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| US10837659B2 |
Air purifier
Disclosed is an air purifier which can secure a high air volume and a rapid flow velocity of discharged air, and also can achieve aesthetic improvement in design. The air purifier according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing; a blower fan which is provided inside the housing; and an annular discharge flow path which configures a path through which air inside the housing which flows by the blower fan is discharged to the outside, is formed inside the housing while having an annular discharge end, and a cross-section which becomes narrower from the inside of the housing towards the discharge end. |
| US10837658B2 |
Air conditioner
An air conditioner includes: a duct including an upstream flow path unit having an inlet through which air is taken in, and a downstream flow path unit provided with an outlet through which the air is discharged; a cooling unit positioned in the upstream flow path unit of the duct and cools the air; and a heating unit that is positioned in the downstream flow path unit of the duct and heats the air. The upstream flow path unit has a partition plate that partitions an inside space thereof into a main-flow flow path and a sub-flow flow path. The cooing unit is positioned in the main-flow flow path. The upstream flow path unit is provided with a flowrate adjusting member that covers at least a part of the sub-flow flow path so as to adjust an opening area of the sub-flow flow path. |
| US10837648B1 |
Outdoor cooker with improved cooling arrangement
An outdoor cooking apparatus provides a base that has a burner element and one or more feet configured to engage an underlying support surface. The base includes a pot receptive grate or pot support. A pot is placeable on the base during cooking so that the burner heats the contents of the pot. The pot has a pot side wall or walls, a pot bottom, a pot rim, a pot outer surface, and a pot interior for holding a volume of cooking fluid. A pot liner or basket fits the pot interior, the liner sized and shaped to hold one or more food items to be cooked. The combination of base and pot support a water spray ring or header with a hollow bore, a wall, and multiple discharge openings in the wall that enable water to spray the pot exterior with multiple flow streams or sprays. An inlet fitting enables connection of a flowing source of water to the header or ring bore. The header or ring is so positioned that the pot liner can be removed from the pot interior without first moving the header or ring. |
| US10837645B2 |
Turbomachine coupling assembly
The present disclosure is directed to a coupling assembly for a turbomachine. The coupling assembly includes a liner and a sleeve at least partially positioned circumferentially around the liner. A frame is positioned between the liner and the sleeve. The frame includes a first side wall, a second side wall, and a base wall extending from the first side wall to the second side wall. A block is positioned between the liner and the sleeve and is movable relative to the frame to permit the block to move toward and away from the base wall. Moving the block away from the base wall causes the block to exert an inward force on the liner and the base wall to exert an outward force on the sleeve. |
| US10837644B2 |
Tool kit and method for decoupling cross-fire tube assemblies in gas turbine engines
A tool kit for decoupling a telescoping tube from a first liner of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The tool kit includes a base plate coupled to a combustor casing. A post extends outward from the base plate into a combustion chamber defined by the liner. A plunger slidably mounts to the post and is slidable between an extended position and a retracted position. A lever arm pivotably couples to the post and the plunger. Pivoting the lever arm in a first direction slides the plunger to the extended position to decouple the telescoping tube from the liner. A retaining clip couples to the combustor casing and extends into an annular plenum at least partially defined between the liner and the combustor casing. The retaining clip defines a notch that receives the telescoping tube after the plunger assembly decouples the telescoping tube from the liner. |
| US10837641B2 |
Burner, combustor, and gas turbine
The present invention provides a burner, a combustor equipped with the burner, and a gas turbine, with which it is possible to premix a first hydrocarbon-based fuel (for example, natural gas), a second fuel (for example, hydrogen gas), and combustion air, and to spray into the combustion chamber of the combustor a thin and uniform concentration distribution of the premixed air, and with which it is possible to suppress the amount of NOx discharged. On the upstream side of the premix flow path, hydrogen gas is sprayed from second fuel spray nozzles, which project into the premix flow path, into the flow of the combustion air flowing toward the center from the outer edge of an outer cylinder, whereby a primary air-fuel mixture having a uniform concentration distribution is generated without affecting a low-speed region of the combustion air. Natural gas is then sprayed from first fuel spray nozzles into the primary air-fuel mixture, whereby the natural gas, which has a high specific gravity, and the primary air-fuel mixture are adequately mixed in a stirring fashion, and a secondary air-fuel mixture (premixed air) is generated that is lean and has a more uniform concentration distribution than the first air-fuel mixture. By combusting this type of premixed air in the combustion chamber, NOx in the combustion exhaust gas can be suppressed. |
| US10837639B2 |
Burner for a gas turbine
A burner for a gas turbine engine has a combustion chamber and a swirler adapted to guide a swirler air flow to the combustion chamber, wherein the swirler has a first wall confining the swirler air flow as well as a second wall confining the swirler air flow on the same side as and downstream with respect to the swirler air flow from the first wall and being displaced with respect to the first wall in a direction away from the swirler air flow so that a step being able to cause a flow separation of the swirler air flow is formed by the first wall and the second wall, wherein the second wall has a through hole in its surface adapted to inject a liquid fuel into the swirler air flow. |
| US10837637B2 |
Gas turbine engine having a heat shield
A heat shield provided with a gas turbine engine includes a heat shield body extending between a first heat shield end and a second heat shield end. The heat shield body has an exterior surface disposed proximate an inner surface of a first case and an interior surface disposed opposite the exterior surface. The interior surface defines a rib that extends towards a combustor vane support lock. |
| US10837630B2 |
Lighting device alignment calibration system
A system for detecting misalignment of a light fixture uses a gateway controller device to receive images captured by an aerial drone. The gateway controller will select a group of the images and, for each image in the group: identify a segment of an illuminated surface that is contained in the image; identify a light fixture that is configured to direct light to the segment; and determine whether the image contains content indicating that the light fixture improperly aligned. For any image that indicating that the light fixture is improperly aligned, the system will output a signal indicating that the light fixture requires recalibration. |
| US10837627B1 |
Clip for holding a light bulb parallel to a light string
An inline clip for holding a light bulb along a light string includes a top flat area, two symmetrical sides, and two symmetrical tabs. The flat area has a constant width extending across a side profile and a constant thickness extending from a top surface of the top flat area to an internal surface of the top flat area. The two symmetrical sides extend in a continuous manner at respective upper ends from a left end and a right end of the top flat area, and are arcuate shaped for forming a hollow interior space configured to receive within the light bulb and a portion of the light string aligned side-by-side along a diameter of the light bulb. The two symmetrical tabs extend in a continuous manner at respective connecting ends from the lower ends of the two symmetrical sides. |
| US10837626B2 |
Adjustable recessed light fixture
Various embodiments are directed to an adjustable light fixture and method of installing the same. Various embodiments of the adjustable light fixture comprise a light head comprising a light source, a lens, and a frame; a socket base configured to be secured relative to a socket of a light assembly; and an extender located between the light head and the socket base and configured to move between an extended configuration and a compressed configuration. In various embodiments, the adjustable light fixture is installed by engaging the socket base with a corresponding socket of a light assembly, and adjusting the extender toward the compressed configuration. |
| US10837625B2 |
Replaceable baffles for light fixtures
A light fixture can include a housing having at least one housing wall having an inner surface that forms a cavity, where the inner surface of the at least one housing wall has at least one baffle coupling feature disposed thereon. The light fixture can also include a baffle removably coupled to the housing, where the baffle includes at least one baffle wall having an outer surface, where the outer surface of the at least one baffle wall has at least one housing coupling feature disposed thereon. The baffle can be coupled to the housing and decoupled from the housing without use of tools. |
| US10837624B2 |
Adjustable-beam luminaires
A luminaire for providing configurable static lighting or dynamically-adjustable lighting. The luminaire uses an array of focusing elements that act on light provided via a corresponding array of sources or via an edge-lit lightguide. Designs are provided for adjusting the number of distinct beams produced by the luminaire, as well as the angular width, angular profile, and pointing angle of the beams. Designs are also provided for systems utilizing the adjustable luminaires in various applications. |
| US10837623B1 |
Light having light emitting direction adjustable from inner side of light case
A light comprises a light case, an illuminating assembly, and an adjusting assembly. The light case has a first side segment. The illuminating assembly is mounted inside the light case, is pivoted on the first side segment, and has a base having a pivoting segment pivoted on the first side segment. The at least one lighting unit is mounted on the base. The adjusting assembly is mounted on the first side segment of the light case, is connected to the base, extends outside the light case, and is capable of tilting the illuminating assembly. Thus, a user is allowed to adjust a light emitting direction of the illuminating assembly, which is mounted inside the light case, via the adjusting assembly, which extends outside the light case, without tilting the light case. |
| US10837621B2 |
Methods and systems for freeform irradiance tailoring for light fields
Devices, systems and methods including an optic having an optical surface partitioned into a plurality of facets. Wherein a geometry of the plurality of facets are configured to rearrange the rays in an incident light field to form a desired irradiance pattern on a projection surface, partitioned into a plurality of pixels, each of which may receive light from a multiplicity of facets. Wherein the configured geometry of the plurality of facets is corrected to minimize a difference between an observed irradiance pattern and a desired irradiance pattern provided by a user. |
| US10837620B2 |
Lighting device and corresponding method
A lighting device, e.g. for wallwashing lighting applications, includes a linear array of light radiation emitters including a light radiation source, e.g. a LED source, a light guide member having a first end coupled with the radiation source and a second end to emit light radiation guided by the guide member along a guide axis, as well as an optical system to receive light radiation from the light guide member and project outgoing light radiation from the lighting device. The light guide members of the light radiation emitters in the array are arranged with their second ends aligned in a longitudinal direction of the array, and with their light guide axes lying in a common plane angled to a reference plane. The optical systems of the light radiation emitters in the array produce outgoing light radiation beams having higher angles to said reference plane than the corresponding input beams. |
| US10837619B2 |
Optical system for multi-emitter LED-based lighting devices
An optical system for a multi-color, multi-emitter LED-based lighting device can include a lens array. The lens array can include a number of color-mixing rod members extending parallel to each other along an optical axis, the color-mixing rod members being arranged and spaced so that the rear end of each color-mixing rod member aligns with a different one of the emitters. A beam-forming section can be formed at the front ends of the color mixing rod members. The beam-forming section can include nonplanar (e.g., convex or concave) front surface features, each nonplanar front surface feature being aligned with a front end of a corresponding one of the color-mixing rod members. The beam-forming section and color-mixing rod members can be formed as a unitary structure. |
| US10837617B2 |
Illumination device
The invention enables a desired projection pattern on a surface to be illuminated, and enables a projection position and/or a projection orientation of the projection pattern to be changed. A laser beam is shaped into a parallel light, and an incident surface of a diffraction optical element recording a hologram image is irradiated with the parallel light. A projection pattern of an arrow oriented in a predetermined direction is projected as a hologram reconstructed image on a surface to be illuminated. An optical-element drive unit rotates the diffraction optical element about a rotation axis in a rotation plane orthogonal to an optical axis of a parallel incident light. By means of the rotation, a geometric positional relationship of the diffraction optical element with respect to the surface to be illuminated is changed, whereby an orientation of the arrow projection pattern on the surface can be changed. |
| US10837612B2 |
Luminaires
A system for a luminaire comprising a lighting unit connected to a luminaire power supply. A controller is provided for controlling the operation of a communication unit and a signaling unit in accordance with environmental parameters sensed by a sensor unit, the sensor unit generating an event signal when the environmental parameters exceed a predetermined threshold and a signaling unit providing an alarm. |
| US10837609B2 |
Portable light providing plural beams of laser light
A portable light may comprise: a light body having an illumination, e.g., white, light source and one or more laser light sources, each light source being selectively energizable for producing light; and a switch for selectively energizing the illumination light source and/or the laser light sources. The one or more laser light sources provide diverging narrow beams of laser light, so as to appear as spaced apart dots or spots of laser light on objects illuminated by the beams of laser light. Because the laser light beams diverge, the distance between the dots is proportional to the distance to the object which the dots illuminate. A TIR optical element may also be disposed in front of the illumination light source for receiving the light produced thereby. |
| US10837605B2 |
Pipeline environmental barrier system
The invention relates to a system and method for containing and mitigating spills and leaks from pipelines. According to one embodiment, the system comprises a pipeline for transporting a liquid; a barrier layer comprising material impermeable to the liquid; a trench excavated with sufficient depth and width to accommodate at least the pipeline as well as the barrier layer; two berms; and backfill. The berms are substantially parallel and positioned on either side of the trench. The barrier layer is disposed to cover the trench and berms, reaching at least the ridgeline of the berms. The pipeline is disposed within the trench above the barrier layer. The backfill is placed on top of the pipeline and the barrier layer, and the backfill is graded to form a grade bridging the ridgelines of the berms. |
| US10837604B2 |
Flow system for avoiding particle agglomeration
A flow system for avoiding particle agglomeration in nanofluids, including a flow restrictive element, wherein the flow restrictive element in use provides sudden expansion to the fluid such that cavitation takes place the fluid upon exiting the flow restrictive element. The flow system includes the flow restrictive element having a hydraulic diameter within a range between 0.5 μm and 250 μm, a vicinity of the flow restrictive element is provided with a heater, adapted to heat the nanofluid in the vicinity of the flow restrictive element. |
| US10837597B2 |
Counterbalancing apparatus for gimbal joints and/or a method for counterbalancing a load on a gimbal joint
Disclosed is a counterbalance apparatus, and a method for counterbalancing using an apparatus, having a center of motion that is internal or external to the apparatus. The apparatus and method are adapted to support a payload, having a load vector applied in a direction of the vector or gravity, that is positioned distal to the center of motion. The apparatus includes a gimbal adapted to support the payload and allow for its rotational movement about the center of motion generating a load torque therefrom, and a resilient member adapted to engage the gimbal and supply a support torque to counterbalance the load torque. The method includes a step of supporting the payload with a gimbal adapted to allow rotational movement of the payload about the center of motion to generate a load torque therefrom, and a step of configuring a resilient member to engage the gimbal and supply a support torque to counterbalance the load torque. |
| US10837591B2 |
Composite article
A composite article has increased pull-off strength and includes a first layer including a low surface energy polymer, a poly(meth)acrylate layer, and an epoxide layer. The poly(meth)acrylate layer is disposed on and in direct contact with the first layer. Moreover, the poly(meth)acrylate layer includes a poly(meth)acrylate that includes the reaction product of at least one (meth)acrylate that is polymerized in the presence of an organoborane initiator. The epoxide layer is disposed on and in direct contact with the poly(meth)acrylate layer. The epoxide layer includes an epoxide. The composite article has a pull-off strength of greater than zero pli measured using ASTM D4541. |
| US10837589B2 |
Taping apparatus, system and method for pipe lining applications
A taping apparatus adapted to apply tape over voids on an interior pipe wall, the taping apparatus having a transport assembly adapted to move the apparatus through a pipe; and a rotatable taping assembly adapted to retain a roll of tape and apply the tape over a void on the interior wall of the pipe, the taping assembly comprising an extendable and tractable arm assembly and a tape applicator assembly. |
| US10837587B2 |
Hydraulic plugs
A plug for sealing a passage extending about a longitudinal axis (A) comprises a shell having a circumferential wall extending between an end wall and an opening, and an internal cavity extending axially within the shell, and an expander having a head and a shank extending axially from the head, the head retained with the cavity and the shank extending axially through the opening of the cavity, wherein the circumferential wall comprises an inner surface having at least a first region and a second region, the second region proximate the opening and the first region adjacent to the second region and extending therefrom towards the end wall, the inner surface in the first region tapering inwardly relative to the longitudinal axis (A) to provide a first angled ramp, and the inner surface in the second region tapering further inwardly to provide a second angled ramp. |
| US10837585B2 |
Connection system for connecting to devices with fluid connection between the two devices
A system comprising a male part, a female part, a driving piece having a spool portion provided with a radial bore, a driving member moving radially inside the radial bore, a cavity and a radial projection. The driving piece moves in translation between a disconnected position of the male and female parts and a connected position of the male and female parts. The driving piece comprises a piston sliding in an activation chamber under the effect of a pressing force. The piston is attached to the spool portion in such a way as to move the drive piece to one of the positions from the connection position and disconnection position under the effect of the pressing force. The system further includes a control unit for triggering the application of the pressing force on the piston. |
| US10837582B1 |
Wedged protrusion profile fitting seal systems and methods
Techniques for implementing a pipeline system including a pipe fitting, which includes a fitting shell that define a fitting bore and a tubing cavity around the fitting bore. The tubing cavity interfaces with pipe segment tubing to facilitate fluidly coupling the fitting bore to a pipe bore. The fitting shell includes a seal groove that is recessed into a fitting shell surface that facilitates defining the tubing cavity. The pipe fitting includes a belt seal having a multisided axial cross-section profile, in which the belt seal is to be disposed in the seal groove to implement a fitting seal in the pipe fitting that includes a protruding portion having a wedge-shaped axial cross-section profile that protrudes beyond the fitting shell surface into the tubing cavity to facilitate sealing a fluid conduit implemented in an annulus of the pipe segment tubing in the tubing cavity of the pipe fitting. |
| US10837579B2 |
Progressive flex geometry for distribution of dynamic forces within a hose bellows
A charge-air cooler hose includes a hollow cylindrical structure defining an air conduit, an outer surface, and a bellows section, where a plurality of convolutions are formed on the bellows section and the bellows section includes a plurality of ridges and a plurality of valleys. At least one of the plurality of ridges has a diameter and/or shape different from other ridges. In some cases, the bellows section has two ridges. In some other cases, the bellows section has three ridges. Where there are three ridges, each of the three ridges may have a diameter different from one another. In an embodiment where there are three ridges, a first ridge has a diameter D3, a second adjacent ridge has a diameter D4, and a third adjacent ridge has a diameter D5, and where D3 |
| US10837572B2 |
Power transmission mechanism, actuator, and vehicle actuator
A torque limiter (120) includes a coil spring (124), an inner shaft which is connected to a drive shaft (58) and is disposed to be inserted into a coil portion of the coil spring (124) so that the coil portion of the coil spring (124) is configured to come into close contact with an outer peripheral surface, a bottomed cylindrical outer member (122) which is disposed at the outside of the coil portion with a gap interposed therebetween and is provided relatively rotatable with respect to the inner shaft so that both end portions of a wire forming the coil spring (124) are locked thereto, and a drive gear (123) which is integrally formed with a plate portion (122a) of the outer member (122) and is configured to transmit a rotational force to the screw shaft. |
| US10837571B2 |
Mechanical safety shut-down valve
A pilot valve controlled mechanical shut-down valve. The mechanical shut-down valve includes a thermostatic motor that effectuates closing of the pilot valve when the temperature of fluid flowing through the shut-down valve is one of greater than a predetermined value, less than a predetermined value, or within a range of predetermined values. As a result thereof, flow through the shut-down valve is stopped. |
| US10837570B2 |
Valve for closing a fluid line
A valve for closing a fluid line, comprising: an inlet element with an inlet line; an outlet element with an outlet line; a closing element which, in a first state, allows a fluid passage between the inlet line and the outlet line and which, in a second state, closes the fluid passage, wherein the closing element, in the first state, is fixedly connected to the inlet element or the outlet element and, in the second state, is detached from the inlet element or the outlet element; an actuator which, when actuated, is configured to move the closing element from the first state towards the second state; and a pretension element which is pretensioned and is configured to move the closing element into the second state after actuation of the actuator. |
| US10837569B2 |
Flow control valve and method of manufacturing flow control valve housing
In one general aspect, a flow control valve includes: a housing including a tubular wall surrounding an interior passage, and a flow control section in which the tubular wall includes a conical inner wall surface; a protrusion disposed on an exterior surface of the tubular wall at the flow control section; a sealing member disposed in the housing and configured to be selectively moved to a sealing position in which the sealing member engages the conical inner wall surface to restrict flow of a fluid through the interior passage; and a recess disposed the conical inner wall surface and configured to allow the fluid to flow past the sealing member through the recess when the sealing member is in the sealing position, wherein the recess and the protrusion are radially aligned on the tubular wall. |
| US10837568B2 |
Valve control system and method
A fluid control system includes a valve, an actuator, a primary valve timing system, and a secondary valve timing system. The valve is operable in an open position and a closed position. The actuator is operable to move the valve from the closed position to the open position. The primary valve timing system is in communication with the actuator and is operable to move the valve from the open position to the closed position after a first period of time. The secondary valve timing system is in communication with the actuator and is operable to move the valve from the open position to the closed position after a second period of time. |
| US10837567B1 |
Selectable on/off sequencing valve
A disclosed system may add different irrigation timing intervals than those of a master flow irrigation system. Electronic timing systems are not used. Native water pressure flowing internally into the system to move components and otherwise control flow ports is used to control timing. A main fluid intake may accept fluid to pressurize and motivate a diaphragm. The diaphragm houses a ratchet flexure finger which may tangentially engage and rotate a gear spindle which is rotationally coupled to and houses one or multiple cams. A 2-way valve is in contact with one of the cams tangentially and centrically via a valve plunger. The cam(s) have lobe(s) with the peak of the profile being the nose and lower profile base circles. As the cam is rotated, it engages with the valve plunger at the nose or base circle, thus opening and closing the 2-way valve and allowing or stopping flow. |
| US10837563B2 |
Flow stopping tool for pipelines
A flow stopping tool for pipelines is disclosed, wherein the flow stopping tool comprises an inflatable balloon-like element that is in connection to a pressure rod, and a hinged coupling for securing the balloon-like element upon introduction into the pipeline, the hinged coupling comprising: a first element comprising a housing, a second element that is in connection to the balloon-like element; a buckling member connecting the first element to the second element, the buckling member being received in the housing of the first element. The buckling member comprises a cylinder that is configured to rotate around its longitudinal axis such that the second element can hinge with respect to the first element. The cylinder comprises at least one opening that facilitates measurement of the pressure of the flow in the pipeline, and the cylinder comprises at least one further opening that facilitates inflation of the balloon-like element. |
| US10837559B2 |
Dynamic seal
A duct includes first and second bellows sections. First and second torsional rings are attached to, respectively, the first and second bellows sections. First and second dynamic seals are sandwiched between the first and second torsional rings. |
| US10837554B2 |
Piston compression rings of copper-nickel-tin alloys
A piston ring is made from a copper-containing alloy. This material permits the top compression ring of a piston to be moved closer to the piston crown, reducing crevice volume and reducing the tendency for pre-ignition. Ignition timing advance can be realized by installing the rings and letting the ECU advance the timing as the sensors allow, increasing efficiency. Also, shorter pistons and longer connecting rods are possible. The shorter pistons reduces the reciprocated mass in the engine and the longer connecting rods reduce the frictional loss caused by radial forces pushing the piston against the liner. Both reducing volume and tendency for pre-ignition increase engine efficiency. |
| US10837549B2 |
Vehicle and method of controlling the same
A vehicle may include a transmission control unit (TCU) to output a control signal to the transmission; a shift lever; a shift lever electronic control unit (ECU) to transmit a first signal and a second signal, to the TCU; a main communication unit to perform communication between the TCU and the shift lever ECU; a backup communication unit to perform communication between the TCU and the shift lever ECU; and a controller configured to: control the shift lever ECU to transmit first and second signals based on one of a plurality of matching codes having different pulse width modulation (PWM) duty ratios assigned to the respective gear positions of the transmission; determine another one of the plurality of matching codes when the operation commands indicated by each of the first signal and the second signal received by the TCU are different; and control the shift lever ECU based on the determined matching code. |
| US10837548B2 |
Motor control method to improve cold response time in a motor pump hydraulic system
A method of operating a motor in a hydraulic control system can comprise determining a keyon event. A motor of a pump unit can then be turned in a first direction a first predetermined amount to pump a hydraulic fluid in a first flow direction. The turning of the motor in the first direction can be limited to prevent hydraulic actuation of a downstream device via the pumped hydraulic fluid. The motor can then be turned in a second direction a second predetermined amount to pump the hydraulic fluid an opposite second flow direction. Like restriction on the downstream device can be implemented. Subsequent to turning the motor in the first and second directions, hydraulic fluid is delivered to an actuator of the downstream device. |
| US10837546B2 |
Sensing system for sensing a position of a gear shaft
The present disclosure discloses a sensing system for sensing a position of a gear shaft. In the present disclosure, a magnet apparatus is provided on the gear shaft, where the magnet apparatus includes, along a rectilinear motion direction, a first length region magnet and a second length region magnet, the second length region magnet including a first portion and a second portion, a magnetic field of the second portion of the second length region magnet corresponding to a reverse gear position being different from that of the first length region magnet and that of the first portion of the second length region magnet. An actually induced electrical signal generated by sensing the motion of the magnet apparatus is different from a reference inductive electrical signal of a corresponding position of a reference magnet. The processing unit compares the inductive electrical signal generated by sensing the motion of the magnet apparatus against a simulated inductive electrical signal and determines whether the gear shaft is at a reverse gear position or a forward gear position based on a difference from the comparison. |
| US10837543B2 |
Robot, gear device, and manufacturing method of gear device
A robot includes a gear device that has a first surface and a second surface which are in a tubular shape around an axis, are disposed inside and outside of each other, and repeatedly come into contact with and separate away from each other with operation of the gear device. The first surface has a first recessed portion and a first projection portion, which extend in a direction having a circumferential direction component around the axis and configure a first uneven pattern, by being alternately arranged in a direction along the axis. The second surface has a second recessed portion and a second projection portion, which extend in the direction having the circumferential direction component around the axis and configure a second uneven pattern that is different from the first uneven pattern, by being alternately arranged in the direction along the axis. |
| US10837533B1 |
Power transmission apparatus for vehicle
A power transmission apparatus may include a first input shaft, a second input shaft external and selectively connectable to the first input shaft, a third input shaft external to the second input shaft and selectively connectable to the first input shaft, an intermediate shaft, first and second output shafts, first and second idle shafts, a planetary gear set mounted on the intermediate shaft and having first to elements and where two elements are selectively connectable to the intermediate shaft, a plurality of gear sets allowing torque flows between the various shafts and the planetary gear set, first and second synchronizers respectively mounted on the first and second output shafts, selectively receiving a torque from the second and third input shafts through two paths, and transmitting the received torque to the first and second output shaft, and four clutches. |
| US10837532B2 |
Linear actuator
A linear actuator comprises an actuator housing defining a bore. A drive element is received in the actuator housing bore. The drive element comprises tubular portions receiving first and second ball nuts arranged at respective distal ends thereof. The ball nuts are threaded in opposite directions to one another. The drive element further comprises a drive coupling. The actuator further comprises first and second ball screws operatively engaged with the first and second ball nuts. Rotation of the drive element and thus the ball nuts relative to said ball screws causes the ball screws to move together in a linear path in opposite directions from one another. |
| US10837524B2 |
One-way clutch that reduces occurrence of ratchet skip, and fixing device and image forming apparatus
A one-way clutch includes a first gear, a second gear, a transmission unit, and a stretchable member. The first gear has one side in an axial direction on which a first ratchet portion is formed. The second gear includes a shaft portion, an outer peripheral portion, and a connection wall. The connection wall has a surface extending in the axial direction and connects between the shaft portion and the outer peripheral portion. The transmission unit transmits a torque of one of the first gear and the second gear to another by rotating forward around the shaft. The transmission unit includes a second ratchet portion that fits into the first ratchet portion on the first gear side. The transmission unit includes a contact portion that contacts the surface on the second gear side. The stretchable member presses the second gear to the transmission unit in a shrunk state. |
| US10837523B2 |
Splitter gearbox, overall transmission and mobile agricultural machine
A splitter transmission including an input shaft, an output shaft and a countershaft. Two disk clutches, that can be coupled by a respective common clutch bell, are arranged on each of the input shaft, the output shaft and the countershaft. The clutch bells have external teeth. The disk clutches are in each case connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a loose wheel or to a fixed wheel. The input shaft is in direct engagement with the output shaft and with the countershaft. The splitter transmission is characterized by the fact that the output shaft is engaged with the countershaft exclusively in an indirect manner. The splitter transmission can be combined with a group transmission and an agricultural working machine. |
| US10837518B2 |
Threaded cable tie mounting adapter
A cable tie mount for supporting an object, the cable tie mount includes: a body including a mounting face formed on a first side of the body, a threaded bore formed in a second opposing side of the body, and a first cable tie passage formed on the body and configured to receive a cable tie therethrough; and a support portion including a threaded portion extending therefrom and configured to threadably engage the threaded bore formed in the second opposing side of the body. The body is configured to mount to the object with one or more cable ties, and wherein the body is configured to be threadably secured to the support portion for supporting the object mounted on the body at a desired location. |
| US10837517B2 |
Toothed belt drive
Toothed belt drive having one toothed belt and at least two, preferably helically geared, toothed pulleys, wherein the toothed belt wraps the toothed pulleys over a part-region of the circumference of the latter and the teeth of the toothed belt mesh in the tooth gaps of the toothed pulleys, wherein the air gap ES or ES(mk) that relates to the nominal pitch P and results from the difference between the width es of the tooth gaps of the respective toothed pulley and the width eR of the teeth of the toothed belt is configured at the mean height of the teeth, depending on the tooth count zR of the toothed pulleys and on the tooth count z of the toothed pulleys, or on the tooth counts zk of the smaller toothed pulley and on zg of the larger toothed pulley, respectively. |
| US10837514B2 |
Valve structure of shock absorber
A valve structure of a shock absorber includes a piston to which a first communication passage and a second communication passage are provided, and a load application member that applies an initial load to a first leaf valve. The initial load is applied to the first leaf valve within a range between the inside in the radial direction from a first seat part and the outside in the radial direction from an abutting part of the piston, the first seat part being positioned on the outside in the radial direction of the first communication passage. |
| US10837511B2 |
Nested canted coil springs, applications thereof, and related methods
A spring assembly having at least two canted coil spring lengths nested together are disclosed. Two sections of coils of a canted coil spring length can each be positioned between two adjacent coils of another canted coil spring. Each section of the coils of the canted coil spring length includes at least one coil and up to several coils or a plurality of coils. The canted coil spring lengths are nested together to increase the deflection force of the overall spring assembly. The spring assembly having two or more nested spring lengths can be used in connector applications. |
| US10837510B2 |
Thermally isolated composite exciter ring
A composite exciter ring for use in a vehicle brake system includes a base layer and a cover layer that is disposed on the base layer. The base layer is made of a ceramic material that insulates the cover layer from a heat source generated during brake activation. The cover layer is made of a plastic material and that defines openings. Each opening exposes a different part of the base layer. The ceramic material includes an additive infused therein. The additive has an effect on a magnetic field. |
| US10837508B2 |
Brake carrier
A brake carrier is provided for a disc brake having at least one brake pad, wherein the brake carrier includes: a wrap-around disc holder that wraps around a section of a brake disc of the disc brake in a frame-like manner; at least one brake pad slot in which the brake carrier guides the at least one brake pad, wherein the at least one pad slot is formed by carrier lugs, support surfaces and bridge struts on the wrap-around disc holder. The brake carrier is produced as a single piece using a shaping method and has a mold partition burr. The mold partition burr is arranged outside of the wrap-around disc holder. |
| US10837507B2 |
Brake disc for a motor vehicle, brake system
A brake disk for a motor vehicle includes a friction ring and at least one insert portion. The insert portion is located within and arranged coaxially with the friction ring, and is configured so as to possess an annular disk shape and define a plurality of openings. The friction ring is configured such that material of the friction ring fills the plurality of openings. |
| US10837504B2 |
Brake caliper support element
A brake caliper support element, has a caliper body and at least two tines. Each tine has an element for the connection to the caliper body. Resting counter-surfaces are provided near each element for the connection to the caliper body, which are adapted to couple with connecting seats of the caliper body for a stable and rigid connection between the support element and the caliper body. A stiffening support element connects the two support element tines. The stiffening support element has a stiffening element resting surface for resting and supporting the second pad. |
| US10837503B2 |
Hydraulic-oil control device
Hydraulic-oil control devices are provided herein that perform hydraulic-oil supply control in a dual clutch device having a first clutch and a second clutch. A hydraulic-oil control device according to embodiments herein includes a first linear solenoid valve that adjusts hydraulic oil having a line pressure for a first hydraulic chamber and supplies the hydraulic oil thereto, a second linear solenoid valve that adjusts hydraulic oil having a line pressure for a second hydraulic chamber and supplies the hydraulic oil thereto, a shuttle valve that outputs the hydraulic oil having a higher pressure between the pressure of the hydraulic oil in the first hydraulic chamber and the pressure of the hydraulic oil in the second hydraulic chamber, and a switch valve that adjusts the amount of hydraulic oil supplied to a first space and a second space, according to the pressure of the hydraulic oil output from the shuttle valve. |
| US10837502B2 |
Athlete training device
The present device is designed for training of highly-qualified athletes in cyclic sports. The technical result is the more reliable transfer of power from a drive to a working mechanism with the possibility of smoothing out ultrashort fluctuations (0.3-0.7 seconds) in force. The athlete training device comprises two bases, each having a pulley attached thereto for rotation in a single plane. An annular cable track is fastened between the pulleys. With the aid of a motor, a rotation rate is transmitted to one of the pulleys via a shaft. The shaft, which consists of a driving part and a driven part, has mounted thereon an adjustable transmission for controlling torque. The adjustable transmission is in the form of an electromagnetic powder clutch, consisting of a driving part, connected to the driving part of the shaft, and a driven part, connected to the driven part of the shaft. The driven part of the clutch is mounted with clearance in a coaxial cavity in the driving part, the clearance gap between the driving part and the driven part of the clutch containing a ferromagnetic powder having viscosity adjusted by a clutch controller. |
| US10837501B2 |
Clutch hydraulic control method and double clutch transmission system
A clutch hydraulic control method and the double clutch transmission system may include performing a clutch pack flow rate control, which pre-fills a flow rate for clutch engage in a clutch pack of a clutch before shifting, when a shifting attempt is detected in a clutch controller. |
| US10837500B2 |
Fluid friction clutch
This disclosure relates to a fluid friction clutch having a housing, a clutch disc which is arranged at one end of a shaft which is mounted within the housing, a working chamber which is configured between the housing and the clutch disc, a storage chamber for clutch fluid, and at least one feed duct which leads from the storage chamber to the working chamber. Moreover, a pressure relief device for discharging clutch fluid from the feed duct into the storage chamber is provided. |
| US10837492B2 |
Axially compliant bearing for precision positioning
An axially compliant rolling bearing for precision motion stages having a stage, at least one bearing member slidably disposed along a rail, and a compliant joint interconnecting the at least one roller bearing to the stage. The compliant joint is sufficiently compliant to permit movement of the stage in the axial direction while remaining stiff in other directions orthogonal to the axial direction. |
| US10837489B2 |
Systems and methods for preloading a bearing and aligning a lock nut
An apparatus for providing a load on a bearing mounted to a shaft which includes an attaching member releasably connectable to a shaft and a press mechanism coupled to the attaching member. The press mechanism is configured to provide a compressive load to the bearing. The press mechanism includes a wrench engageable with the lock nut on the shaft and the wrench is configured to engage and rotate the nut when the attaching member connects to the shaft. The wrench is moveable axially relative to an axial dimension of the press mechanism between a proximal non-engaged position and a distal engaged position such that the wrench engages the nut in the distal engaged position and the wrench avoids engaging the nut in a proximal non-engaged position. An aligning ring may be located around the attaching member and may be configured to engage a shaft slot. |
| US10837488B2 |
Roller bearing assembly for use in a fracking pump crank shaft
A roller bearing assembly for use in a fracking pump crank shaft includes an inner ring being positioned an outer ring and a plurality of rolling elements disposed therebetween. Each of the rolling elements have a bore extending therein. The roller bearing assembly includes a cage having an annular disc with pins extending axially inward therefrom and into the bore. The pins are positioned on the annular disc so that the rolling elements are spaced apart from one another with a gap extending continuously therebetween. The gap is of a predetermined magnitude to maximize the number of rolling elements that fit between the inner ring and the outer ring to maximize load carrying capacity of the roller bearing assembly. |
| US10837479B2 |
Multi-layer encapsulation system for joint sealing of vacuum insulated cabinets
An appliance includes an outer wrapper, an inner liner, a trim breaker having a channel that receives at least one of a wrapper edge of the outer wrapper and a liner edge of the inner liner, and a composite encapsulation system that hermetically seals an insulating cavity defined between the outer wrapper and the inner liner. The composite encapsulation system includes a base adhesive and an outer adhesive, wherein the base adhesive defines a structural adhesive component and the outer adhesive defines a sealing adhesive component. |
| US10837475B2 |
Vortex generators positioned in flowtubes to promote boundary layer adherence of flow through a flowtube of a meter
A vortex generator for use in a flowtube of a meter is provided. The vortex generator includes a plurality of raised elements on an inner surface of a flowtube. The plurality of raised elements are positioned on the inner surface of the flowtube upstream of a widening of the flowtube. The presence of the plurality of raised elements improves boundary layer adherence. |
| US10837474B2 |
Aircraft hydraulic fluid heating system and method
An aircraft hydraulic fluid heating system and method are disclosed. In one embodiment, pump characteristics of a hydraulic pump coupled to a reservoir are obtained. Further, total demand of the hydraulic fluid for hydraulically controlled flight controls in the aircraft is determined. Furthermore, the hydraulic fluid in the reservoir is dynamically heated based on the pump characteristics and the total demand of the hydraulic fluid. |
| US10837473B2 |
Hydraulic system
This hydraulic system is provided with a hydraulic pump, a control valve, and a pilot pressure supply unit. The pilot pressure supply unit has: an electromagnetic proportional valve that has a detent-type emergency manual operation function with which a pilot oil passage can be opened manually and generates pilot pressure for a control valve; a controller that controls the degree of opening of the electromagnetic proportional valve in accordance with the operation of an operation lever; and a pilot pressure switching unit that switches the oil pressure state of the pilot pressure supply unit between an on-loading state and an unloading state. The pilot pressure switching unit performs control to implement the unloading state when the electromagnetic proportional valve is being opened manually and performs control to implement the on-loading state after the electromagnetic proportional valve has been opened manually. |
| US10837472B2 |
Hydraulic cylinder health monitoring and remaining life system
A monitoring system includes a hydraulic cylinder including a piston movably disposed therein. At least one seal is provided within the hydraulic cylinder. A head end pressure sensor is configured to monitor pressure of a hydraulic fluid in a head space. A rod end pressure sensor is configured to monitor pressure of the fluid in a rod space. A displacement sensor is configured to monitor the position of the piston. A temperature sensor is disposed and configured to monitor the temperature of the hydraulic fluid. An electronic control unit is in communication with the sensors and programmed to in response to receiving pressure signals from the pressure sensors, position signals from the position sensor, and temperature signals from the temperature sensor, determine a wear volume of the at least one seal; and compare the wear volume of the at least one seal to a predetermined threshold wear volume of the at least one seal to determine the remaining useful life of the hydraulic cylinder. |
| US10837471B2 |
Piston cylinder system with at least one tubular element
The present invention relates to a piston cylinder system for a working device, wherein the piston cylinder system comprises at least one tubular element and at least one piston which is guided in the at least one tubular element. The piston cylinder system is characterized in that at least one tubular element consists of high-manganese-steel and the inner side of the at least one tubular element is machined. |
| US10837470B2 |
Fluid powered rotary actuator and an improved sealing system
A fluid powered rotary actuator having a first member which is pivotally connected to a second member and which is includes at least one toroidal shaped spear or piston which acts within a correspondingly shaped toroidal shaped cylinder to move the first member relative to the second member. The or each toroidal shaped spear or piston and cylinder assembly includes seals mounted within a seal carrier and the configuration allows movement of the seals relative to the or each cylinder. This configuration allows the seals to continue to provide a leak resistant hydraulic seal between each toroidal shaped spear or piston and its associated cylinder even in cases where the toroidal shaped spears or pistons deflect relative to their associated cylinders. The cylinders are also mounted to the first or second members in a manner designed to reduce the chance of tensile cracking due to deflection of the cylinders. |
| US10837468B2 |
Machine tool
An electrohydraulic drive unit of a machine tool having a tool that can be moved up and down is provided and comprises a double-acting hydraulic cylinder-piston arrangement oriented in upright manner and having a piston projecting downwardly from the cylinder and being coupled with the tool, a valve block flanged to the cylinder at the upper end region thereof and having a servo suction valve, a hydraulic-fluid reservoir flanged to the valve block at a first hydraulic interface and a motor-pump unit having an electric motor and a hydraulic pump driven thereby and flanged to the valve block at a second hydraulic interface. A suction line, extends from the first hydraulic interface to the second hydraulic interface through the valve block. |
| US10837465B2 |
Elongated tank for use in injecting slurry
An elongated tank for a slurry injection system has a side wall disposed in a vertical direction and top wall. The tank further comprises an end cap coupled to the side wall comprising a slurry injection channel and defining a bottom side of the tank. The bottom side is angled downward from the side wall toward the slurring injection channel. |
| US10837464B2 |
Jet pump
A jet pump comprising a pump housing containing a jet nozzle and a throat diffuser nozzle. The jet nozzle is comprised of a jet nozzle insert disposed in an axial inner bore of a precision jet cylindrical body and formed of an ultra-hard material. The throat diffuser nozzle is comprised of a throat diffuser nozzle insert disposed in an axial inner bore of a precision throat diffuser cylindrical body and also formed of an ultra-hard material. The jet nozzle and throat diffuser nozzle are disposed in an elongated cylindrical central bore portion of a tubular side wall of the pump housing. In order to achieve highest concentricity of the axial inner bores, the axial inner bore of the jet nozzle insert and the axial inner bore of the throat diffuser nozzle insert are formed after placement in the precision cylindrical bodies. |
| US10837462B2 |
Volute pump
A volute pump for delivering a liquid containing fibrous substances. The volute pump includes an impeller (1) rotatable together with a rotational shaft (11), and an impeller casing (5) having a suction port (3) and a volute chamber (7). A groove (18), extending from the suction port (3) to the volute chamber (7), is formed in an inner surface of the impeller casing (5). The impeller (1) includes a hub (13) to which the rotational shaft (11) is fixed, and a sweep-back vane (2) extending helically from the hub (13). The sweep-back vane (2) includes a leading edge portion (2a) extending helically from the hub (13), and a trailing edge portion (2b) extending helically from the leading edge portion (2a). The leading edge portion (2a) has a front-side curved surface (2e) extending from an inner end (2c) to an outer end (2d) of the leading edge portion (2a). |
| US10837458B1 |
Break-away/easy clean non detachable fan
This invention is a specially designed fans that would feature adjustable blades that would Provide a way of easy cleaning and maintenance it is for all types of fans ceiling fans, box Fans, industrial fans, outdoor AC unit fans, oscillating fans, and individual hospital room fans. Hinged blades can be angled down for easy cleaning and maintenance this is a new improved Fans made up of five assemblies which is a set of blades, a hub, a set of latches, a set of Hinges, a set of latch studs. Fans get so filthy and have been difficult to clean for a century. Now the negative impact filth and dirt have on people with allergies, asthma, colds, emphysema And respiratory problems has been solved with the Break-Away/Easy Clean Non-Detachable Fans forever, history has changed for the new innovative industry of the Break-Away/Easy Clean Non-Detachable Fans. |
| US10837454B2 |
Turbomachine
A turbomachine having a rotor that extends along a rotational axis and a radial bearing in which the rotor is radially mounted on a radial bearing point. In the axial region of the radial bearing point, the rotor has a hollow chamber annularly located in the circumferential direction in the region of the outer 20% of the diameter of the radial bearing point and which is thermally insulating between a radially inner core region of the rotor in the region of the radial bearing point and the radial outer region of the rotor in the region of the radial bearing point. A first shaft end of the rotor protrudes from the axial center of the radial bearing point by a projection over the radial bearing point, wherein a first quotient QLO of the projection OVH divided by the total length TLE of the rotor QLO=OVH/TLE>0.15. |
| US10837453B2 |
Fan module with lockable lens
An apparatus includes a fan module and an elongated lens. The fan module includes a housing and a cover plate having a plurality of apertures. The elongated lens includes a head portion that extends through one of the apertures of the cover plate. The head portion has a first dimension and a second dimension. The aperture also has a first dimension and a second dimension. The first dimension of the head portion is less than the first dimension of the aperture and is greater than the second dimension of the aperture. When the first dimension of the head portion is aligned with the first dimension of the aperture, the aperture permits the head portion to pass through the aperture. When the first dimension of the head portion is aligned with the second dimension of the aperture, the aperture prevents the head portion from passing through the aperture. |
| US10837448B2 |
Counter-rotating axial flow fan
A counter-rotating axial flow fan includes a first fan including a first impeller including first blades radially arranged around a predetermined central axis, a first motor rotating the first impeller around the central axis, and a first case surrounding an outer periphery of the first impeller, and a second fan including a second impeller including second blades radially arranged around the central axis, a second motor rotating the second impeller around the central axis, and a second case surrounding an outer periphery of the second impeller. End surfaces of the first and second cases contact each other at a first position in an axial direction, the first and second motors face in opposite directions from each other in the axial direction, and end surfaces of the first and second motors are opposite to each other at a second position that differs from the first position. |
| US10837445B2 |
Variable economizer injection position
A compressor includes a bore, a rotor disposed within the bore, a compressor inlet, a compressor outlet and a compression chamber defined between the bore and the rotor. A volume of the compression chamber gradually reduces from the compressor inlet to the compressor outlet. An economizer is configured to fluidically connect to the compression chamber. The economizer is configured to inject a working fluid into the compression chamber at an injection position. The injection position is changeable according to a working condition of the compressor. |
| US10837443B2 |
Liquid ring fluid flow machine
A liquid ring fluid flow machine is presented. The machine includes a stationary annular housing having an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface defines a chamber that is arranged to receive a liquid. A rotor having a core and a plurality of radially extending vanes is eccentrically rotatably mounted within the chamber for directing the liquid into a recirculating liquid ring in proximity to the inner surface of the housing within the chamber. The inner surface of the housing that is in contact with the recirculating liquid ring is covered by a hydrophobic coating. The machine further includes a first supply pipe and a second supply pipe, each in fluid communication with the chamber. |
| US10837442B2 |
Variable oil pump
A variable oil pump includes a pump rotor housed in a housing and rotationally driven, an adjustment ring that adjusts an amount of oil discharged from the pump rotor by being displaced under hydraulic pressure supplied to a hydraulic chamber between the housing and the pump rotor in a state where the pump rotor is rotatably held from an outer peripheral side, and a vane provided in a portion where the adjustment ring and the housing face each other and that seals oil leakage to an outside of the hydraulic chamber. The adjustment ring includes a vane holding portion that holds the vane and an oil passage through which the hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic chamber is drawn into the vane holding portion. |
| US10837441B2 |
Reciprocating compressor
This application discloses a reciprocating compressor including: a piston rod extending along a predetermined central axis that crosses an opening formed in an end of a cylinder, the piston rod being coupled to a piston and a crank mechanism to convey driving force from the crank mechanism to the piston; a rear head penetrated by the piston rod, the rear head closing the opening of the cylinder; and a rod ring portion configured to prevent a gas in the cylinder from leaking out from a gap between the rear head and the piston rod. The piston rod includes an outer circumferential surface on which an annular groove portion surrounding the central axis of the piston rod is formed. The rod ring portion includes an inner circumferential portion inserted into the groove portion, and an outer circumferential portion in sliding contact with an inner circumferential surface of the rear head. |
| US10837439B2 |
Dosing pump system
A compact, modular dosing pump system that is capable of microdose and macrodose volume flow rates, reduces or eliminates the need for additional flow control components such as temperature and pressure sensors, and utilizes a wider operational flow range than existing systems while maintaining the level of accuracy and precision exhibited by conventional dosing pump systems is provided. The dosing pump utilizes a a control system to deliver a range of fluid volumes. The control system monitors the motor emf voltage, calculates the flow rate, and makes adjustments to the pump motor voltage to precisely maintain the desired flowrate. |
| US10837434B2 |
Reciprocating compressor having a gas bearing
A reciprocating compressor is provided. The reciprocating compressor may include a cylinder having a compression space, a piston inserted into the cylinder to define the compression space while being reciprocated, the piston having a suction passage to communicate with the compression space, a gas bearing having at least one bearing hole that passes through the cylinder, so that a refrigerant gas may be injected between the cylinder and the piston to support the piston with respect to the cylinder, and a flow resister disposed at an outer circumferential surface of the cylinder or at one side of the cylinder to restrict a flow of the refrigerant gas flowing through or toward the at least one bearing hole. |
| US10837431B2 |
Control valve for variable displacement compressor
A control valve includes: a body having a control chamber communication port and a suction chamber communication port; a valve element that moves toward and away from a valve hole to close and opening a bleed valve, the ports communicating with each other through the valve hole; a solenoid to generate a drive force in an opening direction of the bleed valve; and a pressure sensing element to sense a pressure in the suction chamber or a pressure in the control chamber, and generate a counterforce against the drive force from the solenoid depending on a magnitude of the sensed pressure. An opening degree of the bleed valve is controlled so that the sensed pressure becomes a set pressure. A bleed passage for delivering the refrigerant introduced through the control chamber communication port to the suction chamber even while the bleed valve is in a closed state is formed. |
| US10837430B2 |
High-pressure fuel pump for a fuel injection system
Embodiments relate to a high-pressure fuel pump having a pump piston which, during operation, moves in translation between a pressure chamber and a leakage chamber. The leakage chamber has a leakage collecting region and an equalizing region. A low-pressure damper having a bellows-shaped corrugated damper plate is arranged in the equalizing region. |
| US10837425B2 |
Hub mating mechanism applicable to single blade installation of offshore wind turbines
A hub mating mechanism for single blade installation of offshore wind turbines. The mechanism includes a rigid circular snap ring having circumferential contact with the hub, spring damper, force actuator, buffer plates made from resilient composite material, controller and electric motor. The ring is connected to the buffer plates through the spring damper and the force actuator. The roots of the buffer plates are connected to the outer edge of the hub by hinges. The force actuator is driven by the controller and electric motor placed in the nacelle. Multiple flange holes are formed in the blades and the hub fixed together through bolts after the mating is completed. Assembly and testing of the hub mating mechanism can be performed during component assembly onshore. The hub mating mechanism includes the circular snap ring, buffer plates, force actuator, spring damper, controller and electric motor which are off-the-shelf commercial products. |
| US10837423B2 |
Rotor reinforcing device for wind turbine
A rotor reinforcing device to reinforce turbine rotor comprises a center connecting device which is fixed on a rotor hub, blade reinforcing members which are connected to the center connecting device and corresponding rotor blade, and guide structures which are configured to guide the blade reinforcing members to rotate around a longitudinal axis of the rotor blade. The rotor reinforcing device may be used to reinforce a rotor, a rotor-based wind turbine, a rotor-based ocean current turbine, a rotor-based tidal turbine and a rotor-based power generator. |
| US10837421B2 |
Tidal current power generator
The disclosure defined by this invention provide a tidal current power generator capable of maximizing the force, which is generated by tidal current flows, through changing operating direction itself without any manual operation when water flow direction is changed. According to an exemplary embodiment, a tidal current power generator includes a main frame; a plurality of operating bodies; a plurality of power plates configured to forcibly move the plurality of operating bodies in the direction of the tidal current by the force of the tidal current; a pair of clutch jaws engaged with or spaced from each other by axial movement of an outer pipe; a locking part configured to move the outer pipe so that each of the clutch jaws is engaged with each other; and a release part configured to move the outer pipe so that each of the clutch jaws is spaced apart from each other. |
| US10837419B2 |
Rotor for a device for recovering hydraulic wave energy
A device for recovering hydraulic energy of a swell includes a casing and a rotor. In embodiments, a rotor of the device for recovering the hydraulic energy of the swell includes a rim, a hub mounted inside the rim and secure with the rim, and a blade extending radially between the hub and the rim. The blade may be deformable under the pressure effect of the liquid medium flow and the rotor may include a holding means configured to hold the blade in a first deformed configuration for a liquid medium flow in a first direction. |
| US10837413B2 |
Air delivery system for an engine
An air delivery system for an engine includes a first air filter, a second air filter, a first conduit, a second conduit, an air box, and a third conduit. Each of the first air filter and the first conduit, and each of the second air filter and the second conduit are disposed at a first angle with respect to a lateral axis of the air box. The first angle is adapted to limit restriction to flow of intake air from each of the first air filter and the second air filter toward the air box. The third conduit is disposed at a second angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the air box. The second angle is adapted to limit restriction to the flow of intake air from the air box to the engine. |
| US10837412B2 |
Engine system
An engine system may include an engine including a plurality of combustion chambers for generating a driving force by combustion of fuel, an exhaust gas purification device mounted in an exhaust line through which exhaust gas discharged from the combustion chamber flows, an EGR gas collecting device configured for collecting a part of the exhaust gas from an exhaust manifold of the engine and supplying the exhaust gas to an intake manifold of the engine, and an EGR gas supply control valve provided between the EGR gas collecting device and the intake manifold and adapted to regulate a flow rate of EGR gas supplied to the intake manifold. |
| US10837411B2 |
Engine controlled by combustion reaction path and regulating method thereof
The present invention discloses a novel engine controlled by combustion reaction path, which cylinders comprise working cylinders and reforming cylinders. According to the operational condition of engine, the engine is used for compressing, heating and reforming the fuel injected from the reforming cylinder injector; by controlling the reaction boundary conditions between fuel and air, the reforming cylinder can exhaust partial intermediate products or oxidation products of the different oxidation stages; the products are then mixes with the inlet air in the pre-mixing chamber and then is introduced into the working cylinder. Under operating in different working conditions, the engine can discharge the mixed gas with different activities under different oxidation stages by regulating the corresponding boundary conditions of the reforming reaction of the reforming cylinder, and can achieve concentration stratification and activity stratification of the mixed gas in the working cylinder by using the fuel injected from the working cylinder injectors, and can effectively achieve high effectiveness and broaden the scope of clean combustion by changing the combustion reaction path. The present invention just adopts simple oxidation reaction post-treatment device, and then the emission of the engine can meet the requirement of EuroVI emission regulation. |
| US10837409B2 |
Purge system malfunction diagnosis device
A purge system malfunction diagnosis device is configured to diagnose a malfunction in a purge system mounted on a vehicle. The purge system includes a canister, a purge passage, a purge valve capable of opening and closing the purge passage, an outside air passage configured to cause the canister to communicate with an outside air opening, an outside air valve capable of opening and closing the outside air passage, and a system pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure in the purge system. In a state where the outside air passage is closed, a diagnosis mode is executed on a basis of a relationship between the pressure in the purge system and an integrated value of flow rate estimates of a purge gas. In the diagnosis mode, a parameter to be used for diagnosing a malfunction in the purge system is adjusted in a case where the flow rate estimate is lower than a flow rate threshold. |
| US10837403B2 |
Exhaust nozzle control including tapered control effector for a gas turbine engine
An exhaust nozzle for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a duct having a first surface and a second surface extending about a duct axis to define an exhaust flow path, and at least one effector positioned along the first surface. The at least one effector is pivotable about an effector axis to vary a throat area of the exhaust flow path. The at least one effector tapers along the effector axis. A method of exhaust control for a gas turbine engine is also disclosed. |
| US10837402B2 |
Thrust vector nozzle
A thrust vectoring exhaust nozzle is disclosed. The nozzle includes an inner nozzle for changing a first degree-of-freedom of exhaust gas, an outer nozzle for changing a second degree-of-freedom of exhaust gas, a mounting bracket, a first linear actuator, a second linear actuator, a first double universal joint, and a second double universal joint. The inner nozzle is coupled to the outer nozzle. The inner nozzle is coupled to the mounting bracket. The outer nozzle is coupled to the first and second joint. When the nozzle is mounted, the inner nozzle, the outer nozzle, and the exhaust are coaxially aligned in neutral position. Actuation of the first and second linear actuators drives the first and second double universal joints independently to each other. The independent motion of the first and second double universal joints rotates the inner and outer nozzles simultaneously about the exhaust in a horizontal direction and vertical direction enabling thrust vectoring. |
| US10837395B2 |
Methods and systems to control fuel scavenging in a split exhaust engine
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting amount of directly injected fuel scavenged via a second exhaust manifold of a split exhaust engine system. In one example, a method may include adjusting a start of injection of a fuel direct injection into an engine cylinder, the cylinder including a first exhaust valve coupled to a first exhaust manifold and a second exhaust valve coupled to a second exhaust manifold, the second exhaust manifold coupled to an intake of the engine, based on a closing timing of the second exhaust valve and dependent on an operating condition, and adjusting a position of a bypass valve of the second exhaust manifold based on the adjusted start of injection. In this way, the amount of scavenged fuel may be increased or decreased based on the operating condition. |
| US10837393B2 |
Method for operating a diesel engine
A method for operating an engine in which fuel is supplied to the engine by a fuel pump and by a high-pressure fuel pump, and in which the speed of the fuel pump and/or the electrical current for feeding the fuel pump is controlled in accordance with a requirement variable, taking into account a determination specification. When the engine has changed to an overrun mode of operation, a calibration is performed and the speed of the fuel pump is detected and is maintained. Once the triggering pressure for a calibration valve has been reached, the pump current is detected, a bypass volumetric flow rate of the high-pressure fuel pump is determined during calibration using operating parameters and the triggering pressure for the calibration valve, the determined speed, the bypass volumetric flow rate and the determined pump current are used to calibrate the determination specification. |
| US10837392B2 |
Injection control device
An injection control device controls a solenoid in a fuel injection valve. The injection control device includes a transistor on an upstream side of a first power supply path to the solenoid and a transistor on an upstream side of a second power supply path to the solenoid. The injection control device has another transistor with a body diode arranged in parallel at a position on the first power supply path between the first transistor and an upstream terminal of the solenoid. The injection control device also includes a transistor on the downstream side of the first and second power supply paths. A drive controller in the injection control device drives the solenoid to an open position by switching ON the transistor on the downstream side and the transistor on the upstream side of the first power supply path or the transistor on the upstream side of the second power supply path. |
| US10837389B2 |
System and method for diagnosing misfiring of a variable displacement engine
Systems and methods for determining the presence or absence of cylinder misfire of an internal combustion engine are presented. In one example, a threshold for establishing or denying the presence of cylinder misfire is determined via engine acceleration amounts of active and non-active cylinders. Engine acceleration values are then compared to the threshold to determine the presence or absence of cylinder misfire. |
| US10837382B2 |
Multi-level firing engine control
In various aspects, internal combustion engines, engine controllers and methods of controlling engines are described. The engine includes a camshaft and a two cylinder sets. Cylinders in the first are deactivatable and cylinders in the second set may be fired at high or low output levels. The air charge for each fired working cycle is set based on whether a high or low torque output is selected. In some implementations, the camshaft is axially shiftable between first and second positions. First cam lobes are configured to cause their associated cylinders to intake a large air charge during intake strokes that occur when the camshaft is in the first position. Second cam lobes for cylinders in the second set cause their associated cylinders to intake a smaller air charge when the camshaft is in the second position. Second cam lobes for cylinders in the first set deactivate their associated cylinders. |
| US10837378B2 |
Systems for a multi-fuel capable engine
Various methods and systems are provided for a multi-fuel capable engine. The system includes a liquid fuel system to deliver liquid fuel to an engine, a gaseous fuel system to deliver gaseous fuel to the engine, and a control system. The control system, during a gaseous fuel system test mode, controls the liquid fuel system and the gaseous fuel system to deliver the liquid fuel and the gaseous fuel to the engine over a range of engine operating points, and indicate degradation of the gaseous fuel system based on engine output at each of the engine operating points. |
| US10837376B2 |
Systems for diagnosing a condition of an engine
Various systems and methods are provided for identifying cylinder knock. In one example, cylinder knock may be identified based on a knock monitor that identifies knock based on output from a crankshaft speed sensor. |
| US10837373B2 |
Precombustion chamber gas engine
A precombustion chamber gas engine including a precombustion chamber communicating with a main combustion chamber includes: a precombustion-chamber-fuel supply line through which a precombustion chamber fuel flows; a precombustion-chamber-fuel supply valve connected to the precombustion-chamber-fuel supply line and controlling supply of the precombustion chamber fuel to the precombustion chamber, the precombustion-chamber-fuel supply valve being configured to open when a precombustion chamber fuel line pressure, which is a pressure of the precombustion-chamber-fuel supply line, is larger than a precombustion chamber pressure, which is a pressure of the precombustion chamber; a precombustion-chamber-fuel-line-pressure adjustment valve disposed on the precombustion-chamber-fuel supply line and capable of adjusting the precombustion chamber fuel line pressure; an exhaust-precombustion-chamber-pressure acquisition unit capable of obtaining an exhaust precombustion chamber pressure which is a pressure related to the precombustion chamber pressure when an exhaust valve controlling a communication state between an exhaust passage and a cylinder forming the main combustion chamber is open; and a valve-opening-degree control device configured to control an opening degree of the precombustion-chamber-fuel-line-pressure adjustment valve. The valve-opening-degree control device is configured to control the opening degree of the precombustion-chamber-fuel-line-pressure adjustment valve in accordance with the exhaust precombustion chamber pressure obtained by the exhaust-precombustion-chamber-pressure acquisition unit. |
| US10837369B2 |
Igniter assembly for a gas turbine combustor
An igniter assembly for a gas turbine combustor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an insulator. The first electrode, the second electrode, and the insulator form a cavity, the second electrode forms an outlet passage extending from the cavity, a maximum cross-sectional area of the cavity is greater than a cross-sectional area of the outlet passage, and the cross-sectional area of the outlet passage is substantially constant along a longitudinal extent of the outlet passage. In addition, the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to ionize gas within the cavity in response to an electrical current applied to the first electrode or to the second electrode. |
| US10837364B2 |
Thermal shield for gas turbine engine diffuser case
A gas turbine engine comprises a fan delivering air into a bypass duct as bypass air and into a core engine. The core engine includes a high pressure compressor, a combustor, and a turbine section including a fan drive turbine driving a fan rotor through a gear reduction. The high pressure compressor having a downstream most location and air in a chamber radially outward of the combustor being air downstream of the downstream most location in the high pressure compressor. A tap taps compressed air and moves compressed air through a heat exchanger, then returns the compressed air back into a core engine housing and passes the returned air through a conduit radially outwardly of the combustor. The air is passed from the conduit radially inwardly to cool the turbine section. |
| US10837363B2 |
Systems for an electric turbocharger
Various systems are provided for an electric turbocharger. As one example, an electric turbocharger includes a turbine casing housing a turbine wheel and a compressor casing housing a compressor wheel, a bearing casing surrounding a shaft connecting the turbine wheel and the compressor wheel, the bearing casing split into a turbine bearing casing, compressor bearing casing, and a stator casing, the stator casing positioned between the turbine bearing casing and compressor bearing casing and housing an electric motor mounted on and around the shaft, and a plurality of bolts, each bolt of the plurality of bolts extending parallel to the shaft and from an outer face of the compressor bearing casing, through the stator casing and turbine bearing casing, and into the turbine casing. |
| US10837361B2 |
Gas turbine engine inlet
An inlet for a turbofan engine, including an inlet wall surrounding an inlet flow path. The inlet wall extends axially from an upstream end to a downstream end adjacent the fan. The inlet wall has a shape defining a plurality of teeth circumferentially spaced around the inlet. The teeth extend axially and project radially inwardly toward the central longitudinal axis. A central portion of the inlet flow path has a cross-sectional dimension measured diametrically between opposed teeth, the cross-sectional dimension varying along the axial direction. The central portion defines a geometric throat at a minimum value of the cross-sectional dimension. The inlet wall is shaped so that the geometric throat is axially spaced from the upstream end and the downstream end. A gas turbine engine and a method of shielding tips of fan blades from impact by an object having a predetermined minimum dimension are also discussed. |
| US10837359B2 |
Gas turbine engine with distributed fans
A gas generator has at least one compressor rotor, at least one gas generator turbine rotor and a combustion section. A fan drive turbine is positioned downstream of a path of the products of combustion having passed over the at least one gas generator turbine rotor. The fan drive turbine drives a shaft and the shaft engages gears to drive at least three fan rotors. |
| US10837356B2 |
Free-piston linear apparatus
The present invention relates to a free-piston linear apparatus, comprising a piston arranged within a cylinder, said piston being configured for linear displacement within the cylinder; a combustion chamber arranged on one side of said piston and a gas expansion chamber arranged on an opposite side of said piston, wherein said piston is drivable under the action of a fuel medium expanding in the combustion chamber; an exhaust vent arranged to release exhaust gas from the combustion chamber to an exhaust system, wherein said exhaust system comprises a heat exchanger configured to transfer residual heat from said exhaust gas to said gas expansion chamber in order to heat the gas expansion chamber; and wherein said gas expansion chamber comprises at least one gas port for injecting and/or releasing gas into/from the gas expansion chamber. |
| US10837354B2 |
Manufacturing method for turbocharger
The manufacturing method for a turbocharger includes: connecting a shaft-side member to an actuator while the shaft-side member is inserted into a bush; combining the shaft-side member with a valve body-side member; and fixing the shaft-side member to the valve body-side member in a state where a wastegate valve is driven by the actuator so as to close the wastegate valve, and a contact surface of the valve body is pressed against a bearing surface. |
| US10837353B2 |
Pipe connection structure
A pipe connection structure according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: two inlet pipes through which a gas is capable of flowing; a connection pipe to which respective outlet-side end portions of the two inlet pipes are connected at a distance; and an outlet pipe connected to the connection pipe at an opposite side to a side where the two inlet pipes are connected to the connection pipe, the outlet pipe being capable of being in communication with the two inlet pipes via a space section inside the connection pipe. The two inlet pipes include a first inlet pipe disposed on a first side and a second inlet pipe disposed on a second side, in a width direction of the connection pipe, across a middle of connection positions of the two inlet pipes to the connection pipe. The outlet pipe is connected to a position offset toward the second side in the width direction of the connection pipe. Along an axial direction of the first inlet pipe, the space section inside the connection pipe has an axial length not smaller than a virtual diameter D defined by following expression (1) D=√(4A/π), where A is a cross-sectional area of the first inlet pipe and π is pi. |
| US10837352B2 |
Apparatus and method for increasing air flow and air velocity entering the air intake of an internal combustion engine
Apparatus and method for directing airflow into the air intake (carburetor or fuel injection system) of an internal combustion engine for increasing air flow velocity and the quantity of air reaching the cylinder or cylinders thereof through the use of an electrically powered fan, are described. The fan is installed inside of the air filter element such that when the air intake throttle plates are closed or partially closed, the unused airflow exits the apparatus to relieve the pressure created by the fan, and when additional air is needed by the engine, air can enter the filter element. The fan may be continuously operated during the operation of the motor, and at all engine speeds. |
| US10837350B2 |
Method of making expansion tanks for cooling systems and/or engines
A manufacturing process for making different expansion tanks for different cooling systems and/or for different engines, each of the expansion tanks having an inlet mouth and comprising: a plastic shell comprising a) a wall defining a cavity for containing a coolant liquid; and b) at least one collar at the inlet mouth, the collar being outwardly projecting from the wall. Each of the expansion tanks further comprising a tubular insert engaging the collar and defining the inlet mouth; the tubular insert being made of plastic material; and retention means which hold the tubular insert relative to the collar. The process comprising making shells identical in shape and size, for all of the expansion tanks; and making inserts that differ in the value of their inner diameter; each inner diameter value being determined at the design stage depending on the type of cooling system and/or the type of engine. |
| US10837344B2 |
Converter V-band clamp anti-rotation and assembly aid
An anti-rotation and assembly aid clamp for use in coupling a turbocharger and a catalytic converter. The clamp can include a ring body configured to circumferentially clamp the outlet flange to the inlet flange, a torque application device configured to apply a force about the ring body, and an anti-rotation assembly device configured to be engageable with a first coupling post extending from the turbocharger and a second coupling post extending from the convert to exert a clamping force urging the outlet flange toward the inlet flange. |
| US10837343B1 |
Water separator for marine exhaust system
A water separator for use in a marine exhaust system comprises a horizontally disposed, generally cylindrical housing including a wet exhaust inlet, a dry exhaust outlet, and a water outlet. Wet exhaust entering the wet exhaust inlet is constrained against the inner housing wall by a variable geometry vane or baffle which causes the wet exhaust to accelerate such that centrifugal force causes the entrained water to separate from the exhaust gas. Separated water encounters a longitudinally disposed barrier and flows to the water outlet for discharge from the vessel. A tubular dry exhaust pipe is longitudinally disposed within the housing and includes an inlet disposed in proximity to a first end thereof, and an outlet projecting from a second end thereof. |
| US10837333B2 |
Exhaust system having tunable exhaust sound
The disclosed inventive concept provides a further achievement in efforts to produce a tunable exhaust sound for a vehicle. The system provides a tunable exhaust system including a tunable resonator and a pair of tunable mufflers. The tunable resonator includes a housing including first, second and third expansion chambers. A pair of bank-by-bank exhaust conduits extends through the housing. At least one of the conduits includes a band of peripheral perforations within the first expansion chamber. The band is formed at an angle relative to the long axis of the conduit on which it is formed. The mufflers include inlet and outlet pipes. At least one of the outlet pipes includes a variable exhaust gas flow assembly. The variable exhaust gas flow assembly includes a vane shaft, an exhaust gas regulating vane attached to the vane shaft, and a vane actuator for regulating the position of the vane shaft. |
| US10837332B2 |
Oil separator unit
An oil separator unit including an upstream member having an opening through which the blowby gas passes, a downstream member having a hit portion hit by the blowby gas, and a porous member trapping the oil mist contained in the blowby gas that has passed through the through hole. The upstream member includes and a spacer projected from an upstream surface facing a first surface of the porous member to support the first surface, the downstream member includes a rib projected from a downstream surface facing a second surface of the porous member to support the second surface, and the spacer is extended along a first direction and the rib is extended along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. |
| US10837331B2 |
Filter arrangements; components; and, methods
Filter assemblies and components therefor, are described. In an example arrangement, the crankcase ventilation filter assembly is configured to be serviced from either the top or the bottom. A rotational indexing arrangement is to ensure appropriate orientation of an internally received filter cartridge, and other components of the arrangement are provided. Methods of assembly, servicing and use are described. |
| US10837328B2 |
Engine
An engine is provided which includes an oil gallery, a base attaching seat in an engine frame wall, and a base for component mounting attached to the base attaching seat. An oil cooler and an oil filter are mounted on the base for component mounting, and the base attaching seat is provided with an oil inlet communicating with an upstream-side passage of the oil gallery, and an oil outlet communicating with a downstream-side passage of the oil gallery. Attaching the base for component mounting to the base attaching seat allows engine oil flowing into the oil inlet of the base attaching seat from the upstream-side passage of the oil gallery to pass the base for component mounting, the oil cooler, and the oil filter, and flow out of the oil outlet of the base attaching seat to the downstream-side passage of the oil gallery. |
| US10837324B2 |
Four-stroke internal combustion engine thereto related vehicle and method
A four-stroke internal combustion engine is disclosed. A camshaft and a crankshaft if the engine are synchronised to rotate at a same rotational speed. A first linkage arrangement is configured to change the motion of an exhaust valve head. A second linkage arrangement is configured to change the motion of the intake valve head. A control unit is configured for controlling the first linkage arrangement to selectively prevent or reduce the motion of the exhaust valve head and for controlling the second linkage arrangement to selectively prevent or reduce the motion of the intake valve head. |
| US10837319B2 |
Turbine center frame having a centering element
A turbine center frame for a gas turbine having a plurality of first components and a plurality of second components alternately mutually adjacently disposed in circumferential direction and bounding a hot gas-conducting flow channel in radial direction, the first components each having two first overlapping portions, and the second components each having two second overlapping portions. In a transition from a first component to a second component, one of the first overlapping portions and one of the second overlapping portions overlap. A centering element, against which, the first components and the second components are braced along the circumferential direction and in the radial direction, centers the first components and the second components relative to a central axis of the turbine center frame. The first components and the second components are manufactured of a ceramic matrix composite, and each first component and each second component are provided with a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion mutually spaced apart at a distance in the circumferential direction, the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion being configured to act from different sides upon the centering element in the radial direction. |
| US10837318B2 |
Buffer system for gas turbine engine
This disclosure relates to a buffer system for a gas turbine engine. An exemplary gas turbine engine includes, among other features, a buffer manifold in an intershaft region. The buffer manifold is configured to direct a flow of air between a first air seal and a first oil seal, and to direct another flow of air between a second air seal and a second oil seal. |
| US10837314B2 |
Hot section dual wall component anti-blockage system
A system for a hot section dual wall component in a gas turbine engine is used to avoid blockage by minimizing particulate deposits. The system includes impingement apertures formed in first wall of a cooling passageway of the dual wall component, and posts included on a second wall of the cooling passageway. The impingement apertures and the posts are respectively aligned opposite each other in the cooling passageway in operative cooperation so that working fluid exhausting into the cooling passageway from the impingement apertures in a first direction is directed to flow in a second direction along the cooling passageway to provide a laminar flow of the working fluid through the cooling passageway in order to minimize deposition of particles. |
| US10837311B2 |
System to determine a state of a valve
A valve monitoring apparatus has a system to determine a state of a valve. The system determines a fluid flow first pressure at a first location within a gas turbine engine, and a second pressure of a compressed fluid at a second location within the engine when the valve is in the first position; and compares the first and second pressures to determine the valve state. The system is arranged to command the valve to move from the first position towards a second position; determine the second pressure of the compressed fluid at the second location; compare the pressure at the second location when the valve is in the first position to the pressure at the second location when the valve has been commanded to move towards the second position; and, determine whether the valve has moved from the first position towards the second position when commanded to do so. |
| US10837310B2 |
Variable turbine or compressor geometry for an exhaust gas turbocharger
A variable turbine and/or compressor geometry for an exhaust gas turbocharger may include an adjusting ring for simultaneously adjusting a plurality of guide vanes. The adjusting ring may be operatively connected to an articulated lever via a first contact surface and to an associated adjusting lever of the plurality of guide vanes via a second contact surface. The adjusting ring may include, at least in a region of the first contact surface, an additional component which is pressed into the adjusting ring and which increases the first contact surface operatively connected with the articulated lever. |
| US10837308B2 |
Device for controlling variable-pitch members in a turbomachine
A device for controlling variable-pitch turbomachine members such as stator vanes, wherein the movement of a control mechanism is imparted to a ring that rotates the levers for pivoting the vanes about a stator, and takes place with a possible change in the length of the bottle screw connecting the ring to the control mechanism, thereby allowing the blade pitch angle law to be changed according to the extension of the control device. A greater freedom of adjustment is thus obtained. The device can be useful when a single control mechanism is used for multiple rings arranged side by side, making it possible to have different control laws for the rings. |
| US10837307B2 |
System of variable stator vanes for a turbine engine
The invention relates to a system of vanes with adjustable orientation, also called a system of variable stator vanes, for a low-pressure compressor of an axial turbine engine. The system comprises vanes, each having a vane extending radially in a flow of the turbine engine and a spindle having a cylindrical portion connected to a telescopic actuating lever. The cylindrical portion comprises radially extending slot, and the actuating lever comprises a pivot joint housed in the slot, that is configured to communicate a rotary movement to the vane about its spindle. The invention also proposes a compressor and a turbine engine. |
| US10837299B2 |
System and method for transition piece seal
A system may include a transition piece, coupled to a support of the system, to receive combustion products from a combustion chamber. The system may also include a turbine nozzle, coupled to a support of the system, to receive combustion products from the transition piece. Additionally, a web plate disposed at a radial position about a turbine axis between the transition piece and the turbine nozzle may form a first seal between the web plate and the transition piece and form a second seal between the web plate and the turbine nozzle. In addition, the web plate may extend in a circumferential direction about the turbine axis and couple to a support of the system. Further, the web plate may include an inner surface, an outer surface, and an arm extending in a radial direction between the inner surface and the outer surface. |
| US10837293B2 |
Airfoil with tunable cooling configuration
Airfoils, additively manufactured airfoils, and methods of manufacturing airfoils are provided. For example, an airfoil comprises opposite pressure and suction sides that extend axially from a leading edge to a trailing edge and radially spaced apart inner and outer ends. The airfoil also comprises an outer wall defining the pressure and suction sides and leading and trailing edges. A rib extends within the airfoil from the pressure side to the suction side of the outer wall and radially from the inner to the outer end. The airfoil further comprises a first pre-impingement chamber surrounded by a first post-impingement chamber and a first dividing wall segment separating the first pre-impingement and first post-impingement chambers and having a plurality of cooling holes defined therein. The outer wall, rib, and first dividing wall segment are integrally formed as a single monolithic component. |
| US10837292B2 |
Turbine blade with cooling structure, turbine including same turbine blade, and gas turbine including same turbine
A turbine blade with a cooling structure includes a root member coupled to a turbine disk; an inlet formed in the root member to introduce cooling air to the turbine blade; an airfoil coupled to the root member, the airfoil having a suction-side surface and a pressure-side surface; and an internal cooling channel disposed between the suction-side and pressure-side surfaces of the airfoil and configured to pass the cooling air throughout the airfoil from the inlet to an ejection hole formed on an upper surface of the airfoil. The turbine blade may be included in a turbine of a gas turbine and is provided to blow air passing through the cooling channel toward a leading edge and an upper surface of the airfoil, thereby reducing heat load and thermal stress applied to the turbine blade and preventing the turbine blade from being damaged by the heat load or thermal stress. |
| US10837287B2 |
Mistuned bladed rotor and associated manufacturing method
Mistuned bladed rotors and associated manufacturing methods are disclosed. An exemplary method includes forming two or more blades of the bladed rotor where the two or more blades have substantially identical external aerodynamic surfaces and have different internal configurations causing the two or more blades to have different natural frequencies. |
| US10837281B2 |
Mine safety system and method
A mine safety system is provided for preventing coal dust explosions in an underground coal mine. The system comprises a reservoir, for storing an inerting agent; a compressor, for providing compressed air; and a mixer, coupled to the reservoir and the compressor, for mixing the inerting agent and compressed air and providing the mixture to the underground coal mine. The reservoir is located outside of the coal mine. |
| US10837278B2 |
Device and method for evaluating gas-water two-phase flow fracture conductivity of fractured shale
A device and a method for evaluating a gas-water two-phase flow fracture conductivity of a fractured shale. The device includes a seepage system, an injection system, a data collecting and processing system and a three-axis shale core holder, wherein the seepage system is subjected to two stages including a water injection stage and a gas flooding stage. When using the device, firstly the initial permeability and initial mass of the shale sample are determined; the water influx test is performed by injecting water to the shale sample until flow rate of the water discharged from the shale core is stable, then the water injection is ended. After the drying device is installed, the shale sample is subjected to gas flooding, and the aqueous fracturing fluid discharged by the gas flooding is collected until the flow meter determines that the gas volume is stable, and then the gas flooding is ended. |
| US10837269B2 |
Multi-stage fracturing sliding sleeve
A multi-stage fracturing sliding sleeve is provided, which comprises a fracturing pipe, a shear slip device, a fracturing sleeve, a ball seat support, a first sliding sleeve and a limiting sleeve, the fracturing sleeve seals fracturing ports, the ball seat support and the fracturing pipe are connected through at least one first shear pin, a first spring is arranged between the first sliding sleeve and the limiting sleeve, a second sliding sleeve is arranged below a multi-segment ball seat and connected with the first sliding sleeve, an outer wall of the first sliding sleeve comprises a downward facing annular shoulder, an inner wall of the limiting ring comprises an upward facing annular shoulder, the first spring is located between the downward facing annular shoulder and the upward facing annular shoulder, and an upper end face of the limiting ring limits the axial travel of the first sliding sleeve. |
| US10837267B2 |
Well kickoff systems and methods
Systems and methods for removing fluid from a subterranean well with a fluid removal system includes lowering an elongated member into tubing of the subterranean well to a lower position, the elongated tubing having a plunger or valve body located at an end, wherein fluid passes past the plunger or through a valve opening as the valve body moves into the subterranean well. The plunger or valve body is moved in a direction out of the subterranean well so that fluid cannot pass the plunger or through the valve opening, moving the fluid out of the subterranean well. |
| US10837259B2 |
Cleaning channels
A method includes inserting a flexible cable into a cleaning region of a channel of a component via a cleaning port, rotating the flexible cable about an axis within the channel to interact a tip with deposits disposed within the cleaning region of the channel, moving the flexible cable within the cleaning region of the channel along a length of the channel, and removing portions of the deposits from the cleaning region of the channel via a second port. The flexible cable includes the axis and the tip. A diameter of the tip is different than a diameter of the flexible cable. The tip is configured to loosen the portions of the deposits. |
| US10837245B2 |
Liner hanger system
An example liner hanger system includes a casing for lining a wellbore and a collar configured for connection to a part of the casing within the wellbore. The collar has a first shape and a liner hanger has a second shape that is based on the first shape. The liner hanger is configured to fit within, and to be supported by, the collar. The system also includes a screen connected to the liner hanger. |
| US10837241B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting torque through a work string when in tension and allowing free rotation with no torque transmission when in compression
A system for facilitating the transmission of rotational torque through a tool when the tool is in tension but allowing free rotation without torque transmission when the tool is in compression and stroked partially or fully closed. |
| US10837239B2 |
Integral DSIT and flow spool
This disclosure includes riser-component assemblies and methods of assembling the same that are suitable for managed pressure drilling (MPD) systems. For example, this disclosure includes integrated flow spool and isolation tool riser components that can be permanently coupled together and that can be configured to pass through a rotary table or other rig equipment. |
| US10837238B2 |
Side saddle slingshot continuous motion rig
A drilling rig includes a rig floor, first and second support structures, a mast, a lower drilling machine, a continuous drilling unit, an upper drilling machine, and an upper mast assembly. The rig floor includes a V-door defining a V-door axis extending perpendicularly from the side of the rig floor that includes the V-door. The first and second support structures define a traverse corridor having a traverse corridor axis, wherein the traverse corridor axis is perpendicular to the V-door axis. The drilling rig may be used for continuous drilling of a wellbore. |
| US10837230B1 |
Ladder hoop
A ladder hoop having a hoop shaped member with an inner facing surface, an outer facing surface, a top and a bottom. The hoop has two terminating ends forming an opening there between, and each terminating end is adapted to attach to a scaffold ladder. The hoop includes tabs supporting a member movable on the tabs between an open position and a closed position. |
| US10837226B2 |
Frame with strengthened corners
A frame assembly with strengthened corners is described. The frame assembly includes internal corner sets that squeeze or pull mitered or angled edges of frame sections together. The corner sets fit into openings at corners between adjacent frame sections. The frame assembly includes corner braces that snap lock over a corner between adjacent frame sections. The corner braces fit over exterior surfaces of the frame sections forming the frame assembly. The corner brace snaps into grooves in the exterior surfaces of the frame sections. The frame assembly includes a corner member that engages to an outer flange of joining frame sections. The corner member spans the corner between the joining frame sections. |
| US10837214B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door, and a door opening device. The door opening device includes a motor and a pushing member configured to be withdrawn out by the motor to open the door. The pushing member includes a first rack configured to be driven by the motor and to push one of the cabinet or the door, and a second rack configured to be driven by the motor and slidably coupled to the first rack in which the second rack at least partially overlaps with the first rack. The first rack is configured to move relative to the second rack in a first direction to open the door to a first angle, and to move together with the second rack in the first direction to move the door to a second angle greater than the first angle. |
| US10837209B2 |
Hinge module and electronic device
A hinge module includes a first bracket, a second bracket, a pivot assembly, a pressing component and an adjusting structure. The first bracket has at least one first sliding slot. The first bracket and the second bracket are pivoted to each other by the pivot assembly, wherein the pivot assembly has a first sliding portion that is slidably disposed in the first sliding slot. The pressing component is connected to the first bracket and the first sliding portion. The adjusting structure is connected to the pressing component that presses the first sliding portion by the adjusting structure. When the first bracket and the second bracket rotate relative to each other, the first sliding portion slides along the first sliding slot, and the hinge module generates a torsional force by continuously pressing the first sliding portion by the pressing component. In addition, an electronic device including the hinge module is provided. |
| US10837208B2 |
Door of pet cage
A pet cage door system including a door frame multiple insertion buckles protruding toward a side of door frame. The door frame has a door that rotates relative to the door frame, and the door has a door bolt that transversely slides relative to the door. A first end of the door bolt is inserted into one of the insertion buckles, and a second end of the door bolt is connected to a vertical bar that transversely moves relative to the door. An end portion of the vertical bar has a transverse bar. The transverse bar has a turning-back bar that extends from an end of the transverse bar that and curves to form a semi-circular portion. The turning-back bar then extends parallel to the transverse bar, is spaced from the transverse bar, and is adapted to engage a second one of the insertion buckles. |
| US10837207B2 |
Control center door latch
For latching an equipment unit door of an equipment unit in a control center, an apparatus includes a latch pin, the unit socket, and a structure socket. The latch pin includes a latch shaft with a latch interface disposed on a pin proximal end and a latch wing disposed on a pin distal end. The latch pin rotates to one of an open position, a unit latch position, and a structure latch position. The unit socket passes the latch wing in the open position and obstructs the latch wing from moving in a proximal direction in the unit latch position. The structure socket passes the latch wing in the unit latch position and obstructs the latch wing from moving in the proximal direction in the structure latch position. |
| US10837205B2 |
Motor vehicle door latch device
A motor vehicle door latch device that prevents a latch from being held in a half-latch position when a door opens and enables itself to be smaller. The door latch device comprises a latch that is pivotally mounted via a first shaft to engage with a striker; a pawl that can hold the latch in a full-latch or a half-latch position; a memory lever pivotally mounted via a third shaft not to overlap the latch or the pawl, the memory lever enables holding the pawl in a release position without the full-latch position or half-latch position when the pawl rotates in a releasing direction from the full-latch position; and a releasing portion enabling the pawl to rotate from the release position to the half-latch or full-latch position when the latch rotates from the full-latch position toward an open position to be in between the half-latch position and the open position. |
| US10837204B2 |
Closure bracket assembly for selectively retaining or rotationally releasing an engine hood of a motor vehicle
In order to improve the release movement of a closure bracket assembly for retaining or raising a pivotable front flap of a motor vehicle from a normal position into a protection position, a closure bracket having a closure bolt and a closure bracket upper part is provided. The closure bolt is secured in a lock in the normal position and in the protection position. A front flap securing device can be secured on the front flap. A pivot shaft is arranged on the front flap securing device and about which the front flap securing device is pivotally mounted for raising purposes. A closure bracket holder is provided on which the closure bracket is held. The pivot shaft is arranged on the closure bracket holder and the closure bolt can be pivoted in the lock during raising. |
| US10837201B2 |
Fortified deadbolt latch
A deadbolt latching mechanism for a door. Specifically, the mechanism relates to a fortified deadbolt latch providing fortification against attempted prying of a door against the locking mechanism. A fortified deadlock latch device configured to reversibly move between an extended locked and retracted unlocked position, the device comprising: a. a latch housing having a longitudinal axis; b. a latching assembly, the latching assembly slidably coupled to the latch housing along the longitudinal axis; c. a bolt assembly coupled to the latching assembly, the bolt defining a circumferential surface; d. a rocker hingedly coupled to the bolt assembly, the rocker having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein, the distal end is configured to protrude beyond the bolt assembly's circumferential area and engage a frame jamb box in the extended position; and e. a bolt sleeve or a face plate, operably coupled to the latch housing. |
| US10837195B2 |
Customizable tenting system
The present invention is directed to a tent shelter that is adapted for various uses, designs configurations and combinations, along with riggings and accessories. It includes a flat material for its main body having anchor points along its peripheral edges. An anchor apparatus (including a hole) can be coupled at the anchor points. It also includes anchor apparatuses used to couple the tent shelter to another tent shelter, tent shelter accessories or a fixed object using a paracord or other materials. It also includes different ridged, hinge and awning assemblies to support the tent. The assemblies can anchor, manipulate, adjust and support the tent. An awning assembly coupled to the pole rigging system can be coupled to a tent shelter when laid flat. A hinged rigging system can be adjusted and supported so that the tent can be manipulated into desirable shapes including a shape that folds into a container. |
| US10837194B2 |
Portable relaxation pod
Portable relaxation pod. The portable relaxation pod includes a foldable exterior housing with walls, front flaps configured to close at least partially and an interior ceiling. Interior panels have acoustic foam and corrugated plastic layers. The interior panels abut the ceiling and walls. The portable seating system of a foldable chair equipped with a massage cushion is placed inside the exterior housing. A relaxation system includes an eye mask, headphones connected to an audio player and a portable foot massager, which is placed outside of the exterior housing in front of the seating system. |
| US10837193B2 |
Lever lock post holder
A post holder for holding a post in place. The post holder includes: a casing including a hollow cylinder and a clamping flag defined by a cutout formed in the hollow cylinder; first and second brackets detachably secured to the casing; a cylindrical rod disposed between the first and second brackets and secured to the first and second brackets; and a levered cam disposed between the first and second brackets and having a shape of a comma that includes a tail and a circular disk. The circular disk has a hole that the cylindrical rod passes through, where the hole is offset from a center of the circular disk so that a level of a clamping force that the circular disk applies to the clamping flag changes as the levered cam rotates relative to the casing. |
| US10837189B2 |
Water-holding structure bonding kit
A bonding kit for use with a water-holding structure, the kit having a bonding conductor with a body portion configured to reside within a component attached to the water-holding structure. The bonding conductor includes an extension portion configured to extend outwardly from the component. The bonding kit includes a conductor fitting configured to attach to the extension portion of the bonding conductor and to attach to a conductive system of the water-holding structure, providing an electrical connection between the bonding conductor, or water therein, and the conductive system, the bonding conductor providing equipotential bonding for water contained in the water-holding structure. |
| US10837188B1 |
Fabric children's wading pool and method of use
A foldable, portable fabric children's wading pool for installation in the ground and which has improved stability characteristics is provided. The pool includes a base region with a generally circular sheet of water-resistant woven fabric with a thread denier of between 400 denier and 600 denier, a stabilizer region comprising one or more sections of woven fabric with a thread denier of between 200 denier and 400 denier, where the stabilizer region is affixed to the outer edge of the base region, and with a number of sand anchors affixed to the stabilizer region. The pool is set up by digging a hole in the ground and forming berms along the edges of the hole. Then, the pool is unfolded and positioned such that the waterproof fabric base is in the hole, and the sand anchor section extends downwardly and outwardly from the edge of the sand berm. Then, a weighting material is loaded onto the sand anchor section and the pool is filled with water, preferably using the waterproof bag that also serves as a storage and transport bag for the pool when folded. |
| US10837187B2 |
Modular integrated building and construction method thereof
Disclosed herewith a modular integrated building and a construction method thereof. The building includes multiple prefabricated room units, each provided with reserved, exposed reinforcing bars at its top. A bottom of a load-bearing structure of the prefabricated room unit is embedded with grouting couple shafts. Reinforcing bars of the load-bearing structure and of the prefabricated room unit of a next floor are inserted in inner grouting chambers of the grouting couple shafts to connect two prefabricated room units of adjacent floors together. A cast-in-situ concrete interlayer is arranged for connecting adjacent prefabricated room units of a same floor together. The on-site workload is reduced significantly, the construction period is shortened greatly, and the construction is convenient and rapid. |
| US10837186B2 |
Patching compound dispenser-applicator
A refillable combination patching compound dispenser and applicator has a generally cone-shaped container having a normally open end through which patching compound is introduced, a closed end terminating in a tip, a dispensing aperture disposed through the side-wall of container, proximate the tip, and a disc-shaped applicator having a center opening in communication with the dispensing aperture through which patching compound is dispensed. The apparatus is ergonomically shaped to fit easily in the palm of the user's hand and includes a fingertip rest opposite the dispensing aperture to facilitate application of patching compound in any direction over the substrate surface. |
| US10837181B2 |
Method for producing a mechanical locking system for panels
A method for producing a mechanical locking system for a first panel and a second panel. The method includes providing a tongue, including a first locking surface, at a first edge of the first panel, forming a tongue groove, including a second locking surface, at a second edge of the second panel, the first locking surface and second locking surface are configured to cooperate for locking the first edge to the second edge in a first direction, providing a first guiding surface at the first edge and a second guiding surface at the second edge, wherein the first guiding surface cooperates with the second guiding surface during an assembling of the first edge and the second edge, and working of the first guiding surface and/or the second guiding surface to reduce the coefficient of friction between the first guiding surface and the second guiding surface and/or a surface roughness. |
| US10837177B2 |
Check valve for downspouts
Methods, systems and devices for a check valve for deterring intrusion into downspouts include a body member having at least a first orifice and are configured to mount on a downspout, where the downspout is adapted to promote fluid flow in a single direction. Pivotably mounted on the body members are various valve members. The mounting arrangement can provide a closed position that substantially occludes the first orifice and a range of open positions when the valve member is pivoted with respect to the body member to open in the flow direction. In addition, at least one additional orifice can be provided in either the body member or the valve member to permit fluid flow irrespective of the position of the valve member. |
| US10837175B2 |
Textile-reinforced concrete structure using textile grid fixing apparatus and construction method for the same
Provided are a textile-reinforced concrete structure using a textile grid fixing device and a construction method therefor. A textile grid is precisely disposed at a predetermined position between a mold and a main reinforcing bar using a textile grid fixing device so as to be prevented from being moved by a pouring pressure when concrete is poured, and thus a textile-reinforced concrete structure can be precisely constructed. The textile grid fixing device is fixed to one side of the mold, and the textile-reinforced concrete structure is constructed using the textile grid fixing device such that fine cracks are suppressed from being generated on a surface of concrete. Further, a surface of a concrete structure is protected from an external environment when the textile-reinforced concrete structure is constructed so that a covering thickness of concrete can be reduced, and thus, the textile-reinforced concrete structure can be economically constructed. |
| US10837173B2 |
Beam-column connection structure and method of making the same
The subject invention relates to a beam-column connection structure and method of making the same wherein the beam-column connection structure includes: a precast column comprising a plurality of tension bars horizontally embedded in the precast column; a precast beam comprising a metal plate fastened to an end surface of the precast beam, the metal plate having a plurality of through holes; and a plurality of fasteners, wherein each of the fasteners respectively penetrates through each of the through holes of the metal plate and connects to an end of a corresponding tension bar so that the precast beam is fixed to the precast column. |
| US10837169B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing a tubular sealing element
A method for producing of a tubular sealing element for sealing a safing slot in a curtain wall construction is described, particularly for sealing the slot with regard to noise, smoke, and fire and if applicable with regard to water, and an apparatus for producing such a tubular sealing element, as well as to the use of the tubular sealing element produced according to the invention for fire-, smoke-, sound- and water-proof sealing of perimeter joints in curtain wall constructions are described. In particular, an improved method for continuous and endless production of a tubular sealing element for different safing slot dimensions is described. |
| US10837166B2 |
Building structure and construction method for same
The invention relates to a building structure comprising pillar units, beam units including main beam units and floor slab units, the floor slab unit comprises a floor slab template layer and a floor slab framework unit; the beam unit comprises a beam template layer of concrete and the beam framework unit; the pillar unit comprises a pillar framework unit, the pillar framework unit comprises a pillar keel unit and support legs; the pillar framework unit comprises a pillar keel unit and support legs; the longitudinal section steel major keels supported on the main beam major keels and the steel bars protruding out of the floor slab template layer in the side direction are placed above the main beam units; the cells are formed between the adjacent beam units; more than one floor slab units are installed in each cell. The advantages of the invention are no support frames, no removing the template. |
| US10837163B2 |
Smart urinals and methods of making and using same
A method for retrofitting a urinal having an interior part configured to receive urine voided by a user, and an exterior part. The method includes the step of providing a urinal retrofitting device. The urinal retrofitting device includes a processor, a memory, a projecting device, and a housing for housing the processor and the projecting device. The projecting device is located in the housing such that the projecting device projects user consumable content outside the housing at an angle. The housing is disposed adjacent the exterior part such that the user can consume the user consumable content while the user is urinating at the urinal. |
| US10837160B2 |
Methods and apparatus for fluid flow monitoring and leak detection
According to at least one aspect, a fluid flow monitoring system includes an ultrasonic sensor for generating measurement signals associated with respective ultrasonic signals propagating through the fluid in the lumen, a shut-off valve for blocking fluid flow in the lumen, and a controller. The controller can be communicatively coupled to the ultrasonic sensor and to the shut-off valve. The controller can be configured to compute a plurality of fluid flow parameter estimates based on a plurality of measurement signals generated by the ultrasonic sensor over a time window while the shut-off valve is open. The controller can obtain an offset value associated with fluid flow parameter measurements during a zero flow state of the shut-off valve. The controller can then check for presence of a fluid leak event based on the fluid flow parameter estimates over the time window and the offset value. |
| US10837156B1 |
Automated post hole digger
An automated post hole digger for efficient, assisted hole digging includes a base plate having a top side separated from a bottom side forming an inner cavity. A pair of jaws is pivotably coupled to the base plate. A bottom end of each of a pair of handles is coupled to the pair of jaws to move the pair of jaws between an open position and a closed position. A hole saw is coupled to the base plate and comprises a motor, a battery pack, a piston coupled to the motor and extending through the bottom side, and a bit head that is selectively engageable with the piston. The piston is driven by the motor and the bit head is configured to break up hard soil, clay, concrete, and other material. A plurality of controls is coupled to the pair of handles to operate the hole saw. |
| US10837155B2 |
Erosion control system
An erosion control system of interconnected bags with water permeable fill material. The top panel of each bag is a geotextile mesh material so that water can pass into the bag and into the water permeable fill material. The bottom panel of each bag is a geotextile mesh that is non-degradable and slightly water permeable. The bags are connected in the end to form a trough through the permeable fill material. |
| US10837151B2 |
Temporarily coupling between jacket and pile
A coupling system for temporarily coupling a jacket with a foundation pile includes a first flange for mounting with the jacket, a second flange for contacting the foundation pile, and an inflatable spacing member arranged between the first flange and second flange. The inflatable spacing member contacts both the first flange and second flange for supporting the jacket through the spacing member. |
| US10837149B2 |
Erectable barrier
An erectable barrier unit as well as a barricade made of a plurality of units are disclosed. The erectable barrier unit comprises a base and at least one movable hurdle connected to the base wherein the movable hurdle can instantly erect from a resting position in which the hurdle is adjacent to the base to an erected position in which a predetermined angle is formed between the hurdle and the base. |
| US10837145B2 |
Paving block units and paving block system for fluid storage and drainage allowing vertical and horizontal flow of fluid
A paving block system comprising a plurality of paving block units (A) and a plurality of paving block units (B) interlocked together to form a paving block system. The paving block units each comprise at least two channels formed along a bottom face of the paving block units. The channels of the paving block units (A) are in fluid communication with the channels of the paving block units (B) when the paving block units are interlocked together to form the paving block system configured for storage and/or drainage of fluid. |
| US10837144B2 |
Concrete slab load transfer apparatus and method of manufacturing same
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a cast-in-place concrete slab load transfer apparatus and method of manufacturing same. In various embodiments, the concrete slab load transfer apparatus includes a plurality of load transfer dowels each having a top surface and a bottom surface, a basket supporting the load transfer dowels, and a plurality of welds including a plurality of breakable welds connecting the bottom surfaces of the load transfer dowels to the basket. |
| US10837142B2 |
Paper coating composition with highly modified starches
Coating compositions, including high degree of substitution (DS), viscosity optimized starches, are disclosed for use in non-barrier paper coatings. Paper coated with the same is disclosed as well as methods of making the coating compositions and coated papers. |
| US10837134B2 |
Washing machine and method of controlling the same
A washing machine and a method of controlling the same are disclosed. The amount of laundry that is introduced into the washing machine is measured using gravity and inertia applied during the operation of a motor, whereby it is possible to precisely calculate the amount of laundry and to minimize the effects of the initial position of the laundry and the movement of the laundry. In addition, a current value of the motor that is operated is used to measure the amount of laundry without a sensor. Furthermore, precision in determining the amount of laundry is improved, and the amount of laundry is determined within a short time. Consequently, it is easy to commence the spin-drying operation, thereby reducing washing time and saving energy. |
| US10837133B2 |
Melt-blown fiber web with improved concentration force and elasticity and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same
Disclosed is a melt-blown fiber web with improved concentration force and elasticity, whereby a melt-blown fabric is cut and sealed at predetermined intervals using knives having arbitrary patterns so that concentration force and elasticity of the melt-blown fiber web can be improved without degrading the inherent function of the fiber web. Further disclosed are a method and apparatus for manufacturing the melt-blown fiber web. The melt-blown fiber web includes thermoplastic filaments, wherein cutting portions and sealing portions are arranged on top and bottom surfaces of the fiber web at predetermined intervals along a thickness of the fiber web so that a concentration force and elasticity of the fiber web are improved. |
| US10837127B2 |
Carbon fiber bundle and method of producing carbon fiber bundle
Provided are carbon fiber bundles which have high knot strength even if the single fiber fineness is large, and which have excellent handling properties and processability. The carbon fiber bundles have a single fiber fineness of 0.8-2.5 dtex, knot strength of 298 N/mm2 or greater. This method of producing carbon fibers having knot strength of 298 N/mm2 or greater involves a heat treatment step for heat treating, for 50-150 minutes, specific polyacrylonitrile-based precursor fiber bundles described in the description in an oxidizing atmosphere rising in temperature in the temperature range of 220-300° C. |
| US10837126B2 |
Vinylidene fluoride resin fibers and sheet-like structure
Provided are fibers that have excellent mechanical properties such as strength and that do not result in the filament breakage during a manufacturing process. The fibers are vinylidene fluoride resin fibers including a plurality of vinylidene fluoride resin filaments, and having a degree of crystal orientation of 80% or more as determined on the basis of X-ray diffraction from the azimuth angle intensity distribution curve of 2θ=20.8±1°, and a crystal size of 12 nm or less. |
| US10837122B2 |
Method and apparatus for precleaning a substrate surface prior to epitaxial growth
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to methods for removing contaminants and native oxides from substrate surfaces. The methods generally include removing contaminants disposed on the substrate surface using a plasma process, and then cleaning the substrate surface by use of a remote plasma assisted dry etch process. |
| US10837119B2 |
Microelectronic substrate electro processing system
In a processing system for electroplating semiconductor wafers and similar substrates, the contact ring of the electroplating processor is removed from the rotor of the processor and replaced with a previously deplated contact ring. This allows the contact ring to be deplated in ring service module of the system, while the processor continues to operate. Wafer throughput is improved. The contact ring may be attached to a chuck for moving the contact ring between the processors and the ring service module, with the chuck quickly attachable and releasable to the rotor. |
| US10837117B2 |
Method for coating an object by means of a multilayer system with a nickel-phosphorus alloy
A method for coating an article, wherein a surface of the article is at least partially coated with a coating that has a multiplicity of layers, wherein at least one layer of the coating is made of a nickel phosphorus alloy and wherein a mass fraction of the phosphorus in the nickel phosphorus alloy is at least 8%. |
| US10837116B2 |
Electrolytic reactor
The invention concerns an electrolytic reactor, in particular for separating phosphate from phosphate-containing liquids and recovering phosphate salts, comprising a housing, an inlet and an outlet for the liquid and two electrodes of different polarity, which enclose a reactor chamber between them, whereby at least one of the two electrodes is a sacrificial electrode and consists of a magnesium-containing material, whereby the sacrificial electrode is constructed of trapezoid bars which have a first and a second upper surface, whereby the first upper surface is smaller than the second upper surface, and whereby four lateral surfaces connect the first upper surface with the second upper surface. |
| US10837111B2 |
Holding arrangement for supporting a substrate carrier and a mask carrier during layer deposition in a processing chamber, apparatus for depositing a layer on a substrate, and method for aligning a substrate carrier supporting a substrate and a mask carrier
A holding arrangement for supporting a substrate carrier and a mask carrier during layer deposition in a processing chamber is provided. The holding arrangement includes two or more alignment actuators connectable to at least one of the substrate carrier and the mask carrier, wherein the holding arrangement is configured to support the substrate carrier in, or parallel to, a first plane, wherein a first alignment actuator of the two or more alignment actuators is configured to move the substrate carrier and the mask carrier relative to each other at least in a first direction, wherein a second alignment actuator of the two or more alignment actuators is configured to move the substrate carrier and the mask carrier relative to each other at least in the first direction and a second direction different from the first direction, and wherein the first direction and the second direction are in the first plane. |
| US10837108B2 |
Chemical vapor deposition process for depositing a silica coating on a glass substrate
A CVD process for depositing a silica coating is provided. The process includes providing a float glass ribbon in a float glass manufacturing process. The process also includes forming a gaseous mixture including a silane compound, oxygen, a fluorine-containing compound, and a radical scavenger. The gaseous mixture is directed toward and along the float glass ribbon and is reacted over the float glass ribbon to form the silica coating thereon. The silica coating comprises silicon dioxide. |
| US10837107B2 |
Method and apparatus for contactlessly advancing substrates
A method of contactlessly advancing a substrate (140), comprising: —providing a process tunnel (102), extending in a longitudinal direction and bounded by at least a first (120) and a second (134) wall; —providing first and second gas bearings (124, 134) by providing substantially laterally flowing gas alongside the first and second walls respectively; —bringing about a first longitudinal division of the process tunnel into a plurality of pressure segments (116), wherein the gas bearings (124, 34) in a pressure segment have an average gas pressure that is different from an average gas pressure of the gas bearings in an adjacent pressure segment; —providing a substrate (140) in between the first wall (120) and the second wall (130); and 1—allowing differences in average gas pressure between adjacent pressure segments (116) to drive the substrate along the longitudinal direction of the process tunnel. |
| US10837104B2 |
Coated tool
A cutting tool in an embodiment includes a base member composed of cemented carbide and a coating layer located on a surface of the base member. The coating layer includes a first layer which is in contact with the base member and contains Ti(CxN1-x) (0≤x≤1). A KAM average value of WC particles in a region extending to a depth of 5 μm from the surface of the base member is 1° or less, which is measured by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) method using a scanning electron microscope with an electron backscatter diffraction imaging system. |
| US10837102B2 |
Method and system for graphene formation
A method of forming graphene includes placing a substrate in a processing chamber and introducing a cleaning gas including hydrogen and nitrogen into the processing chamber. The method also includes introducing a carbon source into the processing chamber and initiating a microwave plasma in the processing chamber. The method further includes subjecting the substrate to a flow of the cleaning gas and the carbon source for a predetermined period of time to form the graphene. |
| US10837099B2 |
Impregnation method
The present disclosure provides an impregnation method that includes the steps of providing a workpiece to be impregnated, placing the workpiece in a bath of impregnating agent inside a vessel, and oscillating movement of a vibrating body inside the vessel during an impregnation period. The vibrating body creates oscillating pressure changes inside the bath by acting on the bath. the method further includes removing the workpiece from the bath after the impregnation period. |
| US10837098B2 |
Method and coating arrangement
Herein is disclosed a process comprising transporting of a foil structure in a coating region in a vacuum chamber, wherein the foil structure has a thickness of less than 40 μm; and coating the foil structure with a protective layer using a gaseous coating material; wherein the gaseous coating material comprises a metal; applying an active material on the foil structure to form a first electrode which has a first chemical potential; assembling the first electrode with a second electrode, where the second electrode has a second chemical potential; and encapsulating the first electrode and the second electrode. |
| US10837095B2 |
Hollow stabilizer production method and hollow stabilizer production device
A hollow stabilizer production method of a hollow stabilizer used for a vehicle includes attaching a first mounting member and a second mounting member respectively to one end and another end of a formed steel tube and heating the steel tube. The method includes feeding a carburizing gas into the interior space of the heated steel tube through the first mounting member, and collecting the air and/or the surplus carburizing gas from the interior space through the second mounting member to thereby carburize the steel tube inner surface. The method includes rapidly cooling the heated steel tube to thereby quench the steel tube continuously from the carburization. |
| US10837093B2 |
High-strength alpha-beta titanium alloy
An alpha-beta titanium alloy is provided. The alpha-beta titanium alloy composition includes concentrations of Al from about 4.7 wt. % to about 6.0 wt. %; V from about 6.5 wt. % to about 8.0 wt. %; Si from about 0.15 wt. % to about 0.6 wt. %; Fe up to about 0.3 wt. %; O from about 0.15 wt. % to about 0.23 wt. %; Ti and incidental impurities as a balance. The alpha-beta titanium alloy may have a solution treated and aged microstructure and an elongation of at least about 10% at room temperature. Also, the alpha-beta titanium alloy may have an Al/V ratio from about 0.65 to about 0.8, the Al/V ratio being equal to the concentration of the Al divided by the concentration of the V in weight percent. |
| US10837092B2 |
High-strength alpha-beta titanium alloy
A method of making an alpha-beta titanium alloy is provided. The method includes forming a melt and solidifying the melt to form an ingot. The melt composition includes concentrations of Al from about 4.7 wt. % to about 6.0 wt. %; V from about 6.5 wt. % to about 8.0 wt. %; Si at less than 1 wt. %; Fe at up to about 0.3 wt. %; 0 at less than 1 wt. %; and a balance of Ti and incidental impurities. Furthermore, the Al/V ratio in the melt is equal to the concentration of the Al divided by the concentration of the V in weight percent is from about 0.65 to about 0.8. |
| US10837090B2 |
Magnetic levitation heating of metal with controlled surface quality
A non-contact heating apparatus uses a series of rotating magnets to heat, levitate, and/or move metal articles therethrough. A first series of rotating magnets heats the metal article to a desired temperature. A second series of rotating magnets levitates the metal article within the heating apparatus and maintains desired tension in the metal article, including urging the metal article through the heating apparatus. The heating apparatus can extend sufficiently far to soak the metal article at the desired temperature for a desired duration. The rotating magnets can be positioned outside of an electrically non-conductive, heat resistant chamber filled with an inert or mildly reactive gas, through which the metal article passes in the heating apparatus. |
| US10837084B2 |
Molten salt electrolyzer, and method for producing metal magnesium using the same and method for producing a titanium sponge
A molten salt electrolyzer having a metal collection chamber, an electrolysis chamber, and two or more electrolytic cell units positioned in the electrolysis chamber. Each electrolytic cell unit has a cathode having an inner space in a prism form; at least one bipolar electrode in a rectangular cylinder form and disposed in the cathode inner space; and an anode in a prism form and disposed in an inner space of the bipolar electrode. At least part of individual planes forming an outer side of the bipolar electrode closest to the cathode faces a plane forming the prism-form inner space of the cathode. At least part of individual planes forming the inner side of the bipolar electrode closest to the anode faces a plane forming the prism of the anode. At least one plane of the cathode constitutes one plane of a cathode of another electrolytic cell unit. |
| US10837081B2 |
Method for using a tubular sonotrode
The method includes the following steps: a) providing a tubular sonotrode (1) formed in a material substantially inert to liquid aluminum, such as a ceramic, for example, silicon oxynitride, the sonotrode comprising a first open end region (2) and a second optionally closed end region (3), b) submerging at least some of the open end region (2) of the tubular sonotrode (1) in the liquid aluminum alloy, and c) applying power ultrasound on the liquid aluminum alloy by means of the tubular sonotrode (1). |
| US10837080B2 |
Rolled steel bar or rolled wire rod for cold-forged component
In a rolled steel bar or rolled wire rod for a cold-forged component having a predetermined chemical composition, Y1 represented by Y1=[Mn]×[Cr] and Y2 represented by Y2=0.134×(D/25.4−(0.50×√[C]))/(0.50×√[C]) satisfy Y1>Y2, the tensile strength is 750 MPa or less, an internal structure is a ferrite-pearlite structure, and the ferrite fraction in the internal structure is 40% or greater.AMOUNT IS 0.30% |
| US10837078B2 |
Steel sheet, method of manufacturing same, crown cap, and drawing and redrawing (DRD) can
Provided is a steel sheet having sufficient formability and strength even after sheet metal thinning, the steel sheet including: a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: more than 0.0060% and not more than 0.012%, Si: 0.02% or less, Mn: 0.10% or more and 0.60% or less, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.020% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 0.07% or less, and N: 0.0080% or more and 0.0200% or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a dislocation density at a depth position of ½ of a sheet thickness from a surface of the steel sheet is 2.0×1014/m2 or more and 1.0×1015/m2 or less. |
| US10837077B2 |
Steel sheet and method for production thereof
The present invention provides steel sheet excellent in cold formability and ductility after heat treatment and a method for production thereof. The steel sheet of the present invention is steel sheet which has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.10 to 0.40%, Si: 0.30 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.30 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.10%, P: 0.0001 to 0.02%, and S: 0.0001 to 0.01% and having a balance of Fe and impurities, which steel sheet characterized in that a ratio (B/A) of the number of carbides at the ferrite grain boundaries (B) to the number of carbides inside the ferrite grains (A) is over 1, a ferrite grain size is 5 μm to 50 μm, an average grain size of carbides is 0.4 μm to 2.0 μm, a pearlite area ratio is 6% or less, and a Vicker's hardness is 120 HV to 170 HV. |
| US10837073B2 |
High-strength heavy-walled stainless steel seamless tube or pipe and method of manufacturing the same
A high-strength heavy-walled stainless steel seamless tube or pipe exhibiting excellent low-temperature toughness is characterized by having a chemical composition containing Cr: 15.5% to 18.0% and a steel microstructure containing a ferritic phase and a martensitic phase, wherein the maximum value of the areas of the ferrite grains in the steel microstructures in a circumferential direction cross section and an L direction (rolling direction) cross section of the steel tube or pipe is 3,000 μm2 or less and the content of ferrite grains having areas of 800 μm2 or less is 50% or more on an area fraction basis, where, when adjacent ferrite grains are present in the steel microstructure and the crystal misorientation between one ferrite grain and the other ferrite grain is 15° or more, the adjacent grains are assumed to be grains different from each other. |
| US10837067B2 |
Methods and compositions for producing corn plants with resistance to late wilt
The present disclosure is in the field of plant breeding and disease resistance. The disclosure provides methods for breeding corn plants having late wilt (LW) resistance using marker-assisted selection. The disclosure further provides corn germplasm resistant to LW. The disclosure also provides markers associated with LW resistance loci for introgressing these loci into elite germplasm in a breeding program, thus producing novel LW resistant germplasm. |
| US10837064B2 |
Genetic alterations in isocitrate dehydrogenase and other genes in malignant glioma
We found mutations of the R132 residue of isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) in the majority of grade II and III astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas as well as in gliblastomas that develop from these lower grade lesions. Those tumors without mutations in IDH1 often had mutations at the analogous R172 residue of the closely related IDH2 gene. These findings have important implications for the pathogenesis and diagnosis of malignant gliomas. |
| US10837060B2 |
Recombination sequence (RS) rearrangement frequency as a measure of central B cell tolerance
The invention relates to methods and materials for diagnosing an autoimmune disease such as SLE, Type 1 diabetes, and the like. More particularly, the invention relates to methods and materials for assessing the frequency of recombination sequence (RS) rearrangement as a novel marker for an autoimmune disease. Such an assay can allow clinicians to diagnose an autoimmune disease based on the RS rearrangement frequency in an autoimmune patient as compared to an otherwise healthy control. In addition, the method includes identifying individuals who are at increased risk of developing autoimmunity. The method may also be helpful in directing the type of therapy and monitoring the effects of therapy in patients with autoimmune or non-autoimmune conditions. |
| US10837055B2 |
Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of fetal genetic condition using cellular DNA and cell free DNA
Disclosed are methods for determining at least one sequence of interest of a fetus of a pregnant mother. In various embodiments, the method can determine one or more sequences of interest in a test sample that comprises a mixture of maternal cellular DNA and mother-and-fetus cfDNA. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus has a genetic disease. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus is homozygous in a disease causing allele when the mother is heterozygous of the same allele. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus has a copy number variation (CNV) or a non-CNV genetic sequence anomaly. |
| US10837052B2 |
Methods and compositions for multiplex PCR
The present invention provides methods, compositions, kits, systems and apparatus that are useful for multiplex PCR of one or more nucleic acids present in a sample. In particular, various target-specific primers are provided that allow for the selective amplification of one or more target sequences. In one aspect, the invention relates to target-specific primers useful for the selective amplification of one or more target sequences associated with cancer or inherited disease. In some aspects, amplified target sequences obtained using the disclosed methods, kits, systems and apparatuses can be used in various downstream processes including nucleic acid sequencing and used to detect the presence of genetic variants. |
| US10837051B2 |
Enzyme reaction reagent having dried form and method for preparing the same
A method for producing a dry reagent composition includes preparing a reagent solution including a Good's buffer in a concentration of more than 2.5 mM, an ammonium salt, a drying protection agent, and a nucleic acid amplification enzyme, and drying the reagent solution. A method for suppressing a decrease in enzyme activity during drying includes adding a Good's buffer in a biochemical reagent comprising an ammonium salt and an enzyme prior to drying the enzyme. |
| US10837050B2 |
Methods for beaming
Improvements on the basic method used for BEAMing increase sensitivity and increase the signal-to-noise ratio. The improvements have permitted the determination of intrinsic error rates of various DNA polymerases and have permitted the detection of rare and subtle mutations in DNA isolated from plasma of cancer patients. |
| US10837048B2 |
Fluidic card for analysis of biochips
A fluidic card assembly comprising a fluidic card housing (1) and a biochip (3) located in the fluidic card housing. The fluidic card housing (1) includes a chamber (2) with a base wall, into which at least one fluidic channel extends. The biochip (3) is at least partially located in the chamber. A seal (7) is provided for sealing the biochip in the chamber (2) when the biochip is urged into the chamber. The fluidic channel has a serpentine form. |
| US10837045B2 |
Optical nanosensors for hydrolytic enzyme characterization
Various embodiments disclosed relate to a sensor assembly probe for determining enzymatic activity. The sensor assembly probe includes one or more fluorescent hydrophobic semi-conductive nanoparticles disposed in an aqueous medium. The assembly further includes an amphiphilic polymer including a substrate for a predetermined enzyme. The amphiphilic polymer coats at least a portion of a surface of the fluorescent hydrophobic semi-conductive nanoparticle. |
| US10837042B2 |
Feed mixing device and its use
Herein is reported a feed mixing device for adding feed solutions with a non-physiologically pH value to a cell cultivation vessel comprising a chamber for mixing the feed solutions prior to their addition to the cell cultivation vessel as well as its use. With the feed mixing device as reported herein feed components can be provided in solution at a pH value at which they have good solubility and/or good stability whereby the pH value can be clearly different from the pH value of the cultivation medium, i.e. different from the physiological pH value. This allows performing the cultivation with more flexibility compared to a cultivation in which the pH value of the feed solution is limited to a small range around the pH value of the cultivation. |
| US10837041B2 |
Production of steviol glycosides in recombinant hosts
The invention relates to recombinant microorganisms and methods for producing steviol glycosides and steviol glycoside precursors. |
| US10837038B2 |
Adjusting the pH of a pretreatment solution using carbon dioxide useful for integrating saccharification and fermentation
The present invention provides for a method of fermenting or saccharifying a biomass comprising: (a) (i) contacting a biomass comprising a polysaccharide, and an ionic liquid (IL) to form a first solution, or (ii) providing the first solution comprising the biomass and the IL, (b) contacting the first solution and carbon dioxide such that the first solution results in a lower pH, (c) introducing (i) an enzyme capable of enzymatically to breakdown at least one bond in the polysaccharide or a breakdown product of the polysaccharide, and/or (ii) a microorganism that capable of producing the enzyme and/or fermenting the polysaccharide or a breakdown product of the polysaccharide, such that the polysaccharide is at least partially broken down and the first solution is transformed into a second solution. |
| US10837036B2 |
Method for preparing L-aspartic acid with maleic acid by whole-cell biocatalysis
The invention relates to the technical field of bioengineering, and discloses a method for synthesizing L-aspartic acid with maleic acid by whole-cell biocatalysis. In the invention, a recombinant strain co-expressing maleate cis-trans isomerase and L-aspartate lyase is constructed, and engineered and optimized to produce L-aspartic acid from maleic acid with a high conversion rate by whole-cell catalyzing. Relatively inexpensive maleic acid is utilized by the recombinant strain to produce L-aspartic acid, where maleic acid is reacted completely in 40-120 min, there is almost no buildup of the intermediate fumaric acid, and the conversion rate is up to 98% or more. |
| US10837034B2 |
Recombinant microorganism for improved production of alanine
The present invention relates to a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, a recombinant micro-organism, to a method for producing alanine and to the use of the recombinant nucleic acid molecule or the recombinant microorganism for the fermentative production of alanine. |
| US10837031B2 |
Recombinant production systems for prenylated polyketides of the cannabinoid family
The present invention relates generally to production methods, enzymes and recombinant yeast strains for the biosynthesis of clinically important prenylated polyketides of the cannabinoid family. Using readily available starting materials, heterologous enzymes are used to direct cannabinoid biosynthesis in yeast. |
| US10837030B2 |
Yeast propagation simultaneous with saccharification
The invention relates to a method for propagating yeast, for use in the production of a fermentation product from lignocellulosic biomass, including the steps that consist of: a. providing a reactor; b. placing in contact in said reactor: a population of yeasts capable of metabolising pentoses and hexoses, with 0.2 to 2.0 g of yeast solids per kg of prepared complete medium, raw marc from the pretreatment of the lignocellulosic biomass, with a solids content (MS) of 8% to 15%, nutrients, and cellulases, with 5 to 15 mg of proteins per gram of MS; and c. incubating the mixture at a temperature of 25° C. to 38° C., preferably 28° C. to 33° C., in microaerobiosis, in which the saccharification of the raw marc and the growth of the yeast are carried out simultaneously. |
| US10837024B2 |
Modifying messenger RNA stability in plant transformations
Materials and methods for genome engineering through transient expression of a targeted nuclease are described herein. For example, the methods described herein can include introducing into a cell a messenger RNA (mRNA) that encodes a nuclease targeted to a selected sequence within the cell, where the stability of the mRNA is modified by the addition of untranslated regions (UTRs). |
| US10837021B1 |
Curing for recursive nucleic acid-guided cell editing
The present disclosure provides automated multi-module instrumentation and automated methods for performing recursive editing of live cells with curing of editing vectors from prior rounds of editing. |
| US10837017B2 |
Use of MIR101 or MIR128 in the treatment of seizure disorders
Methods of treating a seizure disorder in a patient in need thereof are provided which include delivering to the patient an effective amount of a composition that increases the level of microRNA-101 molecules in brain cells of the patient. Methods of treating a seizure disorder in a patient in need thereof are provided which include delivering to the patient an effective amount of a composition that increases the level of microRNA-128 molecules in brain cells of the patient. Methods of treating a seizure disorder in a patient in need thereof are provided which include administering a vector encoding microRNA-101, pri-miR101 or pre-miR101 to the patient. Methods of treating a seizure disorder in a patient in need thereof are provided which include administering a vector encoding microRNA-128, pri-miR128 or pre-miR128 to the patient. In embodiments, increased levels of microRNA-101 and/or microRNA-128 cause improvement in one or more symptoms of the seizure disorder. |
| US10837016B2 |
Modulation of huntingtin expression
Provided herein are methods, compounds, and compositions for reducing expression of huntingtin mRNA and protein in an animal. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, delay, or ameliorate Huntington's disease, or a symptom thereof. |
| US10837015B2 |
Targeting the glutamine to pyruvate pathway for treatment of oncogenic Kras-associated cancer
Methods and kits for GPP-targeting, e.g., for the treatment of oncogenic Kras-associated cancers, and methods for determining the efficacy of those methods are provided. |
| US10837009B1 |
DNA ligase variants
Mutant bacteriophage DNA ligases that have increased tolerance to salt and/or heat is provided. Methods, compositions and kits that employ the same are also provided. |
| US10837007B2 |
Recombinant fusion proteins for preventing or treating adhesions of tissues or organs
The invention relates to recombinant fusion proteins comprising a fibrinogenolytic enzyme having an amino acid sequence that is C-terminally and/or N-terminally linked to the amino acid sequence of at least one high-molecular inert stabilization domain with a molecular weight of >50 kDa, for the prevention or treatment of adhesions at tissues or organs, in particular peritoneal adhesions following surgical interventions. |
| US10837004B2 |
Compositions of and methods for in vitro viral genome engineering
The present disclosure relates to a method of in vitro engineering of nucleic acids. This disclosure further relates to in vitro engineering of viral genomes and to the improvement of viral properties by in vitro genomic engineering of viral genomes. Specifically, the disclosure relates to in vitro viral genomic digestion using RNA-guided Cas9, the assembly of a recombinant genome by the insertion of a DNA or RNA fragment into the digested viral genome and transformation of a host cell with the recombinant genome. This method also related to in vitro engineering for error correction of nucleic acids. |
| US10837002B2 |
Artificial peritoneal tissue and method for producing same
The present disclosure relates to: an artificial peritoneal tissue comprising a cellular tissue and a mesothelial cell layer that covers the surface of the cellular tissue, wherein the cellular tissue comprises a fibroblast, an extracellular matrix, and a vascular endothelial cell and/or a lymphatic endothelial cell each capable of forming a lumen; and a method for producing the artificial peritoneal tissue. |
| US10836997B2 |
Method for differentiating pluripotent stem cells into desired cell type
Provided is a method of differentiating a pluripotent stem cell of mammalian origin into a desired cell type by predicting the direction of cell differentiation to be caused by induction of expression of a transcription factor. A human gene expression correlation matrix using human cells has been newly created, and further, it has been confirmed that human pluripotent stem cells can be differentiated into a desired cell type by introducing, into the human pluripotent stem cells, a transcription factor cocktail selected from the matrix. |
| US10836995B2 |
Serum-free medium additive composition containing peroxidasin, and use thereof
The present invention is related to a medium additive composition comprising peroxidasin for serum-free cell culture, and a method of performing serum-free culture of cells by using the same. |
| US10836990B2 |
Sensor interface for single-use containers
A single-use sensor interface for coupling a single-use container to a re-usable sensing instrument is provided. The single-use sensor interface includes a polymeric flange couplable to a wall of the single-use container. The polymeric flange has a sidewall and an interface portion configured to receive a deflectable polymeric diaphragm. A deflectable polymeric diaphragm is coupled to the interface portion of the polymeric flange. An instrument coupling portion is sealingly coupled to the polymeric flange. The instrument coupling portion is configured to couple to the re-usable sensing instrument. Another single-use sensor interface for coupling a single-use container to a re-usable sensing instrument includes a polymeric hose adapter and at least one instrument attachment portion. The polymeric hose adapter portion has at least one hose barb configured to retain a hose slid thereover. The hose adapter portion has at least one interface portion that is configured to receive a deflectable polymeric diaphragm. A deflectable polymeric diaphragm is coupled to the interface portion. At least one instrument attachment portion is coupled to the hose adapter portion. The at least one instrument attachment portion has a cylindrical sidewall. |
| US10836989B2 |
Disposable container, mixing system and packaging
A bioreactor system and packaging is provided. The bioreactor system includes a vessel for housing biomaterials for processing and a support structure. The vessel includes a flexible material defining a chamber and a mixing system positioned within the chamber. The mixing system includes an agitator for imparting motion and mixing to the contents of the vessel and includes a base affixed to the flexible material at a base section of the chamber, a shaft moveably mounted in the base and extending from the base into the chamber and at least one mixing element mounted to the shaft, the shaft configured to be driven by a motor magnetically coupled to the shaft and external to the lower portion of the chamber. The support structure is connected to the mixing system such that the shaft is moveable therein and configured to cooperate with an external structure to provide support for the shaft. |
| US10836987B2 |
Microfluidic device having offset, high-shear seeding channels
A microfluidic device for determining a response of cells comprises a microchannel and a seeding channel. The microchannel is at least partially defined by a porous membrane having cells adhered thereto. The microchannel has a first cross-sectional area. The seeding channel delivers a working fluid to the cells within the microchannel. The seeding channel has a second cross-sectional area that is less than the first cross-sectional area such that a flow of the working fluid produces a substantially higher shear force within the seeding channel to inhibit the attachment of cells within the seeding channel. And when multiple seeding channels are used to deliver fluids to multiple microchannels that define an active cellular layer across the membrane, the seeding channels are spatially offset from each other such that fluid communication between the fluids occurs only at the active region via the membrane, not at the seeding channels. |
| US10836982B2 |
Highly alkaline detergent composition
Present invention relates to a detergent composition and a method for preparing the composition. The composition may be a compressed tablet, a coated tablet, in form of small granules or pearls packed in a dose unit. The composition may also be formulated so as to be an effervescent composition. The detergent composition may conveniently be used in the food industry for cleaning of appliances in food processing and preparation or in the metal industry for cleaning of appliances with respect to soot or oil residues. |
| US10836980B2 |
Acidic hard surface cleaner with glycine betaine amide
Provided are cleaning compositions that may include (a) a glycine betaine amide, (b) an acidifying agent, (c) polysaccharide thickener, and (d) water. Commonly, the glycine betaine amide may include one or more compounds of formula (I): Me3N+—CH2—C(O)—NH—R X− (I) wherein R is an aliphatic group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms and X″ represents an inorganic or organic anion. Commonly, the composition has a pH of no more than about 4, a viscosity of no more than about 1,500 cP at a shear rate of 10 at 25° C., and/or a viscosity of at least about 250 cP at a shear rate of 50 at 25° C. (where the viscosities are determined with a Brookfield Cone/Plate viscometer). The cleaning composition may exhibit a unique sheer thinning profile, such that the composition thins less after being sprayed onto a surface and thereby provides a longer contact time than conventional products. |
| US10836979B2 |
Apparatus and method for plant extraction
An apparatus and a method for plant extraction are disclosed. The apparatus of the present invention comprises an extraction module, a separating module and a reservoir. The method essentially includes plant material preparing, decarboxylating, active components extracting and separating. By using liquid tetrafluoroethane as the solvent in the apparatus of the present invention, the active components of the plant material are efficiently extracted under low pressure extraction and high pressure extraction conditions. |
| US10836978B2 |
Composition comprising precursor for volatiles
A detergent, cleaning, fabric softener or cosmetic composition comprising a compound based on 1-Aza-3,7-dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octane (bicyclic oxazolidine derivative) substituted with 3,7-dimethyl-1,6-nonyldien represented by formula (I) is disclosed. |
| US10836974B2 |
Low-adhesion coatings with solid-state lubricants
Some variations provide a low-adhesion coating comprising a continuous matrix containing a first component, a plurality of inclusions containing a second component, and a solid-state lubricant distributed within the coating, wherein one of the first component or the second component is a low-surface-energy polymer, and the other of the first component or the second component is a hygroscopic material. The solid-state lubricant may be selected from graphite, graphene, molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide, hexagonal boron nitride, or poly(tetrafluoroethylene) or other fluoropolymers. The solid-state lubricant particles may be coated with a metal selected from cadmium, lead, tin, zinc, copper, nickel, or alloys containing one or more of these metals. The solid-state lubricant is typically characterized by an average particle size from about 0.1 μm to about 500 μm. The solid-state lubricant is preferably distributed throughout the coating. |
| US10836971B2 |
System and method for forming a solid fuel element
A system for forming a woody biomass component and a binder component into a solid fuel element having a predetermined density. The system includes a first compression assembly for compressing an uncompressed mixture of the woody biomass component and the binder component to provide a first compressed mixture formed into a preliminary element having a preliminary density. The system also includes a second compression assembly for compressing the preliminary element to form the solid fuel element having the predetermined density, which is greater than the preliminary density. |
| US10836968B2 |
Method for obtaining hydrocarbon solvents with boiling point above 300° C. and pour point lower than or equal to −25° C
A method for producing hydrocarbon solvents having a sulfur content of less than 10 ppm, aromatic hydrocarbon content of less than 500 ppm, an initial boiling point higher than or equal to 300° C. and final boiling point lower than or equal to 500° C., for a fraction interval of a maximum of 100° C., and pour point lower than −25° C. according to the standard ASTM D5950, comprising of the following steps of: dewaxing of a hydrocarbon fraction having initial boiling point higher than 300° C. derived from the distillation of a gas oil fraction, hydrodearomatisation of all or part of the dewaxed effluent, in the presence of a catalyst comprising nickel on an alumina base, at a pressure ranging from 60 to 200 bar and a temperature ranging from 80° C. to 250° C., recovery of the dewaxed and dearomatised fraction, distillation in fractions of the dewaxed and dearomatised fraction, recovery of at least one 300° C.+ fraction having pour point lower than −25° C., this fraction having a distillation interval lower than 100° C. |
| US10836966B2 |
Multi-stage process and device utilizing structured catalyst beds and reactive distillation for the production of a low sulfur heavy marine fuel oil
A multi-stage process for the production of an ISO8217 compliant Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil from ISO 8217 compliant Feedstock Heavy Marine Fuel Oil involving a core process under reactive conditions in a Reaction System composed of one or more reaction vessels, wherein one or more of the reaction vessels contains one or more catalysts in the form of a structured catalyst bed and is operated under reactive distillation conditions. The Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil has a sulfur level has a maximum sulfur content (ISO 14596 or ISO 8754) between the range of 0.05 mass % to 1.0 mass. A process plant for conducting the process for conducting the process is disclosed. |
| US10836964B2 |
Method and device for preparing a vanadium-containing combustible
A method and a device for preparing a vanadium-containing combustible in a de-asphalting device. In this way, a vanadium-containing combustible is supplied to a de-asphalting unit via a supply line in a de-asphalting device, wherein the vanadium-containing combustible supplied into the de-asphalting unit forms a first mass flow and a substantially de-asphalted combustible is discharged from the de-asphalting unit via a discharge line. A bypass line is connected to the supply line, wherein, via the bypass line, a second mass flow of the vanadium-containing combustible is directed past the de-asphalting unit in parallel to the first mass flow and supplied to the discharge line, such that a combined mass flow is formed in the discharge line. |
| US10836963B1 |
Multi pass vertical tubular reactor
A process for conducting an exothermic reaction in a vertical tubular reactor comprising; providing a reactor with two or more reaction zones each containing multiple tubes attached to common tube sheets at top and bottom, each zone separated by segmented baffles in the top head and the bottom head. |
| US10836955B2 |
Demolition agent
A soundless cracking demolition agent (SCDA) comprising quicklime, water, a viscosity enhancing agent (VEA), a high range water reducing admixture (HRWR) and an anhydrous accelerator component. A method for in-situ leaching and a method for the recovery of unconventional oil or gas utilising the SCDA of the present invention are also described. |
| US10836950B1 |
Method for improving cement toughness
This document relates to methods for providing long-term zonal isolation in oil wells using cement compositions that contain triazine-based polymeric additives. The cement compositions containing the polymeric additives exhibit increased tensile strength, elastic strength, or both, without suffering a decrease in compressive strength, as compared to the same cement without the polymeric additive. |
| US10836948B2 |
Activators for use in the viscosification of non-aqueous fluids
A composition for viscosifying a nonaqueous base liquid. The composition has an alkoxylated alcohol having the general formula: X—O—(CnH2nO)y-(C2H4O)z—H wherein X is an organyl group having from 3 to 40 carbon atoms, n is 2, 3 or 4, y is 0 to 6, and z is 3-20, and an organophilic clay. The base liquid is an oleaginous liquid which is liquid at 25° C. and is substantially immiscible in water. |
| US10836947B2 |
Water-based drilling fluids for deepwater drilling and use thereof
A water-based drilling fluid for deepwater drilling includes 0.1%-1.0% by weight of a viscosifier, 0.1%-1.0% by weight of an acidity regulator, 0.5%-3.5% by weight of a filtrate loss reducer, 0.5%-1.5% by weight of a low-temperature yield point enhancer, 1.0%-5.0% by weight of a shale inhibitor, 15%-25% by weight of a hydrate inhibitor, 1.0%-3.0% by weight of a lubricant, 5.0%-10.0% by weight of a temporary plugging agent and seawater. |
| US10836939B2 |
One-part polyurethane adhesive composition, method of making a laminate, and laminate
Disclosed is a one-part, atmospheric curing, polyurethane adhesive composition that includes a polyurethane prepolymer that includes a reaction product of a polyol component and an isocyanate component, the polyol component comprising an unsaturated fatty acid esterified polyol comprising a reaction product of a first polyol and at least one of an ethylenically unsaturated oil and an ethylenically unsaturated fatty acid, the first polyol comprising at least three hydroxyl groups, and a % NCO of from at least 4% by weight to no greater than 7% by weight based on the weight of the prepolymer, the adhesive composition exhibiting a viscosity of no greater than 15,000 centipoise at 60° C., and a T-peel value of greater than 40 grams per 25 millimeter in no greater than 4 hours, a method of making a laminate, and a laminate that includes a one-part, atmospheric curing, polyurethane adhesive composition. |
| US10836936B1 |
Dissolvable liner tape and methods of making and using same
A method of configuring tape for securement to a substrate. The tape has a face ply comprising an upper side and a lower side. The method comprises formulating a liner coating by: (a) creating a mixture comprising a non-toxic remoistenable adhesive and activated coconut carbon filtered water; and (b) adding gypsum to the mixture. The method comprises situating an adhesive on the lower side and covering the hot-melt adhesive on the lower side with the liner coating. The method includes using moisture to dispel the liner coating before the tape is applied to the substrate. |
| US10836934B2 |
Photo-radical cure of silicones
Silicone-based elastomeric materials, articles containing the silicone-based elastomeric materials, reaction mixtures used to form the silicone-based elastomeric materials, and methods of making the silicone-based elastomeric materials are described. The silicone-based elastomeric materials are prepared by polymerizing silicone compounds having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups in the presence of actinic radiation and a controlled radical initiator. The controlled radical initiators are bis-dithiocarbamate or bis-dithiocarbonate compounds having a single carbon between the two dithiocarbamate or dithiocarbonate groups. The silicone-based elastomeric materials typically have improved mechanical properties compared to silicone-based elastomeric materials formed by free radical polymerization reactions in the presence of conventional photoinitiators. |
| US10836933B2 |
Adhesive layer and adhesive sheet
A repairing or reinforcement method includes applying, to concrete, a pressure-sensitive or bonding adhesive sheet containing a first pressure-sensitive or bonding adhesive layer; and curing the first adhesive layer such that a first surface of the first adhesive layer is bonded to the concrete. The first adhesive layer contains an acrylic resin having a glass transition temperature of 15° C. or below, a liquid epoxy resin, a solid epoxy resin, and a curing agent. |
| US10836927B2 |
Aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion and aqueous base paint containing said dispersion
The present invention relates to an aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion (PD) having polyurethane-polyurea particles, present in the dispersion, having an average particle size of 40 to 2000 nm, and having a gel fraction of at least 50%, obtainable by (I) preparing a composition (Z) comprising, based in each case on the total amount of the composition (Z), (Z.1) 15 to 65 wt % of at least one intermediate containing isocyanate groups and having blocked primary amino groups, its preparation comprising the reaction (Z.1.1) of at least one polyurethane prepolymer containing isocyanate groups and comprising anionic groups and/or groups which can be converted into anionic groups, with (Z.1.2) at least one polyamine comprising at least two blocked primary amino groups and at least one free secondary amino group, by addition reaction of isocyanate groups from (Z.1.1) with free secondary amino groups from (Z.1.2), (Z.2) 35 to 85 wt % of at least one organic solvent which possesses a solubility in water of not more than 38 wt % at a temperature of 20° C., (II) dispersing the composition (Z) in aqueous phase, and (III) at least partly removing the at least one organic solvent (Z.2) from the dispersion obtained in (II). The present invention also relates to basecoat materials comprising the dispersion (PD), and to multicoat paint systems produced using the basecoat materials. |
| US10836926B2 |
Method for producing antistatic molded article
A method for producing an antistatic molded article according to the present invention includes: a conductive film preparation step to obtain a conductive film by coating, and drying, a conductive polymer dispersion liquid containing a conductive composite that contains a π-conjugated conductive polymer and a polyanion, a polyvinyl alcohol, a binder component, and a dispersion medium for dispersing the conductive composite on at least one surface of a film substrate; and a molding step for subjecting the conductive film to molding. |
| US10836925B2 |
Hydrophilic coating composition
Provided is a hydrophilic coating composition, and more particularly, a hydrophilic coating composition including both a block copolymer and a random copolymer, each including repeating units of particular structures, wherein the hydrophilic coating composition may impart a hydrophilic property to the surface of a substrate when applied to the surface, while having excellent adhesiveness to the substrate. |
| US10836922B2 |
Ink compositions with improved conductivity
Provided herein are ink compositions with improved conductivity. The improved conductivity is attributable to the addition of organohalogen compounds to the composition. |
| US10836921B2 |
Ink, ink cartridge, and ink jet recording method
An aqueous ink for ink jet includes a coloring material, a solvent, and a surfactant having an HLB value of 9.0 or less. The solvent includes a solvent A having a solubility in water at 20° C. of 5.00 g/100 g-H2O or less and a solvent B other than the solvent A. The solvent A includes an alcohol having a vapor pressure at 20° C. of 0.5 mmHg or less and a surface tension of 30.0 mN/m or more. The content of the alcohol in the aqueous ink is 0.7 or more times the solubility in water at 20° C. in an equal amount to the aqueous ink. The solvent B has a partition coefficient (PB) satisfying the following equation (1). 1.44 Log PA−0.1x−3.4≤Log PB≤−0.6 (1) |
| US10836915B2 |
Styrene-free copolymers and coating compositions containing such copolymers
An aqueous coating composition is provided that is preferably substantially free of styrene and structural units derived from styrene. The coating composition includes a resin system that preferably includes a water-dispersible polymer and an emulsion polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomer component. The resin system is preferably formed using a process that includes emulsion polymerizing the ethylenically unsaturated monomer component in the presence of an aqueous dispersion including the water-dispersible polymer. In certain preferred embodiments, the water-dispersible polymer is a salt of an acid- or anhydride-functional aromatic polyether polymer. |
| US10836912B2 |
Glossy pigment having hollow structure and method for producing same
Disclosed are a glossy pigment having a hollow structure and a method for producing the same. The glossy pigment having a hollow structure according to the present invention comprises: a hollow which penetrates through the center of the inside thereof; and a metal oxide coating layer which covers a part or all of the hollow, wherein the metal oxide coating layer has a hollow structure having a thickness of 0.1-3 μm. |
| US10836911B2 |
Filler composition, filler, and method for manufacturing filler
In order to provide a filler composition for fabricating a high-performance filler achieving good productivity while preventing worsening of a working environment and production of a VOC and to provide a filler and a method for producing the filler, a filler composition of the present invention contains wet silica, a polyoxyethylene unsaturated fatty acid ester, and a sulfur-containing silane coupling agent. |
| US10836907B2 |
Composition for organic electronic element encapsulant and encapsulant formed using same
The present invention relates to a composition for an organic electronic device encapsulant and an encapsulant formed by using the same. A composition for an encapsulant according to the present invention comprises: 1) a first copolymer comprising the first unit represented by Chemical Formula 1, the second unit represented by Chemical Formula 2, and the third unit represented by Chemical Formula 3; 2) a silicone urethane methacrylate-based polymer comprising the second unit represented by Chemical Formula 2 as a main unit; and 3) one or more photoinitiators. |
| US10836903B2 |
Tough polyamide moulding material
A moulding material contains to an extent of at least 50 wt % of the combination of the following constituents a) 80 to 97 parts by mass of a polyamide component containing a1) 70 to 100 parts by wt of PA PACMX (wherein X=8 to 18), and a2) 30 to 0 parts by wt of a linear aliphatic polyamide having on average 8 to 12 carbon atoms in the monomer units, wherein the parts by wt sum to 100, and b) 20 to 3 parts by mass of a core-shell modifier which contains the following: b1) a core which contains 60 to 100 wt % of butadiene units and 0 to 40 wt % of styrene units, wherein the core makes up 60 to 95 wt % of the core-shell modifier; and b2) a shell which contains 80 to 100 wt % of methyl methacrylate units and 0 to 20 wt % of modifying monomer units, wherein the shell makes up 5 to 40 wt % of the core-shell modifier, wherein the parts by mass of a) and b) sum to 100. |
| US10836902B2 |
Method for producing semi-IPN composite
The present invention is directed to a method for producing a semi-IPN composite, including: mixing a polyurethane (A) and a polymerization product (B) of a hydrophilic acrylic monomer (b1) and an acrylic monomer (b2) having a hydrolyzable silyl group; and causing the polymerization product (B) to undergo crosslinking. The hydrophilic acrylic monomer (b1) preferably includes an acrylic monomer (b1-1) having an amide group and an acrylic monomer (b1-2) having an oxyethylene group. Further, the polymerization ratio (molar ratio) of the acrylic monomer (b1-1) having an amide group, the acrylic monomer (b1-2) having an oxyethylene group, and the acrylic monomer (b2) having a hydrolyzable silyl group {(b1-1)/(b1-2)/(b2)} is preferably in the range of 50/49.5/0.5 to 89/1/10. |
| US10836894B2 |
Information carrying card comprising a cross-linked polymer composition, and method of making the same
The disclosure provides a cross-linkable polymer composition, a core layer for an information carrying card comprising such cross-linked composition, resulting information carrying card, and methods of making the same. A crosslinkable polymer composition comprises a curable base polymer resin in a liquid or paste form, and a particulate thermoplastic filler. The base polymer resin is selected from the group consisting of urethane acrylate, silicone acrylate, epoxy acrylate, urethane, acrylate, silicone and epoxy. The particulate thermoplastic filler may be polyolefin, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a copolymer of vinyl chloride and at least another monomer, or a polyester such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a compound or blend thereof. |
| US10836893B2 |
Curing agents for compounds
A fluoroelastomer compound comprising at least one co-agent and at least one chemical entity comprising: (1) an azo functional group or (2) an oxazoline functional group, when cured into an article using a peroxide curing agent, the article exhibits no visible particles on the article surface when viewed at a magnification of 500 times that of an unmagnified image. |
| US10836889B2 |
Polyethylene composition for artificial turf yarn
Disclosed herein is a polyethylene composition which includes 45% to 95% by weight of a metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene A. The polyethylene A has a density ranging from 0.916 g/cm3 to 0.940 g/cm3, and a melt index MI2 of at least 1.5 g/10 min to at most 4.0 g/10 min. The polyethylene composition has at least 5% to at most 55% by weight of a metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene B. The metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene B includes 45% to 75% by weight of a metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene B1. The polyethylene B1 has a density of at most 0.918 g/cm3, a melt index MI2 lower than the melt index MI2 of polyethylene A, and includes 25% to 55% by weight of a metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene B2. The density of polyethylene B2 is higher than the density of polyethylene B1. The melt index MI2 of polyethylene B2 is higher than the melt index MI2 of polyethylene B1. |
| US10836888B2 |
Transmission belt
A power transmission belt is at least partially formed of a rubber composition. The rubber composition contains a rubber component, cellulose nanofibers, and carbon black. The amount of the cellulose nanofibers to be added is from 0.1 parts by mass to 20 parts by mass, relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component. The amount of the carbon black to be added is from 5 parts by mass to 80 parts by mass, relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component. The sum of the amount of the carbon black to be added and three times the amount of the cellulose nanofibers to be added is from 15 to 90. |
| US10836887B2 |
Curable rubber compositions containing styrene/alpha-methyl styrene co-oligomers
A low molecular weight co-oligomer containing styrene and α-methyl styrene in bound form and having a ring and ball softening point not greater than 50° C. is useful in modifying the properties of a diene elastomer-based curable rubber composition capable of being used to manufacture tire treads. |
| US10836886B2 |
Rubber composition comprising a very high specific surface area silica and a low glass transition temperature hydrocarbon resin
A rubber composition is based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a vulcanizing system and a plasticizing system, said reinforcing filler predominantly comprising, by weight, a silica with a very high specific surface area, with a CTAB specific surface area greater than 170 m2/g, and said plasticizing system comprising at least more than 15 phr (parts by weight per hundred parts by weight of elastomer) of a hydrocarbon resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) between −40° C. and 20° C. |
| US10836884B2 |
Rubber composition and tire obtained therefrom
Provided are a rubber composition excellent in fracture resistance, wear resistance, and on-ice performance, and a tire obtained therefrom. There are provided a rubber composition containing: a diene-based rubber component; a short fiber; and a surface active agent, in which the surface active agent contains at least one material selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid polyhydric alcohol ester, a nonionic ester type surface active agent, an alkanolamide type surface active agent, and a sulfonic acid type surface active agent, and a tire obtained from the rubber composition, more particularly a studless tire. |
| US10836881B2 |
Pumpable and thermally expandable filler compositions
Pumpable thermally foaming filler compositions based on combinations of a liquid epoxy resin and a polyvinyl chloride resin and/or an acrylic resin powder. The pumpable filler materials provide the advantage that they can be applied as needed using conventional injection equipment and can be expanded to provide foam with good physical strength, high expansion and excellent adhesion on oiled metal substrates. Methods for filling closed spaces with the pumpable thermally foaming filler composition as well as vehicle parts are obtainable with the indicated methods. |
| US10836880B2 |
Fiber-reinforced organic polymer aerogel
Fiber-reinforced organic polymer aerogels, articles of manufacture and uses thereof are described. The reinforced aerogels include a fiber-reinforced organic polymer matrix having an at least bimodal pore size distribution with a first mode of pores having an average pore size of less than or equal to 50 nanometers (nm) and a second mode of pores having an average pore size of greater than 50 nm and a thermal conductivity of less than or equal to 30 mW/m·K at a temperature of 20° C. |
| US10836868B2 |
Catalyst having a polysiloxane structural unit for hardenable compositions
A conversion product which has at least one aliphatic amidine or guanidine group and at least one polysiloxane radical, and the use of the conversion product as a catalyst for cross-linking hardenable compositions, in particular based on polymers containing silane groups. The conversion product is largely odor-free, non-volatile, and of low toxicity. The conversion product accelerates the cross-linking of such compositions surprisingly well, does not impair the stability of such compositions in storage, and is very highly compatible, which means that such compositions do not tend toward separation or migration or evaporation of the catalyst. |
| US10836867B2 |
Composition containing platinum
The invention provides for a composition comprising elemental platinum and/or at least one platinum-containing compound, where said platinum has a positive oxidation state, and one or more organic compounds comprising carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and at least two oxygen atoms, wherein at least one of said compounds comprises at least one olefinic unsaturation, characterized in that said composition comprises a proportion of organic compounds comprising carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and at least two oxygen atoms of from 50.0 to 99.9 wt % and a proportion of the sum of elemental platinum and platinum-containing compounds of from 0.1 to 50.0 wt % in each case based on the composition, with the proviso that the proportions of organic compounds comprising carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and at least two oxygen atoms and of elemental platinum and platinum-containing compounds sum to at least 90 wt % based on the composition and the proviso that the olefinic unsaturation content is at least 0.1 g of iodine/100 g of the organic compounds comprising carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and at least two oxygen atoms, corresponding to at least 0.004 meq/g, for a process for preparing said composition and for the use thereof. |
| US10836865B2 |
Ionic polyamide and polyamide-imide materials and methods of use
Disclosed are compositions and methods of preparing ionic polyamides. Also disclosed are compositions and methods of preparing ionic polyamide-imides. Additionally, disclosed herein are compositions comprising the ionic polyamides or polyamide-imides. The compositions comprising the ionic polyamides or polyamide-imides can include an ionic liquid. The disclosed polyamides and polyamide-imides can be utilized for three-dimensional printing or to capture gases. |
| US10836863B2 |
Copolyamide compositions with reduced crystallization rates
A copolyamide composition comprising a statistical copolyamide containing 70-99 wt % of diamine and dicarboxylic acid repeat units and 1-30 wt % of lactam or AA-BB repeat units, whereby incorporation of the comonomer lactam or AA-BB unit reduces the crystallization rate (longer crystallization times) while maintaining (1) high melting point, (2) low potential plate out, (3) low oxygen permeation, (4) high tensile strength and (5) puncture/tear resistance. |
| US10836862B2 |
Surface treatment agent for substrate, comprising perfluoropolyether group-containing phosphate compound
To provide a surface treatment agent capable of imparting excellent water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance and lubricity to the surface of a substrate.A surface treatment agent for a substrate, comprising a perfluoropolyether group-containing phosphate compound, a coating agent comprising the surface treatment agent and a liquid medium, and a substrate having a surface layer formed from the surface treatment agent or the coating agent. |
| US10836859B2 |
Polycarbonate polyol compositions and methods
In one aspect, the present disclosure encompasses polymerization systems for the copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides comprising 1) a catalyst including a metal coordination compound having a permanent ligand set and at least one ligand that is a polymerization initiator, and 2) a chain transfer agent having two or more sites that can initiate polymerization. In a second aspect, the present disclosure encompasses methods for the synthesis of polycarbonate polyols using the inventive polymerization systems. In a third aspect, the present disclosure encompasses polycarbonate polyol compositions characterized in that the polymer chains have a high percentage of —OH end groups and a high percentage of carbonate linkages. The compositions are further characterized in that they contain polymer chains having an embedded polyfunctional moiety linked to a plurality of individual polycarbonate chains. |
| US10836858B2 |
Method for producing polyether carbonate polyols
The invention relates to a method for producing polyether carbonate polyols by adding alkylene oxides and carbon dioxide to an H-functional starter substance in the presence of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst or in the presence of a metal complex catalyst based on the metals zinc and/or cobalt, wherein (γ) alkylene oxide and carbon dioxide are added to an H-functional starter substance in a reactor with a total pressure (absolute) of 5 to 120 bar in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst or in the presence of a metal complex catalyst based on the metals zinc and/or cobalt, and a reaction mixture containing the polyether carbonate polyol is obtained, (δ) the reaction mixture obtained in step (γ) remains in the reactor or is optionally continuously transferred to a downstream reactor at a starting total pressure (absolute) of 5 to 120 bar, the content of free alkylene oxide in the reaction mixture being reduced in the course of a downstream reaction in each case, and the total pressure (absolute) can be reduced by up to 50% during the step (δ), and (ζ) the content of highly volatile components of the obtained reaction mixture is thermally reduced at a temperature of 80° C. to 200° C. The invention is characterized in that (ε) the reaction mixture resulting from step (δ) is brought to a total pressure (absolute) of ≤2.0 bar, preferably 0.5 bar to 2.0 bar, particularly preferably 0.9 bar to 1.1 bar, prior to step (ζ) and then left at a temperature of 80 to 180° C. for a dwell time of at least 0.5 h. After the dwell time has expired, 5 to 100 ppm of component K is added to the resulting mixture, component K being selected from at least one compound which contains a phosphorus-oxygen-hydrogen group. |
| US10836854B2 |
Inverse Ugelstad particles
This invention relates to monodisperse cross-linked hydrogel polymer particles comprising a polymer formed from (a) a hydrophilic vinylic monomer; and (b) a crosslinker comprising at least two vinyl groups. The invention also relates to monodisperse seed particles with a Z-average diameter of from 100 nm to 1500 nm that comprise a plurality of non-crosslinked oligomers of poly N,N-dimethylacrylamide. Also provided are methods of forming the monodisperse cross-linked hydrogel polymer particles and monodisperse seed particles. |
| US10836852B2 |
Ethylene-based polymers with improved optics
A composition comprising an ethylene-based polymer, wherein the ethylene-based polymer comprises the following properties: a) an Mw(abs) from 130,000 to 162,000 g/mol; b) a melt index (I2) from 1.5 to 3.0 g/10 min; c) an ADF LS from 0.350 to 0.450 for molecular weight ≥500,000 g/mol. |
| US10836849B1 |
Systems and methods of polymerization under extensional flow conditions
A method includes combining an aqueous fluid and an oleaginous fluid to prepare an invert emulsion comprising a polymerizable composition, degassing the invert emulsion under an extensional flow regime through an elongated passageway of an extender and thereby removing oxygen to produce a degassed invert emulsion. A flow rate of the invert emulsion and a diameter of the elongated passageway are sufficient to achieve a Reynolds number of 20,000 or greater. The method also includes transferring at least a portion of the degassed invert emulsion to the second extender at one or more time intervals and returning the portion of the degassed invert emulsion to the reactor, and isolating a polymer product from the degassed invert emulsion. A flow rate of the invert emulsion and a diameter of the elongated passageway are sufficient to achieve a Reynolds number of 20,000 or greater. |
| US10836847B2 |
Procatalyst for polymerization of olefins
A procatalyst for polymerization of olefins, based on a magnesium compound of the formula MgR′R″ wherein R′ is an alkoxide or aryloxide group and R″ is an alkoxide or aryloxide group or halogen that has been reacted with a tetravalent titanium halide, an activator being a monoester and an internal donor of formula B: as described herein. Also described is a polymerization catalyst system comprising the procatalyst, a co-catalyst and optionally an external electron donor; a process of making a polyolefin by contacting an olefin with the catalyst system; a polyolefinobtained by or obtainable by the process; and a polyolefin, preferably a polypropylene, having a molecular weight distribution of between 3 and 15, a molecular weight (Mw) of between 200,000 to 1,000,000 g/mol, a melting temperature of more than 145° C., a value for the xylene solubles of less than 4 wt. % and a shaped article therefrom. |
| US10836844B2 |
Redox polymerizable composition with photolabile reducing agents
Polymerizable compositions comprising a redox initiator system is disclosed. The redox initiators comprises a photolabile reducing agent, that photolyzes and initiates the redox cycle. Dental compositions comprising dental resins and the photolabile redox initiator system are also described. |
| US10836840B2 |
Method for producing crosslinked hyaluronic acid
The present invention relates to the field of hyaluronic acid-based gel compositions suitable for use as soft tissue fillers, and more specifically to a novel method for crosslinking such compositions. The present invention further relates to compositions prepared by the novel crosslinking method and their use in cosmetic and therapeutic applications. |
| US10836838B2 |
Process and apparatus for manufacturing sugar acid
The present invention relates to a novel process for manufacturing a sugar acid for the use in the agricultural market as an adjuvant wherein the process includes the following steps of providing a reactor and introducing a source of nitric acid, water and a source of starch into the reactor to form a mixture and further includes introducing an external heat source to the mixture to ascertain a mixture temperature of at least 70° C. and discontinuing the external heat source once the mixture reaches about 70° C.; and further enabling an internal heat source in the form of an exothermic reaction to occur between the reagents for at least two (2) hours. The invention also relates to the use of the product as obtained from the process. |
| US10836834B2 |
Separating agent for optical isomer
Provided is a complex obtained by reacting a polymer compound derivative obtained by modifying part of the hydroxy groups or amino groups of a polymer compound having the hydroxy groups or amino groups with a compound represented by the following general formula (I) with one or more kinds of compounds represented by the following general formulae (II) to (V): (I) A-X—Si(Y)nR3-n; (II) M(OR1)nR24-n; (III) Al(OR1)pR23-p; (IV) Mg(OR1)qR22-q; and (V) [Si(OR3)nR43-n]—(X)—[Si(OR5)nR63-n]. |
| US10836832B2 |
Genetic engineering of non-human animals for the production of chimeric antibodies
The invention provides non-human cells and mammals having a genome encoding chimeric antibodies and methods of producing transgenic cells and mammals. Certain aspects of the invention include chimeric antibodies, humanized antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions and kits. Certain aspects of the invention also relate to diagnostic and treatment methods using the antibodies of the invention. |
| US10836831B2 |
Anti-PTK7 antibodies and methods of use
Anti-PTK7 modulators, including antibodies and derivatives thereof, and methods of using such modulators to treat hyperproliferative disorders are provided. |
| US10836829B2 |
Anti-WT1/HLA-specific antibodies
The present invention relates to antibodies or fragments thereof binding to human WT1/HLA. In particular, the present invention relates to antibodies or fragments thereof that have combined improved and/or beneficial properties, and are therefore suited for clinical development. |
| US10836825B2 |
Multispecific antibodies that target HIV GP120 and CD3
Multispecific antibodies (e.g., bispecific antibodies) that bind to HIV gp120 and CD3 are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of using such antibodies to treat or prevent HIV infection. |
| US10836824B2 |
Antibodies directed against lymphocyte activation gene 3 (LAG-3)
The invention relates to an isolated immunoglobulin heavy chain polypeptide and an isolated immunoglobulin light chain polypeptide that bind to a protein encoded by the Lymphocyte Activation Gene-3 (LAG-3). The invention provides a LAG-3-binding agent that comprises the aforementioned immunoglobulin heavy chain polypeptide and immunoglobulin light chain polypeptide. The invention also provides related vectors, compositions, and methods of using the LAG-3-binding agent to treat a disorder or disease that is responsive to LAG-3 inhibition, such as cancer or an infectious disease. |
| US10836822B2 |
Anti-PAR2 antibodies and uses thereof
The present disclosure provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments capable of binding PAR2. In some embodiments, the anti-PAR2 antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof bind PAR2 in a pH-dependent manner. The disclosure further provides methods for making and using the antibodies and antigen-binding fragments. |
| US10836818B2 |
Anti-PCNA monoclonal antibodies and use thereof
The present invention provides a monoclonal antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof having increased binding affinity to cytoplasmic PCNA and blocks its interaction with NKp44. The present invention further provides use of the antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof in the treatment of diseases associated with elevated expression of NKp44, such as cancer. |
| US10836817B2 |
Anti-Tau antibodies and methods of use
The invention provides anti-Tau antibodies and methods of using the same. |
| US10836815B2 |
Generation and comparative kinetic analysis of new glycosynthase mutants from Streptococcus pyogenes endoglycosidases for antibody glycoengineering
The present invention provides for recombinant Endo-S mutants (named Endo-S glycosynthases) that exhibit reduced hydrolysis activity and increased transglycosylation activity for the synthesis of glycoproteins wherein a desired sugar chain is added to a fucosylated or nonfucosylated GlcNAc-IgG acceptor. As such, the present invention allows for the synthesis and remodeling of therapeutic antibodies thereby providing for certain biological activities, such as, prolonged half-life time in vivo, less immunogenicity, enhanced in vivo activity, increased targeting ability, and/or ability to deliver a therapeutic agent. |
| US10836814B2 |
Anti-semaphorin 3A antibody and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and inflammatory immune diseases using same
The present invention mainly addresses the problem of providing an antibody against semaphorin 3A protein, said antibody enabling effective prevention and/or treatment of a disease, in which Sema 3A protein participates, such as a neurodegenerative disease, autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, cancer, infectious disease, etc. or disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome. An anti-Sema 3A antibody comprising CDRs having specific amino acid sequences (SEQ ID NOS: 1-6, 60-62, 64-66, 68-70, 72-74, 76-78, 80-82, 84-86 and 88-90) enables effective prevention and/or treatment of a disease, in which Sema 3A protein participates, such as a neurodegenerative disease, autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, cancer, infectious disease, etc. or disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome and, therefore, remarkably ameliorates symptoms associated with such a disease. |
| US10836811B2 |
Broadly neutralizing human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) GP120-specific monoclonal antibody
The invention provides a method for obtaining a broadly neutralizing antibody (bNab), including screening memory B cell cultures from a donor PBMC sample for neutralization activity against a plurality of HIV-1 species, cloning a memory B cell that exhibits broad neutralization activity; and rescuing a monoclonal antibody from that memory B cell culture. The resultant monoclonal antibodies may be characterized by their ability to selectively bind epitopes from the Env proteins in native or monomeric form, as well as to inhibit infection of HIV-1 species from a plurality of clades. Compositions containing human monoclonal anti-HIV antibodies used for prophylaxis, diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection are provided. Methods for generating such antibodies by immunization using epitopes from conserved regions within the variable loops of gp120 are provided. Immunogens for generating anti-HIV1 bNAbs are also provided. Furthermore, methods for vaccination using suitable epitopes are provided. |
| US10836803B2 |
Treatment of retinitis pigmentosa
A polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator ORF15 isoform (RPGRORF15), wherein the RPGRORF15-encoding nucleotide sequence has been codon optimised to increase fidelity of replication of the sequence. |
| US10836802B2 |
Calcium reporter gene
As a calcium indicator protein having an excellent fluorescent characteristic and calcium reactivity, there is provided DNA in which one of a nucleotide sequence derivative of a calmodulin-binding sequence (ckkap sequence) of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase and a nucleotide sequence encoding a calcium-binding sequence (CaM sequence) of calmodulin is linked to a 5′ end of a nucleotide sequence encoding a fluorescent protein, and the other nucleotide sequence is linked to a 3′ end of the nucleotide sequence encoding the fluorescent protein. The calcium indicator protein encoded by this DNA, which based on the derivative of the ckkap sequence as a binding domain for the calcium-bound CaM sequence, exhibits a fluorescent characteristic and calcium reactivity superior to those of conventional calcium indicator proteins. |
| US10836800B2 |
Fusion proteins, recombinant bacteria, and methods for using recombinant bacteria
Fusion proteins containing a targeting sequence, an exosporium protein, or an exosporium protein fragment that targets the fusion protein to the exosporium of a Bacillus cereus family member are provided. Recombinant Bacillus cereus family members expressing such fusion proteins are also provided. Genetically inactivated Bacillus cereus family members and recombinant Bacillus cereus family members that overexpress exosporium proteins are also provided. Seeds coated with the recombinant Bacillus cereus family members and methods for using the recombinant Bacillus cereus family members (e.g., for stimulating plant growth) are also provided. Various modifications of the recombinant Bacillus cereus family members that express the fusion proteins are further provided. Fusion proteins comprising a spore coat protein and a protein or peptide of interest, recombinant bacteria that express such fusion proteins, seeds coated with such recombinant bacteria, and methods for using such recombinant bacteria (e.g., for stimulating plant growth) are also provided. |
| US10836797B2 |
Epitope focusing by variable effective antigen surface concentration
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for the generation of an antibody or immunogenic composition, such as a vaccine, through epitope focusing by variable effective antigen surface concentration. Generally, the composition and methods of the disclosure comprise three steps: a “design process” comprising one or more in silico bioinformatics steps to select and generate a library of potential antigens for use in the immunogenic composition; a “formulation process”, comprising in vitro testing of potential antigens, using various biochemical assays, and further combining two or more antigens to generate one or more immunogenic compositions; and an “administering” step, whereby the immunogenic composition is administered to a host animal, immune cell, subject or patient. Further steps may also be included, such as the isolation and production of antibodies raised by host immune response to the immunogenic composition. |
| US10836792B2 |
Retro-inverso peptide inhibitors of cell migration, extracellular matrix and endothelial invasion by tumor cells
The present invention discloses retro-inverso peptides and pharmaceutical composition containing them. The peptides of the invention prevent key events occurring during the metastatic process, i.e. invasion of the extracellular matrix, formation of a capillary network, and the entry into bloodstream. They are therefore useful in the treatment of diseases and conditions that are sustained by an increase of cell motility, cell invasion, and/or angiogenesis, such as tumors and chronic inflammation. |
| US10836791B2 |
Compounds
The present invention relates to novel compounds which effectively inhibit the melanin synthesis in human melanocytes and are thus suitable for the treatment of senile lentigines, for smoothening skin color irregularities and/or for lightening natural skin color. |
| US10836789B2 |
Inhibitors of glucocorticoid receptor
The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating cancer and hypercortisolism. Provided herein are substituted steroidal derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition of glucocorticoid receptors. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer. |
| US10836787B2 |
Crystalline forms of (S)-2-ethylbutyl 2-(((S)-(((2R,3S,4R,5R)-5- (4-aminopyrrolo[2,1-f] [1,2,4]triazin-7-yl)-5-cyano-3,4-dihydroxytetrahydrofuran-2-yl)methoxy)(phenoxy) phosphoryl)amino)propanoate
The present invention relates to novel salts and crystalline forms of (S)-2-ethylbutyl 2-(((S)-(((2R,3S,4R,5R)-5-(4-aminopyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazin-7-yl)-5-cyano-3,4-dihydroxytetrahydrofuran-2-yl)methoxy)(phenoxy)phosphoryl)amino)propanoate having the structure: for use in treating viral infections. One crystalline form of the compound can be characterized by an X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) pattern having peaks at 22.3°, 16.9°, and 16.2° 2-θ±0.2° 2-θ. In some embodiments, the viral infection is caused by a virus selected from the group consisting of Arenaviridae, Coronaviridae, Filoviridae, Flaviviridae, and Paramyxoviridae. |
| US10836766B2 |
Aurora kinase inhibitors for inhibiting mitotic progression
The present invention relates to compounds and methods for the treatment of cancer. In particular, the invention provides potent inhibitors of Aurora A kinase, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds for the treatment of cancer. |
| US10836765B2 |
Process for the preparation of valacyclovir
The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of Valacyclovir or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which comprises reaction of amine-protected Valacyclovir or its salt with deprotecting agent in a continuous flow reactor. |
| US10836764B2 |
5-HT2C receptor agonists and compositions and methods of use
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula A and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the 5-HT2C receptor. Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are directed to methods useful in the treatment of a 5-HT2C receptor-mediated disorder, such as, weight management, inducing satiety, and decreasing food intake, and for preventing and treating obesity, antipsychotic-induced weight gain, type 2 diabetes, Prader-Willi syndrome, tobacco/nicotine dependence, drug addiction, alcohol addiction and the like, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders and impulse control disorders (including nail-biting and onychophagia), sleep disorders, urinary incontinence, psychiatric disorders (including schizophrenia, anorexia nervosa, and bulimia nervosa), Alzheimer disease, sexual dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, epilepsy, movement disorders (including parkinsonism and antipsychotic-induced movement disorder), hypertension, dyslipidemia, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, obesity-related renal disease, and sleep apnea. Also provided are compositions comprising a compound herein, optionally in combination with a supplemental agent. |
| US10836758B2 |
Acyl sulfonamide NaV1.7 inhibitors
The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula I which inhibit NaV1.7, and include pharmaceutically acceptable salts, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods using and making such compounds and compositions. (I) |
| US10836747B2 |
Ethane-sulfonate salt of quinoline derivative
The present invention relates to an ethane-sulfonate salt of N-{5-[(6,7-dimethoxy-4-quinolinyl)oxy]-2-pyridinyl}-2,5-dioxo-1-phenyl-1,2,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-3-quinolinecarboxamide, which has an Axl-inhibiting activity and is useful as a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for immune diseases, cancer and the like, a crystal thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition thereof. |
| US10836746B2 |
Therapeutic compounds
The invention provides compounds having Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, processes for their preparation, and methods of treating and preventing HIV infection by their administration. |
| US10836745B2 |
Cocrystal, production method thereof, and medicament containing cocrystal
The present invention provides a cocrystal of (S)-3-(1-((1-acryloylpyrrolidin-3-yl)oxy)isoquinolin-3-yl)-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5(4H)-one and an organic acid capable of forming a cocrystal with the compound. |
| US10836744B2 |
Diamide compounds having muscarinic receptor antagonist and β2 adrenergic receptor agonist activity
The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an isotonic aqueous solution comprising a compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US10836743B2 |
Fluorinated cyclopropylamine compound, preparation method therefor, pharmaceutical composition thereof, and uses thereof
Provided is a fluorinated cyclopropylamine compound represented by formula I, a racemate thereof, an R-isomer thereof, an S-isomer thereof, a pharmaceutical salt thereof, and a mixture thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compound, a preparation method for the compound, and uses thereof as a lysine specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) inhibitor, and in the treatment of cancers. |
| US10836725B2 |
Modulators of the integrated stress pathway
Provided herein are compounds, compositions, and methods useful for modulating the integrated stress response (ISR) and for treating related diseases; disorders and conditions. |
| US10836724B2 |
Flavor modulator having pyridine derivative or salt thereof as active ingredient
2-(phenylalkyloxyalkyl)pyridine derivative or a 2-(phenylalkylthioalkyl)pyridine derivative imparts, when added to food and drink or cosmetics as an active ingredient, a flavor of natural impression thereto; and in particular, when added to food and drink, the compound imparts an umami imparting or enhancing, a saltiness enhancing a sweetness enhancing, and in particular, when added to a milk or dairy product, a food or drink product containing a milk or dairy product, or a dairy replacement product, the compound provides a milk richness enhancing. |
| US10836723B2 |
Method for synthesizing sodium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidides
There is a demand for the development of a technique according to which sodium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidides (Na-TMPs) can be economically and efficiently synthesized through simple operations including a small number of steps under mild conditions in a short period of time. Also, there is a demand for the development of a technique according to which high-quality Na-TMPs that do not contain lithium or lithium compounds such as Li-TMP can be synthesized. The method for synthesizing sodium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidides includes a step of obtaining sodium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidides by reacting, in a reaction solvent, 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidines with a dispersion product obtained by dispersing sodium in a dispersion solvent or an organosodium compound having an aromatic ring obtained through a reaction with a dispersion product obtained by dispersing sodium in a dispersion solvent. |
| US10836721B2 |
Thalidomide analogs and methods of use
Thalidomide analogs and methods of using the thalidomide analogs are disclosed. Some embodiments of the disclosed compounds exhibit anti-angiogenic and/or anti-inflammatory activity. Certain embodiments of the disclosed compounds are non-teratogenic. |
| US10836720B2 |
Inhibitors of integrin alpha 5 beta 1 and methods of use
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are inhibitors of integrin alpha 5 beta 1 and methods of using the same. |
| US10836716B2 |
Process for the continuous production of alkali salts of the dialkyldithiocarbamic acid
An exemplary process for the production of alkali metal salts of dialkyldithiocarbamic acids produced according to the following steps: i) reaction of one or more dialkylamines, carbon disulphide and alkali metal hydroxides to form alkali metal salts of dialkyldithiocarbamic acids; ii) crystallisation to form a crystal suspension of alkali metal salts of dialkyldithiocarbamic acids; iii) separation of crystals of alkali metal salts of dialkyldithiocarbamic acids from the mother liquor in step ii; (iv) recirculation of the separated mother liquor into the crystallisation process; and v) drying of the alkali metal salts of dialkyldithiocarbamic acids. |
| US10836713B2 |
Method for producing isocyanates in the gas phase
The invention relates to a method for producing isocyanates by phosgenating the corresponding primary amines in the gas phase, wherein the raw gaseous reaction product mixture is cooled and partially condensed by being brought into contact with at least one flow of a quenching liquid, and using a part of the condensed reaction product mixture as a component, optionally the only component, of the at least one flow of the quenching liquid after an additional cooling process. The quenching liquid used in total comprises, based on the total mass, organic solvents in a proportion of maximally 25% by mass, and the remainder of up to 100% by mass consists of at least the isocyanate to be produced. Furthermore, the reaction product mixture components which are not condensed under the influence of the quenching liquid are freed of isocyanate components in a scrubber column, and a scrubber liquid- and isocyanate-containing liquid flow is obtained with, based on the total mass, a content of organic solvents of 0.0% by mass up to 10% by mass, in particular 0.0% by mass up to 5.0% by mass. |
| US10836708B2 |
Process for the synthesis of (s) 3-amino-4-(difluoromethylenyl)cyclopent-1-ene-1-carboxylic acid
Provided herein are processes, compounds and compositions for making (S)-3-amino-4-(difluoromethylenyl)cyclopent-1-ene-1-carboxylic acid. Also provided herein a pharmaceutical compositions containing (S)-3-amino-4-(difluoromethylenyl)cyclopent-1-ene-1-carboxylic acid. |
| US10836705B1 |
Process for the production of bretylium tosylate
A method of producing pharmaceutical grade bretylium tosylate comprising low amounts of mutagenic impurities. The method comprises forming bretylium tosylate having a purity of less than 99.5% and purifying the bretylium tosylate by: i) forming a slurry of the bretylium tosylate with a mixture of acetone and ethyl acetate; ii) filtering the slurry to obtain purified bretylium tosylate. The bretylium tosylate so produced has a purity of at least 99.5%, and suitably comprises less than 0.5 ppm of the potentially mutagenic impurity ethyl p-toluenesulfonate. The bretylium tosylate so produced also suitably comprises less than 0.5 ppm of the potentially mutagenic impurity 2-bromobenzylbromide. |
| US10836704B2 |
Method for producing ethanolamines and/or ethyleneamines
Preparing ethanolamines/ethyleneamines in the presence of an amination catalyst prepared by reducing a calcined catalyst precursor containing one or more metals of groups 8, 9, 10 and/or 11 and low basicity achieved by: a) coprecipitating catalyst precursor and active composition additionally contains alkali metals or alkaline earth metals; b) the catalyst precursor is prepared by impregnating a support material or precipitative application onto a support material containing alkali metals, Be, Ca, Ba, Sr, hydrotalcite, chrysotile or sepiolite; c) the catalyst precursor is prepared by impregnating a support material or precipitative application onto a support material and the active composition of the catalyst support contains one or more of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals; d) the catalyst precursor is calcined at temperatures of 600° C. or more; or e) the catalyst precursor is prepared by a combination of a) and d), b) and d), or c) and d). |
| US10836700B1 |
Process for preparing ketone or carboxylic acid by catalytic oxidation of secondary or primary alcohol
A process for preparing a ketone or carboxylic acid by catalytic oxidation of a secondary or primary alcohol comprises adding the secondary or primary alcohol as a raw material and N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) combined with phthalocyanine, serving as a catalytic system, into an amount of an organic solvent into which oxygen gas is then introduced, to proceed with an oxidation reaction to give the ketone or carboxylic acid. The oxygen gas is employed as the source of an oxidant. The oxidation reaction may be carried out under normal pressure at 60 to 120° C. for 9 to 36 hours. The process can produce a high yield of ketone or carboxylic acid. Compared with conventional technology, the process has several advantages, such as the green oxidant, the cheap catalyst which can also be easily prepared and separated, and mild reaction conditions, and it is also an environmentally friendly process for alcohol oxidation. |
| US10836698B2 |
Process for preparing methacrolein
Provided is a process for preparing dry methacrolein which maximizes capture of methanol. Also provided is a process for producing methyl methacrylate. |
| US10836696B2 |
Method for increasing UV transmittance of ethylene glycol
The present invention provides a method for increasing the UV transmittance of ethylene glycol. The method uses an ethylene glycol solution and hydrogen as raw materials, and uses an alloy catalyst comprising nickel, one or more rare-earth elements, tin, and aluminum, the contents thereof in parts by weight being 10-90, 1-5, 1-60, and 5-9, respectively. The method of the present invention uses an inexpensive, stable-in-aqueous-phase, carrier-free alloy as a catalyst, and continuously adds hydrogen to reduce unsaturated impurities in ethylene glycol. In application of the method of the present invention in continuous industrial-scale production, the use of this type of alloy catalyst could be especially significant for the achievement of long-term system stability and control of production costs. |
| US10836695B2 |
Process for recovery of glycerol from biodiesel production streams
The present invention relates to a process for treating a glycerol solution comprising fatty acid soaps obtained in a biodiesel production process, to obtain a glycerol enriched phase. |
| US10836690B1 |
Dehydrogenation process and system with reactor re-sequencing
A dehydrogenation system includes a plurality of dehydrogenation reactors valved to operate in alternating dehydrogenation modes and regeneration modes in a timed sequence in a system cycle by way of the plurality of valves; a digital programmable controller connected to the plurality of valves for sequencing the reactors; and means for determining the productivity characteristics of each reactor over a system cycle. The digital controller is operable to re-sequence the reactors to reduce either peak productivity or productivity deltas over an initial system cycle. After resequencing, production may be increased with the more uniform productivity profile of the re-sequenced system without exceeding system limits, such as compressor operating limits. |
| US10836686B1 |
Vitamin-hormone horticultural product
A water-suspensible, dry, vitamin-hormone horticultural product for promoting plant root growth comprising a combination of one or more plant growth regulators, mycorrhizae, vitamins B1 and B6, sea kelp and beneficial microbes in a carrier. In one embodiment the product is a dry powder of about 2.00 wt % indole-3-butyric acid in crystalline solid form; about 0.20 wt % thiamine mononitrate (B1) in water-soluble powder form; about 0.20 wt % pyridoxine HCl (B6) in water-soluble powder form; about 2.64 wt % Mycorrhizae in water-soluble powder form; about 1.06 wt % sea kelp extract in brown flake form; about 0.88 wt % Bacillus amyloliquefaciens in water-soluble powder form; about 0.07 wt % sodium lauryl sulfoacetate in water-soluble powder form; and about 92.35 wt % maltodextrin in water-soluble powder form. |
| US10836683B2 |
Method of making a sink from ceramic material slabs
The invention relates to a method of making a sink comprising: cutting out material that will constitute a bottom of the sink; making a hole for a drain in the bottom of the sink; supporting the edges of the bottom of the sink on a flat support and applying a mechanical force on the rim of the hole for the drain in the bottom of the sink; subjecting the bottom of the sink to a gradual and stepwise heating such that the mechanical force applied deforms said surface; cooling a flat slab; placing additional flat slabs around the first slab, on the sides thereof, to constitute the sides of the sink; externally coating the assembly made with a reinforcement comprising resins, glass fiber, mineral fillers, etc.; and bonding the upper part of the assembly made with the countertop where the sink is located. |
| US10836680B2 |
Yoshiokaite glass-ceramics obtained from glass frits
A glass ceramic material is disclosed that includes a residual glass, and a crystalline phase that includes a yoshiokaite phase. The yoshiokaite phase constitutes a main crystalline phase of the glass ceramic material. A method for making a glass ceramic material is also disclosed that includes heat treating frit glass to form the glass ceramic material, wherein the frit glass comprises: SiO2 from 15 mol % to 37 mol %; Al2O3 from 40 mol % to 47 mol %; and CaO from 20 mol % to 30 mol %. |
| US10836679B2 |
Building products comprising graphene or graphene oxide in the bulk material and method for producing such building products
The invention relates to building products that contain graphene and/or graphene oxide in the bulk component thereof. The addition of graphene and/or graphene oxide improves the mechanical properties of said building products, particularly in terms of strength. |
| US10836678B2 |
High-performance concrete mix for precast wythes
A lightweight concrete composition includes the concrete components, per yd3 of concrete: Type III Portland cement (lb/yd3) 200-900; metakaolin (lb/yd3) 100-520; calcium sulfoaluminate cement (CSA) (lb/yd3) 40-840; 3/8″ lightweight expanded slate aggregate (lb/yd3) 70-550; lightweight fine expanded slate aggregate (lb/yd3) 300-550; expanded glass fine aggregate (0.5-1 mm) 35-90 (lb/yd3); expanded glass fine aggregate (1-2 mm) 35-90 (lb/yd3); water (lb/yd3) 300-350; CSA cement set retarder 0.015 to 0.06 oz per lb of CSA cement; high-range water-reducing admixture 120-1000 (fl. oz/yd3); hydration controlling admixture 0-80 (fl. oz/yd3); reinforcing non-metallic lightweight fibers <1.5″ in length 0-8 (lb/yd3); wherein the concrete has a flexural strength of at least 600 psi at 12 hours, a density of 95 to 110 lb/ft3, and a compressive strength at 28 days of at least 7,000 psi. A lightweight concrete wythe and method of making a lightweight concrete wythe are also disclosed. |
| US10836670B2 |
Arrangement for realizing the vacuum operation in the moulding process of a glass moulding machine
For the monitoring of the application of a vacuum to the finished moulds (1, 2) of a glass moulding machine, in particular of an I. S. machine, an arrangement is proposed which is composed of a vacuum sensor (13, 14), which vacuum sensor is arranged in a vacuum line (5, 6) which charges the finished mould (1, 2) and which vacuum sensor is designed for pressure measurement and detects a pressure value, which pressure value is transmitted by way of a microcontroller (15, 16) of an I. S. machine controller (22) by way of which, in a manner dependent on the measured value, a hollow glass article can be identified as being defective and rejected. The arrangement permits automated monitoring of the vacuum operation and a lessening of the burden on operating personnel, and serves for the automated assurance of product quality. |
| US10836669B2 |
Molten material stirring system and method for stirring the material
A system and method for stirring molten material such as glass are provided. To prevent sagging of a cover of a stirring system, a portion where deformation or sagging may significantly occur is suspended by a suspension system, so that local sagging and deformation of the cover is suppressed. As a result, a crack which may occur in the cover is suppressed, and therefore, contamination of the molten material is likewise suppressed. |
| US10836668B2 |
Furnace system
A furnace system includes a mixing chamber that receives separate streams of raw material and cullet mix and discharges a combined stream. The mixing chamber tapers from an inlet end to an outlet end. One inlet in the inlet end is configured to receive one of the material and mix and is aligned with an outlet in the outlet end along a vertical axis. Another inlet is configured to receive the other of the material and mix and is offset from the outlet relative to the vertical axis such the material or mix is deposited on a sidewall of the tapered chamber before reaching the outlet. A charger receives the combined stream from the mixing chamber and discharges the mixture into a molten bath in a furnace. A duct system may be used to mix exhaust from the furnace with exhaust from the mixing chamber and charger. |
| US10836667B2 |
Dry water soluble polymer particles
A method of dewatering sludge is provided herein. In some embodiments, the method includes introducing micronized dry water soluble polymer (DWSP) particles into a sludge, wherein the sludge includes water and solids; separating water of the sludge from solids of the sludge using the micronized DWSP particles; and collecting a wet solid including water and solids of the sludge, wherein a concentration of solids in the wet solid is higher than a concentration of solids in the sludge, wherein the micronized DWSP particles comprise a DWSP wherein the DWSP is selected from the group consisting of a dry anionic water soluble polymer, a dry cationic water soluble polymer, a dry nonionic water soluble polymer, and mixtures thereof, and wherein a mean particle size of the micronized DWSP particles ranges from about 100 to about 300 microns. |
| US10836661B2 |
Systems for creating an oxidation reduction potential (ORP) in water for pathogenic control
Systems and methods for creating an oxidation reduction potential (ORP) in water for pathogenic control are described. The systems and methods generate an oxidation reduction potential that provides pathogenic control of the solution as well as pathogenic control of the surfaces with which the solution comes in immediate contact. |
| US10836659B2 |
Chemical control systems and methods for controlling disinfectants
A method of automatically controlling chloramine concentration in a body of water contained in a reservoir includes: (a) determining residual chloramine concentration in a water sample obtained from the body of water; (b) determining at least one of the following when the residual chloramine concentration is below a predetermined target chloramine concentration level: (i) an average rate of change in total chlorine concentration; and (ii) an average rate of change in oxidation-reduction potential; and (c) automatically engaging a supply of ammonia and a supply of chlorine to add both ammonia and chlorine to the body of water at a weight ratio of chlorine to ammonia of 5:1 or less when the average rate of change in total chlorine concentration is below a set rate of change and/or the average rate of change in oxidation-reduction potential is above a set rate of change. |
| US10836654B1 |
Stable immobilized amine sorbents for removal of an organic contaminate from wastewater
The present disclosure relates to a method for the removal of organic contaminates from wastewater. The method comprises contacting wastewater comprising water and an organic contaminate with a basic immobilized amine sorbent, where the basic immobilized amine sorbent comprises a polyamine bound to an inorganic support via a linker, such that contacting the wastewater causes at a least a portion of the organic contaminate to bind to the basic immobilized amine sorbent. |
| US10836651B2 |
High efficiency improved water distillation unit and methods of operation
A water distiller provides distilled water from an input water supply for domestic, clinic, studio, hospital or factory applications with greatly improved energy efficiency. Stages of the distiller may employ under pressure conditions and/or various vapor compression, heat pump or intermediate process arrangements to provide efficient heat transfer and heating, without requiring boiling of the full input water volume. Enhanced mixing and/or heat transfer may be effected by passing water vapor through the water heating pool and result in clean, efficient distillation in a unit designed for a defined rate or volume of distillate or small system. Embodiments of the invention require less energy than required for comparably-sized direct boiling systems, and may be configured to purge gases or impurities to attain, or maintain, clean heat transfer surfaces and a desired level of product purity. |
| US10836638B2 |
Metal phosphide nanomaterials prepared from single source metal amides
The present invention provides a novel solution or route for metal phosphide (MPx) nanomaterials from the thermal decomposition of metal bis[bis(diisopropylphosphino)amide], M[N(PPri2)2]2, and/or single-source precursors. Synthetic routes to MPx nanomaterials may be used in energy applications including batteries, semiconductors, magnets, catalyst, lasers, inks, electrocatalysts and photodiodes. |
| US10836635B2 |
Method for treating off gas and producing hydrogen
The present invention relates to a method for obtaining a hydrogen rich gas from an off gas. Further, the invention relates to a system for operating said method. |
| US10836632B2 |
Method of manufacturing MEMS switches with reduced switching voltage
An approach includes a method of fabricating a switch. The approach includes forming a first cantilevered electrode over a first electrode, forming a second cantilevered electrode over a second electrode and operable to directly contact the first cantilevered electrode upon an application of a voltage to at least one of the first electrode and a second electrode, and the first cantilevered electrode includes an arm with an extending protrusion which extends upward from an upper surface of the arm. |
| US10836631B2 |
Method for closing off a micromechanical device by laser melting, and micromechanical device having a laser melt closure
A method is described for closing off a micromechanical device by laser melting, having the steps: (A) providing a micromechanical device having an access channel that has a collar at an external opening; (B) closing off the external opening of the access channel by laser irradiation of the collar, the collar being at least partly melted and the external opening being closed with melt made of a material of the collar. Also described is a micromechanical device having a laser melt closure, in particular produced by the method according to the present invention, the micromechanical device having an access channel that has a collar at an external opening, the external opening of the access channel being closed by a melt closure made of a material of the collar. |
| US10836629B2 |
Micromechanical spring structure
A micromechanical spring structure, including a spring beam and a rigid micromechanical structure, the spring beam including a first end and an opposing second end along a main extension direction. The spring beam includes a fork having two support arms on at least one of the two ends, which is anchored to the rigid micromechanical structure, the two support arms being anchored to a surface of the rigid micromechanical structure, which extends perpendicular to the main extension direction of the spring beam. |
| US10836628B2 |
Fluid dispensing unit having a defrosting system
Various fluid dispensing units having a defrosting system and methods for using the same are provided. In general, a fluid dispensing unit configured to dispense fluid such as AUS32 therefrom is configured to circulate the fluid when the fluid dispensing unit is not in use, e.g., is not dispensing the fluid, to help prevent the fluid from freezing or beginning to crystallize. In the event that the fluid freezes or begins to crystallize, such as due to a power failure that prevents the fluid from circulating, the fluid dispensing unit has a defrosting system configured to heat the frozen or crystallized fluid. |
| US10836626B2 |
Vapor recovery device
To provide a vapor recovery device capable of making the most of the capacity of the adsorption/desorption towers and efficiently adsorbing and desorbing fuel oil vapor. A vapor recovery device 1 having: a pump 5 disposed on a pipe 4 branched from a vent pipe 3, one end of which being connected to an underground tank 2, to suck a fuel oil vapor V in the underground tank; a condenser 6 connected, on the branch pipe, to a downstream side of the pump to condense the fuel oil vapor; and a plurality of adsorption/desorption towers 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b connected, on the branch pipe, to a downstream side of the condenser in series to adsorb/desorb fuel oil vapor fed from the condenser. One of the adsorption/desorption towers can be arranged above another one of remaining adsorption/desorption towers, and the pump may be fixed in a housing 30 through a bottom face and a side face of the pump and elastic bodies 32, 33. |
| US10836623B2 |
Locking neck gripper
A gripper assembly for gripping a portion of a container may include a spindle configured to rotate about a vertical axis. The assembly may also include an actuating plate disposed on or about the spindle. The actuating plate may be configured to actuate toward a central shaft in response to a force applied to a first cam follower. The assembly may also include a gripper configured to at least one of open and close in response to the actuating plate being actuated toward the central shaft and a locking cam configured to contact the first cam follower and in at least one position to limit movement of the actuating plate toward the central shaft. |
| US10836622B2 |
Method and device for filling a container
A method for filling a container with a filling product in, for example, a beverage bottling plant is described. The method includes providing a filling product under a positive pressure, evacuating the container to be filled to achieve a negative pressure, and feeding the filling product into the container. |
| US10836618B2 |
Mechanical overload sensor system
A mechanical overload sensor system for a planetary winch having a biasing means that when overcome by the force on a ring gear, opens an electric switch which terminates power to the winch. |
| US10836617B2 |
Method for operating towing winch and electric drive for towing winch
A method for operating a towing winch and an electric drive for a towing winch, the towing winch including a rotatable winch drum for spooling a spoolable medium, and an electric motor operably coupled to the winch drum to rotate the winch drum, wherein the electric drive is configured to be operably coupled to the electric motor, and configured to control, during a towing of at least one object connected to the spoolable medium, a tension of the spoolable medium between the winch drum and the at least one object to be towed to be equal to or lower than a tension limit value; and monitor, during the towing, a roll angle of the tug, and in response to the monitored roll angle of the tug being outside of a predetermined range, lower the tension limit value providing roll compensation. |
| US10836612B1 |
Crane
The present invention is provided with: a manipulation unit; a winch device that operates with an actuation mode of either a high speed mode or a low speed mode, and winds in or reels out a wire rope; a selection unit for an operator to select either the high speed mode or the low speed mode; a load calculation unit calculating a suspended load; a tension calculation unit calculating the tension of the wire rope; and a control unit controlling the actuation of the winch device. If the mode selected by the selection unit is the high speed mode, the manipulation unit is manipulated from a neutral state to a non-neutral state, and the suspended load is smaller than a load threshold and the tension is smaller than a tension threshold, the control unit controls the winch device so as to operate in the high speed mode. |
| US10836611B2 |
Swivels
A swivel comprises a first body component and a second body component with an interconnection assembly for interconnecting the first and second body components and to allow mutual rotation of the first and second components about a swivel axis. The swivel further includes a rotation limiting arrangement which, in a release condition, allows free mutual rotation of the first and second body components and in a first or a second locking condition restricts mutual rotation of the first and second body components. A user control is operable to selectively cause the rotation limiting arrangement to adopt one of a locking condition and the release condition. In the first locking condition, the rotation limiting arrangement prevents mutual rotation of the first and the second body components and in the second locking condition, the rotation limiting arrangement, allows limited mutual rotation of the first and second body components by less than 360°. |
| US10836610B2 |
Automated mounting device for performing assembly jobs in an elevator shaft of an elevator system
A mounting device for performing an assembly job in an elevator shaft of an elevator system includes a support component and a mechatronic assembly component. The support component is configured to be moved within the elevator shaft. The assembly component is held at the support component and configured to perform a mounting step as part of the assembly job in at least a partially automatic manner. The assembly component can be an industrial robot. A drilling of holes in the shaft walls is performed in a partially or fully automated manner by the mounting device. Furthermore, other repetitive mounting jobs such as the driving in of screws, etc., can be performed in a partially or completely automated manner. The mounting effort, time and/or costs can be reduced. |
| US10836609B2 |
Elevator car
An elevator car (2) comprising a passenger compartment defining an interior space (4) surrounded by sidewalls (62, 63, 64) and at least one car door; and at least one lighting arrangement (11) configured to illuminate the interior space (4). Said lighting arrangement (11) is associated with a ventilation system (18) configured to ventilate the interior space (4) even in a situation where the car door is closed. |
| US10836607B2 |
Stairlifts
A stairlift rail is configured to cause a stairlift carriage and chair to rotate a small amount in a downhill direction adjacent to the lower end of the rail, thus avoiding a clash between the chair and the staircase. |
| US10836603B2 |
Tape measure with epicyclic gear drive for tape retraction
A tool, such as a tape measure, including a spring-based retraction system is shown. The retraction system utilizes an epicyclic gear train coupled between the tape blade winding reel and a rotating arbor or axle within the tape measure. A spiral spring has an outer end coupled to the reel and an inner end coupled to the axle. The gear train may be a reduction gear train such that the axle rotates slower than the reel. By coupling the spiral spring between the gear train input and gear train output, high energy density springs may be used, which may allow for decrease in housing size, increase in tape length or thickness for a given housing size, and/or advantageous retraction speed control. |
| US10836601B2 |
Guidewire management apparatus and method
An apparatus for storing and directing a guidewire used to guide an instrument is provided and includes a spool. The spool receives the guidewire and a spool wire. Rotation of the spool in a first direction retracts the guidewire and the spool wire around the spool. The apparatus also includes a wire connector that operatively couples the spool wire and the guidewire together. The apparatus further includes a housing that houses the spool. The housing includes first and second apertures. The first aperture is sized to prevent the wire connector from passing through the first aperture but allow the guidewire and the spool wire to pass through the first aperture. The second aperture is sized to allow the wire connector and the guidewire and the spool wire to pass through the second aperture. The first and second apertures merge together such that the guidewire and the spool wire may move between the first and second apertures. |
| US10836600B2 |
Image forming apparatus
The image forming apparatus includes: a printing section for conveying a sheet of paper; a reversal section for reversing top-and-back orientation of a sheet; and a control section for, based on an output of an image detection sensor resulting when a sheet has passed through a detection position for the first time, detecting whether or not a first surface is a blank surface, and moreover, based on an output of the image detection sensor resulting when the sheet subjected to reversal process has once again passed through the detection position, detecting whether or not a second surface is a blank surface, whereby the control section decides whether a sheet feed cassette is a back-sided sheet-containing cassette or a new sheet-containing cassette. |
| US10836598B2 |
Web conveying device
To form a web conveying path that bends and conveys a web, a web conveying device has: a plurality of foil supporting members that are disposed at prescribed intervals in a conveying direction of the web and that support a surface of the web that is being conveyed; a foil extending member stretched between the foil supporting members, which pulls an end of the web downstream in the conveying direction of the web such that the web extends from a starting point to an end point of the web conveying path that is formed by the foil supporting members; and a moving mechanism that moves the foil extending member from the starting point to the end point of the web conveying path. |
| US10836596B2 |
Registration system with translating carriage and omni wheels
A registration system for a printing device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. For example, the registration system includes at least one sensor, omni wheels, a motor coupled to each omni wheel, a translating carriage, and a processor communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor, the motors, and the translating carriage, wherein the processor calculates a desired movement to move the omni wheels and the translating carriage based on the position of the print media. |
| US10836580B2 |
Conveyor cartridge with braking mechanism
A conveyor system comprising a conveyor cartridge removably coupled with a first side plate and an opposite second side plate that delimit a direction of the conveyor cartridge transverse to transport direction. Conveyor rollers rotatably mounted to axles and extending a conveyor roller width between the first side plate and the second side plate. Braking mechanism positioned internally in the cartridge frame in between the first side plate and the opposite second side plate. The braking mechanism abuts the conveyor rollers to retard rotation of the conveyor rollers. |
| US10836578B2 |
Automated smart storage of temperature sensitive products
Automated cold storage unit and systems for storing, monitoring, and maintaining a supply of temperature sensitive pharmaceutical and/or other products in compliance with regulatory requirements are provided. Such units contain an array of independently addressable holding locations for containers with product in one or more controlled temperature zones fitted with temperature sensors. The units include a reader to track product information and status. Product movement within the unit is performed by a computer-controlled robot. A user interface device, preferably in communication with an application service provider to provide remotely managed inventory management and other services, provides users with secure access to the contents of the unit and associated product data and information. |
| US10836576B2 |
Storage decks and storage rack assemblies including same
A storage rack assembly includes a storage rack structure that can include a plurality of columns and a plurality of beams interconnecting the columns such that a plurality of storage bays are formed above a base surface. A plurality of storage deck sections include a first storage deck section supported on the storage rack structure within a first storage bay and a second deck section supported within a second storage bay. The first and second storage rack sections are at least partially supported on a common beam of the storage rack structure with one of the first and second storage rack sections including a decking support channel. The decking support channel includes a channel end portion positioned along the common beam with the channel end portion including a clearance tunnel dimensioned to receive a deck wire of the other of the first and second storage rack sections. |
| US10836575B2 |
Storage rack
A storage rack includes a plurality of storage portions each configured to store a container. The container has a supported portion and an intake portion in a bottom surface of the container, the intake portion supplying gas into the container, wherein the center of gravity of the container is located between the supported portion and the intake portion as seen along a vertical direction. Provided to each of the storage portions are a container support in which a support surface is formed for supporting the supported portion from below, a nozzle configured to contact the intake portion from below to supply gas into the container through the intake portion, and a restriction member configured to contact a side surface of the container when stored on the storage portion to restrict movement of the container along a horizontal direction. The container is supported only by the support surface and the nozzle. |
| US10836567B2 |
Pulverized-fuel supply unit and method, and integrated gasification combined cycle
A pulverized-fuel supply unit includes a hopper, first nozzles, second nozzles, a pressurizing-gas supply device, a fluidization-gas supply device, and a pulverized-fuel supply line. The hopper has a hollow to store therein pulverized fuel. The first nozzles are provided to the hopper. The second nozzles are provided to a vertically lower part of the hopper below the plurality of first nozzles. The pressurizing-gas supply device is configured to supply pressurizing gas to increase internal pressure of the hopper. The fluidization-gas supply device is configured to supply fluidization gas to fluidize the pulverized fuel in the hopper. The pulverized-fuel supply line is provided to a vertically lower part of the hopper. The pressurizing-gas supply device supplies pressurizing gas to the first nozzles and the second nozzles. The fluidization-gas supply device supplies fluidization gas to the second nozzles. |
| US10836565B2 |
Packaging box for virtual reality device
The present application provide a packaging box for a Virtual Reality (VR) device. The packaging box includes: a first box body having a top cover and a first sidewall; and a second box body having a bottom cover and a second sidewall, wherein the first sidewall has a second edge opposite to the first edge thereof, the second sidewall has a second edge opposite to the first edge thereof, and the second edge of the first sidewall and the second edge of the second sidewall are adapted to fit with each other so as to form the packaging space for the VR device, and wherein the first surface of the first box body has a fixing structure for fixing the wearable component provided thereon, and the first surface of the second box body has an accommodating structure for accommodating the device body provided thereon. |
| US10836561B2 |
Aerosol dispenser
An aerosol dispenser, an outer container for an aerosol dispenser, and a preform for an outer container. The aerosol dispenser, outer container, and preform each have a neck including a crimp ring. The crimp ring may be configured to receive a valve cup, which is clinched thereto. The crimp ring includes one or more vents. The vents may be used to control overpressurization within the dispenser. The vents may be exposed to pressurized propellant and product due to deformation of the neck during undue overpressurization. The vents allow propellant and/or product to be released therethrough in the event of overpressurization. |
| US10836558B2 |
Roll-dispensed stock container
A roll-dispensed stock container is provided with a cutter assembly attached to the body of the container. The cutter assembly can be attached in a recessed area or within the body and can be moved to a second deployed position for use. |
| US10836557B2 |
Insulated bottle
An insulated bottle includes an inner container having an inner wall that defines an inner chamber within which a product is received. The insulated bottle includes an outer container having an outer wall that defines an outer chamber. The inner container is received within the outer chamber of the outer container. A space is defined between the inner wall and the outer wall. The insulated bottle includes a label shrink wrapped to an outer surface of the inner wall of the inner container. The label is positioned within the space defined between the inner wall and the outer wall. |
| US10836553B2 |
Bi-directional flexible structure with angled perforations
The present disclosure relates to inflatable cushions. The inflatable cushions may include a first ply extensive in longitudinal and transverse directions, and a second ply extensive in the longitudinal and transverse directions. The second ply may be overlayed on and sealed to the first ply such that the plies define therebetween a plurality of inflation chambers. The inflation chambers may be inflatable with a fluid and operable to contain the fluid. At least the first or second ply may include a layer of a first polymer material that has a bi-directional orientation. One or more lines of weakness may be formed by a plurality of perforations that facilitate tearing through the plies to separate portions of the inflatable cushion. At least one of the perforations may have a tip that is oriented at an angle displaced to the transverse direction. |
| US10836552B2 |
Method of handling a plastic container having a moveable base
Method for processing hot-filled plastic containers are provided. In some embodiments, the method may include hot-filling a plastic container, sealing the container, and conveying the sealed container, each with an inner annular wall and a push-up portion in a first position. In some embodiments, the method may further include creating a vacuum pressure in the hot-filled and sealed container and repositioning the push-up portion from the first position to a second position under a mechanical force. |
| US10836550B2 |
Carton and blank therefor
A top engaging carrier includes a main panel which has an aperture for receiving a portion of an article. The main panel includes an annular series of tabs formed around the aperture. The aperture defines a first edge of each of the tabs of the annular series. The tabs are hingedly connected to the main panel such that they yield out of the plane of the main panel when an article is received in the aperture. One of the tabs of the annular series is defined at least in part by a first cutline extending from the aperture into the main panel. The first cutline separating at least a portion of the one tab from an adjacent tab. The main panel also includes a second cutline. The second cutline defines a portion of a second edge of each of the one tab and the adjacent tab, wherein the second edge opposes the first edge. |
| US10836549B2 |
Cap for container
A cap for a container is formed so that the cap has a top plate and a circular sidewall. Two opposite sides of the circular sidewall circularly connect to each other, one periphery of the circular sidewall connecting to one surface of the top plate forming a closed end, and another periphery of the circular sidewall at an opposite side of the closed end forms an opened end. Incisions are in the circular sidewall. The incisions form a ring member located at the opened end of the cap separated from a main body of the cap by a first incision and a second incision between the opened end of the main body and the ring member. |
| US10836545B2 |
Internet-connected storage container and system and method of dispensing articles
Provided is a storage container including a base and a cartridge container attachable to the base. The cartridge container defines a plurality of internal chambers and includes a plurality of individually operable doors, each of the plurality of doors corresponding to one of the internal chambers. The storage container further includes a plurality of individually addressable actuators disposed in at least one of the base and the cartridge container, each of the plurality of actuators corresponding to one of the doors. A microprocessor is programmed or configured to receive at least one instruction from a server computer, and transmit a command, based on the at least one instruction, to actuate one of the plurality of actuators. Actuating one of the plurality of actuators causes the corresponding door to move from a closed position to an opened position. Systems and methods are provided for remote and immediate dispensing of articles. |
| US10836542B2 |
Tamper evident food container with accordiated pull tab
A plastic container capable of assuming a loading state, an initially sealed state and an opened state comprises a lid including a lid rim and a base having a base rim. The lid rim sealingly engages with the base rim. A projecting portion has an accordiated section and a pull tab that projects outwardly from the lid. The accordiated section has at least one pleat. The projecting portion includes a frangible bridge. When the plastic food container is in the initially sealed state, the accordiated section has a first length and a first orientation relative to the projecting portion. When the container is in the initially sealed state and a first pulling force is applied to the pull tab, the frangible bridge ruptures. When the frangible bridge ruptures and before the lid is separated from the base, the container is in a tab-employed state in which the accordiated section springs outward and has a second length visibly longer than the first length. |
| US10836541B2 |
Valve for a dispensing container
A valve assembly for a dispensing container includes a closure body detachably coupled to a co-injected valve. The closure body includes a main closure body coupled to a closure cap via a flexible hinge. The co-injected valve includes a valve head and a valve frame. The valve head includes a valve head portion with multiple valve head slits, a sleeve portion, and a peripheral sealing flange. The valve frame is permanently coupled to the valve head and includes a radial ledge and a radial wall that support the peripheral sealing flange of the valve head. The co-injected valve is fabricated via a two-step injection molding process. The first step includes fabricating the valve frame from a first injection material, and the second step includes fabricating the valve member from a second injection material. |
| US10836540B2 |
Deforming element-included dispensing tip, deforming element-included dispensing device, and deforming element-included dispensing processing method
It is an object to provide a deforming element-included dispensing tip, a deforming element-included dispensing device, and a deforming element-included dispensing processing method not requiring any cylinder and capable of achieving highly precise position control and enhancing integration of higher density and reducing the burden in the quality control in reaction processing of a biological material for extraction of DNA and the like. A tip-shaped container formed with a non-deforming wall having an opening portion at an upper side and an inlet unit at a lower side for allowing fluid to flow in and flow out and a sealing plug attached to the opening portion so as to seal the opening portion are provided, and the sealing plug is configured to be provided with a deforming element. |
| US10836534B2 |
Dairy tray system
A tray includes a base having an upper support surface and a central portion extending downward to define a lowermost surface of the tray. The base includes a peripheral portion recessed relative to the central portion. A pair of opposed first walls extend along opposed first edges of the base. A pair of opposed second walls extending along opposed second edges of the base. |
| US10836527B2 |
Device and a method for maintaining a gas flow barrier between two interconnected volumes
A method and a device for maintaining, in a filling machine, a gas flow barrier between two volumes of a channel, wherein the channel is used for transportation of packages in a length direction thereof, and the volumes comprise a first volume having a first degree of sterilization and a second volume having a second degree of sterilization, and wherein the first volume comprises a gas injection mechanism, the second volume comprises a gas evacuation mechanism, and the first and the second volume meet in an interface area extending in a length direction of the channel. The method comprises arranging, divergent jets flowing from the gas injection mechanism such that the divergent jets of gas cooperate in the interface region for the generation of a unidirectional flow in the direction from the first volume towards the second volume in the interface area, and thus forming a gas flow barrier. |
| US10836525B1 |
Robotic gripper for bagging items
Disclosed are various embodiments or a robotic gripper. A mechanical gripper is affixed to an end effector of the robotic arm. A mount is also affixed to the mechanical gripper. An air nozzle may be affixed to the mount. The air nozzle can include an egress directed towards the mechanical gripper. |
| US10836519B2 |
Deployment kit
A kit for covering a load (18) comprising: a cargo cover (10); a deployment means comprising a base sheet (2) for containing the cargo cover (10) prior to covering the load (18), the base sheet (2) comprising releasable securement means (4) for securing it around the cargo cover (10); and a plurality of cargo cover deployment straps (12, 14). |
| US10836516B2 |
Methods of forming packaging templates
Systems, methods, and apparatus for converting a sheet material into packaging templates can include a converting machine that performs conversion functions, such as cutting, creasing, and scoring, on the sheet material. Items to be packed into boxes formed of the packaging templates can be used as the pattern for determining the location of performance of the conversion functions on the sheet material. Accordingly, no intermediate measuring of the items may be required prior to performance of the conversion functions. Instead, longheads can be positioned adjacent to opposing sides of the items and cross heads can be advanced inward to the positioned longheads. |
| US10836514B2 |
Stacking device for a space vehicle and associated space vehicle
A stacking device for a space vehicle comprises a plurality of hold down and release mechanisms and is configured to hold, temporarily, n space appendages, n being an integer strictly greater than 2, on one and the same support of a space vehicle using hold down and release mechanisms. The stacking device is arranged such that several space appendages are held by one and the same hold down and release mechanism. An associated space vehicle comprising at least one such stacking device is also provided. |
| US10836510B2 |
Naval platform provided with a deck landing/take-off zone and means for handling an aircraft
A naval platform has a zone for the deck landing/take-off of an aircraft and an aircraft handler, to move the aircraft over the deck landing/take-off zone. The aircraft handler includes a body in the form of a bar for gripping and securing the main landing gear of the aircraft, provided with an anchoring hook mounted to slide in at least one rail, guiding the the aircraft on the deck landing/take-off zone. The hook is retractable, allowing the release of the body in the form of a gripping and securing bar from the rail, the body gripping the landing gear of the aircraft. The movement of the aircraft brings the body into position on the rail, and the hook into a position in which it faces the rail, and the hook back into an anchoring position in the rail in order to secure the aircraft. |
| US10836508B2 |
Camera drone
Devices and methods improving the ability to capture images remotely and manually with a camera integrated with or attached to a drone. A display screen on the drone body allows viewing of captured image data. Booms are configured to both support the flight components of the drone and allow manipulation. Boom handles allow a user to hold and manually aim the camera. |
| US10836500B2 |
Assembly between an aircraft pylon and a turbine engine
An assembly between an aircraft structural pylon and an aircraft turbine engine is disclosed, with the assembly comprising a beam intended to be attached to the turbine engine and wherein a knuckle intended for the installation of a pad integral with the pylon is mounted, with the beam comprising suspension lugs each including a bore for the passage of a shaft intended to further go through a bore formed in the pylon to connect the beam with the pylon. |
| US10836494B2 |
Pivoting cable actuating mechanism
A cable actuating mechanism that actuates through a central pivot axis of a pivoting mechanism including two articulating cable actuators that contact opposing ends of a floating pin that passes through the center of the pivot. One actuator is affixed to a stationary assembly of the pivot device and the other actuator is affixed to a rotating body of the device. A first cable pulled at one end of the device pulls a second cable at an opposing end of the device through the articulating cable actuators. The cable actuating mechanism can be used to unlock, for example, a seat recline lock device in an aircraft seat equipped with a pivoting armrest, among other applications within and outside of an aircraft cabin environment. |
| US10836492B2 |
Load adaptive lift assist for pivoting stowage bin
An load adaptive lift assist for a pivoting stowage bin includes an assembly housing having an interior and a pair of opposing end fittings. A piston rod is disposed within the assembly housing and operatively coupled to one of the end fittings, the piston rod being configured to move between extended and retracted positions based on the movement of the pivoting stowage bin. A spring retainer is attached to a structure that retains at least one lift assist spring and a latch mechanism is operatively coupled to the other of the end fittings. The latch mechanism includes at least one mechanical feature for retaining the spring retainer until a predetermined load has been exceeded in the stowage bin. The load adaptive lift assist automatically resets itself and does not require use of sensors or feedback controls. |
| US10836490B2 |
Wall vent and flushing method using same
A venting outlet (1) for a drinking water supply system of an aircraft is proposed, having an inlet opening (3) which is arranged on a rear side of the venting outlet and is intended for receiving a venting fluid, in particular air, from the drinking water supply system, and further having a venting opening (6) arranged on a front side of the venting outlet and intended for discharging at least some of the received venting fluid to an external surroundings of the venting outlet (1). According to the invention, the venting outlet (1) further comprises a flushing connection (5) and a cover (4) which can be mounted on the flushing connection (5) and can be removed therefrom and which has at least one through-hole (16), wherein the venting opening (6) is formed by the at least one through-hole (16) in the cover (4) mounted on the flushing connection (5), and the flushing connection (5) is designed, only with the cover (4) removed from the flushing connection (5), for coupling a flushing fluid line (55) on the front side of the venting outlet and for introducing a flushing fluid, in particular drinking water, through the flushing connection (5) to the inlet opening (3) of the venting outlet. Also proposed are a wall element having the proposed venting outlet and a flushing method for a drinking water supply system with use of the proposed venting outlet. |
| US10836486B2 |
Controlling a drone through user movement
A computer system for mapping the movement of a user to the controls of a drone generates, with a mixed-reality device, a simultaneous localization and mapping coordinate system of a user environment. The system then receives, from sensors within the mixed-reality device, a movement variable that comprises an indication that the user has moved a first distance in a particular direction with respect to the simultaneous localization and mapping coordinate system. The system communicates, to the drone, a movement command to move a second distance and particular direction based upon information within the movement variable. |
| US10836483B2 |
Ad hoc dynamic data link repeater
In one possible embodiment, a system capable of a self-propagating data link includes an unmanned vehicle having a data link transceiver and at least one deployable data link transceiver. The unmanned vehicle having a deployment means for deploying the at least one deployable data link transceiver. |
| US10836482B2 |
Rotorcraft having a rotary wing and at least two propellers, and a method applied by the rotorcraft
A rotorcraft comprising a fuselage, a single main rotor, and a first propeller and a second propeller. The rotorcraft has an adjustment system configured, at least during a stage of hovering flight, to position the first propeller in a first low speed configuration in order to exert a first thrust including a first horizontal component and a first vertical component, the adjustment system being configured, at least during the stage of hovering flight, to position the second propeller in a second low speed configuration so as to exert a second thrust comprising a second horizontal component and a second vertical component. |
| US10836480B2 |
Flight vehicle
Method and apparatus for a flight vehicle including a wing having a high aspect ratio and first and second rotors having a high aspect ratio, with a ratio of the rotor diameter to wing length ratio is equal to or greater than about 0.25. In embodiments, the flight vehicle can include a first and second motor, each less than about one thousand HP, to drive a respective rotor and a second motor. The flight vehicle can include a cruise mode and a VTOL mode. |
| US10836479B2 |
Rotating swashplate ring to rotor mast connection
An example rotating swashplate ring to rotor mast connection includes a polygon-shaped drive tube secured to the rotor mast and a gimbal joint connected between the rotating swashplate ring and the polygon-shaped drive tube, wherein the gimbal joint rotates with the rotor mast and can translate axially along the polygon-shaped drive tube. |
| US10836478B2 |
Separation of collective and cyclic actuation
A rotor actuation system includes a swashplate assembly comprised of a stationary swashplate and a rotating swashplate operatively connected together for relative rotation about a rotor axis. A cyclic actuator is operatively connected to the stationary swashplate to tilt the swashplate assembly off axis from the rotor axis for cyclic control. A collective actuator is operatively connected to the swashplate assembly to move the swashplate axially along the rotor axis for collective control. The cyclic actuator and the collective actuator are operatively connected to the swashplate assembly to respectively actuate cyclic and collective control independent of one another. |
| US10836476B2 |
Rotorcraft centrifugal force bearing
A centrifugal force (CF) bearing for a rotorcraft rotor assembly includes an inner-member, an outer-member, and an elastic member interposed between the inner- and outer-members. The outer-member includes an upper flange extension and a lower flange extension for location to and engagement with a grip. The upper flange extension is disposed over an upper surface portion of the elastic member, and the lower flange extension is disposed under a lower surface portion of the elastic member. The CF bearing is configured for attachment to a grip of the rotor assembly. The outer-member is configured to communicate mechanical loads (e.g., centrifugal force, lateral shear, vertical shear) from the grip to the yoke during operation of the rotor assembly. |
| US10836466B2 |
Toroidal propeller
The propeller includes a hub supporting a plurality of elongate propeller elements in which a tip of a leading propeller element curves into contact with a trailing propeller element to form a closed structure with increased stiffness and reduced acoustic signature. |
| US10836464B2 |
Aluminum—copper—lithium alloy product for a lower wing skin element with improved properties
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a laminated or forged material, the thickness of which is 14 to 100 mm. The materials according to the invention are particularly suitable for manufacturing airplane underwing elements. |
| US10836462B1 |
PCM controlled charging system
A method of controlling an alternator in a marine propulsion system includes receiving a battery voltage level of a battery charged by the alternator, receiving a throttle demand value, determining whether the throttle demand value exceeds a demand threshold, and determining whether the battery voltage level exceeds a threshold minimum battery voltage. If the throttle demand value exceeds the demand threshold and the battery voltage level exceeds the threshold minimum battery voltage, then the alternator is controlled to reduce the charge current output to the battery and reduce engine output power utilized by the alternator. |
| US10836459B2 |
Self-propelled integrated ship for transporting and installing immersed tubes of underwater tunnel and construction process
A self-propelled integrated ship for transporting and installing immersed tubes of an underwater tunnel comprises a first ship body and a second ship body which are parallel with each other, a connection structure is arranged between the first ship body and the second ship body; the first ship body, the second ship body and the connection structure are provided with hauling and hoisting devices, a loading space is formed between the first ship body and the second ship body and below the connection structure; a to-be-installed member is arranged in the loading space and is connected with the ship; and the first ship body and the second ship body are provided with propelling power devices and positioning devices. The loading space is provided in a lower part of the integrated ship, and a member to be transported is placed in the loading space and floated in the water, so that most of the weight of the member is shared by buoyancy. The member is transported to a designated site and installed precisely. Thus, the independent transportation and installation of immersed tubes of the underwater tunnel or similar large members with various sizes can be successfully realized by one self-propelled ship without assistance of other additional ships. Moreover, there is no need to close navigation lanes to other ships, thus not affecting the navigations of the other ships. |
| US10836457B2 |
Electrically driven hydrofoil
An electrically driven hydrofoil for fastening to a board in order to lift the board out of the water during travel operation, comprises at least one drive module, which as an autonomous unit is fastened to a portion of the hydrofoil that remains submerged in the water during travel operation, an electric battery, and an electrically operated propulsion device supplied with power by the battery. It is thus possible to equip a conventional hydrofoil and a corresponding hydrofoil board with an electric drive, without the need for modifications to the board or to the hydrofoil. The battery can be arranged in the drive module so that there will be no need to provide external electrical connection between the propulsion device and the battery. The drive module may thus form an autonomous unit that may be attached to the hydrofoil as required, but otherwise is separate from the hydrofoil. |
| US10836452B2 |
Front fork for saddled vehicle
A front fork capable of reducing an unsprung weight of the arm-shaped front fork, optimizing rigidity, and improving appearance is provided. A front swing arm includes a left and right arm portions, and a bridge portion integrally connecting the left and right arm portions, a first lightening hole, a second lightening hole and a third lightening hole are provided in the arm portion, the first lightening hole, the second lightening hole and the third lightening hole are covered with a reflector provided to be exposed to an outer side surface of the arm portion from outside. |
| US10836447B2 |
Hydraulic walking mud/shaker tank system
A walking mud handling system may include a walking mud tank and a plurality of hydraulic walkers coupled to the walking mud tank. Each hydraulic walker may include a walking foot, a hydraulic lift, and a sliding actuator. The hydraulic lift may include a hydraulic cylinder coupled to the walking foot such that extension of the hydraulic cylinder extends the walking foot into contact with the ground. The sliding actuator may include one or more hydraulic cylinders coupled to the walking foot such that extension of the sliding actuator moves the walking foot laterally relative to the hydraulic lift. |
| US10836446B2 |
Wall surface suction traveling device
A wall surface suction travel device includes a first travel unit, a second travel unit, a joint mechanism, and an elastic mechanism. The travel units are aligned along a travel direction and are each configured to travel on a wall surface while being suctioned on the wall surface. The joint mechanism couples the travel units together such that the travel units can pivot relative to each other on a pivot axis extending in a direction that is perpendicular to both a wall surface facing direction and the travel direction. The elastic mechanism includes a first end fixed to the first travel unit, a second end fixed to the second travel unit, and an elastic member configured to be elastically deformed when one of the travel units pivots relative to the other travel unit and a distance between the first end and the second end is shortened. |
| US10836443B1 |
Modular payload bed wall extension system
A modular payload bed wall extension system includes a pickup truck having a pickup bed and a perimeter wall including an upper edge with four corners, a tailgate, a first side wall, a second side wall and a back wall. Each of the first and second side walls has a side wall mount secured thereto. Each of the corners has a corner mount positioned thereon. A plurality of slats is provided and includes lateral slats and end slats. At least two lateral slats extend between the corner mounts on the first lateral wall. At least two lateral slats extend between the corner mounts on the second lateral wall. At least two end slats extend between the corner mounts on the back wall. A plurality of fasteners extends through the corner mounts and corresponding slats. |
| US10836438B2 |
Front vehicle-body structure of vehicle
A front vehicle-body structure of a vehicle comprises a dash panel, a pair of right-and-left hinge pillars, and a suspension tower, wherein the dash panel comprises a dash panel body which constitutes a partition wall positioned at a front side of a cabin portion and a dash cross member which is joined to a front face of a lower portion of the dash panel body and interconnects respective lower portions of the right-and-left hinge pillars in a vehicle width direction, and there are provided a pair of right-and-left heat-insulating inner lower portion, each of which connects the suspension tower and the dash cross member. |
| US10836437B2 |
Impact performance
A vehicle with improved body—closure impact performance may include a frame having an outer side and an inner side, the frame comprising a door opening, a door sill secured to the frame and extending along an edge of the door opening, the door sill extruded to comprise an elongate cavity; and a door secured to the frame and comprising an elongate protrusion, the door movable between an open position and a closed position, where the elongate cavity is positioned to receive the elongate protrusion when the door is in the closed position. |
| US10836435B2 |
Vehicle rear structure
A vehicle rear structure includes: a pair of rear side frames provided on right and left sides at a rear part of a vehicle body; side sills connected to front parts of the rear side frames and extending on the right and left sides of the vehicle body, respectively; and an on-board component, at least part of which is arranged side by side with the rear side frames in a vehicle width direction. Each side sill includes a weak part located ahead of the on-board component and having a lower strength than a strength of a region of the rear side frame arranged side by side with the on-board component. |
| US10836434B2 |
Vehicle front structure
A vehicle front structure includes: a rocker outer constituted by a high tensile steel material and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, the rocker outer including a first upper flange portion; a rocker inner constituted by a high tensile steel material and extending in the vehicle front-rear direction, the rocker inner including a second upper flange portion; a front pillar inner extending in a vehicle up-down direction being sandwiched between the rocker outer and the rocker inner; and a bracket joined to the first upper flange portion with a weld nut being fixed to the bracket. The first upper flange portion and the second upper flange portion are bolted together such that a bolt is inserted, from inside in the vehicle width direction, into respective boles provided in the second upper flange portion, the front pillar inner, and the first upper flange portion. |
| US10836433B2 |
Rear subframe structure
A rear subframe structure including a rear subframe disposed on a rear side of a vehicle is provided. The rear subframe includes: a pair of right and left longitudinal members extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a front cross member extending in a vehicle width direction between the pair of right and left longitudinal members, and a rear cross member extending in the vehicle width direction between the pair of right and left longitudinal members. The front cross member and the rear cross member are spaced apart in the longitudinal direction by a predetermined distance. Each of the pair of right and left longitudinal members has a protruding portion between the front cross member and the rear cross member; the protruding portion protrudes in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction. |
| US10836432B2 |
Parking assist apparatus
A parking assist apparatus 1 of the present invention assists parallel parking of an own vehicle 21. The parking assist apparatus 1 includes: a first route calculation unit 11 configured to calculate a first route for moving the own vehicle 21 from a target parking position P1 to a virtual departure position P3 based on a parking space and a constraint condition of own vehicle behavior; a second route calculation unit 12 configured to calculate a second route for moving the own vehicle 21 from an initial position P0 where parking assistance is started to the virtual departure position P3; and a parking route setting unit 13 configured to set a parking route of the own vehicle 21 with use of the first route and the second route. |
| US10836429B2 |
Angle sensor and angle sensor system
An angle sensor includes a detection signal generation unit for generating detection signals, an angle detection unit for generating a detected angle value on the basis of the detection signals, and a condition determination apparatus. The condition determination apparatus includes a determination value generation unit for generating a determination value to be used for determining the condition of the angle sensor, and a determination unit for determining the condition of the angle sensor. The angle detection unit includes a common correction processing unit for performing common correction processing for converting uncorrected signals, which have correspondence with the detection signals, into common corrected signals to be used for the generation of the detected angle value and the generation of the determination value. The common correction processing reduces an angular error occurring in the detected angle value, and narrows the variation range of the determination value. |
| US10836428B2 |
Method for controlling an articulation angle
A method for controlling articulation angle during reversing of a vehicle combination, comprising a tractor motor vehicle having at least one trailer, uses a first articulation angle controller, which determines an intended steering lock from at least one steerable wheel of the tractor vehicle and controls the same via a steering actuator of the tractor motor vehicle, in order to achieve a predefined intended articulation angle of the vehicle combination. The rate of change of the articulation angle is limited in such a way that the maximum available setting speed of the steering actuator is sufficient, such that the movement of the at least one trailer follows the intended articulation angle, in particular over a predefined range of speed of travel of the vehicle combination. |
| US10836427B2 |
Drive configurations for skid steered vehicles
Some embodiments are directed to a drive configuration for a skid steered vehicle includes first and second torque outputs coupled by a differential and in a torque connection with first and second electric motors, the differential being configured to mechanically transfer power across itself; and a mechanical power splitter having a first torque transfer feature in a torque connection with a combustion engine, a second torque transfer feature in a torque connection with a respective additional electric motor and a third torque transfer feature in a torque connection with at least one of the first and second torque outputs of the drive configuration, wherein torque output from the or each the mechanical power splitter in use is dependent on torques generated by the combustion engine and the associated additional electric motor. |
| US10836426B1 |
Active steering system and grounds maintenance vehicle including same
A small radius- or zero radius-turn vehicle that may be steered by differentially-driven rear drive wheels and by at least one electronically-controlled, steerable front wheel. A device, e.g., one or more levers, may be provided that controls both speed and direction of the drive wheels. A sensor may be provided that detects a position of the lever(s). A controller may calculate a steering angle of the front wheel based upon the position, and issue a command to an actuator associated with the front wheel. The actuator may rotate the front wheel to an electronically calculated steering angle in response to the command. |
| US10836425B2 |
Wheel steering system
A wheel steering system is provided that improves an environment of an actuator being mounted and reduces changes in toe angles of wheels at the time of a suspension stroke. The system includes: right and left hub carriers supported by a rear suspension mechanism; right and left tie rods having outer ends in a vehicle width direction thereof pivotally connected to the right and left hub carriers; and a Watts link having inner ends in the vehicle width direction of the right and left tie rod pivotally attached thereto so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis, wherein the actuator and the Watts link are arranged above springs, and the Watts link is connected with the actuator so as to be displaceable substantially along the vehicle width direction when a driving force of the actuator is inputted to the Watts link. |
| US10836423B2 |
Electric power steering device and control method of electric power steering device
In an electric power steering device including a controller, which is configured to carry out feedback control for a motor including independent two coil winding groups and being configured to rotate a steering mechanism of a vehicle, when one of the two groups recovers from a failure that has occurred in the one group while control is continued solely by another group due to the failure, the controller resumes cooperative control by the two groups, and when starting the cooperative control, sets target current values of the one group and the another group to values different from a final target current value based on an actual current value or a target current value of the another group at a time of the recovery, to thereby output respective control amounts for the cooperative control. |
| US10836422B2 |
Method for operating an electrical power steering system of a motor vehicle and an electric power steering system for a motor vehicle
A method for operating an electric power steering system of a motor vehicle, wherein a steering wheel angle is specified by a steering handle as a measurement for a desired wheel steering angle for at least one steerable wheel of the motor vehicle, wherein an electric servo drive having an electric motor provides steering assistance, and wherein an additional restoring force is provided to compensate for increased internal friction in the power steering system based upon temperature, wherein the additional restoring force is reduced based upon a desired steering direction that is detected at the steering handle. Also disclosed is an associated electric power steering system, an associated computer program, and an associated control unit. |
| US10836416B1 |
Chiminea cart apparatus
A chiminea cart apparatus for moving chimineas includes a base ring. A handle has a pair of arms extending from a base top side and a grip portion joining the pair of arms. Each of the pair of arms has a curved portion proximal the base ring and a straight portion extending from the curved portion to the grip portion. The curved portion is configured to accommodate a bulbous portion of a chiminea. A set of legs comprises a pair of back legs coupled to a base bottom side proximal the handle and a front leg coupled to the base bottom side opposite the handle. A pair of wheels is coupled to the pair of back legs and a support is coupled to the front leg. |
| US10836415B1 |
Multifunctional flat cart
A multipurpose cart is provided herein. The multipurpose cart includes a substantially flat main support frame, a wheel support frame, at least one wheel, and a tarp selectively connectable to the main support frame. The wheel support frame extends from an end of the main support frame and is inclined upwardly relative to a topside of the main support frame. The wheel support frame includes an axle that is spaced apart from an underside of the main support frame by an offset distance. The at least one wheel is rotatably connected to the axle and has a radius substantially equal to the offset distance. The tarp is configurable in an open position to rest on a majority of the cart. The tarp includes reinforcement straps connected to a lower surface of the tarp and further includes at least one retainer for selectively connected the tarp to the cart. |
| US10836413B2 |
Control arrangement for a railroad level crossing
A control arrangement for a railroad level crossing is disclosed. The control arrangement comprises monitoring sensors for monitoring the level crossing, the monitoring sensors arranged to detect an obstruction within a restricted area at or near to the level crossing, and a processing unit associated with the monitoring sensors and arranged to generate an alarm warning when an obstruction is detected. The alarm warning is used to adjust a Movement Authority issued to a train approaching the level crossing. |
| US10836409B2 |
Protecting element of a railway wheel set and respective manufacturing method
A protecting element of railway wheelsets is described, the protecting element being constituted by a pad provided with a plurality of transversal grooves without which the pad could not be rolled up on the axle at room temperature. The pad is made of a material having high thickness or high strength, that is respectively between 5 mm and 10 mm and between 50 kJ/m2 and 80 kJ/m2. Thanks to the combination of thickness and resilience values, in addition to the grooves, the pad can be manually rolled up on the axle, without the aid of presses and without prior heating. Thus, the solution according to the present invention combines the advantages of ease of installation, such as the possibility of manually rolling up the protecting element on the axle, with the effectiveness of the protection provided by rigid protecting elements. |
| US10836406B2 |
Drone railway system
A drone railway system comprises a rail comprising a contact surface and an interconnect member having a drone connecting end and a rail engaging end, wherein the rail engaging end comprises a contacting member. The rail engaging end is selectively engageable with the rail so the contacting member can contact the contact surface and selectively disengageable with the rail so the drone and interconnect member can fly away from the rail, whereby the drone and interconnect member are able to travel along the length of the rail when the rail engaging end is engaged with the rail. A method of flying a drone comprises engaging a rail with the drone by contacting a contact surface of the rail with a contacting member associated with the drone; traveling along a length of the rail with the contacting member contacting the contact surface of the rail; selectively disengaging the drone from the rail; and flying away from the rail. |
| US10836403B2 |
Distractedness sensing system
A distraction detection system includes using a first signal, e.g., EDP signals or vehicle speed, and an additional signal to determine whether a person is distracted. The distraction system can be part of a vehicle seating system, A vehicle seating system is described and includes a seat configured to support an occupant and to be mounted in a vehicle and occupant sensing system at least partially integrated into the seat to sense an occupant. The sensing system senses a first criterion with respect to the occupant. A controller is configured to receive the first criterion signal from the sensing system and a second criterion to determine a distraction state of the driver. The controller can also determine a false distraction state using the distraction state and other criterion in a vehicle. The controller outputs a control signal when the distraction state exceeds a distraction threshold and when distraction is confirmed. |
| US10836402B2 |
Determination of reliability of vehicle control commands via redundancy
A vehicle having a control element for the speed, acceleration or direction of the vehicle, two identical or redundant computing devices (e.g., each implemented as a system on chip (SoC)) to separately generate driving commands in parallel during autonomous driving of the vehicle, and a command controller coupled between the control element and the computing devices. In response to the commands from the identical or redundant computing devices, the command controller determines whether the commands are identical (or agree with each other); and if so, the command controller forwards one of the commands to the control element for execution. When there is a mismatch in the commands from the computing devices, the command controller tests the memories of the computing devices to identify a faulty one of the computing devices. |
| US10836400B2 |
Implementing safety measures in applications
An example apparatus comprises a memory resource configured to store data and transmit data. The apparatus may further include a safety controller coupled to the memory resource configured to receive the data from the memory resource, receive latched data from an application controller, and determine whether to allow an output of commands from the application controller in response to a comparison of the data from the memory resource and the latched data from the application controller. |
| US10836399B2 |
Vehicle and control method thereof
The present invention relates to a vehicle and a control method therefor. A vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a display unit; a communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with an external device; and a control unit, capable of wirelessly communicating with the vehicle, for controlling the display unit so as to display a plurality of indicators corresponding to each of a plurality of other vehicles searched by the communication unit on the display unit, initiate wireless communications with a first other vehicle included in the plurality of other vehicles in response to a first user input, and display a user interface which guides shared contents receivable from the first other vehicle, wherein each of the indicators includes identification information of a specific vehicle of the plurality of other vehicles. |
| US10836397B1 |
System and method for increasing catalyst temperature
Systems and methods for operating an engine and a transmission to reduce a catalyst light off time are disclosed. In one example, clutches of a transmission are operated to provide a desired load to the engine so that engine combustion stability may be improved while supplying heat to a catalyst so that the catalyst light off time may be reduced. |
| US10836395B2 |
Efficient optimal control with dynamic model for autonomous vehicle
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for efficient optimal control with dynamic modeling for an autonomous vehicle (AV). The method may include acquiring vehicle status information for the AV, determining a longitudinal velocity of the AV, determining a driving style factor, wherein the driving style factor is dependent on at least road scenarios, obtaining an optimal control factor from a look-up table (LUT) using the determined longitudinal velocity and the determined driving style factor and providing an updated control command (such as a steering command) based on the obtained optimal control factor. The driving style factor may be determined from at least vehicle status, desired trajectory, current linear velocity and like parameters and ranges between a gentle driving mode and an aggressive driving mode. |
| US10836383B2 |
Collision imminent steering control systems and methods
A vehicle has a steering mechanism coupled to a wheel of the vehicle. The steering mechanism is adjustable to alter a vehicle trajectory. The vehicle also comprises a collision imminent steering (CIS) control system. The collision imminent steering control system includes a controller in electrical communication with the steering mechanism and is configured to adjust a steering sequence of the steering mechanism to alter the vehicle trajectory when an obstacle is detected at a distance from the vehicle less than a calculated safe braking distance. The controller simultaneously calculates a predicted optimal vehicle path around the obstacle and a steering sequence determined to follow the predicted optimal vehicle path around the obstacle using feedback received by the controller. |
| US10836380B2 |
Safety device for a vehicle
A safety device for a vehicle includes a sensor system and an evaluation and control unit that is coupled to the sensor system via an interface and that evaluates information from the sensor system in order to detect objects in the area ahead of the vehicle, calculates, on the basis of the information from the sensor system, a likely impact point of a detected object and/or a likely amount of overlap of the detected object and the vehicle, brings the vehicle into a defined slide-off position by way of a targeted intervention into the vehicle dynamics when the calculated likely impact point and/or the calculated amount of overlap satisfies at least one predefined condition. |
| US10836377B2 |
Vehicle control system and controlling method thereof
Disclosed herein are a vehicle control system and controlling method thereof. The vehicle control system includes a plurality of sensors configured to measure a wheel speed, a steering angle, a yaw rate, and acceleration value, and a controller estimating the state of a vehicle based on the wheel speed, the steering angle, the yaw rate, and the acceleration value and updating a front and rear wheel stiffness of the vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle is running on an asymmetric friction surface from the estimated state of the vehicle. |
| US10836375B2 |
Powertrain configurations for single-motor, two-clutch hybrid electric vehicles
Powertrain configurations for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) are disclosed. One powertrain comprises: a prime mover; an electric motor-generator, said electric motor-generator mechanically coupled to said prime mover via a first clutch; a transmission, said transmission mechanically coupled to said electric motor-generator via a second clutch; a battery, said battery electrically coupled to said electric motor-generator, said battery capable of supplying electrical energy to said electric motor-generator; and a controller, said controller capable of supplying control signals to said prime mover, said first clutch, said electric motor-generator, said second clutch and said transmission such that said controller is capable of dynamically affecting a plurality of operating modes. Manual control modes for the vehicle and transmission of the HEV or PHEV are used for the purpose of optimizing power, efficiency and the use of either one of the energy sources obtained from off-board sources. |
| US10836374B2 |
Method for operating a hybrid electric vehicle and hybrid electric vehicle
A method for operating a hybrid electric vehicle and hybrid electric vehicle are provided. The vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and an electric engine, which are operated by an electric controller, and a telecommunication system is communicatively coupled to the electric controller. The method includes determining if a telecommunication session is initiated or ongoing by the telecommunication system based on communication data provided by the telecommunication system to the electric controller. A current driving condition of the vehicle is determined based on driving data obtained by the electric controller to determine if an electric driving mode of the hybrid electric vehicle is feasible for the current driving condition. The hybrid electric vehicle is operated in the electric driving mode during the telecommunication session while the electric driving mode is feasible. |
| US10836373B2 |
Control system for hybrid vehicle
A control system for hybrid vehicles configured to improve energy efficiency by controlling a speed difference in a coupling. The hybrid vehicle comprises: a power split mechanism; an engine connected to a first rotary element; a first motor connected to the second rotary element; a second motor connected to the third rotary element; drive wheels to which a torque is delivered from the third rotary element; and a coupling comprising a drive member and a driven member. A controller is configured to change the speed difference in the coupling, and to change a speed or a torque of at least one of the first motor and the second motor after changing the speed difference in the coupling. |
| US10836371B1 |
Battery saving controls associated with mobile generator use of a vehicle
A vehicle includes an engine, an electric machine selectively coupled to the engine, a traction battery, an electrical outlet, and first and second power inverters. The first power inverter is configured to transfer power between the traction battery and the electric machine. The second power inverter is configured to transfer power between the traction battery and the electrical outlet. A human-machine interface (HMI) has a selectable option indicative of a user's desire to use the electrical outlet at a next destination. A controller of the vehicle includes a processor and memory having stored therein a first battery state of charge (SOC) target and a second battery SOC target that is greater than the first SOC target. The controller is programmed to, in response to the selectable option being selected, switch from the first SOC target to the second SOC target and command charging of the traction battery responsive to a measured battery SOC being less than the second target. |
| US10836367B2 |
Method for having a motor vehicle perform a driver-independent braking maneuver
A method for carrying out a driver-independent braking maneuver of a motor vehicle includes ascertaining a reference trajectory of the motor vehicle, ascertaining a lateral guidance force variable representing the lateral guidance force necessary for guidance of the motor vehicle on the reference trajectory, ascertaining, as a function of the lateral guidance force variable, a longitudinal force variable representing the maximum longitudinal force transferable in a longitudinal vehicle direction, and, based on the longitudinal force variable and driver-independently, establishing a braking force variable representing the braking force of the motor vehicle. |
| US10836363B2 |
Brake pedal assembly and installation method
A brake pedal assembly installation method includes installing a brake operation simulator to a lower part of a dashboard; pivotally mounting a brake pedal arm to a mounting feature associated with brake operation simulator; providing an elastic member with first and second free ends that are normally biased toward one another; securing the first free end of the elastic member to a yoke mounted to an end portion of the push rod; extending the elastic member and securing the second free end of the extended elastic member to the brake pedal arm; aligning an opening on the brake pedal arm with an opening on the yoke; and inserting a lock pin through the openings of the brake pedal arm and the yoke to secure the yoke to the brake pedal arm. |
| US10836362B2 |
Dual chocking device
An improved wheel chock system for preventing excessive movement of tires, wheels, and other rollable objects, having two cooperating members connected via a connector permitting pivotal movement by at least one of the cooperating members about the connector. The cooperating members each have a handle at their one end for actuating wheel chocks retained at their other end throughout a range between a fully open condition where the wheel chocks are spaced away from each other, and a fully closed condition where the wheel chocks are spaced adjacent to one another. |
| US10836345B2 |
Airbag device for panorama roof
An airbag device for a panorama roof may include: a panorama roof; a guide disposed under the panorama roof; a folded cushion supported by the guide; an operation unit mounted on the guide, and configured to operate the folded cushion to cover the panorama roof; an inflator configured to supply gas to the cushion; and a controller configured to control the operations of the operation unit and the inflator. |
| US10836342B2 |
Airbag for head protection
An airbag includes a bag body and an inlet port section of inflation gas. As a gas receivable region, the bag body includes a front main inflatable region, a rear main inflatable region, a feed path that feeds the inflation gas from the inlet port section to the front and rear main inflatable regions, and a sub inflatable region that absorbs the gas from the front main inflatable region when a pressure of the front main inflatable region soars. A front partitioning region partitions the front main inflatable region from the sub inflatable region. The front partitioning region is disposed in front of a front end of an upper partitioning region in an island-like fashion remote from other uninflatable region so as to provide, at the rear of and there beneath, one each communication passage that provides gas communication between the front main inflatable region and the sub inflatable region. |
| US10836337B2 |
Multi-frontal airbag for vehicle and airbag deployment system using the same
A multi-frontal airbag for a vehicle and an airbag deployment system using the same are provided. The system includes a sensing unit that collects the state information of a seat. A first airbag module is disposed within the vehicle and includes a first cushion that is deployed toward the front of a passenger and a first inflator that supplies gas to the first cushion. A second airbag module is disposed within a roof above the passenger and includes a second cushion that is deployed downwards and a second inflator that supplies gas to the second cushion. A controller receives the state information of the seat from the sensing unit, and adjusts the operations or operation timings of the first airbag module and the second airbag module. |
| US10836333B2 |
Methods and apparatus for wireless device application having vehicle interaction
A computer-implemented remote starting method includes instructing the remote start of a vehicle using a wireless device. The method also includes inputting, to the wireless device, a desired vehicle interior temperature. The method further includes sending a remote start instruction to a vehicle from the wireless device, including at least the desired temperature and monitoring a current temperature of the vehicle. The method additionally includes outputting, on the wireless device, the current vehicle temperature. |
| US10836330B2 |
Device, system and method for automated detaching of an adhesive element from a carrier element
A device for the automated removal of an adhesive element from a support element extending along a main extension plane, including a deposition device to deposit the support element and a fixing device to fix the support element to the deposition device,wherein the fixing device and/or the deposition device are configured such that the fixed support element, at least in certain areas, especially in an area with one or more adhesive elements, is stretchable spaced apart from the deposition device along the main extension plane. |
| US10836329B2 |
Trim for a motor vehicle
A trim made of plastics for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprises a first component (7) made of plastics and a second component (8) made of plastics. To improve such trim, the first component (7) is at least partly transparent or semi-transparent. The second component (8) includes one or more recesses (10, 11, 12) for a display element and/or for an input element(FIG. 2). |
| US10836326B1 |
Vehicle mobile phone holder
The disclosure provides a vehicle mobile phone holder, including a base, a surface cover, a hinge member making a clamp force between the base and the surface cover, and a wireless charging component; when the surface cover is rotated to have an included angle with the base, certain clamp force is formed between the surface cover and the base to clamp a mobile phone in between the surface cover and the base. The wireless charging component has one end in rotatable connection with the base, and a rotation axis of the wireless charging component is parallel to an axis of the hinge member. According to the disclosure, the base of the vehicle mobile phone holder is fixed in a car; when a mobile phone needs to be charged, the mobile phone may be clamped tight between the base and the surface cover. |
| US10836319B1 |
Vehicle mounted imaging assembly
A vehicle mounted imaging assembly for documenting events proximate to and within a vehicle includes a set of housings that is coupled to the vehicle. Each of a set of sensing, imaging, and transmitting modules is coupled to a respective housing and positioned in an associated interior space that is defined by the respective housing. The sensing, imaging, and transmitting module is configured to detect motion in, and selectively capture an image of, an area that is at least one of exterior to the vehicle and internal to the vehicle and to selectively transmit the image to an electronic device of a user. |
| US10836314B2 |
Display system, electronic mirror system, moving vehicle, and display method
Disclosed herein is a display system including an image producing unit and an optical system part. The image producing unit produces an image on a display screen by letting a light beam, which eventually forms a virtual image based on the image produced, emerge from the display screen. The optical system part forms a left-eye image and a right-eye image on a user's left and right eyes, respectively, and thereby projects the virtual image toward a user's left and right eyes by reflecting and/or refracting the light beam emerging from the display screen. The optical system part has an image distortion generation factor to make an image distortion of the left-eye image different from an image distortion of the right-eye image. |
| US10836312B2 |
Dynamic 360 degree view accident avoidance system
Vehicle safety is enhanced by providing a video system incorporating multiple cameras providing separate video feeds that are stitched together by a controller to provide a composite video viewable by the operator that changes in real time along with changes to the speed and direction of the vehicle. |
| US10836309B1 |
Distracted driver detection and alert system
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a distracted driver detection and alert system. In one aspect, a system includes a sensor that is located at the property and that is configured to generate sensor data that reflects an attribute of the property, and a monitor control unit that is configured to receive, from a traffic monitoring device, traffic monitoring data that reflects movement of a vehicle, classify, a driver of a vehicle as a distracted driver, determine that the vehicle is associated with the property and in response, determine, based on the sensor data and the traffic monitoring data, a likely identity of the driver, based on determining the likely identity of the driver, determine a classification of the driver, based on the classification of the driver, generate an alert, and provide, for output, the alert. |
| US10836306B1 |
Vehicle with portable signature light assembly
This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle with a portable signature light assembly, and a corresponding method. In an example, a signature light assembly configured to promote brand recognition of the motor vehicle is operable in a first mode in which the signature light assembly is connected to the motor vehicle and a second mode in which the signature light assembly is removed from the motor vehicle. |
| US10836305B2 |
Marker lamp system
A marker lamp system includes a sensor configured to detect information around a vehicle, a projector configured to project an image onto a road surface around the vehicle, a controller configured to control the projector based on a detecting result of the sensor, and a marker lamp having a light emitting area surrounding the sensor and the projector. |
| US10836303B2 |
Vehicle detection apparatus and light distribution control apparatus
A vehicle detection apparatus includes: a specific color region detection unit that detects a specific color region from an image photographed by a camera provided in a vehicle; a processing target range calculation unit that calculates a processing target range in which the other vehicle is detected in the image on the basis of the specific color region detected by the specific color region detection unit; and a vehicle region detection unit that detects a region of the other vehicle from the image within the processing target range calculated by the processing target range calculation unit. |
| US10836299B2 |
Ratchet tie down
Provided is a ratchet tie down including a main body portion, a reel assembly rotatable relative to the main body portion, a first sprocket surrounding the reel assembly, a second sprocket surrounding the reel assembly, at least one first noise reduction disk, at least one second noise reduction disk, and a release pawl biased in a locked position to land on the noise reduction disks to dampen the sound as the release pawl engages teeth of the sprockets. |
| US10836298B1 |
Bulk liquid flexible tank system
A transport system for hauling non-hazardous bulk liquids via dry van with a trailer that contains two or more deflatable, flexible bladder tanks that are pressure tested and welded to the trailer bed of the dry van. The bed is pre-lined to avoid puncture. Upon delivery to its destination, the flexible, deflatable bladder tanks are drained completely and deflated, ready for re-use. |
| US10836297B2 |
Method for staging deliveries using roll-off containers
A roll-off container is filled with a material at a loading site to produce a filled roll-off container. The filled roll-off container is transported on a transport vehicle to a use site. The filled roll-off container is rolled from the transport vehicle at the use site. The material is used at the use site. |
| US10836292B2 |
System and method for providing massaging within a vehicle
A system and method for providing massaging within a vehicle that include determining at least one position and at least one movement of a driver seated within a seat of the vehicle. The system and method also include determining at least one strenuous driving activity associated with the driver. The system and method additionally include determining at least one tension point associated with the driver. The system and method further include processing a massaging plan that is based on the at least one tension point and controlling at least one massaging element disposed within the seat of the vehicle to provide massaging based on the massaging plan. |
| US10836289B2 |
Headrest folding device
The present invention relates to a headrest folding device, more particularly, to a headrest folding device comprising a housing, a link rotatably installed in the housing, and a lifting member installed in the housing in a way that it can be lifted or lowered, wherein a stay rod is connected to the link, and wherein the stay rod is slidingly installed in the lifting member, so that the structure becomes significantly simplified, the device becomes compact, and the headrest is stably folded. |
| US10836287B1 |
Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat includes a frame member including an outer wall and an inner wall, the outer wall and the inner wall defining a cavity therebetween and a side airbag supported by the frame member in the cavity, wherein the outer wall extends along an outboard angle relative to a seat-forward direction and the side airbag is inflatable to an inflated position extending along the outboard angle. |
| US10836286B2 |
Modular suspension seatback with integrated upper and lower supports
A seating assembly includes a seatback. The seatback includes a frame extending about a periphery of the seatback. The seatback defines a thoracic region and a lumbar region. First and second supports extend from a top portion of the frame to a lower portion of the frame. A first flexible mat and a second flexible mat are operably coupled with the first and second supports. The first flexible mat is disposed proximate the thoracic region. The second flexible mat is disposed proximate the lumbar region. |
| US10836285B2 |
Vehicle seat cover
A seat cover for a seat includes a seat portion formed from a flexible material; a back portion formed from the flexible material and joined to the seat portion, a bottom end of the back portion joined to a rear end of the seat portion, a seat cover open angle between the seat portion and the back portion being adjustable; and a removable strap configured to secure the back portion of the seat cover to a headrest of the seat, the removable strap formed from the flexible material. |
| US10836281B2 |
Inertial latch for a seatback of a vehicle seat
A vehicle seat assembly includes a seatback rotationally coupled to a base at a first pivot. A securing pin is coupled with the seatback. An inertial latch is operable about a second pivot to define an idle position defined by the inertial latch biased distal from the securing pin. A deployed position is defined by an opposing directional force biasing the inertial latch into selective engagement with the securing pin wherein the seatback is maintained in a predetermined rotational position. |
| US10836279B2 |
Swivel plate assembly
A swivel plate assembly is provided that comprises a first swivel plate coupled to a second swivel plate. Each of the first and second swivel plates includes a first portion and a second portion. A channel is defined by the first swivel plate and the second swivel plate. A ball bearing assembly is positioned within the channel. A ball bearing of the ball bearing assembly is positioned substantially flush with the first and second swivel plates. |
| US10836277B2 |
System and method for supplying heat to an exhaust gas after-treatment system of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
A system for supplying heat to an exhaust gas after-treatment system of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is provided. The system includes a heat transfer device that transfers heat generated by at least one component of an electric system of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle to the exhaust gas after-treatment system of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. |
| US10836271B2 |
Charging system and charging method
A charging system comprising: a charging apparatus; and at least one guiding apparatus, comprising at least one light emitting device provided in at least one target apparatus. The charging apparatus moves to a charging location according a light emitting state of the light emitting device, to charge the target apparatus. The charging apparatus further receives battery power information from the target apparatus via wireless communication. |
| US10836268B2 |
Charging state display controller
A charging state display controller recognizing and displaying that a high voltage battery of an electric vehicle is being used, may include a receiving unit receiving operation signals output from controllers using the high voltage battery when the high voltage battery is in a using mode, a signal determination unit determining whether or not the number of the operation signals received by the receiving unit satisfies a predetermined condition, and a control unit controlling on/off of a charging state indicator in accordance with whether or not the number of operation signals satisfies the predetermined condition. |
| US10836267B2 |
Electric vehicle and cooling method thereof
An electronic vehicle includes a power electronic component; a cooling water storage unit receiving cooling water capable of cooling the power electronic component; and a vehicle charging connection unit connected to an external cable at an external charger-side thereof and disposed on a path through which the cooling water is circulated. The circulating cooling water cools the vehicle charging connection unit. |
| US10836264B2 |
Drive system
A drive system includes a first inverter electrically connected to a first AC rotating electrical machine, a second inverter electrically connected to first end sides of phase coils constituting a second AC rotating electrical machine, a boost converter, and a third inverter electrically connected to a second end sides of phase coils and drives the second AC rotating electrical machine by transmitting electrical power between the third inverter and a second DC power source different from a first DC power source. The drive system is configured such that the second DC power source and the first AC rotating electrical machine are connected via a single connecting route. The drive system includes a processor that changes a control state of at least one of the first to third inverters and the boost converter based on a state of at least one of the first to third inverters, the boost converter, and the first and second DC power sources. |
| US10836263B2 |
Control apparatus and control method
A control apparatus of a vehicle includes, as a power plant, a motor and a transmission configured to transmit rotation of the motor to an output shaft. The control apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information of a stop position at which the vehicle stops; a decision unit configured to decide a deceleration start position at which deceleration is started to stop at the stop position; and a control unit configured to switch, when performing deceleration control of the vehicle toward the stop position, deceleration control of the power plant between a manual driving mode and an automated driving mode. |
| US10836262B2 |
Electric power generation control device
An electric power generation control device applied to a system including a generator capable of regenerative electric power generation, an electric power storage device capable of being charged with electric power, and a friction brake device that generates a braking force. The control device includes an operation amount acquisition unit that acquires a brake operation amount by the driver, an electric power generation amount acquisition units that increase a target electric power generation amount for the generator the larger the brake operation amount is, and have plural relationships of which the target electric power generation amounts that correspond to a certain brake amount differ, and acquire the target electric power generation amount according to one of the relationships based on change in the brake operation amount, and an electric power generation amount instruction unit that controls the generator based on the target electric power generation amount. |
| US10836261B2 |
Inductor unit, wireless power transmission device, and electric vehicle
An inductor unit according to one embodiment includes a first inductor comprising a first core and a first winding wound around the first core; and a second inductor comprising a second core and a second winding wound around the second core. The first inductor and the second inductor are disposed so that an angle is larger than 0 degree and smaller than 90 degrees. The angle is formed by: a first straight line coupling a first intersection point of a first center line in parallel with a first magnetic flux direction of the first core and a second center line perpendicular to the first magnetic flux direction, and a second intersection point of a third center line in parallel with the second magnetic flux direction of the second core and a fourth center line perpendicular to the second magnetic flux direction; and the first center line. |
| US10836256B2 |
Enhanced touchscreen operation
A location of a first wearable device is determined based on a first biometric signature. Operation of a touchscreen display is restricted if the location of the first wearable device is in an operator's side of a vehicle cabin and the first wearable device is within a first distance from the display. |
| US10836255B2 |
On-board monitoring and event detection system for a machine with rotating components
An on-board monitoring and event detection system for a machine includes a powertrain. A vibration sensor adjacent one of a rotating component of the powertrain is configured to generate raw vibration data. A sensor controller is configured to receive the raw vibration data and generate condition indicators. At least one of a speed sensor, a torque sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor, is operatively associated with the powertrain. A controller is distinct from the sensor controller and is configured to receive the condition indicators, and receive sensor signals from the at least one sensor and wherein the condition indicators and the sensor signals define operating characteristics of the powertrain. The controller is further configured to compare the operating characteristics of the powertrain to an event threshold and generate an event response if the operating characteristics exceed the event threshold for a time period exceeding a time threshold. |
| US10836245B1 |
Hydraulic energy collection system
Disclosed and described herein are embodiments of a system that is embedded in a roadway such that a vehicle traveling over the system compresses a hydraulic fluid, which is used to perform work. |
| US10836244B2 |
Active damper
An active damper is disclosed which includes: an elastic support body; a first wall section provided at the elastic support body and defines a first liquid chamber; a second wall section provided on an opposite side and defines a second liquid chamber; a partition wall section which separates the first liquid chamber from the second liquid chamber; an orifice in the partition wall section for communication between the first and second liquid chambers; and a damping unit to attenuate the vibrations transmitted from a vibrating source to the vibration-receiving part. The damping unit includes: a coil to generate a magnetic field according to a current supplied; magnetic members forming a closed magnetic circuit for the magnetic field; and a magneto-viscoelastic elastomer having a viscoelasticity changes depending on the magnetic field. At least one of the first and second wall sections, and the partition wall section has the damping unit. |
| US10836243B2 |
Remote located clutch
A drive package includes a remote located CVT and a motor where the CVT is positioned rearward (or forward) of the motor. An auxiliary drive mechanism couples a drive shaft of the CVT to a crankshaft of the motor. The auxiliary drive mechanism is a belt or chain. The drive shaft is substantially parallel to, and longitudinally offset from, the crankshaft. Thus, the width of the drive package is reduced as compared to ATVs having a CVT located adjacent the motor. A method of making an ATV with the drive package is provided. |
| US10836241B2 |
Utility vehicle
The utility vehicle has a door and a window unit detachably mounted to the door. The door includes an inner door panel, an outer door panel, and a door pipe frame supporting the inner door panel and the outer door panel. The window unit includes a window and a window unit pipe frame supporting the window. A plurality of downwardly extending pipe ends of the window unit pipe frame are inserted into a plurality of upwardly open pipe ends of the door pipe frame. The pipe ends of the window unit pipe frame are detachably fixed to the pipe ends of the door pipe frame using a locking device. |
| US10836239B2 |
Vehicle panels including integrally formed alignment ribs for inhibiting rotation of vehicle components
A method of installing a vehicle component to a vehicle panel is provided. The method includes aligning a fastening opening of the vehicle component with a fastening opening through the vehicle panel. The vehicle component abuts against an alignment rib that is formed integrally with the vehicle panel. A fastener is inserted through the fastening openings of the vehicle component and the vehicle panel. The fastener is tightened while the alignment rib inhibits rotation of the vehicle component. |
| US10836237B2 |
Rotary apparatus
A rotary apparatus includes a motor, a plurality of gears including an output gear, and a housing accommodating the plurality of gears and the motor. The housing includes a first surface portion, a second surface portion facing the first surface portion and spaced apart from the first surface portion, and a sidewall portion provided at an outer peripheral portion of the first surface portion and the second surface portion and supporting the first surface portion and the second surface portion. One of the first surface portion and the second surface portion includes a vibration damping part opposing the output gear. |
| US10836233B2 |
Heating system for an electric or hybrid vehicle, and method for operating such a heating system
A heating system for an electric or hybrid vehicle is provided. The heating system includes a refrigerant circuit, a heater heat exchanger which is arranged in a heating circuit, for air-conditioning the interior, a high-voltage storage device which is arranged in an HVS circuit, and a cooler which is arranged in a cooling circuit. The heating circuit, the HVS circuit, and the cooling circuit are integrated into a common coolant circuit. In a first HVS cooling operation, the HVS circuit is separated from the cooling circuit and connected to a chiller in order to discharge heat into the refrigerant circuit. In a second HVS cooling operation, the HVS circuit is connected to the cooling circuit via a chiller bypass in order to discharge heat via the cooler. |
| US10836231B2 |
Automatic adjustment device for front suspension of driverless formula racing car
The present invention discloses an automatic adjustment device for a front suspension of a driverless formula racing car, comprising: a vertical column, an upper fork arm, a lower fork arm, a strength adjuster, a push rod, a rocking block and a shock absorber. By arranging the strength adjuster between the upper fork arm and the lower fork arm, and by adjusting the degree of tightness between the upper fork arm and the lower fork arm, the present invention can automatically adjust the tensile and support strength of the strength adjuster according to different car conditions and road conditions in which the racing car runs, to guarantee the structure stability of the front suspension in the running process, and prevent the front suspension from being loosening or fracturing, thereby having good adaptability and stability to structural deformation. |
| US10836230B2 |
Suspension with non-rotating shock absorber
A RevoKnuckle-type suspension for a wheeled vehicle has a hub mounted to a bearing carrier for rotation relative thereto about a steering axis, and a shock absorber connected non-rotatably to the bearing carrier. The shock absorber has an outer cylinder having an axially-extending guide hole defined therein, and a piston and attached piston rod retained for axial reciprocation in the guide hole. The guide hole and at least one of the piston and the piston rod retained therein have respective complementary-shaped, non-circular cross-sectional shapes which engage one another to resist axial rotation of the piston and/or the piston rod within the guide hole. The carrier is therefore restrained against rotation relative to the vehicle sprung structure without the need for any additional component(s) such as a control arm or stabilizer, as required in a traditional RevoKnuckle-type suspension. |
| US10836228B2 |
Ball joint, and stabilizer link using same
This ball joint is provided with: a ball stud, one end being fastened to a suspension device/stabilizer, and the other end having a ball part; a housing that rotatably supports the ball part of the ball stud; and a ball seat provided so as to be interposed between the housing and the ball part, the ball seat having an inner spherical part for accommodating the ball part. The ball seat is provided to the housing by insert injection molding. The inside diameter dimension of the inner spherical part formed by separate injection molding is set to a dimension corresponding to the anticipated amount of molding shrinkage of the resin during the insert injection molding. |
| US10836224B2 |
Method for determining object boundaries of an object outside of a transportation vehicle and control device and transportation vehicle
A method for determining object boundaries of an object outside of a transportation vehicle, wherein images of the object are generated by a control apparatus by a camera, and at least one scanline is specified in a first image and a corresponding scanline is specified for each scanline in every other image, and a profile resulting along the scanline is determined for each scanline of the first image, and a corresponding resulting profile is determined along the respective corresponding scanline of every other image, and the corresponding profile of every other image, displaced by a respective displacement distance, is overlaid on the profile of each scanline of the first image, and a reference pattern is determined in the resulting overlay profile of each scanline, and respective boundaries of the reference pattern are indicated as the respective object boundaries. |
| US10836223B1 |
Encapsulated embedded tire sensor unit
An encapsulated sensor unit is embedded in a tire. The encapsulated sensor unit includes a sensor portion and an antenna portion. A first encapsulating layer is disposed about the sensor portion, and not about the antenna portion. A second encapsulating layer is disposed about the first encapsulating layer and the antenna portion. A third encapsulating layer is disposed about the second encapsulating layer. |
| US10836221B2 |
Electronic wheel unit and control device for a wheel-monitoring system of a vehicle, wheel-monitoring system for a vehicle and method for monitoring wheels in a vehicle
An electronic wheel unit for a wheel-monitoring system of a vehicle is disposed on one of the wheels and is configured to detect at least one wheel operating parameter of the wheel and to transmit wheel operating data telegrams according to a data transmission protocol wirelessly to a control device, configured to receive and evaluate the wheel operating data telegrams. The electronic control unit defines the data transmission protocol, which is to be used to transmit the wheel operating data telegrams, by using specification data which have previously been transmitted from the control device to the electronic wheel unit. Therefore, automatic adaptation of the data transmission protocol to the respective control device or the respective vehicle can advantageously take place. A control device for such a wheel monitoring system and a system and a method for monitoring wheels are also provided. |
| US10836215B2 |
Tire
A tire includes a tread portion including at least one land portion having axially spaced first and second ends. The at least one land portion is provided with lateral grooves extending from the first end to terminal ends terminating within the at least one land portion, first sipes each extending along a tire circumferential direction to connect a pair of lateral grooves arranged adjacently in the tire circumferential direction, second sipes extending from the first end toward the first sipes, and third sipes extending from the second end toward the first sipes. The second sipes and the third sipes are arranged without intersecting the lateral grooves. |
| US10836214B2 |
Pneumatic motorcycle tire
Provided is a pneumatic motorcycle tire in which, without compromising the stability during running, other performances such as light-weight are improved. Provided is a pneumatic motorcycle tire which comprises a tread portion 1, and side wall portions 2 and bead portions 3 extending from both sides of the tread portion, and whose rotation direction when the tire is mounted on a vehicle is designated. A tire tread is provided with a bent main groove composed of: a first groove 11 extending toward the designated tire rotation direction inclined outside in the tread width direction in a contact region during straight running; a second groove 12 extending from the end portion of the first groove in the reverse rotation direction of the designated tire rotation direction toward the reverse rotation direction of the designated tire rotation direction inclined outside in the tire width direction; and a third groove 13 extending from the end portion of the second groove in the reverse rotation direction of the designated tire rotation direction toward the reverse rotation direction of the designated tire rotation direction inclined outside in the tire width direction, and the bent main groove is formed such that an inclination angle θ3 with respect to the tire circumferential direction of the third groove is larger than an inclination angle θ2 with respect to the tire circumferential direction of the second groove. |
| US10836212B2 |
Pneumatic tire
Provided is a pneumatic tire with an annular-shaped tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction, a pair of sidewall portions disposed on both sides of the tread portion, and a pair of bead portions disposed inward of these sidewall portions in a tire radial direction. This pneumatic tire is also provided with a reinforcing member which includes a plurality of reinforcing cords oriented in at least three directions, and has a mesh-like structure with at least three of the reinforcing cords oriented in different directions joined together at at least a portion of intersecting locations of the reinforcing cords. |
| US10836207B2 |
Method of forming a wheel assembly
Disclosed is a method of forming a wheel assembly consisting of a wheel portion and a cover portion. The method includes handling the wheel portion from dunnage to a work cell with an outboard face of the wheel portion facing away from a supporting surface. Next, determining a planar position and a rotational position of wheel portion and retrieving the cover portion. The method proceeds with applying an adhesive to at least one of the back side of the cover portion and the outboard face of the wheel portion. Then, aligning the cover portion with the wheel portion utilizing the planar position and the rotational position. The next step is engaging the cover portion and the wheel portion with one another and maintaining the wheel portion in engagement with the cover portion for a predetermined amount of time with a predetermined amount of pressure to form the wheel assembly. |
| US10836206B2 |
Paint bucket for holding paint and paint accessories
A paint bucket includes a housing having a trough defined therein for holding paint and/or paint accessories. The housing includes a pair of apertures defined in a back panel thereof that extend therethrough. Each aperture is disposed proximate an opposing side of the housing. A band is adapted to engage between belt loops on a pair of pants. A pair of selectively engageable loops is each configured to engage both a corresponding aperture defined in the back panel of the housing and the band to secure the paint bucket thereto such that the paint bucket remains upright as a painter navigates a ladder or a sloped terrain. |
| US10836203B2 |
Refill friendly pen body
A refill friendly pen body that is configured to adapt to a refill cartridge of various dimensional parameters. An adjustment cylinder is adjustably carried within a barrel to adapt the pen body to a length of the refill cartridge. A grip end of the pen body is configured with an internal collet to compressively engage with a forward end of the cartridge across to retain the forward end of the cartridge in a writing position. The pen body may also be provided with a cap to selectively cover and uncover the writing tip. |
| US10836201B2 |
Office supply organizer having multiple fold configurations
An office supply organizer, for providing a compact housing for holding various office supply items in a secure environment. The organizer includes a main body platform substantially having a shape of a quadrangle having four peripheral edges, an underside and a top side. The main body platform further includes four distinct quadrants divided by seams. At least one pocket is attached to the top side of at least one of the four adjacent quadrants. The main body platform is foldable in a first direction and is reversible, and foldable in a second direction. At least one a closure is coupled to the main body platform and is configured to retain the main body platform in at least one of a first folded configuration and a second folded configuration. |
| US10836199B2 |
Security devices
A security device is disclosed, comprising an array of focussing elements with regular periodicity in at least a first direction, each focusing element having an optical footprint of which different portions will be directed to the viewer in dependence on the viewing angle; and an array of image elements with regular periodicity in at least the first direction overlapping the array of focusing structures, the image elements representing portions of at least two respective images, and at least one image element from each respective image being located in the optical footprint of each focusing structure. The security device includes a first region and a second region which is laterally offset from the first, the image elements in the first region being laterally shifted in at least the first direction relative to the image elements in the second region such that, at a first viewing angle, in the first region of the device the focussing structures direct image elements corresponding to a first image to the viewer such that the first image is displayed across the first region of the device, and simultaneously, in the second region of the device, the focussing structures direct image elements corresponding to a second image to the viewer such that the second image is displayed across the second region of the device, and at a second viewing angle the second image is displayed across the first region of the device and simultaneously the first image is displayed across the second region of the device. The security device further comprises a colour filter located in use between the image elements and the viewer, the colour filter overlapping at least part of the array of focussing elements and the array of image elements, and having a first colour in the first region of the device and a different colour in the second region of the device such that the colour appearance of the first and second images is different in the respective first and second regions of the device. |
| US10836198B2 |
Securing the authenticity of value documents by means of characteristic substances
A feature substance is provided for securing the authenticity of documents of value, having at least one luminescent substance in particle form and nanoparticles enveloping the surfaces of the luminescent substance particles at least partially, wherein the properties of the feature substance result from the interaction of the properties of the luminescent substance and of the nanoparticles. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing the feature substance, a method for securing the authenticity of a security element or document of value using a feature substance, as well as security elements and documents of value with authenticity features on the basis of the feature substance. |
| US10836196B2 |
Substrates having improved crockfastness
An ink-printed substrate includes a substrate and water-based ink composition printed on the substrate, and has a Crockfastness-Loss-to-Density Ratio of about −1.0 to about −6.0. |
| US10836192B2 |
Medicine packaging device, ink ribbon running control method, ink ribbon roll and ink ribbon cassette
Provided is a medicine packaging device. The medicine packaging device includes: a reader-writer that reads information from an IC tag installed at a supply core of an ink ribbon roll detachably installed to an ink ribbon cassette as well as writes information to the IC tag; a motor control unit that controls a winding motor for rotating a winding core, based on a used length of the ink ribbon which is information read from the IC tag, so that the ink ribbon of the ink ribbon roll runs in a winding direction at a higher speed than a feeding speed of a continuous sheet for packaging; and a written information output unit that outputs information showing the used length of the ink ribbon which has been changed due to use of the ink ribbon, to the reader/writer as information written on the IC tag. |
| US10836191B2 |
Controlling printing press speed based on speed control requests
A technique includes receiving a plurality of speed control requests from a plurality of components of a processing pipeline for a printing press system. The technique includes controlling the speed of the printing press system based on the plurality of speed control requests. |
| US10836183B2 |
Recording device and recording system
A recording device according to the present disclosure includes: a writer that rewrites schedule information visibly recorded on a recording medium and corresponding to a time from first schedule information to second schedule information; and a generator that generates the second schedule information on the basis of a time. |
| US10836181B2 |
Color prediction method
On the basis of a first calibration point corresponding to a reflectance of a state where a target ink or the like is applied on a transparent ink and a second calibration point corresponding to a reflectance of a state where the target ink is applied on a black ink that is applied on a base material, a third calibration point corresponding to a reflectance of a state where the target ink is solidly applied on a background having an average reflectance is obtained. A reflectance as a prediction value of a color corresponding to the reflectance of the entire background is obtained on the basis of the third calibration point and a fourth calibration point corresponding to a reflectance of a state where the target ink is applied on the base material. |
| US10836177B2 |
Control device setting order condition for ordering cartridge to be mounted in recording device provided with tank
In a control device, a controller sets an order condition using a plurality of sets of timing information and a plurality of index values stored in a memory. The plurality of index values is acquired from a recording device under a condition where a first cartridge is mounted in the recording device. The order condition requires that one of a latest index value and a current timing have reached corresponding one of a reference index value and a reference timing, and is set so that a second cartridge is delivered to a predetermined destination at a first timing at which the first cartridge is expected to be out of a printing agent while a tank of the recording device is expected to still accommodate the printing agent. The controller transmits an order command instructing to order the second cartridge to a relevant device after the order condition is satisfied. |
| US10836174B2 |
Latch protector
A printing material supply may include a body to contain a printing material, a latch pivotably coupled to the body by a living hinge and a latch protector. The latch protector may include a structure coupled to and projecting from the body so as to contact a packaging surface of a package to inhibit creep of the latch about the living hinge when the printing material supply is contained within the packaging. |
| US10836163B2 |
Print head of an ink jet printer with 2 gutters for recovery, of which one is mobile
A print head of a continuous ink jet printer comprising: a cavity for the circulation of jets, at least one nozzle for producing at least one ink jet or solvent in the cavity, at least one electrode for sorting drops or segments of one or several of the jets intended for printing from drops or segments that are not used for printing, an outlet slot of the cavity, open onto the exterior of the cavity and allowing the exiting of the drops or segments of ink intended for printing, a 1st gutter for recovering drops or segments not intended for printing, a 2nd gutter for recovering drops or segments that are not deflected and not intended for printing, this 2nd gutter being mobile and comprising an input slot and at least one suction channel, a motor, to actuate the 2nd gutter for recovering in movement between a retracted position, in which it does not close off the outlet slot of the cavity, and a closed position, in which its input slot faces the outlet slot of the cavity; a seal between the print head and the 2nd gutter for recovering in the closed position of the latter. |
| US10836162B2 |
Print head interposers
In example implementations, an apparatus with an interposer is provided. The apparatus may include an epoxy molded compound (EMC). A print head die and a drive integrated circuit (IC) may be embedded in the EMC. An interposer may also be embedded in the EMC. The print head die, the drive IC and the interposer may be wire bonded within the EMC. |
| US10836160B2 |
Liquid ejecting device including temperature sensor for detecting temperature of liquid to be supplied to nozzles
A liquid cartridge includes: a plurality of nozzles; a plurality of pressure chambers each in communication with each nozzle; a plurality of piezoelectric elements; a plurality of manifolds; a supply passage; a connection passage; and a temperature sensor. Each piezoelectric element is configured to apply pressure to liquid stored in each pressure chamber. The manifolds are in communication with the pressure chambers. The connection passage connects the supply passage to each of the manifolds and is configured to distribute the liquid supplied from the supply passage into the plurality of manifolds. The temperature sensor is provided at the connection passage and is configured to detect a temperature of the liquid flowing through the connection passage. |