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| US10935137B2 |
Seal assembly, roller bearing comprising such an assembly, and method for manufacturing this assembly
The seal assembly comprising a fixed element, a rotating element, and a seal member comprising a stiff annular reinforcement and a seal of an elastic material and in contact with a sliding surface. The sliding surface has an arithmetic mean roughness greater than or equal to 0.15 μm and less than 0.5 μm. The sliding surface has a roughness ratio greater than or equal to one. The roughness ratio is the ratio of a first parameter corresponding to a quantity of valleys to a second parameter corresponding to a quantity of peaks over the sliding surface. |
| US10935136B2 |
Gator ring sealing structure for vacuum chambers
A sealing structure for a vacuum pressure chamber is provided. In one embodiment, an annular ring sealing structure seats between opposing gaskets. The annular ring sealing structure is then disposed between the lid and vessel of the vacuum pressure chamber wherein the lid is operationally coupled to the vessel of the vacuum pressure chamber. Various components interconnect with the annular ring sealing structure thereby preventing the high cyclic failure of the vacuum chamber vessel. |
| US10935131B2 |
Vehicle park lock assembly
In at least some implementations, a park lock assembly for a rotary component of a vehicle includes a lock body having at least one void, a lock member having an engagement portion selectively received within one of said at least one void, an actuator that drives the lock member to a position wherein the engagement portion may be received within one of said at least one void, and a biasing member received between the actuator and the lock member to permit the lock member to move relative to the actuator. The biasing member providing a force on the lock member tending to move the lock member toward the lock body. |
| US10935130B2 |
Shiftable shaft connection device, method for shifting a shaft connection device and vehicle transmission
A shiftable shaft connector that has a sliding sleeve that can be displaced axially between an engaged position and a disengaged position, a shifting gear (6) with a shifting contour (11) that is connected in an axially fixed manner to the sliding sleeve and can rotate in relation thereto, at least one support element corresponding to the shifting contour (11), and an actuator for rotating the shifting gear (6), in which the shifting contour (11) has a release stop (14) assigned to the disengaged position, and an engagement selection stop (15) and an engagement stop (16) assigned to the engaged position, a method for shifting such a shaft connector, wherein the shifting gear (6) is rotated in a releasing direction in order to displace the sliding sleeve into the disengaged position, until the at least one support element reaches the release stop (14) of the shifting contour (11), and is rotated in an engagement direction in order to displace the sliding sleeve into the engaged position of the shifting gear (6), until the at least one support element reaches the engagement selection stop (15) of the shifting contour (11), and a vehicle transmission that has a drive shaft and an output shaft, wherein the vehicle transmission has a shaft connector of the type described above, that acts between the drive shaft and the output shaft. |
| US10935129B2 |
Method and control unit for determining an operating condition of a form-locking shifting element
A form-locking shift element may include a first shift-element half and a second shift-element half which are engageable with each other by moving at least the first shift-element half. A method for determining an operating condition of the form-locking shift element may include monitoring a position of the first shift-element half with a sensor, and, when a value of a signal generated by the sensor is greater than an applicable value and when the first shift-element half is actuated and displaced towards an engaged operating condition, determining that the shift element is sufficiently engaged to transmit a torque at the form-locking shift element. The applicable value corresponds to a defined overlap between the first and second shift-element halves that is less than an overlap when the first shift-element half is in the engaged operating condition. |
| US10935126B2 |
Shift device
At a shift lever device, at a time when a lever is rotated in a left-right direction, a joint of the lever moves a joint tube of a link in an up-down direction. Moreover, at a time when the lever is rotated in a front-rear direction, a link operating portion of the lever rotates an operation tube of the link in the front-rear direction around the joint side. Here, at the time when the lever is rotated in the left-right direction, the joint is moved in the left-right direction with respect to the joint tube. Therefore, the need to provide parts between the lever and the joint can be eliminated, and a number of parts can be reduced. |
| US10935125B2 |
Fluid transfer coupling
A fluid transfer coupling comprises a first shaft assembly a second shaft assembly, and a seal assembly. The first shaft assembly comprises a first shaft and an annular fin attached to the first shaft, the annular fin having one or more internal passages extending therethrough. Each internal passage connects a centre portion of the first shaft to a radially outwardly facing side of the annular fin. The second shaft assembly comprises a second shaft and an annular trough extending radially outwardly of the second shaft. |
| US10935123B2 |
Angle geared motor
The invention relates to an angle geared motor and to a method for setting a defined play between a pinion (17) and a gear. The angle geared motor has a gearbox housing, in which a gear is rotatably mounted, a gearbox-side motor end shield (4), through which a motor shaft (16) having a pinion (17) fastened thereto extends, an interface between the gearbox housing (11) and the gearbox-side motor end shield (4), and a pin (15), which is fastened in the motor end shield (4) and which serves as a pivot point for the rotation of the gearbox housing relative to the motor end shield (4). |
| US10935114B2 |
Actuator position sensor mechanism
The system of the present disclosure replaces the reduction gearbox of a conventional system with a screw shaft and nut system wherein the position of the nut feeds into a linear sensor that determines the stabilizer position based on the nut position. The screw shaft and nut system in the position sensor train is reflective of the screw shaft and nut system and the stabilizer movement end of the assembly whereby rotation of the shaft causes axial movement of the nut along the shaft. |
| US10935112B2 |
Inline electromechanical variable transmission system
A drive system includes a first planetary device, a second planetary device and a connecting shaft directly coupled to the first planetary device, a first electromagnetic device at least selectively coupled to the first planetary device and including a first shaft, a second electromagnetic device directly coupled to the second planetary device and including a second shaft, a clutch positioned to selectively rotationally couple the second shaft to the connecting shaft, and an output shaft coupled to the first planetary device. The first planetary device, the second planetary device, the connecting shaft, the first shaft, the second shaft, and the output shaft are radially aligned. The connecting shaft extends through the second planetary device to the first planetary device. The second electromagnetic device is rotationally engaged with the first planetary device when the clutch is engaged. |
| US10935111B2 |
Superposition gear for a drive system
A drive system has a main electric drive and an auxiliary electric drive. A frequency converter controls a torque of the auxiliary drive. A planetary gear has a ring gear, a sun gear, a planet gear and a planet gear carrier. The ring gear is coupled to the main drive, the sun gear is coupled to an output shaft and the planet gear carrier is coupled to the auxiliary drive. A clutch path is disposed between the planet gear carrier and the input shaft. A controller operates the drive system in a first range with the clutch closed and the switching apparatus open, or in a second range with the clutch open and the switching apparatus closed. The controller is adapted to superelevate the torque of the auxiliary drive during a transition between the first and second ranges beyond the torque that the auxiliary drive is able to provide permanently. |
| US10935108B2 |
Transmission apparatus for saddle-type vehicle
In a transmission apparatus for a saddle-type vehicle, dowels on first transmission gears are engageable in and disengageable from dowel holes in adjacent second transmission gears to shift gear positions. The first transmission gears are slidable in response to angular movement of a shift spindle caused by operating a shift pedal. Invalid engagement time, during which the dowels and dowel columns are in sliding abutment, at an idling engine rotational speed is in the range from 0 msec. to 40 msec., providing an enhanced feeling for gear shifting operations and reduce hammering noise. |
| US10935106B2 |
Block chain with monolithic links
A rigid drive chain comprises a plurality of links connected end-to-end. The links have a block end including a pair of receptacles, a driving face and a driven face. The links have a connector end including a tongue. The block end and connector end are one-piece members that include a plurality of gear teeth along one side of both the block end and connector end. A plurality of protrusions or pins connect the tongues to the receptacles. The links are adapted to be pivoted by a driving gear between a driving orientation of the links with the driving face engaging the driven face of an adjacent link in a forward direction. |
| US10935099B2 |
Outboard engine lifting/lowering device and outboard engine
An outboard engine lifting/lowering device includes: a bracket which is to be rotatably provided to a hull and which is to be fixed to a propulsion device; and a rod unit which includes a tilt rod and a trim rod that are configured to rotate the propulsion device and the bracket. The bracket is provided with a receiving part configured to receive a tip end of the trim rod, and the receiving part includes: a buffer member made of a resin or rubber; and a contact member made of metal, which is provided on a surface of the buffer member at a side at which the trim rod is arranged, and which is in contact with the tip end of the trim rod. |
| US10935098B2 |
Coil springs with non-linear loading responses and mattresses including the same
A spring is provided that exhibits a variable and non-linear loading response upon compression. The spring comprises a continuous wire having a lower end convolution, an upper end convolution, and a plurality of helical intermediate convolutions. The upper end convolution, the lower end convolution, and the helical intermediate convolutions each have a respective diameter, with the continuous wire further defining a pitch between the various convolutions. In the spring, one or more of the diameters of the convolutions or one or more of the pitches varies along the length of the continuous wire such that the spring exhibits a non-linear loading response upon compression. A mattress is further provided and includes a plurality of the springs arranged in a matrix. |
| US10935096B2 |
Electromechanical spring system
A spring system that includes an adjustable spring system that is operated by a motor. |
| US10935095B2 |
Cable adapter and method for collecting and forwarding analog signals from a plurality of sensors in a motor vehicle
A cable adapter (1) for collecting and forwarding analog signals from a plurality of sensors (103, 105) in a motor vehicle (100), in particular brake lining wear sensors of a utility vehicle disc brake, has first and second signal input terminals (5, 7) for connecting the cable adapter (1) to sensors (103, 105) and for receiving signal currents (20, 22). The cable adapter (1) has a signal output terminal for connecting the cable adapter (1) to an electronic control unit (113) of the motor vehicle (100) and switching electronics (13) that are configured to transmit the first and second signal currents (20, 22; 21, 23; 21′, 23′) to the signal output terminal (9) at a predetermined rhythm. |
| US10935094B2 |
Wear warning device and warning system
The disclosure provides a wear warning device including a caliper, two brake pads, an elastic component and a first switch. The caliper has two push parts. The two push parts are respectively disposed at a first wall surface and a second wall surface of the caliper. The brake pads are located between the two push parts. The elastic component includes two arm parts and a connection part located between the arm parts. The arm parts are respectively disposed on the brake pads. The first switch is located between the arm parts. When the brake pads are in a worn-out state and the push parts are moved toward each other to force the brake pads to clamp a brake disk and to force the two arm parts to move toward each other, one of the arm parts activates the first switch to produce a wear warning signal. |
| US10935092B2 |
Brake pad and braking unit for capturing particles
Brake pad in an axle disc brake A, the pad comprising a shoe (1) and a lining made from friction material, the lining being defined by a friction face (26), a mounting face (20), an internal edge (23), an external edge (24), a front edge (21), a rear edge (22), the lining being provided with a collection groove (3), open on the friction face (26) and arranged close to the front edge (21), the shoe comprising a hole (17) in fluid communication with the collection groove, this hole being connected to a vacuum source via the communication means (4), the collection groove emerging at one of the edges chosen among the internal and external edges. |
| US10935086B2 |
Switchable ratcheting wedge clutch
A switchable clutch, including: a first race including a pocket; a second race radially offset from the first race; a pawl including a portion disposed in the pocket and pivotable within the pocket; and a cage radially disposed between the first race and the second race and including a ramp. The ramp includes: a first surface; and a second surface sloping radially and circumferentially from the first surface. The first surface does not slope radially along a first circumferential direction. In a locked mode of the switchable ratcheting clutch, the pawl is in contact with the first surface and the outer race, and the first race and the second race are non-rotatably connected. In a freewheel mode of the switchable ratcheting clutch, the pawl is in contact with the second surface, and relative rotation of the first race with respect to the second race is enabled. |
| US10935084B2 |
Hydro-viscous speed regulating device for heavy-load start of belt conveyor
A hydro-viscous speed regulating device for heavy-load start of a belt conveyor is provided. An input shaft and an output shaft are connected through a spline tube, an inner friction plate set, and an outer friction plate set. The inner and outer friction plate sets are controlled by an inner oil cylinder and an outer oil cylinder respectively. Oil inlet and oil return of the inner oil cylinder and the outer oil cylinder are controlled by an oil inlet valve core and an oil return valve core automatically. During starting process, pressure oil enters into the outer oil cylinder, and pushes the outer friction plate set to be engaged to provide torque required by the output shaft. After the starting process is completed, the revolving speed of the output shaft rises; the oil inlet valve core and the oil return valve core move outward under the effect of a centrifugal force; the pressure oil enters into the inner oil cylinder and pushes the inner friction plate set to be engaged to provide torque required by the output shaft, and at the same time, oil returns to the outer oil cylinder. That is, during starting process, the outer friction plate set provides large torque required for start, and the inner friction plate set provides small torque during normal operation. The present invention achieves automatic switching between different torque required for start and normal operation. Moreover, the present invention has a compact structure, reliable performance, and low costs, and is applicable in a wide range. |
| US10935078B2 |
Motor having a mechanical seal for holding lubricating oil supplied to a bearing
A motor that ensures efficient supply of a lubricating oil to a mechanical seal and a bearing to reduce temperature rise in driving of a motor is provided. The motor includes a mechanical seal through which a rotary shaft of a rotor is inserted. The mechanical seal includes a seal ring and a mating ring. The seal ring has a sealing surface. The mating ring is secured to the rotary shaft. The mating ring has a sealing surface that contacts the sealing surface of the seal ring. The mating ring has a through hole on an outer edge side of the mating ring with respect to the sealing surface of the mating ring. The lubricating oil flows through the through hole to the bearing side. |
| US10935077B2 |
Hub unit bearing and method for manufacturing same, and motor vehicle and method for manufacturing same
An inner ring (10a) of a hub is fitted around a fitting tube part (11) in a state where an axially outer end of the inner ring abuts on a step surface (12), and the axially inner end surface of the inner ring is pressed by an axially outer surface of a pressing part (17) of a clamp portion (13a). Thereby, a hub body (9a) and the inner ring (10a) are fixedly coupled. The clamp portion (13a) has an engaging recess (19) that extends in a radial direction. The inner ring (10a) has an engaging protrusion (21) that is engaged with the engaging recess (19). |
| US10935074B2 |
Linear bearing and linear bearing with housing
Provided is a linear-motion bearing, including: an outer cylinder member made of a synthetic resin, the outer cylinder member having a plurality of endless steel ball circulation paths each including an outer-peripheral-side steel ball circulation path and an inner-peripheral-side steel ball circulation path, and having sheet-like spaces in regions that are opposed to the endless steel ball circulation paths, respectively; a plurality of steel balls accommodated and arrayed in the endless steel ball circulation paths; and a synthetic resin plate, which has an arc cross section, and is fitted to each of the sheet-like spaces, the synthetic resin plate including a metal piece at a position at which the synthetic resin plate is held in contact with a steel ball row in the inner-peripheral-side steel ball circulation path, the metal piece having an elongated shape in a direction along the steel ball row in the inner-peripheral-side steel ball circulation path, in which the elongated metal piece is curved so as to protrude toward an inner peripheral side of the outer cylinder member in the direction along the steel ball row in the inner-peripheral-side steel ball circulation path. |
| US10935073B2 |
Bearing damper element, bearing and compressor element provided with such a bearing damper element and method for manufacturing such a bearing damper element
A bearing damper element includes a ring mounted between a rotating object and a supporting object which supports the ring. The ring includes at least three slits through the thickness of the ring in the axial direction and at a distance of the radial inner and outer surface of the ring. At least half of the slits have one or more damping parts with a maximum width of 0.5 millimeters, whereby the damping parts are concentric and do not overlap. |
| US10935072B2 |
Hybrid hydrostatic bearing assembly and wind turbine
A bearing assembly may include a first bearing ring, a second bearing ring, and at least one row of rolling elements having a plurality of rolling elements that are disposed so as to be capable of rolling on a first raceway of the first bearing ring and on a second raceway of the second bearing ring. At least one hydrostatically supported first sliding bearing segment may be disposed on the first bearing ring. Further, the hydrostatically supported first sliding bearing segment may interact with a first bearing face that is disposed on the second bearing ring. The hydrostatically supported first sliding bearing segment may be mounted so as to be movable in a movement direction that is perpendicular to the first bearing face. |
| US10935070B2 |
Modular rotatable connecting joint
A rotatable joint, comprising: at least three bar connectors; an axis piece comprising a central pivot and at least one of the at least three bar connectors longitudinally aligned with the central pivot; and two rotatable joint pieces each comprising a bushing and at least one of the at least three bar connectors oriented along the diameter of the bushing and aligned along the axis of symmetry of the bushing, wherein the bushing of each of the two rotatable joints pieces is configured to slide over the central pivot thereby coupling the two bushings with the central pivot and allowing the rotatable joint pieces to rotate about the central pivot, and orient the bar connectors of the rotatable joint pieces perpendicular to the bar connector of the axis piece. |
| US10935066B2 |
Fastener assembly
A fastener assembly for a motor vehicle is provided. The fastener assembly comprises a fastener configured to couple a first component to a second component of the motor vehicle, the fastener comprising a shank configured to be received within a bore of the first component; and a retaining member, the retaining member being couplable to the fastener and the first component, the retaining member comprising an opening configured to receive the fastener shank and to provide a resistance against the removal of the fastener shank from the bore of the first component, wherein the retaining member comprises a deformable portion configured to deform from a first state to a second state by virtue of the operating environment of the first component such that the fastener may be removed from the bore when the deformable portion is in the second state following operation of the motor vehicle. |
| US10935064B2 |
Dowel with directional expanding portion and wall system including directional dowel
Dowels harvested from wood including portions from adjacent growth rings that are oriented so that the dowels expand in a horizontal direction, relative to its longitudinal axis, when exposed to moisture. Assembly systems can incorporate the dowels as fasteners, dowels and the assembly systems marked to allow for orienting the dowels for expansion in a predetermined direction relative to the assembly system. Wall systems made of contiguous wall panels assembled with dowels, where the dowel paths are arranged in configurations for stabilizing the assembled wall system. The wall panel tops can include pairs of dowel paths angled toward each other. The central wall panel bottoms can include a dowel path along a longitudinal axis, while the flanking wall panel bottoms can include dowel paths extending toward the central wall panel. The wall system can include the markings for orienting marked and directionally-expanding dowels. |
| US10935058B2 |
Device for fixing a blank to a modular support system
A device for fixing a blank to a modular support system includes a body having cylindrical symmetry which is provided at one end with a centering collar and, in a central region, with a perimetric recess that defines an engagement undercut for a corresponding locking component of a modular support system. The body has an axial through hole for a threaded fixing element. The axial through hole is open onto a coaxial seat for resting the head of the threaded fixing element, and it has a larger diameter than the outside diameter of the stem of the threaded fixing element. The head of the threaded fixing element has a resting surface, a substantially spherical geometry, and a smaller outside diameter than the corresponding internal dimension of the resting seat in which the threaded fixing element is accommodated. |
| US10935045B2 |
Centrifugal compressor with inclined diffuser
A compressor includes a compressor impeller configured to rotate about an axis of rotation as intake gases flow along the compressor impeller. The compressor impeller includes an inducer and an exducer. The compressor impeller defines a first impeller end at the inducer and a second impeller end at the exducer. The second impeller end extends along a radial axis. The compressor further includes a compressor housing encasing the compressor impeller. The compressor housing defines a compressor volute. The compressor housing partially defines a diffuser in fluid communication with the compressor volute. The diffuser is elongated along a diffuser axis. The diffuser axis is obliquely angled relative to the axis of rotation. The diffuser axis is obliquely angled relative to the radial axis to minimize a turbulence of the intake gases flowing from the diffuser to the compressor volute. |
| US10935043B1 |
Assembly of blade assembly bracket and blade of ceiling fan
An assembly of a blade assembly bracket and a blade of a ceiling fan includes a blade assembly bracket, an adaptor, and a fan blade. The adaptor is pivoted to the blade assembly bracket, and the fan blade is pivoted to the adaptor. When the adaptor is pivoted relative to the blade assembly bracket, the adaptor can drive the rotatable holder simultaneously to switch a position of the fan blade between an initial position and a rotational position, so as to change an inclination angle of the fan blade, and make the fan blade unfold outwardly. When the operation of the ceil fan is stopped, the adaptor is operated reversely to make the fan blade fold from the outwardly-unfolded state. |
| US10935032B2 |
Mounting system between a ring member and a rotor
The present disclosure relates to a mounting system between two mounting elements which are designed as ring member and rotor of an electric motor, wherein, on one of the mounting elements, at least one catching hook is formed, and, on the other mounting element, at least one catching groove is formed, which, in the fastened state, engage in a positive-lock manner and directly in one another in a fastening manner and connect the ring member and the rotor releasably to one another. On one of the mounting elements, at least one resilient spring element is formed, which, in the fastened state of the ring member on the rotor, exerts a biasing force on the other mounting element which is directed opposite a holding force of the at least one catching hook. |
| US10935030B2 |
Flangeless coupling having an embedded ring segment joining components of a submersible pump unit
A small-sized submersible pump unit having a submersible motor, discharge module, pump housings which are connected by flangeless coupling is disclosed. The flangeless coupling is made using embedded ring segments. The coupled housings each have the covering and the covered parts, and the covered part of one of the housings contains a blind rectangle groove, and the covering part of another housing has a through rectangle groove, and the grooves form a cavity having an embedded ring segment. |
| US10935027B2 |
Separator device for separating a fluid, in particular a lubricant, from a coolant
The invention relates to a separator device of a compressor for the deposition of a fluid, in particular a lubricant from a coolant fluid of the compressor, including a separator cylinder having an inlet region for the coolant fluid and an outlet region for the deposited fluid spaced apart from inlet in an axial direction of the cylinder, and a separation tube configured and arranged coaxially in the separator cylinder. The separation tube extends at least over the inlet region of the separator cylinder such that the separation tube is spaced apart from the separator cylinder in a radial direction in the inlet region. A spring-loaded closure is configured and arranged in the inlet region to automatically regulate a flow velocity of a volume flow of the coolant fluid flowing through the inlet as a function of a pressure at the inlet. |
| US10935024B2 |
Sealing system pump piston
A lubricating sealing system for a fluid end includes a fluid end, a sleeve, a plunger, and a lubrication system. The sleeve is coupled to an internal surface of the fluid end. The plunger reciprocates in a linear manner through the sleeve and into a pressure chamber of the fluid end. The lubrication system is in communication with the plunger and configured to provide lubricant through an interior of the plunger for routing to surfaces between the plunger and the sleeve. The lubricant is pressurized and moved via the reciprocating of the plunger and create a positive pressure on the lubricant over the pressures experienced in the pressure chamber of the fluid end. The positive pressure creates a barrier and pushes away contaminants from the plunger seals thereby avoiding wash out. |
| US10935022B2 |
Predicting mud pump expendable life based on PSI-miles
A method of determining mud pump operational lifespan expended includes operating the mud pump. While operating, a cycle rate of a crankshaft of the mud pump and a discharge pressure are measured. From the cycle rate and discharge pressure, the amount of mud pump operational lifespan expended may be determined. |
| US10935017B2 |
Linear compressor
A linear compressor includes a shell, a frame in the shell, a cylinder defining a compression space, a piston in the cylinder, a motor assembly that drives the piston, a discharge cover unit defining a discharge space that receives refrigerant from the compression space, a discharge valve that selectively opens and closes the compression space, and a valve spring assembly that provides elastic force that causes the discharge valve to contact a front surface of the cylinder. The discharge cover unit includes a cover housing, the cover housing that couples the frame, a dividing sleeve that extends from an inside of the cover housing in a longitudinal direction of the shell and that divides the discharge space into discharge chambers, and a discharge cover that inserts into the inside of the cover housing and that contacts an end portion of the dividing sleeve. |
| US10935016B2 |
Method for protecting an electric motor of a device with a motor driven consumer with a continuous capacity control system and choice of such a motor
Method for protecting an electric motor of a motor driven consumer equipped with a controller for controlling the capacity or the power of the consumer, comprises the following steps: the determination of the thermal condition of the motor by direct measurement on the motor; and the limitation of the maximum capacity or the maximum power of the consumer as a function of the aforementioned determined thermal condition. |
| US10935013B2 |
Air compressor unit
Described is an air compressor which can be fixed to the wall, comprising a plate which can be fixed to a wall, a supporting and containing body hinged on the plate so as to oscillate about a respective predetermined axis of oscillation, an electrically powered air compression unit housed in the supporting and containing body, a reel for winding a flexible hose for passage of the compressed air from the compression unit. |
| US10935012B2 |
Pumping station for a pipeline and method for starting a combustion engine in a pumping station
A pumping station for a pipeline, in particular an oil or gas pipeline, has a feed pump for delivering a fluid through the pipeline and a combustion engine for driving the feed pump. A hydrostatic system has a hydraulic motor for driving the combustion engine, in order to accelerate same to start-up. The hydraulic system also has a hydraulic pressure accumulator of limited volume which can be filled with a pressurized hydraulic medium to be admitted to the first hydraulic motor, thereby powering the latter. A pressure differential in the hydrostatic system prevailing over the hydraulic motor is variably adjustable, in order to accelerate the combustion engine to a predefined firing speed. |
| US10935009B2 |
Artificial muscle actuators
An actuator device that includes a conducting material and at least one fuse incorporated into the conducting material is disclosed. The at least one fuse may stop current flow for temperatures above a specific temperature. The actuator device may also include a series of electronics that determine whether the actuating device has blown the at least one fuse. |
| US10935005B2 |
Gravitational potential energy storage system
Systems and methods are disclosed for using electrical energy to store potential energy during a first period of electrical demand and, thereafter, to convert the stored potential energy into electrical energy that can be supplied to an electrical grid during a second period of electrical demand. During the first period of electrical demand, electrical energy is used to move one or more weight(s) from a first relative position of low potential energy to a second relative position of high potential energy. During time periods of high electrical demand, the system is used to move one or more individual weight(s) from the relative position of high potential energy to the relative position of low potential energy. As each individual weight moves from the position of high potential energy, the motion of the weight is used to cause a generator to generate electrical energy. |
| US10935003B2 |
Lubrication system for a main bearing of a wind turbine
A lubrication system for a main bearing positioned around a main shaft of a wind turbine includes a seal ring positioned around the shaft adjacent to the bearing, at least one gear adjacent to the seal ring, a mechanical lubricant pump arranged to engage the at least one gear, and at least one lubricant for providing lubrication to the bearing. Thus, as the shaft rotates, the gear(s) drives the lubricant pump such that the pump continuously provides the lubricant to the bearing so long as the shaft is rotating. |
| US10934998B2 |
Yaw sensor for a wind turbine
A yaw sensor for a wind turbine is described. The yaw sensor comprises a rotary switch, configured to be coupled to a yaw drive gearbox of a wind turbine nacelle, the rotary switch being operable to activate and deactivate an electrical contact in dependence on an amount of yaw rotation of the nacelle relative to a start position. The electrical contact is active at a plurality of first yaw rotation ranges with respect to the start position, and inactive at a plurality of second yaw rotation ranges with respect to the start position, the first and second yaw rotation ranges being interleaved, at least some of the first yaw rotation ranges having different lengths from each other and/or at least some of the second yaw rotation ranges having different lengths from each other. The electrical contact generates an electrical signal when active. |
| US10934997B2 |
Damping wind turbine tower oscillations
Provided is a method for damping a side-side oscillation of a tower of a wind turbine having a generator connected to a converter, the method including: measuring an acceleration value of the tower; determining, based on the acceleration value, at least one frequency value of at least one tower oscillation mode, including a second tower oscillation mode; controlling the converter of the wind turbine based at least on the acceleration value and the frequency value. |
| US10934995B2 |
Blades and systems with forward blowing slots
A blade for use in a wind turbine comprises a pressure side and suction side meeting at a trailing edge and leading edge. The pressure side and suction side provide lift to the turbine blade upon the flow of air from the leading edge to the trailing edge and over the pressure side and suction side. The blade includes one or more openings at the suction side, in some cases between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The one or more openings are configured to provide a pressurized fluid towards the leading edge of the blade, in some cases at an angle between about 0° and 70° with respect to an axis oriented from a centerline of the blade toward the leading edge. |
| US10934993B2 |
Apparatus for generation of energy from ocean waves
An apparatus for generating energy from ocean waves, the apparatus including a first or outer section arranged to be coupled to a sea floor and a second or inner section that is at least partially received by and slidably moveable within the first section. The first section includes a float housing arranged to be located toward or at a sea surface and an armature housing extending from the float housing toward the sea floor, the float housing having one or more apertures so that a water level within the float housing is substantially similar to or follows that of the sea surface. The second section includes a float slidably received by the float housing and a stem carrying a magnetic element that extends from the float so as to be receivable by the armature housing. The arrangement is such that the float travels in substantially vertical direction within the float housing in response to movement of the sea surface thereby the armature housing being moved relative to the magnetic element to generate energy. |
| US10934982B1 |
Air cooling chamber assembly and internal combustion engine having the same
Present disclosure relates to air cooling chamber assembly. The air cooling chamber assembly includes: an air intake duct receiving ambient air outside of an internal combustion engine, an air cooling chamber cooling the ambient air received from the air intake duct to generate cooled air, and an air output duct providing the cooled air generated from the air cooling chamber to the internal combustion engine. The air cooling chamber assembly is connected to engine air intake of the internal combustion engine to cool the ambient air to generate the cooled air prior to entering the internal combustion engine, and to provide the cooled air generated to engine air intake of the internal combustion engine. The cooled air from air cooling chamber contains increased amount of oxygen molecules, and increased amount of oxygen molecules in the cooled air improves fuel efficiency and reduces greenhouse gas emission of the internal combustion engine. |
| US10934977B2 |
Gas/gas mixer for introducing gas into the exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine
A gas/gas mixer for introducing gas, especially air, into the exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine, includes a mixer body (32) that is elongated in the direction of a body longitudinal axis (L). A plurality of gas passage openings (38) are provided in a wall (36) of the mixer body (32) enclosing a volume of gas to be introduced (42) in the mixer body (32). The mixer body (32) is configured with a flattened cross-sectional profile, flattened obliquely to the body longitudinal axis (L). |
| US10934976B2 |
Evaporated fuel treatment device
An evaporated fuel treatment device is provided with an electric-operated valve, a positive-pressure relief valve mechanism and a negative-pressure relief valve mechanism. The electric-operated valve has a valve body for opening/closing a vapor passage allowing a fuel tank and a canister, and adjusts the flow rate by electrical control. The positive-pressure relief valve mechanism opens when the pressure at the fuel tank side has a value greater than or equal to a predetermined positive pressure value. The negative-pressure relief valve mechanism opens when the pressure at the fuel tank side has a value less than or equal to a predetermined negative pressure value. The electric-operated valve is configured such that the valve body is moved in the valve opening direction by the pressure at the fuel tank side that is higher, by a predetermined value, than the valve opening pressure for the positive-pressure relief valve mechanism. |
| US10934973B2 |
Methods of forming flexible structures for a rocket motor assembly
A method of forming a flexible structure for a rocket motor assembly comprises forming a polysiloxane composition comprising at least two different silicone materials. A preliminary structure is formed from the polysiloxane composition. The preliminary structure is cured to crosslink at least a portion of different polysiloxane chains of the preliminary structure. A flexible structure for a rocket motor assembly, a flexible assembly for a rocket motor assembly, a moveable thrust nozzle assembly for a rocket motor assembly, and a rocket motor assembly are also described. |
| US10934966B2 |
Combustion phasing control for high substitution lean burn of gaseous fuels in dual fuel engine
A combustion control system for a dual fuel engine includes a combustion control unit structured to receive phasing data for combustion of a main charge of gaseous fuel ignited by way of pilot shots of a liquid fuel, output a pilot fueling command based on the phasing data, and output a valve timing command. The combustion control unit is further structured to vary a phasing of combustion of a main charge of a gaseous fuel ignited by pilot shots of a liquid fuel based on an adjustment to at least one of a pilot shot delivery parameter or a valve timing parameter such as intake valve closing timing from a first engine cycle to a second engine cycle. Control of the intake valve timing can be based on a main pilot shot timing error. |
| US10934960B2 |
Method and system for estimating mass airflow using a mass airflow sensor
A method and system for estimating air mass per cylinder of an internal combustion engine is provided. An output signal from a MAF sensor is digitally processed to provide an estimate air mass per cylinder (APC). The system includes the MAF sensor; a data acquisition unit configured to receive an output signal from the MAF sensor and produce a sampled signal having a sampling rate greater than one sample per firing event; a multiple band pass (MBP) filter configured to remove signal components caused by airflow pulsations and oscillations through the MAF sensor; an envelope detector configured to detect the lower and upper envelopes of the MBP filtered signal; a MAF estimator configured to estimate a mass airflow based on the detected lower and upper envelopes; a signal decimator; a low pass filter; and a APC converter to converted the low pass filtered signal into an estimated APC. |
| US10934954B2 |
Engine control system
In a control system for an internal combustion engine, a control unit controls a throttle valve provided in an intake pipe and/or an on-off valve provided in an exhaust gas recirculation pipe when an ignition switch is turned on, in such a manner that an opening degree of the throttle valve and/or an opening degree of the on-off valve is made to be larger than that of a condition before the ignition switch is turned on. In the above Ig-on control, in which the throttle valve and/or the on-off valve is largely opened, a piston is reciprocated in order that gas in a combustion chamber is discharged to an outside of the combustion chamber. |
| US10934949B2 |
Combined engine systems
A combined engine system is disclosed which may help to meet electrical power demand of a common load that can vary in an unpredictable manner. The system comprises at least one primary engine and one or more secondary engines. An after-treatment system is connected to the engines to receive exhaust flow from each of the engines. A controller is configured to operate the system in a first operating mode when only the primary engine is running and a second operating mode when the secondary engines are run together with the primary engine. Exhaust flows from each of the engines are passed through the after-treatment system which allows the after-treatment system to be heated by the exhaust flow of the primary engine before receiving exhaust flows from the secondary engines. |
| US10934948B2 |
System and method to determine failure of a gas shut off valve
A method for determining failure of an electromechanically actuated gas shut off valve includes sensing and recording a gas fuel rail pressure and a boost pressure from an air intake manifold at a first time after the dual fuel engine has been started. The method includes opening the gas shut off valve at a second time, holding the gas shut off valve in its open state, and then closing the gas shut off valve after a predetermined interval at a third time. The method includes comparing an actual gas rail pressure decay rate to a threshold gas rail pressure decay rate for the predetermined interval, and determining failure of the gas shut off valve when the actual gas rail pressure decay rate is less than the threshold gas rail pressure decay rate. Upon determining failure of the gas shut off valve, the method also includes initiating a mitigating action. |
| US10934947B2 |
Control device for engine
A control device for an engine includes a valve-stopping mechanism 14b which holds intake and exhaust valves 41, 51 of the first and the fourth cylinders (idle cylinders) of four cylinders in closed states, a throttle valve control unit 115, an ignition period control unit 113, and an ECU 110 which controls the valve-stopping mechanism 14b, the throttle valve control unit 115, and the ignition period control unit 113. The ECU 110 sets a retard amount of the ignition period of the idle cylinder behind the basic ignition period at least in starting the all-cylinder operation in accordance with an amount of burned gas existing in the idle cylinder in switching to the all-cylinder operation from the reduced-cylinder operation. |
| US10934945B2 |
Internal combustion engine with compressor, exhaust-gas recirculation arrangement and pivotable flap
Methods and system are provided for a flap valve having a sealing element. In one example, a system include a front side of the flap valve having a first sealing element and a back side of the flap valve having a second sealing element, where the first sealing element and the second sealing element are located along a circumferential edge of the flap valve and spaced away from its geometric center. |
| US10934941B2 |
Air seal interface with AFT engagement features and active clearance control for a gas turbine engine
An interface for a gas turbine engine. The interface includes a full-hoop vane ring around the engine axis, the full-hoop vane ring comprises a forward vane rail with a vane ring forward contact surface and a vane ring anti-rotation tab, the vane ring anti-rotation tab engaged with the anti-rotation case slot; and a multiple of BOAS segments around the engine axis, each of the multiple of BOAS segments comprise a BOAS aft engagement feature and a BOAS aft contact surface, the BOAS aft engagement feature engaged with the engine case and the anti-rotation case slot, the BOAS aft contact surface abuts the vane ring forward contact surface. |
| US10934939B2 |
Turbine engine thermal management
A gas turbine engine including core engine is provided. Air may enter the core engine through an inlet and travel through and engine air flowpath extending through the core engine, e.g., generally along an axial direction of the gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine additionally includes a cooling air flowpath extending outwardly generally along the radial direction of the gas turbine engine. The cooling air flowpath extends between an inlet in flow communication with engine air flowpath and an outlet defined by an opening in an outer casing of the core engine. Moreover, the gas turbine engine includes a heat exchanger positioned at least partially within the outer casing the core engine with the cooling air flowpath extending over or through the heat exchanger. |
| US10934938B2 |
Boundary layer cooling air for embedded engine
A gas turbine engine has an inner housing surrounding a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine, with an inlet leading into the compressor, and a cooling sleeve defined radially outwardly of the inlet to the compressor for receiving cooling air radially outward of the compressor inlet. The cooling sleeve extends along a length of the engine, and radially outwardly of the inner housing, with the cooling air in the cooling sleeve being ejected at a downstream end to mix with products of combustion downstream of the turbine. An aircraft is also disclosed. |
| US10934934B2 |
Reverse core gear turbofan
A gas turbine engine comprises a fan at an axially outer location, the fan rotating about an axis of rotation, delivering air into an outer bypass duct, a radially middle duct, and a radially inner core duct. Air from the inner core duct is directed into a compressor, and then flows axially in a direction back toward the fan through a combustor section, and across a core turbine section, and is then directed into the middle duct. A gear reduction drives the fan from a fan drive turbine section. A method of operating a gas turbine engine is also disclosed. |
| US10934933B2 |
Fuel gelling prevention using engine auto start functionality
In some embodiments, a fuel temperature sensor is located proximate to a vehicle component that is expected to experience fuel gelling, such as near or within a fuel filter, in order to obtain temperature information that accurately reflects the likelihood of fuel gelling occurring within the component. The proximate fuel temperature sensor can provide more accurate temperature information for components such as fuel filters that are installed at the periphery of the vehicle, compared to other temperature sensors that measure oil temperatures or other temperatures of centrally located vehicle components. In some embodiments, the vehicle is automatically started when the temperature indicated by the fuel temperature sensor falls below a startup temperature threshold value, and is automatically stopped after a predetermined time period or after the temperature reaches a shutdown temperature threshold value. |
| US10934923B2 |
Heat shield assembly for shielding a wire harness
A heat shield assembly is provided for shielding a wire harness that is associated with a sensor in communication with a heat source. The heat shield assembly includes a base plate having a primary aperture that is configured to allow passage of the wire harness therethrough. The primary aperture is disposed in alignment with a hole defined on a shroud of the heat source. The heat shield assembly also includes a pair of walls extending upwardly from a pair of opposite edges of the base plate. Further, the heat shield assembly also includes a pair of ledge members that extend laterally from a pair of first ends associated with the pair of walls. Furthermore, the heat shield assembly also includes a pair of thermal diverter plates that extend angularly from a pair of second ends associated with the pair of ledge members. |
| US10934920B2 |
Exhaust purification system for internal combustion engine
Disclosed is an exhaust purification system for an internal combustion engine applied to a hybrid vehicle that performs EV travel after system power is turned on. The exhaust purification system includes: an exhaust purification catalyst; a heating element configured to generate heat with reception of power to heat the exhaust purification catalyst; a battery configured to supply the power to a motor and the heating element; a sensing unit configured to sense riding of an occupant in the hybrid vehicle; and a controller configured to execute first control to control the supply of the power from the battery to the heating element so that the power of electric energy of a prescribed ratio among activation electric energy is supplied to the heating element when the riding of the occupant is sensed by the sensing unit and a storage amount of the battery is larger than a second storage amount. |
| US10934919B2 |
Exhaust system
An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, especially in a vehicle, includes an exhaust gas flow duct (14), a reactant release device (20) for the release of reactant (R) into the exhaust gas flow duct (14) and a catalytic converter device (16) downstream of the reactant release device (20). At least one part of a component surface is provided by a hydrophilic material (34) of at least one exhaust gas-carrying component (12, 22) positioned in the reactant flow path or/and defining this reactant flow path, or/and at least one part of the component surface is provided by a hydrophobic material (40) of at least one exhaust gas-carrying component (12, 18, 22) positioned in the reactant flow path. |
| US10934911B2 |
Heat shield system and method
An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder case forming a plurality of coolant outlets, and an exhaust log structure disposed on the cylinder case and including inner and outer walls defining a coolant jacket therebetween, a plurality of coolant inlets extending through the outer wall and being fluidly connected to the coolant jacket, and a plurality of transfer housings. Each transfer housing includes an inner housing wall forming a gas passage, an outer housing wall disposed at an offset distance around the inner housing wall such that a cooling passage is defined in a space between the inner and outer housing walls, and a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet in fluid communication with the cooling passage. The plurality of coolant inlets is fluidly connected to the plurality of coolant outlets via the cooling passages in the plurality of transfer housings. |
| US10934909B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling exhaust gas purification
An apparatus for controlling exhaust gas purification may include a front unit communicating with an engine exhaust pipe and having a first catalytic filter; a rear unit communicating with the front unit through a connection pipe and having a second catalytic filter and a bypass channel formed to surround the second catalytic filter; and an actuator to open or close the bypass channel. In particular, one end of the bypass channel is opened or closed and other end thereof is sealed so that the second catalytic filter is heated by a primary filtered exhaust gas filtered by and discharged from the front unit. |
| US10934906B2 |
Blow-by gas treating device
A blow-by gas treating device has an oil separator. A tubular attachment portion is disposed at a discharge port of the oil separator. A PCV valve is inserted in the attachment portion. The PCV valve includes an inflow hole, a discharge hole, a flow rate regulating portion, and a stopping portion. The stopping portion is located closer to the inflow hole than to the flow rate regulating portion. The stopping portion has a dimension greater than the inner diameter of the attachment portion in a direction perpendicular to the central axis of the attachment portion. The flow rate regulating portion is surrounded by the attachment portion. The stopping portion is arranged in the space defined by the oil separator. |
| US10934905B2 |
Residual oil drainage system and related method for replacing an oil filter of an engine
A residual oil drainage system for use in replacement of the oil filter of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The drainage system may include first and second drainage conduits disposed in the oil pan of the engine. The drainage conduits may be fluidly interconnected and coupled to portions of the oil inlet and outlet flow conduits which normally convey oil to and from the oil filter. A flow control device is movable to either open or close the drainage flowpath in the system. In use with an open flowpath and engine off, residual oil captured by the first and second drainage conduits flows through the drainage system and is returned to the oil reservoir in the oil pan via gravity. In one configuration, the drainage conduits are formed internally and directly within the body of the structure of the oil pan. |
| US10934904B2 |
Lube oil aeration and thermal control system
A system for collecting lube oil in an internal combustion engine with a rotating crankshaft assembly reduces lube oil aeration. The system includes a primary separation chamber arranged above an oil sump; an air interchange zone arranged above the primary separation chamber; an entrance aperture fluidly coupling the air interchange zone to the primary separation chamber; an exit aperture laterally spaced from the entrance aperture and fluidly coupling the primary separation chamber to the air interchange zone and for guiding air arising from the motion of the rotating crankshaft assembly from the primary separation chamber to the air interchange zone; and a main oil accumulation plate extending from the entrance aperture to the exit aperture and separating the primary separation chamber and the air interchange zone. The system further features a primary oil accumulation plate located above the exit aperture, extending towards the main oil accumulation plate at a first angle, and defining an airflow control aperture between the main oil accumulation plate and the primary oil accumulation plate through which fluids from the exit aperture are directed. |
| US10934903B2 |
Oil pan and method for manufacturing oil pan
In an oil pan, an outer surface of an oil pan body is covered with urethane foam material. The outer surface of the oil pan body is cation treated to be a surface-treated layer, and the urethane foam material is adhered to the outer surface of the oil pan body by the surface-treated layer without any gaps therebetween. The oil pan further includes an undulating portion formed on the outer surface of the oil pan body and undulating in an inward and outward direction. The surface-treated layer is formed on the undulating portion and the urethane foam material is adhered to the undulating portion without any gaps therebetween. The undulating portion includes a bowl-shaped recess recessed into a bowl shape toward an inner side of the oil pan body and the urethane foam material is adhered to an entire inner surface of the bowl-shaped recess without any gaps therebetween. |
| US10934902B1 |
Valve seat insert for high power density and marine engines
A valve seat insert of an engine has a valve seating surface including an outer curved segment forming a first wear crown for contacting the valve at an early wear state, an inner curved segment forming a second wear crown for contacting the valve at a later wear state, and a linear segment extending between the outer and the inner curved segments. A sloping segment is oriented at an acute angle relative to the valve seat center axis, forming a venturi or a diffuser for gases entering or exiting the cylinder. |
| US10934898B1 |
Cam phaser and operating method
A cam phaser for an internal combustion engine, the cam phaser including a stator including vane cells; a rotor configured rotatable relative to the stator and including vanes arranged in the vane cells of the stator, wherein the vanes respectively divide the vane cells into advance chambers and retard chambers; a control valve configured to move the rotor at least between an advance position and a retard position, wherein the control valve includes a hollow piston that is axially movable within a piston channel, a pressure medium connection, a tank connection and at least four operating connections including at least one advance connection and at least one retard connection, wherein each of the vane cells includes an advance chamber that is connected to the control valve through the at least one advance connection and a retard chamber connected to the control valve through the at least one retard connection. |
| US10934897B2 |
Mechanical lash adjuster
Provided is a mechanical lash adjuster including a plunger, a housing put into thread engagement with the plunger in an axial direction to form a thread engagement portion, the plunger engaging member fixed and retained in a circumferential direction of the thread engagement portion, and a coil spring urging the plunger in a direction opposite to a urging-force acting direction of a coil spring. A lead and flank angles of threads forming the thread engagement portion are set such that when an axial load acts on the plunger in either of a plunger extension and contraction directions, the plunger is made self-sustaining, and when the plunger swings by an amount corresponding to a backlash due to a lateral load, the plunger slides and rotates at the thread engagement portion to move in an axial-load acting direction. |
| US10934895B2 |
Heat engine systems with high net power supercritical carbon dioxide circuits
Provided herein are heat engine systems and methods for transforming energy, such as generating mechanical energy and/or electrical energy from thermal energy. The heat engine systems may have one of several different configurations of a working fluid circuit. One configuration of the heat engine system contains at least four heat exchangers and at least three recuperators sequentially disposed on a high pressure side of the working fluid circuit between a system pump and an expander. Another configuration of the heat engine system contains a low-temperature heat exchanger and a recuperator disposed upstream of a split flowpath and downstream of a recombined flowpath in the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit. |
| US10934892B2 |
Axial flow turbine having a diaphragm split in two halves at a horizontal joint plane
An axial flow turbine comprising a casing, a rotor having an axial rotational axis and rotatably mounted into the casing, at least one set of a plurality of moving blades supported by the rotor; and at least one diaphragm having an outer ring, an inner ring, concentric to the outer ring, and a plurality of static blades mounted therebetween, at least the outer ring being split in an upper half and a lower half along a vertical joint plane. The turbine diaphragm comprises an assembly system for assembling the upper half to the lower half while allowing the upper half and the lower half to move axially relative to each other. |
| US10934888B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing fluid to a bearing damper
Disclosed is a lubricant supply system for a plurality of bearing dampers in a plurality of engine bearing compartments of a gas turbine engine, including a lubricant supply conduit, a first lubricant delivery conduit fluidly coupled to the supply conduit, the first delivery conduit including one or more lubricant delivery flow paths and delivering lubrication to engine components, a second lubricant delivery conduit fluidly coupled to the supply conduit, the second delivery conduit delivering lubricant to one or more of the plurality of bearing dampers, and an active oil flow management valve, selectively restricting lubricant flow in the first delivery conduit, increasing pressure in the second delivery conduit, based on an engine shaft rotational speed. |
| US10934886B2 |
Method for managing a breakdown of a turbine engine starter valve
The present invention concerns a method (200) for managing a breakdown of a starter valve of a starting circuit of an aircraft turbine engine, comprising the following steps: —starting (203) the turbine engine, a state-change command being sent to the starter valve in order for it to open; —increasing (204) the engine speed of the turbine engine to a predefined first threshold, —during said increase (204) in engine speed, —if a difference in position has been detected (201) between the position sensors before the step of starting the turbine engine or if a difference in position is detected (205) between said position sensors, determining (207) the position sensor that has switched between the closed position and the open position, the other position sensor having remained in the open or closed position; —when the first threshold is reached, storing (209) the position sensor that has switched between the closed position and the open position as healthy and the position sensor that has remained in the open or closed position as faulty, so as to measure the state of the starter valve only on the basis of the position of the healthy position sensor. |
| US10934884B2 |
Assembly for a turbine engine
An assembly (50) for a turbine engine includes an annular row of stator blades with a longitudinal axis (B) having variable pitch blades each comprising a radial vane (6), at least one of its ends of which is connected to a radially extending pivot (14) and being engaged in rotation around its axis (A) in a ring (16), characterised in that a tubular component (26) is mounted coaxially around the pivot (14), wherein said tubular component (26) comprises a first annular zone (26a) mounted tightly on the pivot (14) and a second annular zone (26b) comprising an annular bulge (28) extending substantially radially outwards in relation to the axis (A) of the pivot (14), wherein the annular bulge (28) and the pivot (14) define an annular space (30). |
| US10934883B2 |
Cover for airfoil assembly for a gas turbine engine
A vane assembly includes a fixed airfoil portion that extends between a radially inner platform and radially outer platform and has a pressure side and a suction side. A rotatable airfoil portion is located aft of the fixed airfoil portion and has a pressure side and a suction side. A cover extends from the pressure side of the fixed airfoil portion to the pressure side of the rotatable airfoil portion. |
| US10934882B2 |
Turbocharger
A wastegate is attached to a turbine housing of a turbocharger. The wastegate opens and closes a bypass passage. An actuator is coupled to the wastegate via a link mechanism. The link mechanism includes a link rod and a link arm. The longitudinal direction of the link rod in a state in which the bypass passage is fully closed is defined as a width direction of the link arm. The coupling center position in the link arm to which the link rod is coupled is located at a position offset in a direction in which the link rod moves to open the wastegate from a middle of the link arm in the width direction. |
| US10934881B2 |
Environmental control system mixing cabin discharge air with bleed air during a cycle
A system and method that comprises an air cycle machine, a flow of bleed air, at least one heat exchanger, and an inlet configured to supply the flow of the bleed air is provided. The bleed air flows from a source to mix with recirculated air in accordance with a high pressure mode or a recirculation chilling mode. The system and method also can also utilize the recirculated air flowing from the chamber to drive or maintain the air cycle machine in accordance with the above modes. |
| US10934876B2 |
Blade outer air seal AFT hook retainer
A gas turbine engine includes a turbine section including at least one turbine rotor having at least one blade. A blade outer air seal is positioned radially outward of a radially outer tip of the at least one turbine blade. The blade outer air seal has a forward hook and an aft hook. The forward hook is supported on a forward retainer and the aft hook is supported on an aft hook retainer. The aft hook retainer provides structure to prevent rotation of the blade outer air seal relative to the aft hook retainer. There is an interference fit between the aft hook retainer and the forward retainer. A load path is provided from a static structure through the aft hook retainer to the forward retainer. |
| US10934875B2 |
Seal configuration to prevent rotor lock
The present disclosure relates to gas turbine engine and seal configurations, and components for a gas turbine engine. In one embodiment, a seal for a gas turbine engine includes a rotary seal element, the rotary seal element configured to rotate during operation of a gas turbine engine, and a stationary seal element having an annular seal surface. The stationary seal element includes a first area of the annular seal surface configured to engage with the rotary seal element, and the stationary seal element includes a second area of the annular seal surface configured to provide reduced resistance to the rotary seal element during a flight windmilling event. |
| US10934872B2 |
Turbomachine case comprising a central part projecting from two lateral portions in a junction region
A support case for a turbomachine ring sector includes an annular body around a longitudinal axis of the case, and a downstream edge for attachment of the ring sector. The downstream edge extends from the body radially towards the inside of the case. The downstream edge extends circumferentially along a junction region between the body and a fixed vanes stage. The junction region includes a central portion and two lateral portions located on each side of the central portion, along a circumferential direction of the case with respect to its longitudinal axis. The central portion projects radially outwards from the case with respect to the lateral portions. |
| US10934871B2 |
Segmented turbine shroud with sealing features
A turbine shroud for a gas turbine engine is disclosed in this paper. The turbine shroud includes a ceramic-matrix composite blade track. The ceramic-matrix composite blade track includes a plurality of track segments located circumferentially adjacent to one another to form a track ring. Features of the track segments provide tortuous paths for gasses trying to pass through the ceramic-matrix composite blade track that may reduce leakage through the blade track. |
| US10934866B2 |
Variable pitch change control method
A gas turbine engine includes a fan having a plurality of fan blades configured to rotate about a central axis of the gas turbine engine. Each fan blade is configured to pivot about a pivot axis that extends radially away from the central axis to vary a pitch of the fan blade. The fan further includes a counterforce system configured to resist forces that urge the fan blades away from their pitch positions during operation of the gas turbine engine. |
| US10934858B2 |
Method and system for improving turbine blade performance
A turbine blade is described herein, the turbine blade including a blade root, a blade tip, and an airfoil extending between the blade root and the blade tip. The airfoil has opposite pressure and suction sides extending between a forward leading edge and an aft trailing edge of the airfoil, and a maximum thickness located between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The blade tip includes a winglet extending laterally outward from at least one of the pressure side and the suction side from a leading point between the leading edge and the maximum thickness aftward to a trailing point between the maximum thickness and the trailing edge. |
| US10934851B2 |
Leading edge shield
The invention relates to the field of turbomachine blades, and more specifically to a leading-edge shield (32) for a turbomachine blade (16), said leading-edge shield (32) having a pressure-side wing (34) and a suction-side wing (36), each extending along a height and along a length, the wings being connected together over their height, the pressure-side wing (34) presenting a greater length than the suction-side wing (36) over a first segment (S1) of the leading-edge shield (32), and an equal or smaller length than the suction-side wing (36) over a second segment (S2) of the leading-edge shield (32). |
| US10934840B1 |
Self-aligning adapter block
Mounting assemblies for cutting tools are disclosed that include a base and an adapter block. Mounting assemblies are provided with self-fixturing features to provide a desired mounting position and to restrict movement of the adapter block with respect to the base prior to bonding. The self-fixturing features provide the ability to perform repeatable and consistent bonding of the adapter block to the base. |
| US10934838B2 |
Arrayed distributed temperature sensing using single-photon detectors
In some embodiments, a method and apparatus, as well as an article, may operate to determine downhole properties based on detected optical signals. An optical detection system can include a fiber optic cable having a sensing location to generate a reflected measurement signal representative of measurement parameters. The optical detection system can further include a light source to transmit a measurement signal to cause the sensing location to provide the reflected measurement signal. The optical detection system can further include an optical detector comprising a single-photon detector (SPD) for detecting the reflected measurement signal received over the fiber optic cable. The optical detection system can further include a housing for enclosing the optical detector and to optically shield the optical detector, the housing including an aperture for passage of the fiber optic cable. Additional apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed. |
| US10934834B2 |
Method and system for alignment of a wellbore completion
Wireless downhole sensor technology is being deployed in oil and gas wells. System components are inductively coupled, which enables remote placement of apparatus on the outside of wellbore conduit without the need for any wired connection. These systems make use of a pair of conductive elements that need to be aligned in the well. Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques to correctly space out the wellbore completion string so that the downhole conductive elements will be properly aligned and within proximity to establish wireless connectivity, as the wellbore completion string is set and the tubing hanger is landed inside the wellhead housing of the well. |
| US10934833B2 |
Method and apparatus for testing the blowout preventer (BOP) on a drilling rig
A method and apparatuses for testing the blowout preventer (BOP) piping system on a drilling rig for leaks. The method and apparatuses can be used in conjunction with a pressure or volumetric method to more accurately test the BOP for integrity and to shorten the total time of testing. |
| US10934830B2 |
Downhole gas separators and methods of separating a gas from a liquid within a hydrocarbon well
Downhole gas separators, artificial lift systems including the downhole gas separators, hydrocarbon wells including the artificial lift systems, and methods of separating a gas from a liquid hydrocarbon within a hydrocarbon well. The downhole gas separators include an elongate outer housing that defines an enclosed volume, a fluid inlet port, and a gas outlet port. The downhole gas separators further include an elongate dip tube that extends within the enclosed volume, and the gas outlet port is configured to selectively provide fluid communication between the enclosed volume and an external region. |
| US10934824B2 |
System for reducing vibrations in a pressure pumping fleet
The present technology provides an electrically powered hydraulic fracturing system having pumps for pressurizing fracturing fluid, piping for carrying fracturing fluid, and vibration reducing equipment for use with the piping. The vibration reducing equipment includes helical coils that support the piping. The coils are made of a wire rope made of strands of steel cable twisted together. Grooved fittings are provided on some piping connections, and which allow pivoting between adjacent fluid conveyance members. Swivel joints are strategically located in the piping which allow rotational flexing between adjacent sections of the piping; thereby attenuating vibration in the piping but without stressing the piping. |
| US10934822B2 |
Low-pressure method and apparatus of producing hydrocarbons from an underground formation using electric resistive heating and solvent injection
A method of producing hydrocarbons from an underground formation having an array of horizontal wells has the steps of: inserting one or more heater strings into at least one heater well section, the heater string comprising a heating element and a flow passage for transporting fluid from a fluid input to at least one injection port; activating the heating element of the heater string to heat the formation sufficient to produce hydrocarbons from the formation immediately adjacent to the at least one heater well section; heating and injecting a solvent into the at least one heater well in the gaseous phase through the at least one injection port of the heater string such that the solvent is injected into the voidage in the at least one heater well section created by the produced hydrocarbons; and producing hydrocarbons from at least one producer well. |
| US10934820B2 |
Flow meter well tool
A flow meter well tool includes a volumetric well flow meter to be positioned in a wellbore. The volumetric well flow meter includes a hollow cylindrical tubing to be positioned in the wellbore. The tubing splits well fluid through the wellbore into an internal fluid through the volumetric well flow meter and an external fluid through an annulus between the wellbore and the volumetric well flow meter. The hollow cylindrical tubing includes an internal portion, where an internal cross-sectional area of the internal portion is less than an internal cross-sectional area of the hollow cylindrical tubing. |
| US10934817B2 |
System for extracting gas from tectonically-deformed coal seam in-situ by depressurizing horizontal well cavity
A system for extracting gas from a tectonically-deformed coal seam in-situ by depressurizing a horizontal well cavity is provided. A horizontal well is constructed by a horizontal well drilling and reaming subsystem and adjoins a vertical well to form a U-shaped well, and a horizontal section of the horizontal well is reamed to enlarge hole diameter. A horizontal well hole-collapse cavity-construction depressurization excitation subsystem performs pressure-pulse excitation and stress release on the horizontal well of tectonically-deformed coal bed methane, and hydraulically displaces a coal-liquid-gas mixture such that the mixture is conveyed towards a vertical well section along a depressurizing space. A product lifting subsystem further pulverizes the coal and lifts the mixture towards a wellhead of a vertical well. A gas-liquid-solid separation subsystem separates the coal, liquid and gas. A monitoring and control subsystem detects and controls the operation conditions and the execution processes of technical equipment in real time. |
| US10934812B2 |
Integrated a priori uncertainty parameter architecture in simulation model creation
Method and system for optimizing production from an oil and gas reservoir includes selecting a geocellular grid representing at least one property of the reservoir, defining a data range for the property that reflects uncertainty regarding which values may be used for the property, defining a first reservoir simulation model, simulating production from the reservoir with the model using the at least one property, comparing the output of the simulated production from the reservoir with a predetermined criteria based on historical data, and modifying the property to a different value within the data range for the property if the predetermined historical criteria is not met. These steps may be repeated for at least two values for the property within the data range. The above may be repeated for a second reservoir model and the outputs of the simulated production for the models may then be ranked according to predefined criteria. |
| US10934811B2 |
Flooding analysis tool and method thereof
Described herein are various embodiments of computer-implemented methods, computing systems, and program products for analyzing a flood operation on a hydrocarbon reservoir. For example, an embodiment of a computer implemented method for analyzing a flood operation for a hydrocarbon reservoir having a plurality of zones is provided. The embodiment includes receiving injection profile data (ILT) and injection rates. The embodiment also uses the received injection profile data and injection rates to split each injection well into multiple zonal level injectors. The embodiment also includes running capacitance resistance modeling treating each zonal level injector as a single injector, where running capacitance resistance modeling includes generating interwell connectivities at the zonal level. |
| US10934804B2 |
Apparatus and method for creating a plug in a wellbore
A diversion and isolation tool is releasably connected to a workstring and lowered into a well. The diversion and isolation tool is movable in the well, and serves as a barrier to prevent fluids from mixing and is useful for plugging the well. |
| US10934802B2 |
Plug arrangement comprising a disintegratable plug element
A completion pipe comprising a plug arrangement and a method for arranging a completion pipe in a well. The arrangement includes a disintegratable plug element arranged in a plug housing in a pipe string, a seal element arranged to seal between the plug element and the pipe string. The plug element is movable in the axial direction of the pipe string between a first position and a second position. |
| US10934801B2 |
Lockout for hydraulic rotary valve in control system for oil well blow-out preventer
A locking handle assembly for a rotary valve used in a hydraulic control system for a blow-out preventer used in oil and gas wells. |
| US10934796B2 |
Method for removing casing from a wellbore
A method for recovering a conduit from a wellbore includes positioning an expander tool having at least one biasing element within the conduit an expander tool and exerting a force against the at least one biasing element to radially expand the conduit to an amount sufficient to fracture solids outside of and in contact with the conduit. |
| US10934795B2 |
Systems and methods for setting a downhole plug
A tool string disposable in a wellbore includes a plug configured to seal against an inner surface of a tubular string disposed in the wellbore, a setting tool coupled to the plug, including a housing including a central passage, a mandrel slidably disposed in the housing, wherein the mandrel includes an outer surface including a planar surface, and a piston coupled to the mandrel and including a central passage, wherein, in response to a pressurization of the central passage of the piston of the setting tool, the setting tool is configured to actuate the plug to seal against the inner surface of the tubular string. |
| US10934794B2 |
Systems and methods for setting a downhole plug using a self damping setting tool
A setting tool for actuating a downhole plug in a wellbore includes a housing including a central passage, a piston slidably disposed in the housing and including a central passage, and wherein the piston includes a first position in the housing and a second position the housing spaced from the first position in a first axial direction, and an atmospheric chamber filled with compressible fluid formed radially between the piston and the housing, and wherein the atmospheric chamber is sealed from an environment surrounding the setting tool when the piston is in the first position, wherein, in response to a pressurization of the central passage of the piston, the setting tool is configured to displace the piston from the first position to the second position and compress the compressible fluid within the atmospheric chamber. |
| US10934787B2 |
Milling system for abandoning a wellbore
A mill for use in a wellbore includes a tubular housing having a bore therethrough and a plurality of eccentrically arranged pockets formed in a wall thereof and an arm disposed in each pocket. Each arm has a body portion and a blade portion extending from an outer surface of the body portion and is movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The mill further includes cutters disposed along each blade portion and a block disposed in each pocket and connected to the housing. Each block has a guide engaged with a mating guide of the respective body portion and an inner passage for providing fluid communication between the housing bore and the respective pocket. The mill further includes an actuator for extending the arms. |
| US10934784B2 |
Seal and sacrificial components for a drill string
A gap joint for use with a gap sub for electromagnetic telemetry. The gap joint has a replaceable uphole shoulder on the male gap joint component, which may be composed of a sacrificial material, to extend gap joint useful life where there is electrolysis of the component outside diameter. The gap joint also has a thicker outside diameter seal to reduce the risk of underlying O-ring extrusion and failure, again extending gap joint useful life. The thicker seal may also be able to withstand higher pressures before collapsing or experiencing punctures in unsupported areas. The replaceable shoulder and outside diameter seal can be used separately or together in a gap joint. |
| US10934783B2 |
Drill bit valve
An example drill bit includes a body that is connectable to a drill string. The body has a base configured to face downhole within a wellbore and a perimeter configured to face a wall of the wellbore. The body includes a first nozzle and a second nozzle. The first nozzle corresponds to a first channel that exits the body through the perimeter and the second nozzle corresponds to a second channel that exits the body through the base. The example drill bit also includes a bit cutter on the base of the body and a valve within the body. The valve is configured to move within the body to block either the first channel or the second channel. |
| US10934781B2 |
Rotary steerable system having multiple independent actuators
A fully rotating bias unit for directional drilling rotates at bit speed while providing proportional control of directional response and steering force. The unit also provides added reliability by having increased redundancy (multiple independently controlled actuators). The unit disposed on a drillstring transfers rotation to a drill bit and has a bore communicating fluid from the drillstring to the drill bit. Directors are disposed on the unit to rotate with it. Each of the directors is independently movable between extended and retracted conditions relative to the unit's housing. Actuators of the unit are in fluid communication between the bore and the borehole or some other low pressure. Each actuator is independently operable to direct communicated fluid from the bore to extend a respective one of the directors toward the extended condition. Meanwhile, venting of the communicated fluid from the directors to the borehole or other low pressure dump allows the respective director to retract toward the retracted condition. |
| US10934779B2 |
Rotary drilling tool and method for producing a bore
The invention relates to a rotary drilling tool and to a method for producing a borehole in the ground, having a base body, a removal device which has at least one hammer unit which comprises a hammer element driven in axially reversing manner, and a discharge line for discharging removed ground material and drilling suspension. According to the invention it is provided that a pumping device is arranged on the base body along the discharge line, and that the pumping device is configured for pumping off the removed ground material with drilling suspension through the discharge line. |
| US10934777B1 |
Durable ladder bumper guard
A ladder bumper guard comprising a durable flexible shell and a puncture-resistant cap within the shell, the cap configured to fit over a top end of a metal ladder that is configured to contact a building surface. |
| US10934774B2 |
Automatic limit detection for horizontal sheers style roller shade
A system and method for automatically determining at least one lower limit of a horizontal sheers style roller shade. The roller shade comprising a roller tube, a shade material attached to the roller tube and comprising a first vertical layer interconnected to a second vertical layer via a plurality of horizontal vanes, a motor adapted to rotate the roller tube, a current sensing circuit adapted to detect current levels of the motor, and a controller adapted to control the motor and comprising at least one memory. The controller determines at least one lower limit by driving the motor in a first direction, receiving current levels from the current sensing circuit, observing current level profile of the received current levels, detecting a point of change in the current level profile, and using the point of change to set at least one of a lower tilt closed limit and a lower tilt open limit. During normal operation, the controller drives the motor between the upper limit and the lower tilt closed limit to raise or lower the shade material and between the lower tilt closed limit and the lower tilt open limit to open or close the vanes. |
| US10934770B2 |
Slat for a blind and blind formed therefrom
A blind made up of a plurality of customisable rigid slats enables the blind to be fitted snugly within any window opening or doorway as a result of the locking adjustability of the width of such slats. The slats each include a pair of elongate slat panels movable relative to one another between retracted and extended conditions, such that the operative width of the blind is greater in the extended condition than in the retracted condition. The blind further includes one or more fasteners, located at or near each of a pair of minor ends of the slat panels, for releasably fixing the pair of slat panels to one another in the retracted condition, the extended condition and/or any condition there between, thereby to operatively restrict relative movement between the slat panels in such condition. |
| US10934767B2 |
Vacuum insulating material and vacuum insulating glass
Vacuum insulating glass or other such vacuum insulating material may be provided with a first plate and a second plate that are arranged in mutually opposed fashion so as to straddle therebetween a space of a gap that is a vacuum layer. The first plate may have, in order of lamination from the exterior, a first electrically conductive layer, and a first charged insulator. The second plate may have, in order of lamination from the exterior, a second electrically conductive layer, and a second charged insulator which is charged with charge of the same polarity as the first charged insulator. A repulsive force that is a Coulomb force which acts between the first charged insulator and the second charged insulator may substantially balance and counteract a tendency of ambient atmospheric pressure to reduce the length of the gap between the first plate and the second plate. |
| US10934763B2 |
Movable barrier operator and method
A movable barrier operator includes a communication interface configured to receive commands that cause the motor to move the movable barrier. The movable barrier operator further includes a processing circuit configured to cause the motor to automatically move the movable barrier from a first open position toward a closed position and then from the closed position toward a second open position different from the first open position in response to receipt of an intermediate open command by the communication interface. The processing circuit can also cause the motor of the movable barrier operator to move the movable barrier toward the first open position in response to the processing circuit determining that the movable barrier had been obstructed while moving from the first open position toward the closed position. |
| US10934759B2 |
Vehicular opening/closing body control device
A vehicular opening/closing body control device includes: a braking control unit configured to apply a braking force to an opening/closing body provided in an opening in a vehicle; a traveling state determination unit configured to determine a traveling state of the vehicle; an abnormality detection unit configured to detect occurrence of a full-closing abnormality in which the opening/closing body is not held in a fully-closed state during the traveling of the vehicle; and a record holding unit configured to hold a detection record of the full-closing abnormality, wherein the braking control unit executes braking control through detection of the full-closing abnormality of the opening/closing body, and in a case where the detection record of the full-closing abnormality is held after the vehicle stops, executes the braking control of the opening/closing body based on the detection record of the full-closing abnormality before the vehicle travels. |
| US10934755B2 |
Refrigerator
The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body, wherein a positioning shaft and a guiding shaft are provided on the hinge body, and a positioning groove and a guiding groove are provided on the door; the door of the refrigerator according to the present invention may be moved by a distance in a direction away from a pivoting side when being opened, thereby avoiding inconvenience of opening the door due to the protrusion of the side wall of the door. |
| US10934753B2 |
Refrigerator
The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body. A guide block is provided on the door, a rotation shaft is provided on the hinge body, and rotation shaft grooves are provided on the guide block. With the structure of the hinge body, the gravity of the door and the friction force may be shared onto the first and second plate bodies of the hinge body, thereby reducing abrasion and prolonging the service life of the door of the refrigerator. |
| US10934747B2 |
Motor vehicle lock
The object of the invention is a motor vehicle door lock (1) comprising a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least a lock pawl, a release lever (12), a first actuating lever (8), wherein the locking mechanism can be unlocked by means of the release lever (12) and wherein the release lever (12) can be actuated by means of the actuating lever (8). The invention is characterized in that a further motor vehicle door lock (2) is provided, wherein said further motor vehicle door lock (2) can be actuated by means of the first actuating lever (8). |
| US10934745B2 |
Core replaceable hockey lock
A core replaceable hockey lock includes a first end face and a second end face. The first end face includes a first cavity, a second cavity, a third cavity and a fourth cavity. The end face includes a core hole which communicates with the second cavity. A lateral hole is defined radially in the lock and communicates with the first and fourth cavities. A locking member is located in the second cavity and includes a connection portion connected to the transmission portion, and a stop plate which slides in the third cavity when the locking member is rotated. A locking part is located in the fourth cavity. A shackle is located in the lateral hole and includes a neck located corresponding to the fourth cavity and the locking part. The first cavity and the core hole are parallel to each other. The core is replaceable by removing the cover. |
| US10934742B2 |
Interlocking fence panels
Interlocking fence panels for interconnection between horizontal channeled rails in a fence system, and, more particularly, to improved interlocking fence panel members which can interconnect for insertion between horizontal channeled rails to provide a one-piece continuous infill effect between these horizontal channeled rails in a fence system which, when interconnected with other panels and in place, will not become disengaged from one another and which will strengthen the stability and integrity of the fence system itself. |
| US10934740B2 |
Tent shelter
A shelter or tent having at least a pair of outer cover panels each upwardly extending from an outer cover panel lower edge to an outer cover ridgeline and a vestibule panel coupled to the outer cover panels which slidably couples to a tensioned guyline to travel between a vestibule closed condition and a vestibule open condition. |
| US10934739B1 |
Modular canopy structure
A modular canopy structure is disclosed. The modular canopy structure may utilize component parts of industry standard scaffolding portions attached to a specifically designed bow beam (roof support portion). The bow beam mates with industry standard scaffolding portions that form a side wall of the canopy structure. Construction of the canopy structure (e.g., on-site assembly) is simplified over prior art temporary structures and the disclosed canopy structure provides strength and near 100% water resistance as well as other improvements based, in part, on sidewall sleeves, overlapping techniques, material usage, and other design considerations. In some cases, the disclosed canopy structure may be suitable for onsite construction projects (including welding), temporary housing in a disaster, or as a suitable temporary to semi-permanent structure for outdoor events (e.g., wedding, party, temporary building). The disclosed modular canopy structure provides for functional windows and doors not available in prior art implementations. |
| US10934736B2 |
Collapsible structure
Collapsible structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, the collapsible structure includes a plurality of hinges and a plurality of panels. The plurality of panels are swingably connected by the plurality of hinges so as to form at least one arch when the collapsible structure is in an erected state and so as to become at least one stack of the plurality of panels in a collapsed state. The panels allow for the collapsible structure to maintain its structural integrity when erected but to have a compact and transportable configuration when collapsed. |
| US10934735B2 |
Tower erecting systems and methods
Tower erecting systems and methods are disclosed. An example method for erecting a tower includes: nesting frusto-conical tower sections within one another and within a frusto-conical tower base; securing the frusto-conical tower base to a tower foundation; lifting each frusto-conical tower section from within the frusto-conical tower base with a lifting apparatus; and securing each frusto-conical tower section to the frusto-conical tower base or to a previously lifted frusto-conical tower section. |
| US10934732B2 |
Swimming pool cleaning head
A device for vacuuming debris from the bottom of a pool of water. The device comprises a housing which forms a frustoconical cavity having a mouth on the lower surface and an exit hole on the top of the frustoconical cavity. A hose is attached on one end to the exit hole and in fluid connection with a source of vacuum. |
| US10934729B2 |
Spa cover with sensor
A spa cover and sensor are disclosed. The spa cover may include a rigid portion and a floating portion connected to the rigid portion to reduce heat loss. A sensor may be provided within the spa cover, the spa tub, or a combination of the cover and tub to determine when a cover is in an open or closed position over the spa tub. A processor may communicate with other automated features of the spa and/or cover, such as, causing air bladders in the cover to automatically inflate when the cover is in a closed position or locking or unlocking the spa cover. The processor may communicate with features on the spa, such as initiating custom start settings when the cover is removed from the spa tub, or initiate energy saving functions with the cover is placed over the spa tub. |
| US10934724B2 |
Tile levelling device
A tile levelling device (10) includes a base portion (12) having an upper surface (14) and an opposing lower surface (16), the lower surface (16) being substantially planar; two stems (20) each having a proximal end frangibly connected to the base portion (120) and a distal end connected to a body (32), a generally rectangular hole (34) being defined by the stems (20) the base portion upper surface (14) and the body (32), the hole (34) being adapted to receive a wedge (50); and a stiffening formation (70) located at or near the interface between each stem (20) and the body (32). |
| US10934722B2 |
Support system for raised flooring and flooring obtained by this support system
The present invention refers to a support system for raised flooring made with wooden boards and to the relative flooring obtained by this system. The supporting system is used for obtaining a floor with boards made of wood or similar material wherein the floor is elevated with respect to the reference ground. The supporting system includes a trampling plate and at least three supporting feet fixed to the plate in order to support the plate with respect to the reference ground. |
| US10934721B2 |
Mechanical lockings of floor panels and a tongue blank
Floor panels which are provided with a mechanical locking system including tongue and grooves provided with protrusions and cavities which are displaceable in relation to each other. A set of floor panel provided with a locking system including a displaceable tongue in a displacement groove in a first edge of a first floor panel, cooperating for vertical locking of the edges with a tongue groove in adjacent second edges of a second floor panel, the locking system further including a locking strip with a locking element in one edge which cooperates, for horizontal locking of the edges, with a locking groove in an adjacent edge, the displaceable tongue includes a protrusion and the displacement groove a cavity, the protrusion is slideable against a wall of the cavity to obtain a displacement of the tongue in a first direction perpendicular to the edges and thereby the vertical locking of the edges. |
| US10934720B1 |
Housing for aluminum extruded framing with a spline groove
A housing barrier for concealing fasteners of an aluminum extruded framing with spline groove. A housing is configured to connect to an extruded framing with spline groove. The housing has a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall. The first wall is connected to the second wall. The second wall is connected to the third wall. The first wall and the third wall of the housing are oriented in a parallel orientation forming a u-shaped compartment. At least one wall has a spline groove and a protrusion. The spline groove is located on an outer side of the wall and the protrusion is located on an inner side of the wall. The protrusion is located on an opposite side of the wall having the spline groove of the housing. The protrusion is configured to interlock with the spline groove of the extruded framing. |
| US10934719B2 |
Siding panel end plug and method of installation
One aspect of the disclosure is a siding panel end plug including a body having a front face, a rear face, a side face connecting the front face and rear face, a top edge, a bottom edge, and a hollow space located between the front face, rear face, and side face. The siding panel end plug further includes a first locking mechanism disposed on the top edge and a second locking mechanism disposed on the bottom edge. The first locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism facilitate both locking and unlocking of the siding panel end plug from a second siding panel end plug and a third siding panel end plug. |
| US10934716B2 |
Construction underpayment
Rigid foam-core construction underlayment is formed to have one broad side covered by a flexible substrate that carries a series of spaced-apart, discrete regions (such as islands or spaced lanes) of resin, each resin region carrying a respective field of male touch fastener elements extending away from the substrate and exposed for engagement, such as by fibers on an inner surface of exterior construction material, such as a roofing membrane. |
| US10934707B2 |
Curtain wall with a wall element with a frame with a compartment for a wing or the like and method for replacing an infill element in a curtain wall
A curtain wall constructed from prefabricated connecting wall elements including a frame of assembled profiles on the inside of the curtain wall and of one or more filling elements on the outside. The curtain wall contains a wall element with a two-part frame including two subframes, respectively a fixed frame part and a second frame part fitted with an infill element, where the fixed frame part is located behind the second frame part seen from the outside of the curtain wall, where the fixed frame part is equipped with a rebate into which the second frame part fits and where the relevant filling element is attached to the outside of the curtain wall on the outward looking side of the second frame part using structural silicone in such a way that this outside of the second frame part is entirely covered by the filling element. |
| US10934706B2 |
System and method for attaching glass panels to a substructure
A system and method is provided for attaching glass panels to a substructure. Embodiments include a blocking extending along a length of a structural element and attached to a first portion of a surface of the structural element. Flashing covers the blocking, and has a flange extending outward from a lower edge of the blocking to contact a second portion of the surface of the structural element. An elastic flange gasket covers an outer edge of the flange and contacts an inner main surface of a glass panel. A glazing cap extends along the blocking, having an elastic cap gasket for contacting the outer main surface of the glass panel. The glazing cap extends over and attaches to the blocking for retaining the glass panel between the flange gasket and the cap gasket, and for sealing the glass panel, the flange gasket, and the cap gasket. |
| US10934705B2 |
Wall construction members and system
A wall construction system includes multiple block types that interfit with one another to form walls in a staggered arrangement. Block types include jamb blocks having front and back surfaces, a planar surface on a first end, and a second side having a projecting surface or a receiving surface configured to mate with the projecting surface. The jamb block includes a top mating surface and a bottom mating surface configured to mate with the top mating surface. Webs extend from the front surface to the back surface to form voids. A multi-directional elevation is formed over a void adjacent the planar surface to permit stacking of blocks in two orientations. Other block types include a half jamb block having a web to form a void and a planar surface, and a web stretcher having a projecting surface on one end and a receiving surface on another end. |
| US10934699B2 |
Toilet
The toilet device is provided with a toilet device including a relay coil that has a first coil connected to one end of a connecting line and a second coil connected to the other end of the connecting line and a power reception coil. The first coil is configured to output the power received from a power supply coil by utilizing magnetic resonance to the second coil via the connecting line. The second coil is configured to supply the power received via the connecting line to the power reception coil by utilizing magnetic resonance. |
| US10934696B2 |
Jet regulator having a slit shaped recess tool engagement surface
The invention relates to a jet regulator (3) having a jet regulator housing (4), which has, on the housing outer circumference thereof, an external thread (5), by means of which the jet regulator (3) can be mounted in an internal thread provided in the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting, wherein an outflow-side housing end face (6) of the jet regulator housing (4) is designed as a grid or mesh structure, which has throughflow holes (7) for the water flowing through the jet regulator (3) and which has at least one tool engagement surface designed as a slit-shaped recess (8, 9) in this grid or mesh structure and intended for a turning tool. It is characteristic of the jet regulator according to the invention that a second slit-shaped recess (9) is provided in the slit base of this first recess (8), the second recess likewise being intended as a tool engagement surface, and that the second recess (9) has a smaller recess cross section than the first recess (8). |
| US10934692B2 |
Hydrant mounting bracket
A mounting bracket for a hydrant that is fully concealed by the hydrant head. The mounting bracket is fastened to the structure and includes tabs which engage the hydrant head to tightly secure the hydrant to the structure. The hydrant head includes a structure engaging periphery such that the mounting screws are fully concealed and protected from the environment. |
| US10934691B2 |
Intake filter for water collection system with pressure activated backwash valve
This specification describes an intake filter for use, for example, in a system that collects greywater from baths or showers for re-use in toilet flushing. The intake filter provides essentially dead-end filtration. An influent by-pass may be provided, but the filter is cleaned as required to reduce use of the by-pass. Cleaning is performed when permeability of the filter declines. An upstream sensor may be used to detect the permeability of the filter. In one cleaning method, flowing water, optionally with air, is used to backwash the filter. The impulse of the flowing water also moves one or more valves to direct backwash water to a sanitary drain. For example, pumped effluent may impinge against a first flap to close an effluent drain, the first flap being mechanically linked to open a flap covering the sanitary drain. |
| US10934685B2 |
Work vehicle and method of controlling work vehicle
A power transmission device of a work vehicle includes a motor control unit that controls first and second motors to keep the transmission speed ratio at a maximum value when a vehicle speed is greater than a second vehicle speed where the transmission speed ratio reaches the maximum value obtainable by the power transmission device, and less than a third vehicle speed where a rotation speed of the second motor reaches a predetermined limit value. A controller increases a rotation speed of an engine from a second rotation speed of the engine when the vehicle speed is greater than the second vehicle speed and less than a third vehicle speed, and increases the rotation speed of the engine from a third rotation speed of the engine when the vehicle speed is greater than the third vehicle speed. |
| US10934683B2 |
Ball stud joint assembly with grease groove
A ball stud joint assembly for a motor grader may include a housing. The ball stud joint assembly may include a grease fitting to receive grease. The ball stud joint assembly may include a ball stud. The ball stud may include a head. The ball stud may include a stud. The stud may include a grease groove alignable to the grease fitting. The grease groove may include an annular portion and a linear portion. The stud and the housing may form a grease receptacle connected to the linear portion of the grease groove. |
| US10934682B2 |
Straight taper dipper
A dipper having an inlet and an outlet. The dipper includes a front wall and an opposite back wall extending between the inlet and the outlet. The front wall has a substantially linear inner surface between the inlet and the outlet. The dipper further includes two side walls connected between the front wall and the back wall and extending between the inlet and the outlet. Further, the dipper has a lip coupled to the front wall and extending outwardly from the inlet in a direction away from the outlet, the lip having a lip inner surface arranged generally parallel with the substantially linear inner surface of the front wall. |
| US10934673B2 |
Method and system for applying, recovering and recycling airfield de-icing chemicals
A system for applying and recovering de-icing chemicals from a surface. The system includes a spray system for applying a de-icing chemical to the surface and draws the de-icing chemical from the surface. The de-icing chemical and contaminants are conveyed to a reservoir to form a combined solution. A recovery system includes a filter device for removing solids from the combined solution, at least one sensor for measuring a property of the combined solution, and a source of additive chemical. A controller is configured to determine a property of the combined solution based on signals provided by the at least one sensor, move a valve to an open position to cause the additive chemical to mix with the combined solution if the property is less than a predetermined minimum value, and move the valve to a closed position if the property is greater than the predetermined minimum value. |
| US10934672B2 |
Snow removal assembly
An assembly for releasable attachment to a vehicle. The assembly comprises a frame including a mounting member configured to be mounted onto the vehicle, a plow blade mounted to the frame and a power broom coupled to the frame and disposed between the mounting member and the plow blade. The power broom is configured to be disposed in front of a most forward wheel of the vehicle relative to a forward direction of travel of the vehicle. The power broom is also configured to rotate to sweep snow away from the power broom. |
| US10934669B2 |
Method for preparing asphalt paving material utilizing solid phase autoregenerative cohesion
A method for preparing a paving material includes heating an aggregate comprising recycled asphalt pavement using an emitter generating electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of from 2 microns to 1 millimeter. The method utilizes solid phase autoregenerative cohesion to prepare a material suitable for use as an aggregate in a hot mix asphalt pavement installation. |
| US10934664B2 |
Method and forming belt for producing a fibre material web
A method for producing a structured fibrous web, in particular a tissue web, includes bringing a fibrous suspension into contact with at least one structured forming belt and dewatering by using at least one dewatering element, in particular a suction element. The at least one structured forming belt includes a layer of polymer foam providing a paper-contacting side of the structured forming belt. The structure of the foam layer is at least partially transferred to the fibrous web. A structured forming belt and a machine for producing a fibrous web are also provided. |
| US10934661B2 |
Method and apparatus for loading a clip with an item of laundry, in particular an item of laundry to be sorted
A method and apparatus for transferring items of laundry after being separated first of all to a transfer device which then transfers the individual items of laundry to a loading device. The items of laundry are then hung individually by clips of the loading device into a clip which is in each case held ready and is to be loaded on the conveyor. Items of laundry can thereby be rapidly and reliably hung fully automatically into the clips to be loaded. |
| US10934660B2 |
Garment processing device
A garment processing device comprising: a cabinet; a door; a first hinge comprising a first shaft disposed on one of the cabinet or the door, and a first shaft containing portion disposed on the other of the cabinet or the door such that the first shaft is contained therein in an attachable/detachable manner; a second hinge comprising a second shaft coupled to the door so as to form a first axis of rotation together with the first shaft and a third shaft for rotatably fixing the second shaft to the cabinet; a third hinge comprising a fourth shaft disposed on one of the cabinet or the door so as to form a second axis of rotation together with the third shaft, and a fourth shaft containing portion disposed on the other of the cabinet or the door such that the fourth shaft is contained therein in an attachable/detachable manner. |
| US10934657B2 |
Washer dryer machine and control method
A washing machine includes: a drum that rotates with a washing or drying object contained in the drum; a motor that rotationally drives the drum; a controller that controls rotation of the motor; and an electric current measurer that measures an electric current value representing an electric current flowing in the motor. The controller controls the rotation of the motor to rotate the drum less than one turn, and in accordance with the measured electric current value, detects whether a foreign object that is different from the object and whose mass is greater than an expected mass of the object is inside the drum. In a case where the controller detects the foreign object, the controller stops operation of the washing machine. |
| US10934651B2 |
Laundry washing machine comprising an impeller
A laundry washing machine having a washing basked and an impeller for conditioning the flow of the washing liquid during the operation of the laundry washing machine. The laundry washing machine has a washing basket, a feed lid and a mechanical impeller. The impeller has at least one intake opening and at least one outlet opening, the outlet openings being peripherally placed on a circumferential edge of the impeller. The washing basket has a housing recess defined by an upper plane and a lower plane; and the impeller is mounted in the housing recess, so that the outlet openings are placed above the top plane of the recess. |
| US10934644B2 |
Net-like structure having excellent low resilience characteristics
To provide a net-like structure having excellent low resilience characteristics, cushioning properties, and durability. The net-like structure has a three-dimensional random loop bonded structure constituted of a continuous linear body made of a thermoplastic elastomer having a fiber diameter of 0.1-3.0 mm and a styrene content of 10-40 mass %, the net-like structure having an apparent density of 0.005-0.30 g/cm3 and a 40° C. compression residual strain of less than or equal to 35%. |
| US10934642B2 |
Loop-forming method and device
A loop-forming process includes moving a plurality of system components (11, 12) relatively to a needle bed (14). The system components (11, 12) contact threads (23) for forming loops. At least one spacer (10) is placed between at least two adjacent system components (11, 12) of the plurality of system components (11, 12) and defines the distance (21) between the two adjacent system components (11, 12), the spacer (10) being in mechanical contact to the two adjacent system components (11,12). The spacer (10) is placed away from and does not contact threads (23) and is moved with respect to the needle bed (14). The spacer (10) is also moved with respect to both of the two adjacent system components (11, 12) at least for a period of time during the loop forming process. An equivalent device is also disclosed and claimed. |
| US10934640B2 |
Glass cloth, prepreg, and glass fiber reinforced resin molded product
Provided is a glass cloth enabling to reduce a mass of the glass cloth, being manufactured efficiently, suppressing generation of pinholes in a prepreg including the glass cloth, and maintaining excellent appearance. The glass cloth is composed of warps and wefts obtained by bundling 30 to 44 glass filaments having a diameter in the range of 3.0 to 4.0 μm, the weave densities of the warp and the weft being in the range of 100 to 125 yarns/25 mm; the glass cloth has a thickness in the range of 6.5 to 11.0 μm; the glass yarn coverage C is 85.5 to 99.5%; and the glass yarn coverage C, the average value F of the number of glass filaments constituting the warp and the weft, and the average value D of the weave densities of the warp and the weft satisfy the following expression (1): 53.0≤C×F1/2/D1/2≤57.3 (1). |
| US10934623B2 |
Nano-coating protection method for electrical connectors
Introduced here is a plasma polymerization apparatus and process. Example embodiments include a vacuum chamber in a substantially symmetrical shape to a central axis. A rotation rack may be operable to rotate about the central axis of the vacuum chamber. Additionally, reactive species discharge mechanisms positioned around a perimeter of the vacuum chamber in a substantially symmetrical manner from the outer perimeter of the vacuum chamber may be configured to disperse reactive species into the vacuum chamber. The reactive species may form a polymeric multi-layer coating on surfaces of the one or more devices. Each layer may have a different composition of atoms to enhance the water resistance, corrosion resistance, and fiction resistance of the polymeric multi-layer coating. |
| US10934619B2 |
Gas supply unit and substrate processing apparatus including the gas supply unit
A substrate processing apparatus having an improved film processing uniformity is provided. The substrate processing apparatus includes a partition configured to provide a gas supply channel and a gas supply unit connected to the gas supply channel. A gas flow channel communicating with the gas supply channel is formed in the gas supply unit. A first through-hole is formed to penetrate through at least a part of the partition. A second through-hole is formed to penetrate through at least a part of the gas supply unit. The first through-hole communicates with the gas flow channel via the second through-hole. The second through-hole is arranged between a center and an edge of the gas flow channel, and is arranged spaced apart from the edge. |
| US10934617B2 |
Metal coating of objects using plasma polymerisation pretreatment
A method for applying a metal on a substrate comprises: a) applying a coating by treatment in a plasma, comprising a compound selected from alkanes up to 10 carbon atoms, and unsaturated monomers, and b1) producing polymers on the surface of the substrate, the polymers comprising carboxylic groups and adsorbed ions of a second metal, reducing the ions to the second metal, or alternatively b2) producing polymers on the surface, bringing the surface of the substrate in contact with a dispersion of colloidal metal particles of at least one second metal, and c) depositing the first metal on the second metal. Advantages include that materials sensitive to, for instance, low pH or solvents can be coated. Substrates including glass, SiO2 with very few or no abstractable hydrogen atoms as well as polymer materials containing halogen atoms can be coated with good adhesion. |
| US10934613B2 |
Mask plate, mask plate assembly including mask plate and method for manufacturing same
A mask plate, a mask plate assembly including the mask plate, a method for manufacturing the mask plate and a method for manufacturing the mask plate assembly are provided according to the present disclosure. The mask plate is used in evaporating to the display substrate, and includes a plurality of grooves arranged in an array form and on a surface of the mask plate. An opening is arranged in the middle of each of the grooves, and the opening corresponds to a display region of a display substrate. |
| US10934612B2 |
Preparation method and application of the multicomponent composite sulfides lubricant film
The invention relates to a multi-component composite sulfide solid lubricating film prepared by sulfurizing the surface of a high-entropy alloy. The high-entropy alloy is composed of five metal elements of Co, Cr, Fe, Ni and Mo or six metal elements of Co, Cr, Fe, Ni, Mo and W. The multi-component composite sulfide solid lubricating film of the invention is mainly applied to the friction pair surface of mechanical equipment, the lubricating film and the sulfurized base have high bonding strength, and multi-component composite sulfide solid lubricating films containing different sulfide lubricating phases can be chose and prepared according to the service environment of equipment. |
| US10934604B2 |
Use of novel compounds for selectively extracting rare earths from aqueous solutions including phosphoric acid and associated extraction method
The invention relates to the use, as an extraction agent for extracting at least one rare earth from an aqueous phase including phosphoric acid, of at least one compound of the following general formula (I): where n is an integer equal to 0, 1 or 2, R1 and R2 are H or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, one of R3 and R4 has the following formula (II): where R5 and R6 are a hydrocarbon, hydroxyl or alkoxyl group, and the other one of R3 and R4 has one of the following formulas (II′) and (III): where R5′ and R6′ are a hydrocarbon, hydroxyl or alkoxyl group, and R7 and R8 are H or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group. The invention also relates to a method for recovering at least one rare earth using said compound, as well as to specific compounds as such. |
| US10934601B2 |
Plated steel sheet for hot press forming having excellent impact property, hot press formed part, and manufacturing method thereof
Provided is a plated steel sheet for hot press forming, having an excellent impact property, including: a base steel sheet comprising, by wt %, 0.15-0.4% of C, 0.05-1.0% of Si, 0.6-3.0% of Mn, 0.001-0.05% of P, 0.0001-0.02% of S, 0.01-0.1% of Al, 0.001-0.02% of N, 0.001-0.01% of B, 0.01-0.5% of Cr, 0.01-0.05% of Ti, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities; and an Al—Si plated layer formed on the surface of the base steel sheet. A thickness of a carbon-depleted layer in a surface layer part of the base steel sheet is 5 μm or less. The surface layer part means a region from the surface of the base steel sheet to a depth of 200 μm, and the carbon-depleted layer means a region which the carbon content is 50% or less of an average carbon amount (C0) of the base steel sheet. |
| US10934600B2 |
High-strength steel sheet and production method therefor
A steel sheet has a microstructure that contains ferrite in an area ratio of 20% or more, martensite in an area ratio of 5% or more, and tempered martensite in an area ratio of 5% or more. The ferrite has a mean grain size of 20.0 μm or less. An inverse intensity ratio of γ-fiber to α-fiber in the ferrite is 1.00 or more and an inverse intensity ratio of γ-fiber to α-fiber in the martensite and the tempered martensite is 1.00 or more. |
| US10934598B2 |
Assay for detection of human parvovirus nucleic acid
Nucleic acid oligomers specific for human parvovirus genomic DNA are disclosed. An assay for amplifying and detecting human parvovirus genotypes 1, 2 and 3 nucleic acid in biological specimens is disclosed. Compositions for amplifying and detecting the presence of human parvovirus genotypes 1, 2 and 3 genomic DNA in human biological specimens are disclosed. |
| US10934593B2 |
Compositions and methods for predicting response and resistance to CDK4/6 inhibition
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for detecting CDK4/6 response and resistance. |
| US10934590B2 |
Biomarkers for breast cancer and methods of use thereof
Described herein is the use of Agouti Signaling Protein (ASIP), in addition to certain other melanocortin signaling network (MSN) genes, as prognostic and predictive biomarkers for the progression of breast cancer. In particular, the novel biomarkers can be used to determine if a female breast cancer patient is at risk of progressing to metastatic disease and thus also be used to direct treatment of the patient. |
| US10934579B2 |
Use of a porous capillary membrane for determining the amount of rolling circle amplification products
A method of sample analysis is provided. In certain embodiments, the method may comprise: (a) filtering a liquid sample containing rolling circle amplification (RCA) products using a porous capillary membrane, thereby producing an array of the RCA products on the membrane; wherein the sample contains at least a first population of RCA products and a second population of RCA products, wherein the first and second populations of labeled RCA products are distinguishably labeled; and (b) determining the amount of the first labeled population of RCA products and the amount of the second labeled population of RCA products in an area of the membrane. |
| US10934574B2 |
Diagnostic kit for viscoelastic analysis and uses and methods thereof
A diagnostic kit for viscoelastic analysis of a sample includes a pipette tip containing constituent (A) and a measurement cup containing constituent (B), wherein the constituents (A) and (B) are adapted to form a diagnostic composition upon combination, wherein the diagnostic composition includes an activator of coagulation and a calcium salt. A method of performing a viscoelastic analysis on a sample using such a diagnostic kit is also disclosed. |
| US10934573B2 |
Diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis
A method of diagnosing bacterial vaginosis (BV) in a female subject including: (a) obtaining an appropriate sample from the subject; and (b) detecting the presence of at least one of 2-hydroxyisovalerate (2HV) and γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) in the sample. |
| US10934568B2 |
Conversion of sugars to ionic liquids
Disclosed herein are methods for preparing sugar compositions. The methods include: i) forming a mixture including polysaccharide biomass and an ionic liquid solution, wherein the ionic liquid solution contains water and an ionic liquid, and the ionic liquid contains a) a cation and b) a sugar acid anion or a ketoacid anion; ii) maintaining the mixture under conditions sufficient to dissolve at least a portion of the polysaccharide present in the polysaccharide biomass; iii) adding at least one glycoside hydrolase to the mixture; and iv) maintaining the mixture containing the glycoside hydrolase under conditions sufficient to hydrolyze at least a portion of the dissolved polysaccharide, thereby forming the sugar compositions. The sugar compositions contain at least one monosaccharide or oligosaccharide. New sugar-based ionic liquids are also described. |
| US10934567B2 |
Method for manufacturing biofuel
A method for manufacturing a biofuel includes; a step of adding an alkaline agent to a culture fluid in which an algae is cultured and infusing medium quality oil thereto, thereby generating and floating an emulsion; a step of evaporating moisture from the floated emulsion in a vacuum, thereby obtaining a fat and oil component and a solids of the algae and medium quality oil and filtering, thereby separating the fat and oil component of the algae, the medium quality oil and the solids; a step of fractionally distilling the separated fat and oil component of the algae and the separated medium quality oil, thermally decomposing the fractionally-distilled components by adding an alkaline agent thereto, thereby obtaining a pyrolysis oil and a pyrolysis residue, and fractionally distilling the pyrolysis oil into thermally-decomposed gas, light crude oil, medium quality oil and heavy quality oil; and a step of removing an impurity from the fractionally-distilled medium quality oil by means of solvent extraction, thereby obtaining a biodiesel fuel oil. |
| US10934564B2 |
Methods for production of oxygenated terpenes
The present invention relates to methods for producing oxygenated terpenoids. Polynucleotides, derivative enzymes, and host cells for use in such methods are also provided. |
| US10934563B2 |
Bioconversion of levulinic acid in genetically engineered hosts
Described is a recombinant expression vector that enables a cell transformed to contain and express the vector to use levulinic acid as a carbon source, thereby converting levulnic acid into 2-butanne. Also described are genetically modified cells transformed to contain and express the vector and methods of using the cells to produce 2-butanone from a medium containing levulinic acid. |
| US10934560B2 |
Rational polyploid adeno-associated virus vectors for the treatment of disease
The present invention provides a polyploid adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid, wherein the capsid comprises capsid protein VP1, wherein said capsid protein VP1 is from one or more than one first AAV serotype, wherein said capsid protein VP2 is from one or more than one first AAV serotype and capsid protein VP3, wherein said capsid protein VP3 is from one or more than one second AAV serotype and wherein at least one of said first AAV serotype is different from at least one of said second AAV serotype and is different from at least one of said third AAV serotype, in any combination. |
| US10934559B2 |
Hypersensitive ABA receptors
Hypersensitive PYR/PYL polypeptides, compositions, and methods are provided. |
| US10934558B2 |
Recombinant vector carrying cellulose binding domain and method for isolating and purifying protein, using same vector
The present invention relates to a recombinant vector carrying cellulose-binding domain 3 and a method for separating a target protein using the recombinant vector. The protein isolating method of the present invention can easily separate a fusion protein containing a target protein by using the recombinant vector to bind a transformed plant body to cellulose and can effectively isolate the target protein from a cellulose-binding domain by treating the fusion protein with enterokinase, thus being expected to find industrial applications in various fields. |
| US10934557B2 |
Wheat with increased resistant starch levels
A series of independent human-induced non-transgenic mutations found at one or more of the SBEII genes of wheat; wheat plants having these mutations in one or more of their SBEII genes; and a method of creating and finding similar and/or additional mutations of SBEII by screening pooled and/or individual wheat plants. The seeds and flour from the wheat plants of the present invention exhibit an increase in amylose and resistant starch without having the inclusion of foreign nucleic acids in their genomes. Additionally, the wheat plants of the present invention exhibit altered SBEII activity without having the inclusion of foreign nucleic acids in their genomes. |
| US10934548B2 |
Wheat allergen-binding nucleic acid molecule and use thereof
The present invention provides a novel nucleic acid molecule that can be used for detection of a wheat allergen. The wheat allergen-binding nucleic acid according to the present invention is characterized in that it binds to a wheat allergen with a dissociation constant of 20 nM or less, and preferably includes a polynucleotide consisting of either of base sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 1 and 2, for example. |
| US10934547B2 |
Use of trinucleotide repeat RNAs to treat cancer
Disclosed are compositions and methods related to RNA interference (RNAi) and the use of RNAi active sequence for treating diseases and disorders. Particular disclosed are toxic RNAi active sequences such as siRNA and shRNA for killing cancer cells. The disclosed toxic RNAi active sequences typically include trinucleotide repeats and preferentially target the expression of multiple essential genes for cell survival and/or growth. |
| US10934538B2 |
3D-printed miniature biological constructs
A method of creating a miniature multicellular biological construct and a method for studying cellular environments using the miniature multicellular biological construct is provided. The method for making the miniature multicellular biological construct includes suspending cells in a hydrogel, depositing the cell-suspension into a microwell, gelling the cell-suspension, and incubating the cell-suspension. The method for studying cellular environments includes imaging the miniature multicellular biological construct. |
| US10934535B2 |
Detergent composition comprising a DNase
The present invention relates to new polypeptides, nucleotides encoding the polypeptide, as well as methods of producing the polypeptides. The present invention also relates to detergent composition comprising polypeptides, a laundering method and the use of polypeptides. |
| US10934534B2 |
Manufacture of active highly phosphorylated human lysosomal sulfatase enzymes and uses thereof
This invention provides compositions of active highly phosphorylated lysosomal sulfatase enzymes, their pharmaceutical compositions, methods of producing and purifying such lysosomal sulfatase enzymes and compositions and their use in the diagnosis, prophylaxis, or treatment of diseases and conditions, including particularly lysosomal storage diseases that are caused by, or associated with, a deficiency in the lysosomal sulfatase enzyme. |
| US10934533B1 |
Variant DNA polymerases having improved properties and method for improved isothermal amplification of a target DNA
Variants of the bacteriophage B103 DNA polymerase are described herein. The variant has improved properties, that include when compared to wild-type Phi29 DNA polymerase, at least one of the following: increased thermostability, improved reaction rate for DNA amplification, reduced background and a reduction of bias. Methods of using the DNA polymerase variant are also described herein. |
| US10934531B2 |
Method for enantioselective carbene C—H insertion using an iron-containing protein catalyst
Methods for catalyzing C—H insertion reactions using heme enzymes are described. The present disclosure provides a method for producing a C—H insertion product comprising providing an substrate having an sp3-hybridized C—H bond, a carbene precursor such as a diazo reagent, and a heme enzyme, and admixing the components in a reaction for a time sufficient to produce the C—H insertion product. Heme enzyme variants useful for carrying out in vivo and in vitro C—H insertion reactions, as well as expression vectors and host cells expressing the heme enzymes, are also described. |
| US10934530B2 |
Amadoriase having improved specific activity
This invention provides an amadoriase having improved specific activity on a glycated substrate, compared with conventional amadoriase. Provided is an amadoriase comprising a substitution of the amino acid at the position corresponding to position 64 of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 with an amino acid selected from the group consisting of glycine, serine, methionine, leucine, threonine, valine, and isoleucine, a method for measurement of HbA1c, and a reagent kit for measurement of HbA1c using such amadoriase. Such method and kit for measurement enable rapid, simple, and accurate quantification of HbA1c. |
| US10934528B2 |
Reprogramming of cells to a new fate
The present invention generally provides methods and compositions for transdifferentiation of an animal cell from a first non-pluripotent cell fate to a second non-pluripotent cell fate. Also provided are methods and compositions for the transdifferentiation of an animal cell from a non-pluripotent mesodermal, endodermal, or ectodermal cell fate to a different non-pluripotent mesodermal, endodermal, or ectodermal cell fate. |
| US10934521B2 |
Genetically modified microorganisms
The present invention relates to genetically modified microorganisms comprising one or more heterologous nucleic acid molecules together encoding at least three different proteins, each protein comprising an enzymatic domain and a bacterial microcompartment-targeting signal polypeptide, wherein said enzymatic domains each catalyse a different substrate to product conversion in the same metabolic pathway, and wherein said microorganisms are essentially free of bacterial microcompartments (BMCs); and to cell free systems comprising aggregates comprising at least three different proteins, each protein comprising an enzymatic domain and a bacterial microcompartment-targeting signal polypeptide, wherein said enzymatic domains each catalyse a different substrate to product conversion in the same metabolic pathway, and wherein said system does not comprise bacterial microcompartments; and to methods for the production of said microorganisms and cell free systems and their use in methods of producing a product of interest. |
| US10934518B2 |
Bioreactor system for cell cultivation
The present invention relates to a novel bioreactor system for cell cultivation. More specifically, the invention relates to a compact bioreactor system which has several integrated functions and enables small scale static culture as well as scale-up rocking culture in the same bioreactor. The bioreactor system comprises tray for positioning of a cell culture bag having adjustable volume, a lid covering the cell culture bag and provided with heating function, an integrated perfusion unit, an integrated cell loading unit, and an integrated unit for automatic cell culture sampling, wherein the bioreactor system is controlled by a single control unit. The invention also relates to a method of cell culture using the bioreactor system for culture of therapeutic cells. |
| US10934517B2 |
Laboratory container, in particular cell culture container, comprising a gas balancing line which runs into the container volume
A laboratory container, in particular a cell culture container, includes a container volume which is surrounded by a container body and which can be accessed from the outside through a container opening of the container body. The container has a fluid line which communicates with the container volume and which comprises a valve arrangement. The fluid line is designed to conduct fluid in order to discharge and/or introduce fluid out of and/or into the container volume. The fluid line can be selectively released in order to conduct a fluid or blocked by the valve arrangement, and the container additionally has a gas balancing opening, through which gas can be introduced into or discharged out of the container volume in counterflow to a possible fluid flow in the fluid line. The gas compensating opening is surrounded by a channel wall, said line channel running from the gas balancing opening into the container volume and opening into said container volume. |
| US10934512B2 |
Microfluidic perfusion cell culture system
A micro-fluidic system for a perfusion cell culture is disclosed. The system includes: a substrate; a micro-fluid injection channel defined in the substrate to guide fluid in a plane direction of the substrate; at least two micro-fluid branch channels defined in the substrate, wherein the branch channels are branched from the micro-fluid injection channel; micro-fluid outlet channels defined in the substrate, wherein each of the outlet channels extends from a distal end of each branch channel to a top face of the substrate, wherein each outlet channel has each through-hole defined in the top face portion of the substrate; and well plates disposed on the top face of the substrate, wherein each of the well plates fluid-communicates with each outlet channel. The micro-fluidic system refers to a technique that adjusts a flow of liquid or gas of a very small amount (nanoliter or picoliter) in an extremely miniaturized device. |
| US10934511B2 |
Humic and fulvic black water based beverage for human consumption
The embodiments disclose a method including bottling alcoholic beverages with selected ingredients including alcohol neutral spirits, alcohol and whisky, beer, wine, ingredients to add flavors and nutritional additive ingredients to benefit the health of an alcoholic beverage drinker, wherein a selection of alcohols includes vodka, tequila, gin, rum, brandy and other alcoholic spirits, wherein a selection of ingredients to add flavors includes flavorings including fruit flavorings, an artificial sweetener, and natural sweetener, wherein a selection of nutritional additive ingredients includes vitamins, minerals, fulvic acid, humic acid, ulmic acid and a purified and sanitized black water with humic acid and fulvic acid molecules in a mixed solution, and wherein bottling includes a bottling electronic monitoring, at least one control network, at least one bottling quality control process and a bottling labeling and packaging process and devices. |
| US10934506B2 |
Siloxane/hydrocarbon compositions and cleaning method using the same
The compositions include a methylated siloxane liquid and a solvent comprising at least one of a ketone or ester each having up to six carbon atoms, a halogenated alkane having up to two carbon atoms, tetrachloroethene, 1-chloro-4-trifluoromethyl benzene, or ethane. The compositions can also include hydrocarbon solvent comprising at least one of toluene, xylene, or a saturated hydrocarbon represented by formula CxH2x+y, wherein x is from 5 to 8, and wherein y is 0 or 2 and/or propellant. The method can include applying the composition to a brake system component to clean the brake system component. The method can also include applying a composition including hexamethyldisiloxane to a brake system component to clean the brake system component. |
| US10934504B2 |
Laundry treatment compositions comprising perfume and silica microparticles
A laundry treatment composition comprising: i) at least 5 wt % amphiphilic material, preferably selected from the group consisting of detersive surfactants and quaternary ammonium compounds, ii) from 0.1 to 5 wt % perfume, iii) 0.2 to 6 wt % of porous microparticles comprising sol-gel derived material, the sol-gel derived material including a plurality of alkylsiloxy substituents and wherein the sol-gel derived material is obtained from: (a) at least one first alkoxysilane precursor having the formula: (R′O)3—Si—(CH2)n—Ar—(CH2)m—Si—(OR′)3 (1) where n and m are individually an integer from 1 to 8, Ar is a single-, fused-, or poly-aromatic ring, and each R′ is independently a C1 to C5 alkyl group and (b) optionally, at least one second precursor having the formula: (formula) (2) where x is 1, 2, 3 or 4; y is 0, 1, 2, 3; z is 0, 1; the total of x+y+z is 4; each R is independently an organic functional group; each an R′ is independently a C1 to C5 alkyl group and R″ is an organic bridging group, where the sol-gel derived material is swellable to at least 2.5 times its dry mass, when placed in excess acetone, whereby the weight amount of iii) exceeds the weight amount of ii) in the composition. Also, a method of prolongation of perfume delivery from a liquid laundry treatment composition comprising perfume, the method comprising the steps of: (i) adding sol-gel derived silica microparticles as described above to the liquid composition; C30068 EP (C) CPL (ii) optionally, diluting the liquid and applying the liquid or the diluted liquid to a surface to be treated to deposit the microparticles onto the surface; (iii) rinsing away the liquid or diluted liquid to leave perfume loaded microparticles on the surface to be treated; and (iv) releasing perfume from the microparticles over period of about 24 hours. |
| US10934503B2 |
Development of extensional viscosity for reduced atomization for diluted concentrate sprayer applications
A non-Newtonian concentrate composition includes a sensitizer or irritant, a surfactant, an anti-mist component and optionally a stability component. Example sensitizers and irritants include, but are not limited to, acids, quaternary compounds, and amines, and example anti-mist components include, but are not limited to, polyethylene oxide and polyacrylamide. |
| US10934501B2 |
Membrane-based processes for selectively fractionating essential oils
The present disclosure in general relates to a process for (1) reducing impurities, i.e. undesirable natural components such as waxes and undesirable synthetic materials such as agrochemicals and other environmental pollutants, or (2) fractionation of natural components present in an essential oil using at least one selective membrane. |
| US10934496B2 |
Fischer-tropsch feedstock derived haze-free base oil fractions
The present invention relates to a method for reducing the cloud point of a Fischer-Tropsch derived fraction to below 0° C., wherein the method comprises subjecting the Fischer-Tropsch derived fraction to a cloud point reduction step comprising mixing the Fischer-Tropsch derived fraction, which comprises more than 80 wt. % of paraffins and 90 wt. % of saturates, with a solvent mixture (16), wherein the solvent mixture (16) comprises a paraffinic naphtha fraction (7) and a co-solvent (15); and subjecting the solvent treatment mixture (23) to a solvent de-waxing step (17). |
| US10934495B2 |
Process to recover gasoline and diesel from aromatic complex bottoms
Systems and methods for crude oil separation and upgrading, which include the ability to reduce aromatic complex bottoms content in gasoline and higher-quality aromatic compounds. In some embodiments, aromatic complex bottoms are recycled for further processing. In some embodiments, aromatic complex bottoms are separated for further processing. |
| US10934494B2 |
Process for production of anisotropic coke
The present invention relates to a process for production of anisotropic coke from a hydrocarbon feedstock and a system for producing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a thermal cracking of heavy petroleum residue producing petroleum coke and lighter hydrocarbon products. The invented process utilizes a novel scheme for production of a premium quality coke from primarily, a clarified oil feedstock. Clarified oil from fluid catalytic cracking unit is routed through a process scheme comprising a separator column, hydrotreatment section and an aromatic extraction section to create an ad-mix of effluents which form the feedstock to a thermal cracking unit. Premium quality anisotropic coke is produced in the thermal cracker reactor drums under tailor made process conditions employing the said feedstock. |
| US10934493B1 |
Extraction of heavy polynuclear aromatics from heavy oil
A process is provided for removing a heavy polynuclear aromatic (HPNA) compound from a hydrocarbon oil. The process includes contacting the hydrocarbon oil containing the HPNA compound with a lean hydrocarbon-immiscible liquid stream to produce a mixture comprising the hydrocarbon oil and a rich hydrocarbon-immiscible liquid containing the HPNA compound; and separating the mixture to produce a hydrocarbon oil effluent having a reduced level of the HPNA compound and a hydrocarbon-immiscible liquid effluent containing the HPNA compound. The hydrocarbon-immiscible liquid can be a halometallate ionic liquid, a liquid coordination complex, or a combination thereof. |
| US10934491B2 |
Two-stage process for conversion of solid biomass material
A two-stage reactor/process is disclosed for the conversion of solid particulate biomass material and includes: a first stage, in which solid particulate biomass material is pyrolyzed to primary reaction products, and a second stage in which the primary reaction products are catalytically converted in a second stage which is operated at a temperature higher than that of the first stage. |
| US10934488B2 |
Polymerizable compound-containing liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device using the same
A polymerizable compound-containing liquid crystal composition of the present invention relates to a liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable compound represented by general formula (I) and a compound represented by general formula (II) and can be used for a liquid crystal display device imparted with liquid crystal aligning ability by polymerization. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition is required to cause no precipitation in a wide temperature range and have a low viscosity corresponding to fast switching, and a liquid crystal display device using the composition is required to have more stable alignment after polymerization and to cause no defect in display characteristics. In the present invention, the problems can be solved using a specified compound. |
| US10934484B2 |
Etching solution for selectively removing silicon-germanium alloy from a silicon-germanium/ germanium stack during manufacture of a semiconductor device
Described herein is an etching solution comprising water; an oxidizer; a water-miscible organic solvent; a fluoride ion source; a corrosion inhibitor and optionally, a surfactant, optionally a buffer, optionally a chelating agent. Such compositions are useful for the selective removal of silicon-germanium over germanium from a microelectronic device having such material(s) thereon during its manufacture. |
| US10934483B2 |
Fine fluorescent-material particles, process for producing fine fluorescent-material particles, thin fluorescent-material film, wavelength conversion film, wavelength conversion device, and solar cell
A luminescent substance particle includes BaSnO3:Zn having a perovskite-type structure, a content of Zn (zinc) being more than 0.0% by mass and less than 8.0% by mass. Alternatively, a luminescent substance particle includes BaSnO3:Mg having a perovskite-type structure, a content of Mg (magnesium) being more than 0.0% by mass and less than 0.1% by mass. |
| US10934482B2 |
Color conversion composition, color conversion sheet, and light-emitting body, lighting device, backlight unit, and display each including same
A color conversion composition is configured to convert incident light into light having a wavelength longer than that of the incident light. The color conversion composition includes: an organic luminescent material (A) having a full width at half maximum of a peak of 10 nm or larger and 50 nm or smaller, the peak indicating a maximum radiant intensity in an emission spectrum; and a resin (B) having an alicyclic structure, a ratio of a repeating unit having the alicyclic structure in the resin being 50% by weight or higher in a total amount of the resin. |
| US10934481B2 |
Self-assembly method for core/shell nanoparticles with enhanced emission
A core/shell nanoparticle with enhanced emission comprises a fluorescent conjugated polymer core that is encapsulated by an amphiphilic block copolymer shell. The core/shell nanoparticle structure confines the electronic charge to improve quantum yield and is water soluble to enable low-cost and environmentally friendly processing. |
| US10934480B2 |
Optical articles comprising photochromic poly(urea-urethane)
A process for producing a photochromic eyewear lens. In one embodiment at least a layer of modified photochromic poly(urea-urethane) is formed by combining photochromic material and the reaction product of a polyurethane pre-polymer and a mixture of diethyltoluene diamine and one or more polyols, plus catalyst. The mixture comprises both NH2 and OH reactive groups, with at least 0.04 equivalent weights of OH reactive species available for reaction with each 1.0 equivalent weight of excess NCO reactive species available in the pre-polymer. The lens comprising the modified photochromic poly(urea-urethane) can exhibit faster fade-back rates and better photochromic performance than lenses with non-modified poly(urea-urethane). |
| US10934479B2 |
Method for reducing the viscosity of viscosified fluids for applications in natural gas and oil fields
A method to reduce the viscosity of viscosified treatment fluids is disclosed herein. The method includes a water soluble polymer, a breaker system containing at least one aliphatic azo-compound, mixing the viscosified treatment fluid and the breaker composition and allowing the viscosified treatment fluid and the breaker composition to interact whereby the viscosity of the viscosified treatment is reduced. The application of the process in the production of oil and gas and to the treatment fluids is also discussed. |
| US10934469B2 |
Water swellable lost circulation materials
Lost circulation compositions, systems, and methods of using the same are described. A lost circulation composition comprises a water-swellable starch graft copolymer; and a carrier fluid. A method for bridging a lost circulation zone comprises providing a lost circulation composition comprising a water-swellable starch graft copolymer and a carrier fluid. Then introducing the lost circulation composition into a wellbore within a subterranean formation, wherein the subterranean formation comprises a lost circulation zone. Finally the lost circulation composition is placed into the lost circulation zone. |
| US10934467B2 |
Foam fracturing fluid with double interface layers of a phlogisticated air-liquid CO2 for shale gas production and preparation method thereof
The disclosure discloses a foam fracturing fluid with double interface layers of a phlogisticated air-liquid CO2 for shale gas development, and a preparation method thereof. The foam fracturing fluid is prepared from a liquid CO2 phase, a gas phase and a nano-enhancer; the liquid CO2 phase is formed by dissolving a mixture of gas-soluble foaming agents in liquid CO2; the gas phase is a gas mixture of phlogisticated air and saturated vapor of the liquid CO2; the nano-enhancer is an aqueous solution of a mixture of hydrophobic silica nanoparticles, a cosolvent and a water-soluble surfactant. In the fracturing fluid prepared by the present disclosure, the phlogisticated air was encapsulated by the liquid CO2 to form an interface layer, the liquid CO2 was further encapsulated by the nano-enhancer to form the other interface layer, which enhanced the structural stability of the fracturing fluid while achieving high viscosity and thermal stability. |
| US10934466B2 |
Date seed-based multi-modal particulate admixture for moderate to severe loss control
A date palm seed lost circulation material (LCM) is provided having a date palm seed admixture of date palm seed particles of various sizes. The date palm seed particles may have a size greater than about 2380 microns in a range of about 40% to about 42% by weight, particles having a size greater than about 595 microns and less than about 2381 microns in a range of about 46% to about 48% by weight, particles having a size greater than about 400 microns and less than about 596 microns in a range of about 4% to about 6% by weight, particles having a size less than about 210 microns in a range of about 4% to about 6% by weight, and particles having a size less than about 149 microns in a range of about 1% to about 3% by weight. Methods of lost circulation control using and manufacture of a date palm seed LCM are also provided. |
| US10934456B2 |
Oxidized mixture of bio-based material and asphalt, a bio-based asphaltic material, and methods of making the same
A method of forming an asphalt mixture can include mixing a bio-source material and a bitumen source to form a bitumen mixture. The bitumen mixture can be mixed with a catalyst to form the asphalt mixture. Particles can be added to the asphalt mixture to form a roofing-grade asphalt mixture. In an embodiment, the bitumen source material can have a softening point of at least approximately 93° C. and a penetration distance no greater than approximately 25 dmm. In another embodiment, the roofing-grade asphalt mixture can have a softening point of at least approximately 104° C., a penetration distance no greater than approximately 12 dmm, a viscosity of at least approximately 3000 cps at a temperature of 204° C., or any combination thereof. The asphalt mixture can be applied to a base material to form a roofing product. The asphalt mixture can be applied as a pavement product. |
| US10934455B2 |
Polysilsesquioxane resin composition for flexible substrate
The present invention relates to a polysilsesquioxane resin composition for a flexible substrate. More specifically, the present invention relates to a polysilsesquioxane resin composition for a flexible substrate, having excellent heat resistance and transparency, the resin composition being usable for a flexible display substrate. More specifically, a transparent thin film can be formed, excellent transmittance is exhibited in the visible range even after curing, heat resistance is excellent, and flexibility and crack resistance can be controlled. Compared to a conventional polyimide-based substrate material, the present invention has excellent insulation characteristics and passivation characteristics, which can be satisfied simultaneously, and is advantageous for productivity since release characteristics are ensured during a delamination process from a glass substrate. |
| US10934454B2 |
Coating composition for a metal substrate
A composition comprising a compound having the general formula (I): F—[CF2]n—(O[CF2]n)m-(L)p-SH (Formula (I)) Each n is independently from 2 to 4, m is from 3 to 30, p is 0 or 1 and L represents a linker having the formula Oq(CF2)r(CH2)s, wherein q is 0 or 1, r is from 0 to 4 and s is from 0 to 4. |
| US10934453B2 |
Cutin-like materials with advanced functionalities and methods of manufacture
Cutin-based devices, coatings and methods of producing such devices and coatings are presented herein. Cutin-like materials (CLMs) are presented which mimic and adapt coatings found in nature for the next generation of functional coatings. Cutin has several advantages including excellent UV resistance, natural resistance to bacteria and viruses, noncorrosive, and stability under abrupt changes in temperature and environment. CLMs can be engineered at the nanoscale and readily impregnated with metals and metal oxides materials. |
| US10934443B2 |
Infrared transmitting ink composition for ink jet, method for forming bezel pattern by using same, bezel pattern formed thereby, and display substrate comprising same
Disclosed are an infrared transmitting ink composition for an ink jet, a method for forming a bezel pattern by using the same, a bezel pattern formed thereby, and a display substrate comprising the same, wherein the infrared transmitting ink composition enables the check of align markers through an infrared camera and the detection of pressure marks through non-destructive inspection even after the bezel pattern is printed on the display substrate, has excellent storage stability, curing sensitivity, and adhesion with a basic material, and can improve an ink jet process performance. The infrared transmitting ink composition for an ink jet comprises: a lactam black pigment, a perylene black pigment, or a combination thereof; a dispersant; an epoxy compound; an oxetane compound; a photo-polymerization initiator; and an organic solvent. |
| US10934442B2 |
Metal complexes
The present invention provides a coating composition comprising a) a metal complex comprising an organic acid or anion thereof coordinated to a metal ion; and b) a polymer, wherein there is no covalent bond between said metal complex and the polymer. |
| US10934432B2 |
Conductive polyamide resin composition
Disclosed is a conductive polyamide resin composition that excels not only in electroconductivity, but also in fuel resistance, particularly resistance against alcohol-containing fuel, and further excels in fluidity and moldability, and is capable of yielding a molded article with high impact resistance, the conductive polyamide resin composition including: 84 to 40% by mass of a polyamide resin (A); 5 to 30% by mass of conductive carbon black (B); 3 to 30% by mass of an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (C) that has a reactive functional group capable of reacting with a terminal group of polyamide resin and/or an amido group on a principal chain of polyamide resin; and 1 to 20% by mass of a conductive polyethylene resin (D). |
| US10934431B2 |
Polycarbonate resin composition having excellent heat resistance and fluidity, and molded product including same
Disclosed is a polycarbonate resin composition including (1) a polyester compound having a structure of chemical formula 1 as defined herein or a phenyl-arylene ether sulfone compound having a structure of chemical formula 2 as defined herein; (2) a polycarbonate block copolymer; and (3) a thermoplastic aromatic polycarbonate resin or a polysiloxane-polycarbonate resin; and a molded product including the same. The polycarbonate resin composition exhibits remarkably excellent heat resistance compared to existing high heat resistance polycarbonate resins, and has an excellent balance of physical properties such as fluidity. |
| US10934430B2 |
Heat resistant, weatherable polyester—polycarbonate composition
A thermoplastic composition comprising: 0 to 50 weight percent of a polycarbonate; 10 to 50 weight percent of a polyester carbonate copolymer; 5 to 20 weight percent of a poly(ethylene terephthalate); 20 to 50 weight percent of a poly(butylene terephthalate); and optionally 5 to 30 weight percent of an impact modifier wherein weight percent is based on the combined amounts of polycarbonate, polyester carbonate copolymer, poly(ethylene terephthalate), poly(butylene terephthalate) and optional impact modifier. |
| US10934429B2 |
Polycarbonate compositions having improved adhesion to polyurethane layers
Compositions are provided comprising A) at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of aromatic polycarbonate and aromatic polyester carbonate, B) at least one mixture comprising at least one butadiene-based graft polymer prepared by emulsion, suspension or solution polymerization and at least one polybutadiene-free vinyl (co)polymer, and C) at least one polymer additive, where the polybutadiene content based on the sum total of the parts by weight of components A and B is 10% to 20% by weight, and where the total content of butadiene-free vinyl (co)polymer from component B based on the sum total of the parts by weight of components A and B is 12% to 23% by weight. Composite components formed from these compositions and a polyurethane layer, which are notable for improved adhesion between the two layers, and a process for producing the composite components are also provided. |
| US10934427B2 |
Rubber composition and pneumatic tire using same
A rubber composition contains a diene rubber component and a reinforcing filler, the diene rubber component containing a styrene-butadiene copolymer component including at least one type of styrene-butadiene copolymer and satisfying: the bonded styrene content is from 5 to 50 wt. %; of components obtained by ozone decomposition, a content of a decomposed component V1 containing one 1,2-bonded butadiene-derived unit out of a total of 100 mol % of decomposed components containing styrene-derived unit(s) and/or the 1,2-bonded butadiene-derived unit(s) is not less than 25 mol %; of the components obtained by ozone decomposition, a content of a decomposed component S2V1 containing two of the styrene-derived units and one of the 1,2-bonded butadiene-derived unit out of a total of 100 mol % of the decomposed components containing the styrene-derived unit(s) and/or the 1,2-bonded butadiene-derived unit(s) is not less than 5 mol %; and a vinyl content of a butadiene moiety is not less than 50%. |
| US10934426B2 |
Method for producing a polymer film by using a polymer composition
The present disclosure relates to a polymer composition and a use thereof to produce a polymer film. Such a polymer composition provides excellent self-assembly properties and is capable of forming a vertical orientation structure in a short time even on a surface where no neutral treatment is performed. |
| US10934423B2 |
Stabilized polyolefin compositions comprising benzofuranones and organophosphorus stabilizers
Polyolefin compositions comprising i) a polyolefin, ii) one or more phosphorus-containing benzofuranone compounds and iii) one or more organophosphorus stabilizers are provided excellent protection against discoloration and enhanced thermal stability during melt processing as exhibited by improved retention of molecular weight and maintenance of polymer molecular architecture. |
| US10934421B2 |
Polyethylene composition
The present invention concerns a polyethylene composition comprising a blend of between 5 and 40 wt/% of first polyethylene produced with a chromium based catalyst and having an MFR2 between 0.01 and 1 g/10 min, wherein the first polyethylene is a high density polyethylene with a density between 940 and 965 kg/m3, and between 60 and 95 wt % of a second polyethylene with an MFR2 between >1 and 12 g/10 min. Such a blend may thereby be advantageously used especially for example in cable and wire applications. |
| US10934420B2 |
Polymer composition for cable applications with advantageous electrical properties
The invention relates to a polymer composition comprising polyolefin (a), which is other than low density polyethylene (LDPE), and polyolefin (b), which is an LDPE polymer and obtainable by a high pressure process which process comprises the steps: (i) compressing one or more monomer(s) under pressure in a compressor, using a compressor lubricant for lubrication, (ii) polymerising a monomer optionally together with one or more comonomer(s) in a polymerisation zone, (iii) separating the obtained polyolefin (b) from the unreacted products and recovering the separated polyolefin in a recovery zone, wherein in step (i) the compressor lubricant comprises a non-mineral oil; a power cable, e.g. of a direct current (DC) power cable, use of a polymer composition and a process for producing a DC power cable. |
| US10934419B1 |
Air springs with improved high temperature performance
An air spring bellow comprising a vulcanized rubber component including the at least partially vulcanized residue of EPDM and a rubber other than EPDM. A method for preparing an air spring bellow is also provided. |
| US10934414B2 |
Long film, long polarizing plate, liquid crystal display device, and method for manufacturing long film
A long film containing a cellulose acylate and a compound A having a molecular weight of less than 1,000 which satisfies conditions 1-4. Condition 1: containing two or more aromatic rings each directly connected to a hydroxyl group in a molecule. Condition 2: containing one or more carbon atoms directly connected to an aromatic ring directly connected to a hydroxyl group and do not constitute the aromatic ring in a molecule, the carbon atoms being directly connected to 1 to 3 aromatic rings. Condition 3: Each carbon atom directly connected to an aromatic ring directly connected to a hydroxyl group and not constituting the aromatic ring has no bond with a hydrogen atom. Condition 4: Each carbon atom directly connected to an aromatic ring directly connected to a hydroxyl group and not constituting the aromatic ring is bonded by a single bond to atoms other than hydrogen atoms. |
| US10934413B2 |
Liquid stabilizer for chlorine-containing resin and application of the liquid stabilizer
The present invention provides a liquid stabilizer that can provide a formed article excellent in both of transparency and heat resistance, and that is useful as a tin-free stabilizer. The present invention also provides a chlorine-containing resin composition using this stabilizer and a formed body using this stabilizer. The present invention is a liquid stabilizer for a chlorine-containing resin, comprising a zinc toluate and an overbased barium salt, wherein the content of the zinc toluate and the content of the overbased barium salt are 1 to 50% by mass and 50 to 99% by mass, respectively, based on a total amount of the zinc toluate and the overbased barium salt of 100% by mass. |
| US10934412B2 |
Poly(terephthalate-co-sebacate) resin composition
The present invention discloses a poly(terephthalate-co-sebacate) resin composition, comprising the following components: a. poly(terephthalate-co-sebacate); and b. an alkane, which is at least one selected from the group consisting of hexadecane, heptadecane, octadecane, nonadecane and eicosane; wherein a weight content of the alkane is 5 ppm-1000 ppm based on a total weight of the poly(terephthalate-co-sebacate) resin composition. The present invention controls the content of alkane in the composition within a range of 5 ppm-1000 ppm by adding an alkane, which not only enables the poly(terephthalate-co-sebacate) resin to have obviously improved blow molding properties, a film thickness range of less than 0.3 μm, and a relative deviation of film thickness of less than 2.0%, thereby guaranteeing a bubble stability and a continuity of blow molding, but also enables the film material to prevent the ink from stripping off the film material, and to prevent excessive ink from adhering to the film material in the printing process, so that the film shows excellent printing performance. |
| US10934410B2 |
Method for recycling polyolefin containing waste
Disclosed is a method for recycling polyolefin containing waste by using a solvent with a specific Hansen parameter and contacting this mixture with a liquid filtration aid before separating the polyolefin from the mixture. The method includes the steps of mixing the polyolefin containing waste with a solvent having a Hansen parameter δH from 0.0 to 3.0 MPa1/2; contacting this mixture with a liquid filtration aid having a Hansen parameter δH>4.0 MPa1/2; and separating the polyolefin from the mixture. |
| US10934399B2 |
Polymer latex production method
A method for producing a polymer latex, including an emulsification step of emulsifying a polymer solution obtained by dissolution of synthetic polyisoprene and/or a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer having a molecular weight distribution of 1.0 to 2.6 in an organic solvent, in water in the presence of a surfactant, to thereby obtain an emulsified liquid, wherein as the synthetic polyisoprene and/or styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, used are/is synthetic polyisoprene and/or a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer which, when dissolved in an organic solvent to thereby be formed into a polymer solution having a viscosity at a temperature of 60° C. of 20,000 cps, have/has a solid content concentration in the range of 10 to 60% by weight. |
| US10934395B2 |
Polybenzimidazole oligomers with reactive end groups
A polybenzimidazole (PBI) resin including a polybenzimidazole oligomer having at least two reactive end groups is provided. Also provided is a method of making a polybenzimidazole oligomer with at least two reactive end groups including the steps of reacting a tetraamine, a dicarboxylic component, and a reactive end group moiety in a solvent at a temperature greater than room temperature for a period of time; precipitating the oligomer from the solvent after reacting; and removing any reaction by-products from the oligomer after precipitating. A method of making a PBI molded article and a PBI molded article are also provided. |
| US10934394B2 |
Composition comprising polymer and inorganic particles, polyimide-inorganic particles composite, article including the composite, and optical device including the article
A composition including a polymer including at least one of an amic acid structural unit and an imide structural unit and an inorganic particle surface-treated with a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, a polymer-inorganic particle nanocomposite prepared using the composition an article and an optical device including the article: In Chemical Formula 1, R1 to R4 are independently a C1 to C30 alkyl group, a C3 to C10 cycloalkyl group, a C6 to C30 aryl group, or a combination thereof, and n is an integer of 1 or more. |
| US10934393B2 |
Reactive surfactants for freeze-thaw stable emulsion polymers and coatings thereof
The invention provides aqueous coating composition having freeze thaw stability, comprising: (a) at least one latex polymer derived from at least one monomer and at least one reactive surfactant of the formula R1O—(CH2CHR2O)x—(CH2CH2O)y—(CH2CHR3O)z—R4 where R1 is either alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or aralkylaryl of 8-30 carbon atoms, R2 is —CH2OCH2CH═CH2 (AGE); R3 is either H, CH3, or CH2CH3; R4 is H or —SO3M or —PO3M where M is H or K, Na, NH4, NR4, alkanolamine, or other cationic species and x=2-100; y=4-200 and z=0-50. |
| US10934392B2 |
Polyorganosiloxane, polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer, and production method therefor
Provided is a polyorganosiloxane, wherein a value obtained by integrating dw/d log(M) from 2.5≤log(M)≤3.1 is 0 to 10% of a value obtained by integrating dw/d log(M) over the entire range of log (M) in a differential molecular weight distribution curve, wherein the differential molecular weight distribution curve is determined by gel permeation chromatography using the polystyrene calibration curve, has an x-axis showing a logarithmic value log(M) of a molecular weight M and has a y-axis showing dw/d log(M) obtained by differentiating a concentration fraction w with respect to the logarithmic value log(M) of the molecular weight. |
| US10934386B2 |
Polyurethane dispersions of low hardness
The present invention relates to aqueous polyurethane dispersions comprising pentamethylene diisocyanate and to coatings obtainable therefrom. Said coatings, given a high density of urethane and urea groups, are softer than coatings that are obtained with polyurethane dispersions comprising other aliphatic diisocyanates, for example hexamethylene diisocyanate. |
| US10934382B2 |
Conjugated diene polymer, formulation and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention provides a conjugated diene polymer, formulations, and manufacturing methods for the same. The present invention provides a conjugated diene polymer obtained by polymerizing conjugated diene monomers and vinyl aromatic monomers using an initiator by way of an anionic polymerization, the conjugated diene polymer comprising a plurality of blocks having more than 6 consecutive vinyl aromatic units, wherein a vinyl aromatic monomer content of the plurality of blocks having more than 6 consecutive vinyl aromatic units is less than 5 wt % based on a total vinyl aromatic monomer content of the conjugated diene polymer. The present invention also provides formulations for preparing the conjugated diene polymer and the manufacturing methods for the same. |
| US10934381B2 |
Composition and method of making two-way shape memory polymer based sealant
A sealant composition and method for its manufacture are disclosed. A two-way shape memory polymer (2W-SMP) sealant expands upon cooling and contracts upon heating, and thus provides improved sealing for pavements and other structures. The base resin for the sealant is polybutadiene with a high cis content. Uses for the sealant include, but are not limited to: sealant for expansion joint, contraction joint, or construction joint in cement concrete pavement; sealant or sealer for transverse cracks or block cracks in cement concrete pavement or asphalt concrete pavement; sealant for pipelines, lightweight composite structures, roofs, buildings, bridge decks, dams, offshore platforms; sealant for other structures and devices that have previously typically used polymer sealants. |
| US10934380B1 |
Crosslinked poly(allylamine) polymer pharmaceutical compositions
Pharmaceutical compositions for and methods of treating an animal, including a human, and methods of preparing such compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions contain crosslinked amine polymers and may be used, for example, to treat diseases or other metabolic conditions in which removal of a target species from the gastrointestinal tract would provide physiological benefits. |
| US10934379B2 |
Polymer-based burn-out material for the lost-wax technique
Modelling material which includes (a) at least one radically polymerizable monomer, (b) at least one initiator for the radical polymerization and (c) at least one inert component. The inert component (c) is soluble in the polymer formed by polymerization of the monomer (a), wherein the solubility of component (c) decreases as the temperature increases, with the result that a phase separation takes place above a particular temperature. The material is suitable in particular for the production of models of dental restorations for investment casting processes. |
| US10934378B2 |
Biogenic oligomers as reactive additives for the curing of reactive resins
A reactive resin includes a vinyl ester resin as a base resin and an oligomeric itaconic acid ester as a reactive diluent. |
| US10934375B2 |
High-density ethylene-based polymer using hybrid supported metallocene catalyst, and preparation method
The present invention relates to a high-density ethylene-based polymer comprising: an ethylene homopolymer; or a copolymer of ethylene and at least one comonomer selected from the group consisting of α-olefins, cyclic olefins and linear, branched and cyclic dienes. According to the present invention, the high-density ethylene-based polymer has a wide molecular weight distribution and excellent comonomer distribution characteristics, has excellent melt flowability due to a long chain branched structure, and has excellent mechanical characteristics since the comonomer distribution is concentrated in a high-molecular-weight body. The high-density ethylene polymer of the present invention has excellent molding processability during processing such as extrusion, compression, injection and rotational molding by having excellent mechanical characteristics and melt flowability. |
| US10934374B2 |
Cationic polymers for use as anion exchange polyelectrolytes
Described herein are cationic polymers having a plurality of quaternary amino groups, methods of making such polymers, and uses of such polymers as ion exchange membranes in electrochemical devices. |
| US10934373B2 |
Use of organosilane, and polyolefin resin and preparation method thereof
Provided are use of organosilane, and polyolefin resin and preparation method thereof. The method of preparing the polyolefin resin comprises: conducting olefin polymerization of olefin monomers in the presence of a catalyst, and adding organosilane to a polymerization system before the olefin polymerization and/or during the olefin polymerization, wherein the organosilane is represented by a general formula of R1mSiXn(OR2)k, wherein R1 is a C2-C20 alkyl, and a terminal of R1 has an α-olefin double bond, a norbornene group, a cycloalkene group, or a dicyclopentadiene group; X is a halogen element; R2 is a C1-C20 straight chain, a C1-C20 branched chain, or an isomerized alkyl group; m is an integer from 1-3; n is an integer from 1-3; k is an integer from 0-2; and m, n, and k satisfy the following condition: m+n+k=4. The polyolefin resin obtained by the above method has higher melt strength and mechanical strength. |
| US10934370B2 |
Hybrid supported metallogen catalyst, method for preparing olefin polymer by using same, and olefin polymer having improved melt strength
The invention relates to: a hybrid supported metallocene catalyst includes at least one first metallocene compound among the compounds represented by chemical formula 1, at least one second metallocene compound among the compounds represented by chemical formula 2 and a cocatalyst compound; a method for preparing an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer, comprising polymerizing olefin monomers in the presence thereof; and an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer having improved melt strength. |
| US10934368B2 |
Cellulose resin, material for molding, molded body and process for producing cellulose resin
A cellulose resin formed by substituting hydrogen atoms of hydroxy groups of a cellulose with a long-chain component being a linear saturated aliphatic acyl group having 14 or more carbon atoms and a short-chain component being an acyl group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, in which a degree of substitution with the long-chain component (DSLo) and a degree of substitution with the short-chain component (DSSh) satisfy conditional expressions (1) and (2) shown below: DSLo+DSSh≥2.1 (1) 4≤DSSh/DSLo≤12 (2). |
| US10934363B2 |
Chimeric antigen receptors based on single domain antibodies and methods of use thereof
The present application provides single-domain antibodies, and chimeric antigen receptors comprising one or more antigen binding domains each comprising a single-domain antibody. Further provided are engineered immune effector cells (such as T cells) comprising the chimeric antigen receptors. Pharmaceutical compositions, kits and methods of treating cancer are also provided. |
| US10934360B2 |
Human monoclonal antibodies against EPHA4 and their use
The present invention provides new, fully human EphA4 monoclonal antibodies with distinct binding characteristics. Also disclosed are antigen binding fragments of these antibodies, bispecific forms of these antibodies, and conjugates of these antibodies. In addition, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, antigen binding fragments, bispecific antibodies and conjugates are disclosed. These monoclonal antibodies, antigen binding fragments, bispecific antibodies, conjugates, nucleic acids and vectors are of use for identifying and treating a subject with a disease or condition involving abnormal EphA4-mediated signaling. |
| US10934357B2 |
Malignant glioma CAR-T therapeutic vector based on OCTS technology, and construction method and application thereof
An OCTS-based CAR-T vector for treating malignant glioma includes lentiviral skeleton plasmid, human EF1α promoter (SEQ ID NO.14), OCTS chimeric receptor structural domain, and PDL1 single-chain antibody; the OCTS chimeric receptor structural domain consists of CD8 leader chimeric receptor signal peptide (SEQ ID NO.15), PDL1 single-chain antibody light chain VL (SEQ ID NO.16), PDL1 single-chain antibody heavy chain VH (SEQ ID NO.17), EGFRvIII single-chain antibody light chain VL (SEQ ID NO.18), EGFRvIII single-chain antibody heavy chain VH (SEQ ID NO.19), antibody Inner-Linker (SEQ ID NO.20), single-chain antibody Inter-Linker (SEQ ID NO.21), CD8 Hinge chimeric receptor linker (SEQ ID NO.22), CD8 Transmembrane chimeric receptor transmembrane domain (SEQ ID NO.23), TCR chimeric receptor T cell activation domain (SEQ ID NO.26) and chimeric receptor co-stimulator domain. |
| US10934356B2 |
Checkpoint blockade and microsatellite instability
Blockade of immune checkpoints such as cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and programmed death-1 (PD-1) shows promise in patients with cancer. Inhibitory antibodies directed at these receptors have been shown to break immune tolerance and promote anti-tumor immunity. These agents work particularly well in patients with a certain category of tumor. Such tumors may be particularly susceptible to treatment because of the multitude of neoantigens which they produce. |
| US10934350B2 |
Humanized or affinity-matured anti ang-2 antibody and uses thereof
An anti-Ang2 antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to an angiogenesis-inducing factor Angiopoietin-2 (Ang2) and complexes with a Tie2 receptor through Ang2, and methods of using the same. |
| US10934337B2 |
Anti-BCMA chimeric antigen receptors
Provided herein are chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), such as those specific for BCMA, that have improved properties, including increased CAR T cell binding to BCMA and improved CAR T cell killing of BCMA-expressing cancer cells. Use of the CARs in immune cells (e.g., T cells), compositions (e.g., CARs and nucleic acid constructs encoding the same), and methods are also contemplated. |
| US10934335B2 |
IL-17A-binding polypeptides
The present disclosure relates to a class of engineered polypeptides having a binding affinity for interleukin-17A (IL-17A), and provides an IL-17A binding polypeptide comprising the sequence EX2DX4AX6X7EIX10X11 LPNL X16X17X18QX20X21AFIX25 X26LX28X29. Also disclosed is the use of such an interleukin-17A binding polypeptide as a diagnostic, prognostic and/or therapeutic agent. |
| US10934333B2 |
Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against ovarian cancer and other cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US10934330B2 |
Methods for modulating the activity of insecticidal proteins
Compositions and methods for controlling pests are disclosed. In particular, methods for modulating the activity of Cry1Ba proteins against lepidopteran or coleopteran pests are provided. Further, mutant Cry1Ba proteins having modulated insecticidal activity compared to native Cry1Ba proteins are disclosed. |
| US10934329B2 |
Selective recovery
Provided herein are methods of selective screening. In addition, various targeting proteins and sequences, as well as methods of their use, are also provided. |
| US10934327B2 |
Capsid-modified, RAAV3 vector compositions and uses in gene therapy of human liver cancer
Disclosed are next-generation multi-mutated capsid protein-modified rAAV expression vectors, as well as infectious virions, compositions, and pharmaceutical formulations that include them. Also disclosed are methods of preparing and using these high transduction efficiency vector constructs in a variety of therapeutic applications including, inter alia, as delivery agents for the treatment or amelioration of one or more diseases or abnormal conditions in an affected mammal using in vivo and/or ex situ viral vector-based gene therapy protocols. Also disclosed are large-scale production methods for the multi-mutated, capsid-modified rAAV expression vectors, viral particles, and infectious virions, as well as use of the disclosed compositions in the manufacture of medicaments for use in a variety of in vitro and/or in vivo therapeutic methodologies. |
| US10934324B2 |
Method for improving protein functionality using vortexing fluid shear forces
A method of improving protein functionality includes obtaining a protein such as protein contained within exclusion bodies contained within bacteria or yeast used for the recombinant expression of the protein. The exclusion bodies are solubilized using a chaotropic agent such as guanidine or urea. The protein is then subject to denaturation conditions and optionally purified. A liquid containing the denatured protein is loaded into a vessel that is angled relative to horizontal. The vessel is then rotated in the angled configuration at a rate within that is less than 10,000 RPM for period of time. Refolded protein is formed by the high shear conditions formed in the thin film of fluid formed in the inner surface of the rotating vessel. Refolding can be performed in a batch mode or a continuous mode. The process may be scaled up for industrial applications by using multiple vessels. |
| US10934321B2 |
Renewable aromatics from lignocellulosic lignin
The present invention provides novel and improved processes for treating a lignocellulosic biomass or technical lignin using ionic liquids to obtain lignin breakdown products and polysaccharide biomass components. Recycling of ionic liquids can be included in the methods of the invention. |
| US10934320B2 |
Carbene precursor compound and use thereof
Provided are a transition metal compound including a novel carbene compound as a ligand, a preparation method thereof, and an application thereof. The transition metal compound according to the present invention may form a structurally stable complex and also have a HOMO-LUMO energy gap and singlet-triplet transition energy which are significantly low as compared with a conventional transition metal compound. In addition, according to the present invention, the transition metal compound may be synthesized in large quantities by a very simple method, thereby having high commercial utility, and thus, an application using the compound is expected. |
| US10934318B1 |
Synthesis of the organoarsenical antibiotic arsinothricin and derivatives thereof
The subject invention provides methods and procedures for synthesis and/or semi-synthesis of the novel antibiotic arsinothricin (AST) and derivatives. Arsinothricin (AST), a new broad-spectrum organoarsenical antibiotic, is a non-proteinogenic analog of glutamate that effectively inhibits glutamine synthetase. The subject invention provides chemical synthesis of an intermediate in the pathway of AST synthesis, hydroxyarsinothricin (AST-OH), which can be converted to AST by enzymatic methylation catalyzed by the ArsM As(III) S-adenosylmethionine methyltransferase. The methods provide a source of the novel antibiotic that will be required for future clinical trials. The subject invention also provides AST derivatives as a new class of antibiotics. |
| US10934315B2 |
Process for preparing bortezomib, intermediates, and crystalline forms thereof
The present disclosure provides a process for preparing Bortezomib, intermediates, and crystalline forms thereof. |
| US10934297B2 |
5-heteroaryl substituted indazole-3-carboxamides and preparation and use thereof
Indazole compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present disclosure concerns the use of an indazole compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Wnt pathway signaling (e.g., tendinopathy, dermatitis, psoriasis, morphea, ichthyosis, Raynaud's syndrome, Darier's disease, scleroderma, cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, Alzheimer's disease, lung disease, and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, as well as neurological conditions/disorders/diseases linked to overexpression of DYRK1A. |
| US10934290B2 |
Donor-acceptor nanohoop compounds and methods of making and using the same
Disclosed herein are embodiments of nanostructure compounds that exhibit unique shape configurations, such as nanohoops. The compounds disclosed herein exhibit unique chemical and electrochemical properties that can be tuned and modified to facilitate their use in a variety of different applications. |
| US10934287B2 |
Fused heterocyclic compound and composition containing same
A compound of formula (I) is provided. In the compound of formula (I), Q represents a group represented by formula Q1 or the like and the rest of the variable definitions are as set forth in the specification. The compounds of formula (I) have excellent control efficacy against harmful arthropods. |
| US10934284B2 |
Aminoquinazoline compounds having anti-inflammatory, antifungal, antiparasitic, and anticancer activity
Amine compounds having activity against inflammation, fungi, unicellular parasitic microorganisms, and cancer are described. The compounds contain a monocyclic, bicyclic, or tricyclic aromatic ring having one, two, or three ring nitrogen atoms. |
| US10934282B2 |
Heteroaromatic modulators of the retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma
The present invention relates to a compound according to general formula (I) wherein X represents N or CH; R1 is —CN, (C1-C6)alkyl, (C3-C7)cycloalkyl, (3-7 membered)heterocycloalkyl, (5-6 membered)heteroaryl, (C3-C7)cycloalkyl(C1-C4)alkyl, (3-7 membered)heterocycloalkyl-(C1-C4)alkyl or (5-6 membered)heteroaryl-(C1-C4)alkyl; R2 is halogen, cyano, (C1-C4)alkyl or (C3-C7)cycloalkyl; R3 is halogen, cyano, (C1-C4)alkyl, (C1-C4)haloalkyl or (C3-C7)cycloalkyl; R4 is (C1-C4)alkyl or (C1-C4)haloalkyl; R5 is (C1-C6)alkyl, (C3-C7)cycloalkyl, (C1-C6)alkyl-(C3-C7)cycloalkyl, (C3-C7)cycloalkyl-(C1-C6)alkyl, (3-7 membered)heterocycloalkyl, phenyl, (5-6 membered)heteroaryl or —ORa. The invention further relates to said compounds for use in therapy, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and to intermediates for preparation of said compounds. |
| US10934281B2 |
Nitrogen and dioxolane-containing hydrofluoroethers and methods of using the same
Described herein is dioxolane-containing compound of formula (I) wherein (i) Rf1 and Rf2 are independently linear or branched perfluoroalkyi groups having with 1-8 carbon atoms and optionally comprise at least one catenated heteroatom, or (ii) Rf1 and Rf2 are bonded together to form a ring structure having 4-6 carbon atoms and optionally comprise one or more catenated heteroatoms; Rf2 is a linear or branched perfluoroalkyi groups having with 1-3 carbon atoms; and R4 and R5 are independently selected from H, F, Cl, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1-3 carbon atoms, optionally wherein the alkyl group comprises at least one of: fluorine, chlorine, a hydroxyl group, or a catenated heteroatom; for use in cleaning compositions, as an electrolyte solvent, as a heat transfer fluid, or a vapor phase soldering fluid. There is also provided a method of making the dioxolane-containing compound, comprising: contacting a 1,2-diol compound with a fluorinated ethylenically unsaturated compound in the presence of a base. |
| US10934279B2 |
GLP-1 receptor agonists and uses thereof
Provided herein are 6-carboxylic acids of benzimidazoles and 4-aza-, 5-aza-, and 7-aza-benzimidazoles as GLP-1R agonists, processes to make said compounds, and methods comprising administering said compounds to a mammal in need thereof. |
| US10934276B2 |
Positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4
Disclosed herein are 2,4-dimethylquinoline-6-carboxamide compounds and 3,4-dimethylcinnoline-6-carboxamide compounds, which may be useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4(mAChR M4). Also disclosed herein are methods of making the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. |
| US10934275B2 |
IRE1 small molecule inhibitors
Provided herein are small molecule inhibitors for the targeting or IRE1 protein family members. Binding may be direct or indirect. Further provided herein are methods of using IRE1 small molecule inhibitors for use in treating or ameliorating cancer in a subject. Moreover, IRE1 small molecule inhibitors described herein are for the treatment of cancer, where the cancer is a solid or hematologic cancer. |
| US10934272B2 |
Pyridyl derivatives as bromodomain inhibitors
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and to their use in therapy. |
| US10934271B2 |
Crystalline forms of an androgen receptor modulator
Described herein are amorphous and crystalline forms of the androgen receptor modulator 4-[7-(6-cyano-5-trifluoromethylpyridin-3-yl)-8-oxo-6-thioxo-5,7-diazaspiro[3.4]oct-5-yl]-2-fluoro-N-methylbenzamide. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions suitable for administration to a mammal that include the androgen receptor modulator, and methods of using the androgen receptor modulator, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that are associated with androgen receptor activity. |
| US10934270B2 |
Substituted quinazoline compounds and uses thereof for modulating glucocerebrosidase activity
Disclosed are new small molecules having a substituted quinazoline core structure and the uses thereof for modulating glucocerebrosidase activity. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the small molecules or activated glucocerebrosidase conjugated to the small molecules, which compositions may be administered in methods of treating diseases or disorders associated with glucocerebrosidase activity, including neurological diseases and disorders such as Gaucher's disease and Parkinson's disease. |
| US10934268B2 |
Compound and organic electronic device comprising same
The present specification relates to a compound and an organic electronic device including the same. |
| US10934267B2 |
Alpha-tea salt forms: compositions and uses for treating disease
The present disclosure relates to salts of the compound: polymorphic forms thereof, methods for preparation and use thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. |
| US10934266B2 |
Surfactants from long-chain carbon-containing molecules
Compositions of furan based surfactants derived from unsaturated carbon-containing molecules, such as fatty acids, as well as methods for forming furan based surfactants from unsaturated carbon-containing molecules, such as fatty acids, are disclosed herein. These compositions and methods can utilize long-chain (e.g., C14-C26) unsaturated carbon-containing molecules, for instance unsaturated fatty acids such as oleic acid or methyl oleate from soybean oil, to derive oleo-furan surfactants. To facilitate this, certain such embodiments include reaction steps that cleave the reactant molecule (e.g., methyl oleate) at the double bond and subsequently oxidize products to form a carboxylic acid molecule and a dicarboxylic acid molecule. In such embodiments, these two acids can be subsequently acylated with furan and functionalized to form surfactants. |
| US10934263B2 |
Charged ion channel blockers and methods for use
The invention provides compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: The compounds, compositions, methods and kits of the invention are useful for the treatment of pain, cough, itch, and neurogenic inflammation. |
| US10934258B2 |
Materials for use in an aqueous organic redox flow battery
Described herein are aqueous organic redox flow batteries that include a first redox active material that can include a metallocene or a salt thereof, and a second redox active material that can include a viologen or a salt thereof. The aqueous organic redox flow batteries may further include a first aqueous electrolyte, a second aqueous electrolyte, and a separator between the first and second aqueous electrolytes. In addition, disclosed herein are methods of making the metallocene and viologen compounds. |
| US10934255B2 |
Nrf and HIF activators/HDAC inhibitors and therapeutic methods using the same
Compounds that inhibit histone (HDACI) and/or activate Nrf2 and HIF, and compositions containing the same are disclosed. Methods of treating diseases and conditions wherein inhibition of HDAC and/or activation of Nrf2 and HIF provide a benefit, like a cancer, a neurodegenerative disorder, a peripheral neuropathy, a neurological disease, traumatic brain injury, stroke, hypertension, malaria, an autoimmune disease, autism, autism spectrum disorders, and inflammation, also are disclosed. |
| US10934253B2 |
Therapeutic compounds and methods
The invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) and methods for their preparation. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) and their use in the treatment or prevention of conditions associated with mitochondrial dysfunction. Formula (I) |
| US10934252B1 |
Method for preparation of 2-chloroacetoacetic acid amide and ester
The invention discloses a method for the preparation of 2-chloro acetoacetic acid amide or ester by a reaction of acetoacetic acid amide or ester with trichloroisocyanuric acid in the presence of amylene and in the solvent acetone. |
| US10934251B2 |
Process for the preparation of lomitapide
The present invention relates to a process for preparing Lomitapide or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having high purity with acceptable levels of impurities. |
| US10934242B2 |
Electrochemical method for producing valeric acid
The invention is directed to a method of electrochemically producing valeric acid.The method of the invention comprises contacting a solution of levulinic acid with an anode and a cathode in an electrochemical cell; and electrochemically reducing levulinic acid at the cathode to form valeric acid, wherein the cathode comprises one or more materials selected from the group consisting of cadmium, zinc, and indium. |
| US10934240B2 |
Cyclohexene derivatives as perfuming ingredients
The present invention concerns a compound of formula (I) in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof, and wherein n is 0 or 1; R and R′, independently from each other, represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-2 linear alkyl group provided that one of said groups represents a hydrogen atom and the other a C1-2 linear alkyl group; each R1, independently from each other, represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and R2 and R3 represent, independently of each other, a C1-3 linear alkyl group; or R2 and R3, when taken together, represent a C4-5 linear, branched alkanediyl or alkenediyl. The use of compound of formula (I) as perfuming ingredients of floral type and the invention's compounds as part of a perfuming composition or of a perfuming consumer product are also part of the present invention. |
| US10934239B2 |
Film ozonolysis in a tubular or multitubular reactor
The disclosure relates to a method of performing ozonolysis or ozone-based oxidation on a liquid or emulsified reagent using a tubular falling firm reactor with one or multiple tubes wherein the combined ozone and carrier gas flow is co-current. |
| US10934237B2 |
System and process for removal of organic carboxylates from mono ethylene glycol (MEG) water streams by acidification and vaporization under vacuum
A system and method for removing organic carboxylates from a mono ethylene glycol (“MEG”) stream includes a reaction vessel; means for cooling and diluting the MEG stream being routed to the reaction vessel; means for acidifying the cooled and diluted MEG stream during its residence time within the reaction vessel; and means for removing an acetic-rich overhead stream from the reaction vessel. The acidification of the cooled and diluted MEG stream occurs under a vacuum. The reaction vessel may be located downstream of a calcium removal vessel and receive a filtered bottom stream from that vessel, or it may be a single reaction vessel that cycles between a calcium removal mode and an acetate removal mode, with the pressure of the single vessel being greater during the calcium removal mode than during the acetate removal mode. |
| US10934231B2 |
Multiple-stage catalyst systems and processes for propene production
Processes and multiple-stage catalyst systems are disclosed for producing propene by at least partially isomerizing butene in an isomerization reaction zone having an isomerization catalyst to form an isomerization reaction product, at least partially metathesizing the isomerization reaction product in a metathesis reaction zone having a metathesis catalyst to form a metathesis reaction product, and at least partially cracking the metathesis reaction product in a cracking reaction zone having a cracking catalyst. The isomerization catalyst may be MgO, and the metathesis catalyst may be a mesoporous silica catalyst support impregnated with a metal oxide. The metathesis reaction zone may be downstream of the isomerization reaction zone, and the cracking reaction zone may be downstream of the metathesis reaction zone. |
| US10934230B2 |
Production of aromatic hydrocarbons from light alkanes
Provided is a method for producing aromatic hydrocarbons from light alkanes. A light alkane is contacted with catalyst particles in each of reactors, wherein each of the reactors is a fluidized bed reactor arranged in parallel with each other in a furnace. At least a portion of the alkane feed is converted to aromatic hydrocarbons using the catalyst particles, wherein the aromatic hydrocarbons form a part of a reactor effluent stream. The reactor effluent streams from each of the reactors are merged to form a first merged effluent stream. Catalysts particles deactivated through the light alkane conversion are either regenerated inside the reactors or withdrawn from the reactors for regeneration outside the reactors. The furnace comprises multiple furnaces, and the first merged effluent stream from each of the furnaces is further merged with each other to form a second merged effluent stream. |
| US10934228B2 |
High temperature amine-stabilized DCD and/or alkyl thiophosphoric triamide solvent systems and use in agricultural applications
An inhibitor composition contains alkyl thiophosphoric triamide (or a mixture of alkyl thiophosphoric triamide and dicyandiamide), dissolved in a liquid medium comprising at least one organic solvent and at least one amine stabilizer, is useful in making fertilizer compositions and in a method of fertilizing target plants. |
| US10934226B2 |
Methods and compositions for improving plant traits
Disclosed herein are methods of increasing nitrogen fixation in a non-leguminous plant. The methods can comprise exposing the plant to a plurality of bacteria. Each member of the plurality comprises one or more genetic variations introduced into one or more genes or non-coding polynucleotides of the bacteria's nitrogen fixation or assimilation genetic regulatory network, such that the bacteria are capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen in the presence of exogenous nitrogen. The bacteria are not intergeneric microorganisms. Additionally, the bacteria, in planta, produce 1% or more of the fixed nitrogen in the plant. |
| US10934224B2 |
Production of arginine-rich proteins from wastewater and use as a fertilizer
Disclosed are methods to convert nitrogen in a wastewater stream to an arginine-enriched polypeptide, which includes supplying a nitrogen-enriched wastewater stream; culturing an organism in the waste stream that produces an arginine-enriched polypeptide to produce the arginine-enriched polypeptide; and removing the produced arginine-enriched polypeptide from the wastewater stream to create a processed wastewater stream. The methods also include a method to make an arginine-enriched polypeptide enriched fertilizer by flowing the effluent from the culturing step over a cation exchange material to allow binding of the arginine enriched polypeptide to the cation exchange material; and collecting arginine-enriched polypeptide to form the arginine-enriched polypeptide enriched fertilizer. The method also includes enhancing the growth or production of a plant using the fertilizer containing the arginine-enriched polypeptide. |
| US10934214B2 |
Binding material suitable for three-dimensional printing formation
A cementitious composition suitable for formation by three-dimensional printing according to the present invention is aimed at developing a cementitious composition suitable for formation by three-dimensional printing which gives good stability to the extruded material coming out of a nozzle. The workpiece obtained from the three-dimensional printing formation therefore has fewer errors and greater fineness and is easier to use. The cementitious composition comprises cement, fine aggregate, powdered limestone, expanding admixture, retarding admixture, thickener and rheology modifier. |
| US10934213B2 |
Cementitious adhesive composition
A cementitious adhesive composition, in particular a tile adhesive, especially for use in automatic tiling systems, includes 10-70 wt.-% of a hydraulic binder, in particular cement, 20-90 wt.-% of aggregates, in particular sand and/or calcium carbonate, and 0.01-5 wt.-% cellulose ether. |
| US10934212B2 |
Shrinkage-compensating concrete
A shrinkage compensating concrete does not require restraint. The expansive forces developed during hydration compensate for concrete shrinkage, obviating the need for any added internal or external restraint element. Using this new shrinkage compensating concrete, substantially crack-free slabs may be built without using restraining steel bars, fibers, or other separate restraining element. The shrinkage compensating concrete includes a cement that develops internal expansive forces that never exceed the tensile strength of the concrete, such that the internal expansion compensates for the concrete shrinkage. The expansive cement may be an ASTMS, M or S cement, or other expansive cements may also be used. |
| US10934207B2 |
Methods for producing an assembly of hexaboride fine particles
Methods for providing new transparent near infrared absorptive fine particles having a wide range of near infrared absorption, which are an assembly of hexaboride fine particles, where when a particle shape of the number of particles contained in the assembly is approximately regarded as a spheroid body, there are 20% or more and less than 80% of particles having an aspect ratio [(long axis length)/(short axis length)] of 1.5 or more and less than 5.0, and there are 20% or more and less than 80% of particles having an aspect ratio of 5.0 or more and less than 20.0. |
| US10934205B2 |
Method for manufacturing a glass core preform for optical fibres
A method of manufacturing a glass core preform for optical fibres including providing a porous soot core preform having a central longitudinal hole extending axially therethrough and an a/b ratio of from 0.20 to 0.40; simultaneously dehydrating and doping with fluorine the soot core preform at a temperature of from 1000° C. to 1350° C. by exposing it to an atmosphere containing a chlorine-containing gas and a fluorine-containing gas, the content of the fluorine-containing gas in the atmosphere being of from 0.01% to 0.50% by volume, and simultaneously consolidating the soot core preform and closing the central longitudinal hole by exposing the soot core preform to an atmosphere substantially devoid of fluorine and of chlorine at a consolidation temperature of from 1500° C. to 1650° C., while reducing the pressure down the central hole, thereby forming a glass core preform. |
| US10934204B2 |
Process for breaking out an inner shape in a glass sheet
A machine for breaking out an inner shape in a glass sheet, includes a cutting tool and a displacement system to produce a cutting line on a first side of the glass sheet that delimits an outer contour of the inner shape and an inner contour of a peripheral shape; a bearing system to bear against a second side of the sheet along the outer contour of the inner shape; a deformation system to deform one of the inner and peripheral shapes by convex bending toward the second side, the convex bending creating a differential deformation between the inner and peripheral shapes to break out the inner shape along the cutting line and separate the inner shape from the peripheral shape so that a distance needed for a contactless extraction is created, and an extraction system to extract the inner or peripheral shape while the convex bending is maintained. |
| US10934192B2 |
Method of recovering copper from a dilute metal containing solution
The invention relates to a method of removing and/or recovering metals from a dilute metal containing solution. In particular, the invention concerns a method for recovering copper from a dilute copper-iron bearing mining water, particularly from a copper-iron bearing mining wastewater. |
| US10934189B2 |
Methods and compositions for clarifying produced waters for boiler feed waters
Disclosed are methods and compositions for coagulating and clarifying produced waters for use as boiler feed waters, for example for the generation of steam. The methods and compositions are especially useful for treatment of produced waters from steam-injection methods of tertiary oil recovery such as steam-assisted gravitational drainage. Disclosed are compositions comprising a first copolymer having a high molecular weight and bearing a low molar cationic charge and a second copolymer having a lower molecular weight and bearing a high molar cationic charge. The compositions are suitable for addition as coagulants to produced waters that have been treated by warm lime softening. Also disclosed are methods of treating produced waters from steam-injection oil recovery for use as boiler feed waters to generate steam in such steam injection methods. |
| US10934186B1 |
Method and system for changing a property of a polar liquid
A system for treating a polar liquid includes a signal generator for providing an alternating electrical current, and a transducer electrically coupled to the signal generator. The transducer includes a solenoidal coil and two ferromagnetic end pieces at the ends of the coil and transverse thereto. In operation, the transducer is at least partially immersed in a polar liquid and, when energized with the current provides a magnetic field into the liquid, the field may change a property of the liquid, e.g. an interfacial mass transfer rate. This can be used in many different industrial applications. |
| US10934181B2 |
Systems and methods for applying power generation units in water desalination
The subject disclosure provides systems for electric power generation and water desalination. In certain aspects, the systems include a power generation unit such as a reciprocating generator or fuel cell having a water cooling subsystem configured to receive cool water and output warm water and a water desalination plant co-located with the power generation unit and configured to receive and desalinate the warm water. Aspects of the invention also include methods for cooling a power generation unit using a water cooling subsystem and desalinating water with a desalination plant that is co-located with the power generation unit. |
| US10934178B2 |
Using waste heat from a data center cooling system to facilitate low-temperature desalination
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that performs low-temperature desalination. During operation, the system feeds cold saline water through a liquid-cooling system in a computer data center, wherein the cold saline water is used as a coolant, thereby causing the cold saline water to become heated saline water. Next, the system feeds the heated saline water into a vacuum evaporator comprising a water column having a headspace, which is under a negative pressure due to gravity pulling on the heated saline water in the water column. This negative pressure facilitates evaporation of the heated saline water to form water vapor. Finally, the system directs the water vapor through a condenser, which condenses the water vapor to produce desalinated water. |
| US10934176B2 |
Methods of degrading organic pollutants and preventing or treating microbe using Bi2S3-CdS particles
Methods of synthesizing Bi2S3—CdS particles in the form of spheres as well as properties of these Bi2S3—CdS particles are described. Methods of photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants employing these Bi2S3—CdS particles and methods of preventing or reducing microbial growth on a surface by applying these Bi2S3—CdS particles in the form of a solution or an antimicrobial product onto the surface are also specified. |
| US10934171B2 |
Functionalized graphene comprising two or more types of amines, and preparation method therefor
Disclosed is a functionalized graphene containing two or more amines having excellent electrical, thermal and mechanical properties by allowing good interfacial bonding force and uniform dispersion with a thermoplastic polymer, and a method for preparing the functional graphene. The functionalized graphene comprises a carbon material selected from the group consisting of graphene, reduced graphene, graphene oxide, and mixture thereof; and a monovalent amine group and a bivalent or higher amine group which are bonded to the carbon material. |
| US10934170B2 |
Carbon nanotube composite and carbon nanotube wire
A carbon nanotube composite includes a carbon nanotube bundle including a plurality of carbon nanotubes that are bundled, each of the plurality of carbon nanotubes having a single-walled or multi-walled structure, and a group of elements of other type introduced in an aligned manner into a gap portion between the plurality of carbon nanotubes. In the carbon nanotube bundle, a ratio of the number of carbon nanotubes having a double-walled or triple-walled structure to the number of the plurality of carbon nanotubes is greater than or equal to 50%, and other-type element bonded bodies constituting the group of elements of other type are arranged in line along a longitudinal direction of the carbon nanotubes. |
| US10934169B2 |
Drawing device and drawing method
A drawing apparatus includes a support for supporting a part of a grown form and a drive unit for causing a relative movement of the support and the grown form to draw an extended form from the grown form. The support performs a double support in which, after a predetermined length of the extended form is drawn, at least one of a predetermined position of the extended form or a part of the grown form continuous with the extended form is again supported. |
| US10934168B1 |
Synthetic, multifaceted halogenated, functionalized fullerenes engineered for microbicidal effects employing controlled contact for safe therapeutic and environmental utility
The present invention relates to a bioactive or real-time and pathogen killing material comprised of a carbon nanostructure (preferably a fullerene but including other functionalized carbon-based nanostructures) that possess potent broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties. The present invention relates to the utilization of functionalized carbon nanostructures as a bioactive antimicrobial substance that is incorporated into a material, including a textile, fabric, solution, salve, or cream. The preferred embodiment of the present invention is fullerene derivatives that are chemically functionalized on the cage with a halogen element. The present invention pertains to a material that is suitable for barrier garments, accessory garments (shoe covers, masks, facial visors, etc.), textiles (bed sheets, blankets, towels, personal clothing, gowns, surgical drapes, curtains, drapes, pads, etc.), filtration matrices (for use in hemodialysis, hemofiltration, etc.), or aerosolized solutions, sprays, liquids, salves, or creams. The present invention further relates to a production method thereof. |
| US10934165B2 |
Solid hydrogen storage system
A hydrogen storage system includes a pressure-sealed sleeve defining an interior and having an outlet, a shaft extending through the interior of the sleeve, a set of porous chambers arranged axially along and concentric to the shaft, and a hydrogen storage, wherein at least some hydrogen gas is supplied to the outlet. |
| US10934162B2 |
MicroRNA initiated DNAzyme motor operating in living cells
There is described herein a nanomotor system and methods of use. |
| US10934160B2 |
System of non-acoustic sensor combined with MEMS microphone
A system includes a pressure sensor combined with a MEMS microphone. The pressure sensor and the MEMS microphone arranged side by side are formed on a same substrate. |
| US10934159B2 |
MEMS package, MEMS microphone, method of manufacturing the MEMS package and method of manufacturing the MEMS microphone
A MEMS package has a MEMS chip, a package substrate, a dammed-seal part. The MEMS chip has an element substrate which a movable element is formed, the element substrate has an element hole-part which the movable element is arranged. The dammed-seal part has an annular dam-member which is formed on the element substrate so as to surround the element hole-part and a gel member. The gel member is formed by hardening of gel which is applied on the annular dam-member. |
| US10934158B2 |
Semiconductor device including a microelectromechanical structure and an associated integrated electronic circuit
An integrated semiconductor device includes: a MEMS structure; an ASIC electronic circuit; and conductive interconnection structures electrically coupling the MEMS structure to the ASIC electronic circuit. The MEMS structure and the ASIC electronic circuit are integrated starting from a same substrate including semiconductor material; wherein the MEMS structure is formed at a first surface of the substrate, and the ASIC electronic circuit is formed at a second surface of the substrate, vertically opposite to the first surface in a direction transverse to a horizontal plane of extension of the first surface and of the second surface. |
| US10934156B2 |
Foam core for a cushion of a seat part or a reclining part or a back rest of a piece of upholstered furniture or a motor vehicle seat
A foam core (12) for a cushion (8, 9) of a seat part (2) or a reclining part or a back rest (3) of a piece of upholstered furniture (1) or a motor vehicle seat (11) or for a mattress or support surface of a piece of reclining furniture, with a core base (13) of foam material, in particular of cold foam, visco foam, latex foam or molded foam, there being in the core base (13) a plurality of spring strips (14) which run preferably at least essentially parallel to one another. It is provided that at least one spring strip (14) has an in particular pultruded fiber core (20) which has preferably glass fibers, and a mantle (21) of a thermoplastic material, in particular of polypropylene, which surrounds the fiber core (20). |
| US10934155B2 |
Fluid interface to receive removable container
A fluidic interconnect includes a first interface including a liquid port, a gas port, and a cradle; a second interface including a liquid port, a gas port, and a swing bar to engage the cradle, a weight of a container attached to one of the first or second interfaces to drive the liquid port of the first interface into connection with the liquid port of the second interface and the gas port of the first interface into connection with the gas port of the second interface. |
| US10934152B2 |
Fluid dispenser
A free-standing, portable apparatus or appliance adapted for receiving a first container such as a pliable plastic bag containing a supply of a fluid such as breastmilk; the appliance adapted for storing, cooling, and/or heating the first container and the fluid contained in the first container; the appliance adapted for dispensing the supply of fluid from the first container; and the appliance adapted for dispensing warm fluid such as breastmilk from the first container into a second container such as a standard baby bottle for instant feeding of the fluid such as breastmilk to an infant; and a process for dispensing warm fluid such as breastmilk from the first container. |
| US10934150B1 |
Portable beverage container systems and methods for adjusting the composition of a beverage
A beverage apparatus, the beverage apparatus being hand-holdable by a user of the beverage apparatus to be portable, can include a beverage chamber housing that includes a chamber for storing a consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include a dispensing assembly that includes a receptacle. The receptacle can retain a vessel. The vessel can include an electronic tag and can contain an additive. The dispensing assembly can be operatively controllable by a controller to output the additive from the vessel into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include one or more sensors, devices, or assemblies that can be used to detect a volume of liquid in the chamber or a liquid level in the chamber. The beverage apparatus can include an apparatus computer processor portion (ACP) and an apparatus database portion. |
| US10934145B2 |
Leveling system for lift device
A lift device includes a chassis having a first end and an opposing second end, a first actuator coupled to the first end of the chassis, a second actuator coupled to the first end of the chassis, a third actuator coupled to the opposing second end of the chassis, a fourth actuator coupled to the opposing second end of the chassis, and a control system. The control system is configured to fluidly couple at least two of the first actuator, the second actuator, the third actuator, and the fourth actuator, and fluidly decouple and actively control the at least two of the first actuator, the second actuator, the third actuator, and the fourth actuator. |
| US10934139B2 |
Lifting apparatus
A lifting apparatus, including a support carriage movable along a track, a lifting element for holding a load, a lifting device for raising and lowering the lifting element vertically relative to the support carriage. The lifting device includes at least two tension elements, wherein each tension element can be wound onto the supporting carriage by a winding apparatus. A first drive is provided for driving a first winding apparatus and a second drive is provided for driving a second winding apparatus. The first drive has a drive motor which drives a shaft by a conical gear mechanism, the shaft drives a roller of the first winding apparatus by a gear mechanism element and the second drive has a drive motor which drives a roller of the second winding apparatus by a spur gear, parallel-shaft gear or planetary gear mechanism. |
| US10934138B2 |
Crawler crane
The present disclosure relates to a crawler crane comprising at least one camera system, wherein the camera system is adapted to detect data relating to the relative position of the crawler crane to a suspended ballast and/or to at least one travelable ballast wagon. |
| US10934135B2 |
Elevator system with adaptive door control
Methods and systems to control an elevator door of an elevator car that can be moved between floors of a building. At least one registered destination call is evaluated, which makes it possible to plan the number of boarding or exiting passengers for each stopping floor. For each stopping floor, a corresponding door dwell time for the elevator door is determined to make it possible for a registered passenger to board or exit on a stopping floor. The number of passengers that exit the elevator car on the stopping floor and the number of passengers that board the elevator car on the stopping floor is also determined. The elevator door is closed regardless of the set door dwell time if the number of passengers boarding and exiting on the stopping floor determined by the sensor system corresponds to the number of boarding or exiting passengers planned for the stopping floor. |
| US10934134B2 |
Storage adapter system for hitch-mounted carrier
A method and system for storing items using a hitch adapter secured to a trolley that moves along a vertically oriented track is disclosed. In one embodiment, a winch raises and lowers the trolley and hitch adapter by retracting and deploying a cable that is secured to the trolley. A bicycle carrier may be secured to the hitch adapter for storing bicycles, and for raising bicycles when not in use. |
| US10934132B2 |
Lift system with predictive call production
A destination call, as an example of an action, is automatically generated in an elevator system when detected current connection data correspond to a stored behavior pattern for the usage of the elevator system. A communicative link between a sensor in a sensor system that comprises a multitude of sensors and the mobile electronic device of a passenger is detected, and connection data about the communicative link are recorded. The connection data are compared with data stored in a memory device containing at least one behavior pattern in order to determine whether the connection data correspond to a stored behavior pattern. |
| US10934131B2 |
Ropeless elevator control system
A ropeless elevator system 10 includes a lane 13, 15, 17. One or more cars 20 are arranged in the lane. At least one linear motor 38, 40 is arranged along one of the lane and the one or more cars, and a magnet 50, 60 is arranged along the other of the lane and the one or more cars. The at least one magnet is responsive to the at least one linear motor. A linear motor controller 70 is operatively connected to the at least one linear motor, and a lane controller 80 is operatively connected to the linear motor controller. A back electro-motive force (EMF) module 84 is operatively connected to at least one of the linear motor controller and the lane controller. The lane controller being configured and disposed to control stopping one of the one or more cars based on a back EMF signal from the at least one linear motor determined by the EMF module. |
| US10934130B2 |
Elevator control system
An elevator system includes a first elevator car (28) constructed and arranged to move in a first lane (30, 32, 34) and a first propulsion system (40) constructed and arranged to propel the first elevator. An electronic processor of the elevator system is configured to selectively control power delivered to the first propulsion system (40). The electronic processor includes a software-based power estimator configured to receive a first weight signal and a nm trajectory signal for calculating a power estimate and comparing the power estimate to a maximum power allowance. The electronic processor is configured to output an automated command signal if the power estimate exceeds the maximum power allowance. |
| US10934128B2 |
Automated coiling system for post-tension tendon
An automated coiling system for post-tension tendons, comprising a frame, a tendon feed device adapted to introduce a tendon of widely varying length into a coiler assembly, a coiler assembly adapted to grip and coil the tendon within a fixed volume having a predefined diameter; a plurality of wire tying devices adapted to securely tie a wire around the tendon bundle of widely varying diameter in a plurality of predetermined positions and cut the wire after tying; and a tendon ejector device adapted to urge a tied tendon bundle from the coiler assembly. |
| US10934121B2 |
Post-processing apparatus
The present application discloses a post-processing apparatus which performs a predetermined process after an image formation process performed by an image formation apparatus. The post-processing apparatus includes an ejection tray, which supports a sheet stack, in which sheets are stacked, and a curl prevention portion including a first tray cursor, which abuts an upper surface of the sheet stack on the ejection tray to prevent the sheet stack from curling. The curl prevention portion includes an angle changer, which changes an inclination angle of the first tray cursor with respect to the ejection tray. The angle changer sets the inclination angle to a first value when a number of sheets is a first number. The angle changer sets the inclination angle to a second value different from the first value when the number of the sheets is a second number different from the first number. |
| US10934120B2 |
Method and apparatus for stacker module for automated composite-based additive manufacturing machine
A stacker component of an apparatus for automated manufacturing of three-dimensional composite-based objects for aligning registration of sheets. The stacker includes a sheet catcher; a frame having a base plate with the base plate having tapered registration pins to align a stack of substrate sheets. The registration pins are mounted in the base plate and project vertically to a location just below the sheet catcher. The stacker also has a presser with a press plate and a belt driver system that moves the press plate up and down allowing the press plate to exert downward pressure on the stack and a slide system with two guide rails that enable the base plate to be loaded and unloaded. A conveyor can be disposed so that after a substrate sheet exits a powder or printing system, the sheet is conveyed onto the sheet catcher. |
| US10934118B1 |
Assembly for dispensing sheeting from a roll
An assembly for dispensing sheeting from a roll comprises a main tube with a lower support extending from the main tube and configured to support the roll, and with an upper support extending from the main tube at a distance from the lower support. The lower support and the upper support secure opposite ends of the roll, such that the roll can rotate while sheeting is dispensed from the roll. In some embodiments, the assembly further includes one or more arms pivotally connected to the main tube and configured to partially enclose the roll and/or a securing member (or rod) configured to engage the roll along its length. In some embodiments, the assembly further includes a connection tube pivotally connected to the main tube and configured to removably attach the assembly to a vehicle. |
| US10934117B2 |
Sheet processing apparatus and control method
A sheet processing apparatus is described. The sheet processing apparatus includes a housing section, a conveyance mechanism and a controller. The housing section accommodates a sheet. The conveyance mechanism conveys the sheet accommodated in the housing section to a predetermined position at the downstream side in a sheet conveyance direction. The controller controls the conveyance mechanism to remove a needle-free binding section of a sheet bundle if a conveyance jam of the sheet occurs. |
| US10934114B2 |
Media level state indicator
Some examples include a media level state indicator of an image forming apparatus. The media level state indicator including a gear assembly of interconnected gears including a first gear, a second gear, and a cam fixedly disposed on the first gear, the second gear coupled to a media lift system and rotatable with a shaft of the media lift system, the first gear and the cam rotatably coupled to the second gear, a cam follower to selectively contact the cam, the cam follower moveable in response to contacting rotational movement of the cam, and a signal device coupled to the cam follower, the signal device having a first media level state and a second media level state, the signal device to move between the first media level state and the second media level state as the media lift system changes a position of a lift plate. |
| US10934112B1 |
Apparatus and method for positioning and tilting a detachable, enclosed cargo container for use on a semi-trailer or similar cargo vehicle to facilitate loading thereof
Disclosed is an apparatus for tilting a container for loading thereof. The apparatus includes a platform and a support frame being pivotally connected to the platform to move between a resting position and a loading position. The apparatus includes a gate operable to move between an open position and a closed position. The apparatus includes a pair of first actuating cylinders, each of the first actuating cylinders being pivotally supported with respect to the platform and fixedly connected to the support frame. The apparatus includes a pair of second actuating cylinders with each of the second actuating cylinders being pivotally connected to the platform and fixedly connected to the support frame. Herein the pair of first actuating cylinders are compressed and the pair of second actuating cylinders are extended to move the support frame from the resting position to the loading position. |
| US10934104B2 |
Infeed assembly quick change features
A quick-change starwheel guide assembly is structured to be coupled to a starwheel guide assembly mounting base. The quick-change starwheel guide assembly includes a starwheel guide assembly mounting assembly, a starwheel guide assembly support assembly, a number of starwheel guide assembly guiderails and a starwheel guide assembly can body height adjustment assembly. The starwheel guide assembly mounting assembly is coupled to the starwheel guide assembly support assembly. The starwheel guide assembly guiderails are coupled to the starwheel guide assembly mounting assembly. The starwheel guide assembly can body height adjustment assembly is coupled to at least one the starwheel guide assembly guiderail. At least one of the starwheel guide assembly mounting assembly or the can body height adjustment assembly is a quick-change assembly. |
| US10934102B2 |
Order-picking installation for the order picking of different items, in particular items which can be transported in a hanging state, and method for operating such an order-picking installation
An order-picking installation for the order picking of items, in particular items transported in a hanging state, includes at least one supply station having a plurality of parallel supply locations, by which the items to be picked are supplied into the order-picking installation, and at least one dispatch station having a plurality of parallel dispatch locations, by which the picked items are discharged for dispatch, wherein at least one interim store is provided, for the order picking of the items, between the supply station and the dispatch station. The interim store includes a dynamic store for the interim storage of the items provided for order picking as well as a retrieval store, arranged downstream of the dynamic store, and intended for storing items which have been removed from the dynamic store and pre-sorted in the process, the dynamic store and the retrieval store arranged within a common circulatory conveyor. |
| US10934094B2 |
Movable platform with a mechanical lift brake assembly
Disclosed herein is a movable platform (MP) for moving freight during cross-dock operations. The MP comprises a mechanical lift brake assembly that can be utilized to deploy a plurality of mechanical lift brakes preventing further movement of the MP. A MP forklift attachment that can be used to convey the MP and to engage or disengage the mechanical lift brake assembly. The MP forklift attachment can be attached to a conveyance vehicle, such as a forklift, or built into an automated guided vehicle. |
| US10934091B1 |
Modular indexing tote storage system
Item storage systems can be used to sort and store items within an inventory system. The item storage system can include platforms for moving the items about the exterior of a storage structure. The platforms may move the items along a height of the storage structure and include an item movement device and item translation device. The item movement device may move items into and out of the storage structure and the item translation device may move items along the length of the platform. |
| US10934088B2 |
Manway open and close assist device
A manway open and close assist device that is operably connected to at least one upper hinge attachable to a manway cover and a lower hinge attached to a vessel or tank. The device comprises. A disc-like piston is mounted on a threaded input screw and at least one anti-rotation member to provide linear translation of the piston due to rotation of the input screw. A cylindrical and tubular housing that receives the threaded input screw, the anti-rotation member, and the piston, wherein the housing has a plurality of helical grooves disposed in its inner surface that receive teeth on the outer surface of the piston. The housing may be fixed to the upper hinge member(s) and a rotation of the housing and attached hinge member(s) is effectuated by rotating the input screw and resulting linear movement of the piston to open and close the manway cover. |
| US10934087B2 |
High capacity container with multiple discharge locations
A container assembly comprises a container and a base and is configured to be transported horizontally to a work site where it is raised to a vertical working orientation. A hoppered container floor directs material to a discharge opening in a center of the floor of the container. A plurality of chutes is fixed to the container assembly and each slopes downward and outward from a chute input, located under a central portion of the hoppered floor, to a corresponding chute output. A distributor assembly mounted under the discharge opening receives granular material from the discharge opening and directs same into any one of the chute inputs. When loaded on a gooseneck trailer the container extends over the hitch assembly providing increased volume and capacity. |
| US10934083B2 |
Efficient packaging of pipe insulation or other materials
A collapsible product has a tubular body of resilient material, the tubular body having an outer surface and an inner surface, a length, a wall between the outer surface and the inner surface, and a longitudinal axis. The tubular body wall is split longitudinally along its length, at a first perimeter location on the tube. The tubular body wall is also cut longitudinally along its length, partially through its wall thickness from the inner surface, at one or more inner perimeter locations. The tubular body wall is further cut longitudinally along its length, partially through its wall thickness from the outer surface, at two or more outer perimeter locations. The longitudinal cuts enable a controlled collapse of the tubular body, which can be efficiently packaged for shipping. The collapsible product may be tubular fiberglass pipe insulation, or another kind of product. |
| US10934080B2 |
Fluid medium dispensing system and a method of assembling a dispensing system for a fluid medium
The present invention provides a fluid medium dispensing system (1) for dispensing a fluid medium stored under pressure. The system (1) comprises a container (3) for storing the fluid medium under pressure, the container (3) comprising a neck (5) defining an opening (6). A valve cup (2) supporting a valve (4) closes the opening (6) of the container (3). Contiguous portions (14, 5) of the valve cup (2) and the neck (5) are comprised of plastics materials. The plastics materials of these contiguous portions (14, 5) are fused to form a molten weld seam (15a; 15b) by laser welding thereby sealing the container (3). Preferably, the plastics material of the neck (5) of the container (3) is laser-transparent and the plastics material of the valve cup (2) is laser-absorbing. Advantageously, the plastics material of the valve cup (2) is a semi-crystalline polymer. The invention also provides a method of assembling a dispensing system (1) for a fluid medium. In the method a valve cup (2) is provided that has at least a peripheral portion thereof that is comprised of a plastics material and that includes a valve (4). A container (3) is provided that is suitable for storing the fluid medium under pressure and that comprises a neck (5) comprised of a plastics material. The neck (5) defines an opening (6) and the valve cup (2) is positioned at the opening (5). The internal volume of the container (3) is then charged before the valve cup (2) is pressed into the neck (5) of the container (3). The plastics materials of the valve cup (2) and the neck (5) are then fused together to form the molten weld seam (15a; 15b) by laser welding thereby sealing the container (3). |
| US10934079B2 |
Cleaning mechanism for spray and aerosol nozzles
A cleaning mechanism for spray and aerosol nozzles comprising a cap and a plurality of cleaning members where the cleaning members are affixed to the internal surface of the cap in one or more different arrangements covering at least a portion of each of the vertical height of the internal surface and the internal circumference. The cleaning mechanism may be configured as fixed within a cap or as a standalone cap attachment that is inserted and/or detached from the cap for use. The cleaning members may comprise brush members, plastic members, or members made of other materials. |
| US10934078B2 |
Fluid dispensing device
The invention pertains generally to an improved fluid dispensing device, particularly a dispensing device which employs at least one hemispherical domed cannister source of reactants and which uses a color-changing dispensing plastic tip to inform the end-user if the reactants are at a proper use temperature. |
| US10934074B2 |
Buffer structure and packaging box
The present disclosure provides a buffer structure and a packaging box, the buffer structure includes a fixing frame, the fixing frame includes a mounting plate and a supporting plate, the mounting plate connects to the box body, the supporting plate includes a first surface and a second surface arranged opposite to each other, and includes an adjusting hole running through the first surface and the second surface; an adjusting component, the adjusting component includes an adjusting member, and a fixing member, the adjusting component passes through the adjusting hole, the fixing member connects to an end of the adjusting member and stops against the first surface, the other end of the adjusting member abuts the second surface; and a buffer member, the buffer member connects to a surface of the adjusting member away from the supporting plate. |
| US10934073B2 |
Gusset bag and bag-in-box
A gusset bag of the present invention includes a pair of flat surface portions, a pair of side surface portions, a content storing portion which is formed of the pair of flat surface portions and the pair of side surface portions and stores contents therein, an upper content non-storing portion which is provided above the content storing portion and stores no contents therein, a mouth portion provided on one of the pair of flat surface portions, a storing portion upper seal portion which is provided above the mouth portion and partitions the content storing portion and the upper content non-storing portion, an upper cut that has a shape in which at least one portion of a periphery of a predetermined region of the upper content non-storing portion on the storing portion upper seal portion side is not cut and another portion of the periphery is cut, and is formed to penetrate the pair of flat surface portions, and a penetrating portion provided in the predetermined region. |
| US10934071B2 |
Methods of manufacture of containers, pre-containers, blanks for containers and containers for retaining fluids
A method of producing a container for retaining fluid, the method comprises the steps of: providing a blank which, when assembled, forms a container; folding the blank along one or more fold lines across the blank's width to form a substantially rectangular side wall such that first and second ends of the substantially rectangular side wall are brought into close proximity; sealing the first and second ends of the substantially rectangular side wall to one another; deforming one or more deformable portions which span across the one or more fold lines such that the deformable portions are disposed inwardly in order to force the remainder of the side wall outwards to create an opening within the blank; and sealing a base around the circumference of a first edge of the side wall. |
| US10934069B2 |
Sealing member for use with fat containing compositions
A sealing member for a container is provided having a bottom heat sealable layer. The sealing members herein may be suitable for sealing on glass containers and/or for use with fat and oil containing materials. The heat sealable layer may include ethylene acrylic acid and a polyolefin plastomer. |
| US10934064B2 |
Consumer product that includes a container and unit dose articles
A consumer product that includes a container and at least one water-soluble unit dose article, the container including a lid able to move from an open to closed position via at least one hinge, where the container includes at least one locking device with a lid component and a wall component, where the wall component includes a support member and a hook member. The water-soluble unit dose articles may include a water-soluble film and a detergent composition. |
| US10934061B2 |
Oxygen ingress controlling cap closure
Systems and methods for controlling oxygen ingress in cap closures are herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, the current apparatus includes a cap and a cap liner. The cap liner includes a primary oxygen barrier layer and a first diffusive layer. A first side of the first diffusive layer is adjacent to a first side of the primary oxygen barrier layer. A second &de of the first diffusive layer contacts a lip-sealing surface of a bottle. The oxygen transmission rate of the cap liner is controlled by varying a thickness of the first diffusive layer. |
| US10934058B2 |
Extended hem fold drawstring bag
The present invention is directed to a thermoplastic bag comprised of a front panel and a back panel. The front panel and back panel are generally joined along a first side edge, a second side edge, and a bottom edge of the respective front panel and back panel. The front panel has a distal edge with the distal edge folded over the front panel to provide a hem and an overlap area immediately below the first hem. The overlap area comprises at least two layers of polymeric film which are sealed together. |
| US10934052B2 |
Device for moving and storing potted plants and other objects having a base
A device for securely transporting multiple potted plants or other objects having a base, wherein the device comprises at least one piece that has at least one adjustable opening that allows the base of a plant holder or other object to sit securely within the device. |
| US10934050B2 |
Storage cup for use with composite container
A package is defined to retain a first product and a separate ingredient. The package includes a hollow tubular body and first and second end closures sealed to the ends of the tube. A retainer cup is provided for storing the separate ingredient. The retainer cup includes a generally tubular cup wall, with an upper edge portion defining a support rim that surrounds a cup opening. One sidewall of the cup wall includes a plurality of concave curved groves forming a scalloped surface. The scalloped surface extends longitudinally along the cup wall and defines a scalloped edge profile for the support rim. A closure lid overlies the cup opening and closes the separate ingredient within the cup interior. |
| US10934049B2 |
Container for receiving an enteral nutrition solution
Disclosed is a container comprising an opening to bring an enteral nutrient solution into or out of the container, a base which lies opposite the opening in a direction of longitudinal extent of the container for depositing of the container upright on an underlying surface, a hanging element arranged on the base in a first position extending substantially along the base, or in a second position where it protrudes at an angle from a plane defined by the base, and a hinge device which connects the hanging element to the base at a first end of the hanging element, to transfer the hanging element from the first into the second position. A receiving region for the hanging element is formed in the base. The hanging element can be releasably fixed in the first position using a connecting device. The hanging element is fixed movably within the first position. |
| US10934035B2 |
Machine for packaging flexible hoses
A machine for packaging flexible hoses in a plastic film has a packaging station provided with an operating device for imparting to a coil of flexible hose a rotary motion around a rotation axis, and an orienting device for imparting to the plastic film an oscillatory motion around a fulcrum axis substantially transverse to the rotation axis of the coil. |
| US10934034B2 |
Stretch wrapping machine with automated determination of load stability by subjecting a load to a disturbance
A method, apparatus and program product may determine load stability for a load to be wrapped based upon sensing the response or reaction of the load to a disturbance applied to the load, e.g., through intentionally moving, shaking, tilting, pushing, impacting or otherwise applying an input force to the load and sensing the response using one or more sensors. The sensed response may then be used to determine a load stability parameter that may be used in the control of a load wrapping apparatus when wrapping the load. |
| US10934029B2 |
Thermally isolating joint assembly in a space vehicle
A joint assembly thermally isolates a warm structure, such as a payload, from a cold structure, such as a cryogenic fuel tank, in a space vehicle while maintaining structural interconnection within the joint assembly. The joint assembly includes a primary joint that is capable of separating, and a secondary joint connected to and adjacent to the primary joint. The secondary joint includes an inflatable annulus structure and one or more restraining members, where separation of the primary joint causes the inflatable annulus structure to be in compression and the one or more restraining members to be in tension. |
| US10934027B2 |
Energy supplying device for spacecraft
A method for coupling an energy supplying device to an energy consuming device in space and to a system including an energy supplying device, an energy consuming device and a mobile assembly unit residing in space. The energy supplying device is operable in space and includes solar panel units to convert received light into electrical energy, first coupling members to couple the solar panel units with each other, and a second coupling member to electrically couple the energy supplying device with the energy consuming device. The energy supplying device is configured to supply electrical energy to the energy consuming device in space. A configuration of the solar panel units is changeable in space according to an operational requirement of the energy consuming device. |
| US10934022B2 |
Wing lift system capability expansion
A method for lifting a wing of an aircraft. A plurality of lifting assemblies is attached to a mounting ring supporting the wing. A first plurality of base assemblies is attached to a plurality of fittings connected to the fuselage of the aircraft. The plurality of lifting assemblies is moved away from the first plurality of base assemblies using a plurality of biasing systems correspondingly attached to the plurality of lifting assemblies, the moving causing the mounting ring to move away from the fuselage. The first plurality of base assemblies is removed. A second plurality of base assemblies is attached to the plurality of fittings. Thereafter, moving the plurality of lifting assemblies away from the second plurality of base assemblies using the plurality of biasing systems is repeated, the repeating moving causing the mounting ring to move away from the fuselage to the first height. |
| US10934014B2 |
Pilot-configurable information on a display unit
A small thin display unit that can be installed in the flight deck for displaying only flight crew-selected tactical information needed for the task at hand. The flight crew can select the tactical information to be displayed by means of any conventional user interface. Whenever the flight crew selects tactical information for display, the user interface sends a corresponding request for tactical information to a computer system. The computer system processes the request, including periodically retrieving measured current values or computing current values for the requested tactical parameters and returning those current tactical parameter values to the display unit for display. |
| US10934010B2 |
Distributed control and monitoring system for multiple platforms
Control systems and methods for controlling an engine. The control system includes a computation module and an input/output (I/O) module attached to the engine. The computation module is located in an area of the engine, or off-engine, that provides a more benign environment than the environment that the I/O module is subject to during operation of the engine. The I/O module includes a first processor and a first network interface device. The computation module includes a second processor with higher processing power than the first processor, and a second network interface device. The control system also includes a sensor configured to provide sensor readings to the first processor. The first processor transmits data based on the sensor readings to the second processor. The control system also includes an actuator operably coupled to the I/O module and that is controlled by the first processor based on commands from the second processor. |
| US10934008B2 |
Dual function aircraft
An aircraft includes an electric power source having a combustion engine and an electric generator. The electric generator is powered by the combustion engine. The aircraft also includes a propulsion assembly including a propulsor and an electric motor, the electric motor configured for rotating the propulsor. The aircraft also includes an electrical outlet configured for connection with an outside power sink. The electrical outlet and the propulsion assembly are selectively in electrical communication with the electric power source such that the electric power source selectively provides electrical power to one of the electrical outlet or the propulsion assembly. |
| US10934007B2 |
Pressure optimized sourcing of cabin pressurization and component air cooling
An environmental control system (ECS) for an aircraft includes at least one cooling turbine, and a turbine bypass valve disposed fluidly upstream of the at least one cooling turbine. The turbine bypass valve is configured to direct a first portion of an ECS output airflow to a first air load at a first pressure via a first outlet passage, and direct a second portion of the ECS output airflow across a cooling turbine of the at least one cooling turbine and to a second air load at a second pressure lower than the first pressure for cooling thereof. |
| US10934006B2 |
Air cycle machine module air gate seal for environmental control systems
An isolation valve comprising: a housing having an internal surface within the housing, the internal surface having a first outlet and second outlet; an air gate having an outward face opposite the internal surface, the air gate located within the housing and configured to move to at least one of a first position blocking flow to the first outlet, a neutral position blocking flow to neither the first outlet nor second outlet, and a second position blocking flow to the second outlet; a seal groove located on the outward face of the air gate; a seal located within seal groove, the seal configured to form a sealed connection with the internal surface around at least one of the first outlet when in the first position and the second outlet when in the second position; and a retainer configured to secure the seal within the seal groove using a fastening mechanism. |
| US10933996B2 |
Release and capture of a fixed-wing aircraft
In one embodiment, a system includes an unmanned, multirotor helicopter and a fixed-wing aircraft. The multirotor helicopter may couple to the fixed-wing aircraft to support and hold the fixed-wing aircraft. The multirotor helicopter may then elevate the fixed-wing aircraft from a launch site to a release altitude. The multirotor helicopter may also accelerate the fixed-wing aircraft to a release speed and upon reaching the release speed, release the fixed-wing aircraft. The unmanned, multirotor helicopter may then return to the launch site. |
| US10933994B2 |
Systems and methods for delivering a package from a drone to a vehicle
Systems and methods are disclosed for delivering a package from a drone to a vehicle. In some instances, the method may include identifying the vehicle by the done. A wireless communication connection may be established between the drone and the vehicle. The vehicle may open an access door of the vehicle to expose an opening in the vehicle. A net configured to receive the package from the drone may be disposed within the vehicle below the opening. The drone may release the package into the net. |
| US10933991B2 |
Propulsors, aircraft including the propulsors, and methods of directing a fluid stream in a propulsor
Propulsors, aircraft including the propulsors, and methods of directing a fluid stream in a propulsor. The propulsors include a housing defining a partially enclosed volume that extends from an inlet to both a first thrust outlet and a second thrust outlet. The propulsors also include a fan assembly including a plurality of blades and a blade pitch control mechanism that is configured to selectively vary a respective pitch angle of each blade in the plurality of blades. The fan assembly is configured to provide a motive force for fluid flow into the partially enclosed volume via the inlet. The propulsors further include an outlet flow control assembly configured to direct the fluid flow to preferentially exit the partially enclosed volume via a selected one of the first thrust outlet and the second thrust outlet. The aircraft include the propulsors. The methods include methods of operating the propulsors. |
| US10933970B2 |
Aircraft with strut-braced wing system
An aircraft includes a body, a wing coupled to and extending from the body, and a strut. The wing includes a wing thickest region bounded by a wing thickest region leading boundary and a wing thickest region trailing boundary. The strut includes a strut thickest region bounded by a strut thickest region leading boundary and a strut thickest region trailing boundary. In a planform view, the wing thickest region overlaps the strut thickest region at an overlap region, where the overlap region including less than fifteen percent of the strut thickest region. |
| US10933969B2 |
Puck attachment mechanism for flexible aircraft configuration
In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise an attachment device configured to be embedded in a structure, wherein the attachment device comprises: a body comprising a first flange and a second flange, wherein the body is configured such that the first flange and the second flange are coupled together internally within the body when the attachment device is embedded in the structure; an attachment fitting for coupling a component to the structure in which the attachment device is embedded. |
| US10933966B2 |
Flying robot with internal rear projector
A flying robot (10) with projector, including a movable end (100) and a fixed end (200). A distributed working mode is used on the movable end (100) and the fixed end (200). The movable end (100) includes a top (110), a main body (120) and a bottom (130). The top (110) includes a lift system (112) and one or more proximity sensors (114); the main body (120) is a sealed hollow spherical body or spheroid body made of a film material capable of being used as a rear projection screen, and is filled with a gas of which the density is less than that of the air. The bottom (130) includes one or more rear projectors (131), a wireless communication module (132), a microcontroller (133), a battery (134), a direction and steering controlling device (135), a camera device (136), a sound capturing and reproduction device (137), a height sensor (138) and other sensors, etc. The fixed end (200) includes a wireless communication module (220), a control apparatus (240), a charging port (260), and other data interfaces, etc. The flying robot (10) with projector according to the present invention facilitates human-machine interaction and is suitable for being used in both indoor and outdoor environments. |
| US10933962B2 |
Large outboard motor for marine vessel application and related methods of making and operating same
An outboard motor for a marine vessel application, and related methods of making and operating same, are disclosed herein. In at least one embodiment, the outboard motor includes a horizontal-crankshaft engine in an upper portion of the outboard motor, positioned substantially positioned above a trimming axis of the outboard motor. In at least another embodiment, first, second and third transmission devices are employed to transmit rotational power from the engine to one or more propellers at a lower portion of the outboard motor. In at least a further embodiment, the outboard motor is made to include a rigid interior assembly formed by the engine, multiple transmission devices, and a further structural component. In further embodiments, the outboard motor includes numerous cooling, exhaust, and/or oil system components, as well as other transmission features. |
| US10933960B2 |
Drive system for a propeller
The invention relates to a drive system, and method of forming the same, for a craft in water, said drive system comprising a drive means, one or more shafts which are provided in connection with the drive means via one or more gear assemblies and at least one of said shafts having a free end with location means to allow the same to be located with a propeller of the said craft to impart rotational drive to the propeller. The location means are at least partially located within a port in the body of the propeller and intermediate said location means and the walls of the said port there is provided a substantially non-conductive deformable material sleeve which separates the propeller body from the said shaft and retains the propeller body in drive engagement with the location means. The provision of the sleeve allows the electrical isolation of the sleeve and propeller, allows a more robust connection between the propeller and drive means and reduces the impact of vibration on the operation and efficiency of the propeller. |
| US10933958B2 |
Electric power generation and storage buoy
A system includes a fuel burner disposed within a buoy, and at least one fuel tank coupled to the fuel burner. The fuel tank preferably contains ethanol or propane. The system comprises either a thermoelectric generator or an electrical generator mechanically coupled to a heat engine. The ethanol or propane is burned to generate electric power. At least a portion of the electric power that is generated is stored in a battery system so that the system can provide peak levels of electric power consumption that are relatively large. The system can be used in autonomous marine applications. |
| US10933952B2 |
Bearing arrangement for an electric swivel
A electric swivel, LVES, in a swivel stack, includes an annular outer element defining a cylindrical chamber around an axis S and an cylindrical inner element coaxial with the outer element. The cylindrical chamber is sealed at an upper side with an annular cover and is configured for rotation relative to the inner and outer element around the axis S. The inner element includes at an inner radial side first and second bearing parts defining an inner bearing. The outer element includes at an outer radial side first and second bearing parts defining an outer bearing. The inner bearing includes an inner annular interface between the first and second bearing parts, the outer bearing includes an outer annular interface between the first and second bearing parts. Each of the annular interfaces is coaxial with the inner and outer element, and each annular interface is configured as a flame conducting path. |
| US10933948B2 |
Integrated chain adjustment system and apparatus
A chain adjustment system and apparatus are provided, the chain adjustment apparatus comprising an end cap for a motorcycle swing arm having an elongated adjustment member, two or more mounting portions defining apertures for detachably affixing auxiliary implements, and a housing. |
| US10933945B2 |
Hub apparatus and associated systems
The present disclosure relates to structures and associated systems for connecting a hub apparatus to a wheel. In some embodiments, the hub apparatus includes (1) a housing assembly having an outer radius; and (2) a mounting portion circumferentially provided on at least one side surface of the housing assembly. The mounting portion is formed with a plurality of coupling structures configured to couple the hub apparatus to a wheel rim. The mounting portion defines a first radius smaller than the outer radius. |
| US10933943B2 |
Uphill slope hold and start assistance for electric vehicles
This disclosure generally relates to an electric vehicle. More specifically, this disclosure describes a motor control system for an electric vehicle that activates and deactivates a hill hold assist mode and a hill start assist mode for the electric vehicle. The hill hold assist mode is used to help ensure the electric vehicle remains stationary while stopped on an uphill incline. Likewise, the hill start assist mode is used to help a rider of the electric vehicle start the electric vehicle moving again once it is stopped on the uphill slope. |
| US10933940B2 |
Shock device in particular for bicycles
A shock device for an at least partially muscle-powered two-wheeled vehicle, including at least one tube system having two telescopic tubes, the tube system extending from a first end to a second end. A suspension system is provided which is effective between the two ends and which biases the two tubes to an extended position. The suspension system includes a positive air spring and an independent, series-connected supplementary spring. Both the positive air spring and the supplementary spring bias the tube system to the extended position. The supplementary spring shows a lower breakaway force than does the positive air spring, and the ratio of the suspension travel of the positive air spring to the suspension travel of the supplementary spring is higher than 4:1. |
| US10933934B2 |
Saddle-type vehicle
A saddle-type vehicle includes a vehicle body frame including a main frame extending obliquely rearward and downward from a head pipe, and a seat frame extending rearward from the main frame and supporting a riding seat, wherein a front wheel is supported by a front portion of the vehicle body frame via a front fork, and a rear wheel is supported by a rear portion of the vehicle body frame via a swing arm, and a vehicle height adjustment device provided below the seat frame to elastically support the seat frame and configured to adjust a height of the seat frame. The vehicle height adjustment device includes an actuator unit and a cushion unit connected with each other by a pipe. The actuator unit has a stepped portion, and at least a part of the cushion unit is disposed in a space formed by the stepped portion. |
| US10933932B2 |
Off-highway recreational device
A vehicle configuration wherein the center of mass of the vehicle is approximately superimposed upon the passenger and driver centers of mass when seated within the vehicle. An occupant's center of mass can be approximated using a standard center of mass position approximation, or a combination of any number of standard center of mass position approximations. The vehicle's center of mass can be approximately superimposed upon the occupant's center of mass in at least the longitudinal and vertical directions. |
| US10933930B2 |
Roller path of a track pad for a track chain
A track chain assembly comprises a plurality of interlocking track chain members wherein each track chain member defines a track chain traveling direction, a lateral direction perpendicular to the track chain traveling direction, and includes a shoe member defining a shoe width along the lateral direction; and a first track pad member defining a first track pad maximum width along the lateral direction, and a second track pad member defining a second maximum track pad width along the lateral direction, wherein a ratio of either track pad maximum widths to the shoe member width ranges from 1:4 to 3:4. |
| US10933925B2 |
Vehicle underbody
A vehicle underbody (1) has an underbody paneling (6) with at least one opening (3) for the at least temporary extension of a rear axle link (5) therethrough. The opening (3) is covered by a shiftable flap (4) and at least one a force accumulator (9) that biases the flap (4) toward a position for covering the opening (3). The flap (4) can be shifted counter to a restoring force of the force accumulator (9) to at least temporarily open the opening (3). |
| US10933922B2 |
Device for reinforcing and sealing a structural element
A device for reinforcing and sealing a structural element in a motor vehicle including a reinforcing element which has a longitudinal axis and which is disposable in a cavity of the structural element, wherein the reinforcing element includes walls which extend substantially in the direction of the longitudinal axis, wherein part-regions of the walls on an external circumference of the reinforcing element form at least one strip which encircles the reinforcing element and which runs transversely to the longitudinal axis of the reinforcing element. |
| US10933919B2 |
Shock absorber mount
A mount located in a wheel housing of a motor vehicle, the mount receiving an upper end of a shock absorber. The mount has a plurality of upper receiving points each mounting point for allowing a different shock absorber orientation. |
| US10933915B2 |
Reinforcement of the front structure of a motor vehicle for frontal crash with reduced overlap
A reinforcement is provided for the front structure of a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle comprises, on at least at one side laterally to a longitudinal axis of said vehicle, a front wheel, a generally vertical profile member (the A-pillar) located to the rear of the front wheel, and a transverse wall (the wheel arch) adjacent to the A-pillar defining the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The reinforcement is attached to the A-pillar and to the wheel arch, and is configured to interfere with the front wheel to limit an intrusion of the wheel into the passenger compartment in the case of a frontal crash on a portion of the vehicle aligned with the front wheel. The reinforcement comprises a generally flat central portion extending transversely along the A-pillar and the wheel arch. |
| US10933910B2 |
Steering controller
A controller controls a steering motor in accordance with a pinion angle command value calculated in response to a steering state. The steering motor produces a driving force to a steering operation mechanism. The controller calculates a target pinion angle in accordance with the steering state and the pinion angle command value by performing feedback control such that an actual pinion angle corresponds to the target pinion angle. The controller includes a compensation control circuit which calculates compensation amounts reflected in the pinion angle command value so as to compensate for an inertia component, a viscosity component, and a spring component of the steering operation mechanism in accordance with the target pinion angle. The compensation control circuit adds the compensation amounts to the target pinion angle so as to calculate the final target pinion angle to be used for the calculation of the pinion angle command value. |
| US10933908B2 |
Method and apparatus for limiting torque demands of steering-assistance device
A method and apparatus for limiting an assistance-torque demand on an actuator, for example a servomotor, of a power steering system. An assistance-torque demand is received and examined based on a predetermined limit criterion. If a violation of the limit criterion is ascertained, a transient assistance-torque limit is adopted and progressively reduced so long as the violation of the limit criterion is ascertained. The assistance-torque demand is limited based on the transient assistance-torque limit. The limited assistance-torque demand is sent to an interface of the actuator of the power steering system. |
| US10933904B2 |
Steering assembly
A steering assembly having an inner steering member; an outer member, where the inner steering member is adapted to translate relative to outer member; and a bearing component disposed around a portion of the inner steering member, where the bearing component includes a bearing having a unitary substrate and a polymer layer overlying the substrate, where the bearing has a generally arcuate shape and is adapted to support the inner steering member disposed in the outer member, where the bearing has a support region for supporting an inner steering member, and a plurality of feet comprising a first foot and second foot spaced apart from each other such that the support region extends there between, and where the first and second feet extend in radial direction beyond the support region such that upon assembly between inner steering member and outer member, wherein the bearing exerts a force against the inner steering member. |
| US10933902B2 |
Steering column having an electro-mechanical fixing device
An adjustable steering column for a vehicle includes a casing tube configured to rotatably mount a steering spindle. A guide bracket is connectable to the motor vehicle and includes two side cheeks between which the casing tube is arranged. An electromechanical fixing device is provided, in a release position of which the casing tube adjustable relative to the guide bracket, and in the fixing position of which the position of the casing tube is fixed. The fixing device includes a clamping bolt extending through the side cheeks and which, during the opening and closing of the fixing device, is rotatable about its axis via an electric motor, and a stroke-generating mechanism and a support bearing. The side cheeks and the casing tube are arranged between the stroke-generating mechanism and the support bearing and the electric motor acts via a pivotably mounted lever on the clamping bolt. |
| US10933898B2 |
Integral transport system for transit case
A portable payload carrier (e.g., military transit case) comprises a housing for supporting at least one payload therein, and a ground transport assembly coupled to the housing comprising a first transport unit (e.g., cover) in support of a wheel assembly. The wheel assembly can comprise a wheel and at least one wheel support structure configured to support the wheel about the first transport unit. The wheel assembly can be operable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration for transporting the portable payload carrier about a ground surface via the wheel by a user. A handle transport assembly can be coupled to an opposing side of the housing, and can include a deployable handle assembly for lifting and moving the portable payload carrier. The wheel and handle assemblies can be collapsible to maintain a form factor of the portable payload carrier when in the stowed configuration. |
| US10933897B2 |
Method and arrangement for securing a railroad crossing
A method secures a railroad crossing which allows a timely securing of the railroad crossing, and is particularly efficient and reliable. The method proceeds in such a way that sensor data relating to a rail-borne vehicle approaching the railroad crossing are detected by a track-side sensor device. The sensor data contains at least the current speed of the rail-borne vehicle. The detected sensor data are transmitted by the track-side sensor device to a stationary control device. A switch-on time is determined by the stationary control device taking into account the transmitted sensor data and route data. Upon reaching the switch-on time, the securing of the railroad crossing is initiated by the stationary control device. After the railroad crossing has been successfully secured, a travel permission that extends beyond the railroad crossing is determined by a control device of a train control system, and is transmitted to the rail-borne vehicle. |
| US10933896B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining changes in the longitudinal dynamic behavior of a railway vehicle
A method for determining changes in the longitudinal-dynamic behavior is disclosed, in particular of an undercarriage, of a railway vehicle for identifying a current driving condition of the railway vehicle, wherein variables, which cannot be measured and which characterize the longitudinal-dynamic behavior, are reconstructed and evaluated via a system model of the railway vehicle by means of a cybernetic observer from a known or metrologically determined input signal and at least one measuring signal of the observed railway vehicle as an observed real reference system. The at least one measuring signal of the observed railway vehicle and a corresponding reconstructed measuring signal of the system model are compared and the deviation determined by comparison is recursively tracked with a regulator so that the determined deviation is minimized. |
| US10933894B2 |
System for loading and unloading moving vehicles
The present disclosure is directed to a system for non-stop high-speed rail transportation having a high-speed rail car with a movable cabin, and a high-speed rail shuttle reaching a speed equivalent to that of the high-speed rail car. The system also includes a mechanical coupling between the high-speed rail car and the high-speed rail shuttle, and a transfer platform system supporting a transfer of the movable cabin from the high-speed rail car to the high-speed rail shuttle.The present disclosure is also directed to a method of non-stop high-speed rail transportation including operating a high-speed rail car at a high-speed and a high-speed rail shuttle at the high-speed alongside the high-speed rail car. The method also includes coupling the high-speed rail car to the high-speed rail shuttle, transferring a movable cabin from the high-speed rail car to the high-speed rail shuttle, and decoupling the high-speed rail shuttle from the high-speed rail shuttle. |
| US10933893B2 |
Vehicle electric supply system
An energy system for a vehicle system having a plurality of motors that may include a first power supply assembly that may also include a first battery assembly of a plurality of battery assemblies. The first power supply assembly also may include a first bus coupled to a first motor of the plurality of motors and coupled to the first battery assembly. A second power supply assembly may also be provided that includes a second battery assembly of the plurality of battery assemblies coupled to a second bus that is coupled to a second motor of the plurality of motors. A controller may also be provided that may be configured to vary conduction of electric current from the first battery assembly to the first motor by the first bus based on an operating condition of the second power supply assembly to provide a first input to the first motor that may be different than a second input provided to the second motor by the second battery assembly. |
| US10933889B1 |
Vehicle and control method thereof
A vehicle and a control method for providing a notification of a collision of a vehicle and providing information on an object causing the collision are provided. The vehicle includes a communication unit communicating with a user terminal, a sensor acquiring distance information between the vehicle and at least one surrounding object and acceleration information of the vehicle, and a camera acquiring a vehicle surrounding image. A controller starts acquiring the vehicle surrounding image when the distance between the vehicle and the at least one surrounding object is less than a predetermined distance, acquires information about the at least one surrounding object approaching the vehicle and transmits the information about the at least one surrounding object to the user terminal. |
| US10933883B2 |
Driving control apparatus and method for vehicle
A driving control apparatus for a vehicle includes: one or more external sensors, one or more vehicle sensors, a steering device, an acceleration/deceleration device, an output device, a communication circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit detects a failure associated with autonomous driving while the vehicle performs the autonomous driving, outputs the warning signal for a transfer of control of the vehicle by using the output device for a first time interval, when the failure is detected, controls the acceleration/deceleration device for a second time interval after the first time interval to reduce a travel speed of the vehicle to a target speed, and controls the steering device and the acceleration/deceleration device after the second time interval to maintain a travel lane of the vehicle with the travel speed lower than the target speed. |
| US10933882B2 |
Determination of reliability of vehicle control commands using a voting mechanism
A vehicle having a control element for the speed, acceleration or direction of the vehicle, multiple identical or redundant computing devices (e.g., each implemented as a system on chip (SoC)) to separately generate driving commands in parallel during autonomous driving of the vehicle, and a command controller coupled between the control element and the computing devices. The commands may have one or more matching groups, where commands within each respective group agree with each other and thus vote for a candidate command representing the group. The computing device outputs a candidate command that represents the largest group for execution by the control element. |
| US10933880B2 |
System and method for providing lane curvature estimates
In one embodiment, example systems and methods relate to a manner of providing lane curvature estimations. As vehicles travel, lane curvature estimates for lane segments as provided by the vehicle lane curvature estimation systems are collected. The estimated lane curvatures and the actual paths of the vehicles as they traveled in the lane segments are used as training data for a model that can both determine if a lane curvature estimate for a lane segment is likely incorrect and provide a correct lane curvature estimate. When a vehicle later travels such a lane segment, the model can be used to provide the vehicle with a correct lane curvature estimate. The correct estimate can be used by the vehicle in place of an estimate generated by the existing lane curvature estimation system of the vehicle. |
| US10933868B2 |
Systems and methods for navigating a vehicle
An autonomous system includes a processing device programmed to receive, from an image capture device, an image of an environment of the host vehicle; detect an obstacle in the environment, based on an analysis of the image; monitor a driver input to at least one of a throttle control, a brake control, or a steering control associated with the host vehicle; determine whether the driver input results in the host vehicle navigating within a proximity buffer relative to the obstacle; allow the driver input to cause a corresponding change in one or more host vehicle motion control systems, if the processing device determines that the driver input would not result in the host vehicle navigating within the proximity buffer relative to the obstacle; and prevent the driver input to cause the change if the driver input results in the host vehicle navigating within the proximity buffer relative to the obstacle. |
| US10933866B2 |
Method for controlling electrically driven vehicle, and electrically driven vehicle
According to a control method for an electric vehicle of the present invention, when an electric vehicle (100) moves at a first velocity and approaches an object (200) on the basis of instructed information, the electric vehicle (100) is temporarily stopped at a position at which the distance between the electric vehicle (100) and the object (200) is a first stopping distance, after which the velocity is switched to a second velocity that is slower than the first velocity, the electric vehicle (100) is caused to approach the object (200), and the electric vehicle (100) is stopped at position at which the distance between the electric vehicle (100) and the object (200) is a second stopping distance that is shorter than the first stopping distance. |
| US10933865B2 |
Driving assistance device
A driving assistance device includes a travel information acquisition unit, a first information acquisition unit, a second information acquisition unit, a first determination unit, a second determination unit, a first avoidance-amount setting unit, a second avoidance-amount setting unit, and a driving control unit. The second avoidance-amount setting unit sets, when the second avoidance-amount setting unit sets a control amount of a driving control as a second avoidance amount for performing a second avoidance driving action, the control amount smaller than a control amount that is set as a first avoidance amount by the first avoidance-amount setting unit, and sets, when the second avoidance-amount setting unit sets a start timing of the driving control as the second avoidance amount for performing the second avoidance driving action, the start timing later than a start timing that is set as the first avoidance amount by the first avoidance-amount setting unit. |
| US10933864B2 |
Vehicle stability control device
A vehicle stability control device is mounted on a vehicle in which a front tire wears faster than a rear tire. Understeer degree increases as a target yaw rate becomes higher than an actual yaw rate. When the understeer degree exceeds a first activation threshold, vehicle stability control is activated. When the understeer degree exceeds a second activation threshold, rear brake control that applies a braking force to an inner rear wheel is activated. A wear degree parameter is wear degree of the front tire or a difference in wear degree between the front tire and the rear tire. In response to a fact that the wear degree parameter exceeds a first wear threshold, the vehicle stability control device performs rear wear promotion processing that changes the second activation threshold to an adjusted value smaller than a default value and the first activation threshold. |
| US10933863B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling engine clutch
An engine clutch control apparatus of a vehicle including a transmission without a R-shift stage gear may include an engine clutch, a controller which determines whether an engine reverse rotation entry is possible for driving in reverse according to a failure diagnosis information of the engine clutch and executes a reverse rotation driving control according to the determination result, and a drive motor for reversely rotating the transmission according the reverse rotation driving control. The controller in the engine clutch control apparatus includes an engine reverse rotation entry possibility determining module and an engine exhaust gas forced discharge control module. |
| US10933857B2 |
Method for operating an internal combustion engine with an exhaust gas aftertreatment device
A method for operating an internal combustion engine with an exhaust gas aftertreatment device has a control system that determines a vector field of corresponding engine operating points (nEngi, MEngi) depending on a predetermined reducing agent-fuel consumption weighting qFD to be maintained during the operation of the internal combustion engine in order to derive a specific DEF-fuel consumption BSFCi for each of the engine operating points (nEngi, MEngi). The control system selects the element iSet from the identified vector field to which a minimum specific DEF-fuel consumption BSFCSet corresponds as the setpoint engine operating point (nEngSet, MEngSet), wherein the control system specifies a setpoint engine speed nEngSet according to the selected element iSet and specifies therefrom a setpoint gear ratio rSet, taking into account a current gearbox output speed nout. |
| US10933855B2 |
Drift mode for electronic handbrake
Systems and methods for braking a vehicle. The method includes receiving, with an electronic controller, a signal from a mode activation mechanism indicating the vehicle is in a first mode and receiving, with the electronic controller, a signal from an input mechanism. If the vehicle is in the first mode and an operator of the vehicle actuates the input mechanism, the electronic controller sends a signal to a brake of the vehicle to lock up a wheel of the vehicle. |
| US10933852B2 |
Brake system for a vehicle train and tractor therewith
A fluid-operated braking system (1) for a tractor-trailer vehicle includes a trailer control valve (2), a parking brake module (3), and an electronic control unit (4) electrically connected to the trailer control valve (2) and to the parking brake module (3). A pressure fluid accumulator (13) of the braking system (1) is connected to a control pressure input (P43) of the trailer control valve (2). A redundancy circuit controls the control pressure input (P43), even during a malfunction of the control unit (4). The parking brake module (3) includes a control valve (14), a redundancy valve (15) and a changeover valve (16) controlled by an electronic switch unit (20) with a holding function. When the control unit (4) malfunctions, the last error-free switching position of the control valve (14) or the redundancy valve is maintained until a operationally safe resting state is reached or the ignition system is switched off. |
| US10933850B2 |
Automatic control braking system for vehicles
A braking system for vehicles having a master cylinder, and at least one braking device. The master cylinder has a first and a second output circuit, containing the same brake fluid. The first output circuit is intercepted by a first control valve fluidically connected to a braking simulator and to the at least one braking device so as to alternately connect the first output circuit to the braking simulator or to the at least one braking device for its actuation. The second output circuit is fluidically connected to the at least one braking device for its actuation, an automatic hydraulic actuation unit operatively connected to the master cylinder by a hydraulic actuation circuit containing an actuation fluid distinct from the brake fluid and fluidically separated from this. And, at least a processing and control unit of the system that supervises the operation of the braking systems. |
| US10933846B2 |
System, method, computer program and control unit for preventing a vehicle from rolling away
A system and a method for preventing a vehicle from rolling away are described. According to one method aspect, in the case of a vehicle equipped with several EPB actuators, the activation of only one of these EPB actuators takes place if in the case of a road inclination lying below a threshold value the vehicle begins to roll away from the stationary state. |
| US10933842B2 |
Actuated sprayer system
This technology relates to system for clearing a sensor cover. The system may include a sprayer, a support, and a positioning device. The sprayer may be mounted to the support and direct a flow of fluid to the sensor cover. The positioning device may be configured to adjust the position of the sprayer on the support. The system may include a nozzle and the nozzle may be positioned to direct the flow of fluid to an area of the sensor cover. The system may include additional sprayers. |
| US10933836B2 |
Safety device for vehicle
A safety device for a vehicle, which includes a main armrest, an auxiliary armrest that obliquely extends from a front end portion of the main armrest toward the center of a seat, a first airbag chamber that is accommodated in the main armrest and that, when triggered to expand, expands upward along a lateral body of a vehicle occupant and thus laterally holds an arm of the vehicle occupant in place, a second airbag chamber that extends protrusively from an upper end portion of the first airbag chamber toward a neck of the vehicle occupant and thus holds a shoulder of the vehicle occupant in place, and a front-body abdominal chamber that is mounted in the auxiliary armrest and that, when triggered to expand, expands toward an abdomen of the vehicle occupant and thus holds a front body of the vehicle occupant in place. |
| US10933835B2 |
Passenger air bag door
A passenger airbag door includes a frame provided in an instrument panel; a skin layer disposed to face the frame; a foamed layer disposed between the frame and the skin layer; and a fabric layer formed in the frame through an insert injection molding process, the frame includes a frame body mounted to the instrument panel; and a deployment line configured to be torn such that the frame body is opened and divided into parts, the deployment line includes a plurality of slots disposed at positions spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal direction of the frame body, and each of the plurality of slots may be formed such that a width thereof is reduced toward opposite ends thereof. |
| US10933830B2 |
Restraining device and vehicle seat
A restraining device for an occupant (0) seated in a vehicle seat including a carrier (20) extending over the lap of the seated occupant (0) when the restraining device is in use, an airbag (32) having an airbag main body (40) enclosing a main gas space and extending from a lower end (40a) to an upper end (40b) being located above the lower end (40a) when the airbag main body (40) is in its deployed state, and an inflating device for filling the main gas space. The airbag main body (40) is connected to the carrier (20) via a connection section at the lower end (40a) of the airbag main body (40) and has an impact wall (42). In order to be independent of a support from another part of the vehicle the airbag main body (40) tapers from its lower end (40a) to its upper end (40b). |
| US10933829B2 |
Knee bolster
A knee bolster system for absorbing an impact energy of an occupant's knee is provided with a multi-level force load limiter. The multi-level force load limiter includes three force load limiters. A first force load limiter includes a contact plate for receiving an impact force by the occupant's knee during a vehicle collision. A second force load limiter includes a torsional deflection rod for deforming torsionally by allowing relative rotation, and a third force load limiter includes a locking gear and a female locking base for locking further rotation of a rotational arm after rotation of the torsional deflection rod in the second force load limiter by a predetermined angle based on rotation of the rotational arm. Accordingly, the multi-level force load limiter can create a higher torsion force on the rotational arm of the knee bolster system. |
| US10933828B2 |
Airbag device
An airbag device includes an airbag configured to deploy in front of a front pillar of a vehicle; an inflator configured to supply expansion gas to expand the airbag; and a gas tube provided in the airbag and configured to supply the expansion gas from the inflator. The front pillar includes a storage formed inside the front pillar in a vehicle compartment and configured to store at least the airbag, and a partition configured to separate between an inside and an outside of the vehicle component. A partition hole is open in the partition. Before the expansion gas is supplied from the inflator, part of the airbag and an injection port configured to inject the expansion gas from the gas tube are disposed in front of or in the partition hole, and the injection port is disposed facing the outside of the vehicle compartment. |
| US10933827B2 |
Duct
A duct 20 includes: wall portions 24, each of which defines a corresponding one face of an air flow path 22 leading air from an air inlet 20a to an air outlet 20b; and groove portions 26, which are provided on at least two of the wall portions 24, 24, respectively, and extend so as to cross an air flow direction of the air flow path 22, and the groove portions 26 are independent from each other for every wall portion 24, and have a concave shape so as to thin the wall portions 24. |
| US10933820B1 |
Device and methods for a removeable license plate and accessory mount
The disclosed technology includes a mounting device for a motor vehicle. The mounting device can include a base configured to receive a component of a motor vehicle grille, a support bracket affixed to the base and dimensioned to receive an object, and a rotational mounting device attached to the base. The rotation mounting device can include a rotation interface that can be rotatably actuated, mounting brackets configured to attach the base to the motor vehicle grille when in an engaged position, and a plurality of gears. The plurality of gears can be in mechanical communication with the rotation interface and the mounting brackets so that when the rotation interface is rotated between an engaged position and a disengaged position the mounting brackets are also rotated between the engaged position and the disengaged position. |
| US10933814B2 |
Display position for cab with overhead door
Disclosed are front entry cabs, and power machines with front entry cabs, having a door that is moveable between opened and closed positions and a display oriented in the cab to provide information to the operator both while the door is in the opened and closed positions. In the opened position, the door is positioned within an operator compartment of the cab above the operator seat and below a top of the cab. The display is positioned to not interfere with the door, door linkages, or operator joystick control. |
| US10933809B2 |
Vehicle lamp lighting control device
Provided is a vehicle lamp lighting control device which ensures proper lighting control of a lamp even when an abnormality occurs in the lamp or a camera. The vehicle lamp lighting control device includes a plurality of lamps (L-HL, R-HL) mounted on a vehicle, and each of the lamps includes a lamp unit (2) for illuminating a required region, an imaging unit (4) for imaging the required region, and a lamp control unit (5) for controlling lighting of the lamp unit (2) based on a captured image. When one lamp of the plurality of lamps is abnormal, the lamp control unit (5) of another lamp controls lighting of at least one normal lamp unit (2) of the plurality of lamps. |
| US10933805B2 |
Automatic driving system
An automatic driving system includes a vehicle control calculator, a f recognizer, a passerby recognition calculator, and a notifier. The vehicle control calculator causes an vehicle to perform automatic traveling along a traveling route. The recognizer acquires information on a traveling environment ahead of the vehicle. The passerby recognition calculator recognizes a passerby ahead of the vehicle based on the information on the traveling environment. The notifier notifies the passerby of a recognition state that the passerby is recognized, when the passerby is recognized by the passerby recognition calculator. The passerby recognition calculator examines whether the recognized passerby is facing a direction of the vehicle based on information on the passerby, acquired by the recognizer, and specifies the passerby as a notification target passerby when recognizing the passerby facing the direction of the vehicle. The notifier notifies the recognition state to the notification target passerby. |
| US10933804B2 |
School bus child safety system, components, and methods of making and using same
Disclosed herein is school bus safety device comprising a rigid arm configured to move outwardly from a school bus in order to block vehicular traffic, and to be stored along the side, rear, front, bottom or top of the school bus when not in use, and a recording device mounted proximate or on the arm and being configured to record a position and/or movement of a nearby vehicle. A school bus including the device, and corresponding methods, also are disclosed. |
| US10933803B2 |
Autonomous vehicle visual based communication
An autonomous vehicle including a projector and a sensor system configured to output data representative of an object in an environment exterior of the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle can further include a data store that stores height map data. A computing system of the autonomous vehicle can classify an object as a person and can detect an initial position of the person. Responsive to the detection, the computing system can calibrate a notification to be projected on a ground of the environment exterior of the autonomous vehicle. The notification is based on output of a transform from a position of the projector to the ground and the transform is applied based on the predefined height map of the ground. The notification can be projected adjacent the person. The notification may be configured to inform the person that the autonomous vehicle detects a position of the person. |
| US10933795B2 |
Intermodal container mobilization
An intermodal container mobilizer that includes a tow vehicle and forward and aft intermodal shipping container attachments. The forward container attachment is carried by the tow vehicle and connects to one end of an intermodal container. The aft container attachment is wheeled and connects to an opposite end of the intermodal container. The forward and aft attachments, together with the tow vehicle, support the intermodal container for rolling transport across a flat surface. |
| US10933793B2 |
Delivery locker and assemblies
A locker configured to store a package is disclosed. The locker includes a storage compartment, a door to the storage compartment, and a securing component attached to the storage compartment. The securing component actuates between a secured position and an unsecured position. |
| US10933792B2 |
Vehicle log hitch
A hitch attachment for dragging logs from a vehicle. The hitch attachment includes a base having a distal end and a proximal end. The proximal end of the base is configured to fit within a tow receiver of the vehicle. A vertical frame extends from the base in between the proximal end and the distal end. A log cradle is coupled to the distal end of the base. The log cradle includes a plurality of vertically extending teeth. |
| US10933788B2 |
Foldable insert
A foldable insert for a vehicle component includes a first body portion, a second body portion, and a bridge extending from the first body portion to the second body portion. The first body portion includes a first groove disposed adjacent the bridge, and the second body portion includes a second groove disposed adjacent the bridge opposite the first groove. |
| US10933787B2 |
Head restraint follower
Reclining seat mounted on a foundation through first and second slides. The seat cushion is mounted on the first slide, and the seat back is mounted on the second slide. The slides, the seat cushion and the seat back are arranged to move together as one unit to have the seat recline. A head restraint is mounted at a top side of the seat back to follow and move with the back during movement of the back. The second slide has a non-linear curved shape to rotate the head restraint when the seat back moves. The curved shape rotates the headrest in a backward and downward direction when the seat back moves downward and the seat cushion moves forward, and vice versa. From the different seat positions, the head restraint follows the motion of the occupant as they move to the different seat positions. |
| US10933786B2 |
Fixed attachment for hog ring tie-down trench
A vehicle seat includes a foam body having a first region, a second region, a top surface, and a bottom surface, and a trench defined by and between the first and second regions. The trench includes at least one section including a narrow portion having a first width and extending downwardly into the trench from the top surface, and a base portion below the narrow portion having a second width greater than the first width. The vehicle seat further includes a trim attachment fixture disposed in the foam body below the trench, wherein the trim attachment fixture is configured to be secured to a trim cover by an attachment member disposed in the base portion. |
| US10933784B2 |
Seat assembly with integrated belt restraint
A seatback assembly includes a seatback frame having first and second side members that define a back support portion of the seatback frame. An upper frame member interconnects the first and second side members of the seatback frame to define a headrest support portion of the seatback frame. An upper mounting plate is coupled to the upper frame member. A retaining bar is coupled to the upper mounting plate. A retractor mechanism is operably coupled the back support portion of the seatback frame. A mounting bracket is operably coupled to the seatback frame. A seatbelt includes a webbing having a first portion which is operably coupled to and extending from the retractor mechanism towards the retaining bar within an interior of the seatback assembly. A second portion of the webbing extends from the retaining bar to the mounting bracket within the interior of the seatback assembly. |
| US10933783B1 |
Attachment assembly for seating assembly cover
A vehicle seating assembly is provided. The vehicle seating assembly may comprise an inner cover including an inner cover attachment part, an outer cover including an outer cover attachment part, a cushion including a trench, and an anchor assembly disposed in the trench and extending between the inner cover attachment part and an anchor member, wherein the inner cover attachment part and the outer cover attachment part are attachable to one another to form a disengageable seal at least partially disposed in the trench. |
| US10933780B2 |
Device for controlling the temperature of the neck region of a user of a vehicle seat
A device for controlling the temperature of the neck region of a user of a vehicle seat. The device includes an air conveying device that is configured to convey air to a temperature control region, a temperature control device that is configured to control the temperature of the air to be conveyed to the temperature control region, and a control device that is configured to automatically control the air conveying device and the temperature control device. |
| US10933778B1 |
Rolling car seat assembly
A rolling car seat assembly includes a seat base that is positionable on a vehicle seat. The seat base has a plurality of wheel wells therein. A car seat is provided that has a child seated therein. The car seat is positionable in a seated position or a rolling position. A plurality of rollers is each rotatably coupled to the car seat. Each of the rollers is positioned in a respective one of the wheel wells in the seat base when the car seat is positioned in the seated position. Each of the rollers rolls along a support surface when the car seat is positioned in the rolling position to transport the child without requiring the child to be carried. A handle is slidably coupled to the car seat for gripping to roll the car seat. |
| US10933770B2 |
Power seat device
A power seat device is configured to acquire a target associated position of a tilted position, corresponding to a current position of a seatback for allowing the seatback to reach an end position in a reclining range, and a seat to reach an end position in a tilting range simultaneously. Outputs of a reclining motor and a tilting motor are adjusted so that the tilted position coincides with the acquired target associated position. |
| US10933767B2 |
Electric vehicle energy sharing marketplace
Disclosed herein is a system for wirelessly transferring electric power from one electric vehicle to another, and a method of transferring charge. The charging system may establish a communications link between a buying vehicle and a selling vehicle, and may communicate with a marketplace server to facilitate the financial transactions associated with transferring electric power. The disclosure provides for a vehicle-to-vehicle transfer of charge while the vehicles are in motion. |
| US10933766B2 |
Electric vehicle, vehicle-mounted charger, and method for controlling the same
The present disclosure provides an electric vehicle, a vehicle-mounted charger and a method for controlling the same. The method includes: obtaining a first predetermined discharging-period Tm for controlling the H bridge in a first manner and a second predetermined discharging-period Tn for controlling the H bridge in a second manner when the vehicle-mounted charger starts to charge a power battery of the electric vehicle; and performing an alternate control on the H bridge in the first manner or the second manner according to the first predetermined discharging-period Tm and the second predetermined discharging-period Tn, so as to perform a temperature balanced control over the first switch transistor, the second switch transistor, the third switch transistor and the fourth switch transistor. |
| US10933763B2 |
Overhead programmable battery charger
An overhead battery charger is disclosed. The overhead battery charger includes a source of electric power, for example an electrical outlet, as well as a power cord connected to the source of electric power. At least one battery connection device, such as alligator clamps, is attached to the power cord, and a controller adapted to adjust voltage, current, or both, is available at the battery connection device. In addition, a remote device, such as a smart phone, tablet, or computer, runs an app and sends signals to direct the adjustments made by the controller. |
| US10933761B1 |
Vehicle generator-inverter for split-phase unbalanced loads
A system and method for powering an electrical load. The system and method including a first inverter for converting a first DC power provided from a battery within a vehicle to a first AC power. The system and method also including a rectifier that includes an input connected to a secondary winding of a transformer. The rectifier also having an output connected to at least two capacitors. The rectifier and capacitors converting the first AC power to a second DC power. The system and method also including an inverter for converting the second DC power to an output AC power that is supplied to a split-phase output. The system and method also connecting one leg of the split-phase output between the at least two capacitors and to a center tap of the transformer to modify a voltage amplitude of the second DC power. |
| US10933758B2 |
Power transfer device
A power transfer device comprises a power transfer coil, a case that has a surface extending along a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the power transfer coil and stores the power transfer coil, a rotating shaft rotatable about the shaft that extends in the axial direction of the power transfer coil at a central portion in a radial direction of the power transfer coil and has one end penetrating the surface and protruding outward through the surface and a foreign object remover that projects outwardly from the one end of the rotating shaft in a radial direction of the rotating shaft and moves on the surface. |
| US10933757B2 |
Meshwork and device for detecting an object in a magnetic field, method for producing the meshwork, and inductive charging unit
A meshwork for detecting an object in a magnetic field is provided. The meshwork includes a plurality of sensor lines. The sensor lines are connected together parallel to one another in a first direction. The sensor lines define multiple meshes in a second direction running transversely to the first direction. The respective meshes of adjacent sensor lines are coupled together such that the sensor lines form the meshwork. A device for detecting an object in a magnetic field, a method for producing the meshwork, and an inductive charging unit are also provided. |
| US10933755B2 |
Controlling electrical access to a lithium battery on a utility vehicle
Techniques involve managing lithium battery access on a utility vehicle. In accordance with such techniques, a wakeup circuit includes a set of inputs, a set of outputs, and control logic coupled with the set of inputs and the set of outputs. The control logic is constructed and arranged to, in response to detecting a wakeup event from circuitry of the utility vehicle via the set of inputs, close a switching apparatus of the utility vehicle via the set of outputs to connect a lithium battery of the utility vehicle to a set of loads of the utility vehicle. The control logic is further constructed and arranged to, in response to detecting a sleep event, open the switching apparatus via the set of outputs to disconnect the lithium battery of the utility vehicle from the set of loads of the utility vehicle. |
| US10933750B2 |
Vehicle and method for controlling the same
A vehicle may include: a power-supplier; a starting part to receive an ignition command; a drive part to generate driving force, braking force, and steering force using power of the power-supplier; a user interface (UI) to receive power from the power-supplier, a command from a user, and output image information; and a controller to control the drive part and the user interface (UI) upon receiving an ignition command, stop operation of the drive part upon receiving a command of a rest mode, and to perform and control operation of the user interface (UI). The vehicle may further include: an air conditioner to adjust an indoor temperature; an input to receive an operation command of the air conditioner, a target indoor temperature and a rest mode. The controller controls the air conditioner on the basis of detected indoor and outdoor temperatures. |
| US10933747B2 |
Vehicle integrated computer
An electric vehicle (EV) can include a VIC in operable communication with the EV main computer and the EV infotainment system. The VIC can include a processor, a memory in operable communication with the processor, and a computer-readable medium in operable communication with the processor and having software, such as a hypervisor, stored thereon. The VIC can be configured to have internet connectivity. |
| US10933745B2 |
Display control apparatus, display apparatus, and display control method
A display control apparatus controls a display used in a vehicle which can travel with automatic driving. The display control apparatus includes an information acquirer and a controller. The information acquirer acquires information of a travel control plan generated by an automatic driving control device of the vehicle. The controller acquires a future position which is a position of the vehicle after an elapse of a predetermined time from a current position of the vehicle from a future movement of the vehicle planned by the travel control plan, and controls the display so that a user is visually provided with the future position of the vehicle by overlapping a vehicle object which is a display object imitating a vehicle shape with a landscape relating to the future position which is acquired. |
| US10933739B2 |
Receptacle cap and vehicle
A cap includes a bottomed first cover portion, and a second cover portion provided on a receiving opening side of the first cover portion. The second cover portion includes an outside cover that covers a contact portion of a receptacle. The contact portion comes into contact with a distal end of a supply nozzle when the supply nozzle is connected with the receptacle. The outside cover has a tapered shape such that an outer diameter of the outside cover is decreased towards the first cover portion from one end of the cap where the receiving opening is provided. The outside cover has an internal dimension that allows the outside cover to be separated from an outer peripheral portion of the receptacle when the cap is attached to the receptacle. |
| US10933735B2 |
Vehicle
Provided is a vehicle capable of suppressing the inflow of an overcurrent from a rotating electrical machine to a battery side as a result of a reverse voltage generated when the rotating electrical machine is operated as an electric power generator. A control device controls a switch disposed between a battery and an inverter to an OFF state if an abnormality is detected in a motor or the inverter. At this time, the control device controls a switch disposed between the battery on the one hand and auxiliary equipment and a motor on the other hand to an ON state, causing the vehicle to continue to run using the motor or an engine. |
| US10933734B2 |
Power transmission apparatus of hybrid electric vehicle
A power transmission apparatus of a hybrid electric vehicle, may include an engine and first and second motor/generator, the power transmission apparatus includes a planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements, a first shaft fixedly connected to the first rotation element and a rotor of the first motor/generator, a second shaft fixedly connected to the second rotation element and the engine, a third shaft fixedly connected to the third rotation element, a fourth shaft externally meshed with the second shaft and the third shaft, a fifth shaft fixedly connected to a rotor of the second motor/generator, a sixth shaft externally meshed with the fourth shaft and the fifth shaft and transmitting rotational power of the engine and the first and second motor/generators to a final reduction gear of a differential gear and three gear trains externally engaged with the first to sixth shafts. |
| US10933729B2 |
Methods and systems for a powertrain mount assembly
Methods and systems are provided for a powertrain support mount assembly. In one example, the powertrain support mount assembly comprises a first bracket and a second bracket, the second bracket comprising an engagement feature shaped to engage with the first bracket during a vehicle collision, which adjusts a load of the second bracket to decouple from the engage and avoid contacting an auxiliary component adjacent to the powertrain. |
| US10933728B2 |
Driving source support structure
A torque rod 16 which supports a driving source 11 on a vehicle body 15 includes: an annular first end part 17 which is connected to the driving source 11 while holding a first elastic bush 21 in an inner circumference thereof; an annular second end part 18 which is connected to the vehicle body 15 while holding a second elastic bush 23 in an inner circumference thereof; and a rod-shaped coupling part 19 which couples the first end part 17 and the second end part 18 to each other. An outer circumferential face of the first end part 17 includes a projection part 17a which projects radially outward so as to extend away from the second end part 18, and a mounting part 17b to mount a mass body 26 is formed in the projection part 17a. |
| US10933724B2 |
Shielding installation device in large tires and shielding installation method
Described is a shielding installation device in large tires and a shielding installation method in large tires. The device comprises a shaft, a reducer, a motor, a base, and a frame. The shielding installation method comprises different sequential steps, configured for installation of shielding on the thread of a large tire. The device and method of use of this device can allow a safe and practical installation of shielding in large vehicles, solving the serious safety problem related to traditional techniques of installation of this element. |
| US10933722B2 |
Conditioning device for recreational vehicle ventilation intakes
A conditioning device for a ventilation intake, the conditioning device having a frame with a mounting side, an access side, and a plurality of walls coupled between the mounting side and the access side. The mounting side defines a ventilation intake opening that is configured to receive at least a portion of the ventilation intake. The access side defines an access opening. An access panel has coupling features for removably coupling the access panel to the frame, where the access opening of the frame is accessible when the access panel is removed from the frame. The conditioning device is configured to cover the ventilation intake. At least one inlet is defined within at least one of the frame and the access panel and air enters the conditioning device through the at least one inlet. |
| US10933718B2 |
Vehicle configured to prevent oil entrapment within refrigerant system and corresponding method
This disclosure relates to a vehicle configured to prevent oil entrapment within a refrigerant system of the vehicle. This disclosure also relates to a corresponding method. An example vehicle includes a refrigerant system configured to circulate fluid including a mixture of refrigerant and oil relative to an evaporator, a controller, and an electronic expansion valve upstream of the evaporator. The electronic expansion valve is responsive to instructions from the controller, and the controller is configured to instruct the electronic expansion valve to open to prevent entrapment of oil within the evaporator or refrigerant lines. |
| US10933716B2 |
Autonomous vehicle and method of purging an odor from a passenger cabin of such a vehicle
An autonomous vehicle includes a passenger cabin, a sensor group and a passenger cabin climate control system including a control module. The sensor group includes a passenger cabin odor sensor, an occupancy sensor and a vehicle speed sensor. The control module has a control logic adapted to purge an odor from the passenger cabin in response to data received from the sensor group indicating the presence of an odor in the passenger cabin, an unoccupied passenger cabin and the autonomous vehicle is moving at a minimum predetermined speed for a minimum predetermined time. |
| US10933715B2 |
Method for estimating a limit value
The invention relates to a method for estimating a limit value (TLV) for an interior temperature input of a passenger compartment (12) of a vehicle (10). The vehicle (10) comprises an energy storage source (30) and a temperature control arrangement (14) adapted to control the interior temperature of the passenger compartment (12) of the vehicle (10) on the basis of the interior temperature input. The temperature control arrangement (14) is adapted to be powered by the energy storage source (30) during at least one operating condition of the vehicle (10). The method comprises: —determining a temperature control time period (Δt) during which the temperature control arrangement (14) is intended to be powered by the energy storage source (30); —determining an ambient environment parameter (EP) indicative of the environment ambient of the vehicle (10) during the temperature control time period (Δt); —determining a state of charge (SOC) of the energy storage source (30) on or before a starting time of the temperature control time period (Δt) and—determining the limit value (TLV) as the interior temperature input that can be used throughout the temperature control time period (Δt) on the basis of at least the temperature control time period (Δt), the ambient environment parameter (EP) and the state of charge (SOC). |
| US10933712B2 |
Cooling and heating system for high-voltage battery of vehicle
Disclosed is a cooling and heating system for a high-voltage battery of a vehicle, which includes: a radiator provided adjacent to a lower portion of a high-voltage battery module to radiate heat to outside air; an outside air cooling line configured such that cooling water circulates between the radiator and the high-voltage battery module, with a main valve being provided on the outside air cooling line; a bypass line configured such that a first end thereof branches from the main valve and a second end thereof is connected to the outside air cooling line to bypass the radiator, with a heat exchanger being provided on the bypass line; and a controller configured to control the high-voltage battery module to radiate heat through the radiator or to exchange heat with the heat exchanger by controlling the main valve when heat exchange of the high-voltage battery module is required. |
| US10933711B2 |
Suspension sensor
A suspension system includes a vehicle frame component, a suspension component coupled to and movable relative to the vehicle frame component, a flexible sensor, and a rotatable joint. The flexible sensor is elongated between a first end and a second end, and the first end of the flexible sensor is fixed relative to one of the vehicle frame component or the suspension component. The rotatable joint couples the second end of the flexible sensor to the other of the vehicle frame component or the suspension component. |
| US10933710B2 |
Modular electronic damping control
A modular electronic damping control system is described and includes a damping component located at a vehicle suspension location. The modular electronic damping control system also includes a control system configured to control the damping component, and determine the type of damping component present. Also, the control system is configured to automatically tune a vehicle's suspension based on the type of damping component present, and automatically monitor the damping component and determine when a change has been made to the damping component so that the control system can then automatically re-tune the vehicle's suspension based on the change to the damping component. |
| US10933709B2 |
Off-road vehicle suspension monitoring and adjustment system
A suspension monitoring and adjustment system for an off-road vehicle includes a distance sensor arranged to measure shock displacement of a suspension of the vehicle. The system may include an output device configured to output shock displacement data generated by the distance sensor and a processor or programmable circuit operable to produce a visual representation of the shock displacement data output by the output device. The system may include a processor or programmable circuit operable to generate an adjustment signal based on shock displacement data generated by the distance sensor and a suspension adjuster arranged to adjust the suspension of the vehicle in response to the adjustment signal. |
| US10933707B2 |
Motor vehicle leaf spring assembly
A leaf spring assembly resiliently supporting a wheel carrier on a vehicle body of a motor vehicle. The leaf spring assembly including first and second spring leaves and a clamp having a clamping part exerting a clamping force whereby the first and second spring leaves are held together by the clamp. A bridging part arranged between the first spring leaf and the clamping part transmits at least part of the clamping force from the clamping part to the first spring leaf bridging the second spring leaf and reducing the clamping force exerted thereon. |
| US10933706B2 |
Vehicle tow hook
An assembly includes a bumper. The assembly further includes a base fixed relative to the bumper and a hook supported by the base. The hook is rotatable relative to the base between an extended position and a retracted position. The assembly further includes a spring between the base and the hook positioned to bias the hook from the retracted position to the extended position. |
| US10933704B2 |
Tire pressure positioning method and apparatus
The present application provides a tire pressure positioning method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining turning information used to indicate turning of a vehicle; obtaining a y-axis acceleration of a tire pressure sensor in a tire of the vehicle, where a y-axis is an axial direction parallel to a wheel bearing; and determining a position of the tire pressure sensor according to the turning information and the y-axis acceleration. Information about the y-axis acceleration of the tire pressure sensor is processed. Compared with a method in the prior art in which information about an x-axis acceleration and information about a z-axis acceleration need to be processed simultaneously, the method can reduce a data processing amount, thereby simplifying data collection and calculation processes and improving system operation efficiency. |
| US10933693B2 |
Caster adapter and methods related thereto
An exemplary embodiment of a caster adapter includes a connecting base for coupling the caster adapter to a caster, at least two panels forming at least part of an adapter member and defining the interior of the adapter member wherein at least a portion of a leg of an object is insertable into the interior of the adapter member. The adapter member may contain a leg conforming portion that protrudes outward from the interior of the adapter member and corresponds with a leg protrusion on a leg of an object wherein the leg protrusion will fit within the leg conforming portion such that the object may be lifted off the ground without the caster adapter, and coupled caster, slipping off of the leg. The leg may be inserted into the caster adapter through an opening in the side of the adapter member, wherein the opening is blocked by the use of at least one containment member interacting with the adapter member. The leg conforming portion may be customized depending on the leg protrusion location and size on the subject leg. The containment member not only acts to retain the leg within the caster adapter but also allows for quick release of the caster adapter from the leg. The adapter member of the caster adapter is customizable to fit various geometries of legs. The containment member may be retained in proximity to the caster adapter through the use of an attachment member that is attachable to the adapter member and the containment member. |
| US10933691B2 |
Hub, in particular for bicycles
A hub for bicycles or the like including a hub shell which is rotatably supported relative to a hub axle, a rotor rotatably supported relative to the hub axle, and a freewheel device having two interacting freewheel components namely, a hub-side freewheel component and a rotor-side freewheel component. The two freewheel components each contain axial engagement components. The hub-side freewheel component is non-rotatably and axially fixedly connected with the hub shell. The rotor-side freewheel component is non-rotatably connected with the rotor and is movable in the axial direction relative to the rotor and the hub shell between a freewheel position and an engagement position. Rolling members are provided for defined accommodation in the hub-side freewheel component to support the hub shell relative to the hub axle. The hub-side freewheel component is connected with the hub shell through a multiple thread having at least two separate, axially spaced apart thread grooves. |
| US10933686B2 |
Decorative panel having a digitally printed pattern
Disclosed is a method of producing a pattern for a decorative panel. The method includes applying a clear gel coat on a mold to form a clear layer. The clear layer is cured and then digitally printed with one or more inks so as to produce a pattern on the clear layer. Also disclosed is a decorative panel including a clear layer, an opaque layer and a pattern digitally printed on the clear layer, between the clear and opaque layers, such that the pattern is visible through the clear layer. |
| US10933684B2 |
Printed decorative floor or wall coverings
The present invention is related to printed floor or wall coverings comprising one or more polymer layer(s) and a print obtained by ink composition printing directly on at least one surface of said one or more polymer layer(s), said polymer layer(s) comprising a polyvinyl chloride homo- and/or copolymer in a blend with one or more polymer(s) selected from the group consisting of the homo- or copolymers of one or more vinyl alkanoate(s), the copolymers comprising one or more alkenes and one or more vinyl alkanoate(s), the copolymers comprising one or more alkyl (meth)acrylates, and mixtures of said homo- and/or copolymers. |
| US10933683B2 |
Inserting system
An envelope inserting system has an envelope duct for empty envelopes, a transport device for transporting the envelopes from the duct to a packing pocket, a feeding device for feeding the envelope content to and into the pocket, and an outlet-transport device for reforwarding the filled envelope. The transport device has an envelope tunnel mounted movably on the inserting system about a pivot axis, upper and lower tunnel guidances for aligning the envelope with the pocket, and a swivel device operatively connected to the tunnel, and at least one drivable envelope pusher roll. The roll, in a first position, which the tunnel and roll occupy relative to the pocket, is fed from below against the downstream end portion of the upper tunnel guidance and a lower edge of an end edge of the end region is offset downwards relative to a plane defined by the guiding surface of the pocket. |
| US10933680B2 |
Three dimensional magnetic advent calendar
A disclosed three-dimensional advent calendar defines multiple predefined advent spaces thereon demarcating an advent. The 3d calendar includes multiple decorated advent objects designed complementary to multiple predefined advent spaces. The 3d calendar also includes an adherent on a back side of the decorated advent objects, the adherent configured to temporarily keep the decorated advent objects proximal a predefined advent space. The adherent includes magnets, hook and loop material and sticky substances. For instance, the 3d calendar includes a Christmas tree, a Disney® Castle, a school graduation diploma, a bag of golf clubs and a baby crib. Exemplary decorated advent objects include Christmas tree ornaments, Mickey Mouse® head shaped objects, school objects, golf clubs, and pacifiers. Similar life milestones and business 3d calendars and matching advent objects are also included. An advent demarcating method via the 3d calendar and decorated advent objects is further included in the disclosure. |
| US10933678B2 |
Ink-receiving layer composition having excellent printing characteristics for decorative member, decorative member, and method for manufacturing decorative member
The present invention relates to: an ink-receiving layer composition for a decorative member, the composition comprising an acrylic emulsion, a metal salt, and organic particles or inorganic particles; a decorative member comprising a base layer, a printing layer formed on the base layer, and an ink-receiving layer disposed between the base layer and the printing layer and formed of a composition comprising an acrylic emulsion, a metal salt, and organic particles or inorganic particles; and a method for manufacturing a decorative member, the method comprising a step for preparing a base layer in a flat state, a step for coating a composition comprising an acrylic emulsion, a metal salt, and organic particles or inorganic particles on the base layer, a step for drying or UV curing the coated composition to form an ink-receiving layer, and a step for forming a printing layer on the ink-receiving layer. |
| US10933672B2 |
Motor unit and printing apparatus
A motor unit includes a motor including a motor side output shaft extending in a Z direction, and a reduction drive, wherein the reduction drive includes a housing, a reduction drive side output shaft extending in the Z direction, a toothed gear group configured to transmit rotation of the motor side output shaft to the reduction drive side output shaft with the rotation being decelerated, and a deformation sensor configured to detect deformation occurring due to vibration of the motor. |
| US10933664B2 |
Recording apparatus
A recording apparatus includes a recording unit, a first transport path through which a medium is transported in a first direction during recording, a second transport path through which the medium after the recording is transported along a path that is different from the first transport path in a second direction, a discharge roller pair that is disposed at a downstream position of the recording unit and that is configured to be displaced between a nipping position and a separation position, and a flap that is disposed downstream of the recording unit. When the following medium is transported on the first transport path, the preceding medium is transported on the second transport path, and the respective media are disposed at a position of the discharge roller pair at the same time, the discharge roller pair is disposed at the separation position, and the flap is disposed at an advanced position. |
| US10933662B2 |
Image forming method, image forming apparatus, and image-formed matter
An image forming method is provided. The image forming method includes the process of discharging an ink onto a recording medium. The ink comprises a cross-linking agent reactive with an acidic group and a resin having the acidic group reactive with the cross-linking agent. The recording medium has the acidic group reactive with the cross-linking agent on a surface thereof. |
| US10933660B2 |
Output tension zones
In one example, an output tension zone can include a first tension roller assembly to receive partially dried inkjet media at an output of a heated pressure roller, wherein the first tension roller assembly includes a first continuous roller to receive a first side of the partially dried inkjet media and a second continuous roller to receive a second side of the partially dried inkjet media and a second tension roller assembly to receive the partially dried inkjet media from the first tension roller assembly, wherein the second tension roller assembly includes a third continuous roller to receive the first side of the partially dried inkjet media and a fourth continuous roller to receive the second side of the partially dried inkjet media. |
| US10933657B2 |
Printing apparatus and method of controlling printing apparatus
A level change point detection section detects a level change point, at which an output level switches, in a first position detection signal Ens1 generated by an encoder or a second position detection signal obtained by increasing the resolution of the Ens1. Each time a predetermined number of level change points is detected, an energization timing determination section determines the timing, at which the predetermined number of level change points have been detected, to be an energization timing for the thermal head. |
| US10933654B2 |
Process for isotropic structural colour printing and an apparatus for detecting a target substance in the gaseous phase
According to the present disclosure, an isotropic structural colour printing process is provided. The process comprising (a) providing an ink composition comprising ink particles (such as polymeric particles (e.g. polystyrene), metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) (e.g. ZIF-8)) in a liquid reagent; and (b) depositing the ink composition onto a surface of a substrate (e.g. anodic aluminium oxide membrane, photo papers). Due to capillary action and/or absorption of the liquid reagent, the ink particles form an amorphous arrangement of structures that lead to isotropic structural colour. In the preferred embodiment, the ink particles may further be coated with a catechol group (such as polydopamine). An apparatus for detecting a target substance in the gaseous phase, wherein the apparatus comprises a nanostructure capable of exhibiting a change in isotropic structural colour when one or more molecules of the target substance are entrapped as an indication that the target substance is present, is also provided. |
| US10933651B2 |
Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus
Inkjet recording is performed by using an inkjet recording apparatus including an ink circulation channel for circulating a first ink, an ink supply channel for supplying a second ink into the ink circulation channel, and a recording head communicating with the ink circulation channel. The apparatus is configured to eject an aqueous ink including the first ink and the second ink from the recording head, thereby recording an image on a recording medium. The content (% by mass) of water in the first ink and the content (% by mass) of water in the second ink differ from each other by 2.00% by mass or more. The first ink contains a pigment, and the second ink contains a first water-soluble organic solvent having a log P value of −1.10 or more and a surfactant. |
| US10933647B2 |
Inkjet recording apparatus capable of prompting user to check residual ink quantity based on difference between count value and preceding count value
An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a tank having an ink chamber and formed with an inlet; a recording head; a display configured to display a screen; and a controller configured to control the recording head and the display. The tank has an outer wall. At least a portion of the outer wall allows the ink stored in the ink chamber to be visible from an outside. The recording head is configured to eject the ink stored in the ink chamber to record an image on a sheet. The controller is further configured to periodically execute a first notification process to control the display to display a first notification screen when the quantity of ink stored in the ink chamber is not less than a residual ink threshold. The first notification screen prompts a user to check the quantity of ink stored in the ink chamber. |
| US10933642B2 |
Ink jet recording apparatus
An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink container in which ink to be used to perform printing on a print target is stored, a nozzle which is connected to the ink container and from which pressurized and supplied ink is jetted, charging electrodes that charge ink particles jetted from the nozzle with electricity, deflecting electrodes that polarize the ink particles charged with electricity by the charging electrodes, a gutter that recovers ink not used for printing, a solvent container in which a solvent is stored, and a liquid nozzle which is connected to the solvent container and from which a pressurized and supplied solvent is jetted. The liquid nozzle includes a liquid flow passage portion that extends from the nozzle in a direction of the gutter, and a liquid jet hole that is formed at an angle allowing the pressurized and supplied solvent to hit the nozzle through the liquid flow passage portion. |
| US10933640B2 |
Fluid dispenser
A fluid dispenser may include fluid dispensing dies in an end-to-end staggered arrangement, a non-fluid dispensing die electronic device and a molding covering the fluid dispensing dies and the electronic device. |
| US10933637B2 |
Liquid jet head and liquid jet recording device for accomodating various ink types
There is provided a liquid jet head and a liquid jet recording device capable of increasing available ink types. The liquid jet head according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is provided with an actuator plate having a plurality of ejection grooves, a nozzle plate having nozzle holes communicated with the ejection grooves, and a nozzle guard having a rib adapted to support the nozzle plate, and a communication hole adapted to communicate each of the first nozzle holes and an outside with each other. The rib has contact with the nozzle plate at a position which fails to be opposed to an opening on the nozzle plate side of each of the ejection grooves. |
| US10933636B2 |
Print head design for ballistic aerosol marking with smooth particulate injection from an array of inlets into a matching array of microchannels
Disclosed herein is a material ejector (e.g., print head) geometry having alignment of material inlet channels in-line with microchannels, symmetrically disposed in a propellant flow, to obtain smooth, well-controlled, trajectories in a ballistic aerosol ejection implementation. Propellant (e.g., pressurized air) is supplied from above and below (or side-by-side) a microchannel array plane. Obviating sharp (e.g., 90 degree) corners permits propellant to flow smoothly from macroscopic source into the microchannels. |
| US10933629B2 |
Print pattern generation on a substrate
A method of printing a print pattern onto a substrate with a print head comprises a plurality of nozzles, where the print head has a rectangular active print head area which includes all of the nozzles. The active print head area is delimited by four sides defining a primary and a secondary direction. The method comprises i) decomposing the print pattern into a plurality of print pattern segments that have dimensions along the primary and secondary direction which are smaller than the dimensions of the active print head area along the primary and secondary direction; ii) assigning each print pattern segment to exactly one nozzle; iii) causing each nozzle to print the print pattern segment assigned to said nozzle. The print head is moved during printing of each print pattern segment within an area that is smaller than said active print head area. |
| US10933626B1 |
Method of decorating a container using a decorating machine having a plurality of independently controlled print workstations
The invention is a method of using a turret styled decorator machine to decorate container media. The machine utilized has a rotatable turret and a number of circumferentially spaced container holding assemblies for holding a variety of pieces of “media,” such as a drink container, the exterior surface of which is to have ink applied to form an image. A plurality of workstations are positioned around the perimeter of the turret through which each media holder passes as the turret rotates. Due to the unique configuration of the decorating machine, each piece of media, once loaded, spins at a rate different from any other piece of media so that the entire decorating process is speed optimized for each print job. Further, container media may spin continuously during the decorating process so that the turret never needs to pause for media to stop rotating or to begin rotating. |
| US10933623B2 |
Optimizing 3D printed large-scale structures under worst-case loads
A 3D printer system with a structural optimization tool to generate 3D models optimized for build materials such as those used in binder jetting technology-based printers. The structural optimization tool uses a computational approach to optimize mechanical and mass properties of large-scale structures (i.e., objects to be 3D printed), and the computational approach is tailored for fabrication on binder jetting technologies. To spend a material budget for printing an object wisely, the inventors in designing the computational approach turned the Bresler-Pister failure criterion into an objective measuring the potential of failure of an object or structure. This involved modeling the difference in tensile and compressive strength of the build material. To optimize structures under worst-case loads, the computational approach unifies an optimization to identify worst-case loads with an optimization to minimize the resulting failure potential, nesting them with first-order optimality constraints. |
| US10933622B2 |
Methods of using 3D-printing systems configured for advanced heat treatment and related systems and other methods
Methods of creating and heat-treating 3D-printed objects may involve creating an object utilizing a 3D printer. The object may be moved from the 3D printer to a heat-treatment apparatus. The object may be exposed to an elevated temperature and pressure may be applied to the object utilizing a pressure-transmission medium of the heat-treatment apparatus. The 3D printer and heat-treatment apparatus may in a unified process flow volume. |
| US10933619B2 |
Shaping plate and method for shaping three-dimensional object by using the same
A shaping plate to be set on a shaping stage of a shaping system for performing shaping by an additive manufacturing method includes a water-insoluble base substrate and an underlying layer containing a water-soluble material on at least one surface of the base substrate, wherein the base substrate has a plurality of through holes that extend in the direction intersecting the surface provided with the underlying layer. |
| US10933617B2 |
Method for producing a metal composite material with an embedded functional structure and corresponding metal composite material
A method for producing a metal composite material with an embedded functional structure, in which a build-up of layers comprising a number of layers that are arranged one on top of the other in the vertical direction is produced and pressed, may involve producing the build-up of layers by providing a lower layer comprising a metal substrate, arranging at least in certain portions over the lower layer in a vertical direction an intermediate layer that is in contact with the lower layer, and arranging one or more functional structures respectively in a portion of the build-up of layers. To reduce the risk of increased degradation, before the pressing, the build-up of layers may have the same thickness in the respective portion with the functional structure as in the remaining build-up of layers. Further, a metal composite material with an embedded functional structure may be produced by such a method. |
| US10933612B2 |
Interlayer for laminated glass, laminated glass, production method for embossing roll, and production method for interlayer for laminated glass
The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass having recesses in the shape of engraved lines on both surfaces to exhibit excellent deaeration properties in production of a laminated glass and suppressing formation of a moire pattern when unwound from a rolled body thereof. The present invention also aims to provide a laminated glass including the interlayer film for a laminated glass, a method for producing an embossing roll suitably used for production of the interlayer film for a laminated glass, and a method for producing the interlayer film for a laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for a laminated glass, having a large number of recesses on both surfaces, the recesses each having a groove shape with a continuous bottom and being regularly adjacent and parallel to each other, the interlayer film having a glossiness on a surface with the large number of recesses measured in conformity with JIS Z 8741-1997 of higher than 3% or a haze value measured in conformity with JIS K 7105-1981 of 87% or lower. |
| US10933610B2 |
Display screen and screen body cutting method
The application discloses a display screen. The display screen includes a screen body including a cover glass and a substrate glass. The cover glass and the substrate glass each has a bonding surface and an outer surface opposite to the bonding surface. The outer surfaces of the cover glass and the substrate glass are provided with a cracking prevention layer at least in a peripheral region of a predetermined slotted region of the screen body. In a screen body cutting method disclosed in the application, cracking prevention layers are formed on the outer surfaces of both the cover glass and the substrate glass, so as to reduce the edge cracking or breaking of the screen body during the slotting and to reduce crack generated in the cover glass and the substrate glass, thereby improving overall strength of the screen body and increasing the yield of the product. |
| US10933607B2 |
Extensible barrier films, articles employing same and methods of making same
There is provided a barrier film including a barrier layer having two opposing major surfaces, wherein the barrier layer comprise buckling deformations and non-buckling regions; a first organic layer in direct contact with one of the opposing major surfaces of the barrier layer; a second organic layer in direct contact with the other of the opposing major surfaces of the barrier layer; and a substrate in direct contact with the first organic layer or the second organic layer. |
| US10933606B2 |
Flexible composite material, method of obtention and uses thereof
Flexible composite material, method of obtention and uses thereof The present description refers to a flexible composite material, method of obtention and uses thereof with a surprising resistance to tear, fissure and/or breaking of the material in conditions of extreme use, namely presence of oils and low temperatures, particularly a flexible composite material comprising the following layers: a support layer selected from the following list: fabric, nonwoven fabric, foam knitted fabric, or mixtures thereof; an intermediate layer of polyvinyl chloride, PVC, containing a plurality of sublayers; a compact layer of thermoplastic polyurethane, TPU, containing a plurality of sublayers; wherein the TPU compact layer comprises: 0.4-70% w/w of an aromatic TPU; 0.2-35% w/w of an aliphatic TPU; The present material can be used in the production of upholsteries, namely upholsteries for the automobile industry, in particular automobile seats. |
| US10933603B2 |
Device for forming bio-logs and method therefor
A portable biomass compactor has a frame. A mold is coupled to the frame. The mold is formed of a tubular member having a first open end and a second open end. The first open end is formed on a side opposite of the second open end and aligned with the second open end. A loading opening is formed on a top surface of the mold, wherein biomass is loaded into the mold through the loading opening. A compression mechanism is coupled to the frame. The compression mechanism has a moving mechanism. A rod having a proximate end is coupled to the moving mechanism. A rammer is coupled to a distal end of the rod. The rod and rammer are aligned with the first open end acid the second open end. The moving mechanism moves the rod and the rammer within the mold compressing the biomass in the mold. |
| US10933597B2 |
Press-molding material including discontinuous reinforcing fibers and thermoplastic resin as matrix, shaped product thereof, and manufacturing method for same
A press-molding material includes discontinuous reinforcing fibers having an average fiber length of 3 mm to 100 mm, and a thermoplastic resin as a matrix. The press-molding material has a certain reference plane; at least one standable plane; and at least one self-laminatable region. A portion of the standable plane is included in the self-laminatable region. |
| US10933594B2 |
Method for forming a part using a layup tool
The invention described herein provides a method and material for creating tools surfaces from a granulated material comprised of a particulate and binding material in compositions and ratios described below. The granulated material may be formed using a number of methods and provides for the efficient repair of worn or damaged areas. Additionally, the granulated material may be used by placing it on the surface of a tooling encasement, or may be used by itself without any further structural support. The granulated material may also be used for both forming and trimming/machining of the part to desired tolerances. |
| US10933593B2 |
Sintered and porous articles having improved flexural strength
Polymer compositions containing polyethylene particles having a multi-modal molecular weight distribution are disclosed. The polymer compositions are well suited to producing porous substrates through a sintering process. Formulations made according to the present disclosure can produce porous substrates having improved flexibility demonstrated by an increased flexural strength while still retaining excellent pressure drop characteristics. |
| US10933592B2 |
Method and device for inserting a tongue
A method and device for inserting a tongue in an insertion groove in a panel by a device, wherein the method includes: displacing a tongue guiding device in a first direction by displacing a puncher in the first direction, and displacing a tongue between a first part and a second part of the tongue guiding device and into an insertion groove in panel by further displacing the puncher. |
| US10933580B2 |
Continuous liquid interface production with force monitoring and feedback
A method of making a three-dimensional object (31) is carried out by: (a) providing a carrier (15) and an optically transparent member (12) having a build surface, the carrier (15) and the build surface defining a build region therebetween, the optically transparent member (12) carrying a polymerizable liquid (21); (b) advancing the carrier (15) and the optically transparent member (12) away from one another to draw the polymerizable liquid (21) into the build region; then (c) optionally, partially retracting the carrier (15) and the optically transparent member (12) back towards one another; and then (d) irradiating the build region with light to form a growing three-dimensional object (31) from the polymerizable liquid (21); and then (e) cyclically repeating steps (b) to (d) while maintaining a continuous liquid interface (22) between the growing three-dimensional object (31) and the optically transparent member (12) until at least a portion of the three-dimensional object (31) is formed, while during at least some of the cyclically repeatings: (i) monitoring a transient increase in tension between the carrier (15) and the build surface through the growing three-dimensional object (31) during the advancing step (b), and optionally monitoring a transient increase in compression between the carrier (15) and the build surface through the growing three dimensional object during the partially retracting step (c); and then, when the transient increase in tension has substantially subsided, (ii) initiating the partially retracting step (c) when present, or initiating the irradiating step (d). |
| US10933578B2 |
Pattern forming sheet, pattern manufacturing apparatus, and pattern manufacturing method
An object of this invention to perform positioning between the obverse surface and the reverse surface of a sheet and shape a pattern on each of the two surfaces of the sheet. A pattern manufacturing apparatus includes a shaping base, a light beam irradiation window, an optical engine, a lifting head, a head feed mechanism, and a stepping motor. A pattern forming sheet is a sheet in which an admixture containing a conductive material and a photo-curing resin is applied to both of the obverse surface and the reverse surface. The pattern forming sheet is provided with at least one positioning reference hole. |
| US10933576B2 |
Apparatus and method for applying a gum strip to an edge of a cord reinforced ply
Described is an apparatus and a method for applying a first gum strip to a first edge of a cord reinforced ply, wherein the apparatus includes a ply support for supporting the cord reinforced ply and a first strip support that defines an elongate first strip region extending in the longitudinal direction for supporting the first gum strip with respect to the ply support, and wherein the first strip support includes a first retaining member for retaining a first part of the first gum strip below the first edge and a first folding member that is rotatable with respect to the first retaining member about a first folding axis from a flat position into a folding position opposite to the first retaining member with respect to the support plane for folding a second part of the first gum strip around the first edge. |
| US10933575B2 |
Apparatus and method for forming pouch case for secondary battery
An apparatus and method are provided for forming a pouch case with improved forming quality and minimized surface contact between the forming apparatus and the pouch case in the forming process to form a pouch cup. The apparatus includes a mold on which a pouch case with a plate shape can be placed, wherein the mold bulges upwards, a chamber open at bottom to the pouch case and the mold, the chamber having an inner space in which the mold can be received by lift-up of the mold or lift-down of the chamber, wherein the chamber is seated on an edge portion of the pouch case, and the chamber is equipped with a fluid input valve at top and a fluid output valve at bottom, and a fluid supply unit configured to supply a fluid via the fluid input valve to carry out pressure forming of the pouch case. |
| US10933571B2 |
Injection molding machine
An injection molding machine includes a safety door and a guide for slidably guiding the safety door in a direction of opening and closing a mold of the injection molding machine. The guide includes: a first guide part fixed to a machine base of the injection molding machine; a second guide part arranged on the safety door's closing direction side of the first guide part and configured to be removable from the machine base; and a coupling configured to connect the first guide part and the second guide part so that the second guide part can be moved onto the first guide part. |
| US10933564B2 |
Fastening device for compacted plastic bottles intended for recycling
A fastening belt for a recyclable, plastic, beverage bottle including: a length of flexible material affixed around a circumference of the bottle and positioned on a lower part of a body of the bottle; in a first partially compacted the material is disposed in a crease of a fold between the first and the second segments of the bottle; and in a second, compacted state, the material is configured to be passed over the neck of the bottle, thereby securing the first and second segments of the bottle in the compacted state folded over the third segment. |
| US10933561B2 |
Preform for container made of plastic material
The part under the neck ring (9) of a preform for blowing a PET bottle of predetermined capacity not larger than 75 cl and with a max. material weight of 15 g, is inclined by an angle α less accentuated than normal, max. 17°, which allows to make a preform with a thickness t2 of the wall thinner than 1.9 mm and a thinner inner diameter of the preform body in order to allow a lower stretch ratio starting from a larger preform to obtain the final bottle of predetermined capacity. |