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| US10914937B2 |
Pivot apparatus for a micromirror, and illumination apparatus having a pivot apparatus for a micromirror
A pivot apparatus, in particular a pivot apparatus for a micromirror, a fixed base frame being connected, directly or indirectly via an intermediate frame, to a pivotable carrier element. Spring elements having flexural springs are respectively disposed between the base frame and carrier element, base frame and intermediate frame, and intermediate frame and carrier element. The use of flexural springs enables good thermal coupling between the individual components, and an increase in robustness. The pivot apparatus can be embodied in particular as a microelectromechanical system. |
| US10914934B2 |
Wide-field multi-scale high-resolution microscopic imaging system and method
The invention discloses a wide-field multi-scale high-resolution microscopic imaging system, which includes a light source, a sample, a microscope imaging objective system, an acquisition system, and a workstation. The microscope imaging objective system is used for forming an image after a light beam emitted by the light source illuminates the sample. To obtain a wide-field curved image plane, the acquisition system includes an acquisition lens array for subfield acquisition of the curved image plane, and a camera array for secondary imaging. The workstation is used for analyzing the acquired image in overlapping fields of view, and performing image splicing based on the fields of view, to finally obtain a wide-field high-resolution image. Because of the desire for an improvement to an imaging method, this invention realizes multi-scale high-resolution observation from cells, tissues, to organs while ensuring a wide field of view. |
| US10914933B2 |
Systems and methods for instant total internal reflection fluorescence/ structured illumination microscopy
Various embodiments related to systems and methods for instant structured microscopy where total internal reflection fluorescence techniques are used to improve optical sectioning and signal-to-noise ratio of structured illumination microscopy are herein disclosed. |
| US10914925B2 |
Image capturing optical lens system
An image capturing optical lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface. The fourth lens element has refractive power, and at least one surface thereof is aspheric. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, and the surfaces thereof are aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power has a convex object-side surface, and an image-side surface changing from concave at a paraxial region thereof to convex at a peripheral region thereof, and the surfaces are aspheric. |
| US10914924B2 |
Optical image capturing module
An optical image capturing module includes a lens assembly and a circuit assembly including a carrier board, a circuit substrate and an image sensing component. The circuit substrate disposed on the carrier hoard has a hole and multiple circuit contacts. The image sensing component disposed on the carrier board is located in the hole, and has a sensing surface and multiple image contacts. Each image contact is electrically connected to circuit contacts via signal transmission elements. The lens assembly includes a lens group and a lens base disposed on the carrier board or the circuit substrate. The lens base has a receiving hole penetrating through two ends thereof, thereby the lens base is hollow. The image sensing component directly faces the receiving hole. The lens group includes at least two lenses having refractive power, and is disposed on the lens base and is located in the receiving hole. |
| US10914920B2 |
Camera optical lens
The present application discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions. |
| US10914918B2 |
Camera optical lens
The present invention discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of glass material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of glass material, and the sixth lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions. |
| US10914915B2 |
Projection lens
A projection lens includes a lens barrel, at least one lens, a focus adjusting ring, a focus adjusting gear, and a driving module. The at least one lens is disposed in the lens barrel. The focus adjusting ring is disposed on the lens barrel. The focus adjusting gear is fixed on the focus adjusting ring. The driving module is connected with the focus adjusting gear. The driving module includes a motor, a motor gear, a limiter, and an elastic element. The motor has a rotating shaft. The motor gear is penetrated through by the rotating shaft and engages with the focus adjusting gear. The limiter is fixed on the rotating shaft. The elastic element is disposed between the limiter and the motor gear, wherein the limiter applies a normal force to the motor gear through the elastic element. |
| US10914914B2 |
Voice coil motor
A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a lens-accommodating, both ends opened cylindrical bobbin and a coil block including a coil wound on a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a cylindrical yoke formed with a lens-exposing opening, a plurality of magnets disposed inside the yoke and opposite to the coil block, and a housing disposed inside the yoke to fix the plurality of magnets; and an elastic member elastically supporting the bobbin. |
| US10914911B2 |
Lens barrel and imaging device
A lens barrel includes a lens barrel body, an imaging optical system, a focus ring, a diaphragm operation ring, and a sensor. The sensor includes a code board and first and second contact brushes. The code board is provided on the inner peripheral side of the diaphragm operation ring. The first and second contact brushes are provided on the outer peripheral side of the lens barrel body, and include a plurality of conductive contacts sliding on the code board in accordance with the rotation of the diaphragm operation ring. Signals are acquired from the conductive contacts of the first and second contact brushes and the rotational position of the diaphragm operation ring is detected. |
| US10914904B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing power to waveguide systems
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system for receiving first optical power signals via an optical fiber connected with a light source of a network device, converting the first optical power signals to electrical energy utilizing an optical power converter where the electrical energy is utilized as power by the system, and transmitting or receiving electromagnetic waves that propagate along a transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and wherein the electromagnetic waves convey data. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10914897B2 |
Optical on-wafer probing with v-groove couplers
A probe device is configured to insert optical fiber probes directly into a v-groove coupler on an optical integrated circuit (IC) device. The probe device may include a probe holder comprising with a slot. A fiber holder may insert into the slot. The fiber holder may comprise a body with a first portion and second portion disposed at an angle relative to one another so that the first portion is shorter than the second portion. The body may have a bottom with grooves disposed therein, the grooves having dimensions to receive part of an optical fiber probes therein. In use, the fiber holder can arrange the optical fiber probes to extend into the v-grooves of the v-groove coupler of an optical IC on a wafer. The device may incorporate an alignment mechanism that permits the fiber holder to move or “self-align” in response to contact between the optical fiber probes and structure of the v-groove coupler of an optical IC on a wafer. |
| US10914889B2 |
Backlight module and display device
Disclosed herein are a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes: a light guide plate, a light source assembly located on a first surface of the light guide plate, and a support bracket configured to support the light guide plate and the light source assembly; wherein the support bracket further includes an installation portion for fixing the light source assembly, and an elastic element arranged on the installation portion configured to adjust a gap between the light source assembly and the first surface of the light guide plate to a first distance. |
| US10914886B2 |
Quantum dot enhancement film and manufacturing method thereof, quantum dot backlight module and display device
The present disclosure discloses a quantum dot enhancement film and a manufacturing method thereof, as well as a quantum dot backlight module and a display device. The quantum dot enhancement film includes an optical film, a perovskite quantum sphere molecule which is coated on an optical film and includes a nano-scale spheres doped with perovskite quantum dots, perovskite quantum dots are combined through a chemical bond and doped on a surface of the nano-scale spheres. By the above means, the stability of the quantum dot enhancement film is enhanced. In addition, the quantum dot enhancement film adopting the perovskite quantum sphere has high quantum efficiencies and color gamut, greatly improving the display effect. |
| US10914884B2 |
Backlight module and manufacturing method thereof, display device and light guide device
A backlight module, a manufacturing method thereof, a display device and a light guide device are provided. The backlight module includes: a light guide structure, including a volume grating layer, the volume grating layer including a plurality of volume grating portions and a light guide portion between adjacent volume grating portions, the plurality of volume grating portions being configured to introduce a beam of a specific wavelength into the light guide portion; and a light extraction structure, located on a light exit side of the light guide structure, wherein a refractive index of the light guide structure is greater than a refractive index of the light extraction structure, and an incident angle of the beam introduced into the light guide portion on a plane where the light guide portion is located is not less than a total reflection critical angle of the light guide structure. |
| US10914878B2 |
Multilayer film including hidden fluorescent features
Various embodiments disclosed relate to multilayer films including hidden fluorescent features. The present disclosure includes a multilayer optical film including an isotropic multilayer optical film having first and second opposed major surfaces. The isotropic multilayer optical film reflects at least 50% of a light that is at least one of ultraviolet light or visible light, having an incident angle less than a cutoff angle from normal to the first major surface of the isotropic multilayer optical film, wherein the cutoff angle is in a range from 10° to 70°. The isotropic multilayer optical film allows at least 50% of the light having an incident angle of more than the cutoff angle from normal to the first major surface of the isotropic multilayer optical film to pass through the isotropic multilayer optical film. The isotropic multilayer optical film includes a marking on the second major surface of the isotropic multilayer optical film, the marking including at least one fluorescent compound. Various embodiments of multilayer optical films described herein are useful, for example, as anti-counterfeiting features, such as in identification documents or cards, currency, labels for pharmaceuticals or other high value products, or financial cards. |
| US10914877B2 |
Nanoparticle light filtering method and apparatus
Implementations of the present invention relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for blocking, attenuating, or filtering neuroactive wavelengths of the visible light spectrum and reducing or preventing the symptoms affiliated with exposure to those wavelengths. Nanoparticles of a predetermined composition, size, and structure are dispersed in a host medium to create an optical notch filter, thereby attenuating only a narrow range of the visible spectrum. |
| US10914875B1 |
Multi-faceted diffuser providing specific light distributions from a light source
Optical or light diffusers (or, simply, “diffusers”) designed and manufactured to include numerous facets arranged in cells or sets in which the planar faces or outward-facing surfaces have orientations and transmission angles (as may be defined by direction cosines of normal) to redirect received light to a region or portion of a predefined light distribution. A method of designing or defining the facets of the diffuser is also provides as are methods of manufacturing the diffusers and apparatus or products that include the new diffusers (such as microdisplays and lighting components). The diffusers are optically designed to produce a user-specified distribution of light. The diffusers can be engineered through the configuration of the facets on its front or outer surface (light transmission surface) to produce nearly any type of light distribution or shape, and the diffuser design facilitates their manufacture using extrusion processes as well as other fabrication techniques. |
| US10914874B2 |
Metasurface devices for display and photonics devices
Disclosed herein are display and photonic devices utilizing metasurfaces. An optical device comprising an optical component and an optical transmission medium is disclosed. A waveguide couples the optical component and the optical transmission medium. A metasurface is disposed on an end of the waveguide and arranged to increase an optical coupling between the waveguide and the optical transmission medium. Additionally, a display comprising a number of light emitting elements and a metasurface for each of the light emitting elements. The metasurface arranged to eliminate screen door effect in virtual reality display systems. |
| US10914873B2 |
Display substrate, panel, and apparatus having irregular edge portions with partially covered pixels
A display substrate includes: a display region having an irregular edge portion; and a light-shielding area located around the display region; wherein: a pixel array is disposed in the display region; the pixel array includes outermost edge pixels of the irregular edge portion, and central pixel; each of the edge pixels includes at least one edge sub-pixel; each of the edge sub-pixels includes a light-shielding sub-region and a light-emitting sub-region arranged along a row direction; and the light-shielding sub-region is located at a side of each of the edge sub-pixels proximal to the light-shielding region. |
| US10914872B2 |
Lens assembly and lens module using same
The present disclosure provides a lens assembly. The lens assembly, includes at least one lens having a central part used for imaging and an edge part around the central part; and a shading unit in the at least one lens. The edge part depresses from an image side surface to an object side surface and forms a concave part for positioning the shading unit. In addition, the present disclosure further discloses a lens module including the lens assembly mentioned above. |
| US10914871B2 |
Optical lens assemblies and related methods
The disclosed optical lens assemblies may include a pre-strained deformable element that exhibits a non-uniform mechanical strain or stress profile, a structural support element coupled to the pre-strained deformable element, and a deformable medium positioned between the pre-strained deformable element and the structural support element. Related head-mounted displays and methods of fabricating such optical lens assemblies are also disclosed. |
| US10914870B2 |
Optical element driving mechanism
The present invention relates to an optical element driving mechanism, including a base, a holder, a frame and a light intensity adjusting assembly. The holder is movably connected to the base and carries the optical element, wherein the optical element has an opening and an optical axis so that light passes through the opening to the optical element. The frame is connected to the holder and the base. The light intensity adjusting assembly is disposed on the frame. The light intensity adjusting assembly includes a first shutter, a second shutter and a shutter driving member. The second shutter is disposed between the first shutter and the frame. The shutter driving member is disposed between the second shutter and the frame to drive the first shutter and the second shutter. |
| US10914867B2 |
Hardcoated glass-ceramic articles
According to one embodiment, there is an article including a glass-ceramic substrate having a major surface, an optical coating is disposed on the major surface and forms an appearance-enhancing surface, the optical coating including a appearance-enhancing coating, and a scratch-resistant layer. The article exhibits a hardness of 8 GPa or more, and a photopic average diffuse light reflectance measured at the appearance-enhancing surface of one of: (i) about 0.3% or less; (ii) about 0.2% or less; (iii) about 0.1% or less, over an optical wavelength regime in the range from about 400 nm to about 800 nm. Further, in the (L*, a*, b*) colorimetry system of the International Commission on Illumination, at near-normal incidence, the article comprises a diffuse reflectance dE* of one of: (i) about 3 or less; (ii) about 2 or less; or (iii) about 1 or less, where dE* is defined as dE*=sqrt(L*2+a*2+b*2). |
| US10914858B2 |
Dip correction for array induction tool data
A system and method of correcting induction logging data for relative dip, wherein an induction logging tool is utilized to collect initial induction logging data at a plurality of frequencies. The initial induction logging data is then corrected for skin effect and borehole effect, after which, inversion is performed on the processed induction logging data to determine a dip effect correction. The dip effect correction is then applied to the initial induction logging data in order to yield induction logging data that is dip corrected to reflect a zero relative dip. Once dip corrected, the induction logging data can be used with resistivity methodologies generally designed for instances where no dip is present in the formation under analysis. In certain embodiments, the inversion step utilizes an additive correction for the dip effect correction. |
| US10914851B2 |
Time of flight calibration in digital positron emission tomography
Time of flight (TOF) corrections for radiation detector elements of a TOF positron emission tomography (TOF PET) scanner are generated by solving an over-determined set of equations defined by calibration data acquired by the TOF PET scanner from a point source located at an isocenter of the TOF PET scanner, suitably represented as matrix equation at Δt=CS where Δt represents TOF time differences, C is a relational matrix encoding the radiation detector elements, and S represents the TOF corrections. A pseudo-inverse C−1 of relational matrix C may be computed to solve S=C−1 Δt. TOF corrections can be generated for a particular type of detector unit by identifying the radiation detector elements in C by detector unit. Further, multi-photon triggering time stamps can be adjusted to first-photon triggering based on √{square root over (P1/Pm)} where P1 is average photon count using first-photon triggering and Pm is a photon count using multi-photon triggering. |
| US10914850B2 |
Housing for shielding a sensor from a radiofrequency field and an imaiging system including the same
A housing for shielding a sensor from a radiofrequency field and an imaging system including the same are provided in the present disclosure. The imaging system may include a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device. The housing may include a plurality of walls forming at least a part of a cavity for accommodating a sensor of the imaging system. At least one of the plurality of walls may include a substrate and a multi-layered structure disposed on the substrate. The multi-layered structure may include a plurality of metallic layers. At least one pair of adjacent layers of the plurality of metallic layers may include slits. The slits of the at least one pair of adjacent layers may be staggered. |
| US10914847B2 |
High resolution imaging system for digital dentistry
A structured dental x-ray detector implements an array of holes or channels filled with at least one of polycrystalline, amorphous, or nano-particle semiconductor x-ray or gamma ray converter materials. Readout electronics are configured for acquiring and analyzing signals from the detector; e.g., operating in a signal integration or photon detecting mode, or in a photon detecting mode with energy resolution. In dental application, a protective shell or frame can be provided to encapsulate the detector and readout electronics, with a wired or wireless communications link to a computer system configured for image data post-processing and storage of the readout signals, with an electronic display for the image data. |
| US10914844B2 |
Signal processing device for X-ray analysis and adjustment method for a signal processing device for X-ray analysis
Provided are a signal processing device for X-ray analysis and an adjustment method for a signal processing device for X-ray analysis, which are capable of performing correction of a time constant with high precision and simply and quickly performing adjustment work required for performing the correction. The signal processing device for X-ray analysis includes: a differentiating circuit configured to use a first time constant to convert a signal output from an X-ray detector into an analog differential wave; an AD converter configured to convert the analog differential wave into a digital differential wave; a waveform shaping digital filter configured to use a second time constant to shape the digital differential wave; and a histogram generation unit configured to acquire a feature value of a shaped waveform based on pulse heights in two regions of the shaped waveform, to generate a histogram representing an acquisition frequency for each feature value. |
| US10914841B2 |
LIDAR system for autonomous vehicle
Techniques for controlling an autonomous vehicle with a processor that controls operation, includes operating a Doppler LIDAR system to collect point cloud data that indicates for each point at least four dimensions including an inclination angle, an azimuthal angle, a range, and relative speed between the point and the LIDAR system. A value of a property of an object in the point cloud is determined based on only three or fewer of the at least four dimensions. In some of embodiments, determining the value of the property of the object includes isolating multiple points in the point cloud data which have high value Doppler components. A moving object within the plurality of points is determined based on a cluster by azimuth and Doppler component values. |
| US10914839B2 |
Optical assembly and a lidar device having an optical assembly of this type
An optical assembly, for receiving light waves, includes a receiving optical system for focusing at least one incoming light wave onto a surface of a detector for detecting the at least one light wave, at least one diffractive optical element with a planar extension being situated between the receiving optical system and the detector, and the at least one diffractive optical element including a surface with a surface structure with at least one optical function. Furthermore, a LIDAR device includes an optical assembly of this type. |
| US10914837B2 |
Object detection systems
Object detection systems are provided herein. An example system includes an enclosure formed by a sidewall to define an interaction volume, at least one light source for illuminating the interaction volume with a light, at least one light sensor that senses disturbances in light intensity due to scattering, reflection, or absorption of the light by objects within the interaction volume, and a controller that is configured to detect an object or object behavior within interaction volume based on the disturbances in the light intensity. The objection detection system may also include a trigger volume and/or a sorting volume. |
| US10914820B2 |
Sensor assembly for vehicles
A sensor assembly includes a first body that rotates a sensor component about an axis, and a second body coupled to the first body to form a separation gap. The separation gap extends radially inward from a gap inlet to a sealed barrier of the second body. The separation gap may be configured with a set of air guide structural features, to induce formation of eddies from air intake received through the gap inlet, as air from the air intake moves inward towards the sealed barrier. |
| US10914819B2 |
Mitigating vibration in a radar system on a moving platform
A method of mitigating vibration in a radar system on a moving platform includes obtaining received signals resulting from reflections of transmitted signals by one or more objects in a field of view of the radar system. The received signals are a three-dimensional data cube. The method also includes processing the received signals to obtain a first three-dimensional map and second three-dimensional map, estimating the vibration based on performing a first detection using the second three-dimensional map, and cancelling the vibration from the first three-dimensional map to obtain a corrected first three-dimensional map. A corrected second three-dimensional map is obtained by further processing the corrected first three-dimensional map; and a second detection is performed using the corrected second three-dimensional map. |
| US10914816B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting object using radar of vehicle
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for detecting an object using a radar in a vehicle, wherein object detection is performed by generating a transmission signal using a code sequence, receiving an echo signal reflected from an object, and detecting the object based on the echo signal and the code sequence. |
| US10914814B1 |
Two phase time difference of arrival location
A method for a device for determining the location of a mobile transmitting device using a two phase time difference of arrival method and to a system using such a device are presented. There is a first radio node for calculating a location of a third radio node, for receiving, from the third radio node, a first ranging signal and for calculating, based on the first ranging signal, a first ranging parameter. The first radio node receives, from a second radio node, a second ranging signal, transmits to the second radio node a third ranging signal, calculates a phase offset between the first and second radio nodes based on the second and third ranging signals, and calculates a distance between the first and third radio nodes based on the phase offset between the first and second radio nodes based on the first ranging parameter. |
| US10914813B2 |
Classifying potentially stationary objects tracked by radar
An illustrative example method of tracking a detected object comprises determining that a tracked object is near a host vehicle, determining an estimated velocity of the tracked object, and classifying the tracked object as frozen relative to stationary ground when the estimated velocity is below a preselected object threshold and a speed of the host vehicle is below a preselected host threshold. |
| US10914812B2 |
Method for locating sources emitting electromagnetic pulses
The present invention relates to a method for locating sources emitting electromagnetic pulses, each source belonging to a carrier platform, the method comprising the following steps: receiving, by a detector, for each source to be located, at least one same emitted pulse, received directly and received by reflection on the carrier platform of another source, measuring the arrival direction, the arrival date and at least one invariant characteristic of each received pulse. The method further comprises the following steps: grouping together a first pair of pulses and a second pair of pulses, calculating the difference of dates of arrival between the pulses of each pair, determining the direction and the distance of each source from the detector from calculated differences of dates of arrival of the pulses of each pair. |
| US10914809B2 |
Sub-Nyquist broadband time-delayed phased array
An apparatus that includes a phased array configured to monitor a broad bandwidth with low rate ADC achieving sub-Nyquist rate sampling with 100 percent duty cycle. The phased array includes a plurality of phased array elements. Each of the phased array elements are inserted with a non-uniform true time delay to enable simultaneous measurement of an AOA and a frequency of an incident RF signal. |
| US10914806B2 |
Method for dynamic compensation for the offset error of an acquisition system comprising a current sensor
A method for dynamically compensating for the offset error of an acquisition system includes a current sensor to measure or estimate the current passing through an actuator of a electrical apparatus that is electrically supplied by an AC voltage, the acquisition system having a predetermined offset value, the method includes determining a plurality of periodic temporal operating ranges of the actuator in order to dynamically apply a compensation sequence for the offset error of the acquisition system, executing the compensation sequence during any one among the plurality of determined temporal operating ranges, the synchronization between the any one of the determined temporal operating ranges of the actuator and the execution of the compensation sequence being performed using a synchronization system including a synchronization module designed to identify reference times from the AC supply voltage of the sector. |
| US10914805B2 |
Signal error calibrating method
A signal error calibrating method is disclosed herein and includes following steps: filtering an error voltage in a sensor by a low pass filter in a calibration mode; converting the offset voltage to be a digital offset signal by an analog digital signal converter; converting the digital offset signal to be an offset calibrating signal by a digital analog signal converter; transmitting the offset calibrating signal to an input end of the sensor so as to offset an error voltage at the input end of the sensor. After calibrating the error voltage, the analog digital converter in the error calibrating circuit can be used for the need of signal output and the low pass filter is turned off at the same time. |
| US10914804B2 |
Medical image diagnostic assistance device and magnetic resonance imaging device
A medical image diagnosis supporting apparatus includes a quantitative value reception unit that receives data of kinds of quantitative values obtained in advance at points in a region of a subject; a variable conversion unit that calculates kinds of intermediate information values dependent on the kinds of quantitative values at each of the points using the kinds of quantitative values at each of the points and kinds of variable conversion functions; and a diagnosis image calculation unit that calculates a diagnosis image for the region. The diagnosis image calculation unit sets a pixel value at each of the points in accordance with a combination of kinds of intermediate information values obtained at each of the points by the variable conversion unit or a combination of intermediate information values and kinds of quantitative values at the point and generates the diagnosis image. |
| US10914803B2 |
Optogenetic magnetic resonance imaging
Disclosed herein are systems and methods involving the use of magnetic resonance imaging and optogenetic neural stimulation. Aspects of the disclosure include modifying a target neural cell population in a first region of a brain to express light-responsive molecules. Using a light pulse, the light-responsive molecules in the target neural cell population are stimulated. Multiple regions of the brain are scanned via magnetic resonance imaging. The scans allow for observation of a neural reaction in response to the stimulation in at least one of the multiple regions of the brain. |
| US10914797B2 |
Methods and apparatus for sensor having fault trip level setting
Methods and apparatus for a sensor having non-ratiometric fault trip level setting. In embodiments, a sensor has a sensing element with a fixed gain. A signal processing module receives the fault trip level setting and maintains the fault trip level setting constant during changes in the supply voltage. |
| US10914796B2 |
Integrated fluxgate device with three-dimensional sensing
An electromagnetic sensing device with a package substrate, a first die mounted on the package substrate, and a second die mounted on the package substrate. The first die includes a first integrated circuit and a first magnetic core formed above the first integrated circuit. The first magnetic core has a first sensing axis parallel to a planar surface of the package substrate. The second die includes a second integrated circuit and a second magnetic core formed above the second integrated circuit. The second magnetic core has a second sensing axis orthogonal to the planar surface of the package substrate. |
| US10914794B2 |
Measuring apparatus, method, and storage medium
A measuring apparatus that measures a measurement target amount generated from a measurement target, includes an additional amount generating section, a sensor, and a deriving section. The additional amount generating section generates an additional amount to be added to the measurement target amount. The sensor measures a composite amount of the measurement target amount added with the additional amount. The deriving section derives the measurement target amount from an output of the sensor. The additional amount is a pulse. The pulse has an amplitude higher than the absolute value of the maximum of the measurement target amount. The maximum of the pulse is zero. The pulse has a frequency high enough to ignore the 1/f noise. The deriving section detects the output value of the sensor to derive the measurement target amount. |
| US10914777B2 |
Probe heater remaining useful life determination
A system and method for an aircraft includes a probe, first and second current sensors, and a control circuit. The probe includes a heater that includes a resistive heating element routed through the probe, wherein an operational current is provided to the resistive heating element to provide heating for the probe. The first current sensor is configured to sense a first current through the resistive heating element, and the second current sensor is configured to sense a second current through the resistive heating element. The control circuit is configured to determine a leakage current based on the first and second currents and determine a remaining useful life the probe based on the leakage current over time. |
| US10914776B2 |
Method for detecting an error in a generator unit
The invention relates to a method for detecting an error in a generator unit which has an electric machine (100) with a rotor winding (110), a stator winding (120), and a rectifier (130) connected thereto, via which the electric machine (100) is connected to an onboard electrical system (150) of a motor vehicle, wherein a voltage of the onboard electrical system (150) is controlled to a target value via an excitation current (IE) through the rotor winding (110) of the electric machine (100), and a curve of a phase voltage (Uy) of the stator winding (120) is monitored, wherein an error in the generator unit is inferred when a change of the phase voltage (Uy) is detected and a voltage of the onboard electrical system (150) changing within a threshold value range (S) is detected. |
| US10914773B2 |
Resolution adjustment for capacitive touch sensor
Technology for adjusting touch resolution for a capacitive touch sensor. A touch resolution of a capacitive touch sensor is set to a first resolution. A footprint of an object in contact with a surface of the capacitive touch sensor is determined. The capacitive touch sensor is adjusted to a second resolution to detect objects based on the footprint of the object, wherein the second resolution is different than the first resolution. |
| US10914772B2 |
Phase measurement
The present disclosure relates to phase measurement circuitry operable based on a first clock signal having an intended clock frequency F1 and a second clock signal having an intended clock frequency F2, the circuitry comprising: a delay line configured to receive the first clock signal, the delay line comprising a plurality of delay units each configured to cause a propagation delay, and the plurality of delay units connected in series along the length of the delay line and defining a series of positions therebetween through which signal edges of the first clock signal propagate over time; an edge detector configured to sample the delay line at successive sample times based on the second clock signal and to record at each sample time the position of a given signal edge of the first clock signal along the delay line; and a phase angle determiner configured to determine a phase angle per delay unit based on successive recorded said positions. |
| US10914770B2 |
Electrical energy loss detection
Various embodiments relate to detecting theft of electrical energy. A method of detecting theft of electrical energy may include measuring, for each time sample of a number of time samples, a neutral current of an electrical energy metering system. The method may further include summing, for each time sample of the number of time samples, a number of measured phase current values of the electrical energy metering system to determine an imputed neutral current. Further, the method may include determining, for each time sample of the number of time samples, a squared difference between the measured neutral current and the imputed neutral current. Moreover, the method may include integrating, for each time sample of the number of time samples, the squared difference to determine an accumulator value. In addition, the method may include detecting, based on the accumulator value, theft of electrical energy from the electrical energy metering system. |
| US10914768B2 |
Voltage reference circuit, voltage detector and voltage detector system
A voltage detector (200) for monitoring an input signal and outputting a detection signal at an output when a voltage of the input signal meets a first threshold having: an input configured for receiving the input signal; a voltage reference circuit for receiving an input voltage and producing a reference voltage having a maximum value independent of the input voltage; and a trigger configured to compare the input signal and the reference voltage and to output a detection signal to the output when the voltage of the input signal reaches the first threshold. The voltage reference circuit comprises a reset input connected to either the input or the output and is configured to reduce the reference voltage when a predetermined reset signal is received. The voltage reference circuit may include: an input for receiving the input voltage; a first current controlling element (210), such as a diode, which allows current to flow as an increasing, non-linear function of voltage at least within a first range of voltages; a second current controlling element (240), such as a transistor, which allows current to flow as an increasing, non-linear function of voltage at least with a second range of voltages; and an output at which the output reference voltage is produced. The first current controlling element and the second current controlling element are connected in series between the input and a common reference, with the second current controlling element between the first current controlling element and a common reference, the output comprises a node between the two current controlling elements, the first and second range of voltages overlap and the second current controlling element is configured to vary the function by which it allows current to flow in dependence on the input voltage. |
| US10914766B2 |
Fast Faraday cup for measuring the longitudinal distribution of particle charge density in non-relativistic beams
A Fast Faraday cup includes a group of electrodes including a ground electrode having a through hole and a collector electrode configured with a blind hole that functions a collector hole. The electrodes are configured to allow a beam (e.g., a non-relativistic beam) to fall onto the ground electrode so that the through hole cuts a beamlet that flies into the collector hole and facilitates measurement of the longitudinal distribution of particle charge density in the beam. The diameters, depths, spacing and alignment of the collector hole and the through hole are controllable to enable the Fast Faraday day cup to operate with a fast response time (e.g., fine time resolution) and capture secondary particles. |
| US10914764B2 |
Balance type current sensor
A magnetic balance type current sensor includes a plurality of coils and a magnetic detection element whose characteristics change depending on a magnetic field induced by a current to be measured. Each of the plurality of coils includes a coil wire section disposed on a surface located away from a reference plane, a lead wire section connected to the coil wire section, and two electrode sections connected individually to the coil wire section and to the lead wire section. Each of the plurality of coils is capable of generating a canceling magnetic field when a feedback current is passed by using the electrode sections. The lead wire sections and the coil wire sections have crossing portions in which the lead wire sections and the coil wire sections are layered with an insulating section interposed so as to overlap each other in a winding axis direction of the coil wire sections. |
| US10914760B2 |
Changing the manner in which an electronic test instrument filters an input signal based on a characteristic of the electronic test instrument
In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for changing the manner in which an input signal is filtered based on a characteristic of an electronic test instrument. The method includes receiving, by the electronic test instrument, user input that modifies a characteristic of a channel of the electronic test instrument, and as a result changing the electronic test instrument from having the first digital filtering configuration to having a second digital filtering configuration, the first digital filtering configuration specifying that all or a majority of digital filtering occurs after the acquisition memory in the channel and the second digital filtering configuration specifying that all or a majority of digital filtering occurs before the acquisition memory in the channel. |
| US10914750B2 |
Sample processing system and control method
A center processor generates multiple instruction strings from sequence data based on a conversion table. The multiple instruction strings are transmitted to multiple local units via an internal network. Each of the local units includes a local processor and an I/O board. Layers from an internal layer to an input/output layer form a common platform. |
| US10914741B2 |
Use of 13C and 15N derivatization reagents for gas and liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy chemical identification and quantification
Disclosed are 13C and 15N derivatization reagents and their use for gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy and liquid chromatography/mass spectroscopy chemical identification and quantification. |
| US10914738B2 |
Subtractive immunoassay method and lateral flow immunochromatography assay strip for performing the method
A subtractive immunoassay for detecting the presence or absence of first and second analytes in a sample includes in the following order the steps of: a) conjugating a first detector antibody to the first analyte to tag the first analyte with a first detector tag; b) conjugating a first capture antibody to the first analyte to capture the first analyte to completely deplete the first analyte from the sample; c) conjugating a second detector antibody to the second analyte in the depleted sample to tag the second analyte with a second detector tag; d) conjugating a second capture antibody to the second analyte to capture the second analyte from the sample; e) detecting presence or absence of the first and second detector tags at the site of the first and second capture antibody, respectively, and thereby detecting the presence or absence of the first and second analytes in the sample. |
| US10914737B2 |
Method for automated evaluation of incubated immunoblot strips
The invention relates to a device and a method for automated evaluation of incubated immunoblot strips (5). What is essential for such immunoblot strips (5) is that these have regions coated with antigens, which regions discolour under the formation of so-called bands (6) as soon as a binding occurs, in particular between the antigen and an antibody present in a patient sample. Within the scope of the described technical solution, a camera (2) is initially used to make recordings of the surface of an incubated immunoblot strip (5) and these recordings are transmitted in digitized form to an evaluation unit (1). Finally, the discolourings, which occurred in the form of bands (6), are detected and at least partly quantified in the evaluation unit (1), such that a diagnosis suggestion is generated taking into account the number of bands (6) and the colour strength thereof. The described technical solution is distinguished by virtue of the camera (2) being used in each case to make at least two recordings at different times and/or under different recording conditions. |
| US10914735B2 |
Protein detection using FET
Accordingly, in some embodiments methods for detecting an analyte or analytes in one or more sample(s) are provided. The methods encompass providing a solid support with an addressable marker and an associated ligand, contacting the solid substrate to a sample, thereby forming a contacted solid support, associating the contacted solid support with a FET array and detecting the electrical properties of the FET array and thereby detecting an analyte or analytes in one or more samples. In other embodiments, the sample encompasses a second addressable marker. |
| US10914734B2 |
AU multicomponent nanomaterials and synthesis methods
Compositions which comprise a gold nanoparticle, dithiolated diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTDTPA), and a thioctic acid terminated peptide, wherein the DTDTPA is directly linked to the gold nanoparticle surface via an Au—S bond, and wherein the thioctic acid terminated peptide is directly linked to the gold nanoparticle surface via an Au—S bond. |
| US10914730B2 |
Spatially encoded biological assays
The present invention provides assays and assay systems for use in spatially encoded biological assays. The invention provides an assay system comprising an assay capable of high levels of multiplexing where reagents are provided to a biological sample in defined spatial patterns; instrumentation capable of controlled delivery of reagents according to the spatial patterns; and a decoding scheme providing a readout that is digital in nature. |
| US10914727B2 |
Microfluidic platform device and method for identifying neutralizing and/or enhancing antibodies through direct functional assays
The microfluidic platform device of the claimed invention makes use of a high throughput lab-on-a-chip format to determine the functional profile of antibodies elicited by infection or vaccination against infection for any pathogen. It can be used to evaluate vaccines, evaluate whether vaccinated individuals show indices of protection, determine whether individuals display resistance or susceptibility to infection, discover new vaccine antigens, discover and test therapeutic interventions, or evaluate mechanisms of disease. |
| US10914725B2 |
Culture medium additive, culture medium composition, and method for culturing cells or tissue using same
The invention provides a medium additive, medium composition and a culture method and the like, capable of efficiently culturing cells or tissues in a well dispersed state, and further, permitting cell image analysis of the cells or tissues. The medium additive or medium composition contains agar, which preferably is a low molecular weight agar having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000-60,000. Using same, cells or tissues can be cultured in a well-dispersed state in a medium, and a proliferation promoting effect for the cells or tissues can also be obtained. In addition, the cells can be cultured in any of a floating state and a precipitated state by adjusting the concentration of the aforementioned agar. |
| US10914723B2 |
Acoustic separation of particles for bioprocessing
A method for separating particles in a biofluid includes pretreating the biofluid by introducing an additive, flowing the pretreated biofluid through a microfluidic separation channel, and applying acoustic energy to the microfluidic separation channel. A system for microfluidic separation, capable of separating target particles from non-target particles in a biofluid includes at least one microfluidic separation channel, a source of biofluid, a source of additive, and at least one acoustic transducer coupled to the microfluidic separation channel. A kit for microfluidic particle separation includes a microfluidic separation channel connected to an acoustic transducer, a source of an additive, and instructions for use. |
| US10914722B2 |
Sensor array and apparatus for simultaneous observation of tissue electrophysiology, contractility, and growth
A sensor array for simultaneously measuring electrophysiological responses and contractility responses of a tissue includes: a substrate; a multi-electrode array (MEA) disposed in or on the substrate; and a plurality of interdigitized electrodes (IDEs) disposed in or on the substrate. The MEA and the IDEs are interpenetrating within a plane substantially parallel to an upper surface of the substrate. Systems for measuring such responses using the sensor array may also include contacts and/or connectors for interfacing with external control devices, electrodes, and cell culture components such as a chamber and lid. Fabrication techniques for making such systems include: forming a sensor array comprising an interpenetrating arrangement of IDEs and electrodes of a MEA in or on a substrate surface; forming a plurality of contacts for interfacing the system with one or more external devices in or on the substrate surface; and forming leads between the plurality of contacts and the sensor array. |
| US10914721B2 |
Methods of characterizing ion-exchanged chemically strengthened glasses containing lithium
Methods of characterizing ion-exchanged chemically strengthened Li-containing glasses include: a) measuring a mode spectrum of the glass sample; b) using the mode spectrum, estimating a first contribution to the center tension associated with a spike region and estimating a second contribution to the center tension due to a deep region only, wherein the deep region is assumed to follow a power-law stress profile; and c) determining a total center tension by adding of the first and second contributions to the center tension. The methods can be used for quality control during manufacturing of glass samples by comparing the total center tension to a center tension specification that provides optimum strength and durability. |
| US10914716B2 |
Particulate matter monitoring
Techniques for monitoring particulate matter (PM) mass concentration using relatively low cost devices are described. A computer-implemented method comprises determining, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, relationships between: first PM mass data determined by a monitor station device for a first atmospheric area over a period of time; first PM count data determined by a reference PM count device for the first atmospheric area over the period of time; and first conditional information comprising first values for defined conditional parameters, wherein the first values are associated with the first atmospheric area over the period of time. The method further includes generating an initial conversion model based on the relationships, wherein the conversion model converts a PM count to a PM mass based on one or more conditional parameters of the defined conditional parameters and features for updating the conversion model. |
| US10914714B2 |
Facilitation of canine detection of illegal substances in vehicles
A system includes a container to enclose vehicles within a chamber, an enclosed structure to house a canine to perform odor detection, and an air duct positioned therebetween. The container includes a first door, a second door, and a raised floor. The raised floor includes a first ramp leading to the first door, a second ramp leading to the second door, and sets of vent ducts defined between an outer wall and a top wall of the raised floor, the sets of vent ducts to direct air flow upwardly into the chamber of the container. The air duct includes a proximal end located proximate to an opening within the top wall of the container, a distal end fed through the enclosed structure to a canine-sniffing location, and one or more fan to pull air out of the chamber and deliver the air to the canine-sniffing location within the enclosed structure. |
| US10914709B2 |
Internal/external discrimination of metal loss defects
In one embodiment, a method of discriminating defects is provided. The method can include receiving data characterizing a first portion of a magnetic field, a second portion of the magnetic field, and a speed associated with a second sensor that acquired the second portion of the magnetic field. The method can also include discriminating, using the received data, a defect in a pipe as one of internal and external. The method can further include providing data characterizing the defect as one of internal and external. |
| US10914707B2 |
Reference electrode
A reference electrode according to the present invention maintains continuity between an internal solution and measurement sample and measures the electrical potential of the measurement sample even if the measurement sample in a liquid junction of the reference electrode has air bubbles mixed therein. This reference electrode is provided with: a second body provided with a second internal solution chamber in which a second internal solution is housed and a liquid junction portion disposed in the second internal solution chamber such that the second internal solution and measurement sample that is to be measured come into contact; and an internal electrode disposed inside the second internal solution. The liquid junction portion is formed from a conduction component formed from a porous or fibrous component and an aperture adjacent to the conduction component. |
| US10914703B2 |
Computer implemented method for determining intrinsic parameter in a stacked nanowires MOSFET
Embodiments of the invention determine intrinsic parameters of stacked nanowires/nanosheets GAA MOSFETs comprising Nw nanowires and/or nanosheets, each nanowire/nanosheet being surrounded in an oxide layer, the oxide layers being embedded in a common gate, wherein the method comprises the following steps: measuring the following parameters of the MOSFET: number of stacked nanowires/nanosheets NW, width WW,i, of the nanowire/nanosheet number i, i being an integer from 1 to NW, thickness of the nanowire/nanosheet HW,i, number i, i being an integer from 1 to NW, corner radius RW,i of the nanowire/nanosheet number i, i being an integer from 1 to NW, RW,i; calculating, using a processor and the measured parameters, a surface potential x normalized by a thermal voltage ϕT given by ϕT=kBT/q; measuring the total gate capacitance for a plurality of gate voltages; determining, using the measured total gate capacitance and the calculated normalized surface potential, the intrinsic parameter of the stacked nanowires/nanosheets MOSFET. |
| US10914698B2 |
Sensing method and system
A system that includes a sensor for measuring a resonant impedance spectral response of an inductor-capacitor-resistor (LCR) resonator and correlating the measured response of one or more spectral parameters to one or more characteristics of the fluid. Such characteristics may be the age or health of the fluid and/or the identification of and concentration of components in the fluid. |
| US10914697B2 |
Roller cone resistivity sensor
A drilling system includes a roller cone drill bit having a roller cone and at least one antenna loop disposed in the roller cone for detecting magnetic or electromagnetic waves indicative of a target, a resistivity, or a boundary of the subterranean formation, man-made structure, or object. The drilling system may utilize the antenna loop to determine resistivity measurements of a subterranean formation through which the drill bit is being drilled. The location of the antenna in the roller cone may enable increased look-ahead and look-around measurements. In addition, the location of the antenna in the roller cone may facilitate anisotropic resistivity measurements to aid in steering the drill string into a desired portion of the subterranean formation. |
| US10914694B2 |
X-ray spectrometer
An x-ray spectrometer includes: an x-ray plasma source that produces first x-rays; an x-ray optic in optical communication with the x-ray plasma source and that: receives the first x-rays from the x-ray plasma source; focuses the first x-rays to produce second x-rays; and communicates the second x-rays to a sample that produces product x-rays in response to receipt of the second x-rays and second light; and a microcalorimeter array detector in optical communication with the sample and that receives the product x-rays from the sample. |
| US10914693B2 |
Ray transmission and fluorescence CT imaging system and method
The present disclosure discloses a ray transmission and fluorescence CT imaging system and method. The system comprises: a ray source configured to emit a beam of rays; a rotational scanning device configured to perform rotational CT scanning on an object to be inspected; a transmission CT detector configured to receive the beam of rays which has passed through the object; a fluorescence CT detector configured to receive fluorescent photons excited by irradiation of the beam of rays on the object; a data acquisition unit configured to acquire a transmission data signal and a fluorescence data signal respectively; and a control and data processing unit configured to control the ray source to emit the beam of rays, control the rotational scanning device to perform the rotational CT scanning, and obtain a transmission CT image and a fluorescence CT image simultaneously based on the transmission data signal and the fluorescence data signal. |
| US10914691B2 |
Method and apparatus for non-destructive inspection of fruits having an axis of rotational symmetry
This disclosure relates to a method for non-destructive inspection of a fruit (1) having an axis of rotational symmetry (10). The method comprises the step of positioning the fruit (1) in such a way that its axis of rotational symmetry (10) has an orientation that is substantially parallel to a predetermined plane (20) and the step of radiographing the fruit (1), where the direction of emission of X-rays is substantially perpendicular to said predetermined plane (20) and an X-ray image obtained (41) lies on said predetermined plane (20). The X-ray image obtained (41) is processed to calculate, at corresponding points of the X-ray image (41), respective values of attenuation of the X-ray signal through the fruit (1). The X-ray image (41) is divided into a plurality of sections (415) which are perpendicular to the projection (410) of the axis of rotational symmetry (10) on the predetermined plane (20). Each section (415) is the projection of a corresponding slice of the fruit (1) that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotational symmetry (10). For each section (415), the deviation between a signal attenuation trend obtained from processing the X-ray image and a reference trend, or the deviation between a trend of a local coefficient of average attenuation obtained from processing the X-ray image and a trend with constant value, is examined in order to identify any anomalies, discontinuities or variations which are indicative of respective non-uniformities in the corresponding slice of fruit. This disclosure also relates to an apparatus (9) for carrying out a non-destructive inspection of a fruit (1) having an axis of rotational symmetry (10), said apparatus being configured for implementing the method according to the disclosure. |
| US10914688B2 |
Detecting saturation levels of a sample core using electromagnetic waves
An example system includes resonators configured for spatial distribution across a dimension of a target, with the resonators each being configured to transmit signals into the target and to receive signals through the target; and a data processing system to generate, based on the signals transmitted and received, a saturation profile of the target. |
| US10914686B2 |
Macro inspection systems, apparatus and methods
The disclosed technology relates to an inspection apparatus that includes a stage configured to retain a specimen for inspection, an imaging device having a field of view encompassing at least a portion of the stage to view a specimen retained on the stage, and a plurality of lights disposed on a moveable platform. The inspection apparatus can further include a control module coupled to the imaging device, each of the lights and the moveable platform. The control module is configured to perform operations including: receiving image data from the imaging device, where the image data indicates an illumination landscape of light incident on the speciment; and automatically modifying, based on the image data, an elevation of the moveable platform or an intensity of one or more of the lights to adjust the illumination landscape. Methods and machine-readable media are also contemplated. |
| US10914685B2 |
Systems and methods of using UV absorbent coatings for detecting defects in substrates used to make sterile medical device packages
A method of evaluating the integrity of a substrate used in medical device packaging include providing a flexible, porous substrate having a first major surface, and a second major surface, applying a UV absorbent layer over at least one of the first and second major surfaces of the substrate, and placing the substrate over a UV reflective surface. The method includes directing UV light toward the substrate and the UV reflective surface, whereby the UV absorbent layer absorbs light in a spectrum that matches the wavelength of the UV light, and detecting with a UV sensitive camera any UV light that is reflected from the first and second surfaces of the substrate. The substrate is rejected if the reflected UV light that is detected by the UV sensitive camera indicates that the substrate has at least one opening having a size that is greater than or equal to 10 microns. The substrate is accepted if the reflected UV light detected by the camera indicates that the substrate has no openings that are greater than or equal to 10 microns. |
| US10914683B2 |
Methods and systems for identification of bacteria in biological fluid using raman spectroscopy and applications of same
The invention relates to a method for identification and discrimination of bacteria and/or mutant bacterial strains in a biological fluid. The method includes illuminating the biological fluid with a beam of light; obtaining Raman data from light scattered from the illuminated biological fluid; and finding Raman signatures corresponding to each type of bacteria and/or mutant bacterial strains from the obtained Raman data, so as to identify and discriminate each type of bacteria and/or mutant bacterial strains in the biological fluid from the Raman signatures. |
| US10914681B2 |
Functional material including metal-organic framework, method of preparing the same, and photochemical sensor including the same
A functional material includes a porous metal-organic framework (MOF) including an organic ligand derived from benzenedicarboxylic acid and a metal ion cluster coordination-bonded with the organic ligand, and a luminescent molecule in pores of the MOF. |
| US10914676B2 |
Observation apparatus and observation method
An observation apparatus in this embodiment includes a light source configured to irradiate an observation target with light, and a processing unit configured to generate an image based on Rayleigh scattered light derived from χ(3) included in light obtained from the observation target. |
| US10914675B2 |
Sensor device for measuring a fluid concentration, and use of the sensor device
A sensor apparatus having a sensor unit. The sensor unit including pixel assemblages on a substrate upper side of a substrate located on a lower side of the sensor unit; a cap, on the substrate upper side, which covers the pixel assemblages, a cavity being formed between the substrate upper side and the cap; a plurality of filters that are transparent to wavelength regions that differ from one another, exactly one pixel assemblage being associated with each filter; and the filters being on the cap so that the infrared radiation propagated through an absorption gap of the sensor apparatus and the upper side of the sensor unit is detectable, through the respective filter, by the pixel assemblage associated with the respective filter; and a coating made of a light-absorbing and/or light-reflecting material being configured at least locally on a part of the cap which is not covered by the filters. |
| US10914671B2 |
Flow cytometers having enclosed droplet sorters with controlled aerosol content and methods of using the same
Flow cytometers having an enclosed particle sorting module are provided. Aspects of the flow cytometers include, in addition to the enclosed particle sorting modules, a sample input module fluidically coupled to an inlet of the enclosed particle sorting module, a waste reservoir fluidically coupled to first outlet of the enclosed particle sorting module and a first sorted particle collection system fluidically coupled to a second outlet of the enclosed particle sorting module. Flow cytometers as described herein are configured to control aerosol content in the enclosed particle sorting modules, including the sort chambers of such modules. Also provided are methods of using the flow cytometers, as well as kits that include one or more components of the flow cytometers are consumables for use therewith. |
| US10914670B2 |
Method and device for detecting bacteria and determining the concentration thereof in a liquid sample
A method for detecting bacteria and determining the concentration thereof in a liquid sample includes the steps of taking an optical section through a container holding a volume of the liquid sample at a predetermined field of view and at a predetermined focal plane depth or angle and after a period of time has elapsed to allow non-bacteria in the sample to settle to the bottom of the container. Since bacteria auto arranges in the liquid sample, forming a lattice-like grid pattern, an optical section through the volume of auto-arranged bacteria may be used to measure the quantity of bacteria residing in that section. A container for holding the liquid sample has particular structure which aids in separating the non-bacteria from the bacteria. |
| US10914669B2 |
Electronic sensors for multiplexed detection of particles on microfluidic chips and uses thereof
Provided herein are coded fluid paths. Also provided herein are devices and systems containing one or more of the coded fluid paths. Also provided herein are methods of using the coded fluid paths, devices, and systems provided herein. |
| US10914666B2 |
Apparatus and method for validating the operation of a PPM analyzer
A system comprising a parts-per-million (PPM) analyzer configured to analyze a multiphase fluid, the fluid comprising water. The analyzer includes a mesh comprising first adsorbent materials that adsorb specific substances from the multiphase fluid. The system includes a mass meter configured to measure a mass of multiphase fluid passing through the PPM analyzer; a molecular sieve dryer comprising second adsorbent material configured to adsorb the water from the multiphase fluid; and a plurality of valves configured to couple the mass meter and the molecular sieve dryer to the PPM analyzer. During routine operation, the valves direct the multiphase fluid through the PPM analyzer. During a validation operation, the valves divert the multiphase fluid through the molecular sieve dryer prior to entering the PPM analyzer. |
| US10914665B2 |
Apparatus for detecting sample properties using chaotic wave sensor
Provided is a sample property detecting apparatus including: a wave source configured to irradiate a wave towards a sample; a detector configured to detect a laser speckle that is generated when the wave is multiple-scattered by the sample, at every time point that is set in advance; and a controller configured to obtain a temporal correlation that is a variation in the detected laser speckle according to time, and to detect properties of the sample in real-time based on the temporal correlation, wherein the detector detects the laser speckle between the sample and the detector or from a region in the detector. |
| US10914661B2 |
Hardness tester and program
A hardness tester includes an indenter, an arm and a driver which loads a test force onto the indenter and press the indenter against a sample, a spring displacement amount sensor detecting a value for the test force loaded onto the indenter, and a controller. In a state where a predetermined test force (total test force) is loaded onto the indenter by the driver, when the value of the test force detected by the spring displacement amount sensor exceeds a predefined allowable margin relative to the predetermined test force, the controller executes predetermined processes, including an interrupt process interrupting the test currently being executed and a notification process notifying a user that the value of the test force exceeded the allowable margin during execution of the test. |
| US10914660B2 |
Apparatus and method for optothermal heating of nanoscale environments
An apparatus and a method are provided for selectively and rapidly applying heat to a nanoscale environment in a controlled manner. The technology utilizes laser irradiation of a solid state material to heat a nanoscale point of interest by an optothermal effect. The technology can be used to the tip of an atomic force microscope, a spot on a flat surface, or a nanopore, or molecules in their vicinity. The apparatus and method are capable of rapidly scanning the temperature of a nanoscale object such as a molecule or biomolecular complex and to interrogate properties of the object at high throughput. The methods can be used in nanofabrication processes or to drive single molecule chemistry. |
| US10914656B2 |
Condition monitoring
Condition monitoring of equipment, machines, and parts with rotational or linear movement that constantly changes speed, starts and stops at different positions, that does not make complete rotations is done according to the invention by binning vibrational data according to position and thereafter performing a Fourier transformation for analysis. Among other things this avoids smearing in the frequency domain due to speed changes. |
| US10914652B2 |
Leak detection for heat exchanger plate
A method for detecting a leak in a heat exchanger plate includes positioning the heat exchanger plate between a first fixture and a second fixture to create both a first sealed space between the heat exchanger plate and the first fixture and a second sealed space between the heat exchanger plate and the second fixture. The first sealed space is on one side of the heat exchanger plate and the second sealed space is on the other side of the heat exchanger plate. The method includes supplying an inert gas to the second sealed space, drawing a vacuum in the first sealed space, and detecting whether the first sealed space includes the inert gas. The presence of inert gas indicates the plate is not leak-tight. |
| US10914651B2 |
Shaft balanced via magnetically distributed weighted particles and related machine and method
A shaft balancing device having first and second supports, which are rotatable about an axis, a motor drivingly coupled to the first support, an electromagnet, which has a plurality of coil units that are disposed circumferentially about the axis, and a control module. The control module is configured to separately control operation of each of the coil units to generate a predetermined composite magnetic field that is an aggregate of a plurality of magnetic fields produced by the plurality of coil units. The predetermined composite magnetic field is fixed relative to a datum that is rotatable about the axis with the first support. The control module is further configured to rotate the predetermined composite magnetic field about the axis at a rotational velocity of the first support. |
| US10914648B2 |
Pressure sensor for detecting a pressure of a fluid medium in a measuring chamber
A pressure sensor for detecting a pressure of a fluid medium in a measuring chamber and a method for manufacturing the pressure sensor are provided. The pressure sensor includes a pressure connector, with the aid of which the pressure sensor is attachable to or in the measuring chamber, and a sensor element for detecting the pressure of the fluid medium. A feed channel is formed in the pressure connector. The sensor element is situated on a substrate. The feed channel is sealed off by the substrate and is designed to feed the fluid medium to the sensor element. The pressure connector and the substrate are designed as one piece and the sensor element is printed onto the substrate. |
| US10914646B2 |
System and method for monitoring the health of structures and machines using fiber Bragg Grating (FBG)
An optical-based system for sensing parameters of a structure or machine for monitoring the health of the structure or machine. The optical-based system includes a set of optical fibers, each optical fiber including a set of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors for sensing a set of parameters of the object; a set of interrogators configured to generate a set of incident optical signals for transmission via the set of optical fibers, respectively, receive a set of reflected optical signals from each of the optical fibers of the set, and generate a set of data related to sensed parameters of the object based on the set of reflected optical signals; and a controller configured to control the set of interrogators. Via a user interface or a remote computer on a cloud, sensing instructions may be provided to the controller, and sensed data and other information may be received from the controller. |
| US10914643B2 |
System and method for modeling and correcting frequency of quartz crystal oscillator
A method and system for generating a crystal model for a test product including a crystal oscillator are herein disclosed. The method includes measuring a first temperature of the test product and measuring a first frequency error of the crystal oscillator at a first calibration point during a product testing process, measuring a second temperature of the test product and measuring a second frequency error of the crystal oscillator at a second calibration point during the product testing process, estimating two parameters from the first temperature, first frequency error, second temperature, and second frequency error, and determining a 3rd order polynomial for the crystal model based on the two parameters. |
| US10914640B2 |
LED thermal characterization and calibration for an optical display
Techniques are disclosed for calibrating display devices, such as head-mounted augmented reality (AR) devices. One technique includes obtaining, for each of a set of primary color light sources disposed in a unit, measurement points including chromaticity and luminance values as a function of temperature of the unit and drive currents of the primary color light sources. The technique further includes converting the measurement points to an XYZ color space to produce XYZ values. The technique further includes, for each of a set of target luminances and a set of discrete temperatures, calculating primary luminances for each of the primary color light sources, and interpolating or extrapolating the drive currents and the XYZ values for each of the primary luminances to obtain calculated currents. The technique further includes storing the calculated currents indexed by the target luminances and the discrete temperatures. |
| US10914638B2 |
Pyroelectric sensor
Provided is a pyroelectric sensor including: an Si substrate; a laminated portion in which a heat absorption layer formed of an inorganic material, a lower electrode, a piezoelectric film, and an upper electrode are laminated in this order from one surface side of the Si substrate on the one surface; and an optical filter that is provided at a position of the other surface of the Si substrate corresponding to the laminated portion and selectively transmits an infrared ray, in which an infrared ray incident to the laminated portion from the optical filter side through the Si substrate is sensed. |
| US10914635B2 |
Wireless industrial process monitor
An industrial process monitor for monitoring an industrial process includes a controller configured to control operation of the industrial process monitor. An ambient environment sensor is configured to sense an ambient environment of the industrial process proximate the device and responsively provide a sensor output signal. Output circuitry is configured to provide an output based upon the sensor output signal. The controller causes the ambient environment sensor to enter a high power mode upon detection of an anomaly and/or probable anomaly in the sensor output signal. |
| US10914633B2 |
Ultrahigh resolution photonic spectral processor
Disclosed are a method for achieving ultrahigh spectral resolution and a photonic spectral processor, which is designed to carry out the method. The disclosed photonic spectral processor overcomes the current 0.8 GHz spectral resolution limitation. The new spectral processor uses a Fabry-Perot interferometer array located before the dispersive element of the system, thus significantly improving the spectral separation resolution, which is now limited by the full width at half maximum of the Fabry-Perot interferometer rather than the spectral resolution of the dispersive element spectral as is the current situation. A proof of concept experiment utilizing two Fabry-Perot interferometers and a diffractive optical grating with spectral resolution of 6.45 GHz achieving high spectral resolution of 577 MHz is described. |
| US10914632B2 |
Divided-aperture infra-red spectral imaging system
Various embodiments disclosed herein describe a divided-aperture infrared spectral imaging (DAISI) system that is adapted to acquire multiple IR images of a scene with a single-shot (also referred to as a snapshot). The plurality of acquired images having different wavelength compositions that are obtained generally simultaneously. The system includes at least two optical channels that are spatially and spectrally different from one another. Each of the at least two optical channels are configured to transfer IR radiation incident on the optical system towards an optical FPA unit comprising at least two detector arrays disposed in the focal plane of two corresponding focusing lenses. The system further comprises at least one temperature reference source or surface that is used to dynamically calibrate the two detector arrays and compensate for a temperature difference between the two detector arrays. |
| US10914628B2 |
Apparatus for spectrum and intensity profile characterization of a beam, use thereof and method thereof
The present invention concerns an apparatus for spectral and intensity profile characterization comprising: a diffractive element; a beam block (3) attached to the diffractive element, the beam block (3) being positioned so as to block the passage of the direct incoming beam (1) which is not incident on the diffractive element; a device for translation of the beam block (3) and the diffractive element; reflective element (4); fixed detector (5) positioned on the axis of the incoming beam (1). The invention also concerns use and a method thereof. Such a compact system provides application in the field of spectrometry and diagnostics of the beam intensity profile, especially in the area of XUV and soft X-rays. |
| US10914627B2 |
Configurable laser monitor photodiode in optical modulation amplitude controller
A photodiode current comparison circuit has a first current source coupled to a circuit node configurable to operate in a first mode, a second current source coupled to the circuit node configurable to operate in a second mode opposite the first mode, and a third current source switchable to route a current to the circuit node in response to a data signal using a transistor coupled between the circuit node and the third current source. A photodiode is coupled to the circuit node. In a first configuration, an anode of the photodiode is coupled to the circuit node and a cathode of the photodiode is coupled to a power supply terminal. In a second configuration, a cathode of the photodiode is coupled to the circuit node and an anode of the photodiode is coupled to a power supply terminal. An amplifier provides an error signal of the photodiode. |
| US10914626B2 |
Portable measuring unit
Portable measuring unit (1) for performing a measuring process for an apparatus for additively manufacturing of three-dimensional objects by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material which can be consolidated by means of an energy beam, with a holding unit (2) configured for holding an image detection unit (3) in a position relative to a sample, wherein the image detection unit (3) is configured to measure an irradiation pattern of the sample (10) previously irradiated by the apparatus, wherein the portable measuring unit (1) is arbitrarily assignable to the or an apparatus. |
| US10914625B1 |
Compact annular field imager and method for imaging electromagnetic radiation
The present disclosure provides an optical imager and a method for imaging electromagnetic radiation. In one aspect, the optical imager includes an object array substantially located at an object plane, a first catadioptric element configured to substantially collimate, at a central plane, electromagnetic radiation emanating from the object array, a second catadioptric element configured to image the substantially collimated electromagnetic radiation from the central plane onto an image plane, and a detecting element substantially located at the image plane. The first catadioptric element includes at least one refractive surface and at least one reflective surface, and the second catadioptric element includes at least one refractive surface and at least one reflective surface. |
| US10914623B2 |
Cut wire detection system, method, and computer program product
A system (with corresponding a method and computer program product) for sensing wire tampering of a utility service. The system comprises a flow meter configured to produce output pulses indicative of a flow through the utility service, a switching-element receiving the pulses from the flow meter, a diode in parallel with the switching-element, and a processor for recording the flow, and having a first wire and a second wire electrically connected to the switching-element and the diode. The processor is configured to apply a forward voltage to the diode, detect a response at the diode during the application of the forward voltage to the diode, and based on a comparison of a magnitude of the response to at least two of three different electrical states, determine if the detected response is indicative of a) a short between the first wire and the second wire, b) a cut in either of the first wire and the second wire, or c) an untampered wire condition. |
| US10914621B2 |
Monitoring of fluid flow in an open channel using an optical fibre sensor
A method and system for monitoring fluid flow in an open channel system, using an optical fibre that extends along at least a portion of the open channel system within the channel below the surface of the fluid. The method comprising sending light pulses into the sensor optical fibre, receiving backscattered light from the sensor optical fibre, and analysing properties of the backscattered light to obtain data representing strain along the sensor fibre. The strain data can be processed to derive information about the fluid flow, such as fluid depth, flow velocity and flow volume. A containment system for the optical fibre sensor may be included to protect the fibre and convert the pressure of a fluid in the open channel to a strain in the fibre. The temperature of the fluid may also be measured and temperature compensation of the measured strain carried out. The system is particularly applicable to sewers, drains, culverts or levees, with the optical fibre sensor installed axially at the bottom of the channel. |
| US10914616B2 |
Encoder and rotatable device using same
An encoder applied to a rotatable device including a code disc set, at least one bearing, a bearing housing, a main housing, a sensor and an elastic assembly. The code disc set is disposed on a rotation end of the rotatable device. The bearing is disposed around the rotation end, and the bearing housing is disposed around the bearing. The main housing is connected with a first end of the bearing housing. The sensor is disposed on the main housing and corresponds to the disc wheel set, and there is an interval between the sensor and the code disc set. The elastic assembly is connected with a second end of the bearing housing and a fixing end of the rotatable device. Therefore, the interval between the sensor and the code disc set is maintained to be fixed, and the good position detection performance and stable signals are obtained. |
| US10914610B2 |
Zero cross detection circuit and sensor device
A zero cross detection circuit has a first comparator circuit receiving a first input signal n1 and a second input signal n2 and outputting a first comparison result, a second comparator circuit having a hysteresis, receiving the first input signal n1 and the second input signal n2, and providing a second comparison result, and a logic circuit providing a zero cross detection signal based on the first comparison result and the second comparison result. The logic circuit provides a reverse signal to the second comparator circuit based on the first comparison result and the second comparison result. |
| US10914609B2 |
System and method for angle sensing using magnet having asymmetric magnetization configuration
A system includes a magnet configured to produce a magnetic field, the magnet having an asymmetric magnetization configuration that produces a distinct feature in the magnetic field. The asymmetric magnetization configuration can be produced via an asymmetric physical characteristic, nonuniform magnetization strengths, nonuniform magnetization distributions, off-centered magnet, and so forth. Magnetic field sensors are configured to produce output signals in response to the magnetic field, the output signals being indicative of the distinct feature in the magnetic field. A processing circuit receives the output signals and determines a rotation angle for the magnet using the output signals, the rotation angle having a range of 0-360°. |
| US10914608B2 |
Data analytic engine towards the self-management of complex physical systems
Systems and methods for anomaly detection in complex physical systems, including extracting features representative of a temporal evolution of the complex physical system, and analyzing the extracted features by deriving vector trajectories using sliding window segmentation of time series, applying a linear test to determine whether the vector trajectories are linear, and performing subspace decomposition on the vector trajectory based on the linear test. A system evolution model is generated from an ensemble of models, and a fitness score is determined by analyzing different data properties of the system based on specific data dependency relationships. An alarm is generated if the fitness score exceeds a predetermined number of threshold violations for the different data properties. |
| US10914600B1 |
Transportation proposal filtration, comparison, and inconvenience measurement
Methods and systems for analyzing, ranking, and presenting multi-modality transportation proposals are presented. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a request for transportation and generating proposals that include routes for transportation an origin location and a destination location of the request. The proposals each include segment(s) corresponding to a portion of a route and at least one modality identifying a type of transportation for the segment(s). Proposal scores may then be calculated for each of the proposals. Proposal scores for a proposal may be calculated based on a disutility measure of the proposal that measures a predicted inconvenience for a user following the route identified by the proposal. The proposals may be ranked based on the proposal scores and the ranking may be transmitted to a mobile device for display on the mobile device. |
| US10914599B2 |
Determining alternative route by navigation system
A vehicle navigation system may receive, from an external computer system, a first route to a destination from a current position of the vehicle navigation system. A current speed of the vehicle navigation system as the vehicle navigation system travels on the first route may be provided to the external computer system. The vehicle navigation system may receive, from the external computer system, other routes to the destination that begin from a starting point that corresponds to an anticipated deviation from the first route located at least a defined distance from the vehicle navigation system. A graphical user interface of the vehicle navigation system may be caused to display a second route of the other routes based on a current deviation of the vehicle navigation system from the first route. |
| US10914593B2 |
Dynamic content delivery based on vehicle navigational attributes
Systems and methods are disclosed for dynamic content delivery based on vehicle navigational attributes. An example system includes at least one processor, and memory including instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to determine a relevancy score for respective ones of a plurality of sporting event data items based on navigational attributes of a vehicle, determine whether the navigational attributes correspond to a driving condition, the driving condition indicative of a driving pattern of the vehicle in response to a condition external to the vehicle, and in response to determining that the navigational attributes correspond to the driving condition, present a first sporting event data item of the plurality of sporting event data items in response to a relevancy score of the first sporting event data item corresponding to the driving condition. |
| US10914592B2 |
Navigation in an establishment site for a user using a mobile electronic device
A method, system and computer program product for navigation in an establishment site for a first user using a first mobile electronic device are provided. The embodiment may include scanning an area around a current location of the first user to identify a set of second mobile electronic devices. The embodiment may also include referencing one or more resources for: identifying a set of second users for each of the set of second mobile electronic devices; analyzing schedules of the set of second users to identify expected current locations of each of the set of second users in an establishment site; and identifying the current location of the first user relative to the expected current locations of at least some of the set of second users by referencing a map of the establishment site. The embodiment may further include receiving notification of a position of the current location. |
| US10914590B2 |
Methods and systems for determining a state of an unmanned aerial vehicle
A method for determining an external state of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes obtaining historical external state information of the UAV, obtaining a current image and a historical image captured before the current image, predicting a matching feature point in the current image that corresponds to a target feature point in the historical image according the historical external state information, and determining the external state of the UAV based on the matching feature point. |
| US10914588B1 |
Pulse per second signal generation using a fiber optic gyroscope
A fiber optic gyroscope inputs laser light into opposing ends of a fiber optic coil and detects light at the same ends of the optical fiber. A pulse-per-second signal is generated by determining the phase difference between the two opposing laser light signals, and generating electrical pulses based on this detected phase difference. The fiber optic gyroscope may become a source of one or more PPS signals used by a vehicle. |
| US10914587B1 |
Systems and methods for correcting errors in gyroscopes
Techniques are provided for correcting for time varying changes to a gyroscope incorporating a resonator and/or to an environment in which the gyroscope is located, and which affect the resonator. Free spectral range of the gyroscope, which varies with such changes, is determined and is used to correct at least one of gyroscope bias and scale factor. |
| US10914586B2 |
Vibration apparatus
According to one embodiment, a vibration apparatus includes a coupled vibration mechanism which includes a plurality of mass parts and connects the mass parts, a catch and release mechanism which catches a vibrating mass parts to stop vibration and releases a caught mass parts to start vibration and a control circuitry configured to determine whether catching the mass parts by the catch and release mechanism is successful or failed and control the catch and release mechanism for raising possibility for catching the mass parts by the catch and release mechanism, if the catching the mass parts is determined as failed. |
| US10914579B2 |
Method for alignment of phase-sensitive tracking systems using variable delay offsets
Aspects of the disclosure provide for a method of aligning a tracking system of a communication device. The method includes receiving an optical beam at the communication device. A first beam portion is received at the tracking system, and a second beam portion is received at an optical fiber of the communication device. Using one or more processors, an first signal and an second signal is received from the tracking system. The one or more processors are also used to determine a phase difference related to the first signal and a second phase difference related to the second signal. An offset for the first signal and an offset for the second signal are determined based on the respective phase difference. The one or more processors then track the optical beam using the tracking system and the determined offsets. |
| US10914575B1 |
Composite sine-trapezoidal fringe structured light 3D measurement method
A composite sine-trapezoidal fringe structured light 3D measurement method includes projecting trapezoidal fringe patterns onto a measured object and capturing fringe images; sorting the fringe images by brightness, resolving them into uniform light images and sinusoidal light images, and obtaining a sub-region ordinal number of each image; using the uniform light image to identify a strength response model of the captured fringe image, and obtaining a strength response model parameter; an actual projection strength, a sub-region phase of the sinusoidal light image according to the actual projection strength, a wrapped phase according to sub-region phase and sub-region ordinal number, an absolute phase according to the wrapped phase and sub-region ordinal number, a surface point of the measured object at the positions of a projector pixel and a camera pixel according to the absolute phase, and an object surface model of the measured object by a reconstruction by triangulation. |
| US10914570B2 |
Inductive position detection configuration for indicating a measurement device stylus position
An inductive position detector (IPD) for stylus position measurement in a scanning probe comprises a coil board configuration located along a central axis in the probe with a motion volume extending on opposite sides of the coil board configuration. The coil board configuration includes N top rotary sensing coils (RSCs) and a top axial sensing coil configuration (ASCC), and N bottom RSCs and a bottom ASCC. A pair of stylus-coupled conductive disruptors move along Z (axial) and X-Y (rotary) directions in the motion volume. A generating coil (GC) of the coil board configuration generates a changing magnetic flux (e.g., encompassing all or at least part of the disruptors), and coil signals indicate the disruptors and/or stylus positions. Areas of the conductive disruptors may be larger than an area of the generating coil in some implementations, and the conductive disruptors may each comprise a plurality of concentric conductive loops, spirals, etc. |
| US10914562B2 |
Exhaust valve for multiple start torpedo
Disclosed is a multiple start torpedo including an aft body having an exhaust conduit defining a turbine end and a seawater end having an orifice. The multiple start torpedo includes an exhaust valve associated with the exhaust conduit including. The exhaust valve includes a fore section having a head and a valve stem. The exhaust valve includes an aft section tapered from the turbine end to the seawater end and defining a receptacle sized to receive the valve stem. The exhaust valve includes a biasing member disposed to bias the head in an extended position spaced apart from the aft section and abut the orifice in the extended position. |
| US10914560B2 |
Hollow point bullet
An improved hollow point bullet has a core of a soft, dense metal having a generally cylindrical rear section, a tapering front section, and an open forward end opening to a cavity. A jacket of a harder metal than the core surrounds at least the rear and front sections of the core, and extends at least partially into the cavity. An expander of a rigid polymer is disposed in the cavity, substantially filling the cavity and providing at least one passage through to the bottom of the cavity. |
| US10914551B2 |
Vehicle device separation system with telescoping piston springs
An ejector system for ejecting/separating a store, such as a weapon, from a launch platform includes a pair of spring assemblies that each include nested springs that are contained in a housing when the spring assemblies are in a compressed configuration. To separate the store from the aircraft the spring assemblies each move from the initial compressed configuration to an extended configuration, using the potential energy stored in the springs when compressed. The extension of the springs extends the springs mostly out of the spring assembly housings, extending telescoped sleeves of the spring assemblies. The extension of the spring assemblies provides a safe and steady way of separating the store from the launch platform, while having the advantages of being reusable, low cost and low weight, not producing any debris, and providing a softer push than may be produced by other separation mechanisms, such as the use of pyrotechnic devices. |
| US10914550B1 |
Holster accessory
A holster accessory apparatus that is configures to modify existing holsters to allow for more comfortable carrying of a gun with an exposed grip. The accessory comprises two elements, a flexible material larger than the perimeter of a combination of a gun holster and an attaching element configures to affix the holster to the flexible material. In one embodiment, method is designed for conceal and carry situations. |
| US10914548B2 |
Power system for a firearm
A power system for a firearm includes a buffer tube adapter that attaches to a buffer tube of the firearm. A buttstock slidably engages with the buffer tube adapter along an axis, and the buttstock is adapted to adjust a length of the firearm. A power source is held by the buffer tube adapter and is at least partially covered by the buttstock. The power source is configured to power electronic accessories mounted to the firearm. The power system is mountable to the firearm without altering the buffer tube of the firearm. |
| US10914547B2 |
Bolt reciprocation structure of toy gun
A structure includes a bolt body combined in a toy gun, a bullet feeding element, a high pressure air opening, an air outlet opening, an air valve assembly, a piston element, a recoil bar at one side of the bolt body, a first elastic element fit over the recoil bar, a bolt sleeve defined at one side of the bolt body and movably fit over the recoil bar, and an abutting section. When the high pressure air is input through the high pressure air opening, the air valve assembly may change a flowing direction thereof and drive the abutting section to move so as to control rearward movement of the piston element, the bolt body, and the bullet feeding element. A first elastic element that is operable to move the bolt body forward is disposed on the recoil bar outside the bolt body. |
| US10914540B1 |
Water cooling system for providing water with constant temperature
A water cooling system includes a temperature control device which is connected with a first heat exchanger. A second heat exchanger includes a water temperature control path and a constant temperature water path. The water of the first heat exchanger is controlled by the temperature control device and flows to the water temperature control path. The water in the constant temperature water path tows through the second heat exchanger to proceed heat exchange with the water in the water temperature control path, and then flows to the target equipment. The temperature difference of the water flowing to the target equipment is smaller than that of conventional water cooling system. |
| US10914532B2 |
Curved plate heat exchanger
A curved plate heat exchanger includes a heat exchange unit in which heat medium flow paths and combustion gas flow paths are alternately formed to be adjacent to each other in spaces between a plurality of plates, wherein the plurality of plates are configured in such a manner whereby a plurality of unit plates, in which first and second plates are stacked, are formed; wherein the heat medium flow paths are formed between the first plate and the second plate of the unit plate; and wherein the combustion gas flow paths are formed at constant interval between the second plate of the unit plate located on one side of the adjacent unit plates and the first plate of the unit plate located on the other side. |
| US10914524B2 |
Un-finned heat exchanger
An un-finned heat exchanger (100). The heat exchanger (100) comprises: a heat exchange tube (1), which comprises a body; a fluid channel (11) formed inside the body; and a collecting tube (2) connected to the heat exchange tube (1). Using the heat exchanger can reduce accumulation of dirt on the heat exchanger. |
| US10914522B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing the NOx emissions in a rotary kiln
In a method for reducing the NOx emissions of a rotary kiln of a clinker production plant, fuel supplied through a burner of the rotary kiln is burned along with primary air fed through the burner, wherein the primary air has a lower oxygen content and the primary air has an oxygen content reduced relative to that of the ambient air and a temperature increased relative to that of the ambient air, and the primary air is obtained by mixing ambient air with exhaust gas from the rotary kiln or from a heat exchanger connected to the rotary kiln and used for preheating raw meal. The primary air is further obtained by mixing with hot air, in particular waste air from a clinker cooler. |
| US10914516B2 |
System for treating a gas deriving from the evaporation of a cryogenic liquid and supplying pressurized gas to a gas engine
The system for treating a gas deriving from the evaporation of a cryogenic liquid and supplying pressurized gas to a gas engine according to the invention comprises, on the one hand, from upstream to downstream, a reliquefaction unit (10) with compression means (11, 12, 13), a first heat exchanger (17) and expansion means (30), and, on the other hand, a pressurized gas supply line comprising, from upstream to downstream, a pump (48) for pressurizing the liquid and high-pressure vaporization means (61).The pressurized gas supply line has, upstream of the vaporization means (61), a bypass (57) for supplying a second heat exchanger (60) between, on the one hand, pressurized liquid of the supply line (56) and, on the other hand, a line (22) of the reliquefaction unit (10) downstream of the first exchanger and upstream of the expansion means (30). |
| US10914515B2 |
Beverage cooling apparatus and method
A container enclosing a volume, the container having a container floor facing the volume, a release valve, and a detachable lid positioned opposite the container floor. The detachable lid having at least one lid inlet that penetrates the detachable lid. The lid inlet having an inlet sleeve having a first sleeve end that extends outside the detachable lid and a second sleeve end that extends into the container. A conduit system having at least one overflow outlet fluidly coupled to the conduit system and positioned within the second sleeve end and a water pump coupled to the conduit system for transferring a fluid through the conduit system. |
| US10914514B1 |
Illuminated trim assembly for appliance
An appliance has an illuminated trim assembly that includes an appliance cabinet having first and second sidewalls and a top wall. The appliance cabinet defines a compartment. A trim breaker member extends along a forward edge of the first and second sidewalls and the top wall. A light housing is positioned rearward of the trim breaker member and defines a light source channel. The light source channel has an open end proximate the compartment. A lens extends between the trim breaker member and the light housing. The lens is positioned to separate the light source channel from the compartment. A light source is positioned within the light source channel and is configured to direct light through the lens into the compartment. |
| US10914512B1 |
Home appliance device and method of assembling the home appliance device
For improving the energy efficiency of a home appliance device, in particular a home refrigeration appliance device, the appliance device has at least one inner liner defining at least one storage space, at least one functional unit which is in an assembled state is connected to the inner liner and is located in the storage space, and at least one seal which is in the assembled state compressed between at least one mating surface of the functional unit and the inner liner. The inner liner has at least one protrusion, which the seal abuts on in the assembled state. |
| US10914510B2 |
Appliance mounting system
An appliance mounting device is provided herein. The appliance includes a vacuum insulated structure having a liner positioned within a wrapper, wherein the liner and wrapper cooperate to define an interior cavity. The appliance further includes an insulating material positioned within the interior cavity and a hanger coupled to an adapter plate and a support member. The support member is configured to couple to an interior surface of the vacuum insulated structure while maintaining a vacuum in the interior cavity and a holding member is coupled to a first side of the adapter plate and configured to receive a positioning member. |
| US10914506B2 |
Refrigerator
Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet (10) configured to define a first storage region in which food is stored, a door (20) rotatably connected to a first rotating shaft via a first hinge member (40) to open or close the first storage region, the first rotating shaft being located at the front of the cabinet (10), a gasket provided at the door (20) and a container (100) configured to define a second storage region, the second storage region being received in the first storage region, the container (100) being rotatably connected to a second rotating shaft via a second hinge member (200), the second rotating shaft being located at the door (20). |
| US10914505B2 |
Vacuum insulated door construction
A method of fabricating a refrigerator cabinet or door includes forming a wrapper and an inner liner. The method further includes forming a vacuum insulated core comprising a permeable core material that is disposed inside an impermeable envelope. A sheet of prefabricated compressible foam material is positioned between the vacuum insulated core between the inner door liner and/or the door wrapper. The prefabricated compressible foam material may be cut from a sheet of foam having substantially uniform thickness prior to fabrication of the refrigerator door. The foam compresses to accommodate differences in spacing between the vacuum insulated core and the door wrapper and/or the door liner. |
| US10914502B2 |
Refrigerator having compartments cooled to different internal temperatures
A first storage compartment's influence on a second storage compartment, when the first storage compartment and the second storage compartment have different temperature ranges and are cooled by a single cooler, is reduced. A refrigerator includes a compressor for compressing and circulating a refrigerant, a cooler provided to generate cold air through circulation of the refrigerant, a first storage compartment having an temperature maintained within a first range, a second storage compartment having an temperature maintained within a second range different from the first range, a first air passage for guiding cold air generated in the cooler to the first storage compartment, a second air passage for guiding cold air generated in the cooler to the second storage compartment, and a switching unit for guiding the cold air generated in the cooler to selectively flow into any one of the first air passage and the second air passage. |
| US10914501B2 |
In door ice bin for an automatic ice maker
An ice maker assembly is provided that includes an ice maker. A mounting plate is positioned within an ice maker receiving space. The mounting plate defines a plurality of engagement features extending into the ice maker receiving space. A rail system is disposed on opposite sides of the ice maker receiving space. An ice storage bin is removably positioned within the ice maker receiving space. The ice storage bin comprises an ice bin wall positioned on an ice bin base. An auger assembly is disposed through the ice bin base. A latch is slidably disposed along a bottom surface of the ice bin base. The latch includes a plurality of retention features that cooperate with the engagement features. Horizontal movement of the latch causes vertical motion of the ice storage bin. |
| US10914500B2 |
Ice-making appliance
An icemaker for a refrigerated appliance is provided. The icemaker includes an ice tray having a plurality of ice-forming compartments and a duct for directing chilled air operably coupled with a diverter. The diverter includes a base having first and second sides and defining a plurality of variously sized slots. A centerline of the base is aligned with a centerline of the ice tray. At least one spacing portion extends between two of the plurality of variously sized slots. A plurality of fins extend away from a top surface of the base. |
| US10914498B2 |
Heat pump system
A heat pump system includes a compressor, a four-way valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, a throttling device and an indoor heat exchanger connected in sequence to form a refrigerant main circuit. The outdoor heat exchanger includes at least one double-rowed heat exchanger. The heat pump system has a cooling mode and a heating mode, and further includes a switching unit. The switching unit is connected in the refrigerant main circuit, and switches a flow direction of a refrigerant, such that the refrigerant flows into the outdoor heat exchanger through one of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger, and flows out of the outdoor heat exchanger through the other one of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger both in the cooling mode and in the heating mode. |
| US10914497B2 |
Systems and methods for component protection
A component protection apparatus includes a chamber configured to enclose a component that is to be protected and contain a liquid that surrounds the component. The liquid is configured to reduce an amount of an impact on the chamber that is transferred to the component. The component protection apparatus further includes a temperature control system configured to permit heating and cooling of the liquid. |
| US10914495B2 |
Apparatus for heat transfer, utilizing the Joule Thomson (JT) effect, for crowning upon heat-emitting devices
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to heat transferring apparatuses and methods. The apparatus and methods utilize the Joule-Thomson effect to remove heat from a heat source to facilitate cooling of the heat source. In one example, an apparatus receives heat from an object to be cooled. The received heat is used to pressurize a fluid. The pressurized fluid is depressurized through a venturi using vapor pressure as a driving force, thus cooling the fluid. |
| US10914492B2 |
Bare wire water heater
A heating unit for heating fluid is described having at least one electrical resistance heating element on an outer surface of a tube. At least one indexed groove is provided around a surface of the tube allowing for at least one retention clip to hold the electrical resistance heating element. A heating chamber is also provided to enclose a portion of the tube and to provide a flow channel therebetween. The heating chamber includes an optical sensor to detect overheating of the at least one electrical resistance heating element. Fluid is heated by flowing over the surface of the at least one electrical resistance heating element and through the tube. |
| US10914491B2 |
Heat pump water heater
A heat pump water heater has a tank, a burner in communication with a fuel source, a flue, and a heat pump system. The heat pump system has a refrigerant path, at least a portion of which forms an evaporator in thermal communication with the flue. Another portion of the refrigerant path is in thermal communication with the water tank volume so that heat transfers from the refrigerant to the water tank volume. |
| US10914490B2 |
Indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus
An outer shell panel includes: a front panel which is provided on a front surface portion of a body casing; and side panels which are arranged on side surface portions of the body casing. The side panels each include: a base member which is provided on a side end portion of the front panel; a connecting member has a flat plate shape and has no light transmissivity, the connecting member including a first surface and a second surface formed on to the opposite side of the first surface, and being attached to the base member, with the first surface located to face the base member; and a design panel which has a flat plate shape and has light transmissivity, the design panel being attached to a peripheral edge of the connecting member to be opposite to the second surface of the connecting member. |
| US10914488B2 |
Air conditioner
An air conditioner of present invention comprises a housing having an outer panel forming the exterior and an opening formed on the outer panel, a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air flowing into the housing, and a door unit configured to open or close the opening by moving forward or backward from the opening through which the heat exchanged air is discharged. Wherein the door unit comprises a door blade configured to open or close the opening, a door operating part configured to move the door blade forward or backward, and a controller configured to control the air discharged from the opening to be moved forward from the opening in a straight line or to be discharged radially from the opening by controlling a distance between the door blade and the opening. |
| US10914487B2 |
Low load mode of HVAC system
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system that includes a first control configured to control a supply of power to a plurality of compressors based on an air flow through the HVAC system exceeding a first threshold, and a second control configured to supply power to a subset of compressors of the plurality of compressors based on the air flow through the HVAC system exceeding a second threshold while being below the first threshold. |
| US10914484B2 |
System, motor controller and associated method
An electronic control module is provided. The electronic control module is operably connected to a power supply for providing power to a motor. The electronic control module includes an input device, a processor coupled to the input device, and first and second current supply lines. The processor is configured to generate a command signal in response to an input supplied by the input device and transmit the command signal to the motor. The command signal controls an operating point of the motor. The first and second current supply lines are operably connectable to the motor and the processor. At least one of the current supply lines, the input device and the processor are adapted to utilize the current supply lines both to transmit power to the motor and to transmit the command signal to the motor over the current supply lines. |
| US10914483B2 |
Artificial intelligence air conditioner and control method thereof
An air conditioner includes a purifying unit having at least one filter; a sensor unit including an air quality sensor; and a controller configured to: calculate a filter contamination level based on (i) data regarding indoor air quality measured by the air quality sensor during an operation of the air conditioner, and (ii) an operating time of the air conditioner; combine the calculated filter contamination level with a pre-stored filter contamination level to obtain a combined filter contamination level; and based on the combined filter contamination level satisfying at least one filter replacement condition, output filter replacement indicator information. |
| US10914482B2 |
Fan drive circuit for heat pump device
A fan drive circuit 1 for a heat pump device is provided. The heat pump device blows air heat exchanged by a heat exchanger using a mildly-flammable or flammable refrigerant having a specific gravity greater than that of air from a blowout port using a fan. The fan drive circuit 1 is equipped with a forced operation circuit configured to operate the fan in the event that it is undetectable that a protection device for preventing a leaked refrigerant from the heat pump device from reaching a combustible density is connected to the heat pump device. |
| US10914481B2 |
Duct-type air conditioning system, and control method and device for indoor ventilator thereof
A duct-type air conditioning system, a control method and a device for an indoor ventilator thereof. The control method comprises the following steps: upon turning on the duct-type air conditioning system, acquiring an indoor temperature and a set temperature recorded the last time the duct-type air conditioning system was turned off, and acquiring a present set temperature (S1) according to the indoor temperature and the set temperature recorded the last time the system was turned off; detecting a real-time indoor temperature, according to the present indoor temperature and the present set temperature, calculating a temperature difference between the present indoor temperature and the set temperature, and generating an air velocity adjustment instruction according to the temperature difference, controlling, according to the air velocity adjustment instruction, the indoor ventilator to adjust the air supply velocity (S4) of an indoor unit. |
| US10914479B2 |
Communications between thermostat and rooftop unit of climate control system
According to certain embodiments, a thermostat is configured for use in a climate control system. The thermostat is operable to use two-way communication for communicating operational information between the thermostat and at least one rooftop unit (RTU) within the climate control system. For example, the two-way communication comprises sending first operational information to the RTU and receiving second operational information from the RTU. The operational information comprising one or more climate control commands, setpoints, configuration information, diagnostics, and/or sensor data. The thermostat is further operable to operate the climate control system based on the operational information communicated between the thermostat and the RTU. |
| US10914474B2 |
Cooking fume purification module and cooking fume exhaust device
A cooking fume purification module and a cooking fume exhaust device are provided. The fume purification module includes a housing, a plurality of dust collection plates and an emitter plate. The housing includes a cylindrical body and a plurality of protruding portions. The body defines an air channel. The plurality of protruding portions extends outwards from the body, and each protruding portion defines an introduction channel in communication with the air channel. The emitter plate is arranged on the protruding portion and provided with a plurality of emitter pins which are located in the introduction channel and face the air channel. The plurality of dust collection plates are arranged in the air channel and spaced apart along an axial direction of the body, and each dust collection plate corresponding to one emitter plate. |
| US10914453B2 |
Wavelength conversion device, illumination device, and projector
A wavelength conversion device in which a wavelength conversion element less easily comes off a substrate. A wavelength conversion device includes a substrate capable of rotating around a rotation axis, a wavelength conversion element provided around the rotation axis on one surface side of the substrate, and a fixing member that fixes the wavelength conversion element to the substrate. The wavelength conversion element includes a first surface opposed to the one surface of the substrate, a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface, and a first side surface section that connects the first surface to the second surface. The fixing member is in contact with the first side surface section in at least a part of the first side surface section when viewed from a direction parallel to the rotation axis. |
| US10914452B2 |
Optical element, light source circuit and lighting device
The present disclosure discloses a light source circuit and a lighting device. The light source circuit includes: a substrate, a light source mounted on a surface of the substrate, and an optical element assembled on the substrate; the substrate is provided with a first light source connection region and a second light source connection region; the optical element is provided with a first lens corresponding to the first light source connection region and is provided with a plurality of second lenses corresponding to the second light source connection region; and the light source at least includes a first light source arranged on the first light source connection region. |
| US10914451B2 |
Optical unit and optical apparatus
An optical unit includes an optical module that includes a light emitting element array in which a plurality of light emitting elements are arranged, a lens array disposed facing the light emitting element array on an optical path of light emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements, and a fixing part configured to fix the light emitting element array to the lens array. The optical unit also includes a member configured to have a larger coefficient of thermal expansion than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the light emitting element array and a fastening part configured to fasten the optical module on a surface of the member. The fastening part is configured to fasten the optical module so as to enable expanding and contracting in a plane parallel to the surface of the member. |
| US10914446B2 |
Cover for an exterior aircraft light, exterior aircraft light, and method of determining a wear state of a lens cover structure
A cover for an exterior aircraft light includes a lens cover structure, attachable to an exterior aircraft light housing and configured to close the exterior aircraft light housing, wherein the lens cover structure has an inside and an outside and is at least partially made of transparent material; and a wear indicator, attached to the inside of the lens cover structure, the wear indicator having a contrasted pattern visible from the outside of the lens cover structure through the transparent material. |
| US10914445B2 |
Vehicle lamp using semiconductor light emitting device
A vehicle lamp including a base portion; and a plurality of light source modules arranged on one surface of the base portion. Further, each of the light source modules includes a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices, and a plurality of electrodes electrically connected to the semiconductor light emitting devices. At least first side included in the light source modules faces a second side of a neighboring light source module, and the plurality of electrodes are arranged on sides facing to each other, respectively, such that the light source modules are electrically connected to each other. |
| US10914444B2 |
Lamp unit, vehicular lamp system
To increase the light utilization efficiency when selective light irradiation is performed using a liquid crystal element (a liquid crystal device). A lamp unit including: a light source; a reflective polarizing plate disposed at a position where light from the light source is incident; a reflecting mirror configured to reflect a reflected light generated by the reflective polarizing plate and re-enters the reflected light to the reflective polarizing plate; a liquid crystal device disposed on the light emitting surface side of the reflective polarizing plate; a polarizing plate disposed on the light emitting surface side of the liquid crystal device; and a lens disposed on the light emitting surface side of the polarizing plate. |
| US10914443B2 |
Headlight lens for a motor vehicle headlight
The present disclosure relates to a headlight lens for a vehicle headlight, for example a motor vehicle headlight, said headlight lens comprising a press-molded lens member and an optically effective surface, the surface having a modulation with a wave of which the amplitude runs along the surface of the headlight lens. |
| US10914442B2 |
Vehicle headlight device
A vehicle headlight device includes: a first illuminating unit for reflecting, at a first mirror that rotatingly operates, laser light that has exited from a laser light source and making the laser light into scanning light, and a illuminating the scanning light toward a first illumination region that is in front of a vehicle; second illuminating unit for reflecting, at a second mirror that is an aggregate of plural micro mirrors whose angles can be changed, visible light that has exited from a visible light source and making the visible light into information displaying light, and illuminating the information displaying light toward a second illumination region that is in front of the vehicle; and controlling unit for controlling turning-off and turning-on of the laser light source, rotating operation of the first mirror, and changing of the angles of the micro mirrors at the second mirror. |
| US10914440B1 |
Bracket for mounting light fixtures
The present invention may comprise a corner mounted bracket for an indirect lighting fixture, mounted flush against vertical walls in a building. The bracket may engage a mounting bracket along an edge. The bracket may have a transverse cross-section in a trapezoidal shape. The bracket may be attached to a vertical wall with screw fasteners. An engagement edge of the bracket may interface with a hook or other structure to engage with a structure to be hung, suspended, or otherwise supported. The bracket may be used in conjunction with a lighting fixture, shelving, or other structures for hanging or supporting securely on vertical walls. |
| US10914436B1 |
Refractive decorative lighting string
A light string for artificial trees and lighted decorative sculptures. The light string includes a wiring assembly with first and second parallel electrical conductors that extends substantially parallel to said first electrical conductor, electrical insulation comprising polyvinyl chloride that extends along said central axis and encases said first electrical conductor and said second single electrical conductor, and a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) assemblies encapsulated by a translucent material, each LED assembly including a housing, an LED mounted to the housing, each LED assembly electrically connected to, and mechanically in between, the first conductor and the second conductor so as to exert a lateral force on the first and second conductors thereby causing the first and second conductors to bend in a direction transverse to the central axis. |
| US10914435B2 |
Modular lightbar system and method
A modular light system comprising a lightbar assembly with first and second conductive parts, each of which extend in a direction generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of the lightbar assembly. The modular lightbar system further comprises a lightbar assembly connector having a major surface and with a conductive part that extends in a direction generally transverse to the major surface. Such a design and configuration enables the lightbar assembly connector and lightbar assembly to be connected by moving the lightbar assembly connector in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the lightbar assembly (or by moving the lightbar assembly in a direction generally transverse to the major surface of the lightbar assembly connector). It is thus possible to assemble a lightbar system comprised of a plurality of lightbar assemblies and lightbar assembly connectors, any of which are removable, replaceable, or serviceable. |
| US10914434B2 |
Flashlight apparatus and battery cartridge for the flashlight apparatus
Flashlight apparatus, battery cartridge for the flashlight apparatus, and methods of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, a battery cartridge is disclosed that includes a cartridge housing having two battery-receiving cavities disposed therein and an end cap that interfaces with the cartridge housing. Each of the two battery-receiving cavities is configured to receive a series of cylindrical batteries therein, the series of cylindrical batteries being configured to power one or more light sources disposed within a flashlight apparatus. In other variants, methods of installing batteries within the aforementioned battery cartridge as well as flashlights that incorporate the aforementioned battery cartridge are also disclosed. |
| US10914432B2 |
Lighting apparatus
A lighting apparatus includes at least one light source generating a visible light and an optical component, the optical component includes a transparent, translucent or reflective substrate and a coating on a surface of the substrate to cause a color filtering effect to the visible light passing through the optical component, the coating includes a compound containing Nd3+ ions and F″ ions. |
| US10914431B2 |
Smart-home device light rings with tapered transmissive sections for uniform output
A light ring assembly for a smart-home device may include a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and a light guide, where the light guide may include a plurality of cutouts that receive the plurality of LEDs, and a plurality of transmissive sections between the plurality of cutouts where a thickness of the transmissive sections tapers as the transmissive sections extend away from the plurality of cutouts. The light ring assembly may also include an output surface that receives light emitted from the plurality of LEDs through the plurality of transmissive sections, where the output surface is substantially circular. |
| US10914430B2 |
Smart-home device light rings with lens spacing for uniform output
A light ring assembly for a smart-home device may include a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and a light guide, where the light guide may include a plurality of cutouts that receive the plurality of LEDs, and a plurality of transmissive sections between the plurality of cutouts. The light ring assembly may also include an output surface that receives light emitted from the plurality of LEDs through the plurality of transmissive sections, where the output surface is substantially circular. The light guide may also include a plurality of micro-lenses in the plurality of transmissive sections where a relative density of the micro-lenses increases as the transmissive sections extend away from the plurality of cutouts. |
| US10914429B1 |
LED lighting apparatus having switch actuated by rotating collar
A lighting apparatus includes a connector, a housing connected to the connector, a light source assembly provided in the housing and having a driving board electrically connected to a light source board, and a ring-shaped element rotatably secured to an outer surface of the housing and configured such that rotation of the ring-shaped element operates the switch. |
| US10914427B2 |
Automated pipeline chemical batch treatment
A method of automated pipeline chemical batch treatment includes receiving treatment information at a control system of a pipeline. If the treatment information includes an instruction to activate a pump system, the method includes transmitting an activation signal from the control system to the pump system in accordance with the treatment information. The activation signal causes the pump system to pump one or more chemicals from a chemical feed system into the pipeline. If the treatment information includes an instruction to deactivate the pump system, the method includes transmitting a deactivation signal from the control system to the pump system in accordance with the treatment information, wherein the deactivation signal causes the pump system to stop pumping one or more chemicals from the chemical feed system into the pipeline. |
| US10914426B2 |
LNG fueling station and LNG fueling method using LNG tank container
An LNG fueling station according to the present invention includes: an installation part on which an LNG tank container is installed, and a supply part for supplying liquefied natural gas from the LNG tank container installed on the installation part to an object for supply, wherein the LNG tank container can be transported and installed while storing the liquefied natural gas, and the LNG tank container is transported to the installation part and then installed on the installation part. |
| US10914420B2 |
Extension arm device with reinforcement structure
An extension arm device includes first and second joint brackets and two linking arms pivotally connected therebetween to form a four-linkage mechanism. Each linking arm includes two parallel side walls and a cover wall interconnecting the side walls. Each side wall of at least one linking arm has a side reinforcement structure which is embossed from an inner or outer wall surface and which extends in a lengthwise direction so as to enhance the structural stiffness of the side wall. |
| US10914417B2 |
Pipe traversing apparatus and methods
A robotic apparatus comprising first, second, and third wheel assemblies, and a clamping mechanism configured to apply a force for urging the second wheel and the third wheel to pivot in opposing directions towards a plane of the first wheel for securing the first wheel, the second wheel, and the third wheel to the pipe, each wheel assembly including an alignment mechanism for adjusting an orientation of the wheels to allow the robotic apparatus to move along a straight path or a helical path on the pipe. A method for navigating an obstacle on a pipe comprising advancing the robotic apparatus along a helical pathway on the pipe to position an open side of the robotic apparatus in longitudinal alignment with the obstacle, and advancing the robotic apparatus along a straight pathway on the pipe such that the obstacle passes unobstructed through the open side of the robotic apparatus. |
| US10914415B2 |
Fluid plug for sterile processes and methods of using the same
A fluid plug for use with sterile processes such as the manufacture or production of pharmaceuticals and biologics is disclosed. The fluid plug is made of a material or materials that will tolerate sterilizing processes such as gamma irradiation. The fluid plug is used to selectively plug the ends of flexible polymer conduits that may be connected to fluids, reagents, or products used or generated as part of the manufacturing process. Also disclosed is the use of the plugs in combination with a series of valves in a block-and-bleed arrangement to enable the sterile transfer and connection of fluids, reagents, or products within a process flow. |
| US10914412B2 |
Backflow prevention assembly having a variable lay-length and orientation
A backflow prevention assembly is configurable with varying lay-lengths and orientations. The assembly includes coupling assemblies and valve bodies that adjust in length and/or rotation to allow for the varying lay-lengths and orientations of the backflow prevention valves and assemblies with and without certification. A coupling assembly is connected to a backflow prevention valve and includes an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve that is slidingly received within the outer sleeve. The lay-length is adjusted by slidably moving the inner and outer sleeves with respect to one another. |
| US10914411B2 |
Isolated flexible fluid connection system
Flexible fluid connection systems are provided with misalignment management, vibration attenuation and compact packaging for a variety of applications. A fluid connection system includes a component that operates using a fluid. The component defines a surface and a passageway containing the fluid and opening through the surface. A fluid line is configured to convey the fluid relative to the component. A connector is made of a flexible material and is connected with the component and with the fluid line. The connector is positioned against the surface and has an end spaced away from the surface through which the fluid line is received. |
| US10914408B2 |
Multilayer tubular structure having better resistance to extraction in biofuel and use thereof
Provided is a method of determining whether a multilayer tubular structure (MLT) satisfies an extractables test by filling the multilayer tubular structure MLT with an alcohol-containing petrol of FAM B type to obtain a filled MLT and measuring the amount of extractable material. The MLT satisfies the extractables test when the residue of the filtrate is less than or equal to 6 g/m2 of the inner surface area of the MLT. |
| US10914405B2 |
Insulated riser clamp
A riser clamp assembly for receiving and supporting an insulated pipe. The clamp assembly includes a first riser clamp and a second riser clamp. Each of the riser clamps includes a semi-circular body portion extending arcuately between opposite first and second ends and defining an inner cylindrical wall and an outer cylindrical wall extending axial between top and bottom edges. A generally C-shaped flange projects radially from the inner cylindrical wall generally midway between the top and bottom edges to define an axial center opening. A support brace extends radially from the outer cylindrical wall adjacent each end of the body portion for interconnecting the first and second riser clamps around the insulated pipe. |
| US10914404B2 |
Stub-out configuration for plumbing assembly
An assembly includes a flexible tubular member having a medial portion defined between a first end and a second end of the tubular member. The assembly further includes an end cap molded over the first end of the tubular member, such that the end cap seals the first end of the tubular member. The assembly additionally includes a fitting having a first end portion configured to secure to the second end of the tubular member and a bracket attached to the medial portion of the tubular member. The bracket is configured to mount to a structure adapted to secure at least one end of the tubular member in place. |
| US10914402B2 |
Shuttle valve with damping
An example valve includes: (i) a valve body defining a first longitudinal bore therein and including a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet; (ii) a cage disposed in the first longitudinal bore coaxial with the valve body, where the cage defines a second longitudinal bore therein; (iii) a pin mounted and extending longitudinally within the second longitudinal bore at an end of the cage adjacent to the first inlet; and (iv) a spool shiftably mounted within the second longitudinal bore and configured to move axially therein to shift between a first position and a second position. The spool includes a blind hole formed at an end thereof facing the pin and coaxial therewith, such that as the spool shifts from the second position to the first position, a portion of the pin is received within the blind hole of the spool. |
| US10914399B1 |
System and apparatus for controlling fluid flow in drainage systems
A fluid control system to control fluid flow within a drainage system is provided that includes a fluid control device configured to couple to an interior wall of a cylindrical structure of the drainage, and a coupling mechanism configured to couple the fluid control device to the interior wall, wherein, while in a resting state, the fluid control device is configured to at least partially cover an aperture of the interior wall. When fluid contacts the fluid control device at a flow rate of at least a flow threshold, the fluid control device is configured to at least partially uncover the aperture of the interior wall. The fluid control device has a spherical shape, wherein a diameter of the fluid control device has a diameter that is greater than or equal to a diameter of the aperture. |
| US10914397B2 |
Self aligning and self latching mechanical shaft connector
According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a self-aligning connector system for connecting an actuator to a valve body of a valve, comprising an actuator adapter plug having a conical protrusion and a peripheral groove formed in an outer surface of the actuator adapter plug, and a valve adapter sub-assembly comprising an outer housing having a bore configured to receive the actuator adapter plug, and an expansion spring coupled to the outer housing and configured to provide radial pressure on the outer housing to receive the conical protrusion of the actuator adapter plug and latch onto the peripheral groove. |
| US10914383B2 |
Seal, assembly, and methods of using the same
A seal including a metal annular body having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, the annular body including a main body portion including a first lip extending axially from the main body portion, the first lip adapted to provide a radial seal; and a second lip extending radially from the main body portion toward the outer diameter, the second lip adapted to provide an axial seal. |
| US10914382B2 |
Shaft sealing structure and primary coolant circulation pump
A shaft sealing structure for a rotation shaft, includes a sealing ring having ends formed by removal of its part. The ends abutting each other are continuous in the circumferential direction when the sealing ring is reduced in diameter to a radially inner side. The sealing ring is provided along the circumferential direction of the rotation shaft so as to be contactable with an outer peripheral surface of the rotation shaft. The structure also includes a pressing member configured to be movable between a pressing position and a retracted position; an elastic member configured to bias the pressing member toward the pressing position by elastic force; and a support member configured to support the pressing member at the retracted position against the elastic force, and to allow the pressing member to move to the pressing position at a predetermined temperature. |
| US10914377B2 |
Coupled planetary gearbox
Disclosed is a transmission having: an input shaft configured to rotationally communicate with a gas turbine engine; an output shaft configured to rotationally communicate with an aircraft accessory; and a gear system connected between the input shaft and the output shaft, the gear system including: a plurality of clutches that are axially aligned and radially offset, the plurality of clutches configured to engage in parallel the output shaft and shift the transmission to generate a plurality gear speeds; and a plurality of pistons that are configured to engage the respective plurality of clutches, the plurality of pistons being hydraulically controlled and adapted to receive fluid from a respective plurality of ports in the output shaft. |
| US10914373B2 |
Transport apparatus
A transport apparatus includes: a driving source; an output shaft; and a power transmission device capable of performing power transmission between the driving source and the output shaft. The transport apparatus comprises a control device which controls the driving source and the power transmission device, wherein the power transmission device includes a connecting/disconnecting unit configured to control a fastened state in which the power transmission is performed, and a released state in which the power transmission is not performed, and wherein the control device controls the connecting/disconnecting unit based on a thermal history of the connecting/disconnecting unit. |
| US10914372B2 |
Shift device
A shift device includes a knob that is rotatable to select one of a plurality of gear modes of a transmission of a vehicle and a cam member that engages a portion of the knob in a rotation direction of the knob. The cam member rotates integrally with the knob only when engaged with the portion of the knob. The shift device further includes a drive source that rotates the cam member and a controller. The controller controls the drive source to rotate the knob to an operation position corresponding to a predetermined gear mode if a particular condition is satisfied. The controller decreases a voltage applied to the drive source when the cam member is rotated in at least a pre-engagement section until the cam member engages the portion of the knob from the voltage applied when the cam member is rotated in other sections. |
| US10914371B1 |
Multi-purpose removable gear shift knob
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a multi-purpose removable gear shift knob disposed on a gear shift lever in a vehicle. In one aspect, a removable gear shift knob includes a body comprising a central aperture for receiving the gear shift lever and a plurality of compartments disposed around the central aperture. An individual compartment of the plurality of compartments is configured to hold one or more accessories, where the one or more accessories are selected from: one or more screwdriver bits, one or more light emitting diodes (LED), and a battery. |
| US10914369B2 |
Lubrication structure of power transmission device
A lubrication structure of a power transmission device, includes a housing including a bottom space to store lubricating fluid in which a rotating body is immersed to be lubricated, a partition dividing the bottom space into a first space in which a rotating body is provided and a second space opening to the first space, a tubular duct including a projection duct projecting in a projection direction from an end of the first space to the second space such that the first space and the second space communicate with each other via the tubular duct, and a strainer provided in the second space and including a suction inlet through which the strainer is configured to suction the lubricating fluid stored in the bottom space, the suction inlet being located between the end of the first space and a tip end of the projection duct in the projection direction. |
| US10914368B2 |
Ball screw with force sensor in radial direction
A ball screw with force sensor in radial direction including a screw rod, a screw nut, a plurality of balls, and a force sensor is provided. The screw nut has a cavity. The cavity is extended along a radial direction from an outer surface of the screw nut. The force sensor is disposed in the cavity of the screw nut, and the force sensor includes a stationary base and an elastic component. The stationary base includes a displacement restraint, and the elastic component includes a contact end and a fixed end. The displacement restraint is coupled to the cavity to prevent the stationary base from being displaced in the radial direction for fixing stationary base firmly in the cavity. The fixed end is connected to the stationary base, and the contact end contacts a bottom surface of the cavity in order to sense a force along the radial direction. |
| US10914362B2 |
Modular motor vehicle hybrid transmission convertible between six, eight, and nine speeds
A modular hybrid transmission configurable between a 9-speed configuration and an 8-speed configuration includes first, second, third, and fourth planetary gear sets each having first, second, and third elements. Seven torque transmitting devices are each selectively engageable to interconnect one of the first, second, and third elements of one of the planetary gear sets directly with (i) one of the first, second, and third elements of another one of the planetary gear sets, (ii) a housing, or (iii) an input member. The seven torque transmitting devices are selectively engageable to establish nine forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio. Upon removal of a fourth torque transmitting device, the transmission is arranged in the 8-speed configuration and the remaining six torque transmitting devices are selectively engageable to establish eight forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio. |
| US10914358B2 |
Balancer device for internal combustion engine
Balancer device has upper and lower housings 3 and 4 having therein an accommodation section 10, a pair of drive and driven side shafts 5 and 6 which are rotatably supported by four plain bearings 11 to 14 provided in the accommodation section and to which a rotation force is transmitted from a crankshaft, and arc band-shaped thrust receiving portions 32a and 33a which thrust flange portions of drive and driven gears 8 and 9 provided at the drive and driven side shafts respectively can contact from a thrust direction. First and second oil storing grooves 34 and 35, groove passages 36 and 37 and vertical groove passages 38a to 39b are formed at the thrust receiving portions on a gravity direction lower side with respect to a meshing portion of the both gears. With this configuration, it is possible to suppress occurrence of abrasion of the thrust receiving portion. |
| US10914354B2 |
Electromagnetically actuable brake device
An electromagnetically actuable brake device includes: a coil shell, in particular of the solenoid, an armature disk, which is connected to the coil shell in a torque-proof yet displaceable manner, a sensor having a sensor housing, a spring part, and a screwed cable gland. The coil shell has a stepped through bore, the sensor housing of the sensor has a stepped configuration, the screwed cable gland is situated at an end of the bore, in particular is screwed into a threaded section of the bore, the spring part is situated in the bore between the screwed cable gland and the sensor housing, the spring part is braced on a step of the sensor housing on one side and on the screwed cable gland on the other, and the sensor housing is pressed against a step of the bore, in particular by the spring part. |
| US10914346B2 |
Clutch claw and clutch structure using same
A clutch claw applied to a clutch structure having a rotating shaft includes a claw portion, a base portion and at least two elastic portions. The base portion is opposite to the claw portion and has a peripheral edge. The claw portion and the base portion are coaxially disposed on the rotating shaft. Each elastic portion is at least partly disposed around part of the claw portion to provide elastic force. Each elastic portion has a first end and a second end. The first end is connected with the base portion and extended from the peripheral edge, the second end is connected with the claw portion, and there is at least one bent section between the first end and the second end. Therefore, the collision damage is prevented, and the impact and friction generated when the clutch claw is instantaneously rotated is avoided, thereby achieving the advantage of reducing noise. |
| US10914344B2 |
Device and method for mounting a bearing on a roll neck and for removing the bearing from the roll neck
The invention relates to a device and a method for mounting a bearing 200 on a roll neck and for removing the bearing from the roll neck of a roll. Known devices of this type have a first and a second piston/cylinder unit. They also have a stop ring 130, fixed in the axial direction A at the end of the roll neck 320 remote from the body, which acts as a stop for the inner piston 110 of the first piston/cylinder unit. In addition, the known devices have a nut 150 which can be screwed onto an external thread of the inner piston to secure the bearing 200 in the axial direction, in particular during a rolling operation. As an alternative to the known prior art, the present invention provides that an annular cylinder 120 serves both as a cylinder for the first piston/cylinder unit and as a cylinder for the second piston/cylinder unit. For its function as a cylinder for the second piston/cylinder unit, said annular cylinder is covered to a certain ex ent on its side remote from the body by an annular cylinder cover 122. The cylinder cover 122 serves, together with an outer flange 142 of an outer piston 140, to axially delimit a removal pressure chamber 2 of the second piston/cylinder unit. |
| US10914343B2 |
Ball bearing
A ball bearing is provided which includes inner and outer races each having a raceway groove; balls; and a retainer made of a synthetic resin, and in which abnormal noise is reduced. Either the raceway groove of the inner race, or each of the raceway grooves of the inner race and the outer race has a radius of curvature which is 104% or more and 109% or less of the radius of each of the balls. |
| US10914342B2 |
Sliding member and method for manufacturing the same
A sliding member includes: a base material; a solid lubricant layer arranged on a surface of the base material; a defect layer having a material defect, disposed in the solid lubricant layer, and being changeable into an ultra low friction layer by mechanical stress more easily than changing from the solid lubricant layer to the ultra low friction layer; and a ultra low friction layer covering a surface of the defect layer. |
| US10914341B2 |
Motion guide device
The motion guide device includes a lubricant supply passage provided in at least one of a pair of cover members provided to a movable member and configured to supply lubricant to an endless circulation passage, in which the lubricant supply passage includes at least a first lubricant supply passage α formed to extend in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the track member from at least one of a left side surface and a right side surface of the cover member, and a second lubricant supply passage β connected to the first lubricant supply passage α, and a passage shape in a place connected to the first lubricant supply passage α of the second lubricant supply passage β is configured as a diameter-expanded hollow section having a diameter more expanded than a passage shape of another place. Thus, a new form of a cover member is provided. |
| US10914339B2 |
Flexural pivot assembly with shaped blade sections
Flexural pivot structures and methods are provided. A flexural pivot as disclosed allows for rotation of a pivoted member relative to a base member about a central axis, while inhibiting or preventing movement of the pivoted member relative to the base member in any other direction. Base and pivoted sections of the flexural pivot structure are connected to one another by a set of resilient blades or flexural members. A thickness of the blades varies with the distance from the central axis. The components of the flexural pivot can comprise a monolithic structure that is formed from a single piece of material. |
| US10914337B2 |
Fastener locating and retention design to accommodate part expansion and contraction
A fastener locating and retention structure which includes a dog house attached to a part. The doghouse includes at least three walls and an opening in the fourth wall large enough for allowing a T-stud shaft portion to enter. A top surface it provided for extending inward from the walls. The top surface has an aperture formed there in by two pairs of spring retention legs which oppose each other engage the shaft portion of the T-stud on either side of the shaft thereof. |
| US10914332B1 |
Pressure differential payload release mechanism
A payload release mechanism is provided, which operates utilizing a pressure differential between the mechanism and the surrounding medium. A piston is movably seated within a chamber of the release mechanism. The piston serves to seal the chamber from the surrounding medium, though one end of the piston is in communication with the surrounding medium. The pressure differential between the end of the piston in communication with the surrounding medium and the medium within the chamber causes the piston to move. The piston movement is used to trigger the release of the payload. The amount of movement which triggers the release can be calibrated to correspond to a predetermined pressure differential. |
| US10914328B2 |
Work machine
It is made possible to suppress variations of the speed of an actuator into which a regeneration flow rate flows, regardless of variations of the regeneration flow rate caused by posture changes of the front part and to enhance the operability when the front part moves in the free fall direction, and hydraulic fluid discharged from an actuator driving the front part is regenerated. Accordingly, a controller 19 of a hydraulic system is provided with a regeneration control calculation section 19b, and a pump flow rate control calculation section 19c, and when the regeneration control calculation section controls a regeneration valve 12 to perform regeneration, the pump flow rate control calculation section controls a pump flow rate regulation device 20 to increase the delivery flow rate of a hydraulic pump 1 as the angle of an arm 16 approaches the vertically downward direction based on posture information about the arm 16 acquired by an inertial measurement unit 31. |
| US10914327B2 |
Clutch stack wear sensor system for a power transmission device
A power transmission device with a clutch plate wear sensor system includes a power transmission shaft configured to transmit torque and a clutch configured to selectively deliver power into or out of the power transmission shaft. The clutch includes a clutch stack and clutch piston that moves to selectively actuate the clutch stack between an engaged state to deliver power through the clutch and a disengaged state to not deliver power through the clutch. The clutch stack wear sensor system includes at least one detectable element arranged for movement in unison with the clutch piston and a sensor arranged to detect the detectable element and provide a signal indicative of a wear characteristic of the clutch stack. |
| US10914326B2 |
Engine-driven oil pump
An engine-driven oil pump has an engine, a pump unit, an oil diverting device, a manual control unit, and a remote control unit. The engine is connected to the pump unit. The oil diverting device is mounted on the pump unit and selectively pumps hydraulic oil from the pump unit into the manual control unit or the remote control unit. With the engine, the engine-driven oil pump can generate power independently instead of relying on external power supply. Besides, the electromagnetic valve of the remote control unit allows the user to remotely control the oil path of the hydraulic oil, so the user is not required to stay along the engine-driven oil pump to manually switch the oil path, and therefore the engine-driven oil pump is more efficient regarding manpower. |
| US10914325B2 |
Valve apparatus for influencing a flow of medium
A valve apparatus for influencing a flow of medium between a supply port (38) and a pressure port (40) has a valve device (10). In one closed position, the valve device blocks the connection between the supply port (38) and the pressure port (40). The valve device opens this connection in one opened position, in which the pressure port (40) is connected to at least one of two medium chambers (62, 80) by a respective fluid channel (64, 82). One fluid chamber (64) comprises a fluid duct (68) in the valve slider (22). The other fluid channel (82) has a further fluid duct (84) that is separate from the fluid duct (68). In one of the opened positions of the valve slider (22), the further fluid duct (84) opens at one end (92) into the medium chamber (80). In every displacement position of the valve slider (22), the further fluid duct (84) is permanently connected at the other end (94) to the pressure port (40). |
| US10914324B2 |
Electrohydraulic counterbalance and pressure relief valve
An example valve includes a main stage, a pilot stage, and a solenoid actuator. The main stage includes a sleeve and a piston axially movable within the sleeve. The piston defines a cavity therein. The pilot stage includes a pilot pin received at, and axially movable in, the cavity of the piston, where the piston forms a pilot seat at which the pilot pin is seated when the valve is in a closed state. The solenoid actuator includes a solenoid coil, an armature, and a solenoid spring. The solenoid spring applies a biasing force in a distal direction on the pilot pin to seat the pilot pin at the pilot seat. Energizing the solenoid coil causes the armature to move in a proximal direction, thereby reducing the biasing force that the solenoid spring applies on the pilot pin. |
| US10914323B2 |
Accumulator
The accumulator includes a housing having a sealing face and a fluid inlet/outlet passage; and a bellows fixed at one end to the housing such that an inner space of the housing is hermetically partitioned by the bellows into an interior and an exterior of the bellows. The bellows includes a bellows main body capable of expanding and contracting and a bellows cap provided with a sealing member covered with an elastic body that is opposed to and capable of being closely attached to the sealing face of the housing. The fluid inlet/outlet passage of the housing is closed upon a close attachment of the elastic body to the sealing face. The accumulator further includes a spacer placed between the housing and the bellows cap so as to surround the sealing member. The spacer has a communication passage providing communication between an inside and an outside of the spacer. |
| US10914319B2 |
Cooling device and compressor system
A cooling device includes a cooler disposed inside a shell, an inlet nozzle that is configured to feed a fluid into the shell, an outlet nozzle that is configured to feed the fluid passing through the cooler so as to flow outward, and a guide member that is configured to change a flowing direction of the fluid. The guide member has a collision surface which spreads in an inclined direction inclined with respect to the flowing direction of the fluid fed into the shell from the inlet nozzle, and which collides with the fluid, and an uneven portion formed in at least a portion of a peripheral edge portion of the collision surface. |
| US10914316B1 |
Plenum fan
An improved plenum fan for use in air handling systems. The inlet cone is first in line in the direction of airflow. It is attached to the back plate, which is in between the fan wheel and the inlet cone. The fan wheel mates with the back plate through a non-contacting labyrinth seal. The wheel inlet and outlet are both cone-shaped so that the air channels between the fan blades are tilted towards the direction of airflow. The back plate is positioned behind inlet cone to permit a pressure sensor to be mounted on the inlet side of the back plate and to permit a fixed pressure tap to be connected on the inlet cone. Thus, a short conduit may be connected to the low side of the differential pressure gauge or sensor without passing through the fan back plate. |
| US10914315B2 |
Gas turbine engine airfoil
A gas turbine engine includes a combustor section, a compressor section, and a turbine section. A high pressure compressor is arranged upstream of the combustor section. A fan section has an array of twenty-six or fewer fan blades. A low pressure compressor is counter-rotating relative to the fan blades and downstream from the fan section. The airfoil outside of the compressor section is rotatable relative to an engine static structure. The airfoil includes pressure and suction sides extending from a 0% span position to a 100% span position. A relationship between a leading edge angle and span position that defines a curve with at least one of a decreasingly negative slope or a positive slope from 80% span to 100% span. The leading edge angle is defined by a tangential plane normal to an engine axis and a line tangent to a camber mean line at the leading edge. |
| US10914312B2 |
Fan
A fan comprising a polyamide resin composition containing a polyamide resin, a plasticizer in an amount of 7 parts by mass or more and 35 parts by mass or less, and one or more components selected from the group consisting of plate-like fillers and acicular fillers in an amount of 15 parts by mass or more and 80 parts by mass or less, based on 100 parts by mass of the polyamide resin. The fan of the present invention can be suitably used in, for example, manufactured articles, such as audio equipment such as speakers, television, radio cassette recorders, headphones, audio components, or microphones, electric appliances, transportation vehicles, construction buildings, and industrial equipment, or parts thereof. |
| US10914309B1 |
Expandable hand-held fan having noise making means integrated thereon
The expandable hand-held fan having noise making means integrated thereon comprises a fan that when folded shut resembles a miniature baseball bat. Upon extending the fan, advertising indicia is printed thereon, and may be associated with sports team, logo, etc. The fan includes noise making means upon the fan, and produces noise upon movement of air across the noise making member. |
| US10914302B2 |
Single-sensor analysis system
An analysis system may determine a discharge pressure or a suction pressure using a single measurement sensor coupled to a computing device. The measurement sensor may include a pressure sensor or a strain sensor. In some aspects, the pressure sensor may generate a pressure signal representing the total pressure in a chamber of the pressure pump. The computing device may apply an envelope filter to the pressure signal to determine the discharge or suction pressure in the chamber from the pressure signal. In other aspects, the strain sensor may generate a strain signal representing the strain in the chamber. The computing device may determine the discharge or suction portions of the strain signal and may correlate the portions with a predetermined internal pressure for the pressure pump to determine the discharge or suction pressure in the chamber. |
| US10914301B2 |
Refrigerant compressor
In order to improve a refrigerant compressor, including a compressor unit having a compressor housing and at least one compressor element that is arranged in the compressor housing, for compressing refrigerant, and further including a drive unit having a drive housing and an electric motor that is arranged in the drive housing and connector terminals that are arranged on the drive housing, for the electric motor, and further including an electronic functional unit, such that the connection between the refrigerant compressor and the electronic functional unit is achievable as simply as possible, it is proposed that the connector terminals should be provided in a housing that is arranged on the drive housing, and that an electronic functional unit which performs at least one compressor function should be provided in the housing. |
| US10914300B2 |
Systems and methods for managing heat transfer in a pressure washer
A pressure washing device is provided with a bypass mode. The device comprises a bypass mode and bypass structure that is in fluid communication with a fluid tank for at least one of storing and cooling a fluid that has been heated to unacceptable levels. The present disclosure further provides various devices and features for managing and mitigating heating and over-heating of fluids and components in communication with the fluids. |
| US10914294B2 |
Displacement adjusting device of swash plate pump
A displacement adjusting device of a swash plate pump includes: a tilting piston slidably inserted in a housing's accommodating hole, the tilting piston pressing the swash plate pump's swash plate; a sleeve forming a control pressure chamber between the sleeve and tilting piston, the sleeve including a pump port, tank port, and output port; a spool slidably held by the sleeve, the spool switching whether to bring output port into communication with one of the pump port and tank port or block the output port from the pump and tank port; a tilting spring urging the tilting piston and spool away from each other; and a solenoid including a rod that presses the spool from an opposite side to tilting spring. In the sleeve, reaction force chamber and communication passage are formed. The communication passage being a passage through which the control pressure chamber communicates with reaction force chamber. |
| US10914293B2 |
Method, system and apparatus for extracting heat energy from geothermal briny fluid
The present disclosure relates to techniques for extracting heat energy from geothermal briny fluid. A briny fluid can be extracted from a geothermal production well and delivered to a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger can receive the briny fluid and transfer heat energy from the briny fluid to a molten salt. The molten salt can be pumped to a molten salt storage tank that can serve as energy storage. The briny fluid can be returned to a geothermal source via the production well. The briny fluid can remain in a closed-loop system, apart from the molten salt, from extraction through return to the geothermal production well. |
| US10914269B2 |
Device for injecting water in a vehicle, and method for operating such a device
A device for injecting water in a vehicle includes a water container which is connected to a number of injection nozzles via a supply line, with a pumping operation for pumping water from the water container to the injection nozzles via the supply line and with a stationary operation in which the supply line is a closed line system. The supply line is equipped with a blocking device which is open in the pumping operation and which is closed in the stationary operation in order to block the supply line and keep same dry. Water is prevented from being suctioned into the supply line and the injection nozzles at low temperatures as a result of a pressure decrease. |
| US10914268B2 |
Method for suppressing the pogo effect
A field of vehicles propelled by reaction, and more specifically to a method of suppressing the pogo effect in such a vehicle. A feed system for feeding a reaction engine of the vehicle includes a hydraulic accumulator enabling a selection to be made from among a plurality of predetermined operating levels, each corresponding to a different volume of gas. In the method, if a first reference criterion is not satisfied by the current level, the hydraulic accumulator is ordered to make a transition, preferably to an alternative level selected from among alternative levels for which the first reference criterion is satisfied and for which no hydraulic resonant frequency crosses any current mechanical resonant frequency during the transition. |
| US10914267B2 |
Thrust reverser system for a turbojet engine
The present disclosure concerns a thrust reverser system for a turbojet engine and a method for unlocking a thrust reverser system. The thrust reverser system includes a movable cowl mounted on a nacelle of the turbojet engine that is displaceable between a closed position in which the thrust reverser system is inactivated and an open position in which the thrust reverser system is activated. The thrust reverser system includes a locking system having a first and second locking element mounted on the movable cowl and a fixed structure. The first and second locking elements lock and unlock relative to each other to lock the movable cowl on the fixed structure in the closed position. The locking system is shaped so that a controlled displacement of the movable cowl from its closed position to a reclosed position triggers unlocking of the first and second locking elements. |
| US10914264B2 |
Air-fuel ratio control apparatus and method for internal combustion engine
An engine includes a first injection valve, which is one of port and direct injection valves, and a second injection valve, which is the other. When operating only the first injection valve based on a base injection amount, which has been corrected using a feedback operation amount and a first learning value, an air-fuel ratio control apparatus updates the first learning value and determines that the first learning value has converged on condition that a correction ratio of the base injection amount is not more than a predetermined ratio. When the first and second injection valves are being operated, the apparatus updates a second learning value for the second injection valve on condition that the first learning value has converged and the ratio of the injection amount of the second injection valve is not less than a specified value. |
| US10914259B2 |
Control device for pre-mixture compression ignition engine
A control device is provided for an engine in which premixed compression ignition combustion is carried out. The device includes an air amount adjusting mechanism, a variable valve mechanism, an exhaust choke valve, a water temperature sensor, and a processor. The processor controls the variable valve mechanism so that a valve overlap period of a given amount or more is formed in a low-load range where the engine load is low, and controls an injector, the air amount adjusting mechanism, and the exhaust choke valve so that A/F lean mixture gas is formed inside a combustion chamber, and premixed compression ignition combustion of the mixture gas is carried out. During the operation in the low-load range, the combustion controlling module makes an opening of the exhaust choke valve when a temperature parameter is low, smaller than that when the temperature parameter is high. |
| US10914256B2 |
In-vehicle controller
An in-vehicle controller prohibits engagement of a lock-up clutch when a temperature of a fluid that actuates the lock-up clutch is lower than a prescribed temperature. In addition, the in-vehicle controller stops fuel injection by a fuel injection valve when fuel cut conditions including such a condition that the lock-up clutch is engaged are established. Under a situation where the temperature of the fluid is lower than the prescribed temperature, in the case where a PM accumulation amount on a filter is equal to or larger than an accumulation amount threshold, the in-vehicle controller executes speed increase processing so as to execute gear shift control of a continuously variable transmission such that a rotational speed of a turbine impeller in a torque converter is increased to be higher than that in a case where the PM accumulation amount is smaller than the accumulation amount threshold. |
| US10914239B2 |
High-speed section disconnect for driven turbocharger
Disclosed is a high-speed section disconnect for a driven turbocharger with a traction drive. The turbo shaft is attached to a turbine and compressor, and interfaces with a high-speed traction drive. A mechanical coupling connects the traction drive to a transmission, which is connected to the engine so that power can flow to or from the turbo shaft, but the mechanical coupling can be selectively disconnected so that the high-speed section of the driven turbocharger can also be decoupled from the engine during certain operating conditions to reduce mechanical losses in the system. |
| US10914238B2 |
Air turbine starter and starting method thereof
An air turbine starter (ATS) assembly includes a rotatable pinion gear (72) wherein the rotatable pinion gear is coupled to a combustion engine (10), a speed sensor (78) measuring the rotational speed (302) of the rotatable pinion gear (72), a torque sensor (79) providing a torque output (304) indicative of a torque experienced by the pinion gear (72), and a controller module configured to operate a starting sequence for the ATS assembly such that the rotational speed (302) is controllably increased while the torque output (304) is kept below the start sequence torque threshold (310). |
| US10914233B2 |
Combined power generation system comprising a fuel cell and a gas turbine engine
In a power generation system, exhausted fuel gas exhausted from a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is used as a fuel of a first combustor or a second combustor of a gas turbine, and at the same time, a part of compressed air compressed by a compressor of the gas turbine is used to drive the SOFC. The gas turbine includes the first combustor for burning fuel gas which is different from the exhausted fuel gas, a first turbine configured to be driven by combustion gas supplied from the first combustor, the second combustor for burning at least a part of the exhausted fuel gas, and a second turbine coupled with the first turbine and configured to be driven by combustion gas supplied from the second combustor. |
| US10914232B2 |
Systems and methods for power production using a carbon dioxide working fluid
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for power production utilizing a recirculating working fluid. In particular, a portion of the recirculating working fluid can be separated from the main stream of recirculating working fluid as a bypass stream that can be compressed for adding heat to the system. |
| US10914231B2 |
Hub-less and nut-less turbine wheel and compressor wheel design for turbochargers
A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine is provided, where the turbocharger includes a housing, a shaft, a turbine wheel, and a compressor wheel. The shaft is rotatable with respect to the housing and defines a centerline. The turbine wheel is mounted to the shaft and is disposed within the housing. The compressor wheel is also mounted to the shaft and is disposed within the housing. The turbine wheel and/or the compressor wheel has a plurality of blades with leading edges that converge at an apex. The apex is aligned with the centerline. A method of constructing a turbocharger is also provided, where the method includes the step of performing a finishing operation on the turbine wheel and/or the compressor wheel to form an apex where the leading edges of the blades converge. |
| US10914226B2 |
Cooling water control valve device and engine cooling system using the same
A cooling water control valve device includes a housing and a valve. The housing includes a planar attachment surface, a first inlet port, a second inlet port, and at least one outlet port. The first inlet port and the second inlet port are open on the planar attachment surface. The housing is attached to the engine such that the first inlet port and the second inlet port are fluidly connected to a first outlet and a second outlet, respectively, and the planar attachment surface comes into contact with an outer wall of either one of an engine block or an engine head of the engine. |
| US10914225B1 |
Vehicle thermal management system applying an integrated thermal management valve and a cooling circuit control method thereof
A vehicle thermal management system (VTMS) includes: an Integrated Thermal Management Valve (ITM) for receiving coolant through a coolant inlet connected to an engine coolant outlet of an engine, and for distributing the coolant flowing out toward a radiator through a coolant outlet flow path connected to a heat exchange system. The heat exchanger system includes at least one among a heater core, an oil warmer, and an Auto Transmission Fluid (ATF) warmer and the radiator. The VTMS also includes: a water pump positioned at the front end of an engine coolant inlet of the engine; a coolant branch flow path branched from the front end of the engine coolant inlet to be connected to an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) cooler together with the coolant outlet flow path; and a Smart Single Valve (SSV) for adjusting a coolant flow in a coolant outlet flow path direction and an EGR cooler flow path direction on the coolant branch flow path. |
| US10914222B2 |
Gas sensor
In a gas sensor having a gas sensor element, a solid electrolyte body has a cylindrical cup shape, one end of which is closed to form a bottom part, and the other end of which is open. The solid electrolyte body has oxygen ion conductivity. A reference electrode is arranged on an interior surface of the solid electrolyte body. An atmosphere is in contact with the reference electrode. The measurement electrode is arranged on an exterior surface of the solid electrode body. Exhaust gas as a detection target is in contact with the measurement electrode. At least one of the measurement electrode and the reference electrode contains thallium particles, within a range of 0.1 ppm and not more than 150 ppm. |
| US10914221B2 |
Method and device for emission monitoring of a combustion engine in a motor vehicle
A method for monitoring pollutant emissions during the operation of a combustion engine and/or an exhaust-aftertreatment device in a motor vehicle includes determining one or more pollutant-limit values for one or more pollutant categories using an emission limit-value model and as a function of one or more operating-state variables of the motor vehicle; ascertaining a pollutant-concentration variable for each pollutant category using sensors; and detecting an error in the form of an exceeding of the one or the plurality of pollutant-limit vales as a function of the pollutant-concentration variable for each pollutant category. |
| US10914217B2 |
Ammonia production catalyst and after treatment system
An after treatment system is disclosed. The after treatment system may include an exhaust pipe through which an exhaust gas flows; a three-way catalyst (TWC) mounted on the exhaust pipe and purifying HC, CO, and NOx contained in the exhaust gas, an ammonia production catalyst (APC) mounted on the exhaust pipe at a downstream of the TWC, storing NOx at a lean air/fuel ratio, and generating H2, releasing the stored NOx, and generating NH3 using the released NOx and the generated H2 at a rich air/fuel ratio, and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst mounted on the exhaust pipe at a downstream of the APC, storing the NH3 generated in the TWC and the APC, and reducing the NOx contained in the exhaust gas using the stored NH3. |
| US10914214B2 |
SCR diesel particle filter with oxidation catalyst and oxygen storage catalyst loadings, and exhaust system including the same
A particle filter for treating exhaust gases includes an SCR catalyst that, when in the presence of a reductant such as ammonia, promotes selective catalytic reduction of NOx; an active oxidation catalyst that promotes oxidation of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide; and an oxygen storage catalyst that alternately stores and releases oxygen, enhances soot oxidation, and stores NOx at temperatures below optimal SCR functioning. The particle filter may be included in a system having an oxidation catalytic device (OCD) upstream of the particle filter, and optionally includes one or more SCR converters upstream and/or downstream of the particle filter, and/or an ammonia slip catalyst downstream of the particle filter. The system may further be adapted for operation under a high frequency injection fuel control with an OCD having substantial NOx storage material content, or an NSC for improving the efficiency tradeoffs between soot oxidation during filter regeneration and NOx reduction. |
| US10914213B2 |
Control device for internal combustion engine and control method for internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine is provided with an engine body, a catalyst device provided in an exhaust passage of the engine body and having an exhaust purification catalyst with at least an oxidation function and a microwave absorber contained in a catalyst coat layer formed inside a substrate, and a microwave emitter for irradiating the catalyst device with microwaves. A control device for the internal combustion engine is configured so that if engine startup is requested when a temperature of the exhaust purification catalyst is less than a predetermined temperature, it makes the microwave emitter irradiate the catalyst device with microwaves and operates the engine body so that an air-fuel ratio of exhaust discharged from the engine body becomes a predetermined lean air-fuel ratio leaner than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. |
| US10914210B2 |
Engine unit
An engine unit including a heater provided in a blow-by gas returning path for returning a blow-by gas that leaks out from a combustion chamber of an engine to an intake path. The heater is electrically connected to a controller of the engine through wiring harnesses. The controller is configured to, while controlling energization of the heater, perform an abnormality detection on the wiring harness based on a magnitude of current flowing to the wiring harness during energization of the heater, and perform an abnormality detection on the heater and the wiring harnesses based on a magnitude of voltage applied to the wiring harness located downstream from the heater during non-energization of the heater. |
| US10914209B2 |
Oil tank filling system
An oil tank filling system for filling the oil tank of a gas turbine engine that includes an aft core cowl. The system includes: an oil tank that is located within a core of the engine; an oil access port located on the aft core cowl; an oil tank filling pipe that connects the oil access port to a tank filling port on the oil tank; and a hydraulic lock that prevents oil entering the oil tank once the oil tank contains a predetermined volume of oil. A method of filling the oil tank of a gas turbine engine and a gas turbine engine that includes the oil tank filling system are also disclosed. |
| US10914208B2 |
In-vehicle internal combustion engine
An in-vehicle internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block and a cylinder head. The cylinder head includes a plurality of communication passages connected to the oil chamber. The cylinder block includes an oil passage for returning oil accumulated in the oil chamber into the oil pan. The communication passages include a first communication passage having a first opening opened in the upper surface of the cylinder head and a second communication passage having a second opening opened in the upper surface of the cylinder head. The first opening is located below the second opening. An extending wall extending in a direction intersecting the cylinder arrangement direction is provided between the first opening and the second opening on the upper surface of the cylinder head. |
| US10914205B2 |
Rotational valve for two stroke engine
A two stroke internal combustion engine having a piston reciprocating in a cylinder between TDC and BDC positions to influence a crank shaft with help of a connecting rod. A Rotational Valve (RV) associated with the cylinder body selectively altering the timing and duration of opening and closing of cylinder intake and exhaust ports. The said rotational Valve may be associated with the said crank shaft through a drive train assembly. Drive train assembly may control the Rotational Valve through electronic or mechanical means. |
| US10914203B2 |
Internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder head, a support structure, a cam pulley, and a seal member. The support structure is provided above the cylinder head and supports the camshaft. The cam pulley is provided at an end of the camshaft. A timing belt is wound around the cam pulley. A seal member is provided to cover a gap provided between the cylinder head and the support structure at a facing surface facing the cam pulley. The seal member provides sealing between the cylinder head and the support structure in an axial direction of the camshaft. |
| US10914201B2 |
Integrated cooling system for engine and waste heat recovery
An example system includes an engine and an exhaust passage fluidly coupled to the engine. A waste heat recovery system includes a boiler operatively coupled to the exhaust passage, and a condenser fluidly coupled to the boiler. An integrated cooling system includes an engine cooling circuit, a waste heat recovery cooling circuit, a waste heat recovery bypass valve, and a controller. The waste heat recovery bypass valve is operatively coupled to the exhaust passage upstream of the boiler, and is selectively controllable so as to direct at least a portion of the exhaust gas through an exhaust bypass passage so as to bypass the boiler. The controller is in operative communication with the waste heat recovery bypass valve. The controller is structured to determine a cooling demand of the engine, and to control a valve position of the waste heat recovery bypass valve based on the cooling demand. |
| US10914199B2 |
Piping layout for water steam cycle system of combined cycle power plant
A piping layout for a water steam cycle (WSC) system of a combined cycle power plant is disclosed. The piping layout includes a first steam flow pipe delivering steam from a steam source to a high pressure (HP) segment of the ST system. The first flow pipe includes a first vertically oriented thermal expansion portion. The WSC system may also include a second steam flow pipe delivering steam from the steam source to an intermediate pressure (IP) segment of the ST system. It may also include a third steam flow pipe delivering steam from HP segment of the ST system to a steam source. The vertically oriented thermal expansion portion(s) may be positioned immediately upstream of the admission valve of the respective segment and/or immediately downstream from an outlet of the steam source. |
| US10914195B2 |
Rotary machine with gas bearings
A rotary machine for an aeronautical device includes a thrust generator. The rotary machine additionally includes a rotary component rotatable with the thrust generator. Moreover, the rotary machine of the present disclosure includes a plurality of gas bearings, with the plurality of gas bearings substantially completely supporting the rotary component of the rotary machine. |
| US10914194B2 |
Turbomachine with alternatingly spaced turbine rotor blades
A turbomachine includes a spool and a turbine section including a turbine rear frame, a turbine, and a support member. The turbine includes a first plurality of turbine rotor blades and a second plurality of turbine rotor blades, the first plurality of turbine rotor blades and second plurality of turbine rotor blades alternatingly spaced along the axial direction and rotatable with one another. The support member extends between the first plurality of turbine rotor blades and the spool and couples the first plurality of turbine rotor blades to the spool. The turbomachine also includes a bearing assembly including a bearing, the bearing rotatably supporting the support member and supported by the turbine rear frame, the bearing spaced apart from the spool along the radial direction. |
| US10914192B2 |
Impingement cooling for gas turbine engine component
An impingement plate for providing cooling to a gas turbine engine component includes a first surface with a second surface opposite the first surface. The first surface and the second surface are surrounded by a perimeter defining an edge. A first plurality of holes extend through the impingement plate. A plurality of protrusions extend outward from one of the first surface or the second surface and have a distal surface transverse to one of the first surface or the second surface. At least one second impingement hole extends through the distal surface. |
| US10914184B2 |
Turbine for a turbine engine
A turbine includes a stator and a movable rotor, rotating around an axis, in relation to the stator. The rotor comprises at least one disc, the radially outer periphery of which comprises cavities. The rotor further includes blades, each having a blade root axially engaged in a cavity of the disc so as to radially hold the blade on the disc. At least one of the blade roots has an axially flaring shape, with the corresponding cavity having a matching shape so as to axially lock the blade root in the cavity in a first axially oriented direction. Locking means lock the blade root in the cavity in a second axially oriented direction, opposite the first direction. |
| US10914182B2 |
Gas turbine
Disclosed is a gas turbine including a housing, a rotor rotatably provided in the housing to transfer a rotary force to a compressor, the compressor receiving the rotary force from the rotor and compressing air, a combustor mixing a fuel with the compressed air supplied from the compressor and igniting the mixture of the fuel and the air to generate combustion gas, and a turbine receiving the rotary force caused by the combustion gas generated by the combustor and rotating the rotor by using the received rotary force. |
| US10914176B2 |
Composite blade and method of manufacturing composite blade
A composite blade is formed by laying up composite material layers in which reinforcement fibers are impregnated with resin in a thickness direction of the blade. The composite blade includes a blade root on a base end side, an airfoil on a tip side, a first lay-up in which some composite material layers are laid up in the blade root so as to space parts of the composite material layers to form spacing parts and to extend from the distal toward the base end side in the thickness direction, and second lay-ups in which some composite material layers are laid up in the spacing parts so as to be lined up in the thickness direction. Among the second lay-ups, a second lay-up closer to a center side than to an outer side in the thickness direction is a larger distance from a proximal position to a top position. |
| US10914175B2 |
Composite blade, metallic leading-edge cover forming unit, method for manufacturing composite blade
A composite blade includes a composite blade body including reinforced fibers and resin; a metal layer provided on an outer side of a leading edge section including a leading edge that is a part of the composite blade body on an upstream side of an air stream, the metal layer having a thickness of equal to or larger than 5 micrometers and equal to or smaller than 100 micrometers; an adhesive layer provided between the composite blade body and the metal layer to bond the metal layer to the composite blade body; and an electric insulating layer provided in contact with a surface of the leading edge section of the composite blade body, the surface being on the side on which the metal layer is provided, the electric insulating layer having an electric insulating property. |
| US10914170B2 |
Roof support connector
A connector for coupling a plurality of underground roof supports, each roof support including a canopy. The connector includes a guide configured to be coupled to one of the roof supports, and an actuator having a bore and a rod at least partially positioned in the bore. An end of the rod is slidably coupled to the guide. A cable has a first end coupled to the end of the rod and a second end adapted for connection to another of the roof supports. |
| US10914168B2 |
System for acoustic navigation of boreholes
Methods for generating boreholes used for generating geothermal energy or other purposes include forming the borehole by accelerating a projectile into contact with geologic material. Interaction between the projectile and the geologic material generates an acoustic signal, such as vibrations within the formation, that is detected using acoustic sensors along a drilling conduit, at the surface, or within a separate borehole. Characteristics of the geologic material, such as hardness, porosity, or the presence of fractures, may be determined based on characteristics of the acoustic signal. The direction in which the borehole is extended may be modified based on the characteristics of the geologic material, such as to create a borehole that intersects one or more fractures for generation of geothermal energy. |
| US10914163B2 |
Completion and production apparatus and methods employing pressure and/or temperature tracers
A frac plug includes a body having an outer surface, a first pocket in the outer surface, and a second pocket in the outer surface. In addition, the frac plug includes a first sensor removably disposed in the first pocket. The first sensor is configured to measure and record a plurality of pressures. The frac plug also includes a second sensor removably disposed in the second pocket. The second sensor is configured to measure and record a plurality of pressures. Further, the frac plug includes a first cap releasably coupled to the body and closing the first pocket. Moreover, the frac plug includes a second cap releasably coupled to the body and closing the second pocket. The first cap includes a port and the second cap includes a port. |
| US10914156B2 |
Frac pulser system and method of use thereof
Provided is a downhole fracturing tool assembly, and a method for fracturing an oil/gas formation. The downhole fracturing tool assembly, in one aspect, includes a tool body, and a localized fracking system located within the tool body. In accordance with this aspect, the localized fracking system is designed to create a localized initial pulse of pressure sufficient to initiate a fracture of a subterranean zone of interest. |
| US10914155B2 |
Electric powered hydraulic fracturing pump system with single electric powered multi-plunger pump fracturing trailers, filtration units, and slide out platform
A hydraulic fracturing system for fracturing a subterranean formation includes a support structure that includes an electric powered pump, arranged in a first area, the electric powered pump powered by at least one electric motor, also arranged in the first area. The system further includes a variable frequency drive (VFD), arranged in a second area proximate the first area, connected to the at least one electric motor to control the speed of the at least one electric motor. The system includes a transformer, arranged in a third area proximate the second area. The system also includes a slide out platform integrated into the first area, the slide out platform being driven between a retracted position and a deployed position. |
| US10914154B2 |
Power sequencing for pumping systems
A pumping system pumps material or fluid, for example, downhole to perform a stimulation operation. A pumping system may comprise multiple pumps that must be powered-up in a sequence that does not overload a power source. A variable frequency drive may be coupled to a pump via a motor and may adjust the speed of the motor to control the rate of pumping of fluid from the pump. A soft-starter may be coupled to a pump via a motor to provide a constant pumping rate of fluid from the pump. A power-up sequence may be determined that provides power to the variable frequency pump and the soft-starter to power-up the corresponding motors such that the power source is not strained or overloaded. Mixing variable frequency drive driven pumps with pumps driven by a soft-starter may provide an efficient use of available power, conserve space, allow for control over a pumping rate of fluid and reduce costs. |
| US10914152B2 |
Oil-displacing system and method using transient electromagnetic generator
The present invention discloses an oil-displacing system and method. The system includes a power supply, a control switch, a controller and a transient electromagnetic generator. The power supply is connected to the transient electromagnetic generator, the control switch is disposed in a connection path between the power supply and the transient electromagnetic generator, and a control end of the control switch is connected to the controller. The controller is configured for controlling the closing and opening of the control switch, thereby controlling the connection and closing of the connection path between the power supply and the transient electromagnetic generator. The transient electromagnetic generator is disposed in an oil well casing at a position in an oil formation, for generating a transient electromagnetic field according to the connection and closing of the connection path between the power supply and the transient electromagnetic generator. The oil-displacing system and method provided by the present invention can dredge a pore throat and improve recovery efficiency. |
| US10914150B2 |
Dual injection for hydrocarbon reservoir management
In a dual injection method for hydrocarbon reservoir management, a production well is formed from a surface of a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir to a hydrocarbon-bearing zone in the reservoir. A first injection well and a second injection well are formed from the surface to a first depth and a second depth, respectively, in a water-bearing zone below the hydrocarbon-bearing zone, the second depth shallower than the first depth. A first injectant of a first type and a second injectant of a second type injected into the water-bearing zone through the first injection well and the second injection well, respectively. The second injectant is injected to sweep hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon-bearing zone toward the production well. The first injectant is injected to sweep the second injectant toward the hydrocarbon-bearing zone. At least a portion of the hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon-bearing zone are produced through the production well. |
| US10914149B2 |
Artificial lift
A stator assembly for a downhole-type well tool includes a stator housing including an internal chamber, an electric stator, a flow channel in the stator housing, and a heat exchanger. The electrical stator is disposed within the stator housing and in contact with the heat exchanger, the electrical stator to drive a rotor. The flow channel in the stator housing includes an inlet and an outlet, and the heat exchanger includes a first heat exchanger portion in contact with the electric stator in the internal chamber and a second heat exchanger portion at least partially disposed in the flow channel. The flow channel flows coolant fluid along the second heat exchanger portion to transmit heat across the heat exchanger from the electric stator to the coolant fluid. |
| US10914147B2 |
Setting tool igniter system and method
There is an igniter system for igniting an energetic material. The igniter system includes a housing having a bore; an igniter located inside the bore; a ground wire directly connected to the igniter; and a signal wire directly connected to the igniter. The ground wire and the signal wire form an electrical circuit with the igniter for igniting the energetic material. |
| US10914145B2 |
Bulkhead assembly for a tandem sub, and an improved tandem sub
A bulkhead assembly for transmitting current to a downhole tool such as a perforating gun. The bulkhead assembly comprises a tubular bulkhead body having a bore therein. The bulkhead assembly also includes an electrical contact pin. The contact pin comprises a shaft having a first end and a second end. The shaft is fabricated substantially from brass and comprises a plurality of grooves. At the same time, the bore comprises a profile for mating with and receiving the plurality of grooves. This grooved, mating arrangement increases shear strength of the bulkhead assembly. Preferably, a first end of the electrical contact pin is in electrical communication with a wire within a wellbore. The wire transmits electrical signals from an operator at the surface. The shaft comprises a conical portion proximate the first end that frictionally fits into a mating conical profile of the bore. A tandem sub having an improved electrical communication is also provided herein. |
| US10914143B2 |
Perforating gun system and method
A single-trip method and system for perforating casing allows displacement of a heavier completion fluid from the perforation zone by a lighter formation-compatible treatment fluid without the need for an extended rat hole or repositioning the working string. The perforating system includes bridge subs located above and below a perforating gun. The bridge subs bypass treatment fluid around the gun through one or more conduits located along the exterior of the gun into a discharge flow port located immediately below the lower bridge sub. The system may be hydrodynamically designed to maintain efficient fluid displacement characteristics of the discharge flow port. The external conduits are positioned to not interfere with perforation operations and may include parallel conjoined tubes. The perforating system may be lowered to a perforation position in the wellbore, and treatment fluid pumped through the discharge flow port to displace completion fluid prior to perforation operations. |
| US10914140B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatus for discrete fracture simulation of complex subsurface fracture geometries
Systems and methods for simulating subterranean regions having multi-scale, complex fracture geometries. Non-intrusive embedded discrete fracture modeling formulations are applied in conjunction with commercial simulators to efficiently and accurately model subsurface characteristics in regions having complex hydraulic fractures, complex natural fractures, or a combination of both. |
| US10914139B2 |
Systems and methods for optimization of the number of diverter injections and the timing of the diverter injections relative to stimulant injection
The disclosure pertains to the increasing the amount of stimulated efficiency and production from a given well area by determining a number of diverter slugs and the timing for the injection of the slugs for the given well area. A number of data sets are determined using Monte Carlo analysis, each data set including a quantity of diversion slugs and the timing for the injection of the diversion slugs. A simulation is performed on a plurality of the data sets to determine the production outcome of employing the data set in a stimulation job. The results of the simulation are used to determine the optimized data set for the stimulation job. |
| US10914137B2 |
Downhole pump for wellbore cleanouts
A wellbore cleanout system including a first tubular, and a pump member including a stator and a rotor. The stator has a first end, a second end, an outer surface, and an inner surface defining an internal passage. The rotor is arranged within the internal passage and includes a first end portion connected to the first tubular and a second end portion. The rotor is coupled for rotation with the first tubular. A drag system including at least one drag member is fixedly mounted to the outer surface of the stator. A second tubular is connected to the second end of the rotor. The second tubular is coupled for rotation with the first tubular. |
| US10914136B2 |
Sand fall-back prevention tools
A downhole tool for sand fall-back prevention can include a sand bridge inducer configured to be mounted in a flow path through a housing in a downhole tool. The sand bridge inducer can define a longitudinal axis and having a main opening therethrough, wherein the sand bridge inducer includes one or more angled passageways defined through a wall of the sand bridge inducer that are oblique relative to the longitudinal axis. The sand bridge inducer can be segmented with a respective upper segment and lower segment at each respective one of the one or more angled passageways, wherein the respective upper and lower segments are connected to one another across the respective angled passageway for movement along the longitudinal axis relative to one another to enlarge the respective angled passageway for accommodating passage of larger particles and/or relieving pressure differentials caused by high flow rates and/or solids restricting flow. |
| US10914133B2 |
Switchable crossover tool with rotatable chamber
Switchable crossover tools can include a tool body and a rotatable chamber. The tool body includes a main tool path separable into uphole and downhole tool paths and an auxiliary chamber containing uphole and downhole annular ports. The rotatable chamber is located and rotatable within the auxiliary chamber and forming first and second auxiliary flow paths through the auxiliary chamber. The rotatable chamber is positionable between a conventional circulation mode and a reverse circulation mode. In the conventional circulation mode, the uphole and downhole tool paths are in fluid communication and the uphole and downhole annular ports are in fluid communication through the auxiliary chamber. In the reverse circulation mode, the uphole tool path is in fluid communication with the downhole annular port via the first auxiliary flow path, and the downhole tool path is in fluid communication with the uphole annular port via the second auxiliary flow path. |
| US10914127B2 |
Side pocket mandrel with enhanced pressure rating
The pressure rating of a SPM assembly is enhanced by metal removal in one or more locations. The start of the pocket is reshaped from an elongated shape with a rounded end when viewed in section to a crescent shape from the onset of the pocket to the start of the seal bore in the pocket. Blind bores are disposed generally parallel to the seal bore to further remove bulk of the body portion in view of its asymmetrical design to accommodate the pocket. One or more of these body modifications gets the body reconfigured to be more symmetrical. The added symmetry acts to equalize the stresses all around the periphery of the body with the result being a higher pressure rating for a given outer dimension of the body as compared to the current known designs. |
| US10914125B2 |
Shearable riser system and method
A riser for a subsea well comprises a first riser section that may be similar to conventional risers in design and material specifications. A second riser section comprises a passive fracture section that is specifically designed to shear or fracture under design conditions, such as extreme events (e.g., extreme weather or waves, loss of control of a rig or vessel, a rig or vessel moving from a desired position). The passive fracture section is designed to fracture first to prevent or minimize damage to other well equipment, such as at the seabed. |
| US10914123B2 |
Earth boring tools with pockets having cutting elements disposed therein trailing rotationally leading faces of blades and related methods
An earth-boring tool may include a plurality of blades extending axially and radially from a body. A first plurality of cutting elements may be disposed along rotationally leading faces of the plurality of blades. A pocket may be formed within a blade, and the pocket may extend angularly into the blade from a rotationally leading face of the blade within a shoulder region of the blade. A second plurality of cutting elements may be disposed within the at least one pocket. A rotational pathway of at least one cutting element of the second plurality of cutting elements may at least partially overlaps with another rotational pathway of at least one cutting element of the first plurality of cutting elements. |
| US10914121B2 |
Pulling product lines underground under obstacles including water bodies
Embodiments and methods relate to pulling and installing a product line along an underground arcuate path beneath an obstacle, including pulling the product line for an extended length (i.e. a length that might otherwise be deemed impracticable) along the underground arcuate path beneath the obstacle. A sealing/locking mechanism is located at one end of an outer pipe and at an end of an inner pipe at a position within the underground arcuate path. |
| US10914117B2 |
Vertically movable gate with a gate panel
The invention relates to a vertically movable gate with a gate panel comprising several gate panel segments, where two adjacent gate panel segments are each hingedly connected to one another by way of at least one hinge, and with a motorized drive which transmits a force for lifting and lowering the gate panel via at least one drive means to the gate panel, and a connection means for connecting the drive means to the gate panel. Gates of the type mentioned at the outset are improved according to the invention such that, though such a gate can be moved easily between an open and a closed position largely independent of the forces arising, it nevertheless provides a compact and simultaneously stable and fail-safe design in that several gate panel segments are each individually connected to the drive means. |
| US10914115B2 |
Door skin, a method of etching a plate, and an etched plate formed therefrom
The present invention relates to a door skin comprising an exterior surface having outer portions lying on a first plane, spaced grooves recessed from the plane of the outer portions, and tonal portions having a planar area and a plurality of spaced depressions recessed from the plane of said planar area. The present invention is also directed to a method of etching a plate, for use with a molded die set, for embossing a wood grain pattern in the door skin, and the etched plate formed therefrom. |
| US10914113B2 |
Windows accessing more sky
A window with multiple elements which are suitable for installation in a building exterior wall as part of designing and/or retrofitting building facades is disclosed. The building structure comprises one or more movable members movably attached to a frame member where the frame member is secured in a wall opening. The building structure may further comprise a sash member attached to the one or more movable members. The connection of these members may be such that an enclosure is created when the building structure is in an extended or open position. |
| US10914109B2 |
Hinge device
In a hinge device comprising a first member attached to a main body, a second member attachable to a door and rotatable about a vertical rotation axis with respect to the first member, a cam provided in the first member, and a linear damper provided in the second member and actuatable by the cam, the linear damper is disposed below the lower surface of the door. |
| US10914108B2 |
Opposed type sliding door device of vehicle using planetary gear reducer
An opposed type sliding door device includes a center rail mounted on a center of a door in a longitudinal direction of the door. A center roller is mounted on a vehicle body and a lower rail is mounted on a lower portion of the vehicle body. A lower roller is mounted on the door and moves along the lower rail to pivot the door toward the outside of the vehicle. The lower roller includes a pinion gear which engages in a rack gear mounted on a lower portion of the lower rail, a planetary gear reducer coupled to an upper portion of the pinion gear, a swing bracket moving the door toward the outside with rotation of the pinion gear, and a mounting bracket having one end coupled to the door and another end coupled to the swing bracket. |
| US10914106B2 |
Actuation device for a lifting system and lifting system for door leaves of furniture
An actuation device for a lifting system for door leaves of furniture, the actuation device comprising a fixing plate that can be connected to the body of the piece of furniture, a supporting lever for the door leaf, which is connected, so that it can oscillate, to the fixing plate at a fulcrum and comprises, at the fulcrum, a connecting portion that extends eccentrically with respect to the fulcrum, and elastic means that comprise a body for accommodating at least one elastic element. |
| US10914103B2 |
Electronic handle for a vehicle door
The present disclosure relates to a handle for a vehicle door having an activation lever configured for rotating around an activation axis from a rest position to an activation position for activating a latch of the vehicle door, and a bracket intended to receive the activation lever. One of the activation lever and the bracket comprises a driving element, and the other comprises a stop element, the driving element cooperating with the stop element such that when the activation lever is actuated from the rest position to the activation position, the driving element passes from a first side of the stop element corresponding to an initial position, to a second side corresponding to a final position, when the activation lever comes back from the activation position to the rest position, the driving element and the stop element cooperates to make the activation lever come back in the initial position. |
| US10914102B2 |
Motor vehicle door latch
A motor vehicle door latch, in particular a servo latch, which is equipped with a locking mechanism including of a catch and a pawl. Furthermore, a spindle drive with a motor, spindle and spindle nut located thereon is executed at least to close the locking mechanism. The spindle nut impinges the catch at least in the closure direction via a closure lever. The closure lever is simultaneously formed as an opening lever to open the locking mechanism and consequently as a combined closure/opening lever. The combined closure/opening lever impinges either the catch in a closing direction or the pawl in an opening direction dependent on the actuating direction of the spindle drive. |
| US10914099B2 |
Security gate with gate lock
A gate unit includes a gate mount that is adapted to mate with a frame bordering a passageway and formed to include a latch receiver and a gate mounted on the gate mount for pivotable movement about a gate-pivot axis between an opened position opening a walkway passage formed in the gate mount and a closed position closing the walkway passage formed in the gate mount. The gate unit further includes a gate lock configured to lock the gate in the closed position closing the walkway passage formed in the gate mount. |
| US10914097B2 |
Landing door lock failsafe protection device
A landing door locking mechanism of an elevator system includes a body housing key-engagement elements and having a first end and a second end, the key-engagement elements located at the first end and a keyway structure, wherein in a first position the first end of the body is exposed such that a key may be inserted into a keyway of the keyway structure and interact with the key-engagement elements. A biasing mechanism is configured to bias a moveable portion of the body toward a second position, wherein in the second position a key cannot interact with the key-engagement elements and a solenoid is configured to apply a force on the moveable portion of the body when the solenoid is energized such that the moveable portion of the body is moved from the second position to the first position. |
| US10914095B2 |
Freestanding internal structure assembly for a wind turbine tower
A tower assembly for a wind turbine includes a tower and a freestanding internal tower structure assembly. The tower has a tower wall defining an inner surface and an outer surface separated by a tower wall thickness, with the inner surface defining a tower interior. The internal tower structure assembly is positioned within the tower interior. The tower structure assembly includes a plurality of stackable support structures configured to support one or more internal tower components. Further, the tower structure assembly is freestanding within the tower interior. |
| US10914088B2 |
Telescopic support prop and locking pin
The disclosure relates to a telescopic support prop, which has a leg with a lower leg part and an upper leg part. The upper leg part has a plurality of vertically spaced through holes. A locking pin is releasably connected to one of the vertically spaced through holes of the upper leg part. A cap is connected to the locking pin, the cap having a fastening sleeve put over an end of the locking pin, the cap further having a spring for bearing against the exterior of the lower leg part. |
| US10914085B1 |
System and method for providing a level flooring surface
A system and method for providing a level flooring surface includes a plurality of groups of leveling blocks, wherein each of the plurality of groups has a defined height different from the others of the plurality of groups of leveling blocks and a defined color different from the others of the plurality of groups of leveling blocks. Each of the leveling blocks has an adhesive layer so that the leveling blocks can be fixed to a surface. The leveling blocks are selectively adhered to a surface in a grid-like pattern so that upper surfaces of each of the leveling blocks are substantially planar with a pre-identified zero-level elevation so that a level flooring surface can be installed based on visual confirmation of elevation levels along the grid-like pattern. |
| US10914083B2 |
Wall-climbing concrete form lifting system
A self-climbing concrete wall form hoist for forming a concrete wall section atop a previously formed wall section has a wall mounting releasably secured to the previously formed wall section, a plurality of moveable vertical masts, an extendable cylinder inside each mast, and a platform alternatively supported on the masts, which in turn are supported alternatively on the upper and lower wall mountings. The apparatus cycles between a platform raising position when the masts and platform are supported on the upper wall mounting and a lower wall mounting raising position when the masts and platform are supported on the upper wall mounting. The extendable cylinders are extended to raise the mast and platform relative to the lower wall mounting when the masts are supported on the upper wall mounting, and the extendable cylinders are retracted when raising the lower wall mounting relative to the platform when the masts and platform are supported on the upper wall mounting. The self-climbing concrete wall form hoist can descend a wall by effectively reversing the steps required to complete wall climbing. |
| US10914079B2 |
Magnetic holding system with enhanced magnetic strength
A magnetic holding system for securely affixing an object to a wall surface including a first magnetic sheet layer having specific polarity line spacing, a second layer having magnetic receptive properties, and finally an object with a mounting surface designed to abut the second layer, the mounting surface including a magnetic material having specific polarity line spacing that is substantially the same as the specific polarity line spacing of the first layer and a sheet of steel, such that, when the object polarity line spacing is aligned with the first layer polarity line spacing, the object is securely held to the wall. |
| US10914076B1 |
Pipe extrusion
A pipe extrusion includes a cross-section with a substantially round outer perimeter. A round portion of the substantially round outer perimeter preferably has an included angle of less than 300 degrees. A pair of inward facing flanges terminate the round portion. A cross member is formed across an inner area of the round portion. The cross member is parallel with the pair of inward facing flanges. A position of the cross member relative to a centerline of the round portion is between 0-20 degrees from the center line of the round portion. The pipe extrusion is preferably fabricated from any suitable aluminum alloy, such as T-6 aluminum. |
| US10914069B2 |
Ceiling system
Described herein is a ceiling system that includes a spring clip for mounting ceiling panels equipped with torsion springs to a ceiling support grid, the clip comprising: a body including a mounting portion defining a downwardly open receptacle configured for attachment to a ceiling grid support member; a pair of lateral flanges extending outwards from the mounting portion, at least one of the flanges including a slot configured to engage a torsion spring; a pair locking tabs disposed on the spring clip, the locking tabs configured to engage opposing sides of the grid support member. |
| US10914068B2 |
Adjustable awning and retractable canopy system
Provided is an awning system comprising: a) two vertical tracks; b) two arms, with each arm attached at a first end to one of the vertical tracks, the arm configured to move in a vertical direction and pivot in relation to the track, each arm further configured to be extendible; c) a cross-bar, with each end of the cross-bar attached to a second end of one of the arms; d) a piece of fabric attached at one end to the cross-bar; and e) a holder placed on top of the tracks for holding a second end of the fabric; wherein the awning fabric is configured to be adjusted in both the vertical and the horizontal direction; wherein a user can move the arms vertically and extend the arms to adjust a position of the fabric. Provided is a retractable canopy system comprising: a) a track; b) a frame movably attached to the track; c) a support attached to the frame; d) a connector movably attached to the support, e) two or more rods attached to the connector; f) a canopy piece attached to the rods; wherein the awning is configured to have a stowed and deployed position that are obtained by moving the frame against the track. |
| US10914065B2 |
Wall joint or sound block component and wall assemblies
An elongate component for placement in a wall gap and a wall incorporating such a component. The component includes a wall-face leg configured to extend along a face of a wallboard and a wall-end leg configured to extend along an end of the wallboard. The wall-end leg is oriented perpendicular to the wall-face leg. The component further includes a flexible gap portion configured to be positioned within and extend along the wall gap. The gap portion is located on an opposite side of the wall-end leg relative to the wall-face leg. A blocking element is located in a space defined by the wall-end leg and the gap portion. The blocking element is configured to block fire and/or sound within the wall gap. At least a portion of the flexible gap portion is located on an exterior side of the blocking element. |
| US10914064B1 |
Article to suppress drywall cracking at interior corners
An article to suppress cracking of drywall at interior corners features a thin metal brace that includes a piece of sheet metal between 3 and 30 gauge thickness. If the device as-produced or as-received starts out as a flat sheet of metal, the base or flange of the device is then bent at about a 90 degree angle with respect to the rest of the device—the tongue. When the base or flange is then placed flat along the side of a stud or framing, the tongue of the device will then lie flat or flush along the front side of the stud, but at an angle, for example, 45 degrees, with respect to the longitudinal axis of the stud. In a door or window frame, another stud will intersect the first stud at a right angle. Where the tongue crosses this second stud, the tongue may be fastened to this second stud. In another embodiment, the tongue may be bent or folded over and fastened to the side of the stud. This device can be fastened with screws, nails, or staples, as well as a pressed gang plate system. Thus, the instant device serves to tie the framing members together. |
| US10914063B2 |
Waterproofing system
A waterproofing system including at least two different layers, one layer being a mounting layer and one other layer being a functional layer, the two layers being directly or indirectly connected to each other over at least parts of their opposing surfaces, wherein the functional layer includes at least a thermoplastic polymer and at least a mineral binder. |
| US10914059B1 |
Urinal raised footplate assembly
A urinal raised footplate assembly with each of the footplates mounted on a weighted base and connected at the heel to a first transverse member for retaining the footplates at a fixed distance apart. The assembly further including axially extendable members connected to a second transverse member that when butted against a wall supporting the urinal maintains the footplates at a fixed distance from the urinal such that a user positioned on the footplates straddles a center of the urinal basin minimizing drips and protecting the footplate from spillage. Embodiments include flexible joints at the heel and toe such that the footplates may be angled to accommodate different width urinals. |
| US10914053B2 |
Work machine
Provided is a work machine which makes it possible, in a hydraulic closed-circuit system, to prevent occurrence of cavitation when reverse lever operation which is an instruction for a swing in a direction opposite to a swing direction is performed during swing deceleration. A controller is configured to perform control such that a rate of a flow supplied from a bidirectionally tiltable hydraulic pump to a swing motor becomes lower than a pump flow rate according to an operation amount of the swing operation lever when a swing direction corresponding to a swing velocity sensed at a velocity sensor is different from a swing direction corresponding to operation of a swing operation lever. |
| US10914046B1 |
System, apparatus, and method for installing a foundation
A method for installing a pile in a cavity of a soil layer is disclosed. The method includes drilling the cavity in the soil layer using a drilling assembly, applying pressure with the drilling assembly during drilling to an interface portion of the soil layer that is adjacent to the cavity, sensing pressure data of the interface portion during drilling, and transferring the pressure data to a controller during drilling. The method also includes determining pile capacity data of the pile with the controller during drilling based on the pressure data, transferring the pile capacity data during drilling, and controlling the drilling assembly based on the pile capacity data during drilling. |
| US10914042B2 |
Structure for the reinforcement of pavements
The invention relates to a structure for the reinforcement of pavements. The structure is provided at predetermined positions with interruptions or with weakened zones. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing such a structure and to a method of breaking up a pavement reinforced with such a structure. |
| US10914040B2 |
Method for compacting the ballast bed of a track, and tamping unit
Ballast (3) located underneath of sleepers of a track is compacted by immersion and squeezing of compacting tools (7) set in vibrations. The vibrations introduced into the ballast (3) during the compacting process are registered as a measure of the ballast compaction. Thus, it is possible to obtain a homogenously compacted track even in the event of different ballast characteristics. |
| US10914033B2 |
Laundry treatment machine
The present disclosure relates to a laundry treatment machine. The laundry treatment machine according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a casing; a door attached to the casing; a washing tub disposed inside the casing; a heating unit; a blower for supplying to the washing tub; a temperature detector for detecting a temperature of the washing tub; a motor for rotating the washing tub; a driving unit for driving the motor; and a controller to control the blower to operate in a first drying mode, and to control the heating unit to intermittently output a first power during a first period after the operation of the blower while controlling an operating time of the heating unit to increase during the first period. Accordingly, the power consumption can be reduced while reducing the drying period in the drying mode. |
| US10914031B2 |
Laundry washing machine comprising an agitator
A laundry washing machine having a washing basket that is loaded through the upper area, and an agitator located inside the washing basket. The agitator has a base, a hollow elongated body provided with at least one opening, and a filtration element located within the agitator. The agitator has a plane defined by the intersection of at least two areas of the edge of the opening to form an angle, relative to a tangential velocity vector of the rotational movement of the agitator starting from said opening, the angle being defined between 15° and 90°. |
| US10914030B2 |
Washing machine
Disclosed herein is a washing machine having a plurality of washing spaces. A washing machine includes a first housing having a first laundry loading port formed at a front portion, a first tub disposed in the first housing, a second housing having a second laundry loading port formed at a top portion of the second housing, the second housing being disposed on the first housing, a second tub disposed in the second housing, a water supply device connectable to an external water source to supply water to the first tub and the second tub, the water supply device being installable to the second housing. The water supply device includes a water supply connector having a plurality of chambers formed therein, a first water supply hose connecting the water supply connector with the first tub and a second water supply hose connecting the water supply connector with the second tub. |
| US10914029B2 |
Fluid sensor assembly for a washing machine appliance
A fluid sensor assembly for a washing machine appliance is provided herein. The fluid sensor assembly may include a first conductivity rod, a second conductivity rod, and a chamber sheath. The first conductivity rod may extend between a top rod end and a bottom rod end. The second conductivity rod may extend between a top rod end and a bottom rod end. The chamber sheath may include a non-permeable sidewall and a sealed top wall. The non-permeable sidewall may extend about the first conductivity rod from a top sheath end to a bottom sheath end. The top sheath end may be positioned on the sealed top wall. At least a portion of the bottom sheath end may be positioned above the bottom rod end of the first conductivity rod. The non-permeable sidewall may be radially spaced apart from the first conductivity rod and define a radial chamber therebetween. |
| US10914027B2 |
Combined detergent and filter unit, and a machine configured to use the combined unit
A combined unit (2) for containing detergent or other chemical compounds, mainly for washing or dishwashing machines, the combined unit comprises at least one pocket (4) configured to contain at least one compound intended for at least one phase of a washing program. The combined unit comprises two sides, an inlet side (6) and an outlet side (8), and the sides of the unit (2) are intended for inlet and outlet liquid, respectively, into and out from the combined unit. The inlet side and said outlet side are constituted by liquid permeable filter members. In one embodiment the inlet side filter member is denser than the outlet side filter member, and that the inlet side filter member is capable of filtering out micro fibres in the inlet liquid. Also provided is a machine adapted to use the combined unit. |
| US10914025B2 |
Sewing-machine operating program, sewing machine, and terminal device
A sewing-machine operating program is installed in a terminal device of a user. A specifying information acquiring step causes a short-distance information acquiring unit to acquire specifying information recorded on a sewing-machine main unit. In the distance measuring step, an apart distance is calculated from a detection result of a movement detecting sensor with a position where the specifying information is acquired being as an initial position. In the distance comparing step, for a remote operation to the sewing-machine main unit, the apart distance and a prescribed distance are compared. In the function restricting step, when the apart distance is within the prescribed distance, an operation command is transmitted to the sewing-machine main unit via a wireless communication device, and when the apart distance exceeds the prescribed distance, the operation command is not transmitted to the sewing-machine main unit. |
| US10914023B2 |
Attachable fabric assembly
A fabric assembly includes a knitted fabric and a filament. The knitted fabric is adapted to move between a stretched state extended along a direction of an applied force, and a relaxed state. The filament is disposed in the knitted fabric, and includes a plurality of loops longitudinally spaced apart from one-another. Each loop of the plurality of loops are adapted to project outward from the knitted fabric when in the stretched state, and substantially retract into the knitted fabric when in the relaxed state. |
| US10914022B2 |
Spiral yarn structure, manufacturing method and manufacturing device thereof and textile utilizing the same
A spiral yarn structure includes a core yarn comprising at least one core filament which is a filament fiber of 5-25D, a cover yarn comprising a plurality of cover fibers formed by stretching roves having a count ranging from 0.5 Ne to 2.0 Ne, wherein the cover fibers encloses the core yarn, and a wrap yarn wrapping the cover yarn at a twist factor K≤3, wherein the wrap yarn comprises at least one wrap filament which is a filament fiber of 5-25D, and the at least one wrap filament wraps an outer side of the cover yarn at an inclined angle to form the spiral yarn structure having a count ranging from 40 Ne to 80 Ne. |
| US10914020B2 |
Wave absorbing member attachable to paddle and plating apparatus including wave absorbing member
To prevent turbulence on a surface of a plating solution as much as possible and suppress spattering and splashing of the plating solution even when the plating solution is stirred. Provided is a wave absorbing member that is attachable to a paddle moveable in a horizontal direction to stir liquid. The wave absorbing member includes a thin plate shaped body portion configured to move on a liquid surface when moving in the horizontal direction and a front end portion designed to be tapered toward an end from the body portion. |
| US10914017B2 |
Sn-plated steel sheet
The Sn-plated steel sheet of the disclosure is an Sn-plated steel sheet including: a steel sheet; an Sn plating layer formed on at least one side of the steel sheet and containing, based on % by mass, from 0.1 g/m2 to 15 g/m2 of metal Sn; and a coating layer formed on the surface of the Sn plating layer and containing zirconium oxide and tin oxide; in which the content of the zirconium oxide in the coating layer is from 0.2 mg/m2 to 50 mg/m2 in terms of metal Zr amount, and the peak position of binding energy of Sn3d5/2 according to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of the tin oxide in the coating layer is 1.6 eV or higher than the peak position of binding energy of the metal Sn. |
| US10914008B2 |
Method and solution for forming interconnects
An oxygen-free or oxygen-poor solution for the electroless deposition of a platinum group metal is described. The solution includes a ruthenium (II) amine complex having a first oxidation potential, and a platinum group metal compound having a reduction potential larger than the opposite of the oxidation potential of the ruthenium (II) amine complex. |
| US10914003B2 |
Monolithic gas distribution manifold and various construction techniques and use cases therefor
A gas delivery substrate for mounting gas supply components of a gas delivery system for a semiconductor processing apparatus is provided. The substrate may include a plurality of layers having major surfaces thereof bonded together forming a laminate with openings for receiving and mounting first, second, third and fourth gas supply components on an outer major surface. The substrate may include a first gas channel extending across an interior major surface that at least partially overlaps a second gas channel extending across a different interior major surface. The substrate may include a first gas conduit including the first gas channel connecting the first gas supply component to the second gas supply component, and a second gas conduit including the second channel connecting the third gas supply component to the fourth gas supply component. Also disclosed are various techniques for manufacturing gas delivery substrates. |
| US10914002B2 |
Apparatus and process for semi-continuous and multi-step composite production
A method and apparatus produce silicon-carbon composite materials through a chemical vapor deposition or a thermal disposition process in a fluidized bed reactor on a semi-continuous basis. The produced silicon-carbon composite has a unique structure that silicon particles are uniformly dispersed, bonded and embedded into the carbon conductive matrix and forming a secondary structure. The produced silicon-carbon composite can be used as advanced anode materials for lithium battery and other electrochemical energy storage device. |
| US10913999B2 |
Box coating apparatus for vacuum coating of substrates, in particular spectacle lenses
A box coating apparatus for coating of substrates comprises a vacuum chamber which contains an evaporation source. A substrate holder is disposed vis-à-vis to the evaporation source so that evaporated material can impinge on substrates held by the substrate holder. Besides the evaporation source and the substrate holder, at least one further functional component is provided, namely a Meissner trap and/or a high vacuum valve mechanism, to which a shield arrangement is assigned to prevent evaporated material from impinging on said component. This shield arrangement has a shutter portion which can be moved from a closed shielding position in which it covers a passageway through the shield arrangement and serves to shield said component, to an open pumping position in which it substantially clears the passageway to allow essentially free passage for gases and vapor, and vice versa. |
| US10913998B2 |
Magnetically enhanced high density plasma-chemical vapor deposition plasma source for depositing diamond and diamond-like films
A magnetically enhanced HDP-CVD plasma source includes a hollow cathode target and an anode. The anode and cathode form a gap. A cathode target magnet assembly forms magnetic field lines that are substantially perpendicular to a cathode target surface. The gap magnet assembly forms a cusp magnetic field in the gap that is coupled with the cathode target magnetic field. The magnetic field lines cross a pole piece electrode positioned in the gap. This pole piece is isolated from ground and can be connected with a voltage power supply. The pole piece can have a negative, positive, or floating electric potential. The plasma source can be configured to generate volume discharge. The gap size prohibits generation of plasma discharge in the gap. By controlling the duration, value and a sign of the electric potential on the pole piece, the plasma ionization can be controlled. The magnetically enhanced HDP-CVD source can also be used for chemically enhanced ionized physical vapor deposition (CE-IPVD). Gas flows through the gap between hollow cathode and anode. The cathode target is inductively grounded, and the substrate is periodically inductively grounded. |
| US10913997B2 |
Arc evaporation source
Provided is an arc evaporation source capable of stably retaining an arc spot on the front end surface of a target and apparatus downsizing. An arc evaporation source includes a target to be melted and vaporized from its front end surface by arc discharge and at least one magnet disposed apart from a side surface of the target radially thereof. The magnet is disposed to form a magnetic field satisfying conditions a) and b) below, on the side surface, in a region of up to 10 mm from the front end surface axially of the target: a) an angle which magnetic lines of force forms with the side surface of the target is 45 degrees or less; and b) a component of the strength of the magnetic lines of force along the axial direction of the target is 200 G or more. |
| US10913996B2 |
Vacuum coating apparatus
A box coating apparatus for vacuum coating of substrates has a vacuum chamber containing an evaporation source and a substrate holder formed as a dome related to the evaporation source and rotatable about an axis. A masking arrangement is located in between for partially shadowing the substrates on the substrate holder relative to the evaporation source. The masking arrangement comprises a fixed masking portion stationary in the vacuum chamber, and a plurality of gradient sector portions carrying gradient shields assigned to the substrates on the substrate holder, for forming a gradient mask. The gradient sector portions can be rotated about the axis between a gradient mask open position where they are stored behind the fixed masking portion, and a gradient mask closed position where they are spread like a fan between the evaporation source and the substrate holder. |
| US10913993B2 |
Steel for high-strength bolt, and high-strength bolt
A steel for a high-strength bolt that includes from 0.50 mass % to 0.65 mass % carbon, from 1.5 mass % to 2.5 mass % silicon, 1.0 mass % or more chromium, 0.4 mass % or less manganese, greater than 1.5 mass % molybdenum, 0.03 mass % or less phosphorus and sulfur combined, and balance iron and inevitable impurities. |
| US10913989B2 |
Method for leaching precious metals contained in waste denitrification catalyst using pressure leaching process
The present invention relates to a method for leaching precious metals contained in a waste denitrification catalyst by using a pressure leaching process, and more specifically, to a method for leaching precious metals contained in a waste denitrification catalyst by using a pressure leaching process, the method comprising the steps of: forming a mixture by mixing a waste denitrification catalyst with a sodium salt solution; and leaching vanadium and tungsten contained in the mixture by feeding the mixture into a sealed pressurized reactor, and then heating and stirring the mixture. |
| US10913986B2 |
Method of identifying important methylome features and use thereof
A computer-implemented method of preparing a set of differentially informative methylated positions (DIMPs) or differentially informative methylated regions (DIMRs) from a sample methylome of an animal or plant having a phenotypic characteristic different from a wild-type of the same species of animal or plant, and the characteristic is associate with differences in methylation of the genome, comprises: providing a computer with the sample methylome, and a reference methylome of the wild-type of the same species of animal or plant; calculating with the computer a divergence between a plurality of cytosine positions of the sample methylome and the reference methylome; and selecting with the computer a set of DIMPs or DIMRs. Each DIMP or DIMR is selected based on an approximation of the energy required to produce the divergence between methylation levels of the plurality of cytosine positions of the sample methylome as compared to the wild-type methylome. |
| US10913979B2 |
Determination of miR-423-5p in heart failure
The present invention relates to methods, kits and uses for diagnosing heart failure using miRNA-biomarker from blood. |
| US10913975B2 |
Spatial mapping of nucleic acid sequence information
Presented are methods and compositions for spatial detection and analysis of nucleic acids in a tissue sample. The methods can enable the characterization of transcriptomes and/or genomic variations in tissues while preserving spatial information about the tissue. |
| US10913967B2 |
Point-of-care in-vitro diagnostic device for the amperometric detection of cholinesterase activity in whole blood for indication of exposure to cholinesterase inhibiting substances
A system that can assess red blood cell AChE activity to provide warning of exposure and possibly inform treatment with medical countermeasures is disclosed. A portable, ideally hand-held, in vitro diagnostic point of care system capable of electrochemically-based detection of red blood cell acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity from an undiluted whole blood sample provides a real-time pre-symptomatic warning of exposure to organophosphorus nerve agent or other poison, such as a pesticide, which informs treatment with medical countermeasures. One preferred version of the invention provides a system that uses highly stable test strips and a lightweight, low power hand-held potentiostat detector. The disclosed invention provides a real-time quantitative assessment of cholinesterase (ChE) enzymatic activity directly from a small whole blood sample for indication of exposure to ChE inhibiting substances (i.e., chemical warfare nerve agents or carbamate pesticides), thereby allowing immediate assessment of a blood sample in the field during the pre-symptomatic window. |
| US10913963B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlled hydrolysis
A method and apparatus for controlled hydrolysis. The method can comprise hydrolyzing a first reagent in a first hydrolysis reaction and deactivating a first enzyme catalyzing the first hydrolysis reaction. The deactivating step can occur in about 10 seconds or less; the deactivating step can comprise adding a deactivating fluid to a composition comprising the first enzyme and heating the first enzyme using a deactivating mechanism. In other aspects, hydrolyzing the first reagent and deactivating the first enzyme can occur in a conduit, and the first hydrolysis reaction can occur in a composition that is at least 50% water by weight. The apparatus can provide a hydrolysis reactor comprising: a conduit; a composition inlet in the conduit for a composition; a first enzyme inlet in the conduit downstream of the composition inlet; and a first deactivating mechanism downstream of the first enzyme inlet to deactivate the first enzyme. |
| US10913959B2 |
Method for isomerizing double bonds
A method for isomerizing a double bond is provided. A substrate is exposed to an isomerase enzyme, wherein the isomerase enzyme comprises a redox-regulated ligand switch and heme b cofactor. A reducing agent changes iron (III) to iron (II). The enzyme isomerizes double bonds in the iron (II) state but not in the iron (III) state. In one embodiment, the enzyme is homologous with 15-cis-ζ-carotene isomerase (Z-ISO). |
| US10913958B2 |
Microbial fermentation for the production of terpenes
The invention provides a method for producing a terpene or a precursor thereof by microbial fermentation. Typically, the method involves culturing a recombinant bacterium in the presence of a gaseous substrate whereby the bacterium produces a terpene or a precursor thereof, such as mevalonic acid, isopentenyl pyrophosphate, dimethylallyl pyrophosphate, isoprene, geranyl pyrophosphate, farnesyl pyrophosphate, and/or farnesene. The bacterium may comprise one or more exogenous enzymes, such as enzymes in mevalonate, DXS, or terpene biosynthesis pathways. |
| US10913957B2 |
Genetically modified MSC and therapeutic methods
This disclosure relates to vectors, isolated cells, compositions, and methods for the treatment of critical limb ischemia and associated disorders. One aspect of the disclosure relates to a vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding a 165A isoform VEGF protein and a promoter that regulates expression of the nucleic acid encoding the VEGF. |
| US10913952B2 |
Environmental stress response transcriptional regulatory network
This disclosure provides methods of downregulating or eliminating gene expression of one or more Dynamic Influencer of Gene expression (DIG) and/or one or more DIG-like (DIL) sequences in plants and plant cells, as well as constructs and compositions useful in such methods. Such recombinant plants can have decreased abscisic acid (ABA) sensitivity, decreased salt sensitivity, or both. |
| US10913951B2 |
Silencing of HNF4A-P2 isoforms with siRNA to improve hepatocyte function in liver failure
Provided herein are antisense agents for knocking down, inhibiting, or silencing expression of an HNF4α-P2 isoform mRNA in a cell or a patient. Also provided are methods of knocking down, inhibiting, or silencing expression of an HNF4α-P2 isoform mRNA in a cell or a patient and methods of treating a patient with liver disease, liver damage, liver inflammation, or liver failure, such as acute liver failure, ALD, AH, or ACLF. |
| US10913950B2 |
TMPRSS6 iRNA compositions and methods of use thereof
The invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double-stranded RNAi agents, targeting the TMPRSS6 gene, and methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of TMPRSS6 and methods of treating subjects having a TMPRSS6 associated disorder, e.g., an iron overload associated disorder, such as β-thalassemia or hemochromatosis. |
| US10913949B2 |
Therapeutic agent for sarcopenia and metabolic diseases
The present invention provides a therapeutic agent for a muscle weakness symptom (sarcopenia) or a metabolic disease, containing a μ-crystallin (CRYM) inhibitory substance as an active ingredient. The inhibitory substance is selected from the group consisting of an antisense nucleic acid against CRYM, an RNAi-inducing nucleic acid against CRYM and a ribozyme against CRYM, expression vectors of these, an antagonist antibody against CRYM, and a low molecular weight compound that inhibits activity of CRYM. |
| US10913948B2 |
RNA interference in dermal and fibrotic indications
The present invention relates to RNAi constructs with improved tissue and cellular uptake characteristics and methods of use of these compounds in dermal and fibrotic applications. |
| US10913939B2 |
Compositions and methods for expression of nitrogenase in plant cells
The disclosure provides nucleic acid constructs encoding novel chimeric peptides that are useful for nuclear and chloroplast expression of active nitrogenase components including dinitrogenase reductase and dinitrogenase, in plant cells. The disclosure thus provides nucleic acid constructs encoding the chimeric proteins, as well as plant expression constructs comprising the same for expression and/or targeting to the nucleus, plastids, or mitochondria of plant cells. The disclosure also provides methods of use for the novel chimeric peptides that function to provide active dinitrogenase reductase, dinitrogenase, and thus nitrogenase, expressed in plant cells, and plants comprising such nucleic acid constructs. |
| US10913938B2 |
Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and uses thereof
The invention relates to a polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, wherein the polypeptide is selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 60% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 38, 41, 44 and/or 47; (b) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence having at least 60% sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45 and/or 48; (c) a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence which hybridises under at least high stringency conditions with the complementary strand of SEQ ID NO: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45 and/or 48; and (d) a fragment of the polypeptide of (a), (b), or (c), that has cellulolytic enhancing activity. |
| US10913934B2 |
Methods and systems for rapid detection of microorganisms using infectious agents
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for rapid detection of microorganisms in a sample. A genetically modified bacteriophage is also disclosed which comprises an indicator gene in the late gene region. The specificity of the bacteriophage, such as CBA120, allows detection of a specific microorganism, such as E. coli O157:H7, and an indicator signal may be amplified to optimize assay sensitivity. |
| US10913931B1 |
Apparatus and method for harvesting and preparing viable stem cells
A method of preparing viable stromal and mesenchymal stem cells from adipose tissue that produces high quality and high counts of stem cells with a low risk of contamination. The apparatus provides ultrasonic waves through a constant temperature bath to the tissue held in a sterile sonication container such as a test tube or jar. No sonication probe touches the tissue or the cells during the process. The stem cells produced are ready to be administered to a patient. |
| US10913928B2 |
Yeast strains for ethanol production
This invention relates to a recombinant cell, preferably a recombinant yeast cell comprising: a) a gene coding for an enzyme having glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity, wherein said enzyme has a cofactor dependency for at least NADP+ and/or for NADPH; b) a gene encoding an enzyme having at least NAD+ dependent acetylating acetaldehyde dehydrogenase activity (EC 1.2.1.10); and c) a mutation or disruption in at least one gene selected from the group of GPD1 and GPD2. Said cell is suitable for ethanol production, has a reduced glycerol production at high ethanol yield. |
| US10913922B2 |
N-acylated methionine derivatives as food flavoring compounds
A flavour composition comprising a compound of formula (I) and edible salts thereof, wherein R1 is an alkyl residue containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkene residue containing from 9 to 25 carbon atoms with 1 to 6 double bonds, R1 together with the carbonyl group to which it is attached is a residue of a carboxylic acid. |
| US10913921B2 |
Performance gear, textile technology, and cleaning and protecting systems and methods
A cleaning system for all laundry, high performance textiles, and sports gear, which includes a washing agent and a protective agent. The washing agent is configured to remove unwanted matter from the high performance textiles, sports gear, and/or other laundry. The protective agent is configured to create a bonded barrier comprising organosilane antimicrobial(s) on the high performance textiles, sports gear, and/or other laundry for protection against odors from bacteria, mold and mildew and/or the like. The washing agent and the protective agent are configured to be used in a two-step water-based treatment process in which the washing agent is provided in a given first step of the treatment process and the protective agent is provided in a given subsequent second step of the treatment process. |
| US10913920B1 |
Fragrance containing pastilles
A solid laundry fragrance particle to enhance the fragrance of laundry comprised of a hydrated alkali metal or alkali earth metal salt, a thickener, and a fragrance. |
| US10913917B2 |
Internal combustion engine lubricating oil composition
An internal combustion engine lubricating oil composition containing a base oil that is a hydrocarbon oil containing less than 1% by mass of aromatic components and having a sulphur content of less than 20 ppm by mass; a specific organic molybdenum compound as a component (A) at 300 to 1500 ppm by mass as molybdenum atoms; and a borate ester compound as a component (B) at 100 to 1000 ppm by mass as boron atoms. |
| US10913914B2 |
Lubricants comprising carbon particles and methods of making the same
A lubricant includes carbon particles in a carrier. The carbon particles may be nearly spherical, individually have maximum and minimum diameters that differ by no more than ten nanometers, and the maximum diameters of the carbon particles are less than one micrometer. The lubricant may be manufactured by preparing the carbon particles by ultrasound-assisted polymerization of resorcinol and formaldehyde in an aqueous system followed by a heat treatment in an inert or non-oxidizing atmosphere and dispersion of the carbon particles in the liquid hydrocarbon carrier to form the lubricant. Optionally, inorganic metals, alloys, or oxides are coated on the surface of the carbon particles via an additional thermolysis step. |
| US10913908B2 |
System for conversion of crude oil to petrochemicals and fuel products integrating steam cracking and fluid catalytic cracking
Process scheme configurations are disclosed that enable conversion of crude oil feeds with several processing units in an integrated manner into petrochemicals. The designs utilize minimum capital expenditures to prepare suitable feedstocks for the steam cracker complex. The integrated process for converting crude oil to petrochemical products including olefins and aromatics, and fuel products, includes mixed feed steam cracking and fluid catalytic cracking. Feeds to the mixed feed steam cracker include light products and naphtha from hydroprocessing zones within the battery limits, recycle streams from the C3 and C4 olefins recovery steps, and raffinate from a pyrolysis gasoline and FCC naphtha aromatics extraction zone within the battery limits. |
| US10913907B2 |
Process for conversion of hydrocarbons to maximise distillates
The present disclosure relates to a process for hydro-processing of hydrocarbons to maximize the yield of light distillates. The process comprises hydrocracking hydrocarbons and separating to respective products based on the boiling points. The heavier vacuum residue is further hydrocracked to light distillates. |
| US10913900B2 |
High temperature bio-char carbonization and micron grinding and classification for inclusion into master batch polymerization
A thermal process for carbonizing hemp and reducing particle size, mechanically, by grinding or milling said carbonized hemp materials to generate a precise particle size hemp char and combining the hemp char particles with a polymer into a master batch. |
| US10913897B2 |
Compounds and liquid-crystalline medium
Compounds of the formula I, and liquid-crystalline media, preferably having a nematic phase and negative dielectric anisotropy, comprising a) one or more compounds of the formula I and one or more compounds selected from b) one or more compounds of formula II and/or c) one or more compounds selected from compounds of formulae III-1 to III-4 and formula B Methods for making and using these liquid-crystalline media in electro-optical displays, particularly in active-matrix displays based on the VA, ECB, PALC, FFS or IPS effect and the displays which contain these media. Methods for stabilizing liquid-crystalline media with compounds of formula I, where the liquid-crystalline media comprise one or more compounds of the formula II and one or more compounds selected from compounds of the formulae III-1 to III-4 and formula B. |
| US10913896B2 |
Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device using the same
An object of the present invention is to provide a composition that realizes high Δn, has a wide liquid crystal phase temperature range, small viscosity, excellent low-temperature solubility, and high resistivity and voltage holding ratio, and is stable against heat and light, and to provide a liquid crystal composition having an excellent lens effect and excellent chemical stability using the composition, and a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal lens that use the liquid crystal composition. The present invention provides a liquid crystal composition that contains one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (i) and one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (ii), a liquid crystal display device using the liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal lens using the liquid crystal composition, and a birefringence lens for stereoscopic image display using the liquid crystal composition. |
| US10913895B2 |
Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device
A composition having a high Δn, a wide temperature range of a liquid crystal phase, low viscosity, good solubility at a low temperature, high resistivity, a high voltage holding ratio, and stability against heat and light; a liquid crystal composition containing the composition, the liquid crystal composition having a good lens effect and good chemical stability; a liquid crystal display device including the liquid crystal composition; and a liquid crystal lens including the liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal composition contains one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (i) and one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (ii). |
| US10913893B2 |
Additive to phosphoric acid etchant
Embodiments of compositions of a wet etchant and additive thereto for selectively etching silicon nitride to silicon oxide are disclosed. In an example, a composition of an additive to a phosphoric acid etchant includes an inhibitor and a dispersant. The inhibitor is absorbable on a surface of silicon oxide and capable of inhibiting etching of the surface of silicon oxide by the phosphoric acid etchant. The dispersant is capable of reacting with a by-product of a reaction between the phosphoric acid etchant and at least one of silicon oxide and silicon nitride and reducing a viscosity of the phosphoric acid etchant. |
| US10913892B1 |
Method for preparing ratiometric fluorescent probe for melamine based on silver nanocluster complex
A method for preparing a ratiometric fluorescent probe for melamine based on a DNA-stable silver nanocluster-rhodamine 6G complex, wherein the electrostatic self-assembly technology is adopted to construct a silver nanocluster-rhodamine 6G complex. The melamine forms a strong hydrogen bond with thymine in the DNA of the surface of the silver nanocluster, causing rhodamine 6G to dissociate from the surface of the silver nanocluster, destroying the fluorescence resonance energy transfer, so as to restore the fluorescence of the silver nanocluster. This process has little effect on Rhodamine 6G fluorescence which can be used as a reference signal, while silver nanocluster fluorescence can be used as a response signal. By fitting the linear relationship between the ratio of fluorescence emission peak intensities of the silver nanocluster to rhodamine 6G and the molar concentration of the melamine, the ratiometric fluorescent probe for melamine can be constructed. |
| US10913890B2 |
Synthetic caustic composition
An aqueous caustic composition comprising: a caustic component; an additive adapted to provide an extended buffering effect to the caustic composition when such is exposed to acid; and water. Methods of using such compositions are also disclosed. |
| US10913886B2 |
Superhydrophobic additive
A method of treating a subterranean formation includes introducing a well cementing composition into a wellbore, said cementing composition comprising: a pumpable slurry of cement and at least one of hydrophobic material, a superhydrophobic material, and combinations; and allowing at least a portion of the cementing composition to cure. A composition includes a pumpable slurry of wellbore cement and at least one of hydrophobic material, a superhydrophobic material, and combinations thereof. |
| US10913885B1 |
Metal that hydrates in wellbore fluid and creates an expanding cement
Methods and systems that utilize reactive metals that hydrate in the presence of a wellbore fluid. The reactive metals can be utilized in cement compositions, on the outer surface of the oilfield tubular in the form of a layer of the reactive metal(s), or on the outer surface of the oilfield tubular in the form of a layer of a composition that includes the reactive metal(s). |
| US10913883B2 |
Coolant composition and method of operating internal combustion engine using the same
A coolant composition includes a viscosity improving agent and a base. The viscosity improving agent includes at least one nonionic surfactant and at least one anionic surfactant represented by the following Formula (1) of R1O—(R2O)m—SO3M. The base is formed of water and/or at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol, a trihydric alcohol, and a glycol monoalkyl ether. R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 16 to 24 carbon atoms or a linear or branched alkenyl group having 16 to 24 carbon atoms, R2 represents an ethylene group or a propylene group, m represents an average addition molar number of R2O which is a number of 0.5 to 10, and M represents a cation or a hydrogen atom. A shear viscosity of the coolant composition is 8.5 mPa·s or higher at 25° C. and is 2.0 mPa·s or lower at 100° C. |
| US10913879B2 |
Thermally conductive pre-applied underfill formulations and uses thereof
Provided herein are thermally conductive underfill compositions which have a combination of melt viscosity, glass transition temperature (Tg), coefficient of thermal expansion, and/or transparency that renders such materials useful for the preparation of a variety of electronic devices, such as flip chip packages, stacked dies, hybrid memory cubes, through-silica via (TSV) devices, and the like. In certain embodiments of the invention, there are provided assemblies comprising a first article permanently adhered to a second article by a cured aliquot of a formulation as described herein. In certain embodiments of the invention, there are provided methods for adhesively attaching a first article to a second article. In certain embodiments of the present invention, there are provided methods for improving heat dissipation by electronic devices assembled employing thermally conductive, but electrically non-conductive adhesive. |
| US10913877B2 |
Curable mixtures for forming a lubricious surface of fluorinated lubricants and articles made therefrom
Curable compositions are provided for forming highly lubricious and long-lasting surfaces with optical clarity useful, for example, in optical applications in harsh environmental conditions. In some aspects, the curable formulations include an end-group modified perfluoropolyether (PFPE), a fluorinated lubricant, and a compatibilizer. The mixtures are curable to form a solid having an exposed surface. In some aspects, the fluorinated lubricant is chemically and physically matched to the resin such that, when cured, at least a portion of the fluorinated lubricant spontaneously forms a lubricious surface on the exposed surface. In some aspects, the compatibilizer is present in an amount sufficient to make the curable mixture miscible and to make the solid optically transparent while still spontaneously forming the lubricious surface. The lubricious surface can also be self-replenishing such that, when the lubricant is removed from the exposed surface, additional lubricant migrates to the surface to replenish the lubricious overlayer. |
| US10913875B2 |
Composite and laminate articles and polymerizable systems for producing the same
A composite material comprises a reinforcing material carried in a polymer matrix material which is the polymerization product of a polymerizable composition comprising a di-activated vinyl compound, with the proviso that the di-activated vinyl compound is not a cyanoacrylate. The reinforcing materials may be a wide variety of substrates including thermally sensitive materials. Exemplary composites can be molded and cured at ambient temperatures. Also disclosed are laminate materials having layered materials adhered by curing a di-activated vinyl polymerizable composition. |
| US10913874B2 |
Encapsulating composition
The present application relates to an encapsulating composition, an organic electronic device, a method for evaluating reliability of the organic electronic device and a method for preparing the organic electronic device, and provides an encapsulating composition which can improve flatness and adhesion of an organic layer sealing an organic electronic element to effectively block moisture or oxygen introduced into an organic electronic device from the outside, thereby securing the lifetime of the organic electronic device. |
| US10913873B2 |
Block copolymers with high flory-huggins interaction parameters for block copolymer lithography
Block copolymers for use in block copolymer lithography, self-assembled films of the block copolymers and methods for polymerizing the block copolymers are provided. The block copolymers are characterized by high Flory-Huggins interaction parameters (χ). The block copolymers can be polymerized from protected hydroxystyrene monomers or from tert-butyl styrene and 2-vinylpyridine monomers. |
| US10913869B2 |
Coating for the mitigation of metal whiskers
A coating for mitigating metal whiskers on a metal surface includes a polymeric coating material; and a metal ion complexing agent impregnated within the polymeric coating material, the metal ion complexing agent having a standard reduction potential (E°) that is greater than a metal in the metal surface. |
| US10913862B2 |
Antifouling film
The present invention provides an antifouling film that is excellent in antifouling properties, rubbing resistance, and adhesion. The antifouling film includes: a substrate; and a polymer layer disposed on a surface of the substrate and including on a surface thereof an uneven structure provided with projections at a pitch not longer than a wavelength of visible light, the polymer layer being a cured product of a polymerizable composition, the polymerizable composition containing, in terms of active components, 30 to 80 wt % of a polyfunctional acrylate, 10 to 30 wt % of a monofunctional amide monomer, 0.5 to 10 wt % of a fluorine-based release agent, and 5 to 30 wt % of a vinyl-based polymer containing a repeat unit represented by a predetermined formula. |
| US10913856B2 |
Gold nanoparticle in ceramic glaze
A range of processes is described herein for the preparation of a range of gold nanoparticle (Au NP) ceramic glazes with traditional firing methods that represents significant efficiency and ecological advancements over existing methods and allows for the replacement of commercial ceramic colorant methods, while retaining the costly equipment and firing methods already used. The process allows for ceramic surface color while breaking standards for minimal amounts of transition metal colorant used. The nanoparticle-based glazes described here add new colors to the known ceramic surface palette and offers greater consumer safety as an alternative to existing coloring processes that use higher concentrations of toxic metal and an increased risk of metal leaching from the final ceramic vessel into its contents (e.g., soil, beverage, food). |
| US10913854B2 |
Polymeric compositions
A composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer, cellulosic material and a functional filler, a composite formed therefrom, a masterbatch from which the composition may be formed, a method of making the composition and composite, and uses of the functional filler in a composition comprising thermoplastic polymer and cellulosic material. |
| US10913852B2 |
Siloxazane compound and composition comprising the same, and method for producing silceous film using the same
To provide a siloxazane compound capable of shortening the time of a siliceous film producing process and a composition comprising the same. A siloxazane compound having a specific structure, wherein the ratio of the number of O atoms to the total number of O atoms and N atoms is 5% or more and 25% or less, and in the spectrum of the siloxazane compound obtained by 29Si-NMR in accordance with the inverse gate decoupling method, the ratio of the area of the peak detected in −75 ppm to −90 ppm is 4.0% or less to the area of the peak detected in −25 ppm to −55 ppm; and a composition comprising the same. |
| US10913845B2 |
X-ray and metal detectable thermoset composites for use in food and pharmaceutical manufacturing
Provided are X-ray and metal detectable thermoset composites and methods of detecting the same. The present X-ray and metal detectable thermoset composites may be formed into trays, sheets, or other substrates suitable for use in food or pharmaceutical processing or manufacturing. |
| US10913843B2 |
Resin composition, pellet, veil, damping material, sound insulation material, and intermediate film for laminated glass
Provided are a resin composition, a pellet, a veil, a vibration damping material, a sound insulator, and an intermediate film for laminated glass, each of which is much more excellent in damping properties. Specifically, the resin composition is a resin composition containing the following block copolymer or hydrogenation product thereof (X); and a tackifier resin (Y) having a glass transition temperature of −50 to 45° C., wherein when a glass transition temperature of a polymer block (B) of the block copolymer or hydrogenation product thereof (X) is designated as Tg(X), and a glass transition temperature of the tackifier resin (Y) is designated as Tg(Y), an absolute value of a difference between Tg(X) and Tg(Y) is 50° C. or lower, the block copolymer or hydrogenation product thereof (X) being a block copolymer or a hydrogenation product thereof having a polymer block (A) containing more than 70 mol % of a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a polymer block (B) containing 30 mol % or more of a structural unit derived from at least one selected from the group consisting of a conjugated diene compound and isobutylene, and the content of the polymer block (A) in the block copolymer being 25% by mass or less. |
| US10913839B2 |
Wear-resistant rubber compositions, systems, and methods
This disclosure relates to wear-resistant rubber compositions, such as those, for example, comprising at least one hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene, at least one natural rubber, at least one polymerization accelerant; at least one sulfur; and at least one polybutadiene, wherein the wear-resistant rubber composition may have an effective cross-linking density of at least about 30×10−5 moles/cm3. |
| US10913838B2 |
Method for producing tire sidewall rubber member
A method for producing a tire sidewall rubber member according to an embodiment comprises: a first kneading step of preparing a first kneaded product by kneading a diene rubber, carbon black, a compound represented by formula (I) (wherein R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group or an alkynyl group, and M+ is Na+, K+ or Li+), and zinc oxide; and a second kneading step of adding wax and/or stearic acid to the first kneaded product, followed by kneading. Thus, low heat generation properties are improved while suppressing the deterioration of tear resistance. |
| US10913837B2 |
Nano-emulsion and nano-latexes with functionalized cellulose nanocrystals
Nano-emulsions and nano-latexes comprising functionalized cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) as a surfactant that impacts the stability and size of the emulsion droplets of oil-in water emulsions. Stable emulsions can be accessed by adding a desired organic, non-water soluble molecule as the oil phase to an aqueous CNC suspension followed by agitation. Depending on the functionalization of the CNCs, their hydrophilic/hydrophobic balance can be modified, which allows the ability to control the stability and droplet size of the emulsion. Methods for producing nano-emulsions and nano-latexes, when the oil phase contains a polymerizable monomer, are disclosed. |
| US10913834B2 |
Polymer matrix composites comprising indicator particles and methods of making the same
A polymer matrix composite comprising a porous polymeric network; and a plurality of indicator particles distributed within the polymeric network structure; wherein the indicator particles are present in a range from 1 to 99 weight percent, based on the total weight of the indicator particles and the polymer (excluding the solvent); and wherein the polymer matrix composite has a density of at least 0.05 g/cm3; and methods for making the same. The polymer matrix composites are useful, for example, as sensors. |
| US10913828B2 |
Preparation of polymer compositions containing phosphates
Provided are processes for making a polymer composition comprising (i) providing a multistage polymer latex by emulsion polymerization in the presence of a phosphate surfactant, wherein the multistage polymer comprises (a) a first stage polymer having a Tg of −20° C. or lower, and (b) a final stage polymer having a Tg of 50° C. or higher, (ii) coagulating the multistage polymer latex, (iii) treating the coagulated multistage polymer with an alkaline phosphate, (iv) drying the coagulated multistage polymer to a water content of less than 1 weight % based on the dry weight of the multistage polymer, wherein the weight of the dried multistage polymer comprises 100 ppm or more, based on the dry weight of the multistage polymer, of phosphorous that is in the form of an alkaline phosphate. Also provided are processes for making matrix resin compositions comprising such polymer compositions and a matrix resin. |
| US10913827B2 |
Process for the manufacture of flame retardant polycarbonate particles and flame retardant polycarbonate particles prepared thereby
A process for the manufacture of polycarbonate particles is disclosed herein. The process includes combining a first solution including a polycarbonate and a phosphorus-containing flame retardant or a flame retardant polycarbonate, and an organic solvent with a second solution including a surfactant and an aqueous solvent substantially immiscible with the organic solvent, under conditions of shear and temperature effective to provide an emulsion. At least a portion of the organic solvent is removed from the emulsion to provide an aqueous slurry having a plurality of particles, wherein the particles include the polycarbonate and the phosphorus-containing flame retardant or the flame retardant polycarbonate. |
| US10913818B2 |
Epoxy resin, epoxy resin composition, cured product and electrical or electronic component
The present invention relates to a tetramethylbiphenol epoxy resin represented by the following formula (1), which is an epoxy resin having excellent solvent solubility, a small hydrolyzable chlorine amount and further an appropriate melt viscosity and being effectively applicable, to a semiconductor sealing material and electrical or electronic components such as laminate sheet: wherein n represents an integer of 0 to 10. |
| US10913816B2 |
One-component fenestration foam formulation demonstrating low initial shrinkage
A one-component foam formulation contains a pre-polymer and a blowing agent, the pre-polymer being the reaction product of a polymeric polyol component having an average hydroxyl functionality in a range of 2.3 to 2.85 hydroxyl functionalities per molecule as determined using ASTM D4274-11 (method D); and where the polymeric polyol component has an effective average molecular weight in a range of 4500 and 10000 grams per mole, one or more than one type of chain extender molecule having 3 to 6 carbon atoms and 2 to 4 reactive functionalities selected from a group consisting of hydroxyl and amine functionalities per molecule, a polyisocyanate having a functionality in a range of 2.1 to 3.0 —NCO functionalities per molecule as determined by ASTM D7252-06(2011)e1; and a catalyst. |
| US10913814B2 |
Aqueous polyurethane-urea dispersion
The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion based on polyurethane-urea, a composition comprising the same, and a use of the same in a coating agent, a sealant and an adhesive. The aqueous polyurethane-urea dispersion comprises a polyurethane-urea dispersed therein having sulfonate and/or carboxylate groups and lateral carboxyl groups, wherein the amount of said sulfonate and or carboxylate groups is 1.5 to 15 mmol/100 g; said lateral carboxyl is introduced by an aminocarboxylic acid having an amino functionality of greater than 1; the amount of said lateral carboxyl is 1.5 to 9.5 mmol/100 g, based on the polyurethane-urea solid components. Compared with the prior art, the composition of the polyurethane-urea based aqueous dispersion and a carboxyl reactive cross-linking agent provided by the present invention has a good cross-linking property and an excellent heat-resistance, which is not prone to come unglued when being exposed to heat. |
| US10913813B2 |
Vinylamide block copolymer kinetic hydrate inhibitor and preparation method and use thereof
A vinylamide block copolymer kinetic hydrate inhibitor and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The vinylamide block copolymer kinetic hydrate inhibitor has a structural formula as shown in formula I. Through reverse atom transfer radical polymerization, under an anaerobic operating condition, with vinylcaprolactam and acrylamide as monomers, dimethylformamide as a solvent, azobisisobutyronitrile as an initiator, and a transition metal complex composed of a catalyst anhydrous copper chloride and a ligand 2,2′-bipyridine as a catalytic system, the method has achieved to catalyze a controllable free radical solution polymerization to obtain a poly(vinylcaprolactam-acrylamide) block copolymer kinetic hydrate inhibitor. The synthesized kinetic hydrate inhibitor has a controllable molecular weight, a narrow molecular weight distribution, and a controllable synthesis process, and exhibits an excellent inhibitory effect. |
| US10913807B2 |
Polymeric compositions prepared with a controlled radical initiator
Crosslinkable polymeric materials, crosslinked polymeric materials, articles containing the crosslinkable polymeric materials or crosslinked polymeric materials, and methods of making the articles and various compositions are provided. More particularly, the crosslinkable composition contains a) a first polymeric material, which has terminal dithiocarbamate or dithiocarbonate groups, b) a crosslinking composition containing a chlorinated triazine crosslinking agent and/or a crosslinking monomer having two or more ethylenically unsaturated groups, and c) a thixotropic agent containing metal oxide particles. The crosslinkable composition may be printable or dispensed. In some embodiments, the crosslinked composition is a pressure-sensitive adhesive. |
| US10913805B2 |
Modifier, method for preparing the same, and modified conjugated diene-based polymer including the same
The present invention relates to a modifier useful for the modification of a conjugated diene-based polymer, having excellent affinity with a filler, and capable of improving the compounding properties of a conjugated diene-based polymer, a method for preparing the same, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer including the modifier, and a method for preparing the polymer. |
| US10913803B2 |
Heterodimeric antibodies that bind CD3 and tumor antigens
The present invention is directed to novel heterodimeric antibodies. |
| US10913802B2 |
Monoclonal antibody inhibitor of factor XIIA
Disclosed herein are anti-Factor XIIa antibodies and methods of using such for treating diseases associated with Factor XII, including diseases associated with contact system activation, plasma prekallikrein signaling (e.g., hereditary angioedema), and ocular diseases. |
| US10913801B2 |
PD-1 antibodies
The present invention relates to antibodies that bind human programmed cell death 1 (PD-1), and may be useful for treating cancer alone and in combination with chemotherapy and other cancer therapeutics. |
| US10913800B2 |
Anti-transferrin receptor antibodies and uses thereof
Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are anti-transferrin receptor antibodies, anti-transferrin receptor antibody conjugates, and pharmaceutical compositions which comprise the anti-transferrin receptor antibodies or conjugates. In some embodiments, also disclosed herein are methods of delivering a payload utilizing an anti-transferrin receptor antibody described herein, and methods of treatment with use of an anti-transferrin receptor antibody described herein. |
| US10913798B2 |
Modulators of ROR1-ROR2 binding
Provided herein are, inter alia, methods of identifying agents that are capable inhibiting the binding (e.g., coupling) between a ROR1 protein and a ROR2 protein. By interfering with ROR1-ROR2 coupling (binding) the agents identified using the methods provided herein inhibit non-canonical Wnt5a signaling. Thus, the agents identified by the methods provided herein may, inter alia, be useful for cancer diagnosis and therapy. |
| US10913794B2 |
Antibodies to IL-6 and use thereof
The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof and humanized versions thereof having binding specificity for IL-6. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-IL-6 antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-IL-6 antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-IL-6 antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with IL-6. These antibodies may bind at least one of soluble IL-6, cell surface expressed IL-6, IL-6/IL-6R and/or prevent the association of IL-6 and IL-6R, the association of IL-6/IL-6R and gp130 and or the formation of IL-6/IL-6R/gp130 multimers and thereby inhibit a biological effect associated with any of the foregoing. |
| US10913788B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating dry eyes
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating dry eye, the pharmaceutical composition including, as an active component, a novel peptide is disclosed, wherein it is confirmed that the peptide has effects on improving tear production and corneal surface smoothness for dry eyes induced by desiccation stress and suppressing detachment of corneal epithelial cells, reduction in conjunctival goblet cells, and generation of inflammatory factors, thereby applying a composition including the peptide as an active component to the pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating dry eye. |
| US10913786B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting Wnt signaling
The present disclosure relates to isolated polypeptides that inhibit Wnt signaling, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the isolated polypeptides, and methods of use thereof. Nucleic acids, cells, and methods of production related to the isolated polypeptides and compositions are also disclosed. |
| US10913785B2 |
Anti-human papillomavirus 16 E6 T cell receptors
Disclosed is a T cell receptor (TCR) having antigenic specificity for an HLA-A2-restricted epitope of human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 E6, E629-38. Related polypeptides and proteins, as well as related nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, and populations of cells are also provided. Antibodies, or an antigen binding portion thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions relating to the TCRs of the invention are also provided. Also disclosed are methods of detecting the presence of a condition in a mammal and methods of treating or preventing a condition in a mammal, wherein the condition is cancer, HPV 16 infection, or HPV-positive premalignancy. |
| US10913784B2 |
RAGE fusion proteins with improved stability and ligand binding affinity and uses thereof
The present invention provides soluble RAGE-Fc fusion proteins with increased stability and extended half-life capable of binding endogenous RAGE ligands with high apparent affinity. The present invention also provides methods of making and using stable, soluble RAGE-Fc fusion proteins. These soluble RAGE-Fc fusion proteins are useful as therapeutics based on their ability to bind endogenous RAGE ligands. |
| US10913780B2 |
Conjugates, their compositions, their uses, and their methods of making
Some embodiments of the invention include inventive compounds (e.g., compounds of Formula (I)) including but not limited to conjugates comprising FK-506 and ascomycin. Other embodiments include compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions) comprising the inventive compound. Still other embodiments of the invention include compositions for treating, for example, certain diseases using the inventive compounds. Some embodiments include methods of using the inventive compound (e.g., in compositions or in pharmaceutical compositions) for administering and treating. Further embodiments include methods for making the inventive compound. Additional embodiments of the invention are also discussed herein. |
| US10913778B2 |
Anti-cancer fusion polypeptides, encoding nucleic acids and methods of using polypeptides
The disclosure provides a fusion polypeptide specific for both CD137 and GPC3, which fusion polypeptide can be useful for directing CD137 clustering and activation to GPC3-positive tumor cells. Such fusion polypeptide can be used in many pharmaceutical applications, for example, as anti-cancer agents and/or immune modulators for the treatment or prevention of human diseases such as a variety of tumors. The present disclosure also concerns methods of making the fusion polypeptide described herein as well as compositions comprising such fusion polypeptide. The present disclosure further relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such fusion polypeptide and to methods for generation of such fusion polypeptide and nucleic acid molecules. In addition, the application discloses therapeutic and/or diagnostic uses of such fusion polypeptide as well as compositions comprising one or more of such fusion polypeptides. |
| US10913774B2 |
Cyclic peptide binder against oncogenic K-Ras
Cyclic peptides represented by (Formula 1) selectively bind the oncoprotein K-Ras G12D in vitro and in cellulo, where Z1 and Z2 are each L-propargylglycine (Pm), azidoornithine (OrnN3), or L-azidolysine (Az4), and V1-V2-V3-V4-V5 is an amino acid variable region having a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-20. |
| US10913773B2 |
Bicyclic peptidyl inhibitor of tumor necrosis factor-alpha
Anticachexin C1 inhibits the TNFα-TNFα receptor interaction. In this work, analogs of anticachexin C1 are disclosed. The resulting bicyclic peptides inhibit TNFα TNFα-induced cell death, NF-κB activation, and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling in cultured mammalian cells. Methods of using the bicyclic peptide anticachexin C1 analogs to treat cancer, inflammatory disorders and immune disorders are also described. |
| US10913771B2 |
Peptide for preventing or treating inflammatory diseases and use thereof
Provided is a novel peptide for preventing or treating inflammatory diseases and a use thereof. According to the novel dimeric or trimeric peptide, it is possible to not only exhibit an excellent therapeutic effect through anti-inflammatory action but also have a very small-sized peptide, thereby minimizing side effects due to the administration of external substances. Therefore, it is expected that the peptide can be used as an active substance that can replace existing therapeutic agents for inflammatory diseases. |
| US10913763B2 |
Method for producing sugar having sulfate group and/or phosphate group
An object of the invention is to provide a method of uniformly and efficiently producing a saccharide having a sulfate group and/or a phosphate group in the molecule, or a compound containing the saccharide. [Solution] The present invention provides a method of producing a saccharide having a sulfate group and/or a phosphate group. The method comprises (a) a step of preparing a “first saccharide having a non-protected sulfate group and/or a non-protected phosphate group” and a “second saccharide having a non-protected sulfate group and/or a non-protected phosphate group” and (b) a step of condensing the first saccharide and the second saccharide prepared in the step (a) with each other. |
| US10913760B2 |
Carbohydrate binders and materials made therewith
A binder comprising a polymeric binder comprising the products of a carbohydrate reactant and nucleophile is disclosed. The binder is useful for consolidating loosely assembled matter, such as fibers. Fibrous products comprising fibers in contact with a carbohydrate reactant and a nucleophile are also disclosed. The binder composition may be cured to yield a fibrous product comprising fibers bound by a cross-linked polymer. Further disclosed are methods for binding fibers with the carbohydrate reactant and polyamine based binder. |
| US10913756B2 |
Phosphoramidate compound and preparation method and crystal thereof
The present disclosure involves a composition enriched in compound 61501b, wherein the compound 61501b has a purity of not less than 90% or more. The composition has a significant advantage in preparing a high-purity compound Sp-1. In addition, the present disclosure also provides a preparation method of the composition enriched in compound 61501b. The method adopts a crystallization technique to perform separation and purification, has a simple and convenient operation and good reproducibility, and therefore the compound 61501b in the prepared composition has high purity and quality. Further, the present disclosure also involves a novel crystal form of compound 61501b. |
| US10913751B2 |
1,3-diazo-4-oxa-[3.3.1]-bicyclic derivatives, process for their manufacture and their use as a medicament, in particular for treating diabetes
The present invention relates to compounds having structural formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are defined as set forth in the description. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacture of the above compounds of formula (I), wherein a 4a,7,8,8a-tetrahydropyrido[4,3-e]-1,4,2-dioxazine reacts with a hydride selected from the group consisting of: lithium triethylborohydride (LiBHEt3), sodium triethylborohydride (NaBHEt3), and lithium tetrahydroaluminate (LiAlH4), in the presence of tetrahydrofuran. Furthermore, the invention is aimed at the above compounds of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use in medicine, preferably in the treatment of the diabetes and pathologies or conditions correlated thereto. |
| US10913750B2 |
Tubulin-binding compounds, compositions and uses related thereto
This disclosure relates to methods of treating cancer (e.g., melanoma) with (MI-181). |
| US10913746B2 |
Substituted 4-phenylpiperidines, their preparation and use
The present invention provides a compound having the structure: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are each independently H, halogen, CF3 or C1-C4 alkyl, wherein two or more of R1, R2, R3, R4, or R5 are other than H; R6 is H, OH, or halogen; and B is a substituted or unsubstituted heterobicycle, wherein when R1 is CF3, R2 is H, R3 is F, R4 is H, and R5 is H, or R1 is H, R2 is CF3, R3 is H, R4 is CF3, and R5 is H, or R1 is Cl, R2 is H, R3 is H, R4 is F, and R5 is H, or R1 is CF3, R2 is H, R3 is F, R4 is H, and R5 is H, or R1 is CF3, R2 is F, R3 is H, R4 is H, and R5 is H, or R1 is Cl, R2 is F, R3 is H, R4 is H, and R5 is H, then B is other than or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US10913745B2 |
Octahydro-pyrrolo[3,4-c]-pyrrole derivatives and analogs thereof as autotaxin inhibitors
The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, Y, A, W, R2, m, n, p and q are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds. |
| US10913744B2 |
LRRK2 inhibitors and methods of making and using the same
Compounds having the formula I, II, or III: are provided. Compounds of the present disclosure are useful for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's Disease. |
| US10913743B2 |
Use of organic oxyimides as flame retardant for plastic materials and also flame-retardant plastic material composition and moulded parts produced therefrom
The present invention relates to the use of organic oxy imides as flame retardants for plastics. According to the present invention, a flame-retardant plastics composition is likewise specified, including an oxy imide as flame retardant. Additionally specified are mouldings produced from an inventive flame-retardant polymer composition. |
| US10913741B2 |
Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) agonists having heteroatom-linked aromatic moieties, conjugates thereof, and methods and uses therefor
Compounds having a structure according to formula (I) or (II) where R1, R2, R1, R4, Ar and X1 are as defined herein, are agonists for the Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) and can be used as adjuvants for stimulating the immune system. Some such compounds can be used in conjugates for targeted delivery to the organ or tissue of intended action. |
| US10913739B2 |
Inhibitors of RORγ
The present disclosure relates to processes for the production of salts and crystalline forms of a compound having the formula. |
| US10913736B2 |
Specific inhibitors of methionyl-tRNA synthetase
The present disclosure is generally directed to compositions useful in the inhibition of MetRS and methods for treating diseases that are ameliorated by the inhibition of MetRS. |
| US10913733B2 |
Substituted piperidines thiazolyl acetamides as glycosidase inhibitors and uses thereof
The present invention is directed to thiazolyl piperidine compounds of the general structural formula I: which are inhibitors of O-GlcNAcase. The present invention is also directed to uses of the compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which O-GlcNAcase is involved. The present invention is also directed to compositions comprising these compounds. The present invention is also directed to uses of these compositions in the potential prevention or treatment of such diseases in which O-GlcNAcase is involved. |
| US10913732B2 |
Furoxans as therapies for neurodegenerative disorders
Furoxan compounds, compositions comprising the same, and methods of making and using the same, are described. |
| US10913724B2 |
Production method for amidate compound
A method for producing an amidate compound represented by Formula (3), comprising reacting a urethane compound represented by Formula (1) with a carboxylate compound represented by Formula (2): (in the formulas, A, n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, X, and a are as described in the Description). |
| US10913714B2 |
Pyrrole sulfonyl derivative, preparation method and medical use thereof
The present invention relates to a new pyrrole sulfonyl derivative, and a preparation method and medical use thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to a pyrrole sulfonyl derivative as represented by general formula (I), a preparation method thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the derivative, and a use thereof as a therapeutic agent, in particular as a gastric acid secretion inhibitor and as potassium-competitive acid blockers (P-CABs), wherein each substituent group of general formula (I) is the same as that defined in the description. |
| US10913710B2 |
Benzene disulfonamide for the treatment of cancer
The present invention relates to novel substituted benzene disulfonamides, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one of these substituted benzene disulfonamides together with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient and/or diluent. Said substituted benzene disulfonamides are binding to the prenyl binding pocket of PDE6δ and therefore, are useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of cancer by inhibition of the binding of PDE6δ to farnesylated Ras proteins and thereby, inhibition of oncogenic Ras signaling in cells. |
| US10913709B2 |
STAT3 inhibitor formulation
Disclosed is a salt prepared from the STAT3 inhibitor known as 2-hydroxy-4-[[2-[[(4-methylphenyl)sulfonyl]oxy]acetyl]amino] benzoic acid and 2-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol. The salt is soluble in water and stable for extended periods of time. Further provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the salt and methods of administering the salt to prevent and treat cancer, such as breast cancer. |
| US10913707B2 |
Process for preparing electron deficient olefins
This invention relates to a process for preparing electron deficient olefins, such as 2-cyanoacrylates, using an acid catalyzed two-step process including an esterification reaction followed by a Knoevenagel condensation reaction. |
| US10913705B2 |
Iron amino acid compounds, method for preparing iron amino acid compounds, compositions containing iron amino acid compounds, and uses thereof
The invention describes hydrosoluble iron (III) oxyhydroxide complexes prepared from different sources of iron, amino acids and carboxylic acids. The iron (III) complexes have no undesirable residual taste and can be used as supplementation forms for the prevention or treatment of iron deficiency anemia in humans or animals and pharmaceutical or food compositions containing them. |
| US10913700B2 |
Method for producing dimethylolbutanal and distillation apparatus for producing same
A method for producing dimethylolbutanal, the method including: (A) distilling a raw material comprising dimethylolbutanal (DMB) in a distillation column; (B) separating the distilled raw material in the distillation column into a low boiling point component, dimethylolbutanal, and a high boiling point component; and (C) refluxing a portion or all of the high boiling point component to the distillation column by heating the portion or all of the high boiling point component, in which the dimethylolbutanal is separated from a side cut of the distillation column. |
| US10913698B2 |
Process for conducting exothermic equilibrium reactions
A process for conducting exothermic equilibrium reactions, especially for the performance of methanol synthesis by heterogeneously catalysed conversion of synthesis gas, is proposed, which enables readjustment and hence optimization of the reaction conditions along the longitudinal coordinate of the reactor. For this purpose, in the process according to the invention, a reactor is used which is divided into a multitude of series-connected reaction cells, each of which comprises a preheating zone, a cooled reaction zone, one or more cooling zones and a deposition zone for condensable reaction products. In this way, the reaction conditions are adjustable to the respective, local composition of the reaction mixture and variable over the reactor length. |
| US10913675B1 |
Industrial wastewater treatment
Methods and systems are provided for industrial wastewater treatment that yields zero liquid discharge (ZLD). These include pre-treating provided industrial wastewater to remove heavy metals, ultra-filtering the pre-treated wastewater to remove suspended and colloidal solids, nano-filtering the ultra-filtered wastewater to yield treated water (with monovalent ions) and a concentrate, treating the concentrate to remove di- and tri-valent elements and other compounds from the concentrate, and to reduce a level of sulfates to a specified level which is above a solubility level of sulfates—to yield returned water, and sludge, mixing the returned water with the provided industrial wastewater before or at the first treatment stage and/or with the pre-treated wastewater before the ultrafiltration, and removing residual water from the sludge to yield removed solids with ZLD. Advantageously, disclosed processes and systems are efficient, cheaper and more sustainable than prior art systems. |
| US10913666B2 |
Process for treating water containing hydrocarbons by means of expanded graphite
Process for the treatment of water containing low quantities of hydrocarbons (as dispersed or dissolved or emulsified) by means of expanded graphite having an apparent density from 2 to less than 5 g/l, wherein said hydrocarbons are present in a quantity less than or equal to 1 g/l, a specific surface area from 50 to 100 m2/g and a carbon/oxygen ratio (C:O)≥100. The expanded graphite is mixed vigorously for a short time with the water contaminated by hydrocarbons and easily separated at the end of the treatment. |
| US10913664B2 |
Quick response system and method for removing volatile compounds from contaminated water
The quick response system and method for removing volatile compounds from contaminated water disclosed herein may comprise, at least, a preconditioning stage, a stripping stage, a condenser stage, a refrigeration stage, and a scrubber stage. The present invention relates to a portable system and method that can be deployed on an emergency or quick response basis to purify aqueous streams containing volatile organic compounds (VOC) and chlorinated hydrocarbons, collectively volatile compounds (VC), emitted from petroleum and chemical processing facilities. The system allows manufacturing facilities having internal cleanup issues to become compliant with environmental standards and guidelines quickly. Once the issues in the petroleum facility are fixed, this method can be demobilized and removed from the site in a short period of time. |
| US10913663B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling waterborne pathogens
Systems and methods to control colonization, amplification and/or growth of waterborne aerobic heterotrophic bacteria within potable water plumbing of a premises are provided, the premises having potable water plumbing having at least one point of use within the premises, the potable water plumbing being adapted to receive a potable water supply from a municipal water source. The systems and methods to control colonization, amplification, and/or growth of waterborne aerobic heterotrophic bacteria within cooling towers and evaporative condensers, recirculates system water through a deoxygenation device to reduce dissolved oxygen levels and prevent bacterial respiration within the heat exchanger and pressurized lines. |
| US10913662B2 |
Systems and methods for distributed utilities
A monitoring system for distributed utilities. A generation device is provided for converting an available resource to a desired utility; the resource may be water, in which case the generator is a purifier for providing potable water, or, alternatively, the generator may convert a fuel to electrical power. In either case, an input sensor is provided for measuring input to the generation device, while an output sensor is provided for measuring consumption of output from the generation device. The monitoring system has a controller for concatenating measured input and consumption of output on the basis of the input and output sensors. Measured parameters are telemetered to a remote site where utility generation and use are monitored and may also be controlled. |
| US10913658B2 |
Carbon dioxide removal using lithium borate
Carbon dioxide removal using lithium borate is generally described. |
| US10913657B2 |
Method for preparing functionalized carbon materials
The present invention belongs to the field of new materials technology and discloses a green method for preparing functionalized carbon materials. The present invention can use potassium ferrate(VI) as an oxidant and mechanical milling as a reaction technique for oxidizing carbon materials in a preparation of functionalized carbon materials having oxygen-containing functional groups. Compared with the prior art, the present invention provides a method that combines an environmentally friendly oxidant with an environmentally friendly reaction process. The oxidant potassium ferrate(VI) is a green oxidant without producing any toxic byproducts. The reaction process is solvent-free, facilitated by milling the solid mixture of carbon materials and the oxidant. Thus, the present invention provides an environmentally friendly method for preparing oxidatively functionalized carbon materials, which is of promotion value. |
| US10913655B2 |
Manufacturing of integrated circuit resonator
A low-profile packaging structure for a microelectromechanical-system (MEMS) resonator system includes an electrical lead having internal and external electrical contact surfaces at respective first and second heights within a cross-sectional profile of the packaging structure and a die-mounting surface at an intermediate height between the first and second heights. A resonator-control chip is mounted to the die-mounting surface of the electrical lead such that at least a portion of the resonator-control chip is disposed between the first and second heights and wire-bonded to the internal electrical contact surface of the electrical lead. A MEMS resonator chip is mounted to the resonator-control chip in a stacked die configuration and the MEMS resonator chip, resonator-control chip and internal electrical contact and die-mounting surfaces of the electrical lead are enclosed within a package enclosure that exposes the external electrical contact surface of the electrical lead at an external surface of the packaging structure. |
| US10913653B2 |
Method of fabricating MEMS devices using plasma etching and device therefor
A method for fabricating a MEMS sensor device. The method can include providing a substrate, forming an IC layer overlying the substrate, forming an oxide layer overlying the IC layer, forming a metal layer coupled to the IC layer through the oxide layer, forming a MEMS layer having a pair of designated sense electrode portions and a designated proof mass portion overlying the oxide layer, forming a via structure within each of the designated sense electrode portions, and etching the MEMS layer to form a pair of sense electrodes and a proof mass from the designated sense electrode portions and proof mass portions, respectively. The via structure can include a ground post and the proof mass can include a sense comb. The MEMS sensor device formed using this method can result is more well-defined edges of the proof mass structure. |
| US10913651B2 |
Container emptying device and methods for operating and cleaning a container emptying device
The invention relates to a container emptying device (1) for emptying at least one container (6) filled with a liquid, comprising a suction unit (2), a receiving unit (4) and a pipe unit (3) connecting the receiving unit (4) with the suction unit (2). The suction unit (2) comprises at least one suction lance (2a) adapted to be inserted and lowered into the container (6), at least one pump (2c), connecting the suction lance (2a) with the pipe unit (3), for pumping the liquid out of the container (6) and a control device for controlling a suction process. The pipe unit (3) comprises at least one flexible pipe for transporting the liquid out of the container (6). |
| US10913650B2 |
Valve device for fuel tank
In a valve device for a fuel tank, a condition of blowing out a fuel to an outside of a fuel tank can be prevented as little as possible. The valve device includes a valve opening for communicating inside and outside of the fuel tank; a valve chamber formed below the valve opening; and a float disposed inside the valve chamber to be movable up and down, and the valve chamber has a structure of positioning an open end below a support portion of the float having a passage portion for a fluid. An orifice is formed in the support portion, and by a notch portion formed in the valve chamber, an entrance of an orifice-ventilation path communicating with the orifice is formed at a side lower than the support portion and at a side upper than the open end. |
| US10913647B2 |
Portable system for dispensing controlled quantities of additives into a beverage
A portable, self-contained beverage apparatus includes a container assembly having a known storage capacity for storing a consumable liquid, and a dispensing assembly disposed within the container assembly that dispenses variable, non-zero quantities of additives into the consumable liquid. The dispensing assembly includes multiple apertures structured and arranged to retain vessels containing the additives to be dispensed into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus also includes a level sensor disposed within the container assembly that determines a consumable liquid level of the consumable liquid stored in the container assembly. In certain embodiments, one or more positive displacement pumping mechanisms are configured to pump additive liquid from additive containers into a beverage chamber. |
| US10913644B2 |
Plug-removing tool
This invention provides a novel solution for a Plug-Removing Tool comprising a base, a helicoid tool, and a lever. The invention also includes a method for using a Plug-Removing Tool to remove a plug from an opening of a container comprising partially inserting a helicoid tool of the Plug-Removing Tool into the plug, extending a lever of the Plug-Removing Tool, gripping the lever with a hand and using the lever to apply a torque relative to a point where the helicoid tool was inserted into the plug driving the helicoid tool into the plug, and using the Plug-Removing Tool, with the helicoid tool fully inserted into the plug, to pull the plug from the container. |
| US10913641B2 |
Storage units and robotic storage/retrieval vehicles for a three-dimensional storage system
In combination, a storage unit storable within a three-dimensional storage system and a storage/retrieval vehicle navigable through the three-dimensional storage system to storage locations therein at which the storage unit is selectively storable and retrievable. The storage/retrieval vehicle comprises a frame conveyable through the three-dimensional storage system, a platform atop the frame for receipt of the storage unit on the platform, and a loading/unloading mechanism operable to load and unload the storage unit to and from the platform at four different sides thereof. The storage unit and the storage/retrieval vehicle are configured to enable unloading of the storage unit from the platform in any one of four different directions at four different respective sides of the vehicle regardless of an original orientation in which the storage unit was previously loaded onto the platform and without reorienting the storage unit from the original orientation. |
| US10913638B2 |
Device for fixing gantry crane rails in factory buildings and gantry crane system using the same
The present disclosure provides a device for fixing a gantry crane rail in a factory building and a gantry crane system using the same. The device comprises a main body, which comprises a top portion, a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The top portion is fixed to a bottom surface of a beam of the factory building, and the first surface and the second surface are substantially parallel to the crane rail. The device further comprises a first protruded support positioned on the first surface and a second protruded support positioned on the second surface. |
| US10913637B2 |
Method for nesting bulk seed boxes
The present invention teaches a method for quickly and easily nesting and un-nesting bulk seed boxed. A first lower box is engaged with forks extending from a forklift truck, and the stacked boxes are elevated to a target height. Next, the forklift truck is advanced forward until the stacked boxes are in position in a box inverter apparatus, wherein the stacked boxes are positioned between opposing box engaging surfaces of rotary clamp pads. The rotary clamp pads engage the stacked boxes at a clamping location below the center of mass of the second, upper box unit. The forks of the fork truck carrying the first, lower box unit are then lowered until the first lower box unit is separated from the second, upper box unit, thereby affecting rotation of the second, upper box unit and rotary clamp pads until the second, upper box unit rotates a full 180 degrees to an inverted position. The forks carrying the lower box unit are raised upwardly such that the lower box unit nests inside the now inverted upper box unit. The rotary clamp pads are released from engagement with the outer surfaces of the upper box unit. Lastly, the nested first and second box units are removed from the box inverter apparatus. |
| US10913635B2 |
System for chain chordal action suppression
A vertical lift conveyor for lifting materials between different vertical levels. The vertical lift conveyor includes a pair of spaced uprights and a carriage that moves vertically along the spaced uprights. The vertical lift conveyor includes a drive assembly including a drive motor coupled to a drive shaft. Each end of the drive shaft includes a first sprocket and a second sprocket that each engages one of a pair of lift chains. The first and second sprockets each include a plurality of teeth (N). The first and second sprockets are offset from each other 180/N°. The offset between the first and sprockets creates sinusoidal velocity profiles for the two chains that are out of phase with each other. A connection block is used to connect the pair of lift chains to each side of the carriage combines the lift chain velocities into a linear vertical velocity for the carriage. |
| US10913634B2 |
Woven elevator belt with multifunctional coatings
A belt for suspending and/or driving an elevator car includes a plurality of tension elements extending longitudinally along a length of the belt and a plurality of fibers interlaced with the plurality of tension elements forming a composite belt structure. A coating at least partially encapsulates the composite belt structure to improve two or more operational characteristics of the belt. A method of forming a belt for suspending and/or driving an elevator car includes forming a plurality of tension elements and arraying the plurality of tension elements longitudinally along a belt. A plurality of fibers are interlaced with the plurality of tension elements to form a composite belt structure. A coating is applied to at least partially encapsulate the composite belt structure to improve at least two operational characteristics of the belt. |
| US10913632B2 |
Cable reel
A cable payout apparatus that comprises a bag with a payout opening for dispensing cable, and first and second frames inside the bag. A first flange is configured to be rotatably coupled to the first frame. A second flange is configured to be rotatably coupled to the second frame. An elongated wall extends from the first flange and releasably couples to the second flange for supporting a coil of cable between the first and second flanges. The first frame is positioned in the base of the bag and the second frame is positioned at the cover of the bag, such that when the cover of the bag is closed with respect to the base of the bag, the second frame releasably couples with the second flange and such that when the cover of the bag is opened, the second frame decouples from the second flange. |
| US10913629B2 |
Medium conveyance device
A medium conveyance device includes a first loading base that has a first loading surface formed thereon and is movably supported on a main body, a second loading base that has a second loading surface formed thereon and is movably supported on the first loading base so that the second loading surface is positioned next to with the first loading surface and so that the second loading surface overlaps with the first loading surface, a mechanism that converts motion of the first loading base into motion of the second loading base so that the second loading base is arranged in a position corresponding to a position in which the first loading base is arranged, and an elastic member that is elastically deformed when the second loading base is not arranged in a position corresponding to a position in which the first loading base is arranged. |
| US10913627B2 |
Feeding apparatus and method for the same
A feeding apparatus includes a placement unit on which a recording material is to be placed, a feeding rotating member, a regulating plate, a detecting unit, and a control unit. The feeding rotating member feeds the recording material placed on the placement unit. The regulating plate regulates a position of an upstream end of the recording material placed on the placement unit in a direction of feeding by the feeding rotating member. The detecting unit detects a size of the recording material from a position of the regulating plate. The control unit changes duration of execution of a recording-material feeding operation performed by the feeding rotating member based on the size of the recording material detected by the detecting unit and a size of the recording material specified in advance by a user. |
| US10913623B2 |
Trailer having increased ground clearance
A bulk tank trailer including an interior storage compartment, at least one straight rear wheel axle supporting a plurality of ground-engaging wheels and a longitudinally aligned discharge pipe in operative communication with the interior storage compartment is disclosed. The entire discharge pipe may be positioned above a transverse plane of the at least one straight rear wheel axle. A method of discharging particulate materials is also disclosed. The method includes filling an interior storage compartment on a bulk tank trailer with the particulate materials, positioning a straight discharge pipe above a straight rear wheel axle on the bulk tank trailer, moving the particulate materials from the interior storage compartment along the straight discharge pipe and discharging the particulate materials from the discharge pipe. |
| US10913620B2 |
Storage method for resin using low profile receiver
A method for temporary storage of granular material in a receiver having a horizontally elongated chamber within a housing, the chamber having a convex triangular cross-section and a dump flap defining a bottom vertex of the triangular cross-section, with a horizontal air/vacuum resin material inlet connecting to the chamber, and a horizontal air/vacuum outlet leading from and connected to the chamber. |
| US10913618B2 |
ADA-compliant workstation for pneumatic tube delivery system
A workstation includes a housing and a pneumatic tube port sized and shaped to connect to tubing of a pneumatic tube delivery system. The workstation includes a carrier dispatch and arrival mechanism coupling to the pneumatic tube port and having an outlet and a slide plate movable from a position opening the outlet to a position closing the outlet. The carrier dispatch and arrival mechanism further including a dispatch arm for loading an outbound carrier for transportation from the workstation through the pneumatic tube delivery system to a further workstation. The workstation further comprises an equipment storage compartment adjacent to the carrier dispatch and arrival mechanism and a bin at the bottom of the housing sized and shaped to receive and store the inbound carriers in combination with a user interface cabinet housing a user interface apparatus and a space for supporting stored carriers. |
| US10913616B2 |
Conveyor transfer guards
In one aspect, a transfer guard member having a body for being positioned in a gap intermediate conveying surfaces, an upper portion of the body for spanning the gap and outer portions of the upper body for slidingly engaging the conveying surfaces, and a pair of spaced, resilient legs having distal end portions for resiliently and slidingly engaging the conveying surfaces. In another aspect, a transfer guard member having a body and at least one attachment member of the body configured for being detachably fixed to a mounting bar. The body has at least one recess adjacent the attachment member for receiving at least one attachment member of another transfer guard member fixed to the mounting bar so that upper transfer surfaces of the attachment members are adjacent one another. |
| US10913614B2 |
Systems and methods for providing singulation of objects for processing
A processing system including a singulation system is disclosed. The singulation system includes a conveying system for moving objects to be sorted from a source area along a first direction, a detection system for detecting objects at the conveying system, and for selecting certain selected objects for removal from the conveying system, and a removal system for removing the certain selected objects from the conveying system for providing a singulated stream of objects. |
| US10913611B2 |
Conveyor apparatus for a trailed spreader
A conveyor apparatus comprising an elongated endless flexible conveyor belt having a moulded ridged conformation on its inner surface mounted between a drive roller drum and a take up roller drum, two elongated conveyor side plates and a plurality of idle conveyor rollers, wherein the diameter of the drive roller drum and the take up roller drum is uniform throughout their length. |
| US10913610B2 |
Conveyor roller turn
A conveyor roller turn for establishing a curved path for a conveyor chain includes a frame supporting a rail defining a curved conveyor path, and a roller body supported rotatably on the frame along the curved conveyor path. The roller body has an outside surface positioned to provide horizontal support to the conveyor drive chain. At least one bearing supports the roller body on the frame, the at least one bearing including: a plurality of ceramic rolling elements, an inner race supporting the plurality of ceramic rolling elements on a radial inner side of the bearing, an outer race supporting the plurality of ceramic rolling elements on a radial outer side of the bearing, and tungsten disulfide dry film lubricant on the ceramic rolling elements. |
| US10913608B2 |
Roller testing device for a roller adapter of an overhead conveyor system
The invention relates to a roller testing device for a roller adapter of an overhead conveyor system comprising a drive unit for rotatably driving at least one carrying roller of the roller adapter, a sensor unit for capturing a measured value correlating with a state of wear of a pivot bearing of the at least one carrying roller and an evaluation unit for determining the state of wear on the basis of the measured value. |
| US10913600B2 |
Pallet storage systems
Systems and methods for enhancing efficiencies of dense pallet storage systems are described. For example, this document describes systems and methods for enhancing efficiencies of dense pallet storage systems by arranging pallet flow racking to define a high variety of lane lengths and non-orthogonal aisles. |
| US10913597B1 |
Collapsible frame for a liquid storage tank with variable capacity
A collapsible frame for a liquid holding tank is provided. The frame has orthogonal upper and lower rails spaced by vertical struts. The upper and lower rails have hinges at each corner thereof and orthogonally aligned hinges at midpoints and quarterpoints of two opposed sides thereof. The frame can be expanded or collapsed between a fully expanded and a fully collapsed condition by operation of the midpoint hinges and corner hinges. The frame can be expanded or collapsed between a fully expanded and a semi-expanded condition by operation of either the quarterpoint and corner hinges or the midpoint, quarterpoint, and corner hinges. The fully collapsed condition is primarily designed for storage, the semi-expanded condition allows the size of the tank to be reduced to accommodate site constraints, and the fully expanded condition maximizes the tank's liquid storage capacity. |
| US10913592B2 |
Beverage container insulator
A beverage container insulator is presented herein. The beverage container insulator can include a body. The body can define a cylinder and have an opening at a first end and a web closing a second end opposite the first end. An interior surface can be defined by the body and can be configured to receive a beverage container. An exterior surface can be defined by the body opposite to the interior surface. First and second apertures can be formed in the web arranged to mirror one another on opposite sides of an axis passing through a middle of the web. |
| US10913591B2 |
Temperature controlled case and temperature controlled package including the same
Disclosed herein is a temperature controlled case. The temperature controlled case includes a base and a stepped portion protruding from an upper surface of the base, wherein the stepped portion has a rectangular shape having a major axis and a minor axis in top plan view, a height of the base is the same as a maximum height of the stepped portion protruding from the base, and maximum distances from an edge of the base to the stepped portion in the major axis and minor axis directions are the same as the height of the base or the maximum height of the stepped portion. |
| US10913587B2 |
Easy open plastic bags
A woven laminated plastic bag having an easy open feature is provided. The easy open feature is generally defined by a weakened portion in the bag. In various aspects the bag can be fabricated from a woven polypropylene and/or polyethylene layer which can be laminated with a film layer, can form a pinch bottom bag, and can have one or both sides include graphics and/or printing. The bag can also provide a top end and/or a bottom end either or both of which provide a discrete area which may contain discrete graphics and/or printing. |
| US10913586B2 |
Container cover and container
Disclosed is a container cover (1) for use in cooperation with a container (100), wherein the container (100) comprises a bottom (4) and side plates (2), the container cover (1) has four corners (10), each of which is provided with a position limiting protrusion (11), and the position limiting protrusion (11) protrudes from an upper surface of the container cover (1) integrally; and at least one position limiting protrusion (11) is provided with a locking means (3), which is used to lock the container cover (1) and the container (100). The structure provides the locking means of the cover and a container body on a stacking limiting structure without occupying container space therebelow, and meanwhile, simple operation and good structural strength are achieved. |
| US10913584B2 |
Combined measuring cup for mixing containers
A closure element for a mixing container of a blender, which comprises a pouring area for ingredients, the pouring area having an outlet opening into the underlying container of the blender, and comprises a measuring area which is disposed next to or under the pouring area and is separated from the pouring area. |
| US10913583B2 |
Child resistant senior friendly can topper mechanism
There is shown in embodiments of a closure mechanism configured to fit over the top of the can and prevent access. The closure mechanism is a child resistant senior friendly mechanism that can be opened and removed by the senior when access to the can is desired. The closure mechanism is designed for a single use as once removed it will no longer prevent access of the top of the can. |
| US10913580B2 |
Tamper-evident container cap assembly
A container cap assembly provides a tamper-evident component for detecting cap integrity on a container includes one or more elongate bridges connecting a tamper-evident ring to a cap. The cap assembly also provides radially-extending links on the cap and the tamper-evident ring to help protect the integrity of the bridges as the cap assembly is applied to a container. |
| US10913579B2 |
Fitment for a container neck
A closure for a container neck comprises a shell and a fitment. The fitment comprises a body and engagement means that extend radially outwardly from the body and releasably retain the fitment within the shell. During application of the closure to the container neck, the engagement means is forced from an extended condition into a retracted condition to release the fitment from the shell, and the fitment is inserted into the container neck into an operative position. |
| US10913578B2 |
Tamper evident tape and sealed bag assembly for handled bags and method
A tamper evident delivery bag assembly includes a first and second that each includes an upper section terminating at an upper edge of the first panel and an opposed upper edge of the second panel. The upper edges cooperate to define a bag opening into a content receiving region. The upper sections are movable between an opened condition and a closed condition, the closed condition where the upper edges are oriented in opposed, adjacent, relationship to one another. A handle is mounted to each upper section of the first and second panels, and each handle includes a pair of spaced-apart leg portions that are aligned adjacent one another when the upper sections are oriented in the closed condition. A single use closure tape is laterally mounted to the first panel upper section, and includes an upper lateral portion extending laterally above the first edge thereof in an unsealed condition. The tape upper lateral portion includes a pair of cutouts strategically aligned with the first leg portion of the first handle. The tape upper lateral portion can be folded over the second edge of the second panel such that an adhesive of the tape is brought into contact with the exterior surface of the second panel, substantially sealing the bag opening in a sealed condition. The leg portions of the handles are received through the cutouts of the tape. |
| US10913577B2 |
Suspended storage
A bag capable of storing an article, the bag being conveyed while being suspended from a rail. The bag includes: a body that stores the article; a suspending member that suspends the body from the rail; and a reorienting member that reorients the body with respect to the suspending member. The body includes a bag having an internal storage space for the article, and the reorienting member is provided independently of the body, is supported pivotally with respect to the suspending member, has a free end in the body so as to pivot with respect to the suspending member, and pivots with respect to the suspending member so as to reorient the body. |
| US10913575B2 |
Fluid container with input/output shroud
The phase-change accommodating rigid fluid container disclosed herein includes a variety of features that protect the container from phase changes of a fluid stored therein. As a result, the container may be in direct contact with the fluid without any flexible membrane or bag there between. For example, the fluid container may include one or more of matched pairs of recesses for physical manipulation of the container, stiffening ribs extending between the recesses, and input/output assemblies acting as inputs for fluid into the container, outputs of fluid from the container, and vents for pressure equalization of the container. |
| US10913574B1 |
Flat lying foldable integrated lid and container
Disclosed herein are storage containers which protect or contain perishable goods or other materials. In one embodiment, a collapsible, flat lying container may include a base connecting to a plurality of sidewalls. The base and the plurality of sidewalls may be constructed from a rigid plastic and connected by a flexible joint. Each sidewall in the plurality of sidewalls may be connected to two other sidewalls by a flexible joint. Further, at least one of the plurality of sidewalls may be connected to a lid which is constructed from a rigid plastic by a flexible joint. |
| US10913568B2 |
Storage box with securable tray
Example aspects of a storage box and a method for assembling a storage box are disclosed. The storage box can comprise a sidewall enclosure, the enclosure defining a top edge and an opposing bottom edge, a fastener extending from the bottom edge, and a tray, the fastener coupling the tray to the sidewall enclosure. |
| US10913566B2 |
Stackable cartons, system, and methods of using the same
A carton for holding at least one article includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels includes a top panel, a bottom panel, a front panel, a back panel, and at least one side panel. The top panel is recessed below a portion of each of the front panel, the back panel, and the at least one side panel to form a recessed top portion for receiving a portion of a vertically adjacent carton. |
| US10913560B2 |
Multipackage applicator device
A device for applying a flexible carrier to a plurality of containers includes a base with a plurality of pockets and an indexing means and a carrier having a series of indexing features that correspond with the indexing means for placement of the carrier relative to the base, wherein a container may be inserted into one of the plurality of pockets of the base for desired alignment within the carrier. |
| US10913559B2 |
Method and system for automated stacking and loading wrapped facemasks into a carton in a manufacturing line
An automated method and system for stacking and loading wrapped facemasks into a carton in a facemask production line include conveying individual wrapped facemasks to a delivery location adjacent to a rotary wheel, the rotary wheel conveyor having individual pick-up devices spaced around a circumference thereof. Each wrapped facemask is picked-up with a respective pick-up device on the rotary wheel conveyor and transported to a first carton staging area at a first location on the circumference of the rotary wheel. At the first staging area, the facemasks are released from the rotary wheel conveyor and deposited into a carton. |
| US10913555B2 |
Dispensing device for arrangement in the format tube of a tubular bag machine
The invention relates to a dispensing device (40) for being disposed in the forming tube (42) of a tubular bag machine (01) for the portioned dispensation of a flowable, in particular powdery, product (46), having at least one screw conveyor (43) discharging the product (46), said screw conveyor (43) protruding into a screw tube (41) with its longitudinal axis and being able to be rotationally driven by a drive, and having a flow barrier (45) fastened at the lower end of the screw tube (41), the amount of the product (46), which trickles down when the screw conveyor (43) is stopped, being able to be reduced by the flow barrier (45), at least one first receiving contour being provided at the flow barrier (45), and at least one second receiving contour being provided at the lower end of the screw tube (41), and a locking bolt being able to be inserted into and/or pushed through the first receiving contour and second receiving contour when disposing the flow barrier (45) at the lower end of the screw tube (41) in order to fixate the flow barrier (45) between the locking bolt and the two receiving contours at the lower end of the screw tube (41) in a form-fit manner. |
| US10913554B2 |
Unit and method for releasing product for extraction or infusion beverages in containers forming single-use capsules or pods
Described is a unit for releasing product for extraction or infusion beverages in containers (2) forming single-use capsules (3) comprising: at least one seat (S1) for containing a predetermined dose (33) of product having side walls; a device (6) for feeding the product in the containing seat (S1) to define the dose (33); a device (70) for compressing the product in the containing seat (S1); a device (10) for moving the seat (S1) along a closed path (PS); a device (71) for ejecting the dose from the containing seat (S1); a unit (15) for controlling and operating the compacting device (70) and the ejection device (71); the control and operating unit (15) being configured for controlling the compacting device (70) with a force such as to produce a compression which causes a coupling of the dose (33) with the side walls of the containing seat (S1) which prevents, in the operating condition of the unit, the escape of the dose from the containing seat (S1) in the absence of actions mechanical for pushing on the dose. |
| US10913553B2 |
Integrated ablative heat shield
An integrated heat shield which encloses a frame structure comprises a leading edge component, a left side component, a right side component, an optionally top component, an optional bottom component and an optional trailing edge subassembly, wherein the leading edge component and the left and right side components are directly, integrally co-cured on the frame structure while in a B-stage. The leading edge component and the left and right side components are shingle laminated to form ply angles to air flow. The leading edge component and the side components are scarf-jointed or step-jointed. The side components and trailing edge subassembly are also scarf jointed or step-jointed. The co-curing as well as the scarf or step joints makes the heat shield an integrated assembly. A method of manufacturing the integrated heat shield is further introduced. |
| US10913551B1 |
Fault-tolerant scalable high thrust spacecraft propulsion
Systems and methods of the present disclosure can be utilized to provide an improved propulsion system that uses multiple high efficiency engines to provide fault-tolerant and scalable high thrust for orbit transfer and maneuvering over life. An exemplary spacecraft includes a base panel, a cylindrical core member mounted to the base panel, multiple DV thrusters mounted within the cylindrical core member, and multiple reaction engine assemblies mounted to the base panel outside the cylindrical core member. Each of the DV thrusters has a thrust level that is greater than a thrust level of each of the reaction engine assemblies. The multiple DV thrusters are operated for velocity control, with attitude control being performed by off-pulsing at least one of the multiple DV thrusters. |
| US10913550B2 |
System and method for position and speed feedback control
Feedback control circuitry includes rate limiter circuitry configured to generate a rate limited position command based on a position command for a controlled component and based on a speed command for the controlled component. The feedback control circuitry also includes error adjustment circuitry configured to apply a control gain to an error signal to generate an adjusted error signal. The error signal is based on position feedback and the rate limited position command, and the position feedback indicates a position of the controlled component. The feedback control circuitry further includes an output terminal configured to output a current command generated based on the adjusted error signal. |
| US10913548B2 |
Metallic fittings for coupling composite ribs to skin panels of aircraft wings
Metallic fittings for coupling composite ribs to skin panels of aircraft wings are described. An example metallic fitting includes a through hole configured to receive a fastener. The fastener is configured to couple the metallic fitting to a composite rib of an aircraft wing. The example metallic fitting further includes a bore configured to receive a bolt. The example metallic fitting further includes a cavity intersecting the bore. The cavity has an access opening. The example metallic fitting further includes a barrel nut located within the cavity. The barrel nut is configured to threadably engage the bolt to couple the metallic fitting to a skin panel of the aircraft wing. The example metallic fitting further includes a seal located within the cavity. The seal is configured to close the access opening. |
| US10913544B2 |
Method and a system for powering an electrical load in an aircraft
A method of electrically powering an electrical load in an aircraft, the method including electrically powering the electrical load with a main source that generates electricity; measuring an instantaneous parameter characterizing the main source; determining a level of use of the main source from the measured instantaneous parameter; adjusting the voltage of the main source as a function of the level of use; measuring an output voltage from the main source; comparing the measured voltage or the level of use with a predetermined threshold value; and whenever the measured voltage is less than the predetermined threshold value, electrically powering the electrical load from an auxiliary source that stores electricity so as to supply additional electric power to the electrical load. |
| US10913542B2 |
Conversion actuator and downstop striker fitting for a tiltrotor aircraft
A wing is provided in one example embodiment and may include an outboard rib; a proprotor gearbox, wherein the proprotor gearbox is located inboard of the outboard rib; a fitting attached to the proprotor gearbox; and a conversion actuator, wherein the conversion actuator is attached to the wing and is mechanically coupled to the fitting. The wing may further include a downstop striker in which the downstop striker may be mounted to the fitting and the downstop striker may be between the proprotor gearbox and the conversion actuator. The wing may further include a downstop mounted on a top side of the outboard rib, wherein the downstop and the downstop striker are aligned to be in contact when the proprotor gearbox is positioned in an airplane mode. |
| US10913540B2 |
Air freight system
Systems and methods are disclosed for transporting products with an airplane by controlling temperature in a payload bay using cryogenic coolant and a heat exchanger to cool the payload bay and heat from a heater; recycling exhaust from the heat exchanger to power a Stirling engine; charging a storage device with power from the Stirling engine; and housing the payload bay in an enclosure with an angled side below one or more cryogenic tanks to fit the airplane. |
| US10913539B2 |
Fragrance delivery system
A fragrance dispensing system for an aircraft that includes a fuselage defining a cabin interior and an environmental control system (ECS). The ECS includes a source of air that moves air between the source of air and the cabin interior along an airflow path, a mixer unit in airflow communication with the source of air and positioned downstream from the source of air in the airflow path, at least a first air duct positioned in the airflow path between the mixer unit and the cabin interior, and a fragrance dispensing unit positioned between the air source and the cabin interior along the airflow path. The fragrance dispensing unit is configured to dispense at least a first fragrance into the airflow path. |
| US10913538B2 |
Outflow valve assemblies including non-metallic frames and enhanced attachment features
Outflow valve (OFV) assemblies including non-metallic frames and enhanced attachment features are provided. In embodiments, the OFV assembly includes a non-metallic frame to which at least one valve door is pivotally mounted. The non-metallic frame may, in turn, include a generally rectangular frame body, a central opening through the frame body, an outer peripheral flange extending around at least a portion of the frame body. Frame attachment interfaces are distributed or spaced around the outer peripheral flange of the non-metallic frame. The frame attachment interfaces include fastener openings and elevated platform regions, which project from an inboard side of the outer peripheral flange and through which the fastener openings extend. Base plates seat against the elevated platform regions. Fasteners engage the base plates and extend through the fastener openings to an outboard side of the outer peripheral flange to attach the OFV assembly to an aircraft fuselage. |
| US10913533B2 |
Remote control system, remote control method and program
A control target device 30 is, for example, an agricultural machine for performing various processes such as watering, additional fertilization, agrochemical spreading, and harvesting on a plant grown in a field. A moving image-capturing device 20 is a device that is movable and has an image-capturing function, and is, for example, a rotary-wing aircraft called a drone or a multicopter. A remote control device 10 analyzes an image of the field captured by the moving image-capturing device 30, determines what process should be performed on the plant according to the analysis result, and instructs the control target device 30 to perform the determined process. |
| US10913531B2 |
Aircraft with wing-borne flight mode and hover flight mode
An aircraft, in particular an unmanned aerial vehicle with wing-borne flight mode and hover flight mode, comprises a wing structure (4) having a left (6), middle (7), and right wing section (8). A support structure extends from the wing structure (4), and has an upper and lower support section. Each one of the left and right wing section (6, 8), and upper and lower support section (18, 20) has a thrust unit (10, 12, 22, 24). Left and right wingtip sections are rotatable relative to a left and right wing base section, respectively, around an axis extending substantially in a lengthwise direction of the wing structure. The thrust units (10,12) of the left and right wing sections(6, 8) are provided at the respective wingtip sections, in particular at the extremities thereof. |
| US10913529B1 |
Landing gear
A plurality of landing gear are rotatable between a flight position and a landing position under the control of a control system on a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The plurality of landing gear may be separately and selectably rotatable to accommodate uneven or sloping terrain. The landing gear may include flight control surfaces and the degree of deployment of the landing gear controls the flight control surfaces. The flight control surfaces may include separately controllable elements. The aircraft may be a flight module of a modular and morphable air vehicle. |
| US10913528B1 |
Safe vertical take-off and landing aircraft payload distribution and adjustment
Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft can provide opportunities to incorporate aerial transportation into transportation networks for cities and metropolitan areas. However, VTOL aircraft can be sensitive to uneven weight distributions, e.g., the payload of an aircraft is primarily loaded in the front, back, left, or right. When the aircraft is loaded unevenly, the center of mass of the aircraft may shift substantially enough to negatively impact performance of the aircraft. Thus, in turn, there is an opportunity that the VTOL may be loaded unevenly if seating, luggage placement, and/or positions of internal components are not coordinated. Among other advantages, dynamically assigning the payloads and adjusting components of the VTOL aircraft can increase VTOL safety by ensuring the VTOL aircraft is loaded evenly and meets all weight requirements; can increase transportation efficiency by increasing rider throughput; and can increase the availability of the VTOL services to all potential riders. |
| US10913525B1 |
Systems for providing access within the helm of a marine vessel
A helm for controlling a marine vessel with instruments and a steering device. The marine vessel has forward and aft ends defining a longitudinal center line therebetween. The helm includes a base that extends upwardly from a floor of the marine vessel to a top of the base. The base supports the steering device. A cover is pivotally coupled to the top of the base, where the cover is pivotable away from the longitudinal center line between an open position and a closed position. Wiring for the instruments is accessible from the top of the base only when the cover is in the open position. |
| US10913522B2 |
Outboard motor
An outboard motor includes an engine cover, a throttle body, and a silencing chamber. The engine cover covers an engine and is provided with a combustion air intake port. The throttle body is connected to the engine and is configured to take in combustion air from the combustion air intake port. The silencing chamber is provided above the engine and is placed in an intake passage that guides the combustion air to the throttle body. At least one of a hole member including a plurality of holes with respective predetermined depths, and a plurality of suction pipes elongated in a front-rear direction of the outboard motor, is disposed in a position communicating with the silencing chamber. |
| US10913520B2 |
Dry dock for building and/or dismantling navel structures
A dry dock for building and/or dismantling a naval structure includes a substantially horizontal floor located below a predetermined top level, dock side walls extending from the floor to the top level, and a closable access provided in a side wall for moving a naval structure into the dry dock. At least two of the side walls are partly slanted and include a water-impervious layer. The invention also provides a method for constructing the dry dock. |
| US10913516B2 |
Apparatus and method for cutting a line extending from a floating vessel
An apparatus is for cutting a line extending from a floating vessel having a deck. The apparatus includes: two guide pins configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein a distance between the guide pins, in an extended position, is spanned by a spacer, the spacer forming a reaction surface; a cutting device mounted between the two guide pins, the cutting device being configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position; wherein the cutting device is arranged to perform a direct cut of the line against the reaction surface without holding the line prior to cutting such that the line may be cut directly independently of the orientation of the line. |
| US10913515B2 |
Mooring device for vessel using spring bellows structure
The present invention provides a ship mooring device using a spring bellows structure, wherein the ship mooring device temporarily or permanently fixes a state in which the ship is spaced at a preset distance from a vessel or a pier, the ship mooring device including: a main body configured of a plurality of frames in which opposite ends of each of the frames are hinge-coupled to facing ends of adjacent frames to form foldable hinge joints, wherein diagonally opposed non-adjacent hinge joints of the frames are fixed to the ship and the pier, respectively; and a plurality of wires which are installed inwards in diagonal lines with respect to the frames of the main body to connect the diagonally opposed non-adjacent hinge joints together, with an elastic member interposed in a center portion of the radially disposed wires to generate predetermined dynamic stability when the ship is moved. |
| US10913513B2 |
Catamaran type vessel
A catamaran type vessel that includes two rigid side hulls connected by a connector to form a rigid form containing a usable space. The vessel contains a lowered and lifted platform together with the platform drive unit. The platform is a separate portion of the aft part of the deck, in the form of a flat frame with a usable overlay fixed on the surface of the frame. An edge of the platform in the upper position cooperates with an edge of the aft part of the deck, with the platform frame being attached to the horizontal edges of two supports. The rear vertical edge of each support is connected by axes of rotation with a pair of rigid arms in the pantograph system connected with two horizontal axes of rotation attached on the other side of the rigid arms to the vessel hull connector wall. |
| US10913500B2 |
Body structure reinforcement, body structure and related method
A body structure reinforcement includes a reinforcement body and a connecting flange integral with the reinforcement body. Body structures incorporating one or more shell structures and the body structure reinforcement are disclosed along with methods for making the body structure reinforcement and the body structures. |
| US10913498B2 |
Method of forming deep-drawn paint film laminated sheet metal and articles made therefrom
A method for painting a complex or compound curved three-dimensional surface of a portion of an article. The method comprises providing a paint film; providing sheet metal having opposite major surfaces; laminating the paint film onto a major surface of the sheet metal to form a painted sheet metal laminate comprising a first portion and a second portion; permanently deforming the first portion of the painted sheet metal laminate into a formed portion of the article having a complex or compound curved three-dimensional shape; applying an initial force for securing the second portion of the painted sheet metal laminate during an initial stage of said permanently deforming step; and applying a later force for securing the second portion of the painted sheet metal laminate during a later stage of said permanently deforming step. The later applied force is greater than the initially applied force. |
| US10913496B2 |
Parking assistance device
A parking assistance device includes a detection unit that detects a parkable area in a surrounding area of a vehicle, a route calculation unit that calculates a parking guidance route for guiding the vehicle from the current position of the vehicle to a parking target position contained in the parkable area, and a control unit that guides the vehicle to the parking target position according to the parking guidance route, completes the guidance when the vehicle has fit into the parkable area with a certain attitude and has reached the parking target position, and varies a completion extension period until the guidance of the vehicle is completed according to the stop mode of the vehicle when the vehicle has entered the parkable area with the certain attitude and the vehicle has stopped before reaching the parking target position. |
| US10913491B2 |
Control system for a steering system
A control system for a steering system of a vehicle, the control system comprising: a processing module configured to obtain an indication of a proximity of a road wheel of the vehicle to a limit of adhesion, and to generate a driver feedback signal in the event that the road wheel is at or beyond the limit of adhesion; and an output arranged to issue the driver feedback signal. |
| US10913489B2 |
Electric power steering system
An electric power assisted steering apparatus comprises an upper column shaft that is connected to a steering wheel of the vehicle; and a lower column shaft. A torsion bar interconnects the upper column shaft and the lower column shaft; and an electric motor is connected to the lower column shaft of the torque sensor assembly. A first sensor circuit generates a first torque signal based on angular deflection of the torsion bar, and a second sensor circuit generating a second torque signal based on angular deflection of the torsion bar, the apparatus further including: an error determining circuit which produces two error signals, each indicative of the validity of a respective torque signal, and a torque plausibility estimator which generates two plausibility signals each indicative of the plausibility of a respective one of the two torque signals. |
| US10913483B2 |
Damper assembly for steering column
A steering column assembly including a column assembly, a follower assembly, and a cam assembly is provided. The column assembly may be secured to a mount bracket defining a cavity and may include a column housing and a translatable steering column disposed within the column housing. The follower assembly may include a follower mechanically coupled to a lever for rotational movement. The cam assembly may include a cam mechanically coupled to the steering column and arranged for mechanical communication with the follower. The follower and the cam may be arranged with one another upon a shaft such that actuating the lever in a first direction spaces the follower and the cam from one another relative to a shaft axis to generate a clamp load to retain the translatable steering column in position. |
| US10913477B2 |
Roller component and trolley
A roller component and trolley. The trolley component includes the positioning seat, braking part, and roller that are respectively installed on the guiding shaft. The end of the shaft ring is cam surface, putting or relieving pressured to the end of the rollers when bring rotated, forming the braking structure; the trolley includes front bar, rear bar, bottom bar, handle bar, and flexible bag. The roller components are installed on the two sides of the guiding shaft under the rear bar, providing support and facilitating braking of the trolley. |
| US10913473B2 |
Dolly with automated height adjustment
A dolly includes an actuated platform and obstruction sensor as well as a camera and a depth sensor. The eye height of a user is determined according to outputs of the camera and depth sensor. The platform is then moved to an elbow height determined based on the eye height and the depth sensor is moved to a position above the platform. In response to detecting obstruction of the obstruction sensor, the platform is lowered. Upon completion of loading, the platform is lowered to a lowest position. A stand may be retracted upon lowering of the platform to its lowest position. |
| US10913471B2 |
System for linking alarm data from physically disassociated wireless sensors to a train in motion
A system for linking alarm data from physically disassociated wireless sensors to a train in motion. The sensor secured to a wheel axle-box of a rail carriage of a train to detect an over temperature alarm to enable a driver to stop the train. If the alarm condition is confirmed as belonging to the train, a Monitor/Relay immediately notes that there is a problem and warns an operator. |
| US10913470B2 |
Railcar steering bogie including brake unit
A railcar steering bogie includes a bogie frame, a wheelset, an axle box suspension, a steering mechanism configured to steer the wheelset, a brake unit, and a brake unit support link. The brake unit includes: a main body frame; a brake shoe supported by the main body frame and pressed against a wheel tread of the wheel during braking. The brake unit support link couples the axle box suspension and the brake unit and transmits displacement of the axle box in a car longitudinal direction to the brake unit at least during steering performed by the steering mechanism. The brake unit support link restricts the brake unit from being displaced outward in a car width direction by a predetermined distance or more during the braking. At least one of a side surface of the brake unit support link and a side surface of the brake unit includes a sliding surface. |
| US10913468B2 |
Rail vehicle having a fuel tank
A rail vehicle includes a fuel tank having a tank wall delimiting a tank interior space for storing fuel. At least portions of a first support are connected to the tank wall. A longitudinal support includes first and second longitudinal support portions being offset in longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The fuel tank is disposed in longitudinal direction between the first and second longitudinal support portions. The first support is coupled to the first and second longitudinal support portions. At least portions of the first support are disposed in the tank interior space in the longitudinal direction. The first support running in the longitudinal direction is disposed between the first and second longitudinal support portions. The first support is configured for fully transmitting a force acting between the first and second longitudinal support portions in longitudinal direction of the vehicle. |
| US10913467B2 |
Wireless controlled railcar cargo loading system
A railcar loading system utilizing roller ball track assemblies, or the like, in the center to enable cargo to be moved thereover in any direction (moving cargo in/out and within the railcar). Powered movement devices (e.g., rollers, conveyors) are utilized in the center to assist in movement of cargo in/out or within the railcar. Roller track assemblies, or the like, are utilized on sides of railcar to move cargo to/from the sides. Airbags may be utilized in track assemblies and powered movement devices to raise devices up when activated. Railcar may include an air connector on each side to provide air to solenoid valve that routes air to appropriate airbags. Cargo table is used to move cargo from cargo bay to railcar. Wireless controller may be used to control railcar and table including what tracks are raised and direction cargo is to be moved (what powered movements devices are operational). |
| US10913465B2 |
Speed changing device
A speed changing device includes a control unit (60) that: has a manual mode in which a clutch is engaged and disengaged by operating a clutch lever (4b) and an automatic mode in which the clutch is engaged and disengaged without the clutch lever (4b) being operated and is able to change a setting to the manual mode and the automatic mode; and is configured to signal mode misrecognition when it is determined that mode misrecognition has occurred. |
| US10913460B2 |
Vehicle propulsion control using gear dependent pedal mapping during gear shift
A controller for a vehicle is configured to determine an amount of torque to be generated by a propulsion source of the vehicle during a shift from an initial gear of a transmission of the vehicle to a target gear of the transmission. The controller is configured to determine the amount of torque based on a position of an acceleration pedal of the vehicle, a first pedal map for the initial gear, and a second pedal map for the target gear. The controller is further configured to output, during the shift from the initial gear to the target gear, one or more commands to control one or more operating parameters of the propulsion source to generate the amount of torque. |
| US10913456B2 |
Method and system for adaptive cruise control and vehicle
A method for adaptive cruise control of a host vehicle (2): A host vehicle (2) includes at least one acceleration device (8), at least one retardation device (10), a control unit (14) for acting upon the acceleration device (8) and the retardation device (10), a calculating unit (16) for determining at least one parameter related to a lead vehicle (6) and a distance sensor (12) for determining a distance from the host vehicle to the lead vehicle (6). The method includes the steps of: setting a first predetermined time distance between the host vehicle (2) and the lead vehicle (6), maintaining the first predetermined time distance, evaluating a parameter that characterizes velocity changes of the lead vehicle in order to optimize a time distance between the host vehicle (2) and the lead vehicle (6), changing the first predetermined time distance to a second predetermined time distance if the parameter that characterizes velocity changes reaches a threshold value, and maintaining the second predetermined time distance. A system, a vehicle, a computer program product and a computer program for the method are further described herein. |
| US10913455B2 |
Method for the improved detection of objects by a driver assistance system
The disclosure relates to a method for operating a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle. The method includes detecting a first data set of sensor data measured by a sensor device of the driver assistance program. The first data set of sensor data includes missing class allocation information, wherein the class allocation information relates to the objects represented by the sensor data. The method also includes pre-training a classification algorithm of the driver assistance system while taking into consideration the first data set in order to improve the object differentiation of the classification algorithm. The method further includes generating a second data set of simulated sensor data which includes at least one respective piece of class allocation information according to a specific specification. The method also includes training the classification algorithm of the driver assistance system while taking into consideration the second data set in order to improve an allocation assignment of the classification algorithm for objects differentiated by the classification algorithm. The method further includes improving the detection of objects, which are represented by additional measured sensor data, by the driver assistance system. |
| US10913454B2 |
Systems and methods for predicting pedestrian intent
A system and a method are disclosed for determining intent of a human based on human pose. In some embodiments, a processor obtains a plurality of sequential images from a video feed, and determines respective keypoints corresponding a human in each respective image of the plurality of sequential images. The processor aggregates the respective keypoints for each respective image into a pose of the human and transmits a query to a database to find a template that matches the pose by comparing the pose to a plurality of templates poses that translate candidate poses to intent, each template corresponding to an associated intent. The processor receives a reply message from the database that either indicates an intent of the human based on a matching template, or an inability to locate the matching template, and, in response to the reply message indicating the intent of the human, outputs the intent. |