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| US10753300B2 |
Flow rate detector
A flow rate detector includes a detection circuit, which is configured to output as an analog signal a voltage in accordance with a flow rate of air flowing through an intake pipe, and a conversion circuit, which is configured to convert the analog signal input from the detection circuit to a digital signal based on an analog-to-digital conversion characteristic to output the digital signal. The analog signal that corresponds to a forward flow direction and is input to the conversion circuit is set to have a value larger than an input voltage range in which a missing code may occur in the analog-to-digital conversion characteristic. |
| US10753299B2 |
Systems and methods for a split exhaust engine system
Methods and systems are provided for operating a split exhaust engine system that provides blowthrough air and exhaust gas recirculation to an intake passage via a first exhaust manifold and exhaust gas to an exhaust passage via a second exhaust manifold. In one example, an amount of opening overlap between a plurality of intake valves and a first set of exhaust valves coupled to the first exhaust manifold may be adjusted responsive to a transition from an estimated combustion air-fuel content to a leaner air-fuel content of the blowthrough air on a cylinder to cylinder basis. As one example, the transition may be determined from an output of an oxygen sensor positioned within the first exhaust manifold or an exhaust runner of each of the first set of exhaust valves. |
| US10753298B2 |
Controller for internal combustion engine
A controller includes an air-fuel ratio control unit that calculates an air-fuel ratio F/B correction value and an air-fuel ratio learning value and corrects an amount of fuel supplied to each cylinder based on the air-fuel ratio F/B correction value FAF and the air-fuel ratio learning value KG. The controller further includes a dither control unit that executes dither control to adjust the amount of fuel supplied to each cylinder, corrected by the air-fuel ratio control unit, so that at least one of the cylinders is set to a rich combustion cylinder and at least a further one of the cylinders is set to a lean combustion cylinder. When the dither control is executed, the air-fuel ratio control unit prohibits execution of air-fuel ratio learning control and executes air-fuel ratio feedback control. |
| US10753296B2 |
Work machine
In a work machine including an engine; a hydraulic pump; an actuator; an operating member that operates an actuator; an exhaust gas purifying device; a load application device that applies a load to an engine to raise the temperature of exhaust gas; and a control device, the load application device includes a load application valve that is provided in series between the hydraulic pump and the actuator and performs switching as to whether a hydraulic oil flow channel between the hydraulic pump and the actuator is brought into a communication state or a non-communication state in accordance with a control pressure, and if a load application request is input, the control device changes the control pressure exerted on the load application valve on the basis of the presence or absence of input of an operation signal of the operating member. |
| US10753293B2 |
Method for controlling air-fuel ratio in idle purge-off mode
A method for controlling an air-fuel ratio in an idle purge-off mode is provided. The method includes stopping feedback for an amount of fuel for a particular period of time when idle purging is terminated and performing freeze control with a constant lambda control value. |
| US10753290B2 |
Method and system for determining engine knock background noise levels
Methods and systems are disclosed for operating an engine that includes a knock control system that may determine contributions of individual noise sources to an engine background noise level. The contributions of the individual noise sources may be the basis for establishing the presence or absence of knock in one or more engine cylinders. The contributions of individual noise sources may be determined when engine cylinders are deactivated. |
| US10753284B2 |
Compact aero-thermo model base point linear system based state estimator
Systems and methods for controlling a fluid-based engineering system are disclosed. The systems and methods may include a model processor for generating a model output, the model processor including a set state module for setting dynamic states of the model processor, the dynamic states input to an open loop model based on the model operating mode. The model processor may further include an estimate state module for determining an estimated state of the model based on at least one of a prior state, current state derivatives, solver state errors, and synthesized parameters. The estimate state module determines an estimator gain associated with the current state derivatives and applies the estimator gain to determine the estimated state of the model. |
| US10753279B2 |
Gas turbine engine mid turbine frame bearing support
A gas turbine engine includes a fan and a compressor section that is fluidly connected to the fan. The compressor includes a high pressure compressor and a low pressure compressor. A combustor is fluidly connected to the compressor section. A turbine section is fluidly connected to the combustor. The turbine section includes a high pressure turbine coupled to the high pressure compressor via a first shaft. A low pressure turbine is coupled to the low pressure compressor via a second shaft. A geared architecture interconnects between the second shaft and the fan. The gas turbine engine is a high bypass geared aircraft engine having a bypass ratio of greater than six (6). The low pressure turbine has a pressure ratio that is greater than 5, and the geared architecture includes a gear reduction ratio of greater than 2.5:1. |
| US10753278B2 |
Translating inlet for adjusting airflow distortion in gas turbine engine
Systems and methods for adjusting airflow distortion in a gas turbine engine using a translating inlet assembly are provided. In one embodiment, a core engine of a gas turbine engine can include a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in series flow and defining at least in part an engine airflow path. The compressor section can include an inner flowpath surface. A core casing can enclose the core engine. A forward end of the core casing can include a translating inlet assembly moveable between a first position and a second position. The translating inlet assembly and the inner flowpath surface can together define an inlet to an engine airflow path. A translating inlet assembly can define a first inlet area in the first position and a second inlet area in the second position, the first inlet area being greater than the second inlet area. |
| US10753272B2 |
Engine supercharger for maintaining a battery charge
A supercharging system includes a first supercharger including a first compressor; a second supercharger including a second compressor provided downstream of the first compressor, and a controller controlling the first and second superchargers. At least one of the first and second superchargers includes an electric motor for driving the first or second compressor. At least one of the first and second superchargers includes a turbine, and a nozzle vane that adjusts a flow-path area of the exhaust gas flowing into the turbine. When a charge amount of a battery is low, the controller sets an upper limit of an output command value for the motor to be lower than when the charge amount is not low, or starts regenerative operation of the motor. A vane control part controls an opening degree of the nozzle vane so that the flow-path area decreases with a control of the electric motor. |
| US10753255B2 |
Method for operating an SCR catalytic converter system which has a first SCR catalytic converter and a second SCR catalytic converter
A method (300) for operating an SCR catalytic converter system which has a first SCR catalytic converter (12) and a second SCR catalytic converter, characterized by a step of controlling (310) an NH3 mass flow after the first SCR catalytic converter (12). |
| US10753250B2 |
Universal shutoff valve
An improved venting and/or air admission valve for an operating fluid reservoir, wherein different shutoff levels (SOH) can be achieved. The venting and/or air admission valve is distinguished by the fact that it comprises an adapter, which can be fastened on an operating fluid reservoir wall, and that a valve housing of the venting and/or air admission valve can be fastened on the adapter in such a way that the adapter is arranged between the operating fluid reservoir wall and the valve housing. |
| US10753246B2 |
Technologies for producing exhaust gas with controlled hydrocarbon speciation
Technologies for producing an exhaust gas stream with controlled hydrocarbon species are disclosed. In some embodiments the technologies include an apparatus for producing an exhaust gas stream. The apparatus may include a burner for combusting primary fuel and produce an exhaust gas stream, and an exhaust pipe coupled to the burner to receive the exhaust gas stream. One or more supplemental fuel inlets may be coupled to the exhaust gas pipe for the addition of supplemental fuel to the exhaust gas stream. In embodiments, the speciation and total concentration of hydrocarbon compounds in the exhaust gas stream may be adjusted by controlling the relative amount of supplemental fuel added to the exhaust gas stream. Methods for producing an exhaust gas stream are also disclosed. |
| US10753245B2 |
Exhaust gas purification system for internal combustion engine, internal combustion engine, and exhaust gas purification method for internal combustion engine
A rich-wait-time threshold value is set based on the NOx discharge amount per unit time discharged from an internal combustion engine. When the elapsed time, i.e. either the elapsed engine operation time since rich control was performed on a lean NOx trap catalyst device, or the elapsed engine operation time since the engine was started, becomes equal to or greater than the rich-wait-time threshold value, a determination that the rich control be started is added as a necessary condition for starting the rich control. Accordingly, an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine, an internal combustion engine, and an exhaust gas purification method for an internal combustion engine are provided, with which the execution timing of the rich control for recovering the NOx occlusion capacity of the lean NOx trap catalyst device is rendered more appropriate, and thus NOx reduction is performed with little fuel consumption deterioration. |
| US10753239B2 |
Hydraulic piston with a cooling and lubricating gasket valve
The hydraulic piston (1) constitutes a hydraulic chamber (5) with a cylinder (4) and has a cylindrical body (6) connected—from the side of the chamber (5)—by a link-stop valve (3) to a cooling and lubricating gasket valve (2) which is passed right through by a flow calibration opening (27), the valve (2) being able to move in longitudinal translation over a short stroke with respect to the body (6) or to be held at a distance from the body (6) by the valve link-stop (3), a valve return spring (30) tending to move the valve (2) away from the cylindrical body (6). |
| US10753238B2 |
Rotor part of a rotor for a camshaft adjuster and pressing tool for the production thereof
The invention relates to a first rotor part for a camshaft adjuster, wherein the first rotor part is configured in the form of a disc, and wherein the first rotor part has an encircling shoulder in a circumferential direction, said shoulder extending in a first axial direction beyond the first end side, wherein the first rotor part has at least one inner first opening which is arranged on the first inner casing on that side of the shoulder that is remote from the first end side and which is connected to the first end side via a first fluid duct which extends outwards in the radial direction from the shoulder through the first rotor part; wherein the first rotor part is produced in one part by powder metallurgy with all the inner first openings and first fluid ducts and the shoulder. The invention also relates to a pressing tool for producing a first rotor part. |
| US10753237B2 |
Actuation arrangement for switchable lever
A switchable lever is provided that includes an outer lever, an inner lever pivotably mounted to the outer lever, and a coupling assembly that is capable of selectively locking the inner lever to the outer lever. The coupling assembly includes a coupling pin that has a first end that is configured to be received by an actuator. The coupling pin can be configured with at least one slot, which can be received by the actuator. The coupling pin is moveable from a first, locked position to a second, unlocked position, by an actuator and can be configured to be received by the actuator continuously throughout a valve lift event. The coupling pin can be configured with at least one protrusion that is arranged to be received by an actuator, or the actuator can be configured with at least one protrusion to receive the coupling pin. |
| US10753235B2 |
Use of recovered power in a process
Processes and apparatus for recovering energy from a petroleum, petrochemical, or chemical process are disclosed. The process comprises providing a fluid process stream in a petroleum, petrochemical, or chemical process zone having a direct current power input; controlling a flow rate of the process stream by directing at least a portion of the process stream through a first power-recovery turbine to generate electric power as direct current therefrom; and providing the recovered direct current to the direct current power input of the process zone. |
| US10753234B2 |
Turning apparatus and control method for turning apparatus
A turning apparatus includes: an electric motor; a pinion gear that rotationally drives a wheel gear provided in a rotor in a first rotation direction and moves to a first position where the pinion gear can transmit a rotation of the electric motor to the wheel gear and a second position where the pinion gear cannot transmit the rotation of the electric motor to the wheel gear; a current value detection unit that detects a current value of the electric motor in a state where the pinion gear is positioned at the first position; and a control device that controls the electric motor to rotate the pinion gear in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction based on the current value detected by the current value detection unit. |
| US10753231B2 |
Self-retaining bushing assembly
A bushing apparatus includes: a housing with first and second ends, the housing having an outer bore passing therethrough from the first end to the second end, wherein the bore includes a reduced-diameter band located between the first and second ends; and a bushing received in the outer bore, the bushing having first and second ends and an inner bore passing therethrough from the first end to the second end of the bushing, wherein the bushing includes an outer surface having a reduced-diameter groove located between the first and second ends, wherein the band is received in the groove in a radially overlapping relationship, so as to block movement of the bushing relative to the housing. |
| US10753229B2 |
Mounting arrangement for mounting a fluid cooler to a gas turbine engine case
A mounting arrangement for mounting a fluid cooler to an engine case of a gas turbine engine, the mounting arrangement comprises at least one fixture adapted to be mounted to the engine case and defining a circumferentially extending channel for receiving at least one circumferentially extending flange of a cooler body of the fluid cooler. The at least one flange being free to slide in the channel of the at least one fixture in a circumferential direction of the engine case. The fixture may further comprise a clamping arrangement to hold the fluid cooler while allowing the same to thermally grow. |
| US10753221B2 |
Seal assembly with ductile wear liner
A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a seal that has a seal body extending circumferentially between opposed mate faces and at least one rail extending outwardly from the seal body. The seal body has a seal face that bounds a gas path. At least one rail aperture is defined at least partially through the at least one rail. At least one wear liner has a liner body. The liner body defines a liner aperture and an outer periphery that mates with the at least one rail aperture. A seal support is mountable to an engine case. The seal support has at least one support hook that mates with the liner aperture to mount the seal to the seal support. A method of assembly for a gas turbine engine is also disclosed. |
| US10753218B2 |
Turbomachine thermal management
An example turbomachine assembly includes, among other things, a nose cone of a turbomachine, and a pump at least partially within an interior of the nose cone. The pump is selectively rotated by a motor to communicate air to the interior. |
| US10753214B2 |
Sealing arrangement on combustor to turbine interface in a gas turbine
A gas turbine unit having a combustor having a liner, a turbine, arranged downstream of the liner along a main flow gas direction and including a plurality of first stage vanes, a rotor cover support located inwardly of the vanes, and a sealing arrangement at a combustor to turbine interface, wherein the sealing arrangement includes a first dogbone seal extending between the rotor cover support and an inner downstream end of the liner or between the rotor cover support and a bulkhead located at the inner downstream end of the liner. |
| US10753213B2 |
Wear-resistant shield for a rotating blade of a gas turbine
The invention relates to a wear-resistant shield for a rotating blade root of a rotating blade of a gas turbine, especially an aircraft gas turbine, having a base and two side walls connected to the base, wherein the side walls lie opposite each other and are shaped so as to be substantially complementary to an outer contour of a particular rotating blade root, and wherein the wear-resistant shield for this purpose is set up in such a way that, in an installed state, it is to be taken up between the respective rotating blade root and a rotating blade root mount of a rotor, especially between the respective rotating blade root and an axial securing element arranged in the rotating blade root mount. |
| US10753206B2 |
Contouring a blade/vane cascade stage
A blade/vane cascade segment of a blade/vane cascade for a turbomachine is disclosed, which comprises a stage with a stage surface as well as a first blade/vane element and a second blade/vane element. The stage surface comprises a first elevation reaching as far as the pressure side of the first blade/vane element and a second elevation reaching as far as the suction side of the second blade/vane element. A furthest downstream point of a boundary of the second elevation has an axial position which differs from the axial position of at least one highest point of the first elevation by a maximum of 10% of an axial cascade span. Furthermore, a blade/vane cascade, a blade/vane channel, a stage, a turbomachine and an aircraft engine are disclosed. |
| US10753203B2 |
Systems and methods to identify and inhibit spider web borehole failure in hydrocarbon wells
Determining, based on asymmetric spalling of rock at a wall of a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well, that the wellbore is experiencing a spider web borehole failure (SWBF); and in response to the determination: generating a forward model of rock strength for the well (including a rock strength reduction function defining a rock strength reduction factor (r) as a function of angular width of a borehole failure (W)); determining an angular width of the SWBF (WSWBF); determining, based on application of the angular width of the SWBF (WSWBF) to the rock strength reduction function, a rock strength reduction factor (r) for the well; determining, based on the rock strength reduction factor (r) and an unconfined compressive strength of intact rock (Co), an unconfined compressive strength of fractured rock (Cfrm); and operating the well based on the unconfined compressive strength of fractured rock (Cfrm). |
| US10753201B2 |
Mud pulse telemetry apparatus with a pressure transducer and method of operating same
A pressure measurement apparatus for a downhole measurement-while-drilling tool comprises a feed through connector and a pressure transducer. The feed through connector comprises a body with a first end and an opposite second end, at least one electrical interconnection extending axially through the body and out of the first and second ends, and a pressure transducer receptacle in the first end and a communications bore extending from the receptacle to the second end. The pressure transducer is seated in the receptacle such that a pressure at the first end can be measured, and comprises at least one electrical contact that extends from the pressure transducer through the communication bore and out of the second end. The pressure transducer can take pressure measurements used to predict wear of a primary seal in a motor subassembly of the tool, detect a pressure-related battery failure event, and control operation of a dual pulse height fluid pressure pulse generator. |
| US10753197B2 |
Method and system for monitoring well operations
A method for monitoring well operations comprises sensing oscillations occurring in the well during a well operation and generating a signal indicative of the oscillations. The signal is processed into sensed data indicative of the oscillations sensed in the well, and the sensed data is then compared with reference data associated with previously detected well operations, to identify the well operation that generated the sensed oscillations. The system that performs the well monitoring, comprises one or more transducers configured to sense the oscillations, and a processing system in communication with the transducer which identifies the well operation and the device that caused the oscillations, based on comparisons of data indicative of the oscillations, with reference data associated with previously detected well operations. |
| US10753195B2 |
Determining diverter effectiveness in a fracture wellbore
Systems and methods for using pressure signals to assess effectiveness of a diverter in a stimulation wellbore are disclosed. A pressure signal in an observation wellbore in the subsurface formation may be assessed using a pressure sensor in direct fluid communication with a fluid in the observation wellbore. The fluid in the observation wellbore may be indirect fluid communication with a fracture emanating from the observation wellbore. The pressure signal may include a pressure change that is induced by a fracture being formed from a stimulation wellbore in the subsurface formation. The pressure signal may be a pressure-induced poromechanic signal. The slope in the pressure signal before and after the diverter are provided into the stimulation wellbore may be assessed to determine the effectiveness of the diverter. |
| US10753191B2 |
Downhole tools with power utilization apparatus during flow-off state
A drilling assembly for use in drilling of a wellbore is disclosed that in one non-limiting embodiment includes a device that detects a flow-off state, a power generator that generates electrical energy in response to a fluid flowing through the drilling assembly during the flow-off state, and a circuit that utilizes such power to perform one or more selected operations in response to the detection of the flow-off state, including, but not limited to, storing data in a memory; shutting certain devices in the drilling assembly and parking a device in a desired position. |
| US10753189B2 |
Controlling wellbore pathways by manipulating the surface area to mass ratio of the diverting material
A mixture of at least two shapes of a dissolvable diverter material. The shapes range from a flake having a high surface area to mass ratio to beads having a low surface area to mass ratio. The density of the various shapes may be manipulated by including voids or low-density materials within the shape. The density manipulation allows matching the transport properties of the at least two shapes to the transport fluid so that both shapes may arrive at the desired location at the desired time. |
| US10753188B2 |
Thermal hydrocarbon recovery method using circulation of surface-heated mixture of liquid hydrocarbon and water
A method for thermal recovery of hydrocarbon housed in a reservoir comprising injecting a mixture comprising either hydrocarbon and water (for downhole heating) or hydrocarbon and steam (heated at surface) into a wellbore and circulating the heated mixture of hydrocarbon and steam inside the wellbore allowing the heated mixture to increase the temperature of the reservoir and thereby reduce the viscosity of the hydrocarbon within the reservoir. The injection of steam facilitates the delivery of more heat to the reservoir due to the latent heat of steam, compared with circulating heated hydrocarbon alone. |
| US10753178B2 |
Method for removing a downhole plug
A method of cleaning out a wellbore includes removing the downhole zonal isolation device arranged in a wellbore with a bottom hole assembly (BHA) of a downhole string formed from a plurality of tubulars, pumping off the BHA, removing downhole fluids from the wellbore without removing the downhole string following pumping off the BHA, circulating fluid near a toe of the wellbore, and removing downhole particles from the wellbore through the downhole string. |
| US10753177B2 |
Method and apparatus for actuating downhole tools
A method of actuating at least one of a plurality of downhole tools connected to at least one hydraulic fluid line is disclosed. The method includes the steps of:— a) providing each of the downhole tools with a control unit comprising a timer which permits fluid communication between the at least one hydraulic fluid line and the downhole tool during a window of time; and b) controlling the pressure in the at least one hydraulic fluid line for at least a sufficient period of time required to at least actuate the said downhole tool, wherein the said sufficient period of time coincides at least partially with the said window of time. A control unit for operating one or more than one of a plurality of downhole tools connected to at least one hydraulic fluid line is also disclosed as including a timer associated with each of the one or more downhole tools, the timer permitting hydraulic fluid to communicate with the respective downhole tool if supplied via the at least one hydraulic fluid line during a window of time.A timer apparatus for use in downhole wellbore for permitting controlled activation of a downhole tool at a point in time is also disclosed as including a valve associated with an energy storage mechanism and which is arranged to move the valve when the energy is released to actuate the downhole tool.A system of downhole tools is also disclosed as including two or more downhole tools, at least one hydraulic fluid line, wherein each of the two or more downhole tools is connected to the at least one hydraulic fluid line and at least one control unit comprising at least one timer, wherein each of the one or more downhole tools is connected to a timer, said timer permitting hydraulic fluid to communicate with the respective downhole tool.A method of controlling flow downhole in a wellbore is also disclosed. |
| US10753174B2 |
Plugging device deployment
A method can include varying a spacing between plugging devices by controlling a ratio of flow rates through intersecting pipes. A deployment apparatus can include an actuator and a release structure that releases the plugging devices into a conduit connected to a tubular string in the well. Another method can include operating an actuator, thereby displacing a release structure, and the release structure releasing the plugging devices into the well in response to operating the actuator. Another deployment apparatus can include intersecting pipes and a valve that selectively permits and prevents displacement of the plugging devices through one of the pipes. |
| US10753173B2 |
Retrievable packer
A retrievable packer device for use in a wellbore includes first and second end rings configured to be mounted on a base member and a deformable sleeve extending from the first end ring to the second end ring and configured to extend around the base member. A swellable sleeve is mounted on the deformable sleeve. |
| US10753172B2 |
Downhole formation testing tools including improved flow routing device
A system includes a downhole acquisition tool housing that may receive a fluid that enters the downhole acquisition tool from a first flowline, a second flowline, or both. The system includes a flow control device removably coupled to the downhole acquisition tool. The flow control device may include a housing, a plurality of flow routing plugs that may be in fluid communication to the first flowline, the second flowline, or both, and channels disposed within the housing and fluidly coupled to the plurality of flow routing plugs. |
| US10753171B2 |
Anti-extrusion assembly for a downhole tool
A downhole tool includes a sealing element configured to expand radially outwards to form a seal with a surrounding tubular, a cone defining a tapered surface, and a slips assembly comprising a plurality of slips. The slips assembly is receivable at least partially around the cone, such that moving the cone in an axial direction with respect to the slips assembly causes the plurality of slips to separate circumferentially apart. The tool also includes a backup member positionable at least partially around the tapered surface of the cone and positioned adjacent to the slips assembly. The backup member is configured to break as the cone is moved toward the plurality of slips, to prevent the sealing element from extruding between circumferentially-adjacent slips of the plurality of slips. |
| US10753167B2 |
Tool assembly with a fluidic agitator
The tool assembly vibrates a casing string or drill string in a wellbore. The tool assembly includes a housing, an insert mounted in the housing as a fluidic agitator, and a cover fitted over the insert. The insert includes an inlet chamber, a vortex chamber, and a feedback chamber, and the fluid flow through the insert has a pressure profile with a plurality of levels determined by the feedback chamber. The strength and frequency of the pressure profile can be regulated by the feedback chamber according to position, size and asymmetry of the transition channels connected to the feedback chamber. The high strength and low frequency pressure pulses can be achieved in the limited space of the housing for placement of the inlet and outlet. |
| US10753166B2 |
Load reduction device and method for reducing load on power cable coiled tubing
A method for installing an electrical submersible pump (ESP) in a well containing a production conduit includes securing an ESP to a lower end of a coiled tubing segment containing an electrical power cable. An operator secures a load transfer device with a gripping member to the coiled tubing segment above the ESP. The operator lowers the coiled tubing segment into the well along with the ESP and the load transfer device. The load transfer device contacts an interior side wall of the production conduit with the gripping member and transfers a load on the coiled tubing segment to the production conduit. When powered, the ESP causes well fluid to flow upward from the ESP through the load transfer device up the production conduit. |
| US10753160B2 |
Well tool device
A well tool device may include a first subsection and a second subsection connected to each other. The first subsection comprises a first connector having an outwardly facing first connection interface and the second subsection comprises a second connector having an inwardly facing second connection interface, where the second connector is provided radially outside of the first connector. The first connection interface is facing towards the second connection interface. The first connection interface comprises a first recess provided in the first connector. The second connection interface comprises a second recess provided in the second connector. The first and second recesses together are forming a bolt compartment. The well tool device further comprises a locking bolt provided in the bolt compartment formed by the first and second recesses in order to connect the first and second subsections to each other. The bolt compartment formed by the first and second recesses has an opening in the outer surface of the second connector. |
| US10753156B2 |
Cutting element backing support
A cutting tool has a tool body and at least one non-planar cutting element oriented at a forward rake angle on the top surface of the cutting tool. The at least one non-planar cutting element of the cutting tool has a grip region and a non-planar cutting end. A support of the cutting tool extends around at least a portion of a circumference of the grip region. |
| US10753155B2 |
Fixed cutter stabilizing drill bit
A bit for drilling a wellbore includes: a body; and a cutting face including: a blade protruding from the body; and a row of cutters, each cutter including: a substrate mounted in a pocket formed adjacent to a leading edge of the blade; and a cutting table made from a superhard material, mounted to the substrate, and having a working face. A first subset of the row of cutters is oriented at a negative side rake angle. A second subset of the row of cutters is oriented at a zero or slightly positive side rake angle. The first and the second subsets are alternating. An innermost cutter of the first subset has a maximum absolute value of the negative side rake angle. The absolute value negative side rake angles of the rest of the cutters decrease as their distance from a center of the cutting face increases. |
| US10753154B1 |
Extended reach fluidic oscillator
A fluidic oscillator includes a vortex chamber in fluid communication with a flow volume, an outlet, a first control port, and a second control port. The flow volume is defined by a first wall and a second wall. The first wall and the second wall are arranged to direct a fluid flow to create a vortex flow in the vortex chamber. The pressure differential cycles the attachment of fluid flow between the first wall and the second wall at a cycle rate. Because the fluidic oscillator can operate at a low cycle rate, the fluidic oscillator can provide an extended reach. |
| US10753153B1 |
Variable frequency drive configuration for electric driven hydraulic fracking system
An electric driven hydraulic fracking system is disclosed. A pump configuration that includes the single VFD, the single shaft electric motor, and the single hydraulic pump that is mounted on the single pump trailer. A pump configuration includes a single VFD configuration, the single shaft electric motor, and the single shaft hydraulic pump mounted on the single pump trailer. The single VFD configuration converts the electric power at the power generation voltage level distributed from the power distribution trailer to a VFD voltage level and drives the single shaft electric motor to control the operation of the single shaft electric motor and the single hydraulic pump. The VFD voltage level is a voltage level that is required to drive the single shaft electric motor. The VFD configuration also controls operation of the auxiliary systems based on the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level. |
| US10753145B2 |
Motorized shade apparatus
A motorized shade apparatus for windows includes a power supply unit, such as a tube of large capacity batteries which may have long cycle life. All or all large system components can be hidden from view such as behind a valance or other covering. In an embodiment of the invention, the power supply current can be conveyed via integral connections with the motor/shade assembly. The system can be installed at-location in parts or modules. The valance, power supply, and motor assembly can be removed easily to replace components over time without complex mechanisms that increase cost or introduce disadvantages such as louder operational noises. |
| US10753138B2 |
Vehicular collision avoidance system
A vehicular collision avoidance system includes a remote communicator disposed exterior and remote from the vehicle and operable to communicate information regarding location and motion of the remote communicator relative to the vehicle. A receiver at the vehicle receives a communication from the remote communicator, and a control at the vehicle includes a processor that processes information communicated by the remote communicator and received at the receiver. The control, responsive to processing communicated information, determines the location and motion of the remote communicator relative to the vehicle. A side sensing device is disposed at a side of the vehicle and operable to capture data, which is processed to determine approach of the remote communicator to the vehicle. Data captured by the side sensing device and information communicated by the remote communicator are processed at the control to determine a potential collision between the remote communicator and the vehicle. |
| US10753136B2 |
Method and mechanism for automatically detecting door or window faults
The present invention discloses a method for automatically detecting door or window faults, comprising the following steps: mounting a displacement sensor at at least one monitoring position of the door or window frame and leaf and/or door or window hardware to monitor a relative position change of the door or window frame and leaf and/or relative displacement of the hardware at said at least one monitoring position; and connecting the displacement sensor to a controller which judges whether the relative position change of the door or window frame and leaf and/or relative displacement of the hardware at said at least one monitoring position exceeds a displacement threshold, and thereby perform combined judgment for door or window faults. The present invention further discloses a mechanism for automatically detecting door or window faults. The present invention can automatically detect possible faults occurring during use of the door or window, and thereby eliminate hidden risks endangering the user and other persons' personal safety, and exhibit important social significance. |
| US10753133B2 |
Ejection device for a folding door or folding sliding door
An ejection device includes an ejection element for spreading apart a folding door from a closed position. At least two door wings are arranged in a common closing plane, towards an open position, and the at least two door wings form an angle different from 180° relative to each other. The ejection element can be acted upon by an energy storage member to be manually loaded by an operator, and the ejection device includes a locking device for releasably locking the ejection element against the force of the loaded energy storage member. The locking device can be unlocked by applying pressure to the folding door. The ejection device includes a movably-mounted loading element for loading the energy storage member by folding together the folding door. The ejection element and the loading element are spatially separated constructional units, and the ejection element is a pivotally mounted ejection lever. |
| US10753132B2 |
Door restraint assembly
A door restraint assembly for inhibiting a door from striking a wall when the door is opened includes a hinge unit that is hingedly coupled between a door and a door frame. A limiting unit is rotatably positioned in the hinge unit. The limiting unit limits rotation of the hinge unit when the door is opened. In this way the limiting unit inhibits the door from striking an adjacent wall when the door is opened. |
| US10753127B2 |
Door handle module
The invention relates to a door handle module (100) for a handle device (202) of a moveable part (201) of a vehicle (200), in particular a commercial vehicle, comprising: a housing (10), in which a receptacle (11) is formed, in which an electronics unit (12) for controlling a security system (203) of the vehicle (200) is arranged, wherein the electronics unit (12) comprises at least one communication element (12a, 12b) for the exchange of data with the vehicle-external communication unit (50). |
| US10753119B2 |
Portable structure with solar shade
A portable structure including a solar shade is disclosed. The portable structure includes a frame comprising at least two beams, a main panel extending between the at least two beams, and a solar shade. The solar shade includes at least one solar shade panel spaced above the main panel by at least one inflatable beam to create a space between the solar shade panel and the main panel. The space creates an insulative layer to help regulate an interior temperature of the portable structure. |
| US10753116B1 |
Graveside pedestal, system and method of displaying headstones
Pedestals, pedestal systems, and methods of mounting a slab on a pedestal are described herein. The pedestals have a slab placement surface containing a vase assembly receiving area that can safely support and display a slab combined with protruding vase cup. The vase cup protrudes through a mounted slab into the vase assembly receiving area and does not interfere with the slab sitting against the slab placement surface of the pedestal. |
| US10753114B1 |
Vehicle parking assistance assembly
A vehicle parking assistance assembly includes a pair of clamps removably clamped to a respective one of a pair of garage door rails on either side of a garage door opening. A light emitting unit emits a beam of light across the garage door opening. A receiving unit receives the beam of light emitted by the light emitting unit. A visual unit is positioned on a back wall of a garage to be visible to a driver of a vehicle entering the garage. The visual unit emits a visual alert to stop when the visual unit receives a clear signal from the receiving unit for alerting the driver that the vehicle has fully entered the garage. The visual unit emits a visual alert to go when the visual unit receives a blocked signal from the receiving unit for alerting the driver that the vehicle has not fully entered the garage. |
| US10753103B2 |
Floor panel for forming a floor covering
Floor panel, characterized in that it is of the type that can be installed according to the fold down-technique, that it comprises coupling means in one piece on all four edges, and that measures are taken in order to avoid an undesired shifting on the long edges during the turning down of the floor panel. |
| US10753102B2 |
Covering panel and process of producing covering panels
The present invention provides a covering panel, such as a floor panel, wall panel or ceiling panel, comprising a substrate and optionally a top layer, whereby said substrate comprises a synthetic material and a filler material, whereby said filler material is comprised in an amount from 15 to 75 wt. % based on the total weight of said substrate. In addition, the present invention provides a process of producing such covering panels. |
| US10753101B1 |
Artificial lightweight stone
A stone arrangement for a corner is provided which includes two stones for positioning at the corner, wherein one of the stones is provided with a curved corner and the second stone is provided with a sharp corner and wherein the stones have matching contours at a location where they abut so that the stones have improved aesthetic appearance. Further, the stones are formed to provide consistent dimensions when arranged at a corner so that stones extending further from the corner maintain intended dimensional tolerances. |
| US10753099B2 |
Siding attachment system
Fastener guide strips for a siding panel assembly are be modified to include protrusions extending along opposite longitudinal edges of the fastener guide strip and projecting outward therefrom. A nailing flange of a siding panel of the siding panel assembly for use with the modified guide strip includes a guide strip retaining lip extending outward and downward from an upper edge of the securement flange to form a guide strip receiving channel between the guide strip retaining lip and the securement flange A combined thickness of the fastener guide strip and each protrusion exceeds the spacing between a front face of the securement flange and an inner edge of a guide strip retaining lip proximate a distal end thereof. |
| US10753098B2 |
Box gutter system and sump overflow device
An overflow device comprising a sump for a box gutter includes a primary sump receptacle with first and second end walls, a pair of sidewalls extending between and a basal wall, with a primary outlet port for the discharge of water; the second end walls is common in forming a first end wall of a second sump receptacle having a second end wall, opposed sidewalls, a bottom wall and a secondary outlet for the discharge of water. The common wall has an upper edge spaced below the upper edges of each of the first end wall of the primary receptacle, the second end wall of the secondary receptacle and of the opposed sidewalls of each receptacle. The overflow device has a width between at least equal to the width of the box gutter whereby the overflow device is adapted to be installed in relation to a first box gutter section such that:the first end wall of the first sump receptacle extends transversely with respect to the box gutter to enable the overflow device to be sealed to the first section of the box gutter,the overflow device is adapted to be installed, if required, in relation to a second section of the box gutter such that the second end wall extends transversely with respect to the box gutter for sealing the overflow device to the second section of the box gutter; andsuch that, with the overflow device so installed, water can flow from the first section of the box gutter, over an upper edge of the first end wall of the primary receptacle, into the primary receptacle and discharge through the primary outlet port, and with the primary outlet port sufficiently blocked, water can overflow an upper edge of the common wall, into the secondary receptacle and through the secondary outlet port. |
| US10753096B2 |
Ductile chord connectors for use in concrete rods in structures
Provided herein are connectors for use in assembling reinforced concrete structures, as well as methods of assembly using the connectors. In one embodiment, the connectors and methods provide for secure and easy connection to the butt end of any rebar rod, as well as attachment of an opposite end to another metal structure. For example, a butt portion of a connector slides over the butt portion of a rebar rod, and can include one or more sidewall openings to allow welding onto rebar that is enclosed within the butt portion of the connector. The opposite second end can include a faceplate for attaching a weld plate, thus permitting a series of connections using connectors and weld plates, among other things. The connectors provide selected properties that differ from the rebar, welds, and weld plates, such as stretch, yield strength, ultimate strength, and transfer of stress and vibration, among other things. |
| US10753093B2 |
Insulated fireproof concrete form system
An insulated fireproof concrete form system. The system includes a pair of autoclaved aerated concrete blocks oriented parallel to each other. A pair of insulating blocks are disposed on a pair of internal surfaces of the pair of autoclaved aerated concrete blocks. The pair of insulating blocks are horizontally staggered relative to the pair of autoclaved aerated concrete blocks. A plurality of rods connects the pair of autoclaved aerated concrete blocks. |
| US10753092B1 |
Fiber reinforced surface covering
A fiber reinforced surface covering for application to a structure, comprising at least one structural body comprising a resilient construction material with a top side and a bottom side, a flexible base coupled to the bottom side of the structural body, a spaced gap disposed between the at least one structural body and an adjacent second body, and wherein the spaced gap has a portion of the base that is substantially overlaid with the resilient construction material and configured to receive a filler material. |
| US10753091B2 |
Hempcrete wall block panel
A hempcrete wall comprising a stud wall, a hemprecte block panel including hemp hurd, hydrated type S lime, and a pumice, and a lumber embedded in the hemprete block panel with holes that allows fixing the hempcrete block panel to the stud wall. The hempcrete block includes a 17.5 lbs of hemp hurd, 10 lbs hydrated type S lime, 17 lbs of powdered pumice, and 44 lbs water. |
| US10753090B2 |
System and method of ceiling panel installation
Ceiling panel mount system and method includes a plurality of mount brackets. Each of the mount brackets includes a base and a hook. The hook includes a first hook portion extending vertically upward from the base, a second hook portion joined to the first hook portion at a first bend in a first direction and extending horizontally therefrom, and a third hook portion joined to the second hook portion at a second bend in the first direction and extending vertically downward therefrom. A ridge protrudes from an inner surface of the first hook portion. |
| US10753086B2 |
Modular floor platform
A modular floor platform includes a floor made of a plurality of individual composite floor panels interconnected by tongue and groove joints. The individual composite floor panels have a foam core and a rigid cover over the foam core. A frame attaches the floor panels together along a perimeter of the floor. Legs beneath the frame and upwardly support the floor. |
| US10753080B1 |
Method of constructing a building, and a building construction system therefor
A method of constructing a building includes constructing a vertical support core of the building, and attaching a climbing rail to an exterior of the vertical support core. The climbing rail includes holes spaced vertically. A first floor plate is constructed around a periphery of the vertical support core, at a ground elevation, and includes at least one connecting rail having vertically spaced holes. A climbing jack is attached to the climbing rail, and moved vertically upward on the climbing rail to raise the first floor plate to a first floor final elevation. The first floor plate is permanently attached to the climbing rail at the first floor final elevation by inserting a pin through aligned holes in the connecting rail and the climbing rail. |
| US10753079B2 |
Collapsible pop-up structure for the rapid erection of shelters
A collapsible pop-up structure for the rapid erection of buildings includes at least two portals forming two first parallel aspect facades of the shelter, the two other facades each comprising means for vertical articulation, on one hand with respect to the uprights of the portals that they connect, and on the other hand with respect to an axis positioned centrally between the portals. The portals are independent and the uprights of one portal each comprise an internal profile that can be made to slide so as to increase the height thereof in order to impart pitch to the roof, wherein said internal profiles are connected by an upper beam and form a secondary upper portal that can be made to slide into the portal. Means for controlling the sliding are provided in at least one of the uprights. |
| US10753075B2 |
Flush valve
A flush valve has a relief valve that has a stationary valve element and a rotatable valve element each having at least one opening, and being rotationally positionable relative to one another to regulate fluid flow. A disc contacts a diaphragm valve seat to form a seal between the disc and the diaphragm valve seat when the diaphragm assembly is in the closed position and with the relief valve closed. When the flush valve is activated, the relief valve is opened to permit a flow of water from the chamber into the fluid outlet. The opening of the relief valve relieves fluid pressure in the chamber and causes diaphragm assembly to move from the closed position to the opened position. The disc is unseated from the valve seat which permits water to pass from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet when the diaphragm assembly is in the open position. |
| US10753072B2 |
Hanging structure for an outlet terminal such as a hand-held shower head
A hanging structure for an outlet terminal includes the outlet terminal; and a hanging element having a limiting component, wherein, when the outlet terminal is moved in a direction away from the hanging element, the outlet terminal is not in contact with the limiting component, the hanging element is in an elastic state which is an open state, an abutting force between the outlet terminal and the hanging element causes the hanging element to be open which permits the outlet terminal to be separated from the hanging element, and wherein, when the outlet terminal swings within the hanging element, the outlet terminal is in contact with the limiting component, the hanging element is in a fixation state which is a closed state, and the outlet terminal is maintained in a hanging state. |
| US10753071B2 |
Tub faucet having a control valve with reduced backpressure
A water control system including a showerhead and a tub faucet. The faucet has a valve configured to automatically restrict fluid flow through the faucet and direct fluid to the showerhead as a function of a parameter, such as a predetermined water temperature. The faucet has many modes of operation, including a Reset Mode, an Auto-Divert Mode, a Bypass Mode, and a Cold Mode. A flow control device generates minimal back-pressure when in the Reset Mode such that water does not undesirably back flow to a shower head. |
| US10753066B2 |
Method of controlling motor grader and motor grader
A method of controlling a motor grader including a blade provided between a front wheel and a rear wheel which are attached to a vehicular body and a height adjustment mechanism which adjusts a height of the blade includes obtaining current topography in front of the motor grader and adjusting a height of the blade with respect to the front wheel based on the current topography. |
| US10753065B2 |
Control method and motor grader
A control method is performed in a motor grader, the motor grader including a blade between a front wheel and a rear wheel, the blade being attached to a swing circle which adjusts a blade angle. The control method includes detecting a load applied to the blade and revolving, when the detected load is larger in value than a predetermined reference value, the swing circle in such a direction that the blade angle is smaller than the blade angle at the time of detection of that value. |
| US10753064B2 |
Arm for material handling machine
an An arm for a material handling machine includes a first plate, a second plate, and a pair of side walls. The second plate includes two opposite edges and a first of the pair of side walls is welded inward of the first edge of the second plate. A second of the pair of side walls is welded inward of the opposite edge of the second pate to form two flanges, with each of the two flanges extending on opposite sides of the second plate and having at least one hole at each of its ends. Each of the flanges has a length that is longitudinal with respect to the arm and a width that is transverse with respect to the arm and the length of each flange is between ⅓ and ⅙ of the length of the arm. |
| US10753058B2 |
Containment unit and method of using same
The present invention generally relates to containment and control of an oil spill caused by a damaged or broken riser in deep water. More specifically, the present invention relates to a reusable unit that will contain oil spills to a specific location and will also allow oil to be harvested as it flows to the top of the unit while minimizing or even eliminating any environmental clean-up impact or cost. The unit of the present invention is dropped over a damaged or broken riser in a closed position, the unit is released and stabilized in sections until the surface is reached and the containment unit is completely erected. |
| US10753052B2 |
Self-propelled milling machine, as well as method for controlling a self-propelled milling machine
In a self-propelled construction machine comprising a machine frame with a longitudinal axis, a controller for the travelling and milling operation, a height-adjustable working drum, and a slewable transport conveyor: that the control system, at least as a function of a virtual trajectory for positioning the transport conveyor which is freely specifiable in a stationary coordinate system that is independent of the position and alignment of the machine frame, controls, by means of open-loop control or closed-loop control, at least the slewing angle of the transport conveyor automatically in such a fashion that a reference point of the transport conveyor always remains on the specified trajectory in the case of a change in position of the machine frame within the coordinate system. |
| US10753048B2 |
Machine with ballast receiving device
A machine having a ballast take-up device for taking up ballast located underneath a track. The take up device has an endless clearing chain guided in a chain channel. In a connecting joint from a transverse channel to a transport channel. There is also a ballast deflector blade pivotable about a pivot axis. Arranged on the ballast deflector blade is a ballast conveyor, designed for ballast transport in the direction towards a pivot axis by means of a conveyor drive. With this, it is possible to expand the operating range of the ballast take-up device, as needed. |
| US10753041B2 |
Cellulose microfibrils
Processes for producing cellulose microfibrils from herbaceous plant material using enzyme compositions, the cellulose microfibrils obtained from the processes and their uses, and compositions comprising the cellulose microfibrils are described. |
| US10753039B2 |
Continuous linear substrate infusion
A method of forming an active agent infused linear material includes passing a substantially linear polymeric substrate through a linear substrate infusion chamber in a first direction, flowing a liquid infusion solution through the linear substrate infusion chamber in a second direction, and contacting the linear substrate with the liquid infusion solution at an infusion temperature and for an infusion time effective to infuse the one or more active molecules into or onto a surface of the linear substrate, thereby forming an active agent infused linear material. The liquid infusion solution includes one or more active molecules. The second direction is substantially opposite or substantially parallel to the first direction. A linear substrate infusion system and a polymeric linear substrate are also disclosed. |
| US10753038B2 |
Oil solution for carbon fiber precursors and carbon fiber precursor
An oil agent for a carbon fiber precursor is provided that contains a base component, a cationic surfactant, and a nonionic surfactant, wherein the cationic surfactant is a specific nitrogen-containing compound. |
| US10753036B2 |
Overcoat and image forming method
An overcoat to be applied to an ink printed on fabric or fabric to be printed with an ink, includes: a carbodiimide group-containing compound. |
| US10753034B2 |
Dryer filter cleaning apparatus and method of use
A clothes dryer filter cleaning apparatus which has a top opening for receiving the dryer filter. The opening includes a pair of rubber flaps which help to prevent dust and lint from escaping the cleaning apparatus. The filter then passes through several sets of flexible cleaning fingers. The dryer filter is then pulled back out of the opening, pulling the screen of the filter back past the cleaning fingers. The manual function can be replaced or enhanced with a pair of motorized fingers on axles. |
| US10753033B2 |
Laundry handling apparatus
The present invention relates to a laundry handling apparatus provided with a washable filter in an air circulation passage for drying laundry. The laundry handling apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a cabinet, an outer tub disposed inside the cabinet, an inner tub rotatably disposed inside the outer tub, a circulation passage for guiding at least some of the air inside the outer tub to flow out of the outer tub and be resupplied to the outer tub, a fan disposed in the circulation passage so as to move the air, and a filter unit for filtering foreign substances. The filter unit comprises a filter net, which is disposed in the circulation passage so as to collect the foreign substances contained in the moving air, and a filter frame for supporting the filter net. The laundry handing apparatus comprises: multiple nozzles for spraying wash water onto a partial area of the filter net, a nozzle disposition unit, which is disposed in a position spaced apart from the filter net and has the multiple nozzles arranged therein, a nozzle water supply hose, which is connected to the nozzle disposition unit so as to supply the wash water, which is sprayed by the multiple nozzles, and a filter driving unit for allowing the filter unit and the nozzle disposition unit to move relative to one another so that the wash water is sprayed onto the entire area of the filter net. |
| US10753032B2 |
Laundry machine add-on box for detergent dispensing
A laundry machine add-on box for automatic dispensing detergent. The add-on box contains a dispensing mechanical assembly and an electric pumping assembly and controller that is connected to the electronic control panel of the laundry machine. |
| US10753031B2 |
Washing machine motor and washing machine having same
Provided is a washing machine motor capable of efficiently generating torque by improving a winding factor of coils with a relatively simple configuration. The washing machine motor (12) has an outer rotor (20), an inner rotor (30), and a stator (60). The outer rotor (20) and the inner rotor (30) share coils (63) of the stator (60), and a composite current is supplied to the coils (63) such that the outer rotor (20) and the inner rotor (30) are independently driven. The outer rotor (20) has forty eight outer magnets (24) arranged such that the N and S poles thereof are continuously and alternately aligned in the circumferential direction thereof. The inner rotor (30) has forty-two inner magnets (34) arranged such that the N and S poles thereof are continuously and alternately aligned in the circumferential direction thereof. The stator (60) has thirty-six I-shaped cores (61) and the coils (63). |
| US10753027B2 |
Washing machine
Disclosed is a washing machine. The washing machine comprises an impeller, a decelerating clutch and an impeller connection assembly, wherein the decelerating clutch has a rotary shaft; and the impeller connection assembly is clamped and clamped and fixedly connected to the rotary shaft, so that the impeller is clamped and fixedly connected to the rotary shaft in a detachable way, thereby reducing the difficulties of the assembly and disassembly of the impeller, and prolonging the service life of the washing machine. |
| US10753022B2 |
Particle-filled fiber and articles formed from the same
A melt-spun polymer fiber is provided having a cross-section and a length. A detectable particulate has a size of less than 31 microns and present in an amount of 2.0 to 50.0 weight percent loadings of metal or 10 to 80 weight percent loadings of radiopaque particles to render the polymer fiber detectable by metal (magnetic) or X-ray detection, alone or in combination with a secondary functional particulate distributed in or on the polymer fiber to render the polymer fiber chemically responsive to a chemical reactant, change in pH or temperature. The detectable particulate and the secondary functional particulate are each independently present in a core, a sheath, or both portions of polymer matrix. A process of detecting a fabric made from such a fiber. The fabric article passes through detector. A signal is collected from the detector indicative of the presence of the fabric article. |
| US10753008B2 |
Nickel plated coating and method of manufacturing the same
In a method of manufacturing a Ni plated coating that includes at least one Ni plated layer, an agitation intensity of a plating bath is changed while the Ni plated layer is being electrodeposited to change potential of the deposited Ni plated layer in a deposition depth direction. A Ni plated coating including a D-Ni plated layer and a B-Ni plated layer adjoining the D-Ni plated layer has, other than an interface voltage changing region at an interface between the D-Ni plated layer and the B-Ni plated layer, an in-layer voltage changing region in which, in the D-Ni plated layer or in the B-Ni plated layer, potential is changed in a deposition depth direction at an average rate of 1 mV/0.1 μm or greater. |
| US10753006B2 |
Aircraft engine part including a coating for protection against erosion, and a method of fabricating such a part
An aircraft engine-part including at least a metal substrate and a protective coating for protection against erosion that is present on the substrate, the coating including at least one phase including at least chromium at an atom content greater than or equal to 45% and carbon at an atom content lying in the range 5% to 20%, the phase including Cr7C3 and Cr23C6 chromium carbides. A method of fabricating such a part in which electroplating is used to deposit a coating composition on the part and the part is subjected to heat treatment at a temperature lying in the range 250° C. to 70° C. |
| US10753005B2 |
Steel sheet for cans and production method for steel sheet for cans
A steel sheet for cans has, on the surface thereof, in order from the steel sheet side, a chromium metal layer and a hydrous chromium oxide layer. The chromium metal layer is deposited in an amount of 65-200 mg/m2, and the hydrous chromium oxide layer is deposited in an amount of 3-15 mg/m2 in terms of chromium. The chromium metal layer includes: a flat chromium metal layer that has a thickness of at least 7 nm; and a granular chromium metal layer that includes granular protrusions that are formed on the surface of the flat chromium metal layer. The maximum grain size of the granular protrusions is 100 nm or smaller. The number density of the granular protrusions per unit area is 10/μm2 or higher. |
| US10753000B2 |
Compositions of vapor phase corrosion inhibitors and their use as well as methods for their manufacture
The invention relates to corrosion-inhibiting substance combinations capable of evaporation or sublimation, containing at least: (1) substituted 1,4-benzoquinone, (2) aromatic or alicyclic substituted carbamate, (3) polysubstituted phenol, and (4) monosubstituted pyrimidine. These combinations preferably include 1-30 mass % of component (1), 5-40 mass % of component (2), 2-20 mass % of component (3), and 0.5-10 mass % of component (4), each relating to the total quantity of the substance combination. The components can be provided mixed together or dispersed in water, or also pre-mixed in solubilizer that can be mixed with mineral oils and synthetic oils, preferably an arylalkylether alcohol such as, e.g., phenoxyethanol. Such substance combinations can be used as vapor phase corrosion inhibitors in packaging or during storage in closed spaces for protecting common commodity metals such as iron, chrome, nickel, aluminum, copper and their alloys as well as galvanized steels, against atmospheric corrosion. |
| US10752999B2 |
High strength aerospace components
An article that includes a structured substrate having a macro-porous structure that defines a plurality of pores, and a metallic nano-crystalline coating on at least a portion of the structured substrate, where the metallic nano-crystalline coating defines an average grain size less than about 20 nanometers. |
| US10752998B2 |
Aging resistance coating film for hub and method for forming protective film
Disclosed herein is an aging resistance coating film for a hub, sequentially comprising an aluminum alloy matrix, a silane conversion film, a high-gloss organic resin coating, a periodic variable alloy black chromium coating film and a transparent resin coating. In the coating film, the thickness of the black chromium coating film is increased and the blackness thereof is adjusted according to different content of C. The residual stress of the deposited metal layer is reduced, the problem of cracking during heating and rapid cooling of the coating film is solved, and the binding force between the coating film and the underlying high-gloss resin material is improved. Also disclosed herein is a method for forming an aging resistance coating film for a hub, comprising: (1) silane pretreatment, (2) spraying of high-gloss medium powder, (3) PVD coating, and (4) spraying of transparent powder. |
| US10752997B2 |
Methods and apparatus for making coatings using ultrasonic spray deposition
Ultrasonic spray deposition (USD) used to deposit a base layer on the substrate, followed by chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) to introduce a binder phase that creates a composite coating with good adherence of the binder to the initial phase particles and adherence of the composite coating to the substrate, is disclosed. We have used this process to create coatings consisting of cubic boron nitride (cBN), deposited using USD, and titanium nitride (TiN) applied using CVI in various embodiments. This process can be used with many materials not usable with other processes, including nitrides, carbides, carbonitrides, borides, oxides, sulphides and silicides. In addition, other binding or post-deposition treatment processes can be applied as alternatives to CVI, depending on the substrate, the coating materials, and the application requirements of the coating. Coatings can be applied to a variety of substrates including those with complex geometries. The application also describes apparatus or equipment designs used to perform ultrasonic spray deposition. |
| US10752991B2 |
Half-angle nozzle
Implementations of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for improving gas distribution during thermal processing. One implementation of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for thermal processing a substrate. The apparatus includes a body, an angled gas source assembly, and a gas injection channel. The gas injection channel has a first half-angle and a second half-angle. The first half-angle is different from the second half-angle. The use of an improved side gas assembly in a processing chamber to direct gas towards the edge of the substrate advantageously controls growth uniformity throughout the substrate, i.e., from the center to the edge. Surprisingly, directing gas through a gas channel with non-uniform half-angles will significantly increase the reaction at or near the edge of the substrate, thereby leading to an improved overall thickness uniformity of the substrate. |
| US10752986B2 |
Method of manufacturing a three-dimensional carbon structure
The present invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional carbon structure. The method requires graphene layers and/or graphene oxide layers. The layers can be provided such that they correspond to the cross-section of a pre-defined shape. In this regard, the method of the present invention can be employed to manufacture a three-dimensional carbon structure having a custom shape. |
| US10752985B2 |
Laminate film and electrode substrate film, and method of manufacturing the same
[Object] Provided are a laminate film and an electrode substrate film with excellent etching quality, in which a circuit pattern formed by etching processing is less visible under highly bright illumination, and a method of manufacturing the same.[Solving Means] A laminate film includes a transparent substrate 60 formed of a resin film and a layered film provided on at least one surface of the transparent substrate. The layered film includes metal absorption layers 61 and 63 as a first layer and metal layers (62, 65), (64, 66) as a second layer, counted from the transparent substrate side. The metal absorption layers are formed by a reactive sputtering method which uses a metal target made of Ni alone or an alloy containing two or more elements selected from Ni, Ti, Al, V, W, Ta, Si, Cr, Ag, Mo, and Cu, and a reactive gas containing oxygen. The reactive gas contains hydrogen. |
| US10752983B2 |
System and process for remanufacturing waste cylinder assembly of aircraft piston engine
Provided are a system and process for remanufacturing a waste cylinder assembly of an aircraft piston engine. The spraying apparatus includes a first power mechanism, a spray gun assembly and a second power mechanism. The first power mechanism drives the cylinder assembly to move in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. The second power mechanism drives the spray gun assembly to rotate around a center of the blind hole and ensures that prepared coatings can be evenly distributed along an inner wall of the blind hole. A nozzle end of the spray gun extends into the blind hole, and the spray gun is adjustable relative to the center of the blind hole. A spraying distance is not fixed so as to change the spraying distance. Powder can be fully melted. |
| US10752981B2 |
Magnesium-lithium alloy, method of manufacturing magnesium-lithium alloy, aircraft part, and method of manufacturing aircraft part
According to one implementation, a magnesium-lithium alloy in which at least lithium is added to magnesium is manufactured by giving a strain to a magnesium-lithium alloy workpiece, after a solution treatment, and progressing an aging of the magnesium-lithium alloy workpiece without a heat treatment. The strain is given by a cold working. The aging is progressed after giving the strain. Further, according to one implementation, an aircraft part includes the above-mentioned magnesium-lithium alloy as a material. Further, according to one implementation, a method of manufacturing an aircraft part includes processing the above-mentioned magnesium-lithium alloy. |
| US10752980B2 |
Advanced cast aluminum alloys for automotive engine application with superior high-temperature properties
A high fatigue strength aluminum alloy comprises in weight percent copper 3.0-3.5%, iron 0-1.3%, magnesium 0.24-0.35%, manganese 0-0.8%, silicon 6.5-12.0%, strontium 0-0.025%, titanium 0.05-0.2%, vanadium 0.20-0.35%, zinc 0-3.0%, zirconium 0.2-0.4%, a maximum of 0.5% other elements and balance aluminum plus impurities. The alloy defines a microstructure having an aluminum matrix with the Zr and the V in solid solution after solidification. The matrix has solid solution Zr of at least 0.16% after heat treatment and solid solution V of at least 0.20% after heat treatment, and both Cu and Mg are dissolved into the aluminum matrix during the heat treatment and subsequently precipitated during the heat treatment. A process for heat treating an Al—Si—Cu—Mg—Fe—Zn—Mn—Sr-TMs alloy comprises heat treating the alloy to produce a microstructure having a matrix with Zr and V in solid solution after solidification. |
| US10752979B2 |
Low alloy oil-well steel pipe
Provided is a low alloy oil-well steel pipe having a yield strength of 793 MPa or more, and an excellent SSC resistance. A low alloy oil-well steel pipe according to the present invention includes a chemical composition consisting of: in mass %, C: 0.25 to 0.35%; Si: 0.05 to 0.50%; Mn: 0.10 to 1.50%; Cr: 0.40 to 1.50%; Mo: 0.40 to 2.00%; V: 0.05 to 0.25%; Nb: 0.010 to 0.040%; Ti: 0.002 to 0.050%; sol. Al: 0.005 to 0.10%; N: 0.007% or less; B: 0.0001 to 0.0035%; and Ca: 0 to 0.005%; and a balance being Fe and impurities. In a microstructure of the low alloy oil-well steel pipe, a number of cementite particles each of which has an equivalent circle diameter of 200 nm or more is 100 particles/100 μm2 or more. The above low alloy oil-well steel pipe has a yield strength of 793 MPa or more. |
| US10752974B2 |
High-strength PC steel wire
This invention provides a high-strength PC steel wire having a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.90 to 1.10%, Si: 0.80 to 1.50%, Mn: 0.30 to 0.70%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Al: 0.010 to 0.070%, N: 0.0010 to 0.010%, Cr: 0 to 0.50%, V: 0 to 0.10%, B: 0 to 0.005%, Ni: 0 to 1.0%, Cu: 0 to 0.50%, and the balance: Fe and impurities. A ratio between the Vickers hardness (HvS) at a location (surface layer) that is 0.1D [D: diameter of steel wire] from the surface of the steel wire and the Vickers hardness (HvI) of a region on the inner side relative to the surface layer satisfies the formula [1.10 |
| US10752972B2 |
Hot-rolled steel sheet
A hot-rolled steel sheet includes a predetermined chemical composition, and a structure which includes, by area ratio, a ferrite in a range of 5% to 60% and a bainite in a range of 30% to 95%, in which in the structure, in a case where a boundary having an orientation difference of equal to or greater than 15° is defined as a grain boundary, and an area which is surrounded by the grain boundary and has an equivalent circle diameter of equal to or greater than 0.3 μm is defined as a grain, the ratio of the grains having an intragranular orientation difference in a range of 5° to 14° is, by area ratio, in a range of 20% to 100%. |
| US10752966B2 |
Methods and compositions for detection of enterovirus D68
The present disclosure is directed to improved methods and compositions for the detection of enterovirus D68. |
| US10752965B2 |
Cleavable nucleic acid linkers for protein quantification ratioing
The present disclosure concerns a Protein Quantification Reporter (PQR) linker which is capable of being cleaved during the translation of a messenger RNA to quantify a protein of interest. The PQR linker can encode a peptide of SEQ ID NO: 23 and have the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25. The PQR linker is located in a nucleic acid molecule encoding a poly-protein between a reporter protein and the protein of interest. While the messenger RNA encoding the poly-protein is being translated, the presence of the PQR linker causes cleavage of the poly-protein and consequently the release at a stoichiometric ratio of the reporter protein and the protein of interest. The signal associated with the cleaved reporter protein can be measured to estimate or quantify the protein of interest. |
| US10752961B2 |
Method for measuring equol-producing ability
Disclosed herein is a method for determining whether a test subject has equol-producing ability or not. The method involves measuring equol-producing ability of a test subject, wherein an equol converting enzyme gene derived from enteric bacteria of the test subject is detected using three types of primer sets described herein as the primer sets a) to c). |
| US10752959B2 |
Trend analysis and statistical process control using multitargeted screening assays
Aspects of the present invention provide novel multi-targeted microbiological screening and monitoring methods having substantial utility for monitoring and control of microbial growth and contaminants, microbiological processes, predictive microbiology, and for exposure and risk assessment. Microbial markers shared by both target and index microbes are used in novel methods for microbial monitoring, monitoring of microbial performance potential, trend analysis, and statistical process control (SPC) in processes or systems that are receptive to a plurality of genetically distinct microbes. |
| US10752958B2 |
Identification of microorganisms from genome sequencing data
A diagnostic analysis method and system is provided for identifying a microorganism from a genome sequence. Partially or fully assembled microbial genomes or short reads from whole-genome sequencing of microbial genomes are processed into a 4 MB Boolean array while preserving 1% of the genomic information in a way that allows for rapid comparison of a query genome to a large reference database. This represents a critical savings in storage space and speed by which large reference libraries can be queried. |
| US10752957B2 |
Prostate cancer prognostic compositions and kits
Described herein are method, compositions and kits for prognosis of prostate cancer. The methods include determining the ratio of PCA3 and of a prostate-specific marker expression in a urine sample and correlating the value of the PCA3/prostate-specific marker ratio with the aggressiveness and mortality risk of prostate cancer in the subject. The method for prognosing prostate cancer in a sample of a patient includes assessing the amount of a prostate cancer specific PCA3 mRNA and the amount of prostate-specific marker in the sample; determining a ratio value of this amount of prostate cancer specific PCA3 mRNA over the amount of prostate-specific marker; comparing the ratio value to at least one predetermined cut-off value, wherein a ratio value above the predetermined cut-off value is indicative of a higher risk of mortality of prostate cancer as compared to a ratio value below the predetermined cut-off value. |
| US10752955B2 |
Single-stranded oligonucleotide probes for chromosome or gene copy enumeration
Single-stranded oligonucleotide probes, systems, kits and methods for chromosome enumeration, gene copy enumeration, or tissue diagnostics. The probes are particularly suited for detecting gene amplification, deletion, or rearrangement in tissue samples in a single, dual, or multiplexed assay. The probes exhibit improved performance compared to industry leading dual-stranded probes; particularly in terms of the rate of hybridization. |
| US10752953B2 |
Method of detecting cancer through generalized loss of stability of epigenetic domains, and compositions thereof
Provided herein is a method of detecting cancer through generalized loss of stability of epigenetic domains as well as compositions useful therein. The present invention is based on the discovery that generalized loss of stability of epigenetic domains was determined to be a characteristic across various cancer types. Genome-scale bisulfite sequencing of cancers revealed a surprising loss of methylation stability in the cancer methylome, involving both CpG islands and shores, as well as large (up to several megabases) blocks of hypomethylation affecting more than half of the genome, with concomitant stochastic variability in gene expression. |
| US10752952B2 |
Methods for predicting risk of interstitial pneumonia
Disclosed are biomarkers, methods and assay systems for the identification of poor prognosis of interstitial pneumonia (pulmonary fibrosis) in an individual diagnosed with suspected of having interstitial pneumonia. |
| US10752948B2 |
Alpha-hemolysin variants
Described herein are engineered alpha-hemolysin subunits having mutated oligomerization domains for assembling into heptameric nanopores in lipid bilayers. |
| US10752943B2 |
Means and methods for amplifying nucleotide sequences
The present invention provides methods and kits for preparing a collection of degraded DNA fragments isolated from a biofluid sample of an individual. The prepared collection of nucleic acid sequences can be used in a diagnostic method such as for example detection and/or prognosis of cancer. |
| US10752940B2 |
Compounds and methods for detecting oligonucleotides
The present invention provides methods of detecting and/or quantitating a target oligonucleotide in a biological sample. |
| US10752938B2 |
Detection of a target nucleic acid sequence using two different detection temperatures
The present invention relates to detection of a target nucleic acid sequence in a sample using two different detection temperatures. The present invention using difference between signals detected at two detection temperatures enables to decrease well-to-well variation or sample-to-sample variation generated in real-time PCR processes in more convenient and effective manner. |
| US10752937B2 |
Processing blood samples to detect target nucleic acids
Provided herein are porous polymer monolith materials and processes that enable integration of blood fractionation, specific nucleic acid amplification and/or detection of nucleic acids from whole blood. |
| US10752936B2 |
Device for analyzing a biological sample
A device for analyzing a biological sample which includes a separation and detection chamber into which an injection channel and a discharge channel open, a filter separating the chamber into two distinct spaces so as to define a first space into which the injection channel opens and a second space into which the discharge channel opens, the filter having a porosity suitable for the separation to be carried out, a rough bearing surface having a surface roughness parameter suitable for carrying out a mechanical lysis of the biological species present in the sample, the bearing surface being arranged in the first space, a flexible membrane arranged opposite the rough bearing surface relative to the filter and blocking an opening made through the housing. |
| US10752934B2 |
PQQ-sGDH mutant, polynucleotide and glucose detection biosensor
The present invention provides a soluble pyrroloquinoline-quinone-dependent glucose dehydrogenase (PQQ-sGDH) mutant, wherein the amino acid positions thereof correspond to a wild-type PQQ-sGDH sequence of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus as shown in SEQ ID NO 1 comprising one of the following group of mutations: A194F, a combined mutation based on A194F, a combined mutation based on Q192A or a combined mutation based on Q192S. Said PQQ-sGDH mutant has good glucose substrate specificity and significantly reduced cross-reactivity to maltose and the like, and is suitable for detecting glucose in a sample such as blood. |
| US10752931B2 |
Designing an enzymatic peptide fragment condensation strategy
The invention further relates to a process for the enzymatic synthesis of an (oligo)peptide. The invention relates to a method for designing an enzymatic synthesis process of an (oligo)peptide, comprising identifying two or more (oligo)peptide fragments of an (oligo)peptide, which fragments are (oligo)peptides suitable for preparing the (oligo)peptide by enzymatic condensation of the two or more peptide fragments using a ligase. The invention relates to a method for designing an enzymatic synthesis process of a cyclic (oligo)peptide, comprising identifying a non-cyclic (oligo)peptide from which the cyclic (oligo)peptide can be prepared by cyclisation, catalysed by a cyclase. The invention further relates to a process for the enzymatic synthesis of an (oligo)peptide. |
| US10752926B2 |
Engineered ketoreductase polypeptides
The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds. The engineered ketoreductase polypeptides are optimized for catalyzing the conversion of N-methyl-3-keto-3-(2-thienyl)-1-propanamine to (S)—N-methyl-3-hydroxy-3-(2-thienyl)-1-propanamine. |
| US10752924B2 |
Enzymatic digestion of microalgal biomass for lipid, sugar, and protein recovery
Methods for the recovery of lipids, sugars, and proteins from microbial biomass by enzymatic digestion are disclosed. The methods involve treating microalgae with a fungal acid protease, or with a mixture of at least one protease and at least one amylase. |
| US10752920B2 |
Methods and compositions for RNA-directed target DNA modification and for RNA-directed modulation of transcription
The present disclosure provides a DNA-targeting RNA that comprises a targeting sequence and, together with a modifying polypeptide, provides for site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA. The present disclosure further provides site-specific modifying polypeptides. The present disclosure further provides methods of site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA. The present disclosure provides methods of modulating transcription of a target nucleic acid in a target cell, generally involving contacting the target nucleic acid with an enzymatically inactive Cas9 polypeptide and a DNA-targeting RNA. Kits and compositions for carrying out the methods are also provided. The present disclosure provides genetically modified cells that produce Cas9; and Cas9 transgenic non-human multicellular organisms. |
| US10752919B2 |
Methods and products for expressing proteins in cells
The present invention relates in part to nucleic acids encoding proteins, therapeutics comprising nucleic acids encoding proteins, methods for inducing cells to express proteins using nucleic acids, methods, kits and devices for transfecting, gene editing, and reprogramming cells, and cells, organisms, and therapeutics produced using these methods, kits, and devices. Methods and products for altering the DNA sequence of a cell are described, as are methods and products for inducing cells to express proteins using synthetic RNA molecules. Therapeutics comprising nucleic acids encoding gene-editing proteins are also described. |
| US10752918B2 |
Methods and products for expressing proteins in cells
The present invention relates in part to nucleic acids encoding proteins, therapeutics comprising nucleic acids encoding proteins, methods for inducing cells to express proteins using nucleic acids, methods, kits and devices for transfecting, gene editing, and reprogramming cells, and cells, organisms, and therapeutics produced using these methods, kits, and devices. Methods and products for altering the DNA sequence of a cell are described, as are methods and products for inducing cells to express proteins using synthetic RNA molecules. Therapeutics comprising nucleic acids encoding gene-editing proteins are also described. |
| US10752916B2 |
Parainfluenza virus 5 based vaccines
The present invention provides safe, stable, efficacious, and cost-effective vaccines based on viral expression vectors that include a parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5) genome including a heterologous nucleotide sequence expressing a heterologous polypeptide. |
| US10752913B2 |
Selectable marker genes
The subject invention relates to a novel gene referred to herein as DSM-2. This gene was identified in Sterptomyces coelicolor A3. The DSM-2 protein is distantly related to PAT and BAR. The subject invention also provides plant-optimized genes encoding DSM-2 proteins, DSM-2 can be used as a transgenic trait to impart tolerance in plants and plant cells to the herbicides glufosinate and bialaphos. One preferred use of the subject genes are as selectable markers. The use of this gene as a selectable marker in a bacterial system can increase efficiency for plant transformations. Use of DSM-2 as the sole selection marker eliminates the need for an additional medicinal antibiotic marker (such as ampicillin resistance) during cloning. Various other uses are also possible according to the subject invention. |
| US10752912B2 |
Nucleic acid sequences and peptides/proteins of the FT family providing flower repressing properties in tobacco and transgenic plants transformed therewith
The present invention is directed to nucleic acid sequences coding for a protein which, (1) under a respective promoter, is able to suppress or repress or delay flowering of a plant, and (2) includes the motive “NAPDIIDS” (SEQ ID NO: 10) or, in preferred cases, “VNAPDIIDS” SEQ ID NO: 67), with the exception of the nucleic acid of the gene StSP5G or a part thereof. Preferably, the nucleic acid sequence belongs phylogenetically to the FT-clade of the PEBP gene family, wherein the motive “(V)NAPDIIDS” (SEQ ID NO: 68) is in place of the “(V)YAPGW” motive (SEQ ID NO: 69) of the flowering promoting proteins AtFT and BvFT2.The invention is further directed to peptides or proteins, obtainable by expression of the nucleic acid of any of the preceding claims, vectors, comprising a nucleic acid sequence as defined above, and to plants, parts of plants, or seed of plants, the plants comprising such a nucleic acid sequence. |
| US10752911B2 |
Synthetic pathway for biological carbon dioxide sequestration
This invention relates to methods for increasing carbon fixation and/or increasing biomass production in a plant, comprising: introducing into a plant, plant part, and/or plant cell heterologous polynucleotides encoding (1) a succinyl CoA synthetase, (2) a 2-oxoglutarate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase, (3) a 2-oxoglutarate carboxylase, (4) an oxalosuccinate reductase, or (5) an isocitrate lyase, or (6) a succinyl CoA synthetase and a 2-oxoglutarate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase, (7) a 2-oxoglutarate carboxylase and an oxalosuccinate reductase polypeptide, and/or (8) a 2-oxoglutarate carboxylase polypeptide, an oxalosuccinate reductase polypeptide and an isocitrate lyase polypeptide to produce a stably transformed plant, plant part, and/or plant cell, wherein said heterologous polynucleotides are from a bacterial and/or an archaeal species. Additionally, transformed plants, plant parts, and/or plant cells are provided as well as products produced from the transformed plants, plant parts, and/or plant cells. |
| US10752903B2 |
Benzylisoquinoline alkaloid (BIA) precursor producing microbes, and methods of making and using the same
Methods and engineered yeast cells for generating a benzylisoquinoline alkaloid product are provided herein. A method comprises providing engineered yeast cells and a feedstock to a reactor. In the reactor, the engineered yeast cells are subjected to fermentation by incubating the engineered yeast cells for a time period to produce a solution comprising the BIA product and cellular material. The solution comprises not more than one class of molecule selected from the group of protoberberine, morphinan, isopavine, aporphine, and benzylisoquinoline. Additionally, at least one separation unit is used to separate the BIA product from the cellular material to provide the product stream comprising the BIA product. |
| US10752902B2 |
Compositions comprising fusion proteins useful for modulating an immune response
The disclosure relates to, among other things, agents that modulate the homophilic interaction between two CRACC polypeptides, methods for making such agents, and therapeutic applications in which the agents are useful. For example, the agents described herein are useful for modulating an immune response in a mammal. Also featured are screening methods for identifying additional agents capable of modulating the activation of an immune cell exposed to an antigen. |
| US10752899B2 |
Methods and compositions for the specific inhibition of KRAS by asymmetric double-stranded RNA
This invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods useful for reducing KRAS target RNA and protein levels via use of Dicer substrate siRNA (DsiRNA) agents possessing asymmetric end structures. |
| US10752898B2 |
Effective gene therapy tools for dystrophin exon 53 skipping
The invention relates to a recombinant adeno-associated viral vector (rAAV) comprising a sequence encoding an antisense oligonucleotide (AON) directed against a segment of at least 33 bases from the +30 to +69 region of exon 53 of the pre-messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) of dystrophin, advantageously of human origin, and to the use thereof as a drug, in particular for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). |
| US10752894B2 |
Molecular barcoding
Methods and compositions are provided for making and using uniquely tagged target nucleic acid molecules. |
| US10752893B2 |
Isolating traffic-enhancing mutants of drug delivery protein
The invention relates to methods for isolating traffic-enhancing mutants of drug delivery proteins. In one embodiment, the invention provides a carrier for delivering a therapeutic agent to an organelle, comprising a polypeptide encoded by a mutant penton base gene. In another embodiment, the invention provides a method of enhancing trafficking to a cell by administering a composition comprising a penton base (PB) protein with one or more mutations that enhance cellular entry. |
| US10752890B2 |
Protease variants and polynucleotides encoding same
The present invention relates to protease variants and methods for obtaining protease variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants. |
| US10752889B2 |
Alpha-amylase variants
The present invention relates to variants of a parent alpha-amylase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants. |
| US10752887B2 |
Variants of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase and uses thereof
The present invention relates to variants of Terminal deoxynucleotidyl Transferase (TdT), each of which (i) has an amino acid sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO: 2. 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33 or 35 with corresponding amino acid substitutions, (ii) is capable of synthesizing a nucleic acid fragment without a template and (iii) is capable of incorporating a modified nucleotide into the nucleic acid fragment. |
| US10752884B2 |
Method of inducing beta cells from urine-derived cells using small molecules
The disclosure relates to a method of producing induced beta cells from urine-derived cells, the method comprising providing urine-derived cells; inducing the urine-derived cells by culturing said urine-derived cells in a primary induction culture medium comprising an effective amount of at least one small molecule reprogramming factor(s) for a first period of time to obtain induced endoderm cells; inducing the induced endoderm cells by culturing said induced endoderm cells in a secondary induction culture medium comprising an effective amount of at least one small molecule reprogramming factor(s) for a second period of time to obtain induced pancreatic precursor cells; and inducing the induced pancreatic precursor cells by culturing said pancreatic precursor cells in a tertiary induction culture medium comprising an effective amount of at least one small molecule reprogramming factor(s) for a third period of time to obtain induced beta cells. |
| US10752883B2 |
Generation of neural stem cells and motor neurons
A method of generating a population of cells useful for treating a brain disorder in a subject is disclosed. The method comprises contacting mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) with at least one exogenous miRNA having a nucleic acid sequence at least 90% identical to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 15-19 and 27-35, thereby generating a population of cells and/or generating neurotrophic factors that may provide important signals to damaged tissues or locally residing stem cells. MSCs differentiated by miRs may also secrete miRs and deliver them to adjacent cells and therefore provide important signals to neighboring endogenous normal or malignant cells. |
| US10752882B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating retinal diseases
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating, ameliorating or preventing a retinal disease or condition; improving a photopic (day light) vision; for improving correcting visual acuity, improving macular function, improving a visual field, or improving scotopic (night) vision by administration of retinal progenitor cells. The subject matter described herein also provides cell populations comprising retinal progenitor cells and methods of isolation thereof. |
| US10752880B2 |
Three-dimensional cell culture system and cell culture method using same
A three-dimensional cell culture method on the basis of a biodegradable synthetic hydrogel is provided. The method may include culturing cells in a cell culture dish in a non-contact manner using a porous membrane and a biodegradable synthetic hydrogel in the culture of stem cells and primary cells. |
| US10752874B2 |
Instruments, modules, and methods for improved detection of edited sequences in live cells
The present disclosure provides instruments, modules and methods for improved detection of edited cells following nucleic acid-guided nuclease genome editing. The disclosure provides improved automated instruments that perform methods—including high throughput methods—for screening cells that have been subjected to editing and identifying cells that have been properly edited. |
| US10752872B2 |
System and method for automated extraction of multi-cellular physiological parameters
In one aspect the present invention relates to a system 100 for automated extraction of multi-cellular physiological parameters. The system 100 comprises a morphogenesis module 160 for growing a plurality of cells, a monitoring unit 110 for monitoring the plurality of cells, a controller 140 for controlling the morphogenesis module 160 and the monitoring unit 110 to grow the plurality of cells and analyse the growth of the plurality of cells in order to determine the multi-cellular physiological parameters, the controller (140) further comprising a process modelling unit (146) for determining inter-cellular interactions in response to various process conditions. The multi-cellular physiological parameters may provide an optimised protocol for growing various tissue types. A further aspect of the present invention provides a method 200 for automated extraction of multi-cellular physiological parameters. The method 200 comprises growing 202 a plurality of cells, monitoring 204 the plurality of cells, and analysing 206 the growth of the plurality of cells in order to determine 208 the multi-cellular physiological parameters, and adaptively modifying a process model to provide a learning algorithm for determining an optimised tissue growth protocol. The cells may, for example, include pluripotent stem cells, or derived differentiated cells. |
| US10752866B2 |
Two solution stain removal systems and methods comprising an alcohol-based solution and a peroxide-based solution
Systems and methods are provided for removing a stain from a surface. A first solution is applied to the stain, wherein the first solution comprises a combination of an ammoniated substance such as ammonium hydroxide and an alcohol such as isopropanol. A second solution is then applied to the stain treated with the first solution, wherein the second solution comprises between approximately 6% and approximately 15% hydrogen peroxide. |
| US10752865B2 |
Polyethylene glycol-based composition comprising functionalized siloxane polymers
A siloxane polymer. A composition including the polymer. A method of treating and/or cleaning a situs using the same. |
| US10752860B2 |
Lubricant composition
An antioxidant package composition including a combination of: (i) at least one aromatic amine, and (ii) at least one polyether sulphide; a lubricant composition including: (a) the above antioxidant package and (b) at least one base oil; a process for preparing the antioxidant package; and a process for preparing the lubricant composition. |
| US10752857B2 |
Lubricating composition
The present invention provides a lubricating composition suitable for use in a two-stroke crosshead diesel engine. The lubricating composition comprises a base oil blend consisting of base oil chosen from Group I, base oil chosen from Group II and deasphalted cylinder oil. |
| US10752855B2 |
Method for preparing briquette binder using landfill leachate and method for producing industrial briquette using briquette binder
A method for preparing a briquette binder using a landfill leachate and a method for producing an industrial briquette using the briquette binder. The landfill leachate is modified by sulfonation and amination, and is mixed with the modified rice straws to prepare the briquette binder, so as to effectively use the products generated in garbage processing to realize secondary economic benefits in garbage processing. The industrial briquette is produced by the prepared briquette binder, and the industrial briquette is used as steam coal or metallurgical coal with large briquette consumption, so as to promote the resource utilization of the landfill leachate, reduce the cost in preparation of the briquette binder and enhance benefits. |
| US10752854B1 |
Additive formulation and method of using same
A fuel additive formulation, method of use, and method of producing the fuel additive formulation are described. The fuel additive of the present disclosure comprises a mixture of nitroparaffins comprising nitropropane and nitromethane, a lubricant, and an aromatic hydrocarbon. The fuel additive formulation is substantially free of nitroethane. The combustion in an internal combustion engine of a fuel containing the additive results in reduced emissions relative to the combustion of a fuel not containing the additive. |
| US10752853B2 |
Copolymer that can be used as detergent additive for fuel
A block copolymer including: at least one block A of following formula (I): in which p is an integer ranging from 2 to 100, R1′ is selected from hydrogen and the methyl group, R2′ is chosen from C1 to C34 hydrocarbon-based chains, at least one block B of following formula (II): in which n is an integer ranging from 2 to 40, R1 is chosen from hydrogen and the methyl group, Z is chosen from the oxygen atom and the group —NR′— with R′ being chosen from a hydrogen atom and C1 to C12 hydrocarbon-based chains, G is a C1 to C34 hydrocarbon-based chain substituted by at least one quaternary ammonium group and optionally one or more hydroxyl groups. Also, the use of such a block copolymer as detergent additive in an internal combustion engine liquid fuel. |
| US10752850B2 |
Combined hydrogenation process method for producing high-quality fuel by medium-low-temperature coal tar
A combined hydrogenation process method for producing high-quality fuel by medium-low-temperature coal tar, wherein a medium-low-temperature coal tar is fractionated to obtain a final product through a thermal hydrocracking unit, a first atmospheric fractionation unit, a hydro-refining, unit, a vacuum fractionation unit, a diesel and wax oil hydro-upgrading unit, a wax oil hydro-cracking unit, a gasoline and diesel precious metal hydrogenation unit and a fourth atmospheric fractionation unit. The present invention can effectively improve the quality of naphtha, aviation kerosene and diesel products, and produce high-end products with high yield and high value, and thus it has a great prospect of promotion and application. |
| US10752849B2 |
Hydroprocessing of deasphalted catalytic slurry oil
Systems and methods are provided for upgrading catalytic slurry oil. The upgrading can be performed by deasphalting the catalytic slurry oil to form a deasphalted oil and a residual or rock fraction. The deasphalted oil can then be hydroprocessed to form an upgraded effluent that includes fuels boiling range products. |
| US10752848B2 |
Process integrating two-stage hydrocracking and a hydrotreatment process
A process for hydrocracking hydrocarbon-containing VD feedstocks allowing the improved production of middle distillates: a) hydrocracking of feedstocks in hydrogen and at least one hydrocracking catalyst, b) gas/liquid separation of effluent originating from a) producing a liquid effluent and a gaseous effluent with hydrogen, c) comprising the gaseous effluent before recycling into hydrocracking a), d) fractionation of liquid effluent into at least one effluent of converted hydrocarbon-containing products having boiling points less than 340° C. and an unconverted liquid fraction having a boiling point greater than 340° C., e) hydrocracking unconverted liquid fraction from d), in hydrogen and a hydrocracking catalyst, f) hydrotreating effluent from e) in a mixture with a hydrocarbon-containing gas-oil liquid feedstock having at least 95% by weight of compounds boiling at a boiling point between 150 and 400° C., hydrotreating f) operating in hydrogen and with at least one hydrotreating catalyst. |
| US10752843B2 |
Synthesis gas conversion process
The disclosed invention relates to a method for restarting a synthesis gas conversion process which has stopped. The synthesis gas conversion process may be conducted in a conventional reactor or a microchannel reactor. The synthesis gas conversion process may comprise a process for converting synthesis gas to methane, methanol or dimethyl ether. The synthesis gas conversion process may be a Fischer-Tropsch process. |
| US10752842B2 |
Demetallization of hydrocarbons
The present disclosure refers to a process and a process plant for extraction of metals from a hydrocarbon mixture obtained from a gasification or pyrolysis process, comprising the steps of combining said hydrocarbon mixture with an aqueous acid forming a mixture, mixing said mixture, separating said mixture in a contaminated aqueous phase and a purified hydrocarbon phase, with the associated benefit of said aqueous acid being able to release metals bound in such gasification and pyrolysis processes. |
| US10752841B2 |
Pyrolysis reactor
The disclosure provides several pyrolysis reactor configurations and associated methods for generating pyrolysis products (e.g., oil, gas, and/or char) from organic feedstock. |
| US10752838B2 |
Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device using the same
An object of the present invention is to provide a composition that realizes high Δn, has a wide liquid crystal phase temperature range, small viscosity, excellent low-temperature solubility, and high resistivity and voltage holding ratio, and is stable against heat and light, and to provide a liquid crystal composition having an excellent lens effect and excellent chemical stability using the composition, and a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal lens that use the liquid crystal composition. The present invention provides a liquid crystal composition that contains one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (i) and one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (ii), a liquid crystal display device using the liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal lens using the liquid crystal composition, and a birefringence lens for stereoscopic image display using the liquid crystal composition. |
| US10752837B1 |
Environmentally safe concrete or mortar etching composition and methods thereof
Disclosed herein is an environmentally safe etching composition and method for a concrete or mortar surface. The composition includes, in some embodiments, an aqueous solution of urea, acetic acid, an anticorrosive agent, and a surfactant with no more than about 30% (w/v) urea and at least about 10% (v/v) acetic acid. The method includes, in some embodiments, obtaining the etching composition; applying the etching composition to the concrete or mortar surface at a prescribed ratio of the etching composition to the concrete or mortar surface; allowing the etching composition to stand on the concrete or mortar surface for a prescribed amount of time; and washing the concrete or mortar surface with water to produce an etched surface of the concrete or mortar. |
| US10752836B2 |
Phosphor
A phosphor is disclosed. In an embodiment the phosphor includes an inorganic compound having at least one activator E and N and/or O in its empirical formula, wherein E is selected from the group consisting of Mn, Cr, Ni, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Yb, Tm, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs and combinations thereof, and wherein the inorganic compound crystallizes in a crystal structure with the same atomic sequence as in K2Zn6O7. |
| US10752835B2 |
Dispersion solution of semiconductor single-layer carbon nanotube
Exemplary Embodiments of the invention address the problem of providing semiconductor single-layer carbon nanotubes in which the light emission energy thereof is lowered by approximately 300 meV, and a method for manufacturing the same. In one embodiment of the invention, by applying a method for directly irradiating semiconductor single-layer carbon nanotubes with ultraviolet light in atmospheric air, ozone is generated in the atmosphere, a gram amount of oxygen atoms is introduced to the semiconductor single-layer carbon nanotubes, and semiconductor single-layer carbon nanotubes in which the light emission energy thereof is lowered by approximately 300 meV. |
| US10752831B2 |
Catalytic proppant and methods for making and using same
A catalytic proppant and methods for making and using same are disclosed herein. The catalytic proppant can include a proppant support containing silica and alumina. The proppant support can have a macropore concentration of about 15% to about 45%, a mesopore concentration of about 20% to 50%, and a micropore concentration of about 8% to about 30% based on the total pore volume of the proppant support. The proppant support can also have a surface area of about 0.5 m2/g to about 50 m2/g. The catalytic proppant can have a long term permeability at 7,500 psi of at least about 10 D in accordance with ISO 13503-5. |
| US10752830B2 |
Proppant coating for heavy metal recovery
A coated proppant includes a solid core proppant particle and a heavy metal recovery coating, including heavy metal recovery crystals embedded within a polymer resin matrix. A process for the manufacture of a coated proppant includes providing a solid core proppant particle, and forming on the solid core proppant particle, a heavy metal recovery coating including heavy metal recovery crystals embedded within a polymer resin matrix. |
| US10752828B2 |
Processes for fracturing using shape memory alloys
A method for extracting natural gas or petroleum-based products, including: introducing shape memory alloy beads into a wellbore with hydraulic fracturing fluid to form a bridge comprising shape memory alloy beads in a tertiary path, where the shape memory alloy beads forming the bridge have a first phase, and the hydraulic fracturing fluid has an initial hydraulic fracturing fluid flow rate across the bridge; applying a pressure to transform the shape memory alloy beads to a second phase, where deforming the shape memory alloy beads causes the hydraulic fracturing fluid to have a second hydraulic fracturing fluid flow rate across the bridge. |
| US10752826B2 |
Nanogels for delayed gelation
The instant application relates to nanogels or compositions that hold multivalent metal ions until some level of nanogel degradation has occurred, then slowly release the multivalent metal ions for gelation with carboxylate containing polymers. Compositions comprising such nanogels, together with polymers that can be crosslinked with multivalent metal ions, allow the deployment of such mixtures in various applications, and greatly increased gelation times. |
| US10752823B1 |
Wellbore servicing composition with controlled gelation of cement kiln dust and methods of making and using same
Provided here are a wellbore servicing composition, methods of making same, and methods of servicing a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation using same. The wellbore servicing composition comprises cement kiln dust (CKD), an organic acid, and water. A method of servicing a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation comprises placing the wellbore servicing composition into the wellbore. The wellbore servicing composition can be used as a spacer fluid in a wellbore servicing operation. |
| US10752821B2 |
Dry cooling systems using thermally induced polymerization
A dry-cooling system useful in absorbing heat from a heat source and related dry cooling methods including a depolymerization cooling unit (DCU) in fluid communication with a polymerization heating unit (PHU). The DCU includes a DCU heat exchanger which receives a polymer and a catalyst, wherein contact of the polymer and the catalyst within the DCU heat exchanger causes an endothermic reaction, converting the polymer to a monomer and drawing heat from a first heat source. The monomer is then withdrawn from the DCU. The PHU includes a PHU heat exchanger, which receives the monomer, wherein contact of the monomer with the catalyst causes an exothermic reaction within the PHU heat exchanger, converting the monomer to the polymer. The polymer is then withdrawn from the PHU for conveyance back to the DCU, and the cycle is repeated. |
| US10752817B2 |
Hot-melt adhesive composition for elastic attachments
The present invention relates to a hot-melt adhesive composition comprising a propylene homopolymer, an alpha-olefin copolymer, a carboxylic acid- and/or anhydride-functionalized olefin compound and a tackifying resin. The present invention also relates to a laminate comprising the hot-melt adhesive composition according to the invention that can be used in disposable hygiene articles. |
| US10752815B2 |
Low molecular weight butene-1-co-hexene-1 amorphous poly alpha olefins for hot-melt adhesives with enhanced properties
A hot-melt formulation includes a butene-1-co-hexene-1 copolymer formed from butene-1 and hexene-1 monomers synthesized using a supported Ziegler-Natta catalyst reacted with an organometallic cocatalyst, a styrenic block copolymer with less than 15 percent bound styrene, a high melt viscosity metallocene catalyzed polyolefin, a high melt viscosity polypropylene with a melt viscosity above 18,000 cps, and a low molecular weight polyethylene wax, wherein the melt viscosity of the wax is less than 1,000 centipoise at a temperature of 350 degrees Fahrenheit. |
| US10752814B2 |
Pressure sensitive adhesive composition, pressure sensitive adhesive film, and method of manufacturing organic electronic device using the same
Provided are a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, a pressure-sensitive adhesive film, and a method of manufacturing an organic electronic device using the same. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition that may effectively prevent moisture or oxygen added to an organic electronic device from an external environment, and exhibit reliability under harsh conditions such as high temperature and high humidity and excellent optical characteristics, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive film including the same are provided. |
| US10752812B2 |
Automatic packaging film and preparation method therefor
The invention aims to provide automatic packaging film and a method for preparing the same. Mutually parallel adhesive areas (2) are arranged at intervals laterally on the same side of the film substrate, a non-adhesive area (1) is formed between two adhesive areas (2), and each non-adhesive area (1) and an adjacent adhesive area (2) form a packaging section; between the adjacent packaging sections, the non-adhesive area (1) of a packaging section and the adhesive area (2) of a next packaging section are connected through a separable splicing tape; all the packaging sections are connected through separable splicing tapes to form an entire continuous automatic packaging film (3). The invention solves the technical problems that the film is stuck or broken during automatic packaging, leading to machine shutdown and thus failure of automatic packaging. |
| US10752810B2 |
Assembly layer for flexible display
The present invention is an assembly layer for a flexible device. Within a temperature range of between about −30° C. to about 90° C., the assembly layer has a shear storage modulus at a frequency of 1 Hz that does not exceed about 2 MPa, a shear creep compliance (J) of at least about 6×10−6 l/Pa measured at 5 seconds with an applied shear stress between about 50 kPa and about 500 kPa, and a strain recovery of at least about 50% at at least one point of applied shear stress within the range of about 5 kPa to about 500 kPa within about 1 minute after removing the applied shear stress. |
| US10752808B2 |
Laminated thin film and method for manufacturing the same
A laminated thin film having excellent adhesion between an organic and inorganic layer and method for manufacturing the same are provided. A laminated thin film is provided with a hard coat layer having a surface on which metal oxide particles are exposed; and an adhesion layer deposited on the surface of the hard coat layer on which the metal oxide particles are exposed, the adhesion layer being constituted by a metal or metal oxide in an oxygen-deficient state of the same metal as the metal oxide particles. Thereby, the adhesion layer strongly adheres to resin of the hard coat layer and adheres even more strongly to the exposed metal oxide particles, allowing excellent adhesion. |
| US10752807B2 |
Slurry, polishing-liquid set, polishing liquid, method for polishing substrate, and substrate
A polishing liquid comprises: abrasive grains; a compound having an aromatic heterocycle; an additive (excluding the compound having an aromatic heterocycle); and water, wherein: the abrasive grains include a hydroxide of a tetravalent metal element; the aromatic heterocycle has an endocyclic nitrogen atom not bound to a hydrogen atom; and a charge of the endocyclic nitrogen atom obtained by using the Merz-Kollman method is −0.45 or less. |
| US10752804B2 |
Coating agent
A coating agent includes a polyurethane and a hydrocarbon-based synthetic wax. |
| US10752802B2 |
Bio-degradable compositions and use thereof
A bio-degradable plant pot having calcium carbonate. And a method for preparing a rooting plug. The method calls for mixing a composition having (i) 0.2%-10% w/w bio-degradable polymer and (ii) an organic non-hydroxylic solvent with plug mix, thereby preparing a rooting plug. |
| US10752800B2 |
Composition for encapsulation and containment of substances
Provided is a latex-based composition capable of being applied to a surface to form a strippable coating on the surface that can encapsulate substances. The composition may include a latex polymer component and an anti-freeze component, and have a viscosity of less than or equal to about 90 cP. The composition may be delivered as an aerosol spray or a misting agent. |
| US10752799B2 |
Self-curing coating compositions
A self-curing coating composition comprising a polymer containing hydroxyl groups, carboxylic acid groups and acid groups comprising sulfonic acid groups and/or phosphoric acid groups is disclosed. Methods for applying the coating to a substrate and packages coated with the compositions are also disclosed. |
| US10752797B2 |
Conductive ink compositions and methods for preparation of stabilized metal-containing nanoparticles
A nanoparticle composition comprising a plurality of stabilized metal-containing nanoparticles comprising silver and/or a silver alloy composite. The stabilized metal-containing nanoparticles are prepared by a method comprising reacting a silver compound with a reducing agent comprising a hydrazine compound by incrementally adding the silver compound to a first mixture comprising the reducing agent, a stabilizer and a solvent. The stabilizer comprises a mixture of a first organoamine and a second organoamine, an alkyl moiety of the first organoamine having a longer carbon chain length than the alkyl moiety of the second organoamine. The first organoamine is selected from the group consisting of decylamine, undecylamine, dodecylamine, tridecylamine, tetradecylamine and mixtures thereof. The second organoamine is selected from group consisting of butylamine, pentylamine, hexylamine, heptylamine, octylamine, nonylamine, decylamine and mixtures thereof. |
| US10752796B2 |
Water-based inkjet ink composition
A water-based inkjet ink composition comprising composite resin fine particles composed of a first resin and a second resin, and having an SP value of from 9.0 to 12.0 (cal/cm3)1/2, wherein the SP value of the second resin is higher than the SP value of the first resin, and the first resin has a higher mass than the second resin. |
| US10752795B2 |
Compositions and methods for applying a material onto articles
Apparatuses and methods for applying a transfer material from a transfer component onto the surface of an article are disclosed, including apparatuses and methods of transfer printing on and/or decorating three-dimensional articles, as well as the articles printed and/or decorated thereby. In some embodiments, the method may utilize a printer such as an inkjet printer. In some cases, the transfer material may be a UV curable ink and/or adhesive. When the transfer material is UV curable, the transfer component may be permeable to UV radiation to allow curing of the ink and/or adhesive therethrough. UV curable adhesives including thiol-acrylate and thiol-ene acrylate inkjet-able adhesives are disclosed. The UV curable adhesive may be colored (such as with white pigment) in lieu of providing a base (white) ink layer so that more UV radiation will be able to pass through the ink layer(s) in order to reach the adhesive. |
| US10752791B2 |
Resin solution composition
The present invention relates to a resin solution composition containing at least one resin selected from the group consisting of aromatic polysulfones, aromatic polyamideimides, aromatic polyetherimides, aromatic polyimides and aromatic polyamic acids, a sulfone-based solvent, and an ester-based solvent, wherein in this resin solution composition, an amount of the resin, relative to the total mass of the resin solution composition, is at least 10% by mass but not more than 50% by mass, and an amount of the ester-based solvent, relative to the total amount of the sulfone-based solvent and the ester-based solvent, is at least 15% by mass but not more than 85% by mass. |
| US10752786B2 |
Coating compositions for coil coating, methods for making such coating compositions and coil coating methods
Coating compositions for coil coating, methods for making such coating compositions and coil coating methods are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a coating composition includes an organic solvent carrier and a film-forming binder dispersed in the organic solvent carrier. The film-forming binder contains an epoxy-amine adduct and a blocked or unblocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent. The film-forming binder has associated amine groups until subjected to a temperature of at least about 165.5° C. (330° F.). The coating composition also contains a pigment and a grinding resin. The coating composition has a solids content of at least about 50 wt. % based on a total weight of the coating composition. |
| US10752782B2 |
Radiation curable compositions
A radiation curable composition including at least one organic silver salt, at least one reducing agent for the organic silver salt, and a polymerizable composition of at least one polymerizable compound, wherein the radiation curable composition is a radiation curable inkjet ink containing at least 50 wt % of a monofunctional polymerizable compound based on the total weight of the polymerizable composition. The radiation curable composition is especially useful for generating black UV light blocking borders in laminated safety glass for automotive applications. |
| US10752781B2 |
Aqueous inks containing solvent dyes
The present invention pertains to an aqueous ink containing mixtures of solvent dyes and disperse dyes suitable for printing on hydrophobic textile substrates. |
| US10752779B2 |
Naphthol as-pigments
Naphthol AS-pigments of formula (I), wherein R1 represents methyl or C3-C8-alkyl; R2 represents hydrogen or C1-C4-alkyl; Y represents C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-alkoxy; and Z′ represents hydrogen, phenyl, naphthyl, or substituted phenyl or substituted naphthyl, wherein the number of substituents can be 1, 2, 3 or 4 and are selected from the group consisting of halogen, nitro, cyano, C1-C4-alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, C1-C4-alkylcarbamoyl, di(C1-C4)-alkylcarbamoyl, phenylcarbamoyl, sulfamoyl, phenylsulfannoyl, C1-C4-alkylsulfamoyl, di(C1-C4)-alkylsulfamoyl, C1-C4-acylamino, C1-C4-alkyl and C1-C4-alkoxy. |
| US10752775B2 |
Silicone composition and cured product
A silicone composition is provided comprising (A) an alkenyl-containing organopolysiloxanc having a viscosity of 1.0-100 Pa·s at 25° C., (B) an organopolysiloxane of formula (1), (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane of formula (2), (D) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane of formula (3), (E) a filler, (F) a platinum group metal catalyst, and (G) a reaction inhibitor. The composition has a low viscosity and good moldability prior to curing and cures into a dilatant product that exhibits a low storage elastic modulus at a low strain rate and a high storage elastic modulus at a high strain rate. |
| US10752774B2 |
Polyorganosiloxane composition for molding, optical member, light source lens or cover, and molding method
A polyorganosiloxane composition for molding includes: (A) a straight-chain polyorganosiloxane having two or more alkenyl groups and having a viscosity (25° C.) of 10,000 to 500,000 mPa·s; (B) 30 to 80 mass % of a resinoid polyorganosiloxane including M, D, and Q units, at a molar ratio of a:b:c, on average (0.3≤a≤0.6, 0≤b≤0.1, 0.4≤c≤0.7, and a+b+c=1), and having two or more alkenyl groups; (C) an amount of a polyorganohydrogensiloxane having Si-bonded hydrogen atoms, an average degree of polymerization of 10 or more, a content of the Si-bonded hydrogen atoms of 5.0 mmol/g or more and 11.0 mmol/g or less, and a mass decrease rate up to 140° C. by TGA of 2.0 mass % or less so that an amount of the (Si-bonded hydrogen atoms/alkenyl groups) is 1.0 to 3.0 mol; and (D) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst. A cured product excellent in mold release property is obtained and contamination of a metal mold is prevented. |
| US10752773B2 |
Fiber-reinforced resin composite material and method for producing same
The purpose of the present invention is to inhibit a decrease in strength attribute to the interface between a simple-shape portion and a complicated-shape portion. This fiber-reinforced resin composite material comprises: a simple-shape portion formed from at least one sheet-shaped prepreg material obtained by impregnating reinforcing fibers with a resin; and a complicated-shape portion obtained by impregnating reinforcing fibers with a resin, the complicated-shape portion having been integrated with the simple-shape portion. The resin used for the prepreg material comprised the same components as the resin used for the complicated-shape portion. |
| US10752771B2 |
Low dielectric constant (DK) and dissipation factor (DF) material for nano-molding technology (NMT)
The disclosure concerns thermoplastic resin compositions including a polymer resin, a dielectric glass fiber component, a hollow glass fiber, and an impact modifier. |
| US10752770B2 |
Adhesive formulations for fabric/POE adhesion
Embodiments of this invention relate to a composition comprising of (A) an anhydride and/or carboxylic acid functionalized, chlorinated olefin-based polymer and/or (b) a styrene-based polymer and/or a functionalized styrene-based polymer, (B) a polyamide wax slurry, and (C) organic solvent, and which composition can be used as an adhesive to bond a fabric to a polyolefin elastomer (POE) thermoplastic sheet, articles made from the composition, and methods of producing the composition and articles. |
| US10752765B2 |
Blends of oligopeptide terminal polyisobutylene or polystyrene
Various blends of polymers are disclosed, comprising oligopeptide functionalised polymers such as polyisobutylene and polystyrene. Mono-functionalised and di-functionalised polymers (each containing 0 to 5 peptide units beyond its terminal amide group) may be blended with each other and/or with non-functionalised polymers to produce blended compositions. Such compositions are of use, for example, in vibrations dampers. Certain blends also exhibit self-healing properties. |
| US10752764B2 |
Compositions and methods for crosslinking polymers in the presence of atmospheric oxygen
An organic peroxide formulation includes at least one organic peroxide and at least one cellulose compound. Embodiments of the organic peroxide formulations significant improvements in surface tackiness (often including but not limited to tack-free surfaces) when curing elastomers in the presence of oxygen. Embodiments of the present invention relate to organic peroxide formulations that can cure solid elastomers in the full or partial presence of oxygen using, for example, a hot air oven or tunnel, molten salt bath, or steam autoclave. Embodiments of the invention also relate to crosslinkable elastomer compositions, processes for curing the elastomers, and products made by such processes. |
| US10752762B2 |
Fiber reinforced polypropylene composite
The present invention relates to a new composite comprising glass or carbon fibers and polymer-based fibers as well as to a process for the preparation of the composite and molded articles made from said composite. |
| US10752760B2 |
Polymer composition for use in cables
A polymer composition that comprises an olefinic polymer, a flame retardant that includes a halogen-free mineral filler, and a compatibilizing agent is provided. The halogen-free mineral filler constitutes from about 20 wt. % to about 80 wt. % of the composition. The composition may exhibit a degree of water uptake of about 5 wt. % or less after being immersed in water for seven days at a temperature of 23° C. |
| US10752756B2 |
Anti-vibration rubber composition and anti vibration rubber
Provided is an anti-vibration rubber composition, including the following components (A) to (D), in which a ratio of the component (B) to a total content of the components (A) and (B) is from 5 wt. % to 20 wt. %: (A) A natural rubber, or a blended rubber of the natural rubber and a butadiene rubber; (B) A hydrogenated styrene-butadiene block copolymer; (C) A sulfur-based vulcanizing agent; (D) Zinc monomethacrylate. Thus, there can be provided an anti-vibration rubber composition and an anti-vibration rubber each of which is excellent in heat resistance, and has both a high damping property and a low dynamic-to-static modulus ratio. |
| US10752755B2 |
Composition for heat-dissipating member, heat-dissipating member, electronic instrument, and method for producing heat-dissipating member
This invention is a composition capable of forming a heat-dissipating member that has high heat resistance and high thermal conductivity. This composition for a heat-dissipating member comprises a thermally conductive first inorganic filler bonded to one end of a first coupling agent, and a thermally conductive second inorganic filler bonded to one end of a second coupling agent, the composition being characterized in that: the other end of the first coupling agent and the other end of the second coupling agent are each bonded to a bifunctional or higher silsesquioxane by a curing treatment, as illustrated in FIG. 2; or at least one of the first coupling agent and the second coupling agent includes, in the structure thereof, a silsesquioxane, and the other end of the first coupling agent and the other end of the second coupling agent are bonded together as illustrated in FIG. 3. |
| US10752754B2 |
Heat-resistant resin and method of preparing the same
The present invention relates to a heat-resistant resin and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a heat-resistant resin including 100 parts by weight of a styrene based resin and 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of silica having a contact angle of 10 to 60° and an average particle diameter of 0.1 nm or more and 100 nm or less, a method of preparing the same and a heat-resistant resin composition including the same. In accordance with the present invention, provided are a heat-resistant resin having a low moisture content and a small content of fine particles while having heat resistance equal to or higher than conventional resins and, accordingly superior cohesion, a method of preparing the same, and a heat-resistant resin composition including the same. |
| US10752753B2 |
Flame-retardant compositions and related methods
A composition having a polycarbonate or polycarbonate-copolymer component having a glass transition temperature of at least 120° C., and an additive component having the following elements: i) a mixture of saturated and unsaturated fatty esters, a mixture of organic fatty amides with surfactants, a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane or a mixture of one or more polyhedral oligomeric silsequioxanes, or a combination thereof; ii) inorganic particulates with average particle sizes of less than 100 nm; iii) a high molecular weight, low volatility primary antioxidant; iv) a high molecular weight, low volatility secondary antioxidant; and v) a non-halogenated fire retardant or a mixture of one or more non-halogenated fire retardants. |
| US10752750B2 |
Polyester composition and article prepared therefrom
A composition includes 100 parts by weight of poly(alkylene terephthalate) and 0.01 to 2 part by weight of a compound represented by Formula (1), a partially saponified derivative thereof, or a combination thereof, (1) wherein R1, R2, and n are defined herein. The composition, which excludes copolymers of an unsubstituted or substituted styrene and an unsaturated nitrile, is useful for molding articles with very smooth surfaces. For example, the composition can be used to mold directly-metallizable substrates for automotive headlight reflectors and bezels. |
| US10752748B2 |
Methods for recycling reinforced composites
The present invention relates to methods for recycling reinforced composites. The reinforced composite comprises a reinforcement material in a cross-linked polymer matrix, wherein the cross-linked polymer comprises a cross-linking group derived from a curing agent represented by formula I, wherein R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, cylcoalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkoxy alkyl or alkynyl; A is alkyl, alkenyl, alkenene, alkylene-hetero-alkylene, alkylene-heterocyclo-alkylene, alkylene, alkylene-oxy-alkylene, 1,4-alkyl substituted piperazine, carbonyl, thiocarbonyl; B is alkyl, alkenyl, alkenene, alkylene-hetero-alkylene, alkylene-heterocyclo-alkylene, alkylene, alkylene-oxy-alkylene, 1,4-alkyl substituted piperazine, carbonyl, thiocarbonyl; R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, aminoalkyl, alkyl-amino-alkyl, cylcoalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or heteroaryl; and R3 is hydrogen, alkyl, aminoalkyl, alkyl-amino-alkyl, cylcoalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or heteroaryl. |
| US10752746B2 |
Acoustical foam with improved performance
Disclosed is a thermally expandable composition, comprising at least one polymer P, cross-linkable by peroxide, and between 1 wt.-% and 2.5 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the composition, of at least one acrylate A, and between 0.2 wt.-% and 2.5 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the composition, of at least one peroxide, and at least one blowing agent, characterised in that the equivalent ratio of said peroxide to said acrylate A is between 0.01 and 0.5, preferably between 0.13 and 0.41, and the weight ratio of said peroxide to said acrylate A is lower than 0.33 and said polymer P comprises or essentially consists of at least two polymers PI and P2, wherein PI exhibits a melt flow index (MFI) of between 100 and 200 g/10 min, and P2 exhibits a melt flow index of between 0.1 and 60 g/10 min, wherein MFI is determined by ASTM D1238. The thermally expandable composition shows excellent properties in terms of expansion stability and minimised buckling and is especially suitable for baffle and/or reinforcement elements, e.g. in automotive manufacturing. |
| US10752745B2 |
Polyolefin film for use in packaging
A polyolefin packaging film is provided. The polyolefin film is formed by a thermoplastic composition containing a continuous phase that includes a polyolefin matrix polymer and nanoinclusion additive is provided. The nanoinclusion additive is dispersed within the continuous phase as discrete nano-scale phase domains. When drawn, the nano-scale phase domains are able to interact with the matrix in a unique manner to create a network of nanopores. |
| US10752743B2 |
Vinyl ester powder pre-preg
The invention provides a powder pre-preg comprising as sole resin a vinyl ester resin having a Tg in the range of −5 to +30° C. and a melt viscosity @100° C. in the range of 2 to 75 dPa·s, which can be used in making a composite at a temperature as low as 80° C. |
| US10752742B2 |
Decorative film
A decorative film includes: a substrate; and a polymer layer including on a surface thereof an uneven structure provided with projections at a pitch not longer than a wavelength of visible light. The substrate contains a polycarbonate at least in its surface close to the polymer layer. The polymer layer is a cured product of a polymerizable composition. The polymerizable composition contains a release agent, a polyfunctional acrylate containing one or both of an ethylene oxide group and a propylene oxide group, and 2-(2-vinyloxyethoxy)ethyl acrylate. The polymerizable composition contains, in terms of active components, given proportions of the release agent and the 2-(2-vinyloxyethoxy)ethyl acrylate. The polymerizable composition contains, in terms of active components, a given total amount of the ethylene oxide group and the propylene oxide group in the polyfunctional acrylate and the 2-(2-vinyloxyethoxy)ethyl acrylate. |
| US10752737B2 |
Touch sensitive element and display device comprising the same
Provided are a touch sensitive element and a display device including the same. The touch sensitive element according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes an electroactive layer formed of a linear boron nitride polymer and an electrode disposed on at least one surface of the electroactive layer. Therefore, a piezoelectricity of the electroactive layer is improved to improve vibration strength of the touch sensitive element and significantly improve heat resistance. |
| US10752733B2 |
Binder for electrochemical element
A binder for an electrochemical element, comprising: a polymer having a carboxyl group and/or a salt thereof, a polymer having an amide group and/or an amide bond; or a polymer having a carboxyl group and/or a salt thereof and an amide group and/or an amide bond. |
| US10752722B2 |
Compositions of isobutylene, styrene and styrene with graft-on pendant double bonds
A composition and methods for making the same. The composition includes an isoolefin having from 4 to 7 carbons, a first styrene, and a second styrene alkylated with a diene to have a pendant double bond. A copolymer having units derived from an isoolefin having from 4 to 7 carbons and an alkylstyrene can be reacted with a diene to provide the composition. The reaction of the copolymer with the diene can be reacted in the presence of a catalyst at a temperature of about 80° C. to about 200° C. |
| US10752721B2 |
Elastomeric copolymers based on [bis(trihydrocarbylsilyl)aminosilyl]-functionalized styrene and their use in the preparation of rubbers
The present invention relates to the use of specific styrene derivatives in the production of an elastomeric copolymer. The invention further relates to methods for producing an elastomeric copolymer and an elastomeric copolymer. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for preparing a rubber comprising vulcanizing the elastomeric copolymer, and a rubber as obtainable according to the method. Further, the invention relates to a rubber composition, a tire component comprising the rubber composition, and a tire comprising the tire component. |
| US10752718B2 |
Photocurable resin composition and method of forming patterns using the same
The present invention relates to a photocurable resin composition usable in a nanoimprint process which is capable of overcoming low productivity of conventional semiconductor processes for optical devices and electronic devices, and a method of forming patterns using the same. Specifically, the present invention relates to a photocurable resin composition including a specific perfluorinated acrylic compound for improving release property between a nanoimprint mold and the photocurable resin composition, and a method of forming patterns using the same. |
| US10752717B2 |
Nitrile group-containing highly saturated copolymer rubber
The present invention provides a nitrile group-containing highly-saturated copolymer rubber comprising an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer unit (a) in a content of 28 wt % or more and a conjugated diene monomer unit (b) in a content of 20 to 72 wt %, and having an iodine value of 120 or less, wherein the conjugated diene monomer unit (b) is at least partially hydrogenated, and a proportion of an isoprene unit in the conjugated diene monomer unit (b) is 33 wt % or more. |
| US10752712B2 |
Catalytic preform system comprising a rare earth metallocene
A catalytic system based at least on a preformation conjugated diene monomer, on an organometallic compound as cocatalyst and on a metallocene of formula {P(Cp1)(Cp2)Y} is provided. In the formula, Y denotes a group comprising a metal atom which is a rare earth metal, Cp1 and Cp2, which are identical or different, are selected from the group consisting of fluorenyl groups, cyclopentadienyl groups and indenyl groups, the groups being substituted or unsubstituted, and P is a group bridging the two Cp1 and Cp2 groups and comprising a silicon or carbon atom. Such a catalytic system exhibits an improved stability of the catalytic activity over time, in particular on storage. |
| US10752698B2 |
Method for generating high affinity antibodies
The present disclosure relates to a method for identifying cells that express antigen-specific antibodies with a high binding affinity for a monomeric antigen. Using fluorescence activated cell sorting, cells expressing high affinity antigen-specific antibodies are selected from a population of immune cells isolated from a mammal that has been immunized with or otherwise exposed to the antigen. Nucleic acids encoding the high affinity antibodies can then be cloned into other lymphoid and non-lymphoid cells where the antibody can be expressed and from which the antibodies can be secreted. |
| US10752693B2 |
Methods for treating obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis using glucagon receptor antagonistic antibodies
The present disclosure relates to methods for treating or preventing obesity and/or nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLDs) and/or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) using a glucagon receptor blocking agent. In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates to methods for treating or preventing NAFLD/NASH using antigen binding and antagonizing proteins, e.g., fully human antibodies, that specifically bind to and antagonize the function of the human glucagon receptor. |
| US10752692B2 |
Anti human interleukin-1 receptor accessory protein (IL1 RAP) antibodies and uses thereof
The present invention provides an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof with binding specificity for human interleukin-1 receptor accessory protein (IL1RAP) wherein the antibody or antigen-binding fragment is capable of inhibiting the binding of antibody ‘CAN04’ to human IL1RAP. The invention further provides the use of such antibodies or an antigen-binding fragments in the treatment and/or diagnosis of IL-1 associated diseases and conditions, including cancers such as acute myeloid leukemia and melanoma. |
| US10752689B2 |
Hybridoma clones, monoclonal antibodies to VSIG-4, and methods of making and using
Described herein are monoclonal antibodies that bind to VSIG-4 including antibodies that block the binding of VSIG-4 to SIGLEC-7, compositions including the monoclonal antibodies, and methods of making and using those antibodies and compositions. |
| US10752687B2 |
Antibody molecules to PD-1 and uses thereof
Antibody molecules that specifically bind to PD-1 are disclosed. The anti-PD-1 antibody molecules can be used to treat, prevent and/or diagnose cancerous or infectious conditions and disorders. |
| US10752684B2 |
ROR1 (NTRKR1) specific chimeric antigen receptors for cancer immunotherapy
The present invention relates to Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CAR) that are recombinant chimeric proteins able to redirect immune cell specificity and reactivity toward selected membrane antigens, and more particularly in which extracellular ligand binding is a scFV derived from a ROR1 monoclonal antibody, conferring specific immunity against ROR1 positive cells. The engineered immune cells endowed with such CARs are particularly suited for treating lymphomas and leukemia, and for solid tumors such as breast, colon, lung, and kidney tumors. |
| US10752683B2 |
Folate receptor 1 antibodies and immunoconjugates and uses thereof
Novel anti-cancer agents, including, but not limited to, antibodies and immunoconjugates, that bind to human folate receptor 1 are provided. Methods of using the agents, antibodies, or immunoconjugates, such as methods of inhibiting tumor growth are further provided. |
| US10752680B2 |
Antibodies against phosphorylcholine in combination therapy with biologic agents
Antibodies against PC, PC conjugate or bioactive components and/or fragments thereof for use in combination therapy with one or more biologic agents and/or stem cells are disclosed, as well as compositions comprising the antibodies in combination with one or more biologic agents and/or stem cells. Also disclosed are PC conjugates, PC or bioactive components and/or parts/fragments thereof for use in activation immunotherapy prior to or in combination with treatment with biologic agents and/or stem cells for curing, treating, preventing, and/or reducing the risk of developing auto-immune diseases, chronic inflammatory diseases, and cancer diseases, as well as compositions comprising them in combination with biologic agents and/or stem cells. |
| US10752678B2 |
Complement component C5 antibodies
The present disclosure relates to antibodies and polynucleotides encoding the same, that may be used to prevent, control, or reduce the activity of the complement pathway. In addition, the disclosure is directed to compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases mediated by or involving complement C5. Specifically, the disclosure is related to C5 antibodies. |
| US10752676B2 |
Neutralising antibodies to the major exotoxins TCDA and TCDB of Clostridium difficile
This present invention describes the derivation and selection of antibodies capable of neutralising the major exotoxins; TcdA and TcdB of Clostridium difficile. The invention also describes novel neutralisation and antigen binding properties of individual Mabs and mixtures thereof. |
| US10752675B2 |
Compounds for treating the remyelination blockade in diseases associated with the expression of HERV-W envelope protein
The present invention deals with innovative compounds and compositions for preventing and/or treating a newly discovered detrimental mechanism, which blocks the endogenous myelin repair capacity of the adult nervous system (NS) in diseases associated with the expression of HERV-W envelope protein (ENV), in particular of its MSRV subtype. |
| US10752674B2 |
DNA-binding domain of CRISPR system, non-fucosylated and partially fucosylated proteins, and methods thereof
The present disclosure relates to a method of obtaining a cell where fucosylation pathways are modified, leading to production of partially fucosylated and non-fucosylated protein products, specifically antibodies from the cell. The present disclosure employs the Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) technology. The method of the present disclosure targets the Fut8 gene and GMD gene in a cell. Such products are used in developing therapeutics and biomarkers, and in diagnosis and prognosis of diseases. |
| US10752670B2 |
Anti-GD3 specific chimeric antigen receptors for cancer immunotherapy
The present invention relates to Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CAR) that are recombinant chimeric proteins able to redirect immune cell specificity and reactivity toward selected membrane antigens, and more particularly in which extracellular ligand binding is a scFV derived from a GD3 monoclonal antibody, conferring specific immunity against GD3 positive cells. The engineered immune cells endowed with such CARs are particularly suited for treating solid tumors such as melanomas, carcinomas or liquid tumor such as T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia. |
| US10752668B2 |
Lentiviral vectors for regulated expression of a chimeric antigen receptor molecule
The invention relates to the regulated expression of a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) within a lentiviral vector. The CAR comprises a hook-binding domain that interacts with a hook, preferably encoded by the same lentiviral vector, which prevents proper processing and release of the CAR to the cell membrane. The invention encompasses vectors, methods of making the vectors, and methods of using them, including medicinal uses. The vectors can be used for administration to humans to induce immune responses and to treat cancers and tumors. |
| US10752655B2 |
Dual mass spectrometry-cleavable crosslinking reagents for protein-protein interactions
Described are dual mass-spectrometry-cleavable cross-linkers that can be cleaved selectively using two differential tandem mass-spectrometric techniques such as collision induced dissociation (CID) or electron transfer dissociation (ETD), i.e., a dual cleavable crosslinking technology (DUCCT) cross-linker. When used to cross-link a macromolecule, such as a peptide, MS/MS fragmentation produces two signature complementary mass spectra of same cross-linked peptides, the analysis of which gives rise to high confidence in characterizing the structures of the cross-linked macromolecules as well as sites of interactions. Also described, are methods of making and using DUCCT cross-linkers. |
| US10752653B2 |
Oxysterols and methods of use thereof
Compounds are provided according to Formula (III) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof; wherein R2, R3, R5, and n are as defined herein, and at least one hydrogen is replaced with a deuterium. Compounds of the present invention are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions. |
| US10752650B2 |
Sophorolipid compound and composition comprising same
The subject invention provides a novel SL that is widely applicable to various fields including food or beverages, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and quasi-drugs.A sophorolipid compound represented by Formula (I) below: (in Formula (I), R1 represents H or a methyl group; R3 and R4 each represents H or an acetyl group; one of five R5 is a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid residue that may have an OH group, and the remaining four R5 are H; R2 represents a C9-18 alkylene group, or C9-18 alkenylene group having 1 to 3 double bonds; R6 represents hydroxy, or may form a single bond together with one of five R7 in the compound represented by Formula (II) below) (in Formula (II), R1′ represents H or methyl group; R3′ and R4′ each represents H or an acetyl group; R2′ represents a C9-18 alkylene group, or C9-18 alkenylene group having 1 to 3 double bonds). |
| US10752646B2 |
Method of making phosphono-phosphate containing compounds
A method of making a phosphono-phosphate compound is disclosed. The method involves a first step of mixing a first component comprising a phosphonic acid, a phosphonate or mixtures thereof, with a second component comprising a source of phosphoric acid or phosphate. The mixture has a molar phosphorous ratio of the first component to the second component of from 1:1 to 1:10. The second step involves either physically or chemically dehydrating the mixture to produce a phosphono-phosphate compound. |
| US10752644B2 |
Modulators of Sestrin-GATOR2 interaction and uses thereof
The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same. |
| US10752642B1 |
Macrocyclic lactones
The present compositions and methods generally relate to the treatment of diseases, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and neurodegenerative diseases related to tau aggregation. In particular, the compositions relate to compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula I: |
| US10752641B2 |
Diamide macrocycles having factor XIa inhibiting activity
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): or stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein all the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are selective Factor XIa inhibitors or dual inhibitors of FXIa and plasma kallikrein. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of treating thromboembolic and/or inflammatory disorders using the same. |
| US10752633B2 |
Heteroaromatic NMDA receptor modulators and uses thereof
Provided is 5-(3-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-7-cyclopropyl-3-(2-(3-fluoro-3-methylazetidin-1-yl)-2-oxoethyl)-3,7-dihydro-4H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-one and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and their uses in the treatment of psychiatric, neurological, and neurodevelopmental disorders, as well as diseases of the nervous system. |
| US10752632B2 |
6-fluoro 2-methylbenzo[d]thiazol-5-yl compounds
The present invention provides a compound of Formula I: wherein R is hydrogen or methyl; and Z is: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and the use of compounds of Formula I for treating neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease. |
| US10752629B2 |
Calcium channel agonists
Embodiments of calcium channel agonists, as well as methods of making and using the calcium channel agonists, are disclosed. The disclosed calcium channel agonists and corresponding salt forms have a structure according to general formula I: wherein each bond depicted as “” is a single bond or a double bond as needed to satisfy valence requirements; Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, and Z5 independently are nitrogen or carbon; R1 and R3 are alkyl; R2 is alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, or heteroarylalkyl; and R4 is alkyl or hydroxyalkyl. |
| US10752626B2 |
Iso-citrate dehydrogenase (IDH) inhibitor
Disclosed are compounds inhibiting the conversion of α-KG to D-2-HG pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates or stereoisomers thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. The compound and the pharmaceutical composition can effectively treat IDH associated diseases, including cancer. |
| US10752623B2 |
Heteroaryl-substituted sulfonamide compounds and their use as sodium channel inhibitors
This invention is directed to heteroaryl-substituted sulfonamide compounds, as stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers thereof or mixtures thereof; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, for the treatment of diseases or conditions associated with voltage-gated sodium channels, such as epilepsy. |
| US10752622B2 |
GPR119 agonist compounds
The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I), process for preparation of the same and composition comprising these compounds. |
| US10752620B2 |
Piperdine CXCR7 receptor modulators
The present invention relates to piperidine derivatives of formula (I) wherein Ar1, Ar2, RAr1, R1, R2 and R3 are as described in the description, their preparation, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to their use as pharmaceuticals, to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compounds of formula (I), and especially to their use as CXCR7 receptor modulators. |
| US10752618B2 |
Process for the preparation of pure and stable crystalline Raltegravir potassium form 3
The present invention provides improved, commercially viable and consistently reproducible processes for the preparation of pure and stable crystalline Raltegravir potassium Form 3 and pharmaceutical composition thereof. |
| US10752616B2 |
Bicycloheteroaryl-heteroaryl-benzoic acid compounds as retinoic acid receptor beta (RARβ) agonists
The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds, and more specifically to certain bicycloheteroaryl-heteroaryl-benzoic acid compounds of the following formula (for convenience, collectively referred to herein as “BHBA compounds”), which, inter alia, are (selective) retinoic acid receptor beta (RARβ) (e.g., RARβ2) agonists. The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to (selectively) activate RARβ (e.g., RARβ2), to cause or promote neurite development, neurite outgrowth, and/or neurite regeneration, and in the treatment of diseases and conditions that are mediated by RARβ (e.g., RARβ2), that are ameliorated by the activation of RARβ (e.g., RARβ2), etc., including, e.g., neurological injuries such as spinal cord injuries. |
| US10752614B2 |
Monomers and polymers for functional polycarbonates and poly(ester-carbonates) and peg-co-polycarbonate hydrogels
The invention generally relates to functional polymers and hydrogels. More particularly, the invention provides versatile monomers and polymers with well-defined functionalities, e.g., polycarbonates and poly(ester-carbonates), compositions thereof, and methods for making and using the same. The invention also provides cytocompatible poly(ethylene glycol)-co-polycarobonate hydrogels (e.g., crosslinked by copper-free, strain-promoted “click” chemistry). |
| US10752612B2 |
PLK4 inhibitors
Provided herein, inter alia, are compounds and methods for inhibiting PLK4 and for treating cancer in a subject in need thereof. |
| US10752606B2 |
Methods for treating protozoan infections
The invention provides compounds of Formula (I), and their use in methods for treating or preventing a protozoan infection in a subject using a compound of Formula (I). The invention also provides the use of a compound of Formula (I) in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a protozoan infection in a subject. The invention further provides a medical device when used in a method of treating or preventing a protozoan infection in a subject and to a medical device comprising the composition of the invention. |
| US10752605B2 |
Treprostinil derivative compounds and methods of using same
Compounds represented by formulae I, II, III, and IV including pro-drugs for treprostinil and prostacyclin analogs. Uses include treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PH) or pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The structures of the compounds can be adapted to the particular application for a suitable treatment dosage. Transdermal applications can be used. |
| US10752602B2 |
Process for the production of 1,4-butanediol and tetrahydrofuran from furan
The present invention provides a process for the production of 1,4-BDO and THF from furan, said process comprising: (i) contacting furan with hydrogen and water in a reactor in the presence of a catalytic composition, wherein the furan and water are contacted in the presence of a solvent, said solvent being selected from one or more of THF, 1,4-BDO and NBA, and converting at least a portion of said furan to 1,4-BDO and THF; (ii) producing a reactor product stream comprising gases, water, THF, 1,4-BDO and furan; (iii) separating gases from the reactor product stream; (iv) then separating at least a portion of each of the THF and 1,4-BDO from said reactor product stream; and (v) recycling the remainder of the reactor product stream, comprising water, optionally furan, and at least one of THF, 1,4-BDO and NBA, to the reactor. |
| US10752601B2 |
Crystal form and salt of 3-(3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxybenzoyl)-1,1-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1,3-benzothiazole
A type II crystal of 3-(3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxybenzoyl)-1,1-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1,3-benzothiazole, having characteristic peaks at least around 15.1, 18.1, 22.8, 23.7, and 24.0 degrees in a diffraction angle (2θ) by X-ray powder diffraction, and method for producing said type II crystal. |
| US10752599B2 |
Crystalline (2S,4R)-5-(5′-chloro-2′-fluoro-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4-yl)-2-(ethoxymethyl)-4-(3-hydroxyisoxazole-5-carboxamido)-2-methylpentanoic acid and uses thereof
In one aspect, the invention relates to a crystalline form of the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising this crystalline form; methods of using this crystalline form and its soluble form (I); and processes for preparing soluble (I) and crystalline (I′) forms. |
| US10752597B2 |
3,5-diamino-6-chloro-N—(N-(4-(4-(2-(hexyl(2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexyl)amino)ethoxy)phenyl)butyl)carbamimidoyl)pyrazine-2-carboxamide
The present invention relates to the compound of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as compositions containing the same, processes for the preparation of the same, and therapeutic methods of use therefore in promoting hydration of mucosal surfaces and the treatment of diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, bronchiectasis, acute and chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, emphysema, and pneumonia. |
| US10752591B2 |
18-20 member bi-polycyclic compounds
The invention relates to a method of inhibiting loss of muscle mass or muscle function in a subject in need thereof, or a method of treating miofibers ex vivo, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a 18-20 member bi-polycyclic compound to the subject or to the miofibers. |
| US10752590B2 |
Quinoline-based proteasome inhibitors and uses thereof
Described herein are quinoline compounds useful for, among other things, inhibition of the proteasome and for treatment of cancer and inflammation. |
| US10752588B2 |
Dopamine D2 receptor ligands
The present invention relates to novel dopamine D2 receptor ligands. The invention further relates to functionally-biased dopamine D2 receptor ligands and the use of these compounds for treating or preventing central nervous system and systemic disorders associated with dysregulation of dopaminergic activity. |
| US10752576B1 |
Cationic lipids and transfection methods
The present invention relates in part to novel cationic lipids and their use, e.g., in delivering nucleic acids to cells. |
| US10752571B2 |
Method for purification of 4-hydroxyacetophenone
Methods of purifying crude 4-hydroxyacetophenone using one or more solvents as well as products comprising or consisting of crystallized 4-hydroxyacetophenone and one, two or more solvent(s). The products may be obtained or obtainable from the methods for purifying crude 4-hydroxyacetophenone. |
| US10752570B2 |
Processes for making cyclohexanone
Disclosed are processes for abating 3-cyclohexenone from a feed mixture comprising cyclohexylbenzene, cyclohexanone, phenol, and 3-cyclohexenone and cyclohexanone, comprising feeding the feed mixture to a first distillation column and a hydrogenating a fraction from in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst under hydrogenation conditions. Hydrogenation can be carried out in a hydrogenation reactor separate from the first distillation column or in a hydrogenation zone disposed inside the first distillation column. |
| US10752568B1 |
Method for preparing 1,3-propanediol by hydrogenolysis of glycerol and its reaction system
The present disclosure provides a method for preparing 1,3-propanediol by hydrolysis hydrogenolysis of glycerol and its corresponding reaction system, wherein, this method is to produce 1,3-propanediol through contact and reaction between hydrogen and glycerol under the catalysis of a noble metal/solid acid catalyst; wherein an auxiliary agent is contained in the liquid phase of the reaction system, and the content of the auxiliary agent in the liquid phase is 10 ppm or more. |
| US10752563B2 |
Hydrogenation method
Provided is a hydrogenation method that with respect to a hydrocarbon mixture containing 1,3-butadiene and vinylacetylene, enables hydrogenation of vinylacetylene while inhibiting reduction of 1,3-butadiene concentration. The hydrogenation method is a method of hydrogenating a hydrocarbon mixture containing 1,3-butadiene and vinylacetylene that includes a step of bringing the hydrocarbon mixture and a hydrogenation catalyst into contact in the presence of hydrogen to hydrogenate at least vinylacetylene. The hydrocarbon mixture contains 1 mass % or more of vinylacetylene. The hydrogenation catalyst includes palladium and has a CO adsorption amount of 0.5 cm3/g or less. |
| US10752562B2 |
Process for making renewable surfactant intermediates and surfactants from fats and oils and products thereof
The present invention relates generally to methods for producing renewable detergent compounds. More specifically, the invention relates to methods for producing detergent intermediates, including bio-linear alkylbenzene (LAB), bio-alcohols, and long chain bio-paraffins, from natural oils. |
| US10752561B2 |
Fuel for pyrotechnic mixtures emitting in the near-infrared region
Inorganic fuel selected from the group of sulphocyanides of noble metals as specially copper, as well as the derivatives of urea and semicarbazide and theirs derivatives and organic fuel selected from the group of thiols with sulphur bound in the —SH group or in the heterocyclic rings and the metal salts of these compounds, mostly cuprous or cupric, which are suitable for the infrared tracer compositions used in bullets. With a suitable oxidant, which is zinc peroxide, the fuel forms binary mixtures that, during combustion, emit radiation in the near-infrared region that is invisible to the naked eye. On the basis of this invention tracer compositions do not require any additional auxiliary pyrotechnic systems. They are intended for use in infrared tracers of conventional calibres of bullet ammunition. |
| US10752558B2 |
System and method for utilizing canister and hose to move slurry mixture to make gypsum board
A system and method for introducing a slurry mixture for making gypsum board is disclosed. The system includes a mixer for mixing slurry and directing it to an exit gate, a foam injector for injecting foam into the slurry, and a canister connected to the mixer for inducing swirl to the slurry. The system also includes an elongated hose and an optional adapter for depositing the slurry onto paper to form the board. Ends of the elongated hose are coupled to the canister and to the inlet of the adapter. Slurry is directed from the canister, through the hose, and into the adapter for exiting its outlet. Optionally, a mixing boot and/or elbow joints may be included. Use of the hose and adapter enhances the flexibility of the system, including moving the mixer offline or adjacent to the paper or belt, and improves foam blending in the slurry mixture. |
| US10752556B2 |
Method of processing a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component
A method of processing a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component includes extracting silicon from a surface region of the CMC component such that free silicon is present in the surface region at a reduced amount of about 5 vol. % or less. The extraction comprises contacting the surface region with a wicking medium comprising an element reactive with silicon. The extraction is carried out at an elevated temperature prior to assembling the CMC component with a metal component. |
| US10752555B2 |
Method for reinforcing transparent ceramics, and ceramic
A method for producing a transparent polycrystalline ceramic includes forming at least one planar transparent region near a surface within the ceramic, wherein the at least one planar transparent region has a lower thermal expansion coefficient than other regions of the ceramic. The method further includes generating compressive stresses in the at least one planar transparent region near the surface after a thermal treatment and cooling. |
| US10752554B1 |
Intermetallic matrix composite
An intermetallic matrix composite has an intermetallic matrix and a ceramic reinforcement. The intermetallic matrix comprises, in atomic percent: 28.0±2.0 Nb; 27.0±2.0 Mo; 27.0±2.0 Cr; 9.0 ±2.0 Si; 9.0 ±2.0 Al; and no more than 10.0 other alloying elements and impurities, if any. |
| US10752553B2 |
Body made of a ceramic material
A body made of a ceramic material based on zirconia, the body having a surface region extending from the surface of the body to a predetermined depth and a core region integrally formed with the surface region. The ceramic material in the surface region includes a crystalline phase A formed by zirconia in tetragonal phase. The ceramic material in the surface region further includes a crystalline phase B, the crystal structure of which including apart from zirconium and oxygen at least one further component X in a periodic arrangement, the crystalline phase B having a lower theoretical density than crystalline phase A. |
| US10752547B2 |
Cementitious mixtures, compositions for use in cementitious mixtures, and methods of producing cementitious mixtures
Cementitious mixtures, compositions for use in cementitious mixtures, and methods of producing cementitious mixtures wherein the compositions are suitable for modifying or improving certain properties of the cementitious mixtures. The compositions include a superabsorbent polymer (SAP) hydrogel having a macromolecular network structure, and at least one pozzolanic material that is chemically incorporated into the macromolecular network structure of the SAP hydrogel. |
| US10752544B2 |
Resin composite module for vehicle and production method therefor
There is provided a production method of a resin composite module for a vehicle, which includes a resin module substrate, and a silicone-based polymer hard coat which is formed on the resin module substrate. The method includes forming the hard coat by coating a silicone-based polymer onto the resin module substrate, and radiating an ultraviolet ray onto at least a part of a surface of the hard coat such that a hardness thereof becomes 0.8 GPa or more as evaluated by a nanoindentation method. The radiating the ultraviolet ray uses a light source unit which includes a light source and emits an ultraviolet ray having a wavelength of 360 nm or less from an emission surface thereof and radiates the ultraviolet ray onto the surface of the hard coat while a distance from the emission surface to the surface of the hard coat is 10 mm or less. |
| US10752542B2 |
Asymmetric stress profiles for low warp and high damage resistance glass articles
A glass article having an asymmetric stress profile exhibiting a high degree of asymmetry and a low degree or no warp. The glass article has a stress profile with a high Asymmetry Figure of Merit and a high Warpage Figure of Merit. |
| US10752541B2 |
Low-E matchable coated articles having doped seed layer under silver, and corresponding methods
A low-E coating has good color stability (a low ΔE* value) upon heat treatment (HT). Thermal stability may be improved by the provision of an as-deposited crystalline or substantially crystalline layer of or including zinc oxide, doped with at least one dopant (e.g., Sn), immediately under an infrared (IR) reflecting layer of or including silver; and/or by the provision of at least one dielectric layer of or including at least one of: (a) an oxide of silicon and zirconium, (b) an oxide of zirconium, and (c) an oxide of silicon. These have the effect of significantly improving the coating's thermal stability (i.e., lowering the ΔE* value). |
| US10752540B1 |
Low-E matchable coated articles having doped seed layer under silver, and corresponding methods
A low-E coating has good color stability (a low ΔE* value) upon heat treatment (HT). The provision of an as-deposited crystalline or substantially crystalline layer of or including zinc oxide, doped with at least one dopant (e.g., Sn), immediately under an infrared (IR) reflecting layer of or including silver in a low-E coating has effect of significantly improving the coating's thermal stability (i.e., lowering the ΔE* value). One or more such crystalline, or substantially crystalline, layers may be provided under one or more corresponding IR reflecting layers comprising silver. |
| US10752535B2 |
Coefficient of thermal expansion filler for vanadium-based frit materials and/or methods of making and/or using the same
Certain example embodiments relate to seals for glass articles. Certain example embodiments relate to a composition used for sealing an insulted glass unit. In certain example embodiments the composition includes vanadium oxide, barium oxide, zinc oxide, and at least one additional additive. For instance, another additive that is a different metal oxide or different metal chloride may be provided. In certain example embodiments, a composition may be combined with a binder solution that substantially or completely burns out by the time the composition is melted. In certain example embodiments, a CTE filler is included with a frit material. In certain example embodiments, a vacuum insulated glass unit includes first and second glass substrates that are sealed together with a seal that includes the above-described composition. |
| US10752534B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for laser processing laminate workpiece stacks
A method for laser processing a laminate workpiece stack includes forming a contour line in a first transparent workpiece of the laminate workpiece stack having a resin layer disposed between the first transparent workpiece and a second transparent workpiece. Forming the contour line includes focusing a pulsed laser beam into a pulsed laser beam focal line directed into the first transparent workpiece to generate an induced absorption within the first transparent workpiece and translating the pulsed laser beam focal line along a first workpiece separation line, thereby laser forming the contour line having a plurality of defects. The method also includes separating the resin layer along a resin separation line by focusing the pulsed laser beam into the pulsed laser beam focal line directed into the resin layer and translating the pulsed laser beam focal line along the resin separation line, thereby laser ablating the resin layer. |
| US10752529B2 |
Method for biological wastewater purification
The invention relates to a method for carrying out biological purification of wastewater with the aid of activated sludge, in which the wastewater is introduced into a tank for phosphor elimination (P tank), then into an activated sludge tank (B tank) and then into at least one sedimentation and recirculation tank (SU tank), in which a number of operating cycles are carried out, including a sludge return phase, a recirculation phase, a pre-sedimentation phase and a draw-off phase (S phase, U phase, V phase, and A phase respectively), wherein the method further includes the elimination of settleable solids of the inflow, the storage of the produced primary and excess sludge and the reduction of the rising of the water level in the wastewater purification system by using an additional tank (S tank), wherein the S tank is hydraulically connected with the P tank, the P tank with the B tank, and the B tank with the at least one SU tank, wherein the wastewater is first introduced into the S tank, then into the P tank, then into the B tank and subsequently into the at least one SU tank, wherein in the S phase the thickened activated sludge is introduced from the at least one SU tank into the P tank, in the U phase the volume of the at least one SU tank is mixed, in the V phase the activated sludge is settled, and in the A phase the treated wastewater is flowing out of the system and wherein the settled sludge of the S tank is transported from time to time to another special treatment plant. |
| US10752526B2 |
Method for destruction of reducible contaminants in waste or ground water
A method of decreasing the concentration of certain contaminants in liquids by the chemical reduction of the contaminant using a hydride. A suitable reactor is charged with the contaminated liquid. An amount of catalyst and then an amount of hydride are added to the reactor. The hydride reacts with the contaminant in the liquid, chemically reducing and thus destroying a portion of the contaminant and thereby reducing the concentration of the contaminant in the liquid. Additional hydride can be added to further reduce the concentration to meet a desired level. |
| US10752518B2 |
Method and apparatus for water purification using continuous hydrothermal oxidation regime
A system and method for cleaning dirty water is disclosed. The systems and methods may include two heat exchangers, including a high temperature/high pressure (HT/HP) heat exchanger that receives superheated steam and hydrogen gas and a low temperature/low pressure (LT/LP) that receives steam at a reduced temperature and pressure. The LT/LP heat exchanger provides first stage heating to dirty water that is input into the system for cleansing. The LT/LP heat exchanger has a first coil and a second coil. The first coil carries the dirty water to be cleaned. The HT/HP heat exchanger provides a second stage of heating to the dirty water that is output from the LT/LP heat exchanger. A first coil of the HT/HP heat exchanger carries the superheated steam and hydrogen gas. A second coil carries the preheated dirty water that is output from the LT/LP heat exchanger. |
| US10752514B2 |
Metal chalcogenide synthesis method and applications
A method for synthesizing a metal chalcogenide nanocrystal (NC) material includes reacting a metal material and an ammonium chalcogenide material in an organic solvent material. The method provides that the metal chalcogenide nanocrystal material may be synthesized by a heating-up method at large scale (i.e., greater than 30 grams). Ammonium chalcogenide salts exhibit high reactivity and metal chalcogenide nanocrystals can be synthesized at low temperatures (i.e., less than 200° C.) with high conversion yields (i.e., greater than 90 percent). |
| US10752512B2 |
Composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particles and dispersion liquid of the same
A general-purpose composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particles capable of producing a dispersion liquid with high productivity while having properties such as good visible light transmittance and shielding light in a near-infrared region, and a composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particle dispersion liquid using the same, wherein a value of an XRD peak top intensity ratio of the composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particles is 0.13 or more when the XRD peak intensity is set to 1, with plane of a silicon powder standard sample (640 c produced by NIST) as a reference. |
| US10752511B2 |
Zeolite materials and methods of manufacture
Zeolites, improved methods for their synthesis, and catalysts, systems, and methods of using these zeolites as catalysts are described. The method of synthesis of the zeolites includes forming a mixture including a zeolitic precursor material and a structure directing agent and subjecting the mixture to high shear processing conditions. |
| US10752506B2 |
Nanostructure dispersion liquid-containing container, method of storing and method of transporting nanostructure dispersion liquid, and methods of producing composite material composition and aggregate using nanostructure dispersion liquid
A technique of suppressing a decrease in dispersibility of nanostructures in a nanostructure dispersion liquid that is stored or transported after production is provided. A nanostructure dispersion liquid-containing container is formed by filling an airtight container with a nanostructure dispersion liquid containing nanostructures and a dispersion medium. The nanostructures include at least one selected from the group consisting of nanocarbons, nanofibers, and nanowires, and a filling rate of the nanostructure dispersion liquid is 97 vol % or more. |
| US10752491B2 |
Method and apparatus for multi-line fuel delivery
A gravity-fed fuel delivery system is provided. A central storage tank holds fuel to re-supply a number of pump trucks or other mechanized equipment, such as on a hydraulic fracturing location, and can be selectively raised or lowered. Hoses or other conduits extend from the central storage tank to individual fuel tanks of the equipment to be refueled. Adapters allow connection of the distal end of each hose or conduit to an inlet opening of a fuel tank. A float valve assembly senses when fuel inside an individual fuel tank is below a predetermined level, thereby mechanically opening a valve assembly to permit fluid to flow from the central storage tank, through a conduit, through the float valve assembly and into the fuel tank. |
| US10752489B1 |
Tap tower and keg tap alert system combination
A tap tower and keg tap alert system combination for alerting bartenders when a beer keg is running low or empty includes a coupler that is configured to selectively engage a beer keg, a first hose coupled to the coupler that is in fluid communication with the coupler, and a sensor coupled to the first hose. The sensor utilizes a flow sensor to detect flow volume and pressure of beer in the hose. A battery is used for power. A second hose is coupled to the sensor and a tap faucet of a tap tower. An indicator is coupled to the sensor that is in operational communication with an LED light coupled within the tap tower. The LED light is configured to shine green, orange, and alternatively, red, when pressure and volume detected indicate the beer keg is good, nearing empty, and empty, respectively. |
| US10752484B2 |
Nitrogen generator and uses thereof
A system and method to supply nitrogen gas is provided. Ambient air is compressed and stored in a storage receiver and then nitrogen is separated from the compressed air in a nitrogen membrane separation unit. The separated nitrogen is stored in a nitrogen storage tank under pressure and released through a pressure control valve. The system is confined to a small footprint and is useful as a nitrogen source where conventional compressed nitrogen tanks are a safety or space issue. Systems to prepare nitrogen infused beverages are also provided. |
| US10752481B2 |
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for dispensing beverages using alcoholic concentrates
A beverage dispenser includes a gas infusion device that receives a base fluid and a gas and dispenses a gas infused liquid, a ratio pump that receives the gas infused liquid and a concentrate from a concentrate source and dispenses a predetermined ratio of the gas infused liquid and the concentrate, and a mixing chamber that mixes the predetermined ratio of the gas infused liquid and the concentrate to form a reconstituted beverage. An insulated enclosure has an interior space in which the ratio pump and the mixing chamber are positioned. A cooling heat exchanger is positioned in the insulated enclosure, and a first refrigeration system circulates a cooling media through the cooling heat exchanger to thereby cool the interior space to a suitable temperature such that the gas infused liquid and the concentrate dispensed from the ratio pump and the mixing chamber are cooled to the suitable temperature. |
| US10752475B2 |
Chuck disassembly and transfer device
Disclosed is a chuck disassembly and transfer device, which is composed of a telescopic cylinder, a cylinder support, a second linear guide rail, a second guide rail sliding seat, a lifting support, a chuck, a lifting chain, a lifting cylinder and the like, wherein the cylinder support and the second linear guide rail are fixed on the frame, the lifting support is connected with the second linear guide rail via the second guide rail sliding seat, and the telescopic cylinder is capable of driving the lifting support and the chuck to move horizontally along the second linear guide rail; the lifting cylinder is fixed on the lifting support, the chuck is connected with an output shaft of the lifting cylinder via the lifting chain, and the lifting cylinder is capable of driving the chuck to move vertically. |
| US10752472B2 |
Lifting and jacking apparatus
A lifting and jacking apparatus including a void former configured for embedment in a concrete slab before pouring of the concrete slab and a lifting bail removably insertable in and securely attachable to the void former. The void former includes a built in jacking screw configured to assist in adjusting the height of the concrete slab. |
| US10752467B2 |
In or relating to stairlifts
The invention provides a method and apparatus for continuously adjusting the speed of a stairlift in response to a number of operating parameters such as battery voltage and motor current draw. The method preferably further includes monitoring the speed of a reference point on a stairlift chair and comparing this with a maximum permissible speed. |
| US10752466B2 |
Transfer station for a ropeless elevator system with redundancy of subcomponents and parking zone
A transfer station (40) for a ropeless elevator system hoistway (11) is provided. The transfer station (40) includes a first lane (13, 15, 17), a second lane (13, 15, 17), and a parking area (42) located proximate one of the first lane (13, 15, 17) and the second lane (13, 15, 17). The transfer station (40) also includes a plurality of carriages (46) moveable within the first lane (13, 15, 17), the second lane (13, 15, 17), and the parking area (42), the plurality of carriages (46) configured to support and move an elevator car (14). The transfer station (40) further includes a cassette (44) configured to support and move the plurality of carriages (46). The transfer station (40) yet further includes a guiding member (48) engaged with the cassette (44), wherein the position of each of the plurality of carriages (46) relative to the first lane (13, 15, 17), the second lane (13, 15, 17) and the parking area (42) is modified by horizontal or vertical movement of the cassette (44). |
| US10752464B2 |
Fabric roll up core for carrying sheet material
A fabric roll up core for carrying rolls of sheet material such as ground covers or canopy sheet materials including netting materials, used in agriculture or horticulture, such as bird, insect, hail, shade, wind barrier netting materials, comprises a profile formed in an outer surface that assists in maintaining the sheet material on the fabric roll up core when rolling the sheet material onto the fabric roll up core and which may be effective to work with roll up drive means. The core may be formed in one piece or as multiple connected parts. |
| US10752463B2 |
Changing element for a spinning machine, and spinning machine equipped with said changing element
A traversing element is provided for a spinning machine that produces a roving. The traversing element includes a guide segment disposed to guide the roving onto a surface of a tube or a roving bobbin, and a support segment. The guide segment is configured at an end of the support segment and an opposite end of the support segment is connectable to a support of the spinning machine. A closed cavity is provided in the traversing element, the closed cavity partially filled with a liquid. Heat that occurs in the guide segment due to friction between the guide segment and the roving when the traversing element is operating is absorbed by the liquid. |
| US10752460B2 |
System for a printer extension kit
A printer extension kit that modifies a printer to receive and output longer pieces of paper. The printer extension kit includes an input extension part and an output extension part. The input extension part allows a printer to receive longer pieces of paper. In more detail, the paper tray of a printer is extended by the input extension part allowing the printer to hold longer pieces of paper. The input extension part is attached to the paper tray of a printer. The output extension part allows a printer to output longer pieces of paper. In more detail, the output extension part prevents longer pieces of paper from falling of the catch tray of a printer. The output extension part is attached into the catch tray of a printer. |
| US10752456B2 |
Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus
A sheet conveying device includes a sheet supporting portion, a first lever pivotable by contact with a sheet supported by the sheet supporting portion, a hook movable together with the first lever, a first cam configured to, when engaging the hook, stop rotating in a rotation direction of the first cam, a spring configured to urge the first cam in a rotation direction, a sector gear rotatable together with the first cam, a drive gear configured to, when engaging the sector gear, transmit a drive force to the sector gear, a feed roller rotatable in contact with the sheet, and a drive mechanism configured to receive a drive force from the sector gear and move one of the feed roller and the sheet supporting portion toward the other of the feed roller and the sheet supporting portion, to increase contact pressure between the feed roller and the sheet. |
| US10752453B2 |
Joining apparatus, loading station, supply arrangement and method for loading a magazine
A joining apparatus magazine temporarily stores a plurality of joining elements loaded from a loading station and feeds the joining elements to a joining head connected to an assembly line robot. The magazine comprises a housing connectable to the joining head; a drive motor; and a rotary body rotatable about an axis by the drive motor. The rotary body includes a plurality of chambers for temporarily storing joining elements. The magazine further comprises a loading arrangement operable for loading joining elements into the chambers; and an unloading arrangement operable for discharging a joining element from the chamber toward the joining head. The loading arrangement and the unloading arrangement are coupled together such that either a chamber can be loaded or a chamber can be unloaded. |
| US10752451B2 |
Mechanically controlled vacuum throttle for a continuous dense phase particulate material conveying system and method
A mechanically-controlled vacuum throttle for a continuous dense phase pneumatic conveying system and related method is provided. The system includes a pneumatic conveyance line, a particulate material insertion assembly, a positive displacement blower, a transport fluid intake assembly, and a vacuum throttling assembly. The vacuum throttling assembly is configured to control the flow of air mass density into the blower and through the conveyance line. A portion of the vacuum throttling assembly is tied in to the conveyance line pressure downstream of the blower and adjusts the air mass density flow depending on the downstream pressure. Preferably, the vacuum throttling assembly includes an obstruction element and an opening collar, where the obstruction element is moveable relative to the opening collar and the air mass density flow is adjusted depending on the amount of movement of the obstruction element relative to the opening collar. |
| US10752443B1 |
Adjustable chimney chute
Disclosed are various embodiments for an adjustable chute configured to funnel containers or packages into different types of bulk containers and bulk containers of different sizes. In one embodiment, the adjustable chute comprises a front panel, a rear panel, and first and second flexible sidewalls that can expand and contract between the front and rear panels. The front panel has a first hinged connection configured to move between a first position and a second position along a path of a chimney chute. The rear panel has a second hinged connection to the chimney chute. |
| US10752439B2 |
Shield for three compartment rear load packer
A shield for a compartment opening of a refuse truck body, comprising an upper segment hinged to the truck body and a lower segment hinged to the upper segment. A source of power selectively pivots the lower segment relative to the upper segment. This enables a first angle of articulation whereby the upper segment covers an upper region of the compartment opening and the lower segment covers a lower region of the compartment opening whereby the shield covers the entire opening of the compartment; a second angle whereby the upper segment covers the upper region of the opening and the lower segment is positioned such that refuse can be swept beneath the lower segment into the lower region of the opening; and a third angle whereby the upper and lower segments fully uncover the compartment opening, whereby refuse can be freely dumped out of the compartment. |
| US10752428B2 |
Modified spray head
The invention relates to a modified spray head suitable for use with an aerosol composition. Preferably the spray head is suitable for use with an automatic aerosol dispensing device. The spray comprises a single piece of moulded plastic and an angled output section. |
| US10752425B2 |
Nested insulated packaging
A nested insulated packaging assembly includes: an outer box including an outer top side wall, an outer bottom side wall, and a plurality of outer lateral side walls; an inner box received in the outer box, the inner box including an inner top side wall, an inner bottom side wall, and a plurality of inner lateral side walls; a first thermal liner contacting a one of the outer lateral side walls of the outer box and a one of the inner lateral side walls of the inner box; and a second thermal liner contacting a second of the outer lateral side walls of the outer box and a second of the inner lateral side walls of the inner box. |
| US10752424B2 |
Mobile refrigeration apparatus
A refrigeration unit designed for prolonged cooling with intermittent power supplies and adaptability to rotation is described. A spherical design is utilized comprising internal compartments that shift according to orientation of the sphere and enable internal cycling of water at substantially 4 degrees Celsius about an icy core. |
| US10752423B2 |
System for thermally-managed transportation and storage of sets of related specific perishable products
A storage and shipping container system for a set of specific related components, such as multiple blood products, which conveys the components in pre-determined ratios, having a thermally-insulated main container with a plurality of internal chambers, and at least one attached auxiliary container which is thermally-insulated. Optionally, the system is provided with wheels and a collapsible handle for easy movement of one system, and configured for stacking of multiple similar systems for bulk transportation. |
| US10752417B2 |
Supply cartridge, machine for preparing beverages and process of operation of a machine using said supply cartridge
The present invention refers to a supply cartridge (1) comprising a package casing (11) and a support (2) of single portions, provided as a strip-like support, or similar, presenting a plurality of single dose portions (21) of an edible substance, such as for example coffee, disposed successively along a respective longitudinal direction. In particular, the cartridge (1) according to the present invention includes a support (2) of single portions adapted so that provides a more efficient and reliable movement of said support (2) of single portions out of said package casing (11).The present invention further refers to a machine (10) for preparing beverages, adapted for using a supply cartridge (1), as well as to a process of preparing beverages based upon a machine (10) for preparing beverages of the type of the present invention. |
| US10752402B1 |
Hygienic wet-article holder with liquid dispenser
A technique for containing a wet article includes a top section, a middle section removably attached to the top section, and a bottom section removably attached to the middle section. The top section includes a dispenser and an article holding region. The dispenser forms a normally-closed compartment for holding liquid and has a depressible top. The top section is configured, upon depression of the depressible top, to open a passageway between the dispenser and the article-holding region for allowing liquid to flow from the dispenser to the article-holding region. The middle section includes a funnel having a more open end facing the top section and a less open end facing the bottom section. The funnel is configured to conduct fluid released from the wet article from the top section to the bottom section. |
| US10752394B2 |
Packaging apparatus comprising actuator and method of operating packaging apparatus
A packaging apparatus and a method of operating the apparatus are provided. The apparatus comprises a support frame, a packaging station having a first tool, a second tool, and one or more actuators, operably coupled to at least one of the first tool and the second tool, to modify a position of the second tool with respect to the first tool; and a control unit operably coupled to the one or more actuators, wherein the one or more actuators have a first configuration, in which the first tool and the second tool are spaced from one another by a first distance, a second configuration, in which the first tool and the second tool are spaced from one another by a second distance, and a third configuration, in which the first tool and the second tool are spaced from one another by a third distance, and wherein the control unit is configured to operate in a first modality, wherein the control unit is configured to move the one or more actuators from the first configuration into the second configuration, to maintain the one or more actuators in the second configuration for a first time interval, and to move the one or more actuators from the second configuration into the first configuration. |
| US10752393B2 |
Human tissue isolation pouch for use with pouch sealer
A human tissue isolation pouch for use with a sealer machine to indirectly seal human tissue medical pouches while avoiding cross contamination is herein disclosed. The human tissue isolation pouch comprises a rigid frame supporting a high temperature material and having one or more magnets for removably attaching the human tissue isolation pouch to a sealer machine.During use a medical pouch, which may contain a human tissue sample, is inserted within the human tissue isolation pouch. The jaws of the sealer machine clamp down directly on the high temperature material, thus indirectly heating and sealing the medical pouch inside the human tissue isolation pouch. The sealing machine jaws do not physically contact the medical pouch at any time during the sealing process, and in this way contamination of the sealer machine (and cross contamination of medical pouches from distinct donor cases) is avoided. The rigid frame of the human tissue isolation pouch may be sterilized after each donor event. And the containment bag formed of a high temperature material may be disposed of after each donor event. |
| US10752391B2 |
Method of feeding electronic components and electronic component feeder
A method and an apparatus for feeding electronic components are capable of increasing a rate of filling accommodation holes with electronic components. An accommodation plate including accommodation holes, respective openings of which are distributed over a main surface of the accommodation plate, is prepared, and electronic components are loaded onto the main surface of the accommodation plate. A horizontal vibration in an X-axis direction and/or a Y-axis direction and a vertical vibration in a Z-axis direction are applied to the accommodation plate with the main surface of the accommodation plate level. The horizontal and vertical vibrations have an equal number of vibrations and a prescribed phase difference therebetween. The accommodation plate is vibrated so that each of the electronic components is fed into one of the accommodation holes while moving over the main surface of the accommodation plate. |
| US10752390B2 |
Knot tying device and method
A knot tying device is provided. The knot typing device includes a support with a gripper element with one end of the gripper element rotatably connected to the support, and the other end capable of being pressed on and released from the support; a gripper mechanism to grip a free end of a strand of material and carry the strand of material to wrap around the support capable of rising and falling; and a stripping mechanism to separate the strand of material wrapped around the support from the support to form a knot. |
| US10752389B2 |
Rod-shaped body binding device, bound body of rod-shaped body, and rod-shaped body binding method
A rod-shaped body binding device includes a binding unit configured to bind a rod-shaped body by wrapping one end section of a binding tape around the rod-shaped body, a stopper configured to stop supply of the binding tape when the rod-shaped body is bound using the binding tape, and a tension regulation unit configured to continuously apply a predetermined tension to the binding tape between the stopper and the binding unit during the period from the beginning to the end of binding of the rod-shaped body by the binding unit. |
| US10752384B2 |
Orbit control device and satellite
A satellite comprises thrusters disposed with the firing directions each facing away from the mass center of satellite and different from each other. A control amount calculator calculates control amounts of the mean orbital elements from the mean orbital elements and the temporal change rates of the mean orbital elements set by an orbit determiner, and the target values. A distributor calculates firing timings and firing amounts of the thrusters for realizing the control amounts of the mean orbital elements by expressing a motion of satellite with orbital elements, solving an equation taking into account coupling of an out-of-plane motion and an in-plane motion due to thruster disposition angles and thruster firing amounts at multiple times, and combining one or more thruster firings controlling mainly an out-of-the-orbit-plane direction and one or more thruster firings controlling mainly an in-the-orbit-plane direction. |
| US10752375B2 |
Aircraft system
An aircraft capable of operating at a variety of speeds includes a power plant and an auxiliary turbine. The auxiliary turbine can be a ram air turbine used to expand and cool an airflow and provide work. The cooled airflow from the auxiliary turbine can be used in a heat exchange device such as, but not limited to, a fuel/air heat exchanger. In one embodiment the cooled airflow can be used to exchange heat with a compressor airflow being routed to cool a turbine. Work developed from the auxiliary turbine can be used to power a heating device and rotate a device to add work to a shaft of the aircraft power plant. In one form the aircraft power plant is a gas turbine engine and the work developed from the auxiliary turbine is used to heat a combustor flow or to drive a shaft that couples a turbine and a compressor. |
| US10752372B2 |
Aircraft
A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (101) for transporting persons or loads, including a plurality of preferably equivalent and redundant electric motors (3) and propellers (2), substantially arranged in one surface, wherein each propeller is assigned an individual electric motor to drive the propeller, the aircraft being characterized in that at least one attitude sensor is provided for attitude control of the aircraft (101) in an active signal connection to at least one signal processing unit which is designed or set up to automatically perform the attitude control based on measurement data from the attitude sensor by regulating the speed of at least some of the electric motors (3), preferably with signal actions of the speed controller assigned to each electric motor such that the aircraft (101) is positioned in space with the surface defined by the propeller (2) substantially horizontal at all times, without control input by a pilot or a remote control. |
| US10752369B2 |
Thrust force generation device and aircraft
The thrust force generation device is provided with: a turbo fan engine unit that includes a generator for generating power using a rotation force of a drive shaft, and that drives a fan placed on the drive shaft using gas produced by combusting fuel; a motor driven fan unit that includes a motor driven by power supplied from the generator, that is placed in parallel with the turbo fan engine unit, and that drives a fan by using the motor; and a conducting unit that connects the generator to the motor, and supplies the power generated by the generator to the motor. The turbo fan engine unit and the motor driven fan unit are integrated with each other, and the conducting unit is placed between the turbo fan engine unit and the motor driven fan unit. |
| US10752368B2 |
Asymmetric yoke
An evacuation assembly may comprise an evacuation slide and a first yoke coupled to the evacuation slide. The first yoke may comprise a first strap and a second strap. The first strap may be longer than the second strap. The evacuation assembly may optionally include a second yoke coupled to the evacuation slide. A first strap of the second yoke may be longer than a second strap of the second yoke. |
| US10752353B2 |
Systems and methods for aircraft balance
An adjustable cable attachment system for a VTOL aircraft includes a VTOL airframe. A winch is operatively connected to an underside of the airframe with the aircraft in a horizontal flight mode. An adjustable cable is operatively connected to the winch to adjustably relocate a slung load with respect to the center of gravity of the aircraft to balance the aircraft. A fixed cable is operatively connected to the underside of the airframe with the aircraft in the horizontal flight mode. |
| US10752343B2 |
Electric propulsion system for a rotary wing aircraft
An electric propulsion system includes a mast defining an axis of rotation. At least one yoke is rotatably mounted to the mast. A fairing assembly surrounds the at least one yoke. An electric motor includes a stator assembly associated with the fairing assembly and a rotor assembly associated with the yoke. |
| US10752335B2 |
Emergency release for pushout window evacuation
An emergency escape window for a rotorcraft includes a window frame, a window pane set inside the window frame, a plurality of pins connecting the window frame to the fuselage of the rotorcraft, and a release mechanism having at least one actuator connected to a respective pin and constructed to retract the pin from the window frame. The escape window can then be pivoted away and/or completely detached from the fuselage in the event of an emergency to allow occupants to safely exit the rotorcraft. The disclosure also relate to a method of operating an emergency escape window for a rotorcraft and to a rotorcraft having an emergency escape window. |
| US10752333B2 |
Wing-fuselage integrated airframe beams for tiltrotor aircraft
An airframe for a tiltrotor aircraft includes a wing airframe including a rib, a fuselage airframe including a fore-aft overhead beam and a cradle support assembly. The cradle support assembly includes a forward wing support coupled to the fore-aft overhead beam and the wing airframe and an aft wing support coupled to the fore-aft overhead beam and the wing airframe. The rib, the fore-aft overhead beam, the forward wing support and the aft wing support are substantially aligned to form a wing-fuselage integrated airframe beam assembly to support the wing airframe. |
| US10752329B2 |
Aircraft fuselage frame equipped with airbag and riser duct closure cover
Fuselage configurations in which window seats project into and partially occupy inter-frame spaces. In accordance with some embodiments, a frame in proximity to a window seat is equipped with a riser duct closure cover for defining a riser duct for passing a volume of air through a supply duct located below a floor of a passenger cabin through the riser duct and through a crown distribution duct located above a ceiling of the passenger cabin. In accordance with other embodiments, the frames in proximity to window seats are equipped with respective airbags. More specifically, for each pair of adjacent frames in which the forward frame of the pair is located forward of the window seat, the aft frame of the pair is located aft of the window seat, the forward frame is equipped with an airbag. |
| US10752326B1 |
Watercraft self-rescue reentry device
A watercraft self-rescue reentry device configured to facilitate a reentry of a user into a watercraft is disclosed herein. In one or more embodiments, the watercraft self-rescue reentry device includes at least one pole member, the at least one pole member including at least one attachment device for attaching the at least one pole member to the watercraft; a foot step coupled to the at least one pole member, the foot step configured to accommodate a foot of a user stepping thereon while the user is attempting to reenter the watercraft from water surrounding the watercraft; and a water anchor device coupled to the at least one pole member, the water anchor device configured to resist a moment applied to the at least one pole member by the user stepping on the foot step by means of the water anchor device being at least partially immersed in the water. |
| US10752323B1 |
Marine distribution vessel configuration
A marine distribution vessel includes a barge that fuel tanks and lubricant tanks, and a distribution station disposed on the barge and connected with the fuel tanks and the lubricant tanks. The distribution station includes a fuel pump and a fuel line that connects the fuel tanks with the fuel pump, a lubricant pump and lubricant lines that connect the lubricant tanks with the lubricant pump, a fuel flow meter disposed in the fuel line, an automated fuel valve disposed in the fuel line, a lubricant flow meter disposed in the lubricant lines, automated lubricant valves disposed in the lubricant lines, and a computerized controller electrically connected with the fuel flow meter, the lubricant flow meter, the automated fuel valve, the automated lubricant valves, the fuel pump, and the lubricant pump. |
| US10752317B1 |
Leg and arm powered vehicle
A leg and arm powered vehicle incorporating a frame; a seat rollably mounted upon the frame for reciprocating motion; a wheel and propulsion sprocket combination mounted upon the frame for vehicle propulsions; a chain operatively engaging the propulsion sprocket, the chain having a pair of flights; a sprocket support member fixedly attached to the seat; rearward and forward drive sprockets, the rearward drive sprocket engaging one of the chain's flights; first rotatable mountable means attaching the rearward drive sprocket to the sprocket support member and being adapted for alternatively resisting counter-rotation of the rearward drive sprocket and permitting rotation of the rearward drive sprocket; second rotatable mounting means attaching the forward drive sprocket to the sprocket support member and being adapted for alternatively resisting counter-rotation of the forward drive sprocket and permitting rotation of the forward drive sprocket; and hand and foot engaging members fixedly mounted to the frame. |
| US10752314B2 |
Convertible child cycle
The present invention relates to a convertible child cycle, which includes a cycle frame extending in a horizontal longitudinal direction and curved upwardly. The cycle frame is formed with a slot facing downward. The cycle frame is further formed with a first installation connector adjacent to the front end, a second installation connector adjacent to the rear end, and a third installation connector disposed between the first and second installation connectors. The child cycle further includes a headset assembly and a rear fork assembly releasably engaged the first and the second installation connectors, respectively. With the growth of a preschool child rider, the invention may be readily converted into a tricycle, a balance bicycle or a bicycle by combining the cycle frame with various accessory parts, thereby satisfying the recreation needs of the preschool child at different developmental stages. |
| US10752312B2 |
Motor vehicle
A motor vehicle (4) comprising a forecarriage frame (16), a pair of front wheels (10′, 10″) kinematically connected to the forecarriage frame (16) by means of an articulated quadrilateral (20), a steering bar which is mechanically associated with handlebars and wheel support elements of each wheel (10′, 10″) by means of first and second roll hinges and first and second steering hinges, wherein when the wheels (10′, 10″) are straight and parallel to the forward direction, the first and second steering hinges are arranged offset from cross members (24′, 24″) of the articulated quadrilateral (20) in the longitudinal direction such that, with respect to a projection plane parallel to the ground, the straight lines joining the steering axes (S′-S′, S″-S″) of the wheels (10′, 10″) with the first and second steering hinges, intersect at a support point of the rear wheel on the ground. |
| US10752311B2 |
Adjustable toe peg for motorcycle
The adjustable toe peg allows a rider to adjust the toe peg position in two ways. First, the lever to which the toe peg attaches preferably includes a series of holes, about which the toe peg apparatus will rotate. Second, by placing the toe peg on a rotating member, which is held by a clamping force, the toe peg can be positioned at any angle. |
| US10752310B2 |
Cockpit for a two-wheeled vehicle
A cockpit for a two-wheeled vehicle has a base body, on which a display and a steering handle are attached. The base body is pivotably mounted at a bodywork of the two-wheeled vehicle. |
| US10752306B2 |
Folding trailer for stowage and methods of use
The inventive disclosures described herein pertain to an improved folding trailer that, in many embodiments, is comprised of an improved swivel jack to more-easily aid in safe trailer-folding operations, a hinged trailer tongue, an integral winch with an extended flexible coupling shaft, and an external or onboard rotational power source to drive the winch. More specifically, this folding-trailer configuration minimizes the physical exertion required of a user to fold or unfold the trailer, as well as significantly reduces the potential for serious user injury during the folding/unfolding process. The improved folding trailer also features foldable cargo-containment sides and multi-positionable tailgate, as well as removable/configurable cargo-carrying racks/rails. |
| US10752298B2 |
Vibration dampening system for a work vehicle with elastomeric dampers
A vibration dampening system for a work vehicle may include a chassis frame, a cab frame, and a suspension assembly coupled between the frames. The suspension assembly may include a superstructure having at least two mounting interfaces for coupling the cab frame to the superstructure and at least one support structure extending at least partially between the mounting interfaces. The support structure(s) include a first end portion, a second end portion opposite the first end portion, and a connector portion extending between the first and second end portions. In addition, the system includes an elastomeric vibration damper provided in association with the connector portion of the support structure(s) such that the vibration damper extends along an outer surface of the support structure(s) along at least a portion of the length of the connector portion. The elastomeric vibration damper is configured to reduce vibrations transmitted through the support structure(s). |
| US10752295B1 |
Sleeper panels and cab panels
A sleeper panel is provided for use with each of the passenger and driver sides of a sleeper cab. The entire upper ends of the sleeper panels have a top flange which is secured to the underside of the sleeper cab. Structure is provided to maintain the curved portions of the sleeper panel in their desired radius of curvature. A cab panel is also described which is ideally suited for use on a truck cab so as to be positioned forwardly of the sleeper panels thereby providing an esthetic appearance to the vehicle. |
| US10752292B2 |
Vehicle lower section structure
There is provided a vehicle lower section structure including a pair of rockers respectively provided at both vehicle width direction outer sides of a floor panel of a vehicle so as to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction, each of the rockers being configured including: an outer section that is positioned at the vehicle width direction outer side; an inner section that is integrally formed with the outer section, that is positioned at a vehicle width direction inner side, and that forms a closed cross-section section together with the outer section; and a first shock absorption section that is integrally formed with the outer section and the inner section, and that spans in the vehicle width direction between the outer section and the inner section within the closed cross-section section. |
| US10752291B2 |
Vehicle body structure
A vehicle body structure includes a front side member, a body attachment structure and an off-center impact structure. The front side member defines a hollow interior, an outboard wall and an inboard wall. The body attachment structure is attached to the outboard wall of the front side member. The off-center impact structure has a first end portion, a second end portion and a main section extending from the first end portion to the second end portion. The first end portion extends through an outboard forward opening and into the hollow interior of the front side member and is rigidly connected to the front side member forward of the body attachment structure. The second end portion is attached to the front side member at a location rearward of the body attachment structure with the main section extending outboard of the body attachment structure. |
| US10752288B2 |
Lateral motion control for cornering and regenerative braking energy capture
A vehicle includes motors each configured to drive a front wheel of the vehicle, an electronic limited slip differential (eLSD) between rear wheels of the vehicle, and a controller to, responsive to vehicle turning and a power of each of the motors being less than a maximum value, alter operation of the motors to increase a difference between the powers. Otherwise, the controller operates the eLSD to bias torque toward one of the rear wheels. |
| US10752283B2 |
Electric power steering apparatus
Two sets of independent armature windings and two sets of control units are provided; a single power-source connector branches into at least four lines in the vicinity of a power-source terminal; a power source relay, a filter, and an inverter circuit are connected, in that order, with a line where a large current flows; a control circuit unit is connected with a line where a small current flows and a detection circuit for detecting an abnormality in the control circuit unit is provided in that line. |
| US10752281B1 |
Collapsible steering column assembly
A collapsible steering column assembly includes: a mounting bracket having a pair of arms and is configured to be fixed to a vehicle body; a supporting housing which is disposed between the pair of arms to be tiltable about the mounting bracket; a steering column which passes through the supporting housing so as to be able to undergo a tilt motion together with the supporting housing; and a locking device which is configured to be in a locking state or an unlocking state to selectively allow a telescopic motion and a tilt motion of the steering column by selectively applying clamping force to the pair of arms. The steering column comprises an outer jacket and an inner jacket which is slidably inserted into the outer jacket. The inner jacket is configured to slide in the supporting housing together with the outer jacket during a telescopic motion of the steering column in the unlocking state of the locking device, and the inner jacket is configured to be able to be collapsed into the outer jacket when impact is applied to the steering column in the locking state of the locking device. The locking device is configured to selectively allow movement of the outer jacket in a direction of the telescopic motion through teeth coupling which is selectively engaged or disengaged depending on the locking state and the unlocking state. It is configured that clearance exists between two teeth of the teeth coupling such that the outer jacket is able to move by a predetermined length in a direction of the telescopic motion in the locking state. |
| US10752280B2 |
Intermediate steering shaft for a motor vehicle, and method for operating an intermediate steering shaft for a motor vehicle
An intermediate steering shaft for a motor vehicle includes an elastic element arranged and formed (i) at least partially in a first recess and second recess formed in a receiving section of a profile shaft, and (ii) at least partially in a recess formed in a first guide rail and a recess formed in a second guide rail, in order to apply a pretension to a respective guide arrangement. |
| US10752276B1 |
Framed structure for material-handling purposes
A framed structure, such as a material cart, used for material-handling purposes includes an elongated frame having two opposite ends and two opposite sides. In addition, a first set of mounts are adapted to accept the forks of a forklift truck directed endwise therein and are arranged in such a relationship to the elongated frame so that the first pair of mounts are adapted to accept the forks of a forklift truck directed therein from a side of the elongated frame. Furthermore, a second set of mounts are adapted to accept the forks of a forklift truck directed endwise therein and are arranged in such a relationship to the elongated frame so that the second set of mounts are adapted to accept the forks of a forklift truck directed therein from an end of the elongated frame. |
| US10752275B1 |
Panel cart
A panel cart includes a base frame and a supporting frame. The base frame includes a positioning seat. The positioning seat includes an outer surface having a sliding portion and an engaging slot contiguous to the sliding portion. A supporting frame is pivotably mounted to the base frame and pivotable between a folding position and an extended position about a pivotal axis. The supporting frame includes a locking seat and a locking member slidably mounted to the locking seat. The locking member remains in contact with the positioning seat. The locking member abuts against the sliding portion when the supporting frame is in the folding position. The locking member engages with the engaging groove when the supporting frame is in the extended position. |
| US10752272B2 |
Work block encroachment warning system
The present disclosure generally relates to work block encroachment warning systems for providing protection for rail workers working in a mobile or fixed work block. For example, a vehicle (V)-aware unit installed on a moving rail vehicle and a work block limit encroachment unit mounted on a railroad may wirelessly communicate with each other to determine a distance between them. When a vehicle is moving toward an occupied work block, the distance may be used to identify potential hazards. |
| US10752266B2 |
Axlebox for a railway vehicle
An axlebox for a railway vehicle, having a housing provided with a through bore extending along a central axis, a bearing unit housed in the bore, and a back cover. The back cover and housing are fixed together by special manufactured shapes so as to minimize spare parts. |
| US10752265B2 |
Railcar truck roller bearing adapter pad systems
A railcar truck and adapter pad system for placement between a roller bearing and side frame pedestal roof of a three-piece railcar truck. Many different features of the pad and/or the adapter-pad interface are configured to improve stiffness characteristics to satisfy both curving and high speed performance of the railcar truck. |
| US10752264B2 |
End carriage of a railway vehicle and associated railway vehicle
An end carriage that extends between a first free end and a second end intended to be connected to another carriage of the railway vehicle, the end carriage including a lower housing for a bogie made in proximity to the first end. The end carriage further includes at least one conduit, opening on the one hand into the lower housing, and opening on the other hand into the first end of the end carriage, and means for circulating air in the conduit. |
| US10752260B2 |
Driving assistance device for vehicle, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and control method
A driving assistance device for a vehicle includes a storage unit configured to store a position of a first point on a road map where a traveling environment of a road changes, and a controller configured to output an alarm for alerting a driver of a vehicle after the vehicle has passed through the first point. |
| US10752258B2 |
Apparatus and method for audible driver confirmation for maneuvers in an autonomous vehicle
The present application generally relates to a method and apparatus for autonomous vehicle driver confirmation in a motor vehicle. In particular, the system is operative to determine a situation wherein driver confirmation is desired, acoustically request driver confirmation via vehicle speakers, and receive verbal driver confirmation via vehicle microphones. |
| US10752257B2 |
Car operating system that controls the car's direction and speed
Our car operating system allows a car's driver to control—using abstract direction and speed commands—the car's devices that make the car move. The car operating system uses information like the current state of the car's devices to process those high-level abstract commands and generate device-specific commands at a lower level of abstraction to send to the car devices that will implement the driver's commands. The car operating system sits between the driver of the car (which may be a human or an automated driving program) and the car's devices, much like a computer operating system sits between the user of a computer (which may be a human or an application program) and the computer's devices. The car operating system performs two functions: (1) Provides an abstract machine that allows the car's driver to use more powerful abstract commands rather than more primitive device-level commands. (2) Manages the car's resources so that the car's driver does not have to control each device directly. |
| US10752253B1 |
Driver awareness detection system
A determination that a driver of a vehicle is directed to a non on-road zone based on at least one of a head pose or an eye gaze of a driver. Based on the non on-road zone, a probability is determined that the driver does not transition from the non on-road zone to an on-road zone based on the non on-road zone. The probability is adjusted when the driver is directed to the non on-road zone for a time period that exceeds a predetermined time threshold. A warning is generated within the vehicle based on the adjusted probability. |
| US10752251B2 |
Method and control system for charging a hybrid vehicle
A hybrid vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine, a hybrid system, a parking brake, a gear box and an electronic control system is provided. A method for controlling the method comprises charging the hybrid vehicle by receiving and storing electric energy, which enables a safe way of starting the internal combustion engine during the charging. An electronic control system is configured to: detect a starting attempt of the internal combustion engine during the receiving and storing of electrical energy; ensure that the hybrid vehicle is ready for a start of the internal combustion engine, which includes ensuring that the gear box is in a neutral gear and that the parking brake is applied; and thereafter start the internal combustion engine during the receiving and storing of electrical energy. |
| US10752250B2 |
Method and device for assisting with change of speed and with change of lane
The invention relates to a method for assisting driving, characterized in that it comprises steps of: —determination (220) of a proposal of change of lane, requiring a first validation, —determination (210) of a proposal of change of speed, requiring a second validation, —determination of a validation time (2′) corresponding to a maximum time remaining to the driver, after the validation of the proposal of change of lane, to validate the proposal of change of speed, —if (240, 250) the validation time (2′) is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold then the cancellation (260) of the proposal of change of lane. |
| US10752249B2 |
Vehicle systems and methods for providing turn assistance at an intersection
Vehicle systems and methods for assisting a driver making a turn at an intersection are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle includes a plurality of sensors configured to output a plurality of operational signals, one or more processors, and one or more non-transitory memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors. The processors store machine-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to receive a signal indicating a driver of the vehicle is attempting to make a turn at an intersection. The processors are further caused to access a behavioral profile that is representative of the intersection. The processors are also caused to develop a perception as well as a risk associated with the intersection based on the plurality of operational signals from the plurality of sensors and the behavioral profile of the intersection. The processors are further caused to calculate at least one maneuver. |
| US10752248B2 |
Method and control device for operating a motor vehicle
A method for operating a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle including a prime mover (1), a transmission (2), and a driven end (3), wherein the transmission (2) is an automatic or automated transmission and is connected between the prime mover (1) and the driven end (3). The method includes activating a sailing mode of the motor vehicle depending on at least one operating condition of the motor vehicle; performing a gear select interlock in the transmission (2), while maintaining the sailing mode, when the sailing mode is active; and deactivating the sailing mode is subsequently depending on at least one operating condition of the motor vehicle. The gear select interlock is implemented in the transmission (2) depending on a rotational speed of the prime mover (1) and depending on synchronous speeds of the gears of the transmission (2). |
| US10752241B2 |
Method and device for influencing a steering element of a single-track motor vehicle independently of the rider
A method includes ascertaining that an emergency braking operation of a single-track motor vehicle is to be automatically executed driver independently, and based on the ascertainment, automatically and driver-independently influencing a steering element of the motor vehicle during the execution of the emergency braking operation. |
| US10752240B2 |
Driving control device of vehicle
A driving control device of a vehicle includes a brake device and an ECU. The brake device is configured to apply a braking force to wheels. The ECU is configured to perform driving support control by calculating target deceleration of the vehicle and controlling the brake device such that deceleration of the vehicle reaches the target deceleration, to stop the driving support control when the driving support control is unable to be performed normally, and to determine whether or not a driver is in an abnormal state. The ECU is configured to decelerate the vehicle by controlling the deceleration of the vehicle so as to reach a predetermined value or more, when the driving support control is unable to be performed normally due to factors other than abnormality of the braking device in a situation where a determination that the driver is in an abnormal state is made. |
| US10752236B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling gear shift of hybrid vehicle
An apparatus and method for controlling gear shift of a hybrid vehicle prevent frequent gear shift by adjusting output of a driving motor or a gear shift time point of a transmission based on road condition or vehicle state while the hybrid vehicle is driven in a specific road condition or a specific vehicle state in a HEV mode. The apparatus includes a driving state detector that detects a road condition and a vehicle state and a controller that receives the road condition and the vehicle state from the driving state detector to differentiate and select a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) mode into a normal mode and a compensation mode. The controller adjusts the output of a driving motor or a gear shift time point of a transmission according to different conditions from the driving state detector in the compensation mode. |
| US10752233B2 |
Method for levitation of an object
A method for levitation includes flowing a source gas through an orifice to produce a Venturi effect as the source gas exits an outlet, entraining a secondary gas comprising ambient air, creating a pressure decrease at a secondary inlet of the secondary gas, mixing the source gas and the secondary gas to form a tertiary gas mixture, with the tertiary gas mixture including the source gas and the secondary gas, and with the source gas and the secondary gas mixed in a flow conduit having a constricted section of decreasing diameter and increasing diameter, flowing the tertiary gas mixture through an outlet, creating a pressure increase at the outlet, and inducing levitation through creation of a pressure decrease at the secondary inlet of the secondary gas and a pressure increase at the outlet of the tertiary gas mixture. |
| US10752232B2 |
Electronic parking brake system in vehicle and method of controlling the same
Disclosed are an electronic parking brake (EPB) system and a method of controlling the same. The EPB system includes a motor, a first Hall sensor configured to sense a current flowing through the motor, a second Hall sensor configured to sense a current flowing through the motor, and a controller configured to determine the motor to have a failure when a magnetic change of the first Hall sensor and a magnetic change of the second Hall sensor do not match a preset pattern during an apply operation of the motor. |
| US10752225B2 |
Determining friction data of a target vehicle
A computer that includes a processor and memory that stores instructions executable by the processor. The instructions may include generating, at a host vehicle, a roadway friction map by: detecting a velocity change of a target vehicle; calculating friction data based on the velocity change; and storing the friction data. |
| US10752220B2 |
Lighted vehicle wash dryer assembly
A lighted dryer assembly for a vehicle wash system including a housing portion, having a head portion, a body portion, and an outlet portion. The head portion includes an air inlet portion for drawing air into the head portion and an outlet for passing the air to the body portion. The outlet portion has a plurality of exit nozzles that are configured to emit high velocity air therefrom for removing water from an exterior surface of a vehicle while disposed in a vehicle treatment area. The body portion includes an upper portion where air is received from the head portion and a lower portion disposed remote from the upper portion. A light source is disposed within the housing portion and configured to emit light that can be seen by a vehicle disposed in the vehicle treatment area. |
| US10752219B2 |
Cleaning device for cleaning a transparent camera cover
Cleaning device for cleaning a transparent cover of a camera, in particular a lens of the camera, comprising at least one cleaning agent feed line and at least two cleaning agent spraying elements. |
| US10752218B2 |
Camera with cleaning system
A computer in a vehicle includes a processor is programmed to detect an object proximate to the vehicle. The processor is further programmed to activate at least one of a plurality of cameras from a deactivated state and operate the vehicle according to an object type determined with data from the at least one of the cameras. |
| US10752217B2 |
Motor vehicle
A motor vehicle has a container for receiving liquids arranged in a motor compartment of the motor vehicle in a space-saving manner. The two front end sections of the two front axle supports are connected together by two transverse supports, which are arranged at a distance from each other in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and the container for receiving liquids is arranged in the intermediate space between the two front axle supports. |
| US10752215B2 |
Vehicle automatic defrost system and control method for external window surface
A system for automatically controlling a defog/defrost function of a vehicle climate control system includes a controller configured to calculate an ambient dew point temperature value from a plurality of inputs received from a sensor array. The controller is further configured to set a condensation indicator if a calculated difference between a window exterior surface temperature value input received from the sensor array and the calculated ambient dew point temperature value is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value. The controller actuates the vehicle climate control system defog/defrost function and/or a window wiper system in response to the set condensation indicator. |
| US10752214B2 |
Security system and method for vehicles
A vehicle (1) security system and method that comprises at least one controlled magnetic field sensor (10) connected to at least one antenna (11); where this antenna (11) is configured like a single electrode, in such a way that the controlled field sensor (10) measures the disturbances of the electrostatic field around the antenna (11); and where the controlled electrostatic fields (10) is configured to detect a disturbance in the electrostatic field (3), created by its own antenna (11); and where at least one antenna (11) is in a position between an area external to the vehicle (1); an area internal to the vehicle (1); and a parking area and where each sensor (10) is connected to a control device (100). |
| US10752207B2 |
Multi-factor authentication of a hardware assembly
A system is disclosed that performs multi-factor authentication with respect to a hardware assembly. In one example, a method includes: storing a cryptographic identifier of a vehicle hardware assembly; transmitting, to the assembly, a validation message; receiving a response message; decrypting the response message using the identifier; and determining whether the assembly is authenticated. |
| US10752206B2 |
Vehicle seat belt with wireless latch sensor
A buckle, such as a vehicle seat belt buckle, operable between a buckled and unbuckled condition. A sensor integrated circuit in the buckle senses the buckled or unbuckled condition of the buckle and generates an electrical signal indicative of the buckled or unbuckled condition of the buckle. A RF integrated circuit in the buckle and in the form of a microcontroller integrated circuit with an RF signal transmitter receives the electrical signal generated by the sensor integrated circuit and transmits an RF signal indicative of the buckled or unbuckled condition of the buckle to a vehicle's control unit via an RF signal antenna in the buckle. A battery in the buckle provides power to the sensor and RF integrated circuits. |
| US10752203B2 |
Seatbelt assembly
An assembly includes a base and a seatbelt anchor. The seatbelt anchor has a first end defining a circular hole pivotally supported by the base and a second end fixed in position relative to the first end. The assembly includes a buckle fixed in position relative to the second end. The assembly includes a pyrotechnic actuator secured to the base. The assembly includes a connector extending from the pyrotechnic actuator to the seatbelt anchor. |
| US10752201B2 |
Hinge arrangement
The present disclosure relates to a hinge arrangement of a vehicle, the hinge arrangement being transitable between a normal state and a deployed state. The hinge arrangement comprises a body portion, a bracket portion, a hinge portion and a deployment guiding element. The hinge portion comprises a first member and a second member, the deployment guiding element pivotally connecting the bracket portion and the first member of the hinge portion. The bracket portion is arranged to be in a fixed position relative to the first member during movement in a hinged connection. The bracket portion is arranged to be translationally displaced as a whole in relation to the first member of the hinge portion during the transition of the hinge arrangement between the normal state and the deployed state, the deployment guiding element being adapted to guide the transition and the hinged connection being inactive during the transition. |
| US10752196B2 |
Vehicle passenger compartment
A vehicle passenger compartment having a first side and a second side, separated by a longitudinal plane, and having a front row and a back row, separated by a transverse plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal plane. The passenger compartment has an element extending in the transverse plane and movable between a first position in which the element extends from the first side and a second position in which the element extends from the second side. |
| US10752192B2 |
Intelligent event system and method for a vehicle
A vehicle access control system configured to estimate, based on received message, at least one of distance, position, or direction of a target to the vehicle prior to initiating the engine of the vehicle, the vehicle access control system comprises at least one of an occupancy/intrusion system, a gesture access entry system, a virtual key sharing system, or an event system. |
| US10752190B1 |
Power window sync switch
The present invention is a power window sync switch for the windows of a vehicle that permits controlling all windows by a single active home or main control window switch. It permits the driver to move all window panels in the vehicle to the same position at the same time. The power window sync switch sends a signal to a micro-processor within the switch to indicate that the window position selected via the actuated switch is to be applied to all window panels simultaneously. The micro-processor within the switch may then proceed to actuate all window lift motors within the vehicle, causing movement of all window panels to the appropriate positions. |
| US10752187B2 |
Casing, electrical connection box, and wire harness
A wire harness arranged in a vehicle has an electrical connection box at the terminal thereof. The electrical connection box includes an electronic component block to which a plurality of electronic components are assembled and a casing to be an assembly destination of the electronic component block. The casing has a structure in which an upper opening portion surrounded by an edge of a frame peripheral wall is rotatably moved and covered by a separate upper cover. In the casing, a protrusion is formed on one of the frame peripheral wall or the upper cover. On the other thereof, a protrusion engaging portion is formed with respect to the protrusion. The protrusion is formed so as to be engaged with the protrusion engaging portion in an inserted state. In such protrusion, a projection is integrally formed so as to at least prevent the upper cover from coming off. |
| US10752183B2 |
Stacked composite interior part
A laminated composite interior part includes a first member made of synthetic resin and having a mating surface; and a second member made of elastically deformable synthetic resin and having a plate portion substantially parallel to the mating surface. The plate portion has integrally-formed and interspersed protrusions protruding toward the mating surface. The second member is placed on the first member with distal end portions of the protrusions being in contact with the mating surface. Cushioning properties are provided by elastic deformation of the protrusions, caused as the protrusions' distal end portions are relatively pressed against the mating surface. Flexural rigidity of each of the protrusions against a compressive load is anisotropic about its axis, so that the protrusion is flexurally deformed in one direction about its axis with the distal end portion thereof sliding on the mating surface. Surface roughness of the mating surface is less than 0.20. |
| US10752180B2 |
Secondary retention of optical members
A system for retaining an optical member about a vehicle is disclosed. The system can comprise a mount, an optical member having a first end and a second end, and a primary retention system operable to secure the second end of the optical member of the mount. The system can further comprise a secondary retention system. The secondary retention system can comprise a retaining clip coupled to one of the optical member and the mount, adjacent the second end of the mount. The retaining clip can comprise at least one aperture therethrough. The secondary retention system can further comprise a pin coupled to the other of the optical member and the mount. The pin can extend through the aperture of the retaining clip. The secondary retention system can activate to cause the pin to engage the retaining clip upon movement of the optical member relative to the mount and at least partial failure of the primary retention system. |
| US10752176B2 |
Assembly for adjusting an outside rearview device
An adjustment assembly for adjusting the reflecting surface of a glass assembly in an external rearview vehicle mirror, where two linear adjusting motors act on two points of the glass assembly, where the adjusting motors are positioned between the glass assembly and a mirror carrier in the mirror head. The adjusting motors are connected to the glass assembly and/or the mirror carrier via at least one elastomeric connecting piece. |
| US10752175B2 |
Pivot mounting assembly for interior rearview mirror
An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mounting structure configured to attach at an interior portion of the vehicle and a mirror head pivotally mounted at the mounting structure. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element and a ball stud that pivotally mounts the mirror head at a socket element of the mounting structure. The ball stud is a metallic element having a base portion and a neck region that extends from the base portion, with a ball member at an end of the neck region distal from the base portion. The ball stud includes a passageway formed at least through the base portion and the neck region. A mounting portion is molded at least partially around the base portion to attach the ball stud at the mirror head. The passageway of the ball stud is at least partially filled with a polymeric material. |
| US10752167B2 |
Warning signal controlling device for blind zones when vehicles making a lane change
A warning signal controlling device for blind zones when vehicles making a lane change is provided. The device is disposed inside each inner side of each rearview mirror of the vehicle, and comprises a lens masked by PMMA which is black and opaque, a mirror utilizing a light guide made of PMMA which is transparent, and a base assembly consisting of LED lamps, a PCB board and a base. The lens and the mirror are obtained by two-color molding, the PCB board is secured to the base, LED lamp holders are provided on the PCB board, the LED lamps are secured in the corresponding LED lamp holders and the base assembly is secured to the lens by ultrasonic welding. |
| US10752159B2 |
Optical module for a motor vehicle and locking in position of a component of the module by an elastically deformable clamping element
An optical module, used for lighting and/or signalling purposes for a motor vehicle, includes a support delimiting a compartment for receiving a functional component such as a fan. A clamping element, preferably produced as a single part, can be used to block an opening of the compartment and lock the component in its operational position. The clamping element, separate from the support and provided with two arms, is engaged and clipped on against at least one engaging protrusion formed laterally on the support in order to achieve the locking. An elastic return effect of at least one of the two arms allows the clamping element to be engaged at the rear of the protrusion and held in place. For unlocking, a flexible actuation portion formed in the clamping element can be actuated in order to move one of the two arms outwards and allow unclipping to take place. |
| US10752157B1 |
Compact payload stopper for mobile robot comprising conveyor
A compact payload stopper includes: an interface assembly that serves as a main structural member of the payload stopper, the payload stopper configured to stop the payload from moving off a mobile robot; a stopper blade assembly connected to the interface assembly so as to allow the stopper blade assembly to pivot about an axis of the interface assembly, the stopper blade assembly configured to have a disengaged position that allows for a payload to be moved onto or off the robot, the stopper blade assembly further configured to have an engaged position that stops the payload from moving off the robot; and a motor assembly comprising a motor, the motor assembly connected to the interface assembly, the motor assembly configured to apply a force to the stopper blade assembly, causing the stopper blade assembly to rotate into a desired position of the engaged position and the disengaged position. |
| US10752151B2 |
Transport platform
Transport platform comprising an elevating mechanism where two longitudinal beams (5 and 6) are mounted being positioned at the same height, between which at least a tilting flat structure (8) is mounted, consisting of a telescopic frame formed by two U-shaped rims (16) having the side branches (17) thereof aligned and telescopically related. |
| US10752146B2 |
Vehicle with a tiltable material collecting container as well as an emptying module
The invention relates to a vehicle comprising a tiltable material collecting container which is suspended in a tilt axle running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and a telescoping device. The tilt axle runs in a plane of symmetry of the material collecting container. The frame-side ends of the telescope arms are pivotably attached to the frame in the central plane. At least one rotary drive is arranged on the container-side end of at least one telescope arm (09) to enable a rotation of the material collecting container about the tile axle. At least one pivot drive, which enables pivoting of the telescope arms out of the center plane of the vehicle in both angular directions, is provided. |
| US10752137B2 |
Seat impact energy absorbing system
A seat impact energy absorbing system having an energy absorbing module that limits forces transmitted through the seat to its occupant. Such forces may emanate from, for example, a land mine detonation. The module has frustoconical structures joined by hollow interconnecting ribs that create support pillars there between. At least some of the support pillars have tops. |
| US10752131B2 |
Sliding device
Disclosed is one example of a sliding device in which occurrence of damage of a member closing an opening of a fixed rail can be inhibited. The sliding device includes: a fixed rail including an opening opened upward, the opening being arranged in a longitudinal direction of the fixed rail; a movable rail slidable relative to the fixed rail in a state where at least part of the movable rail is exposed through the opening; and a first closure member slidable relative to the fixed rail and capable of closing at least part of the opening, the first closure member receiving a force from the movable rail to thereby slide in a state where an opposed surface opposed to the movable rail is spaced apart from the movable rail via a clearance. The movable rail includes a support portion that supports the first closure member in a slidable manner. |
| US10752130B2 |
Monitoring module for a seat of a passenger aircraft, monitoring device and passenger aircraft
A monitoring module (6) for a seat (10) of a passenger aircraft (2), which seat (10) contains at least one element (12 a-g) having at least two states (Z1,2), comprises at least one sensor (14a-g) for the element (12a-g), having state information (16) corresponding to the current state (Z1,2), a readout unit (18) having a communication channel (20) for the state information (16) to the sensor (14a-g) and a communication interface (22) for the state information (16) to a monitoring unit (8) of the passenger aircraft (2). The sensor (14a-g) is a camera or a capacitive seat occupancy sensor.A monitoring device (4) for a passenger aircraft (2) contains monitoring modules (6) and a monitoring unit (8), which is configured for at least two of the monitoring modules (6) together.A passenger aircraft (2) contains a monitoring module (6) and/or a monitoring device (4). |
| US10752117B2 |
Driving circuit for electric vehicle and control method thereof
Disclosed is a driving circuit for an electric vehicle having a battery pack and an inverter, and a control method thereof. The driving circuit includes a first contactor connected between a first terminal of the battery pack and a first terminal of a capacitor included in the inverter, a second contactor and a current limiting circuit connected to the first contactor in parallel, and a control unit configured to control operations of the first contactor and the second contactor. The second contactor and the current limiting circuit are connected to each other in series. The current limiting circuit includes at least one resistor, wherein the control unit outputs a first control signal when the first contactor is normally operating and outputs a second control signal when the first contactor is abnormally operating. The first control signal induces the first contactor to turn on, and the second control signal induces the second contactor to turn on. |
| US10752116B2 |
Vehicle backup electrical power system
An electrical power system for a vehicle includes an interface electrically connected to a node and a battery electrically connected to the interface. The interface includes circuit elements that permit current flow between the battery and the node when and only when the voltage of the node is below a threshold. |
| US10752115B2 |
Contactor supply bus
A vehicle includes an inverter. The vehicle includes a contactor power bus configured to supply power to latching mechanisms of main and precharge contactors that are associated with the inverter. The vehicle includes a controller configured to maintain operation of the inverter and generate a sensor fault. The operation of the inverter may be maintained responsive to sensor output indicating that different portions of the contactor power bus are energized and deenergized. |
| US10752112B2 |
Meter display device
A meter ECU changes a display color of a meter display item without changing a luminance of a first backlight of a first display and a display color of a first lamp display item, between when an illuminance detected by an optical sensor is higher than a certain threshold value (step S2, step S3) and when the illuminance is lower than the certain threshold value (step S7, step S8). |
| US10752108B2 |
Tank filler tube
A tank filler tube includes a fill tube line which features, in the tank assembled state, an inlet end further from the tank, which is designed for temporary insertion of the fill nozzle into a closer-to-the-tank insertion region of the fill tube line, and with a closer-to-the-tank transit line end in the tank assembled state, which is designed for transit of liquid in a direction of the liquid transit line leading away from the inlet end, wherein the fill tube line is of multi-part design.At least one part of the ventilation line is for venting the gas displaced during a filling of a tank into the atmosphere. The fill tube line section featuring the transit line end extends into the insertion region further from the tank and is designed to accommodate at least one outlet end of a fill nozzle during a filling of a tank. |
| US10752106B1 |
Snorkel slide-in attachment to vehicle body member
Installation of a snorkel on a vehicle can be facilitated by slide-in attachment configurations. A slot can be defined in a vehicle body member (e.g., a fender). The slot includes an insertion portion and a retention portion. A width of the insertion portion is greater than a width of the retention portion. The snorkel has an inlet end portion and an outlet end portion. The outlet end portion can include a flange. The width of the flange is less than a width of the insertion portion but greater than the width of the retention portion. The outlet end portion can be-initially received in the insertion portion. The snorkel and/or the vehicle body member can be manipulated so that the outlet end portion moves into the retention portion. The outlet end portion can be retainably received therein due to the flange being larger than the width of the retention portion. |
| US10752104B2 |
Bearing device for wheels with auxiliary power device
An auxiliary power unit equipped wheel support bearing assembly is provided which includes a wheel support bearing assembly and an auxiliary power unit. The auxiliary power unit is of a direct drive design that includes a stator mounted to a stationary ring of the wheel support bearing assembly and a motor rotor mounted to a rotational ring of the wheel support bearing assembly. An entirety of the auxiliary power unit is sized to extend less than an outer peripheral segment of a brake rotor, with the outer peripheral segment defining an area against which a brake caliper is intended to be pushed. The auxiliary power unit is, with respect to an axial direction, sized to be situated between a hub flange of the wheel support bearing assembly and a mounting face of the wheel support bearing assembly for mounting to a vehicle body of a vehicle. |
| US10752102B2 |
Trailer mounted battery range extender for electric truck tractor
A tractor trailer battery system having a battery compartment containing one or more battery units which house one or more battery cells, electrical leads from the battery units to a trailer mounted controller in electrical communication with a cab mounted controller which is in electrical communication an electric motor or hybrid engine system. The battery system allows for either the trailer mounted controller or the cab mounted controller to provide principal communication to the electric motor or hybrid engine system. |
| US10752101B2 |
Structure of attaching weather strip
A double-sided adhesive tape is provided on a hollow seal portion. A door frame includes an sticking surface, and a protruding portion protruding and provided on an outer side of a passenger compartment than the sticking surface. An attachment base portion includes a solider portion than the seal lip portion, and the solider portion includes a fitting portion 12c fitted to the protruding portion. A deformation origin portion is provided between the hollow seal portion and the attachment base portion. |
| US10752098B2 |
Lifting guide mechanism for sunroof device
A lifting guide mechanism for a sunroof device that can be reduced in weight, thickness, and cost is provided. A second rear guide pin (27) is provided behind and above a first rear guide pin (26) which can be received in a guide groove (34). A first upper wall (32) is formed with a rear opening part (36) to allow the first rear guide pin (26) to get in and out of the guide groove (34). A first rear lifting guide member (39) is provided on the first upper wall (32) so as to project upward at rear of the rear opening part (36) to guide the second rear guide pin (27) when a movement of a movable panel (11) is switched between sliding and tilting. This eliminates the need for a member for guiding the first rear guide pin (26) in the guide groove (34), and thus, the panel guide rail (14) may have a single-level structure. |
| US10752096B2 |
Sliding door for vehicle
A sliding door (12) for a vehicle (1) comprises an outer panel (21) defining an outer side surface of the vehicle, and an inner panel (22) joined to the outer panel along an outer periphery thereof, and having a central part spaced from the outer panel (21) on an inboard side of the outer panel. The inner panel includes a first inner wall portion (41, 51) extending forward from a rear edge of the inner panel and having a major plane facing laterally, and a second inner wall portion (42, 52) extending in an inboard direction from a front end of the first inner wall portion and having a major plane facing in a fore and aft direction, and a light emitter (81) or a reflector (91) is affixed to a rear surface of the second inner wall portion so as to irradiate light rearward. |
| US10752094B2 |
Selective filtration level air treatment system
A selective filtration system for an operator cab attached to an agricultural vehicle. A HVAC unit supplies conditioned air to an operator space selectively from a CAT 4 filter and a CAT 2 filter. A pressurization blower and two way valve controls flow from the CAT 4 filter to the HVAC unit. Control of flow or isolation of the CAT 2 filter is provided by pressure variations within the system. The CAT 4 filter and CAT 2 filter are isolated from the ambient when they are not in use. |
| US10752090B2 |
Operator configurable radiant heating system and related method
An operator configurable radiant heating system is provided for a motor vehicle. That operator configurable radiant heating system includes a plurality of docking points provided at different locations within the motor vehicle and a radiant heating panel configured for docking with any of the docking points of the plurality of docking points. A related method is also disclosed. |
| US10752078B2 |
Heat transfer device
A heat transfer device couples a heat generation member with a heat radiation member, and transfers heat from the heat generation member to the heat radiation member. The heat transfer device includes a composite member and a heat conductor. The composite member includes multiple carbon nanotubes and multiple carbon fibers which are mixed into a base material and complexed together, and the respective carbon fibers are crosslinked with each other by the carbon nanotubes. The heat conductor has one flexible end embedded in the composite member. The embedded one end is crosslinked with the carbon fibers in the composite member through the carbon nanotubes. |
| US10752077B2 |
Clutch apparatus for stabilizer
A clutch apparatus for a stabilizer may include: an inner race fixed to a first transmission bar, with a first guide recess part formed in a longitudinal direction in an outer surface of the first transmission bar; a housing fixed to a second transmission bar and installed in a shape enclosing the outer surface of the inner race, with a second guide recess part formed in the housing at a position facing the first guide recess part; a ball disposed between the inner race and the housing and having opposite sides respectively inserted into and retained in the first guide recess part and the second guide recess part; and a driver disposed inside the housing and configured to move the ball along the first guide recess part and the second groove and control power transmission between the inner race and the housing. |
| US10752076B2 |
Hydraulic damper with a compression stop assembly
A damper assembly includes a main tube disposed on a center axis and extending between a first and a second end defining a fluid chamber for containing a working fluid. A main piston is slidably disposed in the fluid chamber dividing the fluid chamber into a rebound chamber and a compression chamber. A piston rod is attached to the main piston for moving the main piston between a compression and a rebound stroke. The piston rod includes a rod extender attached to the main piston defining a compartment. A compression stop including an additional piston is slidably disposed in the compartment and movable between a first position in response to the compression stroke and a second position in response to the rebound stroke. The first position is the additional piston being disposed adjacent the main piston. The second position is the additional piston being axially spaced from the main piston. |
| US10752068B2 |
Suspension arrangement
A suspension arrangement for a bogie beam for a vehicle includes a connector having an arrangement for pivotally connecting the connector to a vehicle main body for pivoting around a substantially horizontal bogie pivot axis. The suspension arrangement includes a resilient arrangement for connecting the connector and the bogie beam to each other. |
| US10752064B2 |
Fixture for eccentric clamping of wheel
A fixture for eccentric clamping of a wheel is composed of a base (1), a cylinder (2), a cylinder support (3), a connecting seat (4), a movable positioning seat (5), a guide rail sliding seat (6), a linear guide rail (7) and a fixed positioning seat (8), wherein the cylinder support (3), the linear guide rail (7) and the fixed positioning seat (8) are fixed on the base (1), the cylinder (2) is mounted on the cylinder support (3), an output shaft of the cylinder (2) is connected with the connecting seat (4), the connecting seat (4) is connected with the linear guide rail (7) via the guide rail sliding seat (6), the movable positioning seat (5) is fixed on the connecting seat (4), and the cylinder (2) is configured to drive the connecting seat (4) and the movable positioning seat (5) to move along the linear guide rail (7). |
| US10752062B2 |
System for indirectly monitoring the inflation pressure of pneumatic-tyred vehicle wheels and vehicle wheel therefore
A system for indirectly monitoring the inflation pressure of pneumatic-tyred vehicle wheels, and also to a wheel. The wheel is having a wheel body with a rim part and a disc part, and a tyre detachably fitted on the rim part of the wheel body. The wheel comprises at least one deformation sensor for sensing the tyre inflation pressure at the time, and the system comprises a data transmission device for transmitting sensor signals of the at least one sensor to an evaluation device, and an evaluation device for evaluating the sensor signals. In order to provide a system and vehicle wheels that are simplified in comparison with the tyre pressure monitoring system previously used, the deformation sensor is fitted on the wheel body and is usable or used for sensing inflation-pressure-dependent deformations of the wheel body. |
| US10752057B2 |
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire 1 comprises a tread portion 2 having an outboard tread edge Te1 to be positioned away from the center of a vehicle body and an inboard tread edge Te2 to be positioned close to the center of the vehicle body. The tread portion 2 is provided with an inboard shoulder main groove 12, and an inboard shoulder land region 15 between the inboard shoulder main groove 12 and the inboard tread edge Te2. The inboard shoulder land region 15 is provided with inboard shoulder rug grooves 21, connecting sipes 22, and inboard shoulder sipes 23. The inboard shoulder sipe 23 is made up of a straight outer part 24 extending from the inboard tread edge Te2 toward the axially inside, and a straight inner part 25 extending to the inboard shoulder main groove 12 at a flexion angle with respect to the outer part 24. The axial length of the inner part 25 is more than the axial length of the connecting sipe 22. |
| US10752053B2 |
Flexible galley cart caster guides
A resilient caster guide includes a mounting flange configured to be received against a wall of a galley cart storage compartment. A flexible alignment element angularly extends from the mounting flange into the storage compartment. The flexible alignment element is configured to contact a caster extending from a base of a galley cart received in the storage compartment and to resiliently deform to maintain longitudinal alignment of the caster. |
| US10752047B2 |
Laced wheel and method of manufacture
A laced wheel manufactured from a one-piece casting, including both the hub portion and the rim portion. After casting and machining spoke interfaces, the hub and rim portions are separated and wire spokes are assembled. |
| US10752045B2 |
Key organization apparatus and method of use
An apparatus and method for the organization of keys using sheets of thin, durable material that have storage pockets for keys and labels with key identification information. The key organization apparatus organizes keys in one physical place by labeling pockets for keys and is easily transportable and stored. The key organization apparatus greatly eases the transition of transferring a set of keys from one person to another, such as a buyer and seller of a house or business. |
| US10752043B2 |
Method for labeling products with a transparent photoluminescent label, and transparent photoluminescent label
A method for marking a product (1) with a photoluminescent mark, said mark comprising a photoluminescent portion (10) which is transparent under normal light conditions and revealed by photoluminescence under UV illumination, said mark further comprising a non photoluminescent portion (9) which is transparent under normal light conditions as well as under UV illumination, said method comprising: deposing on said product a stack, said stack comprising alternatively layers (2, 4), such as AlN, with a thickness of less than 1 micron and layers (3) of a second material, such as GaN, with a thickness of less than 10 nm; raising the transparency of said non photoluminescent portion (10) with a deposition of transparent material (6) or incorporation of ions into said non photoluminescent portions. |
| US10752042B2 |
Article with dynamic frame formed with aligned pigment flakes
An article includes a substrate and a graphical component forming an image and an optical component which includes magnetic pigment flakes aligned so as to form a frame pattern which surrounds the image. When light is incident upon the pigment flakes from a light source, light reflected from the frame pattern forms a dynamic frame which surrounds the image and appears to move as the substrate is tilted with respect to the light source. The image appears to be stationary when the dynamic frame appears to move. |
| US10752039B2 |
Structure of implementing a directed self-assembled security pattern
A document including a Directed Self-Assembly (DSA) pattern including a unique and randomized pattern embedded on the document, where the DSA is formed by using two different-length polymer chains. |
| US10752038B2 |
Binding folder for the binding of a bundle of leaves
Binding folder for the binding of a bundle of leaves, which binding folder essentially consists of a spine with at least one cover sheet, whereby the spine includes a U-shaped profile with a bottom and two upright arms, whereby the cover sheet is attached to one of the arms, whereby the binding folder is provided with a layer of glue to attach the bundle of leaves in the binding folder. The layer of glue is put on the arm or a rigid extension of the arm such that the layer of glue in relation to the U-shaped profile cannot be folded or moved. |
| US10752037B2 |
Lithographic imaging and printing without defects of electrostatic origin
Embodiments of the present invention involve three-layer printing members having a central layer that is non-conductive yet abalatable at commercially realistic fluence levels. In various embodiments, the central layer is polymeric with a dispersion of nonconductive carbon black particles therein at a loading level sufficient to provide at least partial layer ablatability and water compatibility of the resulting ablation debris. |
| US10752034B2 |
Method for detecting ejection abnormality of nozzle and system for detecting ejection abnormality of nozzle
In a method for detecting an ejection abnormality of a nozzle according to the present disclosure, a plurality of nozzles of a liquid ejection head are caused to execute an operation of ejecting liquids so that a nozzle check pattern including check areas each drawn solely by each of the plurality of nozzles and a solid pattern including a solid printed area are formed on part of a sheet. A first density value indicating a density value of a ground color of the sheet and a second density value indicating a density value of the solid pattern are acquired. A threshold value for detecting an ejection abnormality of each of the plurality of nozzles is derived from the first density value and the second density value. It is determined, using the threshold value, whether or not each of the check areas of the nozzle check pattern is drawn. |
| US10752032B2 |
Printer
A printer for printing information on a recording paper, includes: a housing, which has a recording paper receiving portion having an opening, and includes a plurality of outer surfaces including a bottom surface to be opposed to an installation surface; a printer cover, which is coupled to the housing, and is capable of opening and closing the opening; a display unit, which is removably mounted on a mounting surface other than the bottom surface among the plurality of outer surfaces, and is configured to display predetermined information; a cable having one end connected to the display unit and another end on which a connector is mounted; and a connector connecting portion to which the connector is connected. |
| US10752031B2 |
Printing apparatus, non-transitory storage medium, and method of controlling the printing apparatus
A printing apparatus includes: a mount portion that removably supports a cassette configured to contain a printing medium and including a cassette storage; a printing device configured to draw the printing medium from the cassette and perform printing on the printing medium; and a controller. The controller performs: when the printing apparatus is in a required state in which medium information stored in the cassette storage of the cassette mounted on the mount portion is required, executing obtaining-communication for obtaining the medium information from the cassette, each time when a first cycle has elapsed; and when the printing apparatus is in a non-required state in which the medium information stored in the cassette storage of the cassette mounted on the mount portion is not required, inhibiting execution of the obtaining-communication or executing the obtaining-communication each time when a second cycle greater than the first cycle has elapsed. |
| US10752029B2 |
Print data generation device, method for generating print data, program, and printing apparatus
A print data generation device includes a control unit that generates print data, and the control unit calculates a label length for a label to be printed on the basis of the first print data, acquires a maximum label length, generates first print data in a case in which a calculated label length, which is a label length that is calculated, does not exceed the maximum label length, and generates second print data, the label length of which is equivalent to the maximum label length, in a case in which the calculated label length exceeds the maximum label length. |
| US10752025B2 |
Base material processing apparatus and detection method
A base material processing apparatus includes a first edge sensor, a second edge sensor, and a displacement amount calculation part. The first edge sensor acquires a first detection result (R1) by detecting the position of an edge of a base material in the width direction at a first detection position. The second edge sensor acquires a second detection result (R2) by detecting the position of the edge of the base material in the width direction at a second detection position. The displacement amount calculation part calculates the amount of displacement in the position of the base material in the transport direction on the basis of the first detection result (R1) and the second detection result (R2). Accordingly, the amount of displacement in the position of the base material in the transport direction can be detected without depending on images such as register marks. |
| US10752018B2 |
Printing apparatus, printing method and non-transitory storage medium
A printing apparatus includes: a printer head that prints, in accordance with a movement of the printing apparatus by a user within a printing region of a printing medium, a print-target image on the printing medium; a plurality of sensors each capable of sensing a displacement of the printing apparatus; and a processor that determines, based on the displacement sensed by the sensor, a position of the printing apparatus relative to the printing region, and switches, among the plurality of sensors, a sensing state of a sensor that is sensing the displacement and a sensing state of a sensor that is not sensing the displacement, in accordance with the determined position of the printing apparatus. |
| US10752016B2 |
Printing apparatus, printing system, printing control method and computer-readable recording medium
A printing apparatus includes a thermal head and a processor. The thermal head prints an image on lines in a medium. The thermal head includes heat-generating elements to generate heat when a voltage is applied thereto in an application time, and the thermal head is controlled to sequentially on print each line. The processor is configured to: determine a specific line among lines based on printing data for printing lines, the specific line being a line estimated to have a possibility of sticking; and adjust the application time of an adjustment target line so as to be shorter than a reference application time, the adjustment target line having at least one line among lines, the at least one line being a line which is to be printed immediately before the specific line, the reference application time being set based on a temperature of the thermal head. |
| US10752013B2 |
Assembled note-issuing device and self-service financial apparatus equipped therewith
The present invention discloses an assembled note-issuing device (100) and a self-service financial apparatus equipped therewith, comprising a base (10), a note container (20), a paper delivery assembly (30), a printing assembly (40) and a temporary storage assembly (50) that are arranged on the base (10) successively. The paper delivery assembly (30), the printing assembly (40) and the temporary storage assembly (50) are interconnected with the note container (20) through a note channel (60); the paper delivery assembly (30) delivers the notes in the note container (20) to the printing assembly (40) through the note channel (60) for printing, and the printing assembly (40) transfers the printed notes to the temporary storage assembly (50) for temporary storage. |
| US10752011B2 |
Liquid cartridge having detection member movable in accordance with deformation of deformable member
A liquid cartridge includes: a cartridge body defining a liquid chamber; a liquid-supply part; a deformable member protruding upward relative to the cartridge body; and a detection member having a detected part. The liquid chamber is configured such that an internal pressure thereof is reduced in accordance with outflow of liquid from the liquid chamber. The deformable member defines an inner space communicating with the liquid chamber, the deformable member being deformable such that a volume of the inner space is reduced in accordance with the reduction in the internal pressure of the liquid chamber. The detected part is movable from a first position to a second position, the detected part at the second position being in contact with the deformable member, the detected part being further movable from the second position to a third position below the second position in accordance with deformation of the deformable member. |
| US10752009B2 |
Liquid tank and liquid ejection device
Provided is a liquid tank that can reduce the remaining amount of liquid even if a use state of the liquid tank is in an inclined state. The liquid tank includes an external wall, a liquid discharge port, and a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion that are provided inside the liquid tank and respectively protrude from a third side wall. The height of the second protruding portion from a bottom wall in a use state is higher than the height of the first protruding portion from the bottom wall. The first protruding portion has, at an upper portion thereof, a first inclined portion that is inclined to the upper part in the first direction, and the second protruding portion has, at an upper portion thereof, a second inclined portion that is inclined to the upper part in the second direction. |
| US10752004B2 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus and cartridge
An ink jet printer includes an ink cartridge that has a storage chamber for storing ink and enables the storage chamber to be replenished with the ink, a print head that ejects the ink supplied from the storage chamber via a filter, a state estimation portion that estimates a state of the filter, and a notification portion that performs notification, wherein the notification portion performs different notification in accordance with an estimated state by the state estimation portion. |
| US10752001B2 |
Liquid cartridge
A liquid cartridge includes a chamber configured to store liquid therein, with a liquid outlet configured to supply the liquid from an interior of the chamber to an exterior of the chamber. A detector is positioned in the chamber so as to be rotatable between a released position and a restricted position. The detector has a detection portion and a restriction portion with a first contact surface defining a first length. A restriction member includes a second contact surface that defines a second length greater than the first length. The restriction member is movable straightly between a first position in which the first and second contact surfaces contact one another, a second position in which the first and second contact surfaces do not contact one another, and a third position between the first and second positions in which the first and second contact surfaces contact one another. |
| US10751998B2 |
Liquid discharge head, liquid discharge device, liquid discharge apparatus, and head module
A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles to discharge a liquid; a plurality of pressure chambers communicating with the plurality of nozzles; a plurality of individual supply channels communicating with the plurality of pressure chambers; a plurality of supply ports communicating with the plurality of individual supply channels; a plurality of common-supply branch channels communicating with two or more of the plurality of individual supply channels through the plurality of supply ports; a common-supply main channel communicating with the plurality of common-supply branch channels; and a plurality of supply-side dampers, each of the plurality of supply-side dampers forming a part of a wall of each of the plurality of common-supply branch channels. |
| US10751997B2 |
Flexible carrier for fluid flow structure
In some examples, a method of making a printhead flow structure includes bonding a flex circuit to a flexible carrier with a thermal release tape, placing a printhead die on the flexible carrier, and debonding the printhead flow structure including the flex circuit and the printhead die from the flexible carrier at a temperature below a release temperature of the thermal release tape by flexing the flexible carrier. |
| US10751996B2 |
Piezoelectric device, liquid ejecting head, and liquid ejecting apparatus
A piezoelectric device includes in a piezoelectric layer, a recessed portion which is provided outside an active portion and opens on the side opposite to a substrate is provided, in a lamination direction of the substrate and a piezoelectric element, a first barrier layer formed of a material other than the zirconium oxide is formed in a region of a vibration plate opposite to the substrate and overlapping a bottom surface of the recessed portion, and the first barrier layer is not formed in a portion of a region overlapping the active portion in the lamination direction. |
| US10751994B2 |
Liquid ejection head and recording apparatus
A first flow path member of a liquid ejection head includes a plurality of pressurizing chambers respectively connected to a plurality of ejection holes, a plurality of first individual flow paths and a plurality of second individual flow paths which are respectively connected to the plurality of pressurizing chambers, and a first common flow path connected in common to the plurality of first individual flow paths and the plurality of second individual flow paths. The pressurizing chamber, the first individual flow path, the first common flow path, and the second individual flow path configure an annular flow path. When T0 denotes a resonance period of the pressurizing chamber and T1 denotes a time required for a pressure wave to circulate once around the annular flow path, a decimal place value of T1/T0 is ⅛ to ⅞. |
| US10751992B2 |
Inkjet printing spray head, inkjet amount measuring system and method and inkjet amount controlling method
An inkjet amount measuring system, an inkjet amount measuring method and an inkjet amount controlling method. The inkjet amount measuring system includes: an inkjet printing spray head; and electricity applying device configured to apply electric charges to ink droplets passing through a nozzle of the inkjet printing spray head; a magnetic field generating device configured to generate a magnetic field to deflect the charged ink droplets; a test board having a surface for carrying ink droplets; and a processor configured to calculate an amount of ink droplets according to positions of falling points of the ink droplets on the surface of the test board, an electric charge amount of the ink droplets, and a magnetic field intensity. |
| US10751991B2 |
Inkjet head and inkjet printer
An inkjet head includes a nozzle plate substrate having a nozzle for ejecting ink toward a recording medium, and an oil repellent layer on a surface of the nozzle plate substrate, the surface facing the recording medium. The oil repellent layer comprises a fluorine-based compound in which neighboring molecules are cross-linked in a direction parallel to the surface, and cross-links of the neighboring molecules are resistant to structural change when subjected to rubbing by an ink wiping blade. |
| US10751987B2 |
Method and apparatus for automated composite-based manufacturing
An apparatus and method for the automated manufacturing of three-dimensional (3D) composite-based objects is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a material feeder, a printer, a powder system, a transfer system, and optionally a fuser. The method comprises inserting a stack of substrate sheets into a material feeder, transferring a sheet of the stack from the material feeder to a printer, depositing fluid on the single sheet while the sheet rests on a printer platen, transferring the sheet from the printer to a powder system, depositing powder onto the single sheet such that the powder adheres to the areas of the sheet onto which the printer has deposited fluid, removing any powder that did not adhere to the sheet, optionally melting the powder on the substrate, and repeating the steps for as many additional sheets as required for making a specified 3D object. |
| US10751983B1 |
Multilayer composite structure having geometrically defined ceramic inclusions
According to exemplary inventive practice, ceramic powder or slurry is selectively deposited at many discrete locations on each of many fiberglass fabric substrates. The sizes and/or shapes of the ceramic deposits vary among the substrates. The substrates are selectively ordered and stacked so that perpendicular through-plane alignments of respective ceramic deposits form selected three-dimensional geometric shapes. The resultant stack of substrates, characterized by many three-dimensional ceramic inclusions, is impregnated with an elastomer or an epoxy that binds the ceramic-deposited substrates together, resulting in a finished composite product. Inventive composite structures can be multifariously designed and embodied to afford selected ballistic and/or structural and/or electromagnetic qualities. Another mode of inventive practice provides for incorporation of the above-described inventive composite product as a layer in a multilayer composite system that also includes a high strain-rate-sensitivity-hardening polymer layer, a hybrid composite fabric layer, a ceramic layer, and a polymeric ballistic fabric layer. |
| US10751974B2 |
Multilayer structure, a laminate comprising the same and articles comprising the laminate
A multilayer structure comprising at least one skin sealant layer, wherein the skin layer comprises a polyethylene having a crystallinity, CS; a tie layer which comprises a first polyethylene having a crystallinity, CT, wherein the tie layer is adhered to the skin layer; and a bulk layer which comprises a second polyethylene having a crystallinity, CB, wherein the tie layer is disposed between the bulk layer and the skin sealant layer; wherein CB>CT>CS; and wherein the layers are coextruded and the multilayer structure oriented by a semi-molten orientation process is provided. Also provided is a laminate comprising the multilayer structure and articles comprising the laminate. |
| US10751970B2 |
Three-dimensional structure
A three-dimensional structure includes a plate and a three-dimensional component disposed on the plate. The three-dimensional component contains at least one first structure and at least one second structure. The first structure is an auxetic structure, and the second structure is different from the first structure. The at least one first structure and the at least one second structure are provided layer by layer along a thickness direction of the plate on the plate. |
| US10751961B2 |
Injection moulding method for the production of moulded parts, moulded part produced by means of injection moulding and also injection mould
The present invention relates to a method for the production of injection-moulded, reinforced moulded parts, the fibre orientation of which is specifically adjusted on a local basis. Via suitable, dynamically controlled supplementary heating in the wall of the injection mould which is used (variotherm heatable channel), a local cavity region is hereby heated at the time of injection to a temperature in the region of or above the solidification temperature (in any case above the crystallisation temperature in the case of partially crystalline plastic materials or above the glass transition temperature in the case of amorphous plastic materials) of the polymer (plastic material moulding compound). |
| US10751957B2 |
Laminate, integrated molding, and method of producing same
A laminate includes reinforcing fibers, thermosetting resin (B) or thermoplastic resin (D), wherein adhesion with other members, particularly in high-temperature atmospheres, is outstanding. The laminate includes: a porous substrate (C) comprising a thermoplastic resin (c), reinforcing fibers (A) and a thermosetting resin (B), or a porous substrate (C) comprising a thermoplastic resin (c), reinforcing fibers (A) and a thermoplastic resin (D); wherein the porous substrate (C) has a gap part continuous in the thickness direction of the laminate, and the melting point or softening point is higher than 180° C., and at least 10% of the surface area of one surface of the porous substrate (C) is exposed on one side of the laminate. |
| US10751955B2 |
Unitized composite structure manufacturing system
A method and apparatus for a composite structure manufacturing system. The system comprises a heating system and one or more smart bladders that encompass the heating system. The heating system and the one or more smart bladders form a curing tool defining a volume for the composite structure when one or more smart bladders in the one or more smart bladders is in a rigid state. |
| US10751953B2 |
Imprint master template and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing an imprint master template including forming a cutting line guide at an edge of a first fine pattern unit having an upper surface on which a fine pattern is formed; cutting a wafer substrate by a cleaving process along the cutting line guide so that a cutting surface is formed, the cutting surface having a preliminary second surface where the cutting line guide was formed and a first surface which is formed by the cleaving process; polishing the preliminary second surface to form a second surface which is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the first surface; and bonding the first fine pattern unit and the second fine pattern unit to each other with the first surface of the first fine pattern unit facing the first surface of the second fine pattern unit. |
| US10751950B2 |
Pipe fusion machine
One fusion machine can butt or socket fuse polyolefin pipes and fittings in straight alignment or at inwardly or outwardly mitered universal angles from 0° to 45° for butt fusion and from 0° to 10° for socket fusion. The machine is manually driven, hydraulically monitored and operated in all configurations from one side of the machine. |
| US10751943B2 |
Personalized creation from medical imaging
In personalized object creation, for implants, medical imaging is used to derive a model personalized to a patient. The model may be of a dynamic structure, such as part of the cardiovascular system, and is used to print the implant itself. The model may be used to print a mold to create the implant, a scaffold on which to grow tissue, and/or tissue itself. In another or additional approach, the medical imaging information is used to determine tissue properties. Differences in a material property of the anatomy is mapped to different materials used by a multi-material 3D printer, resulting in a printed object reflecting the size, shape, and/or other material property of the anatomy of the patient. |
| US10751941B2 |
Build material container
An additive-manufacturing build-material container (201) comprises a reservoir to hold build material, an outlet opening in a top portion of the reservoir, an outlet tube structure including a longitudinal collection unit to collect build material from the bottom and guide the build material to the outlet opening at the top, upon application of a suction force at the other end thereof, and to guide the collected build material to the outlet opening at the top; and a vent opening in a top portion of the reservoir to admit gas from outside the reservoir into the reservoir to follow a gas flow path through the vent opening, through the reservoir and into the one end of the longitudinal collection tube; wherein on the gas flow path there is at least one turbulent gas-flow-generation feature (237) to generate turbulent gas flow in a region that is within the reservoir and outside the longitudinal collection tube. |
| US10751937B2 |
Layer laminating molded object, powder layer laminating molding method, and ridge filter
The present invention prevents warp deformation of a molded object formed by laser powder layer laminating molding. There is provided a powder layer laminating molding method including a first step of forming a powder layer which includes powder of a thermoplastic resin, and a second step of sintering the powder layer by irradiating the formed powder layer with a beam having a heating action, in which a molded object is obtained by repeatedly performing the forming and the sintering of the powder layer in the first step and the second step, and an irradiation surface which is irradiated with the beam is divided into a plurality of small regions. |
| US10751936B2 |
Laser operating machine for additive manufacturing by laser sintering and corresponding method
Laser operating machine for additive manufacturing of objects by laser sintering, comprising a transport structure (11), which is movable in a work space (100), operating according to a first system of movement axes (X, Y, Z) and configured to support one or more nozzles (34) for lid emitting sintering powder jets to be sintered on a work substrate (100, 110) and an optical laser assembly (20) for conveying a laser beam (L) in a laser spot (S) focused on said work substrate (100, 110) to sinter said powders, According to the invention, said optical laser assembly (20) is integrally associated with said transport structure (11) and a movable element (12) is also integrally associated with said transport structure (11) operating according to a second system of movement axes (u, v), said movable element (12) comprising a tool-carrier frame (30), on which one or more nozzles (34) for emitting sintering powder jets are arranged, associated with said second system of movement axes (u,v) and movable with respect to said optical laser assembly (20). |
| US10751935B2 |
Substrate blank shearing and precise stack location apparatus and method for web fed presses
The automation of the assembly of a stack of substrates in the process of forming an object includes a blanking die having a push through plate to drive the blanked sheets onto a set of locating pins, thereby creating a very accurate stack. An image forming device may print and develop images onto a web that is subsequently die cut and stacked onto a curing platen. The die cutter cuts individual sheets out of the web and cuts or pre-cuts alignment holes into each sheet that would be accepted by the curing platen having locating pins corresponding to the alignment holes in the sheet. The die cutting operation includes a tamping device that would accurately transfer the sheets from the die to the curing platen. This stack may then be removed and/or processed to form a 3D object. |
| US10751933B2 |
Technique for three-dimensional nanoprinting
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that forms a three-dimensional (3D) nanostructure through 3D printing. During operation, the system performs a 3D printing operation that uses multiple passes of a scanning probe microscope (SPM) tip to deliver an ink to form the 3D nanostructure, wherein the ink includes both a positively charged polyelectrolyte (PE) and a negatively charged PE. While delivering the ink, the SPM tip is loaded with the ink and moved to a target location to deposit the ink. Finally, after the multiple passes are complete, the system cures the 3D nanostructure to remove excess positive or negative charges from the 3D nanostructure. |
| US10751932B2 |
Joint structures
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a three-dimensional joint and/or formation thereof, such as by 3D-printing the joint. The joint is provided with an interface region having a curable material in a curable state. The joint is positioned with the interface region in contact with a joinable member, and the interface region is cured to form a bond between the joint and the joinable member. Such an approach may, for example, involve forming a mechanical and/or chemical bond with the joint. Further, by utilizing such a joint (e.g., in a 3D-printed form), complex structural components can be formed from a curable material that can be partially cured with structures formed therein, and cured further to create the bond. |
| US10751929B2 |
Manufacturing device for micro-needle
A manufacturing device for a microneedle includes an upper plate stage, a lower plate stage disposed in horizontally parallel with the upper plate stage, a rotating device configured to rotate and move the upper plate stage over the lower plate stage, and a first cylindrical type actuator configured to vertically move the lower plate stage in a state in which the upper plate stage has been rotated and moved over the lower plate stage by the rotating device. The first cylindrical type actuator may upwardly and downwardly move so as to be able to stretch a viscous composition in a vertical direction in a state in which a contacting to the viscous composition is performed, wherein the viscous composition is applied on both of a patch sheet seated on the upper plate stage and a patch sheet seated on the lower plate stage, or is applied on one of them. |
| US10751925B2 |
Weather strip and method for manufacturing same
An extrusion die includes a die and a core, and the core includes a movable core portion that is movable along an extrusion direction and a fixed core portion. The movable core portion has non-similar cross-sectional shapes at front and rear two positions along the extrusion direction. A first portion of the elongated weather strip is molded in a state where the movable core portion is disposed at an advance position, and a second portion of the elongated weather strip is molded in a state where the movable core portion is disposed at a retreat position. During the molding of the second portion, a supply amount per unit time of a material for the sealing portion to a molding space for the hollow sealing portion that is secured between the core and the die is set to be larger than that during the molding of the first portion. |
| US10751920B2 |
Imprint apparatus and method for producing article
An imprint apparatus for forming a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate using a mold includes a plurality of alignment scopes and a control unit. The control unit controls aligning of a shot region of the substrate and the mold based on outputs from the plurality of alignment scopes. Each of the plurality of alignment scopes outputs information indicating a relative position of a first mark selected from a plurality of first marks in the shot region and a second mark selected from a plurality of second marks on the mold. The control unit controls aligning of the shot region and the mold based on information excluding incorrect information from a plurality of pieces of information output from the plurality of alignment scopes. |
| US10751919B2 |
Plastic molded part and method for producing the same
A method for production of a molded part made of plastic by rotational molding includes placing a starting material in a form of at least one of a plastic or a plastic precursor into a rotational melt mold that is fitted with at least one magnetic element. The rotational melt mold is rotated and, while the rotational melt mold is rotating, the starting material is shaped. The at least one magnetic element rotates together with the rotational melt mold while the starting material is being shaped. The starting material and the at least one magnetic element are configured in such a way that the starting material and the at least one magnetic element interact magnetically such that a portion of the starting material is attracted and held in place by the at least one magnetic element while the starting material is being shaped. |
| US10751915B2 |
Polyethylene terephthalate coloring systems and methods
A method of manufacturing a plurality of colors of bulked continuous carpet filament from a single multi-screw extruder which, in various embodiments, comprises: (A) passing PET through an extruder that melts the PET and purifies the resulting PET polymer melt; (B) splitting the extruded polymer melt into a plurality of melt streams and adding a colorant to each of the plurality of melt streams; (C) using one or more static mixers (e.g., thirty six static mixers) to substantially uniformly mix (e.g., homogeneously mix) each of the plurality of melt streams with its respective added colorant; and (D) feed each of the uniformly mixed and colored plurality of melt streams into a respective spinning machines that turns the polymer into filament for use in manufacturing carpet, rugs, and other products. |
| US10751914B2 |
Mixer bucket
Mixer bucket (1) provided with a hopper (12) having a concave bottom portion (120) provided with an opening (122) arranged between a first and a second continuous portions (124)(126); a funnel-shaped member (30) being carried by the concave portion (120) so as to face the opening (122) and define a gravity discharge for mixture; the funnel-shaped member (30) being carried by the hopper (12) by means of a guide (128) aligned with the given direction (D); actuating means (40) being carried by the hopper (12) to move the funnel-shaped member (30) along the guide (128) between a first position (P1), where it faces the opening (122), and a second position (P2)(P3), lateral with respect to the opening (122) in correspondence of one of the first and second flanks (14)(16). |
| US10751909B2 |
Support-free additive manufacturing of ceramics
According to various embodiments, a system for forming a ceramic part includes a chamber having a first closed end and a second end defining an opening. The platform is disposed within the chamber and adapted to move vertically in a z-direction between the first closed end and the second end. An applicator is adapted to move laterally in an x-y direction. The applicator includes a beveled edge. A light source is positioned in line with the second end of the chamber. A digital micro-mirror device is positioned between the light source and the second end of the chamber. The shutter is movable between a first open position and a second open position. A first image is projected when the digital micro-mirror device is in the first open position and a second image, different than the first image is projected when the digital micro-mirror device is in the second open position. |
| US10751907B2 |
Wood treatment apparatus with a displaceable sleeve for treating wood and method for treating wood
A wood treatment apparatus for long-term treatment of wood has a cylindrical hollow body and a sleeve. The cylindrical hollow body has an inner end, during use located within the wood, an outer end, directed away from the inner end, an exit opening and an accommodating space accommodating a carrier material containing active wood-treatment substance. The sleeve is arranged around the cylindrical hollow body and, when the apparatus is not in use, closes the exit opening and, when the apparatus is used, frees the exit opening and brings the accommodating space into contact with the wood. The method provides driving the apparatus into the wood to position the exit opening near a site to be treated and displacing the sleeve to bring the accommodating space into contact with the wood, wherein the apparatus remains in the wood to allow the wood-treatment substance to be released pressureless into the wood. |
| US10751905B2 |
Weight-reduced guide bar of solid material
A guide bar (1) for the saw chain (2) of a motor-driven chain saw includes a longitudinal bar base body (3) of solid material having a reversal section (5) and a mounting section (8). A weight recess (11) is formed in a flat side (13) of the bar base body (3). The weight recess (11) extends essentially along the bar base body (3) and is closed by a cover plate (12). A light-weight, torsion-resistant guide bar is produced in that a longitudinal rib (14, 15) supporting the cover plate (12) is arranged in the weight recess (11) and extends in the longitudinal direction (19) of the guide bar (1). |
| US10751904B2 |
Portable sawmill
A sawmill includes a four-stroke internal combustion engine having an output shaft for driving a sawblade. The output shaft has a longitudinal axis. The engine is mounted on the sawmill for rotation between a first operative position with the longitudinal axis of the output shaft extending at a first angle, and a second operative position with the longitudinal axis of the output shaft extending at a second angle transversely to the first angle. The engine has fuel injection to facilitate operation in the first and second operative positions and a lubrication system incorporating a wet sump. An oil pick up for the lubrication system is configured to pick up oil from the wet sump at both the first and second operative positions. |
| US10751899B2 |
Feeding apparatus
The invention relates to a feeding apparatus for feeding food products to a slicing unit, having a product support comprising at least one track for the reception of a plurality of products arranged one after another; and at least one product mount which comprises a holder for holding a rear end of a product viewed in a feed direction. |
| US10751898B2 |
Method for water flow control for hydraulic food cutter
The present disclosure includes a method for the control of water flow within a hydraulic food cutter assembly having a pump, a pump discharge line, a cutter assembly a product supply tank, and a fluid transport medium and comprises a method for increasing the flow of fluid transport medium through the pump while maintaining a preselected velocity for the flow of the fluid transport medium in pump discharge line by using a frustoconical accelerator tube attached to the discharge line of the pump having a plurality of apertures through which the fluid transport medium may flow out of the accelerator tube into fluid tight housing encasing the accelerator and a throttling valve operatively attached to the fluid tight housing discharge line for regulating the pressure of the fluid medium being discharge from the pump so as to maximize fluid medium flow through the pump at a preselected pressure in the discharge line. |
| US10751891B2 |
Blade set, hair cutting appliance, and related manufacturing method
A stationary blade for a blade set in a hair cutting appliance and method of manufacturing the stationary blade. The stationary blade comprising a first wall portion arranged as a skin facing wall in operation, a second wall portion at least partially offset from the first wall portion. The first and second wall portions defining a guide slot therebetween, arranged to receive a movable cutter blade. At least one toothed leading edge comprising a plurality of teeth jointly formed by the first wall portion and the second wall portion. The stationary blade being an integrally formed metal-plastic composite blade. The first wall portion being at least partially made from a metal material. The second wall portion being at least partially made from a plastic material. The first and second wall portions being arranged to receive the movable cutter blade in the guide slot in a defined mating manner. |
| US10751889B2 |
Robot
A robot includes a robot main body section including a base and a robot arm coupled to the base and including a sealed internal space, a driving section provided on the inside of the robot arm and configured to drive the robot arm, a control board provided on the inside of the base, a power supply board provided on the inside of the base and configured to supply electric power to the control board, a driving board provided on the inside of the robot arm and configured to drive the driving section based on a signal from the control board, a fan configured to stir gas on the inside of the robot main body section, and a heat sink provided on the inside of the base. |
| US10751885B2 |
Gripper assembly for portable biochar kiln
A gripper assembly for a portable biochar kiln and system is disclosed. An example of a gripper includes an attachment for connecting to a loader, the attachment having a mating surface configured for engagement with the biochar kiln. The example gripper assembly also includes a substantially C-shaped claw having a first arm and a second arm. The example gripper assembly also includes a motor on the attachment. The motor operates to open and close the first and second arms in a pinch-and-release motion to grasp and release the biochar kiln. The motor further operates to rotate the first and second arms to tilt the biochar kiln for dumping operations. The motor further operates to raise and lower the first and second arms to raise and lower the biochar kiln relative to the ground for moving operations. |
| US10751882B1 |
End effector for autonomous object retrieval
Features are disclosed for an end effector for automated identification and handling of an object. The end effector includes an end effector that can be positioned over a pick point of an overpackage in which a desired object is location using sensors. Using the location information, the end effector can identify a path to the pick point and detect whether the pick point is engaged by detecting environmental changes at the end effector. |
| US10751880B2 |
Data storage device, robot system, and data storage method
A first acquisition unit acquires first data on first malfunction of a robot. A second acquisition unit acquires second data on second malfunction of the robot. A first determination unit determines whether or not to store the first data in accordance with the first data. A second determination unit determines whether or not to store the second data in accordance with the second data. A memory stores the first data and the second data. A controller stores the first data in the memory at a first period when the first determination unit determines to store the first data. The controller further stores the second data in the memory at a second period longer than the first period, when the first determination unit determines not to store the first data and the second determination unit determines to store the second data. |
| US10751878B2 |
Methods and systems for billing robot use
Methods and systems for billing the use of a robot, including methods and systems for reducing a robot's functionality based on a user's account information. In some embodiments, the system comprises a computer readable memory comprising a database with a user's account information, a processor operably coupled to the computer readable memory and to a robot, a checking application stored on the computer readable memory and executable by the processor for determining if the user's account is active based on the account data and a functionality reducing application stored on the computer readable memory executable by the processor for reducing the robot's functionality to a reduced state if the checking application determines the user's account is not active and limiting the robot's functionality to the reduced state until the checking application determines that the user's account is active. |
| US10751877B2 |
Industrial robot training using mixed reality
Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of a robot training system are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is an industrial robot training system comprising a mixed reality display device structured to superimpose a virtual scene on a real-world view of a real-world scene including a plurality of physical objects including an industrial robot, a video input device, and a computing device. The computing device is structured to detect physical objects using video output from the video input device, generate virtual objects using the detected physical objects, simulate a virtual robot path, determine one movement of the series of robot movements causes a collision, adjust the virtual robot path so as to avoid the collision between the two virtual objects of the plurality of virtual objects, and program the industrial robot to perform a real robot path using the adjusted virtual robot path. |
| US10751876B2 |
Moving robot, method of controlling moving robot, and control program
A moving robot including: actuators at least including a motor for movement; a reading unit configured to read a tag installed in an environment, at least one of information on an allowable operation time of the actuators and information on an allowable operation amount of the actuators being described in the tag; and a controller configured to prohibit or limit execution of a predetermined task whose execution has already been accepted, the predetermined task being operated using at least one of the actuators, until the time when the reading unit reads the tag, and release the prohibition or the limitation and execute the task in such a way that an operation time and an operation amount do not exceed the allowable operation time and the allowable operation amount described in the tag after the reading unit has read the tag is provided. |
| US10751874B2 |
Method of teaching robot and robotic arm control device
By repeating for each control axis, that an axis angle of each control axis of an arm is detected during a direct teaching of a robot, a current position of a standard point defined on the arm or a tool is obtained based on the axis angle, a position instruction value that uses a position obtained by projecting the current position on a given movement route (moving direction) is generated as a target position, and each control axis is driven based on the position instruction value, until a deviation of an instruction angle corresponding to the position instruction value and the detected axis angle, or a deviation of the position instruction value and the current position of the standard point corresponding to the detected axis angle reaches a given value or below, the robot is taught, after the deviation becomes the given value or below, positional information on the arm. |
| US10751870B2 |
Guide assembly and tool system for rotatably balancing a tool and a method for operating the same
A guide assembly for supporting a tool employs an arcuate guide configured to have a tether coupled thereto. The arcuate guide is configured to apply a reaction force to the tether to oppose gravitational force applied to the tool. The assembly further includes a mount assembly is configured to couple the arcuate guide to the tool. At least one support bar is coupled to the arcuate guide and the mount assembly. The arcuate guide, the mount assembly, and the at least one support bar are configured to maintain the reaction force in alignment with a center of gravity of the tool as the tool is rotated with respect to the center of gravity. |
| US10751869B2 |
Speed-changing tool
The present invention discloses a speed changing tool, comprising: a housing; a motor, disposed in the housing and outputting rotary power; a trigger switch, used for starting and stopping the motor; an output shaft; a gear transmission, which is disposed between the motor and the output shaft to transmit rotation of the motor to the output shaft, and comprises at least one group of gear system, a gear ring meshed with the gear system and a moving member, wherein the moving member can be moved between a first position and a second position and when in the first position and the second position, the moving member has different states relative to the housing, such that the gear transmission outputs a rotary speed of the motor with different speed reduction ratios; the variable speed tool further comprises a drive mechanism for driving the moving member to move between two positions, when a load of the output shaft reaches or exceeds a preset value, the drive mechanism can drive the moving member to move to the second position from the first position, the trigger switch can push the drive mechanism to drive the moving member to move to the first position from the second position when the trigger switch comes back from a work position to an original position. |
| US10751868B2 |
Impact tool
It is an object of the invention to provide rational structure for vibration proofing in hammering operation. A driving motor 110 and a striking mechanism 140 are provided in a first body element 101a, and a handle 109 and a battery mounting part 160 are provided in a second body element 101b. The first and second body elements 101a, 101b are moved with respect to each other via a biasing member 181 when vibration is caused by driving of the striking mechanism 140. Further, a first region 100a close to the striking mechanism 140 forms a long-distance moving region 200 in which the first and second body elements 101a, 101b move a longer distance in a longitudinal direction than in the second region 100b less close to the striking mechanism 140. |
| US10751865B2 |
Impacting apparatus
An impacting apparatus includes a spring anvil assembly and a drive mechanism that alternatively engages a the spring anvil assembly to actuate the spring anvil assembly to store potential energy in the spring anvil assembly, and which drive mechanism alternatively disengages the spring anvil assembly to allow the spring anvil assembly to launch and accelerate toward an impact target to deliver impact energy from the spring anvil assembly to the impact target. In an embodiment, the spring anvil assembly is biased to a start position by one of the impact target and the weight of the apparatus. The spring anvil assembly may comprise a gas spring or a spring, for example. The apparatus is capable of delivering multiple impacts to an impact target. |
| US10751859B2 |
Fastener-installation systems and methods
A fastener-installation system is described that includes a driver to drive a fastener into a structure and a fastener feeder to load the fastener into a loaded position of the driver. The fastener feeder includes a fastener magazine to hold a plurality of fasteners. The fastener-installation system further includes a driver head having a plurality of jaws moveable between a closed position and an expanded position. In the closed position, the plurality of jaws form a piercing tip to pierce material of the structure. Further, the jaws spread apart the material of the structure when the jaws move from the closed position to the expanded position to create a path through the material through which the fastener is driven. |
| US10751858B1 |
Hardware installation aid
An adapter for aiding in the installation of a fastener assembly includes a body defining a first aperture formed in a first end thereof and configured to receive at least a portion of the fastener assembly. The first aperture is defined by at least one tapered sidewall of the body, wherein the first aperture is sized in a region or area of the at least one tapered sidewall to engage with a component of the fastener assembly when the fastener assembly is received therein. The body further defines a drive surface within the first aperture for engaging with a corresponding drive surface of a component of the fastener assembly when the fastener assembly is received within the first aperture. A second aperture is defined in a second end of the body, opposite the first end, and is configured to engage with a tool for installing the fastener assembly. |
| US10751855B2 |
Fixture for fixing steering knuckle in machining process
The present disclosure provides a fixture for fixing a steering knuckle in a machining process, the fixture comprises a bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate is machined with two bottom plate windows that are configured to accommodate machined parts of the steering knuckle; three groups of pressure claws and three groups of locating pins are fixed on the bottom plate, and the pressure claws and the locating pins are respectively fixed to the through holes of the bottom plate; and the three groups of pressure claws are respectively arranged at three vertexes of a triangle. |
| US10751854B2 |
Device for locking workpieces on machine tools
The device (1) for locking workpieces on machine tools comprises: —a first hydraulic cylinder (2) inside which at least one piston (3, 4) is inserted slidably along a main line (A); —a second hydraulic cylinder (15) inside which the first hydraulic cylinder (2) is inserted slidably along the main line (A), the feeding of a pressurised hydraulic fluid into a first chamber (8) being designed to apply to the first hydraulic cylinder (2) a primary force (F) that shifts the first hydraulic cylinder (2) from a home position to a second operating position; —an auxiliary chamber (28) provided between the first hydraulic cylinder (2) and the second hydraulic cylinder (15) and associated with pneumatic feeding means (29, 30, 31) designed to feed pressurised air into the auxiliary chamber (28), the feeding of the pressurised air applying to the first hydraulic cylinder (2) an auxiliary force (Fa) along the main line (A) in the same direction as and operating in conjunction with the primary force (F). |
| US10751853B2 |
Sand blaster with reduced vibration and wear
A sand blaster is provided that includes an engine carried by an engine mounting plate. A frame is included and an engine support isolator engages the frame and carries the engine mounting plate. The engine support isolator has a stud that extends through a first coil and a stud guide that has a tapered inner surface. The stud extends through the stud guide. In other arrangements an air regulator that is adjustable is provided, and a nozzle that features reduced wear is provided. |
| US10751849B2 |
Grinding tool
A grinding tool for machining an inside surface of a cylinder bore in a workpiece, the grinding tool having an axis of rotation, a grinding region which is cylindrical with respect to the axis of rotation and a conical grinding region axially adjoining the cylindrical grinding region. A diameter of the conical grinding region increases starting from the cylindrical grinding region in an axial direction with respect to a diameter of the cylindrical grinding region. |
| US10751845B2 |
Supporting device for a plurality of components with different geometries
The invention relates to a supporting device for a plurality of components (100, 200, 100*) with different geometries, in particular for a plurality of geometrically different motor-vehicle external attachments made of polymer material, having a support frame (30), a drive (40) arranged on the support frame (30) and at least two supporting groups (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) arranged on the support frame (30), wherein each supporting group (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) serves as a supporting surface for a particular component geometry, wherein each supporting group (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) has at least two spaced-apart, disc-shaped supporting elements (1′, 1″, 1′″; 2′, 2″, 2′″, etc.), the upwardly facing rim (10′, 10″, 10′″; 20′, 20″, 20′″, etc.) of each of which already has, in the unloaded state, a contour adapted to the geometry of the associated component (100, 200, 100*). By means of the drive (40), the supporting elements (1′, 1″, 1′″; 2′, 2″, 2′″, etc.) are movable such that only the supporting elements (1′, 1″, 1′″; 2′, 2″, 2′″, etc.) of a single supporting group (1, 2, etc.) protrude upwards such that the upwardly facing rims (10′, 10″, 10′″; 20′, 20″, 20′″, etc.) thereof form the supporting surface for the component geometry associated therewith. |
| US10751842B2 |
Output device
A first rod (21) is inserted into a first guide hole (11) so as to be movable in a vertical direction. A second rod (22) is inserted into a second guide hole (12), which crosses the first guide hole (11), so as to be movable in a horizontal direction. An accommodation groove (31) is disposed in a lower half portion of the first rod (21). The second rod (22) is provided with an insertion portion (32) to be fitted in the accommodation groove (31). A cam groove (38) provided in the insertion portion (32) is fitted over a pin (35) provided in the lower half portion of the first rod (21). A drive transmission (D) connected to the second rod (22) moves the second rod (22) in the horizontal direction. |
| US10751840B2 |
Multilayer composite bonding materials and power electronics assemblies incorporating the same
A multilayer composite bonding material with a plurality of thermal stress compensation layers is provided. The plurality of thermal stress compensation layers include a metal core layer, a pair of particle layers extending across the metal core layer such that the metal core layer is sandwiched between the pair of particle layers, and a pair of metal outer layers extending across the pair of particle layers such that the pair of particle layers are sandwiched between the pair of metal outer layers. A pair of low melting point (LMP) bonding layers extend across the pair of metal outer layers. The metal core layer, the pair of particle layers, and the pair of metal outer layers each have a melting point above a transient liquid phase (TLP) sintering temperature, and the pair of LMP bonding layers each have a melting point below the TLP sintering temperature. |
| US10751839B2 |
Erosion resistant hard composite materials
A hard composite composition may comprise a binder and a polymodal blend of matrix powder. The polymodal blend of matrix powder may have at least one first local maxima at a particle size of about 0.5 nm to about 30 μm, at least one second local maxima at a particle size of about 200 μm to about 10 mm, and at least one local minima between a particle size of about 30 μm to about 200 μm that has a value that is less than the first local maxima. |
| US10751830B2 |
Welding electrode for use in a resistance spot welding workpiece stack-ups that include an aluminum workpiece and a steel workpiece
A welding electrode is disclosed that includes an electrode welding shell and a blind adapter that are joined together to cooperatively define an internal cavity. The electrode welding shell and the blind adapter may be integrally formed or they may be distinct components that are attached together. The presence of the internal cavity defined by the electrode welding shell and the blind adapter reduces the thermal mass of the welding electrode and slows the rate of conductive heat transfer from the weld face to a cooling fluid, which allows in the center of the weld face to retain heat for a longer duration once current flow through the welding electrode is terminated, thereby positively affecting the spot welding process for particular types of workpiece stack-ups including those that include an aluminum workpiece and an overlapping adjacent steel workpiece. |
| US10751826B2 |
Constant current control systems and methods
Systems and methods for providing a constant current controller for use in constant current welding applications are described. In one embodiment, a current controller controls the output current of the welding torch without directly measuring the output current of the welding torch. The current controller controls or sets a current in a primary winding of a transformer in an inverter of a welding power supply to control the output current of the welding torch. |
| US10751824B2 |
Work string tubing connection restoration
A hardfacing metal composition and method of restoring worn work string tubing by application of a hardfacing metal to the worn regions of the work string tubing. |
| US10751823B2 |
Smart soldering iron tip and method of authenticating same
A smart soldering iron tip of a handheld soldering iron comprises a hollow cylindrical base; a pointed distal end; and a proximal end with an ID feedback device including a conductive material coating, which when read provides authentication information on the smart soldering iron tip. |
| US10751814B2 |
Cutting insert, tool holder and tool
A cutting insert, an associated tool holder, and a tool comprising such a cutting insert and such a tool holder. The cutting insert has a base body, which defines a cutting insert longitudinal axis, at least one cutting body, which laterally projects from a periphery of the base body and comprises a cutting edge, and a cutting insert bore, which is provided in the base body and extends along the cutting insert longitudinal axis, wherein on an underside, running transversely to the cutting insert longitudinal axis, of the base body are provided a plurality of elevations, which are arranged distributed in the peripheral direction and protrude from the underside of the base body, so that, between respectively two adjacent elevations, a relative depression is respectively obtained, wherein the cutting insert comprises at least one radial contact surface, a plurality of axial contact surfaces and a plurality of torque transfer surfaces for a bearing contact of the cutting insert against the tool holder. |
| US10751812B2 |
Interlocking frame for computer numerical control (CNC)
The present invention relates to a modular frame for CNC machining, comprising: a first side panel and a second side panel, each side panel for with an elongated base with a notch at either end and a vertical extension from the base with a notch at the distal end of the vertical extension; a first crossbeam and a second crossbeam, each crossbeam having a notch at either end, the notches on the crossbeam oriented in an opposing direction to the notches on the side panels; and a gantry beam, the gantry beam having a notch at either end, the notches on the gantry beam oriented in an opposing direction to the notches on the side panels, wherein the side panels, crossbeams and gantry beam are user-assembled into the modular frame via alignment and engagement of the respective notches on the crossbeams and gantry beam with the notches on the side panels, and wherein user assembly of the modular frame is performed without the use of tools. |
| US10751810B2 |
Vertical-edge double-step sawtooth cutter for preparing high-quality holes of composite material and hybrid stack structure thereof
A vertical-edge double-step sawtooth cutter for preparing high-quality holes of composite material and thereof hybrid stack structure, and has three parts which are a major cutting edge region A, a minor cutting edge region B and a shank region C. The minor cutting edge region B comprises a step vertical-edge region D and a sawtooth cutting region E. This has the step structure and the sawtooth structure which is distributed in the first step, has a recutting function at the inlet and a reverse cutting function at the outlet in the direction opposite to the main cutting motion. The cutter has the vertical edge structure distributed in the second step, and the angle of the second step is a negative value, thereby realizing chip breaking and crushing, reducing scratch to the upper-layer composite material and metal hole walls. |
| US10751808B2 |
Positioning assembly and method
A method for positioning a rotary part on a machining fixture adapted to hold the rotary part for a machining operation is described. The machining fixture has a center axis and a diaphragm with engaging segments affixed thereto and extending away therefrom. The method includes mounting the rotary part on the machining fixture concentrically about the center axis and adjacent to the engaging segments, and then applying an axial force in a direction substantially parallel to the center axis against the diaphragm. This elastically deforms the diaphragm and radially displaces the contact members of the engaging segments into frictional engagement with a circumferential surface of the rotary part. |
| US10751804B2 |
Surface-coated cutting tool
At least a (Al1-a-b-cCraSibCuc)N (where 0.15≤a≤0.40, 0.05≤b≤0.20, and 0.005≤c≤0.05) layer is provided on a surface of a tool body, a Cr concentration or a Cu concentration periodically changes in a layer thickness direction, a concentration Crmax in a highest content point of Cr is in a range of a |
| US10751802B1 |
Method of producing silver nanoparticles using red sand
The method of producing silver nanoparticles using red sand may include the steps of adding red sand to water, mixing the red sand in the water, removing a supernatant from the red sand in water mixture after the mixture has settled, adding sodium hydroxide to the supernatant to form an alkaline solution, adding silver nitrate (AgNO3) to the solution, and isolating a precipitated reaction product including the silver nanoparticles. The silver nanoparticles produced according to this method have antibacterial activity, whether used alone or in combination with standard antibiotics. |
| US10751797B2 |
Additive manufacture system with a containment chamber and a low pressure operating atmosphere
A additive manufacturing system includes a containment housing operable to form a containment chamber with a low pressure operating atmosphere and an additive manufacturing build housing within said containment housing. |
| US10751789B2 |
Linear actuator assembly
A linear actuator assembly comprises a linear actuator which has a housing and an output shaft, the output shaft defining an actuator axis and being movable along the actuator axis between an extended position and a retracted position. The assembly also comprises a buffer carriage arranged in an active configuration in which it is mounted on either the housing or the output shaft. The buffer carriage has a rotary portion which is rotationally coupled to the output shaft such that rotation of the output shaft about the actuator axis requires corresponding rotation of the rotary portion. The rotary portion is rotationally restrained when the buffer carriage is in the active configuration. |
| US10751786B2 |
Frame component for a belt winder and method for producing same
The invention describes a method of manufacturing a substantially plate-shaped frame member (10) of a belt retractor including locking teeth (18). A plate-shaped element (24) is provided, wherein said element is plastically reshaped in portions so that a portion (28) thickened into a main portion (12) of the plate-shaped element (24) is formed. Furthermore, locking teeth (18) are produced in the thickened portion (28) so that the locking teeth (18) have a larger thickness than the plate-shaped element (24) prior to reshaping. Moreover, a frame member (10) for a belt retractor is described. |
| US10751785B2 |
Can seaming apparatus
A can seaming apparatus including a frame, a can handling assembly, a can driving assembly and a seaming assembly. The can seaming apparatus is configured to seal a lid to a can through a double seam can seal. The can is positioned and clamped between an upper and a lower chuck. The can driving assembly spins the can and the upper and lower chucks about an axis. The seaming assembly includes two rollers which can selectively be directed to engage the can to form the necessary crimping operations. |
| US10751783B2 |
Lubrication-free sealing device for necking machinery
Presented herein are container forming machines, forming ram assemblies, and methods for making and for using forming ram assemblies. A forming ram assembly is presented for a container forming machine, which includes a turret assembly with a cam rail. The ram assembly includes a mounting rail for attaching to the turret assembly. A cam follower is mounted to the mounting rail and configured to rollably seat against the cam rail. Connected to the cam follower is a forming die which moves as the cam follower traverses the cam rail. A knockout tool is mounted inside the forming die and includes a stepped segment. A drive cylinder moves the knockout tool within the forming die. An O-ring is seated inside a complementary channel of the knockout tool. An annular knockout guide is seated on the stepped segment of the knockout tool, located between and abutting the O-ring and forming die. |
| US10751782B2 |
Method for processing laminated material
At least one caulking group (13) that includes a plurality of caulking parts (14, 15) with different directions is formed on a plurality of thin plates (10) placed in a stacked state to fix the position of the stacked thin plates (10), and then a preset punching process is performed with respect to the thin plates (10) that have been positioned with pilot holes (12). This makes it possible to perform a high-accuracy punching process when punching the plurality of thin plates (10) placed in a stacked state, since positional deviations between the thin plates (10) are avoided and pilot pins (11) are prevented from deforming the periphery of the pilot holes (12). |
| US10751778B2 |
Method of manufacturing a quenched member and quenched member
A method of manufacturing a quenched member includes heating a pressed intermediate article to an Ac3 transformation point of a steel sheet or higher, the intermediate article having been processed so as to have a rectangular cross-section and so as to include a terminal portion at which two terminal edges of the steel sheet are aligned with each other at a same side of the rectangular cross-section, and quenching the heated intermediate article inside a die. |
| US10751774B2 |
Shearing device
A shearing device for fragmenting a metal strip includes two counter-rotating drums facing one another, a drive device connecting the drums and synchronising their rotation speed, and at least one pair of drum-supported blades. The blades engage by shearing effect during drum rotation to cut the waste. The blades of the pair have, from the cutting edge thereof, planar surfaces, referred to as overlapping surfaces, overlapping and facing one another during the shearing between blades, each blade being secured transversely to the drum, at an angle to the axis of rotation of the drum, so the plane through the overlapping surface of the blade forms an angle with the axis of rotation of the corresponding drum, producing gradual shearing. The overlapping surface of each blade is tilted so the plane passing through the overlapping surface does not intersect the rotational axis of the drum on its active width. |
| US10751772B2 |
Method for producing steel sheet pile
To suppress the shape defect at a bite end part of a material to be rolled at a bending rolling stage of a rough rolling step to achieve improvements in productivity such as an improvement in yields and a decrease in crop in production of a steel sheet pile. A production method for producing a steel sheet pile by reducing a raw material in a rectangular cross-section, includes a rough rolling step, an intermediate rolling step, and a finish rolling step, wherein a rolling mill configured to perform the rough rolling step is provided with a caliber configured to perform bending rolling of extending a thickness center line length of the raw material and rolling and shaping the raw material from a rectangular cross-sectional shape to a substantially steel sheet pile cross-sectional shape, and wherein in the bending rolling, rolling that a reduction amount with respect to a predetermined section of a bite end part of the raw material is smaller than a reduction amount with respect to a part other than the predetermined section is performed. |
| US10751764B2 |
Filter cleaning system with a movable proximity nozzle
A suction nozzle assembly, comprising a tube coupled to a pressure sink at a distal side thereof, a nozzle, a resilient element which couples said nozzle to a proximal side of said tube and a deformable housing which bridges a gap between said proximal side of said tube and said nozzle. Optionally, a pressure equalizer, for example, a through aperture, is formed in said nozzle. |
| US10751763B2 |
Gas sampling methods
A method for utilizing a gas sampling panel is provide, including at least one system sample gas inlet, a purge gas inlet, a system outlet, a system vent outlet, a purge gas valve, at least one manifold station valve, a regulator isolation valve, a regulator, a flow meter inlet valve, a flow meter, a flow meter outlet valve, a relief valve, a process valve, a process check valve, a purge check valve, and a vent check valve. |
| US10751761B2 |
Self-cleaning device and substrate processing apparatus
A self-cleaning device of the present disclosure includes: a cleaning member configured to clean a cleaning tool that cleans a substrate; and an injection unit configured to inject a liquid toward the cleaning member or the cleaning tool. The cleaning member has a cleaning surface that cleans the cleaning tool when the cleaning tool is pressed thereagainst, and the cleaning surface is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane. |
| US10751760B2 |
Wiping mechanism and substrate cleaning apparatus
A wiping mechanism is provided for wiping a substrate during transmission. The wiping mechanism comprises an upper wiping unit and a lower wiping unit moving back and forth for separately wiping an upper side and a lower side of the substrate. The moving directions of the upper wiping unit and the lower wiping unit are parallel to a loading plane for disposing the substrate and vertical to a transmission direction of the substrate, and the moving directions of the upper wiping unit and the lower wiping unit are opposite to each other, thereby to prevent the substrate being shifted due to wiping, to guarantee the effect of cleaning foreign particles from the surface of the substrate and to avoid scratching the surface of the substrate, to prevent the cleaning apparatus from being damaged, and to avoid affecting the substrate transmission. A substrate cleaning apparatus is also provided. |
| US10751751B2 |
Pretreatment method for coating or printing
A method for treating a metal substrate surface before coating or printing thereof, the method including: preheating to 40° C. or above a specific metal substrate having a thermal conductivity of 10 W/mK or higher, and thereafter continuously performing a flame treatment on the substrate surface, prior to coating or printing of the surface of the substrate with a coating material or an ink. |
| US10751746B2 |
Swivel shower having a fluid pressure driven swivel body
Swivel shower including a base body, a swivel body including a shower outlet and held on the base body for swivel movement about a swivel axis between a first swivel body end position, constituting a rest position, and a second swivel body end position, constituting an operating position, a shower fluid inlet for supplying a shower fluid, and a swivel drive for driven swiveling of the swivel body, wherein the swivel drive includes a slide piston capable of being pressurized by a fluid pressure of the supplied shower fluid, which piston is arranged for translational movement between a first piston end position, corresponding with the first swivel body end position, and a second piston end position, corresponding with the second swivel body end position. Illustratively, the slide piston is arranged with a translation directional component in parallel to the swivel axis, and/or the swivel drive includes a transmission element in the form of a slotted guide mechanism between the slide piston and the swivel body, wherein the transmission element transmits the translational movement of the slide piston into a swivel movement of the swivel body, and/or the shower outlet in the rest position of the swivel body is swiveled away from a visible face of the swivel shower, and a swivel angle stroke from the first to the second swivel body end position is at most 90°. |