disorders/diseases linked to overexpression of DYRK1A. |
| US10669238B2 |
Irreversible bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor
The present invention provides an inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase, which is a compound of formula (I), or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, ester, acid, metabolite or prodrug. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound. The present invention also provides a method for inhibiting the activity of tyrosine kinase activity or for treating a disease, disorder, or condition, which would benefit from the inhibition of Bruton's tyrosine kinase(s), by using the Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor, as well application of the Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor for the same. |
| US10669237B2 |
4-((6-bromopyridin-3-yl)oxy)benzonitrile and processes of preparation
Provided herein is a process for the preparation of 4-((6-bromopyridin-3-yl)oxy)benzonitrile. |
| US10669236B2 |
Solid forms of 2-(5-(4-(2-morpholinoethoxy)phenyl)pyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamide
The present application provides solid Forms A, B, and C of 2-(5-(4-(2-morpholinoethoxy)phenyl)pyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamide, and methods of preparing and using same. The compounds disclosed herein may be used in the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition in which a tyrosine kinase plays a role. |
| US10669235B2 |
Indole derivatives and their use as protein kinase inhibitors
The present invention relates inter alia to a compound of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3, are as defined in the specification and to compositions comprising the same and to the use of the compounds and to compositions of the compounds in treatment, for example in the treatment of fibrotic diseases or interstitial lung diseases, in particular idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. |
| US10669232B2 |
Processes and systems for recovering methanesulfonic acid in purified form
Aspects of the invention relate to systems and processes for recovering methanesulfonic acid, in a purified form, from a composition additionally including sulfur trioxide. In accordance with one aspect, the invention provides a process that includes separating a feed stream comprised of hydrocarbons, methanesulfonic acid, sulfur trioxide, and optionally sulfuric acid to produce a light stream comprised of hydrocarbons and a heavy stream comprised of methanesulfonic acid and sulfur trioxide; contacting (e.g., by mixing) the heavy stream with a reactive additive capable of reacting with sulfur trioxide, under conditions effective to cause reaction of the reactive additive with the sulfur trioxide to produce a heavy reaction product having a boiling point higher than the boiling point of methanesulfonic acid; and separating the heavy stream using a distillation column to produce a distillate stream consisting essentially of methanesulfonic acid and a bottoms stream comprising the heavy reaction product. |
| US10669231B2 |
Method for producing 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulphonic acid
The present invention relates to a production process for 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid including at least the following successive steps: 1) mixing of acrylonitrile with at least one compound contributing SO3 at a temperature included between −80 and 30° C.; 2) placing in contact and mixing isobutylene and the sulfonating mixture with a molar ratio of SO3 to isobutylene included between 0.2:1 and 2:1 and a molar ratio of acrylonitrile to isobutylene included between 3:1 and 60:1 at a temperature included between −40 and 100° C.; 3) solid/liquid separation of the reaction mixture and isolation of the solid particles in the form of a composition 1; 4) mixing composition 1 at the end of step 3) with an aqueous solution A included at a temperature comprised between −20 and 70° C. in order to obtain a suspension 1 of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid crystals; 5) solid/liquid separation of the suspension 1 and isolation of the crystals in form of composition 2. |
| US10669229B2 |
Compounds for targeting drug delivery and enhancing siRNA activity
Here described are compounds consisting of the structure (targeting molecule)m-linker-(targeting molecule)n, wherein the targeting molecule is a retinoid or a fat soluble vitamin having a specific receptor on the target cell; wherein m and n are independently 0, 1, 2 or 3; and wherein the linker comprises a polyethylene glycol (PEG) or PEG-like molecule, as well as compositions and pharmaceutical formulations including these compounds which are useful for the targeting and delivery of therapeutic agents; and methods of using these compositions and pharmaceutical formulations. |
| US10669225B2 |
Methods of making 1,19-nonadecanediester and derivatives thereof
Linear α, ω-nonadecanediester derivatives and methods of making the derivatives are described. The methods include reacting a linear α, ω-nonadecanediester or a linear α, ω-nonadecanedicarboxylic acid with a reactant optionally in the presence of at least one of a solvent and a catalyst to form the α, ω-nonadecanediester derivative. Methods of making linear α, ω-nonadecanediester or diester derivatives are also described. |
| US10669224B2 |
High-purity dibasic acid compositions and methods of making the same
High-purity dibasic acid compositions are generally disclosed. In some embodiments, the dibasic acid compositions are solutions or suspensions. In some other embodiments, the compositions are solid-state compositions. In some such embodiments, the solid-state compositions include a dibasic acid as a crystalline solid and further include a low quantity of certain impurities, such as monobasic acids, various esters, and the like. Methods and systems for making such high-purity dibasic acid compositions are also disclosed. |
| US10669220B2 |
Method for the synthesis of methanol
A method for the synthesis of methanol includes the steps of feeding a hydrogen-containing stream from a hydrogen recovery stage into a synthesis gas stream containing hydrogen and carbon oxides, and feeding the synthesis gas stream to a primary reactor stage for the catalytic and partial conversion of the synthesis gas stream into a gas mixture containing water, methanol, and residual gas, and further including the step of feeding a first portion of the residual gas to the hydrogen recovery stage for separation into the hydrogen-containing stream and a waste gas stream. The method is characterized in that a second portion of the residual gas is fed to a secondary reactor stage for further catalytic and at least partial conversion into a methanol-containing product stream. |
| US10669217B2 |
Ways to prevent pump-around heat exchanger fouling and extend run lengths on a benzene hydrogenation unit
A process for hydrogenation of an aromatic hydrocarbon including introducing a hydrocarbon feed comprising the aromatic hydrocarbon, a hydrogen feed comprising hydrogen, and a hydrogenation catalyst into a hydrogenation reactor operable with a liquid phase and a gas phase to produce a hydrogenation product; removing a gas phase product stream comprising the hydrogenation product; withdrawing a portion of the liquid phase; subjecting the withdrawn portion to heat exchange to provide a reduced-temperature withdrawn portion; introducing the reduced-temperature withdrawn portion back into the hydrogenation reactor; and at least one of: (a) providing at least two heat exchangers to effect the subjecting of the withdrawn portion of the liquid phase to heat exchange; (b) separating a decomposition product of the hydrogenation catalyst, the hydrogenation catalyst, or both, from the withdrawn portion of the liquid phase prior to the heat exchange; and (c) reducing exposure of the hydrogenation catalyst to an oxygen-containing species. |
| US10669214B2 |
Cellular geopolymer product
A method for manufacturing a cellular geopolymer product, which method comprises the steps: (a) forming an activated geopolymer premix by addition to a geopolymer premix of an activator compound that initiates a condensation reaction in the geopolymer premix; (b) casting the activated geopolymer premix in a desired configuration; and (c) generating gas bubbles in the activated geopolymer premix as the condensation reaction proceeds and the activated geopolymer premix stiffens to produce a self-supporting cellular structure; and (d) curing the self-supporting cellular structure to produce the cellular geopolymer product, wherein in step (c) the characteristics of the activated geopolymer premix and the reaction kinetics of the condensation reaction are controlled to achieve formation of the self-supporting cellular structure. |
| US10669206B2 |
Bead maker and decorator
An apparatus, kit, and methods for forming a bead between bead-forming blocks having internal bead-forming channels are provided. The bead-forming channels of adjacent bead-forming blocks are slidably engaged to manipulate a measured amount of modeling compound between the bead-forming blocks and within an internal space between the opposing channels. In one embodiment, the bead-forming blocks maintain orientation with respect to an axis of travel based on a block guide. Further, the measured amount of modeling compound is determined using an integrated measuring feature coupled to at least one of the pair of bead-forming blocks. The internal volume of an integrated measuring feature corresponds to a threshold amount of modeling compound for manipulating between the pair of blocks and forming a bead while contacting at least a portion of the mated bead-forming channels. In further aspects, a molded bead may be coated with a multicomponent bead-coating mixture. Multi-component bead-coating mixtures and methods of using thereof are provided. |
| US10669205B2 |
Construction units in form of bricks, blocks or tiles made from recyclable materials and by-products, methods of making the construction units and their use
The invention relates to a construction unit made from various recyclable materials, for example, from recycled waste plasterboard from the construction industry or flue-gas gypsum which is a by-product from fossil-fueled power plants. The construction units are made from a raw mix comprising gypsum, clay and aggregate and methods of making construction units. The invention also relates to a raw mix for making a construction unit; a kit including a construction unit and mortar; and uses of the construction unit to form a structure. |
| US10669204B2 |
Concrete composition
A concrete composition having, in a mixture with water, a hydraulic binder, sand, aggregates, an expanding agent and a shrinkage reducing admixture, wherein the expanding agent is calcium oxide having a low reactivity such that the concrete casted using the composition does not expand by more than 0.05 vol. % during the first 10 days, preferably not expanding more than 0.05 vol. % during the first 7 days, after having been cast. |
| US10669197B2 |
Surface-modified glass fiber film
The present invention provides a surface-modified glass fiber film having its surface modified by a silicon-containing compound, and a value of a common flexural rigidity of the surface-modified glass fiber film as measured by the method described in JIS R 3420 is in the range of 3 to 100 times as compared to a value of the common flexural rigidity of an unmodified glass fiber film.There can be provided a surface-modified glass fiber film having a high strength, a high heat resistance, a good dimensional stability, a good self-supporting property, a low average linear expansion coefficient, a high storage rigidity at high temperature, and an excellent surface uniformity. |
| US10669195B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for holding, retaining, and/or processing glassware articles
According to embodiments disclosed herein, an apparatus may hold and retain glass articles during processing. The apparatus may define a plurality of receiving volumes for holding glass articles. The apparatus may include a bottom support floor, a glassware-securing member positioned above the bottom support floor, and a cover plate positioned above the glassware-securing member. The bottom support floor may include a plurality of fluid passages, the glassware-securing member may include a plurality of glassware-retaining openings, and the cover plate may include a plurality of fluid passages. Methods for the use of such apparatuses are also disclosed herein. |
| US10669192B2 |
Coated article with IR reflecting layer(s) and method of making same
A coated article is provided with at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer. The IR reflecting layer may be of silver or the like. In certain example embodiments, a titanium oxide layer is provided over the IR reflecting layer, and it has been found that this surprisingly results in an IR reflecting layer with a lower specific resistivity (SR) thereby permitting thermal properties of the coated article to be improved. |
| US10669191B2 |
Blue colored heat treatable coated article having low solar factor value
There are provided coated articles that include two or more infrared (IR) reflecting layers (e.g., of or including NbZr, Nb, NiCr, NiCrMo, and/or a nitride thereof) sandwiched between at least dielectric layers, and/or a method of making the same. The coating may be designed so that the coated articles realize blue glass side reflective coloration in combination with a low glass side visible reflectance, acceptable film side coloration, and low solar factor (SF) and/or a low solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC). Such coated articles may be used in the context of monolithic windows, insulating glass (IG) window units, laminated windows, and/or other suitable applications, and may optionally be heat treated (e.g., thermally tempered) in certain instances. |
| US10669188B2 |
Seal compositions, methods, and structures for planar solid oxide fuel cells
A seal composition includes a first alkaline earth metal oxide, a second alkaline earth metal oxide which is different from the first alkaline earth metal oxide, aluminum oxide, and silica in an amount such that molar percent of silica in the composition is at least five molar percent greater than two times a combined molar percent of the first alkaline earth metal oxide and the second alkaline earth metal oxide. The composition is substantially free of phosphorus oxide. The seal composition forms a glass ceramic seal which includes silica containing glass cores located in a crystalline matrix comprising barium aluminosilicate, and calcium aluminosilicate crystals located in the glass cores. |
| US10669182B2 |
Systems and methods for using chlorine dioxide to enhance drying
A method and system comprising use of chlorine dioxide to alter the particle size distribution and facilitate removal of water from wastewater, for example sludge or biosolids. The method uses chlorine dioxide to alter the rheology of the wastewater to improve the efficiency of drying the wastewater, to meet regulatory standards for beneficial use or energy production. |
| US10669180B2 |
Adaptive catalytic technology water treatment system
This Adaptive Catalytic Technology (ACT) water treatment invention uses a series of integrated sequential modular advanced technologies to treat and eliminate or reduce suspended solids, hardness, heavy metals, organic compounds and microorganisms and to provide good tasting chlorine-free sanitized drinking water. The advanced technologies used herein are specifically designed to provide synergistic benefits that minimizes power consumption while improving the overall treatment effectiveness, making it possible to provide a cost effective and sustainable ACT water treatment for point of use drinking water supply for remote or developing areas, as well as residential, commercial, and industrial applications. The advanced technologies employed are environmentally friendly and safe. Specifically, the ACT water treatment invention does not require hazardous chemicals that need special handling to operate or maintain and it does not produce a waste stream or generates disinfection by-products (DBPs), such as, trihalomethanes (THMs) or haloacetic acids (HAAs). |
| US10669176B2 |
Side stream treatment for overflow
A system and method of treating wastewater. In one embodiment, the system comprises a biological reactor fluidly connected to a source of wastewater and having a treated wastewater outlet, a fixed film biological reactor connected to the source of wastewater and having a fixed film effluent outlet, and a ballasted system fluidly connected to the fixed film effluent outlet. The ballasted system may comprise a ballast reactor tank configured to provide a ballasted effluent, and a source of ballast material fluidly connected to an inlet of the ballast reactor tank. The system may further comprise a bypass line having an inlet fluidly connected to the source of wastewater, a first outlet fluidly connected to the ballasted system, and a second outlet fluidly connected to the fixed film biological reactor, the bypass line configured to bypass the fixed film biological reactor. |
| US10669173B2 |
Ballast water treatment device and ballast water treatment method
A ballast water treatment device includes an oxidant supply amount control device in which a storage unit stores a relationship between an absorbance of a raw water for a ballast and a dissolved organic carbon concentration thereof and another relationship between the dissolved concentration and a residual oxidant concentration required after a predetermined time from an oxidant supply, to kill organisms and to suppress their regrowth in the ballast. A calculation unit derives the required residual oxidant concentration corresponding to the absorbance measured by a meter by referring to the relationships and calculates a target oxidant supply amount using the required residual oxidant concentration. For the target, a control unit controls an oxidant supply device. |
| US10669169B2 |
Plasma activated water
A thermal and non-thermal plasma activated water reactor system is provided that includes a reaction chamber, where the reaction chamber includes a gas inlet, a water inlet, a gas and water outlet, a ground electrode and reaction electrodes, where the water inlet and the water outlet are disposed to form a water vortex in the reaction chamber when water flows there through, where the reaction electrodes include a thermal plasma electrode and a non-thermal plasma electrode, and a plasma activated water reservoir that is disposed to receive the plasma activated water from the reaction chamber and disposed to return the plasma activated water to the reaction chamber. |
| US10669168B2 |
Method and system for treating brine waste water
The present invention relates to a method for zero-release treatment of brine waste water, comprising: (1) pretreatment; (2) reverse osmosis treatment; (3) advanced oxidation treatment; (4) biochemical treatment; (5) electrodialysis concentration; (6) circulating crystallization. Compared with the prior art, the method for zero-release treatment of brine waste water provided in the present invention realizes zero release or near zero release of waste water, improves salt recovery efficiency, can recover high-quality sodium sulfate, mirabilite and sodium chloride, and turns crystalline salts into a resource; the membrane treatment unit can operates stably in the process for a long operation period at a low cost, and the entire process has high economic efficiency. |
| US10669163B2 |
Universal filter cartridge
A water filter cartridge is provided, including a body for receiving a supply of filter media, the body having an open upper end and an outlet having a plurality of outlet openings, and a cap configured for sealingly engaging the upper end of the body. The supply of media directly contacts an inside surface of an outlet of the body, and the outlet openings being dimensioned for retaining the media despite direct contact with the inside surface. |
| US10669153B2 |
Neuro-chemical sensor with selectively permeable membrane on nano-electrode
A biosensor includes an array of electrically conductive nanorods formed on a substrate. The nanorods each includes a nanoscale porous coating formed on a surface of the nanorods from silicon dioxide layers. An enzyme coating is bound to the porous coating. |
| US10669147B2 |
Crossover protection system graphical user interfaces
Crossover protection system graphical user interfaces, crossover protection systems that display graphical user interfaces, and methods for pairing tank delivery connectors with product delivery vehicle systems are provided. A tank delivery connector reads a tank tag with a tank tag reader, and transmits a tank tag indicator associated with the tank tag with network interface hardware. An electronic control unit receives the tank tag indicator with network interface hardware, determines a distribution tank fuel type associated with a distribution tank based on the tank tag indicator, determines that the tank delivery connector is associated with a tank compartment of a product delivery vehicle based on the tank tag indicator, and displays a graphical user interface on the display. The graphical user interface includes a tank delivery connector graphic displayed proximate a tank compartment graphic to indicate that the tank delivery connector is associated with the first tank compartment. |
| US10669143B2 |
Cartridge housing for a beverage or food cartridge
The invention relates to a cartridge housing comprising a diluting means, especially a water supply, a mixing chamber in which the diluting means and a beverage and/or food substrate are mixed, and an outlet. The cartridge housing is fitted with a hollow rod such that the sealing film of the cartridge is pierced as soon as the cartridge is inserted into the cartridge housing, thereby creating the flow connection between the cartridge and a mixing chamber. |
| US10669141B2 |
Industrial vehicle
An object is to provide an industrial vehicle whereby it is possible to arrange an exhaust purifying apparatus in an efficient layout, and to achieve a high purifying performance. An industrial vehicle includes: a cargo loading device disposed on a front part of a vehicle; a counter weight disposed on a rear part of the vehicle; an engine housed in an engine room formed in front of the counter weight inside the vehicle; and an exhaust purifying device disposed inside the engine room and configured to purify exhaust gas of the engine. |
| US10669139B2 |
Rack and chain lifting device
The invention is a rack and chain lifting device. The purpose is to convert rotational motion to linear motion in a way that is superior to a rack and pinion device because, first, it allows for more points of contact with the rack through the use of a silent chain in place of a pinion, and, second, because it can be used in corners since the motor can be distanced from the rack by means of the silent chain. The invention comprises a silent chain with link plates that are shaped such that the teeth of the link plates are offset when the chain is straightened, allowing the profile of the silent chain to correspond with the profiles of both gears and racks. The invention also comprises a rack that can be placed in corners. Some embodiments include a system of gears, a motor, and a mounting platform. |
| US10669137B2 |
Heave compensation system
A compact and simplified heave compensation system for reducing the effect of waves or wavelike movements on a lifting device. The system can have active and passive heave compensation components. An overload protection to protect lifting equipment can also be implemented. The system enables accurate load and displacement calculations, as well as simplifying the control schemes utilized for lifting devices. |
| US10669128B2 |
Smart pit for hydraulic elevators and other products using pressurized hydraulic fluids
A system controls leakage in a pit which contains equipment which uses pressurized hydraulic fluid. A tap communicates with a space holding leaked fluid, and directs leaked fluid to a fluid sump. A pump moves fluid from the fluid sump to a hydraulic fluid recapturing holding tank located outside the pit above a fluid reservoir. Fluid from the fluid reservoir is selectively relocated into the fluid reservoir, which re-supplies the equipment. An electronic control panel located outside the pit interacts with a remote computer to provide a remote user with information concerning operation of the system and to allow the remote user to monitor and control at least certain operations of the system, and which processor also controls operation of the pump and actuating valve. All of the mechanical and electrical equipment of the system is located outside of the pit. |
| US10669124B2 |
Elevator system including a protective hoistway liner assembly
An illustrative example elevator system includes a hoistway that establishes a vertical pathway. The hoistway has an interior border established by a plurality of stationary boundaries that each have a height aligned with a vertical length of the hoistway. Each of the stationary boundaries has a width generally perpendicular to the height. An elevator car is within the hoistway. At least one vertically extending load bearing assembly includes a plurality of elongated load bearing members extending along a vertical path and facilitating movement or support of the elevator car. At least one hoistway liner assembly is situated in the hoistway. The hoistway liner assembly includes a plurality of bumpers that each have an axis that is generally perpendicular to the vertical length of the hoistway. The axes of at least two of the bumpers are non-parallel. The bumpers collectively establish a protected area sufficient for preventing contact between the load bearing assembly and the interior border of the hoistway if there is lateral movement of any of the load bearing members relative to the vertical path in at least two generally perpendicular directions. |
| US10669123B2 |
Method for avoiding unwanted safety gear tripping in a safety stopping system of an elevator system, a safety stopping system, and an elevator system
In an elevator system, so as to avoid unwanted safety gear tripping, the kinetic energy, which is caused by inertia of the overspeed governor rope to the lever arm, is dissipated by implementing fluid viscous damping to dampen the rotary movement of the spindle shaft to prevent unwanted safety gear tripping in the event when the upwards movement of the moving mass is decelerated by a machinery brake to perform a quick stop of the moving mass. The fluid viscous damping is effected by a viscous fluid damper which is arranged in the synchronization linkage mounted to the moving mass. |
| US10669122B2 |
Service tool location-based function availability
A service tool function availability adjustment system includes a storage medium operable to store a location-based function availability map and at least one processor configured to determine a location of a service tool in relation to one or more equipment components of an equipment service system. The at least one processor configures an availability of one or more functions of the service tool to interact with the one or more equipment components of the equipment service system based on the location-based function availability map and the location of the service tool. |
| US10669120B2 |
Passenger transport system
A passenger transport system includes a plurality of passenger transporters controlled by transport system control, and further comprises at least one parameter memory configured to store at least one parameter or parameter set for the function of at least one transport system component, which transport system comprises a first wireless interface. The first interface may input data regarding at least one stored parameter or parameter set for the function of the related transport system component(s). The passenger transport system comprises mobile devices carried by users, which mobile devices may communicate wirelessly with the first interface, which communication is based on a short range transmission. The mobile devices may be prompted by the first interface to transmit data regarding the parameter or parameter set of the correlated transport system component. A passenger system interaction with a user to individual user requirements may be customized. |
| US10669114B2 |
Sheet conveyance apparatus controlling direction for conveying sheet, and image forming apparatus
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes: a guide member configured to guide a sheet in a first direction in a first state, and in a second direction in a second state; a driving source configured to generate a driving force; a transfer member configured to change the state of the guide member from the first state to the second state by being moved by the driving force; and a control unit configured to control the driving force. The control unit is further configured to set the driving force to a value smaller than a force necessary to move the transfer member to change the guide member from the first state to the second state, and subsequently cause the driving force to increase to a value larger than the force necessary to move the transfer member. |
| US10669112B2 |
Motor control apparatus, sheet conveyance apparatus, and image forming apparatus
To control a winding drive current of a motor based on a command phase representing a target phase of a rotor of the motor, a motor control apparatus includes a filter circuit, a phase determiner, and a controller. A current value of the drive current flowing through the winding is obtained at a predetermined period. The filter circuit reduces a harmonic component in a fundamental frequency of the drive current included in a signal indicated by the obtained current value. The phase determiner determines a rotation phase of the rotor based on a filter processed signal. The controller controls the winding drive current to reduce a deviation between the command phase and the determined rotation phase. The filter circuit reduces a harmonic component from a signal indicated by current values of which a number is not greater than a number of the current values obtained at the predetermined period. |
| US10669098B1 |
Modular product dispensing and verification system and method
A modular, scalable prescription dispensing and verification system includes a four-tiered central conveyor, dispensing control system with stored patient orders for creating dispensing and routing itineraries, carriers transporting itineraries and dispensed medications, induction station, pairs of processing stations divided by the conveyor, including automated and manual dispensing, verification, cold chain, and ambient packaging. Crossover conveyors transport carriers between dispensing station pair members for dispensing multiple products per station pair. One conveyor tier returns empty carriers to induction, another transports carriers from each dispensing station to verification, then to packaging, another transports carriers from induction to dispensing, then to additional dispensing, another conveys carriers from induction to dispensing stations. Carrier stops halt carriers at stations for removal for processing, replacement, and transport to the next station, or deposit on another tier and transport to a different station. The system may include two conveyor modules, one for refrigerated or ambient unit-of-use items, another for ambient countables. |
| US10669096B2 |
Storage and retrieval vehicle for a pallet storage system
The present disclosure relates to a storage and retrieval vehicle for a pallet storage system having at least one racking system and having at least one floor rail for moving the storage and retrieval vehicle, wherein the storage and retrieval vehicle comprises at least one linear guide, in particular a telescopic linear guide, outwardly coupled via at least one vertical guide to a base body of the storage and retrieval vehicle, and wherein the base body is rotatably arranged, in particular by 360°, about the vertical axis. The present disclosure further relates to a pallet storage system having a corresponding storage and retrieval vehicle and to a modular floor rail for a pallet storage system. |
| US10669095B2 |
Waste storage device
A waste storage device includes a container in which a cassette is mounted. Tubing is pulled through the centre of the cassette to store packages separated by twists. The cassette is rotated relative to the container to provide the twists between packages by virtue of a rotatable disk and user grip portion. The package is gripped against rotation by a gripper diaphragm and is guided towards a wall of the container by a guide diaphragm to prevent untwisting between packages. |
| US10669093B2 |
Single serve capsule comprising a filter element connected thereto by sealing
The present invention relates to a single serve capsule for preparing a beverage, comprising a side wall and a bottom, which together define a space, a filter element being sealed to the bottom within said space. |
| US10669089B2 |
Stackable microwave tower
A stackable microwave covers including a first food cover that includes a top wall for supporting a first food item and having a particular shape that has a first area, one or more side walls slanted at an outward angle from beneath the top wall, wherein a top of the one or more side walls defines a second area that is smaller than the first area, wherein a bottom edge of the one or more side walls defines a substantially similar shape to the particular shape of the top wall and has a third area greater than the second area and less than the first area, and wherein the top wall and the one or more side walls form a first cavity for positioning a second food item. |
| US10669088B2 |
Eddy current joint sensor
A joint sensing system within an enclosure can include an electrical circuit through which a first current flows, where the first current creates a magnetic field, where the electrical circuit is disposed proximate to a joint of the enclosure. The system can also include a target disposed proximate to the electrical circuit, where the magnetic field induces a plurality of second currents to flow within the target. The system can further include a sensor that measures the plurality of second currents flowing within the target to generate a plurality of measurements. The plurality of measurements can indicate a width of the joint of the enclosure. |
| US10669086B2 |
Extensible paper and its use in the production of expanded slit packaging and void fill products
An extensible slit sheet paper product is produced having an expandable slit pattern that forms open cells upon expansion of the paper product. The paper product is an extensible paper having an extensibility in the range from 1-9% in the machine direction and 1-5% in the cross direction. The expansion produces an array of hexagonal cells. The expanded extensible paper can be used to wrap an object for shipping by wrapping and cushioning the object in the expanded slit sheet material. The extensible, expandable slit sheet paper can be wrapped around itself to produce a void fill product. |
| US10669084B1 |
Equipment locking box
An equipment locking system. The system includes a base container forming a partial enclosure. The base container including a bottom wall, a set of sidewalls, a rotatable anti-intrusion lid, and a locking mechanism that form a partial enclosure. The partial enclosure is configured to enclose a piece of equipment. The partial enclosure is configured to prevent access to the piece of equipment when the rotatable anti-intrusion lid is closed. Portions of the piece of equipment may protrude from gaps in individual sidewalls of the set of sidewalls. The rotatable anti-intrusion lid can be coupled to a sidewall of the set of sidewalls and rotated about the sidewall. Portions of the rotatable anti-intrusion lid can be inserted in the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism may restrict rotation of the rotatable anti-intrusion lid when the rotatable anti-intrusion lid is in the closed position, and the locking mechanism is in a locked position. |
| US10669082B1 |
Child-resistant disk-top closure and locking system for a container
A child resistant disk top closure system is provided that combines a disk top closure for a container with a child resistant locking mechanism system, which uses an automatic locking element that is depressed to enable a simultaneous rotation of a locking member to transition the disk top from a locked position preventing opening the disk top to dispense any substance in the container to an unlocked position, in which the disk top can be opened to enable dispensing of a substance in the container. |
| US10669081B2 |
Lid for container
An insulating container can be configured to retain a volume of liquid, and include a first inner wall having a first end having an opening extending into an internal reservoir, and a second outer wall forming an outer shell. The opening can be sealed by a closure, the closure having an upper portion with a handle that has a circular curvature equal to the cylindrical portion of the closure. The closure may also have a lower portion that is joined to the upper portion by an injection molded polymer element. The closure may also be in the form of “flip” type of closure such that the lid can be selectably opened or closed by the user by rotating a flip closure into either the opened or closed position. The closure may also be a two-part lid having a lower cap that may be configured to be removably-coupled to the container and an upper cap that may be configured to be removably-coupled to the lower cap. |
| US10669080B2 |
Tamper evident closure
The invention is directed to a container having a tamper evidence collar integrally formed on the container body, wherein the tamper evidence collar comprises: an annular portion which extends circumferentially outwardly from the container body; a discontinuous skirt portion which extends vertically from the annular portion, extends substantially circumferentially about the container body; a tamper evidence tab disposed in the circumferential location of the skirt discontinuity, wherein the tab comprises: an annularly extending portion aligned with the annular portion of the collar; and a skirt portion aligned with the skirt of the collar, one or more pins that rotatably join the tab to the tamper evidence collar; and at least one frangible web which connects the tab to the tamper evidence collar prior to actuation of the tab. |
| US10669079B2 |
Container and lid with multiple seals therebetween and methods for making and using the same
A moisture tight container (100, 300) includes a container body (101, 301) and a lid (101, 120, 320) preferably linked to the body (101, 301) by a hinge (140, 340). The body (101, 301) and lid (101, 120, 320) include at least a first seal (462) and a second seal (464) in series to provide a moisture tight seal (460) between the body (101, 301) and the lid (101, 120, 320). The first seal (462) includes mating of thermoplastic-to-thermoplastic sealing surfaces of the body (101, 301) and lid (101, 120, 320) respectively. The second seal (464) includes mating of thermoplastic-to-elastomeric sealing surfaces of the body (101, 301) and lid (101, 120, 320), respectively, or of the lid (101, 120, 320) and body (101, 301), respectively. |
| US10669077B2 |
Cap for closing the spout of a container
A cap for closing a neck of a bottle is disclosed. The cap includes a lid for closing off the neck and a skirt for fixing to the neck. The skirt is provided with a bulge line for interfering by wedging with the neck, a weakened line to be ruptured by propagation of a tear, and a stop means for preventing the tearing propagating in the rectilinear extension of a first part of the weakened line that runs along the bulge line while being situated on the side of the latter opposite to the lid. The weakened line also includes second and third substantially rectilinear parts which, on the periphery of a skirt, follow on respectively from the first part to the second part of the weakened line. The second part of the weakened line avoids the stop means and extends on either side of the bulge line, while being inclined both with respect to the bulge line and with respect to the direction of the axis of the skirt. The third part of the weakened line extends along the bulge line while being situated on the side of the bulge line turned towards the lid. |
| US10669076B2 |
Closure assembly and container provided with such a closure assembly
In a closure assembly the cap is a quarter-turn cap and the bottom end of the skirt has a pair of diametrically opposed static cover portions separated from one another by a pair of diametrically opposed and open bottomed notches in the skirt. In each notch an indicator segment of the tamper-evident structure is located that is integrally molded to an upper notch rim by a non-frangible hinge, preferably a film hinge, and to each of the leading rim and the trailing rim via at least one respective frangible bridge. The neck has for each indicator segment an integrally molded boss adapted to engage on a respective indicator segment such that, upon first time opening of the cap by quarter turn rotation in opening direction, the indicator segments are each forced outwardly by the respective boss such that each of the indicator segments pivots about the non-frangible hinge and the frangible bridges break, thereby the outwardly pivoted indicator segments and the broken frangible bridges evidencing the first time opening of the cap. |
| US10669073B1 |
Apparatus, system, and method for preventing animal suffocation
A system for preventing animal suffocation because of a bag is disclosed. The system includes an attachment for the bag having a first panel and a second panel. A hinge element attaches the first panel with the second panel. The first panel is configured to attach to a first outward facing portion of the bag and the second panel and is configured to attach to a second outward facing portion of the bag. A one-way air flow valve is integral with at least one of the first panel and the second panel and is configured to allow air to flow from an outside environment into the bag only when an inward force acts on the valve and pulls air from outside the bag inward inside the bag. |
| US10669072B2 |
Retractable spout for a flowable substance container
A retractable spout device for a flowable substance container comprising a first section 1 adapted to be secured to an interior of the container, and a second section 2 displaceable relative to the first section in order to facilitate the movement of the second section from a retracted position wherein the second section is at least partially collapsed, to a deployed position wherein the second section extends outwards to form a spout. |
| US10669071B2 |
Powder container systems for additive manufacturing
A powder container can include a body defining a chamber having a bulk opening, a moveable cover configured to selectively cover the bulk opening, and a hopper nozzle extending from the body and in fluid communication with the chamber configured to allow powder to exit or enter the chamber, the hopper nozzle being smaller than the bulk opening. |
| US10669065B2 |
Dispenser and process
A dispenser (10) for dispensing a flowable material M has a container (12) having an outer wall (20) and membrane (14) collectively defining a first chamber (22) configured to contain the flowable material M. The membrane (14) has a thickness and a weld seam (40) wherein the weld seam (40) has a thickness less than the thickness of the membrane (14). A fracturing mechanism (16) is operably connected to the container (12). The fracturing mechanism (16) has an extending member (64) projecting from the outer wall (20) of the container (12). The extending member (64) has a projection (66) positioned proximate the membrane (14), wherein in response to deflection of the extending member (64), the projection (66) deflects the outer wall (20) proximate the membrane (14) wherein the weld seam (40) fractures creating an opening (41) through the membrane (14) configured to allow the flowable material M to pass therethrough and from the dispenser (10). |
| US10669062B2 |
Eye shield dispenser
The present invention provides an eye shield dispenser. The dispenser includes a tower portion including a front wall, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls, and an insert portion located within the tower portion, the insert portion including a front wall, and a pair side of walls attached to opposite edges of the front wall. The dispenser also includes an opening in a portion of the tower portion, and at least one tab located in the opening. The tower portion and insert portion are preferably made from a single blank of material. In another embodiment, the insert portion includes a front wall, and a first wing and a second wing attached to opposite edges of the front wall. |
| US10669061B2 |
Carton with asymmetrical corners
A carton for holding at least one article. The carton includes a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton and a plurality of end flaps respectively foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels for closing at least one closed end of the carton. The carton comprises at least one asymmetrical corner extending between a top of the carton and a bottom of the carton and that transitions between a first configuration at one of the top and the bottom of the carton and a second configuration at the other of the top and the bottom of the carton. |
| US10669060B2 |
Container of puncture repair agent
A container of a puncture repair agent includes: a bottomed cylindrical container body to store the puncture repair agent; and a mouth portion provided on the container body, from which the puncture repair agent is pushed out by pressing the container body, wherein the container body is hollow molded into a flat shape and includes a barrel portion, wherein the barrel portion includes a pair of narrow portions facing in a major axis direction, and a pair of wide portions facing in a minor axis direction, and wherein each of the pair of wide portions is provided with a pressing recessed portion capable of being recessed in a concave curved surface shape toward inside of the barrel portion. |
| US10669059B2 |
Delaminatable container
A delaminatable container having excellent restorability of the outer shell shape, transparency, and heat resistance is provided. According to an exemplary aspect, a delaminatable container is provided that includes an outer layer and an inner layer, the inner layer delaminating from the outer layer and being shrunk with a decrease in contents, wherein the outer layer includes a propylene copolymer layer containing a random copolymer of propylene and another monomer. |
| US10669058B2 |
Weighing and labeling conveyor having alternating printer use
In an embodiment, the present invention provides a weighing and labeling conveyor for labeling articles, the articles including a first application point at a same point on the article, the conveyor including: a weighing conveyor for determining the weight of the articles; a transport apparatus for transporting the articles; and a labeling system for labeling the articles, the labeling system including three labelers, each labeler including an applicator, each applicator being suitable for applying a label to the first application point on an article while the article is being transported on the transport apparatus. Of the three labelers, during normal operation two labelers are in an active operating state and one labeler is in a passive operating state. During normal operation, the two labelers that are in the active operating state alternately label the first application point of successive articles. |
| US10669055B2 |
Control apparatus
A control apparatus is provided. The control apparatus includes: a packaged medicine preparation unit discharging a bundle of packaged medicines in which a large amount of medicines are prepared by one capsule in a single dose to perform a post-process on the bundle of packaged medicines for a specific purpose based on a medicine dispensing request; and a post-processing unit introduced with the bundle of packaged medicines discharged from the packaged medicine preparation unit to perform the post-process thereon. |
| US10669054B1 |
Right-sized thermoformed cavities for packaging items
An actuator system for fabricating a cavity within thermoplastic material includes a plurality of actuators arranged in an array. When dimensions of an item are determined, the actuator system may be programmed with data regarding such dimensions to fabricate a cavity for the item. A subset of the actuators, and distances by which each of the actuators is to be extended, may be selected based on dimensions of the item, in order to fabricate a cavity within the thermoplastic material that may accommodate the item therein. Additionally, the actuators and the distances may be selected based on intrinsic or extrinsic data regarding the item, and a cavity fabricated within the thermoplastic material may include one or more buffer zones or protective regions that are specifically formed with respect to aspects of the item. |
| US10669051B2 |
Product packaging assembly
An assembly for packaging products including at least one line for supplying the products to be packaged, at least one dispenser of covering sheets, a plurality of handling devices for juxtaposing a sheet on a respective product, and at least one output line for the packaged products. |
| US10669049B2 |
Device for filling a receptacle
Disclosed is a device for filling a receptacle, comprising at least one filling station (48) for filling at least one receptacle (36), and at least one receptacle holder (38) for conveying the receptacle (36) relative to the filling station (48), characterized in that at least one driving surface (13) and at least one mover (20) which can be coupled to the driving surface (13) especially in a magnetic manner are provided, the mover (20) being arranged so as to be movable and/or rotatable on the driving surface (13) in at least two degrees of freedom, and in that the receptacle holder (38) is disposed on the mover (20). |
| US10669048B1 |
Mechanism for increasing jettison clearance
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a novel system, device, and methods for providing a one-way locking mechanism that changes the shape or stiffness of a structure. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to a mechanism for increasing fairing jettison clearance. Embodiments of the present invention permit outward breathing displacement by the fairing, but reduce the inward breathing displacement by the fairing such that the fairing does not hit and damage the spacecraft or vehicle as it is jettisoned from the spacecraft or vehicle. |
| US10669047B2 |
System and method for hypersonic payload separation
An apparatus includes a body having at least one pitch control system and a mounting system, the mounting system configured to couple to a payload. The apparatus also includes a rocket engine coupled to the body and configured to accelerate the body to a hypersonic speed. The apparatus further includes a control system configured to release the payload while the body moves at the hypersonic speed by commanding the at least one pitch control system to adjust an angle of attack of the body to a negative angle of attack and commanding the mounting system to release the payload while the body is moving at the hypersonic speed and at the negative angle of attack. |
| US10669043B2 |
Fixtures for working aircraft components and methods for the same
Ribs for working an aircraft component having an aircraft component surface, fixtures for the same, and methods for the same, are provided herein. The rib includes a rib surface configured to receive the aircraft component and to be in abutting contact with at least a portion of the aircraft component surface. The rib further includes an extension extending away from the rib and configured to couple to a worksurface. Orientation of the rib is configured to be adjustable relative to the worksurface for improving working of the aircraft component. The fixture includes a mount defining an aperture and configured to be coupled to the worksurface and the rib. The method includes providing the fixture including the rib. The method further includes coupling the extension to a worksurface. The method further includes disposing the aircraft component on the rib surface. |
| US10669040B2 |
Aircraft control method and apparatus and aircraft
This invention discloses an aircraft control method, apparatus and an aircraft. The invention relates to the field of aircraft control technologies. The method includes: obtaining ambient luminance data by a luminance sensing apparatus of an aircraft; determining whether the ambient luminance data satisfies a luminance value required for normal running of a vision system of the aircraft; and adjusting, when the ambient luminance data does not satisfy the luminance value required for normal running of the vision system of the aircraft, a working status of a light emitting apparatus on the aircraft to change light emitting luminance of the light emitting apparatus. The foregoing aircraft control method, apparatus and the aircraft can accurately learn a flight environment in which the aircraft is located, thereby effectively implementing vision positioning on the aircraft and more conveniently controlling the aircraft. |
| US10669035B2 |
Detecting the presence of ice on a surface using ultraviolet light
A system detects ice on a surface. The system comprises an ultraviolet (UV) light source configured to project light primarily in the UV-A spectrum onto the surface. The system further comprises an optical device configured to capture an image of the surface while the light primarily in the UV-A spectrum is projected by the UV light source. The system further comprises a control device communicatively coupled to the optical device. The control device is configured to receive the image from the optical device and determine whether or not ice is present on the surface based respectively on whether or not visible light induced by the light projected by the UV light source is captured in the image. |
| US10669031B2 |
Environmental cooling systems for aircraft
A method for supplying pressurized air to an aircraft includes that bleed air is bled from a portion of a turbomachine of the aircraft and a thrust output of the turbomachine is increased to increase a pressure of the bleed air in a predetermined environmental condition. The method also includes that modes of an environmental control system (ECS) are switched from a first operating mode configured to receive bleed air from each engine of the aircraft in a first environmental condition to a second operating mode configured to receive bleed air from at least one engine of the aircraft in a second environmental condition. The method further includes that engine thrust is increased in at least one engine and engine thrust is reduced from at least the other engine to maintain a constant total thrust when the ECS is in the second operating mode. |
| US10669030B1 |
Seat pan diaphragm
A seat pan diaphragm assembly and a seat assembly including the same, the seat pan diaphragm assembly including a diaphragm subassembly including a flexible fabric panel having a top, bottom, front, back, and opposing lateral sides, a cargo net subassembly for limiting deflection of the flexible fabric panel under load, the cargo net subassembly including a grid of belts and attachment straps having a clip attachable to a seat frame element, and stiffeners received in slotted sleeves of the diaphragm subassembly and engaging the cargo net subassembly for securing the cargo net subassembly to the diaphragm subassembly. |
| US10669029B2 |
Comfort pilot seat kinematics
Described are adjustable seats having a lower portion of a back rest attached to a seat frame having an upper frame and a lower frame. A pivot axis is positioned at an upper end of the lower portion of the back rest, and an upper portion of the back rest is pivotally attached to the pivot axis. The location of the pivot axis is configured to be positioned below a person's shoulders when the person is seated in the adjustable seat. The upper portion of the back rest is also pivotally adjustable relative to the lower portion of the back rest. A seat pan having a front portion pivotally coupled to a rear portion can be attached to the upper frame. An actuation mechanism is configured to simultaneously control a vertical height of the upper frame and a rotational position of the front portion of the seat pan. |
| US10669024B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle, control system and method thereof, and unmanned aerial vehicle landing control method
An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a fuselage, a power device connected to the fuselage, and a control device disposed at the fuselage and electrically connected with the power device. The control device is configured to control the power device to switch an operating mode of the power device to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly in air or navigate on a water surface. |
| US10669018B2 |
Multicopter with boom-mounted rotors
A multicopter with boom mounted rotors is disclosed. In various embodiments, a multicopter includes multiple rotors, each mounted substantially horizontally on a distal end of a boom. The multicopter further includes a plurality of boom extensions, each boom extension being associated with a corresponding boom and each boom extension being configured to extend an associated distal end of said corresponding boom by an amount determined based at least in part on a swept area associated with a rotor mounted at or near said associated distal end. The multicopter includes a material, such as netting, secured to the aircraft and of a size sufficient to reach a far end of one or more of said boom extensions. |
| US10669017B2 |
Aircraft landing gear, aircraft, and related methods
A strut assembly for an aircraft landing gear structure is transitioned between an extended configuration, corresponding to the aircraft being off the ground, and a retracted configuration, in which the strut assembly is shortened along its longitudinal axis with respect to the extended configuration, for stowage during flight. The strut assembly includes an upper bulkhead supported by an upper tubular housing, and a lower tubular housing configured to be longitudinally translated with respect to the upper tubular housing. To transition the strut assembly to the retracted configuration, translation of the upper bulkhead with respect to the upper tubular housing mechanically causes translation of the lower tubular housing to a retracted position, such that the overall length of the strut assembly is reduced. The strut assembly may be an oleo strut assembly. |
| US10669012B2 |
Aircraft control comprising an improved pedal
An aircraft control of the rudder bar type, which includes a box-shaped pedal, a support, a first rotation shaft connecting the pedal to the support with a first rotation axis, a first pivot connection configured to allow the pedal to pivot about the first rotation axis relative to the support, a rod, a second rotation shaft, distinct from the first rotation shaft and connecting the pedal to the rod with a second rotation axis, and a second pivot connection configured so as to allow the pedal and/or the rod to pivot about the second rotation axis. |
| US10669009B2 |
Driving device, propeller and propulsion system
A propulsion system comprises a propeller and a driving device coupled with the propeller. The propeller comprises a hub having a receiving hole, a plurality of blades connected to the hub, and a connecting surface. The driving device comprises a body portion, an elastic abutting member disposed on the body portion and configured to abut against the connecting surface, and a lock portion disposed on the body portion and including a first snap-fitting portion. A second snap-fitting portion is arranged on an inner wall of the receiving hole and is configured to snap with the first snap-fitting portion. |
| US10669008B2 |
Propeller-motor assembly for efficient thermal dissipation
A propeller drive assembly includes an electric motor having a stator and a rotor. During operation the motor generates heat. A propeller made from a thermally conductive plastic includes a hub that is secured to the rotor portion of the motor so that the heat generated within the motor is transferred by conductance through the thermally conductive hub and propeller and then, by convection, is absorbed by the surrounding air, as the propeller rotates through the air. A thermally conductive interface material can be positioned between the rotor portion of the motor and the hub of the propeller to increase the thermal efficiency of the heat transfer between the motor and the propeller. A thermally conductive grease can be used as the interface material and an O-ring seal can be provided about the rotor to prevent the grease from escaping during motor operation. |
| US10668998B2 |
Life vest pouch
A life vest pouch is closed by overlapping panels. A male panel is attached to an upper face portion and includes three inserted flaps and a female panel is attached to a lower face portion and includes four cuts. Two center cuts are vertical and receive opposite ends of a center flap and two outer cuts receive outer flaps. The opposite ends of the center flap are generally triangular and overlap the outer flaps. The panels are made from polycarbonate or the like. The pouch is opened by pulling a strap attached to the lower face portion. A tamper proof seal is attached to both upper and lower face portions and is torn if the pouch is opened. |
| US10668995B2 |
Method and system for preventing fouling of surfaces
A method of anti-fouling of a surface while said surface is at least partially submersed in an liquid environment, comprising: providing an anti-fouling light; distributing at least part of the light through an optical mediumcomprising a silicone material and/or UV grade fused silica; emitting the anti-fouling light from the optical medium and from the surface. |
| US10668994B2 |
Mast and corresponding rig, in particular for a surfboard
A mast for a rig for a surfboard is characterized among others by the following features: a mast with a profiled cross-section in the longitudinal direction, said cross-section being formed transversely to the mast longitudinal direction and deviating from a circular shape; the profiled cross-section has the shape of a droplet or has a droplet-like design in the manner of a droplet profile; the mast has a fork tree head securing section which can be rotated or pivoted about the fork tree head securing section; the fork tree head securing section is provided with a cross-section which deviates from the droplet profile; and the mast lower part and the mast upper part of the mast consist of plastic or comprise plastic optionally with the addition of a reinforcement consisting of metal, glass fibers, and/or carbon fibers. |
| US10668990B2 |
Self-powered computing buoy
A computing apparatus that is integrated within a flotation module, the system obtaining the energy required to power its computing operations from waves that travel across the surface of a body of water on which the flotation module sets. Additionally, the self-powered computing apparatus employs novel designs to utilize its close proximity to the body of water and/or to strong ocean winds to significantly lower the cost and complexity of cooling their computing circuits. |
| US10668985B2 |
Bicycle wireless electronic derailleur
A bicycle wireless electronic derailleur, comprising a support body, a movable body, comprising a chain guide, actuation means configured to move the movable body with respect to the support body, comprising an electric motor, a controller of the electric motor, a wireless communication device, part of or in communication with the controller, configured to receive gearshifting request signals from a wireless transmitter and housed in a first casing, and a bicycle movement detector configured to emit a wake signal for the wireless communication device. The movement detector is at least partially housed in at least one second casing different from the first casing, and is in communication through at least one cable with the wireless communication device. |
| US10668983B2 |
Derailleur of a bicycle gearshift and method for electronically controlling a bicycle gearshift
A bicycle derailleur for operating a chain guide. The derailleur has primary actuator that imparts a primary displacement on the chain guide that has at least a component in an axial direction with respect to an assembly of toothed wheels. The derailleur also has secondary actuator that imparts a secondary displacement on the chain guide that has at least a component in a radial direction with respect to the assembly of toothed wheels. The secondary actuator can operate independently of the primary actuator. |
| US10668982B2 |
Method for controlling a motor of a derailleur of a bicycle electronic gearshift, and component suitable for carrying out such a method
A method for controlling a motor of a derailleur of a bicycle electronic gearshift during a displacement from an initial position (A) towards a destination position (B) includes the step of feedback controlling the current (I(t)) absorbed by the motor. A controller of an electric motor of a derailleur of a bicycle electronic gearshift is configured to carry out a feedback control of the current (I(t)) absorbed by the motor during a displacement from an initial position (A) towards a destination position (B). |
| US10668980B2 |
Bicycle rear sprocket assembly
A bicycle rear sprocket assembly comprises a first sprocket, a second sprocket, and a sprocket support. The first sprocket includes a first sprocket body and a plurality of first sprocket teeth. The first sprocket body has at least one first recess. The second sprocket includes a second sprocket body and a plurality of second sprocket teeth. The sprocket support is configured to engage with a bicycle hub assembly. The sprocket support includes a sprocket attachment part. The first sprocket and the second sprocket are attached to the sprocket attachment part. The sprocket attachment part is at least partly provided in the at least one first recess to transmit a rotational force between the first sprocket and the sprocket support. |
| US10668976B2 |
Operation apparatus
An operation apparatus includes a supporting element, an operation element including an arm whose basal end is rotatably supported by the supporting element and whose tip is provided with an acting element, and a return spring provided between the supporting element and the operation element, in which the return spring is housed in a compact manner without inviting an increase in the number of components. A return spring is provided between a first spring holder and a second spring holder. A supporting element is provided with a first side wall opposing the return spring in the lateral direction. An arm is provided with a second side wall opposing the first side wall and surrounding the return spring in conjunction with the first spring holder, the second spring holder, and the first side wall. |
| US10668971B2 |
Bicycle safety apparatus and methods
The bicycle safety device preferably measures both the traverse proximity to the bike frame and speed of an overtaking vehicle and calculates a driving safety assessment based on a predetermined safety threshold. This assessment, along with the video evidence, is uploaded to a remote server. The device may have a very distinctive light display/effect (which may double as a rear bike light) so that drivers will recognize the device and respond by only overtaking when they are able to do so safely. |
| US10668969B1 |
Vehicle
A vehicle is provided which includes a bumper that holds an enhanced functionality and realizes an improvement in its external appearance. A saddle riding vehicle includes a front bumper having a shape which covers a periphery of at least a headlamp when seen from the front at a front portion of the vehicle. The front bumper includes a pair of left and right upwardly/downwardly extending frame portions configured to extend in an up-down direction, a transversely extending portion configured to extend in a vehicle's width direction to surround the periphery of the headlamp, and a pair of left and right bumper main portion configured to cover the left and right upwardly/downwardly extending frame portions from the front thereof, and the bumper main portions are configured to increase their widths in the vehicle's width direction toward the upper part. |
| US10668966B2 |
Bracket and scooter storage box with bracket
The present disclosure provides a bracket and a scooter storage box having same. The bracket is used for storing an electric scooter. The bracket includes: a chassis, the chassis being provided with a recess portion for receiving a wheel of the electric scooter, the chassis being further provided with a carrying surface urging against the lower surface of a scooter body of the electric scooter; and a charging portion, electrically connected to the electric scooter to charge the electric scooter. The electric scooter may be limited and carried by the cooperation of the recess portion on the chassis of the bracket and the carrying surface, so that the electric scooter may be steadily stored. Furthermore, the electric scooter may also be charged by the charging potion to meet the charging needs of the electric scooter. |
| US10668961B2 |
Fifth wheel hitch and associated systems and methods
The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to an improved fifth-wheel hitch which features a pivotally-mounted head assembly. The hitch assembly has a rocker assembly which allows for the pivotal movement of the head during mounting. The rocker can be secured in a fixed position during transport. A multi-point jaw assembly is also provided. A rail kit adaptor and gooseneck adaptor are also provided. The assembly is light and engineered for quick and efficient installation and use in the bed of a truck. |
| US10668958B2 |
Motor vehicle having a front apron having duct-like air-guiding devices
A motor vehicle includes a body having a front apron, and an underbody. The body forms at least one left and one right front wheel house for receiving one front wheel each. The air-guiding devices have at least one left flow duct and at least one right flow duct. The at least one left flow duct opens in the underbody in front of the left wheel house. The at least one right flow duct opens in the underbody in front of the right wheel house. The respective exit opening is arranged in front of that region of the respective wheel house which is adjacent to the inner side, which faces the vehicle central plane, of the respective vehicle wheel in the straight-ahead position. |
| US10668957B2 |
Side vehicle body reinforcing structure
A side vehicle body reinforcing structure may include a center floor panel; a side sill respectively combined to both sides of the center floor panel in a width direction of the vehicle body; a seat cross member configured so that a lower end thereof is combined to the center floor panel and both ends thereof in a width direction of the vehicle body are combined to the side sill to cross the center floor panel in a width direction of the vehicle body; a battery case combined to a lower surface of the center floor panel and disposed at an internal to the side sill; and a partition wall panel respectively both side plates of the battery case in a width direction of the vehicle body, wherein a combining bolt sequentially penetrating the seat cross member and the center floor panel is engaged to the partition wall panel. |
| US10668954B2 |
Cab and hood suspension with hood tilt
A cab and hood suspension system includes a cab suspension system, a hood suspension system, and a hood tilt system. The cab suspension system includes supporting spring elements and cab linkage configured to control movement of a cab relative to a chassis. The hood suspension system includes hood linkage configured to locate the hood relative to the chassis. The hood linkage is configured to match the movement of the cab linkage. The hood tilt system is provided by the hood linkage of the hood suspension system. |
| US10668953B2 |
Cloaking devices with converging lenses and a hexagonal prism and vehicles comprising the same
A cloaking device assembly comprises an object-side, an image-side, a reference optical axis extending from the object-side to the image-side, a cloaked region positioned between the object-side and the image-side and a cloaked article positioned within the cloaked region. An object-side converging lens is positioned on the object-side, an image-side converging lens is positioned on the image-side, and a hexagonal prism is positioned within the cloaked region between the object-side converging lens and the image-side converging lens. Light from an object positioned on the object-side of the cloaking device and obscured by the cloaked region propagates through the object-side converging lens, the hexagonal prism, and the image-side converging lens to form an image of the object on the image-side of the cloaking device such that the cloaked region and the cloaked article within the cloaked region do not appear to be positioned between the object and the image. |
| US10668950B2 |
Wheel bearing device
A wheel bearing device includes a wheel bearing supported by a knuckle; a hub ring having a boss portion; a second constant-velocity joint; and a first constant-velocity joint. The second constant-velocity joint includes an outer ring rotatably supported by the wheel bearing, and an inner ring coupled to the boss portion of the hub ring. The first constant-velocity joint includes an outer ring coupled to the outer race of the second constant-velocity joint, and an inner ring coupled to a drive shaft. The knuckle supports a pair of camber angle-adjusting linear motion actuators, and a pair of toe angle-adjusting linear motion actuators. |
| US10668947B2 |
Electro-hydraulic steering control system
A steering system for a work vehicle having a steerable wheel. The steering system includes a steering input device configured to provide a first steering input and a second steering input to move the steerable wheel. A pilot system is operatively connected to the steering input device and includes a first pilot line operatively connected to the first steering input and a second pilot line operatively connected to the second steering input. A piloted system is operatively connected to the pilot system and includes a direction control valve operatively connected to each of the first and second pilot lines and to a steering cylinder. The steering cylinder is coupled to the steerable wheel. The direction control valve responds to each of the pressure signals of the first and second pilot lines to adjust the position of the steering cylinder which in turn moves the steerable wheel. |
| US10668946B2 |
Plausibility checking of field-oriented control
The description relates to a method for controlling a servo drive of a steering system of a vehicle, comprising the step of: failure of the feedback comprising the step of: monitoring the control of the servo drive. |
| US10668943B2 |
Electric drive device and electric power steering device
A heat radiation base body extending in a direction of a rotation shaft of an electric motor close to the rotation shaft is provided at an end surface of a motor housing accommodating the electric motor. A board of one electronic control unit of a redundant system is fixed to the heat radiation base body along the direction in which heat radiation base body extends with thermal conduction allowed. A board of the other electronic control unit of redundant system is fixed to the heat radiation base body along a direction in which the heat radiation base body extends, so as to face the board of one electronic control unit, with thermal conduction allowed. A cover covering these is fixed to an end surface of the motor housing without a bolt. Thus, a housing accommodating the electronic control unit is not necessary. A sealing part is only the connecting portion between the motor housing and cover, thereby eliminating additional structure of the sealing part, sealing component required for seal and bolt. |
| US10668942B2 |
Power steering device with a remote computer under the rack
The invention relates to a vehicle (2) provided with a power-steering device (1) which includes at least one steering rack (3) and an assistance motor (4) arranged to drive said steering rack (3), as well as at least one on-board computer (13) inside the vehicle (2), intended for controlling said assistance motor (4), the computer (13) being placed mostly, and preferably entirely, below the rack (3), preferably in a shell (20), inside of which the rack (3) is translatably guided, and inside of which a space for the computer is arranged for said purpose. |
| US10668931B2 |
Controlling system subject to partially hidden actuator dynamics
A controller is configured to control a system by generating a control input to an actuator changing a state of the system in accordance with the control input. The controller includes an interface configured to receive data indicative of dynamic response of the actuator and a tuner configured to determine the maximum rate of change of the control input during a control cycle using the received data indicative of dynamic response of the actuator. The controller also includes a receiver configured to receive measurements of the state of the system and a solver configured to determine a current value of the control input for controlling the controlled system based on the state of the controlled system subject to constraints on operation of the system and a constraint on the maximum rate of change of the control input, and to cause the actuator to change the state of the system according to the current value of the control input. |
| US10668930B1 |
Determining acceptable driving behavior based on vehicle specific characteristics
In a method for applying penalties or incentives to a driver of a rented vehicle, an indication that the driver has agreed to terms for renting the vehicle from the vehicle owner is received, with the terms including the potential application of penalties or incentives to the driver based on driving behavior. Telematics data, indicative of operation of the rented vehicle by the driver during a period of time, is also received. By analyzing the telematics data, one or more driving behaviors of the driver during the time period is/are identified. One or more characteristics of the rented vehicle are also determined. One or more penalties or incentives are caused to be applied to the driver, based on the driving behavior(s) and the one or more characteristics of the rented vehicle. |
| US10668927B2 |
Method of determining the state of a road
A method of determining the level of quality of a road from an electronic measurement unit mounted in a wheel of a motor vehicle traveling on the road. The electronic measurement unit includes at least one sensor able to measure the vibrations perceived by the tread of the tire of said wheel. The method includes measuring, using the sensor, the vibrations perceived by the tread of the tire of the wheel, calculating the strength of the vibrations measured at a predetermined vibrational frequency referred to as the distinguishing frequency, comparing the calculated strength with predetermined strength values contained in a table stored in a memory zone, which are characteristic of various road quality levels, and determining the level of quality of the road from the comparison made. |
| US10668926B2 |
Vehicle operation with interchangeable drive modules
Vehicles may be composed of a relatively few number of “modules” that are assembled together during a final assembly process. An example vehicle may include a body module, a first drive module coupled to a first end of the body module, and a second drive module coupled to a second end of the body module. One or both of the drive modules may include a pair of wheels, a battery, an electric drive motor, and/or a heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system. One or both of the drive modules may also include a crash structure to absorb impacts. If a component of a drive module fails or is damaged, the drive module can be quickly and easily replaced with a new drive module, minimizing vehicle down time. |
| US10668924B2 |
Method and apparatus to control velocity of vehicle
A method to control a velocity of a vehicle includes: extracting an end point of a road region from an input image; measuring a visibility distance between an end point location corresponding to the end point and a location of a vehicle; and controlling the velocity of the vehicle based on the measured visibility distance. |
| US10668920B2 |
Lane change assist device
The first yaw angle return control is started at a first start time when the first interruption condition is established. The actuator is controlled under the first yaw angle return control so that yaw angle at a first finish time becomes a value closer to yaw angle at the lane change start time compared with yaw angle at the first start time. The first finish time comes when a first control execution time passes from the first start time. The actuator is controlled under the second yaw angle return control so that yaw angle at a second finish time becomes a value closer to yaw angle at the lane change start time compared with yaw angle at the second start time. The second finish time comes when a second control execution time longer than the first control execution time passes from the second start time. |
| US10668917B2 |
Drive system and drive control method
In a drive system including a battery, a power generation device (PGD) including a generator mounted to an engine shaft, and a drive device (DD) including a motor for driving a driven component, a drive controller performs a drive control for PGD and DD and a switching control for a switching device. During a parallel connection, respective high-voltage side terminals (HVTs) of PGD and the battery are connected to a HVT of DD, and respective low-voltage side terminals (LVTs) of PGD and the battery are connected to LVT of DD. During a series connection, HVT of any one of PGD and the battery is connected to HVT of DD, and LVT of another one of PGD and the battery is connected to LVT of DD, and terminals of PGD and the battery, which are not connected to DD, are connected to each other. |
| US10668915B2 |
Transmission for electric vehicle
A transmission for an electric vehicle, may include a concentric deceleration device for receiving power from a motor shaft and for decelerating; an output shaft disposed in parallel with the input shaft; a hollow shaft rotatably provided on the input shaft; a clutch device provided to switch the transmission state of power from the input shaft to the hollow shaft; a first synchronizer having a hub fixed to the input shaft; a second synchronizer having a hub fixed to the hollow shaft; a plurality of driving gears having different sizes and provided on the input shaft and the hollow shaft to be engaged with at least one of the first synchronizer and the second synchronizer; and a plurality of driven gears provided on the output shaft to be engaged with the plurality of driving gears to form different shift ratios, respectively. |
| US10668909B2 |
Master cylinder unit
Provided is a master cylinder unit including a simulator pressure chamber which communicates with a pressure chamber of a master cylinder and moves a simulator piston by means of an introduced fluid pressure; a biasing chamber in which a biasing mechanism biasing the simulator piston against a fluid pressure introduced into the simulator pressure chamber is disposed; a first seal member which partitions a simulator supply chamber, the simulator supply chamber, and the simulator pressure chamber communicating with a master supply chamber; and a second seal member which partitions the simulator supply chamber and the biasing chamber and allows a brake fluid to flow from the simulator supply chamber to the biasing chamber when a pressure difference occurs between the simulator supply chamber and the biasing chamber. |
| US10668904B2 |
Deflection control apparatus
A deflection control apparatus is provided with: a determinator configured to determine whether or not a vehicle is about to depart from a driving lane; and a controller programmed to perform a deflection control for controlling a braking apparatus to supply a fluid pressure to at least one of brake mechanisms corresponding to a front wheel and a rear wheel on a side opposite to a departure direction of the vehicle. The controller is programmed to control the braking apparatus to supply the fluid pressure to the brake mechanism that is close to a fluid pressure source, out of the brake mechanisms corresponding to the front wheel and the rear wheel on the opposite side, on condition that a motion state corresponds to a regular-use area of the braking apparatus, if it is determined that the vehicle is about to depart from the driving lane. |
| US10668903B2 |
Vehicle body behavior control device and method of controlling behavior of vehicle body
Provided are a vehicle body behavior control device which can reduce unstable behavior of a vehicle body and a method of controlling behavior of a vehicle body which can reduce unstable behavior of the vehicle body. A vehicle body behavior control device incorporated into a vehicle body having a plurality of wheels includes: a behavior control mechanism which controls behavior of the vehicle body; and a control part which controls an operation of the behavior control mechanism based on an axle load applied to the wheel calculated using a gradient value θ of a road surface. |
| US10668897B2 |
Windscreen wiper device
The windscreen wiper device includes an elastomeric wiper blade that extends in a longitudinal direction. At least one pre-curved longitudinal strip is operably attached with the wiper blade and biases the wiper blade into a curved shape. A connecting device is secured with the at least one strip. The at least one strip includes a pair of tabs that extend longitudinally towards one another and project vertically. The tabs cooperate with the connecting device to secure the connecting device with the at least one longitudinal strip. |
| US10668893B2 |
Seatbelt assist device and vehicle seat
Provided is a belt assist device having a compact configuration and being configured to move a seatbelt to an easily reachable position. A vehicle seat includes a belt assist device attached to a lateral portion of a seat back and configured to move a portion of a seatbelt placed on the lateral portion to the easily reachable position. The belt assist device includes a rotary member attached to a recessed housing portion of the lateral portion via a rotary shaft and configured to rotate up and down between a housing position at which the rotary member is housed in the seat back and a protruding position at which the rotary member rotates to protrude forward of the seat back to push out a portion of the seatbelt. The rotary member is disposed forward of a belt guide provided at the periphery of an upper end of the seat back. |
| US10668891B2 |
Seat belt apparatus
A seat belt apparatus provided in a front door of a vehicle, comprises a retractor provided in the front door and configured to retract a webbing for constraining an occupant so as to be pulled out, a belt anchor provided in the front door and attached with one end of the webbing, and a latch configured to engage the front door to a vehicle body. The latch is provided between the retractor and the belt anchor in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. |
| US10668887B2 |
Vehicle seat with side airbag device
A vehicle seat with a side airbag device includes: a gas generating device attached to an inner side of an outer side frame in a vehicle-width direction, which is disposed in a side portion on an outside of a seat back in the vehicle-width direction; a side airbag which inflates and deploys to expand over the outer side frame from a vehicle front side of the outer side frame in the vehicle-width direction by receiving gas from the gas generating device accommodated in the side airbag; and an inflation width expansion portion which is provided in the side airbag and causes an inflation width of the side airbag in the vehicle-width direction to be greater outside a side surface provided on an outside of the outer side frame in the vehicle-width direction than inside the side surface. |
| US10668883B2 |
Display device with level correction
A display system for a vehicle comprises a display device including a screen disposed in a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The display device is configured to tilt relative to the vehicle and comprises an inertial sensor configured to output an acceleration signal. A controller is in communication with the display device and an imager configured to capture image data in a field of view rearward relative to the vehicle. The controller is operable to receive the acceleration signal and identify a direction of gravity from the acceleration signal. The controller is further configured to identify a reference direction from the image data and generate adjusted image data corrected for an angular offset of the display device between the direction of gravity and a vertical axis of the display device. |
| US10668882B2 |
Mechanical transfer function cancellation
An apparatus includes one or more sensors and a control unit. The one or more sensors may be configured to generate signals in response to movement of a vehicle. The control unit generally comprises (i) an interface configured to receive the signals from the sensors and (ii) a filter configured to reduce an effect that a mechanical transfer function of a housing of at least one of the sensors has on at least one of the signals. The filter may be configured to utilize a variable frequency band digital representation of the mechanical transfer function to negate the effect of the mechanical transfer function of the housing on the at least one of the signals. |
| US10668877B2 |
Switch device for on-board power supply and on-board power supply system
A switch device that includes a first input terminal that is connected to a first battery; a second input terminal that is connected to a second battery; a first output terminal that is connected to a first load; a second output terminal and a third output terminal that are both connected to a second load; a first conductive path that is connected to the first input terminal; a first switch that includes one terminal that is connected to the first input terminal via the first conductive path, and further includes another terminal; a second conductive path that is connected to the second input terminal; and a second switch that includes one terminal that is connected to the second input terminal via the second conductive path, and further includes another terminal. |
| US10668876B2 |
In-vehicle network system
An in-vehicle network system includes a plurality of controllers; a plurality of communication lines connected to the controllers, respectively, a relay device connected to the controllers via the communication lines, and a retention determiner configured to determine whether retention of data occurs in the relay device. The relay device is configured to relay data between the communication lines, and configured to preferentially relay data having a priority equal to or higher than a predetermined priority such that the data reaches the controller that is a transmission destination among the controllers within a first predetermined time when the retention determiner determines that the retention occurs. |
| US10668870B2 |
Storage drawer assembly for vehicle tray
A storage drawer assembly capable of fitting to a vehicle. The drawer assembly comprises a primary space frame having at least a front wall, side walls and at least one intermediate wall between the sidewalls together defining compartments therein. The compartments are each capable of receiving and retaining there within a drawer mounted on a runner to enable the drawer to slide in and out of one said compartments. The frame is arranged to enable the drawers when open to extend beyond the periphery of the vehicle. The primary space frame receives and retains cladding forming a rear, top and bottom walls; wherein the bottom wall includes fixation apertures which receive fasteners which secure the drawer assembly to a vehicle tray. |
| US10668869B1 |
Device having a camera unit and a cover element
A camera unit for capturing images of the outer region of a motor vehicle includes a housing in which the camera unit is accommodated, a cover element, and a drive unit for moving the camera unit and for moving the cover element. A pivot element is movably mounted about a first axis of rotation and has a first arm, which is motionally connected to the cover element, and a second arm. A lever element, which is movably mounted about a second axis of rotation, is operatively connected to the cover element. A guide element, which is mounted about a third axis of rotation, includes a first guide arm that is operatively connected to the second arm of the pivot element and a second guide arm which is motionally coupled to the camera unit. |
| US10668868B2 |
Slider window assembly with integrated camera
A slider window assembly for a vehicle includes a frame portion having an upper rail and a lower rail fixedly attached to at least one fixed window panel, with the at least one fixed window panel defining an opening. A movable window panel is movable along the upper rail and the lower rail between a closed position, where the movable window panel is disposed at the opening, and an opened position, where the movable window panel is disposed at least partially along the at least one fixed window panel. A camera is mounted at an inner surface of the at least one fixed window panel and captures image data representative of the scene rearward of the slider window assembly. |
| US10668867B2 |
Holding system for an electronic device in a vehicle
The invention relates to a holding system for a telecommunication device (46) in a vehicle, comprising a receiving part (1) for fastening in a stationary manner and a holder (40) dial can be inserted into die receiving pan (1), on which holder the telecommunication device (46) can be detachably fastened. Said holding system is characterized in that the receiving part (1) has a receiving channel (10) having a slot-shaped entry opening (7), into which receiving channel an attachment (21), which is shaped complementary to the receiving channel (10) and is connected to the holder (40) in the mounted state, can be inserted in an insertion direction and in which receiving channel said attachment can be fastened in the inserted state. |
| US10668866B2 |
Hitch-mounted bicycle carrier
The present disclosure includes hitch-mounted carriers, including portable bicycle racks. One carrier may include front tire tray assembly; hook arm assembly; pivot assembly; hitch shank ball cam assembly; rear tire tray assembly; and a bike docking assembly. The pivot assembly allowing for adjustment between: storage, trunk access, and use configurations. The bike carrier having first and second wheel supporting tray assemblies for supporting wheels of a loaded bicycle. A hook arm assembly may be pivotally arranged relative to lock at least one wheel and ratchet clamped to at least one wheel. The hook arm assembly may also be configured to extend and retract and is frictionally locked into position. The bike carrier may include a docking assembly having inner and outer clamps configured to the hold a bike into position such that mechanical work may be accomplished at an elevated height. |
| US10668864B2 |
Automobile roof cargo mounting device
The embodiments herein are directed to a reusable frameless vehicle roof-top carrier configured, dimensioned and arranged to securely mount and carry cargo loads having a size and shape similar to cut evergreen trees, while protecting the vehicle finish and cargo from damage. The reusable vehicle roof-top carrier is trapezoidal shaped to conveniently bind and condense branches of the tree, while catching sap drippings. Illustratively, the vehicle roof-top carrier is made from a tear-resistant fabric and includes a non-tacky non-slip surface placed in slip-resistant contact with the roof of the vehicle so as to prevent slippage (i.e., movement) of the tree during transport. |
| US10668862B2 |
Vehicle interior component
A console for a vehicle interior is disclosed. The console may comprise a base and a storage bin moveable between closed, released, open and intermediate positions. The bin may move from the intermediate position to both the open and closed positions. The bin may move from the intermediate to the closed position without first moving from the intermediate to the open position. The console may comprise a mechanism comprising a pin and a track comprising paths of movement for the pin to guide bin movement from the intermediate to the open and closed positions. The base may comprise a projection and the bin may comprise first and second protrusions or wall segments separated by a gap. The projection may travel through the gap as the bin moves from the intermediate to the open position. The console may comprise an overhead console providing a mirror directed to a rear seat. |
| US10668859B2 |
Method and apparatus for communicating video signals and data between a trailer and a towing vehicle
A commercial trailer camera interface for providing an apparatus and method for connecting video cameras and data buses from a trailer to the tow vehicle. The trailer camera interface generally includes a nose box, which affixes to the front of the trailer, a tail box which affixes inside the rear of the tow vehicle, and an umbilical cable which connects the nose box to the tail box. The nose box encodes the video signals, for example as differential signals, for transmission over the umbilical cable and the tail box decodes the received encoded signals to recover the video signals. The nose box and the tail box may each include a plurality of video camera connectors. The tail box may include a video handler to display or record or stream the video signals. |
| US10668852B2 |
Method for controlling the operation of a rear light set of a vehicle cab
A method is provided for controlling the operation of a rear light set of a tractor of a vehicle, the rear light set including a plurality of rear lights, the vehicle further including a trailer which can be pivotably connected to the tractor about a substantially vertical axis and which includes the same set of rear lights. The method including: detecting whether a trailer is connected to the tractor; detecting a steering angle of the vehicle; if a trailer is detected to be connected to the tractor and if there is at least one activated rear light in the trailer rear light set: in case the steering angle of the vehicle is below a predetermined threshold, deactivating at least the rear light(s) of the tractor rear light set which is (are) of the same type as the activated rear light of the trailer rear light set; in case the steering angle of the vehicle is above the predetermined threshold, in a so-called manoeuvring operation, activating at least the rear light of the tractor rear light set which is of the same type as the activated rear light of the trailer rear light set and which is located outside of the turn. |
| US10668851B2 |
Door handle
A door handle includes a casing inside which an accommodation space is provided, and a lamp unit disposed in the accommodation space. The lamp unit includes: a light emission element; a circuit board on which the light emission element is mounted; a combination member including a housing that supports the circuit board, and a light guiding lens that guides light emitted from the light emission element in a first predetermined direction and emits the guided light from an emission surface; and a light guide that includes a light entrance surface facing at least a portion of the emission surface and guides the light entering the light guide through the light entrance surface in a second predetermined direction. |
| US10668849B2 |
Bed loader
A bed loader for loading game animals and other loads on a four-wheel recreational vehicles and more particularly, a bed loader mounted on a winch-equipped recreational vehicle with a roof and a bed for loading game animals onto the bed of the recreational vehicle. In a preferred embodiment the bed loader comprises a front guide, a top forward guide, and a top rear guide, and the bed loader is designed to operate with the winch comprised of a rotating drum and a winch line wound on the drum. The front guide, the top forward guide, and the top rear guide provide a guiding means guiding the winch line from the winch over the roof of the vehicle to a load at the rear of the vehicle allowing the winch line to attach to the game animal, and pull the game animal into the bed of the vehicle. |
| US10668848B2 |
Tailgate with integrated loading ramp system
A tailgate system for a vehicle having a body defining a rear cargo area and an opening, the tailgate system comprising: (a) a tailgate door adapted to pivotally engage the rear cargo area in a first direction between a closed position and an open position; (b) a bed extension pivotally engaged to the tailgate door; and (c) one or more ramps, wherein the bed extension is pivotally engaged to the tailgate door and adapted to pivot from a closed position to one or more open positions; and wherein the one or more ramps removably attach to the bed extension. |
| US10668840B2 |
Elastomeric upholstery piping
An upholstery piping component for a vehicle seat includes an elongated anchor and an elongated projection. The elongated anchor is formed from an elastomeric material. The elongated anchor extends along a length. The elongated anchor is configured to be coupled to a first upholstery portion and a second upholstery portion and disposed between the first upholstery portion and the second upholstery portion. The elongated projection is formed from the elastomeric material. The elongated projection is integrally is formed with the elongated anchor. The elongated projection extends from the elongated anchor for at least a portion of the length. The elongated projection is configured to at least partially conceal a seam between the first upholstery portion and the second upholstery portion. The elastomeric material is flexible such that the upholstery piping component is configured to move between a neutral configuration and a modified configuration. |
| US10668839B2 |
Trim component for a base of a vehicle seat and method of manufacturing the trim component
A trim component for a vehicle seat base includes a center portion and first and second side portions. The center portion includes a center inner panel that can face a frame of the seat and a center outer panel that can to be visible within a passenger cabin of the vehicle. The center outer panel includes a flexible material and covers the center inner panel. The first and second side portions are fixed on opposite sides of the center portion. Each of the first and second side portions includes a side inner panel that can face the frame of the seat and a side outer panel that can be visible within the passenger cabin. The side outer panel includes the flexible material and covers the side inner panel. The trim component can be fixed to a back of the seat to conceal at least a portion of the frame. |
| US10668838B2 |
Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat includes: a base mounted to a floor of a vehicle; a seat cushion that is placed on the base and allowed to be tipped up with a rotating shaft as a fulcrum; an ottoman that is provided on a front side of the seat cushion and extractable between a normal position and an extracted position; a seat back that is provided in a rear end of the seat cushion; and a storage locking mechanism that is capable of relatively moving the ottoman with respect to the seat cushion in a storing direction which is a direction opposite to an extracting direction, wherein the storage locking mechanism is operated such that the seat back becomes in a forward-tiltable state and/or the seat cushion becomes in a tippable state, and locking of the locking mechanism is released so that the ottoman becomes movable in the storing direction. |
| US10668821B2 |
Vehicle
A vehicle includes a motor, a power converter, a fuel tank, and a three-phase line. The motor moves the vehicle. The power converter is connected to the motor. The power converter is configured to convert electric power and to supply the converted electric power to the motor. The fuel tank is disposed between the motor and the power converter. The fuel tank has a tank bottom on a side of a bottom of the vehicle. The tank bottom has a recess. The three-phase line is provided in the recess. The motor is electrically connected to the power converter via the three-phase line. |
| US10668819B2 |
Enhanced wireless charging
Embodiments facilitate wireless charging of the EV by using a charging method that employs higher voltages with higher power transmission rate than induction wireless charging. A few charging methods satisfying such criteria are provided: including microwave and laser charging. Components may be designed to facilitate charging of EVs using such methods. For example, components may be designed to create a vacuum between a power transmitter fixed to parking spot and a power receiver fixed to the EV. The microwave or laser may be transmitted through this vacuum. |
| US10668815B2 |
Brake energy recovery module
A brake energy recovery module for an electric vehicle. The electric vehicle includes a motor module and a battery module. The brake energy recovery module includes a first detecting unit, a signal decoder, a power converting unit and a control unit. The first detecting unit is electrically connected to the motor module to detect a first voltage of the motor module. The signal decoder generates a first signal and a second signal according to plural operation signals of the motor module. The power converting unit is electrically connected to the motor module and the battery module. The control unit is electrically connected to the first detecting unit, the signal decoder and the power converting unit. The control unit controls the power converting unit to adjust the first voltage to provide the battery module with a second voltage according to the first voltage, the first signal and the second signal. |
| US10668810B2 |
Vehicle stabilization for a hybrid vehicle in the event of brake slip of the drive wheels or increased risk thereof
A method and system are provided for vehicle stabilization of a hybrid vehicle in an event of brake slip of the drive wheels or an increased risk thereof. The method presupposes that the hybrid vehicle includes, between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor, a clutch by which the torque of the internal combustion engine can be decoupled from the drive wheels. With the clutch engaged, the resulting torque on the electric motor is produced by the torque of the internal combustion engine and the torque of the electric motor. The presence of a specific vehicle condition indicative of brake slip of the drive wheels or a risk thereof is recognized. If such a vehicle condition is recognized, the clutch between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor is released and the torque of the electric motor is increased. |
| US10668804B2 |
Dampener for isolated vibration issues
A system for dampening vibrations in a vehicle is provided. The system includes a first heat exchanger core having a first plurality of fins, and a second heat exchanger core having a second plurality of fins. A vibration dampener is connected to the first and second heat exchanger cores. The vibration dampener extends through the first plurality of fins and through the second plurality of fins, while spanning the gap between the first and second heat exchanger cores. To accommodate the vibration dampener passing thorough the fins, the fins may be formed to define an enlarged aperture at a location where the vibration dampener passes through. |
| US10668798B2 |
Hybrid drive vehicle
A hybrid drive vehicle having: at least one driving wheel; an internal combustion engine provided with a drive shaft; an electric machine provided with its own shaft; a gearbox which transmits motion to the driving wheel; a disengagable coupling which acts as a synchroniser and is interposed, to establish a disconnectable mechanical connection, between the drive shaft and the shaft of the electric machine; and a transmission shaft interposed, to establish a permanent mechanical connection, between the shaft of the electric machine on the opposite side to the coupling and the gearbox. |
| US10668797B2 |
Power transmission apparatus for a vehicle
A power transmission apparatus for a vehicle may include a first input shaft directly connected with a motor/generator, second and third input shafts and torque mediating shaft coaxial and selectively connected with the first input shaft, a first intermediate shaft and first and second idle shafts in parallel with the first input shaft, a second intermediate shaft in parallel with the first input shaft, and selectively connected with a transmission housing, an output shaft in parallel with the first input shaft, and coaxial and selectively connected with the second intermediate shaft, a first shifting section including six gear sets, selectively receiving torque through the first and third input shafts, and outputting intermediate shift-stages, and a second shifting section including a planetary gear set, forming an output torque by combination torques from the first shifting section and the second input shaft, and outputting the output torque to the output shaft. |
| US10668795B2 |
Tonneau cover access panel
A tonneau cover access panel assembly connectable to a vehicle that eliminates the need for side rails to both locate and tension a tonneau cover. The assembly also reduces weight and complexity. The assembly incorporates a readily accessible rear latching system that reduces or eliminates interference with the tonneau cover during operation. The assembly also incorporates a tonneau cover tensioning system. The tension seals out environmental elements and holds the tonneau cover and locating bows in place. The assembly holds the tonneau in the closed tension state keeping the tonneau cover secured and tight until the cover is opened by an operator. The assembly is movable between a closed position and a fully open/stowable position and any intermediate positions. The assembly is also movable between at least a first open position and the deployed position for more limiting access to the cargo bed of the vehicle when desired. |
| US10668792B2 |
Openable vehicle roof, comprising displacement kinematics having a coupling rod
An openable vehicle roof having a lid element, having displacement kinematics on both sides relative to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the roof, the lid element displacable between a closed position and opening position at least partially opening the roof opening by displacement kinematics. The displacement kinematics each have a first kinematic element and a second kinematic element connected to a coupling rod, which can be detachably coupled to the first kinematic element via a coupling member and be displaced between a coupling position and a decoupling position, in which the coupling member is accommodated by a locking recess of the guide rail. The coupling member is held in its decoupling position by a resilient securing element in the locking recess of the guide rail, said securing element being able to be displaced between a securing position and a releasing position by a positioning element of the displacement kinematics. |
| US10668787B2 |
Apparatus for adjusting direction of air flow of slim type air vent for automotive vehicle
An apparatus for adjusting direction of air flow of a slim type air vent for an automotive vehicle may include a nozzle type wing that can rotate angularly upwards or downwards and be mounted inside the air vent having slim structure and a gear for rotating the nozzle type wing upwards or downwards is formed on a single transverse wing exposed to the outside such that manipulation force for rotating the single transverse wing angularly upwards or downwards can be transmitted to the nozzle type wing through the gear to rotate the nozzle type wing angularly upwards or downwards and hence the upward or downward direction of air flow being discharged into a cabin can be easily adjusted by upward or downward angular and rotational operation of the nozzle type wing. |
| US10668786B2 |
HVAC register recall position system
A system for controlling airflow of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The system includes a register including airflow directionals. A motor is connected to the register to move the directionals. A directionals selector is connected to the motor to control the motor. Actuation of the directionals selector by a user changes position of the directionals. A control module stores predetermined positions of the directionals, and controls the motor to move the directionals to the predetermined positions in response to receipt of a user command. |
| US10668780B2 |
Rear suspension assembly for an off-road vehicle
A vehicle has a frame, driver and passenger seats, two front and two rear suspension assemblies, two front and two rear wheels, and a motor operatively connected to at least two of the wheels. Each rear suspension assembly has a trailing arm having a front end pivotally connected to the frame, a knuckle pivotally connected to a rear portion of the trailing arm, a link having a laterally outward end pivotally connected to the trailing arm and the knuckle and a laterally inward end pivotally connected to the frame, and a fastener fastening the laterally outward end of the link, the knuckle and the trailing arm together. |
| US10668778B2 |
Method and system for ascertaining a pressure ratio between a setpoint tire pressure and an actual tire pressure for tire of a vehicle
A pressure ratio between a setpoint tire pressure and an actual tire pressure for a tire of a vehicle is ascertained by the following steps: Ascertaining a wheel load which is acting on the tire. Ascertaining a dynamic tire radius of the tire. Ascertaining the pressure ratio as a function of the wheel load and the dynamic tire radius. |
| US10668768B2 |
Hub and wheel
A hub and a wheel having such a hub. The hub includes a hub shell and an axle to rotatably receive the hub shell. The hub shell is provided with circumferential hub flanges for accommodation and defined orientation of a plurality of spokes. Each of the spokes includes a spoke body and a spoke head. The hub flanges include a plurality of accommodation sections to receive one spoke head each. The accommodation sections are axially disposed on the hub flanges. Each of the accommodation sections has one spoke feed-through assigned to it, through which an accommodated spoke can be guided out of the accommodation section. Two spoke feed-throughs each are provided with one joint and circumferentially closed outlet opening in the hub flanges. The hub flanges enclose the outlet opening integrally. |
| US10668767B2 |
Coating film transfer tool
A coating film transfer tool in which a rotational torque with the least variability may be generated without being affected by a surface state of a resilient body may include: a paying-out core having a coating film transfer tape wound thereon; and a rewinding core that rewinds the coating film transfer tape after use. The paying-out core and the rewinding core are interlocked via a power transmission mechanism in a case. The transmission mechanism generates a rotational torque by a frictional force on a sliding surface between components, by using a restoring force of a resilient body. The resilient body is configured to rotate integrally with a component A that comes into contact with one end of the resilient body and a component B that comes into contact with the other end. |
| US10668765B2 |
Self-authenticating articles incorporating precious metals
In part, the disclosure relates to articles of manufacture, such as banknote, that include one or more precious materials formed as unitary structure and that is secured within the article and disposed below one or more tamper resistant elements such that the article is self-authenticating. The articles may include polymer-based notes, instruments and other substantially planar articles defined by a boundary and an upper surface and a lower surface such that a precious material is at least in part co-planar with a third surface sandwiched therebetween. The disclosure also relates to a flexible precious metal storage apparatus that includes three layers, one layer defines a cavity. The cavity is sized and arranged to have a precious metal layer deposited, printed, injected, grown, or otherwise at least partially surrounded by the boundary of the geometric shape. |
| US10668763B2 |
Pet synthetic paper
A PET synthetic paper is composed of a PET substrate and a soft ink absorbing coating coated on the PET substrate. The soft ink absorbing coating includes an acrylic coating and a polyurethane coating embossed on the acrylic coating. The acrylic coating has excellent printability and the polyurethane coating has velvety-soft tactility. |
| US10668747B2 |
Printing suction system, printing device having a printing suction system, and printing suction method
A printing suction system for a printer can include at least one print bar with at least one print head, and at least one suction device arranged in proximity to an underside of the print bar thereby forming a gap through which a recording medium that can be printed to by the print bar can be directed. The suction device can extend along at least a portion (or the entire) width of the print bar. The section device can generate a suction pressure based on a suction pressure profile to suction and smooth the recording medium. |
| US10668745B1 |
Method of inkjet printing onto aligners
Provided herein are methods of obtaining good photocured-ink adhesion to low surface energy materials. The methods have greatly improved adhesion of photocured ink on low surface energy materials, including those that are subjected to high humidity or wet environments. The methods take into account the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the materials and the onset for the glass transition temperature, including ink applied to an exposed surface of the material at an elevated temperature that is close to the Tg of the material. The ink is allowed to sit briefly or soak, such as for more than 1 second, before the ink is cured. The ink may be photocured. Furthermore, the methods do not require solvents or surface treatment, including plasma or corona treatments, to obtain good ink adhesion. |
| US10668743B2 |
Printing apparatus, and elongate printing paper transporting method for printing apparatus
At least one of an upstream drive roller and a downstream drive roller is operated, after printing on web paper and at a time of transportation halt of the web paper, to make a tension value of the web paper between the upstream drive roller and downstream drive roller lower than a tension value at a time of transporting the web paper, so that at least part of contact portions of the web paper in contact with five cooling rollers separate from the five cooling rollers. Consequently, gaps can be produced between the contact portions of the web paper in contact with the five cooling rollers and the five cooling rollers. This can reduce waterdrops due to dew condensation adhering to the web paper. As a result, paper break can be inhibited at a time of starting transportation of the web paper. |
| US10668742B2 |
Oxygen inhibition for print-head reliability
Systems and methods of applying a gaseous inhibitor into a printing region to hinder the curing process of ink on the print heads caused by the presence of stray light in the printing environment. |
| US10668741B2 |
Printing on fibrous material
The present invention refers to a plant (1) for printing, particularly for digitally printing, a sheet fibrous material (T), said printing plant (1) comprising: a conveyor belt (2) configured for temporarily receiving in contact a first side (T1) of the sheet fibrous material (T) and guiding this latter in the movement along an advancement direction (A); one printing station (6) adapted to ink-print at least part of a second side (T2) of the sheet fibrous material (T), opposite to the first side (T1), one treating station (10) of the sheet fibrous material (T) configured for placing on a side of the sheet fibrous material (T) a treatment foam comprising at least one among: an anti-migration agent, a pH control agent, a hydrotropic agent. The present invention also refers to a process of printing of sheet fibrous material. |
| US10668740B2 |
Fabric printing apparatus and heating device
A fabric printing apparatus includes a body and a cloth holder that holds a cloth and is movable in a moving direction. A receiver is disposed inside the body. The receiver removably holds the cloth holder. A printing device prints an image on the cloth placed on the cloth holder held by the receiver. A guide rail is mounted on both lateral ends of one of the cloth holder and the receiver in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the cloth holder. The guide rail engages and holds both lateral ends of another one of the cloth holder and the receiver in the direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the cloth holder. |
| US10668739B2 |
Method for monitoring a transferring process
Using an acoustic signal to monitor a transfer of a puck that is holding and centering a container as it is being transferred from a first to a second transport-element includes using a sensor to capture an acoustic signal generated by the transfer. This acoustic signal indicates that the puck has been received at a treatment station associated with said second transport-element. |
| US10668730B2 |
System for cleaning components used to clean inkjet printheads in inkjet printers
A system in an inkjet printer cleans components in a printhead cleaning system. The system includes a rectangular frame, an actuator configured with a bi-directionally rotating output shaft, a shaft connected to the rotating output shaft, a rinsing member pneumatically connected to a fluid source to enable a fluid from the fluid source to flow to the member and exit through openings in the rinsing member. Cords are connected to the shaft and the member to move the rinsing member from a first position at one end of the frame to a second position at another end of the frame as the output shaft of the actuator rotates in one direction. Fluid is released through the openings in the rinsing member to clean components of a printhead cleaning system as the rinsing member moves. The actuator is reversed to return the rinsing member to the first position. |
| US10668728B2 |
Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus
To provide an ink jet recording method capable of, after repeated contact of a porous layer of a liquid absorption member with a first image, suppressing adhesion of a coloring material to the porous layer and a partial loss of a recorded image. Provided is an ink jet recording method for recording an image on a recording medium with a water-based ink containing first and second inks. The method includes applying a coloring material-containing first ink to a first recording medium to form a coloring material layer, applying a second ink not containing a coloring material but containing resin particles onto the coloring material layer to form a resin layer and thereby forming a first image comprised of the coloring material layer and the resin layer; and bringing a porous layer of a liquid absorption member into contact with the first image to absorb a liquid component therefrom. |
| US10668727B2 |
Printer cap
A printing system may comprise a page wide array printhead a capping station, and a number of modular caps comprising a housing to cover a nozzle array of a printhead and a cap coupler coupled to the housing to couple the cap to the nozzle array in which the modular caps are adapted to be coupled to and removed from the nozzle array of the printhead and stored in the capping station. |
| US10668725B2 |
Supply manifold in a printhead
Printheads for jetting a print fluid. In one embodiment, a printhead includes a main body configured to attach to a stack of plates, where the stack of plates forms a row of jetting channels configured to jet droplets of a print fluid. The main body includes a supply manifold configured to provide a fluid path for the print fluid to the row of jetting channels. The supply manifold comprises a primary manifold duct and a secondary manifold duct that extend in parallel in alignment with the row of jetting channels. The primary manifold duct is fluidly isolated from the secondary manifold duct at end sections of the primary manifold duct, and is fluidly coupled to the secondary manifold duct toward a midsection of a length of the primary manifold duct. The secondary manifold duct is fluidly coupled to the row of jetting channels. |
| US10668723B2 |
Liquid ejection head and recording apparatus
A liquid ejection head includes a plurality of pressurizing chambers connected to a plurality of ejection holes, a plurality of first individual flow paths connected to the plurality of pressurizing chambers, a plurality of second individual flow paths and a plurality of third individual flow paths, a first common flow path is connected in common to the plurality of first and second individual flow paths, and a second common flow path is connected in common to the plurality of third individual flow paths. The first and second individual flow paths are connected to the same pressurizing chamber, the first individual flow path is connected to the first common flow path on a side of an opening end portion, compared to the second individual flow path. The first individual flow path is located opposite to a side where the ejection hole is open outward, compared to the second individual flow path. |
| US10668722B2 |
Printhead employing data packets including address data
A printhead includes an address line, data lines, a fire pulse line, and a plurality of primitives, each primitive corresponding to a different data line and including a plurality of activation devices, each activation device corresponding to a different address of a set of addresses. A buffer receives data packets, each data packet including address data representative of an address of the set of addresses and print data for each primitive corresponding to the address. For each data packet, the buffer directs the address data to address logic and places the print data on the respective data line, and the address logic encodes the address represented by the address data onto the address line. For each primitive, the activation device corresponding to the address on the address bus activates a corresponding primitive function based on the corresponding print data when a fire pulse is present on the fire pulse line. |
| US10668719B2 |
Recording element substrate, liquid ejection head, and liquid ejection apparatus
A recording element substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of energy generating elements arranged on the substrate to form an element row, a plurality of supply ports arranged along the element row to form a supply port row, and a plurality of supply paths extending from the plurality of supply ports along the thickness direction of the substrate, wherein a plurality of beam portions disposed between adjacent supply ports in the direction of the supply port row has a plurality of conductor layers in which a conductor layer including a power supply conductor connected to the energy generating elements and a conductor layer including a ground conductor connected to the energy generating elements, are stacked along the thickness direction of the substrate, and wherein at least one of the plurality of conductor layers is occupied by one power supply conductor or one ground conductor. |
| US10668717B2 |
Liquid ejection apparatus, correction method, and storage medium
An object of the present invention is to quickly correct a temperature sensor for an ejection head by, both efficiently and in a brief time, estimating a detected temperature of the temperature sensor for the ejection head in a case where the temperature of the ejection head of liquid becomes sufficiently close to an environment temperature. The temperature of a print head 1 is detected by a diode sensor 17 and the environment temperature is detected by a thermistor 10. Based on a change in the detected temperature of the diode sensor 17 at the time of filling of ink for the print head 1, the detected temperature of the diode sensor 17 in a case where the temperature of the print head 1 becomes close to the environment temperature is estimated as an estimated detected temperature. Based on a difference between the estimated detected temperature and the environment temperature, a correction value of the detected temperature of the diode sensor 17 is set. |
| US10668716B2 |
Transfer film having a roller cleaning section
A transfer ribbon (120) includes at least one print section (198) and one or more roller cleaning sections (190). Each print section (198) includes a print intermediate. Each of the one or more roller cleaning sections (190) includes an adhesive layer (192). The one or more roller cleaning sections (190) include a roller cleaning section at a trailing end of the transfer ribbon, and/or a roller cleaning section at a leading end of the transfer ribbon. |
| US10668715B2 |
Offset printing press for printing securities having quality inspection camera
This invention discloses an offset printing press for printing securities, which includes an offset printing unit, inspection camera unit, and sheet quality determination unit. The offset printing unit prints a ground tint pattern on a transported paper sheet. The inspection camera unit is arranged upstream of the offset printing unit in the direction in which the paper sheet is transported, and captures an image of the paper sheet. The sheet quality determination unit determines the quality of the paper sheet based on image data output from the inspection camera unit. |
| US10668714B2 |
Variable tension and/or transport speed retransfer printing process
Retransfer printing methods and systems are described where a variable stripping process is utilized while stripping all or a portion of the retransfer film (also known as intermediate transfer media) from the surface of a substrate. The variable stripping process includes stripping the retransfer film from different sections of the substrate surface while applying different tensions to the retransfer film and/or at different transport speeds of the retransfer film and the substrate. |
| US10668712B2 |
Printing device having engagement portion for suppressing disengagement of bearing from holder
A printing device includes: a platen roller, a pair of bearings, and a holder. The platen roller has a rotational shaft extending in a first direction. The bearings rotatably support respective end portions of the rotational shaft. Each of the bearings includes an abutment portion. The holder includes a pair of fitting portions into which the bearings is respectively fitted. Each of the fitting portions includes: a receiving portion, an opening portion, and an engagement portion extending from the receiving portion. The receiving portion has an inner space configured to receive the corresponding bearing. The abutment portion is configured to abut against the engagement portion. In a case where an external force in a direction toward the opening portion is applied to the bearing, the engagement portion is configured to be deformed so as to reduce an area of the opening portion, thereby immovably engaging the bearing. |
| US10668710B2 |
Components including structures having decoupled structural stiffness and mass density
A component is provided. The component includes a structure including a plurality of unit cells joined together, each unit cell of the plurality of unit cells having a mass density substantially similar to the mass density of every other unit cell of the plurality of unit cells. The plurality of unit cells includes a first portion of unit cells having a characteristic dimension and a first portion average stiffness, the characteristic dimension of the first portion of unit cells having a first value. The plurality of unit cells also includes a second portion of unit cells having the characteristic dimension and a second portion average stiffness, the characteristic dimension of the second portion of unit cells having a second value different from the first value, wherein the second portion average stiffness differs from the first portion average stiffness. |
| US10668708B2 |
Optically enhanced patternable photosensitivity via oxygen excitation
A method is disclosed for performing a three dimensional (3D) printing process. The method involves generating a primary light beam having a wavelength sufficient to initiate polymerization of a photoresin, and patterning the primary light beam into a patterned primary beam. The patterned primary beam may be directed toward an ultraviolet (UV) or visible light sensitive photoresin to initiate polymerization of select areas of the photoresin. The photoresin may be illuminated with a secondary light beam having a wavelength of about 765 nm to stimulate triplet oxygen into singlet oxygen, to thus control oxygen inhibition in additional areas bordering the select areas, to control polymerization inhibition in the additional areas bordering the select areas. |
| US10668702B2 |
Conductive films and electronic devices including the same
A conductive film including: a substrate; an electrically conductive layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the electrically conductive layer includes a plurality of nano-sized conductors; and a protective layer disposed directly on the electrically conductive layer, wherein the protective layer includes a crosslinked polymer having a perfluorinated backbone. |
| US10668701B2 |
Sound and heat insulating blanket
A sound and heat insulating blanket is presented comprising: a) a first layer of fabric comprising first fibers; and b) a first sound barrier film comprising a first rubber; wherein the first layer of fabric and first sound barrier film are bound together through a first interpenetrated binding layer wherein the first rubber of the first sound barrier film is interpenetrated by the first fibers of the first layer of fabric; and optionally c) a second layer of fabric comprising second fibers; wherein the second layer of fabric and first sound barrier film are bound together through a second interpenetrated binding layer wherein the first cured composition of the first sound barrier film is interpenetrated by the second fibers of the second layer of fabric. Typically, the sound and heat insulating blanket comprises no adhesive binding the first and second layers of fabric and the sound barrier film. |
| US10668700B2 |
Cellulosic articles made from cellulosic materials and methods therefor
The invention relates to systems and techniques for manufacturing articles containing cellulosic material, a coupling agent, and a binder resin, and related processes of making and using the cellulosic articles. In particularly exemplary embodiments, the manufactured articles are door skins, sometimes known as door facings, and doors made from the door skins. The article contains a lipophilic cellulosic material, a coupling agent, and a binder. The coupling agent is believed to increase the hydrophilicity (wetability) of the lipophilic cellulosic material. |
| US10668698B2 |
Assembly manufacturing method
Disclosed is an assembly manufacturing method comprising: cutting a prepreg into a prepreg sheet according to a first parameter; moving the prepreg sheet to an assembly arrangement area according to a second parameter; superimposing a metal foil and a plate according to a fourth parameter to form a copper foil set; and assembling the copper foil set and the prepreg sheet according to a third parameter to form an assembly. |
| US10668697B2 |
Method for manufacturing metal clad laminated board, method for manufacturing electronic circuit board, and rigid body pendulum type viscoelasticity measuring device
Included are removing an outermost layer or outermost layers on one side or both sides of liquid crystal polymer film; and a molding step of performing thermocompression molding on liquid crystal polymer film and metal foil stacked on the side of liquid crystal polymer film whose outermost layer is removed. A heating temperature in the molding step is in a range from a temperature equal to a melting start temperature, of the liquid crystal polymer film, measured by using a rigid body pendulum type viscoelasticity measuring device to a temperature 60° C. higher than the melting start temperature inclusive. |
| US10668694B2 |
Composite film including a graphene oxide coating layer, a porous polymer support including the same and a method for preparing the same
The present invention relates to a composite film comprising a graphene oxide coating layer, a porous polymer support comprising the same, and a method for preparing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a composite film comprising a graphene oxide coating layer with improved permeability and stability, a porous polymer support for a composite film comprising a graphene oxide coating layer with improved permeability, and a method for preparing the same. |
| US10668691B2 |
Polymeric interlayers and multiple layer panels made therefrom exhibiting enhanced properties and performance
Polymeric interlayers for use in making multiple layer panels having a unique balance of properties are provided. Single and multiple layer interlayers according to various embodiments of the present invention can be used to form multiple layer panels that exhibit both enhanced rigidity and improved impact resistance, while still retaining desirable optical performance. Interlayers and multiple layer panels of the present invention may be particularly suitable for use in a wide range of applications, including, for example, in many indoor and outdoor architectural and structural applications. |
| US10668687B2 |
Protection tape for printed circuit board and display device including the same
A protection tape for a printed circuit board (PCB) includes an insulating base plate, a conductive layer over the insulating base plate, and an adhesive layer over the conductive layer, the adhesive layer including a main part having a first thickness and a subsidiary part having a second thickness less than the first thickness, the main part corresponding to at least a center portion of the insulating base plate and the subsidiary part being arranged at an outside of the main part. |
| US10668686B2 |
Laminated composite material and method for making the same
The present invention relates to a laminated composite material and a method for making the same. The laminated composite material includes a base layer and a protection layer. The base layer includes a first surface, a second surface and a plurality of through holes. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The through holes extend from the first surface of the base layer to the second surface to penetrate through the base layer. The protection layer is disposed on the first surface of the base layer, and has a plurality of penetration holes. Sizes and locations of the penetration holes correspond to those of the through holes. |
| US10668680B2 |
Device and method for manufacturing cylindrical member
A device and method are provided for manufacturing a cylindrical member. By inserting an edge of the forming drum on one side in a width direction between an arm and a projection of a holding unit disposed opposite one another and bringing the arm and the projection closer together in a direction in which a separation distance is reduced, a first end of the rubber member disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the forming drum is disposed between the arm and the projection, pressed by the arm, and held on the outer circumferential surface, and a holding unit attached to the forming drum is rotated about a drum shaft together with the forming drum; and the rubber member is wound around the outer circumferential surface and formed into a cylindrical shape. |
| US10668677B2 |
Substrate pretreatment for reducing fill time in nanoimprint lithography
A nanoimprint lithography method includes disposing a pretreatment composition on a substrate to form a pretreatment coating. The pretreatment composition includes a polymerizable component. Discrete imprint resist portions are disposed on the pretreatment coating, with each discrete portion of the imprint resist covering a target area of the substrate. A composite polymerizable coating is formed on the substrate as each discrete portion of the imprint resist spreads beyond its target area. The composite polymerizable coating includes a mixture of the pretreatment composition and the imprint resist. The composite polymerizable coating is contacted with a template, and is polymerized to yield a composite polymeric layer on the substrate. The interfacial surface energy between the pretreatment composition and air exceeds the interfacial surface energy between the imprint resist and air or between at least a component of the imprint resist and air. |
| US10668675B2 |
Flat tire repair liquid container
A puncture repair liquid holding container formed from a container main body provided with a holding portion and opening portion, and a cap attached to the opening portion, includes: a first flow channel for the cap to introduce compressed air from outside the container, where the first flow channel is configured from a straight portion and branched portion, a closing plug having a shape that blocks the straight portion is slidably inserted in the straight portion, and switching is possible between a closed condition where the closing plug is positioned above the branched portion or closer to an opening end side of the straight portion than the branched portion such that the first flow channel is closed, and an opened portion where the closing plug is positioned more to a closing end side of the straight portion than the branched portion such that the first flow channel is opened. |
| US10668671B2 |
Apparatus and method for draping knitted fiber fabrics for curved profiled structural parts of fiber composite material
An apparatus for draping knitted fiber fabrics for curved profiled structural parts of fiber composite material includes a mold having a mold surface that corresponds to a portion of the desired profile geometry and curvature of the profiled structural part, a clamping device for tensioning a layer of a knitted fiber fabric along a tensioning line in a prestressed state, and a movement device for producing a relative movement between the mold and the clamped-in fabric layer such that the mold surface moves close to the fabric layer in a direction perpendicular to the tensioning line and, in the further course of the relative movement, pushes through the tensioning line such that the fabric layer completely covers the mold surface. The clamping device is equipped to load the fabric layer during the entire draping operation with a tensile force acting along the tensioning line. |
| US10668668B2 |
Bonding objects together
A method of bonding a second object to a first object includes: providing the first object having a thermoplastic liquefiable material in a solid state; providing the second object having a surface portion that has a coupling structure with an undercut, so that the second object is capable of making a positive-fit connection with the first object; pressing the second object against the first object with a tool that is in physical contact with a coupling-in structure of the second object while mechanical vibrations are coupled into the tool; continuing to press and couple vibrations into the tool until a flow portion of the thermoplastic material of the first object is liquefied and flows into the coupling structures of the second object; and letting the thermoplastic material re-solidify to yield a positive-fit connection between the first and second objects by the re-solidified flow portion interpenetrating the coupling structures. |
| US10668667B2 |
Method for transferring material with adhesive onto articles with a difference in degree of curing between the material and adhesive
Apparatuses and methods for applying a transfer material onto the surface of an article are disclosed, including apparatuses and methods of transfer printing on and/or decorating three-dimensional articles, as well as the articles printed and/or decorated thereby. In some cases, the apparatuses and methods involve providing a deposition device, such as a printing device; providing a transfer component; depositing a material onto a portion of the transfer component with the deposition device; modifying the portion of the transfer component with the transfer material thereon to conform the transfer component to at least a portion of the surface of the three-dimensional article; and transferring the transfer material onto the surface of the article. |
| US10668665B2 |
Method of removing debris from a liquid photopolymer in an additive fabrication device
According to some aspects, a method is provided of removing debris from a liquid photopolymer in an additive fabrication device. According to some embodiments, a mesh of solid material may be formed in an additive fabrication device from a liquid photopolymer, and particles of debris present in the liquid photopolymer may adhere to the mesh. The debris may thereby be removed from the liquid photopolymer by removing the mesh from the additive fabrication device. The mesh may then be discarded. |
| US10668662B2 |
Forming a three-dimensional object
A method of forming a three-dimensional object includes detecting, with a thermographic camera, a temperature of a control point within at least one zone of the build material bed, and adjusting a power level supplied to at least one of the lamps of the array of lamps if the detected temperature of the control point of the at least one zone of the build material bed is not equal to a set temperature. |
| US10668661B2 |
Method of manufacturing product having complex shape by using at least one jig and at least one mandrel
Provided herein is a method of manufacturing a product having a complex shape by using at least one jig and at least one mandrel. The method of manufacturing a product having a complex shape by using at least one jig and at least one mandrel is configured to include: a preparation step of preparing a prepreg sheet and a cylindrical first mandrel around which the prepreg sheet is wound; a first rolling step of forming a first stacking surface by winding the prepreg sheet around the first mandrel; a second mandrel preparation step of locating a second mandrel on the outer circumferential surface of the first stacking surface; a second rolling step of forming a second stacking surface by winding the first stacking surface and the second mandrel with the prepreg sheet; and a core removal step of removing the first mandrel and the second mandrel. |
| US10668660B2 |
Method for producing containers filled with a liquid filling material from blanks made of a thermoplastic material and nozzle for use in such a method
A method for producing containers filled with a liquid filling material from blanks made of a thermoplastic material and to a nozzle for use in the method. In the method, each blank is at least thermally conditioned and is then shaped to form the container in a mold during a shaping phase, by axial and radial stretching, as a result of liquid filling material being introduced under pressure into the blank through a nozzle. The axial stretching is initiated by the pulsed injection of filling material into the blank. |
| US10668654B2 |
Method for disposing a blocking material
A method for disposing blocking material within an interior of a component for blocking a beam of radiation from a laser during a laser drilling operation, the method including forming one of a multiple of apertures formed via a first process and forming the remainder of the multiple of apertures formed via a laser drilling process. A component for a gas turbine engine includes a surface with at least one of a multiple of apertures formed via a first process, the at least one of the multiple of apertures formed via the first process in communication with a cavity, a remainder of the multiple of apertures formed via a laser drilling process, the remainder of the multiple of apertures in communication with the cavity. |
| US10668652B2 |
Molding method of resin molded product and resin molded product
A molding method of a resin molded product in which it is possible to increase the welding strength between the core member and the resin sheets. In a molding method of a resin molded product in which a core member including a foaming element is interposed between at least two resin sheets in a melted state into a laminated product, wherein the resin sheets include fibrous filler, and while melting surfaces of the core member by heat of the resin sheets, the core member and the resin sheets are welded onto each other, and the core member and the resin sheets are clamped by a metallic mold, to mold the resin molded product. |
| US10668650B2 |
Thermosetting composition, and method for manufacturing thermoset resin
A thermosetting composition comprising: (A) a (meth)acrylate compound having a viscosity at 25° C. of 1 to 300 mPa·s with which a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group including 6 or more carbon atoms is ester-bonded; (B) spherical silica; and (C) a white pigment, and having a shear viscosity at 25° C. and 10 s−1 of 1 Pa·s or more and 500 Pa·s or less and a shear velocity at 25° C. and 100 s−1 of 0.3 Pa·s or more and 100 Pa·s or less. |
| US10668649B2 |
Method and apparatus for production of carbon fiber components
A method of manufacture of a carbon fiber article comprises providing a preform mold having a region that is shaped to compliment a shape of a preform part that is to be produced the surface being provided with at least one bore or groove that is connected to at least one conduit that passes through the mold to a manifold, laying a sheet of release material onto the surface covering at least some of the plurality of holes, applying reduced pressure to the manifold to cause the sheet to be sucked down onto the mold surface, laying carbon fiber material into the mold on top of the sheet of release material, applying an increase pressure to the manifold to push the preform free from the mold surface, and removing the preform from the mold. |
| US10668640B1 |
Mobile post punch machine
An apparatus for punching holes in posts in a transportation environment where the offset between the holes in the post and a vehicle running surface of a vehicle is constant over a transportation route. The apparatus has a frame and a hole forming assembly separate from one another, such that the hole forming assembly may be adjusted relative to the frame. The hole forming assembly can be adjusted relative to the frame and can be set at a specific offset between a location where the holes are to be formed in a post and the vehicle running surface. Once the offset is set, the apparatus maintains this offset for every post punched along the transportation route, so that there is a constant offset between the holes punched in the posts and the vehicle running surface. |
| US10668637B1 |
Cranial shaving device
A preflex, arcuately shaped blade head is formed of a cartridge having a cutting edge supported on a curved, flexible blade support. The blade head is oversized, being greater than 2¼″ in lateral linear length. An outrigger blade stabilizer extends posteriorly cantilevered from the blade support. A palm gripping handle forms a bulbous, palm accommodating shaped gripping member having a plan outline shaped generally of kite shape or an elongated Reuleax triangle, with a heel element forming a volar outer ridge at a distal end. An upper arcuate surface forms an oblique arch about the lateral plane of the handle. A longitudinal arch is further formed about the linear plane of the handle. A lower curved surface forms a finger receiving notch at a proximal end of the handle. Such features significantly extend the range of use of the shaver and is specifically adapted for shaving a user's scalp. |
| US10668634B2 |
Oscillating rotary shaver
A shaver head assembly includes at least one cutting head component having a housing, an inner cutting blade mounted to the housing and configured and adapted to rotate about an axis and an outer cutting disc coaxially mounted about the axis. The outer cutting disc is configured to oscillate about the axis through positive and negative predetermined angular sectors of rotation, and is configured to cooperate with the inner cutting blade to cut hair. |
| US10668623B2 |
Method and system for robotic adaptive production
A method for robotic adaptive production includes modifying program instructions online while performing production activities in response to detecting a change in the production environment. A robotic adaptive production method includes modifying program instructions online while performing production activities to minimize a production task cycle time or improve a production task quality. A robotic adaptive production method includes estimating a relationship between a control parameter and a sensor input; and modifying the control parameter online to achieve an updated parameter based on the estimating. A robotic adaptive production method includes receiving sensor input relating to robotic performance during the performance of production tasks and online optimizing a process parameter based on robotic performance during the performance of the production tasks. A robotic adaptive production method includes determining the position and/or orientation of a feature based on a learned position and/or orientation of another feature and on a geometric relationship. |
| US10668620B2 |
Method and apparatus for correcting motions of robot
In an industrial robot, correction is made for change in position and attitude of an arm distal end due to mechanical deflection of the robot. In the robot, a moment applied to the first axis in its non-rotation direction opposite to its rotation direction is calculated from a load torque applied to the second axis in its rotation direction, a moment due to a second-axis-side self-weight, and a ratio of a distance between the rotation centers of the first and second axes, to a distance between the rotation centers of the second axis and a tool. A deflection amount indicating an angle of the first axis tilting in the non-rotation direction is calculated from the moment applied to the first axis and the rigidity of the first axis in the non-rotation direction. A control value is corrected based on the deflection amount to control the robot. |
| US10668619B2 |
Controller and machine learning device
A machine learning device of a controller observes, as state variables expressing a current state of an environment, teaching position compensation amount data indicating a compensation amount of a teaching position in control of a robot according to the teaching position and data indicating a disturbance value of each of the motors of the robot in the control of the robot, and acquires determination data indicating an appropriateness determination result of the disturbance value of each of the motors of the robot in the control of the robot. Then, the machine learning device learns the compensation amount of the teaching position of the robot in association with the motor disturbance value data by using the observed state variables and the determination data. |
| US10668618B2 |
Machine tool system and moving method
A machine tool system includes: a machine tool that machines a workpiece by using a tool attached to a spindle; and a plurality of robots installed inside a machining space of the machine tool and adapted to grip the workpiece and move the workpiece in conformity with the machining performed by the machine tool. |
| US10668617B2 |
Robotic cart pulling vehicle for automated pulling of carts
There is provided a robotic cart pulling vehicle for automated docking and pulling a cart, such as a wheeled hospital cart for e.g. linen. In particular the vehicle is provided with a unique gripping means for holding the cart. Furthermore, the robotic vehicle implements a positioning system for safely driving on hospital corridors and further comprises one or more sensors to indicate the position of the robot relative to the surroundings for avoiding unnecessary impacts. |
| US10668609B2 |
Hand tool
A hand tool includes a trigger manually operated by an operator, a tool body configured to movably support the trigger, a biasing member configured to generate a biasing force for biasing the trigger in a direction opposite to a operation direction of the trigger, and a contacting member operated by a biasing force of the biasing member to act on the trigger or tool body. The biasing member and the contacting member are assembled integrally with the tool body or the trigger. |
| US10668604B2 |
Non-destructive cold extractions of press fit bushings
An assembly for removing a bushing is provided including a mandrel having a size and shape similar to the bushing and a receiver having a hollow interior cavity. A fastener extends through an opening formed in both the mandrel and the receiver. A socket attachment has a first opening configured to removably couple to a first end of the fastener and a second opening configured to removably couple to a torque delivery tool. A biasing mechanism arranged adjacent a second end of the fastener is configured to generate a biasing force to drive the mandrel against a bushing in response to a coupling of the socket attachment and the fastener. |
| US10668601B2 |
Hammer union wrench
The invention relates to a tool for applying torque to a hammer union having a hammer union wing with wing nuts. The tool comprises a wrench having an arcuate or circular shaped wrench head that can be placed around the hammer union wing, the wrench head having wing nut cavities in the inner surface for receiving the hammer union wing nuts, and sockets around the outer surface for receiving one or more lever members such as a torque bar and/or hammer lug for applying torque to rotate the wrench head. The lever member(s) may be positioned in any of the sockets in the wrench head, thereby allowing the lever member(s) to be repositioned during use with respect to the wrench head without having to remove the wrench head from the hammer union. The wrench head may be held in place on the hammer union wing using magnets. |
| US10668598B2 |
Abrasive particles having particular shapes and methods of forming such particles
A coated abrasive article comprising a backing, an adhesive layer disposed in a discontinuous distribution on at least a portion of the backing, wherein the discontinuous distribution comprises a plurality of adhesive contact regions and at least one shaped abrasive particle is disposed on a majority of each of the discrete adhesive contact regions, wherein at least 50% of the shaped abrasive particles comprise a predetermined side orientation and have a tilt angle of at least 45 degrees, wherein the shaped abrasive particles comprise a polycrystalline material and are free of binder, wherein the first plurality of discrete adhesive contact regions comprise a predetermined two-dimensional shape as viewed from above, and wherein each of the discrete contact regions comprises a length, a width, or a combination thereof that substantially corresponds to a dimension of the at least one abrasive particle. |
| US10668592B2 |
Method of planarizing a wafer
A method of planarizing a wafer includes pressing the wafer against a planarization pad. The method further includes moving the planarization pad relative to the wafer. The method further includes conditioning the planarization pad using a pad conditioner. Conditioning the planarization pad includes moving the planarization pad relative to the pad conditioner. The pad conditioner includes abrasive particles having aligned tips a substantially constant distance from a surface of substrate of the pad conditioner. |
| US10668591B2 |
Substrate cleaning device, substrate processing apparatus and substrate cleaning method
A rotating substrate is cleaned by a polishing head and a cleaning brush. A first trajectory is formed by movement of the polishing head along a first path. A second trajectory is formed by movement of the cleaning brush along a second path. A region in which the first and second paths overlap with each other is defined as an interference region. The polishing head moves from a center towards an outer peripheral end of the substrate, and it is determined whether the polishing head has moved out of the interference region. At a time point at which it is determined that the polishing head has moved out of the interference region, the cleaning brush starts moving from the outer peripheral end towards the center of the substrate. |
| US10668589B2 |
Machine tool
Machine tool, comprising at least two workpiece carrier assemblies (11), each including a workpiece carrier (12), said workpiece carrier assemblies (11) being supported on respective workpiece carrier support (1) for horizontal movement in a first direction in parallel with a horizontal Z axis; at least a first tool carrier (21), supported on a tool carrier support (2) for horizontal movement in a second direction, said first tool carrier (21) being displaceable in said second direction between at least one operative position (A) in which said first tool carrier (21) is facing one of said workpiece carrier assemblies (11), and at least one inoperative position in which said first tool carrier (21) is not facing any workpiece carrier assembly (11). The invention also relates to a method of machining a connecting rod using the machine tool. |
| US10668588B2 |
Fixture for machining wheel outer rim without trace
A fixture for machining wheel outer rim without trace includes a positioning and clamping portion and a flexible support portion. A base is fixed on a bottom plate, and a screw is configured to compress an expanding pressure plate during being tightened so that the outer circumference of an expanding sleeve expands a center hole of a wheel; and the positioning columns are inserted into bolt holes of the wheel. A lower pressure plate is fixed on the base, and limiting columns and an upper pressure plate are installed on the lower pressure plate, with steel balls and rubber strip being enclosed in a space formed by the lower pressure plate and the upper pressure plate. The fixture meets the requirement for machining the wheel outer rim without trace, has the characteristics of simple structure, convenient manufacture, stable performance and precision, and meets the requirements of automatic production. |
| US10668579B2 |
Apparatus for joining solar receiver tubes
A system for rapidly assembling solar receiving tubes and solar energy systems comprises a welding station is described. The welding station provides for rapidly assembling solar receiver tubes by welding together two or more solar receiving tubes and comprises means for receiving and restraining solar receiver tubes and a welding station comprising an orbital or a rotational weld head. |
| US10668577B2 |
Cooling ring
A cooling system which achieves temperature control of a heat affected portion of a pipe. |
| US10668575B2 |
Weld filler additive and method of welding
A method of welding using a weld filler additive and a weld filler additive are provided. The method includes the step of welding the component with a filler additive comprising a sufficient amount of each of Co, Cr, Al, Ti, Mo, Fe, B, C, Nb, and Ni, the component including a hard-to-weld base alloy. The method further includes the step of forming an easy-to-weld target alloy on a surface of the component from the welding. |
| US10668573B2 |
Preparation and application of Pb-free nanosolder
The preparation and use of particulate metallic solder alloy having particles of a single chemical composition is described. The particles of the particulate metallic solder alloy have a bimodal size distribution in which particles in a smaller size range have a largest dimension that is smaller than a smallest dimension of particles in a larger size range of the bimodal distribution. In some examples the particles in the smaller size mode have dimensions in the range of 1 to 100 nm. In some examples, the particles in the larger size mode have dimensions in the range of 2 to 75 microns in dimension. In some examples, a halogen-free flux is used. In some examples, a solvent is used to make a paste. |