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| US10890673B2 |
X-ray detector having a carrier element with protective element along the side faces
An X-ray detector, including a stacking arrangement, includes an evaluation unit and a carrier unit. The evaluation unit and the carrier unit are electrically conductively connected via a plurality of connecting elements. An interspace is formed between the evaluation unit, the carrier unit and the plurality of connecting elements. A protective element is formed on side faces of the carrier unit, arranged essentially parallel to a stacking direction of the stacking arrangement. The protective element is formed in at least one section of the side faces along the entire outer circumference and along the edges of the side faces, facing the evaluation unit. |
| US10890671B2 |
Time-based signal acquisition apparatus and method using sawtooth-shaped threshold voltage
Disclosed herein are a time-based signal acquisition apparatus and method using sawtooth-shaped threshold voltage. The signal acquisition apparatus for acquiring the information of a scintillation signal includes a sawtooth-shaped voltage generation unit and a signal comparison unit. The sawtooth-shaped voltage generation unit generates a sawtooth-shaped threshold voltage which increases when the threshold voltage is smaller than a voltage value of the scintillation signal and which decreases to an initial value when the threshold voltage is larger than the voltage value of the scintillation signal. The signal comparison unit receives the scintillation signal, compares the voltage value of the scintillation signal with the threshold voltage, and generates a digital pulse train. |
| US10890667B2 |
Cubature Kalman filtering method suitable for high-dimensional GNSS/INS deep coupling
The present invention discloses a cubature Kalman filtering method suitable for high-dimensional GNSS/INS deep coupling, including: S1, constructing a high-dimensional GNSS/INS deep coupling filter model; S2, generating an initialization cubature point for the constructed filter model by using standard cubature rules; S3, performing CKF filtering by using novel cubature point update rules. The present invention is suitable for high-dimensional GNSS/INS deep coupling filtering with high precision and high stability. |
| US10890665B2 |
Method and apparatus in a global navigation system
Embodiments relate to a location server, a wireless device and methods performed therein for positioning the wireless device. The wireless device (120) is arranged to perform measurements associated to estimating the position of the wireless device (120), wherein the wireless device (120) is configured to: perform a code phase measurement on a satellite signal between a satellite and the wireless device (120), wherein the code phase measurement indicates a number of cycles of a code phase of the satellite signal, the number comprising a first integer part and a first fractional part; perform a carrier phase measurement on the first fractional part; and send to a location server (130) a report of the code phase measurement and the carrier phase measurement, for estimating the position of the wireless device (120). |
| US10890663B2 |
Loading multi-resolution maps for localization
Techniques are discussed for using multi-resolution maps, for example, for localizing a vehicle. Map data of an environment can be represented by discrete map tiles. In some cases, a set of map tiles can be precomputed as contributing to localizing the vehicle in the environment, and accordingly, the set of map tiles can be loaded into memory when the vehicle is at a particular location in the environment. Further, a level of detail represented by the map tiles can be based at least in part on a distance between a location associated with the vehicle and a location associated with a respective region in the environment. The level of detail can also be based on a speed of the vehicle in the environment. The vehicle can determine its location in the environment based on the map tiles and/or the vehicle can generate a trajectory based on the map tiles. |
| US10890662B2 |
Higher pixel density histogram time of flight sensor with higher pixel density
A distance from an apparatus to at least one object is determined by generating a first signal and generating light modulated by the first signal to be emitted from the apparatus. Light reflected by the at least one object is detected using a Time-of-flight detector array, wherein each array element of the Time-of-flight detector array generates an output signal from a series of photon counts over a number of consecutive non-overlapping time periods. The output signals are compared to the first signal to determine at least one signal phase difference. From this at least one signal phase difference a distance from the apparatus to the at least one object is determined. |
| US10890661B2 |
Scattering and reflection identification system and method
A method of forming an image of a region of interest using a pulse-echo imaging device is described. The method includes the steps of transmitting a pulse, discriminating an echo of the pulse by comparison to a plurality of Hermite polynomials, and determining a color for display based on the comparison. A system for forming an image of a region of interest is also described. The system includes a pulse-echo imaging device for transmitting a pulse and a control unit in communication with the pulse-echo imaging device. The control unit is configured to discriminate an echo of the pulse by comparison to a plurality of Hermite polynomials and determine a color for display based on the comparison. |
| US10890659B2 |
Light-weight radar system
Disclosed is a light-weight radar system (“LWRS”) for sense and avoid applications in a vehicle. The LWRS includes a plurality of receivers, a plurality of transmitters, an obstacle database, and a processing device. The processing device is in signal communication with the plurality of receivers, plurality of transmitters, and the obstacle database. The processing device includes at least one processor and a computer computer-readable medium (“CRM”) having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions. |
| US10890658B2 |
Vehicle group control device
A vehicle group control device includes: a first vehicle-to-vehicle distance estimation unit configured to estimate a first vehicle-to-vehicle distance which is a vehicle-to-vehicle distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle; a second vehicle-to-vehicle distance recognition unit configured to recognize a second vehicle-to-vehicle distance which is a vehicle-to-vehicle distance between a reference interruption vehicle and the first vehicle; and the number of interruption vehicles estimation unit configured to estimate the number of interruption vehicles between the first vehicle and the second vehicle based on the first vehicle-to-vehicle distance and the second vehicle-to-vehicle distance. |
| US10890657B2 |
ADS-B transponder system and method
An ADS-B transponder system is associated with a vehicle including a transponder. The system includes a universal access transceiver (UAT) subsystem configured for detecting and responding to an interrogation signal by broadcasting a signal representing a vehicle parameter. The interrogation signal can be detected by monitoring current fluctuations in a power bus on the vehicle. The UAT subsystem is connected to a smart antenna configured for transmitting and receiving ADS-B signals. In an aircraft (A/C) application the vehicle parameter can comprise squawk code, altitude, heading vector, airspeed and other flight data. |
| US10890653B2 |
Radar-based gesture enhancement for voice interfaces
This document describes techniques and systems that enable radar-based gesture enhancement for voice interfaces. The techniques and systems use a radar field to accurately determine three-dimensional (3D) gestures that can be used instead of, or in combination with, a voice interface to enhance interactions with voice-controllable electronic devices. These techniques allow the user to make 3D gestures from a distance to provide a voice input trigger (e.g., a “listen” gesture), interrupt and correct inaccurate actions by the voice interface, and make natural and precise adjustments to functions controlled by voice commands. |
| US10890652B2 |
Radar apparatus
A radar apparatus includes: a radar transmitter that transmits a plurality of radar signals while switching among a plurality of transmitting subarrays; and a radar receiver that receives reflected-wave signals produced by the plurality of radar signals being reflected by a target, the plurality of radar signals being transmitted from the respective transmitting subarrays. In the radar apparatus, each of the plurality of transmitting subarrays includes a plurality of transmitting antennas, and adjacent ones of the plurality of transmitting subarrays share at least one of the plurality of transmitting antennas with each other. |
| US10890651B2 |
Transmit/receive system for imaging devices
A transmit/receive system for an imaging device includes a transmit circuit configured to generate and output test pulses to a transducer of a probe to cause the probe to propagate an ultrasonic wave through an object. A receive circuit is configured to receive, from the transducer, a composite signal that includes the test pulses output by the transmit circuit and a reflected signal corresponding to reflected waves sensed by the transducer in response to the ultrasonic wave propagated through the object and filter the test pulses from the composite signal and output the reflected signal in accordance with a predetermined minimum frequency of the reflected signal. |
| US10890649B2 |
System and method for measuring reference and returned light beams in an optical system
Disclosed herein are techniques for measuring a reference beam and a corresponding returned beam from a target in a measurement system using a single sensor array. The system is configured such that the location of the reference beam is space apart from the location of the returned beam on the sensor array. A first set of sensor elements on the sensor array corresponding to the reference beam is dynamically activated based on a laser beam scanning control signal. The detection signal from the first set of sensor elements is used to determine a location and/or a pattern of the reference beam, which are then used to estimate a location and/or a pattern of the corresponding returned beam on the same sensor array and dynamically select and activate a second set of sensor elements on the sensor array based on the estimated location and/or pattern of the corresponding returned beam. |
| US10890645B2 |
Dual axis tracking method
The disclosure relates to a tracking device configured to track an object in space, such as the sun, as the object moves across the sky. The tracking device may further be configured to direct a payload toward the object or toward an angle relative to the object. The tracking device may continuously or intermittently determine the location of the moving object, and adjust the position of the payload accordingly. The tracking device may calculate the position of the moving object based on GPS information, such as triangulated coordinates of the tracking device, date, and time. Generally, the tracking device may be capable of tracking an object such as the sun from anywhere on the earth's surface. The tracking device may employ one or more actuation assemblies to position the payload toward or relative to the moving object. The one or more actuation assemblies may operate through linear motion. |
| US10890635B2 |
Stand assembly for RF coil, RF coil assembly and magnetic resonance imaging system
A stand assembly for an RF coil has a base, a slide carriage and a connection assembly. The slide carriage is slidably disposed on the base. The connection assembly comprises a first connecting member and a second connecting member. A first slide groove is formed in the first connecting member. The second connecting member comprises a first slider, the first slider being slidable along the first slide groove in a sliding direction and fixable at a preset position. One of the first connecting member and the second connecting member is in fixed connection with the slide carriage, and the other is in fixed connection with the RF coil. The stand is capable of being used universally for multiple types of RF coils. |
| US10890634B2 |
Radio-frequency coil signal chain for a low-field MRI system
Methods and apparatus for reducing noise in RF signal chain circuitry for a low-field magnetic resonance imaging system are provided. A switching circuit in the RF signal chain circuitry may include at least one field effect transistor (FET) configured to operate as an RF switch at an operating frequency of less than 10 MHz. A decoupling circuit may include tuning circuitry coupled across inputs of an amplifier and active feedback circuitry coupled between an output of the amplifier and an input of the amplifier, wherein the active feedback circuitry includes a feedback capacitor configured to reduce a quality factor of an RF coil coupled to the amplifier. |
| US10890633B2 |
Phase-domain detection apparatus for MIT application and method thereof
There is provided a phase-domain detection apparatus for MIT application. The phase-domain detection apparatus includes a phase-locked loop unit configured to generate a plurality of reference clock signals having different phases and a phase-domain detection unit. The phase-domain detection unit is configured to receive the reference clock signals from the phase-locked loop unit, receive a response clock signal that is a phase-shifted reference clock signal of a reference clock signal inputted and passed through to a target object among the reference clock signals, and detect a phase difference between the reference clock signal inputted to the target object and the response clock signal. |
| US10890624B2 |
Testing fixture, testing system for cell temperature probe and method for testing cell temperature probe
A testing fixture for a cell temperature probe includes a microcomputer, a temperature probe, a measurement case, a temperature instrument and heaters. The microcomputer configured to receive a control command for executing a testing process. The measurement case has an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface includes a probe-contacting area used for being contacted by the cell temperature probe within a formation device in the testing process. The temperature instrument is electrically connected to the microcomputer and has a sensing terminal disposed on the inner surface of the measurement case. The location of the sensing terminal is aligned with the probe-contacting area in a direction of a thickness of the measurement case. The heaters are electrically connected to the microcomputer and thermally to the measurement case. |
| US10890623B1 |
Power saving scannable latch output driver
Techniques for a power saving scannable latch output driver in an integrated circuit (IC) are described herein. An aspect includes receiving, by a circuit comprising a scannable latch, a scan signal. Another aspect includes, based on the scan signal being enabled, turning on a scan output driver of the scannable latch, wherein a scan input of the scannable latch propagates through the scannable latch to a scan output based on the scan output driver being turned on. Another aspect includes, based on the scan signal being disabled, turning off the scan output driver, wherein the scan output driver comprises a first p-type field effect transistor (PFET) and a first n-type field effect transistor (NFET), wherein a gate of the first PFET and a gate of the first NFET are connected to an output of a latch of the scannable latch. |
| US10890621B2 |
Systems and methods for testing an embedded controller
Systems and methods described herein provide for testing and debugging different subsystems of an embedded controller using a testing architecture. The testing architecture can simulate messaging interfaces between internal subsystems of the embedded controller and external subsystems the controllers interacts with to integrate various types of software. A method includes generating test support models for one or more subsystems and establishing a communications network between the test support models and a control module of the embedded controller. A clock signal is generated to initiate processing within the testing architecture between the control module and the test support models. An event model is executed at the test support models using the clock signal and data is generated at one or more of the test support models responsive to the event model. The data can correspond to operational parameters of a respective system the embedded controller. |
| US10890618B2 |
Terahertz plasmonics for testing very large-scale integrated circuits under bias
Various embodiments are described that relate to failure determination for an integrated circuit. An integrated circuit can be tested to determine if the integrated circuit is functioning properly. The integrated circuit can be subjected to a specific radiation such that the integrated circuit produces a response. This response can be compared against an expected response to determine if the response matches the expected response. If the response does not match the expected response, then the integrated circuit fails the test. If the response matches the expected response, then the integrated circuit passes the test. |
| US10890617B2 |
Electronic component characteristic detection apparatus
A characteristic detection apparatus includes: a characteristic detector that detects an electrical characteristic of an electronic component placed on a substrate; and a pressing member that is provided separately from the characteristic detector, and generates a pressing force to press the characteristic detector to the substrate, causing the characteristic detector to be electrically connected to the electronic component. |
| US10890616B2 |
Self-check system and method thereof
A self-check system and a method thereof are disclosed. In the self-check system, a memory stores a safety check program, a main application program and a predetermined checksum data. The safety check program include a circuit check program, a watchdog circuit reset program and a checksum check program. When a chip system is powered on, a processing unit executes the main application program, and then executes an interrupt call to generate an interrupt, so as to execute the safety check program and the circuit check program to check a to-be-checked circuit. The processing unit also executes the watchdog circuit reset program to reset a counting value of a watchdog circuit. The processing unit also executes the checksum check program to calculate a checksum data of the first safety check program, and reset the chip system when the calculated checksum data is not equal to the predetermined checksum data. |
| US10890615B2 |
Sensor with self diagnostic function
A sensor system for providing a main signal and an error signal, comprising: a sensor unit providing a sensor signal; a first signal processor downstream of the sensor unit, adapted for receiving a second signal equal to or derived from a sensor signal, and for performing a first operations on the second signal so as to provide a first processed signal; a second signal processor for receiving the first processed signal and for performing second operations inverse of the first operations, so as to provide a second processed signal; and an evaluation unit for receiving the second signal and the second processed signal, and for evaluating whether the second signal matches the second processed signal within a predefined tolerance margin, and for providing the error signal. |
| US10890604B2 |
Monitoring device under test waveform on signal generator
A test and measurement instrument having a signal generator circuit and a waveform monitor circuit for monitoring a waveform received at a device under test (DUT). The signal generator circuit generates a waveform based on an input from a user, while the waveform monitor circuit sends captured signals to a processor to determine a waveform received at the DUT. The waveform monitor captures a signal at a first test point and a second test point, via a switch, and the processor receives the captured signals and using linear equations determines both an incident waveform and a reflected waveform from the DUT. |
| US10890603B2 |
Advanced radio frequency sensing probe
A radio-frequency probe system with a transmitting or receiving element integrated into a cable assembly is disclosed. In some embodiments a preferred configuration may contain one or more sensing elements integrated into the transmitting or receiving element. In another embodiment, the radio frequency probe comprises an antenna body fixed to a coaxial cable, in which the center conductor of the coaxial cable serves as the transmitting or receiving element. A method for monitoring, transmitting, or detecting one or more parameters using a single radio frequency probe is also disclosed. |
| US10890602B2 |
Universal probing assembly with five degrees of freedom
A universal multi-pin, adjustable probing assembly or manipulator for use in parametric and reliability testing of devices on a semiconductor wafer. The probing assembly can be mounted and adjusted on a metal platen using a magnetic field. The strength of the magnetic field can be adjusted by a switchable magnetic slab to which a block is connected via an arm. A probe head can be attached to a side face of the block, which includes a tilt control mechanism for tilting the probe head to ensure that probe tips land simultaneously on pads of dies. The probe head also includes four adjusting mechanisms for translation in the X, Y, and Z directions, as well as rotation about the Z axis. |
| US10890594B2 |
Automated analyzer
The automated analyzer equalizes the temperature inside a reagent container storage apparatus. The automated analyzer is provided with a reagent container storage apparatus that cools a reagent container, the reagent container storage apparatus being provided with: a reagent storage chamber for storing the reagent container, the reagent storage chamber having at least one of the bottom surface and the side surface thereof cooled by a first cooling source; and a transfer member which is arranged to cover the reagent container stored in the reagent storage chamber, and which is thermally connected to the reagent storage chamber. |
| US10890589B2 |
Metabolic biomarkers for memory loss
The present invention relates to methods of determining if a subject has an increased risk of suffering from memory impairment. The methods comprise analyzing at least one plasma sample from the subject to determine a value of the subject's metabolite profile and comparing the value of the subject's metabolite profile with the value of a normal metabolite profile. A change in the value of the subject's metabolite profile, over normal values is indicative that the subject has an increased risk of suffering from memory impairment compared to a normal individual. |
| US10890587B2 |
Method and compositions for detecting an adenoma-adenocarcinoma transition in cancer
Methods and kits for detecting alternating spatial expression of PTEN and, optionally, SMAD4, CD44, and/or TP53 in colonic tumors are described. The methods and kits are useful for identifying a cancer stem cell (CSC)-like zone within a colonic tumor, identifying an adenoma-adenocarcinoma (Ad-ACA) transition zone in a colorectal cancer (CRC) tumor, identifying a CRC tumor that contains high-grade adenoma and/or early adenocarcinoma regions, identifying CSCs in a CRC tumor, diagnosing a subject with high-grade colon adenoma and/or early adenocarcinoma, and determining the likelihood that a colonic tumor in a subject will undergo invasive transformation if left untreated. |
| US10890584B2 |
Devices for detecting analytes using thermal waves and related methods
A device (100) for detecting an analyte (132) includes a polymer material (112) over a substrate (110); a heat transfer element (114) thermally coupled to the substrate; a temperature modification device (118) thermally coupled to the heat transfer element; a controller (121) to produce a thermal (202) wave emanating from the heat transfer element; a flow cell (122) located and configured to pass a liquid (124) over the polymer material; a temperature sensor (134) to detect a temperature (T2) of the liquid passing over the polymer material; and a processor (123) to calculate a concentration of an analyte (132) in the liquid based at least in part on a phase shift between the thermal wave at the heat transfer element and an attenuated thermal wave (204) in the liquid. Related methods of forming such a device and detecting analytes are also disclosed. |
| US10890582B2 |
Sensor for detecting analytes
A sensor for detecting an analyte can include a photoluminescent nanostructure embedded in a sensor hydrogel. The sensor hydrogel can be supported by a substrate hydrogel. |
| US10890580B2 |
Reversible cell labelling with conjugates having two releasable binding sites
The invention is directed to a Method for detecting a target moiety in a sample of biological specimens by: a) providing at least one conjugate with the general formula (I) An-P-Bm-Cq-Xo (I) with A: antigen recognizing moiety; P: enzymatically degradable spacer; B: first binding moiety C second binding moiety X: detection moiety; n, m, q, o integers between 1 and 100, wherein B and C are non-covalently bound to each other and A and B are covalently bound to P b) labelling the target moiety recognized by the antigen recognizing moiety A with at least one conjugate c) detecting the labelled target moiety via detecting moiety X d) cleaving Cq-Xo by disrupting the non-covalent bond between Bm and Cq from the labelled target moiety e) cleaving the binding moiety Bm from the labelled target moiety by enzymatically degrading spacer P. The method is useful to identify target moieties on the biological specimens. The biological specimens detected by the conjugate can be subsequently removed from the sample. |
| US10890578B2 |
Using liquid crystal to detect endotoxin in the presence of one or more potential masking agents
Devices and methods for using changes in the configuration of micrometer sized dispersed liquid crystal domains to detect or quantify analytes in a test sample, including endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS), are disclosed. The test sample includes one or more potential masking agents, such as a non-ionic surfactant, a chelating agent, a divalent cation, a protein, or a nucleic acid, and may also include a buffer. The dispersed liquid crystal microdomains are exposed to the test sample, and any changes in the configuration in the liquid crystal microdomains, such as from the bipolar to radial configuration, are detected. Such changes in configuration signal the presence of analyte in the test sample, and the proportion of liquid crystal microdomains exhibiting the change in configuration is correlated with the quantity of analyte in the test sample. |
| US10890569B2 |
Colorimetric sensor arrays based on nanoporous pigments
A colorimetric array includes a substrate, a first spot on the substrate, and a second spot on the substrate. The first spot includes a first nanoporous pigment that includes a first nanoporous material and a first immobilized, chemoresponsive colorant. The second spot includes a second nanoporous pigment that includes a second nanoporous material and a second immobilized, chemoresponsive colorant. The first nanoporous pigment is different from the second nanoporous pigment. |
| US10890568B2 |
Gas chromatograph
Where an abnormal state is detected, an abnormality notification screen to that effect is displayed on a display unit. The abnormality notification screen is non-displayed in a case where hold of the abnormal state is selected in a state where the abnormality notification screen is displayed on the display unit. Where a warning icon is displayed on the display unit to indicate the detection of the abnormal state and the warning icon is selected, the abnormality notification screen is redisplayed on the display unit. The abnormality notification screen is not redisplayed on the display unit until the warning icon is selected after the abnormal state is held and the abnormality notification screen becomes non-displayed. Accordingly, the abnormal state can be confirmed by the warning icon being selected when necessary without the work that is performed by a worker being interrupted by redisplay of the abnormality notification screen. |
| US10890567B2 |
Method and chromatograph to acquire and display real-time chromatogram using time-stamped messages
A chromatograph and a method of acquiring and displaying a real-time chromatogram using time-stamped asynchronous messaging are provided. The method includes generating a chromatogram of a sample, acquiring segments of data points of the chromatogram in real-time, annotating in real-time the segments of data points of the chromatogram with timing stamps of cycle events of an analysis cycle using time-stamped event messages, receiving the time-stamped event messages asynchronously and displaying each cycle event of the cycle events of the analysis cycle and each segment of the segments of data points of the chromatogram in a display module as being received. |
| US10890559B2 |
Method and device for accelerated surface-based reactions
An ITP-based system and a method are provided. ITP is used to focus a sample of interest and deliver a high concentration target to a pre-functionalized surface comprising immobilized probes, thus enabling rapid reaction at the sensor site. |
| US10890556B2 |
Electrochemical deposition of nanowires on nanoparticles, lithographical patterns and electronic devices and their use as chemical sensors
Materials and methods for generating nanowires are described. Krogmann salt potassium tetracyanoplatinate sesquihydrate (K(def)TCP) nanowires are synthesized as interconnects on metal lithographic patterns in which the K(def)TCP nanowires grow across the metal lines. The chemical sensing capability of the K(def)TCP chips is demonstrated by impedance measurements. |
| US10890555B2 |
Robust GMOs
A gas sensing device, that may include a suspended gas sensing element, a frame that supports the suspended gas sensing element, and one or more traps for trapping at least one out of Siloxane and silicon dioxide. The suspended gas sensing element may include a gas reactive element that has a gas dependent temperature parameter, and a semiconductor temperature sensing element that is thermally coupled to the gas reactive element, and is configured to generate detection signals that are responsive to a temperature of the gas reactive element. The gas reactive element and the semiconductor temperature sensing element are of microscopic scale. |
| US10890552B2 |
Gas sensor
A gas sensor includes a pump cell unit that regulates the oxygen concentration of a measured gas using a pump electrode, a monitor cell unit that detects the residual oxygen concentration of the measured gas using a monitor electrode, and a sensor cell unit that detects the concentration of a specific gas component in the measured gas using a sensor electrode. Between a pump electrode lead part and the sensor electrode, there is arranged the monitor electrode. Between an upstream portion of the pump electrode lead part and a monitor electrode lead part, there is provided an interval w1 of 0.5 mm or more. |
| US10890550B2 |
High sensitivity broad-target porous graphene oxide capacitive vapor sensor
The present invention discloses a novel capacitive vapor sensor comprising porous immobilized graphene oxide (pGO) on an electrode surface. Also disclosed is an in-situ process for the preparation of this sensor and various uses thereof. |
| US10890547B2 |
Method for determining a switching status of an impedance sensor and impedance sensor
A method for determining a switching status of an impedance sensor comprising a measuring probe, which can be influenced in its capacity by a medium surrounding the measuring probe, a measuring oscillator circuit in which the measuring probe is arranged as a capacity-determining element, an electronic unit with a signal generator to excite the measuring oscillator circuit, and a signal detector to determine a response signal of the measuring oscillator circuit, and an evaluation and control unit which is connected to the electronic unit, with the signal generator being addressed with an input signal, the response signal of the measuring oscillator circuit being determined, a switching status being issued based on the output value, and a plurality of amplitude minima of the frequency response being determined, whereby in the event that precisely one minimum is determined, here the minimum being issued as the output value. |
| US10890545B2 |
Apparatus for combined stem and EDS tomography
The disclosed technology relates to an apparatus for tomographic analysis of a specimen based on STEM images of the specimen, as well as for tomographic analysis of the chemical composition of the specimen based on X-ray detection by EDS detectors. In one aspect, the apparatus comprises an elongated specimen holder that is rotatable about a longitudinal axis and is configured to hold a pillar-shaped specimen at the end of the holder. The longitudinal axis is positioned in a sample plane which is perpendicular to the beam direction of an electron beam produced by an electron gun. The apparatus also comprises at least two EDS detectors, each EDS detector having a detecting surface oriented perpendicularly to the sample plane and intersecting with the sample plane, wherein the two EDS detectors are positioned on opposite lateral sides of the specimen. |
| US10890543B2 |
Book digitization apparatus and book digitization method
A book digitization apparatus includes an emitter that applies an energy ray to a book, a detector that detects an energy ray radiated from the book in response to a material existing in the book, and a three-dimensional data generator that generates data of a plurality of space points in accordance with the detected ray. The data of the space points associates position information of a position in a three-dimensional space within the book with a physical property value used to identify a layout pattern of the material at the position in a direction of thickness of the book. |
| US10890542B2 |
Fluid sensor comprising a composite cavity member
A fluid sensor has a core defining a fluid flow path and a cavity member located externally of the core. The cavity member includes an electrically-conductive composite material including a matrix and one or more reinforcing elements embedded within the matrix. The cavity member is configured so as to provide confinement for an electromagnetic field and the core is configured so as to permit transmission therethrough of electromagnetic radiation at a frequency of the electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic field may be a radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic field. The fluid sensor can be used in the measurement of the composition and/or flow characteristics of fluid in the fluid flow path. |
| US10890540B2 |
Object identification and comparison
A method including selecting a shaped feature from a set of shaped features, each shaped feature of the set of shaped features having a set of points on a perimeter of the shape of the shaped feature, creating a plurality of shape context descriptors for the selected shaped feature, wherein each shape context descriptor provides an indication of a location in a shape context descriptor framework of a first focus point of the set of points in relation to a second point of the set of points, and identifying a shaped feature from the set of shaped features having a same or similar shape as the selected shaped feature based on data from the plurality of shape context descriptors. |
| US10890536B2 |
Gemstone handling and analysis system
A gemstone cleaning and analysis system and a method for cleaning and analyzing one or more gemstones using the system. The system includes a platform and an automated positioning system connected to the platform. The automated positioning system selects a gemstone from a plurality of gemstones, deposits the gemstone onto a cleaning stand connected to the platform, cleans at least one side of the gemstone by rubbing at least one side of the gemstone with at least one cleaning tool, and moves the gemstone to a gemstone imaging device connected to the platform. The gemstone imaging device has a plate, and the automated positioning system deposits the gemstone onto the plate. The gemstone imaging device identifies the gemstone. The automated positioning system moves the gemstone to a holding plate that is connected to the platform and deposits the gemstone at a particular location of the holding plate. |
| US10890532B2 |
Compositions and methods for performing assays
The disclosure relates to compositions for use in assays, the compositions comprising at least one latent fluorophore including at least one enzyme-reactive quenching group and a conjugative group; and a support connectable to the latent fluorophore by the conjugative group. The disclosure further relates to methods of measuring the presence and/or concentration of an analyte, as well as methods of measuring the relative activity of at least two enzymes. |
| US10890530B2 |
Image acquisition device and image acquisition method
An image acquisition apparatus includes a spatial light modulator, an optical scanner, a detection unit, a control unit. The spatial light modulator performs focused irradiation on irradiation regions on a surface or inside of an observation object with modulated excitation light. The detection unit has imaging regions in an imaging relation with the irradiation regions on a light receiving surface, each of the imaging regions corresponds to one or two or more pixels, and a pixel that corresponds to none of the imaging regions exists adjacent to each imaging region. The control unit corrects a detection signal of a pixel corresponding to each imaging region on the basis of a detection signal of the pixel that exists adjacent to the imaging region and corresponds to none of the imaging regions, and generates an image of the observation object on the basis of the corrected detection signal. |
| US10890527B2 |
EUV mask inspection apparatus and method, and EUV mask manufacturing method including EUV mask inspection method
Provided are a method and an apparatus for inspecting an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask at a high speed with high optical efficiency, and a method of manufacturing the EUV mask, wherein the method of inspecting the EUV mask is included in the method of manufacturing the EUV mask. The apparatus for inspecting the EUV mask includes a light source configured to generate and output light, a linear zone plate configured to convert the light from the light source to light having a linear form, a slit plate configured to output the light having the linear form by removing a higher-order diffracted light component from the light having the linear form, a stage on which the EUV mask is located, and a detector configured to detect the light reflected from the EUV mask, in response to the light being irradiated onto and reflected from the EUV mask. |
| US10890526B2 |
Cleanable flat-faced conductivity sensor
Provided is a cleanable conductivity sensor and related methods having a distal sensing end in which active sensing elements are positioned and an outer fin specially configured to minimize unwanted interference without impacting the ability for automated cleaning of the distal sensing end. A rotatable wiper or brush may be periodically rotated over the distal sensing end, thereby removing unwanted biological build-up and avoiding fouling, thereby increasing the sensor deployment time without active intervention and maintenance. |
| US10890525B2 |
Infrared analytical sensor for soil or water and method of operation thereof
An infrared (IR) sensor and a method of detecting molecular species in a liquid. In one embodiment, the IR sensor includes: (1) an IR light source configured to emit IR light, (2) a sensing element configured to receive the IR light, the IR light generating an evanescent field about the sensing element as the IR light propagates therethrough, molecules in a subject liquid interacting with the evanescent field and affecting a characteristic of the IR light and (3) an IR light detector configured to receive the IR light from the sensing element and detect the characteristic. |
| US10890523B2 |
Multi-temperature optical spectrometer modules, systems and methods of using the same
An optical spectrometer module for analysing samples. The optical spectrometer module comprises two or more sample holders. Each sample holder is adapted to receive and reproducibly position a sample in fixed locations within the optical spectrometer module. Each sample holder is also adapted to receive a light beam to thereby enable a sample contained in the sample holder to be exposed to the received light beam. Each sample holder is further adapted to enable light transmitted through the sample holder to exit the sample holder. The optical spectrometer module also comprises two or more electro-thermal components. Each electro-thermal component is thermally coupled to a respective sample holder to control the temperature of the sample holder. |
| US10890521B2 |
Method of tracking a plurality of point-shaped objects in a three-dimensional space
For tracking a plurality of objects in a three-dimensional space two-dimensional pictures objects are recorded with two black and white cameras out of two different imaging directions. Both first pictures and second pictures of the two cameras are simultaneously exposed at two points in time in equal ways, a point in time at which the second pictures are exposed for a first time following to a point in time at which the first pictures are exposed for a last time at a much shorter interval than the two points in time of exposure of both the first and second pictures. First and second distributions of real positions of the individual objects are determined from their images in the first and second pictures, respectively; and temporally resolved trajectories of the individual objects in the three-dimensional space are determined from the first and second distributions of real positions. |
| US10890518B2 |
Substrate seal test method and apparatus
A method for testing whether a sealing method is effective may include the steps of testing a flow characteristic of the substrate, sealing the substrate, re testing the flow characteristic of the substrate, then comparing the before and after flow characteristics of the substrate to determine whether the sealing step was effective or to quantify a sealing effectiveness to the sealing step. |
| US10890512B2 |
Tire gripping device and tire inspection method
A tire gripping device includes a chuck mechanism having a pair of chuck portions adjacent in a width direction of a tire and contact members disposed on each of the chuck portions in a circumferential manner. The contact members are able to be brought into contact with an open end portion of a bead portion of the tire. The contact members are able to enter a state of allowing relative movement with a contact surface of an open end portion in a first contact stage and enter a state of non-relative movement with the contact surface in a second contact stage subsequent to the first contact stage. The tire gripping device further includes a first driving mechanism for moving the contact members in a radial direction of the tire and a second driving mechanism for moving the pair of chuck portions in the width direction of the tire. |
| US10890506B2 |
Connection end fitting of a flexible line, measurement device for measuring the integrity of the line, and method of measuring the integrity of the line with the measurement device
An end fitting including an end part of the tubular sheath, an end section of each elongate element, an end vault, and a cover defining a chamber for receiving each end section. The end fitting includes at least one transducer for generating an ultrasonic wave guided in the elongate element, the generation transducer being placed on the elongate element in the receiving chamber, the generation transducer having a volume of less than 200 mm3, in particular comprised between 20 mm3 and 50 mm3. |
| US10890503B2 |
Position sensor malfunction determination apparatus
A position sensor malfunction determination apparatus includes a determination unit and a controller. The determination unit is configured to perform a determination relating to electricity supply failure in a position sensor. The controller is configured to perform a fail-safe control. The determination unit is configured to determine whether each of conditions (A) and (B) is established, in a preliminarily determination before occurrence of the electricity supply failure in the position sensor is finally determined. The determination unit is configured to determine that the position sensor has a probability of the electricity supply failure when both the conditions (A) and (B) are determined to be established in the preliminarily determination. The controller is configured to execute, when the determination unit determines that the position sensor has the probability of the electricity supply failure, the fail-safe control before the occurrence of the electricity supply failure in the position sensor is finally determined. |
| US10890502B2 |
Pressure sensor device
A pressure sensor device including: an absolute pressure sensor unit; a sensor case to accommodate the absolute pressure sensor unit; and an adhesive provided between the absolute pressure sensor unit and the sensor case to fix the absolute pressure sensor unit and the sensor case together, is provided. The sensor case has protrusions on the bottom surface, the absolute pressure sensor unit is provided above the protrusions, and there is space free of the adhesive at a part of a region between the absolute pressure sensor unit and the sensor case, and under the absolute pressure sensor unit. |
| US10890499B2 |
System and method for predicting strain power spectral densities of light machine structure
A machine includes a frame, an engine supported on the frame, ground-engaging elements supported on the frame and driven by the engine to propel the machine, a machine light structure supported on the frame, a multiple-axis accelerometer positioned to generate an acceleration signal relative to a base of the machine light structure, and a controller. The controller is programmed to receive the acceleration signal, partition the acceleration signal into overlapped window periods, transform the acceleration signal of each overlapped window period into a power spectral density, and pass the power spectral densities of each overlapped window period through a strain power spectral densities prediction model to generate predicted strain power spectral densities of the machine light structure. A health monitor receives the predicted strain power spectral densities and is configured to generate a notification responsive to the predicted strain power spectral densities. |
| US10890498B2 |
Sensor for a physical feature, preferably comprising a multilayer structure
The invention relates to a sensor for a physical feature, comprising a structure, preferably a multilayer structure, comprising: at least one electrically conductive layer, comprising nanofillers in a polymer matrix including at least one polymer, and electrical connection means, said structure being thermosetting, thermoplastic, or being a cross-linkable elastomer, characterised in that, when the structure is thermosetting, the degree of cross-linking thereof is higher than 80%, better still higher than 90%, or even 95%; when the structure is a cross-linkable elastomer it includes an amount of cross-linking agent ranging from 5 mol. % to 20 mol. % relative to the number of moles in the structure; and when the structure is thermoplastic, it has a constant resistivity value and preferably a degree of crystallinity ranging from 0% to 60%. |
| US10890497B2 |
Active pressure sensing toilet gasket and methods of use
The pressure pad which pressure-sensing fabric which is within a gasket and which measures the distribution of pressure on the gasket. Thus, the gasket protects the pressure-sensing fabric from damage due to water or mechanical trauma. The pressure pad includes multiple piezoresistive depositions of piezoresistive depositions ink or paste which act as individual pressure-sensing points. Conductive tracks between the piezoresistive depositions transmit the pressure measurements in the form of electrical signals. The pressure-sensing fabric is connected to a controller and transmits pressure measurements to the controller. Algorithms stored on the controller create a map of absolute mechanical loading to each pressure-sensing point of the pressure pad. The gasket may be mounted beneath a toilet or between plumbing joints. The pressure pad may detect weaknesses in the gasket, a toilet user's weight, a weight of excrement added to the toilet, or a toilet user's posture. |
| US10890491B2 |
Optical detector for an optical detection
The invention relates to an optical detector (110) for an optical detection, in particular, of radiation within the infrared spectral range, specifically, with regard to sensing at least one optically conceivable property of an object (112). More particular, the optical detector (110) may be used for determining transmissivity, absorption, emission, reflectance, and/or a position of at least one object (112). Further, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing the optical detector (110) and to various uses of the optical detector (110). The optical detector (110) comprises —an optical filter (114) having at least a first surface (116) and a second surface (118), the second surface (118) being located oppositely with respect to the first surface (116), wherein the optical filter (114) is designed for allowing an incident light beam (120) received by the first surface (116) to pass through the optical filter (114) to the second surface (118), thereby generating a modified light beam (122) by modifying a spectral composition of the incident light beam (120); —a sensor layer (128) comprising a photosensitive material (130) being deposited on the second surface (118) of the optical filter (114), wherein the sensor layer (128) is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor layer (128) by the modified light beam (122); and —an evaluation device (140) designed to generate at least one item of information provided by the incident light beam (120) by evaluating the sensor signal. The optical detector (110) constitutes an improved simple, cost-efficient and, still, reliable detector for detecting optical radiation, especially within the infrared spectral range, specifically with regard to sensing at least one of transmissivity, absorption, emission and reflectance. Hereby, the optical detector (110) is capable of effectively removing stray light as far as possible. |
| US10890489B2 |
Infrared sensor and phononic crystal
An infrared sensor according to the present disclosure includes base substrate, infrared receiver, and beam. The beam includes connective portion connecting with the base substrate and/or a member on the base substrate, and separated portion separated from the base substrate. The infrared receiver and the beam are joined with each other at the separated portion. The infrared receiver is supported by the beam in a state where the infrared receiver is separated from the base substrate. The beam includes junction part joined to the infrared receiver, and section positioned between junction part and the connective portion, and section includes a phononic crystal structure defined by a plurality of through holes orderly arranged. The crystal structure includes a first domain and a second domain that are phononic crystal domains. The first domain includes, in a plan view, a plurality of through holes arranged orderly in a first direction, while the second domain includes, in a plan view, a plurality of through holes arranged orderly in a second direction that is different from the first direction. The infrared sensor according to the present disclosure has enhanced responsivity. |
| US10890487B2 |
Integrated polarization interferometer and snapshot specro-polarimeter applying same
An integrated polarization interferometer includes a polarization beam splitter for separating incident complex waves, a first mirror attached to a first surface of the polarization beam splitter, for reflecting a first polarization transmitted through the polarization beam splitter to the polarization beam splitter, and a second mirror attached to a second surface of the polarization beam splitter, for reflecting a second polarization transmitted through the polarization beam splitter to the polarization beam splitter. Accordingly, it is possible to measure dynamic spectroscopic polarization phenomenon with extremely high robustness disturbances due to an external vibration and the like by using the integrated polarization interferometer, thereby improving measurement repeatability and accuracy of measurement. |
| US10890484B2 |
Wavelength measuring device
A wavelength measuring device configured to detect a wavelength of ultraviolet laser light outputted from a laser resonator with at least one etalon, the wavelength measuring device includes: a first housing having an interior space being sealed and accommodating the etalon, an input window through which the ultraviolet laser light enters to the first housing, the input window being provided at a first opening of the first housing, a first sealing member configured to seal a gap between a rim part of the input window and a circumferential portion of the first opening, a shielding film provided between the rim part of the input window and the first sealing member and configured to shield the first sealing member from the ultraviolet laser light coming from the input window, and a diffusing element provided outside of the first housing and configured to diffuse the ultraviolet laser light before being incident on the input window. |
| US10890482B2 |
Pixel circuit for generating an output signal in response to incident radiation
A pixel circuit is provided. The pixel circuit may comprise a photodiode, a comparator circuit, a capacitor, a first switch circuit, a second switch circuit and a third switch circuit. The photodiode is arranged to accumulate charges in response to incident radiation, to generate a photodiode signal. The comparator circuit is arranged to generate an output signal according to a voltage level of a specific node within the pixel circuit during a read-out phase of the pixel circuit. The capacitor is coupled between a control voltage terminal of the pixel circuit and the specific node, the first switch circuit is coupled between the photodiode and the specific node, the second switch circuit is coupled between the specific node and an output terminal of the pixel circuit, and the third switch circuit is coupled between the output terminal and the comparator circuit. |
| US10890481B2 |
Ultrasonic microphone and ultrasonic acoustic radio
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to an ultrasonic microphone and an ultrasonic acoustic radio. In one aspect a system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver comprises a membrane. The membrane comprises a single layer or multiple layers of a two-dimensional material. The receiver is operable to receive sound waves in a frequency range, with the frequency range being the ultrasonic frequency range. |
| US10890480B2 |
Systems and methods for finding and solving wet gas venturi meter problems in real-time
Systems and methods for finding and solving problems with wet gas venturi meters in one or more gas well sites include one or more gas well sites configured to supply gas to a gas plant, each gas well site comprising a gas well connected to a piping, one or more valves installed on the piping, one or more pressure sensors, one or more temperature sensors, one or more venturi meters configured to measure a differential pressure of the gas in the piping, and one or more programmable logic controllers configured to receive the measured data from the pressure sensors, temperature sensors, and the venturi meters, receive a plurality of dimensions of the one or more venturi meters, receive a plurality of fluid properties values and, determine a first gas rate and first condensate rate for each of the well sites. |
| US10890479B2 |
Vibratory flowmeter and methods and diagnostics for meter verification
A vibratory flowmeter (5) for meter verification is provided, including meter electronics (20) coupled to the first and second pickoff sensors (170L, 170R) and coupled to a driver (180), with the meter electronics (20) configured to: vibrate the flowmeter assembly (10) in a single mode using the driver (180), determine a single mode current (230) of the driver (180) and determine first and second response voltages (231) generated by the first and second pickoff sensors (170L, 170R), respectively, compute frequency response functions for the determined first and second response voltages (231) from the determined single mode current (230), fit the generated frequency response functions to a pole-residue model, and verify proper operation of the vibratory flowmeter (5) using the meter stiffness value (216), residual flexibility (218), and the meter mass (240) in embodiments. |
| US10890478B2 |
Level indicator
The present disclosure reveals a level indicator for use with storage tanks on motorhomes or campers. The level indicator comprises a sensor attached to the bottom of a storage tank in order to allow easy access to replace the sensor in case of failure. The sensor is calibrated to indicate the amount of liquid above the sensor in the tank. As the level of the tank changes, a readout meter indicates the volume of liquid present by percentage. |
| US10890476B1 |
Storage container with measuring spout
A storage container (1) having a pour spout (7) that doubles as a measuring cup for dispensing a set amount of contents from the storage container. A user may manipulate the storage container to force the contents into the spout. The contents are prevented from falling or spilling out of the spout while the storage container is in an upright position. |
| US10890474B2 |
Fluid monitoring module arrangements
A fluid monitoring module includes a flow sensing device and a controller disposed in an enclosure. The flow sensing device includes a body including an inlet port, an outlet port, an upstream sensor port, a downstream sensor port, and a flow passage disposed between the inlet port and the outlet port, and between the upstream sensor port and the downstream sensor port. A first fluid sensor is assembled with the upstream sensor port, and a second fluid sensor is assembled with the downstream sensor port. The controller is in circuit communication with the first and second fluid sensors for receiving at least one of pressure indicating signals and temperature indicating signals from each of the first and second fluid sensors, and for measuring fluid data based on the received signals. |
| US10890473B2 |
Off-resonance cycling for coriolis flowmeters
A method is provided comprising the steps of exciting a vibration mode of a flow tube (130, 130′), wherein first and second drivers (180L, 180R) are amplitude modulated out of phase from each other, and wherein a drive command provided to the first and second drivers (180L, 180R) comprises a sum of N+1 independent signals. The first and second drivers (180L, 180R) are excited with a plurality of off-resonance frequencies and the effective phase between a modal response and the drivers (180L, 180R) at each of the off-resonance frequencies is inferred. A left eigenvector phase estimate is generated for each of the off-resonance frequencies. A phase of a left eigenvector at a resonant drive frequency is estimated based on off-resonance frequency phase estimates. The method also comprises measuring the phase between a first pickoff (170L) and a second pickoff (170R) and determining a phase of a right eigenvector for the flow tube (130, 130′). |
| US10890471B2 |
Method and assembly for ultrasonic clamp-on flow measurement, and bodies for implementing off-center flow measurement
A method and an arrangement for ultrasonic clamp-on flow measurement with the aid of an off-center sound path measurement via clamp-on ultrasonic transducers being fastened to an intermediate piece of a process pipe. Center sound paths as well as off-center sound paths are taken into account for the flow measurement via the arrangement and method. The arrangement for measuring flow includes a process pipe, through which a liquid or gaseous process medium flows, and an acoustic transducer pair and second clamp-on ultrasonic transducer operating in receive mode is disposed on the process pipe where two bodies are disposed on the inner wall of the process pipe to aid the off-center measurement. |
| US10890470B2 |
Ultrasonic fluid meter and method for determining the flow rate and/or volume of a flowing medium
An ultrasonic fluid meter for determining the flow rate and/or volume of a flowing medium includes a housing, an inlet, an outlet, a first ultrasound measurement path including at least one ultrasound transducer, and a second ultrasound measurement path including at least one ultrasound transducer. The ultrasound measurement paths extend at an angle to one another inside the housing and intersect. The first ultrasound measurement path and the second ultrasound measurement path extend at an angle to one another and intersect in a common region, as seen in a projection plane of a flow cross section. A method for determining the flow rate and/or volume of a flowing medium is also provided. |
| US10890468B2 |
Light ring assembly and method of using the same
A light ring assembly that is designed to provide bright, uniform and homogenized illumination and that can be used with any number of vehicle and non-vehicle lighting applications. According to one embodiment, the light ring assembly includes a housing, a circuit board with a number of individual light sources, a light ring and a lens. Light emitted by the light sources enters an optical input surface on a bottom side of the light ring, is reflected within the body of the light ring so as to mix and become more distributed, and then exits an optical output surface on a top side of the light ring. |
| US10890466B2 |
Angular sensor with annular waveguide as material measure
A rotating element is mounted in a base body for rotation about an axis of rotation. An excitation circuit generates an excitation signal. A divider circuit divides the excitation signal into a base signal supplied to an evaluation circuit and into an outgoing signal supplied to a transceiving antenna. A waveguide circulates in an annular manner about the axis of rotation. The rotating element comprises a termination element protruding into the waveguide and has a reflective side. The transceiving antenna emits an electromagnetic signal into the waveguide propagating in two directions which is reflected from the reflective side and returned to and received by the transceiving antenna which generates in response a receiving signal supplied to the evaluation circuit which determines a position of rotation of the rotating element in relation to a reference position of rotation by evaluating the base signal and receiving signal in a resolution region. |
| US10890465B2 |
Dual composite light field device
An apparatus is disclosed for capturing image information. The apparatus includes a waveguide having opposed planar input and output faces. A diffractive optical element (DOE) is formed across the waveguide. The DOE is configured to couple a portion of the light passing through the waveguide into the waveguide. The light coupled into the waveguide is directed via total internal reflection to an exit location on the waveguide. The apparatus further includes a light sensor having an input positioned adjacent the exit location of the waveguide to capture light exiting therefrom and generate output signals corresponding thereto. A processor determines the angle and position of the coupled light with respect to the input face of the waveguide based on the output signals. |
| US10890464B2 |
Rotation detecting device and correction method therefor
A rotation detecting device includes first and second magnetic detection elements that output first and second signals and a detection circuit having the first and second signals input thereto. The detection circuit includes an automatic correction circuit that performs generating and updating of a correction value for correcting the and second signals. The automatic correction circuit is configured to stop the generating or the updating of the correction value in at least one of a case where a rotation direction of an object is changed to a reverse rotation direction from a normal rotation direction and a case where a rotation direction of the object is changed to the normal rotation direction from the reverse rotation direction. |
| US10890462B2 |
Traffic notification system and method
There is provided a system, method, and a computer program product that, when implemented, provides a user a notification about one or more road conditions. The system may include one or more sensors that may be configured to detect the presence and absence of one or more road markings, and a processing unit in operable communication with the one or more sensors configured to receive and process a plurality of sensor readings provided by the one or more sensors. A display in operable communication with the processing unit may be configured to display audio, visual, and audiovisual notification messages to a user. |
| US10890461B2 |
Map enriched by data other than metadata
A method for enriching map functions of a digital geographical map is provided. Additional data are stored in a storage unit outside map data of the digital geographical map and direct related map metadata. Elements of the additional data are correlated to coordinates of the digital geographical map. Further, access is provided to the additional data via an authentication service while navigating the geographical map. |
| US10890460B2 |
Navigation and location validation for optimizing vehicle-based transit systems
Methods and systems are provided for navigating to a pre-scheduled vehicle. A code is analyzed for a user including location information pertaining to the pre-scheduled vehicle, wherein the location information indicates a destination for the user. A location of the user is determined based on a GPS sensor. The user is directed to traverse a route between the location of the user and a location of the pre-scheduled vehicle. A destination of the pre-scheduled vehicle is verified as being consistent with the destination for the user indicated by the location information of the code. |
| US10890459B2 |
Systems and methods for variable energy routing and tracking
A method for generating navigation routes for a vehicle includes: receiving an origin position, in a road network, of the vehicle; receiving a destination position, in the road network; receiving a user preference from a user interface device, the user preference indicating a tradeoff value having one of a plurality of values between travel time and energy efficiency; computing a time value for each of a plurality of road segments of the road network using a time consumption model; computing an energy consumption for each of the plurality of road segments of the road network using an energy consumption model; identifying a weighted route from the origin position to the destination position based on the time value and the energy consumption for the road segments and based on the user preference; and supplying the identified weighted route to a navigation system of the vehicle. |
| US10890458B2 |
System and method for attributing deviation from predicted travel distance or time for arranged transport services
A network computer system attributes deviation from a predicted travel distance or trip time for arranged transport services. A network computer system monitors a service provider of an arranged transport service to determine a distance traveled, as well as an expended duration. The network computer system compares the determined distance traveled and/or the expended duration with a predicted distance and/or duration of travel to determine if a deviation exists. An adjustment value for the service value may be determined and communicated, based the traveled distance and the expended duration as compared to the predicted distance and/or duration of travel. |
| US10890453B2 |
Vehicle localization device
A vehicle localization device includes: a target database; a target recognition unit configured to recognize, based on a detection result of an in-vehicle sensor, a relative position of the first target relative to a vehicle and a relative position of the second target relative to the vehicle; a lateral position estimation unit configured to estimate a lateral position of the vehicle and a direction of the vehicle based on the relative position of the first target relative to the vehicle and the position information on the first target on the map; and a longitudinal position estimation unit configured to estimate a longitudinal position of the vehicle by reflecting the lateral position of the vehicle and the direction of the vehicle. |
| US10890452B2 |
Method and apparatus for navigation based on route reuse
A mobile device includes processor(s) coupled to memory, an input device, an output device, and a wireless transceiver. The mobile device can determine whether a destination is in a no wireless network coverage area. If so, then the route data used to provide navigation instructions to the destination is retained in the memory of the mobile device. In subsequent navigation, the mobile device can use the route data for navigation to a subsequent destination. |
| US10890450B1 |
Infrastructure re-purposed magnetic signature in mobile device localization
A method and system of infrastructure re-purposed magnetic signatures for mobile device indoor navigation and positioning. The method comprises determining a common spatial region in accordance with a first spatial region partially superimposed upon an at least a second spatial region, the first and at least a second spatial regions associated with a first and an at least a second magnetic signatures respectively; and generating, based at least in part on the first and at least a second magnetic signatures, a re-purposed magnetic signature associated with the common spatial region. |
| US10890445B2 |
Ground plane estimation in a computer vision system
Estimation of the ground plane of a three dimensional (3D) point cloud based modifications to the random sample consensus (RANSAC) algorithm is provided. The modifications may include applying roll and pitch constraints to the selection of random planes in the 3D point cloud, using a cost function based on the number of inliers in the random plane and the number of 3D points below the random plane in the 3D point cloud, and computing a distance threshold for the 3D point cloud that is used in determining whether or not a 3D point in the 3D point cloud is an inlier of a random plane. |
| US10890440B2 |
3D floating support system and related geometry-detecting machine of slender articles
A support system of a slender article in a geometry-detecting machine includes a plurality of vertical constraint points with which the slender article is in contact, wherein the vertical constraint points are coupled in pairs by interconnection arms in turn including a constraint joint provided with a universal joint mechanism which leaves, to the arms, two rotational degrees of freedom along two orthogonal axes passing in the proximity of the longitudinal axis of the article, the constraint joints possibly being themselves similarly coupled in pairs until converging, in a multiple-layer sequence, towards a single constraint point. |
| US10890429B2 |
Automatic calibration optical interferometer and automatic calibration method of optical interferometer
An automatic calibration optical interferometer comprises: a light source; an optical interference assembly, which divides a low coherent light into a first and a second incident light; an optical sampling assembly, with a first end receiving the first incident light and a partially reflective window at the second end being configured to divide the first incident light into a first reflected light and a first penetrating light configured to be emitted to the test sample; an optical reference assembly, with a reference mirror and an actuator, wherein the optical sampling assembly emits the second incident light to the reference mirror to generate a second reflected light, and the actuator moves the reference mirror; a polychromator, which outputs a displacement signal according to an optical path difference variation between the first and second reflected lights; and a displacement controller, which controls the actuator according to the displacement signal. |
| US10890427B2 |
Nozzle inspection method and apparatus
A method for inspecting a nozzle includes producing a jet from the nozzle, moving the nozzle to cause the jet to approach a stylus of a touch probe, generating a contact signal under a force acting on the stylus, and determining that the jet is appropriate in response to a contact signal received first after the jet has an axis at a distance from the stylus that is equal to or less than a first normal distance calculated from a normal jet shape. |
| US10890425B1 |
Releasable erosion enhancing mechanism
Embodiments are directed to a vented torque release device including hollow fuze well having a proximal end, a distal end, an inner surface, and an outer surface. A wall is defined by the inner surface and the outer surface. A plurality of vents are axially spaced at equal distance about the outer surface. |
| US10890424B2 |
Biocompatible ammunition
The disclosure describes, in various example embodiments, a small arms or firearm projectile including a shell and a hemostatic material retained within the shell. The hemostatic material has a mechanical modulus above 25,000 Pa. In some embodiments, the shell includes a plurality of perforations. In some embodiments, the plurality of perforations are configured to provide, upon an impact of the projectile, fluid communication between the hemostatic material and the exterior of the shell via the plurality of perforations. In some embodiments, the hemostatic material includes a polymer core configured to provide a scaffold for inducing hemostasis in a local wound volume. In some embodiments, the projectile includes a contrasting agent. In some embodiments, the projectile includes a lubricating agent retained in the interior of the shell. In some embodiments, the projectile further includes 0.5 to 3 grains of Kaolin retained in the interior of the shell. |
| US10890423B2 |
Projectile with penetrator
The invention relates to a projectile (1, 1′) comprising a retaining element (2, 2′) and a penetrator (3). The penetrator (3) is at least partly received in a retaining element (2, 2′) receiving opening (12, 12′) which runs centrally relative to the projectile axis (A) and has a penetrator front (4) and a penetrator rear (5). The penetrator rear (5) has a cylindrical shape, and the penetrator front (4) runs in a conical manner from the penetrator rear (5) in the direction of a penetrator tip (6) with respect to the projectile axis (A). The length ratio of the length (LPF) of the penetrator front (4) to the length (LPH) of the penetrator rear (5) is approximately 1 to 1, preferably approximately 1 to 1.5, particularly preferably approximately 1 to 2.2. |
| US10890415B2 |
Firearm electronic system
Man portable weapons include integrated electronics that calculate orientation and movement in addition to providing that data to a user's heads-up displays (HUD) as well as to group and area networks. By passing data to a HUD, the user is able to see, virtually, the flight path, point of impact and other ballistic data as well as data representing the condition and performance of the weapon for any rounds fired. The HUD also displays the relative position of other members of the team, last known enemy area of operation and other useful parameters from the man portable weapons of the other team members through the network. The electronics may be integrated within the main components of any suitable man portable weapon in a non-intrusive way as to have no effect on the firing mechanism of the small arm when it is fully assembled. |
| US10890414B2 |
Collapsible reflective sight for a firearm
A collapsible reflective optical sight for a firearm, including a base configured to mount the collapsible reflective optical sight to a firearm; a lens attached to and able to rotate with respect to the base, wherein the lens includes an optic with a reflective surface, and the lens is able to be folded with respect to the base to store the lens in a collapsed configuration and is able to be angled with respect to the base to aim the firearm with the lens in a deployed configuration; a light source on the base that reflects a light off the reflective surface of the optic to aim the firearm; and a mechanical sight adjustably mounted to the base to aim the firearm. Additionally, the collapsible reflective optical sight can include a firearm and a hood. |
| US10890408B2 |
Simulated training ammunition automatic launching system
The invention provides an automatic launching system for simulated training ammunition. It can mimic the effect of explosive detonation in close quarters battles without causing any casualties, and can ignite the fuze and launch the simulated training ammunition without gunpowder involved. The technical solution of the invention is that: the automatic launching system for simulated training ammunition comprises a launcher, a controller and a simulated training ammunition loaded inside the launcher. The Simulated training ammunition comprises an outer shell, a core and a fuze structure at the bottom of the simulated training ammunition. The piston cylinder of the launcher comprises vents in the cylinder sidewall for communicating the cylinder cavity with the launcher cavity. The lower part of the cylinder is connected to a high-pressure gas holder through a pipeline and a normally closed solenoid valve. This invention can automatically identify the target and ignite the fuze and launch the simulated training ammunition after identifying the target, and mimic explosion effects. It uses no gunpowder, thus has no potential safety risks, and is safe, reliable, easy to operate, simple in structure, and suitable for civil production and manufacturing. |
| US10890407B1 |
Dual remote control and crew-served weapon station
Several examples of a dual remote control and crew-served weapon station are described herein that uniquely provide at least three operating modes, any one of which can be quickly and efficiently selected based on outputs from various system sensors (e.g., switches and buttons). For example, the first operating mode is a mode in which the weapon is remotely steered and fired (e.g., remote controlled). The second operating mode is a mode in which a weapon cradle is stabilized by a gimbal and the weapon is aimed and fired by a local operator (e.g., crew-served stabilized). The third operating mode is a mode in which the cradle is manually steered and the weapon is fired by the local operator (e.g., full manual). |
| US10890405B1 |
Non-tilting outer barrel for toy gun
A non-tilting outer barrel for a toy gun may include a first housing configured to accommodate at least a portion of an inner barrel through which a bullet is discharged, a second housing configured to accommodate at least a portion of a chamber coupled to one end of the inner barrel, a plurality of fixing members disposed in a bore of the first housing thereby restricting vertical movement of the first housing in relation to the inner barrel. |
| US10890403B2 |
Suppressor with blowout panel
Methods and systems are provided for a firearms suppressor adapted with blowout panels. In one example, the blowout panels may be configured to have a lower tolerance for pressure than the materials from which outer components of the suppressor are formed. During over pressure events of the suppressor, the blowout panels may rupture, thereby dissipating pressure in the suppressor. |
| US10890402B2 |
Firearm suppressor system and associated quick release mount and lock
A firearm suppressor assembly that includes a quick connect mounting methodology that allows the suppressor to be quickly and repeatably associated with the muzzle end of a firearm. In a preferred embodiment, the mounting methodology includes a plurality of lobes that facilitate less than 90 degree rotation between the muzzle of the firearm and the suppressor and provide a tactile indication of a secured engagement therebetween. |
| US10890400B2 |
Fastening device for weapon accessory
A fastening device is provided for fastening a weapon accessory to a firearm, in particular a hand-held firearm, and to a weapon accessory having a fastening device according to the invention. The weapon accessory is in particular a silencer or a tactical light. The fastening device has a fastening rail, wherein at the rear end of the fastening rail a support surface is formed which rests at least partially on the front end of the trigger of the firearm when the fastening device is fastened to the firearm. |
| US10890397B2 |
Apparatus to minimize short stroke in a revolver
An apparatus to minimize short stroke in a revolver is provided wherein a first end of the transfer bar is pivotably disposed on the trigger adjacent to the first end of a hand, the second end of the transfer bar disposed adjacent to the firing pin of the hammer, wherein during a firing cycle, prior to the revolver being brought back to the ready-to-fire position, the trigger cannot be depressed until the trigger is first fully undepressed, wherein the second end of the transfer bar engages a transfer bar blocking surface of the hammer slot in the hammer to prevent the trigger from being fully depressed. |
| US10890396B2 |
Slotted trigger actuation
An apparatus and method for a slotted trigger actuation mechanism for a firearm are described herein. The slotted trigger actuation mechanism may be a slotted trigger bar interface. The slotted trigger bar interface may serve to increase a distance of trigger pull required to execute firing ammunition. A trigger body may comprise a trigger bias for increasing trigger work. The apparatus and method described herein may help to improve results during drop safety testing. |
| US10890395B2 |
Apparatus and method for energy harvesting round counter for firearms
An energy harvesting device for accurately counting rounds fired by a firearm comprises a piezoelectric element for mechanical coupling to the barrel of the firearm. The piezoelectric element may produce a voltage waveform in response to the mechanical vibrations from a round passing through the barrel, which may power a microcontroller. The microcontroller may determine the rate of change of the voltage waveform to determine if a live round was fired. The microcontroller may be in communication with an RFID chip. The microcontroller may read the value on the RFID chip, increment the value of the RFID chip in response to being turned on by the voltage waveform, and then store the incremented value on the RFID chip. An armorer may remotely check the value of the RFID chip. |
| US10890394B2 |
Last round hold open apparatus
A last round hold open (LRHO) apparatus comprising a first lever having a first end and a second end, a mag stop component to which the first lever is pivotally affixed at the second end, a second lever disposed proximate the second end of the first lever, the second lever pivotally affixed to the mag stop, a bolt catch affixed to the mag stop and the second lever, and a magazine release extending from the first end of the first lever. |
| US10890386B2 |
Evaporator unit including distributor tube and method thereof
An evaporator for an air conditioning system includes an inlet manifold, an outlet manifold and a plurality of refrigerant tubes. The refrigerant tubes hydraulically communicate with the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold for a refrigerant flow. The inlet manifold includes a distributor tube with a plurality of orifices for equally aliquoting two phase refrigerant inside the inlet manifold. A mandrel is provided inside the distributor tube and a portion of the distributor tube with the inserted mandrel is flattened and bent toward an inlet port of the distributor tube for fitting the distributor tube within the inlet manifold. The mandrel is inserted into the distributor tube for preventing the distributor tube from collapsing when the distributor tube is flattened and bent. |
| US10890385B2 |
Apparatus and system for exchanging heat with a fluid
An apparatus for exchanging heat with a fluid includes a heat exchanger having first and second opposing surfaces and a plurality of flow passages permitting axial fluid flow between the surfaces. A manifold having an interface surface is in thermal contact with the first surface and includes a thermally conductive body for conducting heat in an axial direction between the interface surface and a heat transmitting surface. A plurality of feed passages extend through the thermally conductive body in a transverse direction, the passages having an inlet for receiving or discharging fluid. A plurality of distribution passages have ends in fluid communication with at least one of the feed passages and openings distributed over the interface surface. The distribution passages are configured to cause a change in fluid flow direction between a transversely directed flow in the feed passages and an axially directed flow at the openings. |
| US10890381B2 |
Cross-flow heat exchanger
A heat exchanger including a plurality of tubes, a header, and a plurality of flow voids. The plurality of tubes extends in a first direction through which a first fluid is configured to flow. Each of the plurality of tubes have waves that repeat at regular intervals along the first flow direction and are spaced from one another vertically and laterally in the second direction. The header extends in the first direction and is attached to each of the plurality of tubes. The header is configured to convey the first fluid to each of the plurality of tubes. The plurality of flow voids are formed between the plurality of tubes. The plurality of flow voids extend in a second direction through which a second fluid is configured to flow such that the second fluid is in thermal contact with the plurality of tubes. |
| US10890374B2 |
Door and home appliance including the same
The present invention relates to a door and a home appliance including the door. More particularly, the present invention relates to a door including a see-through region and a home appliance comprising the door. According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a home appliance comprising: a cabinet; an object receiving chamber defined in the cabinet to receive an object therein; a door pivotally coupled to the cabinet to open and close the object receiving chamber, wherein the door has a see-through window; a lighting device for illuminating an interior of the object receiving chamber; a sensor disposed in the door for detecting an acoustic wave, wherein the acoustic wave is generated by an application of a knock input to the door; and a controller configured to activate the lighting device upon detecting the knock input, such that the object receiving chamber may be visible to an outside through the see-through window. |
| US10890373B2 |
Panel cooling device and buffer tank for the same
A buffer tank for panel cooling device is provided and includes a tank body and a carry mechanism provided in the tank body. The carry mechanism has a first slide rail, a second slide rail and a plurality of supporting frames, the first slide rail and the second slide rail are opposite to each other and fixed in the tank body, the supporting frames are arranged on the first slide rail and the second slide rail, and the supporting frames are configured to be moveable relative to the first slide rail and the second slide rail. In the disclosure, the fixed supporting frame in the buffer tank is changed to be a supporting frame intelligently driven to scroll. When cleaning and maintaining the buffer tank or handling the buffer tank fragments, the supporting frames are rolled together and are all abutted to provide enough working space to enhance operation safety. |
| US10890372B2 |
Refrigerated oven and system for cooking food items
A refrigerated oven and system for cooking food items to be ready to eat at a desired time. The oven has a cooking compartment attached to or integral with a refrigerator unit. An interior chamber of the cooking compartment is in fluid flow communication with the refrigerator unit and configured to receive a food item therein. The food item can be kept refrigerated until cooked. Air flow doors allow or prevent cold air from the refrigerator unit flowing into the interior chamber and hot air from the cooking compartment flowing into the refrigerator unit. A control device opens and closes the doors to cool or cook the food item, start the cooking process at the desired temperature and stop cooking at the desired time. The control device is remotely accessed by a smart phone or other electronic device. The cooking compartments can be removably connected to the refrigerator unit. |
| US10890371B2 |
Freezing refrigerator
A freezing refrigerator heats an entrance side pipe of evaporator, which is difficult to heat in the related art, with the condensation latent heat of refrigerant that builds up in a lower portion of evaporator in a liquid state while being vaporized with the heat of defrosting heater so as to warm the outlet pipe by a second thermal coupling part thermally coupling an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe of evaporator, whereby temperature variation of the entire evaporator in a defrosting operation can be suppressed, and the power consumption of defrosting heater can be reduced. |
| US10890364B2 |
Refrigerator with ice maker
The present disclosure relates to the field of household appliances technologies, and discloses a refrigerator with an ice maker, at least comprising: a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged inside the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air duct, and an ice-making fan, the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air duct to form a refrigerating circulation loop, the ice-making fan is arranged in the ice-making air duct, and the ice-making evaporator is disposed outside the ice-making chamber and located inside the refrigerating compartment. |
| US10890359B2 |
Heating and hot water supply device
In a heating and hot water supply device including a burning means, a first heat exchanger, a circulation passage for circulating a heating thermal medium, a circulation pump, a first bypass passage, a second heat exchanger for hot water supply, a hot water supply passage, a second bypass passage bypassing the second heat exchanger, a control unit, and an operating terminal, a distribution means is provided at a branching portion of the first bypass passage and is capable of adjusting its distribution ratio for heating, or hot water supply, or simultaneous heating/hot water supply, a display means of the operating terminal is capable of providing displays corresponding to various types of operation. |
| US10890358B2 |
System and method for furnace fluid flow management
A furnace has a primary heat exchanger tube, a secondary heat exchanger comprising a plurality of secondary heat exchanger tubes, a hot header configured to provide a fluid flow path between an output of the primary heat exchanger tube to an input of the secondary heat exchanger, and a perforated fluid flow plate disposed at least partially within the hot header. |
| US10890357B2 |
Water heater with self-centering bottom cover
A water heater appliance is provided that includes features that facilitate centering a tank within a casing of the water heater while also diminishing heat loss through the bottom of the water heater. More particularly, a water heater is provided that includes a bottom cover that has an integral centering feature that facilitates centering of the tank within the casing. A method for assembling a water heater appliance is also provided. |
| US10890356B2 |
Heat exchange device and heat source machine
The heat exchange device (200) includes a primary heat exchanger (10), a secondary heat exchanger (20), and a connecting pipe (60). The connecting pipe connects the primary heat exchanger and the secondary heat exchanger. The primary heat exchanger (10) includes a primary heat exchange part (11), a shell plate (12) surrounding the primary heat exchange part, and a body pipe part (13) for cooling the shell plate. The body pipe part (13) is disposed closer to a burner than the primary heat exchange part (11) and is connected to the connecting pipe (60). The primary heat exchange part (11) includes a first heat transfer tube part (111) connected to the body pipe part (13), and a second heat transfer tube part (112) connected to the first heat transfer tube part and disposed on a side opposite to the body pipe part with respect to the first heat transfer tube part. |
| US10890355B2 |
Heat pump apparatus
A heat pump apparatus includes a use-side heat exchanger that causes heat exchange to be performed between a heat medium flowing from a heat-storage heat exchanger and a heat usage medium, and a flow-passage switching device that switches a flow passage for the heat medium to a first flow passage that circulates through a heat-reception-side heat exchanger and the heat-storage heat exchanger without extends through the use-side heat exchanger or a second flow passage that circulates through the heat-reception-side heat exchanger and the heat-storage heat exchanger via the use-side heat exchanger. Even when the temperature of the heat storage medium rises, heat received from a heat source can be stored in the heat storage medium by a heat pump, while a decrease of the efficiency of the heat pump can be reduced. |
| US10890352B2 |
Air handling unit
This air handling unit (1) comprises a structural frame (3, 5), and air handling components (15) enclosed within a housing (7), at least one of said components (15) having a rectangular shape arranged orthogonally to an air flow direction (F1, F2), and mounted by its edges (151, 153) on the structural frame. The at least one of the components (15) is mounted by one of its edges (151) on at least one movable rail (17) which is mounted in a sliding manner in a stationary rail (19) integral with the structural frame (3, 5) or the housing (7), the movable rail (17) being extractable with respect to the stationary rail (19) out of the housing (7) so that the component (15) can be extracted from the air handling unit (1). |
| US10890345B2 |
System and methods for a commissioning a sensor system
A method of facilitating configuration of at least one sensor with a data transmitter communicatively coupled to an analysis engine for a building management system, wherein the application is configured to be run on a mobile device and interact with the at least one sensor during the installation. The method includes communicating, by the application, with the at least one sensor to display a visual indicator, capturing, by a camera of the mobile device, visual data representative of the visual indicator, and associating the at least one sensor with a circuit of a building power system based on the captured visual data. |
| US10890341B2 |
Multi-zone variable refrigerant flow heating/cooling unit
A method for air conditioning including installing an air conditioning unit at a desired location. The air conditioning unit includes a housing that has air supply inlets and exhaust air outlets. The housing encloses a mode control unit that switches a zone coil associated with a zone from a cooling mode to a heating mode by switching from a cooling medium to a heating medium flowing through the zone coil. The zone coil receives the heating or cooling medium and conditions incoming air from a supply fan to be exhausted in a zone associated with the zone coil. A variable refrigerant flow cooling/heating unit provides a cooling medium or a heating medium at varying rates to control a temperature of a zone. |
| US10890337B1 |
Retractable stovetop shielding screen
The retractable stovetop shielding screen is a wire mesh screen that may be deployed from an above-stove support such as a range hood or microwave oven to prevent children and pets from contacting the stovetop. The screen mounts to the front of the above-stove support using a pair of L-shaped mounting brackets. When not deployed, a spring loaded roller retracts the screen to a position above the stovetop. The screen is deployed by pulling a grip and the screen unwinds from the roller, stretching between the roller and the handle of the oven door below. The screen removably couples to the oven door handle using a loop kept closed by hook and loop fasteners. The screen is non-opaque, allowing items on the stovetop to be seen even when the screen is deployed. |
| US10890334B2 |
Hinge assembly with slow close and/or slow open characteristics
A hinge assembly for an associated appliance door includes an arm and a lever pivotally connected to the arm. The lever and arm are adapted to pivot relative to each other about a main pivot axis between a first position that corresponds to a closed position of the associated appliance door and a second position that corresponds to an opened position of the associated appliance door. A slide link is located adjacent the lever. A damper engagement structure is connected to the slide link. A biasing system urges the arm and lever toward the first position. A damper system includes a damper that damps pivoting movement between the arm and the lever for at least part of the movement between the arm and the lever when the arm and lever pivot relative to each other from the first position toward the second position. |
| US10890333B2 |
Cooking appliance cooling fan with optical speed sensor
An optical sensor is used in a cooling system of a cooking appliance to sense rotation of the cooling fan. For example, in one aspect a cooking appliance is disclosed as including a housing with a cooking enclosure and cooling passage for venting heat generated within the cooking enclosure; a cooling fan in fluid communication with the cooling passage in order to provide a directed airflow within the cooling passage; and an optical sensor to sense rotation of the cooling fan. |
| US10890331B2 |
Cooking appliance
A cooking appliance includes a knob assembly to emit light to improve an aesthetic feel and user convenience. The cooking appliance includes a main body having at least one heating source, a panel disposed in the main body and provided with a through hole, and a knob assembly coupled to the panel. The knob assembly includes a knob, at least one light source configured to emit light, a first light guide passing through the through hole and arranged to guide the light emitted from the light source, and a second light guide configured to guide the light guided by the first light guide to an outside of the knob. |
| US10890330B2 |
Knob assembly with display device and cooking apparatus having knob assembly
A knob assembly with a display that displays information such as power level and a timer time, and a cooking apparatus including a knob assembly are provided. The knob assembly may include a knob coupled to an adjustment shaft configured to adjust power level and a knob ring configured to surround a periphery of the knob, configured to be rotatable independent of the knob, and provided with a display. The display may be provided at the knob ring, and information may be displayed on the display so that a user may easily manipulate the knob assembly. |
| US10890329B2 |
Fuel injector assembly for gas turbine engine
The present disclosure is directed to a fuel injector including a centerbody defining an air inlet opening defined substantially radially through the centerbody; an outer sleeve surrounding the centerbody, and an end wall coupled to the centerbody and the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve defines a radially oriented first air inlet port defined radially outward of the air inlet opening at the centerbody. A mixing passage is defined between the outer sleeve and the centerbody. A first fuel injection port is defined substantially axially through the end wall to the mixing passage. The first fuel injection port defines a first fuel injection opening at the mixing passage between the first air inlet port at the outer sleeve and the air inlet opening at the centerbody. |
| US10890326B2 |
Flame rectification circuit using operational amplifier
A method for detecting a flame is provided. The method includes the step of providing alternating current to a flame rectification probe to produce a first voltage as an input for a sense circuit, wherein the flame rectification probe is placed in proximity to the flame. The method further includes the step of conditioning the first voltage using the sense circuit to produce a second voltage. Additionally, the method includes the steps of outputting the second voltage to a microcontroller, and determining with the microcontroller whether the flame is present based on a magnitude of the second voltage. |
| US10890323B2 |
Circulating fluidized bed boiler with a loopseal heat exchanger
A circulating fluidized bed boiler is described, comprising a furnace, a loopseal, and a loopseal heat exchanger arranged in the loopseal. The loopseal heat exchanger comprises walls limiting an interior of the loopseal heat exchanger, a first particle outlet for letting out particulate material from the loopseal heat exchanger, an inlet for receiving bed material, heat exchanger tubes arranged in the interior of the loopseal heat exchanger, and a first ash removal channel configured to let out ash from the loopseal heat exchanger. An ash cooler is configured to receive ash from the first ash removal channel. In the loopseal heat exchanger the first ash removal channel is arranged at a lower level than the first particle outlet. |
| US10890317B2 |
Module for motor vehicle comprising an optical element fixed to a heatsink with posts and a light source fixed to a fixing zone of a heatsink
A light module for a motor vehicle including a light source, an electronic support, a driver device driving the electrical power supply of the one light source arranged on the electronic support, a heatsink including an obviously in which the driver device is housed, characterized in that the light source is fixed onto the heatsink. |
| US10890314B2 |
In-room illumination apparatus for movable structure, and movable structure
An in-room illumination apparatus for a movable structure includes: a light source; a holder that holds the light source; and a bridge that presses the light source against the holder. The light source includes a spherical housing and a light emitting element. The bridge includes, at a center part, a first contact region which is configured to be in contact with an outer surface of the light source at all times. The light source includes, at the outer surface, a light source-side contact region that is configured to be in contact with the first contact region. At least one recess and at least one protrusion are in the first contact region and in the light source-side contact region. A number of recesses and protrusions in the first contact region is different than a number of recesses and protrusions in the light source-side contact region. |
| US10890312B2 |
Display device including protruding plate
A display device including a protruding-plate includes the protruding-plate, a thin-film-layer, a transparent-base-material, a first-concealing-layer, a light-diffusion-layer, a light-color-toning-layer, and a second-concealing-layer. The first-concealing-layer is disposed closer to the protruding-plate than the second-concealing-layer and the light-color-toning-layer to the protruding-plate. The protruding-plate, the transparent-base-material, the thin-film-layer, and the second-concealing-layer include a greater thickness in this order. The second-concealing-layer, the first-concealing-layer, and the light-diffusion-layer have a same thickness. The light-diffusion-layer is thicker than the light-color-toning-layer. The transparent-base-material and the thin-film-layer have a same light transmittance. The thin-film-layer, the protruding-plate, the light-diffusion-layer, the light-color-toning-layer, the first-concealing-layer, and the second-concealing-layer have a higher light transmittance in this order. |
| US10890307B2 |
Multi-focal collimating lens and bi-function headlight assembly
The embodiments of the invention provide a multi-focal collimating lens and a bi-function headlight assembly. With the relative positions referring to the mounting position of the multi-focal collimating lens within the bi-function headlight assembly, the multi-focal collimating lens includes a lower collimating lens part and an upper collimating lens part located on top of the lower collimating lens part. One focal point of the lower collimating lens part is located on a vertical symmetry plane of the lower collimating lens part, and two focal points of the upper collimating lens part are symmetrically located on both sides of a vertical symmetry plane of the upper collimating lens part, so that a cut-off line of a low beam can be generated in a far-field light pattern of the multi-focal collimating lens. |
| US10890305B2 |
Lamp for vehicle and vehicle
A lamp for a vehicle includes an array module comprising a plurality of micro Light Emitting Diode (LED) chips that are arranged in one or more patterns and that are configured to generate light, where the array module has a shape that is concave in a first direction. |
| US10890304B2 |
Hybrid headlamp systems and methods
A headlamp assembly includes a low beam assembly configured to generate a low beam distribution. The low beam assembly includes a first low beam solid state light source module having a first laser solid state light source optically configured to emit a first luminous intensity distribution and a second laser solid state light source optically configured to emit a second luminous intensity distribution, and a second low beam solid state light source module having a solid state light source optically configured to emit a third luminous intensity distribution which at least partially overlaps at least one of the first and second luminous intensity distributions. The headlamp assembly also has a high beam assembly configured to generate a high beam distribution. |
| US10890302B2 |
Lighting arrangement with battery backup
A lighting arrangement can include a luminaire, a driver circuitry assembly, and a battery backup portion. The luminaire can have light emitting diodes in an array string positioned in a first housing and a first wiring extending from the array string to a first plug connector. The driver circuitry assembly can drive the plurality of light emitting diodes and include circuitry with a rectifier and an IC chip positioned in a second housing and a second wiring extending from the circuitry to a second plug connector engageable with the first plug connector. The battery backup portion can be selectively positionable between the driver circuitry assembly and the external AC grid and have one or more batteries and a converter portion with a DC-AC inverter positioned in a third housing. The third housing and the second housing are interconnectable. |
| US10890300B2 |
LED tube lamp
An LED tube lamp includes a lamp tube; an LED light strip disposed inside the lamp tube and comprising a mounting region and a connecting region, a plurality of LED light sources mounted on the mounting region and at least two first connecting pads arranged on the connecting region; a fixing structure disposed inside the lamp tube and extending along the longitudinal direction of the lamp tube, the fixing structure comprising a first end fixedly connected to an inner circumferential surface of the lamp tube and second end fixedly connected to the LED light strip; a power supply module disposed on the fixing structure and electrically connecting to the LED light strip via the two first connecting pads, the power supply module comprising a circuit board separate from the light strip and a plurality of electronic components mounted on the circuit board; and two end caps attached to two ends of the lamp tube respectively. The power supply module comprises at least a rectifying circuit and a filtering circuit, wherein the rectifying circuit is coupled to two pins to receive an external signal, and the filtering circuit is coupled to the rectifying circuit and is configured to receive a signal from the rectifying circuit. |
| US10890299B2 |
LED filament lamp
The present invention belongs to the technical field of lighting devices, in particular to an LED filament lamp. The LED filament lamp comprises a transparent hood with an opening at the lower end, and a lamp cap connected to the transparent hood, and a light emitting source is arranged in the transparent hood. The LED filament lamp also comprises a support base; the support base is arranged in a space enclosed by the transparent hood and the lamp cap; the light emitting source is fixed on the support base, and the lower end of the light emitting source is connected with the lamp cap through a current limiting resistor. The light emitting source comprises a single strip-shaped substrate, and a plurality of LED wafers; the two ends of the strip-shaped substrate are conductive electrical connecting ends; the plurality of LED wafers are connected in turn and arranged on the strip-shaped substrate at an interval to form a strip-shaped LED wafer set; a rectifying unit electrically connected with the strip-shaped LED wafer set is arranged at each one of the two ends of the strip-shaped LED wafer set; and each one of the rectifying units is fixed on the strip-shaped substrate and is electrically connected with each corresponding one of the electrical connecting ends. The present invention provides an LED filament lamp which is conveniently assembled and can be directly connected with an alternating current. |
| US10890298B2 |
Liquid detection device with wireless communicator
Devices, systems, and methods of detecting and providing an alert regarding the presence of liquid contamination in a pneumatic supply line and/or in a pneumatic instrument are described. A liquid detection device configured to be coupled to the pneumatic supply includes an electronic liquid sensor configured to detect the presence of liquid in the pneumatic supply and a wireless communicator configured to transmit data from the electronic liquid sensor to a wireless communication node. The liquid detection device may be installed at different locations along a pneumatic supply in a plant. The plant network can forward the transmitted message from the communication node onto a plant computer, where and alert or other message may be provided to an operator or other computer system when water or other liquid is detected. |
| US10890297B2 |
Assembly, system and method for directed high-pressure fluid delivery
The application is directed to a system for conveying fluid to one or more downstream locations including a plurality of downstream locations severally. The system includes one or more upstream fluid sources, a fluid routing system in fluid communication with the one or more upstream fluid sources via an upstream fluid line and each of the downstream locations via separate downstream fluid lines. The fluid routing system includes fluid connections corresponding to each of the downstream fluid lines and is operationally configured to fluidly connect with a particular fluid connection while remaining fluidly disconnected from the remaining fluid connections. |
| US10890295B2 |
Tube-array type nitrogen canister
A tube-array-type liquid nitrogen container includes a container body having a mouth; a tube array component received in the container body; and a top cap sealing the mouth from above. The top cap is rotatable in the mouth. The tube array component is composed of a plurality of holding tubes. The holding tube is opened at one end thereof, wherein the opening thereof faces the top cap. The top cap has at least one tube access passing therethrough. Each tube access is atop covered by a tube access cover. The tube-array-type liquid nitrogen container uses a tube-array component composed of the a plurality of holding tubes to store the freezing tubes, and is cooperated with the rotatable top cap and an external robotic arm, thereby improving space utilization and thermal insulation, effectively ensuring safety of the freezing tubes, and facilitating automatic storage of freezing tubes. |
| US10890291B2 |
Adjustable mounting device for a pole
A device for mounting a support apparatus or item to a pole-like structure includes a support item for use by a user to store a personal-use article, a mounting bracket configured to slideably engage the pole-like structure in a plurality of user-selectable mounted positions, and a rotatable clamping arm of the support item. The clamping arm is pivotably coupled to the bracket and rotatable into and out of locking engagement therewith between locked and unlocked positions. The support item may include a stopping surface which comes into contact with an upper edge of the bracket when the clamping arm is in the unlocked position to prevent damaging the pole-like structure. |
| US10890288B2 |
Systems and methods of providing a multipositional display
A device for supporting an electronic display includes a base, a display mount having a first position and a second position relative to the base, and a connection mechanism positioned between the base and the display mount. The connection mechanism is configured to rotate and translate the display mount from the first position to the second position according to a torque curve. The torque curve includes a discovery stage adjacent the first position, an initiation stage rotationally after the discovery stage, and an approach stage rotationally after the initiation stage. The connection mechanism applies a force toward the first position in the discovery stage. The connection mechanism having an initiation force applied toward the first position that is greater than the force in the discovery stage. The approach stage having an approach force applied toward the second position. |
| US10890287B2 |
System of flexible pipes and coupling elements and method of producing such a flexible pipe
The invention relates to a system of flexible pipes (1) and coupling elements (6) for coupling the flexible pipes. The flexible pipes each comprise an inner conduit and multiple cavities running substantially parallel over the outer surface of the inner conduit. The coupling elements each comprise an inner opening and multiple outer openings surrounding the inner opening, such that, in the coupled state, the inner conduits of adjacent flexible pipes are connected by means of the inner opening of the intermediate coupling element and the cavities of adjacent flexible pipes are connected by means of the outer openings of the intermediate coupling element.The invention further relates to a method of producing a flexible pipe as described as part of the system. |
| US10890282B2 |
Face sealed fittings
Face-sealed fittings are described for joining flanged tubes. These fittings utilize unique designs for pairing rings, nipples, and nuts to provide several advantages over prior art designs. Face-sealed fittings provided herein are symmetrical and genderless, and are field attachable/removable over previously welded glands. Moreover, they are torque free and have footprints comparable or smaller than legacy assemblies. |
| US10890281B2 |
Adjustable length pipe connector for connecting to a pipe connection
An adjustable length pipe connector having an axially extending and hollow pipe body with internal threads provided therein. The pipe body includes external threads provided on outer portion thereof for coupling the connector to a pipe connection. Further, the pipe body includes a washer provided within the pipe body. The washer is adapted to be moved axially within the interior portion. Also, a first and a second length adjustor peg is provided within the pipe body. The first and the second length adjustor pegs can be moved and positioned adjacent to the washer so as to achieve a desirable length of the adjustable length connector. Upon achieving the desirable length, the washer is juxtaposed relative to the first peg and an excess portion of the pipe body adjacent the second end is removed. The washer may be cylindrical. The washer may have a wire mesh to block impurities. |
| US10890272B1 |
U-shaped fairing with hinged blocks
A vortex-induced vibration (VIV) suppression device comprising: a fairing comprising a fairing body dimensioned to partially encircle an underlying tubular and a first arm and a second arm extending from the fairing body, the fairing body comprises a first section and a second section that each have first ends that are interfacing one another to form a gap in between and a second end, and the first arm and the second arm are attached to the second ends such that they extend radially outward from the underlying tubular, and the first arm and the second arm are spaced a distance from one another; and an interior block member to facilitate an opening or a closing of the fairing body around an underlying tubular, the interior block member having a first block section and a second block section movably coupled to one another. |
| US10890268B2 |
Valve and valve arrangement
A valve includes a flow chamber and an actuating chamber, and a connecting valve opening. An actuating element can close or open the valve opening. An SMA element and a restoring element move the actuating element in opposite directions. A first area of the flow chamber is attachable to an air supply unit, and a second area of the flow chamber is attachable to a media reservoir and to atmosphere to release air from the flow chamber via an opening. An actuator coupled with the actuating element selectively connects the opening to atmosphere or closes the opening. A first check valve prevents fluid from flowing back from the second area of the flow chamber through the valve opening into the first area of the flow chamber when the actuating element is in the opening position. |
| US10890259B2 |
Poppet valve system and process
Aspects herein include a valve to provide regulated fluid flow. The valve comprises a valve housing having an inlet and an outlet. The valve further comprises a valve seat disposed between the inlet and the outlet of the valve. The valve seat has a seat opening defined by a seat opening dimension and is fixed in relation to the valve housing. The valve further comprises a poppet disposed between the valve seat and the outlet of the valve, the poppet having a seat face opposing the valve seat. The seat face tapers from a poppet large dimension larger than the seat-opening dimension disposed toward the inlet end to a poppet small dimension smaller than the seat-opening dimension disposed toward the outlet end. The valve further comprises a plunger operatively coupled with the poppet as well as a solenoid within the valve chamber operatively coupled with the plunger. |
| US10890256B2 |
Seal structure of high-pressure tank
A seal structure of a high-pressure tank including: the first member in which a tank chamber is formed inside; and the second member which is fitted into the opening hole of the first member and provided with an annular groove formed on an outer peripheral surface, the seal structure includes: a seal member, having an annular shape, configured to be disposed on the tank chamber side in the groove; and a first back-up member and a second back-up member configured to be disposed further to the side opposite to the tank chamber side than the seal member in the groove, to include inclined surface parts respectively opposite to each other. The inclined surface part of the first back-up member includes a crest folding corner part in which a first low angle inclined part and a first high angle inclined part are connected to each other. |
| US10890244B2 |
Power transmission device
A power transmission device (100) includes: a rotary shaft (4) extending in the vehicle width direction to transmit power to drive wheels of the vehicle; a rotary parts housing chamber (16) disposed on the end section or in its vicinity of the rotary shaft (4) in the axial direction and adapted to house rotary parts including a clutch (5R); and a breather chamber (81) disposed on the outside (the upper side) of the rotary shaft (4), wherein a first communication passage (80) is provided to communicate with the breather chamber (81) and the rotary parts housing chamber (16). The oil intruded into the breather chamber (81) is discharged from the breather chamber (81) through the first communication passage (80) and is led to the rotary parts housing chamber (16) by the negative pressure due to the pull-in to the rotary parts housing chamber (16) accompanying rotation of the rotary parts. |
| US10890243B2 |
Motor with deceleration mechanism
The motor with deceleration mechanism includes: a motor shaft (11), which is accommodated in a motor case (21) and in which an axial end portion (11a) is formed into a spherical shape; a worm, arranged on the motor shaft (11); a worm wheel, accommodated in a gear frame and engaging with the worm; a radial bearing (41), rotatably supporting the motor shaft (11); and a first thrust bearing (42), which is disposed inside the motor case (21), and in which a shaft facing surface (42s) facing the axial end portion (11a) of the motor shaft (11) and a counter shaft facing surface (42c) on the opposite side are respectively formed spherically; an average sliding radius between the first thrust bearing (42) and the motor case (21) is larger than an average sliding radius between the first thrust bearing (42) and the motor shaft (11). |
| US10890242B2 |
Gear box, driving device, and electronic apparatus
A gear box includes a casing, a gear that is accommodated in the casing and transmits the power of a motor, an output gear that is connected to the gear in the casing, and a collar that is externally inserted to the output shaft of the output gear and is rotatable relative to both the output shaft and the casing. |
| US10890240B2 |
Power transmission apparatus
Provided is a power transmission apparatus. The power transmission apparatus includes a rectilinear rack allowing a pinion to perform a rectilinear motion by interacting with the pinion, a curvilinear rack allowing the pinion to perform a curvilinear motion by interacting with the pinion, and a rectilinear-curvilinear conversion rack connected to the rectilinear rack and the curvilinear rack between the rectilinear rack and the curvilinear rack, and converting the rectilinear motion and the curvilinear motion of the pinion. |
| US10890239B2 |
Externally toothed gear for strain wave gearing
In a silk hat-shaped external gear for a strain wave gearing, t(A)>t(C)>t(D)>t(B) is satisfied, where the thicknesses of the inner circumferential end (A), the middle part (B) and the outer circumferential end (C) of the diaphragm body portion of a diaphragm are t(A), t(B) and t(C), and where the thickness of the barrel-side end part (D) of the curved portion of the diaphragm is t(D). With reference to the thickness of the middle part (B), the thickness of the inner circumferential end (A) of the diaphragm is set so as to be thicker than conventional silk hat-shaped external gears. It is possible to realize an externally toothed gear capable of preventing diaphragm rupture due to thrust force at high load torque and having high fatigue strength. |
| US10890237B2 |
Actuator with ball nut
An actuator includes a drive assembly, a ball screw, and a ball nut. The ball nut may include a first nut member, a second nut member; and first arm extending from the first nut member. The first arm may include a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may extend radially outward from the first nut member. The second portion may extend substantially axially from the first portion such that at least some of the second portion is disposed radially outward of the second nut member. A second arm may extend from the second nut member, and the second arm may include a first portion and a second portion. In embodiments, at least part of the second portion of the first arm is disposed radially outward of at least a part of the second portion of the second arm. |
| US10890233B2 |
Vehicle power unit
A vehicle power unit is disclosed which prevents a transmission apparatus from becoming large in size and promotes reduction in size by reducing the number of parts. A transmission shift drum has a driven gear mounted on a shift drum rotary shaft portion on one end of the shift drum. An extended support wall is formed to extend to outside in a vehicle width direction in parallel with a first case side wall of a crankcase. The case side wall supports the first drum rotary shaft portion on which the driven gear is mounted. The extended support wall and the first case side wall support thereon gears of a reduction gear train between a drive gear of a shift motor mounted on the extended support wall and the driven gear. |
| US10890232B2 |
Socket assembly
A socket assembly includes a socket. The socket defines a first interior space. The socket includes a first frame and a second frame disposed opposite to the first frame. The first frame is coupled with the second frame using at least one fastening member. The socket assembly includes a locking member disposed within the first interior space of the socket. The locking member includes a first portion and a second portion. The first and second portions define a second interior space for holding a rope. |
| US10890229B2 |
Power tool
A power tool includes a housing, an auxiliary handle, and a vibration damping assembly. The auxiliary handle includes a front end and a gripping portion. The vibration damping assembly includes a mass member and an elastic element. The auxiliary handle further includes an end cap arranged at a rear end of the gripping portion where the rear end is far away from the housing relative to a front end of the gripping portion. An accommodating cavity for accommodating the vibration damping assembly is formed around the gripping portion. The elastic element is arranged between a mass member and a cavity wall of the accommodating cavity. A ratio of a natural frequency W1 of the vibration damping assembly to a rotation frequency W2 of an output shaft in rotation is greater than or equal to 0.7 and less than or equal to 1.3. |
| US10890227B2 |
Wear liner with unidirectional notch
A friction disk of a braking system may include a friction disk core and a first wear liner. The friction disk core has an outer surface that defines a recess extending gradually inward from the outer surface, according to various embodiments. The wear liner mates to the outer surface of the friction disk core and includes a wear surface and a first non-wear surface, according to various embodiments. The first wear liner further includes a notch extending gradually outward from the first non-wear surface of the wear liner, according to various embodiments. In an installed state, the notch is received within the recess, according to various embodiments. |
| US10890220B2 |
Vehicle braking unit, brake pad and associated methods
A vehicle braking unit comprising a support designed to be positioned in use close to an element to be braked, braking elements which are carried in a movable way by the support, actuation elements which are carried by the support for pushing the braking elements against the element to be braked and first and second guide surfaces that are integral, respectively, to the braking elements and to the support, and that cooperate together to guide and support the braking elements when they are moved towards the element to be braked by the activation of the actuation elements; the first and/or the second guide surfaces are covered by a sliding coating consisting of a polymeric resin layer with solid lubricants and/or anti-friction materials being dispersed therein, that has been cured at a temperature greater than 300° C. |
| US10890219B2 |
Integrated fan braking mechanism
A fan system is disclosed that includes a braking mechanism for physically stopping rotation of a fan rotor. The braking mechanism is activated when the fan system is at least partially removed from a chassis or enclosure or when the chassis or enclosure including the fan system is opened. The fan rotor, of the fan system, may include a rotating blade assembly configured to rotate around an axis. A fan motor, of the fan system, is configured to cause rotation of the rotating blade assembly around the axis. The braking mechanism, of the fan system, is configured to apply friction to at least one component of the fan rotor when the braking mechanism is engaged. Application of friction to the at least one component of the fan rotor may stop rotation of the rotating blade assembly around the axis. |
| US10890215B2 |
Sealed roller bearing
A roller bearing for a wind turbine includes a first inner ring with an axial protrusion, a second inner ring, an outer ring arranged coaxially over the first inner ring and the second inner ring, and first and second pluralities of rolling elements. The rolling elements roll on respective inner ring and outer ring raceways. The roller bearing also has a bearing interior at least partially filled with a lubricant, an additional ring arranged radially outwardly on the axial protrusion, an axial extension connected to the outer ring and includes a cylindrical inner sealing face, and a radial shaft sealing ring installed on the additional ring in a radially outward manner. The radial shaft sealing ring has a radially outwardly directed sealing lip in radial contact with the cylindrical inner sealing face. |
| US10890210B1 |
Articulated support arm
An articulated arm includes an arm segment, the segment attachable to at least one other segment of the arm; a ball-and-socket joint at a distal end of the arm segment, a ball of the joint including a plurality of indentations that are distributed over at least part of the surface of the ball; a rod that is slidable within the arm segment, the rod including at least one pin at its distal end, each pin of said at least one pin being configured to be inserted into an indentation of the plurality of indentations that is aligned with that pin; and an actuator mechanism that is configured to apply a distal force to slide the rod distally to insert each pin of said at least one pin into an indentation of the plurality of indentations. |
| US10890209B2 |
Gimbal system using grooved rotatable ball, orthogonally oriented gears, and socket casing
A gimbal system is provided. The gimbal system includes a grooved, rotatable ball, including a plurality of grooves, wherein two or more of the plurality of grooves are configured to be complimentary with a plurality of teeth of a first gear, and wherein two or more of the plurality of grooves are configured to be complimentary with a plurality of teeth of a second gear. The gimbal system further includes the first gear and the second gear, wherein the first gear and the second gear are approximately perpendicular to each other. |
| US10890207B2 |
Connection to a suction disc
The connection of an accessory to a suction disc module comprises a lever mounted to the suction disc module; a latch bar on each side of that lever, and a raised shoulder on a top surface of the lever. The accessory has a pair of inclined latch blocks for engagement with the latch bars and a square-edge boss for engagement with the raised shoulder. The lever is urged away from the suction disc module by a spring. The lever has an overrun in a displacement thereof while a displacement of the spring remains constant. The lever is selectively movable along this overrun for engaging the latch bars with the inclined latch blocks and for engaging the raised shoulder with the square-edge boss. This latter engagement of the raised shoulder with the square-edge boss prevents an excess movement of the connecting direction, and urges the accessory in the release direction. |
| US10890201B2 |
Upright support bar
An upright support bar includes a mount disposed at the pivotal joint between an outer tube and an inner tube, a button pivoted to the mount and providing an actuation end, a finger grip and a latching portion so arranged that when the actuation end is biased downward, the latching portion is engaged in one of a series of holes of the inner tube, and a sliding block with a locking piece mounted on the mount movable relative to the mount between a first position where the locking piece is abutted against the finger grip to lock the button and a second position where the locking piece is released from the finger grip to unlock the button. |
| US10890197B2 |
Hydraulic actuator with a frequency dependent relative pressure ratio
Disclosed herein are hydraulic actuators and methods for the operation of actuators having variable relative pressure ratios. Further disclosed are methods for designing and/or operating a hydraulic actuator such that the actuator exhibits a variable relative pressure ratio. In certain embodiments, the relative pressure ratio of the hydraulic actuator may be dependent on one or more characteristics (such as, for example, frequency or rate of change) of an oscillating input to the hydraulic actuator. |
| US10890193B2 |
Multiphase pump
A multiphase pump for pumping a multiphase mixture containing hydrocarbon includes a separation system and a supply system. The separation system has a first separation stage configured to at least partly separate at least one portion of the multiphase mixture into a plurality of phase-enriched components, the first separating stage including an impeller attached to a pump shaft of the multiphase pump and being having an inlet side formed by a seal. The supply system is configured to supply a liquid-enriched liquid component as a lubricant to a pump element to be lubricated. |
| US10890187B2 |
Scroll compressor witha lubricant supply system and refrigeration cycle apparatus having the scroll compressor
A scroll compressor includes a crank shaft 6, an orbiting scroll 32, and a second plug part 329. The crank shaft 6 has a lubricant channel 63 which allows lubricant 9 to flow therethrough. The orbiting scroll 32 is attached to the crank shaft 6 and has a second inner channel 327 that allows the lubricant supplied thereto through the crank shaft 6 to outwardly flow therethrough. The second plug part 329 serving as an adjustment part is provided in the second inner channel 327 of the orbiting scroll 32 and adjusts a flow amount of the lubricant 9 flowing through the second inner channel 327. |
| US10890186B2 |
Compressor
A compressor may include a shell, a compression mechanism, a driveshaft, a motor assembly, and a stator support member. The compression mechanism is disposed within the shell. The driveshaft drivingly is engaged with the compression mechanism. The motor assembly may be disposed within the shell and is drivingly engaged with the driveshaft. The motor assembly includes a rotor and a stator. The stator is fixed relative to the shell. The rotor may include an axially extending portion and a radially extending portion. The axially extending portion may be disposed radially outward relative to the stator. The radially extending portion may engage the driveshaft and may be disposed axially between the stator and the compression mechanism. The stator support member may be fixed relative to the shell and the stator. The stator support member may extend longitudinally through at least a portion of the stator. |
| US10890185B2 |
Scroll compressor having a central main discharge port and an auxiliary discharge port
The scroll compressor comprises a fixed scroll element comprising a fixed end plate (13) and a fixed spiral wrap (14); an orbiting scroll element comprising an orbiting end plate and an orbiting spiral wrap (16), the fixed and orbiting spiral wraps (14, 16) being intermeshed with each other to define pairs of compression pockets, a radial inner pair of compression pockets comprising a direct pocket (17.1) and an indirect pocket (17.2); a central main discharge port (18) formed in the fixed end plate (13) and configured to communicate the direct pocket (17.1) with a discharge pressure volume; and an auxiliary discharge port (26) formed in the fixed end plate (13) at a position close to an outer wall side (14.2) of the fixed spiral wrap (14) and adjacent the inner end (14.4) of the fixed spiral wrap (14). The auxiliary discharge port (26), during orbiting movement of the orbiting scroll element (12), is at least partially uncovered by the orbiting spiral wrap (16) to communicate the indirect pocket (17.2) with the discharge pressure volume. |
| US10890182B2 |
Scroll compressor having check valve and passage that communicates a discharge port with a discharge space when the check valve is closed
A scroll compressor is provided that may include a casing, a drive motor, a rotational shaft, a frame provided at a lower side of the drive motor, a first scroll provided at a lower side of the frame, a second scroll provided between the frame and the first scroll and including a compression chamber provided between the first scroll and the second scroll, and a first check valve provided at an exit end of the discharge port to prevent refrigerant discharged to the inner space of the casing from flowing back to the compression chamber. A communication path may be provided at the exit end of the discharge port to communicate the inner space of the casing with the compression chamber when the first check valve is closed to cause refrigerant to flow back to the compression chamber, enabling a quick flat pressure state to be made. |
| US10890177B2 |
Fuel pump for pressurizing low pressure fuel suctioned into a pressurizing chamber and discharging high pressure fuel pressurized in the pressurizing chamber
A metering valve is installed in a feed passage that supplies low pressure fuel, which is fed from a feed pump, to a pressurizing chamber. The metering valve adjusts a discharge amount of the low pressure fuel discharged from the pressurizing chamber. A first pressure regulating valve is opened in a case where a pressure of the low pressure fuel becomes equal to or larger than a first preset pressure. A second pressure regulating valve is opened in a case where the pressure of the low pressure fuel becomes equal to or larger than a second preset pressure. The first pressure regulating valve and the second pressure regulating valve are configured such that a degree of responsiveness of valve opening and closing of the second pressure regulating valve is higher than a degree of responsiveness of valve opening and closing of the first pressure regulating valve. |
| US10890175B2 |
Direct drive pumping unit
This disclosure relates to a direct drive pumping unit having a reciprocator for reciprocating a sucker rod string and a sensor for detecting position of a polished rod. The reciprocator includes a tower for surrounding a wellhead. The polished rod is connectable to the sucker rod string and has an inner thread open to a top thereof and extends along at least most of a length thereof. A screw shaft extends into the polished rod and interacts with the inner thread. A motor is mounted to the tower, torsionally connected to the screw shaft, and operable to rotate the screw shaft relative to the polished rod. |
| US10890173B2 |
Operation of pump stations with additive pumps
An additive pump is configured to collect migrant additive that penetrates into its reciprocating shaft. These configurations may include a pump head, an actuator that penetrates into the pump head, a sealed region disposed about the actuator to form a fluid-free zone, and a fluid sensing unit coupled with the sealed region, the fluid sensing unit comprising a receptacle that is configured to retain fluid that transits from inside the sealed region. |
| US10890170B2 |
Replacement tube for a cellular suction stabilizing manifold
A replacement tube for a manifold is provided. The replacement tube includes a closed cell foam and a reinforcement strip. The closed cell foam is formed in a cylindrical tube and flexible to absorb pressure pulsations in a chamber of a suction manifold or in another device. The reinforcement strip is fixed along a length of the closed cell foam to support the closed cell foam from flexing and collapsing along the length of the closed cell foam. |
| US10890168B2 |
Linear compressor
A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor may include a cylinder that defines a compression space, a piston having a plurality of suction holes through which a refrigerant is introduced into the compression space, and a muffler connected to the piston and through which the refrigerant supplied to the piston flows. The muffler may include a seat seated on one side of the piston, and a protrusion arranged inside the piston. The protrusion may include plurality of flow pipes that extends from the seat to an inside of the piston to guide the refrigerant to the plurality of suction holes and a resonator arranged at one side of the plurality of flow pipes and having a resonance space therein. |
| US10890167B2 |
Method for operating a piston pump, control device of a piston pump, and piston pump
The invention relates to a method for operating a piston pump, which is driven by means of a coil (1) of an electromagnet, wherein a piston (2) of the piston pump can be moved against a restoring force by means of the electromagnet, wherein a voltage (U) is applied to the coil (1) during a switch-on duration such that a current (I) flows through the coil (1) and the piston (2) is accelerated, wherein two different quenching methods are used for the current (I) in the coil (1). |
| US10890166B2 |
Non-pulsation pump having stroke adjustment mechanism
A non-pulsation pump is provided with: a cam mechanism that converts the rotational motion of a shared motor into reciprocal motion having a prescribed phase difference; a plurality of cross heads that make reciprocal motion with a prescribed phase difference through the cam mechanism; and a plurality of reciprocating pumps that are driven with a prescribed phase difference and that include plungers connected to the cross heads, wherein the total discharge flowrate toward a shared discharge pipe is kept constant. This non-pulsation pump includes a preliminary compression step for moving the plungers of the reciprocating pumps to a discharge side by very small amounts before a discharging step but after a suction step, and has a stroke adjustment mechanism for adjusting the effective stroke length of the plunger in the preliminary compression step. Thus, generation of pulsation can be suppressed even when the set pressure changes. |
| US10890164B2 |
Systems and methods for remotely managing wind power generation
An embodiment provides controllers modules that allow for an energy generation module, such as a wind turbine, to be restarted locally and remotely. To restart the energy generation module remotely, care is taken to ensure the module is not in lock down mode. Further, the adding the ability to remotely restart the module does not alter the code or logic used to locally restart the module. Other embodiments are described herein. |
| US10890163B2 |
Transport frame for a wind turbine blade
A transport frame having a longitudinal, lateral and upright extent for receiving a tip portion of a wind turbine blade is disclosed. The frame is stackable with identical frames and has a tip saddle assembly including a saddle with a support surface shaped to receive a blade tip, and a clamping mechanism having a hinged clamping arm operable between an open position and a closed position, the clamping arm, when open, allowing a blade tip to be lowered into the saddle, and when closed, securely restraining the blade tip against upward movement. The tip saddle assembly further includes a preventer serving to maintain the clamping arm in the closed position over a blade. A method of using the transport frame to clamp a wind turbine blade is also disclosed. |
| US10890158B2 |
System and method for initializing startup of a wind turbine
A method for initializing startup of a wind turbine includes measuring a first wind condition at the wind turbine at a first moment in time. The method also includes measuring a second wind condition at the wind turbine at a subsequent, second moment in time. Further, the method includes estimating an acceleration parameter of the wind turbine as a function of the first wind condition and the second wind condition. Moreover, the method includes comparing the acceleration parameter to a predetermined threshold. As such, the method includes initializing a first startup process for the wind turbine when the acceleration parameter is at or below a predetermined threshold. Further, the method includes initializing a second startup process for the wind turbine when the acceleration parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold, the second startup process being faster than the first startup process. |
| US10890155B2 |
Control method and control device for internal combustion engine
In a control method for internal combustion engine for forming a stratified air-fuel mixture in a combustion chamber and performing stratified combustion by injecting fuel at least once each time between an intake stroke and the first half of a compression stroke and in the second half of the compression stroke, spark ignition is started by flowing a relatively large discharge current into the ignition plug when flow energy around the ignition plug is increased by energy of a fuel spray injected in the second half of the compression stroke and, thereafter, the discharge current is made relatively smaller and discharged for a predetermined period. |
| US10890154B2 |
Electromagnetic switch device for starter
The electromagnetic switch device for a starter includes: an A connector which forms a starting circuit, which is connected to a starting resistor, and which has an end at which one of a pair of starting circuit contacts is located; a B connector which forms the starting circuit, which is connected to one of a pair of main fixed contacts, and which has an end at which the other of the pair of starting circuit contacts is located; an insulating member electrically insulating the A connector and the B connector from a main fixed core; and an elastic member sealing a contact chamber, wherein the A connector and the B connector are held between a terminal block and the main fixed core with the insulating member and the elastic member interposed therebetween. |
| US10890153B2 |
Valve, in particular a suction valve, in a high-pressure pump of a fuel injection system
A valve, in particular a suction valve (2), in particular in a high-pressure pump of a fuel injection system, has a valve element (14) that moves between an open position and a closed position, comprising a magnet armature (10) which is in mechanical contact with the valve element (14) in the axial direction and which is in contact with a first pressure spring (4) on the side facing away from the valve element (14), and wherein the magnet armature (10) can be axially moved via an electromagnetic actuation and same is supported in a starting position on a valve body (40) via a stop plate (20). The stop plate (20) is held in contact with the valve body (40) via a securing element (8). |
| US10890150B2 |
Fuel injection valve
Disclosed is a slurry fuel injector valve, comprising: a fuel outlet valve through which slurry fuel is able to exit the slurry fuel injector valve towards a combustion chamber of an engine; a pump cavity; a pump element that divides the pump cavity into a pump chamber and an actuation chamber; a fuel conduit through which slurry fuel is flowable from the pump chamber to the fuel outlet valve; and an actuation fluid conduit through which actuation fluid is flowable from the actuation chamber to the fuel outlet valve. |
| US10890148B2 |
Fuel pump for an internal combustion engine
Fuel pump for an internal combustion engine, wherein the fuel pump has: an auxiliary tank designed to receive a fuel flow from a low-pressure fuel pump; a pumping device drawing the fuel from the auxiliary tank through a suction duct; a Venturi choke arranged along the suction duct; and a degasification duct, which originates in a ceiling of the auxiliary tank and leads to the middle of the Venturi choke. |
| US10890147B2 |
Flow control device
Provided is a fuel injection device that can secure strength capable of withstanding high fuel pressure. In a fuel injection device in which a fuel boundary includes two or more components, two components are press-fitted with an inner diameter and an outer diameter and are brought into contact at a butting surface, abutting welding is performed from a direction nearly parallel to the butting surface, an inner diameter side corner portion of the butting surface of a component to be fitted and press-fitted on an inner diameter side is chamfered longer in a direction perpendicular to the butting surface to increase a welding coupling length than a butting length, welding coupling length is less than welding depth, weld penetration depth is not less than material thickness, and the center of the weld is on a base material side, the outer diameter of which is larger than a joining face. |
| US10890144B2 |
Fuel control valve assembly
A fuel control valve assembly that includes a ball bearing assembly and retainer assembly for a mixture control valve assembly and idle control valve assembly in use with general aviation fuel injector servos is disclosed. The assembly desirably reduces friction and wear on the components of the fuel control valve assembly. |
| US10890137B2 |
Internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine includes a crankshaft that is rotatably supported on a crankcase via a pair of bearings and has a crank housed in a crank chamber, a to-be-detected body that is housed in the crank chamber and is supported on the crankshaft, and a detection sensor that is made to face a trajectory of the to-be-detected body and detects movement of the to-be-detected body to generate a pulse signal. The to-be-detected body is disposed on an inner side of the bearing. Thus, an internal combustion engine is provided that enables a crank angle to be detected in a state in which vibration and flexure occurring in a crankshaft are suppressed. |
| US10890134B2 |
Controller and control method for internal combustion engine including port injection valve that injects fuel into intake passage
A port injection valve injects fuel into an intake passage. A controller increases a base injection amount over a predetermined period after the internal combustion engine is started and gradually decreases an increase correction ratio of the base injection amount. One of two processes, a multiple injection process and a single injection process, is selected in order to inject the increased base injection amount of fuel. The increase correction ratio is set to be a smaller value in the multiple injection process than in the single injection process. |
| US10890132B2 |
Internal combustion engine control device
An internal combustion engine control device (1) includes an injector-temperature calculation unit (21a), an engine-temperature calculation unit (21b), an operating-state control unit (21c), and an integration-time calculation unit (21d). The engine-temperature calculation unit (21b) calculates an engine temperature by using an injector temperature and a fuel-injection integration time. |
| US10890131B2 |
Engine simulation system and method
An engine simulation system and method for replacing an original engine in an existing system of a piece of equipment, including an engine controller from the original engine, a new engine having an engine controller, and a simulator module connected between the engine controller of the new engine and the engine controller of the original engine. The simulator module is configured to simulate that the original engine is still in the existing system. |
| US10890128B2 |
PCSV control method for preventing malfunction
A Purge Control Solenoid Valve (PCSV) control method for preventing malfunction may include: starting-up by a starting motor a crankshaft of an engine, and opening PCSV by a duty-control, wherein in the starting-up step, the PCSV is opened to eliminate foreign substances stained on the PCSV. |
| US10890126B2 |
Method for controlling internal combustion engine and device for controlling internal combustion engine
A control method for an internal combustion engine including: setting a target valve opening degree of the first throttle valve in accordance with a load, sensing a valve opening degree of the second throttle valve, judging whether or not the valve opening degree of the second throttle valve is an opening degree on a closing side relative to a predetermined set valve opening degree, and correcting the valve opening degree of the first throttle valve to the opening degree on the closing side relative to the target valve opening degree when it is judged that the valve opening degree of the second throttle valve is the opening degree on the closing side relative to the predetermined set valve opening degree. |
| US10890125B2 |
Method for alternate control of CVVD malfunction and CVVD system thereof
A method for an alternate control of a continuously variable valve duration (CVVD) malfunction may include a CVVD failsafe control to resolve a calculation error of a cylinder charge amount due to a hardware failure of a CVVD system with the cylinder charge amount determined by any one of flow rate alternate, flow rate deviation correction, and valve duration update if the hardware failure is recognized by a CVVD controller, and to apply the cylinder charge amount to secure an air amount for a combustion chamber. |
| US10890124B2 |
Internal combustion engine control device and method
Provided is a technique capable of suppressing the amount of fuel adhering to a wall surface of a cylinder in an engine whose wall surface temperature varies every cycle. An internal combustion engine control device that controls an internal combustion engine, which injects fuel into a cylinder and generates combustion by ignition, includes: a wall surface temperature calculation unit that calculates a wall surface temperature of the cylinder based on a pressure in the cylinder; and a combustion control unit that controls the combustion of the internal combustion engine based on the calculated wall surface temperature. |
| US10890123B2 |
In situ fuel-to-air ratio (FAR) sensor for combustion using a Fourier based flame ionization probe
A means of detecting the in-situ fuel-to-air-ratio (FAR) in a combustor or flame zone using a Fourier-based flame ionization probe is presented. The use of multiple excitation frequencies and its detection at certain frequencies or combinations of harmonics of those excitation frequencies, namely, the inter-modulation distortion, provides a novel means of extracting a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) FAR measurement in a combustor. |
| US10890121B1 |
Prognostic torsional damper damage determination in machine system
Prognostically warning of damper damage in a machine system includes monitoring a machine operating parameter linked with torsional loads on a crankshaft, and a temperature parameter. The prognostic warning strategy also includes populating an operating history of a machine system based on the monitored parameters, calculating a damper damage term based on the operating history, and triggering a damper damage warning where the damper damage term exceeds a threshold. |
| US10890118B2 |
Exhaust control valve of saddle-riding vehicle
An engine exhaust control valve of a saddle-riding vehicle is provided with: a valve shaft disposed in an intersecting manner with a center line of a main pipe portion of an engine exhaust pipe; a valve plate mounted on the valve shaft and rotatably positioned within an inner peripheral surface of the main pipe portion; a valve rotational drive portion mounted on one shaft end of the valve shaft; a drive motor for driving the valve rotational drive portion; and a control unit for controlling the drive motor. Protruding portions with which outer peripheral edges of the valve plate are brought into contact at a rotational limit of the valve plate in a closing direction are formed on an inner peripheral surface of the main pipe portion. The above structure provides a high degree of sealing. |
| US10890113B2 |
System, apparatuses, and methods for improving the operation of a turbine by using electrostatic precipitation
Embodiments of the invention involve the application of a disk-in-tube type of “wet” or “dry” ESP (electrostatic precipitation) technology for the capture/removal of airborne particles entering a gas turbine compressor. This provides an effective method of particulate removal without the inefficiencies associated with conventional filtering techniques. Embodiments of the innovative approach also eliminate the inlet airstream blocking effect of a conventional filter, thus making its use and operation adaptable to different operating environments and processes that require clean input air streams (including industrial manufacturing processes, power generators, combined turbine and fluid recapture systems for use in heating and cooling, etc.). |
| US10890111B2 |
Acoustic insulation system for internal combustion engine
An acoustic insulation system for an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle according to the present disclosure includes: an acoustic insulation cover configured to cover the internal combustion engine with a gap interposed between the acoustic insulation cover and the internal combustion engine; a first fan configured to introduce air toward the interior of the acoustic insulation cover; and a second fan configured to discharge air from the interior of the acoustic insulation cover. |
| US10890109B2 |
Turbocharger
This turbocharger (10) comprises a turbine wheel (12), a compressor wheel (13), and a scroll flowpath (34) formed in a turbine housing (31), continuing in the circumferential direction on the radially outer side of the turbine wheel (12), and having gas flowing therethrough that rotates and drives the turbine wheel (12). The scroll flowpath (34) is formed such that: an inner circumferential inside wall surface (34c) on the turbine wheel (12) side is gradually displaced radially outwards, along the direction of gas flow; and the cross-sectional area of the flowpath gradually decreases. |
| US10890107B2 |
Exhaust-gas turbo charger for an internal combustion engine, and method for producing an exhaust-gas turbocharger
An exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, includes a turbine; a bypass line fluidly arranged parallel to the turbine; and a cross section adjustment element for adjusting a flow cross section of the bypass line, wherein the cross section adjustment element being configured as a ball valve having a valve housing, two bearing shells arranged in the valve housing and a valve element. The valve element is floatingly supported in the valve housing and arranged between the two bearing shells with a tolerance in a direction which is angled with respect to a rotation axis of the valve element. |
| US10890106B2 |
Dual fuel injection system for optimizing fuel usage and minimizing slip for diesel engines
The invention involves a system and method for providing a liquid fuel or a liquid and gaseous fuel to a diesel or Otto cycle engine for operation of the engine. The system includes a primary electronic control module (ECM), which monitors engine sensors and contains a first three-dimensional fuel map for the liquid fuel. A second ECM is connected for bi-directional transfer of information to the first ECM, the second ECM contains a second three-dimensional fuel map for delivery of the gaseous fuel through a secondary gaseous fuel injection assembly. The bi-directional communication between the two ECMs while monitoring the engine sensors allows both ECMs to “learn” an efficient fuel map for delivery of both fuels in the same cycle for improved efficiency, reduction in slip and lower emissions. |
| US10890105B2 |
Exhaust gas turbocharger
The present invention includes: a turbine wheel 24 that is attached to a rotating shaft 14 and that has a plurality of turbine blades in the circumferential direction; scroll passages 15Aa, 15Ab that are formed in a spiral shape on the outside of the turbine wheel 24, and that are formed by being divided into a plurality of sections in the circumferential direction, the passages communicating with each other at the position of the turbine wheel 24 disposed between respective tongue sections 15Ac, 15Ad; and threads 51 that are provided on an back facing surface 41 disposed so as to oppose the back surface of the turbine wheel 24, the back surface being on the axially opposite side from the turbine blade side, and the linear parts extending from starting points 51a near the tongue sections 15Ac, 15Ad toward the rotating shaft 14 side so as to control the passage of fluid between the back surface and the back facing surface 41. |
| US10890099B2 |
Closure element for closing a housing in a heat-transfer-fluid pump contained in an engine
A closure element is provided for closing a recess in a heat-transfer-fluid pump that is contained in an engine of a vehicle. In particular, in a cylinder block of the engine, the closure element including an element for guiding the flow of heat transfer fluid to an inlet of the pump. |
| US10890097B1 |
Cooling systems for marine engines having offset temperature-responsive discharge valves
A marine engine has first and second banks of piston-cylinders, and first and second cooling water passages that convey cooling water in parallel alongside the first and second banks of piston-cylinders, respectively. A cooling water pump pumps the cooling water through the first and second cooling water passages. A first temperature-responsive valve is configured to discharge the cooling water from both of the first and second cooling water passages when the cooling water reaches a first temperature threshold. A second temperature-responsive valve is configured to discharge the cooling water from both of the first and second cooling water passages when the cooling water reaches a second temperature threshold that is greater than the first temperature threshold. |
| US10890096B2 |
Internal combustion engine
There is provided a water jacket spacer set in a groove-like coolant passage of a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine including cylinder bores and set in an entire circumferential direction or a part in a circumferential direction of the groove-like coolant passage when viewed in the circumferential direction, wherein a coolant passage opening through which coolant flowing on the rear surface side of the water jacket spacer passes to flow to an inner side of the water jacket spacer is formed on at least one place of upper portions of inter-bore portions, a guide wall for guiding the coolant is formed in a vicinity of the coolant passage opening, such that the coolant flows into the coolant passage opening; and an inclined wall is formed on the rear surface side of bore portions of a position where the coolant is supplied into the groove-like coolant passage, the inclined wall extending with an upward inclination to create a flow of the coolant toward the coolant passage opening.The present invention can provide a water jacket spacer that has high cooling efficiency of an upper portion of a boundary of the bore walls of the cylinder bores and the vicinity of the boundary. |
| US10890089B2 |
Positive crankcase evacuation device
A PCED can include an outer can, an upper lid having an upper lid intake and an upper lid exhaust, a lower lid having a lower lid exhaust, and an internal frame disposed within the can. With the internal frame disposed within the can, first, second, third, and fourth chambers can be formed, with the first chamber containing a coalescing material. Gases from a combustion engine crankcase can enter the PCED via the upper lid intake, move through the chambers, and exit the PCED via the upper lid exhaust and return to the crankcase. While moving through the chambers, impurities within the gas convert to liquid form via condensation, collect in the second chamber, and can be subsequently drained from the PCED via the lower lid exhaust. |
| US10890088B2 |
Intake manifold for engine
An intake manifold 10 includes: a surge tank 11 that is connected on an upstream side thereof to a throttle valve 13; multiple branch pipes 12 that are arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction of the surge tank 11 and respectively connected to cylinders; and a PCV chamber 15 that is provided upstream of a central part in the longitudinal direction of the surge tank 11. The intake manifold includes: a blowby gas introduction port 16g that is designed to introduce blowby gas into the PCV chamber 15; and a blowby gas exhaust port 16f that is designed to discharge the blowby gas from the PCV chamber 15 into the surge tank 11, and the blowby gas exhaust port 16f is located at a position higher than the blowby gas introduction port 16g. |
| US10890086B2 |
Latch interface for a valve actuating device
An apparatus includes a ball plunger post and a valve stem post extending upward from a base, the ball plunger post having a size and a shape of a hydraulic lift adjuster (HLA) of a predefined engine, and the valve stem post having a size and a shape of a valve stem of the predefined engine. The apparatus includes a fixture sized and shaped to receive a switching rocker arm assembly, the switching rocker arm assembly having a first end for pivoting and a second end for latching, and a latch with a latch pin fitting into a latch bore and a latch seat. The apparatus includes a latch rod for positioning within the latch bore to rest upon the latch seat, the latch rod having a hardness higher than that of the latch seat and a same diameter as the latch pin, and adapted for coining the latch seat. |
| US10890083B2 |
Turbine tip clearance
A method of controlling turbine tip clearance includes measuring turbine speed; measuring turbine temperature; measuring parameters indicative of current operating conditions; determining limits for the turbine speed and turbine temperature; calculating target tip clearance from the turbine speed, turbine temperature and parameters, to optimise turbine efficiency within the turbine speed and turbine temperature limits; and controlling turbine tip clearance apparatus to the calculated target tip clearance. |
| US10890076B1 |
Turbine vane assembly having ceramic matrix composite components with expandable spar support
A turbine vane assembly adapted for use in a gas turbine engine includes a turbine vane and a spar support. The turbine vane comprises ceramic matrix composite materials and is shaped to include an airfoil configured to direct the flow of hot gases through a primary gas path of the turbine vane assembly. The spar support comprises metallic materials and is configured to support other components of the turbine vane assembly relative to an associated turbine case. |
| US10890075B2 |
Turbine blade having squealer tip
Disclosed is a turbine blade including a blade part having an airfoil in a cross section having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a pressure surface and a suction surface connecting the leading edge and the trailing edge, the blade part extending radially from a platform part to a tip portion as a free end in the turbine blade, wherein a cavity through which cooling air flows is formed inside the turbine blade, wherein a squealer tip having a predetermined thickness protrudes along an edge of the tip portion so that a squealer pocket is formed on an inner side of the tip portion by the squealer tip, wherein the squealer tip is provided with a cooling hole communicating with the cavity along a radial direction of the turbine blade, and wherein an undercut is formed around the cooling hole of the squealer tip by cutting a part of the squealer tip in a circumferential direction. |
| US10890070B2 |
Free piston device
A free piston apparatus includes a piston receptacle in which a piston device having a piston is reciprocable along an axis. The piston receptacle includes or forms a combustion chamber delimited by a wall arrangement forming an inlet opening for the supply of fresh gas and an outlet opening for the removal of exhaust gas. Fresh gas is suppliable via a supply conduit. The free piston apparatus includes a housing for fresh gas which is connected to the supply conduit in a flow direction of the fresh gas being supplied. The housing forms a settling chamber for fresh gas which surrounds the piston receptacle at least in sections in the region of the inlet opening in a circumferential direction of the axis. The settling chamber opens into the combustion chamber via the inlet opening. |
| US10890062B2 |
Inferring orientation parameters of a steering system for use with a drill string
A method to steer a drill bit of a rotary steerable system within a wellbore can include introducing the rotary steerable system into the wellbore. The method can further include establishing a magnetic model associated with the drill bit. Magnetic field parameters are measured at various locations of the rotary steerable system. A magnetic gradient tensor of the magnetic field parameters can be determined. Orientation parameters are solved with respect to the magnetic model and based on the magnetic gradient tensor. The drill bit can be steered based on the calculated parameters. |
| US10890059B2 |
Layered water injection system and layered water injection method
A layered water injection system and a layered water injection method. The system comprises: a ground water injection valve group configured with an intelligent control valve, for receiving a water injection control instruction sent by a remote control center, and for converting the water injection control instruction into a switching action of the intelligent control valve to control water flow pressure fluctuation in a water injection string, so as to form a first pressure wave code in the water injection string; a water distributor for collecting the first pressure wave code, interpreting the first pressure wave code as a corresponding water outlet switch instruction, and performing layered water injection control according to the water outlet switch instruction. The embodiments of the application can improve the automation level of layered water injection and the reliability of layered water injection control. |
| US10890057B2 |
Method for injecting fluid into a formation to produce oil
A method and system for enhancing petroleum production are provided, in which a fracturing operation can be conducted in a formation through a string and then petroleum is displaced from the fractured formation by selectively injecting fluid into selected fractures in the formation while other non-selected fractures remain without fluid injection. The injected fluid flows out into the fractured formation and enhances recovery from the non-selected fractures. Petroleum is selectively collected from the non-selected fractures. |
| US10890052B2 |
Downhole power generation device and separate-zone waterflooding device
A downhole power generation device and a separate-zone waterflooding device, which relate to the field of oil and gas development technologies. The downhole power generation device comprises a housing extended axially and a rotating wheel, a striking mechanism and a piezoelectric bimorph provided in the housing. The piezoelectric bimorph is axially extended and circumferentially distributed around an axis of the housing, with one end of the piezoelectric bimorph being fixed. The rotating wheel is in transmission connection with the striking mechanism and can be rotated by fluid to drive the striking mechanism to rotate. The striking mechanism can touch the other end of the piezoelectric bimorph during rotation so that the piezoelectric bimorph vibrates back and forth. |
| US10890051B2 |
Handling heavy subsea structures
A method transports and installs a heavy subsea structure such as a subsea processing center for produced crude oil or natural gas. The method includes controlledly flooding at least one ballast tank attached to or incorporated into the structure to the extent that the structure becomes negatively buoyant at a pre-determined towing depth. The method also includes towing the negatively-buoyant structure at the towing depth by the Controlled Depth Towing Method (CDTM). After towing to the installation location, the method includes further flooding the ballast tank to lower the structure onto the seabed. At the seabed, a fluid transportation pipe of a subsea production installation may be coupled to pipework of the structure. |
| US10890050B2 |
Self-calibrating device for activating downhole tools and/or operations
A tool activation device that includes a pressure inlet port configured to be in communication with a wellbore pressure, a housing that includes a counter mechanism with a first counter end and a second counter end, where the counter mechanism includes a closed chamber filled with a fluid having a pressure, and a ratchet system that includes a ratchet piston with a first ratchet end in pressure communication with the pressure inlet port and a second ratchet end in communication with the closed chamber, a valve mechanism interconnecting the pressure inlet port and the closed chamber arranged for equalizing the pressure a cross the ratchet piston. |
| US10890043B2 |
System for remote operation of downhole well equipment
A remotely operated subsea well completion system, which comprises local storage (28, 36) of hydraulic energy and feedthroughs in a BOP (11) or a marine riser (9), has the object of installing or pulling a production tubing and its tubing hanger without using an umbilical within a marine riser. The system consists of an internal control module (25), which comprises hydraulic accumulators (28), a liquid divider (31), control valves (30, 34), an electric control module (27), as well as one or more transmitters/receivers (19) for communication to an external control unit (21, 26). The communication may be through acoustic feedthroughs in existing choke, kill or booster ports. |
| US10890041B2 |
Control system for managed pressure well bore operations
Systems and methods for managed pressure cementing and/or completions operations in subterranean well bores are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: placing a tubular string into a well bore, wherein an outer surface of the tubular string and an inner wall of the well bore define an annulus in a closed pressure loop and in communication with a choke valve; pumping a fluid into the annulus; and while pumping the fluid, determining a setpoint for the choke valve corresponding to a setpoint for a bottomhole pressure in the annulus, determine an actual bottomhole pressure in the annulus using data from a downhole sensor in the annulus, determining if the actual bottomhole pressure is greater than, less than, or equal to the setpoint, and if the actual bottomhole pressure is greater or less than the setpoint, manipulating the choke valve using a controller to decrease or increase the bottomhole pressure. |
| US10890040B2 |
Rotary head guide system for drilling machine
A rotary head guide system for a mobile drilling machine is disclosed. The rotary head guide system may include a drilling mast including a mast frame having an opening along substantially an entire length of the mast frame. The mast frame may include edges forming flanges on each side of the opening. The flanges may extend along the length of the mast frame. Additionally, the rotary head guide system may include a rotary head movably coupled to the drilling mast by a support structure including at least two guide assemblies engaging the flanges. |
| US10890034B2 |
Combination of a drilling installation and a control and signal lines deployment module and method of use
A combination of a drilling installation for drilling a well and a control and signal lines deployment module is disclosed. The drilling installation includes a rig floor slip device adapted to be cleared from a well centre opening to create a clear space around the well centre opening. The combination includes a temporary workspace floor, adapted to be mounted in the clear space at a level below a rig floor surface and to provide a workspace floor for an operator standing in said clear space on the work space floor, allowing the operator to secure at a securing level said one or more control/and or signal lines externally to a second tubulars string suspended from a module slip device. |
| US10890029B2 |
Fall arrest ladder system
A fall arrest ladder system including a housing assembly having a retractable lanyard, braking system, safety line, and webbing belt is disclosed. The fall arrest system allows for the safe deceleration of the user from an elevated position on a ladder to prevent the user from making harmful contact with the ground. The safety line and retractable lanyard are each attached to a ladder and then attached to the webbing belt worn by the user, permitting the user to freely move along the length of the ladder while remaining tethered securely in the event of a slip or fall from the ladder. The safety line prevents the user from falling away from the ladder while the retractable lanyard and incorporated braking system decelerate the user during a downward fall. |
| US10890021B2 |
Doorlock safety chain release mechanism
The doorlock safety chain release mechanism comprises an anchor fixture mounted to a door frame and a door plate assembly mounted to the door. The door plate assembly has a horizontal channel with a horizontal slot in the front wall of the channel. A chain has one end thereof attached to the anchor fixture and a release connector is mounted to the other end. A slider is mounted in the channel. The release connector has a ball-detent connector mounted therein, and engaged into the slider. The ball-detent connector is operable by depressing the plunger of the connector through the slider and into a hole in the backing plate of the channel. An operation of the ball-detent connector is checked by the backing plate when the plunger is unaligned with the hole in the backing plate. Applications for this lock mechanism are not limited to door locks. |
| US10890019B2 |
Reversible electric door lock
A reversible electric door lock includes a clutch unit, a dead bolt unit and a handle unit. The clutch unit has an external driving member, two driving plates mounted at two sides of the external driving member, an internal driving member rotatably mounted in the external driving member, and a clutch pin movably disposed in the external driving member between an engaging position to allow synchronous rotation of the external and internal driving members, and a disengaged position to allow idle rotation of the internal driving member. The external driving member is rotated to actuate the dead bolt unit to switch to an unlatched position. The handle unit includes an internal operating handle coupled with one of the driving plates, and an external operating handle coupled with the internal driving member. The reversible electric door lock can be applied to left-hand and right-hand doors. |
| US10890016B2 |
Sliding entry door with integrated vent and latch
A lockable sliding door is described. A ratcheted track allows the movable panel of the door to be selectively locked in both closed and vented positions. A lever is positioned along a midpoint of the movable panel to allow for the easy engagement of the locking mechanism. Further, the locking mechanism is carried on the movable panel. The technology is configured to allow the sliding door to be locked in various configurations, with the door partially opened, completely open, or completely closed. The technology may also be utilized on windows or any other architectural features with a slide-to-open and close design. |
| US10890011B2 |
Cylinder lock and key system
A cylinder lock and key system. The plugs comprise a housing having a cylindrical bore; and a cylindrical plug which is rotatable and which exhibits a front end and a keyway. The keys comprise a key bow; and a key blade is rotatable about the rotational axis when inserted. The plugs and keys are provided with cooperating stop surfaces for defining the fully inserted position of the keys. At least one first stop surface is in contact with a corresponding second stop surface when a key is inserted in the keyway of a lock. At least two first stop surfaces of each key are arranged adjacent each other and at least two second stop surfaces of each lock are arranged adjacent each other, at or in proximity to the keyway. A cylinder lock and key combination, a key, a key blank and a cylinder lock are also disclosed. |
| US10890007B2 |
Swimming pool light
A light assembly for a swimming pool which comprises a solar panel (46) for generating electricity, the solar panel being located exteriorly of the swimming pool, a battery (52) electrically connected to the solar panel, a low voltage light (36) mounted in the swimming pool, and electrical wires (68) extending between the battery (52) and the low voltage light (36) to supply power thereto. In a preferred embodiment, the light assembly may be incorporated in a retrofit stair assembly. |
| US10890005B2 |
Alert-enabled skimmer basket
A skimmer basket assembly has an basket, a circular platform with a magnetically permeable ring supported on a spring, a guide tube having a lowermost end of the guide tube positioned above an uppermost position of the circular platform, and a flag assembly within the guide tube, the flag assembly having a central stem, a flag at an uppermost end, a magnetic tip at a lowermost end, and a float. With the skimmer basket in a housing, with water flowing through, and the circular platform at an uppermost position, the flag assembly is held to the ring, and, with debris collected in the basket, increased force compresses the spring, separating the flag assembly, allowing the flag mechanism to float upward as an alert that there is debris in the skimmer basket. |
| US10889999B2 |
Method for applying graphic product to hardwood floor
A system and method for installing a graphic design on a flooring surface, where a vinyl decal displaying the graphic design is applied to a flooring surface that has been coated with multiple layers of sealer, and where after application of the vinyl decal to the sealed floor, one or more additional layers of sealer are applied to the floor, covering the vinyl decal and the areas surrounding the vinyl decal, and finally one or more layers of floor finish are applied to the surface to result in a finished floor displaying the graphic design. Application of the vinyl decal may vary depending on characteristics of the graphic design, with some applications using a specially designed applicator device, some applications using a wet application method, and other applications using a hinged application method. |
| US10889997B2 |
Floor panel for forming a floor covering
A floor panel for forming a floor covering, wherein this floor panel is at least composed of a substrate; wherein the floor panel, on at least one pair of opposite edges, comprises coupling parts, which coupling parts allow that two of such floor panels can be coupled to each other by means of a downward movement of one floor panel in respect to the other floor panel; wherein these coupling parts, in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels, form a first locking system, which effects a locking in a first direction perpendicular to the plane of the floor panels, and form a second locking system, which effects a locking in a second direction perpendicular to the edges and in the plane of the floor panels. |
| US10889989B1 |
Roof monitoring system
A roof monitoring system for flat and low slope roofs having a membrane (10) applied over an underlying support structure or subroof (11) wherein air passing between the membrane and the subroof passes through a vent (1) having sensors (12) located therein to collect data. |
| US10889988B2 |
Corrosion-protected tension member and plastically deformable disc of corrosion protection material for such a tension member
A corrosion-protected tension member (10) comprises a plurality of tension elements (14) and an anchor device (44) with an anchor element (16) which is designed to transmit tension forces from the tension elements (14) to a superior structure (12), at least one elastically compressible sealing disc (28), and a supporting device (26) which is arranged on that side of the at least one sealing disc (28) which faces away from the anchor element (16). According to the invention, when the tension member (10) is in a state in which it is preassembled but not yet placed under tensile stress, at least one plastically deformable disc (30) of corrosion protection material is arranged between the anchor element (16) and the at least one sealing disc (28). |
| US10889987B2 |
Felt baffle with snap ends
Embodiments described herein are directed to a sound-dampening baffle and lighting apparatus and methods of production therefor. In one embodiment, a sound-dampening baffle and lighting apparatus is provided that includes a structural frame which provides support for a sound-dampening outer layer and a light source. The sound-dampening outer layer is disposed around the structural frame. The sound-dampening baffle and lighting apparatus also includes a light source disposed on the structural frame. The light source is directionally switchable so that light emanating from the light source points upward, downward or both. |
| US10889981B2 |
Foundation waterproofing and insulation form system and method
Systems and methods for making a waterproofed concrete wall assembly, such as for a basement wall. A form is constructed. At least a first side of the form is made of one or more boards having a polymer foam and a fibrous facer. At least some of the boards have perimeter edges shaped such that some adjacent boards overlap at the shaped perimeter edges. Concrete is poured into the gap between the sides of the form, and is allowed to harden. The other side of the form may be removed, while leaving the boards of the first side of the form in place adjacent the hardened concrete. Some of the concrete is infused into the fibrous facers of at least some of the boards. |
| US10889977B1 |
Border security barrier
A security barrier is presented for preventing unauthorized persons or vehicles from easily crossing a border. In one preferred embodiment, the security barrier is suitable for installation in a waterway and comprises: (1) a plurality of piles, each pile having a bottom end embedded into the earth and a top end extending vertically upward; (2) an open security grid juxtaposed between and secured by the piles, wherein the grid preferably has a bottom end that extends downward below the surface between the piles toward the earth; (3) at least one rigid wall panel also juxtaposed between and secured by the piles on top of the open security grid, thereby forming a security barrier that allows water, air, aquatic life, and birds to pass through the barrier, but restricts the movement of humans and vehicles across the barrier. |
| US10889975B2 |
Drain pipe debris remover and related methods
A drain pipe unclogging apparatus for clinging to and removing debris from a drain. The drain pipe unclogging apparatus is attached to a drill and can fit most electric and cordless battery powered drills. The drain pipe apparatus features a wire that is safe to the touch when the drain pipe apparatus is in use, yet still effective for clinging to and breaking apart debris. |
| US10889972B2 |
Bracket for hand shower
A bracket for a hand shower includes a pipe and a bracket assembly, wherein the bracket assembly is connected to the pipe. The bracket assembly includes a main body and a flexible member. The main body includes a first arm and a second arm, both of the first arm and the second arm have a pivoted end, the first arm is connected to the second arm, and the pivoted end of the first arm is separated from the pivoted end of the second arm, so as to compose a recess. The flexible member includes a girdle portion, a first pivoting portion and a second pivoting portion, wherein one end of the girdle portion is connected to the first pivoting portion, and another end of the girdle portion is connected to the second pivoting portion. The first pivoting portion of the flexible member is pivotably connected to the pivoted end of the first arm, and the second pivoting portion of the flexible member is pivotably connected to the pivoted end of the second arm. |
| US10889971B2 |
Flush mounted built-in body for a sanitary fitting with an axially adjustable push button
A flush mounted built-in body for a sanitary fitting, having a mixer with a regulating nut, wherein the regulating nut can be rotated about a rotational axis, a support plate having a hub, a stop ring having a stop supported by the hub of the support plate, and a rotating knob for actuating the mixer. A rotational movement of the rotating knob is limited by the stop of the stop ring and the rotating knob comprises a hollow shaft which couples the rotating knob in a non-rotating manner to the regulating nut and can be adjusted parallel to the rotational axis of the regulating nut. |
| US10889968B2 |
Flush-mounted box for a fitting body
A flush-mounted box for a fitting body having a housing, including a receiving chamber for the fitting body, the housing having at least one detent area; a fastening frame for fastening the flush-mounted box on a support, the fastening frame including at least one spring element, which may be engaged in the at least one detent area of the housing for fastening the fastening frame to the housing; and at least one clip for securing the at least one spring element in the at least one detent area of the housing. |
| US10889967B2 |
Vacuum breaker with back flow preventer
A dual purpose valve assembly may comprise a conduit, a first valve, and a second valve. The first valve may comprise a vacuum breaker valve. The second valve may comprise a check valve. A drain system may comprise a supply tube, a drain tube, and a dual purpose valve disposed between the supply tube and the drain tube. The drain system may allow fluid to drain based on gravity alone, and the dual purpose valve assembly may operate based on gravity alone. |
| US10889960B2 |
Mounting assembly
A mounting assembly for a blade of a motor grader includes a mounting bracket having a mounting channel. The mounting assembly includes an adjustment block disposed in the mounting channel. The adjustment block includes a mounting groove and at least one slot disposed spaced apart with respect to the mounting groove. The mounting assembly also includes at least one retention plate disposed on the mounting bracket. The at least one retention plate is adapted to engage with the at least one slot provided on the adjustment block. The at least one retention plate is adapted to limit movement of the adjustment block along a longitudinal axis of the adjustment block. The mounting assembly further includes a wear element disposed in the mounting groove provided in the adjustment block. The wear element is adapted to slidably receive a portion of the blade thereon. |
| US10889959B2 |
Adapter board bolted joint surface
A blade assembly comprises a moldboard defining an upper moldboard free end and a lower moldboard free end, the lower moldboard free end defining a lower curved mounting surface, and an adapter board defining an upper adapter board attachment portion, and a lower tool bit attachment portion. The upper adapter board attachment portion may include a first peak surface and a second peak surface, the first peak surface and the second peak surface forming a first valley therebetween and being configured to contact the lower curved mounting surface. |
| US10889954B2 |
Method for controlling a vibrating pile driver
The present invention relates to a method for controlling a vibrating pile driver when driving a pile element (4) into a ground (6), wherein the vibrating pile driver includes a vibration unit (2) connected with the same and is attached to a carrier machine (5, 1), the method comprising the following steps: detecting at least one first status parameter of the carrier machine (5, 1) and detecting at least one second status parameter of the vibration unit (2). The method is characterized in that with reference to the at least one first status parameter and the at least one second status parameter a statistical ground model is generated, and individual operating parameters of the carrier machine (5, 1) and the vibration unit (2) are adapted to the statistical ground model, in order to optimize the energy consumption and/or an advance rate when driving in the pile element (4). |
| US10889948B2 |
Plow blade
A plow blade edge system includes a plurality of wear bars mounted to a rear side of a plow blade section body. A first channel extends below each of the wear bars and is partially defined by the plow blade section body. Each where bar includes a weldment of carbide matrix along a bottom edge of the wear bar forming a first wear surface. The weldment of carbide matrix is retained in the first channel. The plow blade section body further includes a second channel formed in and extending along a bottom edge of the plow blade section body. The second channel is operative to receive at least one carbide insert and forms a second wear surface. A total surface area of the first wear surface exposed to the road surface is greater than a total surface area of the second wear surface exposed to the road. |
| US10889946B1 |
System and method for synthetic turf infill removal device
A system and method for removing rolls of synthetic turf by connecting a strip of synthetic turf to one or more winches powered by batteries or solar cells, the synthetic turf connected to the winches by a series of winch cables and a pull bar having one or more synthetic turf clamps, whereby once connected, the winches retract the winch cables thereby inverting the synthetic turf and moving the pull bar and synthetic turf across a connected comb. The comb has wheels, a frame, and agitating members such that when the synthetic turf is pulled over the comb, the comb causes vibrations in the synthetic turf so that the infill is displaced from the synthetic turf where the infill may then be collected in a receptacle below for transportation and recycling. |
| US10889945B2 |
Emulsion heating control for a paving machine
A paving machine includes an engine, a material conveying system, a screed system including a plurality of screed heaters, and an emulsion sprayer system. The emulsion sprayer system includes an emulsion tank and one or more emulsion heaters. The machine further includes an engine load sensing system and a control system. The control system being configured to receive information from the engine load sensing system indicative of a load on the engine, and limit the operation of the one or more emulsion heaters when the received information indicates the load on the engine is above a value. |
| US10889942B2 |
Method and system for positioning screed plates
A system for a screed assembly of a paving machine can include a plurality of screed plates, a screed frame, a first plurality of sensors, a second plurality of sensors, a device and a controller. The device can be configured to create a physical phenomenon that is detectable by the first plurality and the second plurality of sensors. The controller can be configured to, based on a detected position of each of the rust plurality of sensors and each of the second plurality of sensors relative to the physical phenomenon, determine a relative position between the first screed plate and the second screed plate including a degree of parallelism between the major surface of the first screed plate and the major surface of the second screed plate. |
| US10889940B2 |
Rotational mixing and induction heating system and method for recycling asphalt using the same
An asphalt processing system is formed from a heating drum and an induction heating system. Flights move asphalt through the heating drum, which concurrently heat the asphalt along with the heating drum wall. A mixing drum can be connected to the heating drum, and include paddles or flights to move the asphalt, while concurrently mixing the material to ensure consistent temperatures through the asphalt cement. The asphalt is heating using one or more induction heating systems to quickly heat the asphalt to between 275° F. and 750° F., followed by moving the asphalt to between 275° F. and 350° F. The system can include a convection system that heats recirculated air through the heating drum. A water condenser can be employed to remove moisture during air recirculation, and reduce asphalt moisture content. The asphalt cement is optionally modified by addition of one or more rejuvenation oils. This system is particularly useful for recycled asphalt pavement, but can be used for all asphalt products. |
| US10889938B2 |
Coated substrate comprising a surface-treated, aqueous-based polymer coating and methods of making and using the same
Disclosed herein are, for instance, coated substrates comprising cellulose-based substrates with surface-treated aqueous-based polymer coatings. In some embodiments, the aqueous-based polymer coatings are surface-treated using corona treatment. Methods of making and using the same are also disclosed. |
| US10889934B2 |
Removable additive container for laundry appliances
An additive supply system for a laundry appliance is provided. The laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior volume and a drum rotatably mounted within the interior volume of the cabinet. The drum defines a chamber for the receipt of clothes. The additive supply system includes a container configured to be removably mounted in the cabinet at a front panel of the cabinet. The container is configured for receipt of an additive. The container is in fluid communication with the chamber to provide the additive from the container to the chamber. |
| US10889933B2 |
Clothes dryer and method of manufacturing clothes dryer
Disclosed is a clothes dryer including a bearing capable of stably supporting an up and down movement of a drum caused by an unbalanced load inside a drum upon the rotation of the drum, and a method for manufacturing the same. The clothes dryer includes a cabinet provided with a rear plate, a drum rotatably installed inside the cabinet, a shaft configured to transmit a rotational force to the drum, a bearing unit configured to support the shaft and placed between the rear plate and the shaft, and a bearing hole placed on the rear plate and to which the bearing unit is coupled, and the bearing unit includes a ball bearing provided with an inner ring and an outer ring, a bearing housing configured to support the outer ring and inserted into the bearing hole and a bearing bracket coupled to the bearing housing. |
| US10889931B2 |
Backing shifter for variable or multi-gauge tufting
A shiftable backing feed is utilized with a tufting machine having reciprocating needles and gauge parts for seizing yarns wherein needle plate fingers reciprocate in synchronization with the cycles of the needle bar to support the backing during penetration of the backing fabric yet allow backing shifts between stitches. |
| US10889930B2 |
Quilting frame and clip assembly
A quilting frame assembly for machine quilting of a quilt core using a quilting machine, the quilting frame assembly having a quilting frame with a first frame element and a second frame element, a machine carriage assembly, a plurality of first element clips, and one or more second element clips, each first element clip being u-shaped, spring biased and reciprocating, and having a plurality of first clip inside frame receiver facets dimensioned and positioned to engage with two or more first frame cross-sectional corners of a first frame element member, and each second element clip being u-shaped, spring biased and reciprocating, and having a plurality of second clip inside frame receiver facets dimensioned and positioned to engage with two or more second frame cross-sectional corners of a second frame element member. |
| US10889927B2 |
3-dimensional vision system for stitching along a predetermined path
Disclosed are various systems and features for use with a machine, such as a sewing machine, to facilitate 3-dimensional vision systems that may enable operations on non-flat objects and paths. Such systems and features may be useful in the context of performing an action along a self-guided path on a substrate. |
| US10889924B2 |
Method for manufacturing polyester filament spun-bonded non-woven fabric
A method for manufacturing polyester filament spun-bonded non-woven fabric, comprising, i) drying respectively some polyester chips and black color masterbatch; ii) conveying the dried polyester chips and the dried black color masterbatch to a screw extruder for being melted and compressed into a viscous melt, and making the melt pass through a melt filter to remove impurities; iii) evenly distributing the filtered melt into each metering pump through a spinning manifold, cooling the output melt into filaments, drawing the filaments by airflow and the drawn filaments laying into fiber web, and preliminarily ironing and flattening the fiber web by a needle to obtain a fiber web-reinforced non-woven fabric; iv) winding the non-woven fabric by a winder and then shaping the non-woven fabric by a hot mill to obtain a polyester filament spun-bonded non-woven fabric. The polyester filament spun-bonded non-woven fabric exhibits superior tensile strength are excellent. |
| US10889922B2 |
Enhanced co-formed meltblown fibrous web
An enhanced, co-formed fibrous web structure is disclosed. The web structure may have a co-formed core layer sandwiched between two scrim layers. The core layer may be formed of a blend of cellulose pulp fibers and melt spun filaments. The scrim layers may be formed of melt spun filaments. Filaments of one or both of the scrim layers, and optionally the core layer, may also be meltblown filaments. The core layer may include consolidated masses of cellulose pulp fibers to, for example, enhance texture and cleaning efficacy of a wet wipe made from the structure. The material forming the consolidated masses may be selected and/or processed so as to cause the masses to have reduced visual discernibility relative the surrounding areas of the structure, when the fibrous web structure is wetted. A method for forming the structure, including formation and inclusion of the consolidated masses, is also disclosed. |
| US10889921B2 |
Nonwovens having aligned segmented fibers
Nonwoven fabrics suitable for a wide variety of applications (e.g., healthcare, filtration, industrial, packaging, etc.) are provided. In one aspect, the nonwoven fabric includes a plurality of segmented fibers. Each of the plurality of segmented fibers may comprise a fiber axis and a plurality of alternating larger diameter and smaller diameter segments along the fiber axis. The plurality of segmented fibers may be substantially aligned in a first direction. |
| US10889920B2 |
Reed and method for producing same
A reed and a method for producing a reed. The reed has a multiplicity of dents, which are arranged in a width direction, forming interspaces each having a dent spacing. Each dent has two opposite end sections, at which the dents are respectively connected to a carrier and to the immediately adjacent dent or dents by an adhesive connection. In at least one end section, the dent has a plurality of a spacer studs, which are preferably produced by embossing. The spacer studs form a depression on the one, first side and, on the opposite, second side, form a projection having a stud outer surface. The sum of all the stud outer surfaces of the spacer studs of a single end section of a dent has a proportion of at most 15% of the total end section surface on this second side. |
| US10889917B2 |
Process for spinning multifilament yarn
A spinneret is used to reduce filament breakage during spinning of multifilament yarn being stretched at a high stretch ratio. The spinneret has a first group of spinning holes with capillaries and a second group of spinning holes with capillaries. The capillaries of the second group of spinning holes have a lower length to diameter (L/D) ratio than the capillaries of the first group of spinning holes. All of the capillaries have the same diameter, which is 100 μm or less. |
| US10889913B2 |
Gas doping systems for controlled doping of a melt of semiconductor or solar-grade material
A crystal pulling apparatus for producing an ingot is provided. The apparatus includes a furnace and a gas doping system. The furnace includes a crucible for holding a melt. The gas doping system includes a feeding tube, an evaporation receptacle, and a fluid flow restrictor. The feeding tube is positioned within the furnace, and includes at least one feeding tube sidewall, a first end through which a solid dopant is introduced into the feeding tube, and an opening opposite the first end through which a gaseous dopant is introduced into the furnace. The evaporation receptacle is configured to vaporize the dopant therein, and is disposed near the opening of the feeding tube. The fluid flow restrictor is configured to permit the passage of solid dopant therethrough and restrict the flow of gaseous dopant therethrough, and is disposed within the feeding tube between the first end and the evaporation receptacle. |
| US10889908B2 |
Superconformal filling composition and superconformally filling a recessed feature of an article
Superconformally filling a recessed feature includes: contacting the recessed feature with superconformal filling composition that includes: Au(SO3)23− anions; SO32− anions; and Bi3+ cations; convectively transporting Au(SO3)23− and Bi3+ to the bottom member of the recessed feature; subjecting the recessed feature to an electrical current to superconformally deposit gold from the Au(SO3)23− on the bottom member relative to the sidewall and the field, the electrical current providing a cathodic voltage; and increasing the electrical current subjected to the field and the recessed feature to maintain the cathodic voltage between −0.85 V and −1.00 V relative to the SSE during superconformally depositing gold on the substrate to superconformally fill the recessed feature of the article with gold as a superconformal filling of gold, the superconformal filling being void-free and seam-free. |
| US10889902B2 |
Detergent composition and aerosol composition of same
A novel detergent composition and an aerosol composition are nonflammable, has little hazard of ignition or risk during fire, and do not require a hazardous material storage warehouse, and which are not subject to legal restrictions with respect to amounts that may be stored when the detergent composition is to be used in large quantities, and which moreover are of low toxicity, and which while having properties such that the environmental impact thereof in terms of depletion of the ozone layer and so forth is small, as well as washability and drying characteristics equivalent to those of conventional detergent compositions which are used as brake cleaner, and have very little tendency to attack rubber and/or resin, a detergent composition and an aerosol composition of same are made to contain (Z)-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene and C4F9OCH3, C3F7OCH3, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)ethane, or other such HFE-type nonflammable fluorinated-type solvent. |
| US10889900B2 |
Ceramic laminate
The present invention provides a ceramic laminate having excellent mechanical properties, heat dissipation property, insulating property, heat resistance and anti-reactivity, and particularly an insulative heat dissipating body having an excellent thermal cycle reliability and a high withstand voltage.The ceramic laminate 1 according to the present invention is a ceramic laminate in which a ceramic film 3 is formed on a metal layer 2, wherein the ceramic film 3 has a minimum film thickness of 1 μm or more, contains silicon nitride and inevitable impurities, and has silicon nitride crystal grains having an average grain size of 300 nm or less in the film thickness direction and an average grain size of 500 nm or less in the in-plane direction. As a result, the present invention can provide a ceramic laminate having excellent mechanical properties, heat dissipation property, insulating property, heat resistance and anti-reactivity, and particularly an insulative heat dissipating body having an excellent thermal cycle reliability and a high withstand voltage. |
| US10889897B2 |
Method for producing electroconductive laminate, three-dimensional structure with plated-layer precursor layer, three-dimensional structure with patterned plated layer, electroconductive laminate, touch sensor, heat generating member, and three-dimensional structure
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for easily producing an electroconductive laminate having a three-dimensional shape and having a metal layer disposed thereon (for example, an electroconductive laminate having a three-dimensional shape including a curved surface and a metal layer disposed on the curved surface). Another object of the present invention is to provide a three-dimensional structure with a plated-layer precursor layer, a three-dimensional structure with a patterned plated layer, an electroconductive laminate, a touch sensor, a heat generating member, and a three-dimensional structure.The method for producing an electroconductive laminate of the present invention has a step of obtaining a three-dimensional structure with a plated-layer precursor layer including a three-dimensional structure and a plated-layer precursor layer disposed on the three-dimensional structure and having a functional group capable of interacting with a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof and a polymerizable group; a step of applying energy to the plated-layer precursor layer to form a patterned plated layer; and a step of subjecting the patterned plated layer to a plating treatment to form a patterned metal layer on the plated layer. |
| US10889895B2 |
Deposition apparatus and use methods
A deposition apparatus comprises: an infeed chamber; a preheat chamber; a deposition chamber; and optionally at least one of a cooldown chamber and an outlet chamber. At least a first of the preheat chamber and the cooldown chamber contains a buffer system for buffering workpieces respectively passing to or from the deposition chamber. |
| US10889893B2 |
Atomic layer deposition apparatus and atomic layer deposition method
An atomic layer deposition apparatus includes: a film-forming container 11 in which a film-forming process is performed; a vertically movable stage 14 provided in the film-forming container 11 and being configured to hold a substrate 100; a stage stopper 17 configured to stop rising of the stage 14 and, when in contact with the stage 14, partitioning a film-forming space S in which the film-forming process is performed and a transporting space in which transport of the substrate 100 is performed; a peripheral stage deposition prevention member 15 covering a peripheral portion of the stage 14; and a stage stopper deposition prevention member 24 provided on the stage stopper 17. |
| US10889888B2 |
Sputtering target, method for manufacturing sputtering target, and method for forming thin film
There have been cases where transistors formed using oxide semiconductors are inferior in reliability to transistors formed using amorphous silicon. Thus, in the present invention, a semiconductor device including a highly reliable transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor is manufactured. An oxide semiconductor film is deposited by a sputtering method, using a sputtering target including an oxide semiconductor having crystallinity, and in which the direction of the c-axis of a crystal is parallel to a normal vector of the top surface of the oxide semiconductor. The target is formed by mixing raw materials so that its composition ratio can obtain a crystal structure. |
| US10889886B2 |
Crucible, evaporation preparation device, evaporation equipment and evaporation method
A crucible. The crucible includes a crucible body having an opening formed at the top thereof. The crucible further includes a sealing cover and an elastic element. The sealing cover is configured to seal the crucible in a first position and open the crucible in a second position. In the first position, the sealing cover forms a detachable sealed connection with the crucible body. The elastic element is arranged between the sealing cover and the crucible body, where the elastic element is in a compressed state when the crucible is sealed by the sealing cover in the first position. Correspondingly, the present disclosure also provides an evaporation preparation device, evaporation equipment and an evaporation method. The present disclosure can reduce the deterioration of the material to be evaporated and the direct contact between human body and the material. |
| US10889885B2 |
Method for surface decoration of articles
A method for surface decoration of articles comprises the following steps A), B) and C). Step A) comprises applying a base layer to the surface of a main body. The base layer comprises at least one photoluminescent additive. Step B) comprises applying on the base layer a metallization layer configured to make at least partially visible the photoluminescence of said base layer. In particular, step B) comprises a process of deposition of metal particles on the base layer. Step C) comprises applying a transparent coating layer on the base and metallization layers. The above-mentioned method allows to obtain an article with a metallic surface finishing having a luminescence effect which can be perceived especially in low light conditions or under the effect of ultraviolet light. |
| US10889882B2 |
High strength and corrosion resistant alloy for use in HVAC and R systems
Provided herein are new aluminum alloy materials which are useful in replacing copper in a heat exchanger. The aluminum alloy materials are also useful in manufacturing components of heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) systems for indoor and outdoor units. The alloys are well-suited for tubing in a heat exchanger. The alloys display high strength and good corrosion resistance. Also provided herein are methods for making the aluminum alloy materials. |
| US10889881B2 |
Aluminum alloy pipe with superior corrosion resistance and processability, and method for manufacturing same
An aluminum alloy pipe produced by porthole extrusion includes: Mg at a concentration equal to or higher than 0.7% (mass %, the same applies hereinafter) and lower than 1.5%; Ti at a concentration higher than 0% and equal to or lower than 0.15%; with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities. As the unavoidable impurities, Si has a limited concentration of 0.20% or lower, Fe 0.20% or lower, Cu 0.05% or lower, Mn 0.10% or lower, Cr 0.10% or lower, and Zn 0.10% or lower. Difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the Mg concentration in a lengthwise direction of the pipe is 0.2% or lower, and the average crystal grain size in a cross-section perpendicular to the lengthwise direction is 300 μm or smaller.An aluminum alloy pipe used for piping or hose joints and having excellent strength, corrosion resistance, and processability can be provided. |
| US10889879B2 |
Steel sheet and plated steel sheet
A steel sheet having a specific chemical composition and structure represented by, by area ratio, ferrite: 5 to 95%, and bainite: 5 to 95%. The proportion of crystal grains having an intragranular misorientation of 5 to 14° to all crystal grains is 20 to 100% by area ratio. Hard crystal grains A in which precipitates or clusters with a maximum diameter of 8 nm or less are dispersed in the crystal grains with a number density of 1×1016 to 1×1019 pieces/cm3. Soft crystal grains B in which precipitates or clusters with a maximum diameter of 8 nm or less are dispersed in the crystal grains with a number density of 1×1015 pieces/cm3 or less are contained. The volume % of the hard crystal grains A/(the volume % of the hard crystal grains A+the volume % of the soft crystal grains B) is 0.1 to 0.9. |
| US10889875B2 |
Grain oriented electrical steel sheet, method for manufacturing grain oriented electrical steel sheets, method for evaluating grain oriented electrical steel sheets, and iron core
A grain oriented electrical steel sheet comprising a grain oriented electrical steel sheet having a surface and a forsterite film formed on the surface of the steel sheet, wherein a total area percentage of defective parts scattered on the forsterite film is less than 1.5% relative to a surface area of the forsterite film when viewed from above the surface, and methods for evaluating a grain oriented electrical steel sheet comprising a grain oriented electrical steel sheet having a surface and a forsterite film formed on the surface of the steel sheet. |
| US10889867B2 |
Synthetic nucleic acid control molecules
The present invention provides synthetic DNA strands that find use as controls or in nucleic acid testing methods. In particular, provided herein are synthetic DNA strands of known composition for use as control molecules in stool DNA testing, e.g., of mutations and/or methylation of DNA isolated from stool samples. |
| US10889863B2 |
FRET-based analytes detection and related methods and systems
FRET-based analytes detection and related methods and systems are described where a pair of FRET labeled primers and/or oligonucleotides are used that are specific for target sequences located at a distance up to four time the Förster distance of the FRET chromophores presented on the FRET labeled primers and/or oligonucleotides one with respect to the other in one or more polynucleotide analyte; in particular the pair of FRET labeled primers and/or oligonucleotides is combined with a sample and subjected to one or more polynucleotide amplification reactions before measuring FRET signals from at least one FRET chromophore. |
| US10889857B2 |
Method to fabricate a nanochannel for DNA sequencing based on narrow trench patterning process
Apparatus and methods relating to DNA sequencing are provided. In one embodiment, a DNA sequencing device includes a nanochannel having a width that is approximately 0.3 nm to approximately 20 nm. A pair of electrodes having portions exposed to the nanochannel may form a tunneling current electrode (TCE) with an electrode gap of approximately 0.1 nm to approximately 2 nm, and more particularly about 0.3 nm to about 1 nm. In one embodiment, at least one of the pair of electrodes is formed as a suspended electrode. An actuator may be associated with the suspended electrode to displace it relative to the other electrode. In various embodiments, the nanochannel and/or the electrodes may be formed using thermal reflow processes to reduce the size of such features. |
| US10889856B2 |
High density self-contained biological analysis
Devices, containers, and methods are provided for performing biological analysis in a closed environment. Illustrative biological analyses include high density nucleic acid amplification and detection and immune-PCR. |
| US10889855B2 |
Detection of nucleic acid molecules
The present invention relates to methods for the detection of nucleic acid molecules at the lower detection limit. |
| US10889853B2 |
RNA microarray for detecting interaction between protein and RNA containing a higher-order structure
Interaction with a protein is detected by using an RNA probe containing the following sequences; (i) a complementary strand sequence to a DNA barcode sequence, (ii) a sequence of a first stem portion, (iii) a sequence of a second stem portion complementary to the first stem portion for hybridizing with the first stem portion to form a double-stranded stem, and (iv) a sequence of a loop portion contained in RNA for linking the first and second stem portions. |
| US10889852B2 |
Genome methylation analysis
Provided herein are methods for identifying sites and regions within a gene or genome that are amenable to analysis of methylation. The methods disclosed herein allow the efficient identification on a genome-wide scale of target restriction sites and fragments that provide targets for subsequent analysis. |
| US10889850B2 |
Methods for improved isolation of genomic DNA templates for allele detection
The present disclosure relates to improved methods for the isolation of genomic material and detection of disease related single nucleotide polymorphisms. In some aspects, these methods increase the total recovery of genomic DNA from buccal cell samples by improving cell lysis conditions. In other aspects, these methods allow for the reuse of patient buccal swab samples, reducing the likelihood of having to collect additional patient samples for re-testing. Finally, in some aspects, these methods increase the sensitivity of SNP detection using an improved real-time PCR assay protocol. |
| US10889849B2 |
Oxidized glutathione assay
The present invention provides an assay for detection of oxidized glutathione (GSSG). |
| US10889848B2 |
Process for determining viability of test microorganisms of biological indicator and sterilization detection device for determining same
A process for determining the viability of a biological indicator includes exposing the biological indicator to a viability detection medium, the biological indicator including test microorganisms, the exposing the biological indicator to the viability detection medium producing a gaseous reaction product when one or more of the test microorganisms are viable. The presence or absence of the gaseous reaction product produced by the biological indicator combined with the viability detection medium is detected with a sensing device, the sensing device comprising a capacitive sensor, wherein the presence of the gaseous reaction product indicates the presence of viable test microorganisms and the absence of the gaseous reaction product indicates the absence of viable test microorganisms. A sterilization detection device includes a container configured to contain the biological indicator, a viability detection medium, and the sensing device. |
| US10889847B2 |
Kit and discs for use in disc diffusion antibiotic sensitivity testing
The present invention provides methods and kits for performing microbial sensitivity tests. Specifically, the invention relates to methods for identifying the susceptibility, tolerance or resistance of a microorganism to one or more antimicrobial agents, and the level of tolerance. The method comprises exposing the microorganism grown on a plate surface to one or more antimicrobial agents and to at least one growth promoting agent. |
| US10889846B2 |
Methods and devices to detect the presence of a condition associated with ATP depletion in a subject
The invention provides a method of determining a predisposition to a condition associated with ATP depletion, such as an ischaemic event, in a subject comprising: a. measuring the concentration of one or more purines in a body fluid of the subject, the purines being selected from adenosine, inosine, hypoxanthine, xanthine and ATP, and b. comparing the measured concentration with a threshold concentration of the one or more purines, wherein the threshold concentration is preferably in the range 2 [micro]M to 8 [micro]M and wherein a measured concentration higher than the threshold concentration indicates the presence of ischaemia. |
| US10889838B2 |
Solubilization of MSW with blend enzymes
The present invention relates to a method for solubilisation or hydrolysis of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) with an enzyme blend and an enzyme composition for solubilization of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), the enzyme composition comprising a cellulolytic background composition and a protease, lipase and/or beta-glucanase. |
| US10889836B2 |
Yeast for ethanol production
Described herein are processes for producing ethanol from starch-containing material using a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain MBG4985 (deposited under Accession No. NRRL Y67342 at the Agricultural Research Service Patent Culture Collection (NR-RL), Northern Regional Research Center, 1815 University Street, Peoria, Ill., USA) or a fermenting organism strain having properties that are about the same as that of the deposited Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain or a derivative of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain MBG4985 (e.g., a recombinant derivative expressing an alpha-amylase and/or a glucoamylase) having the defining characteristics of strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast MBG4985. Also described is Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain MBG4985 deposited under the Budapest Treaty and having accession No. NRRL Y67342 or a derivative of strain NRRL Y67342 which exhibits one or more properties or defining characteristics of strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain MBG4985. Also described are compositions comprising the Saccharomyces yeast and naturally occurring and/or non-naturally occurring components. |
| US10889834B2 |
Methods and compositions for enhancing targeted transgene integration
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for enhancing insertion of transgene sequences encoding proteins that is aberrantly expressed in disease or disorder such as a lysosomal storage disease or a hemophilia by administering one or more topoisomerases inhibitors, one or more stabilizers of R loop formation or inhibitors of R-loop repair and/or one or more up-regulators of the TC-NER pathway to the target cell. |
| US10889832B2 |
Gene therapy for treating familial hypercholesterolemia
Compositions and regimens useful in reducing one or more of: LDL-cholesterol, total cholesterol, and/or fasting triglycerides in a subject, and/or modifying fractional catabolic rate (FCR) of LDL apolipoprotein B (apoB) from baseline to a selected time point after rAAV administration are provided. The method involves administering to the human subject via a peripheral vein by infusion of a suspension of replication deficient recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV). |
| US10889829B2 |
Copy number variant leading to virus resistance
The present invention relates to a genetic determinant which may comprise at least two copies of a combination of two closely linked RDR1 genes, which two closely linked RDR1 genes are inversely oriented, and which genetic determinant leads to virus resistance when present in a plant. In one embodiment, of the RDR1 genes in the combination is represented by SEQ ID No. 1 or has at least 70% sequence identity, and one of the RDR1 genes in the combination is represented by SEQ ID No. 3 or has at least 70% sequence identity; or one of the RDR1 genes in the combination encodes a protein represented by SEQ ID No. 2 or a protein that has at least 70% sequence identity, and one of the RDR1 genes encodes a protein represented by SEQ ID No. 4 or a protein that has at least 70% sequence identity. |
| US10889826B2 |
Methods and compositions for producing epidermal growth factor (EGF) in soybeans
Methods and compositions for producing epidermal growth factor (EGF) in soybean seeds featuring the use of transgenic soybean seeds expressing a seed-specific codon optimized gene encoding of the hEGF protein. Using these methods, the production of hEGF is sufficient and the activity of the EGF protein is comparable to commercially available EGF. The present invention shows the feasibility of using soybean seeds as a biofactory to produce therapeutic agents for a delivery platform, e.g., in a soymilk delivery platform. |
| US10889824B2 |
Method for genetic transformation of edible mushrooms
A method for genetic transformation of edible mushrooms is provided relating to the technical field of genetic transformation of Agaricus bisporus, enoki mushroom and shiitake. The disclosed method for genetic transformation of Agaricus bisporus includes: inoculating Agaricus bisporus liquid mycelia into a foxtail-millet-grain culture medium, and pre-culturing them at 20-25° C. until Agaricus bisporus mycelia grow on surfaces of foxtail millet grains. This method uses the foxtail millet grains as an attachment matrix, and during the pre-culturing and co-culturing, the culture substrate is shaken up every day. The method for genetic transformation of enoki mushroom or shiitake includes: inoculation of enoki mushroom mycelia or shiitake mycelia, activated culturing of agrobacterium, and agrobacterium infecting a foxtail millet grain-enoki mushroom mycelium matrix or a foxtail millet grain-shiitake mycelium matrix. |
| US10889819B2 |
Visceral adipose tissue macrophage-targeted gene/carrier complex for preventing or treating obesity-induced type II diabetes
The present invention relates to a visceral adipose tissue macrophage-targeted non-viral gene/carrier complex for preventing and treating obesity-induced type II diabetes. More specifically, the gene/carrier complex according to the present invention delivers a therapeutic gene in a stable manner in a case of being injected into the body with the visceral adipose tissue macrophages being targeted, and thus exhibits an excellent inhibitory effect against TACE, which allows the gene/carrier complex to be applied for prevention or treatment of obesity-induced type II diabetes. |
| US10889818B2 |
Translocation and mutant ROS kinase in human non-small cell lung carcinoma
In accordance with the invention, a novel gene translocation, (4p15, 6q22), in human non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) that results in a fusion proteins combining part of Sodium-dependent Phosphate Transporter Isoform NaPi-3b protein (SLC34A2) with Proto-oncogene Tyrosine Protein Kinase ROS Precursor (ROS) kinase has now been identified. The SLC34A2-ROS fusion protein is anticipated to drive the proliferation and survival of a subgroup of NSCLC tumors. The invention therefore provides, in part, isolated polynucleotides and vectors encoding the disclosed mutant ROS kinase polypeptides, probes for detecting it, isolated mutant polypeptides, recombinant polypeptides, and reagents for detecting the fusion and truncated polypeptides. The disclosed identification of the new fusion protein enables new methods for determining the presence of these mutant ROS kinase polypeptides in a biological sample, methods for screening for compounds that inhibit the proteins, and methods for inhibiting the progression of a cancer characterized by the mutant polynucleotides or polypeptides, which are also provided by the invention. |
| US10889816B2 |
Von Willebrand Factor (VWF)—targeting agents and methods of using the same
Provided herein are aptamers capable of inhibiting the activity of Von Willebrand Factor (VWF). Pharmaceutical compositions comprising these aptamers are also provided. Methods of preventing blood clot formation in a subject by administering the aptamers are provided and methods of treating a blood clot by administering a VWF-targeting agent are also provided. |
| US10889815B2 |
RNA interference mediated inhibition of gene expression using chemically modified short interfering nucleic acid (siNA)
The present invention concerns methods and reagents useful in modulating gene expression in a variety of applications, including use in therapeutic, diagnostic, target validation, and genomic discovery applications. Specifically, the invention relates to synthetic chemically modified small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules capable of mediating RNA interference (RNAi) against target nucleic acid sequences. The small nucleic acid molecules are useful in the treatment of any disease or condition that responds to modulation of gene expression or activity in a cell, tissue, or organism. |
| US10889814B2 |
Monocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT4) antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) inhibitors for use as therapeutics in the treatment of cancer
Provided herein are compositions, method and uses for modulating MCT4 activity or for the treatment of cancer. The compositions comprise antisense oligonucleotides (ASO) for administration to a cancer cell, wherein the cancer cell may be characterized by elevated expression of MCT4. The cancer may be selected from one or more of: prostate cancer; renal cell carcinoma; breast cancer; cervical cancer; liver cancer; bladder cancer; and small cell lung cancer pr. The prostate cancer may be castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). |
| US10889810B2 |
Methods and kits
A method of detection and identification of one or more microorganism/s in a biological sample comprising the following steps: (a) extracting DNA from the microorganism/s; and (b) amplifying the extracted DNA and indicating the level of extracted DNA in a quantitative PCR; wherein the quantitative PCR is performed using the primer pair of SEQ ID NO. 1 and 2 together with the probe of SEQ ID NO. 7, and/or the primer pair of SEQ ID NO. 3 and 4 together with the probe of SEQ ID NO. 8. |
| US10889809B2 |
Methods of recombinantly producing neutral protease originating from Paenibacillus polymyxa
The present disclosure provides the sequence of a Paenibacillus polymyxa preproenzyme which is the precursor of a neutral protease, expression thereof in a transformed host organism, and methods for production of the neutral protease, by recombinant means. Further, use of the recombinantly produced neutral protease is disclosed in the field of cell biology, particularly for the purpose of tissue dissociation. The disclosure also includes blends with other proteases. Further disclosed are nucleotide sequences encoding the neutral protease. |
| US10889805B2 |
Intestinal epithelioid cells
Provided is a selective method for inducing differentiation from pluripotent stem cells to enterocyte-like cells. Also provided is an excellent enterocyte-like cell expressing drug-metabolizing enzymes and drug transporters. More specifically, provided is an enterocyte-like cell having properties closer to those of primary enterocytes, which are difficult to acquire. The foregoing is achieved by adding an ALK5 inhibitor (SB431542), Wnt3a, and EGF to a culture system of definitive endoderm cells obtained by differentiation induction from pluripotent stem cells and extending a culture time. The foregoing is also achieved by introducing CDX2 gene and/or FOXA2 gene into the pluripotent stem cells or the definitive endoderm cells. The foregoing is also achieved by overlaying a basement membrane matrix on the enterocyte-like cells. |
| US10889803B2 |
Transgenic macrophages, chimeric antigen receptors, and associated methods
Described herein are chimeric receptors. Chimeric receptors comprise a cytoplasmic domain; a transmembrane domain; and an extracellular domain. In embodiments, the cytoplasmic domain comprises a cytoplasmic portion of a receptor that when activated polarizes a macrophage. In further embodiments, a wild-type protein comprising the cytoplasmic portion does not comprise the extracellular domain of the chimeric receptor. In embodiments, the binding of a ligand to the extracellular domain of the chimeric receptor activates the intracellular portion of the chimeric receptor. Activation of the intracellular portion of the chimeric receptor may polarize the macrophage into an M1 or M2 macrophage. |
| US10889802B2 |
B-cell cultivation method
Herein is reported a method for co-cultivating one or more B-cells comprising the step of incubating the one or more B-cells with EL4-B5 cells, whereby the EL4-B5 cells have been obtained/are from a cultivation of EL4-B5 cells that has a cell density of from 600,000 cells/ml up to 1,500,000 cells/ml. |
| US10889801B2 |
Methods of producing RPE cells
The present disclosure relates to the use of laminin-521 in obtaining retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells. Pluripotent human embryonic stem cells are cultured on plates coated with recombinant laminin-521 (laminin-11), in totally defined and xeno-free conditions. A first cell culture medium contains a growth factor, and a second cell culture medium does not contain growth factor. The stem cells are first exposed to the first cell culture medium, then exposed to the second cell culture medium for a longer time period. After a number of weeks, clinical grade RPE cells are obtained from the stem cells. |
| US10889799B2 |
Methods of making spheroids including biologically-relevant materials
Methods of making a spheroid are provided whereby a suspension is first produced including one or more biologically-relevant materials dispersed within a biocompatible medium. A droplet of the suspension is then bioprinted into a salt solution by bringing the droplet into contact with a surface of the salt solution in a controlled manner to reproducibly yield a spheroid containing a desired size and a desired amount of biologically-relevant materials. |
| US10889798B2 |
Stable fungal blastospores and methods for their production, stabilization and use
Described herein is a method for blastospore-based insect control products of entomopathogenic fungi including either B. bassiana or I. fumosorosea that produces high concentrations of stable, effective spores by identifying nutritional and environmental conditions required for the rapid production of high concentrations of a stable and infective yeast-like blastospore composition. |
| US10889796B2 |
Metallic porous membrane, classifying method using the same, and classifying device
A metallic porous membrane that classifies cell aggregates includes a membrane section having a first principal surface for capturing the cell aggregates, a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface, and a plurality of through-holes communicating with the first principal surface and the second principal surface. |
| US10889795B2 |
System and method for cooling pretreated biomass
Discharging pretreated biomass from a pretreatment reactor and mixing the discharged pretreated biomass with a cooling liquid in a vessel provides a cooled slurry having a consistency that is less than about 12 wt %. Since the consistency is relatively low, the cooled slurry may be pumped to a higher elevation using standard pumping equipment. At the higher elevation, the cooled slurry may be separated into a first stream comprising a liquid component of the slurry and a second other stream comprising a solid component of the slurry (e.g., having a consistency between about 15 wt % and 40 about wt %). The solid component may be fed to an inlet of a hydrolysis reactor, while the liquid component may be fed to a cooling system that provides a cooled stream. The cooled stream may then be cycled back to the vessel. |
| US10889794B2 |
Apparatus for measuring cell activity and method for analyzing cell activity
The present invention relates to an apparatus that uses shadow images of cells to continuously measure cell activity at a high processing rate in order to provide cell activity and cell number results. According to one embodiment of the present invention, instead of a highly experienced examiner or technician using a microscope, ELISA reader, etc. having to collect various cell activity measurements and cell numbers, the collection of said information can be automated so as to reduce cost and largely reduce errors in measurements through the development of computer software coupled with hardware using low cost and compact optoelectronic components and simple image processing techniques. |
| US10889790B2 |
Growth of bacterial host cells in gas permeable low-density polyethylene bags for production of plasmid DNA or recombinant molecules
The present disclosure pertains to methods of growing bacterial host cells in a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) bag to produce plasmid DNA or express recombinant protein. The LDPE bag is filled with media, an antibiotic, and host bacterial cells that have been transformed with plasmid DNA encoding a protein of interest. The LDPE bag is sealable to the external environment and incubated at a growth temperature until a desired concentration of bacteria is achieved. When plasmid DNA is desired, host cells are harvested and plasmid DNA is separated from host cell components. When recombinant protein is desired, expression is induced while host cells are in the LDPE bag, followed by the harvest and separation of the recombinant protein. The LDPE bags are sterile and conducive to bacterial growth equal to or greater than that afforded by conventional shake flasks under similar growth conditions. |
| US10889789B2 |
Perfusion bioreactor with tissue flow control and live imaging compatibility
A perfusion bioreactor chamber for engineering a broad spectrum of tissues. The bioreactor allows controlled distribution of fluid through or around scaffolding materials of various shapes, structures and topologies during prolonged periods of cultivation. |
| US10889782B2 |
Composition suitable as degreasing agent for removing greasy and/or oil type deposits
The present invention refers to a composition comprising two or more compounds of the general formula (I), a dry or liquid formulation comprising said composition as well as the use of said composition as degreasing agent for removing greasy and/or oil type deposits or as emulsifying agent or as wetting agent. |
| US10889778B2 |
Manufacturing method of lubricant composition and lubricant composition
A manufacturing method of a lubricant composition includes mixing a composite ester A that contains polyester obtained by condensing trihydric or more polyhydric alcohol a1, a divalent or more polyvalent carboxylic acid a2, and at least one selected from monohydric alcohol a3 or a monovalent carboxylic acid a4, with a compound B having a hydroxyl number of greater than 50 mgKOH/g. A lubricant composition contains the composite ester A and the compound B. |
| US10889774B2 |
Lubricity additive for fuel with a low sulphur content
The invention relates to a lubricity additive for fuel, particularly for diesel fuel, directly obtained from the acidification of a soapstock produced by a method for refining at least one vegetable and/or animal oil. The lubricity additive according to the invention is more specifically used for fuels that have a low sulfur content, for example, lower than 500 ppm (by weight). |
| US10889771B2 |
Waste-to-energy conversion system
A pyrolysis waste-to-energy conversion system has a muffle furnace housing a rotating retort drum within the furnace and having an inlet sleeve and an outlet sleeve extending through inlet and outlet ends of the muffle furnace. A rotating retort drum drive applies rotary drive to the inlet rotating retort drum sleeves and an in-feed auger is within a tube within the inlet sleeve. An out-feed auger is within a tube within the outlet sleeve and arranged to deliver char and pyrolysis syngas to a char processing system and a syngas processing system. The inlet sleeve and said outlet sleeve are arranged to provide a gas seal to prevent air ingress or syngas egress to and from the rotating retort drum. A gas cleaning system has a cracking tower arranged to retain inlet gas at an elevated temperature for a residence time, and a gas quench and scrubber system. |
| US10889767B2 |
Perchloroethylene decomposition reactor design for isomerization unit hydrogen feed, enabling a lower temperature process with increased C5+ yield
An improved isomerization process in which the inlet temperature to the isomerization reaction zone is less than 105° C. is described. A separate reactor is provided for the decomposition of the organic chloride. The product of the decomposition of the organic chloride is sent to an isomerization reactor along with a hydrocarbon feed containing paraffins. The use of the organic chloride decomposition reactor allows the operating temperatures for the isomerization reaction zone to be reduced. |
| US10889766B2 |
Petroleum demulsifier
The invention relates to a composition containing petroleum, water and a demulsifier, and in particular to a method for demulsifying emulsions composed of petroleum and water. |
| US10889765B2 |
Process and apparatus for enhanced removal of contaminants in fluid catalytic cracking processes
Systems for separating a contaminant trapping additive from a cracking catalyst may include a contaminant removal vessel having one or more fluid connections for receiving contaminated cracking catalyst, contaminated contaminant trapping additive, fresh contaminant trapping additive, and a fluidizing gas. In the contaminant removal vessel, the spent catalyst may be contacted with contaminant trapping additive, which may have an average particle size and/or density greater than the cracking catalyst. A separator may be provided for separating an overhead stream from the contaminant removal vessel into a first stream comprising cracking catalyst and lifting gas and a second stream comprising contaminant trapping additive. A recycle line may be used for transferring contaminant trapping additive recovered in the second separator to the contaminant removal vessel, allowing contaminant trapping additive to accumulate in the contaminant removal vessel. A bottoms product line may provide for recovering contaminant trapping additive from the contaminant removal vessel. |
| US10889763B2 |
Methods and compositions for microwave-assisted non-oxidative catalytic direct conversion of natural gas
Disclosed are compositions for catalysts comprising a zeolite promoted by metal and or metal oxide. In some aspects, the metal and/or metal oxide comprise a mixture of two or more metal or metal oxides. In various aspects, the zeolite is a pentasil zeolite and/or a ZSM-5 type zeolite. Also disclosed are processes for making the disclosed heterogeneous catalysts comprising preparing a mixture of a zeolite and one or more metal salts, which can include use of incipient wetness impregnation methods. In various aspects, also disclosed are methods for direct, non-oxidative preparation of higher hydrocarbons from natural gas, including selective for high yield production of C6 and higher hydrocarbons. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure. |
| US10889762B2 |
Process for operating a highly productive tubular reactor
The present technology is directed to processes for conversion of synthesis gas in a tubular reactor to produce a synthetic product that utilizes high activity carbon monoxide hydrogenation catalysts and a heat transfer structure that surprisingly provides for higher per pass conversion with high selectivity for the desired synthetic product without thermal runaway. |
| US10889760B2 |
Biomass gas-carbon co-production reactor and reaction method thereof
A biomass gas-carbon co-production reactor includes: multiple downward bed pyrolysis zones, a gas-solid separation zone, an activated carbon activation zone, and a secondary pyrolysis reaction zone; wherein the activated carbon activation zone communicates with the gas-solid separation zone and the secondary pyrolysis reaction zone; tops of the downward bed pyrolysis zones penetrate through a top of the gas-solid separation zone, and a heat carrier inlet and a raw material inlet are symmetrically arranged on a left side and a right side of each of the downward bed pyrolysis zones; bottoms of the downward bed pyrolysis zones are located inside the secondary pyrolysis reaction zone for communicating; a fluidizing air inlet is provided at a bottom of the secondary pyrolysis reaction zone, and an activated gas inlet is provided at a top of the secondary pyrolysis reaction zone; an activated carbon outlet is provided on the gas-solid separation zone. |
| US10889755B2 |
Photosensitive resin composition, complex, laminated structure and display device, and electronic device including the same
A photosensitive resin composition includes (A) a photo-conversion material; (B) a metal-containing compound; (C) a photopolymerizable monomer; (D) a photopolymerization initiator; and (E) a solvent, wherein the metal-containing compound includes a *—S-M-S—* (M is Zn, Al, Mg, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Cd, In, Ba, Au, Hg, or Tl) structure, a complex including a polymer matrix in which a photo-conversion material is dispersed, wherein the polymer matrix includes a *—S-M-S—* (M is Zn, Al, Mg, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Cd, In, Ba, Au, Hg, or Tl) structure and an ester linking group, a laminated structure including the complex, and a display device and an electronic device including the laminated structure. |
| US10889749B2 |
Composition and method for recovering hydrocarbon fluids from a subterranean reservoir
A composition including crosslinked expandable polymeric microparticles capable of hydrolysis at or below neutral pH and a method of modifying the permeability to water of a subterranean formation by introducing such compositions into the subterranean formation. This disclosure further relates to compositions and methods for the recovery of hydrocarbon fluids from a subterranean reservoir or formation subjected to CO2 or CO2 Water Alternating Gas flooding at low pH and increases the mobilization and/or recovery rate of hydrocarbon fluids present in the subterranean formations. |
| US10889747B1 |
Composition and method of manufacturing of whole date palm seed lost circulation material (LCM)
A lost circulation material (LCM) that includes whole date palm seeds. The whole date palm seeds LCM includes date palm seeds having lengths greater than 22.6 millimeters (mm), date palm seeds having lengths in the range of 16 mm to 22.6 mm, and date palm seeds having lengths in the range of 1 mm to less than 16 mm. Method of manufacturing the whole date palm seeds LCM include washing and drying whole date palm seeds, such that the drying includes air-drying, hot rolling, and cooling. Methods of reducing lost circulation are also provided. |
| US10889740B2 |
Azeotropic and azeotrope-like composition
Provided is an azeotropic and azeotrope-like composition, comprising (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene, (E)-1-chloro-,3,3,3-trifluoropropene and 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane. The azeotropic and azeotrope-like composition has the advantages of low GWP, low thermal conductivity and low energy consumption. |
| US10889733B2 |
Coating composition for forming scratch-resistant layer having high strength for automobile exterior and method for coating automobile exterior using the same
A coating composition may include 5 wt % to 20 wt % of a caprolactone-modified hyperbranched polyester polyol, the caprolactone-modified hyperbranched polyester polyol obtained from polyhydric alcohol including caprolactone triol, 30 wt % to 50 wt % of a first acrylic resin, the first acrylic resin having a hydroxyl group, 15 wt % to 25 wt % of a second acrylic resin, the second acrylic resin having a hydroxyl group and having a glass transition temperature higher than that of the first acrylic resin, and an extra solvent. |
| US10889731B2 |
Durable aqueous compositions for use in making traffic markings having good dirt pickup resistance and traffic markings made therewith
The present invention provides stable, quick drying aqueous compositions useful in making traffic markings having excellent low temperature flexibility which comprise (i) one or more vinyl or acrylic emulsion polymers chosen from single stage and multi-stage emulsion polymers, the polymer or at least one stage thereof having both a calculated glass transition temperature (calculated Tg) of from −25 to 0° C., and a calculated Hansch parameter of 1.4 to 2.25, and (iii) one or more fillers, extenders and/or pigments, wherein the composition has a percent pigment volume concentration (% PVC) of from 50 to 80% and, preferably, a volume solids of from 50 to 75%. The compositions may comprise one or more silanes, and one or more polyamines and a volatile base, such as ammonia. |
| US10889728B2 |
Silicone mist inhibitor
A silicone mist inhibitor which has an excellent effect of inhibiting silicone mist and provides a composition and a cured product which have excellent storage stability is provided. A silicone mist inhibitor includes at least one selected from organic powder, inorganic powder and inorganic-organic composite powder, wherein the powder has a volume average particle size of 100 to 4000 nm. Further, a solventless silicone composition includes an organopolysiloxane having a viscosity at 25 degrees C. of 25 to 50,000 mPa·s, wherein the solventless silicone composition further includes the aforesaid silicone mist inhibitor in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by mass, relative to 100 parts by mass of the organopolysiloxane. |
| US10889725B2 |
Sulfonate-functional coatings and methods
A coating composition is disclosed comprising: (i) a non-zwitterionic compound comprising sulfonate-functional groups and (a) alkoxysilane groups and/or (b) silanol-functional groups; (ii) alcohol and/or water; and (iii) a tetraalkoxysilane, oligomers thereof, lithium silicate, sodium silicate, potassium silicate, silica, or combinations thereof. |
| US10889720B2 |
Phosphor integrated dots nanoparticles and labeling agent using same
The present invention provides a nanoparticle containing a hydrophobic fluorescent substance accumulated therein and a thermosetting resin as a matrix, which nanoparticle, when used for labeling of a biological substance such as a protein or nucleic acid, has brightness sufficient for allowing pathological diagnosis using a fluorescence image obtained thereby. The present invention is a phosphor integrated dots nanoparticles wherein a thermosetting resin contains a structural unit formed from a raw material containing a hydrophobic substituent, and wherein a fluorescent substance is accumulated in the nanoparticle at least by hydrophobic interaction, preferably further by stacking interaction, with the hydrophobic substituent of the thermosetting resin. |
| US10889719B2 |
Fluorescent dye, preparation method therefor and use thereof
Disclosed are a fluorescent dye, a preparation method and an application thereof. The fluorescent dye has a structure of formula (I), where X and Y are independently selected from O, S, C(CH3)2 and NR6; R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen or a functional group; R1, R4, R5 and R6 are independently selected from functional groups; and Z− is a negative ion. The fluorescent dye has an ability to permeate the living cell membrane, so that it can be used in the fluorescence imaging of living cell microstructures, and can also be used in the STED super-resolution fluorescence imaging and laser scanning confocal microscopy of live cells. |
| US10889716B2 |
Binders containing an aldehyde-based resin and an isocyanate-based resin and methods for making composite lignocellulose products therefrom
Binders, resinated furnishes, and methods for making composite lignocellulose products therefrom. The binder can include about 70 wt % to about 99.7 wt % of an aldehyde-based resin, about 0.3 wt % to about 30 wt % of an isocyanate-based resin, about 10 wt % to about 63 wt % of an extender, and about 145 wt % to about 230 wt % of water, where all weight percent values are based on a combined solids weight of the aldehyde-based resin and the isocyanate-based resin. The binder has a long pot life and can be used with lignocellulose substrates having a water content of 10 wt % or more. |
| US10889714B2 |
Polyphenylene sulfide resin composition and manufacturing method of the same
A polyphenylene sulfide resin composition is obtained by mixing a polyphenylene sulfide resin (a), a fluororesin (b) and an organosilane compound (c). When a resin phase-separated structure of a molded product formed from the polyphenylene sulfide resin composition is observed by an electron microscope, the component (a) forms a continuous phase, the component (b) forms a primary dispersed phase having a number-average dispersion diameter of not greater than 1 μm, and a secondary dispersed phase of the component (a) is included in the primary dispersed phase of the component (b). |
| US10889713B2 |
Polyamide moulding compound and moulded articles produced therefrom
Disclosed is a polyamide moulding compound formed from a mixture of partially crystalline, aliphatic polyamides and partially crystalline, partially aromatic polyamides and also fibrous reinforcing materials. The partially crystalline, partially aromatic polyamides are thereby formed from a diamine component, a dicarboxylic acid component and possibly a lactam- and/or ω-amino acid component. The mixture and/or the moulding compound can include further components. Moulded articles produced from these moulding compounds are used, for example, in the automobile sphere, in the household sphere, in measuring, regulating and control technology or in mechanical engineering. |
| US10889711B2 |
Composition
A composition comprising; a) at least one homopolymer or copolymer of vinyl acetate; and b) at least one softener. |
| US10889707B2 |
Glass fiber composite material composition having improved impact strength
Disclosed is a glass fiber composite material composition having further improved compatibility between glass fibers and polypropylene and thus maximized interfacial adhesion between the resin and the glass fibers in a glass fiber composite material. The present invention provides a glass fiber composite material composition comprising: (A) 60-93% by weight of polypropylene; (B) 1-30% by weight of glass fiber sized with a silane-based compound; and (C) 1-10% by weight of a polypropylene resin modified with maleic anhydride and a methacryloxysilane-based compound. |
| US10889706B2 |
Polypropylene resin composition
A polypropylene resin composition contains components (A), (B) and (C). A content of (A) is from 70 to 90 parts by weight, a content of (B) is from 10 to 30 parts by weight, and a content of (C) is from 1 to 5 parts by weight, when the total of the content of (A) and (B) is taken as 100 parts by weight. (A) polypropylene, (B) talc having an average particle diameter of 1 μm to 8 μm, (C) polyethylene glycol, wherein a molecular weight at the maximum point of refractive index intensity in a chromatogram obtained by gel permeation chromatography using a differential refractometer is from 2,000 to 4,000, and S2/S1 is from 1.3 to 2.0, where peak areas S2 and S1 are as defined herein. |
| US10889704B2 |
Halogenated elastomers with Mooney viscosity stability and method for preparing same
Methods of improving Mooney stability of a brominated elastomer comprising: neutralizing a brominated elastomer effluent with a neutralizing agent and water to form a neutralized effluent comprising a hydrocarbon solvent; removing the solvent from the neutralized effluent to form a brominated elastomer slurry; and separating a brominated elastomer from the brominated elastomer slurry, wherein a Mooney stabilizer package comprising an amine-functional hindered amine stabilizer (HAS) and an acid scavenger can be added, together or separately, before the removing step are provided herein. The acid scavenger can comprise a protonatable atom with a pKa greater than the pKa of the HAS nitrogen atom. The separated brominated elastomer can have a delta Mooney of not more than about 10 Mooney units after ˜7 days at ˜80° C. Stabilized brominated elastomer compositions can be made using this method, and articles can be made from those compositions. |
| US10889695B2 |
Tow prepreg, composite material-reinforced pressure vessel, and method of producing composite material-reinforced pressure vessel
Provided are a tow prepreg comprising a reinforcing fiber bundle impregnated with a matrix resin composition, wherein the matrix resin composition contains a component (A) (an epoxy resin), a component (B) (dicyandiamide), a component (C) (a curing accelerator), and a component (D) (a core-shell type rubber particle), and a content of the component (D) with respect to 100 parts by mass of the component (A) is from 20 to 70 parts by mass, a viscosity is from 3 Pa·s to 80 Pa·s at 30° C., and a minimum viscosity to be obtained when a viscosity is measured by raising a temperature from room temperature to 130° C. at a rate of temperature rise of 2.0° C./min is from 0.04 Pa·s to 1 Pa·s, which exhibits excellent drape property and tackiness and less stickiness and can be unwound at a high speed; and a composite material-reinforced pressure vessel having fewer voids in a reinforcing layer which is obtainable by using the tow prepreg, a high burst pressure, and an excellent appearance due to appropriate resin flow. |
| US10889694B2 |
Method and composition for preparing polyamide powders
A method of preparing polyamide (PA) powders includes the steps of: heating a composition including PA granules, a nucleating agent and an organic solvent under normal pressure to T1 not lower than melting point (Tm) of PA granules and maintaining at T1 to dissolve PA granules; cooling the heated composition to T2 to nucleate the dissolved PA granules and maintaining at T2 to crystallize, where 15° C.≤Tm−T2≤33° C.; cooling the crystallization product to precipitate PA; and washing the precipitated product to remove the organic solvent. The weight ratio of PA granules to the nucleating agent is 100:1, and the weight ratio of PA granules to the organic solvent ranges from 0.11 to saturation solubility of PA granules in the organic solvent. |
| US10889689B2 |
Desalination of polyaryl ethers by means of melt extraction
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a polyaryl ether by reacting components (a1) and (a2) in the presence of a carbonate compound (C) to obtain a salt-containing polymer (SP) comprising the polyaryl ether and a salt (S). After the reaction, the salt (S) is extracted from the salt-containing polymer (SP) to obtain a desalinated polymer (DP) comprising the polyaryl ether. |
| US10889686B2 |
Benzothiazoles as latent catalysts for benzoxazine resins
A curable system containing a benzoxazine and a benzothiazole sulfenamide. The curable system may be catalyzed at temperatures generally used to cure multifunctional epoxy resins yet exhibits improved pot-life and processing times and provides a cured article that exhibits acceptable thermo mechanical properties. |
| US10889685B2 |
Methods for the preparation of cyclic imino ether polymers
Cyclic imino ether polymers, such as polyoxazolines or polyoxazines, having a low polydispersity index can be obtained in a tubular flow reactor by applying a sufficiently high linear flow velocity of the reaction mixture in the tubular flow reactor, such as a flow velocity of least 100 cm/min or at least 120 cm/min. Also, methods to control the polydispersity of a cyclic imino ether polymer during polymerization are provided. |
| US10889683B2 |
N,N′-diaminopropyl-2-methylcyclohexane-1,3-diamine and N,N′-diaminopropyl-4-methylcyclohexane-1,3-diamine and the use thereof as curing agents for epoxy resins
The present invention relates to the polyamines N,N′-diaminopropyl-2-methyl-cyclohexane-1,3-diamine and N,N′-diaminopropyl-4-methyl-cyclohexane-1,3-diamine and mixtures thereof, to the use thereof as curing agents for epoxy resin and to a curable composition comprising epoxy resin and these polyamines. Even at low temperatures this curing agent/the corresponding curable composition cures rapidly and is early-stage water resistant and is thus especially suitable for floor coatings. The invention further relates to the curing of this composition and the cured epoxy resin obtained by curing of this composition. |
| US10889678B2 |
Amine-based porous polymer for selective carbon dioxide capture
An amine-functionalized, crosslinked porous copolymer can be synthesized by linking 1,4-benzenediamine and pyrrole with p-formaldehyde in the presence of concentrated hydrochloric acid catalyst. The polymer is permanently microporous, with a BET surface area of 250 to 350 m2/g. Due to the high concentration of polar amines within its backbone, the polymer exhibits a CO2 uptake of 17.5 to 30 cm3/g at 298 K and 1 bar, but demonstrated a remarkably high selectivity for CO2 over N2 at 298 K. Dynamic breakthrough experiments indicate that this material is an effective adsorbent for selectively separating CO2 from a dry and wet gas mixture containing N2 for over 45 cycles without significant loss of performance. Furthermore, the polymer can be regenerated at room temperature after each cycle by a simple N2 flow. |
| US10889675B2 |
Rheology modifiers for encapsulating quantum dots
A polymer resin comprising: (a) quantum dots, (b) a compound of formula (I) (I) wherein R1 is hydrogen or methyl and R2 is a C6-C20 aliphatic polycyclic substituent, and (c) a block or graft copolymer having Mn from 50,000 to 400,000 and comprising from 10 to 100 wt % polymerized units of styrene and from 0 to 90 wt % of a non-styrene block; wherein the non-styrene block has a van Krevelen solubility parameter from 15.0 to 17.5 (J/cm3)1/2. |
| US10889671B2 |
Ultra pure rubber and method thereof
The invention relates to an efficient process for the preparation and isolation of rubber particles formed in aqueous media and highly pure rubbers obtained thereby. The invention further relates to copolymer products comprising the same or derived therefrom. |
| US10889668B2 |
Method for preparing vinyl chloride-based polymer, and vinyl chloride-based polymer prepared thereby
The present invention provides a method for preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer and a vinyl chloride-based polymer prepared thereby, the method comprising a step for performing suspension polymerization of a monomer for preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer in the presence of a polymerization initiator, a dispersant, and water soluble cellulose ether, wherein the dispersant includes a mixture of two or more kinds of polyvinyl alcohol having different degrees of saponification, and the mole average degree of saponification of the polyvinyl mixture is from 76 mol % to 80 mol %, and the water soluble cellulose ether has a gel point of 60° C. to 90° C. and is added before the initiation of polymerization or at a time in which the polymerization conversion rate is 70% or less. |
| US10889667B2 |
High-stiffness and energy-reducing polypropylene for foaming
The present invention relates to a polypropylene having excellent stiffness and achieving energy reduction during foaming. |
| US10889665B2 |
Process for functionalizing a biocompatible polymeric bead, the functionalized beads, and the beads produced thereby
The invention involves functionalizing polymeric beads, such as DVB beads, to add an epoxide or aldehyde group. The resulting beads are useful in various applications. |
| US10889659B2 |
Modified polymethylhydrosiloxane, modified high-cis conjugated diene polymer, and manufacturing method for the same, and rubber composition and tire using the same
The present disclosure provides a modified polymethylhydrosiloxane, a modified high-cis conjugated diene polymer, and a manufacturing method for the same, and a rubber composition and a tire using the same. The manufacturing method for the modified high-cis conjugated diene polymer comprises: performing a polymerization reaction to form a high-cis conjugated diene polymer; and making the high-cis conjugated diene polymer react with a first modifier, and then react with a condensation accelerator and a second modifier to generate a modified high-cis conjugated diene polymer; wherein the modified high-cis conjugated diene polymer has over 97% of cis-1,4 structure. The second modifier comprises a compound represented by the following formula (1). |
| US10889658B2 |
Tire manufacturing method
A tire manufacturing method includes making a master batch, using the master batch to make a rubber composition, and making a green tire. The master batch is made wherein a carbon-black-containing pre-coagulation rubber latex is coagulated to obtain a coagulum; a compound according to Formula (I) is added to the water-containing coagulum; wherein R1 and R2 each indicates a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbons, an alkenyl group having 1 to 20 carbons, or an alkynyl group having 1 to 20 carbons, R1 and R2 may be the same or different, and M+ indicates sodium ion, potassium ion, or lithium ion; and the compound according to Formula (I) is dispersed within the coagulum. The green tire is provided with unvulcanized rubber sheeting made up of the rubber composition, chafer(s), carcass ply or plies, and bead filler(s). |
| US10889656B2 |
Heparan sulfate having high 3-O-sulfation rate in glucosamine residues
The present invention provides a novel sulfated polysaccharide having anticoagulant activity. Specifically, the present invention provides a polysaccharide that includes a repetitive structure of a disaccharide unit composed of a hexuronic acid (HexA) residue and a α-D-glucosamine (GlcN) residue and having 13% or higher of a 3-O-sulfation rate in GlcN residues. |
| US10889654B2 |
Acylation process
The invention concerns a process for the manufacture of an acylated polysaccharide which comprises. (a) reacting a polysaccharide with an acylating agent to produce an acylated polysaccharide and (b) washing the acylated polysaccharide with water containing from 0.05 to 15 mg/l Ca2+-ions (c) recovering the washed acylated polysaccharide and an aqueous phase containing carboxylic acid from step (b). |
| US10889651B2 |
Anti-Ly6E antibodies and methods of use
The invention provides anti-Ly6E antibodies, immunoconjugates and methods of using the same. |
| US10889644B2 |
Humanized anti-BAG3 antibodies
The present invention provides for a humanized anti-BAG3 antibody or a fragment thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said antibody and its use as a medicament, in particular for use in the treatment of pancreatic tumours or other pathologies of an immune, inflammatory, neoplastic, cardiovascular and/or degenerative nature. |
| US10889642B2 |
Treatment of fibrosis with interleukin-11 receptor alpha antibody
Aspects of the disclosure relate to the treatment, prevention or alleviation of conditions such as fibrosis in a subject. In some embodiments, the treatment, prevention or alleviation of fibrosis in a subject through the administration of an agent capable of inhibiting the action of Interleukin 11 (IL-11) is disclosed. |
| US10889641B2 |
Anti-GM-CSF antibodies and uses thereof
Provided are anti-GM-CSF antibodies or fragments thereof including humanized antibodies and fragments. Also provided are uses of the antibodies and fragments for therapeutic, diagnostic and prognostic purposes. Therapeutic uses of the antibodies and fragments, for example include the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and disorders. |
| US10889638B2 |
Antibodies recognizing tau
The invention provides antibodies that specifically bind tau. The antibodies inhibit or delay tau-associated pathologies and associated symptomatic deterioration. |
| US10889631B2 |
Therapeutic variant alpha-2-macroglobulin compositions
A2M polypeptide compositions containing a non-natural bait region are disclosed. Methods of producing wild-type and variant A2M polypeptides and polynucleotides containing a non-natural bait region are also disclosed. The bait regions of the variant A2M polypeptides demonstrate enhanced protease inhibitory characteristics compared to wild-type A2M. Variant A2M polypeptides that demonstrate longer half-lives upon administration to an organism compared to wild-type A2M are disclosed. The A2M compositions are useful in treating a number of diseases and conditions including inflammation, chronic wounds, and diseases with a pathology associated with proteases. |
| US10889629B2 |
Transfected T-cells and T-cell receptors for use in immunotherapy against cancers
Disclosed are T-cell receptors (TCRs) binding to tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) for targeting cancer cells, T-cells expressing same, methods for producing same, and methods for treating cancers using same. Disclosed are TCRs and their variants that bind to HLA class I or II molecules with a peptide, such as MAG-003 have the amino acid sequence of KVLEHVVRV (SEQ ID NO:1). The description further relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids, cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods, the immunotherapy of cancer, and tmor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T-cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US10889628B2 |
Optogenetic inhibition of overactive neuronal activity
This disclosure relates to recombinant proteins, vectors, and methods of treating neurological conditions by exposing neurons to an opsin and luciferase in the presence of a luciferin. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to treating or preventing epilepsy or seizures comprising administering an effective amount of a vector that encodes an opsin and luciferase in combination with a luciferin to a subject in need thereof. |
| US10889625B2 |
Peptide-based methods for treating neurological injury
Methods for treating and preventing neurodegenerative disease, neurological injury, including stroke, via administration of Transient receptor potential M2 (TRPM2)-inhibitors. The inhibitors may be administered in conjunction with another therapeutic agent or therapeutic regimen. The peptides may be administered to a human male. The peptides may be administered within eight hours of a neurological injury, such as a stroke. |
| US10889620B2 |
Solid state forms of linaclotide
Solid state forms of Linaclotide, processes for their preparation, compositions comprising them and medical uses thereof are provided. The solid state forms of Linaclotide are useful in the preparation of other solid state forms of Linaclotide, particularly the amorphous form. |
| US10889615B2 |
Mutated immunoglobulin-binding polypeptides
An Fc-binding polypeptide of improved alkali stability, comprising a mutant of a parental Fc-binding domain of Staphylococcus Protein A (SpA), as defined by SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO 51 or SEQ ID NO 52, wherein at least the asparagine or serine residue at the position corresponding to position 11 in SEQ ID NO: 4-7 has been mutated to an amino acid selected from the group consisting of glutamic acid, lysine, tyrosine, threonine, phenylalanine, leucine, isoleucine, tryptophan, methionine, valine, alanine, histidine and arginine. |
| US10889606B2 |
Biflavone-iron complex, preparation method and application thereof
A method for preparing a biflavone-iron complex, includes using the amentoflavone as the ligand and the ferric ion as the central ion, the amentoflavone-iron complex is obtained by reaction, and the structure of the complex is characterized by infrared spectroscopy, UV-vis absorption spectroscopy and high resolution mass spectrometry. Meanwhile, the antitumor and antioxidant activities of the amentoflavone-iron complex are studied in the present invention. MTT method shows that the amentoflavone-iron complex has a relatively good antitumor activity, and the antitumor activity thereof is stronger than that of the amentoflavone. Pyrogallol auto-oxidation method and ABTS method show that the antioxidative activity of the amentoflavone-iron complex is stronger than that of the amentoflavone itself. |
| US10889602B2 |
Organic compound, and organic light emitting diode and organic light emitting display device including the same
Embodiments relate to an organic compound of Formula 1: The excitons in the triplet state are engaged in emission such that the emitting efficiency of the organic compound is increased. Embodiments also relate to an organic light emitting display device with an organic light emitting diode that includes the organic compound. |
| US10889600B2 |
Boron-containing compounds
Described herein are boron-containing compounds, compositions, and methods for their preparation. |
| US10889599B2 |
1,1-diborylalkyl-1-metal compounds, preparation method thereof, and their applications toward synthesis of 1,1-diboronate ester compounds
The present invention relates to a 1,1-diborylalkyl-1-metal compound including one metal group together with two identical boron groups at the sp3 carbon center, and its use. Specifically, the present invention relates to development of novel organic reactions, synthesis of functional molecules, and synthesis of new drugs by applying the novel 1,1-diboryl-1-metal substituted alkyl compounds to various molecular libraries which could not be synthesized by conventional methodologies. |
| US10889595B2 |
[1,3]thiazin-2-amine compound, application, and pharmaceutical composition
The present invention is directed to a [1,3]thiazin-2-amine compound, an application and a pharmaceutical composition, belongs to the field of BACE inhibitors. The [1,3]thiazin-2-amine compound is a compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, stereoisomer, solvate or prodrug thereof. The compound has a good inhibitory effect on BACE and can be used in preparing a medicament for treating a neurodegenerative disease, such as Alzheimer's disease. |
| US10889594B2 |
MCL-1 inhibitors and methods of use thereof
Disclosed is a compound which is 17-chloro-5,13,14,22-tetramethyl-28-oxa-2,9-dithia-5,6,12,13,22-pentaazaheptacyclo[27.7.1.14,7.011,15,016,21.020,24.030,35]octatriaconta-1(37),4(38),6,11,14,16,18,20,23,29,31,33,35-tridecaene-23-carboxylic acid (Formula I) and enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions of 17-chloro-5,13,14,22-tetramethyl-28-oxa-2,9-dithia-5,6,12,13,22-pentaazaheptacyclo[27.7.1.14,7.011,15.016,21.020,24.030,35]octatriaconta-1(37),4(38),6,11,14,16,18,20,23,29,31,33,35-tridecaene-23-carboxylic acid, and enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods of treating cancer with such compounds and compositions. |
| US10889592B2 |
Thienopyrazine carboxamides as ubiquitin-specific protease inhibitors
The disclosure relates to inhibitors of USP28 and/or USP25 useful in the treatment of cancers, inflammation, autoimmune diseases, and infectious diseases, having the Formula: (I), where R1, R2, R3, R4, R4′, R5, R6, X, and n are described herein. |
| US10889591B2 |
PDE9 inhibitor and use thereof
The present invention falls within the technical field of medicine, and in particular relates to PDE9 inhibitor compounds as shown in formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or stereoisomers thereof, and also relates to pharmaceutical preparations and pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds and the uses thereof. X1, X2, X3, X4, R1, R2, ring A, L and m are as defined in the description. The compounds can be used to prepare drugs for treating or preventing related diseases mediated by PDE9. |
| US10889590B2 |
Derivatives of uncialamycin, methods of synthesis and their use as antitumor agents
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides new analogs of uncialamycin. The present disclosure also provides novel synthetic pathways to obtaining uncialamycin and analogs thereof. Additionally, the present disclosure also describes methods of use of uncialamycin and analogs thereof. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides antibody-drug conjugates which may be used to treat cancer or another disease or disorder. |
| US10889589B2 |
Bicyclic urea, thiourea, guanidine and cyanoguanidine compounds useful for the treatment of pain
Compounds of Formula I: or stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, wherein Ring A, Ring C and X are as defined herein, are inhibitors of TrkA kinase and are useful in the treatment of diseases which can be treated with a TrkA kinase inhibitor such as pain, cancer, inflammation/inflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, certain infectious diseases, Sjogren's syndrome, endometriosis, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, prostatitis and pelvic pain syndrome. |
| US10889585B2 |
Inhibitors of kidney-type glutaminase, GLS-1
The present invention relates generally to glutaminase inhibitors of Formula I, Formula II, or Formula III, as well as pharmaceutical compounds containing them and methods of their use. |
| US10889584B2 |
Bicyclic bis-heteroaryl derivatives as modulators of protein aggregation
The present invention relates to certain bicyclic bis-heteroaryl compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using them, including methods for preventing, reversing, slowing, or inhibiting protein aggregation, and methods of treating diseases that are associated with protein aggregation, including neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body disease, Parkinson's disease with dementia, fronto-temporal dementia, Huntington's Disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and multiple system atrophy, and cancer including melanoma. |
| US10889580B2 |
Substituted fused imidazole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of use thereof
Substituted fused imidazole derivatives, methods of their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a substituted fused imidazole derivative, and methods of use in treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis are provided. The substituted fused imidazole derivatives may control the activity or the amount or both the activity and the amount of heme-oxygenase. |
| US10889579B2 |
Thiazine derivatives as β-secretase inhibitors and methods of use
The present disclosure provides a class of compounds useful for the modulation of beta-secretase enzyme (BACE) activity. The compounds have a general Formula I: wherein variables R1, R1′, R2, R2′, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and b of Formula I are defined herein. This disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and uses of the compounds and compositions for treatment of disorders and/or conditions related to Aβ plaque formation and deposition, resulting from the biological activity of BACE. Such BACE mediated disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive deficits, cognitive impairments, and other central nervous system conditions. |
| US10889571B2 |
Substituted benzoimidazoles and imidazo[4,5-c]pyridines for treating certain leukemias
Provided herein are compounds of formula (I) or formula (Ia) that inhibit tyrosine kinase enzymatic activity of a protein selected from Abelson protein (ABL1), Abelson-related protein (ABL2), or a chimeric protein BCR-ABL1, compositions thereof, and methods of their preparation, and methods of inhibiting tyrosine kinase enzymatic activity of a protein selected from Abelson protein (ABL1), Abelson-related protein (ABL2), or a chimeric protein BCR-ABL1, and methods for treating diseases wherein modulation of BCR-ABL1 activity prevents, inhibits, or ameliorates the pathology and/or symptomology of the disease. |
| US10889567B2 |
Pyridin-2(1H)-one quinolinone derivatives as mutant-isocitrate dehydrogenase inhibitors
The invention relates to inhibitors of mutant isocitrate dehydrogenase (mt-IDH) proteins with neomorphic activity useful in the treatment of cell-proliferation disorders and cancers, having the Formula: where A, U, W1, W2, W3, R1-R6, and R9 are described herein. |
| US10889562B2 |
Prodrugs of Nrf2 activating compounds and uses thereof
Aspects of the present disclosure include prodrugs of compounds that activate Nrf2. Such prodrugs find use in the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and disorders, such as for example psoriasis and multiple sclerosis. Embodiments of the present disclosure also relate to pharmaceutical compositions that include these prodrugs, methods of using these prodrugs in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these prodrugs and intermediates useful in these processes. |
| US10889560B2 |
4-amino-2-pyrido-bicyclic pyrimidines and use thereof as topoisomerase II inhibitors
The present invention concerns 4-amino-2-pyrido-bicyclic pyrimidines of Formula (I) that function as type II topoisomerase inhibitors and their use thereof as medicaments especially in the treatment of cancer. The invention also provides a method for the manufacture of 4-amino-2-pyrido bicyclic pyrimidines of Formula (I). |
| US10889558B2 |
Amber odorant
Described herein is a compound of formula (I) in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof, and where the Q group represents a —CH═CH—CH3 group or a —C≡C—CH3 group. Also described herein is a method of using a compound of formula (I), the method including using the compound of formula (I) as part of a perfuming composition or as part of a perfumed consumer product. |
| US10889555B2 |
Sulfonamide compound or salt thereof
The present invention provides a novel sulfonamide compound having a ribonucleotide reductase inhibitory activity or a salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same as an active ingredient.A compound represented by Formula (I) [wherein, X1 represents an oxygen atom or the like; X2 represents an oxygen atom; X3 represents —NH—; X4 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R1 represents —C(R11)(R12)— or the like; R11 and R12 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R2 represents an optionally substituted C6-C14 aromatic hydrocarbon group or the like; R3 represents an optionally substituted C6-C14 aromatic hydrocarbon group or the like; R4 represents a hydrogen atom or the like] or a salt thereof. |
| US10889554B2 |
Excimer forming compounds
The present application is directed to excimer forming compounds of Formula I: W—V—[Y]n wherein W is an excimer forming fluorophore, V is a linker moiety, Y is a metal ion coordinating moiety and n is 1, 2 or 3. In particular, the application is directed to excimer forming compounds for the detection of proximally phosphorylated sites including those found on polypeptides, proteins, pyrophosphate and RNA, for example in aqueous solution, polyacrylamide gels blotting membranes, solid-support assays and in cell culture samples. |
| US10889550B2 |
Contrast agents for myocardial perfusion imaging
The present disclosure is directed, in part, to compounds and methods for imaging myocardial perfusion, comprising administering to a patient a contrast agent which comprises a compound that binds MC-1, and an imaging moiety, and scanning the patient using diagnostic imaging. |
| US10889549B2 |
Continuous process for the preparation of 2-(1H-imidazol-4-yl) ethanamine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof
The invention relates to a commercially viable, cost effective and energy efficient process for the preparation of 2-(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)ethanamine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in high purity and yield via application of continuous flow technology. |
| US10889548B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting dihydroorotate dehydrogenase
The invention provides therapeutic compositions that contain an inhibitor of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) and promote sustained elevation of dihydroorotate (DHO) levels in a patient. The compositions are useful for treating disorders associated with unregulated DHODH activity, such as acute myeloid leukemia. The invention also provides methods of determining therapeutically effective doses of compositions that contain a DHODH inhibitor. The invention further provides methods of synthesis of 2-(2′-halo-1-1′-biphenyl-4-yl)-quinoline carboxylic acids, which are useful as DHODH inhibitors. |
| US10889547B2 |
Method for the purification of ethoxyquin
The present invention relates to a process for purifying ethoxyquin by distillation, to high-purity ethoxyquin obtainable by means of distillative purification and to the use thereof, particularly as additive in foodstuffs and feedstuffs. |
| US10889535B2 |
Process and apparatus for separating ethylene
The present invention provides an ethylene separation process comprising an first and second deethanizer columns and an acetylene converter, thereby providing an ethylene stream having a purity of 99 wt % or more to the middle of an ethylene separation column. The present invention increases the production amount of ethylene and also reduces energy consumption by passing the feed through a preliminary ethylene separation process, without having to change existing facilities in which an acetylene converter is provided downstream of the deethanizer column. |
| US10889531B2 |
Metal hydride nanoparticles
A nanoparticle of a decomposition product of a transition metal aluminum hydride compound, a transition metal borohydride compound, or a transition metal gallium hydride compound. A process of: reacting a transition metal salt with an aluminum hydride compound, a borohydride compound, or a gallium hydride compound to produce one or more of the nanoparticles. The reaction occurs in solution while being sonicated at a temperature at which the metal hydride compound decomposes. A process of: reacting a nanoparticle with a compound containing at least two hydroxyl groups to form a coating having multi-dentate metal-alkoxides. |
| US10889519B2 |
Method for manufacturing glass roll
Provided is method of producing a glass roll, the method including: a conveying step of conveying a glass film (G) along a longitudinal direction thereof; a cutting step of irradiating the glass film (G) with a laser beam (L) from a laser irradiation apparatus (19) while conveying the glass film (G) by the conveying step, to thereby separate the glass film (G) into a non-product portion (Gc) and a product portion (Gd); and a take-up step of taking up the product portion (Gd) into a roll shape, to thereby form a glass roll (R). The cutting step includes winding a thread-like peeled material (Ge) generated from an end portion of the product portion (Gd) in a width direction around a rod-shaped collecting member (20a), to thereby collect the thread-like peeled material (Ge). |
| US10889517B2 |
Nanometer photocatalyst-microbe composite multilayer light transmission combination carrier
Provided is a nano-photocatalyst-microorganism composite multilayered light-transmitting combination support, comprising a plurality of wave-shaped plexiglass plates (1), a tandem rod holder (4), hollow elastic spacers (5), and fixing screws (6); each of the wave-shaped plexiglass plates (1) is provided with four fixing holes (7); the tandem rod holder (4) is provided with four tandem rods (8), and the four tandem rods (8) pass through the fixing holes (7); the tandem rods (8) between the two adjacent wave-shaped plexiglass plates (1) pass through the hollow elastic spacers (5); each of the tandem rods (8) is provided with a fixing screw (6) at the top end; each of the wave-shaped plexiglass plates (1) have different loading layers on the upper and lower surfaces, with a nano-photocatalyst-loading layer (2) on one surface and a degrading bacteria-loading layer (3) on the other surface. Also provided is a method of making the nano-photocatalyst-microorganism composite multilayered light-transmitting combination support. |
| US10889516B2 |
Siphon type composite vertical subsurface flow constructed wetland
A siphon type composite vertical subsurface flow constructed wetland has an uplink pool with a depth ¾ that of a downlink pool. Siphon-type drain tubes are equidistantly distributed at a first outer side of the uplink pool, and a total flow of the drain tubes is slightly greater than a largest total influent flow. Three layers of substrates are paved on each pool. A substrate on a first layer is a biological ceramsite having a relatively small grain size, another substrate on a second layer is zeolite having a relatively large grain size, and a further substrate on a third layer is cobblestone having a large grain size. The third layers of the pools are integrally communicated, and sewage in the downlink pool flows to the uplink pool through a communication port. Sludge on bottom layers of the pools is discharged from a siphon tube with water. |
| US10889515B2 |
Systems and methods for formation of biologically active granules and biologically active granules
In one embodiment, hydrodynamic cavitation lyses influent bacteria, releasing intracellular enzymes, and creates CaCO3 seed crystals that are discharged at the base of the water column. Bottom-dwelling upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB)-like granules grow in a dense, viscous N, P & Ca++ rich fluid (“hydrolytic brine”). The brine hydrolyzes ancient sludge and fresh solids into simple liquids. The granules convert hydrolyzed liquids into gas. New CaCO3 seeds grow at the produced gas/supernatant interface and propagate across the entire lagoon. Once the sludge inventory is digested, there is an excess of granules that modulate their gross productivity in response to substrate load, pH, and temperature. In one specific example, the treated lagoon has no odor, is free of gelled sludge and effluent. |
| US10889514B2 |
Water treatment method and water treatment apparatus
A water treatment method includes: calculating a total amount of ions contained in a total amount of an aqueous solution introduced into a first tank; when the calculated total amount of ions is greater than a first threshold value, introducing part of slurry in the first tank into a second tank; introducing, with an introducing unit, one of a marker molecule and a stain into the second tank; irradiating, from a second light source, the second tank with visible light; detecting, with a detector, first intensity of the visible light having transmitted through the second tank; and outputting, when the activity of photocatalytic particles calculated based on the first intensity is equal to or smaller than a second threshold value, information prompting replacement of the photocatalytic particles, an instruction of recovering the activity of the photocatalytic particles, or information indicative of deterioration of the photocatalytic particles. |
| US10889512B2 |
Method for treating aqueous effluent
The invention concerns the treatment of mine tailings in the form of aqueous effluents comprising solid particles. With the method of the invention it is possible to separate all or part of the water from an aqueous effluent comprising solid particles. This method comprises (a) adding at least one sulfonated dispersing agent to the effluent, then (b) adding at least one agent to flocculate the solid particles.The invention also relates to a composition comprising an aqueous effluent comprising dispersed, flocculated solid particles. Preferably it relates to a composition comprising an aqueous effluent comprising solid particles, at least one sulfonated dispersing agent and at least one agent to flocculate solid particles. |
| US10889511B2 |
Fluid conditioning and treatment system
A fluid conditioning and treatment system generally comprising an electronic controller component in communication with an energy delivery module (“energy chamber”) through an interconnecting cable. The electronic controller can be housed in a fiberglass enclosure and develops and transmits preprogrammed high-energy electronic signals to the energy chamber through the interconnecting cable. The energy chamber can have a series of computer designated, matched, electrodes placed through its walls. The electrodes contact the fluid flowing through the energy chamber. Each of the controllers circuit boards are programmed to produce precisely a given range of electronic output signals that when applied to the fluid accomplishes specific functions. The controller can be programmed to supply a number of electronic hits that are applied to the water as the water passes through the energy chamber. |
| US10889507B2 |
Process for producing a metal oxide powder
A process for producing a metal oxide powder comprising: providing a precursor solution or dispersion containing a metal complex; spraying the precursor solution on to a heated substrate in the presence of water, thereby depositing material on the substrate; drying the deposited material; and removing the deposited material from the substrate to produce the metal oxide powder. |
| US10889506B2 |
Vanadium oxide for infrared coatings and methods thereof
The present invention relates to vanadium oxide and methods of controlling reaction processes for making such materials (e.g., powders). In particular embodiments, the method includes control of oxygen partial pressure in order to kinetically control the oxidation species of the crystalline vanadium oxide material. Other methods, uses, systems, protocols, and coatings are also described. |
| US10889499B2 |
Degradable conjugated polymers
A polymer comprising at least one unit of the formula (1) wherein T1 is a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, T2 is a carbon atom if T1 is a nitrogen atom, or is a nitrogen atom if T1 is a carbon atom, r is 1, 2, 3 or 4, s is 1, 2, 3, or 4, M1 is preferably selected from the group consisting of M2 is preferably The polymers are prepared by reacting monomers (1a) with monomers (2a) H2N-[-M1-]r-NH2 (1a) OHC-[-M2-]s-CHO (2a) or the step of reacting monomers (1b) with monomers (2b) OHC-[-M1-]r-CHO (1b) H2N-[-M2-]s-NH2 (2b). |
| US10889497B2 |
Sheet-shaped nitrogen-phosphorus co-doped porous carbon material and method for preparation thereof and use thereof
Provided is a sheet-shaped nitrogen-phosphorus co-doped porous carbon material, prepared and obtained according to the following method: mixing aniline and hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene, undergoing a closed reaction for 2-24 h at a pressure of 1-10 MPa and a temperature of 140-260° C., then pressure is released to atmospheric pressure and steam drying is performed to obtain a solid substance; under inert gas protection, the obtained solid substance is treated for 1-6 h at a high temperature of 400-1000° C., and the finished product is obtained; the sheet-shaped nitrogen-phosphorus co-doped porous carbon material thus provided has excellent electrical properties and may be used for fabricating capacitor electrodes and especially supercapacitor electrodes; thus it may be used in capacitors and especially supercapacitors, and has great application potential and industrial value in the field of energy storage. |
| US10889496B2 |
Method for the preparation of synthesis gas
Method for the preparation of synthesis gas by combining electrolysis of water, autothermal reforming and heat exchange reforming of a hydrocarbon feed stock. |
| US10889495B2 |
Method for stable ethanol steam reforming
Method for stable ethanol steam reforming, wherein a catalytic ethanol reforming is carried out in two vessels operating in parallel mode both filled in with a catalyst active for this reaction, with the first vessel acting in operation mode, generating an hydrogen rich stream, and the parallel vessel, acting in regeneration mode, made flowing with steam in order to carry out the gasification of carbonaceous compounds deposited on the catalyst. |
| US10889493B2 |
MEMS method and structure
MEMS structures and methods utilizing a locker film are provided. In an embodiment a locker film is utilized to hold and support a moveable mass region during the release of the moveable mass region from a surrounding substrate. By providing additional support during the release of the moveable mass, the locker film can reduce the amount of undesired movement that can occur during the release of the moveable mass, and preventing undesired etching of the sidewalls of the moveable mass. |
| US10889490B2 |
Electrothermally actuated microelectromechanical and/or nanoelectromechanical structure providing increased efficiency
An electrothermally actuated microelectromechanical and/or nanoelectromechanical structure including a stationary portion, at least one portion which is movable relative to the stationary portion, at least one electrothermal actuation beam which makes it possible to cause an electric current to flow from the stationary portion to the movable portion, is mechanically connected to the movable portion and is intended to move the movable portion relative to the stationary portion by electrothermal actuation, and at least one electrically conductive connection element electrically connecting the movable portion to the stationary portion, the actuation beam having a thickness of no greater than half one thickness of the movable portion and no greater than half one thickness of the connection element. |
| US10889488B2 |
Multi-compartment tanker
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for a multi-compartment tanker. An apparatus includes a first liquid storage tank and a second liquid storage tank. The apparatus includes one or more valves that connect the first liquid storage tank to the second liquid storage tank. The apparatus includes a vacuum pump that is connected to the first and second liquid storage tanks and operable for facilitating transfer of at least a portion of a liquid in the first liquid storage tank to the second storage tank in response to a valve connecting the first and second storage tanks being opened. |
| US10889487B2 |
Fuel transfer station and refillable fuel cell for fuel transfer station
A fuel transfer station may provide for the refilling of fuel canisters providing fuel to combustion powered equipment. The fuel transfer station may include a base, a frame coupled to the base, a first connection port and a second connection port provided in the base, and fluid flow lines connecting the first connection port and the second connection port. A supply tank may be supported by the frame and detachably connected to the first connection port. A fuel canister to be refilled may be detachably connected to the second connection port. Fuel contained in the supply tank may be selectively supplied to the fuel canister through the fluid flow lines in response to a pressure gradient drawing the fuel into the fuel canister. |
| US10889485B2 |
Dispensing system including a dispensing tap and an integrated measuring cap/cup and holder
A dispensing system includes a liquid dispensing tap, an associated measuring cap/cup and a cap adapter or holder which is removably received onto the tap and which in turn removably receives the cap/cup. The dispensing tap, adapter/holder and cap/cup are configured such that the holder and cap/cup are assembled with the tap prior to installation onto a container, and stay assembled with the tap during installation onto the container at the filling line, and which can later be removed for use and then selectively reattached to the tap or container after use by the consumer. |
| US10889481B2 |
System and apparatus for optimizing hydration and for the contextual dispensing of additives
Provided are systems, methods, and apparatuses for a portable hydration system including a mechanical or electromechanical mechanism for dispensing additives into a liquid or other solute in a portable container. Such additives include solids, liquid, powders, and gases, and include vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements, pharmaceuticals, and other consumables. Additives are introduced into the hydration device via closed vessels equipped with RFID tags or similar, capable of transferring data about the vessels' contents to the device. Dispensing is initiated manually by direct user action, automatically by the device, and/or externally through an associated application on a user device. Dispensing is adjustable by contextual factors such as a user's preferences, location, activity, physiologic status, and the like, obtained via APIs to third party applications or through more direct measurements or inputs. Consumption of additives and consumable liquids in the container is measured and monitored, and the data used to generate recommendations. |
| US10889477B2 |
Inflatable air wedge with tool channel and associated method
An inflatable air wedge has a tool channel that is inserted between a vehicle door and a vehicle body for allowing an operator to effectively unlock the vehicle door without damaging the vehicle (door and/or body and/or weather stripping). The inflatable air wedge includes a selectively inflatable bladder capable of being intercalated between the existing vehicle door and the existing vehicle body, a pneumatic mechanism in operable communication with the bladder for selectively introducing and releasing air from the bladder, and a conduit engaged with the bladder. Advantageously, such a conduit is suitably sized and shaped for guiding an existing unlocking tool therethrough while the bladder is at an inflated state and seated between the vehicle door and the vehicle body. Notably, the conduit is spaced from the pneumatic mechanism and manually distended when the unlocking tool is positioned therein. |
| US10889475B2 |
Compact winch
A lightweight winch suitable for industrial applications has the motor assembly self-centered with a housing within the winch drum where it may be easily accessed and removed from the winch drum. The winch drum is supported by a bearing means capable of bearing heavy loads in addition to contributing to a compact profile of the winch. The winch comprises an improved, non-load bearing levelwind mechanism for evenly winding cable about the winch drum. |
| US10889473B2 |
Load crane main boom
A load crane main boom of the telescopic type having cylinder-piston groups located inside the main boom tubular sections with reduced dimensions. The load crane main boom minimizes the main boom section thanks to a particular arrangement of the cylinder-piston groups. Each cylinder of each piston-cylinder group is connected to a respective boom section through at least one reinforcing rod extending perpendicular to the main boom axial direction and connected to respective section walls of the main boom. At least first and the second cylinder-piston group rods are further supported by a respective reinforcing plate, which is in turn connected to the respective boom section. |
| US10889471B2 |
Escalator which can be connected to a lift
This application relates to an escalator which comprises a structural frame, said escalator being connectible to a lift or elevator. For this purpose, fastening points for fastening components of the lift or elevator are arranged on the structural frame so that at least some of the components of the lift or elevator can be supported by means of the structural frame. |
| US10889465B2 |
Mechanical hoistway access control device
A mechanical hoistway access control device for an elevator landing door includes a first and a second base plates mounted on the hoistway side of a landing door panel and arranged in parallel with one another, a slider slidably arranged between the first and second base plates and configured to move in conjunction with a car door and configured to protrude out from a door closing side end of the landing door by a first elastic member to take an extended position when the landing door is opened with no elevator car at the landing, and a latch attached to the landing door and configured to engage with the slider to keep the slider in the extended position once the slider protrudes out from the door closing side end of the landing door. |
| US10889464B2 |
System for the generation of call advance data
A system for the generation of call advance data for an elevator control, which system is going to be installed in an elevator car moving in an elevator shaft and includes at least one acceleration sensor outputting current acceleration data and/or magnetometer outputting a magnetic flux signal which includes current magnetic flux data at the current position of the elevator car, which acceleration sensor and/or magnetometer is mounted in connection with the elevator car; a velocity calculating unit which calculates from the current acceleration/magnetic flux data current car velocity data; a position calculating unit which calculates from the current acceleration/magnetic flux data and/or from the current car velocity data current car position data; and a call advance processing unit which calculates from the current car velocity data and the current car position data call advance data which designates the time until which the car is able to stop at the next approaching floor in travelling direction, which call advance data is transmitted to a call allocation unit of an elevator control. Call advance data is provided in an easy manner without using existing car position detection devices of an existing elevator to be modernized. |
| US10889456B2 |
Handling system for handling stackable flat elements
A handling system (100) for handling stackable flat elements, in particular carton elements. The system (100) includes a supporting table (102) on which at least an edge portion (303) of a stack (101) of flat elements is supportable, a clamping device (103) configured for clamping a first part (113) of the edge portion of the stack (101) to the supporting table (102), and a lifting device (104) configured for lifting a second part (114) of the stack (101) from the supporting table (102). The lifting device (104) and the clamping device (103) are arranged to the supporting table (102) such that the stack (101) is bendable by clamping the first part (113) of the stack (101) onto the supporting table (102) by the clamping device (103) and lifting the second part (114) of the stack (101) from the supporting table (102) by the lifting device (104) at the same time such that the stack (101) is bent around a bending axis (109), wherein the bending axis (109) extends within a plane parallel to a supporting plane (112) of the supporting surface (111). |
| US10889453B2 |
Transfer wheel and method for transferring objects
Transfer wheel (1) for transferring objects (40, 41) comprises at least a seat module (3). The seat module comprises a seat (2) located at the peripheral face of the transfer wheel and adapted for accommodating an object on the seat. The at least one seat module is a resilient seat module, wherein a position of the seat of the seat module is adaptable in radial direction of the transfer wheel. Also provided is a method for transferring objects. |
| US10889452B1 |
Article accumulation and article group formation
An article processing station is characterized by an accumulating article shaft and robotic EOAT receiving articles entering the shaft. The shaft includes a grouped article receiving deck within an egress portion of the shaft, opposingly paired sidewalls, and an end wall downstream of the sidewalls. The deck includes spaced apart deck fingers, the end wall includes spaced apart wall fingers, and the EOAT includes spaced apart tool fingers. The tool fingers are registerable in relation to spaces of the spaced apart wall fingers and the spaced apart deck fingers so as to pass there through. The tool travels to, through and from the shaft, so as to receive articles entering the ingress portion of the shaft while traveling from the ingress portion towards the egress portion in furtherance of depositing an article group upon the deck during travel from the shaft. |
| US10889440B2 |
System for transferring articles from a container
An automated system for transferring articles from a container. An item transfer system includes retainers configured to secure a first tray and a second tray, a movable paddle assembly, a frame, and a plurality of actuators. The system is configured to transfer articles from the first tray to the second tray by an automated process including securing the articles within the first tray with the paddle assembly, rotating the frame by approximately 90° to 100°, moving the paddle assembly in a series of linear translations to remove the items from the first tray and place the items into the second tray, rotating the frame back to its initial orientation, and releasing the items into the second tray. |
| US10889438B2 |
Stocker
A stocker includes a wall that separates inside and outside of the stocker, a storage area on an inner side of the wall to store articles, a duct on a wall side of the storage area and extending in a vertical direction, an inlet at an upper end of the duct to introduce air flowing downward into the duct, a flow regulator to regulate an airflow between an upper side and a lower side of the duct, blowout openings on a storage area side of the duct to blow out air to the storage area, and a fan on a lower side of the flow regulator of the duct to draw in outside air and introduce the outside air into the duct. |
| US10889433B2 |
Cassette and apparatus for packing disposable objects into an elongated tube of flexible material
A cassette for dispensing bags from an elongated tubing comprising an annular receptacle accommodating a length of tubing in an accumulated condition. An annular opening at an upper end of the annular receptacle is for dispensing the tubing. The annular receptacle defines a central opening through which a knotted end of the tubing passes to form a bag supported by the annular receptacle with disposable objects passing through the circular central opening to be received in the bag, and a clearance only at a bottom of the central opening. |
| US10889429B2 |
System and method for converting a commodity trailer with gravity discharge slide gates to be compatible with a pneumatic outlet gate and an interchangeable pneumatic gate therefor
A system and method for enabling a commodity trailer having conventional gravity discharge slide gates to operate with a pneumatic discharge configuration on an as-needed basis is provided. A pneumatic discharge gate, which supports a pneumatic discharge assembly, is configured to directly replace the gravity fed hopper gate and to be retained on the same hopper structure that supported the slide gate so that the slide gate and the pneumatic discharge gate, and the uses thereof, are fully interchangeable. |
| US10889425B1 |
Portable beverage container systems and methods for adjusting the composition of a beverage
A beverage apparatus, the beverage apparatus being hand-holdable by a user of the beverage apparatus to be portable, can include a beverage chamber housing that includes a chamber for storing a consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include a dispensing assembly that includes a receptacle. The receptacle can retain a vessel. The vessel can include an electronic tag and can contain an additive. The dispensing assembly can be operatively controllable by a controller to output the additive from the vessel into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include one or more sensors, devices, or assemblies that can be used to detect a volume of liquid in the chamber or a liquid level in the chamber. The beverage apparatus can include an apparatus processing portion (ACP) and an apparatus database portion. |
| US10889421B2 |
Universal sterile packaging assembly
A universal sterile packaging assembly for an orthopedic device includes an outer blister having a first recessed central region and an inner blister having a second recessed central region. The second recessed central region includes a protrusion configured for securement of a medical part thereto. The inner blister is sized to fit within the first recessed central region. The assembly also includes a first lid securable to the inner blister and a second lid securable to the outer blister so as to enclose the inner blister within the outer blister. |
| US10889419B2 |
Removeable band with window for confining stacks of disposable cutlery
A removeable band for confining a stack of cutlery pieces. The band can include a body having a first end and a second end. The body being an elongated strip of fiber-based material. A window can be formed through the body, and an adhesive can be disposed at least partially over the window. The adhesive can be configured to adhere a portion of the first end of the body to a portion of the second end of the body when the ends of the body overlap to form a continuous band. |
| US10889418B2 |
Electronic storage cabinet
A storage container can include at least one movement sensor in or on a frame of the storage container and at least one movement sensor in or on a door of the storage container. A processor can compare outputs of the movement sensors to determine whether the door is open. |
| US10889417B2 |
Bottle-shaped resin container
A bottle-shaped resin container with a bottle body and a cap, the container being configured to determine whether the seal has been broken by: the container having a long, tall cylindrical section between a neck ring and a flange that connects the neck ring and the flange; and when the cap body is rotated in the unscrewing direction, bridges being broken and the cap ring separating from the cap body and falling by its own weight so that the lower surface thereof contacts the flange and remains above the flange, exposing the side surface of the long, tall cylindrical-section between the upper surface of the cap ring and the lower surface of the neck ring. As the side surface of the long, tall cylindrical section is a straight line when viewed from the front, it is possible to determine the taper angle definitively and the taper angle is 60-80 degrees. |
| US10889413B2 |
Tamper-evident container with a tab extending beyond a hinge
A tamper-evident container includes a base and a lid. A base extension and a lid extension are connected to a hinge to join the base and the lid together in a closed, pre-use configuration. A tab extends from either the lid extension or the base extension in a direction away from the lid and the base such that the tab extends beyond the hinge. The tab is joined to one of the extensions via weakened regions that can be torn when the tab is pulled to indicate that the container has been tampered with or opened. |
| US10889412B2 |
Paper closures for paper containers
A container has a fibrous lid (100) and vessel (110) that have mutually mating raised beads (104, 112). The beads are preferably formed in rings, which in the case of the lid is positioned on the underside of the cap, and in the case of the vessel is positioned at the mouth of the vessel. Also in preferred embodiments, the beads can have outward curls, inward curls, or have a split formation. Both lid and vessel are preferably made of at least 85 wt % paper. The non-paper percentages can advantageously comprise one or more of glues, adhesives, films, and/or moisture barriers, and in most preferred embodiments, the moisture barrier is also an adhesive. |
| US10889411B2 |
Container with lid and detachable lid collar
A package includes a container formed to include a product-storage region and a mouth arranged to open into the product-storage region and a closure configured to mate with the container and establish a closed arrangement of the package and to be separated from the package at the option of a user to establish an opened arrangement. |
| US10889408B2 |
Microneedle patch storage tool, lower pallet and upper pallet
To suppress the work cost for the washing of the microneedle and the application of the medicament.A microneedle patch storage tool according to one aspect of the present invention is a microneedle patch storage tool for storing a microneedle patch and comprises a plurality of pallets stacked in a vertical direction, and the two pallets adjacent in the vertical direction constitute one or a plurality of patch holding parts for holding the microneedle patch, and the patch holding part comprises a plurality of lower protrusions arranged in circumferentially divided manner so as to sandwich a peripheral edge part of the microneedle patch in the vertical direction and supporting the peripheral edge part of the microneedle patch from a lower side and a plurality of upper protrusions arranged in circumferentially divided manner and pressing the peripheral edge part of the microneedle patch from an upper side and is opened to at least one of upper and lower directions. |
| US10889401B2 |
Label application systems
Systems and methods for applying decorations from a web onto a substrates are disclosed. According to some aspects, a decoration may be transferred from the web directly to a substrate based on contact of the substrate with an adhesive of a portion of the decoration while the portion of the decoration is attached to the web. |
| US10889397B2 |
Unit and method for filling containers of single-use capsules for extraction or infusion beverages
Described is a unit for filling containers (2) forming single-use capsules (3) with a dose (33) of product for extraction or infusion beverages, comprising: a line (4) for transport of the containers (2); a station (SR) for filling the containers (2) with a dose (33) of product and comprising: a first containing seat (S1) designed to receive a dose (33) of product; a device (10) for moving the first seat (S); a device (11) for adjusting the position of the first containing seat (S1) between a position (P1) for receiving the dose and a position (P2) for releasing the dose; a substation (ST1) for forming the dose (33) inside the first containing seat (S1); a substation (ST3) for releasing the dose (33) of product from the first containing seat (S1) to a container (2) transported by the transport line (4), the adjusting device (11) being configured to place the first containing seat (S1) in the receiving position (P1) at the substation (ST1) for forming the dose (33) and in the release position (P2) at the substation (ST3) for releasing the dose (33). |
| US10889394B2 |
Machine to manufacture cartridges for electronic cigarettes and plant for the production of packages containing said cartridges for electronic cigarettes
A machine to manufacture cartridges for electronic cigarettes comprising a casing made of plastic material; the manufacturing machine comprises a drum rotating at a predetermined pitch around its own vertical rotation axis, which receives an orderly mass of empty casings from a feeding conveyor, in correspondence to a collecting station, and feeds them through a succession of processing stations; in which, the first drum is provided with a plurality of peripheral seats, each designed to receive a respective casing and which are divided into groups comprising the same number of seats arranged substantially in line so as to form, in plan view, a polygon on the surface of the first drum; in which the casings of the seats of a same group are simultaneously subjected to the processes in correspondence to the succession of processing stations. |
| US10889393B2 |
Macro blister packaging
The invention relates to a macroblister comprising a flat body, in which are introduced cavities for receiving individual medicament portions, wherein the cavities are filled with individual medicament portions and are sealed with a foil. According to the invention, said macroblister contains a number T of medicament portions, characterized in that T is at least 60 and the flat body has a dimension in the range of 200 mm×200 mm to 1200 mm×1200 mm. |
| US10889388B2 |
Inclined geosynchronous orbit spacecraft constellations
A constellation of Earth-orbiting spacecraft includes a first spacecraft disposed in a first orbit and a second spacecraft disposed in a second orbit. Each of the first orbit and the second orbit is substantially circular with a radius of approximately 42,164 km. The first orbit and the second orbit have a respective inclination with respect to the equator within a range of 5° to 20°. The first orbit has a first right ascension of ascending node (RAAN1) and the second orbit has a second RAAN (RAAN2) of approximately RAAN1+90°. |
| US10889387B1 |
Aircraft light fixture energy harvesting
Disclosed is an aircraft lighting system disposed in an environment of an aircraft. The system includes a housing. The system includes an illumination element disposed within the housing. The system includes energy generation circuitry configured to generate electricity from the environment. The system includes switching circuitry including a driver operable to control illumination of the illumination element and operated with a driver voltage. The system includes energy harvesting circuitry including a regulator configured to draw energy from the energy generation circuitry and output a regulator voltage at the driver voltage. |
| US10889385B2 |
Apparatus and methods for distributing electric power on an aircraft during a limited power availability condition
Methods and apparatus for distributing electric power from a power source of an aircraft to a plurality of electrical loads of the aircraft during a limited power availability condition are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises: distributing electric power from the power source of the aircraft to the plurality of electrical loads; receiving one or more signals indicative of a demand for electric power by one or more of the plurality of electrical loads; and adjusting the power distribution to the plurality of electrical loads based on the demand for electric power by the one or more plurality of electrical loads. The power distribution is also adjusted to maintain an overall power consumption of the plurality of electrical loads at or below a threshold. |
| US10889384B2 |
Rotorcraft engine inlet configuration to optimize performance in both hover and high speed flight
The present invention achieves technical advantages as a rotorcraft engine inlet configuration to optimize performance in both hover and high-speed flight. A rotorcraft fuselage with a ram air intake and a side air intake allows airflow into the engine inlet plenum. A door can be operably coupled to the fuselage, wherein the door is in an open position when the airspeed is below a first threshold and is in a closed position when the airspeed exceeds a second threshold. Additionally, control logic, compares the rotorcraft airspeed with a stored airspeed to operate an actuator to open and close the door to modulate the airflow into the engine inlet plenum. The present invention realizes the advantages of eliminating the inlet spillage drag due to inlet ram airflow in forward flight and increasing the available engine power by mitigating the loss of inlet air pressure recovery. |
| US10889382B2 |
Pneumatic deicing device for breaking and removing an ice deposit accumulated on the outer surface of an aircraft
A pneumatic deicing device (1) is provided for breaking and removing an ice deposit accumulated on the outer surface (2) of an aircraft, in particular on an airplane wing. The device (1) includes an outer layer (15) intended to withstand the outside environment, an inner interface layer (50) intended to be connected to the outer surface (2) of the aircraft, and at least two outer (30) and inner (40) intermediate layers connected to one another by an array of stitches (36) so as to define deicing chambers (35) that can be inflated quickly to cause a mechanical action to break the ice. The outer intermediate layer (30) includes a knit textile layer (34). At least one interlayer (20; 32) made from polar elastomer material is arranged above the knit textile layer (34) and immediately in contact with the outer layer (15) and the knit textile layer (34). |
| US10889381B2 |
Anti-icing system and aircraft
An anti-icing system according to the present invention blows heated air to a curved inner surface of a main wing of an aircraft. The anti-icing system includes: a piccolo tube that includes a flow path through which the heated air flows in a longitudinal direction from a rear end to a front end, and a plurality of ejection holes provided along the longitudinal direction to make the flow path communicate with an outside; and an engine that supplies the heated air toward the piccolo tube. The heated air ejected from the ejection holes of the piccolo tube is ejected toward an upper limit position and a lower limit position of an outside airflow stagnation point that are virtually formed on the main wing. |
| US10889380B2 |
Seat maze assemblies for aircraft
Seat assemblies and aircraft interiors are provided. An aircraft interior includes a floor, a seat base fixed to the floor, a seat frame, a seat body, an obstacle, and a seat maze. The seat frame is selectively fixed to the seat base and includes a frame rail circumscribing the seat base to define a bounding area in which the seat base may translate relative to the seat frame. The seat body is mounted on the seat frame and includes an arm portion. The obstacle is proximate the arm portion of the seat body. The seat maze is configured to guide the seat frame around a clearance area within the bounding area to maintain a predetermined clearance between the arm portion and the obstacle. |
| US10889376B2 |
Powered stowage bin assemblies
A stowage bin assembly is configured to be disposed within an interior cabin of a vehicle. The stowage bin assembly includes a strongback, and a pivot bin moveably coupled to the strongback. The pivot bin is configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position. A bin drive system is configured to move the pivot bin from the open position to the closed position. The bin drive system includes a motor operatively coupled to a bin actuator through a motion link. The motor is configured move the bin actuator via the motion link to push the pivot bin from the open position to the closed position. |
| US10889369B2 |
Passive gust alleviation systems for aircraft devices
Described herein is an apparatus comprising an aircraft wing and a trailing edge aerodynamic surface connected to a trailing edge of the aircraft wing via a piston assembly in which the piston assembly holds the trailing edge aerodynamic surface in a neutral position relative to the aircraft wing at a constant supply pressure. The piston assembly may be implemented using a pneumatic piston or a hydraulic piston. A first end of the piston assembly may be connected to the aircraft wing and a second end of the piston assembly may be connected to the trailing edge aerodynamic surface. The piston assembly may include a pressure relief valve which may open or close, raising or lowering the aerodynamic surface, responsive to lift load on the aircraft wing. |
| US10889366B2 |
Ducted thrusters
An aircraft comprising a pair of ducted thrusters. Each of the ducted thrusters comprises a duct surrounding a rotor assembly with a rotor hub having a plurality of rotor blades extending therefrom, wherein the plurality of rotor blades have a modulated angular distribution about a central longitudinal axis of the duct. Each of the ducted thrusters further comprises a stator assembly having a stator hub with a plurality of stator vanes extending from the stator hub to an interior surface of the duct, wherein each of the plurality of the stator vanes are angularly modulated around the stator hub such that angular spacing between pairs of adjacent vanes of the plurality of stator vanes varies for each pair of the adjacent vanes. |
| US10889365B2 |
Auxiliary support system for a flap of an aircraft wing
Described herein is an auxiliary support system for a flap coupled to a wing of an aircraft. The auxiliary support system comprises a base fixable relative to the wing. The auxiliary support system also comprises a first track engagement assembly fixed to the base. The auxiliary support system further comprises a second track engagement assembly fixed to the base. The auxiliary support system additionally comprises a track arm attachable to the flap and comprising a first rail, movably engaged with the first track engagement assembly, and a second rail, movably engaged with the second track engagement assembly. The first rail is spaced apart from and non-parallel to the second rail. |
| US10889361B2 |
Ship comprising engine
A ship comprising an engine is disclosed. The ship comprising an engine comprises: a self-heat exchanger which heat-exchanges boil-off gas discharged from a storage tank; a multi-stage compressor which compresses, in multi-stages, boil-off gas that passed through the self-heat exchanger after being discharged from the storage tank; a first decompressing device which expands one portion of boil-off gas that passed through the self-heat exchanger after being compressed by the multi-stage compressor; and a second decompressing device which expands the other portion of the boil-off gas that passed through the self-heat exchanger after being compressed by the multi-stage compressor, wherein the self-heat exchanger uses boil-off gas discharged from the storage tank and boil-off gas expanded by the first decompressing device as refrigerants for cooling boil-off gas compressed by the multi-stage compressor. |
| US10889354B2 |
Self-deploying float
A self-deploying float assembly to support mechanical equipment such as aerators and mixers for use in water, wastewater and process water stream treatment basins and a method of installing same. |
| US10889347B2 |
Personal transport vehicle
A personal transport vehicle capable of staying upright without the need for a stand by incorporating tires having an advantageous design combined with an overall lowered center of gravity. The personal transport vehicle further incorporating a hub and steering assembly configured within the front wheel of the vehicle, as well as a brake and propulsion means configured within the rear wheel of the vehicle. Finally, the personal transport vehicle is capable of being folded into a compact configuration, lending itself to ease of shipment, storage and transport. |
| US10889341B2 |
Crawler drive system
A drive assembly for a mining vehicle includes a frame, a housing coupled to the frame, and a motor positioned in the housing. The motor includes a motor frame with a first axial end and a second axial end opposite the first axial end. The drive assembly also includes a transmission that is positioned at least partially within the frame. The transmission is coupled to the motor frame at the first axial end. The drive assembly further includes a support assembly that couples the second axial end of the motor frame to the housing. |
| US10889340B2 |
Remotely controlled packable robot with folding tracks
A compact ground robot includes a vehicle body, a forward pair of track assemblies mounted to the vehicle body, and a rearward pair of track assemblies mounted to the vehicle body. All the track assemblies are foldable underneath the vehicle body for compact transport of the robot. All the track assemblies unfold to a deployed position supporting the vehicle body for deployment of the robot. Each track assembly may include a drive sprocket, a flipper, and a tack about the sprocket and flipper. |
| US10889338B2 |
Snow vehicle
A snow vehicle is disclosed comprising a vehicle frame, a propulsion unit coupled to the frame, and a front ski steered by a steering mechanism. The snow vehicle has a chain coupling the sprocket of the propulsion unit and a chain tensioning device to take up the chain tension. The chain has a chain guide positioned below a lower run of the chain which directs the chain towards an upper run of the chain. |
| US10889337B1 |
Truck bed airflow assembly
A vehicle includes a truck bed having a front wall, a tailgate, and a pair of sidewalls that extend between the front wall and the tailgate and an airflow assembly. The airflow assembly includes air inlets, air outlets, and a tubular duct. The air inlet is provided on an exterior surface of each of the pair of sidewalls. The air outlet is provided on an interior surface of each of the pair of sidewalls. At least two air ducts fluidly couple the air inlet and the air outlet on each of the pair of sidewalls. The tubular duct extends in the vehicle lateral direction to couple the air outlets on each of the pair of sidewalls such that air exiting the air outlets enters into the tubular duct and exits the tubular duct to create an air ramp flow path. |
| US10889335B2 |
Motor vehicle body having a bodyshell and vehicle underbody, and having a securing structure component
A motor vehicle body encompasses a surface-coated bodyshell having an underbody carrying portion and a underbody that is embodied separately from the bodyshell and is fixedly joined to the underbody carrying portion, the underbody having a planar, multiply curved underbody structure component encompassing fiber-reinforced plastic, as well as at least one underbody member, joined to the underbody structure component, having a member material different from the structural material of the underbody structure component; a support projection, on which the underbody member is braced and to which the underbody member is fixedly joined by adhesive bonding, protruding toward the vehicle interior from the underbody carrying portion; the vehicle body encompasses at least one securing structure component that is embodied separately both from the bodyshell and from the underbody and encompasses at least two limbs arranged at an angle to one another, which component is joined to the bodyshell and/or to the underbody member to secure the underbody on the bodyshell. |
| US10889331B2 |
Exterior silencer for motor vehicle
A hood silencer includes a back skin layer, a thin film layer, a first shape-retaining layer, a sound-absorbing layer, a second shape-retaining layer, an aeration-suppressing layer, and a front skin layer. The aeration-suppressing layer suppresses oozing of a binder resin out of the surface of the front skin layer from the second shape-retaining layer during the heat forming of the second shape-retaining layer. |
| US10889329B2 |
Vehicle side portion structure
A vehicle side portion structure includes a roof side rail that includes a rail reinforcement that is an outer portion of the roof side rail in a width direction of a vehicle, the roof side rail having a closed cross-section structure, a first upper contact surface which is formed on the rail reinforcement and with which a weather strip provided on an outer peripheral portion of a front side door is to come into contact, a flange which is formed at the rail reinforcement and to which a roof panel is joined, and a rail garnish that covers a portion of the roof side rail from the flange to an upper portion of the first upper contact surface in an up-down direction of the vehicle. |
| US10889326B2 |
Crash assembly
A crash assembly having a crash strut for a wheel of a motor vehicle, which is connected to a tie rod assembly that has at least one tie rod strut. The tie rod strut is connected to a first end of the crash strut via at least one tie rod-side connection module. A second end of the crash strut is connected to a body of the motor vehicle via a body-side connection module. |
| US10889323B2 |
Method and device for carrying out an automatic drive of a vehicle
A method for carrying out an automatic drive of a vehicle along a provided trajectory which provides at least one stored trajectory for a current position of the vehicle, selects one of the provided trajectories, and carries out an automatic drive of the vehicle. A control of the vehicle provides signals for a transverse control and a longitudinal control to control the vehicle along the selected trajectory based on detected surroundings data. At least one piece of additional information is detected or received, and the selection process is additionally carried out based on the at least one piece of additional information. Also disclosed is a corresponding device. |
| US10889320B2 |
Electric power-assisted steering apparatus and method of controlling the same
Provided are an electric power-assisted steering apparatus and a method of controlling the same. A lateral acceleration is calculated on the basis of an estimated rack force, and a target torque is calculated by using the calculated lateral acceleration and a target torque parameter set according to a vehicle velocity. Then, a compensation torque corresponding to a difference between the target torque and a driver torque is applied to uniformly maintain the feeling of steering even when a steering rate is changed. Also, a steering control logic based on a driver torque and a steering control logic based on a compensation torque are separated, thus facilitating steering control appropriate for steering circumstance. |
| US10889314B2 |
Ice fishing sled with flotation for self-rescue
An ice fishing sled comprising a plastic tub body with raised walls, and flotation bumpers secured to the exterior of the walls of the tub body around the upper edges of the walls to form a peripheral flotation shelf extending outwardly from the tub body. Bottom surfaces of the flotation bumpers are spaced above the bottom of the tub body, and can function as integral raised runners along the sides of the sled when encountering deep snow or uneven ice. The tub may optionally have a peripheral flange or lip extending outwardly from the upper periphery of the tub walls, with the peripheral flotation shelf located beneath and adjacent or against the underside of the flange or lip. |
| US10889303B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling driving of a vehicle, and a vehicle system
An apparatus, a method, and a system are configured for controlling driving of a vehicle. The apparatus for controlling driving of a vehicle includes a determination device that determines whether a driver is in an inattentive driving state during driving. The apparatus also includes a controller that switches a driving mode of the vehicle into a rest mode when it is determined that the driver is in the inattentive driving state. The controller also controls the vehicle to enter a rest area when the vehicle reaches the rest area on a traveling path of the vehicle. |
| US10889297B2 |
Determining a safe driving speed for a vehicle
Embodiments include methods, systems and computer program products for determining a safe driving speed for a vehicle. Aspects include obtaining a location and a direction of travel of the vehicle, obtaining one or more operating conditions of the vehicle, and obtaining historical accident data that corresponds to the location of the vehicle under operating conditions that are similar to the one or more conditions of the vehicle. Aspects also include analyzing, by a processor, the historical accident data to identify the safe driving speed for the vehicle, wherein the safe driving speed is determined to be a maximum speed that is associated with maximum acceptable risk of an accident and causing an indication of the safe driving speed to be displayed to an operator of the vehicle. |
| US10889292B2 |
Apparatus and method for restricting non-driving related functions of vehicle
An apparatus and a method for supporting safe driving of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a detector that detects surrounding information of the vehicle and state information of a driver. A processor determines whether attention of the driver is dispersed based on the state information of the driver when entrance of the vehicle into a dangerous driving situation is determined based on the surrounding information and restricts use of a convenience function in the vehicle based on whether the attention of the driver is dispersed. |
| US10889291B2 |
Method for autonomously parking a motor vehicle with interior monitoring, driver assistance system as well as motor vehicle
The invention relates to a method for autonomously parking a motor vehicle (1), in which the motor vehicle (1) is positioned in a start position (5), wherein the start position (5) is associated with a parking area (7) with a plurality of parking spaces (6), by means of a parking control device (4), one of the parking spaces (6) is selected for parking for the motor vehicle (1) and a trajectory (12) for autonomously moving the motor vehicle (1) from the start position (5) to the selected parking space (6) is determined, wherein interior data describing an interior (16) of the motor vehicle (1) is received by means of the parking control device (4), and it is examined based on the received interior data if a living entity is in the interior (16) of the motor vehicle (1), and the moving of the motor vehicle (1) along the determined trajectory (12) remains undone if the living entity is in the interior (16). |
| US10889289B2 |
Vehicle and control method for vehicle
A vehicle is equipped with a torque sensor configured to detect a torque, and which is disposed on a second transmission path connecting a first rotary electric machine and a first branch point on a first transmission path. When a first switching device is placed in a connected state and a vehicle wheel is driven by an internal combustion engine, a control device causes an inverted phase torque, which is opposite in phase to a detected torque detected by the torque sensor, to be generated in the first rotary electric machine. |
| US10889282B2 |
Vehicle brake device
A brake device for a vehicle, including: a rotary body; a friction member; an actuator including a piston and an electric motor; a piston-retracting prohibiting mechanism including a toothed wheel having ratchet teeth, a stopper configured to lock the ratchet teeth, a stopper biasing mechanism configured to bias the stopper in a direction in which the stopper moves from a locking position to a non-locking position, and a stopper keeping device configured to keep the stopper positioned at the locking position by an electric current supplied thereto, the prohibiting mechanism being configured to prohibit the piston from being retracted in a state in which the stopper locks the ratchet teeth; and a controller configured to control supply of an electric current to the electric motor and supply of the electric current to the stopper keeping device, wherein an electricity storage device is provided in parallel with the stopper keeping device. |
| US10889281B2 |
Brake device for vehicle
A brake device for a vehicle may include: a housing block; a plurality of buildup valve mounting parts formed in the housing block and disposed in a first row region; a plurality of reduce valve mounting parts formed in the housing block, and disposed in a second row region formed under the buildup valve mounting parts; a wheel cylinder port formed in the housing block, disposed above the buildup valve mounting parts, and connected to a wheel cylinder; a master cylinder port formed in the housing block, disposed above the buildup valve mounting parts, and connected to a master cylinder; a pump port formed in the housing block, and disposed under the buildup valve mounting parts; and one or more damper units formed in the housing block, and disposed among the buildup valve mounting parts, the wheel cylinder port and the master cylinder port. |
| US10889279B2 |
Master cylinder of vehicle brake
A master cylinder of a vehicle brake includes a housing, a motor, a screw, a moving piston, a guide, and a pressurizing part. The housing includes a port configured to move hydraulic fluid. The motor is connected to the housing and configured to supply rotation power. The screw is rotatably installed in the motor and configured to rotate in response to the rotation power. The moving piston is engaged with an outside of the screw, and is configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the housing in response to rotation of the screw. The guide is blocked by the housing and constrained from rotating, and is configured to constrain rotation of the moving piston and guide linear movement of the moving piston in the longitudinal direction. The pressurizing part is installed between the housing and the guide, and is configured to pressurize the guide via an elastic force. |
| US10889277B2 |
Braking control device for vehicle
A braking control device for a vehicle is provided, which includes an operating amount detecting part configured to detect an operating amount of a brake pedal, a reaction-force giving part configured to generate a reaction force of the brake pedal, a braking-force generating part configured to generate a braking force for wheels according to the brake pedal operating amount, and an electronic control unit (ECU) electrically connected with them. The ECU includes a processor configured to control the giving part and generating part, and set a braking rigidity characteristic based on a braking rigidity that is a ratio of the reaction force to the operating amount, and a vehicle deceleration. The ECU sets a braking rigidity value so that the braking rigidity value increases as the vehicle deceleration becomes larger. The ECU controls the reaction-force giving part based on the braking rigidity value. |
| US10889275B2 |
Wheel sensors within vehicular brake assemblies
Detectable indicia are provided on the interior circumferential rim of the brake hub-drum adjacent to, and spaced apart from, the backing plate of the brake. A sensor is mounted on the backing plate to detect wheel speed and/or other operating conditions detectable from the motion and/or relative location or condition of those indicia. The number of indicia used and the indicia spacing along the interior circumferential rim is selected as needed for a given type of sensor and/or a given application. In the case of a speed sensor, the indicia can be a series of notches in the rim along the entire interior circumferential rim, resembling a series of “teeth” into that rim. The width of those teeth can be formed wide enough to accommodate movement of the hub-drum relative to the backing plate and/or the sensor, without loss of system functionality, according to the sensing tolerances of a given sensor being used in a given application. |
| US10889274B2 |
Method and device for electronic control of a vehicle deceleration of a brake slip-controlled vehicle
A method for electronically controlling a vehicle deceleration of a brake slip-controlled vehicle comprising a pneumatic braking system includes detecting that at least one wheel of the vehicle has a brake slip that exceeds a setpoint brake slip; in response to detecting that at least one of the wheels of the vehicle has a brake slip that exceeds the setpoint brake slip, brake slip-controlling the at least one wheel in order to prevent a lockup of the at least one wheel; determining a braking effect caused by wheel brakes on the wheels of the vehicle; and adjusting brake pressures output at the wheel brakes of one or more non-brake slip-controlled wheels in order to adjust the induced braking effect. The brake pressures at the wheel brakes of all non-brake slip-controlled wheels are adjusted. |
| US10889273B2 |
Brake control device for vehicles with bar handle
A brake fluid pressure control device for vehicles with bar handle which is configured to start a holding control of a fluid pressure of a wheel brake according to wheel deceleration calculated based on a wheel speed of the vehicle is provided. In the brake fluid pressure control device, the vehicle includes an acceleration sensor which is configured to detect acceleration in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, acceleration, detected by the acceleration sensor, which occurs in a rearward direction when the vehicle is decelerating is detected as a positive value, and the holding control is started when it is judged that the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor is larger than or equal to a detection acceleration threshold value and the wheel deceleration is smaller than or equal to a wheel deceleration threshold value. |
| US10889272B2 |
Autonomous emergency braking apparatus and control method thereof
An autonomous emergency braking apparatus may include: a front sensor configured to sense object information by searching for a control target ahead of a vehicle; a compensation condition sensor configured to sense a vehicle state and a surrounding environment, in order to estimate the road state and the driving environment of the vehicle; a brake controller configured to generate a braking force to brake the vehicle; a warning controller configured to notify an operation state when the vehicle is braked; and a controller configured to calculate a braking force and braking point, adjust the road state estimated from the vehicle state sensed through the compensation condition sensor and the braking force and the braking point which are calculated according to the surrounding environment, output a braking command to the brake, and notify the operation state through the warning controller according to the braking command. |
| US10889271B2 |
Method and device for a motor vehicle for comparing surrounding area map data to surrounding area sensor data to determine the passability of a road object
A method for operating at least one vehicle relative to at least one passable object in a surrounding area of the at least one vehicle includes inputting map data values from a map, the map data values including the at least one passable object in the form of first object data values; recording surrounding area data values, which represent the surrounding area of the at least one vehicle and include the at least one passable object in the form of second object data values; reconciling the input map data values with the recorded surrounding area data values in accordance with predefined first comparison criteria; and operating the at least one vehicle as a function of the reconciliation of the data values. |
| US10889269B2 |
Vehicle washing system
A vehicle washing system for cleaning a vehicle located in a washing zone of the vehicle washing system includes a device for creating a foam curtain extending substantially transversely to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle washing system. The device is arranged on the vehicle washing system in such a way as to be vertically adjustable. |
| US10889266B2 |
Method and system for detecting the presence of a human hand on a motor vehicle opening element
A method for detecting the presence of a human hand on an opening element of a motor vehicle. The method includes determination of a power variation profile and detection of the presence of a human hand on the opening element being performed when the determined profile corresponds to a predetermined reference profile characterized by an increase followed by a first decrease in the power value, characterizing the approach of a human hand, followed by a stagnation and a second decrease in the power value, characterizing contact of a human hand with the opening element of the vehicle. |
| US10889259B2 |
Coated fabric for airbag
A coated fabric for an airbag having improved tensile strength of coated fabric without increasing the strength of a raw yarn is provided. The coated fabric for the airbag comprises a coated silicone resin on one surface of a textile made of synthetic fiber filaments, wherein the silicone resin is present at a joint between warp and weft of a non-coated surface of the textile. |
| US10889255B2 |
Electrical energy management of a vehicle system of a motor vehicle
A device for electrical energy management of a vehicle system of a motor vehicle includes a power supply for supplying energy to the vehicle system of the motor vehicle. The power supply has a normal operation mode and a stand-by operation mode. A distributing device has voltage levels on the output side for supplying electrical energy to vehicle system components of the vehicle system. A state-monitoring device monitors the electrical energy supply of the power supply and controls the distributing device. A computer device has an operating system device and a volatile computer data memory that is designed to be kept energized even in the stand-by operation mode of the device for energy management, in such a way that the volatile computer data memory does not lose the data stored therein. A method and a motor vehicle corresponding to the device are also provided. |
| US10889252B2 |
Vehicle body rear structure
A vehicle body rear structure includes: an opening and closing body for opening and closing an opening defined in a vehicle body rear part, the opening and closing body having an outer panel and an inner panel located inwardly of the outer panel, the outer panel having a rear surface part facing substantially in a vehicle rearward direction; a license plate provided on a bumper member under the opening and closing body; an emblem disposed on the rear surface part and having a projecting part projecting rearward from the rear surface part outer panel; and an image capturing device installed between the rear surface part and the inner panel and configured to capture images behind the vehicle. The rear surface part has an installation hole which is located at a position lower than the projecting part and in which the image capturing device is installed. |
| US10889251B2 |
Bracket assemblies for detachably connecting audible vehicle alert systems
This disclosure is directed to audible vehicle alert systems that include bracket assemblies for detachably mounting components of the audible vehicle alert systems to vehicles. Exemplary audible vehicle alert systems may include a first bracket, a second bracket detachably secured to the first bracket, and a speaker unit mounted to the second bracket. The second bracket may be disconnected from the first bracket during a servicing event for servicing the speaker unit or some other component of the audible vehicle alert system. |
| US10889243B2 |
Rear alarm sensor assembly
A rear alarm sensor assembly includes: a sensing part that generates waves and a sensing signal, based on contents obtained by detecting an approaching object by the generated waves; a controller that generates a transmission signal including the sensing signal and an identifier for identification and transmits the generated transmission signal to a body control module, the controller including a plurality of identification terminals for changing the identifier according to a connection relation and a ground terminal that is grounded; and a determination device that is electrically connected to the ground terminal and moves so as not to be connected to the plurality of identification terminals or so as to be connected to one of the plurality of identification terminals. In particular, the determination device electrically connects the connected identification terminal and the ground terminal to change the connection relation of the plurality of identification terminals. |
| US10889240B2 |
Method, computer device and storage medium for communicating with a rear vehicle
The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, computer device and storage medium for communicating with a rear vehicle, wherein the method comprises: a present vehicle determining that it is currently in a congestion scenario and obtaining congestion condition information; the present vehicle generating congestion prompt information for the rear vehicle according to the congestion condition information; the present vehicle displaying the congestion prompt information on a screen at a tail of the present vehicle. The solution of the present disclosure can be applied to improve the safety of the travel of the vehicle. |
| US10889239B2 |
Lighting apparatus
A lighting apparatus for connection with a trailer includes an elongated housing having an upper end and a lower end adapted for connection with a post, and at least one sidewall. A mounting assembly is connected with an upper portion of the elongated housing and a light is connected with the mounting assembly. The housing has an inner chamber for receiving a wire harness and/or power source for the light. When the elongated housing is connected with a trailer frame, the light faces a rear direction relative to the trailer and is operable to illuminate the area rear of the trailer. |
| US10889237B1 |
Lighting control for autonomous vehicles
Devices, systems and methods for controlling an exterior and dashboard lights of an autonomous vehicle are described. One example of a method for controlling one or more exterior lights includes receiving, from an autonomous driving system (ADS) of the vehicle, an input to control one or more exterior lights that are part of a lighting system of the vehicle, and transmitting, based on the input, a message to a controller area network (CAN) bus of the lighting system, the message being further based on a driver command upon a determination that a driver-initiated message is received. In an example, the lighting system of the vehicle further comprises a plurality of dashboard lights. |
| US10889233B2 |
Lighting control device, vehicular lamp, and lighting control method
There are provided a lighting control device, a vehicular lamp, and a lighting control method which can prevent visibility in front of a driver of a vehicle from decreasing. The lighting control device controls a light distribution state by a vehicular headlamp, and includes: an obstacle detection part that detects an obstacle from an image in front of a subject vehicle taken by a camera; a light-shielding area deriving part that derives a first light-shielding area of a left headlamp attached to a front left side of the vehicle, and a second light-shielding area of a right headlamp attached to a front right side of the vehicle according to a position of the obstacle when the obstacle detection part detects the obstacle; and a light distribution control part that controls a light distribution state of the right headlamp and a light distribution state of the left headlamp according to the first light-shielding area and the second light-shielding area derived by the light-shielding area deriving part. The first light-shielding area and the second light-shielding area are different from each other. |
| US10889231B2 |
Security panel for bulkhead
A bulkhead is provided. The bulkhead includes a panel that extends between first and second primary and secondary edges that are perpendicular to each other. The first primary edge includes a plurality of cutouts, and the second primary edge includes a first plurality of fingers and a second plurality of fingers. Each of the first plurality of fingers includes a first tongue extending from a first side of the second primary edge and away from a primary centerline and also includes a first groove extending from a second side of the second primary edge and toward the primary centerline. Each of the second plurality of fingers includes a second tongue extending from the second side of the second primary edge and away from the primary centerline and also includes a second groove extending from the first side of the second primary edge and toward the primary centerline. |
| US10889224B2 |
Vehicle seat control system, vehicle seat control method, and storage medium
A vehicle seat control system (1) includes an angle detection unit (308a) that detects an angle of a connection unit (308) that rotatably connects a seat surface portion to a backrest portion (302), a frame body (311) that includes a pair of vertical frames (311a, 311b) and a horizontal frame (311c) connecting the pair of vertical frames to each other and is provided to be stored in the seat surface portion, a leg support portion (312) including a first rotation shaft (Lb) parallel to an extending direction of the horizontal frame and is provided inside the frame body to be rotatable with respect to the frame body, a driving unit (315) that is provided at a proximal end (B1) of at least one of the pair of vertical frames and rotates the frame body taken out from the seat surface portion around a second rotation shaft (La) parallel to the extending direction of the horizontal frame, and a control unit (160) that controls the driving unit on the basis of a detection result of the angle detection unit at least at the time of automatic driving of the vehicle. |
| US10889223B2 |
Retrofittable vehicle extension table
A table for use with a vehicle tailgate, including a base member having a top surface and a bottom surface wherein the bottom surface of the base member is operatively arranged to be removably secured to the tailgate of a vehicle; a sliding mechanism having a sliding portion and a guide, wherein the guide is fixedly secured to the top surface of the base member; a center panel, wherein the bottom surface of the center panel is fixedly secured to the sliding portion of the sliding mechanism; left wing and right wing panels, wherein the proximal end of the right wing is pivotably secured to the right edge of the center panel, and wherein the proximal end of the left wing is pivotably secured to the left edge of the center panel; and, a fastener to removably secure the right wing panel and the left wing panel. |
| US10889222B2 |
Latching system for a vehicle seat
A seat latching system for use in moving a movable seat portion between a first position and a second position. The seat latching system includes a first fastener that is attached to a first location and a second fastener that is attached to a second location. An elongated resilient strap extends from a first end to a second end and has a first coupling at the first end and a second coupling at the second end. The first coupling is attached to the first fastener and the second coupling is attached to the second fastener. The elongated resilient strap allows the movable seat portion to move between the first position and the second position while the strap is under tension. |