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| US10711747B2 |
Diesel power generation system using biofuel
The present invention provides a diesel power generation system using biofuel capable of reliably generating electric power using biofuel so as not to coagulate, whereby biofuel is used to drive the diesel engine and the generator is driven based on the driving force of the diesel engine to generate electricity, while driving the diesel engine with the desired efficiency, the biofuel is not solidified without deteriorating at high temperature.The diesel power generation system 10 using the biofuel of the present invention is provided with a first fuel heater 22 for heating the biofuel sent by the fuel feed pump 20 through the fuel feed circuit 18 to a second temperature range set lower than the first temperature range in which the diesel engine 14 is driven with a predetermined efficiency, a second fuel heater 24 disposed in a portion of the fuel feed circuit 18 between the first fuel heater 22 and the diesel engine 14 and heating the biofuel flowing therethrough, a temperature sensor 26 interposed on the upstream side of the diesel engine 14 of the fuel feed circuit 18 and measuring the temperature of biofuel flowing into the diesel engine 14, and, a control device 28 for controlling the second fuel heater 24 so that the biofuel flowing into the diesel engine 14 is maintained within the first temperature range, based on the measurement result of the temperature sensor 26. |
| US10711745B2 |
Work vehicle
A work vehicle includes an engine, an intake passage through which combustion air flows from an ambient air inlet to an engine, an air cleaner for removing dust contained in the combustion air, a throttle valve for adjusting an intake amount of the combustion air by the engine, a blowby gas returning passage for returning blowby gas discharged from the engine to a mid portion of the intake passage, and an inclined passage portion that assumes a progressively downwardly inclined posture to be located at a lower position on downstream side in a flow direction, the inclined passage portion having a water draining portion at its lowermost end. |
| US10711741B2 |
Aspiration system for a work vehicle
In one aspect, an aspiration system for a work vehicle may include an exhaust tube extending defining an exhaust passage therein. The exhaust tube may include a venturi portion, with the exhaust tube further defining an aperture within the venturi portion of the exhaust tube. The system may also include an aspiration tube configured to be coupled between the exhaust tube and a separate component of the work vehicle. The aspiration tube may define an aspiration passage extending between the separate component and the exhaust tube. The aperture defined by the exhaust tube may fluidly couple the aspiration passage and the exhaust passage. Furthermore, the system may include a restrictor body positioned within the exhaust passage. As such, the restrictor body and the venturi portion may be configured to adjust a flow parameter of exhaust gases flowing through the exhaust passage. |
| US10711737B2 |
Conduit mounting device
A device for mounting a conduit of a vapor canister on a vehicle includes a base having a first side and an opposing second side. The base includes fastener openings for receiving fasteners to attach the base to a frame. A connector extends from the first side of the base between the fastener openings for connecting the device to a conduit of a vapor canister. A pipe having an inlet extends from the second side of the base and forms an air passage from the inlet to the connector. The device may also include supports on the second side of the base for supporting the device on frame members with rounded or flat surfaces. The conduit mounting device can be installed by attaching the device on a frame member without the need for tools. |
| US10711734B2 |
Optimal thrust control of an aircraft engine
A control system for a gas turbine engine, a method for controlling a gas turbine engine, and a gas turbine engine are disclosed. The control system may include a nozzle scheduler for determining an exhaust nozzle position goal based on a nozzle schedule of exhaust nozzle positions related to flight conditions. The control system may further include a control module for determining a control command for the gas turbine engine. The control command may include, at least, a fuel flow command and an exhaust nozzle position command and the control command may be based on, at least, the exhaust nozzle position goal and an estimated thrust value. The control system may further include an actuator for controlling the gas turbine engine based on the control command. |
| US10711731B2 |
Method for manufacturing a water cooling system in a casted cylinder head and water cooling system in a casted cylinder head
The present invention is related to a method for manufacturing a water cooling system (20) inside a casted cylinder head (10), the water cooling system (20) comprising an upper water jacket (21) and a lower water jacket (22) and wherein a transition channel (23) is located between the upper water jacket (21) and the lower water jacket (22). Further, the invention is related to a water cooling system (20) inside a casted cylinder head (10), comprising an upper water jacket (21) and a lower water jacket (22) wherein the upper water jacket (21) and the lower water jacket (22) are fluidly connected by at least one transition channel (23). |
| US10711730B2 |
Internal combustion engine
A heat shielding film is formed on a surface wall constituting a combustion chamber. The heat shielding film includes a heat shielding layer and an oil repellent layer. The heat shield layer is formed on the wall surface. The heat shielding layer is composed of a material having thermal conductivity lower than base material of the combustion chamber. The oil repellent layer is formed on a surface of the heat shield layer. The oil repellent layer is composed of polyalkoxysiloxane. A contact angle of the oil repellent layer with engine oil is at least 40 degrees. |
| US10711729B2 |
Diesel engine dual fuel injection strategy
Methods and systems for supplying fuel to a diesel engine during a cycle of a cylinder are described. In one example, a cylinder is supplied fuel via two fuel injectors having different fuel flow rates. The two fuel injectors may be operated to provide pilot, main, and post combustion fuel injections during a cycle of a cylinder. |
| US10711728B2 |
Control device for internal combustion engine
A control device for an internal combustion engine provided with a combustion control part successively performing at least first main fuel injection and second main fuel injection for causing premix charged compression ignition of fuel so that a pressure waveform showing a change of a rate of cylinder pressure rise over time becomes a two-peak shape and a peak ratio which is a ratio of a first peak value of a first peak of the pressure waveform and a second peak value of a second peak falls within a predetermined range. The combustion control part calculates the ignition delay time of the fuel injected by the second main fuel injection (second ignition delay time) and reflects the injection correction amount in the target injection amount of the second main fuel injection (second target injection amount) if an injection correction amount is set for the amount of fuel injected from the fuel injector and the second ignition delay time is less than a predetermined value. |
| US10711726B2 |
Fuel delivery system
A fuel delivery system for an engine is provided. The fuel delivery system includes a fuel rail, a pressure sensor, a relief valve, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a signal indicative of a fuel rail pressure, identify exceeding of the fuel rail pressure beyond a first threshold, identify the fuel rail pressure drop below a second threshold, and initiate a counter for a first predefined amount of time accordingly. The controller is also configured to identify if the fuel rail pressure drops below a third threshold within the first predefined amount of time, and identify if the fuel rail pressure remains below the third threshold for at least a second predefined amount of time. The controller is further configured to determine an open status of the relief valve based, at least in part, on the identification. |
| US10711722B2 |
Controller of internal combustion engine and learning method of learning value in internal combustion engine
A controller includes a P/L learning unit that performs P/L learning, a purge learning unit that performs purge learning, an air-fuel ratio learning unit that performs air-fuel ratio learning, and a storage unit that stores learning result. When the learning result of each learning process is not stored in the storage unit at the time of engine start, the P/L learning unit learns an injection characteristic of an in-cylinder injection valve through the P/L learning process whenever the in-cylinder injection valve performs the P/L injection and interrupts the P/L learning process before the P/L learning process is completed. The purge learning unit performs the purge learning process, and the air-fuel ratio learning unit starts the air-fuel ratio learning process provided that the P/L learning process is interrupted. The P/L learning unit then resumes the P/L learning process provided that the purge learning process is completed. |
| US10711720B2 |
Control system for internal combustion engine
In a control system for an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine includes a first exhaust catalyst that is a three-way catalyst disposed in an exhaust path of the internal combustion engine, a second exhaust catalyst that is a three-way catalyst disposed in the exhaust path on a downstream side of the first exhaust catalyst, and a motor configured to drive the internal combustion engine. The control system includes an electronic control unit configured to, when operation of the internal combustion engine is stopped, stop fuel injection in the internal combustion engine and then, execute motoring in which the internal combustion engine is rotationally driven using drive power of the motor, and execute the motoring in a range in which an oxygen occlusion amount of the first exhaust catalyst becomes an oxygen occlusion amount smaller than an upper limit oxygen occlusion amount of the first exhaust catalyst. |
| US10711719B2 |
Apparatus and method of controlling catalyst activation during cold start of vehicle
A method of controlling activation of light off time of a catalyst which controls exhaust emission from an engine of a vehicle may include determining whether the vehicle is in a cold start condition; determining a deterioration level of the catalyst by use of a temperature sensor; and retarding a spark timing according to the deterioration level of the catalyst and increasing a temperature of exhaust gas. |
| US10711717B2 |
Method for the combined identification of phase differences of the inlet valve stroke and of the outlet valve stroke
Various embodiments include a method for identifying valve stroke phase differences during operation comprising: measuring dynamic pressure oscillations in the air intake tract; generating a corresponding signal; acquiring a crankshaft phase angle; acquiring the phase position and the amplitude of a signal frequency of the oscillations based on the pressure oscillation using discrete Fourier transformation; acquiring a line of an equal phase position and of equal amplitude of the signal frequency reflecting the inlet and the outlet stroke phase difference using reference lines; acquiring a common intersection point of a line of equal phase position and a line of equal amplitude by projection into a common plane; and determining the stroke phase differences and from the common intersection point. |
| US10711713B2 |
Fuel tank venting system for a motor vehicle
A fuel tank venting system for a motor vehicle includes an outlet side of a tank venting valve connected to an inlet side of a first vent line and to an inlet side of a second vent line. An outlet side of the first vent line is connected to an intake manifold upstream from a throttle valve and downstream from an air filter, and an outlet side of the second vent line is connected to the intake manifold downstream from the throttle valve. A position sensor may be located at a first position and the first closing element has a detectable element. The position sensor is connected to an electronic control device to transmit signals. A position of the first closing element may be determined by means of the position sensor and the detectable element. |
| US10711704B2 |
Fuel control system with shutoff feature
A fuel control system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fuel delivery valve selectively moveable to a closed position to shut off a flow of fuel to a downstream location. The system further includes a windmill bypass valve, and a shutoff pressure line between the windmill bypass valve and the fuel delivery valve. The windmill bypass valve is selectively operable to direct fuel to the shutoff pressure line to assist the movement of the fuel delivery valve to the closed position. A method is also disclosed. |
| US10711701B2 |
Manual bowed rotor and full override
A starter air valve comprising a housing comprising an inlet at a first end and an outlet at a second end opposite the first end, the inlet being fluidly connected to the outlet through a fluid pathway; a valve injected into the fluid pathway dividing the fluid pathway into a first chamber and second chamber, the valve in operation adjusts fluid flow through fluid pathway; an actuator operably connected to the valve; a solenoid in variable electrical connection with the actuator; and a rotary spool valve fluidly connected to the first chamber, the rotary spool valve operable to rotate to at least one of a normal start position, a full manual override position, and a plurality of partial manual override positions, wherein the rotary spool valve is in variable fluid connection with the actuator, wherein the solenoid is in variable electrical connection with the actuator through the rotary spool valve. |
| US10711700B2 |
Gas turbine start system to enable rotor thermal stabilization with backup bleed bypass cooling mode
A system is provided comprising: a starter air valve in fluid communication with an air turbine starter to drive motoring of a gas turbine engine responsive to a compressed air flow from a compressed air source; a manual override operably connected to the starter air valve, the manual override is operable to open the starter air valve a select percentage by moving the manual override to a detent engaged position, wherein the select percentage is operable to allow enough airflow to achieve the maximum allowed motoring speed of the gas turbine engine; and a pressure regulating bleed valve in fluid communication with the starter air valve, the pressure regulating bleed valve operable to bleed a portion of the compressed air flow to regulate a motoring speed of the gas turbine engine in response to detection of the manual override in a detent engaged position. |
| US10711697B2 |
Rotatable and adjustable hose for gas turbine
A gas turbine engine system includes a fuel delivery circuit configured to convey fuel, a combustion chamber configured to combust the fuel, and a flexible hose that fluidly connects the fuel delivery circuit to the combustion chamber. The flexible hose includes a combustion chamber connector portion attached to the combustion chamber, a fuel delivery circuit connector portion attached to the fuel delivery circuit, and a central flexible portion connecting the first connector portion to the second connector portion. The central flexible portion is made of a flexible material. In addition, the fuel delivery circuit connector portion includes a pivotal assembly with an adjustable end that is pivotal relative to a central longitudinal axis of the central flexible portion of the flexible hose when the central flexible portion is in a straight condition. |
| US10711696B2 |
Engine installation using machine vision for alignment
Installation of an engine to a support structure includes temporarily attaching first and second alignment structures to the support structure and the engine. One of the alignment structures has a target pattern on its surface. The installation further includes using a machine vision system from the other of the mounting structures to indicate the relative position of the target pattern with respect to a reference. The relative position of the target pattern with respect to the reference provides information about relative position of an engine mounting element (e.g., bolt hole) with respect to a corresponding mounting element (e.g., bolt hole) in the support structure. The relative position of the target pattern with respect to the reference can be used to maneuver the engine in order to align the mounting elements. |
| US10711695B2 |
Method and system for power production with improved efficiency
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that provide power generation using predominantly CO2 as a working fluid. In particular, the present disclosure provides for the use of a portion of the heat of compression from a CO2 compressor as the additive heating necessary to increase the overall efficiency of a power production system and method. |
| US10711690B2 |
Wastegate assembly and turbocharger including the same
A wastegate assembly for a turbocharger includes a valve element having a valve body and a shaft extending away from the valve body. A spindle is coupled to the shaft for moving the valve element between a first and a second position to control the flow of exhaust gas to a turbine housing interior of the turbocharger. A washer is coupled to the shaft such that the spindle is disposed between the valve body and the washer for retaining the spindle to the shaft. A biasing member is disposed between the spindle and the washer, has a trough portion extending toward the spindle, and has a crest portion extending toward the washer. At least one of the spindle and the washer define a seating groove and the biasing member extends at least partially into the seating groove to seat and prevent rotation of the biasing member. |
| US10711689B2 |
Control device of internal combustion engine
A control device is provided capable of reliably preventing occurrence of a surging state by judging a possibility of the surging state in a relatively easy manner and promptly executing a surging state avoidance control. When a supercharging pressure decreasing state in which a target supercharging pressure decreases is detected, an operating speed of a wastegate valve is determined based on a detected engine rotational speed. That is, by lowering the operating speed as the engine rotational speed lowers, reduction in flow rate of the air passing through a compressor is prevented, and the occurrence of the surging state is reliably prevented. By lowering the operating speed instead of changing a target opening degree of the wastegate valve, a maximum opening degree of the wastegate valve can be suppressed, and responsiveness in the case where an acceleration request is made immediately after deceleration of an engine can be improved. |
| US10711688B2 |
Variable flow rate valve mechanism and turbocharger
A variable flow rate valve mechanism includes: a valve body which opens and closes an opening; a stem which is rotatably supported by a housing while the valve body is connected to a first end thereof; a cylindrical bearing which is inserted through a through-hole of the housing and supports the stem to be rotatable about an axis line of the stem; a link member which is connected to a second end of the stem; and a spring mechanism which is disposed in a gap between the link member and an end of the bearing, on the side of the second end. An end of the bearing includes an inclined surface which contacts the spring mechanism and is inclined with respect to the axis line of the stem. |
| US10711687B2 |
Controller and control method for wastegate
A controller sets a target operation position and controls an operation position of a wastegate in accordance with the target operation position in a position control mode. The controller sets a target drive force and controls a drive force of the wastegate in accordance with the target drive force in a drive force control mode. The controller controls the wastegate in the position control mode when a boost pressure of an engine is less than or equal to a preset value and controls the wastegate in the drive force control mode when the boost pressure is greater than the preset value. |
| US10711686B2 |
Methods and system for starting an engine
A description is given of a device (1) for pressure-charging a combustion engine (31), which comprises a compressor (2), a charge air cooler (3), an inlet (4) and a charger (5), which are connected to one another in terms of flow by flow ducts (8, 9, 10). In this device, the charge air cooler (3) is arranged downstream of the compressor (2), and the inlet (4) is arranged downstream of the compressor (2) and of the charge air cooler (3) in the flow direction (16). |
| US10711685B2 |
Internal combustion engine
When an amount of a backward tumble flow is smaller than an amount of a forward tumble flow, the intake-side valve recess is used as a first valve recess and the exhaust-side valve recess is used as a second valve recess. When the amount of the backward tumble flow is larger than the amount of the forward tumble flow, the exhaust-side valve recess is used as a first valve recess and the intake-side valve recess is used as a second valve recess. An inclination angle of the first valve recess is larger than an inclination angle of the second valve recess when comparing the inclination angle such that a height of the recess decreases gradually toward an inner side of a cross-section. |
| US10711683B2 |
Method and apparatus for cooling an engine
A method for cooling an engine includes increasing the pressure of a liquid coolant from a first pressure to a second pressure. Thereafter, components of the engine to be cooled are contacted with the liquid coolant so that the liquid coolant at least partially evaporates and forms a vapor with a particular state. Thereafter, the vapor is fed to a throttle to reduce the pressure of the liquid coolant to a third pressure. The particular state of the vapor is determined based on the temperature and the third pressure of the liquid coolant downstream of the throttle, and based on the second pressure of the liquid coolant under an assumption that the throttle is an adiabatic throttle such that enthalpy of the liquid coolant remains constant as the liquid coolant passes the throttle. A desired vapor state adjustment is made based on the determined particular state of the vapor. |
| US10711680B2 |
Method of forming an internal combustion engine with a fluid jacket
An engine has a cylinder block with a deck face and at least one cylinder liner with a cylinder axis. The block has a first fluid jacket about the liner, a second fluid jacket about the liner, and a third fluid jacket about the liner. The first, second, and third fluid jackets are fluidly independent from one another and spaced apart from one another along the cylinder axis. A method for forming the engine includes using an insert to provide each of the fluid jackets. The insert has a lost core material surrounded by a metal shell. |
| US10711668B2 |
Lubrication system monitoring assembly and method
An exemplary monitoring assembly includes a sensor that provides a first output when a lubricant reservoir holds a first amount of a contaminant, and a different, second output when the lubricant reservoir holds a different, second amount of the contaminant. A lubrication system monitoring controller operatively coupled to the sensor and configured to initiate a maintenance mode in response to the second output. |
| US10711667B2 |
Internal combustion engine with tubular valves and braking system
A tubular roller valve for an internal combustion engine, which includes a hollow tube having at least one hole, the at least one hole being configured to access an air inlet or an exhaust of a cylinder in an engine block, a tubular outer insulator outside of the hollow tube, the outer insulator being fixed to a cylinder head, and a tubular inner insulator inside of the hollow tube. An additional tube between the hollow tube and the outer insulator can serve to operate as a compression release brake. |
| US10711664B2 |
Valve train having a sliding cam element
A valve drive may include a sliding cam element that is held on a carrier shaft so as to be axially displaceable along an axis of rotation of the carrier shaft. The sliding cam element may include at least one cam profile group with cam profile sections of mutually different form. The valve drive may further include a pick-off element by way of which a control movement can be picked off from the cam profile sections and transmitted to a valve. The sliding cam element may also include a second cam profile group that is similar or identical to the first cam profile group and, which for the joint control of one valve, may interact with the pick-off element. |
| US10711662B2 |
System comprising a pumping assembly operatively connected to a valve actuation motion source or valve train component
A system for supplying hydraulic fluid in an internal combustion engine comprises a pumping assembly disposed within a housing and a hydraulic circuit, operatively connected to the pumping assembly, also disposed within the housing, which housing may be fixed or dynamic. A source of pumping motions is operatively connected to the pumping assembly, which source of pumping motions may comprise a valve actuation motion source or a component of a valve train between the valve actuation motion source and an engine valve. Pumping motions applied to the pumping assembly by the source of pumping motions causes hydraulic fluid received from a supply pressure hydraulic fluid input of the hydraulic circuit to be transmitted to an increased pressure hydraulic fluid output of the hydraulic circuit. |
| US10711659B1 |
Drive adapter for concentric camshaft assembly
A camshaft phaser for a concentric camshaft assembly includes a stator defining a cavity and configured to receive power from an engine crankshaft. A rotor is supported within the cavity and is rotatable relative to the stator. A drive adapter has a shank and a head. The shank is extendable through the rotor and is configured to engage with an inner camshaft. The head has an end face defining a first key feature and a continuous groove. A drive plate is fixed to the stator and includes a radial wall defining a second key feature engageable with the first key feature to rotationally fix the drive adapter to the drive plate. An annular gasket is received in the groove and is sealable with the wall. |
| US10711657B2 |
Mechanical cam phasing systems and methods
Systems and methods for varying a rotational relationship between a cam shaft and a crank shaft on an internal combustion engine (i.e., cam phasing) are provided. In particular, systems and methods are provided that facilitates a rotary position of a first component to be accurately controlled with a mechanism causing a second component, which can be coupled to the cam shaft or crank shaft, to follow the rotary position of the first component. |
| US10711647B2 |
Gas turbine casing and gas turbine
Included in a gas turbine casing and a gas turbine are a first casing that has a first flange portion, first connecting holes, and first notches; a second casing that has a second flange portion, a plurality of second connecting holes, and second notches; and fastening bolts to fasten the first flange portion and the second flange portion with the portions being closely attached to each other and with each fastening bolt penetrating the corresponding first and second connecting holes. A first radial direction ratio (L/H) is set to be from 0.09 to 0.11 where H is a length of each of the first flange portion and the second flange portion in a radial direction, and L is a length of each of the first notch and the second notch in a radial direction. |
| US10711645B2 |
Multiple reservoir lubrication system
A lubrication system for use with a gas turbine engine includes a first reservoir for containing a lubricant. The first reservoir includes a first discharge passage through which the lubricant is flowable in a first direction. A second reservoir contains the lubricant. The second reservoir includes a second discharge passage through which the lubricant is flowable in a second direction. The first direction is generally opposite to the second direction. A first pump pumps the lubricant from the first reservoir. A second pump pumps the lubricant from the second reservoir. A manifold distributes the lubricant to a component. The lubricant from the first pump and the second pump flows into the manifold and exits the manifold through a manifold discharge. |
| US10711643B2 |
Turbine engine with an oil guiding device and method for disassembling the turbine engine
A turbine engine is provided with a longitudinal rotation axis having at least one shaft with a radial axis, in particular a pitch change system for the blades of a propeller, said shaft traversing a radial passage of a substantially cylindrical case around the longitudinal axis. The turbine engine includes an annular oil guiding device around the radial shaft. The device has first and second annular parts nested in one another and secured to one another by hooping. The first part is secured by hooping to the radial shaft, and the second part is configured so as to be separated from the first part under the action of a force oriented along the radial axis and exerted on the second part by a member of the turbine engine forming a stop during a radial movement of the radial shaft. |
| US10711641B2 |
Compressor with a thermal shield and methods of operation
A compressor includes a compressor bundle and an outer casing. Between the outer casing and the compressor bundle a thermal shield is provided, for reducing thermal stress and visco-plastic deformation of the casing under severe operating conditions. |
| US10711639B2 |
Turbomachine
A turbomachine may include a turbine arranged in a housing and configured to be acted on with a hot working medium. The turbomachine may include at least one bypass channel for heating the housing through the working medium. The bypass channel may extend completely within the housing and be configured to bypass the turbine. |
| US10711637B2 |
Turbine component assembly
A turbine component assembly is disclosed, including a first component, a second component, and an interface shield. The first component is arranged to be disposed adjacent to a hot gas path, and includes a ceramic matrix composite composition. The second component is adjacent to the first component and arranged to be disposed distal from the hot gas path across the first component. The interface shield is disposed on a contact region of the first component, and directly contacts the second component. |
| US10711635B2 |
Fan casing with annular shell
An apparatus and method for a multiple layer fan casing surrounding a fan having a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades rotatable about a rotational axis and having a sub-portion defining a blade impact zone, the multiple layers comprising an inner fiber layer confronting the blades, an outer fiber layer overlying the inner carbon layer, a glass layer sandwiched between the inner and outer composite fiber layers. |
| US10711634B2 |
Autonomous engine health management system
An engine health monitoring system includes an engine component having a sensor system configured to monitor at least one parameter of the component. An autonomous monitoring system is coupled to the sensor system and is configured to receive and store the at least one monitored parameter while an engine controller is unpowered. The engine controller is communicatively coupled to the autonomous monitoring system. |
| US10711632B2 |
Variable nozzles in turbine engines and methods related thereto
A turbine engine having a variable nozzle assembly that includes: a variable nozzle having an airfoil that extends radially across an annulus formed between inner and outer platforms; and a segmented shaft that translates a torque between segments included therewithin. The segmented shaft may include a first and second segment. The first segment of the segmented shaft may include: the airfoil of the variable nozzle; an outer stem extending from the outer end of the airfoil; and an inner stem extending from the inner end of the airfoil. A first and second connector may connect the first segment to the inner platform and outer platform, respectively. A third connector may connect the first segment to the second segment. The first and second connector may include a first and second spherical bearing, respectively. The third connector may include a first universal joint. |
| US10711631B2 |
Turbine engine with guide vanes forward of its fan blades
A turbine engine such as a pusher fan engine is provided. This turbine engine includes a nacelle with a bypass flowpath. A fan rotor is configured to propel air out of the bypass flowpath. A plurality of guide vanes are configured to direct the air to the fan rotor. |
| US10711628B2 |
Sealing fin having an axially asymmetric tip portion
A rotor member is described for a gas turbine that is adapted for rotating about a central axis, the rotor member being a blisk having a rotor blade row that extends around the central axis or a rotor disk having a mounting portion for installing rotor blades of a rotor blade row that extends around the central axis, and being axially offset from the rotor blade row and/or the mounting portion and, extending coaxially, having at least one annular and axially asymmetrical sealing fin that has a radially outer tip portion having a front flank facing the rotor blade row and/or the mounting portion, and an opposite flank facing away from the rotor blade row and/or the mounting portion; the front flank being less steep than the opposite flank; a turbine and a compressor having such a rotor member, and a method for manufacturing such a rotor member having at least one sealing fin coating. |
| US10711626B2 |
Guide vane ring and turbomachine
The invention is directed to a guide vane ring for a turbomachine, in which a vane bearing is produced in the inner ring via platform plates of the vanes and reliability against disintegration is produced via journals that extend radially inward from the platform plates, as well as a turbomachine. |
| US10711625B2 |
Wall construction for gaspath traversing component
A gaspath traversing component of a gas turbine engine comprises a wall having an outer edge surface and a thickness relative to the gaspath, the wall having a plurality of layers of composite materials forming the thickness. A wear indication layer is embedded within the plurality of layers of composite material, the wear indication layer being visually contrasting with the composite material. The wear indication layer is positioned interiorly of at least one layer of said plurality of layers of composite material relative to the outer edge surface. A method for attending to a gas traversing component of a gas turbine engine is also provided. |
| US10711623B1 |
Gas turbine engine airfoil frequency design
In one exemplary embodiment, a turbofan engine comprises a fan section. A core section includes a turbine section arranged fluidly downstream from the compressor section. A combustor is arranged fluidly between the compressor and turbine sections. The fan and core sections are configured to produce a thrust in a range 27,000-35,000 pounds-f (120,102-156,688 N). An airfoil is arranged in the fan section. The airfoil has first and second modes each having a frequency. The first mode has the lowest frequency, and the second mode has the second lowest frequency wherein the second mode frequency is 140 Hz or less at a redline engine speed. |
| US10711619B2 |
Turbine airfoil with turbulating feature on a cold wall
A turbine airfoil (10) includes a flow blocking body (26) positioned an internal cavity (40). A first near-wall cooling channel (72) is defined between the flow blocking body (26) and an airfoil pressure sidewall (16). A second near-wall cooling channel (74) is defined between the flow blocking body (26) and an airfoil suction sidewall (18). A connecting channel (76) is defined between the flow blocking body (26) an internal partition wall (24) that connects the airfoil pressure (16) and suction (18) sidewalls. The connecting channel (76) is connected to the first (72) and second (74) near-wall cooling channels along a radial extent. Turbulating features (90, 90a-b) are located in the connecting channel (76) and are formed on the flow blocking body (26) and/or on the partition wall (24). The turbulating features (90, 90a-b) are effective to produce a higher coolant flow rate through the first (72) and second (74) near-wall cooling channels in comparison to the connecting channel (76). |
| US10711615B2 |
First stage turbine blade
A turbine blade having an airfoil profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z set forth in Table 1, where the X and Y values are in inches and the Z values are non-dimensional values from 0 to 1 and convertible to Z distances in inches by multiplying the Z values by the height of the airfoil in inches. The X and Y values are distances which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The profile sections at each distance Z are joined smoothly to one another to form an airfoil shape. The X and Y values may also be scaled as a function of a first constant and the Z values may be scaled as a function of a second constant. |
| US10711612B2 |
Method for manufacturing a rotor for a turbine engine high-pressure compressor
The invention relates to the manufacturing of a rotor (23) of a high-pressure compressor. Various installation constraints are proposed in terms of temperature, angle and unevenness and/or runout defects to be considered. For example, when installing the sealing disk (25) on the first drum (27) of the rotor and/or the intermediate disk (29) on the first drum assembled with the sealing disk, axial packing (X1) is applied with a pressure ranging from 40 to 60×105 Pa. |
| US10711610B2 |
Faceted fastener driver bumper with cooling slots
A bumper sized to fit a cylinder of a fastener driving tool includes a side profile of the bumper defined by a plurality of flat regions and a plurality of convex regions around an outer periphery of the bumper. Included in the bumper are an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface. The flat and convex regions are disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the bumper in an alternating pattern. |
| US10711605B2 |
Isotopic analysis from a controlled extractor in communication to a fluid system on a drilling rig
A method for downhole formation evaluation includes extracting a fluid sample from a drilling fluid using a controlled gas separator. The evaluation further includes extracting a plurality of individual chemical species from the fluid sample, wherein the individual chemical species include methane, ethane, propane, and CO2 and identifying isotope concentrations in each of the individual chemical species. Identified isotope concentrations in each of the individual chemical species are output for a first time period. |
| US10711604B2 |
Hydraulic fracturing
A system and method of hydraulic fracturing a geological formation in Earth's crust, including injecting fracing fluid through a wellbore into the geological formation, measuring pressure associated with the hydraulic fracturing, determining net stress of the geological formation from the hydraulic fracturing, and determining presence of complex shear fracturing or complex shear fractures correlative with the net stress. |
| US10711598B2 |
Methods to synchronize signals among antennas with different clock systems
A method for synchronizing signals among transmitters and receivers of a logging tool positioned in a borehole is provided. Measurement signals generated from operating a transmitter in the borehole are acquired by a receiver. An operating frequency of the receiver is determined by a processing unit. The operating frequency of the receiver is different from an operating frequency of the transmitter. A sampling frequency of the receiver is determined based on the determined operating frequency. A phase delay of the receiver is determined by the processing unit. The acquired measurement signals are adjusted by the processing unit based on the determined sampling frequency and the phase delay of the receiver. |
| US10711594B2 |
Method and system for determining flow rate of water in a gas production system by incorporating characteristics of water
A method is provided for determining the flow rate of formation water and/or the total rate of produced water in a gas well. More particularly, a method and system is provided to determine the flow rates of gas, condensate, and water in gas production using a flowmeter. |
| US10711592B2 |
Downhole tool for measuring angular position
A downhole tool for measuring angular positions at a location within a subterranean borehole. The tool is rotatable around the longitudinal direction of the borehole. The tool includes two or more magnetometers which measure the Earth's magnetic field along respective magnetometer axes. Each magnetometer is arranged such that its measurement includes a component of the Earth's magnetic field normal to the longitudinal direction of the borehole. The magnetometers are further arranged such that these normal components are at an angle to each other around the longitudinal direction. The tool further includes a device which measures the rotational speed of the tool or the time derivative thereof. The tool includes a processor unit that calculates angular positions of the downhole tool around the longitudinal direction relative to the direction of the Earth's magnetic field from the measurements of the Earth's magnetic field and the tool rotational speed or time derivative thereof. |
| US10711587B2 |
Oxidizing agent injection equipment for underground coal gasification process and application thereof
An oxidant injection device for an underground coal gasification process includes an oxidant pathway which includes a swivel joint, coiled tubing, and a mechanical shear-off device which are in gas tight connection with each other in that sequence. Attached to the mechanical shear-off device is an oxidant nozzle, wherein the shear-off device is adapted to shear the oxidant nozzle to allow retraction of the coiled tubing when necessary, and wherein the swivel joint causes the surface oxidant source to be in gas tight connection with the coiled tubing reel center shaft, thereby allowing continuous oxidant injection during the process of moving the oxidant nozzle via the movement of the coiled tubing when rotating the coiled tubing reel. |
| US10711585B2 |
Completions for triggering fracture networks in shale wells
Techniques in horizontal well completions that facilitate multistage fracturing may be performed in shale gas reservoirs. The techniques may involve the creation of large scale fracture networks, connecting the reservoir and the wellbore, facilitated by activating pre-existing natural fractures (NFs). In addition, geo-mechanical characteristics facilitate the optimization of maximum stimulated reservoir volumes (SRVs). In particular, completion optimization patterns are provided for horizontal wellbores, designated herein as altered alternate fracturing (AAF) completions. Completion optimization patterns may involve a multi-step combination of simultaneous and alternate fracturing patterns. Additionally, the dynamic evolution and progression of NF growth are modeled using a variety of alternative criteria. Further, specific analyses are provided of how the well completion pattern influences the fracture network. A combination of perforation parameters is provided, together with approaches for real-time control of fluid injection rates, so as to induce stresses in a manner conducive to forming complex fracture networks. |
| US10711584B2 |
Automated system for monitoring and controlling water transfer during hydraulic fracturing
An exemplary automated system and method are provided for monitoring and controlling the transfer of water to frac water tanks during hydraulic fracturing. In one embodiment, the automated system includes a first manifold, a plurality of controllable valves, a plurality of level indicators, a pump, controller(s), storage device, and display. In one implementation, the controller is configured to control the opening/closing of the plurality of controllable valves based, at least in part, on the water levels of the frac water tanks. The controller(s) may include one or more control modes. In other implementations, the system may include a second manifold (or additional manifolds) and the capability to blend water from two or more sources, such as from an impaired water source, using either a single or multiple-manifold configuration. In other implementations, an assembly is provided, such as a skid or trailer mounted assembly, for use in a mobile automated system. |
| US10711578B2 |
Umbilical end termination
An umbilical end termination for a subsea umbilical comprising a plurality of functional elements and including at least one fluid line, wherein the umbilical end termination includes a pressure boosting system in line with the at least one fluid line. |
| US10711577B2 |
Multi-oriented hydraulic fracturing models and methods
A multi-oriented hydraulic fracturing (MOHF) model may incorporate the pseudo-plastic properties of the formation and tiny tectonic motions from fracturing to enhance MOHF operations. For example, a method may include modeling a simulated wellbore penetrating a simulated subterranean formation with a MOHF model having (1) static inputs and (2) dynamic inputs that comprise pseudo-plastic properties of rocks that comprise the subterranean formation; simulating a first fracture in the subterranean formation with first fracture operational parameters with the MOHF model; calculating formation stresses with the MOHF model after the first fracture; simulating a second fracture in the subterranean formation with of second fracture operational parameters with the MOHF model; and calculating a simulated fracture network characteristic for each of the plurality of first and second fracture operational parameters with the MOHF model, thereby producing several simulated fracture network characteristics that may be used for selecting the preferred operational parameters. |
| US10711576B2 |
Power system and method
The application is directed to a power system that may be provided in a portable form and operationally configured for use at a work site as a single source of electric power, hydraulic power and pneumatic power for work site operations. In regard to hydraulic fracturing stimulation of a wellbore, the power system is operationally configured as the source of hydraulic power for transportable pumping units of a fracturing operation and for hydraulic power tools, as the source of pneumatic power for pneumatic power tools and as the source of electric power for electric power tools and electronic equipment at a well site. |
| US10711574B2 |
Interchangeable swivel combined multicoupler
A combined multicoupler for connecting a tool to a top drive is disclosed. The combined multicoupler includes a load frame comprising a frame body having a load shoulder, and a side door coupled to the frame body. The side door opens from the frame body to allow a tool sliding horizontally into the load shoulder, and the side door closes to lock the tool in the load frame. The combined multicoupler further comprises a drive stem movably coupled to the load frame, wherein the drive stem moves vertically to connect and disconnect with the tool in the load frame. |
| US10711572B2 |
Tubing assembly for hydraulic shifting of sleeve without tool movement
A completion string can have an outer surface and an inner surface, a first fluid passageway being defined between the outer surface and the inner surface. The inner surface can define an inner region of the completion string and can have a recess that is sized to receive a sleeve that is moveable between an open position and a closed position. The inner region can be sized to receive a work string at a position at which a surface of the work string cooperates with the sleeve and the inner surface of the completion string to define a first chamber on a side of the sleeve, the first chamber being hydraulically sealed by a plurality of sealing elements. The work string can define a second fluid passageway to provide fluid communication with the first chamber. |
| US10711571B2 |
Injection device
An injection device comprises a housing comprising an inlet and an outlet and an outlet sleeve mounted within the housing and comprising at least one radial flow port therethrough for permitting fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet. A flow sleeve is mounted over the outlet sleeve and is arranged to move between a first position in which the at least one radial flow port is at least partially closed and a second position in which the at least one radial flow port is opened. The injection device also includes a flow sleeve actuator operable by a biasing arrangement and inlet pressure at the inlet of the housing to permit the flow sleeve to be selectively moved between its first and second positions to vary flow through the at least one radial flow port between the inlet and the outlet. |
| US10711568B2 |
Valve with shuttle for use in flow management systems
A valve with a shuttle for use in a flow management system is capable of bypassing a backflow. |
| US10711567B2 |
Frac pump seat assembly
A frac pump valve seat assembly includes a seat body and a wiper seal. The seat assembly is configured to mitigate the risk of fluid end erosion in the valve seating area by automatically clearing or wiping the mating surface of the fluid end at the time of installation. The wiper seal is located at a lower portion of the seat body and is designed to interface therewith the mating surface of the fluid end. Upon installation, the wiper seal scrapes or cleans the mating surface of propellants, sand, and other contaminants that may remain after initial cleaning. The contact surface of the seat body is optionally further reinforced with material implants with greater hardness than the material of the seat body. |
| US10711560B2 |
Wellbore plug sealing assembly
A wellbore sealing assembly including a downhole device with a sealing sleeve coupled to the uphole end. The downhole device has an internal channel allowing fluid communication through the device that is substantially blocked when a ball is seated in the sleeve. The walls of the sleeve are elastically or plastically deformable, and are shaped to be deformed when the ball is seated. When deformed, the walls are in contact with the wellbore surface substantially blocking fluid communication around the device. Elastically deformable walls of the sleeve may further include a plastically deformable layer on its inner surface that, once deformed by the seating of the ball, keep the elastically deformed walls in contact with the wellbore surface when the ball is not seated. |
| US10711557B2 |
Lubricator system and method of use
A lubricator system according to which a lubricator defines an internal passage that extends along a curvilinear path. The lubricator is configured to be connected to a wellhead at the top or head of an oil and gas wellbore. A downhole tool is configured to be conveyed through the internal passage of the lubricator and along the curvilinear path in combination with a conveyance string connected to the downhole tool. The downhole tool may be, include, or be part of, for example, a perforating gun. |
| US10711554B2 |
Tubing hanger setting confirmation system
A subsea wellhead assembly provides a positive indication of landing of a wellhead member and locking of a wellhead member to a wellhead. The subsea wellhead assembly includes at least one positive indicator assembly disposed within a wellhead member, and a communication line extending down a running string from a platform to a running tool disposed in a subsea wellhead. The at least one positive indicator assembly provides confirmation of setting of the wellhead member, and the communication line is in communication with the positive indicator assembly to communicate the confirmation of setting with the platform following setting of the wellhead member. |
| US10711551B2 |
Milling downhole tubulars
A central shaft defines a first interior flow path. The central shaft disposed at least partially within a washover pipe. A lead tapered mill is positioned at a downhole end of the central shaft to center the downhole-type milling tool within a tubular. The lead tapered mill defines a second central flow path in line with the first interior flow path. Milling blades extend between the central shaft and the washover pipe. The milling blades are arranged to allow fluid flow around the milling blades. Each of the milling blades includes a tungsten-carbide hardened face and a soft steel body configured to support a load of the downhole-type milling tool during milling operations. A junk basket is positioned within the washover pipe uphole of the milling blades to receive and retain cuttings formed by the milling blades. |
| US10711550B2 |
Energy-saving and environment-friendly paraffin and scale control ultra-strong viscosity reduction device
An energy-saving environment-friendly paraffin-control scale preventing ultra-strong viscosity reduction device comprises: a hydrocyclone, a first-stage jet ultrasonic signal generator, a second-stage jet ultrasonic oscillator and an ultrasonic cavitation cavity which are butted in sequence; the hydrocyclone serves as an inlet end, the outer end of the ultrasonic cavitation cavity serves as an outlet, a section of oscillation cavity is additionally arranged behind the second-stage jet ultrasonic oscillator and before the ultrasonic cavitation cavity, the tail part of the oscillation cavity is provided with a third-stage jet ultrasonic oscillator, and the ultrasonic cavitation cavity is then connected behind the third-stage jet ultrasonic oscillator. |
| US10711549B2 |
Locking mandrel and running tool combination
A locking mandrel and running tool combination for setting equipment such as flow control devices in wellbore tubing is disclosed. The apparatus uses a translatable collet to move an expander mandrel to wedge against inwardly biased locking keys to force the locking keys outward into the recesses of landing nipples in the wellbore tubing. The translatable collect is released to move only b upward shearing forces on retaining pins and the running tool is released from the locking mandrel only by upward rather than downward shearing forces on retainer pins. |
| US10711541B2 |
Portable bucking frame
A portable bucking frame for making and breaking tubular connections includes a base, a pair of back-up jaws movably mounted to the base for receiving a pipe and an adapter plate mounted on the front end of the base. The adapter plate is configured to receive one of a plurality of power tongs for making or breaking pipe connections. |
| US10711539B1 |
Modular drilling rig having pipe lifting capability and ventilation therein
A drilling system for use at a wellhead has a plurality of modules each containing rig component equipment. The plurality of modules are connected or interconnected together so as to form a drilling rig. Each of the plurality of modules has a size adapted to be lifted by forklift or a front end loader. The plurality of modules are arranged such that one end of the plurality of modules is adjacent to the wellhead. A pipe handling system is positioned adjacent to one end of the plurality of modules. A ventilation system is cooperative with the plurality of modules so as to move air toward or away from heat-generating equipment in the plurality of modules. |
| US10711538B2 |
Slide cartridge
A slide cartridge having a base member and a channel defined by a pair of opposed walls. The walls extend from the base member and are configured to partially cover the rail of a horizontal directional drilling machine. The slide cartridge is supported on a carriage that is movable between the front and back of the drilling machine along the rail. The cartridge is positioned to engage the rail and to support the carriage for sliding movement along the rail. |
| US10711537B2 |
Self-installing conductor guide support frame system and method
A system and a method for an offshore platform that is self-installing, not requiring use of a heavy lift vessel for installation at a site. The system has a built-in, retractable, suspended, conductor guide support frame assembly coupled to the hull of the platform and serves as lateral guide/support for the well conductors/casings during operational conditions. The conductor guide support frame assembly is generally raised during wet tow/transit. At the site, the conductor guide support frame assembly is lowered and secured into the sea to its designated elevation. The conductor guide support frame assembly generally remains suspended from the hull and does not need to extend all the way to the seabed foundation. After operations are completed, the conductor guide support frame assembly is generally raised up relative to the hull, and the whole platform with the conductor guide support frame assembly relocated for reuse at a new site. |
| US10711536B2 |
Selective stimulation of reservoir targets
A selective stimulation system includes coiled tubing in which a distributed sensor array is disposed. The distributed sensor array is to measure hydrocarbon production parameters along the distributed sensor array in a wellbore of a formation. A selective fracturing apparatus is coupled to the coiled tubing. The selective fracturing apparatus is to fracture selected areas of the wellbore. A controller is coupled to the distributed sensor array and controls operation of the selective fracturing apparatus based on the measured hydrocarbon production parameters. |
| US10711530B1 |
Contact module for communicating with a downhole device
A system including a tool drill string having a downhole device. The system includes at least one external contact configured to be electrically coupled to the downhole device to communicate with the downhole device, one or more insulators that electrically insulate the at least one external contact from other parts of the system, and one or more seals situated between the one or more insulators and the at least one external contact to pressure seal the system from external fluids. |
| US10711528B2 |
Diamond cutting elements for drill bits seeded with HCP crystalline material
A polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC), which is attached or bonded to a substrate to form a cutter for a drill bit, is comprised of sintered polycrystalline diamond interspersed with a seed material which has a hexagonal close packed (HCP) crystalline structure. A region of the sintered polycrystalline diamond structure, near one or more of its working surfaces, which has been seeded with an HCP seed material prior to sintering, is leached to remove catalyst. Selectively seeding portions or regions of a sintered polycrystalline diamond structure permits differing leach rates to form leached regions with differing distances or depths and geometries. |
| US10711527B2 |
Drill bit and method for casing while drilling
Methods, devices, and systems include a nested drill bit assembly, including an inner drill bit nested within an opening of an outer drill bit. The inner drill bit is removably coupled to the outer drill bit and the inner drill bit being co-axially positioned within the outer drill bit and accessible from a first end of the outer drill bit. |
| US10711515B2 |
Cockpit canopy cutting gas generator
A pyrotechnic egress system may comprise a case defining an opening, a gas generator disposed within the case, the gas generator configured to generate a gas flame in response to being ignited, and an ignition line disposed at the opening and configured to ignite the gas generator, wherein the case directs the gas flame through the opening for deflagrating a window. |
| US10711512B2 |
Glazed element with improved tightness
The present invention relates to a glazed element with improved water tightness comprising a fixed frame, at least one gasket Ga and at least one frameless inwardly openable casement wherein the casement comprises a multiple glazing comprising in external position a glass pane including at least one thermally treated glass sheet, the glass pane has an overall bow on at least its bottom edge of at most 3.0 mm/m and the gasket Ga is such that it is in continuous contact with the fixed frame and with at least the bottom edge of the glass pane, when the glazed element is in closed position. |
| US10711508B2 |
Window assembly for vehicle
A window assembly for a vehicle includes a fixed frame having a pair of opposite side frame members, an upper frame member and a lower frame member. A fixed window panel is disposed at a lower portion of the side frame members and at the lower frame member. A movable window panel is movable relative to the fixed window panel and the frame between an opened position and a closed position. Each of the side frame members includes a lower channel for receiving a side perimeter edge region of the fixed window panel and an end region of the lower frame member. An elastomeric seal is overmolded along the lower channel of the side frame member and is configured to receive and seal against (i) the side perimeter edge region of the fixed window panel and (ii) the end region of the lower frame member. |
| US10711499B2 |
Soft closing damper fitting for a sliding door and associated mounting method
A soft closing damper fitting includes a soft closing damper fastenable to an internal door leaf of a multi-leaf sliding door and can be used for right-hand or left-hand closing. A Z-shaped profiled sheet has a central leg and with two outer legs angled in each case by 90° in opposing directions. For fastening the soft closing damper for right-hand closing the central leg comprises first fastening holes and a first marking for its fastening position on the internal door leaf. For fastening the soft closing damper for left-hand closing the central leg comprises second fastening holes and a second marking for its fastening position on the internal door leaf. The first fastening holes are spaced apart from the second fastening holes and the first marking is spaced apart from the second marking in each case by the same distance A in the longitudinal direction of the profile. |
| US10711497B2 |
Sliding panel wheel assembly
The present invention provides a wheel assembly having an elongate housing configured to engage with and support a sliding panel element. The housing has a first subassembly having a first pair of wheels, the first subassembly being configured so as to allow rocking of the first pair of wheels. The housing also has a second subassembly having a second pair of wheels, the second subassembly being configured so as to allow rocking of the second pair of wheels. The first and second subassemblies are independently vertically adjustable with reference to the housing. The present wheel assemblies may be of the type used to support a sliding door or similar, on a surface such as a track. |
| US10711492B2 |
Vehicular latch with double pawl arrangement
A low release effort eccentric double pawl vehicle latch includes a ratchet, primary pawl, auxiliary ratchet and secondary pawl in combination with a secure lock lever. The secure lock lever selectively inhibits movement of the secondary pawl to prevent premature or unintended opening of the latch. A drive mechanism sequences movement of the secure lock lever and secondary pawl to open the latch. Upon reset, the drive mechanism drives the auxiliary ratchet back to its closed state and in the process the auxiliary ratchet can engage and return the secondary pawl back to a closed state in the event of an insufficient bias force thereon. |
| US10711486B2 |
Lock clutches and methods of making and using thereof
A clutch assembly for a lock includes a driver (1), having a driver shaft (9); a coupler (3); and a follower (2). The driver (1), the coupler (3) and the driver shaft (9) are configured to rotate concentrically together. The coupler (3) is configured to move along the central axis of the driver shaft (9) to couple to or decouple from the follower (2). The driver (1) and the follower (2) are configured to rotate concentrically together when the coupler (3) is engaged to the follower (2), and wherein the driver (1) and the follower (2) are configured to rotate independently when the coupler (3) is disengaged from the follower (2). |
| US10711484B2 |
Air handling unit and method of assembling the same
An air handling unit for use with a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes an air input portion configured to receive conditioned air. The air handling unit also includes an air output portion configured to direct the conditioned air to an interior space of a structure. The air handling unit further includes a routing portion configured to couple the air input portion to the air output portion in fluid communication. The routing portion also includes a contouring structure configured to interface with the structure. |
| US10711482B1 |
Portable hunting blind
A portable hunting blind having semi-rigid side material that is adapted to be supported in an upright orientation by a plurality of rod supports, sized and adapted to be positionable for concealing a hunter on all sides within an interior space, and having a top edge formed to include troughs of varying depths and shapes to provide improved camouflage and support for resting the barrel of a gun. The blind is very lightweight and is easily and rapidly deployable by unrolling the side material, orienting the sides into a closed shape, and pushing one or more of the rod supports downward to anchor the blind. An optional cover may be included for rain protection. |
| US10711475B1 |
Swimming pool cleaner with pleated medium filter
A filter holder for holding an open ended filter having an open proximal end and an open distal end in an operative position on a swimming pool cleaner having a pipe stub for receiving one open end of the filter is shown and described. The filter holder includes a cap for covering one open end of the filter, a coupler configured to cooperate with and engage the pipe stub, and a spanning connector configured to span and connect the cap and the coupler outside the pipe stub of the filter. The coupler may include L-shaped brackets. A constricting collar pins the brackets to the pipe stub. The spanning connector may include compression rods and nuts. The filter holder may include an optional adapter collar separable from the coupler, to adapt diameters of the coupler and the pipe stub. The invention may alternatively be considered to be a mobile swimming pool cleaner having a pleated medium filter rather than a flaccid bag filter. |
| US10711472B2 |
Pass-through head assembly for a grid shoring system
A pass-through head assembly is provided. The pass-through head assembly may include a central shaft, a plurality of support bars, a seat, and a seat support plate. The central shaft may extend between a first end plate and a second end plate. Each end plate may define an aperture that aligns with an interior cavity of the central shaft. The plurality of support bars may extend from the central shaft and the second end plate. The seat and seat support plate may each be circumferentially disposed about the central shaft and define apertures that are sized to allow the seat and the seat support plate to pass over the central shaft and the plurality of support bars. The seat may be configured to support one or more beams. The seat support plate may be disposed between the seat and the second end plate. |
| US10711470B2 |
Climbing formwork and method for erection of a concrete structure
A climbing formwork and a method for erection of a concrete structure by successively casting a plurality of casting segments, the climbing formwork comprising a first form element for delimiting a cavity to receive concrete for forming an uppermost casting segment, the first form element having upper and lower ends, a support structure to support the first form element, a tilt sensor for measuring a tilt of the first form element, a measuring unit for measuring a horizontal distance between the lower end of the outer surface of the first form element and the upper end of the outer surface of the previous casting segment, a processing unit communicating with the tilt sensor and the measuring unit for calculating a target tilt of the first form element, the processing unit further for determining a deviation between the actual tilt and the target tilt of the first form element. |
| US10711469B2 |
Interlocking and shock attenuating tiling systems
An interlocking floor tile assembly is provided. It includes a first repeating array of spaced apart first tiles interconnected by first bridge portions wherein the first tiles and the first bridge portions define first spaces therebetween. It also includes a second repeating array of spaced apart second tiles interconnected by second bridge portions wherein the second tiles and the second bridge portions define second spaces therebetween. The second tiles are received in the first spaces and the first tiles are received in the second spaces. A shock attenuating tile may be provided in conjunction with the interlocking floor tile assembly to form a ground covering that is suitable for fall risk areas such as playgrounds. The shock attenuating tile preferably includes a plate having an upper side for bearing a load and a plurality of shock absorbing modules depending from an underside of the plate. |
| US10711467B1 |
Linkable tiles for covering a surface
Various embodiments of flooring and other tiles are described that comprise one or more magnets and/or routed edges to connect adjacent tiles to one another. Some tiles may comprise a set of magnets or magnetized portions to connect with an adjacent tile having a set of magnets of opposite polarity. |
| US10711466B2 |
Panel with positive locking
A panel having at least one pair of complementary locking structures at opposite panel edges, wherein at least one pair of the locking structures is provided with complementary hook profile portions, wherein at least one of the hook profile portions has a compression region. |
| US10711460B2 |
Tile and support structure
An illustrative embodiment of a tile and support structure may include a plurality of tiles, which may be generally rectangular in shape, engaged with one or more support structures. The tile may be formed with four edges, wherein two opposing edges may be formed with grooves therein and the other two opposing edges may be formed with protrusions thereon. The support structure may be formed with a generally vertical spine having two rails extending outward from a distal end thereof. The support structure may also include two generally horizontally extending flanges, which may be formed with a trough therein. The trough may include a plurality of apertures formed therein. One side of the trough may be defined by a lip. |
| US10711456B2 |
Fire-proof thermal-insulation board of B02 autoclaved aerated lightweight concrete and method for preparing same
Disclosed is a fire-proof thermal-insulation board of aerated concrete of B02-level lightweight autoclaved sand and its preparation method. Components of the thermal-insulation board are quartz sand, lime, cement, gypsum, aluminum powder, and foam stabilizer, weight percentages of the components are: 56%˜60% of the quartz sand, 8%˜11% of the lime, 20%˜30% of the cement, 2%˜4% of the gypsum, 0.24%˜0.26% of the aluminum powder, and 0.02%˜0.03% of the foam stabilizer. The fire-proof thermal-insulation board is made of an inorganic non-metallic material with lightweight, non-inflammable property and good thermal-insulation performance. The present disclosure well solves the thermal bridge problem of external wall of the building, and has A1-level fire-proof performance and good durability with the same service life as the building. The present disclosure overcomes low product strength, and inconvenience in transportation and construction in the prior art, reduces types of admixture used in the manufacturing process, and reduces the manufacturing cost. |
| US10711453B1 |
Building panel with a weather barrier
A sheathing panel includes a barrier overlay secured to a panel; wherein the sheathing panel is bulk water resistant and has at least one of the following properties: a water vapor transmission rate of at least 7.0 grams per square meter per 24 hours (grams/m2/24 hours) as determined by ASTM E96-15 procedure A at 73° F. and 50% relative humidity (RH), a water vapor permeance of at least 1.3 perms as determined by ASTM E96-15 procedure A at 73° F. and 50% relative humidity (RH), or an air infiltration rate of less than 0.2 liters per second per square meter (L/s-m2) at 75 pascals (Pa) as determined by ASTM E2357-11. |
| US10711452B1 |
Actuatable modular structures
Linear elements and connectors define the parts used by this building system to manufacture and/or form modules and multimodular structures. The linear elements and connectors meet and interact to form physical structures that can function as adaptable behavioral networks. At the junctures where linear elements and connectors meet, a plurality of interface mechanisms allow information transfer and/or form reversible structural changes within the modules and/or multimodular network structures built using this system. Structural changes within or between the fundamental digital elements making up a network structure may lead to the morphing of the greater structure. The fundamental digital elements are linear elements. The connectors allow the meeting/binding of digital elements. The connectors and linear elements act as structural and behavioral actuators that interface within the network structure they compose. These networks may use a plurality of linear element to connector interfaces to produce structural dynamism. This exemplary digital material's physical and logical topology is integrated to form fundamental networks that may produce structural and behavioral dynamism. |
| US10711450B2 |
Self-supporting and load bearing structural joint
A structural joint system connects hollow structural members that provide load transfer and alignment for the connection between structural members is described. The structural members may comprise a plurality of beams each having a first and second structural members. A first and second members being joined may or may not be axially aligned.In some embodiments, the structural joint includes a first structural member having a first mating face at one end of the first structural member, the first mating face having a two dimensional profile, a second structural member having a second mating face at one end of the second structural member and positioned proximate to the first mating face of the first structural member, the second mating face having a two dimensional profile that is similar to the two dimensional profile of the first mating face, a splice plate secured to the first structural member at the first mating face and removably secured to the second structural member at the second mating face, and fasteners that secure the splice plate to the first structural member and removably attach the splice plate to the second structural member. |
| US10711449B2 |
System for wall to wall connection for precast shear walls and method thereof
A system for wall to wall connection for precast shear walls includes a plurality of horizontal and vertical reinforcement bars configured within the precast shear wall. The system also includes a plurality of connecting tubes fixed between the spacing provided between the reinforcement bars, a plurality of openings provided between the plurality of connecting tubes, a plurality of grout tubes fixed above the plurality of openings to grout the openings after completing confection of the shear walls, a plurality of connecting bars capable of being inserted within the connecting tubes of the precast shear wall, when erected, a connecting device for inserting through the openings to grip the connecting bars, and a driving device to supply power to the drive for causing rotation of the drive/manual action and, thereby, sending the connecting bar in a translational motion from the first shear wall to the second shear wall. |
| US10711448B2 |
Storm water delay device
The present invention relates to a device comprising a coherent manmade vitreous fibre substrate (MMVF substrate) and at least one first conduit (2) and at least one second conduit (3), each conduit having first and second open ends, wherein the MMVF substrate (1) comprises man-made vitreous fibres bonded with a cured binder composition, wherein the first open end of the first conduit and the first open end of the second conduit are each independently in fluid communication with the MMVF substrate, wherein the first conduit is at a greater height than the second conduit, wherein at least a portion of the MMVF substrate is disposed between the first and second conduits. The MMVF substrate provides for an increased water storage ability due to the hydrophilic behaviour of the substrate and its increased surface. |
| US10711447B2 |
Adjustable floor drain and method of installation
A drain assembly comprises a shroud, a shank, and a frame. The drain assembly may further comprise a shim with an angled top surface. The frame may have an angled bottom surface. A rotational orientation of the angled top surface of the shim relative to the shank and a rotational orientation of the angled bottom surface of the frame relative to the shank may be independently adjustable, thereby allowing for the top surface of the frame to be both angularly and rotationally adjusted relative to a central axis of the drain assembly independent of the positional height of the shank. The drain assembly may further comprise a cover having bendable tabs. The bendable tabs may be disposed around a periphery of the cover and may be configured to contact an angled inner surface of an upper bowl of the shroud, such that the bendable tabs bend around the frame, thereby locking the cover onto the frame. |
| US10711443B2 |
Organic waste separator for under a sink
A waste separator for attachment to a sink drain pipe is provided, the waste separator comprising: a transverse pipe, the transverse pipe including a proximal end, a distal end, a sidewall therebetween, a solid waste outlet at the distal end and a magnetic flange on the sidewall, the transverse pipe defining a transverse bore, the transverse bore housing a motor-driven auger and a cylindrical filter between the motor-driven auger and the transverse pipe sidewall; a sink wastewater inlet in a vicinity of the proximal end, the sink wastewater inlet normal to the transverse bore and in fluid communication with the transverse bore; a normally-closed solenoid valve, the normally-closed solenoid valve in a vicinity of the distal end of the transverse pipe; a lower vessel, the lower vessel including a waste water outlet, the lower vessel defining an interior, the interior in fluid communication with the transverse bore proximate the proximal end; and a microprocessor, the microprocessor in electronic communication with the normally-closed solenoid valve. |
| US10711439B2 |
Flushing device for a sanitary device and toilet or urinal flush
The invention relates to a flushing system for a sanitary device, in particular a toilet flushing or a urinal flushing, comprising a cold water supply line (6), a warm water supply line (8), a valve arrangement (10) for admitting the water flowing through the cold water line (6) and the warm water line (8), and a water discharge line (12) for discharging the water admitted by the valve arrangement (10). Said flushing device simplifies, and preferably improves the technical problem, that is, compliance with quality criteria for the supply of cold water and hot water with regard to the water consumption in such a way that at least one temperature sensor (14, 16) for measuring the water temperature in the cold water supply line (6) and/or or in the warm water supply line (8) is provided, and for generating at least one temperature signal (T1, T2), according to the invention, a control (18) for actuating the valve arrangement (10) depending on the temperature signal (T1, T2) generates a control signal (S; S1, S2), and the valve arrangement (10) discharges water through the water discharge line (12) depending on the control signal (S; S1, S2). The invention further relates to a toilet flushing and to a urinal flushing. |
| US10711435B2 |
Frame assembly for machine
A frame assembly for a machine includes a main frame and a crossmember. The main frame includes first pair of rails and a second pair of rails laterally spaced from the first pair of rails. Each of the first pair of rails and the second pair of rails includes a first rail and a second rail vertically spaced from the first rail. The crossmember includes a first flange connected to both the first rail and second rail of the first pair of rails. The crossmember further includes a second flange connected to both the first rail and the second rail of the second pair of rails. |
| US10711431B2 |
Clamp implement for excavator
A clamp implement and a control system for controlling the clamp implement such that the clamp implement can be caused to follow motion of a bucket or other primary implement in a selected mode of operation. In another mode of operation, the claim implement can be caused to move independently of the primary implement. |
| US10711426B2 |
Blower control system
A controller for controlling a system for mitigating the flow of vapors from contaminated soil into a building controls a blower pulling an exhaust from underneath the sub slab of the building and blowing the vapors away from the building. The blower is controlled by pressure sensors that measure the pressure drop across the sub slab. The sensors are monitored by the controller to make sure they all have a minimum pressure drop. If any of the sensors have an inadequate pressure drop, the blower speed is increased a small amount by the controller. If all of the sensors have adequate pressure drop, then the blower speed is decreased by a small amount. The controller then rechecks the pressure drops on a periodic basis and makes appropriate blower speed adjustments after each measurement. |
| US10711418B2 |
Snow thrower with electronic controls
A snow thrower includes a body, a chute rotatable relative to the body about a vertical axis, wherein the chute is configured to discharge snow from the snowthrower, a chute motor for rotating the chute, and a chute position user interface. The chute motor is electrically controlled to rotate the chute in response to a first input duration to the chute position user interface and to rotate the chute in response to a second input duration to the chute position user interface. The chute motor ceases operation after the first input duration and the chute motor continues operation after the second input duration. |
| US10711416B2 |
Roadway sweeper with multiple sweeping modes
A roadway or pavement sweeper with multiple sweeping modes for the removal of debris from a swept surface may, in some embodiments, include a sweeper vehicle having a pair of side-brooms independently movable between a retracted and extended position for sweeping debris into an area therebetween and at least one material-transfer broom to sweep a portion of the debris accumulated between the side-brooms as the vehicle moves in its direction of travel. A fan-driven suction-inlet may be provided at or adjacent each side of the vehicle. The at least one material-transfer broom may rotate in a first or other direction to transfer debris for entrainment into a selected suction-inlet for transfer to a debris hopper. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US10711415B1 |
Highway crash barrel
A highway crash barrel incorporates a first portion and a second portion capable of interlocking with each other. A ballast is present in the first portion and a hollow portion is present in the second portion. |
| US10711414B2 |
Earth working machine having a conveying device quickly distanceable from the milling unit, and method therefor
The present invention relates to an earth working machine (10) having a machine frame (12); a milling unit (26) that is carried on the machine frame (12) and encompasses a milling tool (28) and a milling tool housing (30) that shields the milling tool (28) with respect to the external environment of the earth working machine (10); and a receiving conveying device (36); the receiving conveying device (36), both in an operationally ready operating state and in a non-operationally-ready installation state, being mounted on the earth working machine (10) movably relative to the machine frame (12); such that in the operational state of the receiving conveying device (36), a portion of the receiving conveying device (36) which is located closer to the milling tool (28) is coupled by means of a first motion coupling (53) for motion together with a part (52) of the milling tool housing (30) which is movable relative to the machine frame (12); such that in order to establish the installation state, the first motion coupling (53) is disengageable, and that portion (36a) of the receiving conveying device (36) which is located closer to the milling tool (28) is swingably suspendable on the machine frame (12). Provision is made according to the present invention that the receiving conveying device (36), in addition to swingable suspension (56) on the machine frame (12), is couplable by means of a second motion coupling (58), different from the first (53), to a component arrangement (24, 46) of the earth working machine (10) which is drivable to move relative to the machine frame (12), in such a way that a driven motion of the component arrangement (24, 46), from an initial position into a final position different therefrom, brings about a displacement of the swingably suspended receiving conveying device (36) away from the milling unit (26). |
| US10711413B2 |
Method for the high speed indentation of a recyclable heat exchanger in a land-based infrastructure
A method for manufacturing a road surfacing on the surface pipes of a heat exchanger device by a) spreading asphalt mix comprising a granular fraction, a hydrocarbon-based binder at a temperature below 160° C., wherein the asphalt mix has a workability of less than 400 N, b) depositing the pipes, said pipes having a crushing strength greater than 3000 N per linear metre of pipe at 100° C., a thermal expansion less than 200·10−6 K−1 at 20° C. in such a way as to enable their indentation even in the absence of cooling means or pressure application means, c) indenting the deposited pipes into said integration layer by compacting said asphalt mix during the workability period of said asphalt mix, to form an integration layer comprising the pipes of a heat exchanger device, and d) applying a surface layer there above for the road surface. |
| US10711409B2 |
Trestle mat construction panel configured for use with building equipment and a method of manufacture and/or use thereof
A trestle mat construction panel configured for use with building equipment and a method of manufacture and use thereof. The trestle mat construction panel is preferably formed of a partially hollow core body and strong support material to allow the construction panel to be easily placed and moved and to support various materials, such as construction equipment including cranes and the like, when in use. |
| US10711405B2 |
Fiberglass guard rail
A guardrail system for use along a roadway. The system can include a longitudinal body having one or more longitudinal void spaces formed therein, at least one substantially vertical post connected at one or both ends of the body, and a longitudinal member disposed within any one of the longitudinal void spaces of the body having a crosswise ultimate tensile strength that is at least 20% greater than the crosswise ultimate tensile strength of the longitudinal body. |
| US10711403B2 |
Shaped tray or plate of fibrous material and a method of manufacturing the same
The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a shaped tray or plate of fibrous material. The method comprises the steps of (i) providing a fibrous pulp, in which the fibres substantially consist of at least 85 wt-% of softwood fibres having an average fibre length of at least 2.0 mm and at most 15 wt-% of broke having a fibre length of about 0.05 mm to 1.0 mm, (ii) turning the pulp into a foamed suspension, (iii) supplying the foamed suspension from a headbox to a forming fabric of a board machine to form a fibrous web, (iv) drying the web to obtain a dried web having a compressibility in the thickness direction of at least 20%, and (v) including the web as a layer in a board, which is turned to said tray or plate by thermopressing or deep-drawing. The invention even covers shaped trays and plates produced by use of the method. |
| US10711395B2 |
Textured fibrous structures
Textured fibrous structures, and more particularly textured fibrous structures having a plurality of deformations such that the textures fibrous structures exhibit novel surface height properties compared to known fibrous structures, and methods for making such textured fibrous structures. |
| US10711394B2 |
Composite having plant fiber textile and fabricating method thereof
The present disclosure provides a plant fiber textile, a laminate with the plant fiber textile and a fabricating method of the laminate. The plant fiber textile has a matrix resin and continuous plant fibers distributed within the matrix resin. The plant fibers are subjected to a surface modification pretreatment including a coupling treatment with a coupling agent and/or a fire retardation treatment with a fire retardant. The laminate has a stack structure including a layer of the plant fiber textile and at least one layer selected from a group consisting of following layers: glass fiber, aramid fiber or carbon fiber non-woven cloth or textile, preferably distributed within the matrix resin; polymer fiber non-woven cloth or textile, preferably distributed within the matrix resin; or polymer foam or rubber material. |
| US10711388B2 |
Support for household appliance, and household appliance
The present disclosure provides a support for household appliance and a household appliance. The support for household appliance comprises a hydraulic plate; a sheath, which is fixedly connected with the hydraulic plate; a regulating element, which is arranged in the sheath and is axially movable relative to the sheath; an accommodation chamber, which is formed by the hydraulic plate, the sheath and the regulating element; a hydraulic medium, which is arranged in the accommodation chamber and is compressed/expands depending on pressure changes to drive the regulating element to axially move in the sheath for leveling; at least two supports for household appliance communicate with each other to allow the hydraulic medium to flow between the supports; and the hydraulic plate is provided with a one-way flow stop mechanism for conducting the hydraulic medium in one direction. |
| US10711386B2 |
Laundry treatment apparatus and method of controlling the same
Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus, which directly heats a drum accommodating laundry therein, and which is enhanced in efficiency and safety. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a drum formed of a metal material and provided to accommodate laundry therein, an induction module spaced apart from a circumferential surface of the drum and provided to heat the circumferential surface of the drum via a magnetic field that is generated when current is applied to a coil, a lifter provided in the drum to move the laundry inside the drum when the drum rotates, and a module controller configured to control an output of the induction module so as to control an amount of heat generated from the circumferential surface of the drum. The module controller variably controls the amount of heat that is generated based on a change in a position of the lifter that occurs when the drum rotates. |
| US10711380B2 |
Article with embroidered tape segments
An article comprised of tape segments embroidered in place is disclosed. One embodiment includes tape segments embroidered to a self-supporting embroidered structure. Another embodiment includes tape segments embroidered together to form an embroidered lattice structure. In one embodiment, some of the tape segments may expand when exposed to heat and may be used to form cushioning regions for the article. |
| US10711378B2 |
Knit textile sleeve with self-sustaining expanded and contracted states and method of construction thereof
A protective textile sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve has a knit, tubular wall extending lengthwise along a central longitudinal axis between opposite ends. The knit wall has a first state with a decreased length, increased cross-sectional area, as viewed in cross-section taken generally transversely to the central longitudinal axis, and a second state with an increased length, decreased cross-sectional area, as viewed in cross-section taken generally transversely to the central longitudinal axis. The wall includes knit, heat-set yarns imparting a bias on the wall, wherein the bias causes the wall to remain substantially in the first and second states absent an externally applied force. |
| US10711374B1 |
Automated instrumentation for production of T-cell receptor peptide libraries
The present disclosure provides instrumentation and automated methods for creating cell surface display libraries, where the cells of the library display engineered peptides on their cell surfaces for identification of antigens that bind to T-cell receptors. The engineered peptides may be putative antigens or binding regions of the T-cell receptors. |
| US10711372B2 |
Silicon carbide epitaxial wafer manufacturing method, silicon carbide semiconductor device manufacturing method and silicon carbide epitaxial wafer manufacturing apparatus
A silicon carbide epitaxial wafer manufacturing method includes: a stabilization step of nitriding, oxidizing or oxynitriding and stabilizing silicon carbide attached to an inner wall surface of a growth furnace; after the stabilization step, a bringing step of bringing a substrate in the growth furnace; and after the bringing step, a growth step of epitaxially growing a silicon carbide epitaxial layer on the substrate by supplying a process gas into the growth furnace to manufacture a silicon carbide epitaxial wafer. |
| US10711371B2 |
Lithium niobate single crystal substrate and method of producing the same
To provide a lithium niobate (LN) substrate which allows treatment conditions regarding a temperature, a time, and the like to be easily managed and in which an in-plane distribution of a volume resistance value is very small, and a method of producing the same.A method of producing an LN substrate by using an LN single crystal grown by the Czochralski process, in which an LN single crystal having a Fe concentration of 50 mass ppm or more and 1000 mass ppm or less in the single crystal and processed into a form of a substrate is buried in an Al powder or a mixed powder of Al and Al2O3, and heat-treated at a temperature of 450° C. or more and less than 500° C., to produce a lithium niobate single crystal substrate having a volume resistivity controlled to be within a range of 1×108 Ω·cm or more to 1×1010 Ω·cm or less. |
| US10711370B2 |
Epitaxial growing device and method for making epitaxial structure using the same
An epitaxial growing device to increase the speed of epitaxial deposition comprises a cavity comprising a reaction chamber, a gas supply unit, a vacuum pumping unit, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a carbon nanotube structure. A gas supply unit and the vacuum pumping unit are connected to the reaction chamber, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the carbon nanotube structure being located in the reaction chamber. The carbon nanotube structure is electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode and suspended through the first electrode and the second electrode and is heatable in itself. A method for growing an epitaxial layer using such device is also provided. |
| US10711369B2 |
Method for producing silicon carbide single crystal and silicon carbide single crystal substrate
The present invention provides a method for producing an SiC single crystal, enabling obtaining an SiC single crystal substrate in which a screw dislocation-reduced region is ensured in a wide range, and an SiC single crystal substrate. The SiC single crystal substrate is produced using a seed crystal having an off angle in the off orientation from a {0001} plane by a production method wherein in advance of a growth main step of performing crystal growth to form a facet {0001} plane in the crystal peripheral part on the crystal end face having grown thereon the bulk silicon carbide single crystal and obtain more than 50% of the thickness of the obtained SiC single crystal, a growth sub-step of growing the crystal at a higher nitrogen concentration than in the growth main step and at a growth atmosphere pressure of 3.9 to 39.9 kPa and a seed crystal temperature of 2,100° C. to less than 2,300° C. is included. |
| US10711368B2 |
Method for producing silicon single crystal
A manufacturing method of monocrystalline silicon includes: melting silicon housed in a quartz crucible into a silicon melt by heating the quartz crucible with a heating unit; dipping a seed crystal into the silicon melt in the quartz crucible to bring the seed crystal into contact with the silicon melt; and pulling up the seed crystal to grow monocrystalline silicon. In the pulling-up, a formation of a straight body of the monocrystalline silicon is started at a power consumption of the heating unit being equal to or more than 10000 kWh to grow an entirety of the monocrystalline silicon. |
| US10711367B2 |
Multi-layer susceptor design for magnetic flux shielding in directional solidification furnaces
An induction furnace assembly comprising a chamber having a mold; a primary inductive coil coupled to the chamber; a layered susceptor comprising at least two layers of magnetic field attenuating material surrounding the chamber between the primary inductive coil and the mold to nullify the electromagnetic field in the hot zone of the furnace chamber. |
| US10711366B2 |
Removal of electroplating bath additives
In one example, an electroplating system comprising a bath reservoir having a first inlet for feeding fresh electrolyte solution into the bath reservoir and a first outlet for bleeding used electrolyte solution out of the bath reservoir, a second inlet for receiving recycled electrolyte solution into the bath reservoir, and a second outlet for discharge of electrolyte solution from the bath reservoir. A plating cell is providing for electroplating an object, the plating cell has an inlet in direct or indirect fluid communication with the bath reservoir, and an outlet for discharge of electrolyte solution from the plating cell. An extraction column extracts by-products generated by the plating cell and has an inlet in direct or indirect fluid communication with the outlet of the plating cell, and an outlet for discharge of electrolyte solution from the extraction column. A first particle filter is disposed in a fluid pathway between the second outlet of the bath reservoir and the inlet of the plating cell, and a second particle filter is disposed in a fluid pathway between the outlet of the extraction column and the second inlet of the bath reservoir. |
| US10711364B2 |
Uniform flow behavior in an electroplating cell
Apparatuses and methods are provided for depositing a metal layer on a wafer. A secondary weir is positioned at a region below the primary weir such that overflowed plating solution over the primary weir during electroplating flows in a substantially azimuthally uniform manner. Methods are provided for electroplating wafers by increasing flow rate between wafer processes while plating solution flows over a primary weir, remains in contact with the overflowing plating solution, and flows onto the secondary weir such that overflow is substantially azimuthally uniform. |
| US10711363B2 |
Anodic oxide based composite coatings of augmented thermal expansivity to eliminate thermally induced crazing
A process is disclosed for minimizing the difference in thermal expansivity between a porous anodic oxide coating and its corresponding substrate metal, so as to allow heat treatments or high temperature exposure of the anodic oxide without thermally induced crazing. A second phase of higher thermal expansivity than that of the oxide material is incorporated into the pores of the oxide in sufficient quantity to raise the coating's thermal expansion coefficient. The difference in thermal expansion between the anodic oxide coating and underlying metal substrate is reduced to a level such that thermal exposure is insufficient for any cracking to result. The second phase may be an electrodeposited metal, or an electrophoretically deposited polymer. The second phase may be uniformly deposited to a certain depth, or may be deposited at varying amounts among the pores. |
| US10711360B2 |
Nickel electroplating compositions with copolymers of arginine and bisepoxides and methods of electroplating nickel
Nickel electroplating compositions containing copolymers of arginine and a bisepoxide enable the electroplating of nickel deposits which have uniform bright surfaces over wide current density ranges. |
| US10711358B2 |
Method of producing low alpha-ray emitting bismuth, and low alpha-ray emitting bismuth
Provided is low alpha-ray emitting bismuth having an alpha dose of 0.003 cph/cm2 or less. Additionally provided is a method of producing low alpha-ray emitting bismuth, wherein bismuth having an alpha dose of 0.5 cph/cm2 or less is used as a raw material, the raw material bismuth is melted in a nitric acid solution via electrolysis to prepare a bismuth nitrate solution having a bismuth concentration of 5 to 50 g/L and a pH of 0.0 to 0.4, the bismuth nitrate solution is passed through a column filled with ion-exchange resin to eliminate polonium contained in the solution by an ion-exchange resin, and bismuth is recovered by means of electrowinning from the solution that was passed through the ion-exchange resin. Recent semiconductor devices are of high density and high capacity, and therefore are subject to increased risk of soft errors caused by the effects of alpha rays emitted from materials in the vicinity of semiconductor chips. In particular, there is a strong demand for higher purification of solder materials used near semiconductor devices, and there is a demand for low alpha-ray emitting materials. Therefore, the present invention aims to elucidate the phenomenon of alpha ray generation from bismuth, and to provide a low alpha-ray emitting, high-purity bismuth that can be applied to the required materials and a production method thereof, as well as to provide an alloy of low alpha-ray emitting bismuth and tin and a production method thereof. |
| US10711356B2 |
Oxygen-consuming electrode and method for producing same
The invention relates to an oxygen-consuming electrode, in particular for use in chloralkali electrolysis, comprising a novel catalyst coating based on carbon nanotubes and a silver-based cocatalyst, and to an electrolysis device. The invention further relates to a method for producing said oxygen-consuming electrode and to the use thereof in chloralkali electrolysis or fuel cell technology. |
| US10711354B2 |
Electrolysis apparatus for collecting nitrogen compound using ferric-ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid
The present invention relates to an electrolysis apparatus for collecting a nitrogen compound using ferric-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (Fe-EDTA), and more particularly, to an electrolysis apparatus for collecting a nitrogen compound in exhaust gas by supplying electric energy to cause a redox reaction of Fe-EDTA. |
| US10711353B2 |
Pickling device and pickling pause operation method
To prevent over-pickling of a steel strip during pickling pause, and shorten the time required to switch between pickling operation and pickling pause, a pickling device includes: a pickling tank for storing acid solution and for pickling a steel strip by allowing the steel strip to travel therethrough while the steel strip is immersed in the acid solution; a heat exchanger for heating the acid solution in the pickling tank; a circulation tank for storing the acid solution, provided separately from the pickling tank; an acid-solution circulation unit configured to circulate the acid solution between the pickling tank and the acid-solution storage tank; and a control device configured to control the acid-solution circulation device to maintain a liquid level of the acid solution in the pickling tank at a level below a traveling height of the steel strip. |
| US10711351B1 |
Electroless plating composition for electroless deposition of aluminum or aluminum alloy and article including electroless deposited aluminum layer
An article includes an electroless deposited aluminum layer. The aluminum layer is deposited in an electroless plating composition. The composition includes an aluminum ionic liquid, a reducing agent, and an additive selected from the group consisting of a catalyst, an alloying element, and a combination thereof. |
| US10711350B2 |
Alumina layer formation on aluminum surface to protect aluminum parts
Implementations described herein generally relate to materials and coatings, and more specifically to materials and coatings for aluminum and aluminum-containing chamber components. In one implementation, a process is provided. The process comprises exposing an aluminum-containing component to a moisture thermal treatment process and exposing the aluminum-containing component to a thermal treatment process. The moisture thermal treatment process comprises exposing the aluminum-containing component to an environment having a moisture content from about 30% to about 100% at a first temperature from about 30 to about 100 degrees Celsius. The thermal treatment process comprises heating the aluminum-containing component to a second temperature from about 200 degrees Celsius to about 550 degrees Celsius to form an alumina layer on the at least one surface of the aluminum-containing component. |
| US10711348B2 |
Apparatus to improve substrate temperature uniformity
Apparatus for improving substrate temperature uniformity in a substrate processing chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, a cover plate for a substrate processing chamber includes: an outer portion; and a raised inner portion having a thermally emissive layer, wherein a thermal emissivity of the thermally emissive layer varies across the thermally emissive layer. |
| US10711343B2 |
Storage and delivery of antimony-containing materials to an ion implanter
A novel method, composition and storage and delivery container for using antimony-containing dopant materials are provided. The composition is selected with sufficient vapor pressure to flow at a steady, sufficient and sustained flow rate into an arc chamber as part of an ion implant process. The antimony-containing material is represented by a non-carbon containing chemical formula, thereby reducing or eliminating the introduction of carbon-based deposits into the ion chamber. The composition is stored in a storage and delivery vessel under stable conditions, which includes a moisture-free environment that does not contain trace amounts of moisture. The storage and delivery container is specifically designed to allow delivery of high purity, vapor phase antimony-containing dopant material at a steady, sufficient and sustained flow rate. |
| US10711340B2 |
Baffle device for evaporation apparatus and evaporation apparatus
The present disclosure provides a baffle device for an evaporation apparatus and the evaporation apparatus. The baffle device includes a baffle assembly, configured to separate an evaporation ejection source from a substrate when the substrate is being switched in the evaporation apparatus; and at least one collection device, provided below the baffle assembly, and configured to collect evaporation material falling down from the baffle assembly. |
| US10711339B2 |
Industrial vapor generator for depositing an alloy coating on a metal strip
A method deposits a metal alloy coating on a substrate using a vacuum deposition facility. The facility is equipped with a vapour generator/mixer comprising a vacuum chamber enclosure provided with an inlet and an outlet for the substrate. The enclosure includes a vapour deposition head and an ejector is provided to create a jet of metal alloy vapour of sonic velocity towards the surface of the substrate and perpendicular thereto. The ejector is in sealed communication with a separate mixer device, which is itself connected upstream to at least two crucibles respectively, these containing different metals in liquid form, each crucible being connected to the mixer by its own pipe. The method uses a series of partitions to create alternating layers of metal vapours. The metal vapours enter the mixer inlet of the mixer at a velocity from 5 to 50 m/s to provide better homogeneity. |
| US10711336B2 |
Alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and method of manufacturing the same
Provided is an alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet including a base steel sheet, the base steel sheet containing a given amount of C, Si, Mn, and other elements. The alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet is provided with an alloyed hot-dip galvanized layer on a surface of the base steel sheet, the alloyed hot-dip galvanized layer containing, in mass %, Fe: more than or equal to 5% and less than or equal to 15%, and having a thickness of more than or equal to 3 μm and less than or equal to 30 μm. The alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes an A layer immediately under the surface of the base steel sheet, the A layer being formed in the base steel sheet and having a thickness of more than or equal to 2 μm and less than or equal to 20 μm from the surface of the base steel sheet, containing more than or equal to 50 vol % of a ferrite structure, and containing more than or equal to 90 mass % of unoxidized Fe, less than or equal to 10 mass % of a total of contents of oxides of Fe, Si, Mn, P, S, and Al, and less than 0.05 mass % of C. |
| US10711335B2 |
Bubble pump resistant to attack by molten aluminum
A bubble pump is provided. The bubble pump has an interior formed from a material that is resistant to attack by molten aluminum. The interior surface may be formed from a ceramic. The ceramic may be selected from the following: alumina, magnesia, silicate, silicon carbide, or graphite, and the mixtures thereof. The ceramic may be a carbon-free, 85% Al2O3 phosphate bonded castable refractory. |
| US10711333B2 |
High-strength steel sheet and method for manufacturing same
Disclosed is a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition and a steel microstructure that contains, in area ratio, 15% or more and 55% or less of polygonal ferrite and 15% or more and 30% or less of martensite, and that contains, in volume fraction, 12% or more of retained austenite, in which the polygonal ferrite, the martensite, and the retained austenite have a mean grain size of 4 μm or less, 2 μm or less, and 2 μm or less, respectively, and each have a mean grain aspect ratio of 2.0 or less, and in which a value obtained by dividing an Mn content in the retained austenite in mass % by an Mn content in the polygonal ferrite in mass % equals 2.0 or more. |
| US10711329B2 |
Beryllium-free high-strength copper alloys
A beryllium-free high-strength copper alloy includes, about 10-30 vol % of L12-(Ni,Cu)3(Al,Sn), and substantially excludes cellular discontinuous precipitation around grain boundaries. The alloy may include at least one component selected from the group consisting of: Ag, Cr, Mn, Nb, Ti, and V, and the balance Cu. |
| US10711327B2 |
Composite materials, apparatuses, and methods
Provided are composite materials that may include a monophasic blend including at least one metal, and graphene. The graphene may be present in the monophasic blend at an amount of about 0.001% to about 90%, by weight, based on the weight of the composite material. Also provided are methods for continuously producing composite materials, and apparatuses. |
| US10711326B2 |
Method for the hydrometallurgical recovery of lithium from the lithium manganese oxide-containing fraction of used galvanic cells
The invention relates to a method for the hydrometallurgical recovery of lithium from the lithium manganese oxide-containing fraction of used galvanic cells. |
| US10711321B2 |
Adhesive coating composition for non-oriented electrical steel sheet, non-oriented electrical steel sheet product, and manufacturing method therefor
The present invention relates to a non-oriented electrical steel sheet adhesive coating composition including the constituent elements below, a non-oriented electrical steel sheet product, and a manufacturing method thereof. The non-oriented electrical steel sheet adhesive coating composition includes: a first component including an organic/inorganic composite; and a second component including a composite metal phosphate, wherein the organic/inorganic composite is formed by having inorganic nanoparticles chemically substituted with some functional groups in an organic resin, the organic resin is one, or two or more, selected from an epoxy-based resin, an ester-based resin, an acrylic resin, a styrene-based resin, a urethane-based resin, and an ethylene-based resin, and the inorganic nanoparticles are one, or two or more, selected from SiO2, Al2O3, TiO2, MgO, ZnO, and ZrO2. |
| US10711318B2 |
Microbial strain for electrosynthesis and electrofermentation
A genetically engineered strain of Geobacter sulfurreducens exhibits improved function as a cathode biofilm compared to the wild type strain. The genetically engineered Geobacter sulfurreducens strain is capable of using carbon dioxide as a carbon source and electrical current as an energy source for producing a carbonaceous chemical using a reverse tricarboxylic acid pathway. |
| US10711317B2 |
Detection of nucleic acids from multiple types of human papillomavirus
Nucleic acid oligonucleotide sequences are disclosed which include amplification oligomers and probe oligomers which are useful for detecting multiple types of human papillomaviruses (HPV) associated with cervical cancer. Methods for detecting multiple HPV types in biological specimens by amplifying HPV nucleic acid sequences in vitro and detecting the amplified products are disclosed. |
| US10711315B2 |
Method for producing RNA
The present invention relates to a method for producing RNA. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for producing RNA, which is scalable and provides RNA at a high purity. The present invention provides a method for producing RNA under GMP and/or cGMP-compliant conditions. The invention further provides specific processes for use as a quality control in the manufacturing of a template DNA and/or in a method for producing RNA, in particular by in vitro transcription. |
| US10711314B2 |
Methods for diagnosing IDH-mutant cell proliferation disorders
Methods of diagnosing subjects having a cell proliferation-related disorder or suspected of having a cell proliferation-related disorder associated with mutant IDH enzymes with 2HG neoactivity. |
| US10711313B2 |
Kit for detecting ctDNA and expression of drug-resistant genes related to applicability of tumor chemotherapeutic drugs
A kit for determining ctDNA concentration and a method for determining ctDNA concentration is disclosed, wherein the method comprising dissolving extracted ctDNA in Tris-HCl buffer with pH>7.0 and adding into the buffer 2,7-bis(1-methyl-4-vinylpyridine)-9-ethylcarbazole iodised salt as a molecular probe, calculating the concentration of ctDNA in the solution by measuring the Fluorescence intensity of the solution. It has extremely high sensitivity in the determination of 0 μg/ml˜50 μg/ml ctDNA solution. |
| US10711310B2 |
Tert promoter mutations in gliomas and a subset of tumors
We surveyed 1,230 tumors of 60 different types and found that tumors could be divided into types with low (<15%) and high (≥15%) frequencies of TERT promoter mutations. The nine TERT-high tumor types almost always originated in tissues with relatively low rates of self renewal, including melanomas, liposarcomas, hepatocellular carcinomas, urothelial carcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas of the tongue, medulloblastomas, and subtypes of gliomas (including 83% of primary glioblastoma, the most common brain tumor type). TERT and ATRX mutations were mutually exclusive, suggesting that these two genetic mechanisms confer equivalent selective growth advantages. In addition to their implications for understanding the relationship between telomeres and tumorigenesis, TERT mutations provide a biomarker for the early detection of urinary tract and liver tumors and aid in the classification and prognostication of brain tumors. |
| US10711303B2 |
CETP inhibitors for therapeutic use
The present invention provides genotyping methods and compositions for selecting patients with cardiovascular disease who will benefit from treatment with HDL-raising or HDL mimicking agent, in particular with a CETP inhibitor/modulator. |
| US10711300B2 |
Methods and compositions for delivery of molecules and complexes to reaction sites
The present invention provides methods, compositions, and systems for distributing molecules and complexes into reaction sites. In particular, the methods, compositions, and systems of the present invention result in an active loading of molecules and complexes into reaction sites with improved efficiency over loading by passive diffusion methods alone. |
| US10711295B2 |
Compositions, kits and related methods for the detection and/or monitoring of salmonella
Provided are compositions, kits, and methods for the identification of Salmonella. In certain aspects and embodiments, the compositions, kits, and methods may provide improvements in relation to specificity, sensitivity, and speed of detection. |
| US10711291B2 |
Recombinant engineered bacterium co-expressing trans-anethole oxygenase and formate dehydrogenase and application thereof in production of piperonal
The present application discloses a method for producing piperonal by using a recombinant engineered bacterium co-expressing trans-anethole oxygenase and formate dehydrogenase, and an engineered bacterium thereof, including constructing a formate dehydrogenase gene fdh and trans-anethole oxygenase gene tao or trans-anethole oxygenase mutant gene co-expression recombinant vector; inductively expressing recombinant genetically engineered bacterium; and producing piperonal by using the recombinant genetically engineered bacterium. 15.91 g/L of piperonal with a transformation rate of 79.55% and a time-space transformation rate of 2.27 g/L/h can be finally obtained during catalysis, and the yield is significantly improved compared with the existing piperonal, thereby being more conducive to the smooth realization of industrial production. |
| US10711290B2 |
Transformed fungus having enhanced ergothioneine productivity and method for producing ergothioneine
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an organism having an ergothioneine productivity that is capable of easily producing ergothioneine within a short period of time at a high yield, as compared with a conventional technology, and, therefore, enables ergothioneine production on an industrial scale. This purpose can be achieved by a transformed fungus into which a gene encoding enzyme (1) or genes encoding enzymes (1) and (2) have been inserted and in which the inserted gene(s) are overexpressed. (1) an enzyme catalyzing a reaction of synthesizing hercynyl cysteine sulfoxide from histidine and cysteine in the presence of S-adenosyl methionine, iron (II) and oxygen. (2) An enzyme catalyzing a reaction of synthesizing ergothioneine from hercynyl cysteine sulfoxide using pyridoxal 5′-phosphate as a coenzyme. |
| US10711286B2 |
Integrated process for coproducing alcohol and organic acid from lignocellulosic material
The invention relates to an integrated process for alcohol production and organic acid production from lignocellulosic material. |
| US10711283B2 |
Primary cell gene editing
Methods and compositions are provided for nuclease-mediated gene editing of primary cells without the use of viral mediated delivery. Methods of treatments using edited primary cells are also provided. |
| US10711277B2 |
Plant regulatory elements and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for regulatory elements from Eupatorium Vein Clearing Virus. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the regulatory element sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant or plant cell with a nucleotide sequence operably linked to one of the regulatory elements of the present disclosure. |
| US10711276B2 |
Sequence variants
Amino acid residue misincorporations are necessarily found in sequence variants at low concentrations in admixture with expressed polypeptides, resulting from one or more base mismatches within codons susceptible to amino acid residue misincorporation during transcription and/or translation. The invention provides a method of optimizing the coding sequences of a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide, wherein at least one codon is susceptible to amino acid residue misincorporation. The method of the invention can be used to reverse-engineer an unknown coding sequence, which encodes the same polypeptide, but differs in said at least one codon from the known coding sequence. The method can further be used to alter the immunogenic potential of an expressed polypeptide. Thus, the invention is useful in engineering optimized polynucleotides encoding polypeptides. |
| US10711274B2 |
RAAV-based compositions and methods for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
The invention relates to inhibitory nucleic acids and rAAV-based compositions, methods and kits useful for treating Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. |
| US10711273B2 |
Amino acid-modified nucleic acid and utilization thereof
Provided is a method for synthesizing a protein, into which a nucleobase amino acid (NBA) is introduced at a desired position, that comprises: a step for preparing mRNA into which a modified codon is inserted at a desired position downstream of an initiation codon; and a step for translating the aforesaid mRNA into a protein in the presence of tRNA, said tRNA recognizing the modified codon and being acylated with the NBA. Also provided is a ribozyme that catalyzes the aminoacylation of tRNA and comprises two RNA molecules. |
| US10711268B2 |
Method for producing peptide library, peptide library, and screening method
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a peptide library capable of incorporating an arbitrary number of arbitrary proteinogenic and/or non-proteinogenic amino acids in an arbitrary site. The invention provides a method for producing a peptide library including 1×106 or more kinds of peptides containing amino acids encoded by N1N2N3, including a step of preparing an mRNA library including mRNAs which encode peptides of the peptide library and each contain at least one N1N2N3; and a step of translating each mRNA of the mRNA library in a cell-free translation system added with tRNA containing an anticodon to any one of N1N2N3 codons and charged with an amino acid corresponding to the codon (wherein, N1, N2, and N3 are each independently selected from adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and uracil (U) and an arbitrary amino acid is reassigned to each N1N2N3). |
| US10711265B2 |
Electrophoresis assisted method for purifying a target nucleic acid using a delayed elution approach
Provided is inter alia to an electrophoresis assisted method for purifying a target nucleic acid from a nucleic acid containing sample, comprising (a) binding the target nucleic acid to a solid phase; (b) placing the solid phase with the bound target nucleic acid into a loading chamber of a device, wherein the device comprises a passage which comprises the loading chamber, optionally a liquid permeable separation matrix adjacent to the loading chamber, and a liquid permeable collection matrix and wherein the solid phase with the bound target nucleic acid is present in the loading chamber in a liquid medium comprising at least one water-miscible organic solvent and wherein the target nucleic acid remains bound to the solid phase in said liquid medium; (c) generating an electric field between a cathode and an anode and using a running solution that conducts the electric current, wherein the running solution dilutes the liquid medium comprised in the loading chamber resulting in elution of the bound target nucleic acid, and wherein the eluted target nucleic acid migrates according to its charge in the electric field and is retained by the collection matrix; (d) collecting the purified target nucleic acid. The method is particularly suitable for isolating RNA. The liquid medium delays elution of the RNA from the solid phase, thereby preventing a degradation of the RNA by e.g. RNases. |
| US10711262B2 |
Storage-stable enzyme granules
The storage stability of enzyme granules for detergents can be improved by incorporating a polyamine having a molecule with at least 10% w/w of nitrogen wherein at least 50% of the N atoms are present as amines. |
| US10711261B2 |
Tethering cysteine residues using cyclic disulfides
Described herein are compounds and methods for tethering proteins. For example, dimers of Protein X listed in Table 1 are described, where the dimers are formed by the covalent bonding of a cysteine on the first monomer to a cysteine on the second monomer via a cyclic disulfide linker. The covalently attached dimers exhibit increased stabilization and can be used to treat neurodegenerative diseases (such as, for example, Parkinson's Disease, ALS, Alzheimer's Disease, Huntington's Disease, Epilepsy, Frontotemporal Dementia, and/or DMD), cancer, autoimmune disease, and/or Celiac disease. |
| US10711260B2 |
Histidyl-tRNA synthetase-Fc conjugates
The present invention provides histidyl-tRNA synthetase and Fc region conjugate polypeptides (HRS-Fc conjugates), such as HRS-Fc fusion polypeptides, compositions comprising the same, and methods of using such conjugates and compositions for treating or diagnosing a variety of conditions. The HRS-Fc conjugates of the invention have improved controlled release properties, stability, half-life, and other pharmacokinetic and biological properties relative to corresponding, unmodified HRS polypeptides. |
| US10711258B2 |
Engineered nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids
The present disclosure provides engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids, as well as expression cassettes, vectors and cells comprising such nucleic acid sequences, are described. Also, methods are disclosed for making and using the engineered cross-type-nucleic-acid targeting nucleic acids and compositions thereof. |
| US10711257B2 |
Modified cascade ribonucleoproteins and uses thereof
A clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-associated complex for adaptive antiviral defence (Cascade); the Cascade protein complex comprising at least CRISPR-associated protein subunits Cas7, Cas5 and Cash which includes at least one subunit with an additional amino acid sequence possessing nucleic acid or chromatin modifying, visualising, transcription activating or transcription repressing activity. The Cascade complex with additional activity is combined with an RNA molecule to produce a ribonucleoprotein complex. The RNA molecule is selected to have substantial complementarity to a target sequence. Targeted ribonucleoproteins can be used as genetic engineering tools for precise cutting of nucleic acids in homologous recombination, non-homologous end joining, gene modification, gene integration, mutation repair or for their visualisation, transcriptional activation or repression. A pair of ribonucleotides fused to FokI dimers may be used to generate double-strand breakages in the DNA to facilitate these applications in a sequence-specific manner. |
| US10711253B2 |
Compositions of and methods for in vitro viral genome engineering
The present disclosure relates to a method of in vitro engineering of nucleic acids. This disclosure further relates to in vitro engineering of viral genomes and to the improvement of viral properties by in vitro genomic engineering of viral genomes. Specifically, the disclosure relates to in vitro viral genomic digestion using RNA-guided Cas9, the assembly of a recombinant genome by the insertion of a DNA or RNA fragment into the digested viral genome and transformation of a host cell with the recombinant genome. This method also related to in vitro engineering for error correction of nucleic acids. |
| US10711250B2 |
Ex vivo proliferation of epithelial cells
The technology relates in part to methods and compositions for ex vivo proliferation and expansion of epithelial cells. |
| US10711249B2 |
Method for inducing hepatocytes
A method for producing hepatocytes from hepatoblasts is provided. The method includes the step of culturing the hepatoblasts in a medium containing a compound selected from the group consisting of pregnenolone and an adrenergic agonist. The hepatoblasts can be obtained by culturing endodermal cells in a medium containing DMSO, and the endodermal cells can be obtained by culturing pluripotent stem cells in a medium containing Activin A and a GSK-3β inhibitor. Accordingly, a method for producing hepatocytes from pluripotent stem cells is also provided by employing the method of the present invention. |
| US10711248B2 |
Device and method for standardizing myoblast differentiation into myotubes
A method and device for standardizing myoblast differentiation into myotubes, including a substrate (1) and at least one cell-adhesive pattern (2) for culturing myoblasts on the substrate. The pattern (2) has an elongated surface. A central region (2C) and two lateral regions (2L) extend from the central region in both directions along a longitudinal axis of the pattern. The ratio between the maximum width (WC) of the central region (2C) and the maximum width (WL) of the lateral regions (2L) is greater than or equal to 2. The ratio between the length (L) and the maximum width (WC) of the pattern (2) is less than or equal to 4. The method includes providing a device as described above, depositing myoblasts on at least one cell-adhesive pattern of the device, culturing the myoblasts in a differentiation medium to promote cell differentiation into myotubes and constrain elongation of the myotubes. |
| US10711247B2 |
Method for reducing pluripotent stem cells, method for producing cell population having reduced pluripotent stem cells
The present invention pertains to a method for culturing a cell population including pluripotent stem cells and differentiated cells derived from pluripotent stem cells at a temperature of 40.5° C. or higher and reducing the pluripotent stem cells included in the cell population. The present invention also pertains to a method for reducing pluripotent stem cells from a cell population including pluripotent stem cells and differentiated cells derived from pluripotent stem cells, wherein the method includes a step for activating the TRPV-1 expressed in the pluripotent stem cells included in the cell population. The present invention makes it possible to reduce the pluripotent stem cells remaining in an undifferentiated state when inducing the differentiation of a pluripotent stem cell population. |
| US10711245B2 |
Direct conversion method of human fibroblasts into neural stem cells using small molecules
The present invention relates to a method of converting human fibroblasts into neural stem cells, and more particularly, to a method of directly converting human fibroblasts into neural stem cells using only a combination of small-molecule compounds without any introduction of a foreign gene, and to the use of the neural stem cells. The method of directly converting human fibroblasts into neural stem cells using only small-molecule compounds without any introduction of a foreign gene makes it possible to obtain genetically stable neural stem cells in an amount sufficient for use in cell therapy by deriving them from human fibroblasts. The neural stem cells obtained according to the method of the present invention can differentiate into functional neural cells and are not tumorigenic. Thus, these neural stem cells are useful as cellular therapeutic agents for treatment of brain diseases. |
| US10711239B2 |
Adipose tissue centrifuge and method of use
A centrifuge device is provided for the sizing and separation of constituents of a biologic mixture, e.g., adipose tissue. The device provides for the mechanical breaking down of the fibrous structure in the tissue by centrifugation causing the tissue to pass through a mesh element, or a sizing helix, or an extrusion element, whereupon the material is reduced to a slurry. This processed material may then be separated by centrifugation into its constituents, in order to harvest the fraction containing the multipotent cells. These multipotent cells may be utilized for various medical procedures to stimulate healing and tissue regeneration. |
| US10711236B2 |
Carbon sequestration methods and systems, and compositions produced thereby
Aspects of the invention include methods of removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from a CO2 containing gas. In some instances, the methods include contacting CO2 containing gas with a bicarbonate buffered aqueous medium under conditions sufficient to produce a bicarbonate rich product. Where desired, the resultant bicarbonate rich product or a component thereof may then be stored or further processed, e.g., combined with a divalent alkaline earth metal cation, under conditions sufficient to produce a solid carbonate composition. Aspects of the invention further include systems for practicing the methods, as well as products produced by the methods. |
| US10711233B2 |
Heat exchanger system with flexible bag
A bag assembly for use with a heat exchanger includes a flexible bag having of one or more sheets of polymeric material, the bag having a first end that bounds a first compartment and an opposing second end that bounds a second compartment, a support structure being disposed between the first compartment and the second compartment so that the first compartment is separated and isolated from the second compartment. A first inlet port, a first outlet port, and a first drain port are coupled with the flexible bag so as to communicate with the first compartment. A second inlet port, a second outlet port, and a second drain port are coupled with the flexible bag so as to communicate with the second compartment. |
| US10711230B2 |
N-acyl proline derivatives as food flavoring compounds
A flavour composition comprising a compound of formula (I) corresponding to the formula and edible salts thereof, wherein R1 is an alkyl residue containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkene residue containing from 9 to 25 carbon atoms with 1 to 6 double bonds, R1 together with the carbonyl group to which it is attached is a residue of a carboxylic acid. |
| US10711229B2 |
Detergent composition in effervescent tablet form
An effervescent detergent tablet comprising calcium carbonate, sodium laureth sulfate, citric acid, tartaric acid, sodium bicarbonate, fragrance, Stepantex VT 90 (Methyl bis[ethyl (tallowate)]-2-hydroxyethyl ammonium methyl sulfate), polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB), stearic acid, silicon dioxide, enzymes mix, Long Brite (Disodium Distyrylbiphenyl Disulfonate) Magnesium Stearate, Kollidon CL, Chlorhexidine Hydrochloride and calcium carbonate and sodium disilicate mix. |
| US10711226B2 |
Composition for cleaning skin strips of skin skis
Provided herein is a composition for cleaning skin strips of skin skis, in particular for removing hydrophobic compounds, such as oils, resins, grease, and/or waxes, from the surface of the skin strips. The composition comprises (a) C1-6-alcohol; (b) at least 10% by weight of the total weight of the composition of dibasic ester(s) of formula R1O—C(O)—(CH2)n—C(O)—OR1, wherein n is 2 to 4; and each R1 is independently C1-6-alkyl, (c) 0 to 5% by weight of the total weight of the composition of alkoxyalkanol(s) of formula R2O—(CH2)m—OH wherein m is 1 to 4, preferably 2 or 3, and R2 is C1-6-alkyl, preferably C3-6-alkyl; and (d) 0 to 5% by weight of the total weight of the composition of tri(C1-6-alkanol) amine(s). |
| US10711219B2 |
Automotive transmission fluid compositions for improved energy efficiency
An automatic transmission fluid comprises a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity and minor amounts of (a) one or more oil-soluble or dispersible molybdenum-containing compounds, and (b) a reaction product of an isomerized alkenyl-substituted succinic anhydride and a polyamine characterized by structure (II): In structure (II) x and y are independently zero or integers from 1 to 30, where x+y is from 1 to 30, and z is zero or an integer from 1 to 10. |
| US10711218B2 |
Polymers and the use thereof as lubricating agents in the production of alkali metal films
Polymers used as rolling lubricating agents, to compositions including said polymers, and to alkali metal films including the polymers or compositions on the surface(s) thereof. The use of said polymers and compositions is also described for strip-rolling alkali metals or alloys thereof in order to obtain thin films. Methods for producing said thin films, which are suitable for use in electrochemical cells, are also described. An improved lubricant according to formula I, which, for example, achieves enhanced conductivity, and/or enables the production of electrochemical cells having an improved life span in cycles. |
| US10711214B2 |
Production of a carbonaceous feedstock material from a waste carbon source
The production carbonaceous feedstock material from waste containing carbon sources and the use thereof in gasification processes for hazardous emissions of greenhouse gases and sulphur are significantly minimized and enhanced reaction rates are described. A process for producing a carbonaceous feedstock material from waste containing carbon sources, including the steps consisting of: (i) introducing a source of biochar to a source of discard coal fines to form a bio-coal mixture; (ii) introducing a catalyst additive selected from the group consisting of a source of an alkali metal or a source of an alkaline earth metal to the bio-coal mixture; (iii) optionally, contacting the bio-coal mixture with a binder; and (iv) compacting the resulting mixture of step (ii) or (iii) to form one or more carbonaceous feedstock briquettes, the size of said briquettes having a dimension of at least 5 mm. |
| US10711211B2 |
Reduced temperature gas dehydration
In a natural gas dehydration system, a heat exchanger has first and second passages in thermal communication but fluidly isolated from each other. A pressure reduction valve receives a first stream of natural gas and water vapor from the first passage and outputs a reduced temperature and pressure first stream to a separator which separates at least part of the water from the first stream to form a second stream of natural gas and water vapor that is output via the second passage to a distribution pipeline or a storage system. A temperature sensor senses a temperature of the first stream and a controller controls a valve coupled in parallel with the second passage to be in an open or closed state for passage or blocking of at least part of the second stream therethrough based on a temperature of the first stream determined by the temperature sensor. |
| US10711210B2 |
Method of preparing metal diboride dispersions and films
Some embodiments include a method of producing metal diboride nanomaterials having thickness down to the atomic scale and lateral areas from 10 nm to over 1 μm by preparing a mixture of a metal diboride and a suspending solution. The suspending solution can be an organic solvent or a solution containing water, and optionally can include a dispersion agent, such as a surfactant, a polymer, small molecule, or biopolymer. Further, the method includes exfoliating the metal diboride by exposing the mixture to ultrasonic energy, centrifuging the mixture forming supernatant that includes a dispersion of exfoliated metal diborides, and extracting the dispersion from the supernatant. Some embodiments include extracting the supernatant and casting the solution by diluting the dispersion with a second suspending solution that includes dissolved polymer. This can result in a composite film includes a dispersion of the exfoliated metal diborides and provides improved mechanical properties. |
| US10711208B2 |
Process scheme for the production of optimal quality distillate for olefin production
Systems and processes for hydrotreating, splitting, and extracting a gasoil feed to produce a saturate-rich feedstock for olefin pyrolysis are provided. A gasoil feed is provided to a hydrotreating section to produce an ultralow sulfur distillate (ULSD) stream. The ULSD stream is provided to a splitter section to produce a light distillate stream and a heavy bottom stream. The light distillate stream is provided to an extraction section to produce an aromatic-rich extract phase and a saturate-rich raffinate phase. The raffinate phase is mixed with the heavy bottom stream to produce an olefin pyrolysis feedstock having a reduced BMCI as compared to the gasoil feed stream and the ULSD stream. |
| US10711202B2 |
Process and apparatus for producing petroleum products
A process and an apparatus for pyrolysis of mixed plastic feedstock producing petroleum products are described. In one example, a process for producing petroleum products includes charging feedstock of mixed polymer materials into a reactor apparatus. Heat energy is applied to the feedstock while advancing the feedstock through the reactor apparatus in an anaerobic operation. The energy input to the reactor apparatus is controlled by controlling a temperature gradient within the reactor vessel to produce petroleum gas product. The process involves in situ chemical reactions comprising cracking and recombination reactions that that are controlled to convert solid hydrocarbonaceous portion of the feedstock to molten fluids and gases inside the reactor vessel and to produce gaseous petroleum products which exit the reactor vessel. The separated solid residue from the pyrolysis process is also removed from the reactions vessel. |
| US10711197B2 |
Liquid-crystalline medium and high-frequency components comprising same
The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the parameters R1-R3, Z21, Z31, Z32 and rings A11, A12, A13, A21, A22, A31, and A32 are as defined herein, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas. |
| US10711194B2 |
Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display element or liquid crystal display comprising same
The present invention provides a liquid crystal composition comprising one or more compounds of general formula I and one or more compounds of general formula II; the liquid crystal composition of the present invention can work at very high and very low temperatures, has a very short response time and a better reliability to light and heat, and particularly exhibits no image retention or a significantly reduced image retention after a long time operation. |
| US10711185B2 |
Reagent and kit for performing chemiluminescent reaction
A reagent for performing a chemiluminescent reaction includes luminol or luminol derivatives, an oxidant, an electron mediator, and an enhancer. The enhancer is a nitrogen-containing fused heterocyclic compound having at least two nitrogen atoms. The present disclosure further provides a kit for performing a chemiluminescent reaction comprising the aforesaid reagent. |
| US10711184B2 |
Doped semiconductors and methods of making the same
The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a first element, a second element, a third element, a ligand, and an anion, where the first element and the second element form a nanocrystal that includes a surface and a crystal lattice, a first portion of the third element covers at least a second portion of the surface in the form of a layer, a third portion of the third element is incorporated into the crystal lattice, and the ligand and the anion are ionically bound to at least one of the second element and/or the first portion of the third element. |
| US10711180B2 |
Process for making and using a composition of matter
A process for making and using a ground product that includes the steps of: reacting a guar split with propylene oxide at a reaction temperature in a range of 120° F. to 180° F. to form a guar derivative; and treating the guar derivative with at least one of washing and drying to form a resultant treated derivative. The process includes transferring the resultant treated derivative to a co-grinder operably associated with a heated vacuum system; and co-grinding the resultant treated derivative with a powdered carboxylic acid to form a ground product. |
| US10711177B2 |
Engineering formation wettability characteristics
Embodiments herein select a brine composition to be injected into a formation to alter wettability at a surface of the formation to enhance recovery of hydrocarbons from the formation. One embodiment comprises providing: a plurality of substrates representative of a formation, a plurality of brine compositions, and a plurality of reducing agents characterized as yielding oxyanions when added to an aqueous stream. The embodiment comprises selecting a brine composition with at least one reducing agent to be injected into the formation to alter wettability at a surface of the formation to enhance recovery of hydrocarbons from the formation and injecting the selected brine composition into the formation to alter wettability at the surface of the formation to enhance recovery of the hydrocarbons from the formation. The brine composition is selected based on interactions between the plurality of substrates, the plurality of brine compositions, and the plurality of reducing agents. |
| US10711175B2 |
Compositions and methods for controlling paraffin and asphaltene problems in wells
A composition and method for controlling heavy hydrocarbons in down-hole environments and with associated equipment used in oil and gas well operations. The composition and method comprising an ether and optionally an ester, an alkoxylated alcohol or a hydrocarbon co-solvent. The compositions and methods are useful in controlling heavy hydrocarbons such as paraffins and asphaltenes by dissolving paraffins, suspending paraffins and asphaltenes and dissolving heavy oils, both down-hole and with associated equipment. |
| US10711172B2 |
Air conditioning refrigerant oil thermal additive
A composition comprising an orthoester and an organosilane, and in some embodiments, a metal deactivator, antioxidant, lubricant and/or corrosion inhibitor. Also, disclosed is use of the composition for use in increasing thermal conductivity of internal fluids in air conditioning and refrigerant systems. |
| US10711166B2 |
UV curable adhesives based on acrylic polymers
The present invention relates to a UV curable adhesive composition comprising a UV curable acrylic polymer comprising at least one covalently bound UV-reactive group and a cationic photoinitiator and a method of curing such composition. The invention further includes hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives comprising such cured composition and use of said hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives. |
| US10711164B2 |
Pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a polymer component and a saccharide component and method for bonding a first substrate to a second substrate with same
Pressure-sensitive adhesive compound comprising a polymer component and a saccharide component, wherein the saccharide component is formed from one or more monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides, or polysaccharides, and/or one or more modified saccharide derivatives, which can be derived from monosaccharides, disaccharides, oligosaccharides or polysaccharides by modifying one, several, or all OH groups contained in the respective saccharide. |
| US10711163B2 |
Reactive 2-component adhesive film system
Reactive adhesive film, comprising (a) a polymeric film-forming matrix, (b) at least one reactive monomer or reactive resin, and (c) a reagent selected from the group consisting of a radical initiator and an activator, and a reactive 2-component adhesive film system for bonding various materials, such as metal, wood, glass and/or plastic. |
| US10711160B2 |
Slurry compositions for polishing a metal layer and methods for fabricating semiconductor devices using the same
A slurry composition for polishing a metal layer and a method for fabricating a semiconductor device using the same are provided. The slurry composition for polishing a metal layer includes polishing particles including a metal oxide, an oxidizer including hydrogen peroxide, and a first polishing regulator including at least one selected from a group consisting of phosphate, phosphite, hypophosphite, and metaphosphate, wherein a content of the oxidizer is 0.01 wt % to 0.09 wt % with respect to 100 wt % of the slurry composition for polishing the metal layer. |
| US10711158B2 |
Aqueous silica slurry and amine carboxylic acid compositions for use in shallow trench isolation and methods of using them
The present invention provides aqueous chemical mechanical planarization polishing (CMP polishing) compositions, such as for semiconductor substrates, comprising an abrasive of one or more dispersions of elongated, bent or nodular colloidal silica particles which contain a cationic nitrogen atom, and one or more amine carboxylic acids having an isoelectric point (pI) below 5, preferably, acidic amine carboxylic acids or pyridine acids, wherein the compositions have a pH of from 2 to 5. The compositions enable polishing at a high oxide:nitride removal rate ratio. |
| US10711157B2 |
Composition for window film, flexible window film formed therefrom, and flexible display device comprising same
Provided are: a composition for a window film, containing a silicone resin comprising chemical formula 1 below, a cross-linking agent, and an initiator; a window film formed therefrom; and a flexible display device comprising the same. (R1SiO3/2)x(SiO3/2-Q-SiO3/2)y(R2SiO3/2)z (In chemical formula 1, R1 and R2 are each independently a cycloaliphatic epoxy group, a cycloaliphatic epoxy group-containing functional group, a glycidyl group, or a glycidyl group-containing functional group; Q is R3 or -A1-T-A2-; R3 is a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C10 alkylene group, or a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C30 arylene group; A1 and A2 are each independently a single bond, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C5 alkylene group; T is a mono- or polyalkylene oxide group, or an imide group-containing functional group; and 0 |
| US10711155B2 |
Ultradurable coating composition
A coating composition includes: a polymer prepared from a reaction mixture including: a hydroxyl functional prepolymer comprising a reaction product of a prepolymer mixture and a non-aromatic anhydride. The polymer includes at least two functional groups selected from hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups and combinations thereof. The polymer includes 10-40 weight % of structural units derived from benzoic acid or substituted benzoic acid and greater than 15 weight % of structural units derived from a polyol having at least three hydroxyl groups based on the total weight of the polymer. A substrate at least partially coated with a coating composition and a method of preparing a coating composition are also disclosed. |
| US10711154B1 |
Curing agents for hydrophobic epoxy compositions
An hydrophobic epoxy resin composition including at least one ortho-substituted glycidyl ether, at least one ortho, ortho′-disubstituted glycidyl ether, at least one ortho, meta′-disubstituted glycidyl ether, at least one amine/aniline curing agent, and at least one organic solvent. |
| US10711150B2 |
Color development writing compositions and writing instruments
Writing compositions capable of undergoing a color development when brought into contact with a specific substrate including a color change-inducing compound are provided. Application of the writing compositions to surfaces other than the intended substrate will avoid color development and prevent staining of the unintended surfaces. The writing compositions include at least one particulate filler including a clay, at least one leuco dye, one or more waxes chosen from a group consisting of polyethylene wax, soy wax, paraffin wax, and beeswax, at least one thermoplastic binder material including a polyethylene, titanium dioxide, and optionally at least one additive. |
| US10711144B2 |
Anti-scattering film and method for manufacturing same
The present invention relates to an anti-scattering film and a method for manufacturing the same, the anti-scattering film including: a transparent film; and a hard coating layer formed on top of the transparent film, in which the hard coating layer is formed of a composition which includes a UV-curable acrylate resin, first inorganic nanoparticles, second inorganic nanoparticles, a photoinitiator, and a mixed solvent comprising a ketone-based solvent and an alcohol-based solvent, and a plurality of protruding parts is formed on an upper surface of the hard coating layer. |
| US10711141B1 |
Nickel free conductive filler
An electrically conductive filler comprises particles having a base substrate and a conductive coating. In some embodiments, the base substrate is a metal, plastic, glass, natural or synthetic graphite, carbon, ceramics, fiber or fabric. In some embodiments, the coating provides improved electrical conductivity, and the coated particle has lower electrical resistance than the uncoated base particle. Other embodiments and methods of making and using the electrically conductive filler are also disclosed. |
| US10711139B2 |
Leuco polymers as bluing agents in laundry care compositions
A leuco polymer includes a leuco monomer and an alkene. The leuco polymer has a molecular weight of at least 500 and is obtainable by polymerization of the leuco monomer and one or more alkene co-monomers. The leuco monomer consists of an alkene covalently bound to a leuco moiety and the leuco monomer has a molar extinction coefficient at a wavelength in the range 400 to 750 nm of less than 1000 M−1cm−1. The alkene monomer(s) have a molar extinction coefficient at a wavelength in the range 400 to 750 nm that is less than 100 M−1cm−1. Methods of making the leuco polymer, laundry care compositions comprising the leuco polymer and methods of treating textiles with such laundry care compositions. |
| US10711136B2 |
Engineered skin equivalent, method of manufacture thereof and products derived therefrom
Disclosed herein are synthetic leathers, artificial epidermal layers, artificial dermal layers, layered structures, products produced therefrom and methods of producing the same. |
| US10711135B2 |
High temperature resistant, two component, low viscosity silicone composition
A two part curable composition comprising organosiloxane polymer; water; an organosilane such as hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) or vinyltrimethoxysilane; crosslinker; adhesion promoter and catalyst; and optionally comprising plasticizer; colorant and filler. The first part can comprise organosiloxane polymer and water. The second part can comprise crosslinker; adhesion promoter and catalyst. Either or both parts can optionally further comprise an organosilane such as hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) or vinyltrimethoxysilane; plasticizer; colorant and filler. The mixed parts have a low viscosity allowing injection under low pressure. Cured reaction products of the two part curable organosiloxane composition has good adhesion to metallic sealing surfaces and good resistance engine oil and other automotive fluids. Cured reaction products of the two part curable organosiloxane composition can surprisingly retain physical properties after long-term exposure to temperatures between 200° C. and 250° C. and can retain physical properties after exposure to temperatures between 250° C. to 300° C. for short periods. |
| US10711127B2 |
Chlorine-containing polymer composition comprising a chlorine-containing polymer and a wax comprising a fraction consisting of oxidized hydrocarbons and a fraction consisting of non-oxidized hydrocarbons, method of processing the polymer composition and the use of the wax as external lubricant during the polymer processing
The present invention encompasses chlorine-containing polymer compositions having a fraction consisting of oxidized hydrocarbons and a fraction consisting of non-oxidized hydrocarbons. Both fractions have an average number of carbon atoms per molecule between 40 and 100 carbon atoms and an amount of molecules in which the carbon chain is linear of more than 75 wt. %. |
| US10711120B2 |
Rubber composition and pneumatic tire
The present invention is directed to a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of elastomer consisting of 70 to 100 parts by weight, er 100 parts by weight of the elastomer (phr), of an isoprene-butadiene rubber having a Tg ranging from −100° C. to −50° C., and 0 to 30 phr of a second elastomer selected from the group consisting of isoprene-butadiene rubber having a Tg ranging from −49 to −20° C., natural rubber, synthetic polyisoprene, and polybutadiene, (B) from 30 to 80 phr of a resin having a Tg of at least 20 C, (C) from 0 to 4 phr of an oil, and (D) from 80 to 180 of a filler selected from the group consisting of carbon black and silica. |
| US10711116B2 |
Fixing systems having fine-particle fillers
Multi-component synthetic mortar fixing system, especially for fixing anchoring elements in building substrates, which comprises in one component reactive synthetic resins (i) based on urethane (meth)acrylate, (ii) based on epoxy resin or (iii) based on free-radical-hardening (or-hardenable) unsaturated reactive resins, in a further component hardener, and at least one filler selected from oxides of silicon and aluminium, or mixed oxides in the presence of further cations, the d50 average particle size of which is 50 μm or less, and also especially a silane having at least one hydrolysable group, and also its use, methods including its use in fixing anchoring elements in building substrates and related subject-matter of the invention. |
| US10711112B2 |
Absorbent towel products comprising nanofilaments
A differential density absorbent towel paper web having from about 45% to about 90% by weight of the dry fiber basis of the differential density absorbent towel paper web of a softwood pulp fiber mixture and from about 10% to about 55% by weight of the dry fiber basis of the differential density absorbent towel paper web of a hardwood pulp fiber mixture is provided. The softwood pulp fiber mixture has: 1) from about 20.0% to about 88.5% by weight of the dry fiber basis of softwood pulp fiber; and, 2) from about 0.05% to about 5.0% by weight of the dry fiber basis of strengthening additive. The hardwood pulp fiber mixture has: 1) from about 9.9% to about 54.9% by weight of the dry fiber basis of hardwood pulp fibers; and, 2) from about 0.05% to about 20.0% by weight of the dry fiber basis of cellulose nano-filaments. |
| US10711108B2 |
Crosslinking materials from biorenewable aconitic acid
A process includes forming a bio-derived crosslinking material from biorenewable aconitic acid. The process includes initiating a chemical reaction to form a bio-derived crosslinking material that includes multiple functional groups. The chemical reaction includes converting each carboxylic acid group of a biorenewable aconitic acid molecule to one of the multiple functional groups. |
| US10711106B2 |
High aspect ratio nanofibril materials
The present invention features linear and three-dimensional supramolecular materials self-assembled from block co-polymers comprising oligo(ethylene sulfide) (OES). The block copolymers assemble into fibrils, micelles, or matrices. The fibrillar materials are sensitive to oxidation, which leads to decreased OES block hydrophobicity and crystallinity, and increased water solubility of the polymer constituents. Molecular loading options, coupled with oxidative sensitivity, allow implantable or injectable fibrillar suspensions or cross-linked three-dimensional matrices to demonstrate significant biomedical potential, especially in the context of extracellular and intracellular molecular delivery and applications related to infection and disease. |
| US10711104B2 |
Amorphous high performance polyamide
The disclosure relates to an improved method of producing MPMD based amorphous, semi-aromatic polyamides in order to improve their mechanical properties. It also relates to improved formulations of these polyamides which have further improved mechanical properties by the incorporation of greater amounts of isophthalic acid. The disclosure relates to an improved method of producing MPMD based amorphous, semi-aromatic polyamides in order to improve their mechanical properties. It also relates to improved formulations of these polyamides which have further improved mechanical properties by the incorporation of greater amounts of isophthalic acid. |
| US10711102B2 |
Method for isolating a phenylene ether oligomer composition and phenylene ether oligomer composition
A method for isolating a phenylene ether oligomer composition includes feeding a solution including a solvent and a phenylene ether oligomer into a thin film evaporator, forming a film on an interior surface of the thin film evaporator, and heating to devolatilize the solvent from the film, to provide a phenylene ether oligomer composition. The thin film evaporator includes cylindrical heating chamber and a rotor having one or more rotor blades, wherein an edge of the one or more rotor blades and the interior surface of the cylindrical heating chamber are separated by a distance of 0.5 to 3.5 millimeters. Phenylene ether oligomer compositions are also described. |
| US10711101B2 |
Isotactic polyethers and bimetallic catalysts, methods of making same, and uses thereof
Provided are compositions comprising isotactic polyethers. Methods of making isotactic polyethers, and uses thereof are also disclosed. Also provided are bimetallic complexes that can be used as catalyst. Methods of making isotactic polyethers and bimetallic complexes and uses thereof are also disclosed. For example, a racemic bimetallic (salalen)CrCl polymerization catalyst was prepared and used alkyl diol, PO-oligomer triols, and aPPO and PCL diols as CSAs in order to produce α,ω-hydroxy telechelic iPPO. These telechelic polymers have controlled molecular weights and are semicrystalline. Amorphous α,ω-hydroxy telechelic PPO can also be produced by increasing the reaction temperature in conjunction with the use of CSAs. |
| US10711098B2 |
Process for removal of tetrahydrofuran
Provided is a process for the removal of tetrahydrofuran from polyesters or copolyesters comprising 1,4-butylene dicarboxylate repeating units and from compositions comprising the polyesters or copolyesters. |
| US10711096B2 |
Aqueous monomer compositions and methods of making and using the same
Aqueous compositions of carboxylic acids, carboxylate esters, and carboxylate salts are generally disclosed, including methods of using such compounds to make various polymers, including, but not limited to, polyesters, polyamides, and polycarbamates. In certain embodiments, the carboxylic acids, carboxylate esters, and carboxylate salts are derived from a renewable source, such as a natural oil. |
| US10711094B2 |
Conjugated polymer nanoparticles, methods of using, and methods of making
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for conjugated polymer nanoparticle, method of making conjugated polymer nanoparticles, method of using conjugated polymer nanoparticle, polymers, and the like. |
| US10711093B2 |
Ion exchange separation membrane, electrochemical cell including same, flow cell and fuel cell, and manufacturing method thereof
The present specification relates to an ion exchange membrane, an electrochemical cell, a flow battery and a fuel cell comprising the same, and a method for manufacturing the same. |
| US10711091B2 |
Light-emitting device and method for producing same
Provided is a light-emitting device including an anode, a light-emitting layer, an electron-transporting layer and a cathode. The electron-transporting layer contains at least one electron-transporting material whose LUMO level is −3.0 eV or more and at least one dopant material selected from the group consisting of a heterocyclic compound whose SOMO level is −2.2 to −1.5 eV and a derivative thereof. The LUMO level of the electron-transporting material is smaller than the SOMO level of the heterocyclic compound. |
| US10711090B2 |
Thermal insulation
The present invention is directed to addressing one or more of the aforementioned concerns and relates to thermal insulation materials and thermal insulation material compositions and methods for thermally insulating pipelines and associated equipment, structures, and objects used in offshore drilling. The present invention is directed to articles of manufacture comprising the thermal insulation materials and/or thermal insulation material compositions of the invention. More particularly the present invention relates to the use of ring opening metathesis polymerization polymers (ROMP polymers) and/or ROMP polymer composites for thermally insulating pipelines and associated equipment, structures, and objects used in offshore oil drilling. |
| US10711082B2 |
Near infrared absorbing colorant polymer, composition, film, optical filter, pattern forming method, and device
A near infrared absorbing colorant polymer has a maximal absorption in a wavelength range of 700 to 1200 nm. It is preferable that the near infrared absorbing colorant polymer includes at least one near infrared absorbing colorant structure selected from the group consisting of a pyrrolopyrrole colorant, a cyanine colorant, a squarylium colorant, a diimonium colorant, a phthalocyanine colorant, a naphthalocyanine colorant, a rylene colorant, a dithiol complex colorant, a croconium colorant, an oxonol colorant, a triarylmethane colorant, a pyrromethene colorant, an azomethine colorant, an anthraquinone colorant, and a dibenzofuranone colorant. |
| US10711079B2 |
Method for producing vinyl ether polymer having hydroxyl group on side chain and temperature-responsive polymer mixture
[Object] To provide a method for producing a vinyl ether polymer having a hydroxyl group on the side chain, wherein the vinyl ether polymer having a low viscosity and excellent workability and processability is produced in a simple and efficient method.[Means for solving problem] The present invention relates to a method for producing a vinyl ether polymer having a hydroxyl group on the side chain, characterized in that vinyl ether comprising a hydroxyl group is subjected to radical polymerization by using an oil-soluble azo polymerization initiator, in the presence of a mixed solvent comprising water and an organic solvent selected from alcohol or cyclic ether radical polymerization. |
| US10711077B2 |
Ziegler-natta catalyst composition with controlled morphology
Catalyst Systems, processes of forming the same and polymers and polymerization processes are described herein. The process of forming the catalyst system generally includes providing a first compound including a magnesium dialkoxide and aluminum alkoxide: contacting the first compound with a first agent and a second agent to form a solution of reaction product “A”, the first agent including a titanating agent and the second agent including a first metal halide; contacting the solution of reaction product “A” with a third agent to form a solid reaction product “B”, the third agent including a second metal halide: contacting the solid reaction product “B” with a fourth agent to form a solid reaction product “C”, the fourth agent including a third metal halide: optionally contacting the solid reaction product “C” with a fifth agent to form a solid reaction product “D”, the fifth agent including a fourth metal halide; and contacting the solid reaction product “C” or “D” with a sixth agent to form a catalyst component, the sixth agent including a first organoaluminum compound. |
| US10711071B2 |
Method for modifying a natural rubber, and modified natural rubber
A process for modifying a natural rubber is provided. The process comprises at least the following steps: i. providing at least one natural rubber and epoxidizing the natural rubber to obtain an epoxidized natural rubber, or providing a pre-epoxidized natural rubber, ii. grafting, to the epoxidized natural rubber or to the pre-epoxidized natural rubber, at least one 1,3-dipolar compound having at least one nitrogen atom. A modified natural rubber capable of being obtained by the process and also rubber compositions based on the modified natural rubber is also provided. |
| US10711069B2 |
Methods for the treatment of disease using immunoglobulins having Fc regions with altered affinities for FcγRactivating and FcγRinhibiting
The present invention relates to methods of treating or preventing cancer and other diseases using molecules, particularly polypeptides, more particularly immunoglobulins (e.g., antibodies), comprising a variant Fc region, wherein said variant Fc region comprises at least one amino acid modification relative to a wild-type Fc region, which variant Fc region binds an FcγR that activates a cellular effector (“FcγRActivating,” such as FcγRIIA or FcγRIIIA) and an FcγR that inhibits a cellular effector (“FcγRInhibiting,” such as FcγRIIA) with an altered Ratio of Affinities relative to the respective binding affinities of such FcγR for the Fc region of the wild-type immunoglobulin. The methods of the invention are particularly useful in preventing, treating, or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated with a disease, disorder, or infection where either an enhanced efficacy of effector cell function mediated by FcγR is desired (e.g., cancer, infectious disease) or an inhibited effector cell response mediated by FcγR is desired (e.g., inflammation, autoimmune disease). |
| US10711065B2 |
Anti-FLT-1 antibodies in treating bronchopulmonary dysplasia
The present invention provides, among other things, methods and compositions for treating chronic lung disorders, in particular, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). In some embodiments, a method according to the present invention includes administering to an individual who is suffering from or susceptible to BPD an effective amount of an anti-Flt-1 antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, such that at least one symptom or feature of BPD is reduced in intensity, severity, or frequency, or has delayed onset. |
| US10711060B2 |
Antibody molecules to LAG-3 and uses thereof
Antibody molecules that specifically bind to LAG-3 are disclosed. The anti-LAG-3 antibody molecules can be used to treat, prevent and/or diagnose cancerous or infectious disorders. |
| US10711058B2 |
Anti-Tau antibodies and methods of use
The invention provides anti-Tau antibodies and methods of using the same. |
| US10711056B2 |
Aglycosylated anti-properdin antibodies
The invention is a method for reducing the effector functions of a therapeutic neutralizing antibody by administering to the afflicted subject an effective amount of an engineered aglycosylated human monoclonal antibody containing an engineered Fc region, wherein aglycosylation of the Fc region prevents therapeutic antibody-mediated cell activation, inflammation, C1q binding to the antibody and antibody triggered classical pathway activation. |
| US10711051B2 |
Multivalent heteromultimer scaffold design and constructs
Provided herein are multifunctional heteromer proteins. In specific embodiments is a heteromultimer that comprises: at least two monomeric proteins, wherein each monomeric protein comprises at least one cargo polypeptide, attached to a transporter polypeptide, such that said monomeric proteins associate to form the heteromultimer. These therapeutically novel molecules comprise monomers that function as scaffolds for the conjugation or fusion of therapeutic molecular entities resulting in the creation of bispecific or multivalent molecular species. |
| US10711045B2 |
Isolation of nucleosomes having multiple-modified histone protein octamers
The invention discloses the use of an artificial protein for isolating a nucleosome, the nucleosome comprising a multiple-modified histone protein octamer, wherein the artificial protein comprises a first histone modification binding domain of 50 to 200 amino acids binding to a first histone modification, a second histone modification binding domain of 50 to 200 amino acids binding to a second histone modification, a linker of 5 to 50 amino acids connecting the first and the second histone modification binding domain, and an affinity tag. Further disclosed are a nucleic acid encoding the artificial protein, a host cell comprising the nucleic acid and a kit for isolating a nucleosome, the nucleosome comprising a multiple-modified histone protein octamer. Further disclosed is an in-vitro method for isolating a nucleosome having a first and a second histone modification. |
| US10711044B2 |
Channelrhodopsins for optical control of cells
The invention, in some aspects relates to compositions and methods for altering cell activity and function and the introduction and use of light-activated ion channels. |
| US10711043B2 |
Compositions and vaccines comprising vesicles and methods of using the same
The disclosure relates to compositions, pharmaceutical compositions, vaccines, and methods of making and using the same. The compositions of the disclosure are useful to stimulate an antigen-specific immune response and, in some embodiments, a protective immune response in an animal after challenge to pathogens. The compositions of the disclosure are also useful for treatment and prevention of disease in a subject such as cancer. |
| US10711040B2 |
Low substituted polymyxins and compositions thereof
The present invention relates to novel low substituted polymyxins and compositions thereof. |
| US10711037B2 |
Chemical and biochemical adducts as biomarkers for organophosphate exposure
Provided are methods for identifying OP-adducted biomarkers of OP exposure as well as compounds containing OPs that can provide OP adducts and compounds of Formula 1 for eliciting antibodies that specifically and selectively bind to the OP adducts, wherein the Formula 1 compounds have the structure of OP-Peptide-Linker-CP, wherein CP is a carrier protein, OP represents a structure corresponding to that of a reactive organic phosphorous compound covalently modifying a tyrosine residue hydroxyl group of the peptide of Formula I and the other variable groups are as described herein. |
| US10711028B2 |
Antimicrobial compounds, compositions, and uses thereof
Antimicrobial compounds and compositions of Formula (I) and methods of use are disclosed. |
| US10711022B2 |
Methods of producing oligosaccharides for use as prebiotics
Provided herein are methods for preparing prebiotic oligosaccharides by non-enzymatic methods of glycosylation of monosaccharides and/or disaccharides or by hydrolysis of polymeric sugars to monosaccharides and simultaneous glycosylation of hydrolytic products. The methods may include mixing one or more types of monosaccharides and/or disaccharides with a water-deficient system at a temperature sufficient to form one or more types of prebiotic oligosaccharides. Also provided are methods of preparing prebiotic oligosaccharides comprising mixing starch, cellulose and/or lignocellulosic biomass with a water-deficient system at a temperature sufficient to form one or more types of prebiotic oligosaccharides that collectively make up at least 25% of the products of the synthesis. |
| US10711021B2 |
Metal oxide-organic hybrid materials for heterogeneous catalysis and methods of making and using thereof
Catalysts prepared from abundant, cost effective metals, such as cobalt, nickel, chromium, manganese, iron, and copper, and containing one or more neutrally charged ligands (e.g., monodentate, bidentate, and/or polydentate ligands) and methods of making and using thereof are described herein. Exemplary ligands include, but are not limited to, phosphine ligands, nitrogen-based ligands, sulfur-based ligands, and/or arsenic-based ligands. In some embodiments, the catalyst is a cobalt-based catalyst or a nickel-based catalyst. The catalysts described herein are stable and active at neutral pH and in a wide range of buffers that are both weak and strong proton acceptors. While its activity is slightly lower than state of the art cobalt-based water oxidation catalysts under some conditions, it is capable of sustaining electrolysis at high applied potentials without a significant degradation in catalytic current. This enhanced robustness gives it an advantage in industrial and large-scale water electrolysis schemes. |
| US10711020B2 |
Tricyclic sulfones as RORγ modulators
There are described RORγ modulators of the formula (I), and formula (II) or stereoisomers, tautomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, or prodrugs thereof, wherein all substituents are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Such compounds and compositions are useful in methods for modulating RORγ activity in a cell and methods for treating a subject suffering from a disease or disorder in which the subject would therapeutically benefit from modulation of RORγ activity, for example, autoimmune and/or inflammatory disorders. |
| US10711018B2 |
Process for preparing tris[3-(alkyldialkoxysilyl)propyl]isocyanurates
A process can prepare an isocyanurate compound by hydrosilylation. The compound is a tris[3-(trialkoxysilyl)propyl] isocyanurate, a tris[3-(alkyldialkoxysilyl)propyl] isocyanurate, and/or a tris[3-(dialkylalkoxysilyl)propyl] isocyanurate, The process includes (A) preparing a mixture of at least one carboxylic acid, a platinum catalyst, and 1,3,5-triallyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione; (B) heating the mixture to a temperature in the range of 40 to 140° C.; (C) adding at least one H-silane among a hydrotrialkoxysilane, a hydroalkyldialkoxysilane, and a hydrodialkylalkoxysilane to the mixture; (D) adding at least one alcohol to the mixture prepared in step (C); and (E) isolating the isocyanurate compound. |
| US10711014B2 |
Mutant KRas inhibitors
Compositions and methods for inhibits the binding of GTP to oncogenic mutant KRas are disclosed. These compositions may be used in method to treat a subject with cancer. In particular, the compositions may be used to treat cancers involving overactive Ras signaling. |
| US10711011B2 |
Substituted oxazolidines as anti-bacterial agents
The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula I, its stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, complexes, hydrates, solvates, tautomers, polymorphs, racemic mixtures, optically active forms thereof and pharmaceutical compositions containing them as the active ingredient which can be used as medicaments. The aforementioned substances can also be used in the manufacture of medicaments for treatment, prevention or suppression of diseases, and conditions mediated by microbes. The present disclosure also relates to the synthesis and characterization of aforementioned substances. |
| US10711009B2 |
Method of preparing d-glucaro-1,4:6,3-dilactone
Disclosed is a method of preparing d-glucaro-1,4:6,3-dilactone using an organic acid or a salt thereof, such that d-glucaro-1,4:6,3-dilactone having high purity can be obtained using potassium glucarate as the organic acid, and simultaneously, the economic efficiency of the preparation process can be remarkably improved. |
| US10711007B2 |
Selective inhibitors of protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5)
The disclosure is directed to compounds of Formula I Pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, as well as methods of their use and preparation, are also described. |
| US10711003B2 |
Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) agonists having a heterobiaryl moiety, conjugates thereof, and methods and uses therefor
Compounds having a structure according to formula (I) or (II) where R1, R2, and Ar are as defined herein, are agonists for the Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) and can be used as adjuvants for stimulating the immune system. Some such compounds can be used in conjugates for targeted delivery to the organ or tissue of intended action. |
| US10710999B2 |
Polymorph of an intermediate for palbociclib synthesis
The present disclosure provides a novel polymorph of an intermediate useful in the preparation of palbociclib. The polymorph has enhanced properties that influence process ability of the intermediate and synthesis of palbociclib. |
| US10710998B2 |
Compound and process
The present invention relates to a novel nitrile derivative of a pyrimido[6,1-a]isoquinolin-4-one compound of formula (A). The invention further relates to a process for producing a compound of formula (A). The invention also relates to a process which comprises reducing a compound of formula (A). Compounds of the invention are useful in the production of compounds such as RPL554. |
| US10710987B2 |
Hydrochloride salt form for EZH2 inhibition
Provided herein are novel solid forms of N-((4,6-dimethyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridin-3-yl)methyl)-5-(ethyl (tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)amino)-4-methyl-4′-(morpholinomethyl)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-carboxamide hydrochloride, and related compositions and methods. |
| US10710985B2 |
Indolin-2-one derivatives
The present invention is concerned with indolin-2-one derivatives of general formula wherein the substituents are defined in claim 1. The compounds may be used in the treatment of CNS diseases related to positive (psychosis) and negative symptoms of schizophrenia, substance abuse, alcohol and drug addiction, obsessive-compulsive disorders, cognitive impairment, bipolar disorders, mood disorders, major depression, treatment resistant depression, anxiety disorders, Alzheimer's disease, autism, Parkinson's disease, chronic pain, borderline personality disorder, neurodegenerative disease, sleep disturbances, chronic fatigue syndrome, stiffness, inflammatory disease, asthma, Huntington's disease, ADHD, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, effects in arthritis, autoimmune disease, viral and fungal infections, cardiovascular diseases, ophthalmology and inflammatory retinal diseases and balance problems, epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders with co-morbid epilepsy. |
| US10710984B2 |
N-[(Pyrimidinylamino)propanyl]-and N-[(Pyridinylamino)-propanyl]arylcarboxamides
The present invention relates to novel N-[(Pyrimidinylamino)propanyl]- and N-[(Pyridinylamino)propanyl]arylcarboxamide derivatives, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, particularly in the treatment or prevention of conditions having an association with the orexin sub-type 1 receptor. |
| US10710983B2 |
2,4-diamino-pyrimidine compounds and method for making and using the compounds
Compounds within the scope of the present invention have a Formula 1 or a salt or prodrug thereof, where ring A is selected from cycloaliphatic; ring B is aryl; R1 is selected from (C1-C10)alkyl, (C3-C10)cycloalkyl, halo, aryl, and heteroaryl; and R2 and R3 are independently selected from hydrogen and (C1-C6)alkyl. Disclosed compounds may have an IRAK4 IC50 of from 0.003 μM to 3.7 μM; a TAK1 IC50 of from 0.008 μM to 132 μM; and/or an IRAK4/TAK1 selectivity of from 1 to 450. Particular compounds may have an IRAK4/TAK1 selectivity of from 100 to 500. Disclosed compositions may be formulated as pharmaceutical compositions. A method for using the compounds and/or compositions also are disclosed. The method may comprise administering to a subject an effective amount of a compound within the scope of the present invention, particularly to selectively inhibit IRAK 1 and/or IRAK4 over TAK1. |
| US10710982B2 |
(S)-N-(3-6-isopropoxypyridin-3-3YL)-1H-indazol-5-yl)-1-(2-(4-4(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)phenyl)-3,6-dihydropyridin-1(2H-yl)-2-oxoethyl)-3(methylthio)pyrrolidine-3-carboxamide compositions for pharmaceutical preparations
A composition comprising (S)—N-(3-(6-isopropoxypyridin-3-yl)-1H-indazol-5-yl)-1-(2-(4-(4-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)phenyl)-3,6-dihydropyridin-1(2H)-yl)-2-oxoethyl)-3-(methylthio)pyrrolidine-3-carboxamide and hypromellose acetate succinate for pharmaceutical preparations, especially capsule preparations. |
| US10710980B2 |
Aminopyridine derivatives and their use as selective ALK-2 inhibitors
The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) in free form or in pharmaceutically acceptable salt form (I) to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compound and to the use of said compound in the treatment of heterotopic ossification and fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. |
| US10710977B2 |
Method for producing geometrical isomer of oximino compound
Provided is a novel process for selectively producing the E-geometrical isomer or Z-geometrical isomer of an oximino compound useful as a medicine or agrochemical. In the process, a mixture of geometrical isomers of an oximino compound represented by formula (EZ)-1 is mixed with an acidic compound to produce the E-isomer of the oximo compound represented by the formula (E)-1 or the Z-isomer of the oximino compound represented by the formula (Z)-1 in high yields with high stereoselectivity. |
| US10710972B2 |
Method for preparing substituted 2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran derivatives
The present invention relates to a method for preparing substituted 2,3-dihydro-l-benzofuran derivatives. |
| US10710969B2 |
Process for preparing 2-exo-(2-methylbenzyloxy)-1-methyl-4-isopropyl-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane
This invention relates to a process for preparing (±)-2-exo-(2-Methylbenzyloxy)-1-methyl-4-isopropyl-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane of the formula (I) any of its individual enantiomers or any non-racemic mixture thereof, comprising the steps of (a) reacting (±)-2-exo-hydroxy-1-methyl-4-isopropyl-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane of the formula (II) any of its individual enantiomers or any non-racemic mixture thereof with a 2-Methylbenzyl compound of the formula (III) wherein X is a leaving group in the presence of at least one base capable of forming water or a C1-C4 alkyl alcohol under the reaction conditions, and at least one inert organic solvent, and (b) simultaneously removing water, the C1-C4 alkyl alcohol or any mixture thereof from the reaction mixture. |
| US10710967B2 |
Pyrimidine derivative
A compound represented by the formula (1), or a salt thereof (X represents carbonyl group, or sulfonyl group; R1 represents hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkanoyl group, cyano group, or carboxyl group; R2 represents an alkyl group, a cyclic carbon group, or a heterocyclic group; R3 represents hydrogen atom, or 1 to 3 substituents; R4 and R5 represents hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an alkyl group; and R6 represents an alkyl group, or an alkoxy group), which has an mPGES-1 inhibitory action, and is useful as an active ingredient of a medicament for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of inflammation, pain, rheumatism, and the like. |
| US10710963B2 |
Chemical compounds
This invention relates to non-steroidal compounds that are modulators of androgen receptor, and also to the methods for the making and use of such compounds. |
| US10710962B2 |
Zwitterionic reagents
Zwitterion-containing compounds for the modification of hydrophobic molecules to improve their solubility and/or to lower their non-specific binding as provided. The zwitterion-containing compounds may be suitable for modification of detectable labels such as biotin and fluorescein to improve their solubility. The zwitterion-containing compounds may also be useful for the preparation of conjugates of proteins, peptides and other macromolecules or for crosslinking molecules and/or macromolecules. |
| US10710961B2 |
Method for preparing intermediate of 4-methoxypyrrole derivative
The present invention relates to a method for preparing intermediates of 4-methoxypyrrole derivatives. The preparation method according to the present invention has advantages that a high-temperature reaction is not required as a whole, inexpensive and non-explosive reagents are used instead of (trimethylsilyl)diazomethane, and further an intermediate of 4-methoxy pyrrole derivatives can be prepared as a whole at a high yield. |
| US10710959B2 |
Sulfide alkyl compounds for HBV treatment
The present invention includes a method of inhibiting, suppressing or preventing HBV infection in an individual in need thereof, comprising administering to the individual a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of the invention. |
| US10710956B2 |
Process for the preparation of acrylate esters from alkyl lactates
Catalytic hydroesterification of alkyl lactates give alkyl 2-(propionyloxy)propanoates, starting from alkyl lactate, carbon monoxide, ethylene gas, and a palladium catalyst. Pyrolysis of alkyl 2-(propionyloxy)propanoates gives acrylate esters. |
| US10710952B2 |
Process for flashing a reaction medium
A process for producing acetic acid is disclosed in which the methyl iodide concentration is maintained in the vapor product stream formed in a flashing step. The methyl iodide concentration in the vapor product stream ranges from 24 to less than 36 wt. % methyl iodide, based on the weight of the vapor product stream. In addition, the acetaldehyde concentration is maintained within the range from 0.005 to 1 wt. % in the vapor product stream. The vapor product stream is distilled in a first column to obtain an acetic acid product stream comprising acetic acid and up to 300 wppm hydrogen iodide and/or from 0.1 to 6 wt. % methyl iodide and an overhead stream comprising methyl iodide, water and methyl acetate. |
| US10710949B2 |
Copper-containing multimetallic catalysts, and method for using the same to make biobased 1,2-propanediol
Copper-containing, multimetallic catalysts with either a zirconia or carbon support are described which have improved utility for the hydrogenolysis of a glycerol or glycerol-containing feedstock to provide a biobased 1,2-propanediol product. specially, improved carbon-supported examples of such catalysts are described for this reaction as well as for other processes wherein hydrogen is used, with methods for maintaining the activity of these catalysts. Related treatment methods in the preparation of these improved catalysts enable the use of carbons with a desired mechanical strength but which previously lacked activity, for example, for the conversion of a glycerol or glycerol-containing feed to produce 1,2-propanediol, so that copper-containing, multi-metallic catalysts may be employed for making a biobased propylene glycol using carbon supports that previously would have not been suitable. |
| US10710948B2 |
Processes for preparing (R)-1-(5-chloro-[1,1″-biphenyl] -2-yl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanol and 1-(5-chloro-[1,1″-biphenyl]-2-yl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanone
The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of (R)-1-(5-chloro-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanol, 1-(5-chloro-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanone, and intermediates thereof, which are useful in the preparation of inhibitors of TPH1 for the treatment of, for example, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, inflammatory, metabolic, low bone mass diseases, serotonin syndrome, and cancer. |
| US10710944B2 |
Method of preparing butadiene
The present invention relates to a method of preparing butadiene and a device for preparing the same. According to the present invention, since butane is used as a diluent gas, even when a refrigerant belonging to a grade lower than a very low temperature refrigerant is used, a C4 mixture and gas products excluding butadiene may be easily separated, and loss of active ingredients may be minimized, which may increase productivity while reducing raw material costs, thereby improving economic efficiency. In addition to these advantages, when the method and device of the present invention are used, high-purity butadiene may be safely prepared. |
| US10710942B2 |
Method of co-processing fluidized catalytic cracking naphtha and pyrolysis gasoline
An integrated process for forming a combined feedstock stream comprising catalytically cracking a first hydrocarbon feedstock to form a full range cracked full naphtha stream and a first light olefins stream, steam cracking a second hydrocarbon feedstock to form a pyrolysis gasoline stream and a second light olefins stream mixing at least a portion of each of the full range cracked naphtha stream and the pyrolysis gasoline stream to form a combined stream, hydro-processing the combined stream to form a hydro-processed combined stream splitting the hydro-processed combined stream into a C5/C6 stream, and a first aromatic rich stream, splitting the first aromatic rich stream into a second aromatic rich stream and a heavy oil stream. |
| US10710939B2 |
Coated inorganic materials and methods for forming the coated inorganic materials
A composition and method for producing an inorganic material with an inorganic coating. The inorganic coating may include ammonium sulfate. The present disclosure also provides a fertilizer having an inorganic coating. A method according to the present disclosure includes granulating an inorganic material and coating the organic material in situ with a reactive coating composition. |
| US10710937B2 |
Extraction of amino acids and phosphorus from biological materials
A system and method for separating nutrients, such as phosphorus and protein, from biological materials may be disclosed. Biological material, for example in the form of wet solids from raw manure, may first be separated out by a solid-liquid separator. The wet solids may then be dissolved in an acidic solution, which may be created directly or by fermentation. The resulting supernatant from the acidic treatment may then be separated and phosphorus reclaimed therefrom. The resulting precipitate from the acidic treatment may be separated from the supernatant and treated with a basic solution. The resulting supernatant following the basic treatment may then be separated and protein reclaimed therefrom. In some embodiments, the supernatant resulting from the acidic treatment may itself be alkalinized, creating a precipitate which contains phosphorus solids and a supernatant which can be separated from the phosphorus solids and used as the basic solution with which to treat the precipitate resulting from the acidic treatment. Further, the system may be used to extract phosphorus and proteins from other biological materials, such as algae or crops. |
| US10710928B2 |
Glass with enhanced strength and antimicrobial properties, and method of making same
A method of making an antimicrobial glass article that includes the steps: submersing the article in a strengthening bath to exchange a portion of ion-exchangeable metal ions in the glass article with a portion of ion-exchanging metal ions in the strengthening bath to form a compressive stress layer extending from the first surface to a diffusion depth in the article; removing a portion of the compressive stress layer from the first surface of the article to a first depth above the diffusion depth in the article to define a new first surface and a remaining compressive stress layer; and submersing the article in an antimicrobial bath to exchange a portion of the ion-exchangeable and the ion-exchanging metal ions in the compressive stress layer with a portion of the silver metal ions in the antimicrobial bath to impart an antimicrobial property in the article. |
| US10710926B2 |
Sealing material
A sealing material of the present invention is a sealing material for sealing a metal material, including 70 mass % to 100 mass % of glass powder including alkali silicate glass and 0 mass % to 30 mass % of ceramic powder, and having a linear thermal expansion coefficient in a temperature range of from 30° C. to 380° C. of more than 100×10−7/° C. and 170×10−7/° C. or less. |
| US10710921B2 |
Method for manufacturing medical vial
[Object] To provide a means manufacturing a medical vial which contains a Type IA borosilicate glass as the raw material and in which the elution amount of silica into a high ionic strength solution decreases to be equal to or less than the silica elution amount in a Type IB borosilicate glass.[Solution] A method for manufacturing a medical vial is a method for manufacturing a medical vial including a fire blast process of applying a flame ejected from a point burner to a deteriorated layer generated on the inner surface of a vial, in which the vial is molded from a glass tube containing a Type IA borosilicate glass as the raw material and the molar ratio of oxides contained in the borosilicate glass satisfies ψ=0.23±0.02 in ψ=[(Na2O+K2O)—Al2O3]/B2O3 and satisfies β=7.5±0.5 in β=B2O3/Al2O3. |
| US10710920B2 |
Methods for thermally treating glass articles
According to one embodiment, a method for thermally treating glass articles may include holding a glass article at a treatment temperature equal to an annealing temperature of the glass article ±15° C. for a holding time greater than or equal to 5 minutes. Thereafter, the glass article may be cooled from the treatment temperature through a strain point of the glass article at a first cooling rate CR1 less than 0° C./min and greater than −20° C./min such that a density of the glass article is greater than or equal to 0.003 g/cc after cooling. The glass article is subsequently cooled from below the strain point at a second cooling rate CR2, wherein |CR2|>|CR1|. |
| US10710916B2 |
Portable, non-biological, cyclic sewage treatment plant
A mobile sewage treatment and water reclamation system for rapid deployment to augment existing wastewater systems and provide interim service in lieu of permanent facilities, includes: (a) denaturing stage wherein raw sewage is first ground into suspendable grit, its pH first lowered to kill acid-sensitive bio-organisms, then raised to kill base-sensitive bio-organisms, and then neutralized; (b) clarifying stage employing an inverted-cone tank to circulate the solution after injection with chemicals to flocculate small particles for collection in a layer for siphoning off; and (c) disposal stage wherein clarified water passes through media filters to remove remaining solids and odors, the effluent water being clean enough for irrigation, aquatic life and discharge into waterways; and wherein sterile sludge is pressed into semi-dry solids, then dried, crushed, powdered and bagged for use as high-nitrate biomass fertilizer or for fossil-fuel power co-generation applications. |
| US10710912B1 |
Submerissible chemical dispenser for a pool
A submersible chemical dispenser for a pool having a chemical tablet housing defining an internal cylindrical cavity and an outer surface surrounding the internal cylindrical cavity, having a plurality of apertures defined thereon and spatially and fluidly coupled to the internal cylindrical cavity, and with a coupler member coupled thereto, wherein the internal cylindrical cavity is shaped and sized to receive a plurality of water-soluble chemical tablets. The dispenser also includes a buoyancy container defining a buoyancy cavity with a gas therein and having a first end operably configured to selectively, removably, and directly couple to the coupler sidewall in a locked configuration to orient the buoyancy container in an upright orientation with respect to a longitudinal axis of the chemical tablet housing and to encapsulate the buoyancy cavity. |
| US10710910B2 |
Electrocoagulation using oscillating electrodes
In alternative aspects, the invention provides electrocoagulation processes and apparatus in which the anode oscillates in the electrochemical cell. In some embodiments, this facilitates control of the mixing conditions at the electrode surface independently from the flow through the cell. A constant DC current may be applied in the electrocoagulation, so that as the anode moves closer to a cathode, the cell voltage will oscillate. This may for example be carried out to provide a comparable degree of electrocoagulation with a net reduction in the energy consumption compared to a non-oscillating cell. |
| US10710909B2 |
Pulse discharge power supply and pulse discharge generating method
One of the purposes is to provide a pulse discharge power supply for use in generating pulse discharge. The pulse discharge power supply includes a pulse generation unit, a control circuit, an electric current detector and an electric current signal processing unit. The pulse generation unit generates a first pulse, and applies it to a discharge load for generating pulse discharge. The electric current detector detects an electric current flowing into the discharge load in accordance with the application of the pulse. The electric current signal processing unit outputs into the control circuit a signal based on an integration result of the electric current having been detected. The control circuit controls the generation of a second pulse in the pulse generation unit based on the signal being received. |
| US10710908B2 |
Water treatment device and water treatment method
A water treatment device includes a grounding electrode having a planar flowing water portion that causes treatment target water to flow, a multiple of wire form high voltage electrodes provided parallel with the flowing water portion in a position distanced from the flowing water portion of the grounding electrode and to extend in a direction intersecting a flow direction of the treatment target water, and a blowing device that forms a gas flow that intersects an extension direction of the high voltage electrode and intersects an extension direction of an electrical discharge. This kind of configuration is such that even when water droplets adhere to the high voltage electrode, the water droplets are blown away by a pressure of the gas flow formed by the blowing device, and a spark discharge is restricted. |
| US10710907B2 |
Hydrodynamic separators, assemblies and methods for storm water treatment
A hydrodynamic separator for storm water includes weirs and a first plate within a housing to create a pretreatment area for the storm water. The separator further includes a hollow inner member for inducing rotational flow of water and having an outlet below the first plate which outlet is connected to a lower second plate. Solids further settle from the water in the housing below the lower second plate. A water exit path exists between the two plates. |
| US10710902B2 |
System and apparatus for determining and controlling water clarity
A system, method and apparatus for determining and controlling water clarity or water opacity especially useful in pools, spas, and contained bodies of water. |
| US10710896B2 |
Tungsten pentachloride conditioning and crystalline phase manipulation
Conditioning of tungsten pentachloride to form specific crystalline phases is disclosed. The specific crystalline phases permit stable vapor pressures over extended periods of time during vapor deposition and etching processes. |
| US10710885B2 |
Germanium-68 source material and calibration devices that include such source material
Calibration devices including germanium-68 source material are disclosed. The source material may be a matrix material (e.g., zeolite) in which germanium-68 is isomorphously substituted for central atoms in tetrahedra within the matrix material. Methods for preparing such calibration devices are also disclosed. |
| US10710877B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating hydrogen from formic acid
The present invention provides a hydrogen generating apparatus and a hydrogen generating method, wherein the hydrogen generating apparatus generates hydrogen by dehydrating formic acid, and comprises: a reactor for containing water and a heterogeneous catalyst; a formic acid feeder for feeding formic acid into the reactor; and a moisture remover for removing moisture generated from the reactor. |
| US10710874B2 |
Micromechanical structure and method for manufacturing the same
A micromechanical structure in accordance with various embodiments may include: a substrate; and a functional structure arranged at the substrate; wherein the functional structure includes a functional region which is deflectable with respect to the substrate responsive to a force acting on the functional region; and wherein at least a section of the functional region has an elastic modulus in the range from about 5 GPa to about 70 GPa. |
| US10710867B2 |
Fuel distribution station
An environmentally friendly fuel distribution station includes an upper canopy, said upper canopy including a fuel tank and an outer shell enclosing said fuel tank, and a fuel distribution interface suspended from said upper canopy, said fuel distribution interface selectively distributing fuel from said fuel tank during a fueling operation. |
| US10710865B1 |
Nitrogen infusing non-alcoholic carbonated beverages
This invention is a method by which four separate variables are manipulated in a manner that creates a process to force nitrogen into non-alcoholic carbonated beverages in a pressure rated vessel that is equipped to introduce the gas through the bottom of the pressure rated vessel. The four separate elements in this invention are Temperature, Pressure, Time, and Agitation. The purpose of this invention is to achieve a total of 30% total gas absorption of Carbon Dioxide and 70% total gas absorption of Nitrogen into Non-Alcoholic beverages including but not limited to Soda, Tea, Energy Drinks, Horchata, Fruit Juices, Water, Mineral Water, Fruit Juice Cocktails, Cocktail Mixers, Switchel, Lemonade, Limeade, vitamin drinks, orangeade, hang over remedies, and sports drinks, excluding all coffee and flavored coffee drinks. |
| US10710863B2 |
Water bottle filling system for a motor vehicle
A water bottle filling system includes a water collection vessel, a water storage reservoir having an inlet valve and an outlet valve, an air pump connected to the water storage reservoir, a coupling downstream from the outlet valve and a refillable water bottle connected to the coupling. A method for collecting, cleaning and dispensing potable water into a refillable water bottle is also provided. |
| US10710861B2 |
Automatic lid opener
Embodiments described herein provide an automatic lid opener comprising a base section, a top section, a middle section, at least one motor and a control panel. The base section comprises a base cavity capable of receiving a base portion of a jar, an inflatable grip within the base cavity, and a pump configured to inflate the inflatable grip, the inflatable grip configured to extend in a radially inward direction of the base cavity upon inflation and engage the base portion of the jar to form a grip, when the jar is positioned in the base cavity. The top section comprises a lid gripping mechanism and a lid rotation mechanism. The at least one motor is configured to operate at least one of the pump, the lid gripping mechanism, the rotation mechanism, or the height adjustment mechanism, and the control panel is configured to power the at least one motor. |
| US10710850B2 |
Revolving frame for work machine, and work machine provided with same
Lifting performance of a work machine is increased while suppressing an increase in a vehicle weight. When a slewing frame is seen from a side, a first reinforcement member is provided from a boom foot section to a front side part of a slewing bearing, a second reinforcement member is provided from the boom foot section to a mast foot section, and a third reinforcement member is provided from the mast foot section to a rear side part of the slewing bearing. Furthermore, a fourth reinforcement member is provided from a middle region (M) located at an upper end portion of the slewing frame and above a rear portion of the slewing bearing to the front side part of the slewing bearing, and a fifth reinforcement member is provided from the middle region (M) to the rear side part of the slewing bearing. |
| US10710847B2 |
Mobile crane
In a crawler crane, while a fly jib is in use, the fly jib is suspended from a coupling flange by a jib raising/lowering wire rope that is wound around a sheave, the sheave being slidably attached to a tip end side section of the fly jib. If the sheave is caused to slide by a jib raising/lowering cylinder attached to the fly jib, the fly jib suspended from the coupling flange by the jib raising/lowering wire rope inclines with respect to a boom. The raising/lowering mechanism of the fly jib is installed on the fly jib side, thus making it possible to easily perform work to extract/store the fly jib. |
| US10710846B2 |
Stop ring having a support eye lug used to suspend a stopping means or lashing means
The present disclosure relates to a stop ring (1) comprising a support eye lug (2) used to suspend a stopping or lashing means and a threaded pin (6), rotatably arranged with respect to the supporting eye lug (2), for fixing to an object to be lifted or fixed, the support eye lug (2) and the threaded pin (6) being connected to each other in a form-fitting manner by a bearing journal (5) of the threaded pin (6), which engages in the bearing bore (4) of the support eye lug (2), and a plurality of bearing rollers (8), and having a locking element (13) by means of which, in a locking position, the support eye lug (2) and the threaded pin (6) can be blocked against rotation, characterized in that the bottom (3) of the support eye lug (2) is closed at the top. |
| US10710841B2 |
Method for operating an elevator system and elevator system designed for performing the method
The present disclosure concerns a method for operating an elevator system which comprises a shaft system and at least three cars, which is designed for separately moving the cars in at least a first direction of travel and in a second direction of travel. The at least three cars are moved separately in sequential operation each time and for each car a stop point at which the car can stop if necessary is continuously predicted at least for one direction of travel. The distance of the predicted stop points of neighboring cars from each other is thereby continuously determined. The elevator system is transferred to a safety mode if a negative distance of the stop points is determined. |
| US10710840B1 |
Motorized tie-down device
In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a motorized tie-down device having a housing, a flexible strap having a first end attached to a reel, and a carabiner attached to a second end of the flexible strap. The housing can include a power supply comprising one or more rechargeable batteries, an electric motor coupled to receive power from the power supply, a control to activate the electric motor, the reel, and a worm drive assembly operatively coupled to the electric motor and the reel and configured to transfer rotation from the electric motor to the reel. |
| US10710838B2 |
Method and machine for producing bindings
The method for producing bindings includes: positioning at least one binding bobbin on a machine having: a winding bobbin including a device for supporting and a notch, an electric motor which is coupled to the winding bobbin; and at least one shaft capable of receiving a binding bobbin, supporting a free end of the binding of the binding bobbin on the winding bobbin, by the device for supporting; supplying electricity to the electric motor of the machine to drive the winding bobbin in rotation, so as to wind the binding of the binding bobbin over a plurality of turns around the winding bobbin; stopping the supply of electricity to the electric motor of the machine; and in the region of the notch of the winding bobbin, cutting the plurality of turns of bindings wound onto the winding bobbin. |
| US10710836B1 |
Tie-wire holster
A tie-wire holster having a tire-shaped body formed of a flexible polymer material. The body includes sidewalls having first and second central openings, and at least two slots formed in the first sidewall, the slots extending from the central opening of the first sidewall into a top circumferential portion. A spool-shaped attachment member with a first flange and a second flange, the second flange sized to extend though the body's second central opening and the first flange sized to not be capable of extending through the second central opening. The first flange is positioned against an interior of the second sidewall and the second flange is positioned against an exterior of the second sidewall. |
| US10710835B2 |
Collar retention system for packaging device for dispensing elongated flexible material
A collar retention system is provided that can be used in connection with a packaging device for dispensing elongated flexible material. Some systems can include one or more of retention collars, retention rings, or an elongated rotatable member around which primary collars can be located that can support the primary collars for resisting outward pressure thereon from the elongated flexible material or to prevent the primary collars from shifting lengthwise along the elongated rotatable member away from a lengthwise center of the elongated rotatable member and towards lengthwise opposing ends of the elongated rotatable member. |
| US10710831B2 |
Arrangement and method for aligning at least one note of value
An apparatus for aligning notes of value along a transport path has a note reader with a scanning line with areas detection areas there along. The scanning areas are arranged along a line orthogonally with respect to a central axis of the transport path. A first and at least one second transport elements serve to transport the note along the transport path in at least one transport direction. The transport elements each contact the note in a contact area. At least one aligning apparatus is used for aligning the note, which is arranged between the first and second transport elements and forms a section of the transport path. The note reader detects the trailing edge of the note in a first scanning area and in a second scanning area. |
| US10710830B2 |
Paper feed apparatus, image reading apparatus comprising paper feed apparatus, and image forming apparatus comprising paper feed apparatus
A paper feed apparatus for a multifunction image forming apparatus includes a paper feeding portion that sends-out a paper placed in a paper placing tray. The paper feed apparatus comprises a first regulating portion and a second regulating portion arranged in the vicinity of a downstream side of a paper feeding position by the paper feeding portion. The first regulating portion is arranged outside a second width paper passage area to regulate a movement of a first width paper placed in the paper placing tray toward a feeding direction. The second regulating portion is arranged inside the second width paper passage area to regulate a movement of a second width paper placed in the paper placing tray toward a feeding direction. By this arrangement, the second width paper such as a name card can be fed in addition to the first width paper such as A4 paper. |
| US10710829B2 |
Paper conveyance device, image forming apparatus, paper conveyance control method, and recording medium
A paper conveyance device includes: an upstream roller and a downstream roller being arranged at an interval in a paper conveyance path; paper conveyance guides being arranged between the upstream and downstream roller in the paper conveyance path to guide both surfaces of paper along the paper conveyance path during paper conveyance; drivers that drive the upstream and downstream roller independently; and a processor that measures the load torques on the upstream and downstream roller, that judges whether or not the paper is rubbing against one of the paper conveyance guides with reference to the load torques on the upstream and downstream roller, the load torques being obtained by the processor, and that performs controlled paper conveyance with reference to the load torques on the upstream and downstream roller depending on the result of the judgment being obtained by the processor. |
| US10710825B2 |
Cart chasis
A cart chassis is described which includes: multiple areas inside the chassis to accommodate either of two different types of modular accessory trays in multiple configurations. An upper platform of the chassis is to support a print engine. |
| US10710824B2 |
Curbed ramp
A ramp system includes a rail with an outer wall that defines an extent of the ramp in a width dimension. The rail includes an inner wall that is connected to the outer wall at a curb head. The inner wall extends away from the curb head at an angle relative to the outer wall. A side wall is oriented parallel to the outer wall. A lower end of the side wall is connected to a lower end of the outer wall by a bottom wall. A shelf is connected between an upper end of the side wall and a lower end of the inner wall. The shelf extension is connected between the lower end of the inner wall and the outer wall. A deck is secured to the shelf. |
| US10710820B2 |
Transfer mechanism for use with a food processing system
A transfer mechanism for transferring food product from a compartment of a food processing system includes a conduit having a first end portion configured to be in communication with the compartment and a second end portion, a fluid discharge positioned substantially within the conduit between the first end portion and the second end portion, and a pressurized fluid source in communication with the fluid discharge. The pressurized fluid source is operable to propel a fluid through the fluid discharge to move the food product from the first end portion of the conduit toward the second end portion. |
| US10710818B2 |
Transfer unit and method for transferring blister packs
In the method for transferring blister packs from a first and a second pick position to a common place position, the blister packs in the first and second pick positions are arranged next to each other in a row and are each outwardly offset from the longitudinal center plane of the transfer unit. Then the two blister packs are picked successively by two suction arms and placed from above in the place position, which is in the area of the longitudinal center plane. After the placing step, the blister packs in the place positions have a rotation of 180° around their centers in comparison to their orientation in the pick positions; and in addition the blister packs acquire a lateral offset during the transfer. |
| US10710815B2 |
Pallet positioning station and associated methods
A pallet positioning station for positioning a pallet to be impacted by a pallet impact station includes a frame, and a pallet lift assembly carried by the frame. The pallet lift assembly includes a lift grate moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. A pallet push arm assembly is carried by the frame and includes a pallet push arm movable between a retracted position and a pallet positioning position. A controller is configured to move the pallet push arm and the lift grate to the retracted positions to receive the pallet for positioning, and move the lift grate to the extended position when the pallet is to be positioned for impact by the pallet impact station. The controller is further configured to move the pallet push arm to the pallet positioning position to move the pallet towards the pallet impact station until the pallet is aligned with an impact reference plane. |
| US10710814B2 |
Device for shaping a narrow container stream into a wide container stream
An apparatus for shaping a narrow container stream, into a wide container stream includes container guides and a shaping region that extends between an inlet and an outlet. Transport bands connecting laterally to each other and define a transport plane along which the containers are transported. The container guides are constrained to be between defined limit curves defined by second and third order polynomials. As a result, the container guides are cambered in a way that promotes interruption-free widening of the container stream. |
| US10710813B2 |
System and method of cleaning a conveyor belt
A cleaning apparatus is disclosed. The cleaning apparatus includes a roller system including a drive roller and one or more guide rollers configured to receive an elongated article to be cleaned. Each guide roller and the drive roller form a serpentine path for the article. The cleaning apparatus further includes a frame for supporting each guide roller and the drive roller; and a fluid delivery system for directing fluid at top and bottom faces of the article. The fluid delivery system includes one or more conduits. Each conduit is in fluid communication with a plurality of nozzles to direct fluid to the top and the bottom faces of the article. The cleaning apparatus further includes an actuator to linearly displace at least one of conduits back and forth during operation. The drive roller may be a sprocket for engaging and transporting the article. The article may be a conveyor belt. |
| US10710811B2 |
Material unloader apparatus, systems and methods
Truck unloader apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed for unloading and/or conveying aggregate material. In some embodiments, a load-bearing truss of the truck unloader includes a ramp in a road transport configuration. |
| US10710808B2 |
System for controlled distribution of components
A system for assembly of components, including a vibrating device wherein the components are placed in bulk, which is provided with first and second compartments connected together at their ends by first and second passage zones to form a closed circuit wherein the components can flow, and an articulated gripping arm provided to distribute the components to an automatic assembly installation, the vibrating device including first and second planes inclined in opposite directions included, respectively, in the first and second compartments, the components being able to progress along the first and second inclined planes towards a supply platform on which at least one component can be arranged in advance of its seizure by the articulated gripping arm, the supply platform being located in the second compartment at an exit of the second inclined plane. |
| US10710806B2 |
Item retrieval using a robotic drive unit
Disclosed are various embodiments that may facilitate transferring an item to a receptacle using a conveyor and a robotic drive unit. The robotic drive unit moves to be proximate to a receptacle. The robotic drive unit can align an item with the receptacle. The item can be transferred to the receptacle via the conveyor. |
| US10710802B2 |
Automated storage system and method for storing suspended goods in said storage system
The invention relates to a method for storing hanging goods (2) in an automated storage system (1), comprising a stationary storage rack (5) with storing regions for the hanging goods (2) in storage levels (13) lying one above the other, and at least one goods transport device (7) having a base frame (30), which is displaceable in a first direction in front of the storage rack (5), and at least one storage and removal device (33) having a goods displacement means (42) which is displaceable relative to the base frame in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The hanging goods are moved by the goods displacement means between a goods receiving carrier (12) associated with one storage region and a goods receiving carrier (34) associated with the goods transport device, the goods receiving carrier (12) remaining in the storage regions in the storage rack (5). The invention further relates to an automated storage system for carrying out said method. |
| US10710799B2 |
Container for receiving multiple flexible bag assemblies
Containers are described which can accommodate a variety of flexible bag assemblies used for containing waste. Internal accommodating structures are designed to accommodate and secure various types of bag assemblies, including single bag assemblies and cassettes. |
| US10710796B2 |
Apparatus for cleaning the interior of an above ground storage tank
An apparatus and method for cleaning the interior of an above ground storage tank includes a nozzle assembly mounted to a cover on the storage tank sidewall having a horizontally extending wash pipe fixedly and a suction pipe for recirculation of spent fluids. The wash pipe has an interior segment which can be extended to a tank floor and is configured with a bend to extend along the tank sides all to which is attached a submersible swivel joint fitted with a choked nozzle. A control assembly is provided to direct from the nozzle from the exterior of the storage tank. The nozzle vibrates in response to flow of wash fluid from the wash pipe. |
| US10710793B2 |
Aerosol nozzle
Provided is a simple-structured aerosol nozzle capable of mixing a plurality of contents uniformly and ejecting the same, and moreover leaving only a small amount of contents inside the flow passage after ejection. An aerosol nozzle 100 includes a nozzle lower part 120 that fits with a plurality of stems 103, and a nozzle upper part 110. At least one of an upper abutment surface 122 of the nozzle lower part 120 and a lower abutment surface 112 of the nozzle upper part 110 has a converging groove 126 that forms a plurality of converging passages 131 that connect openings of stem-communicated passages 123 and an opening of a mixing passage 111 when the nozzle lower part 120 and nozzle upper part 110 are fitted with each other. |
| US10710781B2 |
Resealable cover for containers
A resealable cover for a beverage container that holds a carbonated beverage. The cover includes a base engageable with a rim of the container and a lid movable between an open and closed position relative to the base. When in the closed position, a passageway is defined between a portion of the lid and a portion of the base. The passageway permits fluid communication between air surrounding an exterior surface of the cover and a space defined between the lid and an opening in the container. Pressure that builds up under the lid from gas escaping from the liquid may be relieved by outgassing through the passageway. The cover includes latches on the base that engage in notches on the lid to help lock the lid in place. The lid is rotated relative to the base to release the latches and permit the lid to be opened. |
| US10710780B2 |
Closure for a container neck
A closure (503) for a container neck (501), the closure (503) comprising a body (401) comprising a retention member (402) for retaining the body (401) on a container neck (501). The body (401) defines a retention member disconnection line (403) that is severable to release the retention member (402). |
| US10710776B2 |
Squeezable dispensing package and method
A fluid dispensing container is provided. The container includes a container body formed from a first flexible material defining an interior cavity. The container includes a membrane formed from a second flexible material and a seal coupling the membrane to the inner surface of the container body. The membrane divides the interior cavity into a contents chamber and a dispensing chamber, and the membrane and the seal are configured to be fluid tight to maintain fluid within the contents chamber prior to rupture of the membrane. The rupture stress of the second flexible material is less than the rupture stress of the first flexible material such that, as fluid pressure within the contents chamber increases, the membrane is configured to rupture without the container body rupturing. |
| US10710772B2 |
Soft core bottle
A soft core bottle includes a bottle housing and a liner. The liner includes a first bottle opening and a first bottle body. The first bottle body is made of a soft material. The bottle housing is made of a hard material. The liner is attached to the bottle housing via the first bottle opening in an assembled state. |
| US10710769B2 |
Composite pallet
A pallet may include a base layer, an intermediate layer, two or more support blocks, and a top layer. The support blocks may be removably attached to the base layer and the intermediate layer such that the support blocks are positioned between the base layer and the intermediate layer. The base layer may include two or more base members, the intermediate layer may include two or more intermediate members and the top layer may include two top outside members, which all may be described as structural members. The structural members may include two or more ribs, may include fiber dispersed in a thermoplastic material, and may include a continuous fiber bundle within each rib. |
| US10710766B2 |
Can lid and beverage can
A first score line (430) is curled inward at one end section (431) and the other end section (432) of the first score line (430) so as to go into a region enclosed by the first score line (430), and the first score line (430) approaches a center line (CL) of a tab as going to the trailing ends thereof. In addition, a curvature at which the first scored line (430) is brought closer to the other end section (432) side is applied to the one end section (431) of the first score line (430), and a curvature at which the first score line (430) is brought closer to the one end section (431) side is also applied to the other end section (432) of the first score line (430). |
| US10710763B2 |
Labeling machine for labeling containers
Examples are disclosed for a labeling machine for labeling containers, such as bottles in the beverage-processing industry. In one example, a labeling machine includes at least one machine unit which in operation can treat containers (e.g., label the containers), and a movable protective element which separates at least part of the machine unit from an associated environment. The protective element comprises a handle for moving the protective element, and the handle comprises a pushbutton for locking and/or unlocking. The pushbutton, when actuated, selectively releases and/or blocks the movement of the protective element. |
| US10710759B2 |
Packaging method to enable re-sterilization of medical device
A method of packaging pre-filled medical devices is disclosed. The method comprises producing a packaging having a front panel and a back panel defining a compartment capable of holding one or more medical devices wherein at least one of the front panel or top panel has a portion containing a gas permeable material while the remaining portion of the pouch is gas impermeable. This gas permeable material allows gas to pass through the material and contact the one or more articles contained within the compartment or allows gas to pass through the gas permeable material from the inside of the compartment to the outside of the container. Upon completion of sterilization, the pouch is sealed and the gas permeable portion is cut away leaving the sterilized medical device enclosed in a completely gas impermeable pouch. |
| US10710757B2 |
Weigh-in-motion scale system and method for linear synchronous motor conveyor
A weigh-in-motion scale system for a linear synchronous motor conveyor and a method for weighing objects on a linear synchronous motor conveyor are described herein. In one embodiment, the weigh-in-motion scale system includes a support structure for supporting the following: a weigh cell, a section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track, a vehicle for transporting an object, and an object; and a weigh cell on the support structure on which a section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track rests directly or indirectly. In one embodiment, the method includes transporting a vehicle with an object thereon along a section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track; and at a weighing station while the vehicle with the object thereon is being transported, weighing the section of a linear synchronous motor conveyor track, vehicle, and object to determine the weight of the object. |
| US10710752B2 |
System and method for inspecting aircraft windows
A system and method are provided for inspecting an aircraft window for anomalies by directing light that is polarized at a first angle at the window and analyzing light emerging from the window. The light emerging from the window may be polarized at a second angle. One or both of the angles may be adjustable and, in a nominal position, the second angle may be rotated about 90-degrees relative to the first angle. A camera may record the light as polarized at the first and second angles. For a window installed on an aircraft, a vacuum hood may produce a pressure on the window. An analysis subsystem may be coupled to the camera to receive and analyze the image from the camera of light as polarized at the first and second angles. The analysis subsystem may use a database of information relating to light patterns for anomalous and non-anomalous windows. |
| US10710748B2 |
Aircraft part assembly
A method of producing part of an aircraft comprising: providing a frame having a first surface, a second surface, and one or more side edges between the first and second surfaces; mounting the frame to a first tool, the first tool comprising a support surface that contacts the second surface of the frame to opposing movement of the frame; while the frame is mounted to the first tool, machining the first surface to form attachment features; mounting the machined frame to a second tool which contacts with the frame at only the one or more side edges; and, while the frame is mounted to the second tool, attaching, using the attachment features, to the first and second surfaces, aircraft panels to form an outer skin. |
| US10710745B2 |
Engine driven air compressor system for a mobile aviation support cart
A multi-stage, intercooled centrifugal compressor with integral power generator system for a mobile, ground-based aviation support cart is disclosed. A bootstrap-type turbo compressor module which can supply cooled air. The system may be operated in one of several modes: high pressure “bleed air” (e.g., 35-50 psig) for jet engine start, conditioned or cooled air (e.g., 2-5 psig) for aircraft cooling purposes, or electrical ground power. Electrical ground power and conditioned air may also be supplied simultaneously if desired. |
| US10710742B2 |
Exterior aircraft light and aircraft comprising the same
An exterior aircraft light includes a housing configured to be mounted to an exterior portion of an aircraft; at least one light source mounted to the housing; a lens cover, cooperating with the housing for forming an inner space of the exterior aircraft light, with light from the at least one light source leaving the exterior aircraft light through the lens cover into an outside environment of the aircraft; and a gasket arranged between the housing and the lens cover, the gasket having at least one flap portion forming at least one check valve for fluid discharge from the inner space of the exterior aircraft light towards the outside environment of the aircraft. |
| US10710736B2 |
Latch indication system and method for a fan cowl of an air vehicle
There is provided a latch indication system for a fan cowl of an air vehicle. The system has a door movable between a closed position and an open position, and has a handle movable between a handle stowed position and a handle deployed position. The system has a linkage assembly mechanically connecting the handle to a cover assembly. The cover assembly has a movable member movable between a movable member stowed position and a movable member deployed position, such that when the door is in the closed position and the handle is in the handle stowed position, the system indicates that one or more latch assemblies of the fan cowl are in a latched condition, and when the door is in the open position and the handle is in the handle deployed position, the system indicates that one or more of the latch assemblies are in an unlatched condition. |
| US10710735B2 |
Operation of a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
A method is provided for operating a propulsion system of a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, the propulsion system including a turbomachine, an electric machine, a forward thrust propulsor, and a plurality of vertical thrust electric fans. The method includes driving the forward thrust propulsor with the turbomachine; rotating the electric machine with the turbomachine to generate electrical power; determining a failure condition of the turbomachine; and providing electrical power to the electric machine to drive the forward thrust propulsor with the electric machine in response to determining the failure condition of the turbomachine. |
| US10710730B2 |
Passive OBOGS temperature supply using conditioned avionics cooling
In some examples, a temperature control system comprises a heat exchanger providing thermal communication between inlet air and an avionics temperature controlled fluid, for controlling the temperature of the inlet air for use in an onboard oxygen generating system (OBOGS). The inlet air that exits the heat exchanger can be used as supply air for the OBOGS. |
| US10710728B2 |
Device for determining at least one of a degree of opening of an air opening and a cross section of an air duct connected to the opening
A device for controlling an opening forming an air inlet or air outlet in an outer skin of a vehicle. The device comprises a multiple-member inlet ramp, which is configured to vary at least one of a degree of opening of the opening and a cross section of an air duct connected to the opening; an actuator, which is coupled to the multiple-member inlet ramp and is configured to move the multiple-member inlet ramp into a shape related to at least one of a certain degree of opening and a certain cross section; and a movement control device, which is configured to control a movement of the multiple-member inlet ramp. |
| US10710727B2 |
Seat system for a cabin of a transportation means with a compactable seat row
A seat system for a cabin of a transportation system includes a first seat unit, a second seat unit, and a rail system attachable to a floor of the cabin, having two rails that run parallel to each other, for receiving the seat units on selective positions. A line-up of a plurality of first seat units and at least one second seat unit on the rail system constitutes a seat arrangement. The first seat unit includes a seat frame having a seat cushion and a back cushion. The second seat unit includes a seat frame having a foldable seat cushion and a back cushion. The second seat frame includes two forward seat legs supported on two auxiliary rail segments that are arranged between the rails in a region. The forward seat legs are guidable underneath the seat cushion of a first seat unit arranged in front of it. |
| US10710723B1 |
Transferring information between a vehicle based user device and a server to validate user information before granting internet access
An entertainment and connectivity system includes a processor for transferring information between a vehicle based user device and a server to validate a user's government identity before granting the user device access to the internet. The vehicle based server has an internet protocol address and communicates with user devices. The user devices each have an onboard internet protocol address mapped to the internet protocol address of the vehicle based server. A processor associated with the vehicle based server receives requests for internet service originating from the user devices. The requests include travel information or internet subscription plan information for a user of each of the user devices. The vehicle based server, or a ground based server that receives the request, generates an internet connection authorization decision based on validation of the user's government identity or the user's internet subscription plan information. The connection authorization decisions are then used to control whether the internet connections are established to the user devices. If the internet connections are established, internet session information for the user devices, including for each user device the onboard internet protocol address mapped to the internet protocol address of the vehicle based server, is stored in a ground based server and can be retrieved to identify the government identity of a user or a user's internet subscription plan information for each of the user devices. |
| US10710716B2 |
Inhibiting cable entanglement in tethered drones
Devices for inhibiting a cable coupling drones from being entangled in the propellers of the drones, and associated systems and methods, are described herein. For example, a device can include a first weight coupled to the cable and configured to direct the cable at least partially away from the propellers of the drones. In some embodiments, the first weight can be coupled to the cable proximate to one of the coupled drones, and the device can include a second weight coupled to the cable proximate to the other of the coupled drones and configured to direct the cable at least partially away from the propellers of the drones. |
| US10710715B2 |
Unmanned supply delivery aircraft
A heavy payload, autonomous UAV able to deliver supply by way of airdrop with more precision and at a lower cost. The UAV is equipped with two movable wing systems that rotate from a stowed position to a deployed position upon jettison of the UAV from a mothership. The UAV can be controlled remotely or it can operate autonomously and the movable wings can include ailerons to effectuate flight control of the UAV. The UAV can be reusable or can be an expendable UAV. |
| US10710713B2 |
Vertical take-off and landing aircraft
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is provided comprising a fuselage (12) defining a forward end and an aft end, the fuselage accommodating at least one engine (56), a left wing (18) and a right wing (20) extending from either side of the fuselage, a lift fan drive system (22) accommodated within each wing, a forward thrust fan drive system (24) fitted proximate the aft end of the fuselage, and a stabiliser arrangement (26) proximate the forward thrust fan drive system. In an embodiment, each wing comprises a rotor housing portion (18.1, 20.1) extending away from the fuselage and a wing tip portion (18.2, 20.2) extending away from the rotor housing portion, the wing tip portion being angled towards the rear and side of the aircraft. In an embodiment, the rotor housing portion comprises two rotor housings, one forward of the aircraft's centre of gravity and one aft of the aircraft's centre of gravity. |
| US10710709B2 |
Mechanical system for transmitting motion and an aircraft fitted with a corresponding system
A mechanical system for transmitting rotary motion between at least two shafts movable in rotation respectively about a first axis and a second axis, the first and second axes intersecting, the mechanical system including a bevel gear set made up of a first bevel gear having teeth and movable in rotation about the first axis and a bevel wheel having teeth and movable in rotation about the second axis, the teeth of the first bevel gear and of the bevel wheel respectively being suitable for co-operating in complementary manner with one another, the first bevel gear, referred to as a “power” gear, presenting a first defining pitch surface of conical shape, and the bevel wheel presenting a second defining pitch surface of conical shape. |
| US10710708B2 |
Landing gear and an aerial vehicle using the same
A landing gear includes a fixing mechanism, a driving mechanism disposed on the fixing mechanism, a translating member connected to the driving mechanism and configured to move relative to the fix mechanism whey being driven by the driving mechanism, and two supporting feet disposed opposite to each other. The two supporting feet are pivotally connected to the fixing mechanism and movably connected at two ends of the translating member. The driving mechanism is configured to drive the two supporting feet through the translating member to rotate relative to the fixing mechanism. |
| US10710706B2 |
Self-adjusting system for aircraft control
A self-adjusting flight control system is disclosed. In various embodiments, an input interface receives an input signal generated by an inceptor based at least in part on a position of an input device comprising the inceptor. A processor coupled to the input interface determines dynamically a mapping to be used to map input signals received from the inceptor to corresponding output signals associated with flight control and uses the determined mapping to map the input signal to a corresponding output signal. The processor determines the mapping at least in part by computing a running average of the output signal over an averaging period and adjusting the mapping at least in part to associate a neutral position of the input device comprising the inceptor with a corresponding output level that is determined at least in part by the computed running average. |
| US10710701B2 |
Foldable multi-rotor UAV
A foldable multi-rotor UAV includes: a fuselage; and a plurality of arms, wherein a first end of each of the arms is connected to a side face of the fuselage through a rotating mechanism; a motor and foldable blades connected to the motor are provided on a second end of each of the arms; each of the arms rotate relatively to the fuselage through the rotating mechanism; wherein the arms comprises a front arm and a rear arm; during a folded state, the rear arm upwardly rotates towards the fuselage for folding, in such a manner that the rear arm is contained at a lower portion of the side face of the fuselage; then the front arm upwardly rotates towards the fuselage for folding, in such a manner that the front arm is contained at an upper portion of the side face of the fuselage. |
| US10710696B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle with linkage foldable arms
The present invention relates to the technical field of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), and more particularly to a UAV with linkage foldable arms, which includes a linkage mechanism, a fuselage body and multiple aircraft arms. The multiple aircraft arms are connected with each other through the linkage mechanism and are connected with the fuselage body; a locating part is located in a middle of the fuselage body; the locating part comprises a positioning structure, a fixed structure which plays a limit role is located on one of the multiple aircraft arms, the fixed structure is buckled with the positioning structure. When the aircraft arms are unfolded or folded, only one aircraft arm needs to be operated to drive other aircraft arms to move under the action of the linkage mechanism, so that multiple folding steps are simplified into a folding process, which is convenient in operation and strong in practicability. |
| US10710684B2 |
Multi flange design for marine industry
A watercraft with improved safety and stability is provided. The watercraft includes a shell defining a plurality of raceways for receiving water during certain maneuvers of the watercraft, thereby excerpting force upon the watercraft in a first direction. The shell is configured so as to prevent or otherwise inhibit the water from excerpting an opposed second force upon the watercraft. An intermediate panel of the shell provides increased flexibility, thereby serving as a shock absorber for the watercraft. |
| US10710680B2 |
Marine mooring line vermin shield
A marine mooring line vermin shield to prevent the passage of vermin crawling along a marine mooring line from land to a pleasure craft, including a disc with a centrally located aperture through the disc, and a slot extending from the aperture to a periphery of the disc. The vermin shield also includes a closure that is urged to insert into the disc slot in a closed state compressing the mooring line against the aperture to secure the vermin shield against the mooring line. The closure may also be locked in the closed state. The closure can also be extracted from the disc slot in an open state to allow the mooring line to be removed from the aperture through the slot past the disc periphery. |
| US10710671B2 |
Handlebar controls
A handlebar control for use with a vehicle operated by a user. The vehicle includes a handlebar operable to steer the vehicle and at least one brake configured to slow the vehicle when the at least one brake is activated. The handlebar control includes an actuator assembly mounted on the handlebar and configured to be actuated manually by a hand of the user. When actuated, the actuator assembly being configured to activate the at least one brake and/or another component of the vehicle. |
| US10710665B2 |
Vehicle body frame structure for saddle riding type vehicle
A vehicle body frame structure for a saddle riding type vehicle, the vehicle body frame structure includes main frames formed by coupling main tubes extending rearwardly downward from a head pipe supporting a front wheel via a front fork to pivot frames supporting a rear fork by rear end portions of the pivot frames, and a rear frame in a rear of the main frames, the rear frame being formed of a fiber reinforced resin and supporting a seat. The rear frame includes upper side attaching portions attached to the main frames, a pair of left and right upper side portions linearly extending rearward from the upper side attaching portions, and a cross member laterally coupling the upper side portions to each other. The cross member includes a bulging portion bulging above the upper side portions. |
| US10710664B2 |
Reverse tricycle support structure
Disclosed is a tricycle component, and in particular to a reverse tricycle support structure in which two steering wheels are arranged in the front and a driving wheel is arranged in the back. The reverse tricycle support structure includes a frame, a front two-wheel fixing bracket and a rear flat fork. The frame includes a frame rear section, a frame middle section and a frame front section, the frame front section is fixedly connected to the front two-wheel fixing bracket, the frame rear section is movably connected to the rear flat fork, the front two-wheel fixing bracket is fixed on two front wheels, an upper end of a rear center single shock absorption member is hingedly fixed on the frame, and a lower end of the rear center single shock absorption member is hingedly fixed on the rear flat fork. |
| US10710660B2 |
Pannier system
The application discloses a blank configured to be mounted on a bicycle rack. The blank includes a bottom section that forms an item supporting surface when the blank is folded into a folded pannier configuration. The blank includes a lateral face section hingedly connected with the bottom section at a first fold line. The blank includes a central, vertical axis extending between proximal and distal ends of the blank. The blank is adapted to be folded from an unfolded blank configuration into a folded pannier configuration. In the unfolded blank configuration, opposing sides of the blank relative to the central, vertical axis are asymmetrical. |
| US10710659B2 |
Vehicle
A vehicle is provided which enables a storage portion and a maintenance lid to be arranged by taking into consideration the position of a body component and the shape of a carrier. A radiator and a reservoir tank are disposed below a front center upper cover. A storage portion is disposed ahead of the radiator and the reservoir tank. A maintenance lid configured to cover the radiator and the reservoir tank from above is provided on the front center upper cover, and the maintenance lid is positioned behind the storage portion. |
| US10710656B2 |
Windshield assembly system
An apparatus for installing a windshield on a motor vehicle includes a base, a handler, one or more spring assemblies positioned between the base and the handler, the one or more spring assemblies connected to the base and coupled to the handler to allow the handler to float relative to the base, a vibrator attached to the base, and one or more stoppers attached to the base, the one or more stoppers configured for placement between the base and the windshield for transmission of vibration generated by the vibrator to the windshield while the one or more spring assemblies minimizes the transmission of vibration from the base to the handler. |
| US10710654B2 |
Hydraulic drive system
A hydraulic drive system is disclosed. The hydraulic drive system includes a body housing, a rotor assembly, a motor assembly, and an engagement assembly. The first rotor assembly is attached to a first side of the body housing, while the first motor assembly is disposed inside the body housing and includes a first motor actuator. The engagement assembly positions the first motor actuator to engage and disengage with the first rotor assembly. |
| US10710653B2 |
Self aligning idler wheel design for rubber tracks
A vehicle track assembly includes an endless track having a first surface displaying a series of ground engaging profiles longitudinally spaced along the first surface and a second surface displaying a series of wheel engaging drive lugs spaced longitudinally along the second surface, a drive wheel for engaging the drive lugs and at least one idler wheel defining an inside diameter and an outside diameter, where the inside diameter of the at least one first idler wheel is greater than the outside diameter of the first idler wheel per meter of idler wheel width. The at least one idler wheel is a plurality of idler wheels, which may include a first idler wheel and a second idler wheel. The first and second idler wheels may be parallel one another, and may be separated by a distance of greater than the width of the drive lugs. |
| US10710652B2 |
Rounded track idlers
An agricultural vehicle has a chassis with a drivetrain and at least one rubber track assembly with a rubber track belt. The rubber track assembly has at least one idler, each of which has two idler wheels spaced apart on an axle. The idler wheels each have a tapered outer surface that together define a tapered profile that causes the rubber track belt to self-center upon the rubber track assembly. The tapered profile may define a pair of straight lines at a shallow angle, a portion of a circle, a portion of an ellipse, a parabola, or a hyperbola. |
| US10710650B2 |
Spare tire holder
This present invention relates to a spare tire mount on a vehicle, particularly for use on pick-up trucks and similar vehicles having an open cargo area. More particularly, the present invention relates to a spare tire mount which is held at an angle within a cargo bed area of a pick-up truck in which can be moved to an elevated position to allow for greater utilization of the cargo area of a pick-up truck. |
| US10710644B2 |
Body floor of vehicle
A body floor of a vehicle includes seat rails having seats mounted to the seat rails, a center floor including center side members provided on opposite sides of a tunnel member and a center cross-member connecting the center side members to the tunnel member, a rear floor having a rear side member connected to the center side members, a side reinforcement member provided between the center cross-member and the rear floor to cover the center side members and the rear side member, and a center reinforcement member provided between the center cross-member and the rear floor to cover the tunnel member, where rigidity of peripheral parts of the center floor, the rear floor, and the tunnel member is ensured by the side reinforcement member and the center reinforcement member, and the center floor and the rear floor provide an installation structure for the seat rails. |
| US10710641B2 |
Vehicle pillar structure
A vehicle pillar structure includes: a pair of frame components that extends in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle pillar; and a transparent component that is formed so as to be transparent, and that bridges a gap between the pair of frame components. Each of the pair of frame components is in a cylindrical shape having no seams in a cross-section thereof, and a planar transparent component joining surface to which the transparent component is joined is included as part of an outer peripheral surface of each of the pair of frame components. |
| US10710638B2 |
Vehicle lower portion structure
A vehicle lower portion structure includes a pair of rocker panels and an electric power supply device. The rocker panel is configured to include an outer portion, an inner portion, and a first shock absorbing portion. The outer portion is positioned on an outer side in a vehicle width direction. The inner portion is formed integrally with the outer portion, is positioned inward of the outer portion in the vehicle width direction, and forms a closed sectional portion with the outer portion. The first shock absorbing portion extends in the vehicle width direction from the outer portion to the inner portion in the closed sectional portion and is disposed to overlap the electric power supply device in vehicle side view. |
| US10710637B2 |
Battery module including a heat pipe positioned in proximity to a terminal component at a positive or negative terminal of the battery module
An embodiment is directed to a battery module, including a plurality of battery cell groups that are connected in series with each other, each of the plurality of battery cell groups including a plurality of battery cells that are connected to each other in parallel, a first terminal component at a first terminal of the battery module, the first terminal corresponding to either a positive terminal of the battery module or a negative terminal of the battery module, and a first heat pipe positioned in proximity to the first terminal component and configured to transfer heat away from the first terminal component. |
| US10710635B2 |
Autonomous all-terrain vehicle frame structure
A frame structure for an all-terrain vehicle includes upper main frame members and lower main frame members, each upper and lower main frame member extended in a longitudinal direction of the frame structure. The lower main frame members have forward and rearward portions mounted to the upper main frame members and central portions extended in a lateral direction of the frame structure outward of the upper main frame members. First sub-frame members are mounted to the forward and rearward portions of the lower main frame members. The first sub-frame members separate a component space defined by the frame structure into an upper component space and a lower component space. An electric motor is located in the lower component space, and a battery pack is located in the upper component space. |
| US10710632B2 |
Automatic driving control device
An automatic driving control device performs an automatic driving control for causing a vehicle to travel along a reference travel trajectory set in a lane in advance. The automatic driving control device reflects the steering by the driver during the automatic driving control in the travelling of the vehicle in a case where the steering by the driver is detected during the automatic driving control by the steering detection unit and when a position of the vehicle in the lane width direction is included in an allowance range, and alerts the driver to the travelling of the vehicle in a case where the steering by the driver is detected and in a case where it is determined that the position of the vehicle in the lane width direction is included in the second range. |
| US10710631B2 |
Mechanism for swinging and steering support leg for pavement milling machine
A mechanism for swinging and steering a support leg for a pavement milling machine is provided having a milling machine frame, a swing rod, a steering rod, a first guiding rod and a second guiding rod, the support leg includes a support leg exterior sleeve and a interior sleeve, the support leg exterior sleeve is sleeved onto the support leg interior sleeve, the support leg interior sleeve rotates relative to the exterior sleeve; one end of the swing rod is hinged to the milling machine frame, and the other end is fixedly connected to the exterior sleeve; one end of the second guiding rod is hinged to the milling machine frame, the other end is hinged to one end of the first guiding rod, the other end of the first guiding rod is hinged to one end of the steering rod, and the other end of the steering rod is connected to the support leg interior sleeve. |
| US10710630B2 |
System for modification of the steering ratio for a vehicle with a telescopic arm, and corresponding vehicle
A modification system is provided for modifying the steering ratio for a vehicle having a tiltable telescopic boom arm (6). The vehicle has steered wheels (11), a steering wheel, and a steering transmission device serving to transmit steering movement between the steering wheel and the steered wheels (11) with a steering ratio R=Alpha/Beta. Beta is the steering angle of the wheels, and Alpha is the turning angle of the steering wheel. The system includes a sensor configured to determine a parameter relating to the telescopic arm. A control module controls the steering ratio that is configured to modify the steering ratio R as a function of the parameter relating to the telescopic arm. A wheeled vehicle is provided, fitted with such a steering ratio modification system. |
| US10710627B2 |
Steering wheel for a motor vehicle steering system and steering column for a motor vehicle
A motor vehicle steering system includes a steering wheel hub which has a longitudinal axis and can be attached coaxially on a rotatably mounted steering spindle, and a steering wheel rim which is attached on the steering wheel hub at a radial spacing from the longitudinal axis and extends in a planar manner transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis. The steering wheel rim is mounted on the steering wheel hub in a bearing such that it can be inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis between an operating position and a stowed position about an inclination axis which lies transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis. The steering wheel rim is inclined at a flatter angle with respect to the longitudinal axis in the stowed position than when in the operating position. |
| US10710623B1 |
Propane tank dolly
The propane tank dolly comprises a base platform, a containment wall, a pair of wheels, and a handle. The propane tank dolly may be used to transfer a propane tank from a grill to a vehicle and may also be used to protect both the propane tank and the vehicle while the propane tank is transported to a tank exchange center in the vehicle. The propane tank is placed on the base platform within the containment wall and a lid may be placed onto the top of the containment wall. The handle may be extended from within left and right handle bases to move the propane tank dolly on the pair of wheel. The handle may be collapsed into the left and right handle bases to facilitate placing the propane tank dolly and propane tank into the vehicle. |
| US10710621B2 |
Method, system and apparatus for controlling a vehicle
A method for controlling a vehicle moving along a track of a transport network has an acquisition phase wherein an image is acquired by a video input on board the vehicle. The image represents a portion of the track of the transport network around the vehicle and information displayed by a display onboard the vehicle. The information represent at least part of a parameter relating to the vehicle and/or the transport network. During a processing phase, the displayed information are processed on the basis of the image by a processor, thereby allowing to control the vehicle on the basis of the parameter and/or image. |
| US10710618B2 |
Mounting arrangement for railway wayside signal applications
A mounting arrangement (100) includes an attachment member (102) for attachment to an end of a post (114), a connecting member (104) coupled to the attachment member (102), and a plurality of fastening elements (110) coupling the connecting member (104) to the attachment member (102), each fastening element (110) comprising a longitudinal axis (110A), longitudinal axes (110A) of the plurality of fastening elements (110) being substantially parallel to each other. The connecting member (104) is coupled to the attachment member (102) in a direction defined by the longitudinal axes (110A) of the plurality of fastening elements (110), wherein the attachment member (102) and the connecting member (104) comprise mating cylindrical surfaces (118, 140) which allow a tilting motion of the connecting member (104) about a rotating axis which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axes (110A) of the plurality of fastening elements (110). |
| US10710617B2 |
Control and monitoring device for a switch machine, a system and method for monitoring a switch machine
The invention concerns a control and monitoring device for a switch machine of a railway switch comprising: a power supply for providing a switch motor of the switch machine with a current, the switch motor being adapted to move points of the railway switch, a relay having a primary contact connected electrically to the power supply via at least one line and a secondary contact adapted to be electrically connected to the switch motor; the relay being adapted to switch on and off the power provided to the switch motor; at least one current sensor adapted to sense the current to be provided to the switch motor at the at least one line between the power supply and the relay; at least one voltage sensor adapted to sense a voltage to be provided to the switch motor at the at least one line between the power supply and the relay; a monitoring module connected to the at least one current sensor and the at least one voltage sensor, wherein the monitoring module is adapted to record the measured current and voltage values. |
| US10710611B2 |
Vehicle control device mounted on vehicle and method for controlling the vehicle
The present invention relates to a vehicle control device provided in a vehicle and a method of controlling the vehicle. A vehicle control device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit configured to perform communication with a shoe, a sensing unit configured to sense information related to the vehicle and a position of the shoe, and a processor configured to control the communication unit such that the shoe outputs an alarm based on a situation in which the vehicle is to be accelerated or decelerated and the position of the shoe when the situation is detected through the sensing unit. |
| US10710607B2 |
Systems and methods for identifying first route to destination as involving less human driving of vehicle than second route to destination
In one aspect, a device includes a processor and storage accessible to the processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the processor to access data associated with at least one road and, based on the data, identify a first route to a destination as involving less manual driving by a human driver than a second route to the destination. The instructions are also executable by the processor to output directions for an autonomous vehicle to follow the first route to the destination. |
| US10710603B2 |
Segment activity planning based on route characteristics
Embodiments include apparatus and methods for matching activities with one or more segments. A series of road segments, which may form a route to at least one destination, are identified. A road property for at least one of the segments is accessed. An activity or activity sequence is selected based on the road property for the at least one of the segments. |
| US10710600B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing climate and comfort control while optimizing the fuel economy of a motor vehicle
A fuel economy and comfort control apparatus is provided for a motor vehicle. That apparatus includes a plurality of sensors and a controller. The controller is configured to determine and advise an operator of the motor vehicle of the most fuel efficient mode of operating a climate control system of the motor vehicle to maintain occupant comfort while optimizing fuel efficient operation of the motor vehicle. A related method is also disclosed. |
| US10710599B2 |
System and method for online probabilistic change detection in feature-based maps
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to identifying changes within a surrounding environment of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes collecting, using at least one sensor of the vehicle, sensor data about the surrounding environment. The method includes analyzing the sensor data to identify features of the surrounding environment. The features are landmarks of the surrounding environment that are indicated within a map of the surrounding environment. The sensor data indicates at least measurements associated with the features as acquired by the at least one sensor. The method includes computing persistence likelihoods for the features according to a persistence model that characterizes at least prior observations of the features and relationships between the features. The persistence likelihoods indicate estimated persistences of the features to indicate whether the features likely still exist. The method includes controlling the vehicle according to the persistence likelihoods. |
| US10710597B2 |
Method and system for computing a road friction estimate
A method is described for computing a friction estimate between a road surface and a tire of a vehicle when the vehicle is in motion along a course, the tire being arranged on a steerable wheel of the vehicle, and the vehicle including two front wheels and two rear wheels and an axle rack pivotably attached to a linkage arm connected to the steerable wheel such that a translational motion of the axle rack causes the linkage arm to rotate about a kingpin element such that the linkage arm causes a turning motion of the steerable wheel. A corresponding system and vehicle are also described. |
| US10710595B2 |
Driving evaluation device, driving evaluation method, and non-transitory readable recording medium storing driving evaluation program
A driving evaluation device includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire vehicle information including a vehicle speed in each trip of a vehicle, evaluate an economical level of each trip of the vehicle based on smallness of change in vehicle speed, and change an evaluation method of the economical level based on the smallness of the change in vehicle speed according to the maximum speed in each trip. |
| US10710592B2 |
System and method for path planning of autonomous vehicles based on gradient
A system and method for path planning of autonomous vehicles based on gradient are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: generating and scoring a first suggested trajectory for an autonomous vehicle; generating a trajectory gradient based on the first suggested trajectory; generating and scoring a second suggested trajectory for the autonomous vehicle, the second suggested trajectory being based on the first suggested trajectory and a human driving model; and outputting the second suggested trajectory if the score corresponding to the second suggested trajectory is within a score differential threshold relative to the score corresponding to the first suggested trajectory. |
| US10710591B2 |
Control arrangement for an engine and a hydrostatic transmission of a vehicle
A control arrangement for use in a drive arrangement of a vehicle includes an engine, a hydrostatic transmission, a load sensing means configured to detect a load on the engine, and an engine speed controller for controlling the engine. The arrangement further includes a pressure control means configured to act on a pressure in the hydrostatic transmission and a drive controller. The load sensing means generates a first signal, and based on the first signal, the drive controller generates a second signal for the engine speed controller and the pressure control means. |
| US10710589B2 |
Vehicle control device
An object of the present invention is to reduce discomfort of a driver, by appropriately controlling a vehicle, when driving a vehicle capable of changing a plurality of different traveling states of a power transmission state and a traveling state of an engine during traveling.The present invention is a vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle having a power transmission mechanism which controls a power transmission state between an engine and an axle, and braking means. The vehicle control device includes, as vehicle traveling states, a power transmission engine stop traveling state in which power is transmitted by the power transmission mechanism and fuel supply to the engine is stopped to cause the vehicle to travel, and a power shutoff brake traveling state in which power from the power transmission mechanism is shut off, the fuel supply to the engine is stopped, the braking means is controlled so that the braking force is smaller than the power transmission engine stop traveling state, and the vehicle is caused to travel. |
| US10710587B2 |
Electrcally-driven mining vehicle and brake operation guiding method in electrically-driven mining vehicle
An electrically-driven mining vehicle includes an obstacle detector, a speed detector, and an alarm. The alarm outputs a first warning, which urges an operator of the electrically-driven mining vehicle to operate a regenerative brake pedal that actuates only the regenerative brake device, and a second warning, which urges the operator to operate a cooperative brake pedal that uses the regenerative brake device and the mechanical brake device in combination. If the travel speed of the vehicle is included in a low speed range in which no difference can be considered to exist in distance between a first braking distance upon actuation of only the regenerative brake device and a second braking distance upon operation of a cooperative braking, a signal for performing the first warning is outputted earlier by at least a warning time interval. |
| US10710585B2 |
Trailer backup assist system with predictive hitch angle functionality
A trailer backup assist system is provided herein. The system includes a calibration feature for calibrating an imaging device used for hitch angle detection. The system also employs multiple hitch angle detection methods, a number of which may run in parallel to increase the intervals at which a hitch angle can be measured. The system additionally includes a predictive feature in which a hitch angle can be predicted in instances where a trailer sensing device fails. The system is further configured to estimate a trailer length and generate steering commands that are invariant to the estimated trailer length under certain conditions. |
| US10710583B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus
A vehicle control apparatus configured to perform driving aid control using map information stored in a storage, where the map information includes attribute information concerning roads on which a vehicle carrying the apparatus may travel and widths of the respective roads. In the vehicle control apparatus, a road recognizer is configured to recognize a travelled road that is a road on which the own vehicle is traveling. An information acquirer is configured to acquire the attribute information of the travelled road. An image acquirer is configured to acquire an image captured by the imager. A search range setter is configured to, using the attribute information acquired by the information acquirer, set a search range in the captured image for searching for a road border that is an edge or a demarcation line of the travelled road. A border recognizer is configured to recognize the road border in the search range. |
| US10710580B2 |
Tailgating situation handling by an automated driving vehicle
An apparatus and corresponding methods for detecting a tailgating situation involving a second motor vehicle behind an automated vehicle, and performing an automated safety routine in response to the detected tailgating situation. The tailgating situation is detected based on a simultaneous occurrence of two or more conditions involving an estimated time to collision, lateral offsets of both vehicles with respect to a center of a lane, activation of a turn signal blinker of the second motor vehicle, or flashing of a headlamp of the second motor vehicle. The safety routine includes performing a lane change to an adjacent lane. When no adjacent lanes are available for a lane change, a maximum permissible deceleration rate is decreased while increasing a time gap between the automated vehicle and a third motor vehicle directly in front of the automated vehicle by automatically adjusting an amount of at least one of acceleration or braking. |
| US10710577B2 |
Method for operating a driver assistance system to perform an autonomous parking maneuver
A method of performing an autonomous parking maneuver of a vehicle begins with a human vehicle operator/driver issuing a command to a parking assistance system that the parking maneuver requires at least one vehicle wheel to encounter a vertical obstruction (such as a curb) undetected by a sensor providing information to the system. In reaction to the command, the parking assistance system enters an operating mode wherein a setpoint speed of the vehicle during the maneuver is decreased to operate the engine with a greater torque reserve so that it is better adapted to deal with the vertical obstruction. A brake system condition may also be changed when in the operating mode, such as decreasing a brake disk/pad distance. The command may be issued by a vehicle operator standing outside of the vehicle. |
| US10710575B2 |
Methods and systems for exhaust tuning valve diagnostics
Methods and systems are provided for diagnostics of an exhaust tuning valve during vehicle-off conditions. In one example, the engine may be reverse rotated, unfueled while the position of the exhaust is varied and an intake air flow is estimated at each position of the exhaust tuning valve. The exhaust tuning valve may be diagnosed based on a change in air flow with the variation in the position of the exhaust tuning valve. |
| US10710574B2 |
Gradeability control in a hybrid vechicle
Systems and methods for improving gradeability of a hybrid electric vehicle are described. More particularly, an electric motor of the hybrid electric vehicle may be used to augment engine torque generated by an internal combustion engine of the hybrid electric vehicle with motor torque generated by the electric motor during periods when a desired acceleration of the hybrid electric vehicle demands a target driveforce that exceeds a maximum driveforce generated by the internal combustion engine at a particular gear ratio of the transmission of the hybrid electric vehicle. Augmenting the engine torque with the motor torque during such periods of acceleration may delay a downshift of the transmission to a lower gear ratio thereby improving a driver experience. |
| US10710573B2 |
Vehicle and control method of vehicle
A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a catalyst provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control an engine torque such that a first torque change amount of the engine torque when the temperature of the catalyst belongs to a predetermined low temperature region to be lower than a second torque change amount of the engine torque when the temperature of the catalyst belongs to a high temperature region. The high temperature region is a region having a temperature higher than the low temperature region. |
| US10710572B2 |
Method for operating a drive train of a motor vehicle having a combustion engine and a further machine
A method for operating a drive train of a motor vehicle having a combustion engine and a further machine, the two drives proportionally supplying a torque for the motor vehicle, and a temperature of an exhaust gas of the motor vehicle is ascertained and the shares of the generated torque by the combustion engine and the further machine are adapted as a function of the temperature of the exhaust gas. |
| US10710571B2 |
Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling response to driving load for the same
A method for controlling a response to driving load of a hybrid vehicle includes: estimating an optimum speed for a current driving situation, estimating a target driving load based on the optimum speed, determining an eco-level corresponding to the target driving load from among a plurality of eco-levels, and changing at least some of an eco-gauge according to the determined eco-level. |
| US10710569B2 |
Method for bleeding a vehicle brake system
A method for bleeding at least one part of a hydraulic brake system of a vehicle, wherein the brake system includes a brake circuit whose pressure can be selectively increased by a pump. The increased pressure is applied by the pump to the part of the brake system to be bled for a specified period of time without opening bleed valves. |
| US10710567B2 |
Cable-pulling actuation system for a parking brake and parking brake thereof
A cable-pulling actuation system for a parking brake having a body that houses a motor, a tie rod, suitable to actuate along an actuation direction, in correspondence of a first end, an actuating member of a drum brake, and a transmission that operatively connects the motor to a second end of the tie rod. The second end of the tie rod is integral in translation with a first screw, having a first thread with a first pitch. The first screw is engaged, through the first thread, in a second screw. The second screw comprises a second thread with a second pitch, through which is in turn engaged in a nut screw integral with the body, the second thread being opposite to the first thread. The second screw being actuated in rotation by the transmission. |
| US10710565B2 |
Braking control behaviors for autonomous vehicles during hydraulic system failure
The disclosure relates to controlling braking behaviors a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode in the event of a hydraulic system failure. For instance, the vehicle may be controlled in the autonomous driving mode according to a first braking control behavior based on a first relationship between position of a brake pedal of the vehicle and amount of deceleration for the vehicle. While controlling the vehicle, a failure of a hydraulic system may be determined. Based on the determination, the vehicle may be controlled in the autonomous driving mode according to a second braking control behavior by moving the brake pedal until the vehicle reaches a deceleration target defined by the second braking control behavior. |
| US10710562B2 |
Electric brake system and electric brake device
A brake integrated control section generates, as target values, a target braking force and a target wheel speed equivalent value of each electric brake device, and transmits the target braking force and the target wheel speed equivalent value to a target value transmitter. An electric brake control device of each electric brake device includes a braking force controller that controls an electric motor in accordance with the target braking force, a wheel speed controller that controls the electric motor in accordance with the target wheel speed equivalent value, and a control switcher. The control switcher switches between use of the braking force controller and use of the wheel speed controller in accordance with a predetermined condition. |
| US10710559B2 |
Vehicle wash system with pivoting side brushes and method for avoiding vehicle side mirrors
A vehicle wash system includes a vehicle treatment area and an overhead frame portion supporting a pair of side brushes. The side brushes are configured to treat the lateral sides of the vehicle and may also treat the front and back of the vehicle. The side brushes are configured to pivot between a vertical position and an outwardly angled position, in which the side brushes are generally aligned with the side glass of the vehicle windows. The side brushes may travel along the side of the vehicle in both the vertical and pivoted orientations. The side brushes may make multiple passes along the side of the vehicle, and the side brushes may change orientation during or between passes to treat different segments of the vehicle. The side brushes may be pivoted at a side mirror location of the vehicle. |
| US10710558B2 |
Cleaning device
A cleaning device for cleaning and/or polishing a surface having an aperture, such as a wheel rim contact surface of a motor vehicle or the like, comprises a housing, which has a rear rotary portion for rotating the housing about a rotational axis and a front fastening portion for releasably fastening a cleaning body; the cleaning body comprising a stabilising plate which faces the housing and has a centring pin that faces away from the housing and projects centrically towards the outside, and a cleaning means that covers the surface of the stabilising plate that faces away from the housing; and the fastening portion and the stabilising plate each having a corresponding connecting means for rotationally stable connection to one another. |
| US10710557B2 |
Lighted vehicle wash dryer assembly with opaque lettering on housing
A dryer assembly for a vehicle wash system includes a plastic translucent housing having an exterior surface and a generally hollow interior. The housing includes an inlet opening with a motor unit in communication with the inlet opening for drawing air through the inlet opening into the hollow interior. The housing includes a plurality of nozzle portions in communication with the inlet opening and configured to emit high velocity air therefrom to remove water from an exterior surface of a vehicle while disposed in a vehicle treatment area. The housing includes a light source associated therewith for emitting light through the housing for viewing by the vehicle disposed in the vehicle treatment area. The housing includes lettering formed on the exterior surface of the housing with the lettering configured such that light emitted from the light source will not pass therethrough. |
| US10710556B2 |
Wiper blade for cleaning vehicle windscreens
A wiper blade (10; 10a to 10c) with, attached to a wiper arm (1), a wiper arm side adapter (11) to which the wiper blade (10; 10a to 10c) can be interchangeably attached, with, arranged on a wiper blade (10; 10a to 10c), a wiper blade side adapter (12) which interacts with the wiper arm side adapter (11), whereby the wiper blade side adapter (12) comprises a wiper blade side adapter section (24) and, swivel -mounted on a wiper blade side adapter section (24), a wiper arm side adapter section (23; 23c) which interacts with the wiper arm side section (11), with nozzle openings arranged on the wiper blade (10; 10a to 10c) and with, arranged on the wiper arm side adapter section (23; 23c), a hydraulic plug-type connection (20; 60; 70). |
| US10710552B2 |
Smart keyless entry system
A smart keyless entry system having an on-vehicle apparatus installed in a vehicle and a portable device configured to communicate with the on-vehicle apparatus includes a location calculating unit configured to calculate a location of the portable device through communication between the on-vehicle apparatus and the portable device, and a vertical-position calculating unit configured to calculate a vertical position of the portable device, wherein the on-vehicle apparatus and the portable device communicate with each other under conditions adjusted in response to the calculated vertical position of the portable device, and wherein control is performed based on the calculated location of the portable device. |
| US10710551B2 |
Ignition device for a motor of an automotive vehicle
An ignition device for a motor of an automotive vehicle is provided that the device includes a rotor configured to receive a key and mounted in rotation on a bracket, the rotor including a retainer configured to retain the rotor in translation relative to the bracket, and a first push back device configured to apply a linear force between the bracket and the rotor along an axis parallel to the axis of the rotation of the rotor. The bracket and the retainer are configured to cooperate so as to inhibit the rotation of the rotor in a predetermined direction from a predetermined angular position and to allow the rotation of the rotor beyond the predetermined angular position in the predetermined direction upon preliminarily applying a force on the rotor in an opposite direction to the direction of the linear force applied by the first push back device. |
| US10710549B2 |
Seat belt pull through device for a car seat called a Buckleze Pull
A seat belt pull through device for a car seat used in a vehicle. It allows an occupant, a child, to remain comfortably in a semi-erect or upright position while placed in a toddler or infant car safety seat. The device facilitates fast and easy installation of the car seat and connection of the car seat to the existing seat and shoulder belts already with the vehicle. It greatly simplifies the insertion of the vehicle belts through the car seat and removes the cumbersome and tiresome fishing of a limp belt through the tight, small openings in the car seat structure. The device includes an extended sheath with a hook and protector flaps to enable the vehicle belt to be inserted into a seat belt slot of the car seat, pushed through and removably connected to the seat belt system of the entire vehicle. |
| US10710548B2 |
Seatbelt guide assembly
An assembly includes a seatbelt guide. The seatbelt guide includes a slot. A webbing extends through the slot. A releasable post is supported by the seatbelt guide and extends across the slot. The releasable post releases during a vehicle impact to allow the webbing to move along the slot to reduce chest deflection of an occupant during the vehicle impact. |
| US10710545B2 |
Locking harness
A retainer apparatus including a first retainer portion, a second retainer portion, and a sensor comprising a motion detector and an alarm. The retainer apparatus includes the first retainer portion configured to be slidably attached to a first harness strap and a second retainer portion configured to be slidably attached to a second harness strap. The first retainer portion is removably attached to the second retainer portion. The motion detector is configured to detect movement of the retainer apparatus and activate the alarm to alert a user in a vehicle if movement of the retainer apparatus is detected. |
| US10710540B2 |
Vehicle seat and seat cushion airbag
A vehicle seat that includes: an inflator that is disposed at a seat front end portion, inside a seat portion of a seat cushion, and that generates gas by operating; a first bag portion that is disposed inside the seat portion, that internally houses the inflator, and that, by being supplied with gas from the inflator, is inflated in a longitudinal direction, which is a seat front-rear direction; and a second bag portion that is disposed inside the seat portion on a seat rear side of the first bag portion and communicates with the first bag portion, that has a longitudinal direction extending in a seat width direction, and that has a length in the seat width direction which is longer than that of the first bag portion. |
| US10710539B2 |
Seatback-mounted restraint system
A restraint system includes a seatback and an airbag. The airbag includes two lateral portions and a central chamber connecting the lateral portions. When the airbag is inflated, each lateral portion includes a plurality of lateral chambers arranged consecutively from the seatback to the central chamber, and the lateral portions and central chamber define a gap positioned directly above and directly in front of space for a head of a 50th-percentile dummy sitting against the seatback. |
| US10710538B2 |
Seatbelt airbag for vehicle
A seatbelt airbag for a vehicle is provided. The airbag is inflated in a seatbelt to restrain an occupant to reduce an injury to the occupant caused by the seatbelt. Particularly, since the airbag is locally inflated at occupant's shoulder and hip which are susceptible to injury by the seatbelt, an inflation speed is controlled, an impact is minimized, and the occupant may be restrained in the seat more rapidly and stably. |
| US10710535B2 |
Rear impact guard for a tank trailer
According to some aspects of the invention, a rear impact guard is configured to be coupled to a rear end of a vehicle. The rear impact guard includes first and second bumper support members configured to be coupled to first and second base rails of the vehicle. The first and second bumper support members are spaced from one another along a width of the vehicle. A horizontal bumper is mounted to lower ends of the first and second bumper support members. First and second angled support members are coupled at first ends to the first and second bumper support members, and coupled at second ends to the first and second base rails forwardly of the first and second bumper support members and forming a substantially hollow triangular member. First and second braces are positioned within the first and second base rails and coupled thereto. At least a portion of each of the first and second braces is located above the second ends of the first and second angled supports. |
| US10710533B2 |
Pickup truck basement box
A drawer assembly is provided for mounting beneath the bed of a truck and between the truck frame rails. The assembly includes a housing with an extendable and retractable drawer. The drawer is mounted to the rear bumper of the truck. The drawer can be opened manually, or alternatively, by remote control. The drawer assembly is hidden from view when closed and provides easy access for small objects when opened. |
| US10710532B2 |
Energy absorption structure
An energy absorption structure has a frame member of a vehicle body framework, an energy absorption member formed from fiber-reinforced resin and a load-receiving member. The energy absorption member is provided at an end of the frame member in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body. The load-receiving member is provided on the energy-absorbing member on a side opposite to the frame member. A tearing element is provided adjacent an end portion of the energy-absorbing member corresponding to at least one of the load-receiving member and the frame member. The tearing element tears the energy-absorbing member due to an impact load that is inputted from the load-receiving member toward the energy-absorbing member, thereby severing the reinforcing fibers. |
| US10710529B2 |
Pedestrian protection device for a motor vehicle
A pedestrian protection device for a motor vehicle, in particular for a front part of the motor vehicle, includes a bumper crossbeam and a deformation element arranged in front of the bumper crossbeam. The deformation element has a bending section, the end of which is in contact with a surface or which comes into contact with the surface in the event of a collision, in particular a front collision of the motor vehicle. The end of the bending section is designed such that it can move along the surface as a result of the collision, wherein the surface has an engaging device with which the end of the bending section can be, in particular, engaged. |
| US10710526B2 |
Battery apparatus, vehicle, and automatic vehicle
The present invention reduces the effort involved in an operation for cancelling a current cutoff device while inhibiting a capacity decline during parking. Provided is a battery device 20 that is to be mounted on a vehicle, and that is provided with: an assembled battery 30 that supplies electric power to loads 10 including an engine starting device 10A; a current cutoff device 45 that cuts off an electric current to the loads 10 from the assembled battery 30; and a control unit 70, wherein upon detecting a parked state of the vehicle, the control unit 70 operates the current breaker device 45 so as to execute a current cutoff process for cutting off the current flowing from the assembled battery 30 to the loads 10, and following the execution of the current cutoff process, if a prior action to be performed on the vehicle by a user before starting driving is detected, the control unit 70 cancels the cutoff of current by cancelling the operation of the current breaker device 45. |
| US10710524B2 |
In-vehicle control device and in-vehicle control system
Provided is a technique for performing failure diagnoses more frequently even in a case where the failure diagnoses are performed while a relay is cut off. An in-vehicle control device according to the present invention cuts off a relay during the period in which an electromagnetic load is energized, and diagnoses the failure of the relay based on the voltage of a portion connected in series with the relay. |
| US10710518B2 |
License plate bracket
A license plate bracket. The license plate bracket includes a frame having a front wall, a rear wall, and a sidewall extending therebetween, defining a channel therein. An opening is disposed along an upper side of the frame providing access to the channel. A first cutout is disposed in the front wall, the first cutout placed such that it can expose identifying information of a license plate disposed within the channel. A plurality of fasteners are affixed to the front wall at each corner thereof, the plurality of fasteners able to removable secure the frame to a support surface. |
| US10710517B2 |
Vehicle display device decorative part and vehicle display device
A vehicle display device decorative part and a vehicle display device include a first area provided in the vehicle display device that displays information regarding a vehicle, and having a first pattern formed of a plurality of first grooves, and a second area provided to be included in the first area, and having a second pattern formed of a plurality of second grooves. As a result, the vehicle display device decorative part and the vehicle display device exhibits an effect to realize new and fresh visual effects due to a synergistic effect by a combination of the first pattern formed in the first area and the second pattern formed in the second area included in the first area. |
| US10710513B2 |
Camera device and motor vehicle therewith
A camera device for a motor vehicle includes a camera module with a module body having at least one aperture, a sensor adapted to detect electromagnetic radiation of a spectral range and arranged within the module body, and an optical element mounted to substantially cover, fill or close the aperture, a deployment system adapted to move the camera module between a retracted state, in which at least the optical element is arranged within the cavity of the vehicle body with the outer surface of the camera module body being generally flush with the exterior of the vehicle body, and a deployed state, in which the camera sensor is operable and at least the optical element protrudes from the vehicle body, and cleaning means for cleaning the optical element at least during movement of the camera module between the retracted state and the deployed state. |
| US10710511B2 |
Apparatus for mounting vehicle roof rack
An apparatus for mounting a vehicle roof rack, provided on a roof of a vehicle, includes a roof rack rail, a roof rack bolt fixed to the roof rack rail, a roof rack nut fastened to the roof rack bolt, a roof rack pad coupled to the roof rack rail, a spacer mounted to a roof panel of the vehicle, and an in-line nut for fixing the spacer. |
| US10710510B2 |
Seat attachment
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a seat attachment assembly to receive and to support an implement (such as a handgun, for example) or an implement holster (such as a handgun holster, for example), in a variety of configurations. The seat attachment assembly includes a planar seat attachment unit arranged to be mounted in various locations using one or more straps threaded through a portion of the seat attachment unit, for temporarily and safely stowing the implement, while making the implement easily accessible to the user. |
| US10710503B2 |
Systems and methods for streaming video from a rear view backup camera
A method may include detecting, by a mobile device, a first signal transmitted from a mobile device mount located in a vehicle and transmitting, by the mobile device and in response to detecting the first signal, a second signal to a vehicle system interface device. The method may also include sending, by the vehicle system interface device and in response to receiving the second signal, a third signal to a camera configured to capture video data associated with objects located at least one of behind or to the side of the vehicle and transmitting video data by the camera, in response to receiving the third signal. The method further includes receiving, by the mobile device, the video data transmitted by the camera and automatically displaying, by the mobile device, the received video data. |
| US10710501B2 |
Assisted trailer alignment system
A trailer alignment system is provided. The system comprises a sensor disposed within a housing. The system also comprises a processor configured to determine a location of a vehicle on a trailer based on data received from the sensor and in response to the vehicle location determination, the processor generates a notification. The system further comprises a notification element configured to display the generated notification to a driver of the vehicle. |
| US10710499B1 |
Light assembly with housing having cover providing for wire passage
A light assembly includes a housing with a mounting bracket extending from an upper surface, a circuit board, a light source provided on the circuit board, and a cover with an aperture in a bottom surface for light from the light source to pass through. The housing includes a side wall defining an interior space configured to receive the circuit board, and a plurality of cutouts formed in the sidewall. The cover includes a tab and at least one cap, both extending from the bottom surface of the cover, with the cap extending farther than the tab. The circuit board is positioned in the housing, with the cover closing the interior space such that the tab and cap each coupled to one of the cutouts, the tab and the cutout defining a gap through which wires connected to the circuit board extend, while preventing light from exiting through the cutouts. |
| US10710495B2 |
Automotive lamp
A current detection circuit generates a current detection signal VCS that corresponds to a lamp current ILAMP supplied from a switching converter to a semiconductor light source. A hysteresis comparator compares a current detection signal VCS with an upper-side threshold signal VTHH and a lower-side threshold signal VTHL determined according to an analog dimming signal, and generates a control pulse SCNT that corresponds to the comparison result. A driver drives a switching transistor according to the control pulse. A PWM dimming circuit generates a gradual change signal by dulling a PWM (pulse width modulation) dimming signal, and changes the analog dimming signal based on the gradual change signal. |
| US10710493B2 |
Cargo blanket spreading apparatus and method
Apparatus for covering product containers loaded in a cargo container is disclosed. The apparatus includes an automated cord reel including a spool and a motor configured to drive the spool. The spool when activated reels in a cord attached to a cargo blanket to spread the cargo blanket over product containers in the cargo container in a smooth motion and/or relatively constant speed to prevent snagging on the product containers. The automated cord reel may be configured as a mobile unit with wheels. A brake system may be provided to prevent movement of the automated cord reel during operation. The automated cord reel may have a battery to provide electric power to the motor. A magnetic floor brake may be configured to hold a cart body in a selected position. |
| US10710491B1 |
Outdoor kitchen
A recreational vehicle includes a body with an interior living area and an exterior storage area. The recreational vehicle also includes a kitchen assembly at least partially positioned within the exterior storage area. The kitchen assembly includes a frame coupled to the exterior storage area, a drawer slideable with respect to the frame and the body, a sink assembly positioned on the drawer and including a sink cabinet, a countertop coupled to the sink cabinet to create an interior region, a sink bowl coupled to the countertop, and a drain coupled to the sink bowl. The kitchen assembly also includes a first gray water tank in fluid communication with the drain and positioned within the interior region of the sink cabinet. A pump is positioned within the first gray water tank. |
| US10710489B2 |
Lift gate and mounting correction system
Systems, methods, and devices for correcting a mounting system for mounting a lift gate on a structure, the lift gate having a lift platform supported between a pair of spaced support columns, the correction system including: a first mounting member configured for attachment onto the structure; a first lift gate support column configured for attachment onto the first mounting member; a first correction mechanism configured to couple with a first support block, where the first correction mechanism creates a force between the first lift gate support column and the first mounting member when engaged, resulting in a first corrective gap forming between the first lift gate support column and the first mounting member; and where the resulting corrective gap orients the first lift gate support column to be substantially parallel with a plane parallel to a rear of the structure such that the lift gate platform can be operated. |
| US10710487B2 |
Seating cargo retention and lounging system
A vehicle interior system is provided herein. The vehicle interior system includes a seating assembly. The seating assembly includes a seatback that is pivotally coupled to a seat-base, and is operable between a use position and a stowed position. An anchoring feature is disposed vehicle rearward of the seating assembly. A hammock is coupled to the anchoring feature and is configured to extend therefrom and attach to the seating assembly when the seating assembly is in the stowed position. |
| US10710486B2 |
Latch mechanism
Described are latching mechanisms having an eccentric member configured to interact with a support assembly, such that the eccentric member can cause a passenger article to displace relative to the support assembly. Also described are seat assemblies employing latching mechanisms for causing a passenger article to displace into a stowed configuration in the seat assemblies, and methods of stowing a passenger article. |
| US10710480B2 |
Conditioning system with blower connection assembly including a distribution member and method of attachment
A blower connection assembly comprising: (a) a distribution member; (b) a connection adapter connected to the distribution member; and (c) a blower that is connected to the distribution member via the connection adapter; and wherein a portion of a seat suspension extends between the connection adapter and the blower to support the connection adapter, the blower, and the distribution member. |
| US10710478B2 |
Method and apparatus for a rotatable child safety seat
A rotatable child safety seat can include a seat base configured to rest on a vehicle seat and a seat shell for receiving a child therein. The seat shell can rotate with respect to the seat base and with a rotation axis offset from a center of the longitudinal axis of the seat base. The seat base can include a seat belt lock-off system for maintaining positioning of the automobile seat belt with respect to the seat base and for adding tension into the automobile seat belt. The child safety seat can include two separate seat belt/LATCH belt pathways. One seat belt/LATCH belt pathway can be provided along the seat back of the seat shell and used when the child safety seat is in a forward-facing configuration and the other seat belt/LATCH belt pathway can be provided in the seat base and used when in a rearward-facing configuration. |
| US10710475B2 |
Seat rail for vehicle
The present disclosure relates to a seat rail for a vehicle having a lever shaft configured to be integrally combined with bracket flanges, whereby shaking of a release lever in the forward/backward and leftward/rightward directions may be reduced. When the release lever is rotated in a restoring direction thereof by an elastic force of a lever spring, lever flanges make contact with a locking mounting bracket and a restoring rotation of the release lever stops. In addition, an end portion of the lever spring may be held by and fixed to the release lever so as to improve operability of a locking pin. |
| US10710473B2 |
Apparatus including a storage and seating module providing enhanced versatility
An apparatus includes a track, a carriage displaceable along the track, a storage and seating module and a swivel. The swivel connects the storage and seating module to the carriage. The swivel allows the storage and seating module to be selectively oriented in a first position or a second position on the carriage. |
| US10710471B2 |
Method and foam die for manufacturing seat cushion material
A method for manufacturing a seat cushion material, the seat cushion material including a front layer part and a back layer part having a back side surface, the method including: preparing for molding the seat cushion by attaching the back layer part to an upper die having an upper cavity surface; molding the seat cushion material by adding foamed resin raw material forming on a lower cavity surface of a lower die and then by closing the upper die to which the back layer part is attached, the lower cavity surface being provided with a plurality of protrusions which is configured to be brought into contact with a seating surface side of the back layer part and press the back layer part against the upper cavity surface when the upper die to which the back layer part is attached is closed; and demolding the molded seat cushion material. |
| US10710470B2 |
Vehicular cooling system
A coolant passage of a vehicular cooling system includes a battery coolant passage through which a coolant is supplied from a radiator to a battery, a discharge coolant passage through which the coolant is supplied to the radiator, a first bypass passage through which the coolant is supplied from the discharge coolant passage to the battery coolant passage while bypassing the radiator, and a switching valve that switches a pathway of the coolant, between a first pathway through which the coolant is supplied from the discharge coolant passage to the battery coolant passage via the radiator and a second pathway through which the coolant is supplied from the discharge coolant passage to the battery coolant passage via the first bypass passage. An electronic control unit controls the switching valve such that the pathway is switched to the second pathway at the time of increasing a temperature of the battery. |
| US10710464B2 |
Electrical differential motor assembly with torque vectoring
A motor vehicle drive train assembly includes an axial flux induction motor including a stator, a first rotor and a second rotor. The stator, the first rotor and the second rotor are concentric with a motor center axis. The first rotor is axially spaced from a first axial side of the stator by a first air gap and the second rotor is axially spaced from a second axial side of the stator by a second air gap. The axial flux induction motor is configured such that the first rotor is rotatable about the motor center axis by the stator at a first rotational speed to drive a first drive shaft non-rotatably connected to the first rotor while the second rotor is rotatable about the motor center axis by the stator at a second rotational speed that is greater than the first rotational speed to drive a second drive shaft non-rotatably connected to the second rotor. |
| US10710463B2 |
Control device for electric vehicle and control method for electric vehicle
The control device for the electric vehicle determines whether or not the starting operation of the vehicle has been performed by the driver, calculates the disturbance torque estimated value Td necessary for maintaining the vehicle stop state corresponding to the disturbance acting on the vehicle, and performs a control such that the driving torque of the motor converges to the disturbance torque estimated value Td when the vehicle is determined to be just before stop of the vehicle during running or determined to have undergone the starting operation. Then, the control device for the electric vehicle controls the responsiveness of the driving torque to the disturbance acting on the vehicle, and increases the responsiveness of the driving torque of the motor compared with the responsiveness of the driving torque just before stop of the vehicle when the starting operation is determined to have been performed. |
| US10710461B2 |
Absorbing power down energy of an external motor device in a power generation vehicle
A vehicle includes a traction battery and a controller. The controller, in response to termination of current flow from the traction battery to a tool that is plugged in to the vehicle that results in shutting down of the tool, actuates a switch such that current resulting from the shutting down flows from the tool to the traction battery for regenerative energy capture. |
| US10710458B2 |
Motor vehicle with a control panel module
Arranged between a steering wheel (or more generally, steering handle) and a windshield of a motor vehicle, a control panel module has at least on e operator control element, each arranged on one side of a steering column of the steering wheel. The at least one operator control element is rotatable about an axis of rotation and/or movably at least along a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle with respect, to a driver's seat. An actuator device of the control panel module respectively moves the at least one operator control element response to a control device of the control panel module, depending on at least one enable signal, into an enable position and, depending on at least one position signal, from the enable position into position corresponding in each case the position signal. |
| US10710456B2 |
Mobile device monitoring during vehicle operation
A vehicle includes an antenna system and a controller. The controller may be configured to, responsive to wireless energy, received via the antenna system, exceeding a magnitude and duration indicative of a cellular connection from a nomadic device at a predetermined position in the vehicle in an absence of a connection with the device via a local protocol while the vehicle is in motion, operate a powertrain to limit a speed of the vehicle. |
| US10710455B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling vehicle ignition using biometric data
A push-to-start ignition device measures biometric information of a driver to control activation of vehicle ignition. The push-to-start switch includes a touchpad that senses, using capacitive sensors, a vehicle driver's finger and provides signals using one or a combination of lights, audio, and haptic feedback to guide the vehicle driver into a suitable position for measuring the biometric characteristic. If the biometric measurement meets a predefined threshold, the vehicle ignition is activated. If the biometric measurement fails to meet a predefined threshold, the vehicle ignition is locked. |
| US10710451B2 |
Tank closure
A closure of a tank of a motor vehicle for closing a filler neck gas- and fluid-tight, having a closure fastened to a flap, the flap being fastened to a vehicle body of the motor vehicle such that it is movable into an open or closed position, the closure including a seal, which causes the closure to close against the filler neck. The tank closure should be easy for a user to handle and have a relatively simple design and be economical to manufacture. This is achieved in that the seal is electromechanically or pneumatically adjustable with the aid of an actuator. |
| US10710449B2 |
Hybrid drivetrain
A geartrain for a powertrain system is disposed to transfer mechanical power between an internal combustion engine, an electric machine and a driveline. The geartrain includes a flywheel, a torque converter, an off-axis mechanical connection and a transmission gearbox. The off-axis mechanical connection includes a first element rotatably coupled to a second element. The flywheel is coupled to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine. The torque converter includes a pump, a turbine and a pump hub, and the transmission gearbox includes an input member. The pump of the torque converter is coupled to the flywheel, and the pump hub is coupled to the first element of the off-axis mechanical connection. The second element of the off-axis mechanical connection is coupled to a rotor of the electric machine, and the turbine of the torque converter is coupled to the input member of the transmission gearbox. |
| US10710445B2 |
Powertrain for hybrid vehicle
A powertrain for a hybrid vehicle may include a planetary gear set; a first motor-generator connected to one rotation element of the planetary gear set and an engine connected to the first motor-generator; a second motor-generator connected to another rotation element of the planetary gear set; a second clutch connected to the other rotation element of the planetary gear set and a second drive gear connected to the second clutch; a first clutch connected to the rotation element to which the first motor-generator is connected and a first drive gear connected to the first clutch; and an output shaft having a first driven gear and a second driven gear engaged in the first drive gear and the second drive gear, respectively. |
| US10710440B1 |
Glass run seal comprising corner moldings with integrated window spacers
A glass run seal includes a glass run seal molding having a substantially c-shaped cross-section channel comprising a base, an inner sidewall, and an outer sidewall, the glass run seal molding extending along a length and comprising a top portion that extends substantially horizontally from a first end to an opposed second end; a first side portion that extends downwardly away from the top portion; a first corner portion joining the first end of the top portion and the first side portion, the first corner portion comprising a first rib protruding outwardly away from the base; a second side portion joining the second end of the top portion and the second side portion, the second corner portion comprising a second rib protruding outwardly away from the base, the first rib and the second rib configured to provide a predetermined gap between the base and top edge of the window. |
| US10710439B1 |
Glass run channel with integral leap seal portion for engaging window molding
A glass run channel is configured for mounting a vehicle window therein. The glass run channel includes a base portion, an inboard lip extending from the base portion to form a first wall of the channel, and an inboard glass seal portion extending from the inboard lip. A leap seal portion extends from one of the inboard lip and the inboard glass seal portion, along at least a portion of the glass run channel. |
| US10710438B2 |
Method for applying sealing profiles, by way of an adhesive-bonding layer, to vehicle bodies or the parts thereof
A method and an apparatus for applying sealing profiles to vehicle bodies or parts thereof, includes drawing off the sealing profile from an unwinding unit and rolling the sealing profile onto the vehicle body or the part of the vehicle body along an application line provided for application purposes, by a pressure-exerting roller of an application head. An arrangement of an automatic optical inspection system within the application apparatus provides for direct detection of defects and discontinuities of the sealing profile by the user without any need for markings on the sealing profile wound up on the roll or for data handling between the manufacturer of the sealing profile and the user. |
| US10710437B2 |
Adjustable fixture for a cover plate of a pickup truck
The adjustable fixture for a cover plate of a pickup truck includes a mounting seat, a sliding seat and a sliding block. The lower end of the mounting seat is provided with a horizontal sliding slot, and the lengthwise direction of the horizontal sliding slot is parallel to the lengthwise direction of the mounting seat. The sliding seat is engaged in and slidable in the horizontal sliding slot, and is provided with a first elongated slot. The sliding block is engaged in and slidable in the sliding seat A quick-detachable component passes through the first elongated slot and is connected with said sliding block. A tension spring is provided between the sliding block and the sliding seat. The upper end plane of the sliding block extends rearwards so as to form a connection part, and an end of the connection part bends upwards so as to form a clamping part. |
| US10710433B2 |
AC-system with very high cooling capacity
System and method for operating the system for climatizing air of a passenger compartment and for heat exchange with drive components of motor vehicles includes a coolant circuit and refrigerant circuit with a compressor, a refrigerant-air heat exchanger, operated as condenser/gas cooler, at least one expansion element, at least one heat exchanger, operated as evaporator, for conditioning an air-mass flow supplied to the passenger compartment; this is implemented as refrigerant-air heat exchanger, and at least one heat exchanger, operated as evaporator, which is implemented as refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger and disposed within the coolant circuit for heat transfer from coolant to refrigerant. The refrigerant circuit includes a heat exchanger, operated as condenser/gas cooler, which acts as refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger and is disposed within the coolant circuit for heat transfer from refrigerant to coolant. The coolant circuit is implemented with at least one heat exchanger for heat exchange with a drive component. |
| US10710431B2 |
Control system for a metal hydride air conditioner and a method thereof
A control system as disclosed in the present disclosure relates to the field of metal hydride air conditioning systems in vehicles. The control system improves cooling capacity and the coefficient of performance of the metal hydride air conditioner. The control system comprises a plurality of sensors, a memory, a time counter, a controller, and at least one actuator. The controller takes into account the pre-set half cycle time as well as the temperature of the exhaust gases at the outlet of a HT or LT reactor for changing fluid flow, i.e. from hot/cold fluid to the fluid at ambient temperature or vice versa, entering the reactors of the metal hydride air conditioner. |
| US10710430B2 |
Cooling system and methods for cooling interior volumes of cargo trailers
A system for controlling a temperature a within an interior volume of a cargo trailer adapted to transport perishable goods is described herein. The system includes a fluid distribution assembly and a monitoring system. The fluid distribution assembly is configured to selectively channel a flow of cryogenic cooling fluid into the cargo trailer interior volume to facilitate adjusting a temperature within the interior volume. The monitoring system includes at least one sensor for sensing an environmental parameter of the cargo trailer, and a controller coupled to the sensor and to the fluid distribution assembly. The controller is configured to receive a monitoring signal indicative of the sensed environmental parameter, determine an environmental condition of the cargo trailer as a function of the environmental parameter, and provide a notification signal if the determined environmental condition is different than a predefined environmental condition. |
| US10710420B2 |
Jackknife prevention device
A jackknife prevention device installed on a vehicle includes: a base plate mounted at a trailer hitch of the vehicle adjacent to a ball mount; a first arm pivotally associated with the base plate at a proximal end of the first arm and including a bumper portion located thereon, the first arm movable between a first position and second position; and a second arm pivotally associated with the base plate at a proximal end of the second arm, the second arm including a bumper portion located thereon, the second arm extending in a direction that is divergent from a direction of the first arm, the second arm movable between a first position and a second position. The first arm and second arm are releasably engaged with the base plate to pivot between the first and second positions. |
| US10710419B2 |
Sensing assembly for detection of temperature of tire
A sensing assembly for detecting a temperature of a tire of a vehicle comprises a fender, one or more cavities, and at least one contactless temperature sensor. The fender comprises an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface of the fender defines the one or more cavities. The contactless temperature sensor is seated within each of the one or more cavities. Further, the contactless temperature sensor is configured to detect the temperature of the tire of the vehicle. |
| US10710415B2 |
Tire
A tire includes a tread portion being provided with a circumferentially and continuously extending outboard shoulder main groove, a circumferentially and continuously extending outboard crown main groove disposed between the outboard shoulder main groove and a tire equator, and an outboard middle land portion disposed between the outboard shoulder main groove and the outboard crown main groove. The outboard middle land portion is provided with a plurality of first outboard middle lug grooves extending from the outboard crown main groove and terminating within the outboard middle land portion, and a plurality of second outboard middle lug grooves extending from the outboard shoulder main groove and terminating within the outboard middle land portion, wherein the second outboard middle lug grooves are larger than the first outboard middle lug grooves in length in a tire axial direction. |
| US10710408B2 |
Rubber compound to produce treads
A rubber compound for treads comprising a styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), carbon black and a vulcanization system. The filler comprises 5 to 30 phr of a thermoplastic polymer, preferably polylactic acid, having a Tg ranging from 50 to 70° C., a molecular weight (Mw) not exceeding 200,000 g/mol and a crystallinity not exceeding 0%. |
| US10710406B1 |
Assembly for a vehicle axle including a differential
Disclosed is an assembly to be mounted at an end portion of an axle of a vehicle, the axle including a differential carrier housing containing a differential and drive shafts, each having one end connected to the differential and a second end to connect to a wheel of the vehicle. The assembly includes a cover to be mounted at the end portion of the axle and fastened to a wheel hub, and a stop elastically compressible in the axial direction and fastened to the cover so as to face and contact one end face of a drive shaft. The stop includes a first part having a first cross-section S1 and configured to absorb in compression axial movements of the drive shaft, and a second part having a second cross-section S2 smaller than the first cross-section S1 and configured to provide a substantially point contact with the drive shaft end face. |
| US10710405B2 |
Telescoping axle insert with contoured inner end for an agricultural product applicator
A telescoping axle arrangement is provided for an agricultural applicator having a frame supported above a ground surface by a ground engaging wheel operatively connected to the frame by the telescoping axle arrangement. A tubular first axle element, and a second axle element slidingly inserted into the first element operatively connect the wheel to the frame, and provide extension and retraction of the axle along a longitudinal axis of the axle. A cylindrical tunnel passing through the first element limits the extent to which the second axle element can be inserted into the first axle element. An inner end of the second axle element is contoured to extend at least partly under the cylindrical tunnel in the second axle element when the second axle element is inserted at a maximum allowed depth into the first axle element. |
| US10710403B2 |
Work aid for a hairdresser
Work aid for a hairdresser, comprising a mobile frame on which frame a seat surface or at least one storage surface is arranged, wherein the frame comprises at least one castor being arranged rotatably in a fork head, and the castor being arranged on an axle, which axle is arranged insertably in each case with a first end portion on a first fork-shaped receptacle on the fork head and with a second end portion on a second fork-shaped receptacle on the fork head. |
| US10710399B2 |
Vehicle wheel having a connection between a wheel rim and a wheel disc and method for the production thereof
Disclosed is a vehicle wheel having a wheel rim and a wheel disc connected to an inner side of the wheel rim. The wheel disc is connected to the wheel rim by a connecting element which is guided through a through-hole of the rim base and inserted in the wheel disc. The through-hole is arranged in the tire seat of the rim base and the connecting element is joined substantially in the direction of the radial extension of the wheel disc which is associated to the tire seat on the inner side of the rim. In the method for producing the wheel the connection between wheel rim and wheel disc is produced in the region of the tire seat of the rim base, and, after the insertion of the connecting element into the wheel disc, a portion of the connecting element protruding the contour of the outer side of the rim of the tire seat is shaped so that the connecting element conforms to the contour of the outer side of the rim of the tire seat. |
| US10710398B2 |
Bicycle wheel hub, a bicycle wheel, a bicycle, a method of making a bicycle wheel and a method of making a bicycle
A bicycle wheel hub that includes a hub shell having a first end and a second end. The bicycle wheel hub also includes a first flange adjacent the first end and configured for the attachment of a first plurality of spokes, and a second flange adjacent the second end configured for the attachment of a second plurality of spokes. |
| US10710394B2 |
Secure item comprising a revealing screen and a combined image
A secure item including a revealing screen and a combined image, or an assembly comprising a secure item and another object. The secure item including one of the revealing screen and the combined image, and the object including or forming the other one of the revealing screen and the combined image. The combined image being made up of a plurality of interlaced images each interlaced image and/or the revealing screen being made up of a plurality of elements. The revealing screen making it possible, when placed on top of the combined image, to observe various revealed images by moving the revealing screen relative to the combined image and/or by changing the observation angle, the revealed images each including a certain proportion of each interlaced image, and the elements being made up of one or more micro-patterns. |
| US10710393B2 |
Manufacturing of a security document
A method for manufacturing a security document including a security pattern generation method includes the steps of selecting a bounding region, an image object, and a raster image or a function; cutting the image object into image object partitions; and repeating the image object as a pattern, preferably a lattice pattern, in the bounding region wherein each of the image object partitions of an image object is transformed depending on the position area of the image object in the lattice pattern and the rank of the image object partition. |
| US10710392B2 |
Diffractive security device and method of manufacture thereof
A diffractive security device is disclosed including at least a first diffractive structure defined in a carrier layer. The first diffractive structure is an on-axis diffractive zone plate structure of a continuously curved surface configured such that when the device is illuminated by on-axis light a first diffraction pattern generated by the first diffractive structure can be viewed from at least a first side of the device at substantially all viewing angles, the first diffraction pattern exhibiting a reference point or reference line relative to which other features of the first diffraction pattern appear to move when the viewing angle is changed. |
| US10710387B2 |
Printer including a container for a roll body in which a belt-shaped print medium is wound
An embodiment of a printer according to the present invention includes: a container configured to contain a roll body into which a belt-shaped print medium is wound; a frame including a first opening, the frame arranged to be a portion of the container; and a body case provided outside the frame and arranged to be a portion of a bottom surface of the container, the body case including a first protrusion part protruding toward the first opening. |
| US10710382B2 |
Printing apparatus
A printing apparatus includes a feeder that feeds a medium in a feeding direction, a head including a row of nozzles arranged side by side in the feeding direction and movable in a scanning direction, an irradiator that radiates light onto a region longer in the feeding direction than the nozzle row and that is movable in the scanning direction together with the head, and a controller that alternatingly causes the head to move in the scanning direction and concurrently the nozzles to discharge ink while causing the irradiator to radiate the light, and the feeder to feed the medium in the feeding direction. The controller is capable of dividing the nozzle row into an upstream-side nozzle row and a downstream-side nozzle row located on a downstream side in the feeding direction from the upstream-side nozzle row, and individually controlling discharge of ink from the nozzles of each of the upstream-side nozzle row and the downstream-side nozzle row. The controller is capable of dividing the irradiator into an upstream-side irradiator, an intermediate irradiator adjacent to the upstream-side irradiator on a downstream side in the feeding direction, and a printless region irradiator adjacent to the intermediate irradiator on a downstream side in the feeding direction, and individually controlling lighting and extinguishing of each of the irradiators defined by the division. |
| US10710372B2 |
Wiping nozzles of fluid ejection dies
Example implementations relate to wiping die nozzles of fluid ejection dies. For example, a printing device may be directed by execution of stored instructions to eject a droplet in a first direction from an opening in a die nozzle toward a location of an absorbent wipe material and to wipe the opening concurrently with the droplet being ejected from the opening. |
| US10710368B2 |
Inkjet printing apparatus
There is provided an inkjet printing apparatus including: a print head having an ejection opening surface on which a plurality of ejection units each provided with an ejection opening for ejecting ink are arrayed in a first direction; a wiping member configured to wipe the ejection opening surface; and a moving unit configured to move the wiping member in a second direction crossing the first direction, wherein a longitudinal direction of the wiping member is inclined with respect to an edge of the print head located downstream in the second direction and is substantially in parallel with a direction defined by an edge of the ejection unit. |
| US10710365B2 |
Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus
Provided is an ink jet recording method capable of suppressing deterioration in an ejection property which occurs after a protection layer is eluted by an electrochemical reaction. The ink jet recording method includes using an ink jet recording apparatus having a recording head equipped with a heater, a first protection layer and a second protection layer made of a material such as iridium and a unit of causing an electrochemical reaction with the second protection layer as one of electrodes and an ink-mediated conduction site as the other electrode and ejecting the ink from the recording head to record an image on a recording medium, wherein the ink is an aqueous ink containing a pigment, a resin dispersant for dispersing the pigment and a specified chelating agent. |
| US10710363B2 |
Inkjet printing apparatus with ink ejection timing correcting function
An inkjet printing apparatus includes: a roller configured to rotate in synchronization with the print medium being conveyed; an encoder configured to output a pulse signal depending on a rotation angle of the roller; and a controller. The controller is configured to: perform an off-center information obtaining processing of driving the inkjet head to print a test pattern including dots arranged in a conveyance direction of the print medium and calculating an off-center information of the roller based on positions of the dots in the printed test pattern; and in the printing operation, correct the ejection timing of the ink by the inkjet head determined based on the pulse signal outputted from the encoder, based on the off-center information calculated in the off-center information obtaining processing. |
| US10710362B2 |
Droplet deposition head and method of providing adjustment data therefor
Disclosed is a method of providing adjustment data for a droplet deposition head (such as a printhead), or a data processing component therefor. The method makes use of test data, which has been collected by operating the droplet deposition head (or a test droplet deposition head of substantially the same construction, e.g from the same batch), using a set of test waveforms, at a number of frequencies within a test range, and by recording the volume and velocity of the thus-ejected droplets, with these recorded values (volr, velr) being represented within the test data. Each of the set of test waveforms includes a basic drive waveform and a number of adjusted drive waveforms, each of which corresponds to the basic drive waveform, but with a particular waveform parameter adjusted by a corresponding amount. This waveform parameter is a continuous variable, such as pulse width or pulse amplitude. The method further includes, determining adjustment values corresponding to a number of adjustment frequencies, each adjustment value corresponding to an amount of adjustment for the waveform parameter that, based on the test data, is expected to result in adjusted values for droplet volume and velocity of, respectively, vola and vela, which are substantially equal to targeted values for droplet volume and velocity, volT and velT. The method outputs adjustment data representing such adjustment values and their associated adjustment frequencies, for example in the form of values for a look-up-table. Also disclosed is a droplet deposition apparatus that includes a droplet deposition head with data storage having stored thereon a set of adjustment data. The head uses the adjustment data to actuate its actuator elements with a drive waveform that is based on a basic drive waveform, but with a particular waveform parameter being adjusted by an adjustment value, which is represented by the set of adjustment data and which is determined based on it being associated with the current operating frequency of the actuator element in question. The waveform parameter is again a continuous variable. The adjustment data enable the head to eject droplets at frequencies within an operating range for the head whose values for droplet volume and velocity are substantially equal to targeted values for droplet volume and velocity, volT and velT. |
| US10710359B2 |
Screen printing device and screen printing method
A screen printing device and a screen printing method are provided. The screen printing device includes a screen plate and an electrifying device, the screen plate includes a conductive mesh; and the electrifying device is electrically connected with the conductive mesh and configured to apply voltage to the conductive mesh. The screen printing method includes: adopting a printing head to rub against a screen plate to print ink onto a substrate for silk screen printing, wherein the screen plate includes a conductive mesh; and applying voltage with positive or negative polarity to the conductive mesh in the screen printing process. |
| US10710357B2 |
Clamping assembly
A clamping assembly for a component associated with an engine is illustrated. The clamping assembly includes a first support member and a second support member. The second support member is pivotally coupled to the first support member via a pivot point. The first and second support members define an internal space therebetween for receiving a portion of the component. The clamping assembly includes a first insert adapted to contact an inner surface of the first support member, and a second insert adapted to contact an inner surface of the second support member. The first and second inserts are also adapted to contact the portion of the component. The clamping assembly also includes a recess provided within the second insert. The recess is adapted to contact and align with a corresponding projection of the portion of the component. The clamping assembly further includes a handle extending from the first support member. |
| US10710356B2 |
Apparatus for point of service manufacture of custom cranial remodeling devices
Apparatus provides point of service to manufacture a custom cranial remodeling device for correction of cranial deformity of a subject. The apparatus comprises capture apparatus disposed at a physical location for capturing three dimensional digital data of the head of the subject and generating a three-dimensional digital data file representative of the head and an additive manufacture device located at the physical location. The apparatus further comprises a processor that operates to process the three-dimensional digital data file to produce a device file comprising the shape for the custom cranial remodeling device. The processor provides the device file to the additive manufacture device. The said additive manufacture device operates to utilize the device file to manufacture the custom cranial remodeling device at the physical location. |
| US10710354B2 |
Data driven framework for optimizing artificial organ printing and scaffold selection for regenerative medicine
A method for generating a personalized scaffold for an individual includes acquiring images of an anatomy of interest corresponding to an intended scaffold location and acquiring test results related to the anatomy of interest. One or more functional specifications are generated based on the images and test results and one or more scaffold parameters are selected based on the functional specifications. A final scaffold may then be generated using the one or more scaffold parameters. |
| US10710349B2 |
Thermoplastic adhesive film, bonding method and bonded body
The objective of the present invention is to provide a thermoplastic adhesive film capable of, in a thermobonding step of a laminated body of different materials used particularly in automobile members, electronic members, construction members, etc., such as a polypropylene resin material, a polyamide resin material, and a metal material such as aluminum or steel plates, preventing deformation of the resin material and peeling due to thermal history after molding. Provided as a solution is a thermoplastic adhesive film comprising a resin composition (D) which contains a thermoplastic olefin elastomer resin (A), an acid-modified polypropylene resin (B) and a nucleating agent (C). |
| US10710346B2 |
Decorative sheets, methods for producing the same, and decorative materials
A decorative sheet, a method for producing the same, and a decorative material are provided. The method for producing a decorative sheet includes the steps of: forming a pattern layer on one surface of a thermoplastic resin substrate layer; forming a transparent thermoplastic resin layer on the pattern layer; and forming one or more surface protective layers on the transparent thermoplastic resin layer, wherein the step of forming the surface protective layer is a step of forming the surface protective layer by application of a coating liquid containing UV-curable resin and subsequent irradiation with 365 nm wavelength UV light with an integrated light quantity in a range of 100 mJ/cm2 or more and less than 400 mJ/cm2, and an overall thickness is in a range of 40 μm or more and less than 500 μm. |
| US10710345B2 |
Waterproof and water vapor permeable laminate
The present invention relates to a waterproof and water vapor permeable laminate, comprising: an first functional layer comprising a first water vapor permeable membrane; a second functional layer comprising a second water vapor permeable membrane; and a water vapor permeable intermediate textile layer arranged in between the first membrane and the second membrane and attached to the outer and inner functional layers in a water vapor permeable manner; the intermediate textile layer being hydrophobic. |
| US10710344B2 |
Weldable, fully adhered waterproofing membrane system for blindside waterproofing applications
A membrane system, having a waterproof woven polymer reinforcing scrim disposed between two layers of a thermoplastic polymer membrane; and an optional layer of concrete activated adhesive applied on top of a center portion, but not to the edges of the thermoplastic polymer membrane so that the edges of adjacent membranes can be thermally welded together to form a waterproof seal for use in blindside waterproofing or roofing applications. |
| US10710343B2 |
Coextruded polymer film configured for successive irreversible delamination
Multilayered polymer films are configured so that successive constituent layer packets can be delaminated in continuous sheet form from the remaining film. The new films are compatible with known coextrusion manufacturing techniques, and can also be made without the use of adhesive layers between layer packets that are tailored to be individually peelable from the remainder of the film. Instead, combinations of polymer compositions are used to allow non-adhesive polymer layers to be combined in such a way that delamination of the film is likely to occur along a plurality of delamination surfaces corresponding to interfaces between particular pairs of layers for which the peel strength is reduced relative to the peel strength at other layer interfaces within the film. The absence of an adhesive between peelable layer packets results in the delamination being irreversible. |
| US10710342B2 |
Biodegradable laminate
A biodegradable laminate, wherein a polyvinyl alcohol resin layer is laminated on at least one surface of an aliphatic polyester resin layer through an adhesive layer, which is excellent in biodegradability and gas barrier properties, and also excellent in interlayer adhesiveness, is obtained. The adhesive layer comprises, as a main component, a polyester resin (A′) which has a polar group and is obtained by graft polymerization of an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof on a biodegradable polyester resin (A) comprising at least one structural unit selected from structural units represented by the following general formulae (1), (2), and (3): |
| US10710341B2 |
Shaped composite material
The present invention concerns a shaped composite material and a method for producing it. More specifically, the invention concerns a disc for a disc brake made from ceramic composite materials, usually known as “CMC”, i.e. “Carbon Material Ceramic” or “CCM”, i.e. “Carbon Ceramic Material”. These materials consist of carbon matrices containing carbon fibres usually infiltrated with silicon and a product of reaction between C and Si, silicon carbide (SiC).More specifically, the invention concerns a shaped composite material comprising a inner layer (3; 103) of CCM C/SiC/Si material comprising disorderly short filaments consisting mainly of carbon and respective outer layers (2, 2′; 102, 102′) of C/SiC/Si material and having an orderly fabric structure of mainly carbon fibres. |
| US10710335B2 |
Plate-type component with an outer membrane
A sheet component in layered construction, having a supporting body bounded by two flat sides and at least one cover ply bonded by a mineral type of adhesive layer to the supporting body on the latter's flat side. The cover ply has an air transmission rate between 6.0 and 21 l/dm2/min in the uninstalled state, while the adhesive layer bonded to the cover ply forms a watertight composite. The composite forms a barrier to the still uncured particles of adhesive and ensures that the air is capable of escaping through the structure of the cover ply not only during the step of laying on the cover ply but also in the early curing process of the adhesive layer. |
| US10710334B2 |
High-strength wind-resistant skid-resistant waterproof underlayment
The present invention relates to the technical field of waterproof materials, and particularly to a high-strength wind-resistant skid-resistant waterproof underlayment. The high-strength wind-resistant skid-resistant waterproof underlayment comprises a first non-woven fabric layer, a first film layer, a first asphalt layer, a gridding cloth layer, a second asphalt layer, a second non-woven fabric layer, a second film layer and a third non-woven fabric layer laminated successively; the first film layer and the second film layer are waterproof elastic films respectively. The object of the present invention is to provide a high-strength wind-resistant skid-resistant waterproof underlayment. The waterproof underlayment formed by structures such as a first film layer and a second film layer and the like can be fixed through nails on a roof made of a wood structure, etc., and the construction is quick, convenient, and labor-saving, and the waterproofness is good. |
| US10710325B2 |
Tubular protector assembly
A tubular protector assembly for handling a tubular, such as drill pipe, is disclosed. In one embodiment, a cylindrical sleeve is configured to be disposed around the tubular. One or more layers of carbon fiber-based tape are configured to be interposed between the tubular and the cylindrical sleeve, which includes a cage having open cells formed therein. Each of the open cells including a multilayer cellular structural member therein having an outer-facing external steel plate, an internal plastic filament plate, an internal middle steel plate, and an inner-facing internal steel plate concentrically engaged theretogether. |
| US10710324B2 |
Manufacturing method of honeycomb structure forming die, and honeycomb structure forming die
A manufacturing method of a honeycomb structure forming die includes a linear slit forming step of forming, in a kneaded material discharging surface of a die substrate, a plurality of linear slits which are straight from one end to the other end on the kneaded material discharging surface, a slit sealing material disposing step of disposing a slit sealing material in parts of the plurality of linear slits, and a back hole forming step of forming back holes to introduce a kneaded material, in a kneaded material introducing surface of the die substrate which is present on a side opposite to the kneaded material discharging surface. |
| US10710319B2 |
Controlling application of forces to different portions of object surface using bladder
Provided are methods and apparatuses for processing objects by applying different forces and/or pressure levels to different portions of surfaces of these objects. An apparatus may include a flexible wall and a contact member. In some embodiments, the flexible wall forms a bladder such that the contact member is disposed inside the bladder. During operation, the flexible wall may be pressed against an object using a pressure differential across the wall (e.g., by pressurizing the bladder). This creates a first force acting on a first portion of the object surface. Furthermore, the contact member may be forced against the flexible wall and apply a second force to a second portion of the object surface through the wall. The second portion of the object surface may be a subset of the first portion or an entirely different portion. |
| US10710315B2 |
Method that forms pattern on fabric member and fixes pattern on trim
A method can be used to attach a fabric member to a trim while forming a pattern in the fabric member. A trim has trim grooves formed in one side of the trim and a fabric member has a foam formed in one side of a skin material of the fabric member. A bonding member is coated to an outer surface of the foam and the fabric member is heated where the bonding member is coated. The heated fabric member is placed on the side of the trim where the trim grooves are formed. The fabric member is fixed to the trim by inserting edges of the fabric member into the trim grooves using insertion blades while pattern protrusions formed in a compression jig form a pattern by pressing the skin material of the fabric member. |
| US10710312B2 |
Induction weldable pipe connector having thermally insulated induction weldable socket mouth rims
Induction Weldable Pipe Connectors (IWPCs) (400) for electromagnetic induction welding with at least one plastic pipe (30). IWPCs (400) include a tubular induction weldable mounting (401) having an opposite pair of induction weldable sockets (404A, 404B), a tubular cover (406) externally mounted on the induction weldable mounting (401), and a tubular pipe tang (407) internally disposed in one induction weldable socket (404A, 404B) for destining an induction weldable socket (404A, 404B) as an induction weldable pipe socket (408A, 408B) for forced sliding insertion of a pipe end (31) thereinto. The cover (406) includes an opposite pair of thermally insulated induction weldable socket mouth rims (426A, 426B) for entrapping melted solder lining (412) inside the induction weldable mounting (401) during an electromagnetic induction welding operation, thereby ensuring improved welding. |
| US10710309B2 |
Sonic label welding unit and method of manufacturing a multi-layered care label
A sonic label welding device for welding multiple labels together using ultrasonic welding is disclosed. The sonic label welding device comprises a digital controls main menu screen which includes touch screen buttons that are utilized to go to specific screens to program the device to perform in a certain manner. For example, a user can press the cut to length button if wanting to cut a label to a specific length, or the label weld count button to specify the number of labels being sonically welded. Further, the sonic label welding device comprises a head for allowing multiple labels to be assembled under pressure and an anvil for directing the high frequency vibrations. A method of manufacturing a multi-layer care label is also disclosed. |
| US10710306B2 |
Support structures for additive manufacturing techniques
A support structure for an additive manufacturing system includes a support body with a support body material and an interface disposed on the support body with an interface material. The interface material has a ductile-to-brittle transition temperature that is higher than the ductile-to-brittle temperature of the support body material for selectively fracturing the interface material to separate an additively manufactured article from the support body. |
| US10710305B2 |
Method and apparatus for three-dimensional fabrication
The present invention relates to methods and an apparatus for the fabrication of solid three-dimensional objects from liquid polymerizable materials. |
| US10710304B2 |
Apparatus for producing a three-dimensional work piece with process temperature control
An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional work piece comprises a process chamber accommodating a carrier for receiving a raw material powder and an irradiation device for selectively irradiating electromagnetic or particle radiation onto the raw material powder applied onto the carrier in order to produce the work piece from said raw material powder by an additive layer construction method, the irradiation device comprising at least one radiation source and at least one optical unit with a plurality of optical elements. A heat transfer arrangement is configured to transfer heat generated by a heat source to the at least one optical unit of the irradiation device. The apparatus further comprises a control unit configured to control the heat transfer arrangement so as to adjust a temperature of the at least one optical unit of the irradiation device. |
| US10710303B2 |
Techniques for build platform part release in additive fabrication and related systems and methods
According to some aspects, an additive fabrication device and a build platform suitable for use within an additive fabrication device are provided. The build platform may include a build surface on which material may be formed by the additive fabrication device when the build platform is installed within the additive fabrication device. According to some embodiments, the build platform may include a flexible build layer and at least one removal mechanism configured to be actuated to apply a force to the flexible build layer. Such actuation may cause the flexible build layer to deform, thereby enabling separation of material adhered to the build surface from the build platform. According to some embodiments, the build platform may comprise a restorative mechanism that acts to return the flexible build layer to a flat state so that subsequent additive fabrication may form material on a flat build surface. |
| US10710301B2 |
Material sets
The present disclosure is drawn to material sets for 3-dimensional printing, 3-dimensional printing systems, and 3-dimensional printed parts. A material set can include a powder bed material of composite particles including glass beads coated with polyamide-12 polymer. The composite particles can have an average particle size from 20 μm to 200 μm, and the polyamide-12 polymer can include greater than 80 meq/g carboxylic end groups and less than 40 meq/g amino end groups. The fusing agent can include an energy absorber capable of absorbing electromagnetic radiation to produce heat. |
| US10710298B2 |
System for removing support structure using integrated fluid paths
A system for producing three-dimensional objects forms fluid paths within the support structure to facilitate the removal of the support structure following manufacture of the object. The system includes a first ejector configured to eject a first material towards a platen to form an object, a second ejector configured to eject a second material towards the platen to form support for portions of the object, at least one portion of the support having a body with at least one fluid path that connects at least one opening in the body to at least one other opening in the body, and a fluid source that connects to the at least one fluid path of the support to enable fluid to flow through the at least one fluid path to remove at least an inner portion of the support from the object. |